You know, the churches really should be taxed too. Not as a matter of principle, but because about 99.99% of the churches I've been too are breaking the IRS rules that let them be tax exempt.
Since my father is a minister, I've been to alot of churches, and its sorta become a habit of mine to really go out in force during election season just to hear what the churches are saying
During the Clinton/Dole election, the ministers would rip apart Clinton and extol the virtues of Dole, from the pulpit! The same thing happened with Bush Jr./Gore, only moreso because Bush Jr. was BORN AGAIN, so they went on twice as long about how great he was. The thing is I KNOW these ministers are aware of the ban on politics in houses of worship. They just assume that their congregation wouldn't turn them in, and since nothing is recorded in print or audio/video its just a he said/church said debate if these things are brought before the IRS.
Listen pure capitalism is no better than pure socialism. There has to be a balance between the two because many human beings are unethical (see: Worldcom, Enron for capitalism, and the way communist countries seem to innevitably become dictatorships, ideally socialism is pure democracy)
There has to be SOME government checks on capitalism or the the little people get screwed. Outsourcing of highly skilled jobs needs to be checked because once our low-paying manufacturing jobs are gone, and our high-paying skilled jobs are gone there is almost nothing left!
Now in terms of the whole economy, outsourcing in moderation is fine, but its when mass-migration of jobs occurs that a check needs to made. Otherwise the economy could very well crumble
It goes even further than that, since in states with strict liability, for certain types of dogs (and other dangerous things) no disclaimer is enough. If that dog bites someone, your ass is grass, and probably the person's ass who sold that dog to you too.
I wouldn't be suprised if strict liability could be applied to some software defects as well. Makeing insurance a pretty big necessity.
Michigan had a Republican governor before Granholm, and the state always went to the Democratic candidate.
States can vary widely on which parties control the state government and which control the federal.
Secret Service agents don't usually remain so for very long if they're going around telling people about thier line of work.
Huh, why not? The Secret Service isn't like the CIA or the NSA, it is more akin to the FBI. They are the law enforcement branch of the Treasury Department, no secret agents. So despite having the name Secret Service, the work of most SS agents isn't very secret.
Industry does not make it easy to retrieve my CD key electronically (except a few) when I register.
This is actually what I'm grateful to Bioware for. I lost my instruction book, which had the key in it, and thought I was screwed. So I went to Bioware's site to see how I could get a new one, and low and behold, the thing was stored in my registration data.
This is something all companies should do. Microsoft wanted me to pay $10 to get a new key for VC++ 6. Now that isn't alot, but come on, it doesn't cost them even a fraction of a percent of that to just give me a new code. I can understand charging something to replace media, but for a software generated cd-key it is ludicrous!
Depends on where you are. For example, here in the suburbs of DC, you'll generally get offered a number of different plans, some of which are capped, others of which aren't. I'm on ulimited local calling. Inside the city, though, as with most large cities, they are likely to cap local calling...just in case you're actually a business or something.
Yeah, I'm sure it depends on where you are. I assumed it was pretty prevalent since everywhere I've lived in Michigan has had this cap. UP, upper-LP, and south of Detroit.
2. My local carrier says I can have unlimited time on the phone for a flat rate so I don't monitor the usage.
That isn't really true (at least in my area)
While you don't generally think about local calls costing you more than a flat rate, you might want to look a little closer at your bill. It probably says you are on something like a 'Call 400' plan (the standard unless you ask for a different on around here) which means that you get 400 local calls per month at a flat rate, but each additional call costs you a small fee.
IANAL but from what I learned in my contract law courses in college, if the TOS and AUP are considered a part of the contract, then it is a breach of contract for them to change them without due consideration to you.
Consideration between parties is one of the things that makes a contract enforcable. For example if an ISP gave you a contract that said "We will give you 1.5mbps unlimited access service" and you both signed it, that isn't a contract since you offered no consideration to the ISP. The contract "We agree to give you X service, you agree to give us X money" is enforcable since each party provided consideration, service on there part and money on your part.
Now for parties to change a contract, even if they both agree to the change, there must be additional consideration (when there is not, it is really abandonment of the old contract and creation of a new one.) So for the ISP to change the contract they must provide additional consideration (maybe an increase in you bandwidth cap, or a lower price) for it to be enforcable.
Now that is if the TOS and AUP are considered part of the contract, if a court found they weren't then you are SOL.
In summary a contract cannot say either party can change the contract at any time, and such a contract would be voidable by either party.
