The problem with evidence of life is that it's usually something along the lines of "POSSIBLE evidence of life, *maybe* (or possibly not)" And that's the kind of thing that will produce sensationalist "Life Found on Mars!" headlines in the press, but which will likely be followed by the inevitable "Turns out what they found probably wasn't jackshit" disappointment--which will only turn the public even more skeptical of the usefulness of these sorts of missions in the future.
Seriously, what does the 4th Amendment in particular, or the Constitution in general, even apply to anymore? The government can subvert every single protection afforded in the Constitution simply by saying "It's a national security matter" (or even "It's a law enforcement matter") and every court in the country will simply turn its head and ignore it.
The U.S. and Europe aren't to blame, Sparky. Our CO2 emissions have been either steady on on a downward trend for some time. If you want to point fingers, look at China.
Health insurance? We pay for that via our taxes, so there's nothing to increase individually.
Being gay? Nobody gives a fuck.
Are you certain both of those things are always going to be true? Because that database could be around long after attitudes shift and government policies change.
No kidding. I need to pretty rock-solid assurance that the sample will be destroyed and removed from the database after it's checked. And a "we promise" from some yokel cops ain't gonna cut it.
That's a VERY important point in this case. People hear "DNA" these days and automatically think "irrefutable evidence." But in this case, it's just further evidence--NOT ironclad proof of guilt.
But when does it stop being voluntary? It's voluntary now. But a few cases like this will make it very tempting for lawmakers to move to the next level (making it mandatory for particular areas in particular investigations). And from there, to making it mandatory for the entire citizenry. And from there, to including scans for potential diseases in the database (for the public health, of course). And from there, to insurance companies wanting access to that info....and so on. Pretty soon you could be in a Gattaca type situation.
Not saying this is going to happen, or that one step necessarily has to follow from the previous. But you have to understand why this particular slippery slope makes a LOT of people VERY nervous.
Thank you! My experience with recruiters has been that the majority of the "jobs" they pitch are as fictional as Alice in Wonderland. Usually they're just fishing. When you press them for specifics, they disappear. I suspect the majority are way more interested in some sort of information they can sell than helping anyone get an actual job. That's why I laugh every time I hear some green programming or CS grad bragging about all the recruiters contacting them. The fact that they think that means they're going to waltz into a six-figure job, fresh off the boat, cracks me up.
"A Google recruiter contacted me" usually translates in reality to "Someone CLAIMING to be a Google recruiter contacted me," which soon turns into "He asked me a lot of questions, and then never called me back."
It's FUD and vaporware vs stuff that actually exists.
Musk may be engaging in FUD, but the Falcon is definitely not vaporware. It's a real rocket that launches real cheap, and has had several real launches delivering real payload.
a better analogy from asking a retailer to remove an infringing product from their store shelves.
Only, with an iPhone, that is the ONLY store I can go to. The doors are locked and I can't leave. With an Android, I can just walk out of that store and go to any other store and get the product there (or even go directly to the company that makes it and get it from them).
Yes, your garden looks very nice at first glance. But I'll stay out here, thanks.
Sometimes a central authority is a good thing. But no-fucking-body is telling me what software I can or can't download, or banning me from downloading certain titles over some stupid shit like this. And this is just a mild example of what they *could* do if they wanted.
Look baby, I'm just visiting. I'm not *living* here. I thought we both understood that we were just having fun here. I'm a young gator, so let's not start talking commitment, okay?
They also allege that Hogan has an old grunge against Samsung because they own part of Seagate (which had sued him into bankruptcy 20 years ago) and that he's a patent-owner himself (and very pro-patent)--neither fact he disclosed during the jury selection process.
The real question is "Why don't they change the salaries?" One of the biggest complaints out of pilots these days is ridiculously low pay (and some of the figures are shocking--we're talking full-time airline pilots making in the $25,000 a year range). So yeah, it's hardly surprising that experienced pilots are leaving in droves. I'm pretty sure you could make more as a bush pilot in Alaska than working for most airlines these days. Hell, you could make more as an office drone.
In short, there isn't a pilot shortage. There is a decent salary shortage.
What worries me is that it essentially lets society off the hook for educating blacks and latinos (or anyone with even a vague "learning disability" classification). It's essentially a free pass to not give a shit about a significant portion of the population, since a teacher knows they can get away with them not performing at the same level as whites and Asians. Whatever the realities of how the various races rank right now, I think it sends a horrible message to just throw our hands up and say "Fuck it, just lower the scores for the under-performing groups." We know that these kids CAN perform, shouldn't we at least TRY to help them achieve it?
I'm not a big WoW fan, but I have to ask, was this whole "Kung Fu Panda" thing supposed to be a joke in a Blizzard meeting that somehow made it past the joke stage, or something? Because that seems like a REALLY silly addition to me in a game whose players ostensibly take very seriously. A mean, little bits of humor are one thing, but I wouldn't add a little blue race to the Halo universe called the "Smurfias."
are you saying they can't make a decent Ep7 with 'just' $33million
Well, it depends on what you're expecting. If you're talking a relatively simple story with no-name actors, and limited special effects, then $33 million is certainly a reasonable budget. If you're talking an FX extravaganza like previous Star Wars films, or a cameo from Harrison Ford, you're probably talking in the $150 million range, minimum.
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Yes, AC, that is what we call a joke. It's not meant to be taken exactly literally.
The problem with evidence of life is that it's usually something along the lines of "POSSIBLE evidence of life, *maybe* (or possibly not)" And that's the kind of thing that will produce sensationalist "Life Found on Mars!" headlines in the press, but which will likely be followed by the inevitable "Turns out what they found probably wasn't jackshit" disappointment--which will only turn the public even more skeptical of the usefulness of these sorts of missions in the future.
