I'm not actually arguing that Martin was justified in taking a swing if, indeed, he did. It just seems that the application of this kind of situation seems to benefit the survivor of an altercation.
I lived in London for 15 years and never heard anyone speak in a way that was reminiscent of "aboot". I'm on PEI now, where I grew up, and you'll find that in the fishing villages that were originally french there's people who say "dis, dat, dese, and dose" for "this, that, these, and those" and some other humorous applications, as artifacts of their ancestors pronunciation of 'th' and other letter combinations. Most people I know pronounce 'about' with the latter syllable sounding like a 'bout' of boxing. In the game studio I worked at we had people from all over the world, and it was noticeable in at least one American that they pronounced 'about' with an extra beat in the 'ow' part. So a two syllable word sounded like it had three syllables. Kind of a reverse of the Japanese tendency to remove syllables from pronunciation in common speech. (The name Asuka for example, which we'd hear as Oska) Meanwhile If I talk to someone from the southern US, they think I have a funny accent. If I talk to someone from the west coast or someone that speaks with the common 'broadcast' dialect (notice that most major anchorpeople have a "neutral" accent) we can't immediately identify the area the other is from. But there's also just as much dialect variety here as the US. Just like "Bawston" and "Bal'more", or down in "Noble's Holler" (Yay, Justified). Probably not as much as Scotland though.:) I've read that in Scotland the separation of villages by as little at 10 miles could have villages barely able to understand each other in the "old days". Language is neat!
So some people have made reference to Trayvon assaulting Zimmerman, then Zimmerman "stood his ground" justifying the act under Florida law. Yet I've seen no one say that Trayvon was standing HIS ground under that same law when Zimmerman shot him. After all, Zimmerman stalked Trayvon. Whether Trayvon took a swing at him first is not relevant if he felt threatened, at least by the above reasoning.
"Survival of the fittest" has nothing to do with being 'superior'. It refers to the current incarnation being most likely to reproduce, per reading of Darwin's writings. You find a species of bird in a forest which mates and nests only in knotholes in trees. The largest, most aggressive birds get all the large knotholes and the females prefer those nests and mate with them. A lumber company comes into the area and cuts down all the old growth, leaving only smaller trees with smaller knotholes. The smaller males are now the only ones who can fit in the knotholes and thereby mate with the females. They are now the fittest. So many people use that phrase having no clue what it means.
It's not the glass shattering. It's your hand, arm, or forehead hitting the top edge of the glass with enough force to seriously harm you. Try this simple experiment. Give your car window a good hard whack with your wrist. Now roll it down half way and hit the top edge with the same amount of force. Hurts a hell of a lot more doesn't it.
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If you learn how to steer from the bottom of the wheel, at the 8 and 4 position like some cops do then your hands stay down out of the way at all times. Another thing to learn from the police: When it comes to your window, keep it up all the way or down all the way. Then if you have an accident you don't have a guillotine ready to chop off any bit that goes out the window.
I've talked to a few people that bought Drobos and they love them. A plus is not having to have identical drives in every bay, so you can just swap out with larger drives as needed.
That's a little naive. Fair living wages and working conditions are fairly recent. Don't you follow history? Business moved where business could continue to work as it has for time immemorial.
The academic viewpoint is that the textual interpretation is "Thou shalt not murder." Referring to the killing of those of one's own tribe. Slaughtering those of other tribes, who existed in competition to your own was totally acceptable.
There are over 35,000 Christian sects. The beliefs of that religion alone are ridiculously inconsistent. That's what happens when something has no factual basis upon which to be built. If it doesn't rely on evidence to support itself you can make any claim and expect to be believed.
Petty criminals are usually stupid (or just desperate). There are lots of criminals that are smart, ripping people off every day, and not getting caught. Or they just happen to be the ones funding the legislators.
After watching my grandmother die of it I know I'd opt for the drug, even with dangerous side effects. The other option is a cannister of nitrogen and a room sealed with duct tape.