Hehe, that reminds me of this guy in college who loved doing Magic Mushrooms. He would not do Acid however because he didn't want to put 'chemicals' in his body...
I smacked him over the head and said "What the hell do you think EVERYTHING is made of, including the psilocybin(sp?) in those mushrooms"
If I remember correctly from my Business Law courses, it doesn't matter if the warranty has expired. They never fixed the problem satisfactorily and therefore are still legally obligated to send you a working product.
Now once you have a working TiVo, they may be able to say to hell with you, but until then they are still bound by the original warranty, no matter how much time has passed.
Unfortunately, things arn't so cut and dried. Just because a group holds a controlling interest in a company does not mean that they can say 'suck it' to minority shareholders. Minority shareholders have rights, and there are lots of lawsuits out there where the minority shareholders sue to have their way (essentially if they can show that the people in control of the company arn't acting in the best interest of all the shareholders they can have the courts intervene.) I can imagine Microsoft buying up a sizable stake in Google, and miring them in lawsuits using their $40 billion in cash... Of course that could just be my prejudece against MS talking.
Antimatter reactors are no where near feasible in the forseeable future, because we essentially have to make all our antimatter. If I recall the antimatter that all the physics labs in the world wouldn't even let you power a lightbulb (I could be wrong, can't find a ref for where I read that)
Anyways, without large quantities of antimatter, using it as a source of enery is out of the question.
Hydrogen on the other had, is the most abundant thing in the universe.
Umm, sorry but that doesn't make any sense to me. A particle can't have a temperature can it? I was under the impression that temperature was a measure of the average kinetic energy of a system, the individual particles of a system don't have a temperature.
Of course I took one college physics class so it is a good possibility I am wrong.
Yes, I've bought things from eBay. I've learned my lession quickly-however, and wasn't nearly as gullible as 99.999% of buyers there. I don't think it will take long until people realize that eBay's model only leads to buyers being parted from their money, and wasting loads of time to save a dollar.
Hmm, interesting. I've done ALOT of transactions on E-bay, and have yet to have a bad experience. While I know there a people who have, I don't think the statement that 99.999% of buyers are gullible is deserved, it is more like 99.999% of buyers have their transactions go flawlessly, and so see no reason to complain.
Ya know, Cobol was the first programming language I learned (23 years old here.) My first experience programming was when I was in the Business Proffesionals of America in high school, and for the yearly competition I decided to do programming. The programming language used for the competition was Cobol, C++ wasn't used until the following year. I remember it very unfondly, Cobol was a real pain to work with, almost as bad as Fortran (I remember debugging a Fortran program for 2 hours, until I found the problem was a label in the wrong column.)
I actually like the X-box controllers better than the PS2 ones for FPS games. Of course they suck for anything else. However AFAIC the worst controller design has to go to the Gamecube...shudder... I hate those things.
Ouch, I would never do this since I once worked as a cashier. I don't think your friend has any idea how much trouble that guy will be in when the register comes up $70 short.
No, no, no. You see, if we legalize them drugs will be everywhere. Do you really want to see ice cream trucks handing out pot to kids, or heroin, or coke!!!!!!!;-P
I love fixed frequency monitors. These old workstation monitors tend to be very good quality, and are nearly free. It took me nearly a month to get mine working with games of course, but both X and Windows worked beautifully right off the bat.
I'm wondering how you thought that the mini-series was MORE of a departure than the movie. As far as I could tell the mini-series stayed almost completely in-line with the book. The movie though... I shuddered every time I heard someone say 'weirding module.' That was an utterly inexcusable departure from the book. (I'll forgive the rain since they probably didn't plan any sequels)
Overall, as entertainment I'd say the movie was way better (the acting is attrocious in the mini-series) but in terms of keeping to the spirit of the book, the mini-series is on top.
The computer probably doesn't do Turing-machine type computations. You can design a machine (I think Finite State Machines have this property, but its been awile since I took Theory so I'm not sure) that can determine if two sets are of equal size, but still can't count.
This doesn't really have anything to do with the article, but I'm wondering if anyone here has ever encountered the concept of ressurection points in their college curriculum. I just took Biology and the proffesors system was that the comprehensive final added points back to the three previous exams for the coresponding questions. I really thought this was the most enlightened grading scheme I've ever seen, and I don't understand why it isn't adopted more. After all isn't the point to at least eventually learn the material. I don't see why ones grade should be punished just because you didn't quite get the hang of the material until later in the course.
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You know, the churches really should be taxed too. Not as a matter of principle, but because about 99.99% of the churches I've been too are breaking the IRS rules that let them be tax exempt.
