Not once is there ANY proof or data that suggests lasers would be any better than spark plugs, that they would yield better efficiency, or reduced emissions.
All they have is assumptions and speculation.
Oh, and posting the Wiki link?!! Nice troll touch.
Assuming you have the science of IC engines down pat because you read a wiki article and read TFA, perhaps you will be able to enlighten us as to EXACTLY how ignition via laser will reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency. Please state exact methods, no hand waving assumptions.
> and his 14 attempts at appeal (at the time of the ruling) seeking his release have apparently all been turned down. (There goes the rest of your "unfettered" argument. Fourteen appeals is a significant quantity.)
Say what?
That pretty much PROVES my point of unfettered.
If anything, it totally demolishes your claim of "the very widely-covered appeals to other judges and to appellate courts"
14 appeals. Over 14 years. Why wouldn't the 13th appeal be just as convincing as the one that finally succeeded?
The judiciary closes ranks just as effectively as the police in many cases, especially in any case that seeks to question a basic judicial powers.
And your argument that "The ability for a judge to summarily punish someone in direct contempt has been upheld for a very long time" does nothing to resolve the constitutionality of the procedure. Upheld! By who? Congress? The Executive branch? A vote of the people? Who? Judges!
The fact that (surprise) Judges agree they have this power, where no constitutional provision of the power exists seems less than convincing to me.
Yes, I know, lawyers in general laugh up their sleeves at any appeal to the constitution. Still, I can't help it.
Contempt of court is not something you can file a motion and get out of. It is absolute unfettered power of one judge over any individual who pisses him off (inside or outside of his courtroom).
Further, there is no constitutional basis for it. It is a power simply usurped by the Judicial branch.
Not powerful in any meaningful sense. Just incredibly robust and failure tolerant.
Some might remember the 1202 alarm when the LEM commander had to take over manual control and land the LEM because, according to the mainstream press, the computer crashed.
Well, it turns out it was not quite that simple. Human error led to the computer reaching a PLANNED restart point. This restart was essentially instant, dumping tasks it could not handle due to missing data, and picking up where it left off.
Aldrin, due to the closeness of the landing decided to take over manually as he had trained to do hundreds of times in the simulator.
But the computer did not fail, it restarted, as programmed, and was back on line long before he even got his hand off the switch.
Well if sound quality was good enough that the person on the other end could hear the tires screech, I'm sure they might stop talking for a little while.
The problem is your caller has no idea you are in a four wheel skid in 5 lanes of traffic and keeps asking questions.
The amazing thing is that there is enough intellectual firepower which supports this draconian regime to even dream up these 5 technologies.
After all, advanced education in other than the Koran is viewed with deep suspicion by the Islamasists that have risen to power. Showing up God!
That leaves those educated in a more liberal era/setting and its heartbreaking to see such people apply their knowledge propping up such a brutal government.
If and when this segment turns, the game is over for the Mullahs.
Keep screaming. This issue has too get solved. Its entirely out of hand, and completely broken. I can't imagine any other platform where the platform author can get away with this much restriction and control.
Safari has no age restrictions. Everybody else's app that embeds web does.
It needs fixing. Apple's feet need to be held to the fire. The only pressure they understand is public embarrassment in the mainstream press.
And the interesting part is that having a bluetooth headset provides no significant improvement.
Its not holding the phone to your ear that causes accidents, its the cognitive distraction of being on the phone with someone who can not see the dangers in front of the vehicle.
Passengers in the vehicle (at least those over 12) STFU where the driver is busy or when a situation develops, and their silence or their warnings actually calls attention to some dangers.
But this verifies other studies that state that bluetooth or earbuds add nothing to safety.
One can only hope that over time people learn to deal with and shut out the distraction, because I don't see cell phones getting restricted for drivers anytime soon.
Right. We don't know where they come from, exactly how high they are, or exactly what they are made of, but we know god damed well they are caused by man made global warming.
Never mind they may be the very thing cooling the earth by reflecting more sunlight/heat into space than their thinness could possibly trap below.
Laws do not depend on circumstance. Given the same acts, it is either illegal for all or legal for all. You need a licence to prescribe controlled drugs. ANYBODY possessing said license may legally prescribe.
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I read TFA.
The question is, DID YOU?
Not once is there ANY proof or data that suggests lasers would be any better than spark plugs, that they would yield better efficiency, or reduced emissions.
All they have is assumptions and speculation.
Oh, and posting the Wiki link?!! Nice troll touch.
Assuming you have the science of IC engines down pat because you read a wiki article and read TFA, perhaps you will be able to enlighten us as to EXACTLY how ignition via laser will reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency. Please state exact methods, no hand waving assumptions.
Exactly.
What is the point?
Obscure claims of increased fuel efficiency and reduced emissions, based on what? A spark is a better combustion source than a laser.
This looks like a solution in search of a problem if you ask me.
But as I've posted, Insolvency need not be honored for contempt of court detention.
Once you are detained for contempt of court, you no longer have any constitutional rights.
Fine, I won't tell you about the right to privacy.
But don't you tell me about your right to Do-Over.
For Christ Sake, its a firkkin game! Who do you call for do-over when you accidentally drop your wallet on the way to work?
Oh, wait, you don't work do you... You play a game in your parents basement.
> and his 14 attempts at appeal (at the time of the ruling) seeking his release have apparently all been turned down. (There goes the rest of your "unfettered" argument. Fourteen appeals is a significant quantity.)
