And so, all things should be legislated as Unsafe and Forbidden. Yes?
Your world would have rounded edges, taste bland, and result in a drooling, useless populace.
No. I never said that. Enough with the strawman. I merely pointed out the *reality* that even the best of parents cannot watch their child 24/7.
I said chance plays a part in everything. So I neither agree with banning everything, nor blaming the parents for everything.
Ergo, shit happens.
Oh, and whoever modded me flamebait, really? Someone's in a kneejerk mood.
Comparing a loaded gun to a tiny round magnet that could be wedged in a seat cushion is a lousy analogy.
Are you a parent? Theoretically, I agree with what you're saying; most of the time, this probably is due to crappy, apathetic parenting, but in reality, it's impossible to track a child literally 24/7 even if you're the most careful loving parent in the world. It only takes a literal second for a child to suddenly find something you didn't know was there (esp if at a friend's house) , and while you're answering the phone or whatever, he pops in his mouth and swallows. Chance plays a part in everything.
If I had the mod points, I'd bump this to 5. Wisdom cannot be learned from a tech book. (well, maybe by example of someone who does something unwise as what not to do, but that's a stretch.. Wisdom is the synthesis of intelligence, knowledge, judgement, and experience. Mostly the inner two. I might be smart enough how to do something, but wisdom tells me whether or not I should just because I could.
Nice summary reading fail. But, this is/. This device is supposed to be powered via induction, not batteries, and certainly not corded like a regular TV. It's not just the signal that's wireless. By the same token, it can't be considered truly mobile. Both signal and power are sent to the thing via induction, and the patent would likely involve some novel method of combining the signal with the power.
You are free to believe whatever you wish but the Old Testament that is found in the King James bible is based on the Greek translation of the hebrew scriptures which is known as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint and it predates AD or (CE if you prefer). You are free to study the differences between the Greek translation, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh and modern translations but please stop spreading your unfounded bullshit as it were fact.
The main gospels of the new testament have manuscripts dating back to around the first century and the epistles are generally considered to be letters to the various congregations written by the apostles and Paul to the various congregations in Asia minor during the first century.
I would've modded you informative for this part if I hadn't posted in here already. Most of the Bible (The Old Testament) is older than 2000 years. The new Testament, which is significantly smaller, not so much. FWIW
But yeah, Nixon did good things as well as bad. Very few people in the world are purely evil or purely good, and people tend to be selective in making their point one way or the other about someone. Question is, does it balance out?
Maybe -pure speculation here- in his own mind, Nixon saw his Presidency as necessary to the world, as in, he felt only he could get China to be more agreeable with the US and thereby maybe prevent WW III , even if by extending the Vietnam war a few years. Who knows what went on in his mind? Or, maybe he really did just want the power.
Being linear, time sucks.. we can't go back and try out all the various decisions and possibilites and see where they lead, then choose the best path.
FWIW, LBJ was not exactly a maven of peace either, he significantly escalated the Vietnam War once he inherited the reigns from Kennedy.
Fortune 500 telecom manufacturer Avaya, for example, is known for suing service companies, accusing them of violating copyright for simply using a password to log in to their phone systems. That's right: typing in a password is considered "reproducing copyrighted material."
I'd like to see a valid citation for this example, it smacks of hype. How do you copyright a single word? This isn't a logo or trademark. I don't see that flying well in court.
Other than that, I agree cellphones should be unlockable once the contract term is up, or if the phone is bought outright.
What difference would it have really made? Like Gore/Lieberman or Kerry/Edwards would've been any better? McCain/Palin? I'm starting to feel like we're just along for the ride. Until this country gets over the partisan attitude, which may never happen, we're stuck between a rock and a hard place, as moderates will get shunned as being "too much" like "the other guy".
or iMovie, for that matter.
But I think in just about every other category, the Play market is on par with the App Store.I have an iPhone 5, and a Nexus7, love 'em both. There are lots of good apps available for both platforms.
Most importantly though, the mere number of apps available doesn't mean squat. There are tons of horrible apps out there for IOS that suck, crash, phish, data mine, and/or mostly push ads (and ditto for Android too).
It's the quality of the apps that matters, not the quantity.
