I can only say, RTFM (where TFM==US Constitution).
And I can only say, modern law can NOT be explained via a reading of the Constitution alone, like it or not. In this case, in any event, Congress gave the president the authority to do what he's doing in Iraq, whether it's a war or not, whether you choose to call it that or not.
Constitutionally, only congress can declare war. Congress has not declared war.
I agree, if we -constitutionally- declare war, then the president has exceptional powers to prosecute that war.
That's an archaic analysis - no one actually bothers to declare war anymore. We haven't had a declared war in 60 years, yet we've participated in a number of activities that an observer would probably describe as wars. Congress passed multiple bills to finance the war, and also passed bills giving the president the power to execute the war, so I'd say that counts.
But it's not, because fornic- isn't the root to a second-declension(-us, -i nouns), it's fornix, fornicis meaning an arch(which is where the prostitutes hung out). Would be more like Fornicatione Ita!(you can reverse, word order doesn't matter here) pronounced four-nick-aht-ee-own-ay ee-tah.(The important part is that the e isn't silent)
What's Latin for "Christ almighty, it was a f*cking joke" ?
Before this article did you know that swiping any card would open the ATM door? I sure didn't and I bet most people assume some type of ATM card is needed to gain access. So it is better to have the locked door because it does keep the homeless people out who probably don't have anything to swipe and even if they do they most likely don't realize they can use just any mag stripe card to get in.
At best, that's security by obscurity. I'd say that anyone in the business of knowing that (ie, thieves and such) would take the trouble to learn. Also, one could still use a fake card reader with a real door and save the money.
Either way - you've made a gross assumption that is in no way backed up by any factual information, and phrased in such a way that, no matter what you insist, I doubt you did RTFA.
Yet his basic point is valid - if any freaking card will open the door, and everyone has some kind of card, why have a door? Appearances? Why not have a door with a fake card reader? It would be cheaper and do the same thing.
Sorry, Google *is* search 2.0. Search 1.0 was the fscking phone book. And I don't think this new stuff deserves a major version number. Perhaps search 2.1?
My understanding is that your first explanation is correct -- everyone knows what an iPod is and wants one, so it makes their street value much higher than any other mp3 player. White earbuds inidicate that they are attached to an iPod.
I've heard the same, but sometimes experiments belie conventional wisdom. It would be a fun, if dangerous, experiment. And in either case, switching to black earbuds would help.
Now there's an interesting question there - is the rise in iPod thefts due to the fact that iPods, associated with white earbuds, are more popular and hence worth stealing? Or is it simply because the white earbuds are more visible at night, thus making their owner a more obvious target?
When I grew up, it seemed like the U.S. respected science instead of intelligent design
No, you just thought it did, because the religious folks were less organized about spreading their agenda. Unfortunately the notion of evolution has never quite caught on in certain parts of this country.
respected debate over the nihilism of "everyone's opinion has value"
Not sure where you're going there - sounds like a false dichotomy to me.
Perhaps it would be a research topic to evaluate whether junk content and sloppy reasoning have a spillover adverse effect on more primal I.Q. measurements like reaction time to simple problems?
At least you're not establishing as fact the notion that people who disagree with you are stupid.
How can Firefox's spelling checker be a "standout feature" when Opera, Safari and Konqueror already have it built in? It's more of a "catch-up feature" than a "standout feature".
Compared to IE. That's the battle here really, the fight for marketshare on windows PCs. Safari and Konqueror don't run on Windows, and Opera's marketshare is so low as to make it an afterthought.
which is not true because we already agree that the word 'trys' is acceptable as a plural noun when used in rugby.
No one f*ing cares about rugby. I don't think the greater language community accepts their misspellings as proper English. I think it's well-recognized that rugby fans move their lips when they read, assuming they can.
First off, it is spelling rather than grammar. Secondly, 'trys' is a perfectly acceptable word in another context. The England rugby team often scores more trys than the opposition. Are you by any chance an american? If so, and I am not trolling, please refrain from commenting on a language you do not understand.
1) 'Trys' in that context was a word made up by the sporting community. It does not make it proper English in other contexts (as you point out, actually). Additionally, 'Trys' in that context is a plural noun rather than a verb tense, as was being used in the article. Please refrain from commenting on language, in general, since you seem not to grasp the concept.
"Now that there's no percieved scarcity, people are free to watch what they want only when they actually want to."
Not really. It's more like 'people are free to watch whatever Netflix sent them, and hopefully that overlaps what they would actually like to watch. Since that's probably unlikely, the movie will likely sit until they're actually in the mood to watch it.'
The parent's post had nothing to do with single core chips. What he was getting at is that intel is likely to release a quad-core chip to fill the role that the dual Xeons have filled.
Well then, that's a problem, because methinks that Apple will release a new desktop before Intel releases a quad-core xeon. Therefore, for the time being, the one-chip vs. two-chip debate is irrelevant. Obviously they'll switch to a single chip when that's available but currently it's not.
