Now I understand this was probably meant as a troll, but as someone who doesn't drive I'm going to respond anyway.
First off, cars are dangerous. Even without drunk drivers on the road, accedents happen a lot. Often times these are fatal or cost money. That's one bad thing about cars. Now remove accedents from the picture. Cars are still very expensive to both individual owners and society as a whole. Car owners obviously have less spendable/taxable income than those without cars. Moreover, cars are one of the greatest pollutors and one of the easiest to stop. An additional cost is long commutes -- less free time. You're driving while I'm reading on the bus.
Now take NYC or Pittsburgh, where I live. In Pittsburgh, I can take the bus anywhere in the city until about 1 or 2 in the morning depending on the night of the week. After that, I need to catch a cab, but that's the time they're most likely to be out looking for fares.
In NYC the situation is even better since almost all subway lines run 24 hours. I can only wish I lived there. I honestly cannot understand why people choose to live in cities like Atlanta. I'm about a block away from a grocery store and just over a block from a bus stop (originally a 24 hour bus stop until someone like you cut funding for public transit). As far as I can see, life wihtout cars is wonderful. I never have to worry about mine breaking down or getting in an accident. Not only that, I feel good about living an efficient life without external costs.
It seem like you're right. In no way shape or form did anyone break either the spirit or the letter of the law here. Yet,
First Circuit holds that prohibitions found in a website's Terms of Use can be used to establish that a visitor to that site exceeded his authorized use thereof for the purposes of establishing a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Which says to me I can say, "oh, you can't read my website while wearing sunglasses." I could be wrong here, but according to this ruling, I can just put up any restriction I can dream up and you're bound by it when reading my website. That ruling truly must have cost a fortune. The other down side is that data mining is probably one of the most useful developments in recent times. Look at Google News.
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That's got to be the best sig I've ever seen. I actually had a cramp in my left hand during finals week due to this ritual.
Actually, that's kind of cool. If you go from
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to
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in only a month, think of what you'd have in a million years!
I'm at teaching assistant at the Univeristy of Pittsburgh. I've graded and taught both algebra and calculus. In my experience those students over 30 have a lot of trouble learning new things.
I can also remember taking a course in C as an undergrad in which one of my fellow students was a 40 year old Fortran programmer. If all you did was look at the code he wrote, you would think he was retarded. I've never seen anyone else have trouble with C function calls, but he did just because it was different from what he was used to. In everyday conversation, he seemed quite intelligent.
Now I'm sure there are also examples of older people who can easily learn new things, but in my limited experience, they can't.
Look, I used to think that voting mattered, but the fact that the DMCA passed unanimously has proved me wrong. Seriously, NO ONE in Congress voted against it. Laws are bought by large corporations.
None of our elected representatives gives a shit about us, and until our education system starts to teach the average high school graduate how to think critically, they will continue to not care. The voice of reason is drowned out by the voice of a great ignorant mass screaming "kill the bastards!"
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My point is that it's better to have a choice. The ideal city is one in which you don't have to own a car.
First off, cars are dangerous. Even without drunk drivers on the road, accedents happen a lot. Often times these are fatal or cost money. That's one bad thing about cars. Now remove accedents from the picture. Cars are still very expensive to both individual owners and society as a whole. Car owners obviously have less spendable/taxable income than those without cars. Moreover, cars are one of the greatest pollutors and one of the easiest to stop. An additional cost is long commutes -- less free time. You're driving while I'm reading on the bus.
Now take NYC or Pittsburgh, where I live. In Pittsburgh, I can take the bus anywhere in the city until about 1 or 2 in the morning depending on the night of the week. After that, I need to catch a cab, but that's the time they're most likely to be out looking for fares.
In NYC the situation is even better since almost all subway lines run 24 hours. I can only wish I lived there. I honestly cannot understand why people choose to live in cities like Atlanta. I'm about a block away from a grocery store and just over a block from a bus stop (originally a 24 hour bus stop until someone like you cut funding for public transit). As far as I can see, life wihtout cars is wonderful. I never have to worry about mine breaking down or getting in an accident. Not only that, I feel good about living an efficient life without external costs.
First Circuit holds that prohibitions found in a website's Terms of Use can be used to establish that a visitor to that site exceeded his authorized use thereof for the purposes of establishing a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Which says to me I can say, "oh, you can't read my website while wearing sunglasses." I could be wrong here, but according to this ruling, I can just put up any restriction I can dream up and you're bound by it when reading my website. That ruling truly must have cost a fortune. The other down side is that data mining is probably one of the most useful developments in recent times. Look at Google News.The emacs religion: to be saved, control excess...
That's got to be the best sig I've ever seen. I actually had a cramp in my left hand during finals week due to this ritual.
Actually, that's kind of cool. If you go from
ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
to
sssssasssssssfssssssssmmssamf
in only a month, think of what you'd have in a million years!
I can also remember taking a course in C as an undergrad in which one of my fellow students was a 40 year old Fortran programmer. If all you did was look at the code he wrote, you would think he was retarded. I've never seen anyone else have trouble with C function calls, but he did just because it was different from what he was used to. In everyday conversation, he seemed quite intelligent.
Now I'm sure there are also examples of older people who can easily learn new things, but in my limited experience, they can't.
None of our elected representatives gives a shit about us, and until our education system starts to teach the average high school graduate how to think critically, they will continue to not care. The voice of reason is drowned out by the voice of a great ignorant mass screaming "kill the bastards!"
Does your company sell derivative securities or need someone to optimize portfolios? If so, I'll be graduating in a year. Check our my resume