yes, i am absolutely 100% better than pol pot. and i have no compassion for someone who engages in truly evil activity way, way, way over the line of any reasonable ability to empathize. the pedophile who rapes and then kills a little girl so she won't rat on him: do you honeslty have compassion for such a person?
Yes. They are almost certainly mad, as a truly rational actor would not choose that life. It's likely that they have been severlely traumatised at some time in the past, and that they have an inability to form a normal relationship, emphathise with others, or form a normal relationship. I unequivically condemn the behavior, but they sound truly tortured, and thus hardly to be envied. Were I their legal representitive (and I am training to be such) I'd ask to a judgement of insanity, and profoundly both assailant and victim.
Are you Christian? I'm an atheist, but it amazes me how many Americans seem to have a rush for punitive vengance while claiming to follow Christ. See below:
Christ's love is like his name, and that is Wonderful, Isa. ix. 6; yea, it is so wonderful, that it is supra omnem creaturam, ultra omnem measuram, contra omnem naturam, above all creatures, beyond all measure, contrary to all nature. It is above all creatures, for it is above the angels, and therefore above all others. It is beyond all measure, for time did not begin it, and time shall never end it; place doth not bound it, sin doth not exceed it, no estate, no age, no sex is denied it, tongues cannot express it, understandings cannot conceive it: and it is contrary to all nature; for what nature can love where it is hated? What nature can forgive where it is provoked? What nature can offer reconciliation where it receiveth wrong? What nature can heap up kindness upon contempt, favour upon ingratitude, mercy upon sin? And yet Christ's love hath led him to all this; so that well may we spend all our days in admiring and adoring of this wonderful love, and be always ravished with the thoughts of it.
I know that some people would like to believe that the big, bad MS is going to go and lock down everything on your system and encrypt your MP3s in your sleep but really, I've used Vista, nothing changes. Your unprotected media works as it always has.
Counterexample:
The Zune will overwrite any copied music file with a DRM limitation of three plays in three days. This affects even your legally ripped MP3s, and indeed creates an artificial barrier to distributing your own music. It is not hugely difficult to imagine that *exactly the same company* that implements this on a handheld device might also implement this on the desktop, particularly in transfers such as in MSN messenger.
If you agree this is possible, you would presumably agree that the network effect makes it important to keep DRM from acceptance in the market. After all, if nobody buys DRMed music, the market will continue to offer non-DRMed music (CDs, for instance). At this point, both you and the market will have more freedoms. Do you see?
There is such a large difficulty in getting new email addresses, nobody could concieve of a situation where not all would be registered! All this does is create yet another charge to lay on someone you want to imprison. The problem with this is that if they are grooming children/formenting terrah on yr kids/whatever, you already have appropriate charges. If they are not, it isn't an issue.
Except, of course, the defining characteristic of a state is a unified system of defence. The US definitely has this, the EU does not. If you ever need to see where real political power lies, just follow the chain of command.
Actually silver is a better conductor but corrodes over time, requiring active maintanance (ie: clean it). Consumers don't like that. Plus...it is TEH GOLDZ11!!!111!. Just think of it as quality measurement by truthiness.
"You couldn't get away with firing an automatic weapon into the crowd during a riot in L.A., but something tells me it wouldn't be a problem in Iraq. Unless you haven't noticed, it's not exactly like we're going out of our way to detail the number of Iraqis killed by Americans in the news.
Aah yes, like last week. 2 Iraqis take up position on a rooftop and start taking shots at US army bomb disposal guys as they work on a bomb. The US army guys return fire - with *tank* rounds ! Consequently 5 young girls were killed (they were in the house), the youngest less than a year old.
Talk about overkill. Don't the US army have any sharpshooters enlisted, or was it just more convenient to use the handy tank?"
Whichever idiot modded this overrated when it was at 1, maybe you should actually engage in debate rather then merely go for the cowards option of using non-metamodable silencing.
What is obvious to a practitioner of the art must be demonstrated to be so to the satisfaction of a court. The judge may well have no real level of technical knowlege, and so is at the mercy of the expert witnesses. Since both sides can afford to buy suitable opinions regardless of the facts, it then comes down to the most persuasive legal team.
As a result of this, patent cases are often fairly random in terms of the results obtained. It's difficult to know what can be done about this, other then to allow the bench to call an independent expert witness.
Actually the Data Protection Act is UK law, and makes these fines possible. We have all the protections that USians on/. frequently wish for. From the relevant Act:
2.1 Regarding the release of personal data to third parties without specific consent (or publication with the same effect), the assumption is that this is not permitted, except where specific exemptions apply. These exemptions now include:
- where required by law or statutory instrument;
- where required to prevent or detect crime;
- where required to assess or collect tax or duty;
- release to a third party who is sub-contracted to process the data in a way that meets DPA rules.
