It's your lawyer's job to make sure the jury knows all the facts. If you get slammed because the jury was mis-informed, blame your lawyer not the jury or the justice system.
Not that odd. The rest of the world reports on news from the rest of the world. It's only inside the borders of the US that the news programs seem to stop at the national border.
Er, no... which is entirely the point he was trying to make. Killing a bum gets you the same sentence as killing the President. Do you think it should be different?
Be careful what you wish for. Removing ANY government interference regarding what can or cannot be said would result in Coke running ads saying that Pepsi has been proven to give you cancer or some other nonsense. People would be free to photoshop you into bestiality orgy pictures and post them all over the town where you live.
In truth, Coke and your hometowners are entirely free to do that right now - but the consequences of telling lies still hold, yet you seem to want protect people from any responsibility regarding what they say.
Think of it as freedom to whirl your arms around. You're free to do that until you hit someone on the nose, at which point you're prosecuted for assault, not for whirling your arms around. You're free to whirl you arms as much as you want, the government will not stop you. Whirl away. But if you hit someone, you're done for assault.
Is that clear enough for you, or do you want a car analogy as well?
There are well known exceptions to the Free Speech rules - "Fire in a theater" is one of them, and universally accepted as punishable due to the mayhem that will no doubt ensue.
Stop splitting hairs. Nobody is stopping you from saying "Obama kills puppies", but if you can't back that statement up with fact then the defamation laws kick in, not the freedom of speech laws.
I'm not American, but even I know you are wrong. The right to free speech does not allow censorship in any shape or form. You are free to say what you like. What happens AFTER that is a different matter entirely, and nothing whatsoever to do with your right to free speech.
FTFY. Unfortunately the US has a bit of a slapdash reputation when it comes to interpreting international laws. Or their own Constitution, for that matter.
Then may I propose a deployable fleet of robohamsters and their wheels to provide locomotion and/or power when needed. The only flaw in that idea is how to get the inordinate amounts of hamster food to where it needs to be.
1: Getting right of way to drill the holes needed for that stuff.
Similar to problems laying fiber right now. Next time a road is dug up to repair something, stick in a foodtube as well. Eventually a network will start to take shape - it may take a couple of decades, but at minimal disruption and cost.
2: Maintaining it. It sounds like if the induction motors break down, fixing those would be a PITA.
Have service cannisters using onboard power that can push the broken cannister to the next service chute.
3: Unsticking the cargo if it gets jammed somewhere.
See above.
4: How many of these can travel through the tube network at a time? If the induction motors can't handle that many, it might not be as efficient as the company touts.
Depends on the length of each link, and how far apart the service depots are.
5: Security of cargo. I'm sure there will be people who would love to divert things to their end.
That's something that already happens in real life with trucks, and especially the internet. It's an inherent problem whichever way you choose to distribute things.
6: Transients climbing in the tubes, and cleaning the messes up if they get struck. If a bum dies in the tunnel, does the company get sued for wrongful death?
I'd have thought the tubes would be sealed, the only entrance/exits being at the service depots. If a bum breaks into a power station and gets electrocuted, does the power company get sued?
7: Plans for power outages.
IP networks are subject to those too. Some small UPS at each depot to ensure that cannisters get to a depot in the event of a power outage, rather than get stuck in tunnels.
8 years as Illinois Senator. 4 years as US Senator. President of Harvard Law Review. Civil rights attourney. Teacher at UChicago law school... Ignoring his other community works, what exactly counts as being "productive" in your world?
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Yup, it's not like the US is creating some sort of internet "kill switch" or anything like that.
Oh, wait ...
It's your lawyer's job to make sure the jury knows all the facts. If you get slammed because the jury was mis-informed, blame your lawyer not the jury or the justice system.
Consider the waitresses tipped :D
They kill you twice? Deader than just normal dead?
Badum-tisch
Will the pric of stupidity stand up in court, or will she be put through the penal system?
