Think it cant happen? More states are exporting men who didnt pay child support, but where never informed and had summary judgements against them.
In most cases that's because they didn't want to be informed. Sure, there's the occasional one-night stand where the guy just plain doesn't know, but in many many cases, it's willful negligence of their obligations.
In the instance I'm familiar with, one of my friends had a kid with the guy she was engaged to. It was a planned pregnancy. He stuck around for a while, but when they split up, he hit the road and hasn't paid a cent. Now she's trying to get child support, and the courts issued a judgement against him, but they can't find him because he left Wisconsin. Actually, they know where he is, but they won't extradite. They say she just has to wait and hope he comes back, at which point they'll have him arrested immediately. Lucky her.
Although, the next time I get a speeding ticket, I think I'll try that. "Well you see, Your Honor, I was playing NFSU2 earlier that day, and you know how it is, sir.. I just needed the real thing. This is clearly EA's fault."
Bill Gates: "Well, you see Senetors, I played a lot of Monopoly growing up, and you know how it is.. I just needed the real thing. This is clearly Parker Brother's fault."
Fantasy is okay to any point, as long as it remains fantasy. Once it becomes reality through action, then those actions are subject to review, by a jury of peers if necessary.
I'm reminded of a joke by Chris Rock where he says something to the effect of, "If you've never thought about killing someone, you ain't never been in love.. If you never thought about how you'd dispose of the body.. you ain't been in love." It's funny (when he says it), because he's vocalizing something we don't like to admit -- we all have thoughts that are completely inappropriate. It's the extent to which we induldge those thoughts that's the real issue.
I do think it's possible that video games can heighten someone's desire for something.. for example, flight sim's make me want to fly, racing games make me want to drive fast, but GTA doesn't make me want to go out and do drivebys. But even if it did, the game itself isn't responsible for creating that desire -- I'm responsible for my own actions.
Although, the next time I get a speeding ticket, I think I'll try that. "Well you see, Your Honor, I was playing NFSU2 earlier that day, and you know how it is, sir.. I just needed the real thing. This is clearly EA's fault."
The doctors stated that they gave very small doses, and only on two occasions. Your statement might be applicable to other occasions, but it's not (from the information we have) what happened in this case.
Of course, the family is requesting an autopsy, so maybe we'll find out for sure.
Me neither. I just do, uh, durability tests on them sporadically. My findings are that the shoulderpad buttons could be secured a little better. Also I've found that the analog sticks don't hold up well to 195lbs of pressure. I haven't gotten around to testing other weights, but odds are that the weight will only increase, so this should be remedied in future designs.
You should've posted yesterday when I had some mod points.
I get irritated by elderly drivers as much as the rest of us, but honestly, the grandparent post is stereotyping in quite a condescending manner. There are many reasons it's a good thing to have "old people," sitting the bench in the highest court in the US. First of all, they have a lifetime of experience in interpreting the law, coupled with a lifetime of observing human nature and society. That's something you can't substitute, and while it doesn't imply wisdom outright, it certainly facilitates it.
From a purely utilitarian standpoint, they have no vested interest in the future, aside from their legacies. Unlike Congress, which passes laws in its best interest, and in the interest of campaign financers to ensure its perpetuation ad infinitum, the Supreme Court does not have pressure to rule in favor of popular opinion; their job security is intact regardless of their findings.
Aside from that, it's good to temper youthful exuberance with elders' status quo (and vice versa). We think we have all the answers when we're young, and we very well may, but we may also be heading down a path that only seems right from the perspective of inexperience.
Personally, I'm so used to doing things the Google way (and achieving acceptable results quickly) that I'm not really interested in switching -- case in point, all the above links referenced were quickly found via Google. However, what am I missing out on by not giving (for example) Yahoo search a shot?
I ask my wife the same thing. Honey, I'm used to doing things your way.. and I always get acceptable results from you.. but what am I missing out on by not giving (for example) Veronica a shot?
At least Google will never make you sleep on the couch, or give them half of all your assets. Hopefully.
After all, many of us have complained about the RIAA suing someone, and that person has to settle out of court because they can't afford to fight. Isn't this the same thing?
It's not at all the same thing. The difference is: The one guy has been found guilty in the court of public opinion. And the court of public opinion is never, ever wrong. So who cares if this guy's financially ruined? We, the public, have all the facts, and God is on our side.
