Actually, Canada does have nuclear weapons, after a fashion. IIRC there are some located on US military bases in Canadian territory, to be released to Canadian control in the event of... well, the end of the world I guess. XD
It's called 'spoilation inference', and actually works kinda like that. Not so much an automatic guilty as "the destroyed evidence shows conscience of guilt and therefore strongly supports the opposing side".
That's... sort of how it works, but not exactly. Depending on the jurisdiction involved, this leads to 'spoilation inference', where the destroyed evidence is considered 'conscience of guilt' and the court will consider the destroyed evidence as strongly against the spoiling party.
This is of course assuming that we bother to keep trying until we succeed. But there's nothing special about a squidgey organic substrate for computing.
Why would one WANT people to be interested in Nintento's properties, if this is how they're going to treat their fans? The proper course of action here is to say, "Fuck you Nintento," and stop giving them one's business.
What you need is the gov't to come along as say "Hey our nation's telecommunications infrastructure is critical to the nation's security, so we're nationalizing it," and then they take it away from the telcos and sell access back to them. Job done.
"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he [sic] who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
This, exactly. Business has no interest in pure research - it has no direct, monetizable goal - and it certainly isn't interested in sharing any results if it bothered.
... that America doesn't have something like this in their Constitution: "Article 35 of the Japanese Constitution protects against illegal search and seizure."
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I think you've misspelled 'United States' in your post, there.
Yep. Cut those social services, but boy do we need some new, untested, and buggy-as-hell jet fighters.
Actually, Canada does have nuclear weapons, after a fashion. IIRC there are some located on US military bases in Canadian territory, to be released to Canadian control in the event of ... well, the end of the world I guess. XD
Actually, you're entirely wrong. Subatomic particles of the same type are fundamentally indistinguishable from each other.
It's called 'spoilation inference', and actually works kinda like that. Not so much an automatic guilty as "the destroyed evidence shows conscience of guilt and therefore strongly supports the opposing side".
That's... sort of how it works, but not exactly. Depending on the jurisdiction involved, this leads to 'spoilation inference', where the destroyed evidence is considered 'conscience of guilt' and the court will consider the destroyed evidence as strongly against the spoiling party.
What would be the point of copies? You'd just then shout, "They're obviously faaaaaake!"
Wait, you're taking the NSA's word on anything that has to do with this? Ahahahahahahaha oh god.
Common sense doesn't actually exist. Or, if it does, it certainly isn't 'common'.
This is of course assuming that we bother to keep trying until we succeed. But there's nothing special about a squidgey organic substrate for computing.
You already are. XD
Why would one WANT people to be interested in Nintento's properties, if this is how they're going to treat their fans? The proper course of action here is to say, "Fuck you Nintento," and stop giving them one's business.
Anything that sounds like science fiction MUST be terrible and is to be avoided at all costs.
It's kind of embarrassing how loudly I lol'd when I read that line.
Well, political-spectrum-wise, Obama sits right where Saint Reagan does, so this isn't all that surprising.
What you need is the gov't to come along as say "Hey our nation's telecommunications infrastructure is critical to the nation's security, so we're nationalizing it," and then they take it away from the telcos and sell access back to them. Job done.
'under the constraints that nobody wanted to sell their property and move.'
After all, eminent domain is restricted only to cases where you need to give the land to private development. :P
Vaccines are now mandatory, because screw your selfish ignorance putting everyone else at risk.
They likely meant 1 kW*hr, a unit of energy.
Aren't you assuming that mental illness isn't a disability?
Congratulations, you've figured out how taxes work.
"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he [sic] who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
- Commissioner Pravin Lal
You do realize that "eyewitness accounts" are considered one of the least reliable forms of evidence, right?
This, exactly. Business has no interest in pure research - it has no direct, monetizable goal - and it certainly isn't interested in sharing any results if it bothered.
... that America doesn't have something like this in their Constitution: "Article 35 of the Japanese Constitution protects against illegal search and seizure."