that the copyright on a song whose melody was composed in 1893 and lyrics in the 30s is _still_ being contested. IIRC nothing has lapsed into the public domain since 2010, and that's not likely to change. Anyone remember when the Mouse is up for another extension?
Classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and string “theory” are not theories, but rather frameworks.
This is an accurate statement. "Quantum mechanics" isn't a theory by itself. It's a framework in which to construct theories. So, for example, the Dirac theory of the electron is a theory built out of quantum mechanics. Quantum electrodynamics is a theory built out of quantum field theory, and so on.
The word "theory" in "quantum field theory" or "string theory" is more like the word "theory" in "group theory". Physicists use group theory, but group theory is not a scientific theory in the sense that hard sciences like physics use the term.
Aren't the frameworks themselves based on theories?
Absolutely - however it seems possible to interpret the results that happy people take better care of themselves, thus improving their probable lifespan.
In this case, while not the direct factor, happiness is causal for better health which is causal for longer life.
A very tame example of why we shouldn't be allowing warrantless bulk data collection - the obvious better examples are those of journalists assassinated - such as Michael Hastings.
There is no discussion of bulk data collection and based on what he was doing I think the more likely case is that one or more of the girls called the police who brought in the FBI and stung him. No bulk data collection required.
Perhaps the good Senator should reflect upon what King Canute actually intended to say when he made his demonstration about his inability to stop the tide.
Mathematical algorithms, like so many parts of our physical universe, don't give a flying fuck about Congress. It's like trying to pass legislation to make Pi equal to 3.
Mandatory inclusion of backdoors, on the other hand, could be subject to such a law.
And what if the email says literally what is reported there and nothing else: "The new file should include the same layout as the regular voter file but with the addition of the three new data fields." Is it "easy to verify" which of your two cases is the case? No, it's ambiguous. Onus where then?
To me that is not ambiguous.
There is an existing file referenced by the website. If the requester specifies a new file, that does not mean to change the existing file.
Furniture does not define use. A mini-14 decked out in full scary black rifle regalia is no more or less dangerous, and no less effective for hunting animals than one with a traditional wooden stock. Both function the same, pull the trigger once and one bullet goes down range.
No shit. I'm not talking about furniture. I'm talking about easily modding it to automatic fire, using a larger mag, etc.
You have in mind that "pull the trigger once and one bullet goes down range" where I have in mind "pull the trigger once and rapidly spray bullets into a bunch of people causing the maximum total damage possible".
The Ruger mini 14 unmodified is arguably a hunting rifle. A Ruger mini 14 modified auto is not a hunting rifle anymore. It has become an assault rifle.
A hunting rifle fires slowly with relatively great accuracy. An assault rifle fires quickly with relatively crap accuracy.
One is good for...hunting. The other is good for killing a number of people at once.
For most people getting a bank account in two different countries is quite difficult.
Only if you're American as there are some banks that refuse to do anything with Americans now because of draconian requirements such as FATCA.
Even as an American, it isn't very difficult because Mexico and Canada aren't very far away, not to mention the Caribbean.
If you have all three cards in one country, per your example, and you have your ID stolen and/or the IRS/Inland Revenue decides your a bad guy (even if you aren't), then you're screwed.
"The new file, he told them in an email, should include the same layout as the state’s regular statewide voter file. But, he said, it needed an addition of the three new data fields with the sensitive information."
Should be easy enough to verify this if the email hasn't been deleted or modified. If the request was to put the fields in a new file, onus on the other party. If not, onus on the Cooley.
Mmmm...I find that picture to be misleading. There are variants of the mini 14 that can do a lot of damage and are not for hunting anything but humans.
Size matters sure, but as is often the case it's what you do with you got that matters.
Given a situation where you would use an assault rifle (lots of people, relatively close range), you're going to do a lot more damage with a full auto Ruger mini 14 than with a Remington 700.
