That counts as part of an essay? I mean, I don't think it's indicative of a violent personality. If we want to stretch this (spurious) VT shooting connection, look at the differences between what Cho wrote and what this guy wrote. Lee's "essay," or the excerpt, contains violent imagery but it's hardly even coherent. Something like "Richard McBeef" is much more coherent as a whole and indicates some serious interpersonal issues.
Maybe Lee really did have that dream; it's a disturbing enough dream, but how many of us don't have disturbing or even violent dreams? His reaction to it -- "it would be funny if I did" is far too vague. Let the kid talk to a psychologist. He's a teenager. I'm sure all teens could benefit from a few good therapy sessions.
They're not talking about creativity; they're talking about artistic talent. People who have certain artistic talents can do things others can't. If these types find the interface on a Mac to be more intuitive, then the argument might hold water.
The Dow Jones Average is up, but most individual stocks are still trading low and many companies are posting lower-than-average numbers. You can't look at the average itself and use that as a reliable indicator of the health of the economy. The same with the unemployment rate. What you have to look at are correlations of average salary versus the average cost of living.
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Right. The open AP had nothing to do with any sort of probable cause. His strategy at trial was to say that the search warrant that was sworn out to obtain the DVDs was earned illegally, thus making the fruits of that search illegal. The judge, reviewing the sufficiency of the warrant, did not believe it was issued in error, thus making the seizure of the DVDs legal under the Fourth Amendment. The DVDs were introduced into evidence, and the defendant was convicted of the crime of possession of child pornography.
Look, low-carb diets do produce weight loss, and you should not eat an excessive amount of carbs, but Atkins-style diets will cause ketosis, which is (1) inefficient and (2) can lead to cardiovascular damage.
If you really want to lose weight, reduce calorie intake, get more aerobic and anaerobic exercise daily, and change your diet to avoid processed foods.
First, the DC Cir. case isn't authoritative; I'll keep an eye on it through WestClip (I'm a law student) and see how it fares on cert, if the Supreme Court adopts it. Second, its notes that its position is in the minority, when it says that the operative clause defines individual ownership. Third, this doesn't necessarily invalidate my argument. My argument is that the only unfettered right of access and ownership of firearms belongs to "the militia," or the regulated state military forces. I am fine with private ownership, but what I am not fine with is unregulated or unfettered private ownership. For instance, I support bans on weapons not reasonably necessary for such legitimate private interests as sport shooting or hunting. My point was that allowing students to be armed in university classrooms with handguns or other easily-concealed and carriable weapons is a recipe for disaster, and the Second Amendment doesn't protect that, because it does not give an absolute right to private ownership and possession at all times.
Next, I will take you at your word that you are a Vietnam vet. There are some sites on the internet however that would ask for proof. If you've been put in that situation, and been forced to make that choice, then I can honestly say that you could react in the way necessary to prevent violence, but most people cannot. That is why people in the military or armed law enforcement services receive training for doing exactly this kind of thing, because it does not come easily or naturally to most people. We consider someone who is arbitrarily violent a sociopath, and a danger to society. I don't fancy arming the maximum amount, because only naturally-violent people will be predisposed to arm themselves. The rest of us would have to arm ourselves out of fear of the violent people, and that puts too many itchy fingers on triggers.
The kids were not "unarmed victims." To add to this, if they had guns, there is no logical reason that they wouldn't have been "armed victims" instead. Arming people is not a panacea that prevents violence. Sure, the death toll may be have been lower had some fortunate or skilled "victim" been able to drop the shooter... but it could just as easily have been higher if people got caught in a cross-fire. I think you're idealizing the situation and projecting too much hope into a situation. If you were in Vietnam, you know the best-laid plans sound great until someone starts shooting, and then they go to hell, and your only objective is getting your own ass out alive (this is from my grandfather, a WWII veteran). I'm just saying that the more likely outcome of arming all students is an increase in violence, not a decrease.
