Exactly. I thought the "western" theme was stupid at first, until I realized how completely appropriate it was. I still could've done without all the guitar music, but Morena Baccarin's ample.. skills somewhat detracted from the less appealing aspects of the show.
Basically because you'd still have to do the calculations, but you'd lost the convenience of having the same frame of reference in all locales, as 1200 would cease to be relevant. It would probably just make things more difficult.
I have precisely zero pieces of 802.11 equipment with WPA support
So.. your answer is "people who don't upgrade." Not to sound discriminatory, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't including you in the question, much the way when I say "Who doesn't run a firewall?" I'm not including people who still use C64s. Talk to us again when all your hardware supports WPA, but you still use WEP anyway.
Children who refuse to obey their parents are classified by the juvenile laws of many states as incorrigible. Incorrigible children are often referred to as status offenders because they would not be in court but for their status as minors. Incorrigible children may be brought into the court system by police, welfare or school officials or by parents seeking help. http://www.lectlaw.com/files/fam17.htm
If your children fail to respect your wishes, you can't sue them into the poorhouse or have them arrested, can you?
I'm not talking about eating their peas, I'm talking about not leaving when they're grounded. And if they take the car, yes, you could have them arrested. What kind of monster would you be? I'm not sure, but that's largely outside of the debate on whether or not they have a legal responsibility to respect your wishes.
But the new DST is probably here to stay -- letting the bill expire would mean re-patching a lot of systems again next year.
Because whether or not systems need to be re-patched is the primary concern of lawmakers. I can see the debate now:
Senator 1: "Let's just let the bill expire. Or we can fillibuster it if you fillibuster our 'Feed the Homeless' bill."
Senator 2: "Are you insane, man? Just think of all the system patches necessary to get things back the way they were. I'll not be part of any such scandal! I'll still fillibuster your Feed the Homeless bill though, but only because of the rider that provides free health care for anyone who can't otherwise afford it."
parents are certainly legally responsible to care and provide for their children, but children's responsibilities to their parents are somewhat...less than symmetrical.
I dunno.. I'm a parent, but I'm not sure the responsibilities are less than symmetrical overall. My kids have a responsibility to respect my wishes and property, but I have no obligation to respect theirs. Of course I do when I see fit, but legally it's at my discretion (since "their" property is actually mine, and their wishes have almost zero legal standing barring cases of abuse or emancipation). It's tough being a parent, but I try to remember it's tough being a kid too.
parents suing their children for adversely affecting their financial well-being and causing stress and emotional turmoil...By the very fact of their existence.
In that case, the responsible party would obviously be the people responsible for their existance. I don't think there's any legal statue against suing yourself, but it seems like a lose-lose proposition. (Or win-win, if you're a glass-half-full kind of guy).
Boulder is suing two U.S. government agencies over global warming
Too bad the government has sovereign immunity, which I seriously doubt they would waive in this case. Even in the unlikely event that they waived immunity, AND they were found guilty, you would still have to calculate the percent of damage by the specific "infractions" of those agencies, compared to all other influences in the world, which would be nearly impossible. Additionally, the money doesn't just come from nowhere. Any award would simply be a reallocation of taxpayer dollars. It makes more sense to spend the money and effort to pass a bill for funding to solve the problem.
Right.. this whole thing is idiotic. Aside from the redundancy, you have the problem that a paper printout doesn't necessarily reflect the stored vote. I mean, if I compromised the system, I'd just have it print out Bush while secretly recording a vote for Gore. Secondly, a paper recount would never work. You sure as hell can't count the voter's record because he may change his vote ex post facto, unless it printed out two copies: One copy for the voter, and another for safe keeping, and the voter would have to verify that they match. Of course, it would be no less vulnerable to tampering than a regular paper system, so all we're doing is introducting MORE vulnerabilities to the system.
Here's an idea, if you really want to introduce electronics. Make a modern touchscreen front-end that creates punched ballots (OMG punched card ponies), have the voter examine the ballot, and turn it in. No electronic counting, no crazy hanging chads, no butterfly daisies with extra sprinkles.. just a card with holes in it, like this:
1 2 3 4 5 O - - - - 1. Bush 2. Gore 3. Kim Jong Il 4. Nader 5. Yoda - O - - - 1. Gonzales 2. Mouse, Mickey O - - - - etc..
Also, the only benefit of having O- blood is a regular phone call from the Red Cross begging for a donation. Although you may not necessarily see that as a benefit, depending on your particular level of lonliness.
...a raid that takes down a ton of sites as collateral damage is a fricking joke. If I owned a site that was taken down for the crime of using the same host as TPB, I'd be assembling a team of rabid attack lawyers...
The LAND of the free. Like the Land Before Time, only without the dinosaurs, and with more restrictions on everything (including, but not limited to, eating each other).
Too late.. now people need to tag it !omfgpwnt just so it doesn't look ridiculous. You're right too.. I was expecting the article to be damning with a tag like that, but all the "good stuff" was in the summary.
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Exactly. I thought the "western" theme was stupid at first, until I realized how completely appropriate it was. I still could've done without all the guitar music, but Morena Baccarin's ample.. skills somewhat detracted from the less appealing aspects of the show.
Basically because you'd still have to do the calculations, but you'd lost the convenience of having the same frame of reference in all locales, as 1200 would cease to be relevant. It would probably just make things more difficult.
