Paperbacks are inherently more susceptible - solid state and magnetic storage is pretty damn hard to destroy on a national scale , but paper? It burns very nicely, thank you, and has done on nation-wide scales in the past
Huh? When has an entire country burned down? Did Liechtenstein suddenly catch on fire one day?
If it's because the evidence was illegally obtained: I don't think it should be excluded, because regardless of its origin, the jury's job is still to provide an actually correct judgment about what happened (in matters of fact). I don't think the proper sanction for illegally obtained evidence is for it to be hidden from the jury. I think the proper sanction is to charge those who obtained it with criminal offenses for doing so.
Allowing illegally-obtained evidence into a trial is incredibly dangerous to democracy and the entire concept of a fair trial. Basically, it gives a blessing to any and every law enforcement body to surveil whoever they want, whenever they want-which I think is against the Fourth Amendment and the entire idea of presumption of innocence.
I think your idea about prosecuting people for presenting illegal evidence is a good one. However-who's the one bringing bad evidence? More often than not, it's prosecutors. It seems like I read a different story every day about prosecutors who suppress exculpatory evidence, which directly leads to innocent people going to jail.
Yep, this is the elephant in the room with regards to digital TV. And of course, the fact that it doesn't degrade gracefully. 8VSB doesn't deal very well with multipath.
How would you recommend implementing a wallpaper gallery application with hundreds or thousands of pictures in a reasonable size without using network access?
Psst. Your phone has this thing called "flash memory." It may even have something called an "SD slot." Google around and maybe you'll figure something out.
The world at the time had lines of 'semaphore towers' as a kind of pre-telegraph.
Yes, that's exactly the same as the internet. Ladies and gentlemen, we have definitive proof on whether or not the Founding Fathers would have funded a modern communications infrastructure!
Did you miss the part about the "digital rollout" being a total clusterfuck? Lots of people went from being able to watch dozens of channels down to 2 or 3-and that's if they got the stupid box.
Ultimately, no one complained too much since more Americans have pay TV in the form of cable or satellite anyway.
Yeah, consoles are really catching up to PCs in terms of crappy updates.
The worst thing about the PS3's stuff is the store. My first PS3 overheated and I had 100 or so songs in Rock Band. Well apparently Sony has never heard of 'batch download'-I had to manually queue up each song, with a limit of about 20 per go. And when the songs downloaded they wouldn't automatically install...I actually had to click on each one to install it! If I would have known that when I bought the PS3, I probably would have gotten a 360 instead. This is something that could easily be fixed with a firmware update, but it sounds like they're more focused on hassling customers instead.
Really? 'It's entirely feasible' to lockdown a 2,000 mile border with a variety of terrains? I guess that's why they've spent billions on a fence that doesn't keep anyone out.
That the "middle class is disappearing" meme is a myth created through artificial and inaccurate manipulation of the classification of middle class vs rich.
Yeah, that's right, the economy is growing...all those hundreds of thousands of middle-class jobs being cut won't have an effect on the middle-class! The guy who just closed his frame shop after 20 years, he's just moving on to become a CEO with his own private jet! The art teacher who was laid off due to budget cuts...she's now a plastic surgeon specializing in tummy-tucks! Just a meme, you know. The super-rich aren't dissolving the American economy, that's ludicrous. Next thing you know, you'll be telling me that CEOs get bonuses for running a company into the ground!
I kinda liked this book, but it's not as good as the one I'm working on. I am currently writing historical fiction about Sir Phineas "Thousand" Island, the inventory of thousand island dressing. Sir Phineas is a dashing adventurer who uses his signature dressing to fight crime during the Gilded Age. One of the most memorable scenes involves Phineas acting as a stand-in for Chester A. Arthur, and foiling an attempt on the President's life using nothing more than his wits and delicious dressing. Yes, it will be a read for the ages, unlike this 'Drupal' nonsense which is clearly a fad.
Why are you so fucking stupid? We fucking told you that the FCC was going to fuck you over and since we did that they have done so twice. Which fucking part of that don't you fucking get?
Your pointless nerd rage is what we don't get. I'll be the first to admit the FCC net neutrality rules leave a lot to be desired-especially with regards to mobile devices. However, you are turnip-truck naive if you don't think that large media companies aren't already fucking you over. Remember Comcast and Sandvine? How about their antics in stacking the public FCC hearing? Which would you rather have controlling the internet? Comcast or the FCC? Remember, nature abhors a vacuum.
God sent his seed into Mary via Quantum Teleportation! That's how Jesus came to be! But don't give in to Quantum Temptation...or you'll end up in Hell!
no one wants to believe it, and there's no evidence to make you doubt what you want to believe
Yeah, the government is really slick and can concoct these elaborate murder plots involving 3 fall guys...tell you what, why don't you read some of those leaked diplomatic cables and learn how the government is made up of actual, fallible people rather than the omnipotent phantoms that you conspiracy theorists imagine.
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"Engineers are retarded"?!?
So I guess you're all ready to start a lucrative new business making undersea mining robots.
It's Facebook, but read in a Shatner voice.
Paperbacks are inherently more susceptible - solid state and magnetic storage is pretty damn hard to destroy on a national scale , but paper? It burns very nicely, thank you, and has done on nation-wide scales in the past
Huh? When has an entire country burned down? Did Liechtenstein suddenly catch on fire one day?
Then what of your .sig featuring moped Jesus?
Seriously, "freemium"? That has to be the worst mangling of the English language since "doorgasm."
GP is talking about Darwin Streaming Server and RTSP support. You're talking about WebKit, which has nothing to do with the subject.
I think this is one of those "better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you're a fool-" situations. Fool!
