Wow... had you gone to Google, typed in "mcdonalds coffee" without the quotes, and hit "I'm Feeling Lucky", you would have reached this page.
You claim she was lacking personal responsibility. However, she was not driving at the time of the incident. Nor was the car moving.
You can't make fries any hotter because they'll burn, but at least a hot beverage can be made hot so that when they get home it's still warm and drinkable.
Funny, because according to this, McDonalds research shows that people drink coffee they buy at the drive-through while they are in the car. Wait... that's what you were trying to claim two paragraphs above. As much as you'd like to make it appear otherwise, she was not the one lacking in responsibility.
That's because Star Wars wasn't intended to have philosophical sophistication. Star Wars was written as a mythology, perfectly filling the Hero's Journey archetype.
Later installments are also antidemocratic and full of bullshit.
That line almost makes me think you're trolling, but your post doesn't seem acidic enough.
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Yes, because getting head in the Oval Office is several orders of magnitude less moral than starting a war of aggression.
If I had to pick between going in the history books for starting a war, or for getting some action on the job, I know which one I would pick.
Now, I could be wrong, because admittedly, I have not read about Kevin Mitnick. But wasn't his actual crime simply accessing the computers?
If that's the case, then employing him in the tech industry would actually be best way to ensure that he doesn't hack again. Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
If a person's curiosity leads them to commit a crime, they learn from that experience, but still retain that curiosity, I'd say that the best thing for that person would be to give them a job doing something that both sates the curiosity and does something useful/meaningful.
I'd see it less as 'rapist as babysitter' and more of a 'Mod Squad', 'XXX', or any other of the infinite amount of movies/TV shows/books about a person/group of people weren't bad people, did bad things, and then started using those skills to combat other people doing bad things.
Seriously... how long should someone be punished for a crime? The whole point of prison, theoretically, is to pay your debt to society. It's the attitudes of people like you, who seem content to think that some people should be forced to suffer after they get out of jail?
I'd be interested to find out if its attitudes like yours that lead to recidivism. If a theif can't find a job, do you expect him *not* to steal?
True, but your initial post was phrased such that it was easy to take your meaning incorrectly... sorry.
Personally, I like how ridiculously easy it is to get high-quality output with XviD. Pop open VirtualDub, use the default codec settings, and save as AVI. I never could figure out how to get good output with DivX.
Why does everyone think DivX and associated codecs is only good for ripping DVDs? I used XviD to dump movies from my TiVo to CDs and free up HDD space. That right there is a great reason to have the hacked Xbox... you've got your TiVo to record and your Xbox to play.
I thought you were serious... then you called Fox News an exception to the control of intormation distribution.
I'll point out what I believe is the fallacy of your arguement, though I'm sure you're just trolling for us liberals.
It is the height of arrogance to assume that one's opinion is fact. Especially when there is plenty of evidence against said opinion. The previous poster said that the extras were useless. To him, that is absolutely true. Overall, however, it's simply an opinion. Plenty of people, including many that I know personally, do not find those features useless. Some of us like to have something to do to keep our mind busy while we sit in waiting rooms.
This is the first time I've ever heard the Democratic party of being for a 'new nobility.' I guess that means I'll never have to hear them called 'pinko commie scum' anymore, right? Because obviously, if they were for a new nobility, they would have to stop promoting laws which level the playing field, and start pushing laws which raise one class above others.
In my opinion, which I freely admit could be wrong in the absolute scheme of things, it's the Republicans who are pushing for a new nobility.
Completely offtopic to the rest of the article, but oh well... Is there a way to test the power supply to see if it's giving enough power? My computer tends to spontaneously reboot, even though the CPU stays at 60 C most of the time, and I'm reasonably sure the RAM is still good.
Wow... your abilty to take something *completely* out of context is absolutely amazing.
Context is what this is all about, btw. Basically, the whole point of moral relativism is not that all moral systems are equal (what you seem to propose), but rather that you cannot judge the absolute morality of a situation from within a different moral system.
For instance, your example about India. I believe that is a horrible thing to do. Is their a possibility I'm wrong? Of course.
Another example: Is it entirely possible that I'm wrong, and Christianity is right? Of course.
It is *impossible* to see absolute morals from within a moral system. There will always be distortion... remember: the truth doesn't have to be logical.
Yeah, I'm against abortion, mostly because if my natural mother had believed in it, I would never have been born
Bzzt. Wrong. Try again... nice argument, though. Your fallacy occurs where you try to say that anyone who is not against abortion (note: that does not correlate to being 'for abortion') has abortions all the time. This is obviously not the case, because I can say for certain that while I support the right of a woman to choose, I will never have an abortion. The Y chromosome tends to keep it from ever being necessary.
OK, but if the machine has defective RAM and knows it, wouldn't it be nice to be told so by the machine, rather than having to trouble-shoot? As much as I love to try and solve mysteries, sometimes it's nice for the computer to give me a smack on the back of the head and let me know what the problem is.
