First off, there are no such things as "stalagtites". There are only stalactites (which hang tight from the ceiling) and stalagmites (which stand mightily on the ground)
Well what do you call it when the meet in the middle, genius?!
I wonder if that phrase has lost any of its panache from everyone screaming it when Pres. Clinton attacked al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan with missiles. After all, he was only trying to draw attention away from the Lewinsky scandal!
The real problem here is paroles, saw it on the news that although he got 25 years sentence, in some cases they get out on parole after 6 years... need to start cumulating penalties like in the US so that criminals do pay their time in jail
The real objective here shouldn't be to make the criminal 'pay' his time; it should be to remove his access to children forever. Sexual predators have a very high rate of recidivism; whether this guy gets out in 6 years or 25, he will re-offend.
My notions of suitable punishment for such people isn't so much about imprisonment as about permanent removal from society. Execution is one way to accomplish this, but it's not something that most people from countries more liberal than the US will tolerate.
My suggestion is that violent (including sexual predators) and career criminals who would receive sentences of over 5 years be permanently relocated to special cities in isolated places and not be allowed to ever leave. Life would be like in most cities, except that all of your neighbours would be scumbags.
The residents would commit no more crimes against the mainstream population, which would probably experience a remarkable drop in crime. One of our biggest problems is that we keep recycling violent dirtbags back out onto the street and watch as their crimes against us perpetually increase. An objective outsider would have to call us stupid.
Yeah, because everybody should stop at a tiny bit of analysis.
Yes, let's torture a figure of speech. Deeper analysis will reveal that not only is it technically impossible, it is also practically impossible, so there will only ever be one implementation of MSOXML.
analysis on ODF and decided it shouldn't be used because it doesn't define formulae at all
It is quite easy to extend a standard to include new things, and ODF 1.1 is well under way. However, it is practically impossible to remove broken stuff from a standard, so we would be stuck with the MSOXML dog's breakfast until Microsoft abandons it in five years.
Incidentally, are you implying that you prefer MSOXML over ODF? Wow!
they will most likely merge their current standard with either OOXML or ODF
The tiniest bit of analysis will lead them to conclude that it is technically impossible to merge their format with OOXML, since OOXML is not adequately defined.
High IQ teens stop and think and realize that risks of Sex as a teenager
I suspect that a significant contributing factor to these results is the correlation between high IQ and introversion. Introverts generally want less sex and are less appealing to others for sex. As for the retards, they're generally undesirable unless they also have A.D.D.
Reminds me of a government program to get the public to use energy-efficient refrigerators in Canada. It was quite successful—people replaced their inefficient kitchen refrigerators with the new ones; however, they moved their old ones to the basement and put beer in them. The environment takes another one for the team!
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Hi-def makes it much harder to fulfill people's fantasies with real-life actors.
I think the producers who use 18-year-old girls will do just fine with this medium. The producers who use 40-year-old women with fake tits—and plots—should go out of business anyway.
the Russians did far more to defeat Hitler, at huge cost to themselves
Russia signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler and then acted defensively after being invaded by Hitler. The "huge cost to themselves" was not of their own choosing, so they get no altruism points for that; Hitler came within miles of Moscow.
I don't see how the bank should charge me for criminal activity when their machines give me $400 instead of $100.
There is a word for taking something that any reasonable person knows doesn't belong to them—"theft". Should they let you walk out the door if you reached into the teller's drawer and pulled out $300?
It is never too late for scholarly accomplishment and is encouraging to see folks go back to finish work begun many years prior
Over the 35 years, shouldn't his Ph.D. thesis have gone from ground-breaking research to undergraduate-report type stuff? Are they still going to approve his thesis? Or was his work 35 years ahead of its time?
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Well what do you call it when the meet in the middle, genius?!
In between the lines of the report, it says "make that $1-billion cheque payable to 'the MIT panel'".
It's only racism when a white person says something bad about a minority individual or group.
And if we could harness just 10% of the heat flow from the sun, we could meet energy demand 56 quadrillion times over.
On the plus side, any guy who gets married without a pre-nup *deserves* to get ripped off.
That myth was busted on MythBusters. Poo is everywhere, no matter what precautions you take. I close my lid to avoid dropping things in.
Yes. Poo is everywhere! What are ya gonna do?
I think just referencing a cartoon can save you from explaining all of this to conspiracy nuts.
I wonder if that phrase has lost any of its panache from everyone screaming it when Pres. Clinton attacked al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan with missiles. After all, he was only trying to draw attention away from the Lewinsky scandal!
It's a trap!
The real objective here shouldn't be to make the criminal 'pay' his time; it should be to remove his access to children forever. Sexual predators have a very high rate of recidivism; whether this guy gets out in 6 years or 25, he will re-offend.
My notions of suitable punishment for such people isn't so much about imprisonment as about permanent removal from society. Execution is one way to accomplish this, but it's not something that most people from countries more liberal than the US will tolerate.
My suggestion is that violent (including sexual predators) and career criminals who would receive sentences of over 5 years be permanently relocated to special cities in isolated places and not be allowed to ever leave. Life would be like in most cities, except that all of your neighbours would be scumbags.
The residents would commit no more crimes against the mainstream population, which would probably experience a remarkable drop in crime. One of our biggest problems is that we keep recycling violent dirtbags back out onto the street and watch as their crimes against us perpetually increase. An objective outsider would have to call us stupid.
Yes, let's torture a figure of speech. Deeper analysis will reveal that not only is it technically impossible, it is also practically impossible, so there will only ever be one implementation of MSOXML.
It is quite easy to extend a standard to include new things, and ODF 1.1 is well under way. However, it is practically impossible to remove broken stuff from a standard, so we would be stuck with the MSOXML dog's breakfast until Microsoft abandons it in five years.
Incidentally, are you implying that you prefer MSOXML over ODF? Wow!
The tiniest bit of analysis will lead them to conclude that it is technically impossible to merge their format with OOXML, since OOXML is not adequately defined.
I suspect that a significant contributing factor to these results is the correlation between high IQ and introversion. Introverts generally want less sex and are less appealing to others for sex. As for the retards, they're generally undesirable unless they also have A.D.D.
Do you get in trouble if you say that your product'S NOT UNIX®?
Reminds me of a government program to get the public to use energy-efficient refrigerators in Canada. It was quite successful—people replaced their inefficient kitchen refrigerators with the new ones; however, they moved their old ones to the basement and put beer in them. The environment takes another one for the team!
I think the producers who use 18-year-old girls will do just fine with this medium. The producers who use 40-year-old women with fake tits—and plots—should go out of business anyway.
Yes, but you'll have to do some special exercises first.
Russia signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler and then acted defensively after being invaded by Hitler. The "huge cost to themselves" was not of their own choosing, so they get no altruism points for that; Hitler came within miles of Moscow.
There is a word for taking something that any reasonable person knows doesn't belong to them—"theft". Should they let you walk out the door if you reached into the teller's drawer and pulled out $300?
"My dog ate my homework. I'll hand it in tomorrow."
Dude, lasers are hot. You've been had — they sent you on a snipe hunt!
Over the 35 years, shouldn't his Ph.D. thesis have gone from ground-breaking research to undergraduate-report type stuff? Are they still going to approve his thesis? Or was his work 35 years ahead of its time?
Similarly, if the cops accuse you of murder and you don't tell them where the bodies are, that proves that you are guilty.
You sue God. He doesn't show up. You win by default.