Even if Zimmerman was the one screaming
He followed and confronted someone for no good reason, even after having been explicitly told (by 911 operator) to stay away
Even if Zimmeriman screamed through the whole process, the killing of Trayvon is not justified.
gamestop COULD technically still re-sell the games, but players would then have to pay more to get them fully working.
Heheh, that's great.
In fact, Sony doesn't _prevent_ you from reselling your game. They just make sure it is useless to anyone who buys second-hand. You can still sell it - there is always a chance someone just wants the disk for a shiny coaster...
...we'll cultivate an entire generation of AI developers, especially those who figure out the algorithms
I look forward to seeing competitions on creating the most meaningless (to a human) essay that still gets an A. Just like the obfuscated C programming - lots of fun.
producing an entire country whose writing-skills were conditioned to game the auto-grader.
Perhaps the same company will start marketing auto essay writing tools soon. Or, if not, at least release study books and offer study courses (a-la SAT/GRE/etc.)
I just wish.....that a precedent had been set in by court instead of by settlement
Yes! I also wish to know which one will be chosen here: "The two officers,... , face discipline ranging from an oral reprimand to suspension, a department spokeswoman said yesterday."
Why do I think it will be a lot closer to the former?
By opting out from the stupid Nudeo Scan 5000s I get two great benefits.
You forget the 3rd bonus benefit: Waiting for an available TSA screener and wondering if anyone is going to abscond with your out-of-the-bag laptop on the other side.
Is it right to sexually molest every man, woman, and child and get away with it under pretext of security?
I think we all agree that it is not.
A better question is - does Congress realize that they have the authority to dismantle TSA? Or are they simply estimating the size of the additional bureaucracy to add to the TSA?
Of course, this is because by the "Obama" phase, it becomes clear just how much the "Bush" phase fucked things up. Note that simpering halfwits will attribute this to the "Obama" phase, but they're morons and normally can be safely ignored.
Obama went above and beyond of what Bush did. Bush never assassinated US citizens (that we know of at least, so never "openly" assassinated). Obama's administration also picked up the pace on drone bombings significantly, even if they did not start it. And that's just a couple of items to make you rethink your claim.
But are all the people complaining about ATT throttling them using so much due to tethering?
There should be another lawsuit that strikes tethering provisions from TOS. They should have no say on how I use the phone. They might as well disallow watching porn on the phone in the hopes that this will reduce bandwidth use.
And yes, they are not a monopoly, but rather an oligopoly with ~3 competitors who have identical prices and rules (don't think T-Mobile or Verizon allows tethering). So I really don't have any choice, do I?
Can I now be extradited to Saudi Arabia for violating Sharia Law?
Yes, but only IF United States would agree to hand you over to them. Maybe Saudi Arabia already asked for you and the request was denied
The only reason this particular piece of news is getting traction, is because UK is apparently planning to hand this guy over to US! If US asked for him and was denied, you wouldn't hear much about it.
I am appalled that America would request to extradite someone like this, but please don't forget the part UK is playing in this. If I ask you to hit someone in the face and you do it, who's more at fault here?
UK should not be handing over their citizens over such minor infraction. In fact, I thought that it was official that only significant crimes allow for extradition request to be initiated.
PS. Please do not start your post from the subject... It's irritating.
He admitted to my friend he had in fact done so. However the search had been illegal, so the case was tossed.
If there was another way to discourage illegal searches it would be used instead. There is no other way It's too bad that a guilty person was released, but the repercussions from simply allowing illegal searches would be a much worse.
And, this isn't a laser beam...it spreads...you don't have to aim it precisely
Oh, so what you are saying is that if it works, then you are going to hit the shooter and everyone else between you and the shooter? That's much better. Plus if it spreads it is likely to dissipate.
Actually, a properly deployed corner reflector will shoot it back in the general direction of the shooter... They're used on boats...
