There's an old saying that fish rot from the head first
This is probably the real reason. Lots of organic stuff decays on contact with air, probably by the time anyone takes a good look at the fish's eyes, they've already turned black.
Some people see the blocks falling after they've stopped playing. Thinking about it in relation to PTSD, I wonder if this isn't a minor form of stress disorder as well. Perhaps "post-tetris stress disorder" crowds out the effects of PTSD.
All US brand cereals that are sold in Sweden taste like sugercoated suger. Is that the other 50%?
Probably. It seems that the cereal for kids are all sugar-coated sugar. When I was a kid, though, I loved Grape-Nuts (which have neither grapes nor nuts) when I could get my parents to buy them (being "healthy", they were more expensive than frosted flakes, and came in a much smaller box). Now that I spend my own money, I buy the generic brand version.
They both give us a hundreds different brands of cereals to eat but only 2 political choices, how's that freedom?
The funny thing about that is that 50% of those brands of cereals tastes like sticks and twigs, but 100% of the political parties taste like sticks and twigs.
All the people I've met in my various jobs that were rated in the bottom 10% always got there by requiring constant hand holding, failing to meet goals they themselves set, failing to learn or grow, or failing in any number of other ways.
Then they should be let go because they suck. Applying some kind of magical 10% knife to make the company better may work the first time, but the problem with magic is that the magic wears off the third or fourth time it's used.
But not legitimate enough to bother passing a law against it.
I have absolutely no problem with a cop rolling up and "checking on you" if someone thinks you're doing something illegal. But when it turns out you aren't committing a crime, the correct response for the cop is always to smile and nod, wish you a good day, and continue on their beat.
Any other response is neither "good intentions" nor "well meaning".
I want to know how you preclude all these shiny-miney algorithms from being tweaked with misinformation.
Who needs misinformation? This will be as useless for the journalists as datamining is for governments, except "Link Discovered Between Illinois Senator Pick and Price of Canned Spinach!" is more entertaining than being "detained" for days while men in black interrogate your boss and coworkers because the computer said so.
No.. Liberals will blame Bush even if it doesn't happen for 10,000 years. Don' you know he is the official cause of everything bad according to the Democrats?
And conservatives blame liberals. Even after this thing blows up, the world will continue to turn.
No, but since the registration laws are written so that registration is separate from conviction in order to allow the government to register people who committed their crimes decades ago, being a convicted felon is not necessary for being on the list. How long until gun registration leads to the same restrictions? After all, if being banned from living within 2000 feet of a school does not infringe on the rights of sex offenders, such a restriction would not infringe on the rights of gun owners.
try browsing your local online sex offender registry and check out the convictions.
Selection bias. Did you look at every one and count them, or did you pick a few random ones and just happened to remember the few who diddled both of their daughters? Just about every actual study demonstrates a recidivism rate of less than 15%, most likely due to the fact that nobody lets their kids play with creepy uncle bob anymore (remember: the majority of child molestation and rape cases are done by a relative, the majority of the remainder by someone the family or kid knew).
This, of course, ignores the stuff that everyone else pointed out, like the 17 year old who got arrested for a blowjob from a 15 year old, or the people arrested for peeing in a bush.
Just wait until people put two and two together. If forcing sex offenders to move 2000 feet away from schools doesn't infringe any rights, and registration doesn't infringe any rights, how long until you can't live within 2000 feet of a school if you own a gun?
They could, but if there's anything I've learned from living in Houston, it's that prosecutors are full of shit and won't do a single thing that might prove that the guy they're railroading may be innocent after all.
We just had one guy who had been in jail for years get out because the prosecutor and police "forgot" to process the victim's rape kit. The prisoner finally got someone to process it, and now the cops are refusing to release who the real criminal is, but all signs point to the guy who was eventually arrested after raping several more kids thanks to the cops and prosecutors railroading an innocent man.
There was no "registration" 20 years ago. I can find plenty more examples, because the registries were specifically created as "not a criminal sentence" in order to evade the ex post facto law ban.
