Priceless? I suppose. The transporter technology necessary to beam my truck out of the way of the guy that hit me from behind while I was stopped at a light probably would have been quite a pretty penny.
I always assumed that the reason for the crumple was to maximize the cost of repair ultimately necessitating the purchase of a new vehicle.
Nah, that's the reason for putting a pretty, painted conformal plastic fascia on a frigging *bumper*.
Cost to fix a 15 mph rear-end hit on a Lexus RX: thousands of dollars and hours of labor to replace the bumper, fascia, etc.
Cost to fix a 15 mph rear-end hit on my 2002 Sierra with a solid steel bumper: $80 and 10 minutes for the body shop to pull it straight, and you can't tell it's been hit otherwise. Alternately, I can stick an aftermarket bumper on there for $200, and also in about 10 minutes.
Basically the SUV was designed for people who have lots of kids but are too insecure to buy the minivan to accomodate them.
The Chevy Suburban has been in continuous production since 1934, with similar vehicles being made by GM and other manufacturers having been made at least 10 years prior. There weren't too many minivans back then.
it's the same general feeling of "my choice is better than yours" that folk who watch community theater over a TV broadcast of the same play have.
You think *that's* something? Go actually participate in community theater sometime. The real-life versions of the characters Ron & Sheila Albertson in "Waiting For Guffman" can be found in practically every community theater out there. None of them can act to save their lives, but they all think they're God's gift to the performing arts.
The fundamental problem isn't with DNA, or fingerprints, or any kind of evidence in and of itself. The problem is that you're looking at whether a jury does or doesn't have "reasonable doubt", and that doubt is entirely dependent on the common sense and critical thinking skills of the individual jurors. IMO, shows like "CSI" have effectively tampered with thousands of juries because a lot of those jurors don't have the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality, and will say "DNA is always proof of guilt 'cuz I saw it on TV!" instead of actually sifting through the possibilities like the one you've outlined.
In WoW, Rogues should be able to open a can of whoop-ass on clothies (Mages, Warlocks, Priests)
I'd agree, with one qualification - Cloak of Shadows is just silly. A rogue that gets the jump on a clothie will often stunlock him and kill him before the lock has an opportunity to get any damage at all off. On the other hand, it's quite common for a caster to surprise a rogue at range, load him up with enough spells to kill him outright, and then watch as the rogue pops CoS, then runs over and facerolls him anyway.
True - enforcing unauthorized use of a patent isn't usually practical. The parent poster was implying that use wasn't covered when it clearly is, however.
Well, the board also has a PS/2 keyboard interface, so the idea of it being a historical recreation is a bit fuzzy right off the bat. From the Replica 1's web site: "Improved video display using Parallax Propeller (works with most TV's and monitors) "
It came with several spiral bound books, my favourite being the System Reference manual. That had an assembler dump of the ROM, schematics, etc.
The IBM PC Technical Reference manual offered the same info for the original PC, although it wasn't included with the machine like Apple's manual was and had to be purchased for an additional cost. I miss those days.
Yes, actually you do. A patent (in the US, anyway) gives the holder the right to keep others from "making, using, offering for sale, or selling" whatever is covered under the patent, unless it's a patented process, in which case it's "using, offering for sale or selling throughout the United States, or importing into the United States, products made by that process".
This isn't a problem for anyone that knows their rights about the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. If someone tries to collect a debt against you that isn't legitimate, it's a simple matter to write up a letter demanding verification of the debt and send it to the collector within 30 days of receiving the initial notice. The collector then must provide proof of the debt (which they won't be able to do even if the SSN is the same), and if they continue to attempt to collect without being able to verify it, it's like free money after the lawsuit.
Providing a false SSN is *not* identity theft when it's the only fictitious information given, and I challenge you to show where someone has been prosecuted for it.
Sure they can. All they have to do is say that you're a material witness, and then you get to stay in jail until they feel like letting you out. I don't agree with it, and I think those who abuse the statute to get around Fourth Amendment protections are deserving of a bullet to the head, but the fact is that yes, if the government wants you in jail, they can put you there using this as an excuse, and there's not a judge out there with the balls to do anything about it.
