It just so happens that juries are starting to nullify the war on drugs. You can be part of the problem or part of the solution, and it's clear you're on the government's side, so fuck you.
When I see bad code, I fix it, test it to make sure I didn't break something else, and check in my changes. If the guy who wrote the bad code objects, then he's asserting that he OWNS the code in question, so made damned sure that any bugs in that code are on his plate to fix. If he doesn't fix his bugs, escalate.
Asinine shit like this is why we need to maintain our right to trial by jury. If you're ever called to serve on a jury, please remember that when you do so, you are directly exercising the people's sovereign power to determine a just verdict of the case before you. A jury has the right to return a not guilty verdict if they so choose, even though the prosecutor and the judge will lie to you and tell you otherwise. Remember, you OUTRANK the entire government when you're a jury.
This is the guy who advocated the housing bubble as a remedy for the dotcom bubble. His policy prescription is always spend more, tax more, borrow more, regulate more. He has nothing at all to offer on this subject.
It makes no difference which of the Ruling Party goons got elected. They were utterly interchangeable. If you don't believe it, look up who they got their campaign money from.
It is difficult for us to imagine this is the outcome Congress intended.
Congress intends to deliver whatever the hell their biggest campaign contributors want them to do. This is why we already have perpetual copyright in effect.
More to the point, the right to keep and bear arms isn't contingent on militia membership at all, and it never was. The second amendment doesn't even presume to grant the right. It acknowledges it as pre-existing, it cites one reason why it's important to preserve it, and specifically prohibits the federal government from infringing it.
have to love Japanese plane designers of WW2. Armor protection is for weaklings devoid of the spirit of Bushido.
More like, they decided that speed, rate of climb, and maneuverability were a greater advantage in combat than being able to absorb more enemy fire. That was the right bet for the first couple of years. When American planes were able to match their speed, it was a different ball game.
I beg to differ. I've been hired at two different companies in my career where the HR staff did an amazing job of getting an offer to me in a hurry and arranging the meetings I had to have to get those offers. Now, that's two instances over a couple of decades, but it only takes one counter-example to disprove your claim.
The last thing in the world we need is a pack of bureaucrats telling anyone how to develop their products. Maybe Dave Winer thought he was being funny, but if he's serious, he should be slapped upside the head, good and hard.
If he becomes an elected official, the Australian government will be under a great deal of pressure to issue him an official passport and place him under diplomatic immunity. Then it becomes a question of whether the UK government is willing to severely damage its relationship with a commonwealth country for the sake of doing the CIA a favor.
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The geek's faith in jury nullification is stupid.
It just so happens that juries are starting to nullify the war on drugs. You can be part of the problem or part of the solution, and it's clear you're on the government's side, so fuck you.
-jcr
You don't have to embarrass anyone. Just fix what you want to fix.
-jcr
When I see bad code, I fix it, test it to make sure I didn't break something else, and check in my changes. If the guy who wrote the bad code objects, then he's asserting that he OWNS the code in question, so made damned sure that any bugs in that code are on his plate to fix. If he doesn't fix his bugs, escalate.
-jcr
Asinine shit like this is why we need to maintain our right to trial by jury. If you're ever called to serve on a jury, please remember that when you do so, you are directly exercising the people's sovereign power to determine a just verdict of the case before you. A jury has the right to return a not guilty verdict if they so choose, even though the prosecutor and the judge will lie to you and tell you otherwise. Remember, you OUTRANK the entire government when you're a jury.
-jcr
No, a balanced budget is the last freaking thing we or any country needs.
I am stunned at the depth of your denial.
-jcr
This is the guy who advocated the housing bubble as a remedy for the dotcom bubble. His policy prescription is always spend more, tax more, borrow more, regulate more. He has nothing at all to offer on this subject.
-jcr
It makes no difference which of the Ruling Party goons got elected. They were utterly interchangeable. If you don't believe it, look up who they got their campaign money from.
-jcr
It is difficult for us to imagine this is the outcome Congress intended.
Congress intends to deliver whatever the hell their biggest campaign contributors want them to do. This is why we already have perpetual copyright in effect.
-jcr
More to the point, the right to keep and bear arms isn't contingent on militia membership at all, and it never was. The second amendment doesn't even presume to grant the right. It acknowledges it as pre-existing, it cites one reason why it's important to preserve it, and specifically prohibits the federal government from infringing it.
-jcr
Would you be so gleeful about it if your political opponents decided to publish your name and address on a list like this?
-jcr
China makes crap, yes, but that crap sells.
China makes crap, and they also make world-class products. You can get whatever quality you're willing to pay for from Chinese manufacturers.
-jcr
Don't get too smug about that belief. It's what people used to say about Japan, too.
There are a lot of people in China, and they have the same proportion of extremely smart people as any other country.
-jcr
China just builds it.
Not exactly. Final assembly is done in China. Parts are made in the USA, Japan, Korea, and many other countries.
-jcr
have to love Japanese plane designers of WW2. Armor protection is for weaklings devoid of the spirit of Bushido.
More like, they decided that speed, rate of climb, and maneuverability were a greater advantage in combat than being able to absorb more enemy fire. That was the right bet for the first couple of years. When American planes were able to match their speed, it was a different ball game.
-jcr
When he's right, he's right. C++ is crap.
-jcr
If it was a story about Lego, fine. An editorial diatribe against lego hardly qualifies as news that matters.
-jcr
it makes no sense at all for us to give away all our shit.
What gives you the idea that Go Pro belongs to you in any way?
-jcr
That valuation is way out of whack. I wouldn't cost anything close to $200M to develop an equivalent product at bring it to market.
-jcr
almost pure profit.
What's your next guess?
Apple spends billions building data centers and staffing them.
-jcr
HR is always a bunch of ass-sucking sycophants.
I beg to differ. I've been hired at two different companies in my career where the HR staff did an amazing job of getting an offer to me in a hurry and arranging the meetings I had to have to get those offers. Now, that's two instances over a couple of decades, but it only takes one counter-example to disprove your claim.
-jcr
where have you been the last thirty years or so?
Thirty?
Try a bit over two hundred. Attacks on our liberty started with the whiskey rebellion.
-jcr
"individual privacy, civil rights and civil liberties of United States persons must be — and will be — protected"
Yeah, right. This coming from the alleged constitutional law professor who signed the PATRIOT act extension.
-jcr
Ever make ten million in revenue?
-jcr
The last thing in the world we need is a pack of bureaucrats telling anyone how to develop their products. Maybe Dave Winer thought he was being funny, but if he's serious, he should be slapped upside the head, good and hard.
-jcr
Probably not, if he wins.
If he becomes an elected official, the Australian government will be under a great deal of pressure to issue him an official passport and place him under diplomatic immunity. Then it becomes a question of whether the UK government is willing to severely damage its relationship with a commonwealth country for the sake of doing the CIA a favor.
-jcr