I am not doubting the general math, I am doubting one's ability to "properly deploy" something in a crowd. I assume that the reflector devices on a boat are stationary mounted, not hand-held?
and they will send the "pain ray" right back at the operator.
Oh my god, why do you think that you can use comic books as a guide to life?
First of all, only in a comic books (and in an occasional movie) can you achieve the precision to reflect something to the shooter. In reality, even if it works, it will affect someone else in the crowd.
Second, you would need to know who is shooting the pain ray at you (i.e. which policeman) and bring your device up in time and aim it correctly. Remember, there is no warning before shot, you have to see and prepare in advance.
Third, if you are in a crowd you may have difficulties carrying around a large foil pyramid without damaging it
And, finally, if you do manage to actually reflect something somewhere, you will very likely be clubbed and arrested for actively resisting arrest and assault.
Some people have no idea how to use a search engine.
And many people think that users should adjust to the product and not the other way around. If a large enough fraction of users can't get good results, then the search engine needs redesign.
WTF? Somewhere in this sentence is the assumption that anyone that may have been asked to do a breathalyzer test is obviously driving drunk. You know, if the police was that omniscient, they wouldn't really need a breathalyzer device, would they?
The radiation dosage received from the scanner is still less than what you get from the flight itself. If you are that worried about radiation, you probably don't want to be on the plane in the first place.
Ok, two things:
1. I need to get from A to B when I get on the plane. There is a perceived benefit and there is some incurred cost. Seeing how not a single one of these machines is know to have stopped a single terrorist, there is no perceived benefit to match going through the machine
2. You say that radiation dose is miniscule. TSA says that radiation dose is miniscule. Others say that due to improper calibration (how many of TSA employees are qualified to calibrate a medlical-like device?) or due to other factors the radiation received may be 10X or 100X higher than the "optimal". TSA had refused to do a health study, so even assuming I trust everyone equally, that's a 50-50 risk that TSA assertion is wrong.
Have you not heard the part about 125K settlement? Even at low probability (0.10 or 0.05) of loss, that is unacceptable to most people.
Also, do you know how much lawyers cost, per-hour? You are guaranteed to spend those 5K on lawyer fees even if you win. Might as well pay the 5K and avoid the hassle/risk.
Yeah I don't know anyone either, probably because thousands of people sued out of over three-hundred-million U.S. citizens doesn't make for a very high probability that you will personally meet someone who has been sued.
It is really not that hard, mind you./. crowd is more likely to know someone... My roommate (about 6 years ago) was threatened by RIAA for downloading a movie soundtrack. Her lawyer had advised her to settle for the default offer of (2K or 3K?). Fortunately, the internet was in her name and she was the one who downloaded the files. Otherwise it could have been ugly.
Freest country in the world... Whenever I hear Americans make that claim, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.
I fail to see your point. This was a shitty thing that someone did and they will be smacked down by ACLU. Your comment would be appropriate if this was an accepted behavior with no recourse.
Yeah, but this isn't even about that. A school isn't a court. If she'd refused to give them any information, what could they do - jail her for Contempt of Principal?
Nothing, but it is a 12-year old girl. If they had invited one of her parents (in addition to the sheriff's deputy), the parent would certainly tell them to shove it. A 12-year old girl is easy to intimidate.
I think every administrator involved should be re-purposed to janitorial duty as a more appropriate venue. I do hope ACLU includes that in their lawsuit demand.
I lost my job in the recession. I make over 150% of what I was making in 2009.
Aaah, yes, proof by lone anecdote. Well, I guess the economy is now 50% better than it was in 2009? In your world, anyway
Based on the overall statistics though, the per-job competition is now higher and the average salary for anyone who made less than $1M/year is now lower. That does not mean you can't get a better-paid job now, but it does mean that for every one of you, there are, on average, several people with no job or a lower salary.
