So what's your solution: don't let kids ride bikes or do anything else that might be potentially dangerous? That's an awful lot of things kids won't be able to do.
Even when parents are watching them like hawks, kids will get hurt. It's part of life.
In addition to that, we're moody, and jealously guard what's ours. Do not piss off scorpios; we also hold grudges - forever. But we're unbelievably good looking and make awesome sex partners, if we feel like it. Incompatible with Cancer, those fucking dip-wads...
I view this in terms of the number of clients of mine who come to me after hosing their Windows machines and have also managed to lose their official Windows product keys or installation media. Sure, I could charge them the cost of replacement, but if and when ROS works - well enough, of course - it would save them money and me the hassle.
And it may be "old" Windows, but lots of my customers don't need Win 7. Heck, even at my day job - sounds like seamen's - we're still using XP Pro. This work is not "without value."
When the punishment far outweighs the harm to society, yes, I'll evade the law.
Case in point: I didn't realize my wife's car was past inspection. I almost never drive her car and she's usually pretty good about taking care of those things. Just an honest mistake. I got pulled over for driving with an expired inspection. The "punishment" was $130 paid to the court, which could not be waived even though I got the car inspected as soon as I realized the oversight.
Who was the victim, here? Against whom did I commit this "crime"? I got the car inspected and it passed just fine. It was never a danger to other drivers on the road. So, again, tell me who did I endanger with my expired inspection. How does the court justify charging $130 for this "crime"? It's just a racket to extort more money from us.
In scenarios like this, yes, I'll do my best to evade the fucking law.
It's not the same scale, but I've had similar arguments with my manager about the quality and safety of the products we develop and even thought I'm the one who knows the code and how it works, he's the one that decides that we don't need to fix it and that it's "good to go." How well does it work? Bring up a simple informational screen and the system crashes.
These airheads seem to think that just because they're in a position of authority, they must be right.
Those businesses that do not hire the expertise to keep their business secure deserve whatever ills befall them. And as another poster mentioned, it's -not- the same thing as hundreds of tons of steel hurtling out of control in the direction of a populated area, or requiring structural supports in mining operations. This is more like mandating property and liability insurance. Sure, it's a good idea, everyone should have it, but it's up to you whether you think it's worth the cost. Sucks for you if you gamble and lose.
Customers of those businesses should be allowed to determine if the business is taking steps to protect their IT infrastructure, so that the customer can make an informed decision about whether to do business with the company. At that point, it's on the customer if they decide to take the risk and lose.
Serious question: what will the alternatives be? If I want to build a Ubuntu or FreeBSD system, will there be any board manufacturers that will make "unlocked" mobos?
Slight difference: phones and tablets are not marketed or developed to serve as "general purpose computing devices," like laptops or desktops. That was one of the "features" of a PC: with the right boot loader, kernel, drivers, etc, you can run what you want on it. I doubt very many people buy smartphones with that idea in mind - "people" meaning "everyone," not just those on/..
I don't recall if you could run something other than Amiga OS on Amiga hardware, or TRS-DOS on a Model 100, but that would be similar. The IBM PC opened the flood gates to our current standard of general purpose computing devices and it would be quite a divergence, now, for a Lenovo to hardwire their hardware to run only Windows. Not to give them any ideas...
Have to agree with this. My cochlear implant, circa 1997, has a "filter" mode that works great to attenuate road noise, air-conditioner hum, vacuum cleaners, and lots of other repetitious sounds. It's not so good in a crowded room with lots of people talking.
@"randomly activated": reminds me of a client I had that called me in because gibberish kept appearing on his screen when using MS Word. I looked at this and that, and then realized he'd left the voice recognition on and it was inserting the interpreted speech. I called him over to the desk and said, "Watch this," turned to his mic and said, "Microsoft sucks." It inserted "Microsoft socks". Close enough.
As in a lot of things, it depends. If I already have a Mac platform, it doesn't cost me anything extra to develop iOS apps for my iP[ao]d. If I have neither platform, then it will cost something to develop for either. Yes, PC laptops can be cheaper than Mac laptops, but if you buy smartly, you can build a Hackintosh on the same hardware. As such, I don't see a "huge" margin for either.
I think you'll be more effective at drawing attention to yourself if you use the word "traitor" instead of "trader." The SEC would be more interested in the latter.
That said, and in the spirit of your post, I hope the Giants blow up, destroy, mertilyze, accost, assault, batter, humiliate and mutilate the Patriots in the Super Bowl. Not literally, of course, but if they make Tom Brady look like the little pansy ass that he is, I'll be happy. Oh, and fuck the DHS.
Taking a stab at this, but maybe the authorities get so little love for the non-success they have, seeing that it's mostly / all theater, that when they get a case like this, low-hanging fruit that it is, they have to dress it up and parade it around to justify themselves. Like the 14 year old playing in a 12 year old soccer league who scores a goal and tears off his shirt in celebration.