Being in Australia, of course, researching melanin is of significant interest to us!
I guess I'm missing the blindingly obvious reason why melanin research would be of signficantly more interest to Australians than the rest of the world. Or did you mean that solar power research is of significant importance? And would that be because a) There are many isolated towns and settlements with few options for electricity generation, b) Many parts of Australia are very sunny, or c) because many, if not most, Australians tend to be rather environmentally conscious?
Or is this some sort of extraordinary plot to provide the power necessary to implement clockwise flushing toilets, thereby allaying the xenophobia of potetential northern hemisphere dwelling tourists?
Most people's idea of Australia is a bunch of boxing marsupials and a big rock laying around somewhere. Just like most people's idea of America is a bunch of people running around with their hands over their head, and guns in their hands. Although that's not too far off.
Also, installing gentoo gives you a feel for all the things in the kernel. You can see "holy crap, I can compile in support for this Wacom tablet?!" where as if you install RedHat or whatever, you may not be able to even get the thing working....not that I've ever even tried to get my wacom tablet working in linux... just that I noticed there's support for it in the kernel...
That's not at all a GenToo specific thing. You can compile your own kernel under any distribution, and Fedora has a great GUI for it. (At least, RedHat did.. the last time I checked). IIRC, it will even modify grub/lilo automatically. Or that might be Debian. Either way, most distributions include everything you need to compile your own kernel, which, while involved, is still a hell of a lot faster than compiling the entire distribution from scratch.
At least Google is smart enough to partner with Yahoo to provide results in areas that they haven't gotten into yet.
I've noticed that if you type an address directly into the Google web search box, it gives you the option of viewing Google OR Yahoo maps. However, I'm not sure if Google is actually partnering with Yahoo, or just linking to their content. It would be interesting if Google and Yahoo merged though. Then we'd have Gahoo.
Ah, you kids with your interweb. When I was your age, if you couldn't find it on Archie, Gopher, or Veronica, it didn't exist. Shmooey.
One time I needed to find a document. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to log on cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Give me five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah -- the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
Surely you would not approve of speed limits so low that nobody can be killed in a car crash?
If you've ever seen Austin Powers' study on the matter, you'd realize that the only speed limit low enough to prevent fatalities is, ironically, a dead stop.
You know.. If it's anything like alligator, t-rex probably tastes pretty good. They might be the cattle of the future! We could totally replace cows. And they'd have the added benefit of being able to eat the animal rights protestors when they go out to the t-rex fields to protect the poor defenseless dinosaurs. Like that guy who went up to Alaska to live with the grizzlies every summer.
That's actually not a bad idea.. Never underestimate the power of rumors.
I actually tested this once. I was talking to a friend of mine in the smoking area about how people pick up bits and pieces of other people's conversation, and then spread them on. We came up with a juicy, scandalous, and completely ficticious event and discussed it at an excited volume.. not enough that we drown out other people, but loud enough that anyone who wasn't talking could probably hear us. We didn't have to keep a straight face, because he story we came up with was something you'd laugh at anyway. We repeated it a few times, and the next day I went on vacation and forgot all about it.
When I returned a month later, the first thing I heard from a co-workers was, "Guess what happened while you were gone!" Yeah, the same story we made up in the smoking area. Had a good laugh over that one.
Granted, the rumor was probably isolated to, at most, the 1100 people I worked with, but that's because it was only relevant to those people. Your idea about spreading rumors that are relevant to the population at large might actually work.
"If it's not going to draw a crowd and it is going to create controversy," she said, "from a marketing standpoint I cannot make a recommendation" to show it.
Since when has controversy EVER been bad, from a marketing standpoint? If anything, controversy has historically boosted the interest in otherwise mediocre films.
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Think it cant happen? More states are exporting men who didnt pay child support, but where never informed and had summary judgements against them.
In most cases that's because they didn't want to be informed. Sure, there's the occasional one-night stand where the guy just plain doesn't know, but in many many cases, it's willful negligence of their obligations.
In the instance I'm familiar with, one of my friends had a kid with the guy she was engaged to. It was a planned pregnancy. He stuck around for a while, but when they split up, he hit the road and hasn't paid a cent. Now she's trying to get child support, and the courts issued a judgement against him, but they can't find him because he left Wisconsin. Actually, they know where he is, but they won't extradite. They say she just has to wait and hope he comes back, at which point they'll have him arrested immediately. Lucky her.
