Don't you watch TV or the movies? Something like 90% of doctors* are unscrupulous bastards who would happily sell your organs to rich people who need new kidneys/hearts/lungs/corneas/whatever. If you had to opt-out, how many more victims would these butchers have their pick of?
*at least, the doctors in said TV shows and movies
If we are warming the planet who is to say it is not actually a positive thing?
Penguins, polar bears, people living in Alaska, Tuvaluans (the entire country is at most 4.5 meters above sea levels), anyone else living really close to a coastline....
You're proving my point. If it wasn't a mockery of the law to charge, convict and imprison the man in that jurisdiction for something he did outside of that jurisdiction (and to note, where he did it, it was legal), then the law wouldn't need to be overhauled.
This is akin to charging, convicting and imprisoning a photographer because someone else displayed his photographs in "Uptight-ville". The difference is, this was done over the Internet, rather then a public gallery.
The Appeals Court dropped the ball on this one. If a crime was committed in that backwoods locale, it should be the person who viewed the porn who is charged, because they're the ones who took the active step of bringing it 'into' the jurisdiction. Yeah, it's some pretty foul porn, by most standards, but it was the police who ordered the damn things and downloaded them, not some otherwise innocent person. Frankly, it's a mockery of the law to charge him with crimes in that jurisdiction.
Excuse me, it may be "Ctrl+Shift+R". Regardless, it should be a task even a federal bureaucrat can handle without a million dollar study on the project.
I call bullshit. Most of the people who identify themselves as Democrats will vote for whoever is running on the Democratic ticket. Most of the people who identify themselves as Republicans will vote for the Republican candidate. The only time you're voting for 'individuals' is when you're voting in a primary where you have more then one candidate from the same party to pick from, and even then, in a lot of cases, it's a choice between clones. "Do I vote for the white guy who is spouting the party line, or do I vote for the other white guy who is spouting the same party line?"
The only people who don't fall into that are people who consider themselves independents, and a lot of the time, they're stuck with a bad choice or a worse choice. (And even then, if the candidate they like is from a party that isn't demographically favored in their area, their choice means fuck all.)
Yes, that's pessimistic. But saying that the U.S. is different because we vote 'for individuals' is disingenuous at best.
That's the thing: Youtube and other social networks are now _way_ more important now for promotion than classic radio, especially for a band that is primarily listened to by young people. And they're free!
And far more people still listen to the radio then watch YouTube. Okay, look... you can listen to the radio at any time, while doing practically anything. You could be working in your backyard, driving a car, putting the new coversheet on the TPS report... and listen to the radio at the same time.
But if you're watching a video on YouTube... well, I hope to Jesus you're not driving at the same time.... regardless, you need a computer/laptop/netbook to do so. Which limits the viewership. (A radio is far cheaper then a computer. You can get a cheap Walkman for twenty bucks.)
Well, there is a difference between "share your toys" wherein the act of sharing does not create an exact duplicate of the toys and "share your digital music" where the act of sharing does create an exact digital duplicate.
No, but he does pick up objects in ways that really can't be done. No, I'm not talking about the "unrealisticness" of super-strength.... more like the "unrealisticness" of lifting a car off of the road by it's front fender, or picking up a fishing boat by the bow. The kind of thing where if he was 'telekinetically' picking it up evenly across the entire item, sure, that would work... but he should be ripping the fender off, or breaking the boat in half because he's not supporting the whole weight.
Er, no. They clearly say that the average temperature is the (minimum temp + maximum temp)/2. I'm not sure where you're getting that it's half the difference.
What you find fun and/or useful is not going to be the same for everyone else. Maybe some people out there like swarming larger ships. Maybe they like doing things you don't. That's what makes individuals.... individual.
I hardly consider myself an "absolute expert" at WoW (I only have one level 80, a human rogue), but some of us have obligations in the real world (job, family, etc.), so unless you're living in your parent's basement and all your expenses are paid for, no, I'm sorry, it takes a bit longer then that to get to 80. (Yes, I realized played time is cumulative time played, but damn, even with mounts being made available earlier and such, 1-80 in 240 hours of played time is not reasonable for a newbie.)
Months, huh? I call bullshit. Some guild with no life will beat Arthas into paste before the end of the year.
Every time Blizzard has released new content, one of the mega-guilds powers through it so fast, that it's shocking. Yeah, they might get slapped around the first few times while they learn the encounter.... but you can expect the first Arthas kill in a matter of weeks, not months.
The only possible things that could put it off until the new year is (1) Blizzard hard coded it so each wing is opened on a set schedule, regardless of how fast the bosses in that wing are beaten and (2) Christmas break.
*nod* Generally speaking, the instances of Sharia law that get the Western world into a tizzy are either ones that have been blended with local or tribal customs OR have been applied by fundamentalist Muslims, and therefore give as true a representation of Sharia law as the WBC gives of Christian principles. (Here's a hint... that means "not at all".)
Right, because they counted around 39 million ballots in 12 hours and came up with a completely accurate result. There was nothing fishy with the ballot results at all.
The 5th Amendment states in part that "...nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."
What this means is that the prosecution cannot force you to take the stand, police cannot force you to talk, etc. However, if you freely admit things to the police, they may use that information against you, and if you take the stand in your own defense, your statements may be used by the prosecutor.
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Lack of Flash.
Lack of USB ports.
Lack of any apps that Apple doesn't want you to have.
It's turtles all the way down.
Don't you watch TV or the movies? Something like 90% of doctors* are unscrupulous bastards who would happily sell your organs to rich people who need new kidneys/hearts/lungs/corneas/whatever. If you had to opt-out, how many more victims would these butchers have their pick of?