You've never read the Second Amendment, have you, dear child? Oh my. You see, the first clause of that Amendment states that "for the purposes of a well-regulated militia," not "for the purposes of arming every nut, whackjob, and idiot in the United States." Instead of people saying, "well, gee, I should be armed in case the Bad Guys® come!" we should instead be doing things to prevent people from having easy access to guns in the first place. Spare me your, "But then only criminals will have guns!" Horsepoo. Criminals and law enforcement will always have guns, but there needs to be strict regulations in place before private citizens can get their hands on a firearm.
As for self-defense, any competent self-defense instructor will tell you that facing an armed opponent who has the drop on you is foolish. I'm not saying that I wouldn't fight back in a situation where I was trapped in a room with a shooter, but I'm not about to draw a gun and go after the guy Dirty Harry style if he's got his out and trained on me first. Plus, I'm not sure if I could kill a man -- and I challenge you to prove that you are capable of doing the same. None of us will ever know unless we're put in that situation, and Odin willing, none of us ever will be. Stop talking tough about the "pussification" of American and do something proactive instead of beating your chest about how different it'd have been if a Real American Hero had been there.
Actually, there's lots of good reasons to think that we don't need any sort of physical explanation for consciousness at all, philosophically. It wouldn't be very philosophically interesting if we could reduce the philosophy of mind to quantum physics, because it wouldn't be philosophical, capisce?
No! Your quick, easy and logical solution is not how things are done here. This is Slashdot. If they aren't providing $.01 high-definition movies in at least ten different formats, with helpful phone calls from AppleCare detailing exactly how you can put this on your media device of choice as a complimentary service, then they're just mindless slaves who are seeking to cripple your system with DRM, Satanic rituals, and kicking puppies. Any software other than iTunes is better by definition because it's not Apple.
Absolutely. This is the Internet. A correction without some sort of insinuation that the other person in the thread lacks cognitive capacity is forbidden by 15 I.C.R. 32C 255.011.
Well, you should get off them. They work hard all day managing our nation's schools, and you and those like you should stop standing on them. They can't get their jobs done.
So what more do you want out of science? Science is empirical and descriptive; if you start introducing theoretical components that are non-empirical, you move out of science and beyond the realm of empirical verifiability. There be monsters.
Yeah, but if we hypothesize one intelligent, technological civilization every 1,000,000 years for every 10 galaxies, that's still a whole lot of technological, intelligent civilizations. Apparently, the universe is really f'ing big. I recall when my astrophysics prof showed us a "map" of the universe and the "great wall" of galaxies.
Of course, given the size and age of the universe, the emergence of technological civilizations can still be both miraculous and "common" by our own finite, everyday standards.
Standard-def on an LCD HDTV does look bad, because LCD really only works well at its native resolution. I have a projection HDTV (1080i) and regular 480i streams look OK on it -- certainly not as good as a 720p/1080i signal, but not unwatchable.
If the GP is talking about the University of Texas (my alma mater), then no, at least one of these CD stores was no different than your average record store. Same music, higher prices. It was actually cheaper to go to Best Buy to pick up the CDs you wanted, although the Tower Records was much closer.
AFAIK, the actual "record store" stores in Austin are doing just fine. I buy most of my albums off iTunes these days, but that's only because I tend to do my music shopping late at night and from home.
It's science fiction. The authors of the screenplay get some essential background facts the way they want them by fiat. If you want absolute "believability" in your speculative fiction, I suggest that you're setting yourself up for disappointment and speculative fiction up for failure. Instead of attempting to determine whether everything you see in a work of fiction is "actually possible," consider whether the work has internal consistency. I argue that as long as it is internally consistent and at least minimally plausible, the work cannot be critiqued on the simple ground that it is a piece of speculative fiction which takes some creative liberties with certain scenarios.