Though in some cases, nurses actually do steal stuff. It happens.
My mom languished in a nursing home for 10 years, with Alzheimer's and dementia, a very long time actually, before she died. The family made sure no valuables were kept there, so fortunately I can't say I saw it happen from personal anecdote.
It's heartbreaking to watch someone lose their minds, their memories; their very identity. I'd rather be dead than suffer that. This test is a good thing though, as at least Alz won't be able to sneak up on it's victims like it usually does -at first it's hard to tell if it's just forgetfulness due to old age or something more serious. Research seems to be closing in and treatment in the near future looks promising.
SSL only secures the network traffic. It does not ensure that the other end is who you think they are. Nor does in ensure that the other end is honest, or competent for that matter. All it ensures is that the other end has a valid certificate for the domain.
Wait.. what?.. an important element of having a "valid" SSL Certificate is that it's signed by a third party trusted authority (such as Thawte or Verisign) who vouches for the authenticity of the Certificate. So, ideally, SSL does ensure the other end is who they say they are. In theory, anyway.
Granted, it can't vouch for the honesty of said company or any of it's employees. But then again, neither can anything else. I think it's funny my MIL refuses to buy online, she'll call the company instead and read her credit card info over the phone. How does she know the sales person isn't just copying all that info for themselves and/or selling it on the black market? At some point, you just have to put some trust in the system, or don't do business with credit cards at all.
That's true, but then that's been pretty much the case for all systems of government, all nations, throughout history, from ancient Egypt to modern North Korea. There's always the rich and the poor.
I consider myself a right-leaning Independent, but in this case, I agree with the Swiss. The obscene excesses with which typical modern CEOs and their ilk shower themselves is not healthy for the economy, nor the nation in which it occurs. Anything in glutinous excess is not good. All things in moderation, wisest words ever. And in this case, those excesses are typically not justifiable, but better yet, it's the shareholders, not the government, who gets oversight of that here, which I think is absolutely fair - it's their money.
I've grappled with the notion of absolute asset limits, and I have two minds about it (which hurts my head): On the one hand, in a free society, (I am certainly not anti-Capitalist by any stretch, though I do believe in checks and balances) who has the right to set limits on anyone's income, if, through legal means and popular demand, they happen to get rich? So what?- they're free to do so. After all, the world adores and showers Hollywood actors and sports figures, many of whom make tens of millions of dollars a year, in some cases more (and often lead fairy tale lives we wouldn't dare dream of), for their trouble. I never hear anyone complain about them.
OTOH, at some point, I wonder, just how much money can a person really use? After you've got 3 huge mansions, one in California with an ocean view, one on the French Riviera, another one in the Hamptons; a huge yacht, and a fleet of Italian sports cars, what more could someone possibly want or need? Why on earth could any human being have a personal need or a use for a half billion dollars, for example? or 10 billion? At some arbitrary point, it become ludicrously extreme. Cartoonish, even. Scrooge McDuck and all that.
Well, I guess you could say the same of those toy dogs like the ones that rich valley girls tote around in their handbags like a beanie baby.
For me, it depends on the breed; I generally love dogs and cats, but I don't find every breed agreeable; I don't much care for persian cats, or toy dogs, or bulldogs/pugs, but most breeds of both I think are desirable.
I've always wanted a black cat and a husky (esp with the blue eyes), the latter look so much like wolves, but I just couldn't force an animal with a coat like that to endure the hot summers in my area, it'd be cruel. The wife's allergic to cats, so that'll never happen either.
Funny that this article on domesticating wolves just pops up now, I saw a reference to this very thing on, "Mankind Decoded, The Story of Us" on H2 last week. One of the extremely few programs worth watching on that channel.
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Or it might've been Thor. ;)
Asatru and Odinism are gaining adherents in the US (and abroad)
Yeah, but what a way to go
And so, all things should be legislated as Unsafe and Forbidden. Yes?
Your world would have rounded edges, taste bland, and result in a drooling, useless populace.
No. I never said that. Enough with the strawman. I merely pointed out the *reality* that even the best of parents cannot watch their child 24/7.
