If an offier tazers a person more than 3 times without good cause needs to be fired and blackballed
If an officer tazers a person one time without good cause, he needs to be blackballed. A tazer is the equivalent of punching someone in the face, hard. It is an assault.
Sadly, even/. is full of Americans cheering on the use of police violence. And more of these supposedly non-lethal tools simply give the police more powers of assault. I've seen non-violent protesters pepper-sprayed several times. Without the pepper-spray, all the cop would have been able to do was arrest them. But they knew that wouldn't stick. Now they have a new power. And it doesn't look as bad as 12 cops with batons beating a guy on the ground.
...the New York Times reports that jatropha may replace biofuels like ethanol that require large amounts of water, fertilizer, and energy, making their environmental benefits limited.
Great. Does it also require so few farmers and so little arable land that it has no effect on the production of food crop? Or will it push up the prices of food significantly in poor countries, as other biofuel crops have done?
No, Hungarian Notation was invented by Charles Simonyi when he worked at PARC. When he took a job at Microsoft and tried to introduce it there, it was completely misunderstood, and that bastardized version is what most untrained programmers came to know (no thanks to Microsoft's developer training). Since they seemingly couldn't even be bothered to pronounce his name, it became known as Hungarian Notation.
The real thing is incredibly useful, and I encourage all unfamiliar with it to read through Joel's article.
Apple's problem is that it's inherited a lot of bad legacy technologies from NeXT.
Java did not exist when NeXT chose Objective C as their development language. Objective C was arguably the technically most superior language for applications development. It was (is!) cleaner and more object-oriented than C++.
C-like languages may increasing have less merit for appsdev today, but they certainly still have their place. You and I know little about the iPhone. It may indeed be the case that running a JVM on it for all apps is a poor choice.
You're right. Who would have ever thought we'd see the day when in this balance an electronics company became stronger than an entertainment company? I certainly didn't think it would happen in my lifetime.
Companies much bigger than Apple caved in to the MPAA on region encoding, encryption, etc.
Sure they took my fingerprints and shit, but why is that such a big issue unless you're some backwoods militant in Alabama hidin' from "da man" or some gun-toting Talib - Mujahid?
Right! If you've got nothing to hide, spread 'em, bend over, and take it like a bitch! And I'm sure that ain't in that leftie book of famous last words...
If only they implemented security measures like this in INDIAN airports (thanks for repealing POTA, moonbats) we wouldn't have to deal with thousands of Lashkar-e-Toiba Fidayeen loons running around the country "spreading the Jihad against the Kuffar".
Right on! All those tanks and fighter-bombers sure have brought peace and happiness to Kashmir! Why don't they do that all over India? Then surely the whole country would be in bliss.
Don't worry GP. We get screamed at now, too. It was quite a shock after a wonderful trip to Europe. Me thinks the security aparatus here is letting the "hero" thing get to their heads. It will take generations of "lefties" like you to solve the problems parent is confident political activism will address (fun to see he leaves that to someone else).
The only thing new here is the high-technology used. Sadly, it may turn out that urban farming that does not use available space, but instead uses dedicated space, is not feasible. If high-tech does not change that equation (and it is unlikely it would), it is likely the backing of this project would vanish, and with it urban farming in the US.
Too bad, because if we don't over-engineer it, there are several good examples to choose from, most from countries we'd rather not acknowledge (which is probably our problem).
In the Student Usage Model the platform is used by the students to learn concepts through innovative, interactive content widely available from the local ecosystem.
Worst information-to-sentence ratio ever. And that's the first line!
The scientific community isn't bickering about the basic things: that warming is occuring, and that human activity is contributing to it. The "the scientific community is divided so there's nothing we can do" line is just used to prevent action. It's the same very effective tactic used by big tobacco for decades in the 60s to prevent recognition of the cancer causing properties of tobacco.
Then they read the USCCR report on the Florida 2000 election which failed to find a single voter (Black or White) who was incorrectly prevented from voting because of their inclusion on the felon list....county election officials scrapped the lists altogether because of a high number of "false positives".
You can't have it both ways. So which is it?
I'll tell you. You're pulling a "Choicepoint" by omitting things from the story. Yes, Ethel Baxter (D) created the felon list (and since you claim felons vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, she must have been thinking about her sworn election office duty instead of her party), but a very important change was made by the Republicans: the decision to allow false positives. Under Baxter's rules, doubt over the status of a voter removed them from the list. With the new Republican guidance, you could now stack the list. (Wikipedia has more.)
This isn't a partisan issue: either you're for fair elections, or you're not. We should attack every instance of fraud, regardless of who is skewing the system.
And when you're "debunking" the BBC of all sources, you should provide some of your own of similar stature.
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Doesn't the XO run Linux?
There's probably less "wrong" with Linux for home use than most imply.
It probably comes down to ease of install, UI and media apps, which is maybe why Ubuntu is gaining traction.
Hi blantonl, you can do one step better!
Put that PC in a closet, and use Remote Desktop.
What did they test it on then?! The numbers the developers told the testers would work? Why even bother testing?
I thought boundry cases were the first thing you test? Or is that just too old-school?
You seem to enjoy your overpriced mode of transportation, so why not let others enjoy their phones and watches?
If an officer tazers a person one time without good cause, he needs to be blackballed. A tazer is the equivalent of punching someone in the face, hard. It is an assault.
