You have a right to use reasonable force to defend yourself or others from harm. You do not have a right to use force to defend your property.
Well, that depends on your locality. Here in Florida, the law states:
"the person is justified in the use of deadly force only if he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony." (Fl. Statutes 776.012), emphasis mine
"Forcible felony" is defined as:
"treason; murder; manslaughter; sexual battery; carjacking; home-invasion robbery; robbery; burglary; arson; kidnapping; aggravated assault; aggravated battery; aggravated stalking; aircraft piracy; unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or bomb; and any other felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any individual." (Fl. Statutes 776.08)
I'm not a lawyer, and this isn't legal advice by any means, but I'm quite sure that mugging falls under the category of "robbery" and/or "aggravated assault", and as such would likely be met with unpleasant consequences should it happen to me.
Different states will obviously have different laws, but Florida at least is not particularly mugger-friendly, especially in light of the fact that it is has a "shall-issue" policy regarding concealed carry permits.
The weak job situation for most programmers is not due to offshoring, but rather to simply a lack of jobs
Certainly we don't need any more software people at my current job - out of 14 positions, three are filled by Americans (two of us with more than five years there), and the remainder are Sri Lankan, Pakistani, or Indian H1-Bs. I personally have interviewed several American candidates that were more than suitable for the open positions, only to have my recommendations ignored and more H1-Bs brought on. I don't suppose the fact that our CEO is also Sri Lankan with a good friend who runs an employment agency in Sri Lanka has anything to do with it, though...
Also, if we assume no government intervention in our capitalist paradise, there would be no corporations either. Corporations are a government-granted fiction that more or less allows the owners of a company to avoid responsibility for that company's actions while still being able to profit from them. For those that continue to say "we shouldn't have any governmental intervention", I say great, but that's not what the dyed-in-the-wool capitalists are actually advocating - they want to eat their cake and have it too. If you're not going to have any governmental involvement, then let's take away the corporate veil, tax incentives, shelters in the form of holding companies, etc. and see how things go from there. Make a company subject to the same rules and penalties that an individual must live under, and things all of a sudden get a lot more interesting.
I see your point, but let's not forget that all corporations exist at the pleasure of the government to begin with - a corporation is nothing more than a government-created entity that exists largely to allow its owners to avoid personal responsibility in the event of legal action. If the government can issue a charter for a corporation to exist, then it certainly should be able to revoke that charter or otherwise impose sanctions when the corporation behaves in a manner inconsistent with the general welfare of the citizenry.
I feel that a more ideal solution would be if the carmanufacturers could agree on one common interface to use
The OBD-II interface actually is an industry standard that everyone agreed on - the problems arise because the standard allows for manufacturer-specific codes for stuff not explicitly covered in the general spec. Having some means of specifying the maker-specific stuff is necessary, since not all cars are the same and making the basic standard conform to everything it might encounter would make it rather large and unwieldy. That said, I think the maker-specific stuff should be documented.
Then one simply replies that there is not enough known about the outer solar system to definitively say that astrological predictions carry any pretense of accuracy, since there are possibly all kinds of large objects still lurking out there that could be futzing with things. If Sedna was skewing results, we should see more accurate astrological predictions from here on out, but somehow I don't think the astrologists' batting average will improve significantly.
My personal favorite retort regarding astrology is to note that the obstetrician exerts more gravitational influence on a child at birth than do any of the planets.
Or put more simply, if the common center of mass lies within the larger body, than the smaller object is a moon of the larger. This always seemed to me to be a more reasonable and consistent definition than some arbitrary comparison of size.
Outsourcing would stop if american corporations had souls
Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen. I'd be happy if American corporations were simply held accountable to anyone - it's become painfully obvious over the last few years that corps. can pretty much do whatever they want without fear of punishment. Methinks the threat of having their charters revoked for certain offenses would go a long ways towards getting these rogues in line.
Case in point - Disney. How can a board keep a CEO that has been rebuked so soundly, in complete defiance of the shareholders' wishes, and so deliberately misrepresent the message those shareholders sent? When you can't even compel the BoD of a corp to abide by the owners' wishes, it's time for something to change.
