Finally, the slats slide left and right, so for a 3.5 ft wide door it requires an additional 2ft of space inside the jamb on the left and right side for the slats to retreat into. There's no way to put two of these doors right next to eachother, they'd have to be at least 4 ft apart.
You could solve that problem if the slats were telescopic (i.e. multiple segments that fold out like a radio antennae.)
Most Child "Psychologists" never even meet real children.
This is totally untrue. I am not a child psychologist, but I do have an advanced degree in Psychology and I know many child therapists and researchers in the field and they have all met children before.
Exactly. The example they used is pretty lame. However, I would think that you could charge $1000/month for virtual reality sex and make a fortune (from Slashdot readers alone).
Its a very rare case when the police actually catch someone who has really committed a homicide. Usually, they just bring someone in for questioning and beat a confession out of them.
From the standpoint of society being better off, we probably would be better off not "investigating" homicides. We should just jail people that we know 100% did it (i.e. caught on camera, or some other real proof.)
Also, getting someone in jail to testify against someone for a more lienient sentance should be outlawed. It leads to too many cases of innocent people being fingered.
I often sit on juries, and I won't convict people unless there is real evidence against them. Most of the shit the police come up with is just bullshit. I'm not sending someone to jail just because some drug dealer said they had drugs at their house if no drugs or paraphenalia were found at their house.
was when the author started pointing out uses for such a thing (i..e home shopping and "feeling the texture" of a handbag before buying it.)
If they were trying to get me to invest in this, I don't think they would need to make much of a case as to whether its useful. They should concentrate on trying to convince me that they could actually implement this kind of technology. (which I doubt very much - how do you get holograms that you can feel?)
Yes, Apple has plenty of money to fight whatever court battles they need to fight. If you automatically lost in court just because your opponent has more money SCO would have been beaten by IBM for that reason rather than (or perhaps in addition to) the fact they had no case.
That's not true. Think about it for a second. If you have a bunch of tickets, your insurance is much higher. IF you have a teen child who drives, its much higher.
Plus, you often will be using your insurance if you rent a car, etc.
Are you kidding? When everyone who wants a CD has it (i.e. more copies have been sold), then the CD becomes available at used record stores, etc. and the price goes down on the new CD. That's why I can buy Boston's first album for $6, but other CDs where there isn't a bajillion copies out there are a higher price.
It works out, by coincidence, that if you aren't hooked on cigarettes, coffee, or rap music by the time you are nineteen, there are significant odds you never will be.
Yeah, that's why I started feeding spoonfuls of coffee to my daughter when she was 3 months old.
Look, I agree with you that you should be able to return things if they don't work, if they are defective, if we didn't give you enough information before the sale to know for sure that it would meet your needs, etc. That's built into the price. However, if someone is abusing the system, then shame on them.
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Finally, the slats slide left and right, so for a 3.5 ft wide door it requires an additional 2ft of space inside the jamb on the left and right side for the slats to retreat into. There's no way to put two of these doors right next to eachother, they'd have to be at least 4 ft apart.
You could solve that problem if the slats were telescopic (i.e. multiple segments that fold out like a radio antennae.)
Most Child "Psychologists" never even meet real children.
This is totally untrue. I am not a child psychologist, but I do have an advanced degree in Psychology and I know many child therapists and researchers in the field and they have all met children before.
I sure hope there's a memory leak so that the programmer who malloc()'ed us doesn't free() us.
"Why couldn't she have been the other kind of mermaid. The kind with the fish half on the top and the lady half on the bottom."
-Fry
I think it is pretty clear that we are becoming a Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Exactly. The example they used is pretty lame. However, I would think that you could charge $1000/month for virtual reality sex and make a fortune (from Slashdot readers alone).
Its a very rare case when the police actually catch someone who has really committed a homicide. Usually, they just bring someone in for questioning and beat a confession out of them.
From the standpoint of society being better off, we probably would be better off not "investigating" homicides. We should just jail people that we know 100% did it (i.e. caught on camera, or some other real proof.)
Also, getting someone in jail to testify against someone for a more lienient sentance should be outlawed. It leads to too many cases of innocent people being fingered.
I often sit on juries, and I won't convict people unless there is real evidence against them. Most of the shit the police come up with is just bullshit. I'm not sending someone to jail just because some drug dealer said they had drugs at their house if no drugs or paraphenalia were found at their house.
No, I think they would more happy if they just shot everyone to death for our protection.
Otherwise, I completely agree with your post.
was when the author started pointing out uses for such a thing (i..e home shopping and "feeling the texture" of a handbag before buying it.)
If they were trying to get me to invest in this, I don't think they would need to make much of a case as to whether its useful. They should concentrate on trying to convince me that they could actually implement this kind of technology. (which I doubt very much - how do you get holograms that you can feel?)
The day Apple declined to buy Visicalc, they forever gave up on being a software company.
Besides, government's number one job is to be responsive to the desires of its constituents. Here's a case where they were
I have three words for you: Bread and Circuses
Yes, Apple has plenty of money to fight whatever court battles they need to fight. If you automatically lost in court just because your opponent has more money SCO would have been beaten by IBM for that reason rather than (or perhaps in addition to) the fact they had no case.
That's not true. Think about it for a second. If you have a bunch of tickets, your insurance is much higher. IF you have a teen child who drives, its much higher.
Plus, you often will be using your insurance if you rent a car, etc.
I wish I had mod points today. You are completely right that this can cut both ways!
Are you kidding? When everyone who wants a CD has it (i.e. more copies have been sold), then the CD becomes available at used record stores, etc. and the price goes down on the new CD. That's why I can buy Boston's first album for $6, but other CDs where there isn't a bajillion copies out there are a higher price.
Would Einstein have let these patents through?
Of course not. He was a patent examiner in Europe.
That's funny. I just saved a ton of money on my motorcycle insurance by switching away from Geico.
It works out, by coincidence, that if you aren't hooked on cigarettes, coffee, or rap music by the time you are nineteen, there are significant odds you never will be.
Yeah, that's why I started feeding spoonfuls of coffee to my daughter when she was 3 months old.
What you are arguing is that money is only valuable because of its artificial scarcity, which is the exact same thing the RIAA/MPAA say.
Look, I agree with you that you should be able to return things if they don't work, if they are defective, if we didn't give you enough information before the sale to know for sure that it would meet your needs, etc. That's built into the price. However, if someone is abusing the system, then shame on them.
I see. Therefore, counterfeiting is OK, sinceI would be increasing the supply of money by merely making a copy of it.
But isn't that why P2P is OK? I keep reading that it is on Slashdot!
This is America. If you steal from a store, its a crime. If a store steals from you, that's business.
Tack on a few more ways to screw the customer and it sounds like something the American Congress would pass easily.
However, they use the rebate to advertise the product at the price minus the rebate. So, how exactly is it unethical to redeam a rebate?