I don't know... I can certainly see Apple putting the Intel logo on the exterior packaging; perhaps under their deal with Intel that's sufficient to qualify for the discounts.
I can also see Apple doing a sticker that peels off easily, as long as it's relatively unobtrusive. Or perhaps even a permanent marking, as long as the logo isn't overly complex - either silk screened or (in the case of PowerBooks and PowerMacs (by whatever name)) laser-etched into the case.
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The Quinn story actually came first, but yeah.
The Boston Globe and the New York Times share the same owner, incidentally...
My point was that a better example to support the argument might have been cited, such as this one that explicitly states that "the Italian government is contemplating a criminal case of its own."
I wasn't questioning the assertion of the Grandparent post that criminal charges were being considered, just that the evidence offered to support it was poor. The post undermined its' own argument; that's all I was pointing out.
If you would follow the news you would see that several states and contries are consider criminal charges against Sony. [...] For example, on 21 November the Texas State Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a civil lawsuit against Sony seeking civil penalties
You're citing a civil suit to support your argument that criminal charges are being considered?
Two possible solutions to the existing stackables...
(1) keep the same footprint but make it about an inch or so taller (I think a 3.5" would fit?)
(2) Give away a plastic adapter with each machine with a larger footprint, resulting in a "step-pyramid" like stacking arrangement.
The larger capacity, higher performance and lower cost of using non-laptop HDDs is a large positive, IMO, against the small negatives of a slightly larger form factor.
*shrugs* Then again, (small) size isn't important to me personally in the first place. Silence is, though, and from what I understand the mini is pretty quiet. I'll be replacing my dual G4/500 one day (probably when the second of the 3 36GB internal SCSI disks fails), though I'd probably be more in the market for an iMac. But the Mini would be in the running as a second Mac, I guess.
Is that strictly considered "poisoning" or is it more "mechanical injury" on a small scale? The article summary was wrong on this, I think... not "toxic", but dangerous.
-- Lead is toxic, but the mechanical injury of being shot is the more immediate concern...
The shower would be while suited (no doubt requiring a lot of testing of new suits for water resistance). Maintaining a high relative humidity inside would probably be helpful as well.
As I recall, either Armstrong or Aldrin noted a smell "like burnt gunpowder" in the LEM following the EVAs. This was attributed to the dust.
As to health issues, isn't silicosis the result of chronic exposure? I doubt the dozen (18 if you count the guy in the CSM being exposed on the way home) folks with the most exposure were exposed to enough, for long enough, to have any impact.
If/when we have a long-term presence on the moon, this may be an issue. I suspect one easily solved by taking a quick shower in the airlock on your way back in. Obviously you'd recycle the water, distilling it if need be to leave behind the dust. Though I suspect that in the presence of water and being allowed to sit a while, it might form a sludge that settles. Failing that, I'm sure there's something that could be added to bind it into a harmless solid.
Filtering the air, electrostatic precipitation, etc. would also likely be a good idea.
Of course they were, they are respectively the most important Physicist and Biologist ever. If they had the intelligence to conceive their theories, it should be rather obvious that sorting their mail was not outside the realm of their wit.
More relevant, I think, is the simple fact that they were prominent. As such, they attracted [snail] mail from strangers at a far greater rate than the average person of their time. Some, no doubt, from crackpots and autograph collectors.
Their experiences don't parallel the modern email user; it cost far more money and effort for the random strangers mailing them than it costs the people generously offering me a mortgage on my newly enlarged penis.
The lack of free mailing lists in that day is also a smaller factor in total mail load, I think. I doubt many/any of those were (aside from aggregate bandwidth) free to the end users.
I think you replied to the wrong comment? I never said Republicans were technoboobs; I implied that they were greedy, self-serving hypocrites interested only in sucking the cocks of their campaign contributors.
Please don't suggest that I insulted their technical prowess.
Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
USPTO has no authority outside the realm of "Science and useful Arts" and patents granted outside the scope of that allowed by the Constitution are illegal. Nor does it matter what Congress has to say about it; granting patents on things not meeting the prior test is not a power granted to the Federal Government.
They "declined" to create a definition. Translation: we "chose" to ignore the law. Perhaps I'll "decline" to pay my taxes and see how that flies. Arrogant bastards; they need to be put against the wall.
Exactly my point. What we feel about it doesn't matter. What the Courts decided matters in regards to our personal freedoms in this Country and others. They decide what Rights the Individual gets.
Technically, they decide what rights people are deprived of; any unenumerated rights are reserved to the States or citizens under the 9th Amendment. And, in my opinion stay, there unless the government is able to prove a compelling interest under the deliberately limited powers granted to it.
Right or wrong, I trust the Courts to make the right decisions more than they make the wrong ones.
And I don't trust them - either I'm paranoid or you're gullible. If it's upheld it would be an error, regardless of how frequently such mistakes occur (we can agree that sometimes the Courts get it right, and sometimes they don't).
But if I'm detained for something bullshit and they come at me for a sample, I will walk out. If I'm not allowed to, I'm not "detained" -- I'm under arrest. And they damned well better be prepared to justify that, or face a lawsuit.
Going somewhat offtopic...
I see a world where rapists are publicly executed and a citizen can own weapons up to 23mm without registration and you see fingerprints and DNA falling under a lockbox.
I don't think we disagree as much as you seem to think. If we have capital punishment, I'd favor it for rape as well as murder and a few other things. And if it's being done in the name of the society, it should be done in public.
My issue is the possibility of error; you can't un-execute someone. In heinous cases, I'd favor life-no-chance-of-parole and the criminal is given the chance to volunteer to be executed rather than face an unpleasant life behind bars. Hell, possibly give them a small incentive, perhaps - let them volunteer for execution and waive their appeals in exchange for a more comfortable life in prison for a duration not exceeding half the typical appeals process. (I also think people should be allowed to suicide if they're mentally competent, but that's another issue only tangentially related.)
As to individual possession of weapons without registration, I'd not limit it as much as you do. There used to be a time when farmers could buy dynamite for stump and rock removal; it didn't seem to cause many problems. Fireworks used to be legal; there weren't many problems - falling out of a tree was a greater hazard for children than playing with firecrackers and bottle rockets. But now they're illicit, and the risk is greater. Same applies to firearms - the criminals and idiots aren't going to obey a law taking them away, and I don't want the government to have a list of who has what guns so that in any (real or imagined) emergency they can decide to collect them "for the public good." Personally I don't own any guns and don't want to - I have too short a temper to be a responsible gun owner. I prefer that a percentage of my neighbors are, though (except the asshole with the loud music at 3AM).
I guess a line does need to be drawn somewhere on weapons/firearms though. Plutonium for sale at the local gunshop isn't a great idea. The problem with drawing any line, anywhere is that as soon as you do so, some asshole wants to move it...
As a matter of fact they are collecting various other body samples too... a sample of hair, semen, stool,... etc.
I have no idea if that's true, but it raises an interesting question. What happens if they want a semen sample from a religious fundamentalist who believes that masturbation is a serious sin? Or what if the knowledge of what the sample is to be used for creates impotence?
Those would be interesting cases. Almost makes me wish we had Ashcroft back so that a defendant could call him a pervert.
The fingerprints, testimony, photographs and other evidence is kept if one is found innocent or released or even if not charged. Why should DNA be different?
This is true. Testimony I feel is a somewhat different case, as the individual has an opportunity to consult legal counsel, choose how he phrases answers and/or invoke his 5th Amendment right.
Photographs in the case of mug shots are information that is in effect already publicly available; anyone can look at your face as you walk down the street. If I recall correctly, there was some recent controversy concerning pictures of Michael Jackson's genitals that he wanted destroyed following his acquittal. Much as I personally think he's a scumbag, he was found not guilty and I support him in his bid to have the pictures turned over to him or destroyed.