I said chance plays a part in everything. So I neither agree with banning everything, nor blaming the parents for everything. Ergo, shit happens.
Oh, and whoever modded me flamebait, really? Someone's in a kneejerk mood.
Comparing a loaded gun to a tiny round magnet that could be wedged in a seat cushion is a lousy analogy.
Are you a parent? Theoretically, I agree with what you're saying; most of the time, this probably is due to crappy, apathetic parenting, but in reality, it's impossible to track a child literally 24/7 even if you're the most careful loving parent in the world. It only takes a literal second for a child to suddenly find something you didn't know was there (esp if at a friend's house) , and while you're answering the phone or whatever, he pops in his mouth and swallows. Chance plays a part in everything.
If I had the mod points, I'd bump this to 5. Wisdom cannot be learned from a tech book. (well, maybe by example of someone who does something unwise as what not to do, but that's a stretch.. Wisdom is the synthesis of intelligence, knowledge, judgement, and experience. Mostly the inner two. I might be smart enough how to do something, but wisdom tells me whether or not I should just because I could.
Nice summary reading fail. But, this is /. This device is supposed to be powered via induction, not batteries, and certainly not corded like a regular TV. It's not just the signal that's wireless. By the same token, it can't be considered truly mobile. Both signal and power are sent to the thing via induction, and the patent would likely involve some novel method of combining the signal with the power.
But you'll probably only get to pat some short really old guy on his bald pate. Total anti-climax.
BTW, I submit another tune for the purpose of speeding things up: "Flight of the Valkyries"
I always sang, "They beat their meat" to that tune. Go-Gos.. ugh.
Ahh, you beat me to it.
A very detailed article on that whole thing is at http://proteuscoven.com/Suffer.htm
You are free to believe whatever you wish but the Old Testament that is found in the King James bible is based on the Greek translation of the hebrew scriptures which is known as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint and it predates AD or (CE if you prefer). You are free to study the differences between the Greek translation, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh and modern translations but please stop spreading your unfounded bullshit as it were fact.
The main gospels of the new testament have manuscripts dating back to around the first century and the epistles are generally considered to be letters to the various congregations written by the apostles and Paul to the various congregations in Asia minor during the first century.
I would've modded you informative for this part if I hadn't posted in here already. Most of the Bible (The Old Testament) is older than 2000 years. The new Testament, which is significantly smaller, not so much. FWIW
Does this Dark Matter make my galaxy cluster look big ..?
Is that in dog years?
On the downside, he also established the DEA.. ;-p
But yeah, Nixon did good things as well as bad. Very few people in the world are purely evil or purely good, and people tend to be selective in making their point one way or the other about someone. Question is, does it balance out?
Maybe -pure speculation here- in his own mind, Nixon saw his Presidency as necessary to the world, as in, he felt only he could get China to be more agreeable with the US and thereby maybe prevent WW III , even if by extending the Vietnam war a few years. Who knows what went on in his mind? Or, maybe he really did just want the power.
Being linear, time sucks.. we can't go back and try out all the various decisions and possibilites and see where they lead, then choose the best path.
FWIW, LBJ was not exactly a maven of peace either, he significantly escalated the Vietnam War once he inherited the reigns from Kennedy.
Fortune 500 telecom manufacturer Avaya, for example, is known for suing service companies, accusing them of violating copyright for simply using a password to log in to their phone systems. That's right: typing in a password is considered "reproducing copyrighted material."
I'd like to see a valid citation for this example, it smacks of hype. How do you copyright a single word? This isn't a logo or trademark. I don't see that flying well in court.
Other than that, I agree cellphones should be unlockable once the contract term is up, or if the phone is bought outright.
What difference would it have really made? Like Gore/Lieberman or Kerry/Edwards would've been any better? McCain/Palin? I'm starting to feel like we're just along for the ride. Until this country gets over the partisan attitude, which may never happen, we're stuck between a rock and a hard place, as moderates will get shunned as being "too much" like "the other guy".
The AC a few posts above must've thought this was about Rectal scanners ..
That sounds more like seductive charging..
or iMovie, for that matter.
But I think in just about every other category, the Play market is on par with the App Store.I have an iPhone 5, and a Nexus7, love 'em both. There are lots of good apps available for both platforms.