Yes, I do mean the members of the UN which insisted on continued sanctions. They weren't exactly united behind the idea.
The UN wanted to end them depending on Saddam's behavior. It was the brilliant move of Bush I and Clinton to give Saddam *no* incentive to change by stating, quite clearly, that the sanctions would remain in power so long as he was in charge.
I never said that the U.S. was the only country to blame. You assumed that. And you know what happens when you assume things.
So yeah, we were complicit in the deaths of lots of Iraqi children. The sanctions *weakened* the Iraqi people, forcing them to depend on a brutal dictator to survive. And who's fault was that? Ours. The sanctions made Saddam stronger.
You worked for eFront too? They bought out RPGamer while I still worked there, and let me tell you... they were assholes. Did you ever hear about why they went under? =D
I'll give you a clue... it involved fraud and hookers.
Yeah... I just picked up a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 21TX for $70... Beautiful display, pretty good quality. It's a bit heavy (77lbs for a 21" monitor), but it still rocks.
Interesting point... if you 'can no longer continue complying with the thems'... wouldn't that simply result in the ridiculous position that "I'm not licensed to use Windows anymore because I don't use Windows anymore?"
Actually, there is a Minitab for UNIX. I know this because we use it for my stats class, and there's a command line version on our central Solaris servers. Not sure if there's an X version.
My local ACM chapter gave away a few copies of VS.NET in a raffle in one of the first meetings of the year... I was fortunate enough to win a copy. Only two of my disks are labeled "Unlicensed Software: Illegal to use without separate liscense from Microsoft." These are the disks with Microsoft Windows Component Updates on one and Studen Tools on the other. The license that makes them legit would be the license on the VS disks themselves.
Maybe the ones this guy recieved were different, though... Mine came in a shrink-wrapped bundle with a few sheets of paper - a printed copy of the EULA.
A DivX player, on the other hand (especially a set-top box)... I can't see it being used in a legal fashion.
Um... there are other video files other than DVDs... Considering I'm converting recorded video from the TV to Xvid right now, I have a fair idea as to what a legit usage for this device would be.
Let's face it... VCD is not great for storing video... I'd love to have one of these devices.
I note that your idea isn't likely to be implemented be the technological ignoramuses of the world, either.
I think that's his point... if the files are there, I can see what the owner of the network is OK with me doing. If the files aren't there, odds are that the network wasn't intended to be open.
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Wow... had you gone to Google, typed in "mcdonalds coffee" without the quotes, and hit "I'm Feeling Lucky", you would have reached this page.
You claim she was lacking personal responsibility. However, she was not driving at the time of the incident. Nor was the car moving.
You can't make fries any hotter because they'll burn, but at least a hot beverage can be made hot so that when they get home it's still warm and drinkable.Funny, because according to this, McDonalds research shows that people drink coffee they buy at the drive-through while they are in the car. Wait... that's what you were trying to claim two paragraphs above. As much as you'd like to make it appear otherwise, she was not the one lacking in responsibility.
That's because Star Wars wasn't intended to have philosophical sophistication. Star Wars was written as a mythology, perfectly filling the Hero's Journey archetype.
Later installments are also antidemocratic and full of bullshit.That line almost makes me think you're trolling, but your post doesn't seem acidic enough.
Yes, because getting head in the Oval Office is several orders of magnitude less moral than starting a war of aggression.
If I had to pick between going in the history books for starting a war, or for getting some action on the job, I know which one I would pick.
Now, I could be wrong, because admittedly, I have not read about Kevin Mitnick. But wasn't his actual crime simply accessing the computers?
If that's the case, then employing him in the tech industry would actually be best way to ensure that he doesn't hack again. Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
If a person's curiosity leads them to commit a crime, they learn from that experience, but still retain that curiosity, I'd say that the best thing for that person would be to give them a job doing something that both sates the curiosity and does something useful/meaningful.
I'd see it less as 'rapist as babysitter' and more of a 'Mod Squad', 'XXX', or any other of the infinite amount of movies/TV shows/books about a person/group of people weren't bad people, did bad things, and then started using those skills to combat other people doing bad things.
The name's Jean Valjean, not #24601.
Seriously... how long should someone be punished for a crime? The whole point of prison, theoretically, is to pay your debt to society. It's the attitudes of people like you, who seem content to think that some people should be forced to suffer after they get out of jail?
I'd be interested to find out if its attitudes like yours that lead to recidivism. If a theif can't find a job, do you expect him *not* to steal?
Well, a few 'superstates' tried to ignore the higher authority. Last time I checked, they got spanked.
True, but your initial post was phrased such that it was easy to take your meaning incorrectly... sorry. Personally, I like how ridiculously easy it is to get high-quality output with XviD. Pop open VirtualDub, use the default codec settings, and save as AVI. I never could figure out how to get good output with DivX.