I'm sure everyone who supports this bullshit will regret it when someone discovers that the same rules can be applied to gun registries, after all, being banned from living 2500 feet from a school does not infringe on your right to own a gun, just like it does not infringe on any rights of rapists.
No Germans had rights back then, no Jews had rights back then, no minority you can fathom had rights back then!
Is that so? Your rights came from a piece of paper? Without a piece of paper, does your mouth get glued shut like in the Matrix? Do your legs and arms fall off because you have no right to move about or earn a living? Do the walls and doors of your house fall down?
America was built by people who believed that humans had fundamental rights by nature of existing as humans, and wrote its Constitution as an exhaustive list of federal powers. The "Bill of Rights" (itself a listing of things the government cannot do) clearly states that it is not an exhaustive enumeration, and was added because people believed (rightly so, apparently) that the government would trample those rights whenever it was convenient.
I believe the founders were right: "natural rights" exist, and in the absence of "Germany", those people who would be Germans would still have the rights and capabilities they were born with. No piece of paper gives them to the people, no piece of paper may take them away.
Because the sharks writing the laws aim to make them impossible to decipher without $400/hr assistance, I can't tell you for sure that it does, but I have found that gay sex is apparently still a sex offense in Georgia, and that someone thinks that public urination counts.
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There's an old saying that fish rot from the head first
This is probably the real reason. Lots of organic stuff decays on contact with air, probably by the time anyone takes a good look at the fish's eyes, they've already turned black.
did it have any long-term impact?
Some people see the blocks falling after they've stopped playing. Thinking about it in relation to PTSD, I wonder if this isn't a minor form of stress disorder as well. Perhaps "post-tetris stress disorder" crowds out the effects of PTSD.
All US brand cereals that are sold in Sweden taste like sugercoated suger. Is that the other 50%?
Probably. It seems that the cereal for kids are all sugar-coated sugar. When I was a kid, though, I loved Grape-Nuts (which have neither grapes nor nuts) when I could get my parents to buy them (being "healthy", they were more expensive than frosted flakes, and came in a much smaller box). Now that I spend my own money, I buy the generic brand version.
They both give us a hundreds different brands of cereals to eat but only 2 political choices, how's that freedom?
The funny thing about that is that 50% of those brands of cereals tastes like sticks and twigs, but 100% of the political parties taste like sticks and twigs.
I think that this notion of making money off an idea without breaking a sweat or having some "special" idea that nobody else has thought of before
Sounds like management to me.
I understand there are actually seven ninjas in that picture.
They understand the importance of not being seen.
Unfortunately, it is obvious where they are hiding.
All the people I've met in my various jobs that were rated in the bottom 10% always got there by requiring constant hand holding, failing to meet goals they themselves set, failing to learn or grow, or failing in any number of other ways.
Then they should be let go because they suck. Applying some kind of magical 10% knife to make the company better may work the first time, but the problem with magic is that the magic wears off the third or fourth time it's used.
because it is a legitimate concern
But not legitimate enough to bother passing a law against it.
I have absolutely no problem with a cop rolling up and "checking on you" if someone thinks you're doing something illegal. But when it turns out you aren't committing a crime, the correct response for the cop is always to smile and nod, wish you a good day, and continue on their beat.
Any other response is neither "good intentions" nor "well meaning".
I want to know how you preclude all these shiny-miney algorithms from being tweaked with misinformation.
Who needs misinformation? This will be as useless for the journalists as datamining is for governments, except "Link Discovered Between Illinois Senator Pick and Price of Canned Spinach!" is more entertaining than being "detained" for days while men in black interrogate your boss and coworkers because the computer said so.
The answer is "Because I like owning MY business thank you."
Corporate HR droid: "Well, it just so happens we like owning your business as well. Don't call us, we'll call you."
I don't have to give back the damn mashed potato sculptures
But... this means something!
Then WHAT
The seats eject you (and your family of up to 4) to safety.
How many Burning Libraries of Alexandria are there in a Burning Library of Congress?
