It would be more likely that your gun would have a lock, and you would not be allowed to have the key. If you are found with the key, then you would be charged with possesion of a tool that can circumvent the gun's lock and make it possible to commit murder. It doesn't matter if you were actually planning murder, wanted to defend yourself, or were planning on going duck hunting.
The DMCA and SSSCA are for the benefit of media companies. They have decided that what used to be a civil offense should be criminalized. They backed laws that punish potential, not intent. Both laws are bad, in concept and language.
And yes...it is illogical. But the DMCA is still law, and the SSSCA is still being proposed. Unfortunately, there's no Congressional subcommittee for logical analysis of bills.
So we should never do anything to expand our understanding of the universe?
There will always be people below the poverty line. Welfare doesn't change that, it defines poverty. The only solution would be to lower the poverty line to zero.
No, but it might send you back in time, stuck in other people's bodies, and cause you to hallucinate about a badly dressed guy who keeps slapping a brightly-colored Newton.
If it's a theory, it has already been tested, and the result supports it. You would actually have to prove it wrong - you cannot just dismiss and say "What if it's wrong?"
I keep telling people, "If you don't like a theory, tough. IF you think it is wrong, the burden is on you to disprove the theory."
Yeah, but I think we can eliminate California. Would you build something like this in California and risk losing all your work in the next ________ (A: Earthquake B: Fire C: Power Outage D: Writer's/Actor's Guild Strike)
What waste? Fission waste is depleted uranium. Yes it is radioactive (which is to say that there are high-energy particles flying around). Fusion is two hydrogen nuclei slamming together to form one helium nucleus. No stray particles, no radiation. What remains after they are done with it is helium gas.
That is the point. The DMCA and SSSCA are justified by the potential - not intent, not action - just the potential to circumvent copy protection. "Innocent until proven guilty"...that's a laugh. They don't have to prove a damn thing other than possession of a tool.
The only thing worse would be if they change the theme to another piece of pseudo-Williams garbage like every other ST series in the last fifteen years. If that happens I may have to hunt you down and slap you silly. What they have now ain't great but it beats the "Drone of the French Horn Sadists" and "Boring Brass Fanfare".
And the opening sequence during the theme is much better than the standard ship...ship...ship from a different angle...ship doing a flyby...ship rolling over like a dying whale...ship...
The fault with your argument is that you start from an assumption. Bad logic.
I could say "A terrorist is thinking of a plan to nuke Los Angeles. Suppose that being injected with mercury will give you telepathic powers that are able to detect this and avert it. Given that the system is not abused, I repeat, given that its not abused (no fair saying "but it will be") would you give up several years of your life in exchange for Los Angeles.
That logic is absurd, because it assumes something to be true that cannot be known, and eliminates the possibility that it is false. Under these conditions, if I say "no", I'm a callous bastard that doesn't care about millions of lives. If I say yes, you can take that as proof that you are right.
"The stupidity was compounded by supporting the Taliban, which seemed liked a good idea to who? Not to me. We're talking at the time, this was obvious."
There was no Taliban at the time. That is a movement that came out of Pakistan in the mid-90's.
It takes more than just being a dictator to have an embargo leveled at your country.
But, aside from that. Qaddafi has, in the past few years, renounced terrorism, shut down terrorist training camps and kicked out the various terrorist groups, brokered peace agreements among certain African nations, opened the military and universities to women, and reversed his opinion on Israel/Palestine. Now he is making a very bold statement denouncing the attacks and proposing support for the U.S. I have wondered how sincere he was in wanting to rebuild relations with us, now I think he really is sincere.
"If he starts WWIII, you Americans will be to blame for letting him get away with it."
That just sounds silly.
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"the U.S. government has been supplying arms and training and money to factions around the world for over 50 years."
Well, DAMN YOU and the rest of the western hemisphere for asking for us to get involved when it's convenient for you, and DAMN US for agreeing to it!
No, genius. The impact didn't collapse the buildings. The towers stood for the better part of an hour before collapsing. The collapse was caused by the ignited jet fuel (which burns at about 1500 F) melting the steel support core.
The signals that voice recorders and flight data recorders give off when they are submerged are sonic. There's almost no chance that, even if they could possibly have survived, they would be detectible in that manner.
If you read the article, it says that only those devices manufactured after a specified date (after the bill takes effect) will be required to have the security measures in place. Anything manufactured before that date is exempt. As for the analog connection, my guess would be that after that date, it would be illegal to manufacture a recorder and sound card that can connect without any security measure in place.
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It would be more likely that your gun would have a lock, and you would not be allowed to have the key. If you are found with the key, then you would be charged with possesion of a tool that can circumvent the gun's lock and make it possible to commit murder. It doesn't matter if you were actually planning murder, wanted to defend yourself, or were planning on going duck hunting.
The DMCA and SSSCA are for the benefit of media companies. They have decided that what used to be a civil offense should be criminalized. They backed laws that punish potential, not intent. Both laws are bad, in concept and language.
And yes...it is illogical. But the DMCA is still law, and the SSSCA is still being proposed. Unfortunately, there's no Congressional subcommittee for logical analysis of bills.
