The fact it was Thomas the tank engine rather than Thomas the tank has legal significance when the person's face plastered on the front of it died by being run over by a passenger train.
What legal significance is there? Is it in poor taste? Absolutely. Is it funny? I thought so, at least the description. How does the parody have any legal impact at all?
Deliberately offending people is not the same as bullying people. The fact that so many these days think it is the same thing is where the problem starts with cases like this.
Bullying people provides something to the bully, generally some sort of social or financial gain. Calling people names or saying something in poor taste online provides neither of these in an "anonymous" environment. If he did it with his real name, perhaps you could argue it was intentional bullying but I'd probably still disagree. Yes his actions were intentional, but being deliberate doesn't make someone a bully. It does make them an asshole (I'm from the US, I prefer that to arsehole) but that's not illegal. For that matter, I don't think petty bullying that doesn't actually cause physical harm or threat of physical harm should be illegal either, though. In order to be bullied you must first think of yourself as a victim.
Emotional harm over the internet? Really? Get a grip on reality. Personal responsibility is sorely lacking (on both sides of cases like this) and it's time for that to stop. Grow up, grow a pair, and take responsibility for yourself and shit like this won't matter.
Or they change their opinion based on more information. Not all people are underhanded or double-dealing. Some people just learn from their (and others') mistakes.
You're in a very stable building then... by Dulles our building walls were visibly shaking on a single floor building. The guys working the water pipes in the parking lot were freaking out. Quite funny for someone who spent a long while in CA to feel an earthquake of any size in VA.
You're aware the USPS shipping costs have increased about 25 percent in the time Netflix has been in business, aren't you? That makes a huge difference in profits, especially when you're trying to expand your market.
Netflix has said all along they want to be a totally streaming service at some point in the future. This is no surprise to anyone who's been paying attention.
Personally I watch about 30 movies and tv shows in the time I watch 2 or 3 DVDs. (I work from home often and netflix is on "in the background".) If I drop the DVD service, I get the majority of what I watch now for $2 less or something like that. Win win, really.
People who are outraged about this simply haven't been paying attention or don't have broadband at home for whatever reason. For those people without broadband, the DVD service isn't going away yet, it's just being broken into a separate price plan. Again, cheaper than the "full service" option that allows DVDs and streaming.
I call bullshit. These instruments are TEMPEST shielded to such a degree it's ridiculous. Personal devices also don't emit with enough power (unless modified) to affect anything further than a couple of feet away from them.
I'm just baffled that anyone who's old enough to work for 21 years actually uses facebook and would post something so childish. The fact that someone was a douchebag after the joke isn't particularly surprising at all, unfortunately. People are petty little assholes and from what I can tell based on friends who are with fire/rescue the environment in those fields is even worse than the "normal" corporate world for that kind of shit.
Generally held usage of "world's largest" implies the title remains such until something larger comes along, not just until that particular thing is "retired".
Semantics aside, the article is clearly wrong on several details that have already been pointed out.
Think outside of the USA. There is no reason to replace something (especially a pace maker) if it's functioning properly. That said, there's also no reason someone couldn't go in for an "upgrade" if they had some reason they thought their "decades-old machinery" wasn't working properly.
i want you to listen to reason: we need to get off oil now, or we will suffer
and you react like i'm trying to run your life?
no, i'm trying to wake you up from your ignorant complacency, and you are reacting like a teenager told by his mom he needs to stop playing videogames and start studying. that indolent sloth of a teenager would then say 'Look on the bright side. Now you have an outlet for all your self-righteous indignation. Nothing feels quite as good to someone trying to run other people's lives as saying "I told you so!"'
so you are basically saying that american energy policy is akin to a fat lazy useless teenager with a sense of spoiled entitlement... but i'm in the wrong because i'm pointing out the simple obvious truth that we're on the wrong path? is that your message to me?
The problem is you're essentially preaching to the choir here and you're being a douchebag about it. We're all very aware of the fact that oil is a losing solution and we should seek out other alternatives. Being a dick about pointing that out over and over again isn't helping win you any friends.
The federal law at issue in the case allows the government to continue to detain prisoners who had engaged in sexually violent conduct, AND suffered from mental illness AND would have difficulty controlling themselves. If the government is able to prove all of this to a judge by “clear and convincing” evidence — a heightened standard, but short of “beyond a reasonable doubt” — it may hold such prisoners until they are no longer dangerous or a state assumes responsibility for them.
This is only applies to @100 inmates. I wonder what else Comstock did that we are unaware of.
It doesn't matter what he did that we're unaware of, it's what he was convicted for that matters. He was convicted of a non-violent crime for which he served his sentence. Now he's being held indefinitely based on a "sexually dangerous" "certification" by the Attorney General of the USA. (The article does not give any specifics as to how the AG came up with that "certification".)