Obviously "AK47" and "AK47 Type" are not necessarily the same thing. AK47 is very specific model. Like an M1911 is a.45 but not all.45s are M1911. There are a number of similar looking M1911 type pistols out there, that are not M1911.
So, when I said "AK47 type" I meant "Scary looking rifle that resembles AK47 to the untrained eye, but isn't really an AK47"
As for your 75RD drum mag, those are pretty much illegal in most jurisdictions in the US. But there are plenty of other mags that hold lots of ammo, and other options to have many 15 round clips that can be inserted in less than 2 seconds, and are easier to use/aim with. I'd rather have 5 x 15 round mags than one 75 RD drum. And I would definitely like 10 of them compared to 2 of the larger cap drums.
But 75 RD drum Mag seems "scary" so... I can see why you went there. You are exactly the reason why "Scary" language works.
Actually I chose the video cause I thought the girl was cute.
An 'AK 47' type weapon implies firing and capacity characteristics that a hunting rifle just doesn't have but okay, I see where you're coming from.
Here in France they're actually using the real thing so that's what comes to mind.
"Since the lawsuit is trying to force the CEO to buy out his co-founder based on the CEO's prior greed, lowering the short term profitability of the company while boosting his positive PR seems to be a likely motive for the pay hike."
Except that short-term profitability has DOUBLED since wages increases commenced (source). Did his plan then backfire?
In fact, it seems it isn't a charity at all: "Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have set up the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a limited liability company - not a charity or charitable trust. Legal filings show that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is owned and controlled by Zuckerberg.
A spokesperson has confirmed to Buzzfeed that as a company, the Initiative can spend its money on whatever it wants - including private, profit-generating investment." http://www.independent.co.uk/n...
Since he's selling his stock, he's also selling management of the company.
He may not be selling his stock. He can donate the stock directly to his foundation, and take the tax write-off, without selling it. Then he can name himself and Priscilla as trustees of the foundation. So he can give away his stock, but still retain full voting rights and control of Facebook.
Not to mention passing the whole thing off to the next generation of Zuckerberg-Chans without incurring any inheritance taxes.
It's amazing how many people look at this move and see altruism when it's nothing but a rich family tax dodge.
Well, remember, what exactly is considered profound is up to each person. For some people, they may not consider the statement itself to hold any wisdom, but the vagueness might prompt themselves into a philosophical state, and so they associate that with the phrase itself. And honestly, at the end of the day, this whole article is really talking about imagination, is it not? Look at children, for those of you who have any: they can go on adventures with nothing but a few sticks and a rock. Likewise, I am sure that for some people, their minds can evolve meaning even out of nonsensical words. I don't think having an active imagination is really all that much of a vice, as they tend to be people who can come up with some very creative solutions and answers that most would dismiss as impossible.
That being said, going with the article's thesis, I agree. I could totally see them being more likely to believe in a religion for precisely the reason stated above, to see a pattern out of unrelated events, and once you believe there's an all powerful god, it becomes much easier to believe in the others listed. Ultimately though, we all have our vices, and I don't think naivety is all that bad of one to have in the grand scheme.
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"Under current law, copyright in these works expires at the end of 2023"
The key word here being 'current', of course. No doubt before 2023 the law will have been changed.
that the copyright on a song whose melody was composed in 1893 and lyrics in the 30s is _still_ being contested. IIRC nothing has lapsed into the public domain since 2010, and that's not likely to change. Anyone remember when the Mouse is up for another extension?
Times being what they are, Mein Kampf is becoming public domain and will be published again:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
String theorists are not physicists. They are mathturbators, at best.
No those are G-String theorists
Classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and string “theory” are not theories, but rather frameworks.
This is an accurate statement. "Quantum mechanics" isn't a theory by itself. It's a framework in which to construct theories. So, for example, the Dirac theory of the electron is a theory built out of quantum mechanics. Quantum electrodynamics is a theory built out of quantum field theory, and so on.