No.. Liberals will blame Bush even if it doesn't happen for 10,000 years. Don' you know he is the official cause of everything bad according to the Democrats?
And conservatives blame liberals. Even after this thing blows up, the world will continue to turn.
Hopefully.
to the best of my knowledge all crimes that would require one to register as a sex offender are felonies
Your knowledge is insufficient.
because every citizen is a convicted felon
No, but since the registration laws are written so that registration is separate from conviction in order to allow the government to register people who committed their crimes decades ago, being a convicted felon is not necessary for being on the list. How long until gun registration leads to the same restrictions? After all, if being banned from living within 2000 feet of a school does not infringe on the rights of sex offenders, such a restriction would not infringe on the rights of gun owners.
try browsing your local online sex offender registry and check out the convictions.
Selection bias. Did you look at every one and count them, or did you pick a few random ones and just happened to remember the few who diddled both of their daughters? Just about every actual study demonstrates a recidivism rate of less than 15%, most likely due to the fact that nobody lets their kids play with creepy uncle bob anymore (remember: the majority of child molestation and rape cases are done by a relative, the majority of the remainder by someone the family or kid knew).
This, of course, ignores the stuff that everyone else pointed out, like the 17 year old who got arrested for a blowjob from a 15 year old, or the people arrested for peeing in a bush.
raise him the Lautenberg Amendment
Just wait until people put two and two together. If forcing sex offenders to move 2000 feet away from schools doesn't infringe any rights, and registration doesn't infringe any rights, how long until you can't live within 2000 feet of a school if you own a gun?
Hermaphroditic kittens.
Damnit, how did you find out about my stash of kitty porn!
A prosecutor could
They could, but if there's anything I've learned from living in Houston, it's that prosecutors are full of shit and won't do a single thing that might prove that the guy they're railroading may be innocent after all.
We just had one guy who had been in jail for years get out because the prosecutor and police "forgot" to process the victim's rape kit. The prisoner finally got someone to process it, and now the cops are refusing to release who the real criminal is, but all signs point to the guy who was eventually arrested after raping several more kids thanks to the cops and prosecutors railroading an innocent man.
It is part of their sentence. They are sentenced to register as a sex offender.
No, they are not.
http://www.bakelblog.com/nobodys_business/2007/03/florida_banishe.html
There was no "registration" 20 years ago. I can find plenty more examples, because the registries were specifically created as "not a criminal sentence" in order to evade the ex post facto law ban.
I'm sure everyone who supports this bullshit will regret it when someone discovers that the same rules can be applied to gun registries, after all, being banned from living 2500 feet from a school does not infringe on your right to own a gun, just like it does not infringe on any rights of rapists.
No Germans had rights back then, no Jews had rights back then, no minority you can fathom had rights back then!
Is that so? Your rights came from a piece of paper? Without a piece of paper, does your mouth get glued shut like in the Matrix? Do your legs and arms fall off because you have no right to move about or earn a living? Do the walls and doors of your house fall down?
America was built by people who believed that humans had fundamental rights by nature of existing as humans, and wrote its Constitution as an exhaustive list of federal powers. The "Bill of Rights" (itself a listing of things the government cannot do) clearly states that it is not an exhaustive enumeration, and was added because people believed (rightly so, apparently) that the government would trample those rights whenever it was convenient.
I believe the founders were right: "natural rights" exist, and in the absence of "Germany", those people who would be Germans would still have the rights and capabilities they were born with. No piece of paper gives them to the people, no piece of paper may take them away.
Name one such person, and I will personally call the circuit judge and fix it.
You lose. http://www.bakelblog.com/nobodys_business/2007/03/florida_banishe.html
If public urination leads to
Because the sharks writing the laws aim to make them impossible to decipher without $400/hr assistance, I can't tell you for sure that it does, but I have found that gay sex is apparently still a sex offense in Georgia, and that someone thinks that public urination counts.
justify the risk of getting caught
Just like the drug market (or any other black market), the "risk of getting caught" is calculated into the price you pay.