Bullshit. There are many areas of law, IP in particular where you can be guilty until proven innocent, which is the straightforward way of saying: "The burden of proof rests on the defendant."
In any case, the way society (i.e. the media, which is most of what -makes- society today:/) acts towards suspects is that they are guilty. None of this innocent stuff, they're just plain guilty all of their life.
Being suspected IS an indication of guilt. If they didn't suspect you were guilty (of something, who knows what or why), they wouldn't make the effort to do something to or about you.
Innocent until proven guilty is a beautiful concept that most americans have thrown out the window because it harder to wrap their minds around imho.
A similar question might be: "Whats the use of living? After all, you're less likely to die when you're dead"
The answer to your question is: To BE there, i.e. to touch, taste, smell, hear, and feel that new and wonderous thing.
If we don't profit (in the sense that a philosopher profits from an idea) from the exploration, why bother?
Yes, I understand that we can do good science remotely, however, what is your goal? Do you want facts, or experiences? (Personally, I'm partial to both..) Facts alone don't do much to inspire.
How about all the money that the space program, can/has/will generate and make the world a richer and better place (where more people can spend money to feed/clothe/house everyone else)
Why don't we just go back to agrarian society, that way, everyone will have jobs (i.e. self-survival), food (well, as long as you work), and housing (since you built it yourself).
THINK about the consequences that are more than one cause-and-effect step away before you speak OK?
The other thing to think about is that the Saturn V could put many smaller payloads into orbit simultaneously. Just because it can lift more doesn't instantly invalidate it for the small payloads.
Unfortunately, you ae correct. They (laws) are "typically," but not -always- placed in the public domain. Many building-codes (which are laws) are copyrighted by entities outside of government.
Doesn't it make you feel warm&fuzzy to know that there are laws you cannot read outside of the county courthouse because you are not -allowed- to make a copy of the law that you can examine for yourself?
One of the problems with that viewpoint is that the ability of congress to pass unconstitutional laws far outstrips the ability of the court to declare them unconstitutional.
The other problem with the Sony Bono (etc) is that it changed the duration of copyright -retroactively-.
It doesn't matter if congress sets the limit of copyrightto N, N+1, N+2 ever year, but if such changes apply retroactively, then we -do- have effectively infinite copyright.
Unfortunately imho, it seems we are in for another peak of passage for unconstitutional laws.
I became disenchanted in school at about 6th grade because I realized that homework was (at least in the context of learning), completely irrelevant.
As a result, I had high standardized test scores, and abysmal grades.
I believe it is a pacing problem- You aren't rewarded with an accelerated (or perhaps a more rich/varied) learning experience, instead, you are forced to conform with those who are not up to the task.
The base result: Boredom, frustration, anger.
I remember getting detention in class on day in middle-school for reading (a novel) in class. Mind you, this was a class in which I had never achieved less than a 95% on a test.
Wouldn't you know it, detention was for a different sort of person- We were allowed to sit and stare, or to read a book, or do homework while in detention. I finished my novel.
I (as well it seems) hand, have a heck of a time with memorization of facts, figures and formulas. While patterns come easy to me, dates, names, etc, are nearly impossible.
This means that I can do very very poorly in a math class where they don't allow me to write down reference material, and very very well when they do.
I can see how memorization is important, however it also seems that in many cases it is stressed as being more important than the learning of the patterns. This is (unfortunately) understandable-- It is easy to test memorization and more difficult to test comprehension of patterns!
Furthermore, it has the effect of reducing the society's energy efficiency, and all sorts of other negative things- There is a disencentive to renovate- You get to pay more taxes! There is a disencentive to sell- Why? Its an incredibly safe investment, and the taxation rate is absurdly low.
Combine these two factors, and you get a lot of renters living in shitty apartments/homes that will practically never be renovated.
One of the interesting effects of this policy is that many of the smart-but-not-incredibly-lucky people here move away after a few years.
That is when you sell you now $500,000 house and move into a nice house elsewhere, or a nice apartment elsewhere.
Why is it more fair to charge people who've already been there less than the people actually doing work?
They are getting a benefit from living ina place where property value rises- that is, they can sell and make liquid the property, thus reaping the profit.
The whole -point- of property taxes is to affect these turnovers. Raising revenue for the society is a bonus effect, and shouldn't be viewed as the purpose.
