"[T]hou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church" Matthew 16:18
There are three branches of Christianity in the world today. Roman Catholicism came first, Orthodox Catholicism came second (after splitting from the Roman Catholic church), and Protestants third (after Martin Luther's 95 theses). Where does this idea that Catholics are not Christian come from?
eventually we may have to worry about a criminal throwing a radio device that brute forces all the weapons in a certain radius into a secure area -- discharging every officer's weapon in the building.
This reminded me of the "Nanite Defuser" wonder in the Civilization: Call to Power game. Once you built it, it defused all of the nukes in the world, obsoleting nuclear stockpiles - instant equalization, in effect. Wouldn't it be interesting if someone developed some form of technology that could/would disable firearms?
Of course, folks would just think of a new way to kill, but the period of downtime (if any - let's face it, we're a murderous lot) would be an interesting change of pace.
You're unduly optimistic. They would mandate laundry, and if the far-lefties got in charge, they'd mandate that we all do China's laundry in a poorly thought out effort to reverse past stereotypes.
Ah, yes, but if the far-righties stay in charge, they'll soon mandate that we do corporate America's laundry . . .
And now try to imagine, how someone found out, that cows give milk...
I often wonder about who was the first to say, "Hmmm. I wonder what X tastes like?" With X = lobster, clams, snails, squid, truffles, caviar, blowfish, etc.
Also, what about the poor sods who discovered that too much of an item can equal an instant and/or painful death (i.e., blowfish)? Was there experimentation? Trial and Error?
Same answer as then: forget the CA, sign it yourself and make the required user ok of the resulting certificate part of the documented process for accessing your content.
We use imaging software (such as Ghost) and include the cert pre-installed in IE's "Trusted Root" and/or Mozilla's "Authorities" on every machine we roll out. Eliminated perplexed users calling about messages they don't understand.
Of course, we're not an e-commerce site, so this is purely an internal solution.
The idea that Linux's documentation needs improvement might still have merit.
Yeah, but since when does poor documentation=downtime? Generally, you consult the docs before any implementation, not just when you run across a problem.
why do they have replicants hunting replicants on earth?
Without taking sides on way or another, it seems to me that having replicants hunt replicants would be a perfect, albeit, "morally relativistic" way to handle things. When both parties are machines, there's little need for sympathy, or remorse - no "real" casualties, so to speak.
What your diatribe fails to take into account is that broadband consumers have only three choices: one, their current broadband provider, be it their local phone or cable company; two, the other company not specified by number one; and three, no broadband at all.
While you're right that the consumer's options are limited, it doesn't mean that the consumer can't show a little teeth now and then. What is needed is a demonstraion of consumer power.
What I'd like to see is a large percentage of folks in any monopolised area call and cancel their service for just one month - just long enough to drop off the billing lists.
Just the shock of seeing a mass exodus would remind these companies that they have a responsibility to the customers as well as the shareholders - after all, you can't have one without the other - and prompt a little closer attention.
At the end of the month, folks can either re-up with the monopoly, or try a competitor. I bet there'll be some really sweet deals available.
Furthermore, statistics show that poor people almost never get loans, because the banks know they're not getting paid back.
Whew. That'll come as a great relief to allofthesepeople who seem to be under the mistaken impression that the poor are often preyed upon by mortgage banks offering loans they know can never be paid off. I'll be sure to let the attorneys we employ whose sole responsibility it is to handle these types of cases know that they can move on to ther things.
I have at least 30 different classified computers and have been managing secure LANs for years. I have never ever seen or heard of such a requirement. "Rigorous investigation" of software? Nope, never seen that either.
As you yourself pointed out, "[y]ou're only the mass murderer whilst committing your crime using their identity". If you are arrested while posing as "Jack D. Ripper", the burden will quite firmly be on you to prove that you are "Jane Normal", and that you are not responsible for the list of crimes associated with the name you've borrowed. The police aren't going to take it on faith. You will initially spend a fair amount of time in jail as "Jack" (unless, of course, you're using the identity of someone easily identifiable as belonging to the opposite sex).
After you have proven that you are "Jane Normal" and are therefore not responsible for "Jack's" tri-state killing spree, then you'll get the chance to explain why you thought it'd be a good idea to borrow "Jack's" identity in the first place. After this, you get to go to jail as "Jane Normal".
Either way, you're not going to have a good weekend.
HOWEVER, an understanding of evolution for many lessens their belief in god, because it is yet another explanation that lessens the need for the ultimate "catch all" explanation for "unsolved" mysteries, and as such it's an important fight for many of those that strongly believe.
There's a lot of truth in what you're saying, but for me, the presence of evolution only increases my respect for a "divine being". Anything that can devise an adaptive mechanism that clever,complex, and elegant deserves mad props. That's one hell of a watchmaker.
i think there's something to be said about perception.
Yes, Perception is just that: perception.