I'm sure this violates some wiretapping laws - but how are "they" going to find out? No matter: the equipment and means to crack these calls will be outlawed, because only outlaws will have them.
I would be surprised if a majority of people in the Seattle area didn't already support this library's stance. When I lived out there - over a decade ago, admittedly, and unfortunately, since I loved the place - I was surprised by some things that were considered "normal" - letting young kids walk home from school unsupervised, for example - that would almost certainly not happen in parts east. Seattle just seemed more casual about things.
I have to disagree with this. My wife came across a stray that was abandoned by its mother just after birth. Poor thing was still wet and hadn't opened his eyes, yet. We took him in, fed him, etc. We weren't cat people before this, and weren't sure how to "encourage" him to use the kitty sand, but when he saw it he just "knew" how to use it.
This is sheer genius - sheer fucking genius. Here's what we do: we start an organization and solicit funds to portray the incumbents as lizards. Everyone at every level who's up for re-election gets their own web page, flyer, mailer, poster, TV ad, every major form of promotional material, where they look like lizards. The tag-line: "Why would you vote for a lizard? You don't like lizards. Lizards don't like you. Why would you vote for a lizard?"
Ok, it needs polish, but this could actually make a dent in the voting process - as well as drive up the need for pictures of lizards. That'll be my task. I'm a gonna dust off my camera and start snapping lizard pics. You organize the organization and round up the funds while I'm shooting lizards.
No, it -is- as clear as it seems: the government, via some ridiculous rationalization, decided that an individual was harming the nation by growing wheat. It wasn't even an "illegal" herb like marijuana: it was wheat. Whether he wanted to sell it or not is inconsequential. In case you've never spent any time near a farm, planting your fields does not guarantee that you'll get your crops: all kinds of shit can happen that can prevent a successful harvest. If he planted exactly what was allowed and then didn't reap what he sowed, then he's screwed. But he got more. Yay for him - except an over-zealous government used some obscene "interstate commerce" justification to make him a criminal. By SCOTUS logic, he should grow a net -negative- amount of wheat so that he would end up buying -more- from other sources, spurring commerce. If you understand that fundamental logic and don't find yourself saying, "Fuck the SCOTUS and the ICC," then there's something wrong with you as a free-thinking American.
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Did you overlook the OP's, "even with increased use of helmets"?
So what's your solution: don't let kids ride bikes or do anything else that might be potentially dangerous? That's an awful lot of things kids won't be able to do.
Even when parents are watching them like hawks, kids will get hurt. It's part of life.
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In addition to that, we're moody, and jealously guard what's ours. Do not piss off scorpios; we also hold grudges - forever. But we're unbelievably good looking and make awesome sex partners, if we feel like it. Incompatible with Cancer, those fucking dip-wads...
I view this in terms of the number of clients of mine who come to me after hosing their Windows machines and have also managed to lose their official Windows product keys or installation media. Sure, I could charge them the cost of replacement, but if and when ROS works - well enough, of course - it would save them money and me the hassle.
And it may be "old" Windows, but lots of my customers don't need Win 7. Heck, even at my day job - sounds like seamen's - we're still using XP Pro. This work is not "without value."
When the punishment far outweighs the harm to society, yes, I'll evade the law.
Case in point: I didn't realize my wife's car was past inspection. I almost never drive her car and she's usually pretty good about taking care of those things. Just an honest mistake. I got pulled over for driving with an expired inspection. The "punishment" was $130 paid to the court, which could not be waived even though I got the car inspected as soon as I realized the oversight.
Who was the victim, here? Against whom did I commit this "crime"? I got the car inspected and it passed just fine. It was never a danger to other drivers on the road. So, again, tell me who did I endanger with my expired inspection. How does the court justify charging $130 for this "crime"? It's just a racket to extort more money from us.
In scenarios like this, yes, I'll do my best to evade the fucking law.
It's not the same scale, but I've had similar arguments with my manager about the quality and safety of the products we develop and even thought I'm the one who knows the code and how it works, he's the one that decides that we don't need to fix it and that it's "good to go." How well does it work? Bring up a simple informational screen and the system crashes.
These airheads seem to think that just because they're in a position of authority, they must be right.
I hear ya. I could've used this stuff 30+ years ago, when breaking bones was almost a monthly thing. Then again, I might've done even dumber things.
Well said.
Those businesses that do not hire the expertise to keep their business secure deserve whatever ills befall them. And as another poster mentioned, it's -not- the same thing as hundreds of tons of steel hurtling out of control in the direction of a populated area, or requiring structural supports in mining operations. This is more like mandating property and liability insurance. Sure, it's a good idea, everyone should have it, but it's up to you whether you think it's worth the cost. Sucks for you if you gamble and lose.
Customers of those businesses should be allowed to determine if the business is taking steps to protect their IT infrastructure, so that the customer can make an informed decision about whether to do business with the company. At that point, it's on the customer if they decide to take the risk and lose.
