I'm not really sure how "news worthy" this is. As one example, the Ontario Education Act prohibits public schools in Ontario from using text books that are not written by Canadian authors.
That's amazingly silly. Maybe British or American textbooks have the wrong number of the letter U?
Again, you're trying to turn this into a binary black/white good/evil issue when it's not. The fate of the one person cannot be evaluated by itself. It has to be measured in relation to what's at stake for everyone else.
That sort of utilitarian ethic is absolutely terrifying. You can justify anything at all against a small number of people by weighing it against a relatively small good for a large number. That way evil does lie.
I don't know of any jurisdiction with a Sales Tax that doesn't already have a corresponding Use tax, which is intended to tax anything that was purchased from out of Jurisdiction.
This is true. Speaking as an Oregonian though, who is affected very little by sales tax debates, I wonder how in the world use tax can stand constitutionally. The pretense that it is a tax on the "use" of goods is a very, very flimsy one; it is clearly a sales tax levied on out-of-jurisdiction purchases, and governments rarely try to hide this. Why has it not been struck down?
This is what https should have prevented, had we not horribly broken SSL certificates. They never should have been tied to any sort of 'trust'...now look what happened.
If there were no sort of trust, the ISP would just perform a man-in-the-middle attack: pretend to be you, accept the web site's SSL certificate, then decrypt the data, insert the ads, and feed you the altered web page encrypted with their own certificate.
Not to mention he's made absolutely zero promises to end the war in Iraq.
I think everyone is aware of this by now; and while I opposed the Iraq war from before it was begun, I don't see how fighting it makes any of these measures necessary. This is a civil-liberties grab, plain and simple, and I for one would like to know his opinion on the matter.
I did note the tongue, but it's worth pointing out that disagreement does not make a thing subjective. Scientists disagree about the nature of gravity, but few would claim that it is subjective. (The obvious exception is Wile E. Coyote, but I doubt that cartoons count as peer-reviewed research.)
It's ridiculous to exempt an entire economic sector from taxes. It is stealing from people in other businesses.
Maybe I'm just a confused Oregonian, but don't you have corporate income tax down in California? If the company is located there, I seriously doubt it is exempt from taxes. If it isn't, then the vast majority of the costs you list would be provided for by the state the company is in.
Why doesn't slashdot post the religious breakdowns of IT workers while we are at it, kdawson?
If someone did such a survey, I think it would be Slashdot-worthy-- that would be very interesting information to have, even if it doesn't involve code or solder.
And the US got tired of being attacked by terrorists and having civilians (and military men and women) murdered by cowards.
Regardless of your view of foreign policy, I've never really understood this use of the word "coward." Someone who blows himself up to (unjustly) kill his enemy is a murderer, no doubt, but how is dying to achieve your aim cowardly?
Are you offended that incandescent light bulbs are being phased out in favor of the more efficient compact fluorescent bulbs?
I can't speak for the GP, but I am, and I say this as someone who is sitting under a couple of fluorescent bulbs as I type. Federal regulation is a heavy-handed step that should not be used in pretty much any case where it can be avoided.
Have you actually used Vista? or are you going by what you've read on slashdot from all the other people who also haven't used it? It's leagues ahead of XP.
Given that you're an AC I may just be feeding the trolls here, but care to explain how it is leagues ahead of XP?
There's no law (that I'm aware of) that prevents them from barring those with cell phones, as stupid as that might be. It's jamming them that's illegal-- at least in the United States.
You want to know why C originally only allowed 7 character variable names? They just took up too much of the available core store if they were longer.
I thought they only guaranteed things would link properly if characters were unique in the first six characters because of FORTRAN linkers that couldn't deal with more than that.
But then, I'm a youngin', so I don't know firsthand.
To be fair, Murray was a redeeming factor in the third game. But you're right, the first two were better; still, can you see any company using that sort of engine these days? It's sad, really.
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That's amazingly silly. Maybe British or American textbooks have the wrong number of the letter U?
No, but Google can disobey existing laws when they are unjust. Sometimes obeying your lawful superior is not a reasonable defense.
That sort of utilitarian ethic is absolutely terrifying. You can justify anything at all against a small number of people by weighing it against a relatively small good for a large number. That way evil does lie.
Christian Rome was many things, but pacifist was not one of them.
This is true. Speaking as an Oregonian though, who is affected very little by sales tax debates, I wonder how in the world use tax can stand constitutionally. The pretense that it is a tax on the "use" of goods is a very, very flimsy one; it is clearly a sales tax levied on out-of-jurisdiction purchases, and governments rarely try to hide this. Why has it not been struck down?
Drive makers have been doing this for a long time-- it's not an accident.
Heck, the drivemaker's kilobyte shrinks four bytes each year for marketing reasons. :-P
If there were no sort of trust, the ISP would just perform a man-in-the-middle attack: pretend to be you, accept the web site's SSL certificate, then decrypt the data, insert the ads, and feed you the altered web page encrypted with their own certificate.
This is really so egregious that it shouldn't have needed testing; it should have been obvious to everyone involved in the project before it happened.
I think everyone is aware of this by now; and while I opposed the Iraq war from before it was begun, I don't see how fighting it makes any of these measures necessary. This is a civil-liberties grab, plain and simple, and I for one would like to know his opinion on the matter.
I did note the tongue, but it's worth pointing out that disagreement does not make a thing subjective. Scientists disagree about the nature of gravity, but few would claim that it is subjective. (The obvious exception is Wile E. Coyote, but I doubt that cartoons count as peer-reviewed research.)
Maybe I'm just a confused Oregonian, but don't you have corporate income tax down in California? If the company is located there, I seriously doubt it is exempt from taxes. If it isn't, then the vast majority of the costs you list would be provided for by the state the company is in.
You know, I won't dispute your right to distribute pamphlets printed on a hand-crank press using lead type, but nothing more recent.
If someone did such a survey, I think it would be Slashdot-worthy-- that would be very interesting information to have, even if it doesn't involve code or solder.
Regardless of your view of foreign policy, I've never really understood this use of the word "coward." Someone who blows himself up to (unjustly) kill his enemy is a murderer, no doubt, but how is dying to achieve your aim cowardly?
Rewrites your brain? Don't you think that's overstating the case a little?
And I as an end-user get what the developer pays for. I've avoided Steam and any game that requires it so far; I just wish there were more like me.
Is that because such people are ignorant, because they're jerks, or because they're ignorant jerks?
I can't speak for the GP, but I am, and I say this as someone who is sitting under a couple of fluorescent bulbs as I type. Federal regulation is a heavy-handed step that should not be used in pretty much any case where it can be avoided.
Given that you're an AC I may just be feeding the trolls here, but care to explain how it is leagues ahead of XP?
There's no law (that I'm aware of) that prevents them from barring those with cell phones, as stupid as that might be. It's jamming them that's illegal-- at least in the United States.
That's ridiculous. What kind of executives or programmers or engineers can you hire for $5.15, just because you omit a noncompete?
In the U.S., such things vary dramatically by state. I'm in Oregon, and we don't have sales tax at all.
I thought they only guaranteed things would link properly if characters were unique in the first six characters because of FORTRAN linkers that couldn't deal with more than that.
But then, I'm a youngin', so I don't know firsthand.
That term only applies if he is attracted exclusively to such girls. It sounds like the proper term, given what has been said, is probably "creepy."
To be fair, Murray was a redeeming factor in the third game. But you're right, the first two were better; still, can you see any company using that sort of engine these days? It's sad, really.