So we should never do anything to expand our understanding of the universe?
There will always be people below the poverty line. Welfare doesn't change that, it defines poverty. The only solution would be to lower the poverty line to zero.
No, but it might send you back in time, stuck in other people's bodies, and cause you to hallucinate about a badly dressed guy who keeps slapping a brightly-colored Newton.
"What's the difference between a mini-black hole and a regular, run-of-the-mill, black hole?"
One word: mass
If it's a theory, it has already been tested, and the result supports it. You would actually have to prove it wrong - you cannot just dismiss and say "What if it's wrong?"
I keep telling people, "If you don't like a theory, tough. IF you think it is wrong, the burden is on you to disprove the theory."
Yeah, but I think we can eliminate California. Would you build something like this in California and risk losing all your work in the next ________ (A: Earthquake B: Fire C: Power Outage D: Writer's/Actor's Guild Strike)
Fermilab or CERN makes the most sense to me.
What waste? Fission waste is depleted uranium. Yes it is radioactive (which is to say that there are high-energy particles flying around). Fusion is two hydrogen nuclei slamming together to form one helium nucleus. No stray particles, no radiation. What remains after they are done with it is helium gas.
Over 6000 people have been murdered in a single shot.
What's the first thing you think about?
A Assume the only response will be "carpetbombing" and post an inappropriate analogy in an attempt to claim intellectual superiority?
B Tell the victims to shut up and like it?
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-1 for feeding a troll
-2 for upsetting your delusion that your analogy was actually valid logic.
That is the point. The DMCA and SSSCA are justified by the potential - not intent, not action - just the potential to circumvent copy protection. "Innocent until proven guilty"...that's a laugh. They don't have to prove a damn thing other than possession of a tool.
Wow, that worked really well...excellent job. Send that to Paramount!
The only thing worse would be if they change the theme to another piece of pseudo-Williams garbage like every other ST series in the last fifteen years. If that happens I may have to hunt you down and slap you silly. What they have now ain't great but it beats the "Drone of the French Horn Sadists" and "Boring Brass Fanfare".
And the opening sequence during the theme is much better than the standard ship...ship...ship from a different angle...ship doing a flyby...ship rolling over like a dying whale...ship...
"what's to keep planes from flying into it?"
A NOTAM advisory maybe?
The fault with your argument is that you start from an assumption. Bad logic.
I could say "A terrorist is thinking of a plan to nuke Los Angeles. Suppose that being injected with mercury will give you telepathic powers that are able to detect this and avert it. Given that the system is not abused, I repeat, given that its not abused (no fair saying "but it will be") would you give up several years of your life in exchange for Los Angeles.
That logic is absurd, because it assumes something to be true that cannot be known, and eliminates the possibility that it is false. Under these conditions, if I say "no", I'm a callous bastard that doesn't care about millions of lives. If I say yes, you can take that as proof that you are right.
"The stupidity was compounded by supporting the Taliban, which seemed liked a good idea to who? Not to me. We're talking at the time, this was obvious."
There was no Taliban at the time. That is a movement that came out of Pakistan in the mid-90's.
"Gaddafi is a dictator, try to remember that."
It takes more than just being a dictator to have an embargo leveled at your country.
But, aside from that. Qaddafi has, in the past few years, renounced terrorism, shut down terrorist training camps and kicked out the various terrorist groups, brokered peace agreements among certain African nations, opened the military and universities to women, and reversed his opinion on Israel/Palestine. Now he is making a very bold statement denouncing the attacks and proposing support for the U.S. I have wondered how sincere he was in wanting to rebuild relations with us, now I think he really is sincere.
"If he starts WWIII, you Americans will be to blame for letting him get away with it."
That just sounds silly.
"the U.S. government has been supplying arms and training and money to factions around the world for over 50 years."
Well, DAMN YOU and the rest of the western hemisphere for asking for us to get involved when it's convenient for you, and DAMN US for agreeing to it!
No, genius. The impact didn't collapse the buildings. The towers stood for the better part of an hour before collapsing. The collapse was caused by the ignited jet fuel (which burns at about 1500 F) melting the steel support core.
That's nice, but since you didn't cite any sources, I'm taking this with a grain of salt.
"But then again what are the odd's two jumbo jets would run into the WTC."
Around 100% when they are deliberately aimed at the towers.
Please, please explain to me how, even if they were "provoked", how does this justify this slaughter? Because you seem to think it is justifiable.
That was my point. They SPAMMED those addresses (the addresses were not 'opted-in'), i.e. they violated PaeTec's TOS.
Say that to the guy who just had to pull another body from the wreckage.
Good, idea. I went, and everyone I know seems to have a full tank. I hear the price jumped to $4.00 in Cincinnati.
The signals that voice recorders and flight data recorders give off when they are submerged are sonic. There's almost no chance that, even if they could possibly have survived, they would be detectible in that manner.
If you read the article, it says that only those devices manufactured after a specified date (after the bill takes effect) will be required to have the security measures in place. Anything manufactured before that date is exempt. As for the analog connection, my guess would be that after that date, it would be illegal to manufacture a recorder and sound card that can connect without any security measure in place.