If a woman marries a rich man it is often in her interest to kill him and inherit. Perhaps we should make marrying rich men illegal so that women won't be tempted to murder their husbands in their sleep.
Making an activity that many adults do responsibility a crime just because some adults who do the same things also commit crimes that may or may not be related is dumb.
In 1995, the state raised the speed limit on rural stretches of Interstate Highways and the Pennsylvania Turnpike system to 65 mph (105 km/h), with urban area having a 55 mph (89 km/h) limit
We have a very liberal definition of "urban" in PA. Yes there are places you can go 65, but as soon as a house looks like it can see the freeway the speed limit drops. Your generalization is false and you can keep redefining typical all you want, but at the end of the day we have elevated, limited access roads with speed limits of 55 MPH. PA is a rather large state and most of it is not actually serviced by the turnpike, not to mention a lot of people go out of their way to avoid it.
I'm not sure how me not traveling much has any bearing on the speed limits where I live... which (according to the posted signs) are 55. I live in PA. It's also 55 down in DC and MD... Perhaps the internet is not always gospel?
I live in a school zone that had a bad speeding problem. They put one of those signs that displays your current speed up and the speeding problem went away. They then moved the sign to another road that has a speeding problem...
Having actually worked with the math to calculate the doppler shifts, I don't trust the accuracy of the technology.
I used to live New Orleans. There was a period in New Orleans when doors were taxed. As a result buildings were built with no exterior doors. Instead of doors they had floor to ceiling windows... They taxed rooms so buildings where built with no closets... They taxed halls so buildings were built without hallways... People are very creative at tax avoidance.
I can't send a physical item through email, I can't send documents I need to confirm someone at the other end received, I can't get an email insured etc etc etc.
Are you sure about that? When I was in college my roommate had the following conversation with her mom:
Mom: I'm emailing you this form you need to print and sign.
Roommate: I don't have a printer.
Mom: That's ok. I have a printer. I'll print it, scan it, and then email it to you.
I pay my ISP a monthly fee to cover the costs of sending my emails. One of the fees on that bill is... TAX.
Regardless of the fairness or inconsequential of the tax, the government have no business knowing how many emails I send. For that matter the government has no business knowing pretty much anything about the bits I send.
Stop trying to prop up dying industries by punishing technological progress.
I know in America we suck at geography.... but New Mexico is on the west side of Texas. Houston in on the east. When I was little we would drive into Texas from Louisiana (east side) and the sign on I10 read "Welcome to Texas. Beaumont 25 miles. El Paso 890 miles." You might consider 890 miles pretty close, but I think it would be one heck of a commute...
Having actually been pregnant... One of the first things they do when you show up at the doctors office and say "I'm pregnant" is do a vaginal exam. By the end of a pregnancy so many people have shoved their hands up you and grabbed your boobs (for lactation help after the baby is born) you have a whole new definition of modesty.
They also highly recommend we let the doctors penetrate us once a year to test for cancer even when no babies are involved. Where is your outrage over that? Doctors shoving things up women is nothing new and is actually perfectly accepted.
Are you sure? I used to have effectively unlimited minutes on my cell phone. Now I pay $0.10 a minute and I pay a fraction of what I did for the "unlimited" plan and have actually started using my phone *more*. Metered solutions work great for people that have little usage. You can pay your $100+ a month cell phone bills. I pay
Out of curiosity how would they be able to stop delivery to you without your name and address? I would like to know how much information is acceptable for them to collect.
most times you talk to a person their computer system is some ancient software where the person has to type in war and peace to get the same thing done
THIS What the fuck are they typing? Why does it take so many keystrokes? They are all pretty fast typers judging by the rate of "clicky clack click" soa re they just hitting random keys while staring at the screen doing nothing? I can't imagine what kind of UI forces a person to type that much.
Should my parents have been forced to give me chemo because a doctor thought there was a possibility I had cancer? It is very easy to look back on a decision years or even months later and know what the correct decision was. It is much harder to figure out the correct decision when the decision actually needs to be made.
My point is that you cannot judge a parent solely based on a couple sentence summary. There are times when the treatment is worse than the disease and a point at which you need to tell a doctor enough is enough.
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It's not his fault you have a crappy imagination.
If a woman marries a rich man it is often in her interest to kill him and inherit. Perhaps we should make marrying rich men illegal so that women won't be tempted to murder their husbands in their sleep.
Making an activity that many adults do responsibility a crime just because some adults who do the same things also commit crimes that may or may not be related is dumb.
According to the wikipedia article you linked...