This could also be interpreted to mean that these are people with unrealistic expectations of what relationships are, and they happen to rush into marriage because that is what tradition demands of them. There are lots of sexually repressed religious folk just champing at the bit to get married so they can actually start having sex. Or just continue doing so without the fear of eternal torture.
Having to dig up insane extremes doesn't nullify the fact that if you're facing a serious enough charge you may be better off taking the contempt rap. The odds are still likely in your favor.
The punishment for contempt is likely considerably less than the punishment for the crime itself. If I was guilty I'd roll the dice and take my chances with the contempt charge.
I created a profile on PoF and set the limit to 300 characters minimum to contact me. I got a few nice messages, but then there were ones with a bunch of gibberish complaining about how they had to write so much just to make contact. It's 4 lines of text... jeez. The period now seems to have been replaced with "lol" in most communication too. At least it weeds out the ones worth talking to.
Yeah, it is nice to have that access. It's also really handy to be able to run through a lecture series in advance or after the fact and process concepts that didn't sink in. For someone considering AI or Robotics courses being able to sit through a lecture series, and prepare for the coming workload could be a real boost to grades and understanding.
Most likely. How many young people today use email as we know it. Now it's texting and wall posts to communicate with each other. It makes sense for a corporation to herd their users in the direction the majority are moving. Yes, some will get upset and jump ship, but it's more cost effective to focus efforts than to try and please everyone.
But the whole goal of this is to reach hundreds of thousands or millions of viewers. So that means he either has to refine his lectures or start construction on a new venue. Which makes more sense?
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Christianity is religion. Whatever dodge you might try to make, that doesn't change that it is what it is.
Maybe they just had a dragnet out for assholes and you were the catch of the day...
I'm not actually arguing that Martin was justified in taking a swing if, indeed, he did. It just seems that the application of this kind of situation seems to benefit the survivor of an altercation.
I lived in London for 15 years and never heard anyone speak in a way that was reminiscent of "aboot". :) I've read that in Scotland the separation of villages by as little at 10 miles could have villages barely able to understand each other in the "old days".
I'm on PEI now, where I grew up, and you'll find that in the fishing villages that were originally french there's people who say "dis, dat, dese, and dose" for "this, that, these, and those" and some other humorous applications, as artifacts of their ancestors pronunciation of 'th' and other letter combinations.
Most people I know pronounce 'about' with the latter syllable sounding like a 'bout' of boxing.
In the game studio I worked at we had people from all over the world, and it was noticeable in at least one American that they pronounced 'about' with an extra beat in the 'ow' part. So a two syllable word sounded like it had three syllables. Kind of a reverse of the Japanese tendency to remove syllables from pronunciation in common speech. (The name Asuka for example, which we'd hear as Oska)
Meanwhile If I talk to someone from the southern US, they think I have a funny accent. If I talk to someone from the west coast or someone that speaks with the common 'broadcast' dialect (notice that most major anchorpeople have a "neutral" accent) we can't immediately identify the area the other is from.
But there's also just as much dialect variety here as the US. Just like "Bawston" and "Bal'more", or down in "Noble's Holler" (Yay, Justified). Probably not as much as Scotland though.
Language is neat!
So some people have made reference to Trayvon assaulting Zimmerman, then Zimmerman "stood his ground" justifying the act under Florida law.
Yet I've seen no one say that Trayvon was standing HIS ground under that same law when Zimmerman shot him.
After all, Zimmerman stalked Trayvon. Whether Trayvon took a swing at him first is not relevant if he felt threatened, at least by the above reasoning.
"Survival of the fittest" has nothing to do with being 'superior'. It refers to the current incarnation being most likely to reproduce, per reading of Darwin's writings.
You find a species of bird in a forest which mates and nests only in knotholes in trees. The largest, most aggressive birds get all the large knotholes and the females prefer those nests and mate with them. A lumber company comes into the area and cuts down all the old growth, leaving only smaller trees with smaller knotholes. The smaller males are now the only ones who can fit in the knotholes and thereby mate with the females. They are now the fittest.
