You misunderstood Jenga. The point is for you to remove pieces of the tower so it stays up and one of your opponents removes a piece and the tower falls.
So it's more like politics? Weaken the system and rig it to go tits up when it's the other guy's turn. That way he gets the blame.
Take ID card, wrap it in a towel, and set it on concrete, liberally beat it with a hammer.
From experience, it breaks the RFID chip and makes it stop working but leaves the card intact. Personally I hate these stupid chips and I have broken a bunch of them!
Isnt this in Texas? Surely the correct approach would be to shoot it through with your.45. That also sends a clear message.
Correct me if I am wrong, but all of Clive's work seems to prove that the Justice system is actually working.
While I agree that political infighting can often delay justice, including a case waiting for justice for 10 years. That would be McKinnon's case. Unfortunately that is more of a UK political issue than a US one. The UK signed treaties with the US, and now politics are delaying his extradiction which is the exact thing the treaties were made to prevent. No one should have to wait 10 years to have his case tried.
As for the sentencing, I'm sure his lawyer would bring that up in his case *IF* he is found guilty. You see we have a process in place for exactly what you are proposing. It's the judges ruling that determines the exact sentence. They take all kinds of things into consideration when deciding that, and while I am not a lawyer, the fact that he is a UK citizen with differing laws would almost absolutely be taken into consideration already. As a US citizen, I don't think the UK should expect nor demand that the US change its judicial system and procedures. You call it "diplomacy", but the same could be said of the opposite. The UK signed the extradiction treaties, now they can either follow through on their word, ignore it, or break it completely. Personally, I'd be fine with them either following through, or breaking it. Ignoring it and delaying it just puts egg on the entire UK's face. If they can't be expected to actually stick to the terms they agree to in treaties, what point there to actually having them in the first place?
Seeing as the US has not signed the treaty it should be declared null and void, torn up, buried in peat for 3 months, dug up and sold as firelighters.
Really? I know plenty of people who have had children without getting married. These children have parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The child's grandparents (and above) are married because it was "the done thing" back in those days.
Sticking around to raise your child has absolutely nothing to do with marriage.
So called "gay" marriage means nothing to religion or god. It is an artificial construct created by liberals in the past decade or so. Gay marriage will not be recognized by god and it will not get you out of jail/hell when judgement day comes. There is no point for gay marriage
And here it is - the Bible-thumping "liberal conspiracy" part. In your country, marriage grants certain legal rights so it doesn't matter at all if it means nothing to your religion. You oppose gay marriage, so you oppose giving a group of people the same rights as you.
The worst part is you only do this because your holy book told you to.
Oh, but Atheism is a religion, for various different definitions of religion. Consider it an OR test, where it failed your chosen definition of religion, but there are still other definitions which it satisfies.
One definition of Religion is a set of beliefs followed by a number of people. In "believing" that there is no god, Atheism relegates itself to the category of Religion, by this definition. The parent poster is quite correct in this.
You proved that Atheism is a word for not having a deity. You didn't prove that Atheism is a word for not having a religion.
On an unrelated note, I've just taken up the hobby of not collecting stamps.
Oh, what's that you say? There's no such thing as magic and evolution is be best-supported theory in all of science? Yeah, I already knew that.
Then again, his books are on the long list of books I might read some day. I don't reject them, I simply don't seek them out.
Likewise. I have "The God Delusion" sitting on my shelf. I've never bothered to read it. I only bought it because there was a minister in the book shop telling me that "All atheists are mass-murderers because Stalin was atheist." and I wanted to annoy him.
The UK has historically been mostly on unmetered water,
And also historically lurches between flooding and hosepipe bans. Not that metering will fix the legendarily leaky pipes. Or fix the fact that after selling off the water authorities, the companies went on and sold off all the resevoir land for development.
The south-east of England is the place where the hosepipe bans happen. Its also the most populated area and has the least water.
Amazing how a little bit of extra information can change a story entirely, and it really does make me wonder why it was missed out of the linked articles and the summary. Oh - that would make it a non-story!
You cant let facts get in the way of a good ol' "UK=police state" slashdot rant.
lined a whole wall with Ikea wardrobes... a wall is a waste of precious space
A wall, being two-dimensional (from the point of view of the resident of the room. what's inside the wall is treated as inaccessible from his universe), takes up no space at all. X * Y * 0 = zero cubic centimeters.
Unless, of course, it's one of those fractal space-filling walls.
Assuming you don't paint it. That layer of paint wastes precious cubic nanometres!
Q: Does the GCA prohibit anyone from making a handgun, shotgun or rifle?
With certain exceptions a firearm may be made by a non-licensee provided it is not for sale and the maker is not prohibited from possessing firearms. However, a person is prohibited from assembling a non-sporting semi-automatic rifle or non-sporting shotgun from imported parts. In addition, the making of an NFA firearm requires a tax payment and approval by ATF. An application to make a machine gun will not be approved unless documentation is submitted showing that the firearm is being made for a Federal or State agency.