Perhaps, but that doesn't change the fact that such a boycott is merely tilting at windmills. Do it if it makes you feel better or have a clearer conscience, but don't expect it to make any practical difference.
Judges exist to enforce the laws that Congress passes.
No, that's what the executive branch is for. Judges are there to interpret the law, and implicitly act as a brake on both the legislative and executive branches.
consumers are expected to buy the same DVDs multiple times as they get scratched up, left on a windowsill to warp by your nephew or chewed up by your dog, That's what consumers are expected to do.
And that's because they're consumers and not citizens. Citizens take an interest in what goes on in their society beyond the sound bite du jour, and the DMCA and absurd copyright extension laws would never have survived in the face of an active citizenry.
The bad thing is that this doesn't just apply to copyright issues, but practically everything of substance. It's a sad fact that the majority just wants their bread and circuses while caring about little else, and either lacks or refuses to use their critical thought facilities to really analyze things instead of just accepting whatever the mass media, politicians, or anyone else with an agenda tell them.
It seems that a solution that could return a correct NXDOMAIN response and suggest an alternative action would satisfy everyone's requirements.
It would, but that solution properly belongs in the browser, not the DNS server. DNS should not be doing anything other than returning NXDOMAIN. The client that received it in turn can handle it however it wants, be it through suggesting alternate pages, etc.
And it's often about covering your ass while *claiming* national security, thus preventing any kind of meaningful examination of the facts of the case.
...in a jury trial such as this the judge is the trier of law and the jury is the trier of fact.
Well, the judges would have you think that.
"In the latter case, of a combination of law and fact, it is usual for the jurors to decide the fact, and to refer the law arising on it to the decision of the judges. But this division of the subject lies with their discretion only. And if the question relate to any point of public liberty, or if it be one of those in which the judges may be suspected of bias, the jury undertake to decide both law and fact."
- Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia (1782)
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Priceless? I suppose. The transporter technology necessary to beam my truck out of the way of the guy that hit me from behind while I was stopped at a light probably would have been quite a pretty penny.
you don't want to go downhill skiing in a Star Wars stormtrooper armour
Speak for yourself!
I always assumed that the reason for the crumple was to maximize the cost of repair ultimately necessitating the purchase of a new vehicle.
Nah, that's the reason for putting a pretty, painted conformal plastic fascia on a frigging *bumper*.
Cost to fix a 15 mph rear-end hit on a Lexus RX: thousands of dollars and hours of labor to replace the bumper, fascia, etc.
Cost to fix a 15 mph rear-end hit on my 2002 Sierra with a solid steel bumper: $80 and 10 minutes for the body shop to pull it straight, and you can't tell it's been hit otherwise. Alternately, I can stick an aftermarket bumper on there for $200, and also in about 10 minutes.
Basically the SUV was designed for people who have lots of kids but are too insecure to buy the minivan to accomodate them.
The Chevy Suburban has been in continuous production since 1934, with similar vehicles being made by GM and other manufacturers having been made at least 10 years prior. There weren't too many minivans back then.
it's the same general feeling of "my choice is better than yours" that folk who watch community theater over a TV broadcast of the same play have.
You think *that's* something? Go actually participate in community theater sometime. The real-life versions of the characters Ron & Sheila Albertson in "Waiting For Guffman" can be found in practically every community theater out there. None of them can act to save their lives, but they all think they're God's gift to the performing arts.
Go a step further - read a book.
Go a step beyond that - read a book about your destination at home, and save yourself the trip.
The fundamental problem isn't with DNA, or fingerprints, or any kind of evidence in and of itself. The problem is that you're looking at whether a jury does or doesn't have "reasonable doubt", and that doubt is entirely dependent on the common sense and critical thinking skills of the individual jurors. IMO, shows like "CSI" have effectively tampered with thousands of juries because a lot of those jurors don't have the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality, and will say "DNA is always proof of guilt 'cuz I saw it on TV!" instead of actually sifting through the possibilities like the one you've outlined.
In WoW, Rogues should be able to open a can of whoop-ass on clothies (Mages, Warlocks, Priests)
I'd agree, with one qualification - Cloak of Shadows is just silly. A rogue that gets the jump on a clothie will often stunlock him and kill him before the lock has an opportunity to get any damage at all off. On the other hand, it's quite common for a caster to surprise a rogue at range, load him up with enough spells to kill him outright, and then watch as the rogue pops CoS, then runs over and facerolls him anyway.
