Good points. Sadly, I also suspect I won't be enjoying low-cost alternatives any time soon. I used to live in cities with excellent public transport systems, and better bicycle path support (e.g. San Francisco, Munich). The Houston sprawl has a ways to go for such support.
And even more sad (as to travelling in a different medium), my tachyon/matter transport project doesn't seem to work very well yet:) - If I add mass quantities of beer, or other alcohol-based liquids, I seem to teleport from some random spot back to my bed at home, but I haven't solved this pesky time issue (still seems to take several hours for this mysterious transport effect). Not to mention the apparent physical fatigue the process causes, headaches, nausea...
Okay, good reference. I'll just sit quietly in this here corner and mull over the statement from that page: "Entrapment, alas, has to do with leading someone into engaging in an illegal activity he or she wouldn't otherwise have been involved in."
I have only been approached by hookers, some of which may have even been officers. Can't say, since I never had the desire to go along. To me, that is solicitation initiated from their side, and thus seems to fall very close to the entrapment of the above statement.
Now, on the other hand, if the john initiates the transaction, it would be a different story, i.e. no entrapment.
Thanks again for the link. Perhaps we have someone in/. who has also dealt with this issue, maybe even as a lawyer? (yikes, did I just ask for a lawyer in/. ?)
Sadly, that isn't entrapment. Entrapment would be if the officer asked them to bring stuff from the other state, perhaps with a bribe offer.
Entrapment is a screwed up issue. It gets real confusing with those undercover hooker-officers. IMHO, they operate damn close to entrapment. So close, in fact, that by law an undercover officer is required to answer yes if asked whether they are an officer.
If they lie, it is entrapment. If not asked, it probably will not be viewed as entrapment, unless you have a real good lawyer.
er, not that I've been in such a situation, mind you... btw, are you a police officer?
Ah, to live in an area, where fresh water can be found, free of algae, leeches, cans, tires, snakes, gators, etc, and where the mean travel distance is less than 60 miles.
Although gas is cheaper than milk and water around here, and at least motorbikes are still reasonably gasoline/cost efficient, I'm really looking forward to some affordable long-range alternate fuel method.
Although I really support the idea of being anonymous for protective purposes, I don't quite understand how this product helps very much.
Sure, you don't have the logs of cash coming out of your account (credit, savings, etc), but there is cash being sent somewhere, and that somewhere has to be well-defined for the cash to get there.
Also, the product, assuming something is bought, has to go somewhere, again a well-defined location, even if it is a mail-drop.
AFAIK, all wired money transactions are logged in some fashion, and for this to be approved by the government, it would have to be as well. I still don't see how super-beneficial this gimmick might be.
Ah, those wacky French. There is a legend that their word vasistas (a little window on the roof or over a door), comes from when Napoleon's troops entered Germany and saw folks peering down from these windows screaming "Was ist das?" (what is that) at all the noise.
So any time you receive a courriel just point at it, laugh, and say "Was ist das?"
Just for clarification: the Ugate was not a wireless one. I just mentioned it since I used it heavily before I got the Linksys. I even used them together on the same home LAN, needed a bit of config tweaks, but worked well.
I've also been using a LinkSys for about 2 years. The only issues were while using VPN from my home LAN to the remote office campus. If my roommate decided to play Diablo 2 online, the router would occasionally shut down.
Another really good router was the Ugate 3000. Seemed to be more robust than the LinkSys.
...will require activation through the Dept. Homeland Security. You may achieve this through a simple https connection via any Passport server.
Please be aware that any relocation, or weight change, may require a new activation, since for homeland security purposes, your personal activation code will consist of a special combination of address, phone number, SSN, and weight.
Back in the 80's, my cousin and I played Risk all the time, and with the newly acquired knowledge from Statistics class, calculated all the odds for attacking/defending by German rules (allowing up to 3 defender dice, whereas (I think) the US rules anly allowed 2 defenders max).
We found that even 2 defenders vs. 3 attackers gives a small greater than 50% advantage to the defender (mainly due to a tie being won by the defender). 3 defenders vs. 3 attackers was a significant advantage for the defender, statistically (not taking into account sticky dice, or beer spills on the board...).
Of course, if there are more armies involved in the 'war', the statistic advantage has more chance to take effect, so the results of the article are not so surprising.
With this defensive advantage on the dice, and other rules we had to further analyze due to lack of clarification in the skimpy rule book (such as the 'move armies not involved in the fight to an adjacent country'), our strategies evolved into very defensive ones, that made our games last up to 5 hours.
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But then no one would be able to watch pr0n anymore... oh, wait, that causes blindness, too!
Just can't win...
30 years ago, maybe not (70's were all punk and disco), but how about 50 years ago? This almost smells like a global-style McCarthy scare.
Madness!
Wow, that reads very similar to a lot of the /. posts I see... but with better spelling.
Ouch, stop throwing things at me!
Good points. Sadly, I also suspect I won't be enjoying low-cost alternatives any time soon. I used to live in cities with excellent public transport systems, and better bicycle path support (e.g. San Francisco, Munich). The Houston sprawl has a ways to go for such support.
:) - If I add mass quantities of beer, or other alcohol-based liquids, I seem to teleport from some random spot back to my bed at home, but I haven't solved this pesky time issue (still seems to take several hours for this mysterious transport effect). Not to mention the apparent physical fatigue the process causes, headaches, nausea...
And even more sad (as to travelling in a different medium), my tachyon/matter transport project doesn't seem to work very well yet
Okay, good reference. I'll just sit quietly in this here corner and mull over the statement from that page: "Entrapment, alas, has to do with leading someone into engaging in an illegal activity he or she wouldn't otherwise have been involved in."
