Conversely, voting, gambling, drinking, smoking are all restricted by age, yet there's no push to view people on a case-by-case basis for these activities.
Put another way, what if someone is 18, but still has a juvenile mindset (which isn't really uncommon)? Should they still be prosecuted as an adult? Should they be prohibited from seeing an R rated movie? It comes down to efficiency. It's not practical to review however many millions of people turn 18 every year to examine their mental competence.
You could make the arugment that crime costs society, whereas not letting a 20 year-old drink does not, and in fact possibly benefits society. But I think trying juveniles as adults is a slippery slope. It's easy to be carried away with desire for retribution and lose the ability to view the individual objectively. It seems like every year we hear about someone younger and younger being tried as an adult. So do we believe that juveniles are competent to make critical decisions, or do we not? I think it's fairly evident that by and large, they are not. There are many adults who are just as incompetent, but at some point you have to hold people accountable. 18 seems like a good age to me.
1) b)the fact that the US federal and state governments constantly try to get round the constitution's limits on their powers does not invalidate the legitimacy of that document. I have no doubt that any attempt to overthrow the US government from within would be met with crushing force.
The Constitution doesn't say anything about taking up arms to overthrow the government.. You're thinking of the Declaration of Independence which, as of yet, has not been made into law. The Constitution was drafted so that such violence can be avoided. The whole problem with the colonies was "taxation without representation." Whether you agree with your current representation or not, the fact is that you enjoy a much greater amount of input into your government than did colonial America.
Aside from that, most of the U.S. military (although not all) is comprised of real-life citizens who actually wouldn't relish the idea of killing their friends and family to protect a government which would be flawed enough to cause such an uprising in the first place.
In the US, guns are still legal even though don't seem to have ANY legitimate use.
Guns have tons of legitimate uses. There's, uh.. making loud noises on holidays.. and, uhhhh.. It's faster to shoot a hole in something than to use a drill.. And don't forget making interesting films with highspeed cameras. And then there's ballistic tests to prove illegitimate use of a firearm. And.. did I mention loud noises on holidays?
I don't think you need to believe in hell to get satisfaction out of being ethical. Believe it or not, some people don't need the incentive of an afterlife to motivate us in this one.
I do (did I guess) like Firefly's theme song, but come on.. You can't take the sky from me?!? That's one of the easiest things to take away.. it's called a jail cell. And unlike the movies, they don't usually have windows.
This is crazy science.. next they'll be saying that the sun destroys the skin cells that protect us from UV damage. Where do they come up with this stuff?
Indeed.. many people play up their negative traits, for whatever reason.. they want to be accepted for who they are, or out of some misguided sense of honesty. You don't have to lie about having two belly buttons, but if you're constantly shoving it in people's faces it just makes you look more uncomfortable with yourself than anyone else is.
Grow 3 inches and you'll wish you'd brought a helmet. I can't count the number of doorways that have tried their best to scalp me. They look big enough, when you see other people walking in and out just fine, and the top of the door is above eye level, you just assume.. We won't even talk about seating in most places.
Japan is all about economy of space and design.. if you didn't notice that, you must've had your eyes closed.
Oh, we can know them... We just can't understand them. As Chris Rock put it, "Men are disadvantaged when it comes to arguing with women, because men, unlike women, have a need to make sense. A woman's not gonna let something like sense fsck up her argument."
To encourage more citizens to exercise their right to vote, the Count Every Vote Act designates Election Day a federal holiday and requires early voting in each state. The bill also enacts "no-excuse" absentee balloting, enacts fair and uniform voter registration and identification, and requires states to allow citizens to register to vote on Election Day. It also requires the Election Assistance Commission to work with states to reduce wait times for voters at polling places. In addition, the legislation restores voting rights for felons who have repaid their debt to society.
I think these points are at least as important as any other in the bills. First and foremost because it means another paid holiday for the government. But it also allows voters to register on election day which means that thousands of lazy people who wouldn't have registered otherwise will join in!! And I can't think of who I'd rather have deciding the fate of the nation than a bunch of lazy people. Also felons. Not that I think it makes a difference who gets elected.
In all seriousness, I think felons still deserve the right to vote, and making the registration process more convenient is a good thing. Also I get federal holidays off with pay, so that works for me.
The suit names the defendants as "John Doe," but officials from the plaintiff, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), declined to say how many suits were filed. The studios are represented by the MPAA and will take their message to the public during the Oscars this Sunday.
