Former Floridian here, and you're incorrect. In Florida, you can be arrested for DUI if you're on a horse, lawnmower, bicycle, ATV, or any other thing that isn't your two legs.
You don't have a Constitutional right to own a car. You do have a Constitutional right to own and carry a firearm, whether or not you choose to exercise it.
Rights are not granted by the Constitution. The right to bear arms is enumerated, but the right to own a car can simply be incorporated by the 9th Amendment.
I can't remember the name of the study, but a study was conducted which showed a correlation between lack of high speed internet access and number of cases of rape.
It was broken up by state, and the states with higher rapes were also states with lower broadband access.
Granted, it's just a correlation, and there's no reason to believe it's a causative relationship.
The constitution does not grant us rights. It enumerates rights, and prevents the federal government (and state governments with the 14th amendment) from infringing the rights that you were born with.
The right to due process, as outlined in the Fifth Amendment, doesn't say the right to due process is reserved for US citizens. It says "nor shall any person... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law". (Emphasis mine, obviously)
The rights which are enumerated in the constitution apply to everybody in the country, be they citizen, resident, or tourist.
Peer review is one of the most important components of modern science. It must be done.
It ensures data isn't faked or fraudulent.
Granted, peer review isn't 100% effective, some research slips in that shouldn't. I don't see why the open journals wouldn't just become the more prestigious journals when all the big research goes there first.
In college I took a UI design course, and we talked about eye scan as a means of user input. It's nothing new. It's been used for UI design to determine where users will look on a screen.
Games stopped selling big boxes because of stores like Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart wanted to be able to fit more stuff on a shelf, so they told the publishers they would no longer be stocking game boxes that were larger than a DVD case. It had nothing to do with being "green". That might have been the motivation for dropping manuals, but I suspect the lack of manuals was more to do with cost savings.
Dr. Tyson merely grouped objects in the solar system based on similar properties at the museum that he works at for their big multi-million dollar renovation.
His decision to not enumerate the planets was based on prevailing winds in the science circles already. The decision that the IAU made for Pluto's "demotion" was in no way influenced by Dr. Tyson's actions at his museum.
The same question was asked about 110 years ago in the field of physics. Everything that was seen could be described with Newton's laws of motion, or Maxwell's equations.
There were only a few open questions left in the entirety of physics. Then relativity and quantum mechanics were discovered.
You can't have that kind of hubris and also be a scientist.
if you use Steam with DRM for online distribution (a good idea) then they disallow you from having a physical copy without Steam (bad idea) or from using alternate online distribution means.
That's not true. Let's pick a semi-recent release, FTL. Development was funded through Kickstarter, and the game is available from three digital distributors. You can get it on Steam, GoG, or direct from the developers.
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Former Floridian here, and you're incorrect. In Florida, you can be arrested for DUI if you're on a horse, lawnmower, bicycle, ATV, or any other thing that isn't your two legs.
You don't have a Constitutional right to own a car. You do have a Constitutional right to own and carry a firearm, whether or not you choose to exercise it.
Rights are not granted by the Constitution. The right to bear arms is enumerated, but the right to own a car can simply be incorporated by the 9th Amendment.
Try reading the whole goddamn comment.
I said there was a correlation, but there's no reason to believe it's a causative relationship.
I can't remember the name of the study, but a study was conducted which showed a correlation between lack of high speed internet access and number of cases of rape.
It was broken up by state, and the states with higher rapes were also states with lower broadband access.
Granted, it's just a correlation, and there's no reason to believe it's a causative relationship.
The constitution does not grant us rights. It enumerates rights, and prevents the federal government (and state governments with the 14th amendment) from infringing the rights that you were born with.
The right to due process, as outlined in the Fifth Amendment, doesn't say the right to due process is reserved for US citizens. It says "nor shall any person... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law". (Emphasis mine, obviously)
The rights which are enumerated in the constitution apply to everybody in the country, be they citizen, resident, or tourist.
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory didn't use uPlay.
Chaos Theory was the last Splinter Cell title to use Starforce, after that, Conviction used the always on DRM.
Read the words you yourself quoted.
A standing Navy is permitted, but a standing Army is forbidden. The Army is allowed to be supported, but it should be disbanded after two years.
Not that I agree with the GP about democracy, but I would argue that not approving nuclear power is a very pro-oil position to have.
If a game sells well, that doesn't negate the "indie" part of it.
Look at Super Meat Boy, one of the best selling games for XBLA ever, made by a team of two guys.
Indie just means "without a publisher", and usually a small team.
Peer review is one of the most important components of modern science. It must be done.
It ensures data isn't faked or fraudulent.
Granted, peer review isn't 100% effective, some research slips in that shouldn't. I don't see why the open journals wouldn't just become the more prestigious journals when all the big research goes there first.
If the Time Warner CFO had made that statement fifteen years ago, I'd agree with you in his inability to see into the future.
But in 2013?
It's akin to the Watson quote above being said about a smart phone instead of a mainframe, and being said three years ago.
Yeah, the season with Donna.
The return of the Master and the Dalek in Germany were two different season finales.
Exactly.
In college I took a UI design course, and we talked about eye scan as a means of user input. It's nothing new. It's been used for UI design to determine where users will look on a screen.
It's an AMD processor, so it won't have hyperthreading.
Games stopped selling big boxes because of stores like Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart wanted to be able to fit more stuff on a shelf, so they told the publishers they would no longer be stocking game boxes that were larger than a DVD case. It had nothing to do with being "green". That might have been the motivation for dropping manuals, but I suspect the lack of manuals was more to do with cost savings.
Instrumental?
Dr. Tyson merely grouped objects in the solar system based on similar properties at the museum that he works at for their big multi-million dollar renovation.
His decision to not enumerate the planets was based on prevailing winds in the science circles already. The decision that the IAU made for Pluto's "demotion" was in no way influenced by Dr. Tyson's actions at his museum.
is the constitutional bill of rights such a house-of-cards that tampering with even one of them *guarantees* that the rest will fall?
Yes.
Loss of one right is as wrong as loss of all rights.
Copernicus and Galileo challenged a geocentric model of the universe, not a flat earth. The flat earth was rejected long before Copernicus' time.
The same question was asked about 110 years ago in the field of physics. Everything that was seen could be described with Newton's laws of motion, or Maxwell's equations.
There were only a few open questions left in the entirety of physics. Then relativity and quantum mechanics were discovered.
You can't have that kind of hubris and also be a scientist.
Yeah, OnLive isn't constrained by computing power, but they're still constrained by bandwidth.
Is there a big enough market for their service in the few areas that are able to use their service?
if you use Steam with DRM for online distribution (a good idea) then they disallow you from having a physical copy without Steam (bad idea) or from using alternate online distribution means.
That's not true. Let's pick a semi-recent release, FTL. Development was funded through Kickstarter, and the game is available from three digital distributors. You can get it on Steam, GoG, or direct from the developers.
How is a billion dollar fine fair when somebody doesn't willfully infringe?
What's your favorite magic trick?