Personally, I don't know why this is surprising. Anything a 16-year old can master is not a terribly skilled profession.
That's about the most ignorant thing I've read today - the level of skill required for a job does not always correlate with the level of pay. Go talk to any airline pilot that doesn't work for one of the majors and see what they make. In addition, there are a lot of 16-year olds out there that are substantially more capable than people twice their age - I suppose you're as skilled a pianist as 11-year old Matt Savage, or any number of equally gifted kids?
I was meaning most parts of the U.S. that I've visited, which has spanned quite a few places across the country. I've not been to Texas, so I really couldn't comment about people there.
When I was there, everyone was more than kind to me, and I don't speak a word of French, the subways weren't the most pleasant smelling place I've ever been, but no worse than New York.
Ditto. I visited Paris last year, and with the exception of the customs agent checking passports at Gare Du Nord, people were not noticeably different towards me than anywhere else I've been. Having said that, I found that people in London were noticeably friendlier than folks here in the U.S.
Same here - it would likely be cheaper for PayPal to just accept the judgement by default rather than fly a representative out to your local courthouse to fight it and possibly piss off yet another state AG. I'm not sure I'd have paid the collection agency either because I'm reasonably sure they'd have no way of verifying the debt, especially if I had could prove I had already provided the services in question and was collecting money legitimately owed me.
Or (4) - lots of people understand that class actions really don't punish the offender to any great degree, and the lawyers are the only ones that really get anything out of it.
Fines don't seem to do anything to curb bad corporate behavior - I don't think we'll see any real reform until the courts start revoking charters.
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You have a right to use reasonable force to defend yourself or others from harm. You do not have a right to use force to defend your property.
." (Fl. Statutes 776.012), emphasis mine
Well, that depends on your locality. Here in Florida, the law states:
"the person is justified in the use of deadly force only if he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony
"Forcible felony" is defined as:
"treason; murder; manslaughter; sexual battery; carjacking; home-invasion robbery; robbery; burglary; arson; kidnapping; aggravated assault; aggravated battery; aggravated stalking; aircraft piracy; unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or bomb; and any other felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any individual." (Fl. Statutes 776.08)
I'm not a lawyer, and this isn't legal advice by any means, but I'm quite sure that mugging falls under the category of "robbery" and/or "aggravated assault", and as such would likely be met with unpleasant consequences should it happen to me. Different states will obviously have different laws, but Florida at least is not particularly mugger-friendly, especially in light of the fact that it is has a "shall-issue" policy regarding concealed carry permits.
Megacorps answer only to their shareholders and executives.
Even shareholders get the short end of the stick, as evidenced by the recent situation at Disney.
The weak job situation for most programmers is not due to offshoring, but rather to simply a lack of jobs
Certainly we don't need any more software people at my current job - out of 14 positions, three are filled by Americans (two of us with more than five years there), and the remainder are Sri Lankan, Pakistani, or Indian H1-Bs. I personally have interviewed several American candidates that were more than suitable for the open positions, only to have my recommendations ignored and more H1-Bs brought on. I don't suppose the fact that our CEO is also Sri Lankan with a good friend who runs an employment agency in Sri Lanka has anything to do with it, though...
Also, if we assume no government intervention in our capitalist paradise, there would be no corporations either. Corporations are a government-granted fiction that more or less allows the owners of a company to avoid responsibility for that company's actions while still being able to profit from them. For those that continue to say "we shouldn't have any governmental intervention", I say great, but that's not what the dyed-in-the-wool capitalists are actually advocating - they want to eat their cake and have it too. If you're not going to have any governmental involvement, then let's take away the corporate veil, tax incentives, shelters in the form of holding companies, etc. and see how things go from there. Make a company subject to the same rules and penalties that an individual must live under, and things all of a sudden get a lot more interesting.
I see your point, but let's not forget that all corporations exist at the pleasure of the government to begin with - a corporation is nothing more than a government-created entity that exists largely to allow its owners to avoid personal responsibility in the event of legal action. If the government can issue a charter for a corporation to exist, then it certainly should be able to revoke that charter or otherwise impose sanctions when the corporation behaves in a manner inconsistent with the general welfare of the citizenry.
I'd give it a (Score:5, Funny) myself.