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Even if Zimmerman was the one screaming
He followed and confronted someone for no good reason, even after having been explicitly told (by 911 operator) to stay away
Even if Zimmeriman screamed through the whole process, the killing of Trayvon is not justified.
gamestop COULD technically still re-sell the games, but players would then have to pay more to get them fully working.
Heheh, that's great.
In fact, Sony doesn't _prevent_ you from reselling your game. They just make sure it is useless to anyone who buys second-hand. You can still sell it - there is always a chance someone just wants the disk for a shiny coaster...
...we'll cultivate an entire generation of AI developers, especially those who figure out the algorithms
I look forward to seeing competitions on creating the most meaningless (to a human) essay that still gets an A. Just like the obfuscated C programming - lots of fun.
producing an entire country whose writing-skills were conditioned to game the auto-grader.
Perhaps the same company will start marketing auto essay writing tools soon. Or, if not, at least release study books and offer study courses (a-la SAT/GRE/etc.)
I just wish... ..that a precedent had been set in by court instead of by settlement
Yes! I also wish to know which one will be chosen here: "The two officers, ... , face discipline ranging from an oral reprimand to suspension, a department spokeswoman said yesterday."
Why do I think it will be a lot closer to the former?
And it only took 5 years! And it didn't invalidate similar laws in other states, either.
By opting out from the stupid Nudeo Scan 5000s I get two great benefits.
You forget the 3rd bonus benefit:
Waiting for an available TSA screener and wondering if anyone is going to abscond with your out-of-the-bag laptop on the other side.
Is it right to sexually molest every man, woman, and child and get away with it under pretext of security?
I think we all agree that it is not.
A better question is - does Congress realize that they have the authority to dismantle TSA? Or are they simply estimating the size of the additional bureaucracy to add to the TSA?
Of course, this is because by the "Obama" phase, it becomes clear just how much the "Bush" phase fucked things up. Note that simpering halfwits will attribute this to the "Obama" phase, but they're morons and normally can be safely ignored.
Obama went above and beyond of what Bush did. Bush never assassinated US citizens (that we know of at least, so never "openly" assassinated). Obama's administration also picked up the pace on drone bombings significantly, even if they did not start it. And that's just a couple of items to make you rethink your claim.
But are all the people complaining about ATT throttling them using so much due to tethering?
There should be another lawsuit that strikes tethering provisions from TOS. They should have no say on how I use the phone. They might as well disallow watching porn on the phone in the hopes that this will reduce bandwidth use.
And yes, they are not a monopoly, but rather an oligopoly with ~3 competitors who have identical prices and rules (don't think T-Mobile or Verizon allows tethering). So I really don't have any choice, do I?
Can I now be extradited to Saudi Arabia for violating Sharia Law?
Yes, but only IF United States would agree to hand you over to them. Maybe Saudi Arabia already asked for you and the request was denied
The only reason this particular piece of news is getting traction, is because UK is apparently planning to hand this guy over to US! If US asked for him and was denied, you wouldn't hear much about it.
Dear America ... Fuck You.
I am appalled that America would request to extradite someone like this, but please don't forget the part UK is playing in this. If I ask you to hit someone in the face and you do it, who's more at fault here?
UK should not be handing over their citizens over such minor infraction. In fact, I thought that it was official that only significant crimes allow for extradition request to be initiated.
PS. Please do not start your post from the subject... It's irritating.
He admitted to my friend he had in fact done so. However the search had been illegal, so the case was tossed.
If there was another way to discourage illegal searches it would be used instead. There is no other way
It's too bad that a guilty person was released, but the repercussions from simply allowing illegal searches would be a much worse.
And, this isn't a laser beam...it spreads...you don't have to aim it precisely
Oh, so what you are saying is that if it works, then you are going to hit the shooter and everyone else between you and the shooter? That's much better.
Plus if it spreads it is likely to dissipate.
Actually, a properly deployed corner reflector will shoot it back in the general direction of the shooter... They're used on boats...