Broadcasting their message at the Oscars will highlight the studios' focus on the lose of artistic talent that file sharing reportedly creates. They argue that lost revenue from downloaded files means artists will be paid less to appear in movies resulting ion a smaller talent pool.
Man, this will be great. I can't wait to download the Oscars on Monday and find out what happens.
Wouldn't they actually be neither broken nor working? Until you tried to use it, of course, at which point you'll have to decide whether to make funeral arrangements or provide a saucer of milk.
How, exactly, do you have 1.25 feet of silence? Honestly, where do people get these figures from? So let's see, if the speed of sound is 1,115.48 feet per second, then 1.25 feet of silence is about 1.12ms. Or about twice as much silence as I get to enjoy in an average day.
It sounds like my friends talking about their 2.8gigabyte P4s, and their 512megahertz of RAM.
(Note: I'm just making a joke about the minute/second markers being the same as imperial feet and inch markers. Although I'm sure someone will feel the need to post about it and tell me so before reading this far anyway).
You know what's funnier is that if you had actually clicked on the link, you'd have seen that there is, in fact, a picture of it.
Although personally I rather question it's validity.
"Ladies and gentlemen, as you can see here, we have a picture of an invisible galaxy. Now, as you can see from the picture, the galaxy is located in an elliptical pattern, blocking out none of the stars behind it."
I can just imagine the preparation that went into that... And trying to take that picture??
"Oh God, you've bumped the telescope! Now you've gone and done it!! Do you know how bloody long it took me to find that thing the first time?"
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Conversely, voting, gambling, drinking, smoking are all restricted by age, yet there's no push to view people on a case-by-case basis for these activities.
Put another way, what if someone is 18, but still has a juvenile mindset (which isn't really uncommon)? Should they still be prosecuted as an adult? Should they be prohibited from seeing an R rated movie? It comes down to efficiency. It's not practical to review however many millions of people turn 18 every year to examine their mental competence.
You could make the arugment that crime costs society, whereas not letting a 20 year-old drink does not, and in fact possibly benefits society. But I think trying juveniles as adults is a slippery slope. It's easy to be carried away with desire for retribution and lose the ability to view the individual objectively. It seems like every year we hear about someone younger and younger being tried as an adult. So do we believe that juveniles are competent to make critical decisions, or do we not? I think it's fairly evident that by and large, they are not. There are many adults who are just as incompetent, but at some point you have to hold people accountable. 18 seems like a good age to me.
1) b)the fact that the US federal and state governments constantly try to get round the constitution's limits on their powers does not invalidate the legitimacy of that document. I have no doubt that any attempt to overthrow the US government from within would be met with crushing force.
The Constitution doesn't say anything about taking up arms to overthrow the government.. You're thinking of the Declaration of Independence which, as of yet, has not been made into law. The Constitution was drafted so that such violence can be avoided. The whole problem with the colonies was "taxation without representation." Whether you agree with your current representation or not, the fact is that you enjoy a much greater amount of input into your government than did colonial America.
Aside from that, most of the U.S. military (although not all) is comprised of real-life citizens who actually wouldn't relish the idea of killing their friends and family to protect a government which would be flawed enough to cause such an uprising in the first place.
In the US, guns are still legal even though don't seem to have ANY legitimate use.
Guns have tons of legitimate uses. There's, uh.. making loud noises on holidays.. and, uhhhh.. It's faster to shoot a hole in something than to use a drill.. And don't forget making interesting films with highspeed cameras. And then there's ballistic tests to prove illegitimate use of a firearm. And.. did I mention loud noises on holidays?
I don't think you need to believe in hell to get satisfaction out of being ethical. Believe it or not, some people don't need the incentive of an afterlife to motivate us in this one.
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If they were smart, they'd make Google beer at $.10 a can so college students can afford food.
I do (did I guess) like Firefly's theme song, but come on.. You can't take the sky from me?!? That's one of the easiest things to take away.. it's called a jail cell. And unlike the movies, they don't usually have windows.
This is crazy science.. next they'll be saying that the sun destroys the skin cells that protect us from UV damage. Where do they come up with this stuff?
Indeed.. many people play up their negative traits, for whatever reason.. they want to be accepted for who they are, or out of some misguided sense of honesty. You don't have to lie about having two belly buttons, but if you're constantly shoving it in people's faces it just makes you look more uncomfortable with yourself than anyone else is.