2.2 With regard to subject access rights, the data subject is presumed to be entitled to access all personal data held about her/himself that falls under the scope of the new Act, with the following main exemptions (i.e. cases where the controller of the data may decline to release certain data, but must justify doing so):
- where disclosure unavoidably identifies a third party;
- where the data was supplied in confidence e.g. references and similar judgements (but please note that examiners' marks and/or comments cannot be assumed to be exempt from disclosure.)
What else could you want? The Act allows for both civil and criminal penalties, so the banks may well be in for quite the can of whoopass.
On the other hand, you'll note that the student who watches the podcast at home can also use other sources of information from the net when they don't understand a point, pausing the lecture until they do. This flexibility of learning is impossible to replicate in class.
No. It would mean that the information in those messages could not be discussed in court, and possibly that the expert witness who stated he had seen them would be reclused, depending on the mood of the judge.
This is not legal advice.
In this context, a republic refers to a representative democracy. This is where you get to vote for your representative (Representative, as the hint in the name shows), who then votes on the issues on your behalf. Your input ends at the selection of the politician. The length of their term means they have some latitude to ignore current popular view, but are therefore less responsive to the democratic viewpoint.
A true democracy is one where you vote directly on the issue. A traditional criticism of this is that it makes policy decisions more arbitrary, and more open to save-the-children type manipulation. If you think post 911 USA is bad, imagine if people had been asked to vote on legislation at that point. It is however the most representative govt, with decisions being functionally equal to opinion polls.
Really, for most people this comes down to if you truly trust the People to make the best choice. The primary thing that stopped large countries being true democracies is that communication was sufficiently slow that an election was a large endeavor. There has never been a true modern democracy, and I think it would be an interesting thing to watch. A lot less company dominated as a process, I'd think.
"but on the other hand "You seem to be using an outdated browser and this site may not be displayed properly because of that. We suggest upgrading to a modern browser(links) to take full advantage of this site." would indicate it's the browser's fault for the site display problems."
Your sentiments are great, but I think we could recommend an even newer browser then that...
Well, I think that he was more referring to the fact that Gibson was recently arrested for driving drunk and repeatedly blathered about how evil Jews were, that Hollywood has a Jewish conspiracy, and that he "fucking hates Jews".
This would seem to be something that could be fairly described as anti-semitic.
Plusnet are singually awful. They start shaping well before the download limit, and my home connection is currently shaped down to 5KB download on ~4GB worth of usage. Their customer service is very poor[1] and the quality of network access is also not great. For downloaders, you should note that non-encrypted bittorrent is far slower then encrypted, as they mess with the whole protocol. They are specifically mentioned in the Bad ISP page on the Azureus wiki [2]. They may have at one point been OK, but they now suck to a remarkable extent. Using them==having root canal surgery.
Do you see?
[1] For one example: I brought an ADSL modem from them that was advertised as doing 128 concurrent connections. It overheated at around 60. I was told that it was only meant to do "basic email and web", and had to get Trading Standards involved to get them to replace it. All with large wait times to talk to someone, natch. Oh, and the management do not have externally accessable email.
Yes, as the title suggests, a genuine sighting. Yes, the USAF is fully inclusive, and now allows views that vary all the way in political stance from GW Bush to Pat Robertson.
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Are you Christian? I'm an atheist, but it amazes me how many Americans seem to have a rush for punitive vengance while claiming to follow Christ. See below:
We are re-thinking habeas corpus, why not contempt?
Please, for the love of all that is holy, do not use this as an example of positive reform. Jefferson might well rise from the dead and shoot you.
I know that some people would like to believe that the big, bad MS is going to go and lock down everything on your system and encrypt your MP3s in your sleep but really, I've used Vista, nothing changes. Your unprotected media works as it always has.
Counterexample:
The Zune will overwrite any copied music file with a DRM limitation of three plays in three days. This affects even your legally ripped MP3s, and indeed creates an artificial barrier to distributing your own music. It is not hugely difficult to imagine that *exactly the same company* that implements this on a handheld device might also implement this on the desktop, particularly in transfers such as in MSN messenger.
If you agree this is possible, you would presumably agree that the network effect makes it important to keep DRM from acceptance in the market. After all, if nobody buys DRMed music, the market will continue to offer non-DRMed music (CDs, for instance). At this point, both you and the market will have more freedoms. Do you see?
Yes it is. Google for the forcedeth driver (or just type modprobe forcedeth, I guess).
There is such a large difficulty in getting new email addresses, nobody could concieve of a situation where not all would be registered! All this does is create yet another charge to lay on someone you want to imprison. The problem with this is that if they are grooming children/formenting terrah on yr kids/whatever, you already have appropriate charges. If they are not, it isn't an issue.
Except, of course, the defining characteristic of a state is a unified system of defence. The US definitely has this, the EU does not. If you ever need to see where real political power lies, just follow the chain of command.
Actually silver is a better conductor but corrodes over time, requiring active maintanance (ie: clean it). Consumers don't like that. Plus...it is TEH GOLDZ11!!!111!. Just think of it as quality measurement by truthiness.