Frankly, it seems to me that once you throw in quantum physics you get the "metaphysical POV" or "individual interpretations of the universe" one way or another. The idea that observation affects (note affects, not -effects-) reality is a fundamentally philosophical point, regardless of its verity, which is one of the things that makes quantum physics so fascinating.
I'd like to point out that I am -not- disagreeing with the previous post.
I don't know why the heck the above comment was modde3d insightful.. It is missing the obvious point.
If someone sold you a secondhand car that worked -despite- having the seats replaced by the previous owner, would you be angry that the car dealer no longer allowes you to drive the car?
Just because an X-Box was modded has NO BEARING WHATSOEVER on whether or not it -works-.
I wouldn't blame Microsoft for not warranting the modified Xboxes. Fine.
What is bothersome is when an otherwise perfectly working (modified or not, makes no difference) Xbox no longer works because Microsoft has DECLARED that it won't.
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Bullshit.
:/) acts towards suspects is that they are guilty. None of this innocent stuff, they're just plain guilty all of their life.
There are many areas of law, IP in particular where you can be guilty until proven innocent, which is the straightforward way of saying: "The burden of proof rests on the defendant."
In any case, the way society (i.e. the media, which is most of what -makes- society today
Being suspected IS an indication of guilt. If they didn't suspect you were guilty (of something, who knows what or why), they wouldn't make the effort to do something to or about you.
Innocent until proven guilty is a beautiful concept that most americans have thrown out the window because it harder to wrap their minds around imho.
Roflmao, Niven would be proud =)
I enjoyed the dub quite thuroughly, actually, and I've seen it both subbed and dubbed.
I actually -prefer- the dub for Spirited away, and that is a verry Verry rare thing for me.
A similar question might be: "Whats the use of living? After all, you're less likely to die when you're dead"
The answer to your question is:
To BE there, i.e. to touch, taste, smell, hear, and feel that new and wonderous thing.
If we don't profit (in the sense that a philosopher profits from an idea) from the exploration, why bother?
Yes, I understand that we can do good science remotely, however, what is your goal? Do you want facts, or experiences? (Personally, I'm partial to both..) Facts alone don't do much to inspire.
That is a very short-sighted comment.
How about all the money that the space program, can/has/will generate and make the world a richer and better place (where more people can spend money to feed/clothe/house everyone else)
Why don't we just go back to agrarian society, that way, everyone will have jobs (i.e. self-survival), food (well, as long as you work), and housing (since you built it yourself).
THINK about the consequences that are more than one cause-and-effect step away before you speak OK?
The other thing to think about is that the Saturn V could put many smaller payloads into orbit simultaneously. Just because it can lift more doesn't instantly invalidate it for the small payloads.
It is very arguable that the shuttle itself is the ruination of NASA as an interesting exploratory entity/department/whathaveyou.
THe shuttle is incredibly expensive to launch. The Saturn-V was (if I remember correctly) much cheaper, and could put up almost as much payload.
As it stands, we have a vehicle that does two jobs terribly inefficiently-
1) Putting people in space, and
2) putting payload in space.
The shuttle was originally conceived as a device to accomplish task #1, but was unfortunately subverted and became a compromise vehicle.
Unfortunately, this is one place where compromise can be a terrible thing.
As it turns out, creating seperate launch vehicles, one small one for people, and a big one for big payloads, makes a whole lot more sense.
Oh well, thats politics for you.
I just need the "why" command..
=)
Actually, SDTV doesn't use pixels at all.
You should be talking about bandwidth instead.
There are reasons other than running application-level software to use an emulator.
Application-level software users really want virtualization in most cases (Virtual PC is a different story).
Kernel-level developers really -do- want hardware emulation, even if it is slow.
You are implying that using the service up to the limits offered by the specs of the service is abuse.
I would argue that it is not abuse, it is simply fully utilizing your connection.
If it turns out that this is unacceptable, then they need to offered tiered service.
Except when the communications companies have common carrier status, which, frankly the ISPs -should- but don't have.
bizzare
And what about kernel developement?
It sure seems nice to have a development environment for kernel's in which you don't have to reboot the whole computer when you make a mistake.
Furthermore, debuging a kernel on real hardware is inherently intrusive. Doing the same on a hardware -emulator- such as Bochs is not.
I disagree. Something like this is a godsend if you are doing kernel development or other such low-level development.
Your view is too shallow. Think about more than just the "software users".
Unfortunately, you ae correct.
