The Constitution has been "molded" many times over.
In 1939, in the Miller case, the Supreme Court ruled that it was legal to restrict ownership of certain weapons (in this case, a sawed-off shotgun). That differs rather substantially with your interpretation of the Amendment.
By "pretty bad indicators" I meant "they show exactly the opposite" - certainly wasn't agreeing with you.
As for the Second Amendment, it is contingent on the need for a private militia to defend the nation. At the time, militias were necessary. Now, with the strongest military in the world, militias are no longer necessary - thus, the right to bear arms is no longer Constitutionally guaranteed.
We have emarked full tilt into the arena of socialism.
Oh? My health insurance is still as expensive as fuck, and my college tuitition is $36,000 a year and rising. Those are pretty bad indicators of a "socialist state" forming...
What part of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
What part of "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state" do you not understand?
People will choose the one there's content for, which will be the one trusted by the corporations putting out said content.
The inclination for the average Joe User to become a technological revolutionary sticking it to The Man seems to be overestimated quite frequently here on Slashdot...
If he's not a subscriber himself, he knows only subscribers are supposed to see it because the editors themselves have told us that's the way it is. Add CmdrTaco as a friend and track his Journal if you want to be similarily well informed.
However, life is possible far outside what is normally called the "habitable zone". Liquid water on Europa would allow life. Life may be possible on Titan's surface, or in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter. It's certainly possible to have microorganisms thriving on Mars - hell, some Earth bacteria could likely survive there.
Oh, I'm not disputing that this particular system is dead. I'm just saying that the so-called "habitable zone" is silly, because it assumes that life can only be like life on Earth.
Safety's being emphasized in this class, too - they're hacking on a closed network, agree to an honor code, and are likely very closely watched by the security expert running the course. They're being taught ethical hacking - cracking a system to demonstrate to a client the vulnerabilities.
If you're teaching, say, a criminology course, you're going to teach how to do a crime right. That doesn't mean the students are going to all run off and commit felonies - it means they're going to understand the thinking of those they're going up against.
Hey... there's a link to an article there for a reason...
Mr. Robinson, 38, who runs a small information security company......he created a nonprofit organization, the Information Security Foundation, dedicated to educating the public about information security...
Chemistry classes teach kids how to make explosive materials, physics classes teach the physics of crushing someone's head in with a bowling ball. No court would find them responsible, unless the teacher was encouraging activity.
From what the article says, he's strongly encouraging ethical behavior. Personally, I wish I had something like this in high school.
It always amuses me when discoveries like this get made. I've had arguments with people who claim Earth is unique, and those arguments have gone from "extrasolar planets can't exist" to "earth-sized planets can't exist" - and now, they'll likely go to "earth-sized planets in the habitable zone can't exist" (which is bullshit, because the habitable zone only applies to our particular ecosystem)...
Sigh... I imagine these same people will claim that it's all a big illusion when we discover an earth-like planet.
I think by "same internals" they mean "same specs." I haven't taken my Xbox apart, but the photos of the internals of Xboxes I've seen don't appear to leave much room for slimming down.
No tyrant has ever been able to oppress his countrymen while they were armed. No tyrant has ever been able to oppress his countrymen while they were armed.
False. Saddam Hussein came into power, despite a well armed populace. A well equipped army will easily defeat an armed populace - try using your 9mm handgun on an M1A2 Abrams and see how long your little rebellion lasts.
Also, one doesn't see the governments in Europe quashing rebellions amongst their unarmed populace. Even if they had rebellions to squash, the volunteer armies - made up of citizens - aren't going to crush their own populace.
The Second Amendment is even worded to be contingent on the need for a militia to protect the US. With the most powerful, most advanced army in the world, we certainly don't need militias to protect the country now.
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The Constitution has been "molded" many times over.
In 1939, in the Miller case, the Supreme Court ruled that it was legal to restrict ownership of certain weapons (in this case, a sawed-off shotgun). That differs rather substantially with your interpretation of the Amendment.
I'm failing to see the connection between my comment and your comment. There's not an AC post between the two, is there?
Where did I imply that only the government has the right to free speech?
Ah, that fun arguement.
Most of the European democracies don't like their citizens being armed, yet they have no problems with governments being overthrown by dictators.
Iraq and Afghanistan, amongst others, had plenty of weapons and still fell under control of nasty dictatorships.
Debating Tip: If you're going to use something as an example, it's generally not good to have massive amounts of counterexamples.
By "pretty bad indicators" I meant "they show exactly the opposite" - certainly wasn't agreeing with you.
As for the Second Amendment, it is contingent on the need for a private militia to defend the nation. At the time, militias were necessary. Now, with the strongest military in the world, militias are no longer necessary - thus, the right to bear arms is no longer Constitutionally guaranteed.