Depends on the benchmark used, as has been amply demonstrated, and I'll guess which way the ones in Apple stores will be slanted...bottom line is, every day the Intel competitors are getting faster and the G5s aren't, so it's about time they were retired.
I think Ars made wonderful points and a well informed prediction. However, though this article is a few months old, I think that the principles behind it will still be in effect for Intel's upcoming lines, namely that a motherboard setup with a multi-core chip is in general cheaper than a roughly equivalently configured multi-chip one, and still for most applications the multi-core configuration will result in greater performance.
Yes, but here, I don't think there are any single-core chips in play. The debate seems be be among dual-core chips, Xeon and Conroe, and further whether to use one or two dual core chips. The days of using multiple, single-core chips are gone. The article contends they'll go with Xeon because it's the only one of the dual-core chips that can be used in a multi-chip configuration, which is the only way Apple could hang on to the whole "Quad" thing. It would make a helluva flagship desktop PC. I tend to agree, because they need to maintain some kind of niche for their towers. It needs to be more than just slightly more powerful than the iMac.
Granted you'll be a bitch boy for the professor, but he or she will often take care of your expenses in return, especially if you do a fair amount of work. Fellowships are also fairly easy to come by if you have a fairly decent GPA, GRE scores, and work/research experience. Applying to UCF, I was offered a $10k/year fellowship beyond a GA position.
The situation is even better for high-tier PhD schools. Your boss pays you for working on your thesis project, not grunt work. Where I was, the school covered all the first years, who had minimal teaching duties. After that, your advisor covered you and you only had to work on your own research project. You could teach if you wanted to fir some extra cash, but didn't have to. They even had an orientation for the first years where they taught you things like your advisor not being allowed to treat you like his bitch boy, Great experience all around.
You seriously need to do a little research before you post, amigo. Statistically, home schooled graduates tend to score higher than their public schooled counterparts on average. Now, these tests are skewed probably by those homeschoolers who opt out, but the data still exists.
Oh sure. I'm not talking about tests; home schoolers by definition have parents who actually give a shit, which describes a depressing fraction of regular parents, and parents who give a shit tend to have kids who do better in school. No, by 'loser,' I didn't mean 'doesn't score well on the SAT.' I meant 'less likely to be asked out to drinks with coworkers' kind of thing. Naturally, it's not a guaranteed syndrome, and in many situations, it's better than the alternative (ie, being shot), which was the original thesis of my point. But I do think that getting the kids away from mom and dad is a good thing, and that not doing that can have, shall we say, social repercussions. If nothing else, it's good to learn to deal with assholes you can't get away from, as that's a pretty good thing to learn for the professional world.
What are you talking about? We had some pretty big problems in our school with violence (even a few shootings) and we certainly got rid of the problem. They put a policy in place where if you were a constant problem, they shipped you off to another school.
Think that one through and I think you'll see where the problem lies.
Seems to me that the Teacher's Union needs the classroom more than the kids. Online learning through accredited schools is proven and effective. Teacher's Unions, on the other hand, have only been proven to look out for the Teacher's best interests, often to the detriment of thier students. I choose to take the Teachers Union's opinion with a grain... make that a truckload of salt.
Yeah, I'd say you cut through the BS on that one, there's clearly an interest for the teachers not to be replaced by computers. However, one caveat: if the classroom isn't a warzone, kids do benefit from actually going to school. They learn to socialize, and they avoid developing a second umbilicus from being home with Mommy all day, every day, for 18 years. Have you met kids who were home schooled?
Am I missing the picture here? Spend the money elsewhere correcting the underlying problems, rather than beating around the bush trying to work out a compromise. New York City has proven that it is *very* possible to reduce crime, and go from being one of the most dangerous cities in the world to one of the safest per capita, and do so in an incredibly short amount of time.
Yeah, but you have the Daleys running Chicago. Let's just say that as mobsters, they have a slightly different relationship with crime than, say, a former DA (Guiliani).
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And I can only say, modern law can NOT be explained via a reading of the Constitution alone, like it or not. In this case, in any event, Congress gave the president the authority to do what he's doing in Iraq, whether it's a war or not, whether you choose to call it that or not.
That's an archaic analysis - no one actually bothers to declare war anymore. We haven't had a declared war in 60 years, yet we've participated in a number of activities that an observer would probably describe as wars. Congress passed multiple bills to finance the war, and also passed bills giving the president the power to execute the war, so I'd say that counts.
What's Latin for "Christ almighty, it was a f*cking joke" ?
Ita Fornicus sounds about right...;)
At best, that's security by obscurity. I'd say that anyone in the business of knowing that (ie, thieves and such) would take the trouble to learn. Also, one could still use a fake card reader with a real door and save the money.
