Actually, this year JJ sued someone for covertly filming her sunbathing in the nude. So apparently a nipple wasn't enough for a lot of people--they wanted more.:)
It doesn't make sense for the judge to say, "Oh my! This case is so complex, let's just have Larry flush some money down the toilet or give it to charity, and we'll call it even."
Actually, flushing it down the toilet is exactly the right thing to do in some cases. It's the opposite of inflation, making everyone else's dollar just a little bit more valuable.
In this case, however, I agree with you. He should pay the shareholders.
Well said. Things get really nasty when you understand that in a democracy, crafting "the message" is paramount. The trick is for politicians to persuade us to vote for them. The OP should read Noam Chomsky or see the movie Manufacturing Consent.
This means that stories like "McCain's black love child" or the "swift boat veterans" need to be held to some standard, or they will unfairly affect people's opinions and ultimately put the wrong people in power.
For example, think about how Bush convinced the nation to go to war, and then read this quote:
"[...] voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding
of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are
being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
-Hermann Goering, Commander of the Luftwaffe and Hitler's designated successor
Notice how the president (all republicans, actually) keep saying we're at war, in order to justify huge military spending, curtailing of our freedoms, etc. Consider that (1) None of us has given up anything for the war effort, (2) there will be no end to the "war", (3) no one has made any clear case that new powers like no-notice searches are necessary and effective. Surely we could better spend $5.6B per month on things that really would make a difference, like better securing our borders.
By the way, the entire budget for the National Science Foundation last year was $5.6B.
Getting the memory usage down would be a godsend. It seems that 'big' OOS projects seem to have tendancies to hog memory - Firefox, OpenOffice.org - what causes that?
From what I understand, MS has a tool to automatically refactor a binary into a core.exe and supporting.dlls. This way they get insane startup speeds for big apps like any of the Office apps. It's just a technology that no one else has, including FOSS folks.
Since when is Bruce Perens a "security expert"? How about getting someone like Ron Rivest, who has, by the way, done research in e-voting? (And he's the "R" in RSA.)
Private industry is out looking for profit, finding a dollar in something. If there isn't a dollar to be earned, they won't be in business very long.
But can you really say that (1) there isn't a dollar to be earned, or (2) space is so necessary that our government must do it? (1) is obviously false, since private companies have put up umpteen satellites, and are moving toward space tourism. (2) isn't the argument that it was during Kennedy's time.
The problem is that NASA is hugely inefficient. That's okay if NASA serves a fundamental need that our government must provide. But I don't think it does. (i.e. Do we *really* need to go to mars?
Frankly, I'd rather NASA turn their expertise into consulting for companies that run their space programs. (Heck, most NASA employees are contractors anyway, so they would just contract to the companies instead of NASA.) A few really important, justifiably public, project would remain, such as perhaps Hubble or ISS.
It's funny to me when a Christian gets sick, they go to the doctor. (Not an exorcist, BTW). When their car is broken, they go to a mechanic. When they worry about the weather, they go to a meteorologist. For the most part, they trust the expert, which makes sense since they have spent their lives studying the subject.
Why is it when an expert contradicts their religious beliefs, suddenly the expert don't know what they are talking about? Millions of biologists, geologists, physicists, chemists etc., both Christian and not, have studied evolution and believe it to be true. And yet Christians dismiss these experts out of hand. Why?
Sure, authority alone is not sufficient for rock-solid belief--one should check out things for oneself. But I wish a Christian would explain to me why millions of experts are conspiring to promulgate evolution if it is so obviously false.
And while I'm at it, I wish a Christian would explain to me the difference, in technical terms, between "micro-evolution" and "macro-evolution". It seems to me that Christians have created these artificial categories because they can't argue that evolution hasn't been observed.
Coppit
P.S. To the interviewee: move on to radiometric dating rather than Carbon-14 dating. C-14 is more error-prone than radiometric, and something of a strawman.
P.P.S. We could also ask all the world's religious experts about the nature of god. Unlike evolution, we'll get much disagreement.
Probably about 10 times in 7 years of marriage I've "read" my wife's mind. The best read was when I was on the west coast, and she was on the east coast. She said, "Guess what?" and I said, "While moving, the piano cracked the stair step."
I knew that she was moving that day, and was able to figure out that the piano was going to be trouble, and that the movers would probably use a dolly, not thinking about how all the weight would be put on each rickety step leading up to our apartment.
So, guys, you can fake mind reading by using some deduction.:)
Here in Williamsburg, Busch Gardens has been using the bone structure of your hand for the last couple of years. You give them the card, they swipe it, then you stick your hand in a box that has pegs to align your fingers. Occasionally it complains, so you take out your hand and try again.
I'm guessing Disney is using a similar system. Matching fingerprints seems more difficult to me.
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Yeah, it reminds me of Snow Crash:
The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He's got esprit up to here. Right now, he is preparing to carry out his third mission of the night. His uniform is black as activated charcoal, filtering the very light out of the air. A bullet will bounce off its arachnofiber weave like a wren hitting a patio door, but excess perspiration wafts through it like a breeze through a freshly napalmed forest. Where his body has bony extremities, the suit has sintered armorgel: feels like a gritty jello, protects like a stack of telephone books.