You must... have bad viewing comprehension. The point of the situation of illegals in Britain wasn't that they were just illegal immigrants -- they were refugees from massive collapse all across the world. If Britain was the only country left that wasn't completely overrun by violence and chaos, it makes sense that people would want to immigrate there. The massive influx of refugees seeking shelter would have been a drain on the country's resources, available space, tax system, and legal system. The British government would have a strong interest in preventing such an influx of people beyond what they could reasonably support without succumbing to a similar fate as other nations.
The rampant xenophobia, totalitarian tactics, and dystopian conditions are the probable result of the government going too far in ensuring their ability to manage their own populace. That's not to say that the government didn't have good intentions and a just cause when it started, just that it ended up exploiting and oppressing people in furtherance of that cause.
I don't know about any others, but Armored Core 4 for the 360 will do 1080p. Of course, my TV only does up to 1080i, so I don't particularly care about it, but if I had a 1080p TV that wouldn't accept a 1080p signal over component I'd probably be pissed about this.
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You can re-sell the song, probably... you just can't make unauthorized copies and give or sell those away while retaining the original.
My God! It's like you understand science or something!
Maybe Lee really did have that dream; it's a disturbing enough dream, but how many of us don't have disturbing or even violent dreams? His reaction to it -- "it would be funny if I did" is far too vague. Let the kid talk to a psychologist. He's a teenager. I'm sure all teens could benefit from a few good therapy sessions.
They're not talking about creativity; they're talking about artistic talent. People who have certain artistic talents can do things others can't. If these types find the interface on a Mac to be more intuitive, then the argument might hold water.
The Dow Jones Average is up, but most individual stocks are still trading low and many companies are posting lower-than-average numbers. You can't look at the average itself and use that as a reliable indicator of the health of the economy. The same with the unemployment rate. What you have to look at are correlations of average salary versus the average cost of living.
Right. The open AP had nothing to do with any sort of probable cause. His strategy at trial was to say that the search warrant that was sworn out to obtain the DVDs was earned illegally, thus making the fruits of that search illegal. The judge, reviewing the sufficiency of the warrant, did not believe it was issued in error, thus making the seizure of the DVDs legal under the Fourth Amendment. The DVDs were introduced into evidence, and the defendant was convicted of the crime of possession of child pornography.
Look, low-carb diets do produce weight loss, and you should not eat an excessive amount of carbs, but Atkins-style diets will cause ketosis, which is (1) inefficient and (2) can lead to cardiovascular damage.
If you really want to lose weight, reduce calorie intake, get more aerobic and anaerobic exercise daily, and change your diet to avoid processed foods.
Yeah, if you feel like dying.
Next, I will take you at your word that you are a Vietnam vet. There are some sites on the internet however that would ask for proof. If you've been put in that situation, and been forced to make that choice, then I can honestly say that you could react in the way necessary to prevent violence, but most people cannot. That is why people in the military or armed law enforcement services receive training for doing exactly this kind of thing, because it does not come easily or naturally to most people. We consider someone who is arbitrarily violent a sociopath, and a danger to society. I don't fancy arming the maximum amount, because only naturally-violent people will be predisposed to arm themselves. The rest of us would have to arm ourselves out of fear of the violent people, and that puts too many itchy fingers on triggers.
The kids were not "unarmed victims." To add to this, if they had guns, there is no logical reason that they wouldn't have been "armed victims" instead. Arming people is not a panacea that prevents violence. Sure, the death toll may be have been lower had some fortunate or skilled "victim" been able to drop the shooter... but it could just as easily have been higher if people got caught in a cross-fire. I think you're idealizing the situation and projecting too much hope into a situation. If you were in Vietnam, you know the best-laid plans sound great until someone starts shooting, and then they go to hell, and your only objective is getting your own ass out alive (this is from my grandfather, a WWII veteran). I'm just saying that the more likely outcome of arming all students is an increase in violence, not a decrease.
No; these types of practices were held unconstitutional in Torcaso v. Watkins.