The courts have held that fingerprints may be retained even if no conviction ultimately results. I see fingerprints and DNA falling under "papers" in which we should be secure from unreasonable search. There should be a requirement for a warrant, so that an attempt to quash it may be made. This "routine Administrative collection" is a means of circumventing Constitutional protections in the name of "Think of the Children" "Well if you have nothing to hide..." "You're either with us or you're with the terrorists" Err, whatever the excuse is this week.
Have an actual need for a DNA sample (or fingerprints)? Convince a Judge to issue a warrant after you state an articulatable justification. It's not hard; there are plenty of incompetent judges who'd sign their own death warrant if placed before them. And if the suspicion or cause turned out to be invalid, the warrant evaporates, as do the samples and all records of them. Period.
Court ordered handwriting exemplars should be treated the same way - destroyed unless a conviction they are relevant to occurs.
--I should probably be modded "(-1) Ewwww!!!!" for the Michael Jackson example...
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I can also see Apple doing a sticker that peels off easily, as long as it's relatively unobtrusive. Or perhaps even a permanent marking, as long as the logo isn't overly complex - either silk screened or (in the case of PowerBooks and PowerMacs (by whatever name)) laser-etched into the case.
The Quinn story actually came first, but yeah. The Boston Globe and the New York Times share the same owner, incidentally...
Silly me. I thought it was the alcoholism.
I wasn't questioning the assertion of the Grandparent post that criminal charges were being considered, just that the evidence offered to support it was poor. The post undermined its' own argument; that's all I was pointing out.
(1) keep the same footprint but make it about an inch or so taller (I think a 3.5" would fit?)
(2) Give away a plastic adapter with each machine with a larger footprint, resulting in a "step-pyramid" like stacking arrangement.
The larger capacity, higher performance and lower cost of using non-laptop HDDs is a large positive, IMO, against the small negatives of a slightly larger form factor.
*shrugs* Then again, (small) size isn't important to me personally in the first place. Silence is, though, and from what I understand the mini is pretty quiet. I'll be replacing my dual G4/500 one day (probably when the second of the 3 36GB internal SCSI disks fails), though I'd probably be more in the market for an iMac. But the Mini would be in the running as a second Mac, I guess.
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Lead is toxic, but the mechanical injury of being shot is the more immediate concern...
The shower would be while suited (no doubt requiring a lot of testing of new suits for water resistance). Maintaining a high relative humidity inside would probably be helpful as well.
As to health issues, isn't silicosis the result of chronic exposure? I doubt the dozen (18 if you count the guy in the CSM being exposed on the way home) folks with the most exposure were exposed to enough, for long enough, to have any impact.
If/when we have a long-term presence on the moon, this may be an issue. I suspect one easily solved by taking a quick shower in the airlock on your way back in. Obviously you'd recycle the water, distilling it if need be to leave behind the dust. Though I suspect that in the presence of water and being allowed to sit a while, it might form a sludge that settles. Failing that, I'm sure there's something that could be added to bind it into a harmless solid.
Filtering the air, electrostatic precipitation, etc. would also likely be a good idea.
Two of those three would apply to the current crop of US politicians. All three if you count Bob Dole.
Oh, wait... it just seems that way. Carry on...
Their experiences don't parallel the modern email user; it cost far more money and effort for the random strangers mailing them than it costs the people generously offering me a mortgage on my newly enlarged penis.
The lack of free mailing lists in that day is also a smaller factor in total mail load, I think. I doubt many/any of those were (aside from aggregate bandwidth) free to the end users.
I never said group "A" were litterbugs; I said they were murderous, child-molesting mutants. How dare you accuse me of insulting them?
Get it now?
I'm a Libertarian and have no great like for either the Democratic or Republican party.