So many people use that phrase having no clue what it means.
It's not the glass shattering. It's your hand, arm, or forehead hitting the top edge of the glass with enough force to seriously harm you.
Try this simple experiment. Give your car window a good hard whack with your wrist. Now roll it down half way and hit the top edge with the same amount of force. Hurts a hell of a lot more doesn't it.
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@CIA Questioned 3 parties of interest on possible strike against California reservoirs. Members of fringe militia group Yeehaw4Christ
@MI6 Moved against radical Islamist splinter cell in London. Terminated 3 hostiles. 2 in custody.
@CSIS Massive poop today. Prime Minister asked for Froot Loops for breakfast. Sent Bob, cutting our manpower in half.
For only a couple of thousand more you can skip inflation and go with silicone.
If you learn how to steer from the bottom of the wheel, at the 8 and 4 position like some cops do then your hands stay down out of the way at all times.
Another thing to learn from the police: When it comes to your window, keep it up all the way or down all the way. Then if you have an accident you don't have a guillotine ready to chop off any bit that goes out the window.
I've talked to a few people that bought Drobos and they love them. A plus is not having to have identical drives in every bay, so you can just swap out with larger drives as needed.
All a corporation has to do is maintain a good PR image while it screws customers and citizens to be able to survive.
That's a little naive. Fair living wages and working conditions are fairly recent. Don't you follow history?
Business moved where business could continue to work as it has for time immemorial.
The academic viewpoint is that the textual interpretation is "Thou shalt not murder."
Referring to the killing of those of one's own tribe. Slaughtering those of other tribes, who existed in competition to your own was totally acceptable.
There are over 35,000 Christian sects. The beliefs of that religion alone are ridiculously inconsistent.
That's what happens when something has no factual basis upon which to be built. If it doesn't rely on evidence to support itself you can make any claim and expect to be believed.
Petty criminals are usually stupid (or just desperate).
There are lots of criminals that are smart, ripping people off every day, and not getting caught.
Or they just happen to be the ones funding the legislators.
After watching my grandmother die of it I know I'd opt for the drug, even with dangerous side effects.
The other option is a cannister of nitrogen and a room sealed with duct tape.
I'm sure as hell not letting the disease take me.
This could also be interpreted to mean that these are people with unrealistic expectations of what relationships are, and they happen to rush into marriage because that is what tradition demands of them.
There are lots of sexually repressed religious folk just champing at the bit to get married so they can actually start having sex. Or just continue doing so without the fear of eternal torture.
Having to dig up insane extremes doesn't nullify the fact that if you're facing a serious enough charge you may be better off taking the contempt rap.
The odds are still likely in your favor.
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They have very strict security measures. It can be traumatic.
The punishment for contempt is likely considerably less than the punishment for the crime itself. If I was guilty I'd roll the dice and take my chances with the contempt charge.
I created a profile on PoF and set the limit to 300 characters minimum to contact me.
I got a few nice messages, but then there were ones with a bunch of gibberish complaining about how they had to write so much just to make contact. It's 4 lines of text... jeez.
The period now seems to have been replaced with "lol" in most communication too. At least it weeds out the ones worth talking to.
Yeah, it is nice to have that access. It's also really handy to be able to run through a lecture series in advance or after the fact and process concepts that didn't sink in. For someone considering AI or Robotics courses being able to sit through a lecture series, and prepare for the coming workload could be a real boost to grades and understanding.
Most likely. How many young people today use email as we know it. Now it's texting and wall posts to communicate with each other. It makes sense for a corporation to herd their users in the direction the majority are moving. Yes, some will get upset and jump ship, but it's more cost effective to focus efforts than to try and please everyone.
But the whole goal of this is to reach hundreds of thousands or millions of viewers.
So that means he either has to refine his lectures or start construction on a new venue.
Which makes more sense?