As for self-defense, any competent self-defense instructor will tell you that facing an armed opponent who has the drop on you is foolish. I'm not saying that I wouldn't fight back in a situation where I was trapped in a room with a shooter, but I'm not about to draw a gun and go after the guy Dirty Harry style if he's got his out and trained on me first. Plus, I'm not sure if I could kill a man -- and I challenge you to prove that you are capable of doing the same. None of us will ever know unless we're put in that situation, and Odin willing, none of us ever will be. Stop talking tough about the "pussification" of American and do something proactive instead of beating your chest about how different it'd have been if a Real American Hero had been there.
Well, professor, when can we see your definitive book that puts the hard problems of consciousness, physicalism and intentionality to rest?
Actually, there's lots of good reasons to think that we don't need any sort of physical explanation for consciousness at all, philosophically. It wouldn't be very philosophically interesting if we could reduce the philosophy of mind to quantum physics, because it wouldn't be philosophical, capisce?
No! Your quick, easy and logical solution is not how things are done here. This is Slashdot. If they aren't providing $.01 high-definition movies in at least ten different formats, with helpful phone calls from AppleCare detailing exactly how you can put this on your media device of choice as a complimentary service, then they're just mindless slaves who are seeking to cripple your system with DRM, Satanic rituals, and kicking puppies. Any software other than iTunes is better by definition because it's not Apple.
Absolutely. This is the Internet. A correction without some sort of insinuation that the other person in the thread lacks cognitive capacity is forbidden by 15 I.C.R. 32C 255.011.
Well, you should get off them. They work hard all day managing our nation's schools, and you and those like you should stop standing on them. They can't get their jobs done.
So what more do you want out of science? Science is empirical and descriptive; if you start introducing theoretical components that are non-empirical, you move out of science and beyond the realm of empirical verifiability. There be monsters.
Yeah, but if we hypothesize one intelligent, technological civilization every 1,000,000 years for every 10 galaxies, that's still a whole lot of technological, intelligent civilizations. Apparently, the universe is really f'ing big. I recall when my astrophysics prof showed us a "map" of the universe and the "great wall" of galaxies.
Of course, given the size and age of the universe, the emergence of technological civilizations can still be both miraculous and "common" by our own finite, everyday standards.
Standard-def on an LCD HDTV does look bad, because LCD really only works well at its native resolution. I have a projection HDTV (1080i) and regular 480i streams look OK on it -- certainly not as good as a 720p/1080i signal, but not unwatchable.
My house is a pants-free zone. We don't believe in denim-based oppression.
If the GP is talking about the University of Texas (my alma mater), then no, at least one of these CD stores was no different than your average record store. Same music, higher prices. It was actually cheaper to go to Best Buy to pick up the CDs you wanted, although the Tower Records was much closer. AFAIK, the actual "record store" stores in Austin are doing just fine. I buy most of my albums off iTunes these days, but that's only because I tend to do my music shopping late at night and from home.
It's science fiction. The authors of the screenplay get some essential background facts the way they want them by fiat. If you want absolute "believability" in your speculative fiction, I suggest that you're setting yourself up for disappointment and speculative fiction up for failure. Instead of attempting to determine whether everything you see in a work of fiction is "actually possible," consider whether the work has internal consistency. I argue that as long as it is internally consistent and at least minimally plausible, the work cannot be critiqued on the simple ground that it is a piece of speculative fiction which takes some creative liberties with certain scenarios.
The rampant xenophobia, totalitarian tactics, and dystopian conditions are the probable result of the government going too far in ensuring their ability to manage their own populace. That's not to say that the government didn't have good intentions and a just cause when it started, just that it ended up exploiting and oppressing people in furtherance of that cause.
I don't know about any others, but Armored Core 4 for the 360 will do 1080p. Of course, my TV only does up to 1080i, so I don't particularly care about it, but if I had a 1080p TV that wouldn't accept a 1080p signal over component I'd probably be pissed about this.