It's like someone's homework assignment on adjectives, similes, and metaphors.
I always shudder when I see lots of spelling errors and such in comments. It makes me wonder how many hours they wasted battling syntax errors with the compiler.
wile (finnished!=troo) { wate++ }
Maybe that's why so many people use variables that are missing all their vowels.
Two things bug me the most: Using apostrophe's when they should not be used, and people who don't know their they're from their their.
In Virginia, a new state law requires state institutions to not use SSNs. At the College of William and Mary, where I work, everyone had to get a new ID for this reason.
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Actually, this year JJ sued someone for covertly filming her sunbathing in the nude. So apparently a nipple wasn't enough for a lot of people--they wanted more. :)
At the University of Virginia, if you write a bad check they can recind your diploma. It's considered to be a violation of the honor code.
In this case, however, I agree with you. He should pay the shareholders.
Vista could ship earlier than expected... like 2003?
This means that stories like "McCain's black love child" or the "swift boat veterans" need to be held to some standard, or they will unfairly affect people's opinions and ultimately put the wrong people in power.
For example, think about how Bush convinced the nation to go to war, and then read this quote:
Notice how the president (all republicans, actually) keep saying we're at war, in order to justify huge military spending, curtailing of our freedoms, etc. Consider that (1) None of us has given up anything for the war effort, (2) there will be no end to the "war", (3) no one has made any clear case that new powers like no-notice searches are necessary and effective. Surely we could better spend $5.6B per month on things that really would make a difference, like better securing our borders.By the way, the entire budget for the National Science Foundation last year was $5.6B.
"This is the sort of English up with which I cannot put." -- Winston Churchill (supposedly)
Since when is Bruce Perens a "security expert"? How about getting someone like Ron Rivest, who has, by the way, done research in e-voting? (And he's the "R" in RSA.)
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The problem is that NASA is hugely inefficient. That's okay if NASA serves a fundamental need that our government must provide. But I don't think it does. (i.e. Do we *really* need to go to mars?
Frankly, I'd rather NASA turn their expertise into consulting for companies that run their space programs. (Heck, most NASA employees are contractors anyway, so they would just contract to the companies instead of NASA.) A few really important, justifiably public, project would remain, such as perhaps Hubble or ISS.
Why is it when an expert contradicts their religious beliefs, suddenly the expert don't know what they are talking about? Millions of biologists, geologists, physicists, chemists etc., both Christian and not, have studied evolution and believe it to be true. And yet Christians dismiss these experts out of hand. Why?
Sure, authority alone is not sufficient for rock-solid belief--one should check out things for oneself. But I wish a Christian would explain to me why millions of experts are conspiring to promulgate evolution if it is so obviously false.
And while I'm at it, I wish a Christian would explain to me the difference, in technical terms, between "micro-evolution" and "macro-evolution". It seems to me that Christians have created these artificial categories because they can't argue that evolution hasn't been observed.
Coppit
P.S. To the interviewee: move on to radiometric dating rather than Carbon-14 dating. C-14 is more error-prone than radiometric, and something of a strawman.
P.P.S. We could also ask all the world's religious experts about the nature of god. Unlike evolution, we'll get much disagreement.
I knew that she was moving that day, and was able to figure out that the piano was going to be trouble, and that the movers would probably use a dolly, not thinking about how all the weight would be put on each rickety step leading up to our apartment.
So, guys, you can fake mind reading by using some deduction. :)
Comments are like sex. When they're good, they're great. When they're bad, they're better than nothing.
#!/bin/sh
. 6&os=osx&lang=en-US' > /dev/null;
while true; do
curl -L 'http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-1.0
done
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I'm guessing Disney is using a similar system. Matching fingerprints seems more difficult to me.
The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He's got esprit up to here. Right now, he is preparing to carry out his third mission of the night. His uniform is black as activated charcoal, filtering the very light out of the air. A bullet will bounce off its arachnofiber weave like a wren hitting a patio door, but excess perspiration wafts through it like a breeze through a freshly napalmed forest. Where his body has bony extremities, the suit has sintered armorgel: feels like a gritty jello, protects like a stack of telephone books.
It's like someone's homework assignment on adjectives, similes, and metaphors.
As in a record of an event
The event of people
Playing music in a room
Now everything is cross-marketing
It's about sunglasses and shoes
Or guns or drugs
You choose
Ani DiFranco -- Fuel
I always shudder when I see lots of spelling errors and such in comments. It makes me wonder how many hours they wasted battling syntax errors with the compiler.
wile (finnished!=troo) { wate++ }
Maybe that's why so many people use variables that are missing all their vowels.
Two things bug me the most: Using apostrophe's when they should not be used, and people who don't know their they're from their their.
Dude, it's for the other 9 guys who can't get a wife because of the guy with 10.
From the headline I thought that scientists were now genetically modifying mice for competition. Mouse deathmatch!
This is conclusive proof that Linux is for commies.
In Virginia, a new state law requires state institutions to not use SSNs. At the College of William and Mary, where I work, everyone had to get a new ID for this reason.
Actually, I took a look, and that part was in the section that was struck out. The italics part that was inserted did not contain that text.
Anyone got a cam copy?