Since my father is a minister, I've been to alot of churches, and its sorta become a habit of mine to really go out in force during election season just to hear what the churches are saying
During the Clinton/Dole election, the ministers would rip apart Clinton and extol the virtues of Dole, from the pulpit! The same thing happened with Bush Jr./Gore, only moreso because Bush Jr. was BORN AGAIN, so they went on twice as long about how great he was. The thing is I KNOW these ministers are aware of the ban on politics in houses of worship. They just assume that their congregation wouldn't turn them in, and since nothing is recorded in print or audio/video its just a he said/church said debate if these things are brought before the IRS.
*sigh* Ahh yes, the horror that is socialism.
Listen pure capitalism is no better than pure socialism. There has to be a balance between the two because many human beings are unethical (see: Worldcom, Enron for capitalism, and the way communist countries seem to innevitably become dictatorships, ideally socialism is pure democracy)
There has to be SOME government checks on capitalism or the the little people get screwed. Outsourcing of highly skilled jobs needs to be checked because once our low-paying manufacturing jobs are gone, and our high-paying skilled jobs are gone there is almost nothing left!
Now in terms of the whole economy, outsourcing in moderation is fine, but its when mass-migration of jobs occurs that a check needs to made. Otherwise the economy could very well crumble
It goes even further than that, since in states with strict liability, for certain types of dogs (and other dangerous things) no disclaimer is enough. If that dog bites someone, your ass is grass, and probably the person's ass who sold that dog to you too.
I wouldn't be suprised if strict liability could be applied to some software defects as well. Makeing insurance a pretty big necessity.
Michigan had a Republican governor before Granholm, and the state always went to the Democratic candidate. States can vary widely on which parties control the state government and which control the federal.
Secret Service agents don't usually remain so for very long if they're going around telling people about thier line of work.
Huh, why not? The Secret Service isn't like the CIA or the NSA, it is more akin to the FBI. They are the law enforcement branch of the Treasury Department, no secret agents. So despite having the name Secret Service, the work of most SS agents isn't very secret.
Industry does not make it easy to retrieve my CD key electronically (except a few) when I register.
This is actually what I'm grateful to Bioware for. I lost my instruction book, which had the key in it, and thought I was screwed. So I went to Bioware's site to see how I could get a new one, and low and behold, the thing was stored in my registration data.
This is something all companies should do. Microsoft wanted me to pay $10 to get a new key for VC++ 6. Now that isn't alot, but come on, it doesn't cost them even a fraction of a percent of that to just give me a new code. I can understand charging something to replace media, but for a software generated cd-key it is ludicrous!
Depends on where you are. For example, here in the suburbs of DC, you'll generally get offered a number of different plans, some of which are capped, others of which aren't. I'm on ulimited local calling. Inside the city, though, as with most large cities, they are likely to cap local calling...just in case you're actually a business or something.
Yeah, I'm sure it depends on where you are. I assumed it was pretty prevalent since everywhere I've lived in Michigan has had this cap. UP, upper-LP, and south of Detroit.
2. My local carrier says I can have unlimited time on the phone for a flat rate so I don't monitor the usage. That isn't really true (at least in my area) While you don't generally think about local calls costing you more than a flat rate, you might want to look a little closer at your bill. It probably says you are on something like a 'Call 400' plan (the standard unless you ask for a different on around here) which means that you get 400 local calls per month at a flat rate, but each additional call costs you a small fee.
IANAL but from what I learned in my contract law courses in college, if the TOS and AUP are considered a part of the contract, then it is a breach of contract for them to change them without due consideration to you. Consideration between parties is one of the things that makes a contract enforcable. For example if an ISP gave you a contract that said "We will give you 1.5mbps unlimited access service" and you both signed it, that isn't a contract since you offered no consideration to the ISP. The contract "We agree to give you X service, you agree to give us X money" is enforcable since each party provided consideration, service on there part and money on your part. Now for parties to change a contract, even if they both agree to the change, there must be additional consideration (when there is not, it is really abandonment of the old contract and creation of a new one.) So for the ISP to change the contract they must provide additional consideration (maybe an increase in you bandwidth cap, or a lower price) for it to be enforcable. Now that is if the TOS and AUP are considered part of the contract, if a court found they weren't then you are SOL. In summary a contract cannot say either party can change the contract at any time, and such a contract would be voidable by either party.
