for you anon and all the canadians out there, know this: your justice system rocks! your judges write clear and often pithy case rulings. not so in the US, where tehy can be booooring. I'm not saying anything on the outcomes, just how you get there.
i wrote this to be snarky, but thinking about it more, I think this makes a lot of sense. the damage of the swatting is not a broken door. It's the shattered feeling of safety you feel in your own home. you used to feel safe sitting on your couch playing videogames. Now, at a very fundamental level, that feeling is gone. This can take years to overcome.
I hear this is similar to the damage from being raped. So... while it's illegal to sentence someone to be raped, for whatever reason it's not illegal to sentence him to a prison where everybody knows that people are raped every single day. America!
So I think we all agree. Just one night, it happens a few times, then he's out and can lead a productive life. Everybody wins!
I came here to post popehat. My legal blog recommendations: * Popehat insightful/snarky legal commentary from someone who used to be a federal prosecutor and is now in private practice. * Lowering the Bar: hilarious legal humor. Recent topics: Hulk Hogan, Donald Trump, drone law, argle-bargle. *Papers, Please: Lots of TSA and similar topics. Their MO is to file expansive FOIA requests to intelligence and law enforcement agencies, then write stridently about how they were rejected. * Jetsetting Terrorist: trials and tribulations of somebody erroneously on the do not fly list. (not updated often) * Taking Sense Away: blog written by TSA employee (no longer updated, but fun to read the archives). * SCOTUSblog: blow-by-blow news of goings-on at the supreme court. super nerdy. * Supreme Court Haiku: summaries of supreme court decisions, in haiku form. * Volokh Conspiracy: insightful pieces on constitutional law and similar topics. primarily conservative, primarily written by law profs.
wow, with all these things in my feedly, it's amazing I get any work done!
Greece has a press in Athens to print 20 euro notes and has recently started talking about using it to make up their Euro shortfall... And nobody has a drachma press - it takes longer to set up a press for mass production of a new currency than one might think. Really, where this all could lead is hard to speculate....
They could just update the existing press so it prints Geuros... or maybe with a bit more work, Gyros.
Members (citizens) of the union should share the same rights, benefits and obligations. Greek people have suffered enough in favor of the currency stability. I hope your inability to grasp that, is somehow limited to you and not the rest of your fellow countryman.
should all citizens in the EU enjoy the greece lifestyle, social services and pensions? I hope not, or else there would be no nations to bail out greece!
the last remaining American bastion - loses ground everyday. If you ever studied the rise and fall of the roman empire, you can easily see the comparison
can we study the rise and fall of ancient greece, perhaps there are any parallels to draw to today's current events??
USA here. for what it's worth, I think your statement is awesome. I have immense esteem for any person or group of people that face challenges and rise above them through hard work. Bravo to you, it is what makes a country great and I hope you can be an inspiration to poland's neighbors.
I thought it was the promise of pensions to all and retirement at 50. Hint: you need to balance your books, whether you're a mom-and-pop store or a nation.
On a different note, I'm voting NO on my next CC bill. That will work, right?
for-profits either have owners (if they are private) or shareholders (if they are public) who expect a return on their investment each quarter. so for-profits make short term decisions to maximize profits. Non-profits don't have this pressure, so they can make decisions that are in the best interests of the institution and possibly the students.
I would have the slightest shred of sympathy if taxi unions hadn't used their protectionist racket to provide the nastiest most unpleasant rider experience. If taxi companies were really good at providing good service and uber came in with some sort of unlicensed fly by night business, then it would be clear. But even if uber were the same price as cabs, I would choose uber every_single_time. Maybe cabbies should think on why that is, and try to make an experience that is good for the customer so they win their business, rather than focusing on their entitlements and how they should be able to shut everybody else out of the market.
I suggest you read about the glazier's fallacy. by reducing inefficiencies in the system (like expensive equipment sitting in a lot) we have more money to invest in the economy, which makes everybody better off! A rising tide floats all boats...
