Accidents happen, and even if they happen at completely random intervals, there will be grouping. Two accidents (especially without understanding the second) does not a trend make.
This is basically covered under martial law anyway, which would presumably be imposed in the event of an attack. The government already has the power to do anything it wants in such an event, so specifically enumerating an "internet kill switch" is basically moot.
I wouldn't say it's obvious; I'd say it's a *potential* possibility that he's using to maximum effect.
There's a long history of politicians and popular figures of all sorts using their "official" work as either justification for, and/or a shield against probing of, their batshit crazy private lives. "What? They're saying I slept with my secretary while my wife was in the hospital for chemo!?! Hey, they're just trying to distract from my message!" Either hypocrisy is damaging, or it's not. My bet is that the former will continue to hold true for the foreseeable future, and therefore people need to wake the fuck up and stop being douchebags BEFORE they take up the banner for the cause du jour, otherwise they just end up doing more harm than good. "My work justifies my indiscretions" is NOT a valid excuse.
"I can remember reading Dune for the first time, and I started by reading the glossary," Stephenson say. "Any book that had that kind of extra stuff in it was always hugely fascinating to me."
So fascinating, in fact, that he decided to write glossaries and call them novels. "Glossaries aren't tied up with complications like plots, and I can make clever Lucas-esque puns with characters names! Get it? Low-key? Loki? Ahh, I kill me."
As with any large organization, it's hit or miss. I've had support reps who were extremely knowledgeable, and some who were clueless. It's usually pretty easy to get the clueless ones to bump your call up to the next level though, so I don't see what the problem is. If someone comes to you asking for help, do you send them straight to the registry or/etc/config, or do you make sure they're not a fucktard first? Same thing applies here, except the people making sure you're not a fucktard are themselves fucktards. Perfectly understandable since the expert's time is more valuable than the fucktard's.
Yes, and they already do. One customer is paying for guaranteed service (the exorbitantly priced T1), and the other is paying for best effort. When the network reaches capacity, the DSL cutomer is throttled to make room for the T1s and other dedicated lines.
I can't speak to AT&T since they don't provide DSL in my area, but I have no problem with Comcast. During periods of peak usage, I might see a 10% drop in throughput, but nothing serious/significant, especially considering the bandwidth they offer. None of my ports are blocked/filtered at the ISP level, and while it's a TOS violation to run a server, it's not something that's really enforced AFAICT. If they started enforcing that clause then it might become more of an issue for me, but they don't so it's not.
I think birth is a pretty reasonable place to draw the line legally.
It's not. Let's say we could grow babies outside the womb. It's not that far fetched. Maybe in the future a significant portion of people will be "born" this way, the same way a significant portion of babies are raised on formula instead of breast milk today.
If you start personhood at the point that an "entity" is being capable of living off of life support (be it the mother herself, or an artificial womb), then premature and underdeveloped babies wouldn't be people. If you start before that, then you're back in the same situation looking at weeks or months of growth since conception.
The problem is that life is a gray area. The fact that my heart skipped a beat doesn't mean I'm now dead any more than a postmortem convulsion means that I'm still alive. There is no binary test for life; we can only measure its signs and nurture it (or not) based on our capabilities, responsibilities, and morality.
My personal opinion is that the first trimester should be ruled out, the third should be inclusive, and anything in the second should be made on a case-by-case basis depending on organ development, giving weight to the side of non-personhood for practical considerations. At some point we may well be capable of supporting life at any stage (if we're not there already), but as the anti-stem cell researchers like to say, just because we can do something doesn't mean we should (or must).
Alternatively, we should base it on when an individual can pass the mirror test. This actually seems to be one of the most practical definition, since humanity is based in large part (if not wholly) on self-awareness, but most people probably won't be accepting of the idea that babies are not really people.
It doesn't matter. Those questions are irrelevant. Even if the answer is "Yes, these are people," then the next question is "Can we perform research on people who are going to die?" If it was a person in a coma, the answer would be "Ask the next of kin." The same should hold true here as well. If the next of kin are okay with it, then that should be sufficient for everyone else.
C. Nothing. She was standing under a falling piano, and you were able to push off her with sufficient force to move each of you out of the path of the piano while inaction would have caused 2-3 deaths.
Context is everything, and allowing one person to die (yes, without choice, especially where any action OR inaction would result in their death anyway) during the course of saving another is an acceptable, if distasteful, tradeoff. Discarded fetuses *will* die. We can either make their deaths meaningful and helpful, or wasteful out of some misplaced sense of morality.