Whether this applies to 100 inmates or not, it's clear that it's already being misapplied.
Hate to reply to my post but I can't delete it now after further research... it seems "beyond reasonable doubt" is the standard for all (or most) criminal cases within the USA. I retract my previous post.
Normal incarceration does not require "beyond reasonable doubt" except in murder cases. I agree with your general point, but I wanted to correct that particular argument.
Even with a conviction, if you've served the sentence associated with that conviction, there is no grounds for holding you. That's the point of this whole line of argument. You're effectively being held indefinitely without a trial.
Once you've served your sentence for a conviction, anything beyond that sentence is wrongful imprisonment unless you receive another trial.
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Prices will never go below a certain level. If the unwashed masses start using Apple products then the aura of smug superiority will vanish.
Have you looked around? Everyone and their brother has an iPod or iPhone these days. I hate to break it to you, but the "unwashed masses" have been using Apple products for the last couple of years. The only "aura of smug superiority" I've seen about them are the Mac commercials and the attitudes of people here on slashdot.
The point is that 2+2=4 and describing the area under a curve is a fairly intuitive image to get across when showing maths to a sufficiently advanced technological society.
Math is also based on the laws of physics (or more accurately help describe the laws of physics,) which don't seem to change for different species, no matter what their biology.
The obvious and simple answer is to start with mathematics. Maths don't change no matter what the culture behind it. Obviously the notation will most likely look different, but the meaning of the notation will be decipherable. Of course that assumes you have some way of getting to a point where communication is necessary/helpful such as having interstellar travel.
Clearly the article is a "joke" that doesn't take itself too seriously, but good grief. There are hundreds of plausible reasons why we haven't found sentient life yet that don't involve a society so consumed with pleasure that it destroys itself. No matter how much a society thrives on pleasure there will never be 100% unanimous pursuit of that pleasure that results in the extinction of a species. It's just ridiculous to suggest that as a possibility over some external force.
They definitely already throttle their service for FiOS. I just switched from my 15/2 static IP business line to a 15/5 dynamic IP residential line and there is a clear difference in speed on my internet. By the way, it's not faster now, up or down despite the bigger upload speeds.
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The fact it was Thomas the tank engine rather than Thomas the tank has legal significance when the person's face plastered on the front of it died by being run over by a passenger train.
What legal significance is there? Is it in poor taste? Absolutely. Is it funny? I thought so, at least the description. How does the parody have any legal impact at all?
Deliberately offending people is not the same as bullying people. The fact that so many these days think it is the same thing is where the problem starts with cases like this.
Bullying people provides something to the bully, generally some sort of social or financial gain. Calling people names or saying something in poor taste online provides neither of these in an "anonymous" environment. If he did it with his real name, perhaps you could argue it was intentional bullying but I'd probably still disagree. Yes his actions were intentional, but being deliberate doesn't make someone a bully. It does make them an asshole (I'm from the US, I prefer that to arsehole) but that's not illegal. For that matter, I don't think petty bullying that doesn't actually cause physical harm or threat of physical harm should be illegal either, though. In order to be bullied you must first think of yourself as a victim.
Emotional harm over the internet? Really? Get a grip on reality. Personal responsibility is sorely lacking (on both sides of cases like this) and it's time for that to stop. Grow up, grow a pair, and take responsibility for yourself and shit like this won't matter.
Or they change their opinion based on more information. Not all people are underhanded or double-dealing. Some people just learn from their (and others') mistakes.
You're in a very stable building then... by Dulles our building walls were visibly shaking on a single floor building. The guys working the water pipes in the parking lot were freaking out. Quite funny for someone who spent a long while in CA to feel an earthquake of any size in VA.
You're aware the USPS shipping costs have increased about 25 percent in the time Netflix has been in business, aren't you? That makes a huge difference in profits, especially when you're trying to expand your market.
Netflix has said all along they want to be a totally streaming service at some point in the future. This is no surprise to anyone who's been paying attention.
Personally I watch about 30 movies and tv shows in the time I watch 2 or 3 DVDs. (I work from home often and netflix is on "in the background".) If I drop the DVD service, I get the majority of what I watch now for $2 less or something like that. Win win, really.
People who are outraged about this simply haven't been paying attention or don't have broadband at home for whatever reason. For those people without broadband, the DVD service isn't going away yet, it's just being broken into a separate price plan. Again, cheaper than the "full service" option that allows DVDs and streaming.
I call bullshit. These instruments are TEMPEST shielded to such a degree it's ridiculous. Personal devices also don't emit with enough power (unless modified) to affect anything further than a couple of feet away from them.
Actually many of them are already fiber optic. Certainly not all but more and more every year.
