I thought that a similar law giving a maximum volume limit on commercials was already in place - the problem being that commercials generally always play at maximum volume while regular tv programs fluctuate between high and low volume.
I believe there were and are FCC regulations to this effect, and you're exactly right about the method commercials use to get around it. It's possible that with digital, the old regulations didn't apply and the actual commercial volume is louder than the shows (though part of that is that apparently the affiliates are having trouble getting volume levels set right at all -- See Dialnorm)
I don't see the GATTACA connection here, other than a knee-jerk response to any DNA discoveries. There are easier ways to determine (with high confidence, though not certainty) whether someone has genes encoding for being tall. A measuring tape, for instance.
Not every drug user is an addict, but every drug user is willing to violate federal law of their own free will.
So has everyone who has copied that floppy. Or downloaded an unauthorized.mp3. Or brought alcohol across state lines. Or driven 70mph on the George Washington Parkway. Big deal. Willingness to violate the law is a poor distinguisher.
we've seen the health insurance companies (that do nothing to improve people's health) get a giant giveaway from Obamacare
Hey, no fair. I just got my first benefit from Obamacare. I now get to pay for OTC allergy medicine out of my after-tax salary, instead of from my pre-tax health savings account. Hail Obama!
(In other news, the chocolate ration is being increased to 25gm from 30gm.)
Recently on August 23rd this year, UNITED STATES v. HAVELOCK concluded that mailing threatening communications in violation of 18 U.S.C. 876(c), which makes it a felony to mail a communication addressed to any other person, does not apply to companies and corporations like news organizations.
The government didn't dispute Havelock's contention that only natural persons were covered by the law, so that case really isn't strong precedent on the matter.
Locally the BIAW just got slapped with a half million dollar penalty for violating campaign financing laws. They've been active in trying to get Republicans elected to the state legislature here in WA, and have shown no particular interest in complying with campaign finance law.
Of course not. You can't make the fines high enough. The potential gain if your guy wins is enormous, and if you get slapped with a huge fine, well, your organization (which was probably built ad-hoc just for the campaign) just ceases to exist. Restrictive campaign finance laws just end up rewarding cheaters.
Maybe the leadership staff are such a bunch of asshats that no one is willing to follow them?
Did anyone else read "Miss Friday's" as referring to the Heinlein heroine?
it would be easier for small companies to open if they didn't have to put in handicapped ramps or dispose of toxic waste properly, so we should get rid of those requirements too right?
If you can't see a distinction between those two, you're irretrievably brainwashed already.
AT&T wants personal privacy rights? The guys who oh-so-helpfully set up special rooms for the NSA to intercept data traffic, thus violating the personal privacy rights of everyone using their network? That AT&T? Pay attention, Ms. Morissette, for THAT is ironic.
I used to live between Philadelphia and Reading, so not that close. But unless there's another Blue Ball (which is not impossible; I think PA has 6 Springfields), I don't see any way Blue Ball could before Paradise on the way to Intercourse. Blue Ball is on the other side of Intercourse, towards Reading.
Can we get the short version? Something like stupid special effects, bad character development, poor casting and vapid, after-the-fact revisionist screen writing?
I'll give you MY short version. And it had nothing to do with the special effects or casting.
The most important thing Episodes 1-3 had to do well was the making of Darth Vader. In Episode 1, we should have seen Anikan Skywalker as he was before his corruption, with the seeds of future trouble almost completely hidden. In Episode 2, those seeds should have taken root, though only the audience and Palpatine should have been able to see it. And in Episode 3, he should have turned progressively more to the dark side, for perfectly plausible reasons, culminating in his betrayal of the Jedi.
We had almost none of that, and all of it was done badly. One minute, he's just dark-side-curious. The next, he's killing a bunch of children at Palpatine's request. And all over dreams? Please. If Skywalker wasn't smarter and tougher than that, he'd have made a terrible Darth Vader.
And the odd thing is, it's not just that Lucas can't do it. He managed a similar story of similar complexity -- the rise of Emperor Palpatine -- quite well. We see Palpatine the manipulator, and we see how he's set it up so no matter which side of any given conflict wins, he gains power. Maybe someone else handled that part.