Sadly, even /. is full of Americans cheering on the use of police violence. And more of these supposedly non-lethal tools simply give the police more powers of assault. I've seen non-violent protesters pepper-sprayed several times. Without the pepper-spray, all the cop would have been able to do was arrest them. But they knew that wouldn't stick. Now they have a new power. And it doesn't look as bad as 12 cops with batons beating a guy on the ground.
Great. Does it also require so few farmers and so little arable land that it has no effect on the production of food crop? Or will it push up the prices of food significantly in poor countries, as other biofuel crops have done?
Capitalism killed millions, too. A million already in Iraq alone. What's your point?
Impoverished billions as well. You can find as many bad examples as you like. Most of Africa.
Oh goody, would it be legitimate to oppose it with force, too? We'd have permanent global war.
And I'm sure some capitalists would make a buck off it.
...they could make a compelling upgrade, so users want to upgrade.
It wouldn't be the first time they copied a certain fruit company.
But they will probably just stop supporting XP, and then that 87% will buy Vista, for fear of the next virus.
No, Hungarian Notation was invented by Charles Simonyi when he worked at PARC. When he took a job at Microsoft and tried to introduce it there, it was completely misunderstood, and that bastardized version is what most untrained programmers came to know (no thanks to Microsoft's developer training). Since they seemingly couldn't even be bothered to pronounce his name, it became known as Hungarian Notation.
The real thing is incredibly useful, and I encourage all unfamiliar with it to read through Joel's article.
Java did not exist when NeXT chose Objective C as their development language. Objective C was arguably the technically most superior language for applications development. It was (is!) cleaner and more object-oriented than C++.
C-like languages may increasing have less merit for appsdev today, but they certainly still have their place. You and I know little about the iPhone. It may indeed be the case that running a JVM on it for all apps is a poor choice.
Actual cases suggest that killing from a distance may be resulting in more mistakes. My sig has another one.
Abu Ghraib and Haditha are but two that suggest that is not true. Try not starting with the assumption that your side is special.
No, they're in Afghanistan. You're not fighting them there. Or anywhere, really. Your government's just bending you over a barrel.
An oil barrel.
You're right. Who would have ever thought we'd see the day when in this balance an electronics company became stronger than an entertainment company? I certainly didn't think it would happen in my lifetime.
Companies much bigger than Apple caved in to the MPAA on region encoding, encryption, etc.
Jobs is a clever, clever man.
Apparently not.
Yes, they're calling it the Jesus-phone. You're just figuring this out now?
Right! If you've got nothing to hide, spread 'em, bend over, and take it like a bitch! And I'm sure that ain't in that leftie book of famous last words...
Right on! All those tanks and fighter-bombers sure have brought peace and happiness to Kashmir! Why don't they do that all over India? Then surely the whole country would be in bliss.
Don't worry GP. We get screamed at now, too. It was quite a shock after a wonderful trip to Europe. Me thinks the security aparatus here is letting the "hero" thing get to their heads. It will take generations of "lefties" like you to solve the problems parent is confident political activism will address (fun to see he leaves that to someone else).
The economic feasibility of urban farming is not really in doubt. Other countries run successful, organic farms in cities.
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The only thing new here is the high-technology used. Sadly, it may turn out that urban farming that does not use available space, but instead uses dedicated space, is not feasible. If high-tech does not change that equation (and it is unlikely it would), it is likely the backing of this project would vanish, and with it urban farming in the US.
Too bad, because if we don't over-engineer it, there are several good examples to choose from, most from countries we'd rather not acknowledge (which is probably our problem).
Safari rigorously follows the standards, helping keep the web open for all standards-based browsers. Mozilla should be thanking them.
And Margaret Thatcher is the Ronald Reagan of the United Kingdom.
Couldn't they just name an airport after her, instead of sullying the award?
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Worst information-to-sentence ratio ever. And that's the first line!
The scientific community isn't bickering about the basic things: that warming is occuring, and that human activity is contributing to it. The "the scientific community is divided so there's nothing we can do" line is just used to prevent action. It's the same very effective tactic used by big tobacco for decades in the 60s to prevent recognition of the cancer causing properties of tobacco.
You can't have it both ways. So which is it?
I'll tell you. You're pulling a "Choicepoint" by omitting things from the story. Yes, Ethel Baxter (D) created the felon list (and since you claim felons vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, she must have been thinking about her sworn election office duty instead of her party), but a very important change was made by the Republicans: the decision to allow false positives. Under Baxter's rules, doubt over the status of a voter removed them from the list. With the new Republican guidance, you could now stack the list. (Wikipedia has more.)
This isn't a partisan issue: either you're for fair elections, or you're not. We should attack every instance of fraud, regardless of who is skewing the system.
And when you're "debunking" the BBC of all sources, you should provide some of your own of similar stature.
What stops Scratch from being "real"?
Or makes JavaScript (of all heinous "languages") real?
We teach Physics without friction, you know. Then add it. Then tell you even all that is wrong, and teach relativity.
You don't like the graphics? Ever use million dollar enterprise flow systems? Guess how they're programmed...
What a whore.
You don't think a nationality is possible without a common language?
Whether Americans like to admit it or not, they have two languages.
The Swiss have three. India has two official, a dozen recognized, and over 200 actual.
(BTW, I did not claim a "European nationality".)