American football (NFL): The National Football League requires twenty commercial breaks per game, with ten in each half. (Exceptions to this are overtime periods, which have none.) These breaks run either a minute, or two minutes in length. Of the ten commercial breaks per half, two are mandatory: at the end of each quarter, and at the two-minute warning for the end of the half. The remaining eight breaks are optional.[1] The timeouts can be applied after field goal tries, conversion attempts for both one and two points following touchdowns, changes in possession either by punts or turnovers, and kickoffs (except for the ones that start each half, or are within the last five minutes). The breaks are also called during stoppages due to injury, instant replay challenges, when either of the participating teams uses one of its set of timeouts, and if the network needs to catch up on its commercial advertisement schedule. The arrangement for college football contests is the same, except for the absence of the two-minute warning.
NBA: "Mandatory timeouts" are called at the first dead ball after 6:00 and 3:00 in each quarter and after 9:00 in the second and fourth quarters. First mandatory timeout is charged to the home team and second TV timeout is charged to the away team (or whichever team has not been charged previously in that quarter), assuming no other full 1:40 timeouts have been called, which replace the mandatory TV timeouts. In addition, a timeout after 3:00 in the second and fourth quarters is called but not charged to either team, if neither team has called one prior to that point. If they do, then the "official's timeout" (as it is called) is given at the first minute mark in which it is not taken early by either team.[5]
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for you anon and all the canadians out there, know this: your justice system rocks! your judges write clear and often pithy case rulings. not so in the US, where tehy can be booooring. I'm not saying anything on the outcomes, just how you get there.
i wrote this to be snarky, but thinking about it more, I think this makes a lot of sense. the damage of the swatting is not a broken door. It's the shattered feeling of safety you feel in your own home. you used to feel safe sitting on your couch playing videogames. Now, at a very fundamental level, that feeling is gone. This can take years to overcome.
I hear this is similar to the damage from being raped. So... while it's illegal to sentence someone to be raped, for whatever reason it's not illegal to sentence him to a prison where everybody knows that people are raped every single day. America!
So I think we all agree. Just one night, it happens a few times, then he's out and can lead a productive life. Everybody wins!
what if he only spends one night in jail, but it was one of those pound-me-in-the-ass places. I think everybody would agree that it is a fair outcome.
I came here to post popehat. My legal blog recommendations:
* Popehat insightful/snarky legal commentary from someone who used to be a federal prosecutor and is now in private practice.
* Lowering the Bar: hilarious legal humor. Recent topics: Hulk Hogan, Donald Trump, drone law, argle-bargle.
*Papers, Please: Lots of TSA and similar topics. Their MO is to file expansive FOIA requests to intelligence and law enforcement agencies, then write stridently about how they were rejected.
* Jetsetting Terrorist: trials and tribulations of somebody erroneously on the do not fly list. (not updated often)
* Taking Sense Away: blog written by TSA employee (no longer updated, but fun to read the archives).
* SCOTUSblog: blow-by-blow news of goings-on at the supreme court. super nerdy.
* Supreme Court Haiku: summaries of supreme court decisions, in haiku form.
* Volokh Conspiracy: insightful pieces on constitutional law and similar topics. primarily conservative, primarily written by law profs.
wow, with all these things in my feedly, it's amazing I get any work done!
> Growing Neural Gas
My doctor diagnosed me with this too.
it's a trap!
Greece has a press in Athens to print 20 euro notes and has recently started talking about using it to make up their Euro shortfall... And nobody has a drachma press - it takes longer to set up a press for mass production of a new currency than one might think. Really, where this all could lead is hard to speculate....
They could just update the existing press so it prints Geuros... or maybe with a bit more work, Gyros.
No facts, and completely syncopated with the unwashed masses.
I don't/believe/you know/the mean-/ing of/that word.