Why does everyone think DivX and associated codecs is only good for ripping DVDs? I used XviD to dump movies from my TiVo to CDs and free up HDD space. That right there is a great reason to have the hacked Xbox... you've got your TiVo to record and your Xbox to play.
I thought you were serious... then you called Fox News an exception to the control of intormation distribution.
I'll point out what I believe is the fallacy of your arguement, though I'm sure you're just trolling for us liberals.
It is the height of arrogance to assume that one's opinion is fact. Especially when there is plenty of evidence against said opinion. The previous poster said that the extras were useless. To him, that is absolutely true. Overall, however, it's simply an opinion. Plenty of people, including many that I know personally, do not find those features useless. Some of us like to have something to do to keep our mind busy while we sit in waiting rooms.
This is the first time I've ever heard the Democratic party of being for a 'new nobility.' I guess that means I'll never have to hear them called 'pinko commie scum' anymore, right? Because obviously, if they were for a new nobility, they would have to stop promoting laws which level the playing field, and start pushing laws which raise one class above others.
In my opinion, which I freely admit could be wrong in the absolute scheme of things, it's the Republicans who are pushing for a new nobility.
Completely offtopic to the rest of the article, but oh well... Is there a way to test the power supply to see if it's giving enough power? My computer tends to spontaneously reboot, even though the CPU stays at 60 C most of the time, and I'm reasonably sure the RAM is still good.
Wow... your abilty to take something *completely* out of context is absolutely amazing.
Context is what this is all about, btw. Basically, the whole point of moral relativism is not that all moral systems are equal (what you seem to propose), but rather that you cannot judge the absolute morality of a situation from within a different moral system.
For instance, your example about India. I believe that is a horrible thing to do. Is their a possibility I'm wrong? Of course.
Another example: Is it entirely possible that I'm wrong, and Christianity is right? Of course.
It is *impossible* to see absolute morals from within a moral system. There will always be distortion... remember: the truth doesn't have to be logical.
Bzzt. Wrong. Try again... nice argument, though. Your fallacy occurs where you try to say that anyone who is not against abortion (note: that does not correlate to being 'for abortion') has abortions all the time. This is obviously not the case, because I can say for certain that while I support the right of a woman to choose, I will never have an abortion. The Y chromosome tends to keep it from ever being necessary.
OK, but if the machine has defective RAM and knows it, wouldn't it be nice to be told so by the machine, rather than having to trouble-shoot? As much as I love to try and solve mysteries, sometimes it's nice for the computer to give me a smack on the back of the head and let me know what the problem is.
I do believe they make this nifty devices referred to as "locks" that might do the trick.
Yes, I do mean the members of the UN which insisted on continued sanctions. They weren't exactly united behind the idea.
The UN wanted to end them depending on Saddam's behavior. It was the brilliant move of Bush I and Clinton to give Saddam *no* incentive to change by stating, quite clearly, that the sanctions would remain in power so long as he was in charge.
I never said that the U.S. was the only country to blame. You assumed that. And you know what happens when you assume things.
So yeah, we were complicit in the deaths of lots of Iraqi children. The sanctions *weakened* the Iraqi people, forcing them to depend on a brutal dictator to survive. And who's fault was that? Ours. The sanctions made Saddam stronger.
You worked for eFront too? They bought out RPGamer while I still worked there, and let me tell you... they were assholes. Did you ever hear about why they went under? =D
I'll give you a clue... it involved fraud and hookers.
Yeah... I just picked up a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 21TX for $70... Beautiful display, pretty good quality. It's a bit heavy (77lbs for a 21" monitor), but it still rocks.
Interesting point... if you 'can no longer continue complying with the thems'... wouldn't that simply result in the ridiculous position that "I'm not licensed to use Windows anymore because I don't use Windows anymore?"
Actually, there is a Minitab for UNIX. I know this because we use it for my stats class, and there's a command line version on our central Solaris servers. Not sure if there's an X version.
My local ACM chapter gave away a few copies of VS.NET in a raffle in one of the first meetings of the year... I was fortunate enough to win a copy. Only two of my disks are labeled "Unlicensed Software: Illegal to use without separate liscense from Microsoft." These are the disks with Microsoft Windows Component Updates on one and Studen Tools on the other. The license that makes them legit would be the license on the VS disks themselves. Maybe the ones this guy recieved were different, though... Mine came in a shrink-wrapped bundle with a few sheets of paper - a printed copy of the EULA.
Um... there are other video files other than DVDs... Considering I'm converting recorded video from the TV to Xvid right now, I have a fair idea as to what a legit usage for this device would be.
Let's face it... VCD is not great for storing video... I'd love to have one of these devices.
What about guys who read slashdot and have girlfriends, who also read slashdot?
I think that's his point... if the files are there, I can see what the owner of the network is OK with me doing. If the files aren't there, odds are that the network wasn't intended to be open.
Yeah.. instead of transferring wealth to companies to rebuild Iraq, we transfer wealth to defense contractors.
Much better.