I have very little experience with modern online gaming, but permamently banning someone seems a bit harsh, will certainly alienate the individual and is likely to generate negative publicity. If you compare this to how things are handled in sports, the penalties are almost always of a temporary nature. The goal of these penalties is to correct people's behavior and is based on the premise that this is possible. Permamently banning someone is based on the assumption that someone who cheated once is inherently a cheater and can't change. Honest self-examination should be sufficient for most people here to recognize this is not true.
I have no idea, I didn't pay attention when it came out. I'd be curious to see an objective summary of what happened when the whole thing blew up, if that's possible. It's just that everyone keeps referring to the Wakefield paper, but no one seems to have read it. Science reporters should read the thing they're reporting on. It really doesn't say what either side seems to think it does.
It's a typical science/medical journal article; boring and inconclusive. It explicitly states it hasn't proven a causal or statistical link between MMR and autism or gastrointestinal disease (the primary focus of the study). No one with any scientific background would look at this study of 12 children and some anecdotal stories and believe such a conclusion even if they had made that conclusion. The hysteria associated with the paper came from the media, and not the article.
That's a particularly misleading website. They are essentially trying to claim that Jenny McCarthy's criticism of the MMR vaccine makes her responsible for infant death due to influenza (which is what most of the deaths listed are attributed to). The flu vaccine rarely works, there is little evidence that vaccines are effective on infants, and there is no evidence that the parents of these children refused any vaccines for them.
Personal attacks and deliberate misrepresentation of data are the exact opposite of the scientific method. If you want to defend science, try practicing it.
I don't see any credible evidence that they are professional prostitutes, and none of the sites returned by that search seem particularly objective. Anna Ardin does appear to have been on the U.S. payroll for anti-Communist activities though...
"How fitting that Interpol should issue arrest warrants for Julian Assange and former Vice President Dick Cheney within 24 hours of each other."
Nigeria has just suggested they would request an arrest warrant through Interpol, in regards to an ongoing bribery investigation regarding oil and gas rights. Haliburton paid out about $600million in a settlement for this case, so there's something to it, but I really doubt there's going to be an arrest warrant.
He has, in a sense. He's distributed an encrypted static version and distributed it to thousands. If anything happens to him the password will be published.
I agree, but the law is what it is and I'd hate to see Project G bury themselves like MP3.com did.
Most of those books are long out of print, if I want a copy I have to buy a used one (assuming it can be found), find it at the library, or hope it is available as an illegal torrent. In none of these circumstances do the rights holder make any money.
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That was my first thought too. Perhaps it wasn't properly "published"?
Clearly any sentence that begins with the word "obviously" is logically flawed and lacks the presumed evidence ;-)
I have very little experience with modern online gaming, but permamently banning someone seems a bit harsh, will certainly alienate the individual and is likely to generate negative publicity. If you compare this to how things are handled in sports, the penalties are almost always of a temporary nature. The goal of these penalties is to correct people's behavior and is based on the premise that this is possible. Permamently banning someone is based on the assumption that someone who cheated once is inherently a cheater and can't change. Honest self-examination should be sufficient for most people here to recognize this is not true.
Ahh, like The Calculus
I've been wondering the same thing.
is it any good?
who? why? what's this have to do with the Navy? Are you sure you posted in the right section?
"dared to publish an unauthorised autobiography of him"
How does someone write a biography about themselves and not authorize it? Or is this a copyright infringement issue?
"He refused to acknowledge his daughter, who his mother initially had to raise on welfare payments. "
I think the real issue here is that Jobs' mother was also the mother of his daughter. I can see how he might not want to acknowledge that...
No, what's wrong with America is that we think sex is worse than violence. And that puberty happens somewhere between 18 and 21 years of age.
I think you mean "waving".
I have no idea, I didn't pay attention when it came out. I'd be curious to see an objective summary of what happened when the whole thing blew up, if that's possible. It's just that everyone keeps referring to the Wakefield paper, but no one seems to have read it. Science reporters should read the thing they're reporting on. It really doesn't say what either side seems to think it does.
I think it's worth looking at the original Wakefield paper again: http://www.autismresourceconnection.com/documents/Ileal-colonic-lymphoid.pdf
It's a typical science/medical journal article; boring and inconclusive. It explicitly states it hasn't proven a causal or statistical link between MMR and autism or gastrointestinal disease (the primary focus of the study). No one with any scientific background would look at this study of 12 children and some anecdotal stories and believe such a conclusion even if they had made that conclusion. The hysteria associated with the paper came from the media, and not the article.
not vaccinating = not washing?
That's a really old article
That's a particularly misleading website. They are essentially trying to claim that Jenny McCarthy's criticism of the MMR vaccine makes her responsible for infant death due to influenza (which is what most of the deaths listed are attributed to). The flu vaccine rarely works, there is little evidence that vaccines are effective on infants, and there is no evidence that the parents of these children refused any vaccines for them.
Personal attacks and deliberate misrepresentation of data are the exact opposite of the scientific method. If you want to defend science, try practicing it.
true
Pfft. My great^22 gradkids went out mastodon-tipping after the film
I don't see any credible evidence that they are professional prostitutes, and none of the sites returned by that search seem particularly objective. Anna Ardin does appear to have been on the U.S. payroll for anti-Communist activities though...
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/assange-rape-accuser-cia-ties/
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/sex-by-surprise-at-heart-of-julian-assange-criminal-probe/19741444
Assange was denied bail, and it sounds like he will be held for 60 days before extradition.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/1207/Why-Britain-is-likely-to-send-WikiLeaks-Assange-to-Sweden-on-rape-charges
"How fitting that Interpol should issue arrest warrants for Julian Assange and former Vice President Dick Cheney within 24 hours of each other."
Nigeria has just suggested they would request an arrest warrant through Interpol, in regards to an ongoing bribery investigation regarding oil and gas rights. Haliburton paid out about $600million in a settlement for this case, so there's something to it, but I really doubt there's going to be an arrest warrant.
He has, in a sense. He's distributed an encrypted static version and distributed it to thousands. If anything happens to him the password will be published.
I agree, but the law is what it is and I'd hate to see Project G bury themselves like MP3.com did.
Most of those books are long out of print, if I want a copy I have to buy a used one (assuming it can be found), find it at the library, or hope it is available as an illegal torrent. In none of these circumstances do the rights holder make any money.
Which airport?
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