It isn't so far off if you consider natural gas to be related to oil in some manner. Natural gas is used to make fertilizer. Fertilizer to make food. Food to sustain life.
Fair enough -- I think the idea was that a printed ballot would solve the issue of people being unable to fill in bubbles reliably. A good thing for knuckleheads or people who write really sloppy (me and pens don't mix).
The sort of printout discussed was basically a bubble form with a blackened bubble next to your choice. That way it prints out, you ensure the appropriate bubbles are filled next to your choices. Drop in the box, and a regular scantron machine counts the votes.
I was listening to Science Friday the other day -- they had a segment about a security researcher's take on electronic voting. Essentially, he'd like to bag it whether it's open source or not because electronic voting makes recounts incredibly problematic. His suggestion was an electronic system that would generate a scanable ballot but play no part in counting/storing data. You look at your ballot, if it's right, you deposit it in the ballot box. A different machine would then scan and count ballots (we already have the scanners, the electronically generated ballot would simply be cleaner and more readily scanned than hand-filled ones). If an issue arose, the ballots could be recounted mechanically or by hand.
I have a Motorola 270c. It's 4 or 5 years old now and despite numerous harsh falls onto rocks, concrete, and bricks, has managed to survive quite well. One nice thing about the phone is its external antenna port. I use it in an exceptionally marginal area for cell phone coverage, but I get many days of standby and 4 bars of signal when it's attached to to this nice trucker antenna. The only problem I'm starting to have is that the screen sometimes goes blank after I drop it now. I dread the day I have to buy a new phone because my requirements are hard to find: brick style (for durability), external antenna, speakerphone -- at least my current carrier doesn't currently offer a phone that meets my needs.
I want to know what the machine is from which the chair seems to rise from a pool of white goo. That's amazing -- what is it called? How much do they cost?
You actually think a bunch of untrained civilians with guns would stand an ounce of a chance against the most powerful military in the world?
The most powerful military in the world is apparently struggling to enforce its will in Iraq. Granted, a bunch of old farts with guns will have no chance in a conventional engagement. But they could cause all manner of havoc indefinitely.
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Ahhh! Many thanks. You are quite right -- speakers were muted.;-)
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I don't get it. Colored flashing orbs. Nothing else. Someone say "whoosh" and then explain it to me please.
You've got my vote as well. It seems to me that the shorter the page, the more devoid it is of content. Scrolling down works incredibly well with monitors -- it might be a hassle with actual paper but the web doesn't always have to be a metaphor for the physical world.
Didn't we just have the story about the moron who wipped and defragged his drive after it was requested for examination? And judged guilty?
And well he should have been. That sort of destruction of evidence, if the case goes to a jury, typically leads to an instruction to presume the evidence would have been against the destroyer's case.
Anyway -- you don't deserve a flamebait at all. It is also bothersome to see all the ways people think of to try to avoid being honest (this relates to the GP talking about "plausible deniability").
However, one thing I've never seen properly explained: what keeps someone who isn't certified by the bar association from practicing law?
In Washington state for example, the State Bar Act defines who can and cannot practice law under various circumstances. It looks like the meat of the prohibition is at RCW 2.48.170 and RCW 2.48.180(2) & (3). So google for your state's statutes -- they're almost certainly provided free online. This isn't legal advice.
Considering the amount of fines copyright infringement can garner, five months in jail is probably better than being saddled with a debt level so high it would take several lifetimes to pay itoff. If I was faced some multi-million dollar fine (it could easily add up to this sort of money) or 5 months in jail, I'd stock up on paperbacks and head for the slammer.
It sounded to me like he suggested omitting the words "lab created". As long that phrase is not omitted, then it would probably be fine (don't hide it of course). To omit the phrase however, would be extremely slimy and probably fraudulent -- the seller would be relying on the buyer misunderstanding what is meant by "diamond" and that is wrong.
Test it out. Sell a found diamond and a similar quality/size created diamond. The market will tell you the answer. The original suggestion was to sell made diamonds as if they were found diamonds. This deception is the type of thing for which we have consumer protection laws and feels like fraud. I'm not saying DeBeers is a good company or anything like that -- I'm just saying that if you deceive your customer about a diamond's origin, that's very naughty and likely to get you into trouble.
It sounds like fraud to me, despite the fact a lab created diamond just as "real", for whatever reason, most people consider "found" diamonds more valuable. The scheme suggested requires witholding information about a diamond's origin to make a profit. Inducing a sale in this fashion is to do so by creating a false impression in the buyer about the diamond's origin. That's the type of activity which is quite likely to get you in serious hot water -- criminal and civil.
So this whole engagement ring thing sounds a bit like prostitution -- pay money, get laid. Why not just have an honest transaction without the fricken drama?
(yeah -- I have unresolved bitterness issues -- for those who don't have such issues: congrats... but give it time)
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It isn't so far off if you consider natural gas to be related to oil in some manner. Natural gas is used to make fertilizer. Fertilizer to make food. Food to sustain life.