*at least, the doctors in said TV shows and movies
Penguins, polar bears, people living in Alaska, Tuvaluans (the entire country is at most 4.5 meters above sea levels), anyone else living really close to a coastline....
I have Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. Do I count as two scientists? :P (Or just a scientist and an engineer?)
Remember, the police are your friends!
(I believe this is a collolary of "It's okay if you're a Republican.".)
You're proving my point. If it wasn't a mockery of the law to charge, convict and imprison the man in that jurisdiction for something he did outside of that jurisdiction (and to note, where he did it, it was legal), then the law wouldn't need to be overhauled.
This is akin to charging, convicting and imprisoning a photographer because someone else displayed his photographs in "Uptight-ville". The difference is, this was done over the Internet, rather then a public gallery.
The Appeals Court dropped the ball on this one. If a crime was committed in that backwoods locale, it should be the person who viewed the porn who is charged, because they're the ones who took the active step of bringing it 'into' the jurisdiction. Yeah, it's some pretty foul porn, by most standards, but it was the police who ordered the damn things and downloaded them, not some otherwise innocent person. Frankly, it's a mockery of the law to charge him with crimes in that jurisdiction.
Excuse me, it may be "Ctrl+Shift+R". Regardless, it should be a task even a federal bureaucrat can handle without a million dollar study on the project.
It's called "convert the file to a PDF" and "hit Ctrl+R and OK" twice.
I call bullshit. Most of the people who identify themselves as Democrats will vote for whoever is running on the Democratic ticket. Most of the people who identify themselves as Republicans will vote for the Republican candidate. The only time you're voting for 'individuals' is when you're voting in a primary where you have more then one candidate from the same party to pick from, and even then, in a lot of cases, it's a choice between clones. "Do I vote for the white guy who is spouting the party line, or do I vote for the other white guy who is spouting the same party line?"
The only people who don't fall into that are people who consider themselves independents, and a lot of the time, they're stuck with a bad choice or a worse choice. (And even then, if the candidate they like is from a party that isn't demographically favored in their area, their choice means fuck all.)
Yes, that's pessimistic. But saying that the U.S. is different because we vote 'for individuals' is disingenuous at best.
And far more people still listen to the radio then watch YouTube. Okay, look... you can listen to the radio at any time, while doing practically anything. You could be working in your backyard, driving a car, putting the new coversheet on the TPS report... and listen to the radio at the same time.
But if you're watching a video on YouTube... well, I hope to Jesus you're not driving at the same time.... regardless, you need a computer/laptop/netbook to do so. Which limits the viewership. (A radio is far cheaper then a computer. You can get a cheap Walkman for twenty bucks.)
Well, there is a difference between "share your toys" wherein the act of sharing does not create an exact duplicate of the toys and "share your digital music" where the act of sharing does create an exact digital duplicate.
Honestly, people.
No, but he does pick up objects in ways that really can't be done. No, I'm not talking about the "unrealisticness" of super-strength.... more like the "unrealisticness" of lifting a car off of the road by it's front fender, or picking up a fishing boat by the bow. The kind of thing where if he was 'telekinetically' picking it up evenly across the entire item, sure, that would work... but he should be ripping the fender off, or breaking the boat in half because he's not supporting the whole weight.
Er, no. They clearly say that the average temperature is the (minimum temp + maximum temp)/2. I'm not sure where you're getting that it's half the difference.
What you find fun and/or useful is not going to be the same for everyone else. Maybe some people out there like swarming larger ships. Maybe they like doing things you don't. That's what makes individuals.... individual.
wait, what?
I hardly consider myself an "absolute expert" at WoW (I only have one level 80, a human rogue), but some of us have obligations in the real world (job, family, etc.), so unless you're living in your parent's basement and all your expenses are paid for, no, I'm sorry, it takes a bit longer then that to get to 80. (Yes, I realized played time is cumulative time played, but damn, even with mounts being made available earlier and such, 1-80 in 240 hours of played time is not reasonable for a newbie.)
I would posit that using Twitter causes brain damage at a far faster rate and in greater numbers of users then cell phones.
Try reading the wikipedia article that was cited. Or actually google "ascap ringtones".
Months, huh? I call bullshit. Some guild with no life will beat Arthas into paste before the end of the year.
Every time Blizzard has released new content, one of the mega-guilds powers through it so fast, that it's shocking. Yeah, they might get slapped around the first few times while they learn the encounter.... but you can expect the first Arthas kill in a matter of weeks, not months.
The only possible things that could put it off until the new year is (1) Blizzard hard coded it so each wing is opened on a set schedule, regardless of how fast the bosses in that wing are beaten and (2) Christmas break.
Most of the Alliance seems to be of the mental age, if not the physical age, of 14.
*nod* Generally speaking, the instances of Sharia law that get the Western world into a tizzy are either ones that have been blended with local or tribal customs OR have been applied by fundamentalist Muslims, and therefore give as true a representation of Sharia law as the WBC gives of Christian principles. (Here's a hint... that means "not at all".)
Yes, because invasions of countries in that region on the flimsiest of pretexts has such a wonderful track record.
Right, because they counted around 39 million ballots in 12 hours and came up with a completely accurate result. There was nothing fishy with the ballot results at all.
The 5th Amendment states in part that "...nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."
What this means is that the prosecution cannot force you to take the stand, police cannot force you to talk, etc. However, if you freely admit things to the police, they may use that information against you, and if you take the stand in your own defense, your statements may be used by the prosecutor.