When drivers are warned of a speed trap, they slow down. Mission accomplished.
Not if they only slow down when they're warned. The point of a penalty is to permanently hammer home, to one driver at a time, the point that driving like a dick is not acceptable or legal behaviour.
Before we get into a debate about what's acceptable and what isn't, well, that's why we have things like laws and speed limits, to avoid having to trawl through 7 billion different opinions on what's okay and what isn't. It's the least-worst method anyone's come up with so far.
On August 10 of last year, Lake Mary resident Ryan Kintner saw a sheriff's deputy park near his home and whip out a radar gun, presumably hoping to catch speeders and generate fines for the county coffers. Kintner wanted to alert passersby to the situation, so he hopped in his car, drove a few blocks away, and began flashing his lights at oncoming traffic in hopes of getting drivers to slow down.
when we find multiple examples of a particular animal with gaps on both sides.
When it comes to creationist arguments, there are always gaps. Some of them wouldn't believe you existed if you couldn't produce your great-grandmother's birth certificate and dental records.
The more T-Rex fossils we find without finding any evolutionary ancestors or descendants, however, begins to point to the fact that they may not have existed.
Or that were simply more T. Rexes in total than any particular one of their ancestors (descendants don't really come into this one, what with the dinosaurs being wiped out around the time of T. Rex. And it stands to simple reason that the latest ones would be the easiest to find).
As I recall it's not like we've unearthed hundreds of T. Rexes from which to draw much of a conclusion, anyway.
*the possibility that finding one enormous and now cemented-in-popular-culture killing machine from the dawn of time will lead to people digging all over the same area looking for - and finding - more.
But something IS taken when copying a copyrighted work.
The only thing that can be said to be lost is the sale's potential for existence (which was probably already quite doubtful), but isn't that like saying you lose a baby every time you use a condom?
How can the person in charge of printing money be counterfeiting money when they are authorized to print more?
Because it's fun to take an overly-simplistic view of a complicated situation and insinuate shenanigans so we can feel smugly superior about it, of course!
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When drivers are warned of a speed trap, they slow down. Mission accomplished.
Not if they only slow down when they're warned. The point of a penalty is to permanently hammer home, to one driver at a time, the point that driving like a dick is not acceptable or legal behaviour.
Before we get into a debate about what's acceptable and what isn't, well, that's why we have things like laws and speed limits, to avoid having to trawl through 7 billion different opinions on what's okay and what isn't. It's the least-worst method anyone's come up with so far.
On August 10 of last year, Lake Mary resident Ryan Kintner saw a sheriff's deputy park near his home and whip out a radar gun, presumably hoping to catch speeders and generate fines for the county coffers. Kintner wanted to alert passersby to the situation, so he hopped in his car, drove a few blocks away, and began flashing his lights at oncoming traffic in hopes of getting drivers to slow down.
Another two spaces saved!
Duh, one.
Why not go the whole hog and use a +? Another two spaces saved!
Ooh, I know, any word containing the sequence "ate" could have it replaced with "8."
I should shut up...
Personally I think & should be saved for true pairings: Morecambe & Wise, Penn & Teller, fish & chips.
DARPA Publishes Tons of Open Source Code, Data
Why does everything think it's so cool to use a comma instead of the word "and" in a headline? Does the printed media even still do it?
I'm not going near your "old chap."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
broke the signaling code
And does anyone thank the nerds? No :(
With HTTPS Everywhere, Is Firefox Now the Most Secure Mobile Browser?
You obviously think it is, so why did you phrase that as a question?
Jeopardy is all about intellectual competition (and money, and marketing, and Hollywierd...)
I'm pretty sure it's far-and-away primarily about getting people to watch it - and therefore, the ads - by being entertaining.
and the viewers are unhappy?
Yes, because it's not entertaining.
Imagine watching The Crystal Maze if the contestants applied incisive logic and skill to every game. It'd be dull.
Normal people not entertained by watching one guy steamroll everyone else on a gameshow.
when we find multiple examples of a particular animal with gaps on both sides.
When it comes to creationist arguments, there are always gaps. Some of them wouldn't believe you existed if you couldn't produce your great-grandmother's birth certificate and dental records.
The more T-Rex fossils we find without finding any evolutionary ancestors or descendants, however, begins to point to the fact that they may not have existed.
Or that were simply more T. Rexes in total than any particular one of their ancestors (descendants don't really come into this one, what with the dinosaurs being wiped out around the time of T. Rex. And it stands to simple reason that the latest ones would be the easiest to find).
Or any of a number of reasons (climatological, even psychological*) why we've dug up more T. Rexes and not many - but not zero - of their ancestors.
As I recall it's not like we've unearthed hundreds of T. Rexes from which to draw much of a conclusion, anyway.
*the possibility that finding one enormous and now cemented-in-popular-culture killing machine from the dawn of time will lead to people digging all over the same area looking for - and finding - more.
a major percentage change for Microsoft.
The answer to your question.
but no matter how hard you look, there will always be some gaps.
Not only that, but as soon as you find a fossil to close of the gaps, you end up with two more gaps on either side.
Let the bears pay the bear tax. I pay the Homer tax!
The literal translation of "copyright infringement" in Swedish is "brainchild rape".
Yeesh. Mod parent down so the MPAA doesn't see it and work it into their next caes.
A copy was taken
Copies are made, not taken.
But something IS taken when copying a copyrighted work.
The only thing that can be said to be lost is the sale's potential for existence (which was probably already quite doubtful), but isn't that like saying you lose a baby every time you use a condom?
Non-clickable image of actual microscopic filaments: 188x187 pixels
YouTube video of chia pet commercial: 640x360 pixels
Just as a one-off, you might have subtitled the video.
Just sayin'.
If someone wanted to kill me, they could get my home address either from the post office or the phone book.
You are not FBI director James Brien Comey Jr, who (just a guess) probably isn't in the phone book.
Can you really go to the post office, give a name, and get an address?
Researchers Try To "Close the Nutrient Cycle"
I didn't realise it was open. Have they been shooting my poop into space?
Explore moments where third-party candidates affected the outcome of presidential elections.
I just came.
How can the person in charge of printing money be counterfeiting money when they are authorized to print more?
Because it's fun to take an overly-simplistic view of a complicated situation and insinuate shenanigans so we can feel smugly superior about it, of course!
The results load in front of your left eye
I thought most if not all Google Glasses were right-eye.