Garnishment of wages comes to mind..
Don't be ridiculous. My left hand is "The Stranger." Names are not necessary, as it's just a casual relationship.
Although, the next time I get a speeding ticket, I think I'll try that. "Well you see, Your Honor, I was playing NFSU2 earlier that day, and you know how it is, sir.. I just needed the real thing. This is clearly EA's fault."
Bill Gates: "Well, you see Senetors, I played a lot of Monopoly growing up, and you know how it is.. I just needed the real thing. This is clearly Parker Brother's fault."
Fantasy is OK, to what point?
Fantasy is okay to any point, as long as it remains fantasy. Once it becomes reality through action, then those actions are subject to review, by a jury of peers if necessary.
I'm reminded of a joke by Chris Rock where he says something to the effect of, "If you've never thought about killing someone, you ain't never been in love.. If you never thought about how you'd dispose of the body.. you ain't been in love." It's funny (when he says it), because he's vocalizing something we don't like to admit -- we all have thoughts that are completely inappropriate. It's the extent to which we induldge those thoughts that's the real issue.
I do think it's possible that video games can heighten someone's desire for something.. for example, flight sim's make me want to fly, racing games make me want to drive fast, but GTA doesn't make me want to go out and do drivebys. But even if it did, the game itself isn't responsible for creating that desire -- I'm responsible for my own actions.
Although, the next time I get a speeding ticket, I think I'll try that. "Well you see, Your Honor, I was playing NFSU2 earlier that day, and you know how it is, sir.. I just needed the real thing. This is clearly EA's fault."
The doctors stated that they gave very small doses, and only on two occasions. Your statement might be applicable to other occasions, but it's not (from the information we have) what happened in this case.
Of course, the family is requesting an autopsy, so maybe we'll find out for sure.
I haven't ever thrown a controller.
Me neither. I just do, uh, durability tests on them sporadically. My findings are that the shoulderpad buttons could be secured a little better. Also I've found that the analog sticks don't hold up well to 195lbs of pressure. I haven't gotten around to testing other weights, but odds are that the weight will only increase, so this should be remedied in future designs.
Sweeping statements are usually untrue
except when they're not.
You should've posted yesterday when I had some mod points.
I get irritated by elderly drivers as much as the rest of us, but honestly, the grandparent post is stereotyping in quite a condescending manner. There are many reasons it's a good thing to have "old people," sitting the bench in the highest court in the US. First of all, they have a lifetime of experience in interpreting the law, coupled with a lifetime of observing human nature and society. That's something you can't substitute, and while it doesn't imply wisdom outright, it certainly facilitates it.
From a purely utilitarian standpoint, they have no vested interest in the future, aside from their legacies. Unlike Congress, which passes laws in its best interest, and in the interest of campaign financers to ensure its perpetuation ad infinitum, the Supreme Court does not have pressure to rule in favor of popular opinion; their job security is intact regardless of their findings.
Aside from that, it's good to temper youthful exuberance with elders' status quo (and vice versa). We think we have all the answers when we're young, and we very well may, but we may also be heading down a path that only seems right from the perspective of inexperience.
Personally, I'm so used to doing things the Google way (and achieving acceptable results quickly) that I'm not really interested in switching -- case in point, all the above links referenced were quickly found via Google. However, what am I missing out on by not giving (for example) Yahoo search a shot?
I ask my wife the same thing. Honey, I'm used to doing things your way.. and I always get acceptable results from you.. but what am I missing out on by not giving (for example) Veronica a shot?
At least Google will never make you sleep on the couch, or give them half of all your assets. Hopefully.
Irony is a woman who could probably benefit from filesharing to reach a wider audience carrying a sign that says, "Don't steal my future."
As if downloading could possibly affect the future of hippy communes.
After all, many of us have complained about the RIAA suing someone, and that person has to settle out of court because they can't afford to fight. Isn't this the same thing?
It's not at all the same thing. The difference is: The one guy has been found guilty in the court of public opinion. And the court of public opinion is never, ever wrong. So who cares if this guy's financially ruined? We, the public, have all the facts, and God is on our side.
Sorry if that offends you monotheists, I'm a Druid.