"You couldn't get away with firing an automatic weapon into the crowd during a riot in L.A., but something tells me it wouldn't be a problem in Iraq. Unless you haven't noticed, it's not exactly like we're going out of our way to detail the number of Iraqis killed by Americans in the news.
Aah yes, like last week. 2 Iraqis take up position on a rooftop and start taking shots at US army bomb disposal guys as they work on a bomb. The US army guys return fire - with *tank* rounds ! Consequently 5 young girls were killed (they were in the house), the youngest less than a year old.
Talk about overkill. Don't the US army have any sharpshooters enlisted, or was it just more convenient to use the handy tank?"
Whichever idiot modded this overrated when it was at 1, maybe you should actually engage in debate rather then merely go for the cowards option of using non-metamodable silencing.
Best argument for atheism evar.
As a result of this, patent cases are often fairly random in terms of the results obtained. It's difficult to know what can be done about this, other then to allow the bench to call an independent expert witness.
As someone with one of those bumps (often commented on by hairdressers), I would like to state I am both intelligent and beautiful.
Proposal: We have a final solution for men without bumps and leave the women alive to mate with us, the next step of evolution.
Are about 1% of the population with me?
(and per your request, you need to look at Wikipedia)
As someone with one of those bumps (often commented on by hairdressers), I would like to state I am both intelligent and beautiful.
Proposal: We have a final solution for men without bumps and leave the women alive to mate with us, the next step of evolution.
Are about 1% of the population with me?
(and per your request, you need to look at Wikipedia)
Actually the Data Protection Act is UK law, and makes these fines possible. We have all the protections that USians on /. frequently wish for. From the relevant Act:
2.1 Regarding the release of personal data to third parties without specific consent (or publication with the same effect), the assumption is that this is not permitted, except where specific exemptions apply. These exemptions now include:
- where required by law or statutory instrument;
- where required to prevent or detect crime;
- where required to assess or collect tax or duty;
- release to a third party who is sub-contracted to process the data in a way that meets DPA rules.
2.2 With regard to subject access rights, the data subject is presumed to be entitled to access all personal data held about her/himself that falls under the scope of the new Act, with the following main exemptions (i.e. cases where the controller of the data may decline to release certain data, but must justify doing so):
- where disclosure unavoidably identifies a third party;
- where the data was supplied in confidence e.g. references and similar judgements (but please note that examiners' marks and/or comments cannot be assumed to be exempt from disclosure.)
What else could you want? The Act allows for both civil and criminal penalties, so the banks may well be in for quite the can of whoopass.
No no, I think it's clear from the size of the PS3 that you could beat as many people to death with it as you wished.
That's POV, you know.
Timothy McVeigh (no, not McVey) was someone who used violence against civilians in persuit of political aims. How is that not terrorism?
Looking at the picture in your sig, I wouldn't think you'd find it difficult to attract men. Are you just shy?
On the other hand, you'll note that the student who watches the podcast at home can also use other sources of information from the net when they don't understand a point, pausing the lecture until they do. This flexibility of learning is impossible to replicate in class.
No. It would mean that the information in those messages could not be discussed in court, and possibly that the expert witness who stated he had seen them would be reclused, depending on the mood of the judge. This is not legal advice.
Just to clear this up:
In this context, a republic refers to a representative democracy. This is where you get to vote for your representative (Representative, as the hint in the name shows), who then votes on the issues on your behalf. Your input ends at the selection of the politician. The length of their term means they have some latitude to ignore current popular view, but are therefore less responsive to the democratic viewpoint.
A true democracy is one where you vote directly on the issue. A traditional criticism of this is that it makes policy decisions more arbitrary, and more open to save-the-children type manipulation. If you think post 911 USA is bad, imagine if people had been asked to vote on legislation at that point. It is however the most representative govt, with decisions being functionally equal to opinion polls.
Really, for most people this comes down to if you truly trust the People to make the best choice. The primary thing that stopped large countries being true democracies is that communication was sufficiently slow that an election was a large endeavor. There has never been a true modern democracy, and I think it would be an interesting thing to watch. A lot less company dominated as a process, I'd think.
Does that help?
That was a Links joke...the text browser?
Your sentiments are great, but I think we could recommend an even newer browser then that...
Well, I think that he was more referring to the fact that Gibson was recently arrested for driving drunk and repeatedly blathered about how evil Jews were, that Hollywood has a Jewish conspiracy, and that he "fucking hates Jews".
This would seem to be something that could be fairly described as anti-semitic.
Do you see?
[1] For one example: I brought an ADSL modem from them that was advertised as doing 128 concurrent connections. It overheated at around 60. I was told that it was only meant to do "basic email and web", and had to get Trading Standards involved to get them to replace it. All with large wait times to talk to someone, natch. Oh, and the management do not have externally accessable email.
http://jaduncan.net/photos/show/recent/page/1/phot o/freedom-fries-in-the-wild
Yes, as the title suggests, a genuine sighting. Yes, the USAF is fully inclusive, and now allows views that vary all the way in political stance from GW Bush to Pat Robertson.