I hazard a guess that 99% - no, 99.9995% of the Android user base has NO INTEREST in hacking their handset from its factory installed presets.
Apple with their iOS and Palm with their WebOS knew this full well, which is why they designed their UIs to be completely user-friendly from the time the device is first switched on to the time it's given away to a family member as you update your device.
Androids hackability has nothing to do with its market prevalence - it just happens to be installed on loads of devices from good quality handset manufacturers...it is not a major consideration during purchasing time for the vast majority of shoppers out there.
I like your argument but have to ask this about US law: Why does it have to go all the way to SCOTUS before people get their heads our of their arses and realise that something is fundamentally wrong and against your primary doctrine - the Constitution?
Surely there/should/ be multiple checks and balances (Congress to Senate to Congress to Senate to Congress to Senate to President) before a law gets passed?
Laws shouldn't be moderated by the judiciary post-hoc, they should be well drafted before they even leave the legislature!
Uhhh....how is being rear-ended EVER the fault of the person in front? Here in the UK we have a clear law of 'driving without due care and attention' - surely the US must have the same?
Don't be so wilfully ignorant about the political changes going on in your very own country - just search on the BBC for Clegg's opening speech as deputy PM where he specifically sets out powers to be rolled back.
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Do you honestly believe what you're writing?
I really need to get myself some of what you're smoking...
So these dreadfully ill newborns born to people too poor to take care of themselves in the prenatal period, or just cursed with bad genes, will survive.
They will survive with increased risks of disease and deformity, bringing an emotional and financial burden upon their already overstretched parents, in a society with few social resources to care for them.
And then their living older siblings will suffer from decreased parental attention, relationships will be put under strain, and only a few of them will achieve normal adult lives.
So unless these premature babies bring in billions of dollars of social support infrastructure as well, I daresay the outcome would be worse than just letting them die and getting on with making the next one.
I'm just worried about a repeat of the early 90's where the Conservatives sold off most of our nationalised industries to their corporate chums - british steel, british telecom, national rail and a couple of others I forget.
Only this time it will be with the NHS - watch for 'public-private partnerships' in walk-in clinics, or A&E departments, or out-of-hospital scanning departments.
You can bet we'll never see that money again, and we'll just end up with a horribly fragmented NHS just like like national rail.
At least the LibDems will act as a major thorn in their side if anything like that tries to pass.
You're right next door to Disney - surely that should be your source of entertainment, rather than demanding your daily dose of she-male interracial horse sex...
Replying to a massively downmodded thread but anyway:
I hate plead bargains and everything they stand for. They are undemocratic, bullying threats made by people in power.
It's amazing that the US still has them when most other western democracies do not. They strip an individual of their right to jury trial and unfairly bias events in favour of the prosecutor.
The amount of leeway a DA has in laying charges, and the fact that they are elected to office, are precisely the reasons why the US legal system appears more corrupt than our own here in the UK. Placing all that power and discretion in the hands of one individual is like playing with fire - if you commit a crime that belongs on their 'pet hate' list, they may level tougher charges than might otherwise seem appropriate.
Moreover, plea bargaining is a despicable idea in a supposedly free society, particularly when it amounts to nothing more than bullying and intimidation to extract a 'confession' (the plea) - and we all know confessions obtained under duress are entirely untainted don't we...This is why plea bargaining is rare in almost every other civilised nation.
UK resident here. I personally love it when new technology is introduced into banknotes, but those plastic ones the Australians have had for ages are just plain cool.
The Indonesian plastic Rp100,000 note is also pretty damned cool.
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Mine just had his herbalism and phrenology exams. The stress he was under was just immense...
I hazard a guess that 99% - no, 99.9995% of the Android user base has NO INTEREST in hacking their handset from its factory installed presets.
Apple with their iOS and Palm with their WebOS knew this full well, which is why they designed their UIs to be completely user-friendly from the time the device is first switched on to the time it's given away to a family member as you update your device.
Androids hackability has nothing to do with its market prevalence - it just happens to be installed on loads of devices from good quality handset manufacturers...it is not a major consideration during purchasing time for the vast majority of shoppers out there.
I'll place a bet on which one will be selling better in 3 months time...
(iPhone just in case you didn't get the inference)
I like your argument but have to ask this about US law: Why does it have to go all the way to SCOTUS before people get their heads our of their arses and realise that something is fundamentally wrong and against your primary doctrine - the Constitution?
Surely there /should/ be multiple checks and balances (Congress to Senate to Congress to Senate to Congress to Senate to President) before a law gets passed?
Laws shouldn't be moderated by the judiciary post-hoc, they should be well drafted before they even leave the legislature!
>>Kehlenschneider. 80% ABV and 400,000 Scoville units...