SOW plz
Being in Australia, of course, researching melanin is of significant interest to us!
I guess I'm missing the blindingly obvious reason why melanin research would be of signficantly more interest to Australians than the rest of the world. Or did you mean that solar power research is of significant importance? And would that be because a) There are many isolated towns and settlements with few options for electricity generation, b) Many parts of Australia are very sunny, or c) because many, if not most, Australians tend to be rather environmentally conscious?
Or is this some sort of extraordinary plot to provide the power necessary to implement clockwise flushing toilets, thereby allaying the xenophobia of potetential northern hemisphere dwelling tourists?
Most people's idea of Australia is a bunch of boxing marsupials and a big rock laying around somewhere. Just like most people's idea of America is a bunch of people running around with their hands over their head, and guns in their hands. Although that's not too far off.
Also, installing gentoo gives you a feel for all the things in the kernel. You can see "holy crap, I can compile in support for this Wacom tablet?!" where as if you install RedHat or whatever, you may not be able to even get the thing working. ...not that I've ever even tried to get my wacom tablet working in linux... just that I noticed there's support for it in the kernel...
That's not at all a GenToo specific thing. You can compile your own kernel under any distribution, and Fedora has a great GUI for it. (At least, RedHat did.. the last time I checked). IIRC, it will even modify grub/lilo automatically. Or that might be Debian. Either way, most distributions include everything you need to compile your own kernel, which, while involved, is still a hell of a lot faster than compiling the entire distribution from scratch.
At least Google is smart enough to partner with Yahoo to provide results in areas that they haven't gotten into yet.
I've noticed that if you type an address directly into the Google web search box, it gives you the option of viewing Google OR Yahoo maps. However, I'm not sure if Google is actually partnering with Yahoo, or just linking to their content. It would be interesting if Google and Yahoo merged though. Then we'd have Gahoo.
Or maybe Yoogle.
http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/OIGr-05-1 2_Mar05.pdf
Ah, you kids with your interweb. When I was your age, if you couldn't find it on Archie, Gopher, or Veronica, it didn't exist. Shmooey.
One time I needed to find a document. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to log on cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Give me five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah -- the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
Surely you would not approve of speed limits so low that nobody can be killed in a car crash?
If you've ever seen Austin Powers' study on the matter, you'd realize that the only speed limit low enough to prevent fatalities is, ironically, a dead stop.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo [inhale] ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Oops.. I went through all that and then spelled D.M.C.Eh? wrong.
How embarrassing.
Hate to be a spelling Nazi, but the title should've been, "Canada Says Noo to DMCA."
Somebody had to say it.
This would be perfect the first day. On day 2 I'd just smash the @#$^ing thing to bits.
Oh yeah? Bring it!
My enemy^h^h^h^h^h name is Steve, and I live at 692 Thurston Dr., Spokane WA, and I've got a jimmy joke about your mom that you might not like. What!
You know.. If it's anything like alligator, t-rex probably tastes pretty good. They might be the cattle of the future! We could totally replace cows. And they'd have the added benefit of being able to eat the animal rights protestors when they go out to the t-rex fields to protect the poor defenseless dinosaurs. Like that guy who went up to Alaska to live with the grizzlies every summer.
That's actually not a bad idea.. Never underestimate the power of rumors.
I actually tested this once. I was talking to a friend of mine in the smoking area about how people pick up bits and pieces of other people's conversation, and then spread them on. We came up with a juicy, scandalous, and completely ficticious event and discussed it at an excited volume.. not enough that we drown out other people, but loud enough that anyone who wasn't talking could probably hear us. We didn't have to keep a straight face, because he story we came up with was something you'd laugh at anyway. We repeated it a few times, and the next day I went on vacation and forgot all about it.
When I returned a month later, the first thing I heard from a co-workers was, "Guess what happened while you were gone!" Yeah, the same story we made up in the smoking area. Had a good laugh over that one.
Granted, the rumor was probably isolated to, at most, the 1100 people I worked with, but that's because it was only relevant to those people. Your idea about spreading rumors that are relevant to the population at large might actually work.
"If it's not going to draw a crowd and it is going to create controversy," she said, "from a marketing standpoint I cannot make a recommendation" to show it.
Since when has controversy EVER been bad, from a marketing standpoint? If anything, controversy has historically boosted the interest in otherwise mediocre films.