Not that odd. The rest of the world reports on news from the rest of the world. It's only inside the borders of the US that the news programs seem to stop at the national border.
Er, no ... which is entirely the point he was trying to make. Killing a bum gets you the same sentence as killing the President. Do you think it should be different?
Be careful what you wish for. Removing ANY government interference regarding what can or cannot be said would result in Coke running ads saying that Pepsi has been proven to give you cancer or some other nonsense. People would be free to photoshop you into bestiality orgy pictures and post them all over the town where you live.
In truth, Coke and your hometowners are entirely free to do that right now - but the consequences of telling lies still hold, yet you seem to want protect people from any responsibility regarding what they say.
Think of it as freedom to whirl your arms around. You're free to do that until you hit someone on the nose, at which point you're prosecuted for assault, not for whirling your arms around. You're free to whirl you arms as much as you want, the government will not stop you. Whirl away. But if you hit someone, you're done for assault.
Is that clear enough for you, or do you want a car analogy as well?
There are well known exceptions to the Free Speech rules - "Fire in a theater" is one of them, and universally accepted as punishable due to the mayhem that will no doubt ensue.
Stop splitting hairs. Nobody is stopping you from saying "Obama kills puppies", but if you can't back that statement up with fact then the defamation laws kick in, not the freedom of speech laws.
I'm not American, but even I know you are wrong. The right to free speech does not allow censorship in any shape or form. You are free to say what you like. What happens AFTER that is a different matter entirely, and nothing whatsoever to do with your right to free speech.
There is simply no way we can legally arrest him.
FTFY. Unfortunately the US has a bit of a slapdash reputation when it comes to interpreting international laws. Or their own Constitution, for that matter.
Crazy Dave sends his regards.
No irony at all - it's WHY he started the prize system. He was ashamed of the deaths caused by his invention.
I see where you're going, but I'll light-heartedly call you out on that 10% :)
Yes it can. The next stop is "This new cathedral will bring in LOTS of visitors".
You obviously don't drive the 401 :)
About 3 minutes if I have my way.
Wheeeeeeeeee!
Then may I propose a deployable fleet of robohamsters and their wheels to provide locomotion and/or power when needed. The only flaw in that idea is how to get the inordinate amounts of hamster food to where it needs to be.
1: Getting right of way to drill the holes needed for that stuff.
Similar to problems laying fiber right now. Next time a road is dug up to repair something, stick in a foodtube as well. Eventually a network will start to take shape - it may take a couple of decades, but at minimal disruption and cost.
2: Maintaining it. It sounds like if the induction motors break down, fixing those would be a PITA.
Have service cannisters using onboard power that can push the broken cannister to the next service chute.
3: Unsticking the cargo if it gets jammed somewhere.
See above.
4: How many of these can travel through the tube network at a time? If the induction motors can't handle that many, it might not be as efficient as the company touts.
Depends on the length of each link, and how far apart the service depots are.
5: Security of cargo. I'm sure there will be people who would love to divert things to their end.
That's something that already happens in real life with trucks, and especially the internet. It's an inherent problem whichever way you choose to distribute things.
6: Transients climbing in the tubes, and cleaning the messes up if they get struck. If a bum dies in the tunnel, does the company get sued for wrongful death?
I'd have thought the tubes would be sealed, the only entrance/exits being at the service depots. If a bum breaks into a power station and gets electrocuted, does the power company get sued?
7: Plans for power outages.
IP networks are subject to those too. Some small UPS at each depot to ensure that cannisters get to a depot in the event of a power outage, rather than get stuck in tunnels.
True, but destroyed trucks do not get re-sent either.
Same as if a router goes down. Cannisters/data is rerouted, send in an engineer to fix the problem.
But if it's internet-like, the cannisters will re-route and still get to the destination.
8 years as Illinois Senator. 4 years as US Senator. President of Harvard Law Review. Civil rights attourney. Teacher at UChicago law school ... Ignoring his other community works, what exactly counts as being "productive" in your world?