You fail to realise that the American fluid ounce is bigger than the standard Imperial fluid ounce, and both American and Imperial pints are exactly the same size.
One of the first things the officer says to Hiibel is that they've had a report of a fight/bust-up, before he even asks for ID. That doesn't make demanding ID OK, but it means that the "had no idea there had been a report of a domestic incident" argument holds little water.
Some people are just unlucky I suppose. For example, I recently visited Ireland for the weekend, leaving my car at the ferry terminal for two nights. When I got back, my battery was almost dead. I'd arrived at the ferry in broad daylight, so I hadn't left my lights on. I have no idea how the battery discharged itself in two days. I'd just driven 300 miles to get to the ferry, too, so it should have had a full charge. I had no trouble before, and have had no trouble since. No amount of care will prevent EVERY breakdown, but most breakdowns are still due to less than the proper amount. Ask any AA/RAC roadside assistance guy, and he'll tell you the majority of callouts are to people who have no spare, or some other trivial, easily remedied complaint.
I drove a Ford Probe to 280K miles and it finally died because the damn head unit blew up from the age. I changed the oil once every 9000 miles or so and only did anything more than that when something went wrong.
This is exactly my point - your oil changes are good, but repair!=service. Things should be fixed before they go wrong, not after. If "something went wrong" then you've had more breakdowns than just the head blowing, and they were caused by you not looking after your vehicle.
No, but then I keep the one that IS in it in good repair, something that cannot be guaranteed with a tyre. Most breakdowns are caused by the driver/maintainer of the vehicle not looking after it - not checking the oil and radiator regularly, not having the thing serviced except when required to pass a roadworthiness test. Some are unavoidable, and yes, a mobile 'phone will reduce stress in these instances, but for the most part a stitch in time saves nine.
Thankyou. I for one welcome the new legislation in the UK which has made simple maintenance part of the driving test. Not even maintenance really, only the ability to explain the procedure of changing a tyre (yes, it is a tyre), point out the radiator and oil caps, etc.
I'll tell you what - I'll spend the money that I would have spent on a mobile/cell phone and the associated bills ON A FRICKING SPARE TYRE!
You can't blame the stress of being stranded without a spare tyre on not having a telephone. The only thing you can blame it on is NOT HAVING A SPARE, which is just silly.
Precisely. However, while it is technically legal for a 16 year year old to watch the video, there is no legal means by which he can obtain that video. There are no provisions for parental consent in the laws covering supply to underage viewers.
I wouldn't define anything involving animals, bloodletting, or domination (beyond simple roleplay) as pornographic. Perhaps the word encompasses that to some ears, but not mine.
I wasn't knocking parental instinct, but it has to be distinguished from social pressure, and tempered with a spoonful of common sense. I'm very lucky in that both of my parents were (my mother still is, but sadly not my father) intelligent, wise/sage/SENSIBLE people. On the occasions I was caught doing something I shouldn't they expressed distaste, which, combined with the healthy respect they have instilled in me for them has been sufficient to cause me to reconsider. Sometimes I decided that they didn't know best after all, and they trusted my judgement. The result is that no matter the problem I know that my parents will always be on my side - but that doesn't always mean they will agree with me.
I'm often amazed by people who seem to think that punishing their children for every minor transgression will result in modified behaviour. I agree that it will, but only so far as their children will learn not to get caught, and to hide things. What these parents call respect is a dim shadow of the true meaning of the word, and I call it more simply "fear".
Anyway, I'm just a little but off topic now, so let me just reiterate that I respect any decision a parent makes with rational thought and their child's best interests in mind. I would never second-guess any single parenting decision, but I do disagree with certain general strategies.
Please note that I am not questioning your decision as a parent - I am not a parent, and I appreciate I will almost certainly see things differently if and when I am one. I am merely curious as to your motivation.
What exactly is it about hardcore pornography (or pornography in general) that makes you think it is unsuitable for children? Is it the nudity? What I think I mean is - can you explain rationally your aversion to allowing them to see it, or is it more a parental instinct?
The law does not require marriage before sex. It only requires that all participants are 16 or over and consenting.
and your parent can get an X rated video from the rental shop for you
Not according to the law. The law prohibits the SUPPLY of videos to those judged by the BBFC to be too young to watch them, whether you are the parent of the individual or not. If you go into a shop and ask for an 18-rated video "for your 15 year old son", the assistant serving you is obliged by law to refuse service.
...but at work we have 2 286's with their original monitors (run as terminals for tills), 2 386's with their original monitors, one in the stockroom (terminal) and one in the office, which runs the entire store stock control and EPOS system.
The only two computers to have trouble with their monitors are the two 486's in the service area. One has a dodgy power button, and the other just died a few weeks ago. Don't make 'em like they used to.
Not just distributing - the passage says "modifying OR distributing" (emphasis mine). If you modify the program, you accept the terms of the license. If you give a copy to a friend (modified or not) you accept the terms of the license.
My sister is an archaeologist, and when performing feats of geophysics she uses machines far more sensitive to the presence of metallic objects than airport metal detectors. The kinds of places these feats take place require fairly rugged footwear, too.
Saloman manufacture a range of hiking boots/cross shoes and a few of the styles have no metal in them whatsoever.
The old Acorn RISC OS (pre 3.0), as found on machines up to the A3000, allowed you to copy a directory into itself, which would result in infinite recursion until the disk was full.
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my personal experience the gay people that I've known have been (on average) more intelligent and sucessful than straight people.
