Any committed couple desires exclusive access to each other. Your point works equally well for two men or two women.
The balance comes from always having to consider another person. The different sex helps with perspective, but it's hardly required.
Gay couples can adopt and some straight couples desire no children. Regardless, the state ahs no business deciding whether to recognize a right based on whether it will make them money.
Also LCD TVs have not even remotely kept pace with PC screen prices - they still seem to be at prices PC screens were 1-2 years ago for equivalent sizes.
I got a razr for the very reason that a bunch of other people did - it doesn't call people when it's in my pocket. The bluetooth and MP3 playback is nice, too - I can make ringtones out of my cd collection.
Even HelloWorld, as generally written, depends on a lot of code already being there - printf and the various low level io routines aren't particularly complicated, but they are a pain in the ass if you have to write them yourself.
I believe that for $75/hr, I can overlook a lot of bad code/design. Actually, I'd be happy to clean up messes for that rate (possibly more if it's really horrendous). The only real condition is that I be allowed to actually fix things, and the management can't act as though it's my fault. Naturally, we set the deadline after an initial evaluation and negotiation over the scope of the work.
Our overall murder rate is about 3 times yours, but I did mention removing drug related murders, because you can mostly avoid those by not being a dealer/user. Overall, our crime rate is slightly below yours (look it up on that link you posted). Never mind that my original post was concerning the overall level of crime - we're fairly close, and at least I have the option to arm myself and deal with a mugger or burglar. You just have to sit there and take it.
I'm not saying there is no gun crime in the UK, there is *some* gun crime everywhere on earth. last time I checked, we had way less gun crime per capita than the USA, and I'm happy with that.
How's your violent crime, then? Our gun crime isn't really all that bad - once you factor out suicides and drug dealers shooting each other (stay out of the ghetto), it's really low. You could come here and never see a gun that wasn't at a gun range.
There has been such a heavy increase in the use of knives for violent attacks that new laws have been passed giving police the power to search anyone for knives in designated areas.
If they had any sense, they'd search the guy for knives and, if he didn't have one, issue one.
The main reason for owning guns is to keep the government in line. By that reasoning, hand guns are just fine, and it wouldn't hurt to know how to use a rifle, too. I'm ok with drawing the line at automatic rifles, although semi-auto works fine for me; an aimed shot every 2 seconds at 500 yards does wonders.
The point here is that you don't have to justify owning a gun, the government has to justify banning ownership. I don't need a car, but I have a right to own one. I don't need a golf club, but I have a right to own one. I don't need a gun in day to day life, but I can buy one if I want without a license or registration.
Do you have a problem with having to get a license for it?
Yes. There's no shared resource at play, as is the case with cars, and it allows the government to keep tabs on who's got a gun, which is none of their business. I have no problem with hunting licenses, however, as there are only so many deer and other beasties in the woods (unless you're in PA).
Here is some guy that would have been penalized for something he did 40 years ago?
More to the point, this is some guy who hasn't been arrested in 25 years and has apparently been productive for the majority of that time (dunno if he got prison or for how long). This isn't really the sort of thing you have to worry about usually, although sysadmin at a brokerage is perhaps not the best place.
Talk about 2nd class citizens. Do they understand that over 2% of the population is in prison and a considerable portion of people living today have been in prison or convicted of some offense at one point or another?
Yeah, and if you get out of prison only to find that nobody wants to hire an excon for anything better than washing dishes, what would you do?
Perhaps you should read up on the topic, rather than regurgitating one bad idea or another
It's worse than that: it's a bunch of people pulling out the same bad idea and then getting all huffy when you tell them to go read a book. It's like the Creationists all over again.
Bah, why do you want this stuff anyway? You're driving, not taking a ride in your car. I've got cruise control and I don't ever use it - it just isn't useful for anything other than ruler straight roads in Kansas. The more you have your car do, the less you will be able to do, until your car is just some personal subway car (not that that's wholly bad). Ditch the jones for the cruise control and watch where you're driving.
Yeah, then half the guys won't be able to deal with the next flavor of the month language and the company will hire all new employees. But isn't that what they do now, anyway?
The government should regulate these things because the fact of the matter is some parents *don't* give a shit about their kids and the government should and tries, and to varying degrees of success, DOES, provide a safety net to children (and other exploited citizens) where their parents or their community fails them.
That's a reasonable argument, but it applies equally to movies, which aren't regulated. Therefore, if we should regulate games with laws, then so should we regulate movies. Fair is fair.
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Also LCD TVs have not even remotely kept pace with PC screen prices - they still seem to be at prices PC screens were 1-2 years ago for equivalent sizes.
Why would they? It's a different market.
Okay, who's got monopoly rights to LCDs?
I got a razr for the very reason that a bunch of other people did - it doesn't call people when it's in my pocket. The bluetooth and MP3 playback is nice, too - I can make ringtones out of my cd collection.
