Okay, they had to look in another solar system so it's not really a counter "Earth," but still. The real question is whether this will inspire John Norman to publish a new installment in his Gor series.
Well... actually... The Stratosphere has the world's real "highest" ride. Of course what Great Adventure will have is the greatest height differential. Of course this is not the Stratosphere's fault.
>With an offer letter, you can sue for >all kinds of damages. Without one, you >get butkis. I read a book on employment >law a couple of years ago, and his >remark was that, inevitably, the side >with the biggest stack of paper wins.
IANAL but I think this depends on the state. California, for example, is an "at will" state which means that your employer can terminate your employment at anytime with no reason. This issue came up for a classmate of mine who got an offer letter and moved from the East Coast to CA to take a job. He had an offer letter, etc. When he got there, he discovered he had been laid off before his start date. There was discussion of this among alumni and the general belief was that his employer was unlikely to be liable for more than two week's severance pay. (He did not have a signing bonus and had already gotten his relocation assistance, I believe, so these were not issues.)
Don't get me wrong, the piece of paper is good to have, but it is more useful for dealing with a situation where the people you were dealing with leave and you need documentation of the agreement reached as a practical matter. I do not think it is worth much as a legal matter. Any lawyers out there?
ANYONE who was caught in the act of downloading kiddie porn would claim their PC was "hi-jacked" so I don't think this is a defense of any kind, in and of itself.
I find this to be some of the more frightening reasoning I have seen here in a while.
We are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt. The burden of proof is supposed to be on the accuser and prosecutor, not the defendant. If we live in a world where malware can and does download images onto people's machines without their consent, then we live in a world where it is very hard to prove beyond reasonable doubt that somebody downloaded child pornography. Therefore it should be very hard to prosecute people for viewing child pornography.
The fact that a defense can easily be claimed by anybody should in no way undermine it. "I was not there" is an extremely common defense for murder cases. If the defense claims they were not present when the crime was committed it is up to the prosecution to prove they were.
In this case, if the defense said, "Malware downloaded those images against my wishes," then it is up to the prosecution to try and show malware is not to blame. They might, for example, offer that an expert examined the hard disk and found no malware. They might also have a taped phone conversation with the defendant bragging about his large collection of child pornography. However, if the prosecution cannot offer such evidence, then maybe a child porn viewer goes free. (Or maybe an innocent man is correctly found not guilty.) That is the price of placing the burden of proof on the accuser.
(Note I am not addressing the premise of child pornography being illegal here; I am accepting that it is.)
Don't forget swimming, the third leg of the triathlon, and by many accounts the best overall form of exercise of the three. Swimming is extremely low impact and works your entire body. Of course the technology is less of an issue in swimming. On the plus side, there are athletes like AmandaBeard to give you *real* inspiration.
If you live some place cold, then cross country skiing is pretty good too, and has some interesting technology.
A friend of mine said tires have been a problem on his Prius. I did a quick web search and came up with this and this. It's not a show-stopper, but it is something you want to be aware of.
Damn Straight! Nothing is better inspiration for working out than the chicks you will see there. (My chosen method is swimming, by the way. Workout bikinis are very inspiring.)
Seriously though, you just have to make time. I was inspired by a religious friend of mine who always makes it to mass on Sunday. It does not matter if there is a party, trip, or other activity, she finds time for mass. Although I am an atheist, I have decided exercise is important and made a similar rule about working out.
I do my specified workout three times a week. (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday work nicely for me. I try to go Friday if there is time.) Workout is from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, no matter what. It does not matter if I am busy. If I have to come back afterwards to finish work I do so. (I routinely work a 10 or 12-hour day.) If I am invited to a party, I say I can't make it or that I will be late.
If there is something that simply cannot be moved (and this happens rarely), then I make up that workout one of the off days. (This is actually somewhat like when my friend attends Saturday mass.)
It's funny, at this point, working out is like brushing my teeth. It's just something I do without thinking about it.
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Finally, somebody has discovered a counter Earth!
Okay, they had to look in another solar system so it's not really a counter "Earth," but still. The real question is whether this will inspire John Norman to publish a new installment in his Gor series.
Well... actually... The Stratosphere has the world's real "highest" ride. Of course what Great Adventure will have is the greatest height differential. Of course this is not the Stratosphere's fault.
>With an offer letter, you can sue for
>all kinds of damages. Without one, you
>get butkis. I read a book on employment
>law a couple of years ago, and his
>remark was that, inevitably, the side
>with the biggest stack of paper wins.
IANAL but I think this depends on the state. California, for example, is an "at will" state which means that your employer can terminate your employment at anytime with no reason. This issue came up for a classmate of mine who got an offer letter and moved from the East Coast to CA to take a job. He had an offer letter, etc. When he got there, he discovered he had been laid off before his start date. There was discussion of this among alumni and the general belief was that his employer was unlikely to be liable for more than two week's severance pay. (He did not have a signing bonus and had already gotten his relocation assistance, I believe, so these were not issues.)
Don't get me wrong, the piece of paper is good to have, but it is more useful for dealing with a situation where the people you were dealing with leave and you need documentation of the agreement reached as a practical matter. I do not think it is worth much as a legal matter. Any lawyers out there?
We are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt. The burden of proof is supposed to be on the accuser and prosecutor, not the defendant. If we live in a world where malware can and does download images onto people's machines without their consent, then we live in a world where it is very hard to prove beyond reasonable doubt that somebody downloaded child pornography. Therefore it should be very hard to prosecute people for viewing child pornography.
The fact that a defense can easily be claimed by anybody should in no way undermine it. "I was not there" is an extremely common defense for murder cases. If the defense claims they were not present when the crime was committed it is up to the prosecution to prove they were.
In this case, if the defense said, "Malware downloaded those images against my wishes," then it is up to the prosecution to try and show malware is not to blame. They might, for example, offer that an expert examined the hard disk and found no malware. They might also have a taped phone conversation with the defendant bragging about his large collection of child pornography. However, if the prosecution cannot offer such evidence, then maybe a child porn viewer goes free. (Or maybe an innocent man is correctly found not guilty.) That is the price of placing the burden of proof on the accuser.
(Note I am not addressing the premise of child pornography being illegal here; I am accepting that it is.)
If you live some place cold, then cross country skiing is pretty good too, and has some interesting technology.
A friend of mine said tires have been a problem on his Prius. I did a quick web search and came up with this and this. It's not a show-stopper, but it is something you want to be aware of.
Damn Straight! Nothing is better inspiration for working out than the chicks you will see there. (My chosen method is swimming, by the way. Workout bikinis are very inspiring.)
Seriously though, you just have to make time. I was inspired by a religious friend of mine who always makes it to mass on Sunday. It does not matter if there is a party, trip, or other activity, she finds time for mass. Although I am an atheist, I have decided exercise is important and made a similar rule about working out.
I do my specified workout three times a week. (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday work nicely for me. I try to go Friday if there is time.) Workout is from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, no matter what. It does not matter if I am busy. If I have to come back afterwards to finish work I do so. (I routinely work a 10 or 12-hour day.) If I am invited to a party, I say I can't make it or that I will be late.
If there is something that simply cannot be moved (and this happens rarely), then I make up that workout one of the off days. (This is actually somewhat like when my friend attends Saturday mass.)
It's funny, at this point, working out is like brushing my teeth. It's just something I do without thinking about it.
Did I mention the workout bikinis? :)