Zapp: Behold: The Great Stone Face of Mars... Fry: Hm. Zapp:...the only known entrance to the Martian reservation. Leela: What about the Great Stone Ass of Mars? Zapp: Well, yeah, but it's way over on the other side of the planet.
The great logical fallacy of the 1990s was that stereotypes are always incorrect by sheer virtue of them being stereotypes. It's so heartwarming to see that fallacy continued even today.
By the way, at least the article managed to put forth some conjectures, even if they don't cite any studies. Your "nuh-uh" rebuttal leaves something to be desired.
Sports and other competitive games are forms of play, which, from an evolutionary standpoint, is training for the sort of activity required to feed oneself and one's family (at least, back in caveman days). The ability to feed one's family is a selection criterion for females choosing mates, so males which are more capable of doing so are more likely to mate. Therefore, there is an evolutionary pressure to encourage play in males throughout life, and thus, there is an evolutionary pressure for a neurological reward for play, namely that it is fun.
So, males play Quake, watch football (i.e., vicariously play football), and post to Slashdot (the eternal dick-waving contest) under the subconscious motivation that it will (indirectly) get you laid, not because females observe this behavior and are attracted to it, but because in a more primitive society, similar activities serve as practice for the capabilities that females are attracted to. In other words, it will get you laid.
And IIRC, generally the first 8 columns were used for sequence numbering, so you really had only 72 columns for coding. Sequence numbers, of course, were vital for programs on punchcards -- if you dropped a tray of cards you had to have a way to put them back in order...
Unless you're Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. Apparently, sequence numbers were optional at the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology.
That is also limited by the fact that the money all comes from the citizens of the states to begin with. If a state would enact a law that withholds all taxes of every kind collected from its citizens, especially income tax, there is nothing the Feds could do short of taking over that state's government by military force or other draconian measures. That might be pretty tough for a big important state, such as California. The whole idea of how far the interstate commerce clause can be stretched might have to be revisited by the SCOTUS.
I'm sure all the people working for the federal government in said state will be happy to hear that they've been laid off because of their state government's extreme obstinance. Military action won't be required.
Very true. The standard-issue GPS unit a few years back was probably about twenty times (by volume, silly) as big as a consumer-grade unit. Granted, it's designed to be a lot better at picking up satellites, but a lot of that volume difference was pure ruggedization.
They mean that they want a battery that weighs no more than 2 pounds per full day's worth of energy storage, given a soldier's normal power consumption. A 40-pound battery set will last a soldier a lot longer than one day. I'm not in the military, but I'm sure there's someone around here who's been on active duty recently and can tell us about how long their batteries will last without recharging.
Merely being a commercial use does not automatically exclude it from also being fair use. For example, I can write a news article where I include a reasonable-sized quote from a book or other reference material, and then sell that article to a magazine or newspaper. I'm still making fair use of the book, but I've sold the article for commercial gain.
Investing in a good home theater system is pretty much as good as seeing it in the theater. I mean, if somebody's cell phone rings at home, you can actually do something about it.
it searched your computer for other copyrighted files
Practically 100% of the files on your computer are copyrighted. Even if those files are music or movies, their mere presence doesn't indicate a breach of copyright. And unless they're transmitting a significant portion of those files back when "phoning home" - and thus running afoul of copyright law themselves in the process, to say nothing of computer trespass laws - merely mentioning the title of a work in a filename or in metadata doesn't authenticate that file as containing what the filename or metadata suggests that it does.
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But then again, I can whip their ass on a 10k or half-marathon...does that get me laid?
Welllll.... depending on the situation, it might get you laid first.
Zapp: Behold: The Great Stone Face of Mars... ...the only known entrance to the Martian reservation.
Fry: Hm.
Zapp:
Leela: What about the Great Stone Ass of Mars?
Zapp: Well, yeah, but it's way over on the other side of the planet.
The great logical fallacy of the 1990s was that stereotypes are always incorrect by sheer virtue of them being stereotypes. It's so heartwarming to see that fallacy continued even today.
