Yours isn't a valid assumption. I don't have to have a permit to own a non-handgun firearm. Even though I'm not on any permit list, I might still have a few rifles in the house.
You assume that because I don't show up on such a list that I'm unarmed. None of the shotguns that I inherited from my father are listed anywhere, but they all work perfectly well. These lists indicate permit holders, which are required for hand guns. Owners of rifles generally don't need permits.
I hope this guy's experience moves all of those who got tickets in the same area to file a class action lawsuit against the vendor and jurisdiction that implemented this particular camera system. They should both pay through the nose.
Has the existence of a law ever stopped a criminal? Those of us who know better don't need laws because we know how to behave. Those who don't know how to behave will ignore the law. What you're saying is that, in effect, laws are equivalent to Burger King menus: for every crime, the punishment will be "X years in jail." You want fries with that? Further, when judges have discrepancy to adjust a punishment, codified punishments become judgement calls, in effect, so, yes, in fact, we don't need laws.
Please. Cops are bullies and pussies. They pick on people they think they can abuse without too much hassle. They're like Moe from Calvin & Hobbes. The reason you don't get hassled is probably because you look like too much trouble to bother. They see someone bigger than them, who might harm them, and their tune is completely different. Ever hear of cops taking down bigger dudes? It's always smaller, weaker people.
Exactly. How the fuck are they going to know how much storage I have? Are they going to track us by some national ID? Are they going to force cloud vendors to list each account owner and the amount of storage? What about blank hard drives? Are they specially taxed? What about Google Docs or Apple's iCloud? I don't pay a penny for my basic Box account, so will my tax be $0.00, or based on the storage amount?
It doesn't matter whether we have one, two, or ten options: very few developers are conscientious enough to give a shit. Whether they're there just for a temporary job and don't care about quality, or they're trying to get back at a prick of a boss, or they just don't know or realize that they should handle unexpected results (aka. noobs!), until the language or CPU checks for us, our software is likely fucked.
I'm still haunted by the memory of too much medical software written by too many people where they check maybe one condition and continue on - it's all good. In one case, I noticed that a function could return a failure, and we never checked for it. I added a check for it and was told to take it out because we didn't know how such a check would propagate through the decision chain and affect system operation. God help you, Siemens $productName blood analyzer users!
Every time I write a new function, I think in terms of paranoia: "How can this fuck up, and what values should it return?" My code often focuses extensively on error conditions. I justify it this way: when you get a very specific error, you can bet it came from one of few places so it'll be easy to find and trace back in the code. If you get a generic error, good luck figuring that one out without lots of run data.
Yes, it's sometimes cumbersome, and it adds a few extra lines to the file. So what? Use your editor to hide the error-handling block, and if you're concerned about file sizes, buy a bigger disc. Software engineering requires that you, you know, engineer the software for robustness. It should be freakin' bomb-proof. Take a little pride in your work. If you find that unappealing, please, get out of the business.
Finally, we'll get some sensibility and order to our so-called "science." This man will, by decree, ensure that there is no global warming, that all angles are obtuse - to avoid anyone getting poked - precisely identify how old the universe is, and declare cancer illegal, except in those cases where it brings in money for research companies and drug manufacturers. Oh, happy day! So much uncertainty will be wiped away by legislation. Imaginary numbers will no longer vex us. Glass will be neither a liquid nor a solid, or even a super-cooled liquid: it will be "magic" by God's intent. Take that you scientists with your harsh realities.
As posted above, this wasn't a state purchase: it came out of his pocket. And if he's loaded, it's because he worked his ass off. You don't go from street rat in a foreign country to president by happenstance. If the book store decided not to charge him - though I saw nothing to that effect - then it's the business owner's prerogative. It's not like Obama came in there, guns ablaze, and took the books.
Personally, I applaud him for paying more to keep a local resource available. Sure, maybe the actual book is cheaper, elsewhere, but book stores are for more than just books: I like to go and browse a little, buy a magazine, feed my addiction on a variety of topics, and, if I'm particularly drawn to one, buy a book. I savor the experience of the book store almost as much as the books themselves.
I think you're in the wrong country, if you live in America. Expediency is never a good reason to give up your rights and liberties. It would've been expedient for Rosa Parks to sit in the back of the bus, as the laws held, then. It would've been expedient for women to simply sit at home instead of marching for their right to vote. Hell, it would've been expedient for the Founding Fathers to go along with English rule instead of fighting the Revolutionary War. But because they ignored expediency, you have the right to trash their memory and sacrifice and become exactly the kind of person they weren't.