True - enforcing unauthorized use of a patent isn't usually practical. The parent poster was implying that use wasn't covered when it clearly is, however.
I still want to get a Bell & Howell Apple II+ (with the B&H drives). Any time I find one I just can't justify their asking price.
And then after you've shown you can handle all that abuse, you get to the grand finale - having to date Kathy Griffin.
Well, the board also has a PS/2 keyboard interface, so the idea of it being a historical recreation is a bit fuzzy right off the bat. From the Replica 1's web site: "Improved video display using Parallax Propeller (works with most TV's and monitors) "
It came with several spiral bound books, my favourite being the System Reference manual. That had an assembler dump of the ROM, schematics, etc.
The IBM PC Technical Reference manual offered the same info for the original PC, although it wasn't included with the machine like Apple's manual was and had to be purchased for an additional cost. I miss those days.
Yes, actually you do. A patent (in the US, anyway) gives the holder the right to keep others from "making, using, offering for sale, or selling" whatever is covered under the patent, unless it's a patented process, in which case it's "using, offering for sale or selling throughout the United States, or importing into the United States, products made by that process".
This isn't a problem for anyone that knows their rights about the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. If someone tries to collect a debt against you that isn't legitimate, it's a simple matter to write up a letter demanding verification of the debt and send it to the collector within 30 days of receiving the initial notice. The collector then must provide proof of the debt (which they won't be able to do even if the SSN is the same), and if they continue to attempt to collect without being able to verify it, it's like free money after the lawsuit.
Providing a false SSN is *not* identity theft when it's the only fictitious information given, and I challenge you to show where someone has been prosecuted for it.
Not legally, surely.
Sure they can. All they have to do is say that you're a material witness, and then you get to stay in jail until they feel like letting you out. I don't agree with it, and I think those who abuse the statute to get around Fourth Amendment protections are deserving of a bullet to the head, but the fact is that yes, if the government wants you in jail, they can put you there using this as an excuse, and there's not a judge out there with the balls to do anything about it.
Perhaps, but that doesn't change the fact that such a boycott is merely tilting at windmills. Do it if it makes you feel better or have a clearer conscience, but don't expect it to make any practical difference.
Then why are you using this software rather than PlainEncryptionTool?
:-)
"Because it's faster than the other solution, takes up less memory, and didn't cost anything to download."
Judges exist to enforce the laws that Congress passes.
No, that's what the executive branch is for. Judges are there to interpret the law, and implicitly act as a brake on both the legislative and executive branches.
consumers are expected to buy the same DVDs multiple times as they get scratched up, left on a windowsill to warp by your nephew or chewed up by your dog, That's what consumers are expected to do.
And that's because they're consumers and not citizens. Citizens take an interest in what goes on in their society beyond the sound bite du jour, and the DMCA and absurd copyright extension laws would never have survived in the face of an active citizenry.
The bad thing is that this doesn't just apply to copyright issues, but practically everything of substance. It's a sad fact that the majority just wants their bread and circuses while caring about little else, and either lacks or refuses to use their critical thought facilities to really analyze things instead of just accepting whatever the mass media, politicians, or anyone else with an agenda tell them.
It seems that a solution that could return a correct NXDOMAIN response and suggest an alternative action would satisfy everyone's requirements.
It would, but that solution properly belongs in the browser, not the DNS server. DNS should not be doing anything other than returning NXDOMAIN. The client that received it in turn can handle it however it wants, be it through suggesting alternate pages, etc.
And it's often about covering your ass while *claiming* national security, thus preventing any kind of meaningful examination of the facts of the case.
Ooh, what a stinging rebuke from an AC!
...in a jury trial such as this the judge is the trier of law and the jury is the trier of fact.
Well, the judges would have you think that.
"In the latter case, of a combination of law and fact, it is usual for the jurors to decide the fact, and to refer the law arising on it to the decision of the judges. But this division of the subject lies with their discretion only. And if the question relate to any point of public liberty, or if it be one of those in which the judges may be suspected of bias, the jury undertake to decide both law and fact." - Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia (1782)