Were you two? Seriously, how did you not hear of MS until 95?
I'm just baffled that anyone who's old enough to work for 21 years actually uses facebook and would post something so childish. The fact that someone was a douchebag after the joke isn't particularly surprising at all, unfortunately. People are petty little assholes and from what I can tell based on friends who are with fire/rescue the environment in those fields is even worse than the "normal" corporate world for that kind of shit.
Generally held usage of "world's largest" implies the title remains such until something larger comes along, not just until that particular thing is "retired".
Semantics aside, the article is clearly wrong on several details that have already been pointed out.
Think outside of the USA. There is no reason to replace something (especially a pace maker) if it's functioning properly. That said, there's also no reason someone couldn't go in for an "upgrade" if they had some reason they thought their "decades-old machinery" wasn't working properly.
I hate bumping into naked people in dark alleys.
Then you're doing it wrong.
i want you to listen to reason: we need to get off oil now, or we will suffer
and you react like i'm trying to run your life?
no, i'm trying to wake you up from your ignorant complacency, and you are reacting like a teenager told by his mom he needs to stop playing videogames and start studying. that indolent sloth of a teenager would then say 'Look on the bright side. Now you have an outlet for all your self-righteous indignation. Nothing feels quite as good to someone trying to run other people's lives as saying "I told you so!"'
so you are basically saying that american energy policy is akin to a fat lazy useless teenager with a sense of spoiled entitlement... but i'm in the wrong because i'm pointing out the simple obvious truth that we're on the wrong path? is that your message to me?
The problem is you're essentially preaching to the choir here and you're being a douchebag about it. We're all very aware of the fact that oil is a losing solution and we should seek out other alternatives. Being a dick about pointing that out over and over again isn't helping win you any friends.
Because nuking a well wouldn't have any negative effects on the environment, right?
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The federal law at issue in the case allows the government to continue to detain prisoners who had engaged in sexually violent conduct, AND suffered from mental illness AND would have difficulty controlling themselves. If the government is able to prove all of this to a judge by “clear and convincing” evidence — a heightened standard, but short of “beyond a reasonable doubt” — it may hold such prisoners until they are no longer dangerous or a state assumes responsibility for them.
This is only applies to @100 inmates. I wonder what else Comstock did that we are unaware of.
It doesn't matter what he did that we're unaware of, it's what he was convicted for that matters. He was convicted of a non-violent crime for which he served his sentence. Now he's being held indefinitely based on a "sexually dangerous" "certification" by the Attorney General of the USA. (The article does not give any specifics as to how the AG came up with that "certification".)
Whether this applies to 100 inmates or not, it's clear that it's already being misapplied.
Hate to reply to my post but I can't delete it now after further research... it seems "beyond reasonable doubt" is the standard for all (or most) criminal cases within the USA. I retract my previous post.
Normal incarceration does not require "beyond reasonable doubt" except in murder cases. I agree with your general point, but I wanted to correct that particular argument.
Even with a conviction, if you've served the sentence associated with that conviction, there is no grounds for holding you. That's the point of this whole line of argument. You're effectively being held indefinitely without a trial.
Once you've served your sentence for a conviction, anything beyond that sentence is wrongful imprisonment unless you receive another trial.
Prices will never go below a certain level. If the unwashed masses start using Apple products then the aura of smug superiority will vanish.
Have you looked around? Everyone and their brother has an iPod or iPhone these days. I hate to break it to you, but the "unwashed masses" have been using Apple products for the last couple of years. The only "aura of smug superiority" I've seen about them are the Mac commercials and the attitudes of people here on slashdot.
The point is that 2+2=4 and describing the area under a curve is a fairly intuitive image to get across when showing maths to a sufficiently advanced technological society.
Math is also based on the laws of physics (or more accurately help describe the laws of physics,) which don't seem to change for different species, no matter what their biology.
The obvious and simple answer is to start with mathematics. Maths don't change no matter what the culture behind it. Obviously the notation will most likely look different, but the meaning of the notation will be decipherable. Of course that assumes you have some way of getting to a point where communication is necessary/helpful such as having interstellar travel.
Clearly the article is a "joke" that doesn't take itself too seriously, but good grief. There are hundreds of plausible reasons why we haven't found sentient life yet that don't involve a society so consumed with pleasure that it destroys itself. No matter how much a society thrives on pleasure there will never be 100% unanimous pursuit of that pleasure that results in the extinction of a species. It's just ridiculous to suggest that as a possibility over some external force.
They definitely already throttle their service for FiOS. I just switched from my 15/2 static IP business line to a 15/5 dynamic IP residential line and there is a clear difference in speed on my internet. By the way, it's not faster now, up or down despite the bigger upload speeds.