The word "theory" in "quantum field theory" or "string theory" is more like the word "theory" in "group theory". Physicists use group theory, but group theory is not a scientific theory in the sense that hard sciences like physics use the term.
Aren't the frameworks themselves based on theories?
... correlation is not causation!
Absolutely - however it seems possible to interpret the results that happy people take better care of themselves, thus improving their probable lifespan.
In this case, while not the direct factor, happiness is causal for better health which is causal for longer life.
A very tame example of why we shouldn't be allowing warrantless bulk data collection - the obvious better examples are those of journalists assassinated - such as Michael Hastings.
There is no discussion of bulk data collection and based on what he was doing I think the more likely case is that one or more of the girls called the police who brought in the FBI and stung him. No bulk data collection required.
... did he do all of this from a server in his house?
From TFA:
"The majority of Ford’s phishing, hacking and cyberstalking activities were conducted from his computer at the U.S. Embassy."
You'd think she'd learn from her own recent history how such measures can be abused.
http://www.nationaljournal.com...
Because government people live in fantasy world?
Or at the very least pander to constituencies who live in a fantasy world.
Perhaps the good Senator should reflect upon what King Canute actually intended to say when he made his demonstration about his inability to stop the tide.
Mathematical algorithms, like so many parts of our physical universe, don't give a flying fuck about Congress. It's like trying to pass legislation to make Pi equal to 3.
Mandatory inclusion of backdoors, on the other hand, could be subject to such a law.
A bad idea, of course, applied to any type of key:
http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
" There is no such thing a super-sized destroyer."
You haven't heard of the new McDonalds class destroyer?
"We should, as a society, decide that this is something we are willing to accept and mandatory."
The same thing could be said for any law that invades privacy in the name of safety.
Be careful what you wish for.
It wasn't "her own" life that she hit with her car, so maybe her car SHOULD be reporting this to the authorities.
Which gives a view of the likely 'required safety equipment' at some point in the not too distant future.
And what if the email says literally what is reported there and nothing else: "The new file should include the same layout as the regular voter file but with the addition of the three new data fields." Is it "easy to verify" which of your two cases is the case? No, it's ambiguous. Onus where then?
To me that is not ambiguous.
There is an existing file referenced by the website. If the requester specifies a new file, that does not mean to change the existing file.
N'est pas?
Furniture does not define use. A mini-14 decked out in full scary black rifle regalia is no more or less dangerous, and no less effective for hunting animals than one with a traditional wooden stock. Both function the same, pull the trigger once and one bullet goes down range.
No shit. I'm not talking about furniture. I'm talking about easily modding it to automatic fire, using a larger mag, etc.
You have in mind that "pull the trigger once and one bullet goes down range" where I have in mind "pull the trigger once and rapidly spray bullets into a bunch of people causing the maximum total damage possible".
The Ruger mini 14 unmodified is arguably a hunting rifle. A Ruger mini 14 modified auto is not a hunting rifle anymore. It has become an assault rifle.
A hunting rifle fires slowly with relatively great accuracy.
An assault rifle fires quickly with relatively crap accuracy.
One is good for...hunting.
The other is good for killing a number of people at once.
Not the same thing.
For most people getting a bank account in two different countries is quite difficult.
Only if you're American as there are some banks that refuse to do anything with Americans now because of draconian requirements such as FATCA.
Even as an American, it isn't very difficult because Mexico and Canada aren't very far away, not to mention the Caribbean.
If you have all three cards in one country, per your example, and you have your ID stolen and/or the IRS/Inland Revenue decides your a bad guy (even if you aren't), then you're screwed.
"The new file, he told them in an email, should include the same layout as the state’s regular statewide voter file. But, he said, it needed an addition of the three new data fields with the sensitive information."
Should be easy enough to verify this if the email hasn't been deleted or modified. If the request was to put the fields in a new file, onus on the other party. If not, onus on the Cooley.