Actually it's a cut-down version of 2000, not CE.
I feel that a more ideal solution would be if the carmanufacturers could agree on one common interface to use
The OBD-II interface actually is an industry standard that everyone agreed on - the problems arise because the standard allows for manufacturer-specific codes for stuff not explicitly covered in the general spec. Having some means of specifying the maker-specific stuff is necessary, since not all cars are the same and making the basic standard conform to everything it might encounter would make it rather large and unwieldy. That said, I think the maker-specific stuff should be documented.
Then one simply replies that there is not enough known about the outer solar system to definitively say that astrological predictions carry any pretense of accuracy, since there are possibly all kinds of large objects still lurking out there that could be futzing with things. If Sedna was skewing results, we should see more accurate astrological predictions from here on out, but somehow I don't think the astrologists' batting average will improve significantly.
My personal favorite retort regarding astrology is to note that the obstetrician exerts more gravitational influence on a child at birth than do any of the planets.
Or put more simply, if the common center of mass lies within the larger body, than the smaller object is a moon of the larger. This always seemed to me to be a more reasonable and consistent definition than some arbitrary comparison of size.
Outsourcing would stop if american corporations had souls
Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen. I'd be happy if American corporations were simply held accountable to anyone - it's become painfully obvious over the last few years that corps. can pretty much do whatever they want without fear of punishment. Methinks the threat of having their charters revoked for certain offenses would go a long ways towards getting these rogues in line.
Case in point - Disney. How can a board keep a CEO that has been rebuked so soundly, in complete defiance of the shareholders' wishes, and so deliberately misrepresent the message those shareholders sent? When you can't even compel the BoD of a corp to abide by the owners' wishes, it's time for something to change.
Personally, I don't know why this is surprising. Anything a 16-year old can master is not a terribly skilled profession.
That's about the most ignorant thing I've read today - the level of skill required for a job does not always correlate with the level of pay. Go talk to any airline pilot that doesn't work for one of the majors and see what they make. In addition, there are a lot of 16-year olds out there that are substantially more capable than people twice their age - I suppose you're as skilled a pianist as 11-year old Matt Savage, or any number of equally gifted kids?
I was meaning most parts of the U.S. that I've visited, which has spanned quite a few places across the country. I've not been to Texas, so I really couldn't comment about people there.
:-)
Your point is well taken though.
When I was there, everyone was more than kind to me, and I don't speak a word of French, the subways weren't the most pleasant smelling place I've ever been, but no worse than New York.
Ditto. I visited Paris last year, and with the exception of the customs agent checking passports at Gare Du Nord, people were not noticeably different towards me than anywhere else I've been. Having said that, I found that people in London were noticeably friendlier than folks here in the U.S.
Yeah, the suit would be dependent on already having paid the collection agency.
Same here - it would likely be cheaper for PayPal to just accept the judgement by default rather than fly a representative out to your local courthouse to fight it and possibly piss off yet another state AG. I'm not sure I'd have paid the collection agency either because I'm reasonably sure they'd have no way of verifying the debt, especially if I had could prove I had already provided the services in question and was collecting money legitimately owed me.
It's already been two months since the incident - how long should we wait for EB to display any kind of corporate responsibility?
Just like Rosanna Arquette checked out Steve Guttenberg in "Amazon Women on the Moon". :-)
"I just need a major credit card and one photo ID, please..."
If you don't have a reputable dealer locally, order online.
Yeah, most sole-props have an "Investor Relations" link on their website. Dumbass.
... if you're on your own...
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I'd think mostly power consumption.
Or (4) - lots of people understand that class actions really don't punish the offender to any great degree, and the lawyers are the only ones that really get anything out of it.
Fines don't seem to do anything to curb bad corporate behavior - I don't think we'll see any real reform until the courts start revoking charters.
Yes, actually it is an '80s score. You're right - DX's are *very* distinctive unless you layer the hell out of them. :-)
(proud owner of a DX7, DX5, TX-216, and an SY-77)
The people in the pit orchestra aren't expressing themselves, they're reproducing the music on the paper to the best of their abilities.
As someone that's spent a *lot* of time in a pit orchestra, I gotta disagree.