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Children who refuse to obey their parents are classified by the juvenile laws of many states as incorrigible. Incorrigible children are often referred to as status offenders because they would not be in court but for their status as minors. Incorrigible children may be brought into the court system by police, welfare or school officials or by parents seeking help. http://www.lectlaw.com/files/fam17.htm
If your children fail to respect your wishes, you can't sue them into the poorhouse or have them arrested, can you?
I'm not talking about eating their peas, I'm talking about not leaving when they're grounded. And if they take the car, yes, you could have them arrested. What kind of monster would you be? I'm not sure, but that's largely outside of the debate on whether or not they have a legal responsibility to respect your wishes.
But the new DST is probably here to stay -- letting the bill expire would mean re-patching a lot of systems again next year.
Because whether or not systems need to be re-patched is the primary concern of lawmakers. I can see the debate now:
Senator 1: "Let's just let the bill expire. Or we can fillibuster it if you fillibuster our 'Feed the Homeless' bill."
Senator 2: "Are you insane, man? Just think of all the system patches necessary to get things back the way they were. I'll not be part of any such scandal! I'll still fillibuster your Feed the Homeless bill though, but only because of the rider that provides free health care for anyone who can't otherwise afford it."
parents are certainly legally responsible to care and provide for their children, but children's responsibilities to their parents are somewhat...less than symmetrical.
I dunno.. I'm a parent, but I'm not sure the responsibilities are less than symmetrical overall. My kids have a responsibility to respect my wishes and property, but I have no obligation to respect theirs. Of course I do when I see fit, but legally it's at my discretion (since "their" property is actually mine, and their wishes have almost zero legal standing barring cases of abuse or emancipation). It's tough being a parent, but I try to remember it's tough being a kid too.
parents suing their children for adversely affecting their financial well-being and causing stress and emotional turmoil...By the very fact of their existence.
In that case, the responsible party would obviously be the people responsible for their existance. I don't think there's any legal statue against suing yourself, but it seems like a lose-lose proposition. (Or win-win, if you're a glass-half-full kind of guy).
Boulder is suing two U.S. government agencies over global warming
Too bad the government has sovereign immunity, which I seriously doubt they would waive in this case. Even in the unlikely event that they waived immunity, AND they were found guilty, you would still have to calculate the percent of damage by the specific "infractions" of those agencies, compared to all other influences in the world, which would be nearly impossible. Additionally, the money doesn't just come from nowhere. Any award would simply be a reallocation of taxpayer dollars. It makes more sense to spend the money and effort to pass a bill for funding to solve the problem.
Right.. this whole thing is idiotic. Aside from the redundancy, you have the problem that a paper printout doesn't necessarily reflect the stored vote. I mean, if I compromised the system, I'd just have it print out Bush while secretly recording a vote for Gore. Secondly, a paper recount would never work. You sure as hell can't count the voter's record because he may change his vote ex post facto, unless it printed out two copies: One copy for the voter, and another for safe keeping, and the voter would have to verify that they match. Of course, it would be no less vulnerable to tampering than a regular paper system, so all we're doing is introducting MORE vulnerabilities to the system.
Here's an idea, if you really want to introduce electronics. Make a modern touchscreen front-end that creates punched ballots (OMG punched card ponies), have the voter examine the ballot, and turn it in. No electronic counting, no crazy hanging chads, no butterfly daisies with extra sprinkles.. just a card with holes in it, like this:
1 2 3 4 5
O - - - - 1. Bush 2. Gore 3. Kim Jong Il 4. Nader 5. Yoda
- O - - - 1. Gonzales 2. Mouse, Mickey
O - - - - etc..
A Zuma-like puzzle game
So it induces vomiting?
Oh wait, that's Zima.
I'm actually surprised that we haven't developed synthetic blood before now.
Like this?
Also, the only benefit of having O- blood is a regular phone call from the Red Cross begging for a donation. Although you may not necessarily see that as a benefit, depending on your particular level of lonliness.
a new breath of life needs to be applied to the Constitution if it is to continue to server the people
I believe you meant "sever the people."
...a raid that takes down a ton of sites as collateral damage is a fricking joke. If I owned a site that was taken down for the crime of using the same host as TPB, I'd be assembling a team of rabid attack lawyers...
Remind me not to tell any jokes around you.
HA! No effect wins! ::pop pop:: Now what, biatches!?!?
Linus >= Jesus, therefore [insert convoluted defense for childish behavior here]. Mods, mod this insightful.
The LAND of the free. Like the Land Before Time, only without the dinosaurs, and with more restrictions on everything (including, but not limited to, eating each other).
No, but when it starts to corrode it gives you one.
Don't forget her mom.
I'm using Lynx, you insensitive clod!
Me too.. I hate things that improve. More of the same for me, please!
Yes. It also explains the strange allure of sulfur, safety vests, and urine, which in turn explains the allure of the Villiage People.
Why, is the doctor hot?
Don't worry. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they.. uh oh.. RUN!
Sleeping on librarians?
I have a better idea--don't tag it that.
Too late.. now people need to tag it !omfgpwnt just so it doesn't look ridiculous. You're right too.. I was expecting the article to be damning with a tag like that, but all the "good stuff" was in the summary.