Even HelloWorld, as generally written, depends on a lot of code already being there - printf and the various low level io routines aren't particularly complicated, but they are a pain in the ass if you have to write them yourself.
I believe that for $75/hr, I can overlook a lot of bad code/design. Actually, I'd be happy to clean up messes for that rate (possibly more if it's really horrendous). The only real condition is that I be allowed to actually fix things, and the management can't act as though it's my fault. Naturally, we set the deadline after an initial evaluation and negotiation over the scope of the work.
Our overall murder rate is about 3 times yours, but I did mention removing drug related murders, because you can mostly avoid those by not being a dealer/user. Overall, our crime rate is slightly below yours (look it up on that link you posted). Never mind that my original post was concerning the overall level of crime - we're fairly close, and at least I have the option to arm myself and deal with a mugger or burglar. You just have to sit there and take it.
Right, because your grand-daddy's rifle is really going to help against tanks and automatic weaponry.
You mean an M1A? Those work great. In fact, tanks are highly vulnerable to infantry and really inneffective against an insurgency.
I'm not saying there is no gun crime in the UK, there is *some* gun crime everywhere on earth. last time I checked, we had way less gun crime per capita than the USA, and I'm happy with that.
How's your violent crime, then? Our gun crime isn't really all that bad - once you factor out suicides and drug dealers shooting each other (stay out of the ghetto), it's really low. You could come here and never see a gun that wasn't at a gun range.
Further, owing to their reduced mobility, tanks are vulnerable to even less sophisticated weapons wielded in sufficient supply.
You mean, like an arc welder?
The US Army does not have enough tanks to cover the contry
Apparently, they also don't have enough repair facilities to wage an invasion in Iraq - we're using them up faster than they can be fixed.
There has been such a heavy increase in the use of knives for violent attacks that new laws have been passed giving police the power to search anyone for knives in designated areas.
If they had any sense, they'd search the guy for knives and, if he didn't have one, issue one.
The main reason for owning guns is to keep the government in line. By that reasoning, hand guns are just fine, and it wouldn't hurt to know how to use a rifle, too. I'm ok with drawing the line at automatic rifles, although semi-auto works fine for me; an aimed shot every 2 seconds at 500 yards does wonders.
The point here is that you don't have to justify owning a gun, the government has to justify banning ownership. I don't need a car, but I have a right to own one. I don't need a golf club, but I have a right to own one. I don't need a gun in day to day life, but I can buy one if I want without a license or registration.
Do you have a problem with having to get a license for it?
Yes. There's no shared resource at play, as is the case with cars, and it allows the government to keep tabs on who's got a gun, which is none of their business. I have no problem with hunting licenses, however, as there are only so many deer and other beasties in the woods (unless you're in PA).
Here is some guy that would have been penalized for something he did 40 years ago?
More to the point, this is some guy who hasn't been arrested in 25 years and has apparently been productive for the majority of that time (dunno if he got prison or for how long). This isn't really the sort of thing you have to worry about usually, although sysadmin at a brokerage is perhaps not the best place.
Talk about 2nd class citizens. Do they understand that over 2% of the population is in prison and a considerable portion of people living today have been in prison or convicted of some offense at one point or another?
Yeah, and if you get out of prison only to find that nobody wants to hire an excon for anything better than washing dishes, what would you do?
Perhaps you should read up on the topic, rather than regurgitating one bad idea or another
It's worse than that: it's a bunch of people pulling out the same bad idea and then getting all huffy when you tell them to go read a book. It's like the Creationists all over again.
Let's say there is some way for me to determine if my vote was counted in a certain way.
Then you're an idiot. It isn't even worth responding to this because you obviously haven't spent any time looking into the subject.
So, basically, you stop caring about the results and conentrate on the part of the process that you enjoy. Sounds like a plan.
As for the personal subway car- what's wrong with that?
Doesn't go to the mountains. I'd still use it for commuting, though - spend some of what I save on an ipod.
Bah, why do you want this stuff anyway? You're driving, not taking a ride in your car. I've got cruise control and I don't ever use it - it just isn't useful for anything other than ruler straight roads in Kansas. The more you have your car do, the less you will be able to do, until your car is just some personal subway car (not that that's wholly bad). Ditch the jones for the cruise control and watch where you're driving.
I personally want- as a minimum- adaptive cruise control tied to a proximity alarm.
You've already got one - it's attached to your leg.
He's saying that only about 1% of the population is able to think independently and improvise.
Yeah, then half the guys won't be able to deal with the next flavor of the month language and the company will hire all new employees. But isn't that what they do now, anyway?
The government should regulate these things because the fact of the matter is some parents *don't* give a shit about their kids and the government should and tries, and to varying degrees of success, DOES, provide a safety net to children (and other exploited citizens) where their parents or their community fails them.
That's a reasonable argument, but it applies equally to movies, which aren't regulated. Therefore, if we should regulate games with laws, then so should we regulate movies. Fair is fair.