[18 U.S.C. 922(o) and (r), 26 U.S.C. 5822, 27 CFR 478.39, 479.62 and 479.105]link
Just curious (target shooter in gun-unfriendly Scotland here), what exactly makes it as "sporting" firearm? Does it give the target a 5 minute head start or something?
The New York Wheel will be an attraction unlike any other in New York City even unlike any other on the planet
I guess that's true if you don't count London or Shanghai as being on this planet...
They meant Planet America. You know, the same one they hold the "World Series" on.
Can a non-American also "opt out" at at American runway?
Possibly. I've done it. Flew from Las Vegas and rather than go through the body scanner, I walked right up to the metal detector next to it and made eye contact with the TSA agent. He waved me through the metal detector (with no follow up invasive search) and the next 20 or so people in the line followed me through.
With alcohol, it's illegal for kids to buy it, but it's legal for parents to buy it and give it to kids (most places, at least). Why not make it the same for junk food? A kid is not supposed to be making these kinds of decisions for himself, since he can't be trusted to make a rational choice. By banning sales to him directly, you force his parents to get into the equation at least. They can still do a crappy job, but that's another matter.
That would make fast food even more desirable. Kids want alcohol because they cant have it and getting hold of some makes them "cool".
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You misunderstood Jenga. The point is for you to remove pieces of the tower so it stays up and one of your opponents removes a piece and the tower falls.
So it's more like politics? Weaken the system and rig it to go tits up when it's the other guy's turn. That way he gets the blame.
Take ID card, wrap it in a towel, and set it on concrete, liberally beat it with a hammer.
From experience, it breaks the RFID chip and makes it stop working but leaves the card intact. Personally I hate these stupid chips and I have broken a bunch of them!
Isnt this in Texas? Surely the correct approach would be to shoot it through with your .45. That also sends a clear message.
I'm British but living in the US. I've been following the case on the BBC but have never seen any mention of in the US media.
Dont worry. It will get plenty coverage now.
Correct me if I am wrong, but all of Clive's work seems to prove that the Justice system is actually working.
While I agree that political infighting can often delay justice, including a case waiting for justice for 10 years. That would be McKinnon's case. Unfortunately that is more of a UK political issue than a US one. The UK signed treaties with the US, and now politics are delaying his extradiction which is the exact thing the treaties were made to prevent. No one should have to wait 10 years to have his case tried.
As for the sentencing, I'm sure his lawyer would bring that up in his case *IF* he is found guilty. You see we have a process in place for exactly what you are proposing. It's the judges ruling that determines the exact sentence. They take all kinds of things into consideration when deciding that, and while I am not a lawyer, the fact that he is a UK citizen with differing laws would almost absolutely be taken into consideration already. As a US citizen, I don't think the UK should expect nor demand that the US change its judicial system and procedures. You call it "diplomacy", but the same could be said of the opposite. The UK signed the extradiction treaties, now they can either follow through on their word, ignore it, or break it completely. Personally, I'd be fine with them either following through, or breaking it. Ignoring it and delaying it just puts egg on the entire UK's face. If they can't be expected to actually stick to the terms they agree to in treaties, what point there to actually having them in the first place?
Seeing as the US has not signed the treaty it should be declared null and void, torn up, buried in peat for 3 months, dug up and sold as firelighters.
You would not be here if not for marriage
Really? I know plenty of people who have had children without getting married. These children have parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The child's grandparents (and above) are married because it was "the done thing" back in those days. Sticking around to raise your child has absolutely nothing to do with marriage.
So called "gay" marriage means nothing to religion or god. It is an artificial construct created by liberals in the past decade or so. Gay marriage will not be recognized by god and it will not get you out of jail/hell when judgement day comes. There is no point for gay marriage
And here it is - the Bible-thumping "liberal conspiracy" part. In your country, marriage grants certain legal rights so it doesn't matter at all if it means nothing to your religion. You oppose gay marriage, so you oppose giving a group of people the same rights as you. The worst part is you only do this because your holy book told you to.
1024, of course.
No, that's a leeter.
Oh, but Atheism is a religion, for various different definitions of religion. Consider it an OR test, where it failed your chosen definition of religion, but there are still other definitions which it satisfies.
One definition of Religion is a set of beliefs followed by a number of people. In "believing" that there is no god, Atheism relegates itself to the category of Religion, by this definition. The parent poster is quite correct in this.
You proved that Atheism is a word for not having a deity. You didn't prove that Atheism is a word for not having a religion.
On an unrelated note, I've just taken up the hobby of not collecting stamps.
Yeah. I've never read anything by Dawkins.
Oh, what's that you say? There's no such thing as magic and evolution is be best-supported theory in all of science? Yeah, I already knew that.