Yet his basic point is valid - if any freaking card will open the door, and everyone has some kind of card, why have a door? Appearances? Why not have a door with a fake card reader? It would be cheaper and do the same thing.
Sorry, Google *is* search 2.0. Search 1.0 was the fscking phone book. And I don't think this new stuff deserves a major version number. Perhaps search 2.1?
I've heard the same, but sometimes experiments belie conventional wisdom. It would be a fun, if dangerous, experiment. And in either case, switching to black earbuds would help.
Now there's an interesting question there - is the rise in iPod thefts due to the fact that iPods, associated with white earbuds, are more popular and hence worth stealing? Or is it simply because the white earbuds are more visible at night, thus making their owner a more obvious target?
No, you just thought it did, because the religious folks were less organized about spreading their agenda. Unfortunately the notion of evolution has never quite caught on in certain parts of this country.
respected debate over the nihilism of "everyone's opinion has value"
Not sure where you're going there - sounds like a false dichotomy to me.
Perhaps it would be a research topic to evaluate whether junk content and sloppy reasoning have a spillover adverse effect on more primal I.Q. measurements like reaction time to simple problems?
At least you're not establishing as fact the notion that people who disagree with you are stupid.
Compared to IE. That's the battle here really, the fight for marketshare on windows PCs. Safari and Konqueror don't run on Windows, and Opera's marketshare is so low as to make it an afterthought.
No one f*ing cares about rugby. I don't think the greater language community accepts their misspellings as proper English. I think it's well-recognized that rugby fans move their lips when they read, assuming they can.
1) 'Trys' in that context was a word made up by the sporting community. It does not make it proper English in other contexts (as you point out, actually). Additionally, 'Trys' in that context is a plural noun rather than a verb tense, as was being used in the article. Please refrain from commenting on language, in general, since you seem not to grasp the concept.
Thanks for explaining the obvious to a moron.
Not really. It's more like 'people are free to watch whatever Netflix sent them, and hopefully that overlaps what they would actually like to watch. Since that's probably unlikely, the movie will likely sit until they're actually in the mood to watch it.'
Well then, that's a problem, because methinks that Apple will release a new desktop before Intel releases a quad-core xeon. Therefore, for the time being, the one-chip vs. two-chip debate is irrelevant. Obviously they'll switch to a single chip when that's available but currently it's not.
Depends on the benchmark used, as has been amply demonstrated, and I'll guess which way the ones in Apple stores will be slanted...bottom line is, every day the Intel competitors are getting faster and the G5s aren't, so it's about time they were retired.
Yes, but here, I don't think there are any single-core chips in play. The debate seems be be among dual-core chips, Xeon and Conroe, and further whether to use one or two dual core chips. The days of using multiple, single-core chips are gone. The article contends they'll go with Xeon because it's the only one of the dual-core chips that can be used in a multi-chip configuration, which is the only way Apple could hang on to the whole "Quad" thing. It would make a helluva flagship desktop PC. I tend to agree, because they need to maintain some kind of niche for their towers. It needs to be more than just slightly more powerful than the iMac.
Yeah, that's taking the whole 'it's not a bug, it's a feature!' thing a little too far. Has anyone ever said, 'I wish my browser took up more RAM'?
The situation is even better for high-tier PhD schools. Your boss pays you for working on your thesis project, not grunt work. Where I was, the school covered all the first years, who had minimal teaching duties. After that, your advisor covered you and you only had to work on your own research project. You could teach if you wanted to fir some extra cash, but didn't have to. They even had an orientation for the first years where they taught you things like your advisor not being allowed to treat you like his bitch boy, Great experience all around.
Oh sure. I'm not talking about tests; home schoolers by definition have parents who actually give a shit, which describes a depressing fraction of regular parents, and parents who give a shit tend to have kids who do better in school. No, by 'loser,' I didn't mean 'doesn't score well on the SAT.' I meant 'less likely to be asked out to drinks with coworkers' kind of thing. Naturally, it's not a guaranteed syndrome, and in many situations, it's better than the alternative (ie, being shot), which was the original thesis of my point. But I do think that getting the kids away from mom and dad is a good thing, and that not doing that can have, shall we say, social repercussions. If nothing else, it's good to learn to deal with assholes you can't get away from, as that's a pretty good thing to learn for the professional world.
Think that one through and I think you'll see where the problem lies.
No I don't, you racist piece of shit, I mean criminals. Don't put words in people's mouths.
Yeah, I'd say you cut through the BS on that one, there's clearly an interest for the teachers not to be replaced by computers. However, one caveat: if the classroom isn't a warzone, kids do benefit from actually going to school. They learn to socialize, and they avoid developing a second umbilicus from being home with Mommy all day, every day, for 18 years. Have you met kids who were home schooled?
Yeah, but you have the Daleys running Chicago. Let's just say that as mobsters, they have a slightly different relationship with crime than, say, a former DA (Guiliani).