Always keep at least two accounts in two non-related banks in at least two different countries.
Mmmm...I find that picture to be misleading. There are variants of the mini 14 that can do a lot of damage and are not for hunting anything but humans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
and it's not the only one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Size matters sure, but as is often the case it's what you do with you got that matters.
Given a situation where you would use an assault rifle (lots of people, relatively close range), you're going to do a lot more damage with a full auto Ruger mini 14 than with a Remington 700.
Obviously "AK47" and "AK47 Type" are not necessarily the same thing. AK47 is very specific model. Like an M1911 is a .45 but not all .45s are M1911. There are a number of similar looking M1911 type pistols out there, that are not M1911.
So, when I said "AK47 type" I meant "Scary looking rifle that resembles AK47 to the untrained eye, but isn't really an AK47"
As for your 75RD drum mag, those are pretty much illegal in most jurisdictions in the US. But there are plenty of other mags that hold lots of ammo, and other options to have many 15 round clips that can be inserted in less than 2 seconds, and are easier to use/aim with. I'd rather have 5 x 15 round mags than one 75 RD drum. And I would definitely like 10 of them compared to 2 of the larger cap drums.
But 75 RD drum Mag seems "scary" so ... I can see why you went there. You are exactly the reason why "Scary" language works.
Actually I chose the video cause I thought the girl was cute.
An 'AK 47' type weapon implies firing and capacity characteristics that a hunting rifle just doesn't have but okay, I see where you're coming from.
Here in France they're actually using the real thing so that's what comes to mind.
AK-47 Type meaning "scary" rifle that is functionally the same as a hunting rifle, but "Scary" looking.
AK-47 : hunting rifle
Viper : Fiesta
Full-Auto AK-47 75rd drum mag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
"Since the lawsuit is trying to force the CEO to buy out his co-founder based on the CEO's prior greed, lowering the short term profitability of the company while boosting his positive PR seems to be a likely motive for the pay hike."
Except that short-term profitability has DOUBLED since wages increases commenced (source). Did his plan then backfire?
Either way he wins
In fact, it seems it isn't a charity at all:
"Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have set up the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a limited liability company - not a charity or charitable trust. Legal filings show that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is owned and controlled by Zuckerberg.
A spokesperson has confirmed to Buzzfeed that as a company, the Initiative can spend its money on whatever it wants - including private, profit-generating investment."
http://www.independent.co.uk/n...
Since he's selling his stock, he's also selling management of the company.
He may not be selling his stock. He can donate the stock directly to his foundation, and take the tax write-off, without selling it. Then he can name himself and Priscilla as trustees of the foundation. So he can give away his stock, but still retain full voting rights and control of Facebook.
Not to mention passing the whole thing off to the next generation of Zuckerberg-Chans without incurring any inheritance taxes.
It's amazing how many people look at this move and see altruism when it's nothing but a rich family tax dodge.
Well, remember, what exactly is considered profound is up to each person. For some people, they may not consider the statement itself to hold any wisdom, but the vagueness might prompt themselves into a philosophical state, and so they associate that with the phrase itself. And honestly, at the end of the day, this whole article is really talking about imagination, is it not? Look at children, for those of you who have any: they can go on adventures with nothing but a few sticks and a rock. Likewise, I am sure that for some people, their minds can evolve meaning even out of nonsensical words. I don't think having an active imagination is really all that much of a vice, as they tend to be people who can come up with some very creative solutions and answers that most would dismiss as impossible.
That being said, going with the article's thesis, I agree. I could totally see them being more likely to believe in a religion for precisely the reason stated above, to see a pattern out of unrelated events, and once you believe there's an all powerful god, it becomes much easier to believe in the others listed. Ultimately though, we all have our vices, and I don't think naivety is all that bad of one to have in the grand scheme.
That is so deep.
I believe you completely.