Then again, his books are on the long list of books I might read some day. I don't reject them, I simply don't seek them out.
Likewise. I have "The God Delusion" sitting on my shelf. I've never bothered to read it. I only bought it because there was a minister in the book shop telling me that "All atheists are mass-murderers because Stalin was atheist." and I wanted to annoy him.
The fact that more black people are imprisoned than whites is no more racist than the fact that more males are imprisoned than females is sexist.
Of course it isnt. Sexism/racism/etc works in one direction only. Stating more females are imprisoned than males is sexist (even if true).
The UK has historically been mostly on unmetered water,
And also historically lurches between flooding and hosepipe bans. Not that metering will fix the legendarily leaky pipes. Or fix the fact that after selling off the water authorities, the companies went on and sold off all the resevoir land for development.
The south-east of England is the place where the hosepipe bans happen. Its also the most populated area and has the least water.
If America converts to metric 13 years from now - well, I'm not sure I would want to live in such a world.
Hands up all Americans who hate metric but own a 9mm handgun.
If you're upset because Virgin isn't building the Starship Enterprise, get over it.
It wont do much for stereotypes if the Enterprise is built by a Virgin.
but except for the freedom to be armed
This is a key difference, as history shows that this freedom leads to other freedoms.
After 10 years of constant rights erosion in the US, I'm calling bullshit on that statement.
Courts in Australia have upheld people being fired after having a beer on their lunch breaks.
Yes, but they were bus drivers.
Amazing how a little bit of extra information can change a story entirely, and it really does make me wonder why it was missed out of the linked articles and the summary. Oh - that would make it a non-story!
You cant let facts get in the way of a good ol' "UK=police state" slashdot rant.
Anybody that doesn't find it offensive displays a revealing lack of empathy
There's a huge difference between being offended and throwing someone in jail because it offended you.
Because who decides what is too offensive?
The legal test is called the reasonable man test and it boils down to the jury to fulfil that role, if they find it offensive it is offensive.
Really? They seem to be using the "little old church-going lady" test these days.
lined a whole wall with Ikea wardrobes... a wall is a waste of precious space A wall, being two-dimensional (from the point of view of the resident of the room. what's inside the wall is treated as inaccessible from his universe), takes up no space at all. X * Y * 0 = zero cubic centimeters.
Unless, of course, it's one of those fractal space-filling walls.
Assuming you don't paint it. That layer of paint wastes precious cubic nanometres!
BS.
Q: Does the GCA prohibit anyone from making a handgun, shotgun or rifle? With certain exceptions a firearm may be made by a non-licensee provided it is not for sale and the maker is not prohibited from possessing firearms. However, a person is prohibited from assembling a non-sporting semi-automatic rifle or non-sporting shotgun from imported parts. In addition, the making of an NFA firearm requires a tax payment and approval by ATF. An application to make a machine gun will not be approved unless documentation is submitted showing that the firearm is being made for a Federal or State agency.
[18 U.S.C. 922(o) and (r), 26 U.S.C. 5822, 27 CFR 478.39, 479.62 and 479.105] link
Just curious (target shooter in gun-unfriendly Scotland here), what exactly makes it as "sporting" firearm? Does it give the target a 5 minute head start or something?
The New York Wheel will be an attraction unlike any other in New York City even unlike any other on the planet I guess that's true if you don't count London or Shanghai as being on this planet...
They meant Planet America. You know, the same one they hold the "World Series" on.
Can a non-American also "opt out" at at American runway?
Possibly. I've done it. Flew from Las Vegas and rather than go through the body scanner, I walked right up to the metal detector next to it and made eye contact with the TSA agent. He waved me through the metal detector (with no follow up invasive search) and the next 20 or so people in the line followed me through.
My foreskin remains intact, therefore not a Jew, but what does that have to do with anything?
Also, re: your earlier comment that "You appear to look like Hitler's youth given your self righteous super left wing blithering statements above".
I wasn't aware that the Hitler Youth was a left wing organisation. I guess you learn something new every day. Thanks for that.
He is probably a Republican, so his statement is correct. Hitler Youth is left of the GOP on the political spectrum. :)
Like those Brits who saw the Olympic logo as depicting Lisa giving head for Bart.
Yep. The Olympic logo sucked in more ways than one.
What about us little-endians, you insensitive clod?
I hear there are pills you can take for that.
With alcohol, it's illegal for kids to buy it, but it's legal for parents to buy it and give it to kids (most places, at least). Why not make it the same for junk food? A kid is not supposed to be making these kinds of decisions for himself, since he can't be trusted to make a rational choice. By banning sales to him directly, you force his parents to get into the equation at least. They can still do a crappy job, but that's another matter.
That would make fast food even more desirable. Kids want alcohol because they cant have it and getting hold of some makes them "cool".