Serious question: what will the alternatives be? If I want to build a Ubuntu or FreeBSD system, will there be any board manufacturers that will make "unlocked" mobos?
Slight difference: phones and tablets are not marketed or developed to serve as "general purpose computing devices," like laptops or desktops. That was one of the "features" of a PC: with the right boot loader, kernel, drivers, etc, you can run what you want on it. I doubt very many people buy smartphones with that idea in mind - "people" meaning "everyone," not just those on /..
I don't recall if you could run something other than Amiga OS on Amiga hardware, or TRS-DOS on a Model 100, but that would be similar. The IBM PC opened the flood gates to our current standard of general purpose computing devices and it would be quite a divergence, now, for a Lenovo to hardwire their hardware to run only Windows. Not to give them any ideas...
Have to agree with this. My cochlear implant, circa 1997, has a "filter" mode that works great to attenuate road noise, air-conditioner hum, vacuum cleaners, and lots of other repetitious sounds. It's not so good in a crowded room with lots of people talking.
@"randomly activated": reminds me of a client I had that called me in because gibberish kept appearing on his screen when using MS Word. I looked at this and that, and then realized he'd left the voice recognition on and it was inserting the interpreted speech. I called him over to the desk and said, "Watch this," turned to his mic and said, "Microsoft sucks." It inserted "Microsoft socks". Close enough.
As in a lot of things, it depends. If I already have a Mac platform, it doesn't cost me anything extra to develop iOS apps for my iP[ao]d. If I have neither platform, then it will cost something to develop for either. Yes, PC laptops can be cheaper than Mac laptops, but if you buy smartly, you can build a Hackintosh on the same hardware. As such, I don't see a "huge" margin for either.
I think you'll be more effective at drawing attention to yourself if you use the word "traitor" instead of "trader." The SEC would be more interested in the latter.
That said, and in the spirit of your post, I hope the Giants blow up, destroy, mertilyze, accost, assault, batter, humiliate and mutilate the Patriots in the Super Bowl. Not literally, of course, but if they make Tom Brady look like the little pansy ass that he is, I'll be happy. Oh, and fuck the DHS.
Taking a stab at this, but maybe the authorities get so little love for the non-success they have, seeing that it's mostly / all theater, that when they get a case like this, low-hanging fruit that it is, they have to dress it up and parade it around to justify themselves. Like the 14 year old playing in a 12 year old soccer league who scores a goal and tears off his shirt in celebration.
I'm sure this violates some wiretapping laws - but how are "they" going to find out? No matter: the equipment and means to crack these calls will be outlawed, because only outlaws will have them.
I could then say, "I'd sue the library over being forcefully exposed to religious material in a government building."
Should we take out religious references, too?
I would be surprised if a majority of people in the Seattle area didn't already support this library's stance. When I lived out there - over a decade ago, admittedly, and unfortunately, since I loved the place - I was surprised by some things that were considered "normal" - letting young kids walk home from school unsupervised, for example - that would almost certainly not happen in parts east. Seattle just seemed more casual about things.
I have to disagree with this. My wife came across a stray that was abandoned by its mother just after birth. Poor thing was still wet and hadn't opened his eyes, yet. We took him in, fed him, etc. We weren't cat people before this, and weren't sure how to "encourage" him to use the kitty sand, but when he saw it he just "knew" how to use it.
This is sheer genius - sheer fucking genius. Here's what we do: we start an organization and solicit funds to portray the incumbents as lizards. Everyone at every level who's up for re-election gets their own web page, flyer, mailer, poster, TV ad, every major form of promotional material, where they look like lizards. The tag-line: "Why would you vote for a lizard? You don't like lizards. Lizards don't like you. Why would you vote for a lizard?"
Ok, it needs polish, but this could actually make a dent in the voting process - as well as drive up the need for pictures of lizards. That'll be my task. I'm a gonna dust off my camera and start snapping lizard pics. You organize the organization and round up the funds while I'm shooting lizards.
No, it -is- as clear as it seems: the government, via some ridiculous rationalization, decided that an individual was harming the nation by growing wheat. It wasn't even an "illegal" herb like marijuana: it was wheat. Whether he wanted to sell it or not is inconsequential. In case you've never spent any time near a farm, planting your fields does not guarantee that you'll get your crops: all kinds of shit can happen that can prevent a successful harvest. If he planted exactly what was allowed and then didn't reap what he sowed, then he's screwed. But he got more. Yay for him - except an over-zealous government used some obscene "interstate commerce" justification to make him a criminal. By SCOTUS logic, he should grow a net -negative- amount of wheat so that he would end up buying -more- from other sources, spurring commerce. If you understand that fundamental logic and don't find yourself saying, "Fuck the SCOTUS and the ICC," then there's something wrong with you as a free-thinking American.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn
The "defend the Constitution" part comes first. For a reason.