/. who has also dealt with this issue, maybe even as a lawyer? (yikes, did I just ask for a lawyer in /. ?)
I have only been approached by hookers, some of which may have even been officers. Can't say, since I never had the desire to go along. To me, that is solicitation initiated from their side, and thus seems to fall very close to the entrapment of the above statement.
Now, on the other hand, if the john initiates the transaction, it would be a different story, i.e. no entrapment.
Thanks again for the link. Perhaps we have someone in
Just don't use it to scan any products at SCO, MS, HP/Compaq, etc.
don't want to start another color flash in the terror alert network...
From the Bible (just a few of many amazing insights):
Prov 6:29 "So is he who goes in to his neighbor's SCO; none who touches her will go unpunished."
Prov 12:2 "A good BSD obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of SCO he condemns."
Prov 12:4 "A good BSD is the crown of her husband, but a SCO who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones"
Prov 19:13 "A foolish SCO is ruin to Linux, and SCO's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain"
Prov 21:9 "It is better to live in a corner of the housetop with BSD than in a house shared with a contentious SCO"
Prov 21:19 "It is better to live in a desert land with BSD than with a contentious and fretful SCO"
Are you taking the PIS? Uhm... "my PIS is full. I can't find my PIS.'
Yeah, I'm taking a PIS right now. Aaaah!
Sadly, that isn't entrapment. Entrapment would be if the officer asked them to bring stuff from the other state, perhaps with a bribe offer.
Entrapment is a screwed up issue. It gets real confusing with those undercover hooker-officers. IMHO, they operate damn close to entrapment. So close, in fact, that by law an undercover officer is required to answer yes if asked whether they are an officer.
If they lie, it is entrapment. If not asked, it probably will not be viewed as entrapment, unless you have a real good lawyer.
er, not that I've been in such a situation, mind you... btw, are you a police officer?
As long as I can find the string "mountpoint" in my registry, they have nothing to say about IP.
Yeah, but I don't enjoy mythology rap near as much.
...with emphasis on fresh, and clean :(
Ah, to live in an area, where fresh water can be found, free of algae, leeches, cans, tires, snakes, gators, etc, and where the mean travel distance is less than 60 miles.
Although gas is cheaper than milk and water around here, and at least motorbikes are still reasonably gasoline/cost efficient, I'm really looking forward to some affordable long-range alternate fuel method.
Although I really support the idea of being anonymous for protective purposes, I don't quite understand how this product helps very much.
Sure, you don't have the logs of cash coming out of your account (credit, savings, etc), but there is cash being sent somewhere, and that somewhere has to be well-defined for the cash to get there.
Also, the product, assuming something is bought, has to go somewhere, again a well-defined location, even if it is a mail-drop.
AFAIK, all wired money transactions are logged in some fashion, and for this to be approved by the government, it would have to be as well. I still don't see how super-beneficial this gimmick might be.
This consolidation will help to get all of the players closer together. This means more interactivity and increased encounters...
...and more lag!
That may be true, but that is the assembly plant, not the design lab.
Spolier - the new french word for "some posters have no clue".
Ah, those wacky French. There is a legend that their word vasistas (a little window on the roof or over a door), comes from when Napoleon's troops entered Germany and saw folks peering down from these windows screaming "Was ist das?" (what is that) at all the noise.
So any time you receive a courriel just point at it, laugh, and say "Was ist das?"
Me too, I have some Nicaraguan friends who might be interested in offering some money to transfer.
Hey, they could also transfer some leftover funds to this fellow in Africa who just needs a little bit to free up a larger amount...
..and you, yourself is placing your opinion over facts. No one is forcing anyone to read anything.
Just for clarification: the Ugate was not a wireless one. I just mentioned it since I used it heavily before I got the Linksys. I even used them together on the same home LAN, needed a bit of config tweaks, but worked well.
I've also been using a LinkSys for about 2 years. The only issues were while using VPN from my home LAN to the remote office campus. If my roommate decided to play Diablo 2 online, the router would occasionally shut down.
Another really good router was the Ugate 3000. Seemed to be more robust than the LinkSys.
Several searches such as these would be nice:
- collabarative works
- appearing characters (find which possibly unrelated books a particular character is mentioned)
- various publishers of a particular work over time
- number of editions
In order to get this info, we ought get cracking at fixing those 10000+ records....will require activation through the Dept. Homeland Security. You may achieve this through a simple https connection via any Passport server.
Please be aware that any relocation, or weight change, may require a new activation, since for homeland security purposes, your personal activation code will consist of a special combination of address, phone number, SSN, and weight.
Back in the 80's, my cousin and I played Risk all the time, and with the newly acquired knowledge from Statistics class, calculated all the odds for attacking/defending by German rules (allowing up to 3 defender dice, whereas (I think) the US rules anly allowed 2 defenders max).
We found that even 2 defenders vs. 3 attackers gives a small greater than 50% advantage to the defender (mainly due to a tie being won by the defender). 3 defenders vs. 3 attackers was a significant advantage for the defender, statistically (not taking into account sticky dice, or beer spills on the board...).
Of course, if there are more armies involved in the 'war', the statistic advantage has more chance to take effect, so the results of the article are not so surprising.
With this defensive advantage on the dice, and other rules we had to further analyze due to lack of clarification in the skimpy rule book (such as the 'move armies not involved in the fight to an adjacent country'), our strategies evolved into very defensive ones, that made our games last up to 5 hours.