In short, you're the kind of person that autocratic rulers love: you go along with whatever you're told to do, right or wrong, because it's inexpedient to resist tyranny.
As the post to which you're replying points out, it's evidently not supposed to be "humane"; just not grotesque. We want to know the criminal suffered - the potassium chloride - but we don't want to see them flopping like a fish. Let them die painfully, yet gracefully.
I have to doubt this. I was present at the euthanasia of two of my family pets - I was holding them when the vet gave them the injection - and they were gone about as quick as they felt the injection. If lethal injection is painful, aside from the insertion of the IV, then they're doing it wrong.
I saw Rush in concert just two or three weeks ago, and I know exactly what you're talking about. They played new stuff, and it wasn't bad, but people just weren't as into it. For much of the show, people just stood there. They hit Tom Sawyer in the encore, and the place just exploded. The new stuff got cheers, of course, but nowhere near the enthusiasm. There's just something missing.
Um, me? I got better things to do than go to Wal-Mart, buy the CD, rip it to iTunes just so I can listen to music two, maybe three times a month. I've waited for AC/DC to join iTunes so I can just click a mouse a couple of times and have the songs I want, and only those songs. If your perspective is different, sit back and marvel at the fact that we're all unique "works of art" in the tapestry that is humanity. Holy crap - what's in that caffeine pill I just took...
I crashed my car to "Comfortably Numb." Seriously. Ok, it's The Wall, not DSOTM. After staying up until 4:00 am to prep for a 9:00 am appointment two hours away - 6:30 am wakeup call - something mellow like Comfortably Numb, while a good song in other respects, was not what I needed on the drive home. Fell asleep and continued straight where the road curved left. Fortunately, the snow bank stopped me and no one was injured. I've never fallen asleep at the wheel since, though I do crack the window for fresh air when Comfortably Numb comes on.
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Yours isn't a valid assumption. I don't have to have a permit to own a non-handgun firearm. Even though I'm not on any permit list, I might still have a few rifles in the house.
You assume that because I don't show up on such a list that I'm unarmed. None of the shotguns that I inherited from my father are listed anywhere, but they all work perfectly well. These lists indicate permit holders, which are required for hand guns. Owners of rifles generally don't need permits.
You're thinking PEBKAC. ID10T has no peripheral requirements.
Exactly. Next, I think they should take up the issue of plate tectonics. Somebody has to DO SOMETHING about that!!
As a tool of our military, wouldn't this be rife for jamming by our enemies? Or is jamming avoidance part of the technology?
I hope this guy's experience moves all of those who got tickets in the same area to file a class action lawsuit against the vendor and jurisdiction that implemented this particular camera system. They should both pay through the nose.
Has the existence of a law ever stopped a criminal? Those of us who know better don't need laws because we know how to behave. Those who don't know how to behave will ignore the law. What you're saying is that, in effect, laws are equivalent to Burger King menus: for every crime, the punishment will be "X years in jail." You want fries with that? Further, when judges have discrepancy to adjust a punishment, codified punishments become judgement calls, in effect, so, yes, in fact, we don't need laws.
Please. Cops are bullies and pussies. They pick on people they think they can abuse without too much hassle. They're like Moe from Calvin & Hobbes. The reason you don't get hassled is probably because you look like too much trouble to bother. They see someone bigger than them, who might harm them, and their tune is completely different. Ever hear of cops taking down bigger dudes? It's always smaller, weaker people.
And where does "justice" fit in?
Exactly. How the fuck are they going to know how much storage I have? Are they going to track us by some national ID? Are they going to force cloud vendors to list each account owner and the amount of storage? What about blank hard drives? Are they specially taxed? What about Google Docs or Apple's iCloud? I don't pay a penny for my basic Box account, so will my tax be $0.00, or based on the storage amount?
This is all shades of wrong.
Thread over - it's been Goddard'ed.
mumble... Whassat? mumble... "Godwin'ed," you say? Oops. My bad. Carry on!
It doesn't matter whether we have one, two, or ten options: very few developers are conscientious enough to give a shit. Whether they're there just for a temporary job and don't care about quality, or they're trying to get back at a prick of a boss, or they just don't know or realize that they should handle unexpected results (aka. noobs!), until the language or CPU checks for us, our software is likely fucked.
I'm still haunted by the memory of too much medical software written by too many people where they check maybe one condition and continue on - it's all good. In one case, I noticed that a function could return a failure, and we never checked for it. I added a check for it and was told to take it out because we didn't know how such a check would propagate through the decision chain and affect system operation. God help you, Siemens $productName blood analyzer users!