Please don't suggest that I insulted their technical prowess.
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Doesn't include the information I was looking for, but does give a bit more detail.
I further wager that the judge concerned was appointed/nominated by a Republican.
USPTO has no authority outside the realm of "Science and useful Arts" and patents granted outside the scope of that allowed by the Constitution are illegal. Nor does it matter what Congress has to say about it; granting patents on things not meeting the prior test is not a power granted to the Federal Government.
They "declined" to create a definition. Translation: we "chose" to ignore the law. Perhaps I'll "decline" to pay my taxes and see how that flies. Arrogant bastards; they need to be put against the wall.
Not that there's anything wrong with pushing a book you've written, but it being mentioned is hardly a surprise.
But if I'm detained for something bullshit and they come at me for a sample, I will walk out. If I'm not allowed to, I'm not "detained" -- I'm under arrest. And they damned well better be prepared to justify that, or face a lawsuit.
Going somewhat offtopic...
I don't think we disagree as much as you seem to think. If we have capital punishment, I'd favor it for rape as well as murder and a few other things. And if it's being done in the name of the society, it should be done in public.My issue is the possibility of error; you can't un-execute someone. In heinous cases, I'd favor life-no-chance-of-parole and the criminal is given the chance to volunteer to be executed rather than face an unpleasant life behind bars. Hell, possibly give them a small incentive, perhaps - let them volunteer for execution and waive their appeals in exchange for a more comfortable life in prison for a duration not exceeding half the typical appeals process. (I also think people should be allowed to suicide if they're mentally competent, but that's another issue only tangentially related.)
As to individual possession of weapons without registration, I'd not limit it as much as you do. There used to be a time when farmers could buy dynamite for stump and rock removal; it didn't seem to cause many problems. Fireworks used to be legal; there weren't many problems - falling out of a tree was a greater hazard for children than playing with firecrackers and bottle rockets. But now they're illicit, and the risk is greater. Same applies to firearms - the criminals and idiots aren't going to obey a law taking them away, and I don't want the government to have a list of who has what guns so that in any (real or imagined) emergency they can decide to collect them "for the public good." Personally I don't own any guns and don't want to - I have too short a temper to be a responsible gun owner. I prefer that a percentage of my neighbors are, though (except the asshole with the loud music at 3AM).
I guess a line does need to be drawn somewhere on weapons/firearms though. Plutonium for sale at the local gunshop isn't a great idea. The problem with drawing any line, anywhere is that as soon as you do so, some asshole wants to move it...
Those would be interesting cases. Almost makes me wish we had Ashcroft back so that a defendant could call him a pervert.
Photographs in the case of mug shots are information that is in effect already publicly available; anyone can look at your face as you walk down the street. If I recall correctly, there was some recent controversy concerning pictures of Michael Jackson's genitals that he wanted destroyed following his acquittal. Much as I personally think he's a scumbag, he was found not guilty and I support him in his bid to have the pictures turned over to him or destroyed.
The courts have held that fingerprints may be retained even if no conviction ultimately results. I see fingerprints and DNA falling under "papers" in which we should be secure from unreasonable search. There should be a requirement for a warrant, so that an attempt to quash it may be made. This "routine Administrative collection" is a means of circumventing Constitutional protections in the name of "Think of the Children" "Well if you have nothing to hide..." "You're either with us or you're with the terrorists" Err, whatever the excuse is this week.
Have an actual need for a DNA sample (or fingerprints)? Convince a Judge to issue a warrant after you state an articulatable justification. It's not hard; there are plenty of incompetent judges who'd sign their own death warrant if placed before them. And if the suspicion or cause turned out to be invalid, the warrant evaporates, as do the samples and all records of them. Period.
Court ordered handwriting exemplars should be treated the same way - destroyed unless a conviction they are relevant to occurs. --I should probably be modded "(-1) Ewwww!!!!" for the Michael Jackson example...