We have emarked full tilt into the arena of socialism.
Oh? My health insurance is still as expensive as fuck, and my college tuitition is $36,000 a year and rising. Those are pretty bad indicators of a "socialist state" forming...
What part of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
What part of "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state" do you not understand?
So, which would you choose?
People will choose the one there's content for, which will be the one trusted by the corporations putting out said content.
The inclination for the average Joe User to become a technological revolutionary sticking it to The Man seems to be overestimated quite frequently here on Slashdot...
If he's not a subscriber himself, he knows only subscribers are supposed to see it because the editors themselves have told us that's the way it is. Add CmdrTaco as a friend and track his Journal if you want to be similarily well informed.
However, life is possible far outside what is normally called the "habitable zone". Liquid water on Europa would allow life. Life may be possible on Titan's surface, or in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter. It's certainly possible to have microorganisms thriving on Mars - hell, some Earth bacteria could likely survive there.
Oh, I'm not disputing that this particular system is dead. I'm just saying that the so-called "habitable zone" is silly, because it assumes that life can only be like life on Earth.
Safety's being emphasized in this class, too - they're hacking on a closed network, agree to an honor code, and are likely very closely watched by the security expert running the course. They're being taught ethical hacking - cracking a system to demonstrate to a client the vulnerabilities.
:-p
If you're teaching, say, a criminology course, you're going to teach how to do a crime right. That doesn't mean the students are going to all run off and commit felonies - it means they're going to understand the thinking of those they're going up against.
As for the crushing of the skull - F = m * a.
Hey... there's a link to an article there for a reason...
...he created a nonprofit organization, the Information Security Foundation, dedicated to educating the public about information security...
Mr. Robinson, 38, who runs a small information security company...
Chemistry classes teach kids how to make explosive materials, physics classes teach the physics of crushing someone's head in with a bowling ball. No court would find them responsible, unless the teacher was encouraging activity.
From what the article says, he's strongly encouraging ethical behavior. Personally, I wish I had something like this in high school.
If it's their own code, yes. What these kids are being trained to do is find holes in other peoples' code, so a company can fix the insecurities.
There's a good reason people are getting paid $90,000 a year to hack into computers of big companies, despite your scepticism.
Justin isn't just a founding member, he is Nullsoft as far as im concerned. his app (winamp) is what started the whole company.
<sarcasm>Oh, okay. Tell that to the judge and everything'll be just dandy. </sarcasm>
Actually, you're subject to the laws of the country your vessel is registered in.
That's why most ships are registered in places like Panama - to take advantage of their laws.
Not if their contract with AOLTW says differently, they don't.
Have you read Nullsoft's contract with AOLTW? No. So how about shutting up about something you have no knowledge about?
Winamp 2.x is still being updated, despite 3.x being out. I personally dislike Winamp 3... so I'm glad they're still doing so.
It always amuses me when discoveries like this get made. I've had arguments with people who claim Earth is unique, and those arguments have gone from "extrasolar planets can't exist" to "earth-sized planets can't exist" - and now, they'll likely go to "earth-sized planets in the habitable zone can't exist" (which is bullshit, because the habitable zone only applies to our particular ecosystem)...
Sigh... I imagine these same people will claim that it's all a big illusion when we discover an earth-like planet.
I think by "same internals" they mean "same specs." I haven't taken my Xbox apart, but the photos of the internals of Xboxes I've seen don't appear to leave much room for slimming down.
No tyrant has ever been able to oppress his countrymen while they were armed. No tyrant has ever been able to oppress his countrymen while they were armed.
False. Saddam Hussein came into power, despite a well armed populace. A well equipped army will easily defeat an armed populace - try using your 9mm handgun on an M1A2 Abrams and see how long your little rebellion lasts.
Also, one doesn't see the governments in Europe quashing rebellions amongst their unarmed populace. Even if they had rebellions to squash, the volunteer armies - made up of citizens - aren't going to crush their own populace.
The Second Amendment is even worded to be contingent on the need for a militia to protect the US. With the most powerful, most advanced army in the world, we certainly don't need militias to protect the country now.
They're not less than an inch tall and wide, though.
Think postage stamp sized.
The 10 digits replace the entire address - number, street, city, state, and postal code all become 10 digits.
That'd be like you going to jail for taking Advil yesterday because the drug was made illegal today.
It's more like getting arrested for smoking crack you found left on the sidewalk. You know you're not supposed to do it, but you did it anyways.
Judging from the single screenshot on that page, it's not going to be a game I buy.
:-/
If there's going to be a LOTR RTS, I want epic scale - something like Shogun: Total War. Thousands of units battling it out, not 10-20 units.
Warcraft III made that same mistake.