How is poland 3rd world? This is the true dichotomy remember:
1st world: US/UK and allies during cold war.
2nd world: USSR/East Germany and allies during cold war.
3rd world: everyone unaligned (much of africa, etc.).
What happened is that small, poor countries didn't care about the cold war, so they were all listed as 3rd world countries. This led to the belief that 3rd world==poor country. That simply isn't true. Poland was part of the Warsaw (!) pact, and as such, was a 2nd world country. Obviously, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd world designation is now obsolete/historical. Any other system (including some which have a rogue "4th world" status) is simply revisionist and incorrect.
Look if you're going to paste definitions, you have to paste them ALL.
terrorism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tr-rzm)
n.
The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.
Source: The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
terrorism
n : the systematic use of violence as a means to intimidate or coerce societies or governments
Source: WordNet (R) 1.6, (C) 1997 Princeton University (odd that this definition seems to have 'evolved' a bit')
In any case, all we've done here is prove that there is no one definition for terrorism.
Correct background, but incorrect conclusion. Cutting costs does not kill people, and the example does not support that premise. The example supports this conclusion: Not following the spec from the engineer kills people. Cutting costs (when within accepted engineering practices) has never hurt anyone.
No. I'm not trying to say all crooks are terrorists. Terrorism is when you do damage (or threaten damage) for political or social gain. That is the defining factor of terrorism, not personal injury.
As the sibling points out, this is considered terrorism by most accounts: violence or threat of violence on persons or property for political or social gain. It's not an Ashcroft thing, it's how the word is, and always has been, defined.
No one is saying Iraq should pay reparations in the traditional warfare sense of the word. Reparations are when the defeated country pays the winners for starting and/or losing the war. That is what happened with the Treaty of Versailles. That is not what is being proposed today. What is being proposed is a simple repayment of reconstruction funds from Iraqi oil profits, very similar to the proposal that was being touted by the administration before the war. The only difference is that the administration assumed that the Iraqi oil infrastructure would be immediately prepared to pump oil for profits, so we wouldn't have to loan/give any money. Now that it's going to take a little investment to get the oil flowing (using American companies suspiciously tied to the Vice President), the administration doesn't seem to care.
What about those individuals who have attacked SCO and other organizations which are reviled on this website? Surely, they have not caused personal damage, but they have caused damage. I'm not saying these people were necessarily Linux zealots, but there is circumstantial evidence. How is this different (aside from the physical vs. electronic argument) than "eco-terrorists" which burn down lots of SUVs? Financial damage is financial damage.
Usually black boxes for video has to do with overlay, and not any sort of sneaky trick to get you to not take captures. Print Screen captures the screen before the overlay (video) is applied.
I would guess it would be ~5 years, which is the statute of limitations for any crime which does not have a specifically defined statute of limitation (in New Jersey). Also, it is usually illegal to make a law, and then charge people with a crime that was committed before the law was enacted.
I'd like to see a non-technological solution to recording approximately 100 million votes. Remember, you can't make 10 million golf pencils out of thin air...
PHP by itself is a superfast scripting engine, both in installation and use. Java on the otherhand requires a lot of setup and maintainance, and usually requires one machine dedicated to hosting its applications. Now tell me how they equally scale?
Wow, is *that* what they changed the definition of 'scale' to?
The NJ experience is vastly different from MA. What happened with the violations system is that a poor company was chosen, probably because of their low bid. This company actually went out of business during the contract, and the state had to bring in another firm (Parsons) to continue running the system. Parsons in turn decided that it was better to overhaul the system now, rather than attempt to continue forward with a broken system.
That's because this was made an issue when the system was first proposed. I know for EZ-Pass, they cannot write speeding tickets based on it. They know it can be done, but know it would be a PR and logistics disaster. NJ EZ-Pass has enough problems sending out just the routine no-tag/dead-tag violations. There was actually a whole month where they shut the system down because it was too error-prone. They also said that for many months, the system was only able to send out 10% of the violations that actually occured.
In PA, as well as NJ, I would assume it is mixed 15/45. NJ's only "high-speed" 45 mph is at Exit 6 on the Turnpike (there will be a new high-speed Exit 1 soon). I have only seen EZ-Pass on the Penn. Turnpike, and there were no high speed booths. I have used a 65 mph booth in Delaware, which I hope becomes the standard in the future.
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How is poland 3rd world? This is the true dichotomy remember:
1st world: US/UK and allies during cold war.
2nd world: USSR/East Germany and allies during cold war.
3rd world: everyone unaligned (much of africa, etc.).
What happened is that small, poor countries didn't care about the cold war, so they were all listed as 3rd world countries. This led to the belief that 3rd world==poor country. That simply isn't true. Poland was part of the Warsaw (!) pact, and as such, was a 2nd world country. Obviously, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd world designation is now obsolete/historical. Any other system (including some which have a rogue "4th world" status) is simply revisionist and incorrect.