??? Unemployment is at an all time low
Members (citizens) of the union should share the same rights, benefits and obligations. Greek people have suffered enough in favor of the currency stability. I hope your inability to grasp that, is somehow limited to you and not the rest of your fellow countryman.
should all citizens in the EU enjoy the greece lifestyle, social services and pensions? I hope not, or else there would be no nations to bail out greece!
the last remaining American bastion - loses ground everyday. If you ever studied the rise and fall of the roman empire, you can easily see the comparison
can we study the rise and fall of ancient greece, perhaps there are any parallels to draw to today's current events??
USA here. for what it's worth, I think your statement is awesome. I have immense esteem for any person or group of people that face challenges and rise above them through hard work. Bravo to you, it is what makes a country great and I hope you can be an inspiration to poland's neighbors.
Looool and its my dealer's fault that I have a drug problem. Everybody has to live within their means, including Greece.
I thought it was the promise of pensions to all and retirement at 50. Hint: you need to balance your books, whether you're a mom-and-pop store or a nation.
On a different note, I'm voting NO on my next CC bill. That will work, right?
if apple doesn't care about macs anymore how come it just released a brand new macbook this year and a brand new mac pro just 2 years ago?
i would like to buy a stingray. where can i get one?
for-profits either have owners (if they are private) or shareholders (if they are public) who expect a return on their investment each quarter. so for-profits make short term decisions to maximize profits. Non-profits don't have this pressure, so they can make decisions that are in the best interests of the institution and possibly the students.
Actually yes, if you click on the link (not just look at the url) you see that they sold 74m iPhones in Q1 alone.
I don't think anybody has accused anybody of being criminally liable. nobody's in prison. I think there is civil liability
dogfights have outpaced bvr by 5.2:1.
Uber can't compete with taxis in many markets because they have been frozen out due to the anticompetitive medallion system.
I would have the slightest shred of sympathy if taxi unions hadn't used their protectionist racket to provide the nastiest most unpleasant rider experience. If taxi companies were really good at providing good service and uber came in with some sort of unlicensed fly by night business, then it would be clear. But even if uber were the same price as cabs, I would choose uber every_single_time. Maybe cabbies should think on why that is, and try to make an experience that is good for the customer so they win their business, rather than focusing on their entitlements and how they should be able to shut everybody else out of the market.
I suggest you read about the glazier's fallacy. by reducing inefficiencies in the system (like expensive equipment sitting in a lot) we have more money to invest in the economy, which makes everybody better off! A rising tide floats all boats...
what I'm trying to say, uber is better. open your mind to the future, cuz it's not going anywhere.
they call them "TV time outs"
American football (NFL): The National Football League requires twenty commercial breaks per game, with ten in each half. (Exceptions to this are overtime periods, which have none.) These breaks run either a minute, or two minutes in length. Of the ten commercial breaks per half, two are mandatory: at the end of each quarter, and at the two-minute warning for the end of the half. The remaining eight breaks are optional.[1] The timeouts can be applied after field goal tries, conversion attempts for both one and two points following touchdowns, changes in possession either by punts or turnovers, and kickoffs (except for the ones that start each half, or are within the last five minutes). The breaks are also called during stoppages due to injury, instant replay challenges, when either of the participating teams uses one of its set of timeouts, and if the network needs to catch up on its commercial advertisement schedule. The arrangement for college football contests is the same, except for the absence of the two-minute warning.
NBA: "Mandatory timeouts" are called at the first dead ball after 6:00 and 3:00 in each quarter and after 9:00 in the second and fourth quarters. First mandatory timeout is charged to the home team and second TV timeout is charged to the away team (or whichever team has not been charged previously in that quarter), assuming no other full 1:40 timeouts have been called, which replace the mandatory TV timeouts. In addition, a timeout after 3:00 in the second and fourth quarters is called but not charged to either team, if neither team has called one prior to that point. If they do, then the "official's timeout" (as it is called) is given at the first minute mark in which it is not taken early by either team.[5]