Every time I write a new function, I think in terms of paranoia: "How can this fuck up, and what values should it return?" My code often focuses extensively on error conditions. I justify it this way: when you get a very specific error, you can bet it came from one of few places so it'll be easy to find and trace back in the code. If you get a generic error, good luck figuring that one out without lots of run data.
Yes, it's sometimes cumbersome, and it adds a few extra lines to the file. So what? Use your editor to hide the error-handling block, and if you're concerned about file sizes, buy a bigger disc. Software engineering requires that you, you know, engineer the software for robustness. It should be freakin' bomb-proof . Take a little pride in your work. If you find that unappealing, please, get out of the business.
FTW! Just... don't rub your eyes after eating these.
They're lazy and mailing it in. Why try hard when you've got your customers by the balls?
For anyone but a prostitute, that is.
Finally, we'll get some sensibility and order to our so-called "science." This man will, by decree, ensure that there is no global warming, that all angles are obtuse - to avoid anyone getting poked - precisely identify how old the universe is, and declare cancer illegal, except in those cases where it brings in money for research companies and drug manufacturers. Oh, happy day! So much uncertainty will be wiped away by legislation. Imaginary numbers will no longer vex us. Glass will be neither a liquid nor a solid, or even a super-cooled liquid: it will be "magic" by God's intent. Take that you scientists with your harsh realities.
If Apple is so bad, according to the Apple Haters on this site, why is Microsoft trying so hard to be just like them?
As posted above, this wasn't a state purchase: it came out of his pocket. And if he's loaded, it's because he worked his ass off. You don't go from street rat in a foreign country to president by happenstance. If the book store decided not to charge him - though I saw nothing to that effect - then it's the business owner's prerogative. It's not like Obama came in there, guns ablaze, and took the books.
Personally, I applaud him for paying more to keep a local resource available. Sure, maybe the actual book is cheaper, elsewhere, but book stores are for more than just books: I like to go and browse a little, buy a magazine, feed my addiction on a variety of topics, and, if I'm particularly drawn to one, buy a book. I savor the experience of the book store almost as much as the books themselves.
But you keep on hating. It's so productive.
I think you're in the wrong country, if you live in America. Expediency is never a good reason to give up your rights and liberties. It would've been expedient for Rosa Parks to sit in the back of the bus, as the laws held, then. It would've been expedient for women to simply sit at home instead of marching for their right to vote. Hell, it would've been expedient for the Founding Fathers to go along with English rule instead of fighting the Revolutionary War. But because they ignored expediency, you have the right to trash their memory and sacrifice and become exactly the kind of person they weren't.
In short, you're the kind of person that autocratic rulers love: you go along with whatever you're told to do, right or wrong, because it's inexpedient to resist tyranny.
As the post to which you're replying points out, it's evidently not supposed to be "humane"; just not grotesque. We want to know the criminal suffered - the potassium chloride - but we don't want to see them flopping like a fish. Let them die painfully, yet gracefully.
Anyone else find that perverted?
I have to doubt this. I was present at the euthanasia of two of my family pets - I was holding them when the vet gave them the injection - and they were gone about as quick as they felt the injection. If lethal injection is painful, aside from the insertion of the IV, then they're doing it wrong.
"Compliance"? What does this mean?
Only if the US government refuses to pay ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!
I saw Rush in concert just two or three weeks ago, and I know exactly what you're talking about. They played new stuff, and it wasn't bad, but people just weren't as into it. For much of the show, people just stood there. They hit Tom Sawyer in the encore, and the place just exploded. The new stuff got cheers, of course, but nowhere near the enthusiasm. There's just something missing.
Um, me? I got better things to do than go to Wal-Mart, buy the CD, rip it to iTunes just so I can listen to music two, maybe three times a month. I've waited for AC/DC to join iTunes so I can just click a mouse a couple of times and have the songs I want, and only those songs. If your perspective is different, sit back and marvel at the fact that we're all unique "works of art" in the tapestry that is humanity. Holy crap - what's in that caffeine pill I just took...
I crashed my car to "Comfortably Numb." Seriously. Ok, it's The Wall, not DSOTM. After staying up until 4:00 am to prep for a 9:00 am appointment two hours away - 6:30 am wakeup call - something mellow like Comfortably Numb, while a good song in other respects, was not what I needed on the drive home. Fell asleep and continued straight where the road curved left. Fortunately, the snow bank stopped me and no one was injured. I've never fallen asleep at the wheel since, though I do crack the window for fresh air when Comfortably Numb comes on.