While all you said is correct, I think you're also giving the government too much credit for being calculating and logical. The government was scared to death of the hippie movement, and went to ban that which was integral to it - a totally irrational response. Dope isn't a threat to any regime - if anything, it's the opposite.
I can't tell which part you're missing, but the answer is "less than or equal to 96.5%". Since "the remaining Top Ten priorities" include 1, 2 and 4 through 10, they have exactly 96.5% of all agents if there are no more than ten "priorities" in the FBI.
(P.S. Fight the power! Down the the FBI! Revolution!)
Google's existence and success required Microsoft to have been successful previously to create the platform that allowed them to go on and connect people to their search servers. From Wikipedia: "Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina originally designed and programmed NCSA Mosaic for Unix's X Window System at NCSA" (emphasis added). End of discussion.
My planned approach? Start with pretty locked down access (I've got a router and the skills to more or less pull that off), open it up over time as they learn and mature, and I'm going to monitor what they do. You're freakin' right I am. That doesn't mean I'm going to pour over every mail, and I'm certainly not going to do it secretly. They're going to know I'm watching from the time they start using the internet; I'm going to tell them, and I'm going to tell them it's gonna happen at school and work, and throughout the rest of their accessing lives. Smart man. I had the Net since I was 9 and my parents never watched what I did or who I was talking to or what I was saying, and now I'm a reclusive pervert who spends all his time reading Slashdot. The only thing that gets me off anymore is lactating emus giving oral sex to cancer victims! I actually believe everything I read on Wikipedia! Don't let your kids grow up to be me!
Sorry for being Offtopic (and surely about to be modded so), but
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it. Isn't this just a confused way of saying "we see the universe the way it is because it's the way it is"?
Yup, it's by that logic that the FSF says "Linux" (as the term is commonly used) should be called GNU/Linux. Gnome is part of GNU, but I guess if you use KDE you could call it KDE/GNU/Linux or something...
I think it's more like this: They're not willing to try to ban all sexual mods (in fact, as the article states, they probably want them). But they're not going to sue them for charging money, because that would equal demanding they give them away for free. And that's too risky politically for them.
America may indeed be "The Land of the Free", and socialist Cuba may indeed deny freedoms, but it's important to ask who's freedoms we're talking about. Hint: even within either country the answer isn't consistent.
What? "Freedom to sue for losses" ? And does equal rights decrease freeom because landowners no longer have "the Freedom to own slaves" ? How do you reconcile "freedom of speech" against the "freedom to censor" ? Freedom and rights are complex things. One (wo)man's freedom to post ads all over town is another (wo)mans lack of freedom to avoid brainwashing. My right to blast loud music conflicts with my neighbors' right to hear themselves think. The media's right to say and show what they want to goes against my right to have my voice heard. Capitalism is at once the businessman's freedom and the worker's slavery. And, yes, the slavemaster's right to own slaves is the slave's slavery.
God, if only we had that much choice. In reality, it's like this:
1. The We'll Say And Do Anything To Acquire And Retain Power Party (1), backed by the Oil and Media industries 2. The We'll Say And Do Anything To Acquire And Retain Power Party (2). backed by the Oil and Media industries
BTW... Isn't it about time for a proper organized atheist religion? We can even have lobby groups that focus on trying to get the governments to try and make people think for themselves! If you live in the US, you probably want American Atheists. Personally, I think viewing religion as a social evil (rather than a symptom) that needs to be attacked, like they do, is a mistake, but that's just me.
Cancer? Is that some kind of stack overflow in the DNA programming by "God"? I love you. I'm gonna get a shirt that says "Cancer: Stack overflows in God's DNA code."
You mean swallow and breathe? If you can't hold your breath for long enough to swallow your food, you maybe in critical need of some cardiovascular exercise. However if you have a better design for how a dual-use mouth can lead to both the lungs and stomach, and usually get the air air to the former and the food to the latter, please feel free to draw up a plan, put it on an alter made of 12 uncut rocks, and burn it with sacrificial fire, so God can take a look. I'm joking......any number of rocks works fine. So... you're saying the limitation is inherent in the design? You're right, that IS a great defense against the "God's a bad designer" argument.
Your statement is fine presuming you have a theistic metaphysics to give it authority/objectivity God's beliefs aren't subjective? I don't think this can be proved logically. Even worse, if your morality is just about who has the authority to define it, it sounds pretty empty to me.
Really, people who can't understand ethics for their own sake scare me.
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"Get along or pistols at dawn." I like it.
But it wasn't technically illegal at first, just effectively. That's what I meant.
Of course, I'm talking about drugs in general. But if I recall correctly, pot wasn't declared totally illegal till some time in the 60s.
While all you said is correct, I think you're also giving the government too much credit for being calculating and logical. The government was scared to death of the hippie movement, and went to ban that which was integral to it - a totally irrational response. Dope isn't a threat to any regime - if anything, it's the opposite.
Well done.
I can't tell which part you're missing, but the answer is "less than or equal to 96.5%". Since "the remaining Top Ten priorities" include 1, 2 and 4 through 10, they have exactly 96.5% of all agents if there are no more than ten "priorities" in the FBI. (P.S. Fight the power! Down the the FBI! Revolution!)
But FireWire is alot older than the G4. I had it on my Blue and White G3 tower (first computer to have it, I think).
I think there are people on Slashdot who's only source of self-esteem is modding people down for being offtopic.
Yup, it's by that logic that the FSF says "Linux" (as the term is commonly used) should be called GNU/Linux. Gnome is part of GNU, but I guess if you use KDE you could call it KDE/GNU/Linux or something...
You know those "rights" things we have? They're SUPPOSED to obstruct police from doing what they might be tempted to decide is "official business".
I suggest you read the whole article before you reply.
I think it's more like this: They're not willing to try to ban all sexual mods (in fact, as the article states, they probably want them). But they're not going to sue them for charging money, because that would equal demanding they give them away for free. And that's too risky politically for them.
Don't forget the Prohibition Party. I think they've got a good shot in '08.
Oh, and while I'm at it:
America may indeed be "The Land of the Free", and socialist Cuba may indeed deny freedoms, but it's important to ask who's freedoms we're talking about. Hint: even within either country the answer isn't consistent.
God, if only we had that much choice. In reality, it's like this:
1. The We'll Say And Do Anything To Acquire And Retain Power Party (1), backed by the Oil and Media industries
2. The We'll Say And Do Anything To Acquire And Retain Power Party (2). backed by the Oil and Media industries
Really, people who can't understand ethics for their own sake scare me.