Most importantly though, the mere number of apps available doesn't mean squat. There are tons of horrible apps out there for IOS that suck, crash, phish, data mine, and/or mostly push ads (and ditto for Android too).
It's the quality of the apps that matters, not the quantity.
Though in some cases, nurses actually do steal stuff. It happens.
My mom languished in a nursing home for 10 years, with Alzheimer's and dementia, a very long time actually, before she died. The family made sure no valuables were kept there, so fortunately I can't say I saw it happen from personal anecdote.
It's heartbreaking to watch someone lose their minds, their memories; their very identity. I'd rather be dead than suffer that. This test is a good thing though, as at least Alz won't be able to sneak up on it's victims like it usually does -at first it's hard to tell if it's just forgetfulness due to old age or something more serious. Research seems to be closing in and treatment in the near future looks promising.
SSL only secures the network traffic. It does not ensure that the other end is who you think they are. Nor does in ensure that the other end is honest, or competent for that matter. All it ensures is that the other end has a valid certificate for the domain.
Wait.. what?.. an important element of having a "valid" SSL Certificate is that it's signed by a third party trusted authority (such as Thawte or Verisign) who vouches for the authenticity of the Certificate. So, ideally, SSL does ensure the other end is who they say they are. In theory, anyway.
Granted, it can't vouch for the honesty of said company or any of it's employees. But then again, neither can anything else. I think it's funny my MIL refuses to buy online, she'll call the company instead and read her credit card info over the phone. How does she know the sales person isn't just copying all that info for themselves and/or selling it on the black market? At some point, you just have to put some trust in the system, or don't do business with credit cards at all.
Hah! Bravo.
I suppose someone will say, "Ghandi", but even that's probably a load of shit.
That's not even great entertainment. It's mostly realityTV suckage.
That's true, but then that's been pretty much the case for all systems of government, all nations, throughout history, from ancient Egypt to modern North Korea. There's always the rich and the poor.
I consider myself a right-leaning Independent, but in this case, I agree with the Swiss. The obscene excesses with which typical modern CEOs and their ilk shower themselves is not healthy for the economy, nor the nation in which it occurs. Anything in glutinous excess is not good. All things in moderation, wisest words ever. And in this case, those excesses are typically not justifiable, but better yet, it's the shareholders, not the government, who gets oversight of that here, which I think is absolutely fair - it's their money.
I've grappled with the notion of absolute asset limits, and I have two minds about it (which hurts my head): On the one hand, in a free society, (I am certainly not anti-Capitalist by any stretch, though I do believe in checks and balances) who has the right to set limits on anyone's income, if, through legal means and popular demand, they happen to get rich? So what?- they're free to do so. After all, the world adores and showers Hollywood actors and sports figures, many of whom make tens of millions of dollars a year, in some cases more (and often lead fairy tale lives we wouldn't dare dream of), for their trouble. I never hear anyone complain about them.
OTOH, at some point, I wonder, just how much money can a person really use? After you've got 3 huge mansions, one in California with an ocean view, one on the French Riviera, another one in the Hamptons; a huge yacht, and a fleet of Italian sports cars, what more could someone possibly want or need? Why on earth could any human being have a personal need or a use for a half billion dollars, for example? or 10 billion? At some arbitrary point, it become ludicrously extreme. Cartoonish, even. Scrooge McDuck and all that.
Well, I guess you could say the same of those toy dogs like the ones that rich valley girls tote around in their handbags like a beanie baby.
For me, it depends on the breed; I generally love dogs and cats, but I don't find every breed agreeable; I don't much care for persian cats, or toy dogs, or bulldogs/pugs, but most breeds of both I think are desirable.
I've always wanted a black cat and a husky (esp with the blue eyes), the latter look so much like wolves, but I just couldn't force an animal with a coat like that to endure the hot summers in my area, it'd be cruel. The wife's allergic to cats, so that'll never happen either.
Funny that this article on domesticating wolves just pops up now, I saw a reference to this very thing on, "Mankind Decoded, The Story of Us" on H2 last week. One of the extremely few programs worth watching on that channel.
I cast a vote for Van Halen