The thing is, nothing else can happen during a filibuster. Want to pass the budget? Too bad, somebody's filibustering a stem cell bill. Go home? Same problem. It simply cannot last forever, and it doesn't prevent a vote once it's complete. The Democrats would look stronger by waiting out the nonsense process, then saying "f-you very much for that" and passing their bills anyway. Plus they'd have concrete and compelling evidence that the other party is "ignoring the will of the people" or whatever they want to call it. Sure, the Republicans can *also* tell their base they did everything they could to prevent a measure from being passed, but that's politics -- they're going to do that anyway.
This isn't about blowing off steam; it's about filling the void for men who don't have a woman for whatever reason, be it gender disparity, social ineptitude, a schedule that doesn't permit a normal social life, or a distaste for relationships.
The "old way" to cope was to get a hooker, but apparently Japan's become too prudish for that.
Call me crazy, but data duplication might help in some way; particularly off site backups when a signal is available, coupled with multiple storage points on the aircraft itself.
I find it especially funny when people who dump on Apple computers over the price, drive to work in a BMW, Lexus, Acura, etc.
I find it especially funny that people compare Apple to a more fully featured piece of machinery when A) Apple typically provides *fewer* features and amenities than its PC competitors, and B) with the exception of BMW, one can also purchase a Toyota or Honda (etc.), which gives similar functionality (though perhaps in a more utilitarian package) at a lower price point. Where is Apple's "everyman" brand?
Actually BMW turns out to be a good analogy for Apple.. they both adhere to minimalist philosophies and use cheap components (plastic interiors and garden variety chips, respectively) that are marketed as somehow being more prestigious than competitors because of the package they come in and the brand logos they carry. Not that I have anything against minimalism, but lack of features shouldn't cost *more*. At least they both offer free service for a year or two (though, pro-tip: BMW will knock $2k off the price if you decline the "complimentary" scheduled maintenance package. That will easily pay for the 3-4 oil changes you may need, even from the dealer, and with better oil to boot).
I also noticed that he wasn't on Shaboogie, Underbeats, Padoodle, Pocketgravy, Wikiloafer, Rumpelstiltstunes, first.am, BassPirates, or even DrumSmugglers.
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Accidents happen, and even if they happen at completely random intervals, there will be grouping. Two accidents (especially without understanding the second) does not a trend make.
And the material found in the rain bears a striking, if superficial, resemblance to red blood cells.
the right has been going nuts here in the US with its propaganda like we have never seen before
Every generation says that. If you believe there's any truth to it, you either haven't lived long enough, haven't studied history, or both.
And IAAL.
Hah.. I hope you used your professional sig on the reply just for the cringe factor.
This is basically covered under martial law anyway, which would presumably be imposed in the event of an attack. The government already has the power to do anything it wants in such an event, so specifically enumerating an "internet kill switch" is basically moot.
Ah, right you are.. I fail.
I wouldn't say it's obvious; I'd say it's a *potential* possibility that he's using to maximum effect.
There's a long history of politicians and popular figures of all sorts using their "official" work as either justification for, and/or a shield against probing of, their batshit crazy private lives. "What? They're saying I slept with my secretary while my wife was in the hospital for chemo!?! Hey, they're just trying to distract from my message!" Either hypocrisy is damaging, or it's not. My bet is that the former will continue to hold true for the foreseeable future, and therefore people need to wake the fuck up and stop being douchebags BEFORE they take up the banner for the cause du jour, otherwise they just end up doing more harm than good. "My work justifies my indiscretions" is NOT a valid excuse.
"I can remember reading Dune for the first time, and I started by reading the glossary," Stephenson say. "Any book that had that kind of extra stuff in it was always hugely fascinating to me."
So fascinating, in fact, that he decided to write glossaries and call them novels. "Glossaries aren't tied up with complications like plots, and I can make clever Lucas-esque puns with characters names! Get it? Low-key? Loki? Ahh, I kill me."
As with any large organization, it's hit or miss. I've had support reps who were extremely knowledgeable, and some who were clueless. It's usually pretty easy to get the clueless ones to bump your call up to the next level though, so I don't see what the problem is. If someone comes to you asking for help, do you send them straight to the registry or /etc/config, or do you make sure they're not a fucktard first? Same thing applies here, except the people making sure you're not a fucktard are themselves fucktards. Perfectly understandable since the expert's time is more valuable than the fucktard's.
Right, the same way you are "up to" no good.
Yes, and they already do. One customer is paying for guaranteed service (the exorbitantly priced T1), and the other is paying for best effort. When the network reaches capacity, the DSL cutomer is throttled to make room for the T1s and other dedicated lines.
I can't speak to AT&T since they don't provide DSL in my area, but I have no problem with Comcast. During periods of peak usage, I might see a 10% drop in throughput, but nothing serious/significant, especially considering the bandwidth they offer. None of my ports are blocked/filtered at the ISP level, and while it's a TOS violation to run a server, it's not something that's really enforced AFAICT. If they started enforcing that clause then it might become more of an issue for me, but they don't so it's not.