Everyone is guilty of it to a certain degree, but ultimately it amounts to absolutely nothing. Clothes do not define the man, and a book cannot always be judged by its cover. Individuals have a depth and breadth of experience that cannot be measured by a mere visual cue. Anyone making a snap judgments on a person's character or abilities based on nothing more than how they dress is going to miss a lot.
The sad part is, they probably won't care about what they might've missed - it's too convenient and comforting to drop people into a handy little pigeonhole. Hell, it requires almost no thought at all.
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This reminded me of the "Nanite Defuser" wonder in the Civilization: Call to Power game. Once you built it, it defused all of the nukes in the world, obsoleting nuclear stockpiles - instant equalization, in effect. Wouldn't it be interesting if someone developed some form of technology that could/would disable firearms?
Of course, folks would just think of a new way to kill, but the period of downtime (if any - let's face it, we're a murderous lot) would be an interesting change of pace.
Ah, yes, but if the far-righties stay in charge, they'll soon mandate that we do corporate America's laundry . . .
So basically, if you still want to be a photographic snoop, use a box camera.
I often wonder about who was the first to say, "Hmmm. I wonder what X tastes like?" With X = lobster, clams, snails, squid, truffles, caviar, blowfish, etc.
Also, what about the poor sods who discovered that too much of an item can equal an instant and/or painful death (i.e., blowfish)? Was there experimentation? Trial and Error?
We use imaging software (such as Ghost) and include the cert pre-installed in IE's "Trusted Root" and/or Mozilla's "Authorities" on every machine we roll out. Eliminated perplexed users calling about messages they don't understand.
Of course, we're not an e-commerce site, so this is purely an internal solution.
You could twy wabbit ears . . .
Yeah, but since when does poor documentation=downtime? Generally, you consult the docs before any implementation, not just when you run across a problem.
Without taking sides on way or another, it seems to me that having replicants hunt replicants would be a perfect, albeit, "morally relativistic" way to handle things. When both parties are machines, there's little need for sympathy, or remorse - no "real" casualties, so to speak.
While you're right that the consumer's options are limited, it doesn't mean that the consumer can't show a little teeth now and then. What is needed is a demonstraion of consumer power.
What I'd like to see is a large percentage of folks in any monopolised area call and cancel their service for just one month - just long enough to drop off the billing lists.
Just the shock of seeing a mass exodus would remind these companies that they have a responsibility to the customers as well as the shareholders - after all, you can't have one without the other - and prompt a little closer attention.
At the end of the month, folks can either re-up with the monopoly, or try a competitor. I bet there'll be some really sweet deals available.
Whew. That'll come as a great relief to all of these people who seem to be under the mistaken impression that the poor are often preyed upon by mortgage banks offering loans they know can never be paid off. I'll be sure to let the attorneys we employ whose sole responsibility it is to handle these types of cases know that they can move on to ther things.
Well that makes me feel sooo much better . . .
;-)
Nah . . . it's still a sports analogy. Now if you'd said the PS3 is going to be like Duke Nukem . . .
;-)
But they do love shopping in a free market:
FBI buys illegally acquired phone records for investigations
Here's a few more:
And yeah, they're pretty bad.
Not entirely.
As you yourself pointed out, "[y]ou're only the mass murderer whilst committing your crime using their identity". If you are arrested while posing as "Jack D. Ripper", the burden will quite firmly be on you to prove that you are "Jane Normal", and that you are not responsible for the list of crimes associated with the name you've borrowed. The police aren't going to take it on faith. You will initially spend a fair amount of time in jail as "Jack" (unless, of course, you're using the identity of someone easily identifiable as belonging to the opposite sex).
After you have proven that you are "Jane Normal" and are therefore not responsible for "Jack's" tri-state killing spree, then you'll get the chance to explain why you thought it'd be a good idea to borrow "Jack's" identity in the first place. After this, you get to go to jail as "Jane Normal".
Either way, you're not going to have a good weekend.
Best make it a worthwhile crime, then.
It'd suck to steal the identity of a mass murderer and then get pulled over for speeding.
Well, there is the fact that there's only 209 more days until election day . . .
Because, as we've learned, idealism can be bought for as little as a $300 tax refund.
There's a lot of truth in what you're saying, but for me, the presence of evolution only increases my respect for a "divine being". Anything that can devise an adaptive mechanism that clever,complex, and elegant deserves mad props. That's one hell of a watchmaker.
Yes, Perception is just that: perception.
Everyone is guilty of it to a certain degree, but ultimately it amounts to absolutely nothing. Clothes do not define the man, and a book cannot always be judged by its cover. Individuals have a depth and breadth of experience that cannot be measured by a mere visual cue. Anyone making a snap judgments on a person's character or abilities based on nothing more than how they dress is going to miss a lot.
The sad part is, they probably won't care about what they might've missed - it's too convenient and comforting to drop people into a handy little pigeonhole. Hell, it requires almost no thought at all.
Let's not forget that all of those C-level types currently on trial were very well dressed . . .
Don't read many newspapers, or watch much television, do you?
Or, in a possibly more entertaining vein, we spend another hour and two sequels watching Agent Smith beat the everloving hell out him.