You only think that because Ridley Scott was more successful than George Lucas when he bought up and destroyed all traces of the Blade Runner Holiday Special.
Every knows it's no actually a death ray, but they could hype it up and do a tongue and cheek promotion.
The article says the windows have some film to reduce the effect by 70%, but that wasn't enough. Perhaps they should just remove the film and make a real death ray. Or put a barbecue pit where the pool is and have environmentally friendly barbecues.
Even if it does mean that a few CEOs will have to settle for gold bathroom fixtures instead of platinum.
Or a few small companies never get a start at all, because the barriers of entry have been raised so high.
Today: Put a site. If it works for most people, fine, and those that it doesn't you'll lose as customers and they'll complain.
Tomorrow: Make sure you can use your site blindfolded with your ears plugged. If anyone with a disability can't use it, they'll sue, and you'll lose everything.
Intercourse, Paradise, and Bird In Hand are pretty close to each other, but Blue Ball is several miles further away. And in any case, Intercourse is on the way from Blue Ball to Paradise.
No, this does not "break down barriers for us all". It breaks down barriers for certain people, while putting up barriers for anyone creating web content.
The only problem with that is that texting while driving is a completely obvious risk. People do it anyways. Speeding is also an obvious risk. People do it anyways.
People take risks. Not always because they don't recognize them, but because they find the risks acceptable. You can't "educate" this out of people, but in this case "education" is usually a euphemism for "indoctrination" anyway.
Internet vigilantism, regardless of how just,will be part of the reason why further clampdowns on anonymity will happen.
So what do you suggest? That everyone take no effective action, for fear that this action will be an excuse for reprisals? You say "vigilantism" as if it's always unacceptable, but what alternative exists when authority is on the side of those doing wrong in the first place?
This does suggest a way those willing to take direct action could hurt the xxAAs efforts. DDoS attacks are just a nuisance, but theft of sensitive data drives a wedge between the xxAAs and the ISPs they need to co-operate with them.
You can use gold in place of the lead. Then if you survive the first stage where it's every man (or at least household) for himself, you're set for the primitive economy which follows.
would it be safe to have a couple of ounces in your pocket while walking around the mall?
Do you have a carry permit?
Unless you go to rougher malls than I go to, it's reasonably safe to walk around with gold (even without a firearm to go with it). Lots of people walk around malls with expensive items, including visible jewelry, and few get mugged.
I don't think I'd make a withdrawal in downtown Detroit at the machine between the bail bonds place and the payday loan company, though.
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I believe there were and are FCC regulations to this effect, and you're exactly right about the method commercials use to get around it. It's possible that with digital, the old regulations didn't apply and the actual commercial volume is louder than the shows (though part of that is that apparently the affiliates are having trouble getting volume levels set right at all -- See Dialnorm)
I don't see the GATTACA connection here, other than a knee-jerk response to any DNA discoveries. There are easier ways to determine (with high confidence, though not certainty) whether someone has genes encoding for being tall. A measuring tape, for instance.
Yeah, voluntarily. The way you "voluntarily" pay your taxes. Or the way you "voluntarily" pay the large men requesting money for "fire insurance".
So has everyone who has copied that floppy. Or downloaded an unauthorized .mp3. Or brought alcohol across state lines. Or driven 70mph on the George Washington Parkway. Big deal. Willingness to violate the law is a poor distinguisher.
They just don't want to tell you that the are some d20s involved.
Hey, no fair. I just got my first benefit from Obamacare. I now get to pay for OTC allergy medicine out of my after-tax salary, instead of from my pre-tax health savings account. Hail Obama! (In other news, the chocolate ration is being increased to 25gm from 30gm.)
The government didn't dispute Havelock's contention that only natural persons were covered by the law, so that case really isn't strong precedent on the matter.
Of course not. You can't make the fines high enough. The potential gain if your guy wins is enormous, and if you get slapped with a huge fine, well, your organization (which was probably built ad-hoc just for the campaign) just ceases to exist. Restrictive campaign finance laws just end up rewarding cheaters.