Now Roman helmets, on the other hand...
Seriously, what does the 4th Amendment in particular, or the Constitution in general, even apply to anymore? The government can subvert every single protection afforded in the Constitution simply by saying "It's a national security matter" (or even "It's a law enforcement matter") and every court in the country will simply turn its head and ignore it.
The U.S. and Europe aren't to blame, Sparky. Our CO2 emissions have been either steady on on a downward trend for some time. If you want to point fingers, look at China.
I'm pretty sure the MPAA/RIAA expect more than a token effort. This won't stop them from having their government agents kick down your door.
My friend Rahul and Sameer will take care of your needs, and are to be speaking excellent English, most also.
You guys are nuts, clearly this was the work of the notorious "Some Puerto Rican Guy".
Health insurance? We pay for that via our taxes, so there's nothing to increase individually.
Being gay? Nobody gives a fuck.
Are you certain both of those things are always going to be true? Because that database could be around long after attitudes shift and government policies change.
No kidding. I need to pretty rock-solid assurance that the sample will be destroyed and removed from the database after it's checked. And a "we promise" from some yokel cops ain't gonna cut it.
Problem is, that's today's policy, and databases have a history of being sold
Or being hacked and used for even more nefarious purposes.
That's a VERY important point in this case. People hear "DNA" these days and automatically think "irrefutable evidence." But in this case, it's just further evidence--NOT ironclad proof of guilt.
But when does it stop being voluntary? It's voluntary now. But a few cases like this will make it very tempting for lawmakers to move to the next level (making it mandatory for particular areas in particular investigations). And from there, to making it mandatory for the entire citizenry. And from there, to including scans for potential diseases in the database (for the public health, of course). And from there, to insurance companies wanting access to that info....and so on. Pretty soon you could be in a Gattaca type situation.
Not saying this is going to happen, or that one step necessarily has to follow from the previous. But you have to understand why this particular slippery slope makes a LOT of people VERY nervous.
how many of the jobs didn't exist as well?
Thank you! My experience with recruiters has been that the majority of the "jobs" they pitch are as fictional as Alice in Wonderland. Usually they're just fishing. When you press them for specifics, they disappear. I suspect the majority are way more interested in some sort of information they can sell than helping anyone get an actual job. That's why I laugh every time I hear some green programming or CS grad bragging about all the recruiters contacting them. The fact that they think that means they're going to waltz into a six-figure job, fresh off the boat, cracks me up.
"A Google recruiter contacted me" usually translates in reality to "Someone CLAIMING to be a Google recruiter contacted me," which soon turns into "He asked me a lot of questions, and then never called me back."
Musk is just talking P.R. for his firm.
Yeah, you'd almost think that was part of his job or something.
russians will use their own system.
Soyuz--which has a much longer and better track record than either. But they're just dirty commies, right, so what do they know?
It's FUD and vaporware vs stuff that actually exists.
Musk may be engaging in FUD, but the Falcon is definitely not vaporware. It's a real rocket that launches real cheap, and has had several real launches delivering real payload.
a better analogy from asking a retailer to remove an infringing product from their store shelves.
Only, with an iPhone, that is the ONLY store I can go to. The doors are locked and I can't leave. With an Android, I can just walk out of that store and go to any other store and get the product there (or even go directly to the company that makes it and get it from them).
Yes, I understand that Apple didn't CHOOSE to do this (in this case anyway). It's the fact that they CAN that bothers me.
Yes, your garden looks very nice at first glance. But I'll stay out here, thanks.
Sometimes a central authority is a good thing. But no-fucking-body is telling me what software I can or can't download, or banning me from downloading certain titles over some stupid shit like this. And this is just a mild example of what they *could* do if they wanted.
Look baby, I'm just visiting. I'm not *living* here. I thought we both understood that we were just having fun here. I'm a young gator, so let's not start talking commitment, okay?
They also allege that Hogan has an old grunge against Samsung because they own part of Seagate (which had sued him into bankruptcy 20 years ago) and that he's a patent-owner himself (and very pro-patent)--neither fact he disclosed during the jury selection process.
The real question is "Why don't they change the salaries?" One of the biggest complaints out of pilots these days is ridiculously low pay (and some of the figures are shocking--we're talking full-time airline pilots making in the $25,000 a year range). So yeah, it's hardly surprising that experienced pilots are leaving in droves. I'm pretty sure you could make more as a bush pilot in Alaska than working for most airlines these days. Hell, you could make more as an office drone.
In short, there isn't a pilot shortage. There is a decent salary shortage.
What worries me is that it essentially lets society off the hook for educating blacks and latinos (or anyone with even a vague "learning disability" classification). It's essentially a free pass to not give a shit about a significant portion of the population, since a teacher knows they can get away with them not performing at the same level as whites and Asians. Whatever the realities of how the various races rank right now, I think it sends a horrible message to just throw our hands up and say "Fuck it, just lower the scores for the under-performing groups." We know that these kids CAN perform, shouldn't we at least TRY to help them achieve it?
I'm not a big WoW fan, but I have to ask, was this whole "Kung Fu Panda" thing supposed to be a joke in a Blizzard meeting that somehow made it past the joke stage, or something? Because that seems like a REALLY silly addition to me in a game whose players ostensibly take very seriously. A mean, little bits of humor are one thing, but I wouldn't add a little blue race to the Halo universe called the "Smurfias."
are you saying they can't make a decent Ep7 with 'just' $33million
Well, it depends on what you're expecting. If you're talking a relatively simple story with no-name actors, and limited special effects, then $33 million is certainly a reasonable budget. If you're talking an FX extravaganza like previous Star Wars films, or a cameo from Harrison Ford, you're probably talking in the $150 million range, minimum.