In 1995, the state raised the speed limit on rural stretches of Interstate Highways and the Pennsylvania Turnpike system to 65 mph (105 km/h), with urban area having a 55 mph (89 km/h) limit
We have a very liberal definition of "urban" in PA. Yes there are places you can go 65, but as soon as a house looks like it can see the freeway the speed limit drops. Your generalization is false and you can keep redefining typical all you want, but at the end of the day we have elevated, limited access roads with speed limits of 55 MPH. PA is a rather large state and most of it is not actually serviced by the turnpike, not to mention a lot of people go out of their way to avoid it.
I'm not sure how me not traveling much has any bearing on the speed limits where I live... which (according to the posted signs) are 55. I live in PA. It's also 55 down in DC and MD... Perhaps the internet is not always gospel?
Didn't they combine the search box with the address bar several updates ago?
I live behind a school. Don't try to put a camera in my yard watching my children play in the street.
Our speed limits are 55. 60 if you are lucky. Where do you live?
I live in a school zone that had a bad speeding problem. They put one of those signs that displays your current speed up and the speeding problem went away. They then moved the sign to another road that has a speeding problem...
Having actually worked with the math to calculate the doppler shifts, I don't trust the accuracy of the technology.
How is New Jersey eliminated a con?
I used to live New Orleans. There was a period in New Orleans when doors were taxed. As a result buildings were built with no exterior doors. Instead of doors they had floor to ceiling windows... They taxed rooms so buildings where built with no closets... They taxed halls so buildings were built without hallways... People are very creative at tax avoidance.
I can't send a physical item through email, I can't send documents I need to confirm someone at the other end received, I can't get an email insured etc etc etc.
Are you sure about that? When I was in college my roommate had the following conversation with her mom:
Mom: I'm emailing you this form you need to print and sign.
Roommate: I don't have a printer.
Mom: That's ok. I have a printer. I'll print it, scan it, and then email it to you.
I pay my ISP a monthly fee to cover the costs of sending my emails. One of the fees on that bill is ... TAX.
Regardless of the fairness or inconsequential of the tax, the government have no business knowing how many emails I send. For that matter the government has no business knowing pretty much anything about the bits I send.
Stop trying to prop up dying industries by punishing technological progress.
I know in America we suck at geography.... but New Mexico is on the west side of Texas. Houston in on the east. When I was little we would drive into Texas from Louisiana (east side) and the sign on I10 read "Welcome to Texas. Beaumont 25 miles. El Paso 890 miles." You might consider 890 miles pretty close, but I think it would be one heck of a commute...
Having actually been pregnant... One of the first things they do when you show up at the doctors office and say "I'm pregnant" is do a vaginal exam. By the end of a pregnancy so many people have shoved their hands up you and grabbed your boobs (for lactation help after the baby is born) you have a whole new definition of modesty.
They also highly recommend we let the doctors penetrate us once a year to test for cancer even when no babies are involved. Where is your outrage over that? Doctors shoving things up women is nothing new and is actually perfectly accepted.
Maybe they want us to invade so we will rebuild their country like we did in Iraq?
Which is why I mentioned people who don't play games or watch videos on the internet :P
Are you sure? I used to have effectively unlimited minutes on my cell phone. Now I pay $0.10 a minute and I pay a fraction of what I did for the "unlimited" plan and have actually started using my phone *more*. Metered solutions work great for people that have little usage. You can pay your $100+ a month cell phone bills. I pay
Hopefully they will cut you off if you accidentally go over :P
Unless you only use 5 gig... Not everyone spends all day downloading movies or playing games.
So you do not believe they need any verification steps that you aren't opting out for random people?
I'm pretty sure they already have it...
Out of curiosity how would they be able to stop delivery to you without your name and address? I would like to know how much information is acceptable for them to collect.
most times you talk to a person their computer system is some ancient software where the person has to type in war and peace to get the same thing done
THIS What the fuck are they typing? Why does it take so many keystrokes? They are all pretty fast typers judging by the rate of "clicky clack click" soa re they just hitting random keys while staring at the screen doing nothing? I can't imagine what kind of UI forces a person to type that much.
Q: What was the point of circumnavigating the globe?
A: Because we can.
Unless it was the right decision...
Should my parents have been forced to give me chemo because a doctor thought there was a possibility I had cancer? It is very easy to look back on a decision years or even months later and know what the correct decision was. It is much harder to figure out the correct decision when the decision actually needs to be made.
My point is that you cannot judge a parent solely based on a couple sentence summary. There are times when the treatment is worse than the disease and a point at which you need to tell a doctor enough is enough.