So is their tagline:
"Mmm...you can feel the stomach cancer developing!"
Uhhh....how is being rear-ended EVER the fault of the person in front? Here in the UK we have a clear law of 'driving without due care and attention' - surely the US must have the same?
>>Oil is a commodity and commodities are the freest market in the world, largely devoid of government control.
Ever heard of OPEC, or are you being wilfully ignorant of the true geopolitics behind oil?
Don't be so wilfully ignorant about the political changes going on in your very own country - just search on the BBC for Clegg's opening speech as deputy PM where he specifically sets out powers to be rolled back.
Do you honestly believe what you're writing?
I really need to get myself some of what you're smoking...
So these dreadfully ill newborns born to people too poor to take care of themselves in the prenatal period, or just cursed with bad genes, will survive.
They will survive with increased risks of disease and deformity, bringing an emotional and financial burden upon their already overstretched parents, in a society with few social resources to care for them.
And then their living older siblings will suffer from decreased parental attention, relationships will be put under strain, and only a few of them will achieve normal adult lives.
So unless these premature babies bring in billions of dollars of social support infrastructure as well, I daresay the outcome would be worse than just letting them die and getting on with making the next one.
I'm a doctor. Which liver function test costs US$20,000? I'm intrigued to know.
Otherwise I call shenanigans.
I find the American notion of 'liberals' and 'conservatives' to be rather amusing at best and woefully ignorant at worst.
The UK has just elected a 'liberal conservative' government...does that mean you hate us or love us?
I'm just pissed off that the standard English language word 'fuck' is referred to as an 'F-bomb'.
Seriously, do we just use 'initial+hyphen bomb' for anything nowadays?
'F-bombs', 'N-bombs', 'H-bombs', 'A-bombs'.
How about 'S-bombs' for shit or 'C-bombs' for cocks or 'T-bombs' for tits?
Then we can degrade the entire language.
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Nice catch-22 there - never let a doctor with 1000 cases operate...
I'm just worried about a repeat of the early 90's where the Conservatives sold off most of our nationalised industries to their corporate chums - british steel, british telecom, national rail and a couple of others I forget.
Only this time it will be with the NHS - watch for 'public-private partnerships' in walk-in clinics, or A&E departments, or out-of-hospital scanning departments.
You can bet we'll never see that money again, and we'll just end up with a horribly fragmented NHS just like like national rail.
At least the LibDems will act as a major thorn in their side if anything like that tries to pass.
I never realised until you just said it but yes, I don't recall ever having heard a laughter track whilst watching MASH over here.
God, it must be awful with one...
Why would you need more than 1 megabit down?
You're right next door to Disney - surely that should be your source of entertainment, rather than demanding your daily dose of she-male interracial horse sex...
It was the treatment of tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma but I can't find the reference at present. Read about it in med school.
However, may I draw your attention to a couple of other cancers that seem to benefit from localised immune activation due to injected bacteria:
Stomach: http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/v84/n4/abs/6691599a.html
Mouth: http://www.springerlink.com/content/rw3kk056t4014t5j/
Bladder: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20205607
Replying to a massively downmodded thread but anyway:
I hate plead bargains and everything they stand for. They are undemocratic, bullying threats made by people in power.
It's amazing that the US still has them when most other western democracies do not. They strip an individual of their right to jury trial and unfairly bias events in favour of the prosecutor.
Uncorrupt?
The amount of leeway a DA has in laying charges, and the fact that they are elected to office, are precisely the reasons why the US legal system appears more corrupt than our own here in the UK. Placing all that power and discretion in the hands of one individual is like playing with fire - if you commit a crime that belongs on their 'pet hate' list, they may level tougher charges than might otherwise seem appropriate.
Moreover, plea bargaining is a despicable idea in a supposedly free society, particularly when it amounts to nothing more than bullying and intimidation to extract a 'confession' (the plea) - and we all know confessions obtained under duress are entirely untainted don't we...This is why plea bargaining is rare in almost every other civilised nation.
UK resident here. I personally love it when new technology is introduced into banknotes, but those plastic ones the Australians have had for ages are just plain cool.
The Indonesian plastic Rp100,000 note is also pretty damned cool.
Wish we had 'em.
A quick Wiki finds they've had since 1939 to change the species name...no point getting their pants in a twist now ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophophora
Git:
"worthless person, 1946, British slang, a southern variant of Scottish get "illegitimate child, brat," related to beget.
So 'GitHub' would imply a place for worthless idiots to congregate...
>makes her feel better
Did you RTFA? This is a disease of MEN.
Of are you just being stupidly and unnecessarily PC by modifying all your personal pronouns to compensate for the 'historic oppression' of womyn?