When it comes to fraud on a massive scale, this doesn't even come close to the theft of the people's gold by the government and the banks when FDR decided to renege on the promise to redeem US dollars for specie.
If the prosecutor offers a lower penalty for a guilty plea, then the government is admitting that the lower penalty is sufficient if the accused is guilty, and that should be what the defendant is in jeopardy of if he goes to trial. The effect of the threat of drastic sentences for minor offenses means that most of the time, the accused is denied his right to trial by jury.
Not the video game, the graphics library from Media Cybernetics.
First one on the IBM PC that had the concept of drivers to support display boards from different manufacturers. I worked there for a while in technical sales support, and when I was there we were covering 35 different boards. Before Halo, every manufacturer had their own display API.
I don't think you have a grasp of the scale of the earth's atmosphere. This might be an issue for people aboard a space station, but on earth it's insignificant.
If it's less than the energy used to make conventional, disposable batteries of equivalent power, it's a win. Even if it's more costly than that in energy terms, it could still be a win from a weight to power ratio standpoint.
Every single "soak the rich" scheme that our government has ever inflicted on us has become a "loot the middle class" scheme within a few years, including the original income tax itself. If the government seized all income above $1M, it wouldn't even cover this year's deficit. Of course, they wouldn't succeed in that endeavor, for the reason that the French have just discovered: rich people aren't a stationary target for the tax man.
Piling on debt without end is what the Tea Party is all about.
What's your next guess?
The Tea Party has consistently argued for spending cuts. If you imagine that the debt can be addressed by increasing taxes, then you have no conception of the scale of the problem.
Thanks for showing us that there are some people whom we should just leave under the rubble. What a thoughtful and helpful contribution to the discussion at hand.
It shouldn't be necessary to have headphones on to be able to concentrate. I need an office. Two-up is fine if there's enough space, but the HP/Intel cube farm style or even worse, open-plan offices are not acceptable.
If the dude pocketed a hundred million bucks, then it's a hundred million dollar piracy operation. This sounds to me like the standard law enforcement press release inflation gambit.
Touch screens and light pens suck on a vertical surface. Mount the display on about a 30 degree slope, like a sheet of paper on a drafting table, and the gorilla arm problem goes away.
I like my iPad, and the iPad mini has its place, but I really want to see iOS devices that are far larger, like standard B, C, and D sheets.
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When it comes to fraud on a massive scale, this doesn't even come close to the theft of the people's gold by the government and the banks when FDR decided to renege on the promise to redeem US dollars for specie.
-jcr
If the prosecutor offers a lower penalty for a guilty plea, then the government is admitting that the lower penalty is sufficient if the accused is guilty, and that should be what the defendant is in jeopardy of if he goes to trial. The effect of the threat of drastic sentences for minor offenses means that most of the time, the accused is denied his right to trial by jury.
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You do not have a good sample of Scientologists to make any determination of their level of sanity.
Hubbard's ravings are quite enough to determine that his followers are insane, by definition.
-jcr
I never realised just how similarly all geeks thought until I noticed how similar and shallow their cultural tastes are.
Why are you assuming that "all geeks" are Coulton fans, or have even heard of him?
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Not the video game, the graphics library from Media Cybernetics.
First one on the IBM PC that had the concept of drivers to support display boards from different manufacturers. I worked there for a while in technical sales support, and when I was there we were covering 35 different boards. Before Halo, every manufacturer had their own display API.
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Yep, you're not even on the same continent as a clue.
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Iphones are trivial bits of engineering
Speaking as someone who has been involved in hardware development, you have no idea WTF you're talking about.
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I would be better then Ballmer for sure.
I certainly don't doubt that...
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...and gets his hundred bucks to ignore it.
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I don't think you have a grasp of the scale of the earth's atmosphere. This might be an issue for people aboard a space station, but on earth it's insignificant.
-jcr
That, too.
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If it's less than the energy used to make conventional, disposable batteries of equivalent power, it's a win. Even if it's more costly than that in energy terms, it could still be a win from a weight to power ratio standpoint.
-jcr
If this actually happens, I hope that the kid beats the living shit out of the asshole who wanted him for a lab animal.
-jcr
Every single "soak the rich" scheme that our government has ever inflicted on us has become a "loot the middle class" scheme within a few years, including the original income tax itself. If the government seized all income above $1M, it wouldn't even cover this year's deficit. Of course, they wouldn't succeed in that endeavor, for the reason that the French have just discovered: rich people aren't a stationary target for the tax man.
-jcr
I think there's a ferry from Formosa.
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The debt problem cannot be addressed without increasing taxes.
This turns out not to be the case. Read and learn.
-jcr
Piling on debt without end is what the Tea Party is all about.
What's your next guess?
The Tea Party has consistently argued for spending cuts. If you imagine that the debt can be addressed by increasing taxes, then you have no conception of the scale of the problem.
-jcr
Why address long term goals? Like the tea party and their cronies always say. Long term thinking?
Obviously you have no idea at all what the Tea Party is all about. Piling on debt without end is not long-term thinking.
-jcr
Thanks for showing us that there are some people whom we should just leave under the rubble. What a thoughtful and helpful contribution to the discussion at hand.
-jcr
this can't be dismissed just because simple physics says that it has no mechanical advantage.
Actually, that's exactly why it can be dismissed. It's nonsense.
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It shouldn't be necessary to have headphones on to be able to concentrate. I need an office. Two-up is fine if there's enough space, but the HP/Intel cube farm style or even worse, open-plan offices are not acceptable.
-jcr
Could something along the lines of a millimeter wave radar detect a heartbeat through rubble, or under snow after an avalanche, perhaps?
-jcr
If the dude pocketed a hundred million bucks, then it's a hundred million dollar piracy operation. This sounds to me like the standard law enforcement press release inflation gambit.
-jcr
Touch screens and light pens suck on a vertical surface. Mount the display on about a 30 degree slope, like a sheet of paper on a drafting table, and the gorilla arm problem goes away.
I like my iPad, and the iPad mini has its place, but I really want to see iOS devices that are far larger, like standard B, C, and D sheets.
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cost millions,
Billions, actually.
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