I dont know how this made it up as a post
Did you stop to think that maybe it was a 'good' book review? (by slashdot standards)
Look if you're going to paste definitions, you have to paste them ALL.
terrorism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tr-rzm) n. The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. Source: The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
terrorism n : the systematic use of violence as a means to intimidate or coerce societies or governments Source: WordNet (R) 1.6, (C) 1997 Princeton University (odd that this definition seems to have 'evolved' a bit')
In any case, all we've done here is prove that there is no one definition for terrorism.
That's all well and good, but doesn't help.
Correct background, but incorrect conclusion. Cutting costs does not kill people, and the example does not support that premise. The example supports this conclusion: Not following the spec from the engineer kills people. Cutting costs (when within accepted engineering practices) has never hurt anyone.
No. I'm not trying to say all crooks are terrorists. Terrorism is when you do damage (or threaten damage) for political or social gain. That is the defining factor of terrorism, not personal injury.
As the sibling points out, this is considered terrorism by most accounts: violence or threat of violence on persons or property for political or social gain. It's not an Ashcroft thing, it's how the word is, and always has been, defined.
No one is saying Iraq should pay reparations in the traditional warfare sense of the word. Reparations are when the defeated country pays the winners for starting and/or losing the war. That is what happened with the Treaty of Versailles. That is not what is being proposed today. What is being proposed is a simple repayment of reconstruction funds from Iraqi oil profits, very similar to the proposal that was being touted by the administration before the war. The only difference is that the administration assumed that the Iraqi oil infrastructure would be immediately prepared to pump oil for profits, so we wouldn't have to loan/give any money. Now that it's going to take a little investment to get the oil flowing (using American companies suspiciously tied to the Vice President), the administration doesn't seem to care.
What about those individuals who have attacked SCO and other organizations which are reviled on this website? Surely, they have not caused personal damage, but they have caused damage. I'm not saying these people were necessarily Linux zealots, but there is circumstantial evidence. How is this different (aside from the physical vs. electronic argument) than "eco-terrorists" which burn down lots of SUVs? Financial damage is financial damage.
What about "eco-terrorists" such as the ELF which burned an SUV dealership in California a few months ago, causing no personal injuries?
Usually black boxes for video has to do with overlay, and not any sort of sneaky trick to get you to not take captures. Print Screen captures the screen before the overlay (video) is applied.
I would guess it would be ~5 years, which is the statute of limitations for any crime which does not have a specifically defined statute of limitation (in New Jersey). Also, it is usually illegal to make a law, and then charge people with a crime that was committed before the law was enacted.
With the right technology, 10 million certainly isn't an inconcievable number of golf pencils, correct.
No, the parent notes that in these times, every solution is a technological solution.
I'd like to see a non-technological solution to recording approximately 100 million votes. Remember, you can't make 10 million golf pencils out of thin air...
PHP by itself is a superfast scripting engine, both in installation and use. Java on the otherhand requires a lot of setup and maintainance, and usually requires one machine dedicated to hosting its applications. Now tell me how they equally scale?
Wow, is *that* what they changed the definition of 'scale' to?
For Linux users, it seems like Maya has taken the traditional Linux route of educating users -- RTFM.
The NJ experience is vastly different from MA. What happened with the violations system is that a poor company was chosen, probably because of their low bid. This company actually went out of business during the contract, and the state had to bring in another firm (Parsons) to continue running the system. Parsons in turn decided that it was better to overhaul the system now, rather than attempt to continue forward with a broken system.
That's because this was made an issue when the system was first proposed. I know for EZ-Pass, they cannot write speeding tickets based on it. They know it can be done, but know it would be a PR and logistics disaster. NJ EZ-Pass has enough problems sending out just the routine no-tag/dead-tag violations. There was actually a whole month where they shut the system down because it was too error-prone. They also said that for many months, the system was only able to send out 10% of the violations that actually occured.
In PA, as well as NJ, I would assume it is mixed 15/45. NJ's only "high-speed" 45 mph is at Exit 6 on the Turnpike (there will be a new high-speed Exit 1 soon). I have only seen EZ-Pass on the Penn. Turnpike, and there were no high speed booths. I have used a 65 mph booth in Delaware, which I hope becomes the standard in the future.
As efficient as it is or may be, it's still going to use bandwidth when you pull down Kill Bill at 400 k/s.
The fact that you have "no doubts" about what will happen 3 years from now shows your extreme zealotry.
Oh, oh! Can I be the first to call bullshit?
Funny, I don't see them attempting to use illegal trickery to get Bob Novak to reveal his sources...
No, that was the point. He was bitching that you have to move to the keyboard. That's not true; you can copy/paste using the mouse in Windows.