Hehe, that reminds me of this guy in college who loved doing Magic Mushrooms. He would not do Acid however because he didn't want to put 'chemicals' in his body... I smacked him over the head and said "What the hell do you think EVERYTHING is made of, including the psilocybin(sp?) in those mushrooms"
If I remember correctly from my Business Law courses, it doesn't matter if the warranty has expired. They never fixed the problem satisfactorily and therefore are still legally obligated to send you a working product.
Now once you have a working TiVo, they may be able to say to hell with you, but until then they are still bound by the original warranty, no matter how much time has passed.
Unfortunately, things arn't so cut and dried. Just because a group holds a controlling interest in a company does not mean that they can say 'suck it' to minority shareholders. Minority shareholders have rights, and there are lots of lawsuits out there where the minority shareholders sue to have their way (essentially if they can show that the people in control of the company arn't acting in the best interest of all the shareholders they can have the courts intervene.) I can imagine Microsoft buying up a sizable stake in Google, and miring them in lawsuits using their $40 billion in cash... Of course that could just be my prejudece against MS talking.
Double Jeopardy is not an issue at all. You have to understand that double jeopardy is only an issue in criminal cases. Civil law has no such concept.
Antimatter reactors are no where near feasible in the forseeable future, because we essentially have to make all our antimatter. If I recall the antimatter that all the physics labs in the world wouldn't even let you power a lightbulb (I could be wrong, can't find a ref for where I read that) Anyways, without large quantities of antimatter, using it as a source of enery is out of the question. Hydrogen on the other had, is the most abundant thing in the universe.
Umm, sorry but that doesn't make any sense to me. A particle can't have a temperature can it? I was under the impression that temperature was a measure of the average kinetic energy of a system, the individual particles of a system don't have a temperature. Of course I took one college physics class so it is a good possibility I am wrong.
Yes, I've bought things from eBay. I've learned my lession quickly-however, and wasn't nearly as gullible as 99.999% of buyers there. I don't think it will take long until people realize that eBay's model only leads to buyers being parted from their money, and wasting loads of time to save a dollar.
Hmm, interesting. I've done ALOT of transactions on E-bay, and have yet to have a bad experience. While I know there a people who have, I don't think the statement that 99.999% of buyers are gullible is deserved, it is more like 99.999% of buyers have their transactions go flawlessly, and so see no reason to complain.
Umm Form 1500 is for blocking unwanted sexually oriented/erotic mail, not just mail from a sender that you don't want.
Ya know, Cobol was the first programming language I learned (23 years old here.) My first experience programming was when I was in the Business Proffesionals of America in high school, and for the yearly competition I decided to do programming. The programming language used for the competition was Cobol, C++ wasn't used until the following year. I remember it very unfondly, Cobol was a real pain to work with, almost as bad as Fortran (I remember debugging a Fortran program for 2 hours, until I found the problem was a label in the wrong column.)
I actually like the X-box controllers better than the PS2 ones for FPS games. Of course they suck for anything else. However AFAIC the worst controller design has to go to the Gamecube...shudder... I hate those things.
Ouch, I would never do this since I once worked as a cashier. I don't think your friend has any idea how much trouble that guy will be in when the register comes up $70 short.
No, no, no. You see, if we legalize them drugs will be everywhere. Do you really want to see ice cream trucks handing out pot to kids, or heroin, or coke!!!!!!! ;-P
I love fixed frequency monitors. These old workstation monitors tend to be very good quality, and are nearly free. It took me nearly a month to get mine working with games of course, but both X and Windows worked beautifully right off the bat.
I'm wondering how you thought that the mini-series was MORE of a departure than the movie. As far as I could tell the mini-series stayed almost completely in-line with the book. The movie though... I shuddered every time I heard someone say 'weirding module.' That was an utterly inexcusable departure from the book. (I'll forgive the rain since they probably didn't plan any sequels)
Overall, as entertainment I'd say the movie was way better (the acting is attrocious in the mini-series) but in terms of keeping to the spirit of the book, the mini-series is on top.
The computer probably doesn't do Turing-machine type computations. You can design a machine (I think Finite State Machines have this property, but its been awile since I took Theory so I'm not sure) that can determine if two sets are of equal size, but still can't count.
This doesn't really have anything to do with the article, but I'm wondering if anyone here has ever encountered the concept of ressurection points in their college curriculum. I just took Biology and the proffesors system was that the comprehensive final added points back to the three previous exams for the coresponding questions. I really thought this was the most enlightened grading scheme I've ever seen, and I don't understand why it isn't adopted more. After all isn't the point to at least eventually learn the material. I don't see why ones grade should be punished just because you didn't quite get the hang of the material until later in the course.