If it's because the evidence was illegally obtained: I don't think it should be excluded, because regardless of its origin, the jury's job is still to provide an actually correct judgment about what happened (in matters of fact). I don't think the proper sanction for illegally obtained evidence is for it to be hidden from the jury. I think the proper sanction is to charge those who obtained it with criminal offenses for doing so.
Allowing illegally-obtained evidence into a trial is incredibly dangerous to democracy and the entire concept of a fair trial. Basically, it gives a blessing to any and every law enforcement body to surveil whoever they want, whenever they want-which I think is against the Fourth Amendment and the entire idea of presumption of innocence.
I think your idea about prosecuting people for presenting illegal evidence is a good one. However-who's the one bringing bad evidence? More often than not, it's prosecutors. It seems like I read a different story every day about prosecutors who suppress exculpatory evidence, which directly leads to innocent people going to jail.
Hey, look at it this way: if someone ever does make a 'Slashdot fight' game, he'll have some great win quotes:
"Why do you cower?"
"You're completely pathetic!"
Instead of "You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!"
Let's say it that someone did make an app that could reliably change the orientation of a person. Maybe it makes you gay, but that's beside the point.
How'd you like to be beside my point? Oh crap, sorry, I didn't mean that. Makemegay.app did it to me. Well, that and a few too much port wine!
Yep, this is the elephant in the room with regards to digital TV. And of course, the fact that it doesn't degrade gracefully. 8VSB doesn't deal very well with multipath.
Did a cell phone literally spank another cell phone?
Can I pay to see that?
Also, Zima hasn't been made since like 2003. The last Nazi they were using to piss into the barrel must have died.
Good luck trying to run Mentor Graphics or ModelSim or Utorrent or "2xAV" (double speed) or Final Fantasy 11/13 on a mac.
PSSsssst, Macs can run Windows. And uTorrent (natively).
Not sure why you'd want to play Final Fantasy on its third-tier platform anyway, but to each his own.
Pay no attention to him, he's just doing typical "remember when" old-fart reminiscing or trying and failing miserably at humo(u)r.
American blackberries aren't any bigger than UK blackberries.
The Pre has the best user interface and it's the most hacker-friendly phone as well. But why would anyone on Slashdot be interested in that?
How would you recommend implementing a wallpaper gallery application with hundreds or thousands of pictures in a reasonable size without using network access?
Psst. Your phone has this thing called "flash memory." It may even have something called an "SD slot." Google around and maybe you'll figure something out.
The world at the time had lines of 'semaphore towers' as a kind of pre-telegraph.
Yes, that's exactly the same as the internet. Ladies and gentlemen, we have definitive proof on whether or not the Founding Fathers would have funded a modern communications infrastructure!
Did you miss the part about the "digital rollout" being a total clusterfuck? Lots of people went from being able to watch dozens of channels down to 2 or 3-and that's if they got the stupid box.
Ultimately, no one complained too much since more Americans have pay TV in the form of cable or satellite anyway.
Yeah, consoles are really catching up to PCs in terms of crappy updates.
The worst thing about the PS3's stuff is the store. My first PS3 overheated and I had 100 or so songs in Rock Band. Well apparently Sony has never heard of 'batch download'-I had to manually queue up each song, with a limit of about 20 per go. And when the songs downloaded they wouldn't automatically install...I actually had to click on each one to install it! If I would have known that when I bought the PS3, I probably would have gotten a 360 instead. This is something that could easily be fixed with a firmware update, but it sounds like they're more focused on hassling customers instead.
"even though it's entirely feasible"
Really? 'It's entirely feasible' to lockdown a 2,000 mile border with a variety of terrains? I guess that's why they've spent billions on a fence that doesn't keep anyone out.
That the "middle class is disappearing" meme is a myth created through artificial and inaccurate manipulation of the classification of middle class vs rich.
Yeah, that's right, the economy is growing...all those hundreds of thousands of middle-class jobs being cut won't have an effect on the middle-class! The guy who just closed his frame shop after 20 years, he's just moving on to become a CEO with his own private jet! The art teacher who was laid off due to budget cuts...she's now a plastic surgeon specializing in tummy-tucks! Just a meme, you know. The super-rich aren't dissolving the American economy, that's ludicrous. Next thing you know, you'll be telling me that CEOs get bonuses for running a company into the ground!
I kinda liked this book, but it's not as good as the one I'm working on. I am currently writing historical fiction about Sir Phineas "Thousand" Island, the inventory of thousand island dressing. Sir Phineas is a dashing adventurer who uses his signature dressing to fight crime during the Gilded Age. One of the most memorable scenes involves Phineas acting as a stand-in for Chester A. Arthur, and foiling an attempt on the President's life using nothing more than his wits and delicious dressing. Yes, it will be a read for the ages, unlike this 'Drupal' nonsense which is clearly a fad.
Why are you so fucking stupid? We fucking told you that the FCC was going to fuck you over and since we did that they have done so twice. Which fucking part of that don't you fucking get?
Your pointless nerd rage is what we don't get. I'll be the first to admit the FCC net neutrality rules leave a lot to be desired-especially with regards to mobile devices. However, you are turnip-truck naive if you don't think that large media companies aren't already fucking you over. Remember Comcast and Sandvine? How about their antics in stacking the public FCC hearing? Which would you rather have controlling the internet? Comcast or the FCC? Remember, nature abhors a vacuum.
God sent his seed into Mary via Quantum Teleportation! That's how Jesus came to be! But don't give in to Quantum Temptation...or you'll end up in Hell!
no one wants to believe it, and there's no evidence to make you doubt what you want to believe
Yeah, the government is really slick and can concoct these elaborate murder plots involving 3 fall guys...tell you what, why don't you read some of those leaked diplomatic cables and learn how the government is made up of actual, fallible people rather than the omnipotent phantoms that you conspiracy theorists imagine.