They (laws) are "typically," but not -always- placed in the public domain. Many building-codes (which are laws) are copyrighted by entities outside of government.
Doesn't it make you feel warm&fuzzy to know that there are laws you cannot read outside of the county courthouse because you are not -allowed- to make a copy of the law that you can examine for yourself?
One of the problems with that viewpoint is that the ability of congress to pass unconstitutional laws far outstrips the ability of the court to declare them unconstitutional.
The other problem with the Sony Bono (etc) is that it changed the duration of copyright -retroactively-.
It doesn't matter if congress sets the limit of copyrightto N, N+1, N+2 ever year, but if such changes apply retroactively, then we -do- have effectively infinite copyright.
Unfortunately imho, it seems we are in for another peak of passage for unconstitutional laws.
Absolutely. I agree 100%.
I became disenchanted in school at about 6th grade because I realized that homework was (at least in the context of learning), completely irrelevant.
As a result, I had high standardized test scores, and abysmal grades.
I believe it is a pacing problem- You aren't rewarded with an accelerated (or perhaps a more rich/varied) learning experience, instead, you are forced to conform with those who are not up to the task.
The base result: Boredom, frustration, anger.
I remember getting detention in class on day in middle-school for reading (a novel) in class. Mind you, this was a class in which I had never achieved less than a 95% on a test.
Wouldn't you know it, detention was for a different sort of person- We were allowed to sit and stare, or to read a book, or do homework while in detention. I finished my novel.
In short, (again) I agree with you 100%
I (as well it seems) hand, have a heck of a time with memorization of facts, figures and formulas. While patterns come easy to me, dates, names, etc, are nearly impossible.
This means that I can do very very poorly in a math class where they don't allow me to write down reference material, and very very well when they do.
I can see how memorization is important, however it also seems that in many cases it is stressed as being more important than the learning of the patterns. This is (unfortunately) understandable-- It is easy to test memorization and more difficult to test comprehension of patterns!
Absolutely.
I failed Latin in high-school because I felt that the homework was busy-work (it was), and it wasn't necessary for learning the material.
I did -very well- on the exam, but failed the class since homework counted more than the knowledge you walked away with.
This is one thing I found different between the schools I've attented in the U.S. and the school in Europe I attended-
In Europe, it was all leading up to the test, and how you measured up was how you scored on the test.
In the U.S. the quantity of work you are willing to endure seems to be more important that your knowledge of the subject(s).
Furthermore, it has the effect of reducing the society's energy efficiency, and all sorts of other negative things-
There is a disencentive to renovate- You get to pay more taxes!
There is a disencentive to sell- Why? Its an incredibly safe investment, and the taxation rate is absurdly low.
Combine these two factors, and you get a lot of renters living in shitty apartments/homes that will practically never be renovated.
One of the interesting effects of this policy is that many of the smart-but-not-incredibly-lucky people here move away after a few years.
That is when you sell you now $500,000 house and move into a nice house elsewhere, or a nice apartment elsewhere.
Why is it more fair to charge people who've already been there less than the people actually doing work?
They are getting a benefit from living ina place where property value rises- that is, they can sell and make liquid the property, thus reaping the profit.
The whole -point- of property taxes is to affect these turnovers. Raising revenue for the society is a bonus effect, and shouldn't be viewed as the purpose.
Frankly, it seems to me that once you throw in quantum physics you get the "metaphysical POV" or "individual interpretations of the universe" one way or another. The idea that observation affects (note affects, not -effects-) reality is a fundamentally philosophical point, regardless of its verity, which is one of the things that makes quantum physics so fascinating.
I'd like to point out that I am -not- disagreeing with the previous post.
No, it says 1.4 support with 2.0 extensions.
Quote:
The new unified driver provides robust OpenGL® 1.4 support, with 2.0 extensions, for many of ATI's award-winning graphics boards
I don't know why the heck the above comment was modde3d insightful.. It is missing the obvious point.
If someone sold you a secondhand car that worked -despite- having the seats replaced by the previous owner, would you be angry that the car dealer no longer allowes you to drive the car?
Just because an X-Box was modded has NO BEARING WHATSOEVER on whether or not it -works-.
I wouldn't blame Microsoft for not warranting the modified Xboxes. Fine.
What is bothersome is when an otherwise perfectly working (modified or not, makes no difference) Xbox no longer works because Microsoft has DECLARED that it won't.
Double-Panic
Stack overflow and underflow
Really.