I say bring 'em on.. it just makes me stand out from all the schmucks who got caught.
Grow 3 inches and you'll wish you'd brought a helmet. I can't count the number of doorways that have tried their best to scalp me. They look big enough, when you see other people walking in and out just fine, and the top of the door is above eye level, you just assume.. We won't even talk about seating in most places.
Japan is all about economy of space and design.. if you didn't notice that, you must've had your eyes closed.
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They require far less raw materials to create their miniature structures.
Anyone who thinks I'm kidding has never been to Japan, or is not tall enough to notice.
Unless by trump, you meant "be inferior to."
Nope.. Micronesia still wins by a factor of 1000.
milli = 10^-3
micro = 10^-6
nano = 10^-9
pico = 10^-12
At least let them enjoy their superiority to an imaginary country.
Oh, we can know them... We just can't understand them. As Chris Rock put it, "Men are disadvantaged when it comes to arguing with women, because men, unlike women, have a need to make sense. A woman's not gonna let something like sense fsck up her argument."
Who knew Chris Rock used words like fsck?
Moo!
To encourage more citizens to exercise their right to vote, the Count Every Vote Act designates Election Day a federal holiday and requires early voting in each state. The bill also enacts "no-excuse" absentee balloting, enacts fair and uniform voter registration and identification, and requires states to allow citizens to register to vote on Election Day. It also requires the Election Assistance Commission to work with states to reduce wait times for voters at polling places. In addition, the legislation restores voting rights for felons who have repaid their debt to society.
I think these points are at least as important as any other in the bills. First and foremost because it means another paid holiday for the government. But it also allows voters to register on election day which means that thousands of lazy people who wouldn't have registered otherwise will join in!! And I can't think of who I'd rather have deciding the fate of the nation than a bunch of lazy people. Also felons. Not that I think it makes a difference who gets elected.
In all seriousness, I think felons still deserve the right to vote, and making the registration process more convenient is a good thing. Also I get federal holidays off with pay, so that works for me.
The suit names the defendants as "John Doe," but officials from the plaintiff, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), declined to say how many suits were filed. The studios are represented by the MPAA and will take their message to the public during the Oscars this Sunday.
Broadcasting their message at the Oscars will highlight the studios' focus on the lose of artistic talent that file sharing reportedly creates. They argue that lost revenue from downloaded files means artists will be paid less to appear in movies resulting ion a smaller talent pool.
Man, this will be great. I can't wait to download the Oscars on Monday and find out what happens.
I wonder if anybody in the audience will boo?
Wouldn't they actually be neither broken nor working? Until you tried to use it, of course, at which point you'll have to decide whether to make funeral arrangements or provide a saucer of milk.
Those were posted by CowboyNeal, Zonk, and Zonk, respectively.
I wouldn't go so far as to call the editors idiots, but fact checking definately isn't high on their list of priorities.
There's always one guy who doesn't get it, and one moderator who proves the system ineffective.
How, exactly, do you have 1.25 feet of silence? Honestly, where do people get these figures from? So let's see, if the speed of sound is 1,115.48 feet per second, then 1.25 feet of silence is about 1.12ms. Or about twice as much silence as I get to enjoy in an average day.
It sounds like my friends talking about their 2.8gigabyte P4s, and their 512megahertz of RAM.
(Note: I'm just making a joke about the minute/second markers being the same as imperial feet and inch markers. Although I'm sure someone will feel the need to post about it and tell me so before reading this far anyway).
You know what's funnier is that if you had actually clicked on the link, you'd have seen that there is, in fact, a picture of it.
Although personally I rather question it's validity.
"Ladies and gentlemen, as you can see here, we have a picture of an invisible galaxy. Now, as you can see from the picture, the galaxy is located in an elliptical pattern, blocking out none of the stars behind it."
I can just imagine the preparation that went into that... And trying to take that picture??
"Oh God, you've bumped the telescope! Now you've gone and done it!! Do you know how bloody long it took me to find that thing the first time?"
Yeah, the link on the bottom of the page wasn't very reassuring either..
Tomorrow's picture: dark chasm
I'm starting to see astronomers in a whole new light. Or should I say, a hole new dark.
Ok, ok.. I'll stop being an astronomyhole.