How will this affect the really competitive majors like medicine and law? Will I have to take these drugs now just to stay on top of the curve, once most of my classmates start taking them?
Then, when I pass the bar exam and stop taking the pills, what happens to the chemically enhanced memories? Will I have to keep taking these the rest of my career and damn the side effects?
While I _believe_ the guy was watching the screen instead of the road, if I were on the jury I'd have to vote Not Guilty.
There's no way to prove that the video was playing, nor that he was watching it at the time. Yes, the screen was up and there was a dvd in the drive. But the thing still has a Stop button.
Intuition and "obvious" doesn't constitute proof.
That and the fact that paperback books are something like $15 apiece (and come out a year after the $30 hardcover edition), and everything is pretty much a trilogy, so you're investing $45-$60 to read a story that's the same as all the other ones you've already read.
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Regular employment.
A politician makes promises that he doesn't keep. That's so unusual!
Er, yes, but at least _I_ control my door locks.
How will this affect the really competitive majors like medicine and law? Will I have to take these drugs now just to stay on top of the curve, once most of my classmates start taking them? Then, when I pass the bar exam and stop taking the pills, what happens to the chemically enhanced memories? Will I have to keep taking these the rest of my career and damn the side effects?
While I _believe_ the guy was watching the screen instead of the road, if I were on the jury I'd have to vote Not Guilty. There's no way to prove that the video was playing, nor that he was watching it at the time. Yes, the screen was up and there was a dvd in the drive. But the thing still has a Stop button. Intuition and "obvious" doesn't constitute proof.
Using a CDMA data connection to my laptop (I'm the passenger; don't /. and drive!)
More like a drain...
That and the fact that paperback books are something like $15 apiece (and come out a year after the $30 hardcover edition), and everything is pretty much a trilogy, so you're investing $45-$60 to read a story that's the same as all the other ones you've already read.