Maybe the leadership staff are such a bunch of asshats that no one is willing to follow them? Did anyone else read "Miss Friday's" as referring to the Heinlein heroine?
If you can't see a distinction between those two, you're irretrievably brainwashed already.
AT&T wants personal privacy rights? The guys who oh-so-helpfully set up special rooms for the NSA to intercept data traffic, thus violating the personal privacy rights of everyone using their network? That AT&T? Pay attention, Ms. Morissette, for THAT is ironic.
I used to live between Philadelphia and Reading, so not that close. But unless there's another Blue Ball (which is not impossible; I think PA has 6 Springfields), I don't see any way Blue Ball could before Paradise on the way to Intercourse. Blue Ball is on the other side of Intercourse, towards Reading.
I'll give you MY short version. And it had nothing to do with the special effects or casting.
The most important thing Episodes 1-3 had to do well was the making of Darth Vader. In Episode 1, we should have seen Anikan Skywalker as he was before his corruption, with the seeds of future trouble almost completely hidden. In Episode 2, those seeds should have taken root, though only the audience and Palpatine should have been able to see it. And in Episode 3, he should have turned progressively more to the dark side, for perfectly plausible reasons, culminating in his betrayal of the Jedi.
We had almost none of that, and all of it was done badly. One minute, he's just dark-side-curious. The next, he's killing a bunch of children at Palpatine's request. And all over dreams? Please. If Skywalker wasn't smarter and tougher than that, he'd have made a terrible Darth Vader.
And the odd thing is, it's not just that Lucas can't do it. He managed a similar story of similar complexity -- the rise of Emperor Palpatine -- quite well. We see Palpatine the manipulator, and we see how he's set it up so no matter which side of any given conflict wins, he gains power. Maybe someone else handled that part.
Decker shot first!
The article says the windows have some film to reduce the effect by 70%, but that wasn't enough. Perhaps they should just remove the film and make a real death ray. Or put a barbecue pit where the pool is and have environmentally friendly barbecues.
Or a few small companies never get a start at all, because the barriers of entry have been raised so high.
Today: Put a site. If it works for most people, fine, and those that it doesn't you'll lose as customers and they'll complain.
Tomorrow: Make sure you can use your site blindfolded with your ears plugged. If anyone with a disability can't use it, they'll sue, and you'll lose everything.
Intercourse, Paradise, and Bird In Hand are pretty close to each other, but Blue Ball is several miles further away. And in any case, Intercourse is on the way from Blue Ball to Paradise.
No, this does not "break down barriers for us all". It breaks down barriers for certain people, while putting up barriers for anyone creating web content.
People take risks. Not always because they don't recognize them, but because they find the risks acceptable. You can't "educate" this out of people, but in this case "education" is usually a euphemism for "indoctrination" anyway.
So what do you suggest? That everyone take no effective action, for fear that this action will be an excuse for reprisals? You say "vigilantism" as if it's always unacceptable, but what alternative exists when authority is on the side of those doing wrong in the first place?
Actually, you will. Anything over about 15mph and you'll feel the drag from anything loose.
You do realize the shorts are padded, right? And just how closely are you looking at the crotch at some guy bent over on a bike, anyway, you perv?
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This does suggest a way those willing to take direct action could hurt the xxAAs efforts. DDoS attacks are just a nuisance, but theft of sensitive data drives a wedge between the xxAAs and the ISPs they need to co-operate with them.
I see your xkcd and raise you TWO demotivators: Dreams and Get To Work.
You can use gold in place of the lead. Then if you survive the first stage where it's every man (or at least household) for himself, you're set for the primitive economy which follows.
Unless you go to rougher malls than I go to, it's reasonably safe to walk around with gold (even without a firearm to go with it). Lots of people walk around malls with expensive items, including visible jewelry, and few get mugged.
I don't think I'd make a withdrawal in downtown Detroit at the machine between the bail bonds place and the payday loan company, though.