Exactly right. The first thing that crossed my mind was that this is some kind of vigilantism.
Fair enough -- I think the idea was that a printed ballot would solve the issue of people being unable to fill in bubbles reliably. A good thing for knuckleheads or people who write really sloppy (me and pens don't mix).
The sort of printout discussed was basically a bubble form with a blackened bubble next to your choice. That way it prints out, you ensure the appropriate bubbles are filled next to your choices. Drop in the box, and a regular scantron machine counts the votes.
I was listening to Science Friday the other day -- they had a segment about a security researcher's take on electronic voting. Essentially, he'd like to bag it whether it's open source or not because electronic voting makes recounts incredibly problematic. His suggestion was an electronic system that would generate a scanable ballot but play no part in counting/storing data. You look at your ballot, if it's right, you deposit it in the ballot box. A different machine would then scan and count ballots (we already have the scanners, the electronically generated ballot would simply be cleaner and more readily scanned than hand-filled ones). If an issue arose, the ballots could be recounted mechanically or by hand.
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Here's the link to the show -- it's rather interesting and I think his arguments are persuasive: http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2006/Oct/hour1
Honestly, for a rugged, sleek, simple phone (external antenna port, brick style, speakerphone, addressbook), I'd pay EXTRA.
I have a Motorola 270c. It's 4 or 5 years old now and despite numerous harsh falls onto rocks, concrete, and bricks, has managed to survive quite well. One nice thing about the phone is its external antenna port. I use it in an exceptionally marginal area for cell phone coverage, but I get many days of standby and 4 bars of signal when it's attached to to this nice trucker antenna. The only problem I'm starting to have is that the screen sometimes goes blank after I drop it now. I dread the day I have to buy a new phone because my requirements are hard to find: brick style (for durability), external antenna, speakerphone -- at least my current carrier doesn't currently offer a phone that meets my needs.
I want to know what the machine is from which the chair seems to rise from a pool of white goo. That's amazing -- what is it called? How much do they cost?
Honesty in the first place keeps you from even being sued.
Elitist. CGA rocks! And who needs more than "beeeep"?
The most powerful military in the world is apparently struggling to enforce its will in Iraq. Granted, a bunch of old farts with guns will have no chance in a conventional engagement. But they could cause all manner of havoc indefinitely.
Ahhh! Many thanks. You are quite right -- speakers were muted. ;-)
I don't get it. Colored flashing orbs. Nothing else. Someone say "whoosh" and then explain it to me please.
You've got my vote as well. It seems to me that the shorter the page, the more devoid it is of content. Scrolling down works incredibly well with monitors -- it might be a hassle with actual paper but the web doesn't always have to be a metaphor for the physical world.
Anyway -- you don't deserve a flamebait at all. It is also bothersome to see all the ways people think of to try to avoid being honest (this relates to the GP talking about "plausible deniability").
In Washington state for example, the State Bar Act defines who can and cannot practice law under various circumstances. It looks like the meat of the prohibition is at RCW 2.48.170 and RCW 2.48.180(2) & (3). So google for your state's statutes -- they're almost certainly provided free online. This isn't legal advice.
"purgery" -- is that some kind of purgatory? An enema purging?
Or perhaps you want to have the "u" and the "e" change places, and then replace the "g" with a "j".
think they had glossy 8x10s screen shots?
Considering the amount of fines copyright infringement can garner, five months in jail is probably better than being saddled with a debt level so high it would take several lifetimes to pay itoff. If I was faced some multi-million dollar fine (it could easily add up to this sort of money) or 5 months in jail, I'd stock up on paperbacks and head for the slammer.
It sounded to me like he suggested omitting the words "lab created". As long that phrase is not omitted, then it would probably be fine (don't hide it of course). To omit the phrase however, would be extremely slimy and probably fraudulent -- the seller would be relying on the buyer misunderstanding what is meant by "diamond" and that is wrong.
Test it out. Sell a found diamond and a similar quality/size created diamond. The market will tell you the answer. The original suggestion was to sell made diamonds as if they were found diamonds. This deception is the type of thing for which we have consumer protection laws and feels like fraud. I'm not saying DeBeers is a good company or anything like that -- I'm just saying that if you deceive your customer about a diamond's origin, that's very naughty and likely to get you into trouble.
It sounds like fraud to me, despite the fact a lab created diamond just as "real", for whatever reason, most people consider "found" diamonds more valuable. The scheme suggested requires witholding information about a diamond's origin to make a profit. Inducing a sale in this fashion is to do so by creating a false impression in the buyer about the diamond's origin. That's the type of activity which is quite likely to get you in serious hot water -- criminal and civil.
So this whole engagement ring thing sounds a bit like prostitution -- pay money, get laid. Why not just have an honest transaction without the fricken drama?
... but give it time)
(yeah -- I have unresolved bitterness issues -- for those who don't have such issues: congrats
Silly girls, meet Mr. Benzomatic.
Check it out:
http://www.adiadiamonds.com/content/frequently-as