By the way, at least the article managed to put forth some conjectures, even if they don't cite any studies. Your "nuh-uh" rebuttal leaves something to be desired.
You have to read everything, not just the stuff in big bold print.
Sports and other competitive games are forms of play, which, from an evolutionary standpoint, is training for the sort of activity required to feed oneself and one's family (at least, back in caveman days). The ability to feed one's family is a selection criterion for females choosing mates, so males which are more capable of doing so are more likely to mate. Therefore, there is an evolutionary pressure to encourage play in males throughout life, and thus, there is an evolutionary pressure for a neurological reward for play, namely that it is fun.
So, males play Quake, watch football (i.e., vicariously play football), and post to Slashdot (the eternal dick-waving contest) under the subconscious motivation that it will (indirectly) get you laid, not because females observe this behavior and are attracted to it, but because in a more primitive society, similar activities serve as practice for the capabilities that females are attracted to. In other words, it will get you laid.
And IIRC, generally the first 8 columns were used for sequence numbering, so you really had only 72 columns for coding. Sequence numbers, of course, were vital for programs on punchcards -- if you dropped a tray of cards you had to have a way to put them back in order...
Unless you're Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. Apparently, sequence numbers were optional at the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology.
That is also limited by the fact that the money all comes from the citizens of the states to begin with. If a state would enact a law that withholds all taxes of every kind collected from its citizens, especially income tax, there is nothing the Feds could do short of taking over that state's government by military force or other draconian measures. That might be pretty tough for a big important state, such as California. The whole idea of how far the interstate commerce clause can be stretched might have to be revisited by the SCOTUS.
I'm sure all the people working for the federal government in said state will be happy to hear that they've been laid off because of their state government's extreme obstinance. Military action won't be required.
"Battery set" as in "the set of batteries a soldier takes with him into the field". I didn't mean it as a technical term.
Very true. The standard-issue GPS unit a few years back was probably about twenty times (by volume, silly) as big as a consumer-grade unit. Granted, it's designed to be a lot better at picking up satellites, but a lot of that volume difference was pure ruggedization.
No.
They mean that they want a battery that weighs no more than 2 pounds per full day's worth of energy storage, given a soldier's normal power consumption. A 40-pound battery set will last a soldier a lot longer than one day. I'm not in the military, but I'm sure there's someone around here who's been on active duty recently and can tell us about how long their batteries will last without recharging.
Worst. Comparison. Ever.
They've already finished voice recording on four new Futurama movies that will be shown on Comedy Central as 16 half-hour episodes.
Merely being a commercial use does not automatically exclude it from also being fair use. For example, I can write a news article where I include a reasonable-sized quote from a book or other reference material, and then sell that article to a magazine or newspaper. I'm still making fair use of the book, but I've sold the article for commercial gain.
No kidding. They can't even form blazing sword yet.
Investing in a good home theater system is pretty much as good as seeing it in the theater. I mean, if somebody's cell phone rings at home, you can actually do something about it.
What's more, if yours takes tires, it's a sure sign you can't afford a Porsche.
This is just a petty waste of time and doomed to failure.
Hey, just as long as the lawyers get paid. That's the important part.
Professor Farnsworth: (sighing) Now I'll need a fake ID to rent ultra-porn!
But that's the part I already get without paying the extra $10.
I'd pay for that even without the additional power generation.
it searched your computer for other copyrighted files
Practically 100% of the files on your computer are copyrighted. Even if those files are music or movies, their mere presence doesn't indicate a breach of copyright. And unless they're transmitting a significant portion of those files back when "phoning home" - and thus running afoul of copyright law themselves in the process, to say nothing of computer trespass laws - merely mentioning the title of a work in a filename or in metadata doesn't authenticate that file as containing what the filename or metadata suggests that it does.
McCoy should have kicked Kirk in the balls for saying that.
Bah! We already know Santa Claus is a robot. No human could deliver presents that fast.
Man: Hey, aren't you a string?
String: No, I'm a frayed knot.
*ducks*
If I get your meaning, you should note that Linden Labs is being subpoenaed, not sued. Big difference.