I may be wrong, but I would suspect that this is skewed data. I think the skew arises from the fact that people who are more successful/intelligent/happy are more likely to be openly gay, and so the gays you know are gay are in the above average group (intelligence and successwise).
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I'm not American, though, I'm British, so my beer is far superior even to yours, oh humble Canadian.
You fail to realise that the American fluid ounce is bigger than the standard Imperial fluid ounce, and both American and Imperial pints are exactly the same size.
One of the first things the officer says to Hiibel is that they've had a report of a fight/bust-up, before he even asks for ID. That doesn't make demanding ID OK, but it means that the "had no idea there had been a report of a domestic incident" argument holds little water.
No, I mean reverse it. As in "loop" and "pool".
As this person is the equal and opposite of a kook, I propose we reverse the word kook and apply it to them.
Some people are just unlucky I suppose. For example, I recently visited Ireland for the weekend, leaving my car at the ferry terminal for two nights. When I got back, my battery was almost dead. I'd arrived at the ferry in broad daylight, so I hadn't left my lights on. I have no idea how the battery discharged itself in two days. I'd just driven 300 miles to get to the ferry, too, so it should have had a full charge. I had no trouble before, and have had no trouble since. No amount of care will prevent EVERY breakdown, but most breakdowns are still due to less than the proper amount. Ask any AA/RAC roadside assistance guy, and he'll tell you the majority of callouts are to people who have no spare, or some other trivial, easily remedied complaint.
This is exactly my point - your oil changes are good, but repair!=service. Things should be fixed before they go wrong, not after. If "something went wrong" then you've had more breakdowns than just the head blowing, and they were caused by you not looking after your vehicle.
No, but then I keep the one that IS in it in good repair, something that cannot be guaranteed with a tyre.
Most breakdowns are caused by the driver/maintainer of the vehicle not looking after it - not checking the oil and radiator regularly, not having the thing serviced except when required to pass a roadworthiness test. Some are unavoidable, and yes, a mobile 'phone will reduce stress in these instances, but for the most part a stitch in time saves nine.
Thankyou. I for one welcome the new legislation in the UK which has made simple maintenance part of the driving test.
Not even maintenance really, only the ability to explain the procedure of changing a tyre (yes, it is a tyre), point out the radiator and oil caps, etc.
You can't blame the stress of being stranded without a spare tyre on not having a telephone. The only thing you can blame it on is NOT HAVING A SPARE, which is just silly.
Precisely. However, while it is technically legal for a 16 year year old to watch the video, there is no legal means by which he can obtain that video. There are no provisions for parental consent in the laws covering supply to underage viewers.
I wasn't knocking parental instinct, but it has to be distinguished from social pressure, and tempered with a spoonful of common sense. I'm very lucky in that both of my parents were (my mother still is, but sadly not my father) intelligent, wise/sage/SENSIBLE people. On the occasions I was caught doing something I shouldn't they expressed distaste, which, combined with the healthy respect they have instilled in me for them has been sufficient to cause me to reconsider. Sometimes I decided that they didn't know best after all, and they trusted my judgement. The result is that no matter the problem I know that my parents will always be on my side - but that doesn't always mean they will agree with me.
I'm often amazed by people who seem to think that punishing their children for every minor transgression will result in modified behaviour. I agree that it will, but only so far as their children will learn not to get caught, and to hide things. What these parents call respect is a dim shadow of the true meaning of the word, and I call it more simply "fear".
Anyway, I'm just a little but off topic now, so let me just reiterate that I respect any decision a parent makes with rational thought and their child's best interests in mind. I would never second-guess any single parenting decision, but I do disagree with certain general strategies.
Please note that I am not questioning your decision as a parent - I am not a parent, and I appreciate I will almost certainly see things differently if and when I am one. I am merely curious as to your motivation. What exactly is it about hardcore pornography (or pornography in general) that makes you think it is unsuitable for children? Is it the nudity? What I think I mean is - can you explain rationally your aversion to allowing them to see it, or is it more a parental instinct?
The law does not require marriage before sex. It only requires that all participants are 16 or over and consenting.
If you had, you wouldn't remember.
The only two computers to have trouble with their monitors are the two 486's in the service area. One has a dodgy power button, and the other just died a few weeks ago. Don't make 'em like they used to.
Well, they could perform the experiment in a pool rather than a lake.
The parent said "you accept the license ONLY by redistributing" [empahasis mine]. That is not the ONLY way to accept the license.
Not just distributing - the passage says "modifying OR distributing" (emphasis mine).
If you modify the program, you accept the terms of the license. If you give a copy to a friend (modified or not) you accept the terms of the license.
My sister is an archaeologist, and when performing feats of geophysics she uses machines far more sensitive to the presence of metallic objects than airport metal detectors. The kinds of places these feats take place require fairly rugged footwear, too. Saloman manufacture a range of hiking boots/cross shoes and a few of the styles have no metal in them whatsoever.
Or, they could have just used the same stone each time.
No, that's Arthur Dent's local council's customer notice area. The light was gone. So were the stairs.
The old Acorn RISC OS (pre 3.0), as found on machines up to the A3000, allowed you to copy a directory into itself, which would result in infinite recursion until the disk was full.
I may be wrong, but I would suspect that this is skewed data. I think the skew arises from the fact that people who are more successful/intelligent/happy are more likely to be openly gay, and so the gays you know are gay are in the above average group (intelligence and successwise).
Very silent, eh? Does that mean they actually make everything else in the room quieter too?