Right. Likewise, my dog shits, therefore anything that shits is a dog.
I think birth is a pretty reasonable place to draw the line legally.
It's not. Let's say we could grow babies outside the womb. It's not that far fetched. Maybe in the future a significant portion of people will be "born" this way, the same way a significant portion of babies are raised on formula instead of breast milk today.
If you start personhood at the point that an "entity" is being capable of living off of life support (be it the mother herself, or an artificial womb), then premature and underdeveloped babies wouldn't be people. If you start before that, then you're back in the same situation looking at weeks or months of growth since conception.
The problem is that life is a gray area. The fact that my heart skipped a beat doesn't mean I'm now dead any more than a postmortem convulsion means that I'm still alive. There is no binary test for life; we can only measure its signs and nurture it (or not) based on our capabilities, responsibilities, and morality.
My personal opinion is that the first trimester should be ruled out, the third should be inclusive, and anything in the second should be made on a case-by-case basis depending on organ development, giving weight to the side of non-personhood for practical considerations. At some point we may well be capable of supporting life at any stage (if we're not there already), but as the anti-stem cell researchers like to say, just because we can do something doesn't mean we should (or must).
Alternatively, we should base it on when an individual can pass the mirror test. This actually seems to be one of the most practical definition, since humanity is based in large part (if not wholly) on self-awareness, but most people probably won't be accepting of the idea that babies are not really people.
Further, haven't their been cases of rape amongst the terminally ill? If their bodies are at our disposal, then how could this come to pass?
Because we have different rules for sex than we do for ending a life?
It doesn't matter. Those questions are irrelevant. Even if the answer is "Yes, these are people," then the next question is "Can we perform research on people who are going to die?" If it was a person in a coma, the answer would be "Ask the next of kin." The same should hold true here as well. If the next of kin are okay with it, then that should be sufficient for everyone else.
C. Nothing. She was standing under a falling piano, and you were able to push off her with sufficient force to move each of you out of the path of the piano while inaction would have caused 2-3 deaths.
Context is everything, and allowing one person to die (yes, without choice, especially where any action OR inaction would result in their death anyway) during the course of saving another is an acceptable, if distasteful, tradeoff. Discarded fetuses *will* die. We can either make their deaths meaningful and helpful, or wasteful out of some misplaced sense of morality.
The thing is, nothing else can happen during a filibuster. Want to pass the budget? Too bad, somebody's filibustering a stem cell bill. Go home? Same problem. It simply cannot last forever, and it doesn't prevent a vote once it's complete. The Democrats would look stronger by waiting out the nonsense process, then saying "f-you very much for that" and passing their bills anyway. Plus they'd have concrete and compelling evidence that the other party is "ignoring the will of the people" or whatever they want to call it. Sure, the Republicans can *also* tell their base they did everything they could to prevent a measure from being passed, but that's politics -- they're going to do that anyway.
If 1 drink is moderate, then WTF is light?
This isn't about blowing off steam; it's about filling the void for men who don't have a woman for whatever reason, be it gender disparity, social ineptitude, a schedule that doesn't permit a normal social life, or a distaste for relationships.
The "old way" to cope was to get a hooker, but apparently Japan's become too prudish for that.
Call me crazy, but data duplication might help in some way; particularly off site backups when a signal is available, coupled with multiple storage points on the aircraft itself.
Intentionally illustrating the GP's point isn't really ironic... so in a way, your post is only ironic because it's not.
I find it especially funny when people who dump on Apple computers over the price, drive to work in a BMW, Lexus, Acura, etc.
I find it especially funny that people compare Apple to a more fully featured piece of machinery when A) Apple typically provides *fewer* features and amenities than its PC competitors, and B) with the exception of BMW, one can also purchase a Toyota or Honda (etc.), which gives similar functionality (though perhaps in a more utilitarian package) at a lower price point. Where is Apple's "everyman" brand?
Actually BMW turns out to be a good analogy for Apple.. they both adhere to minimalist philosophies and use cheap components (plastic interiors and garden variety chips, respectively) that are marketed as somehow being more prestigious than competitors because of the package they come in and the brand logos they carry. Not that I have anything against minimalism, but lack of features shouldn't cost *more*. At least they both offer free service for a year or two (though, pro-tip: BMW will knock $2k off the price if you decline the "complimentary" scheduled maintenance package. That will easily pay for the 3-4 oil changes you may need, even from the dealer, and with better oil to boot).
The prosecutor was an idiot. Everyone knows you use the citations from the article, not the Wikipedia itself! :P
It's perfectly okay to show titties, as long as they're sagging 3rd world titties.
I also noticed that he wasn't on Shaboogie, Underbeats, Padoodle, Pocketgravy, Wikiloafer, Rumpelstiltstunes, first.am, BassPirates, or even DrumSmugglers.