I am not doubting the general math, I am doubting one's ability to "properly deploy" something in a crowd. I assume that the reflector devices on a boat are stationary mounted, not hand-held?
and they will send the "pain ray" right back at the operator.
Oh my god, why do you think that you can use comic books as a guide to life?
First of all, only in a comic books (and in an occasional movie) can you achieve the precision to reflect something to the shooter. In reality, even if it works, it will affect someone else in the crowd.
Second, you would need to know who is shooting the pain ray at you (i.e. which policeman) and bring your device up in time and aim it correctly. Remember, there is no warning before shot, you have to see and prepare in advance.
Third, if you are in a crowd you may have difficulties carrying around a large foil pyramid without damaging it
And, finally, if you do manage to actually reflect something somewhere, you will very likely be clubbed and arrested for actively resisting arrest and assault.
Some people have no idea how to use a search engine.
And many people think that users should adjust to the product and not the other way around. If a large enough fraction of users can't get good results, then the search engine needs redesign.
From the original post, emphasis mine:
My bad
Or just not drive drunk in the first place.
WTF? Somewhere in this sentence is the assumption that anyone that may have been asked to do a breathalyzer test is obviously driving drunk. You know, if the police was that omniscient, they wouldn't really need a breathalyzer device, would they?
The radiation dosage received from the scanner is still less than what you get from the flight itself. If you are that worried about radiation, you probably don't want to be on the plane in the first place.
Ok, two things:
1. I need to get from A to B when I get on the plane. There is a perceived benefit and there is some incurred cost. Seeing how not a single one of these machines is know to have stopped a single terrorist, there is no perceived benefit to match going through the machine
2. You say that radiation dose is miniscule. TSA says that radiation dose is miniscule. Others say that due to improper calibration (how many of TSA employees are qualified to calibrate a medlical-like device?) or due to other factors the radiation received may be 10X or 100X higher than the "optimal". TSA had refused to do a health study, so even assuming I trust everyone equally, that's a 50-50 risk that TSA assertion is wrong.
Fight it. Take them to court.
Have you not heard the part about 125K settlement? Even at low probability (0.10 or 0.05) of loss, that is unacceptable to most people.
Also, do you know how much lawyers cost, per-hour? You are guaranteed to spend those 5K on lawyer fees even if you win. Might as well pay the 5K and avoid the hassle/risk.
Yeah I don't know anyone either, probably because thousands of people sued out of over three-hundred-million U.S. citizens doesn't make for a very high probability that you will personally meet someone who has been sued.
It is really not that hard, mind you. /. crowd is more likely to know someone... My roommate (about 6 years ago) was threatened by RIAA for downloading a movie soundtrack. Her lawyer had advised her to settle for the default offer of (2K or 3K?). Fortunately, the internet was in her name and she was the one who downloaded the files. Otherwise it could have been ugly.
Freest country in the world... Whenever I hear Americans make that claim, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.
I fail to see your point. This was a shitty thing that someone did and they will be smacked down by ACLU. Your comment would be appropriate if this was an accepted behavior with no recourse.
Yeah, but this isn't even about that. A school isn't a court. If she'd refused to give them any information, what could they do - jail her for Contempt of Principal?
Nothing, but it is a 12-year old girl. If they had invited one of her parents (in addition to the sheriff's deputy), the parent would certainly tell them to shove it. A 12-year old girl is easy to intimidate.
I think every administrator involved should be re-purposed to janitorial duty as a more appropriate venue. I do hope ACLU includes that in their lawsuit demand.
I lost my job in the recession. I make over 150% of what I was making in 2009.
Aaah, yes, proof by lone anecdote. Well, I guess the economy is now 50% better than it was in 2009? In your world, anyway
Based on the overall statistics though, the per-job competition is now higher and the average salary for anyone who made less than $1M/year is now lower. That does not mean you can't get a better-paid job now, but it does mean that for every one of you, there are, on average, several people with no job or a lower salary.