Say what?
That pretty much PROVES my point of unfettered.
If anything, it totally demolishes your claim of
"the very widely-covered appeals to other judges and to appellate courts"
14 appeals. Over 14 years. Why wouldn't the 13th appeal be just as convincing as the one that finally succeeded?
The judiciary closes ranks just as effectively as the police in many cases, especially in any case that seeks to question a basic judicial powers.
And your argument that "The ability for a judge to summarily punish someone in direct contempt has been upheld for a very long time" does nothing to resolve the constitutionality of the procedure. Upheld! By who? Congress? The Executive branch? A vote of the people? Who? Judges!
The fact that (surprise) Judges agree they have this power, where no constitutional provision of the power exists seems less than convincing to me.
Yes, I know, lawyers in general laugh up their sleeves at any appeal to the constitution. Still, I can't help it.
You should have kept reading.
Any alleged funds are tied up in overseas assets over which he has no control.
Courts do not honor insolvency claims with regard to contempt of court citations.
The software engineer says different.
He's closer to the source than I by several orders of magnitude.
He said is was switch settings causing missing data, and it never happened on any other landings.
I can't imagine not testing with ground radar, since that was the principal function of that program.
Read the link I posted.
Contempt of court is not something you can file a motion and get out of. It is absolute unfettered power of one judge over any individual who pisses him off (inside or outside of his courtroom).
Further, there is no constitutional basis for it. It is a power simply usurped by the Judicial branch.
Not powerful in any meaningful sense. Just incredibly robust and failure tolerant.
Some might remember the 1202 alarm when the LEM commander had to take over manual control and land the LEM because, according to the mainstream press, the computer crashed.
Well, it turns out it was not quite that simple. Human error led to the computer reaching a PLANNED restart point. This restart was essentially instant, dumping tasks it could not handle due to missing data, and picking up where it left off.
Aldrin, due to the closeness of the landing decided to take over manually as he had trained to do hundreds of times in the simulator.
But the computer did not fail, it restarted, as programmed, and was back on line long before he even got his hand off the switch.
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.1201-pa.html
He didn't have the money you fool!
How would keeping him in prison bring money into his hands?
http://www.amatterofjustice.org/amoj/cases/chadwick3.htm
> You can't allow mule headed stubbornness to defeat the law.
Its debatable which was more mule headed in this case.
And I was being facetious.
It is amazing the crap quality we put up with in mobile communications.
So your argument is then that we should only allow "Professional drivers"?
Good luck selling that idea.
What next? Only Professional breeders allowed to procreate?
> In my experience, also, people on the phone expect answers quicker than people talking in-person.
I prefer the red ones.
>All transactions, including communication between players, is logged.
There's the problem right there.
Just stop that, and problem solved.
Took careful reading to figure out the teenager did not make the threat while he was on the plane.
"a monitor of the online interactive game" saw words go buy in the chat log.
Not hard, says you.
But the studies show otherwise.
Sorry if it offends your sensibilities.
Its not a bromide, its been studied quite extensive in Sweden and the US.
Read this study before you start your rant:
http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/xap144-drews.pdf
Passenger conversation is no where near cell conversation in degree of disruption resulting in missed tasks.
Your assertion, sir, is indefensible.
Well if sound quality was good enough that the person on the other end could hear the tires screech, I'm sure they might stop talking for a little while.
The problem is your caller has no idea you are in a four wheel skid in 5 lanes of traffic and keeps asking questions.
The amazing thing is that there is enough intellectual firepower which supports this draconian regime to even dream up these 5 technologies.
After all, advanced education in other than the Koran is viewed with deep suspicion by the Islamasists that have risen to power. Showing up God!
That leaves those educated in a more liberal era/setting and its heartbreaking to see such people apply their knowledge propping up such a brutal government.
If and when this segment turns, the game is over for the Mullahs.
> So it was fairly random.
Keep screaming. This issue has too get solved. Its entirely out of hand, and completely broken. I can't imagine any other platform where the platform author can get away with this much restriction and control.
Safari has no age restrictions. Everybody else's app that embeds web does.
It needs fixing. Apple's feet need to be held to the fire. The only pressure they understand is public embarrassment in the mainstream press.
And the interesting part is that having a bluetooth headset provides no significant improvement.
Its not holding the phone to your ear that causes accidents, its the cognitive distraction of being on the phone with someone who can not see the dangers in front of the vehicle.
Passengers in the vehicle (at least those over 12) STFU where the driver is busy or when a situation develops, and their silence or their warnings actually calls attention to some dangers.
But this verifies other studies that state that bluetooth or earbuds add nothing to safety.
One can only hope that over time people learn to deal with and shut out the distraction, because I don't see cell phones getting restricted for drivers anytime soon.
Right. We don't know where they come from, exactly how high they are, or exactly what they are made of, but we know god damed well they are caused by man made global warming.
Never mind they may be the very thing cooling the earth by reflecting more sunlight/heat into space than their thinness could possibly trap below.
If you ask me, since its seen so rarely, its probably the Big Splash.
http://geology.about.com/od/wildgeotheories/a/aa_smallcomets.htm
In the absence of a shred of evidence, what makes the original article assume there is either a Cost factor or a Conspiracy involved?
With people not having a lot of money to spend on games these days perhaps the indies had to go get jobs.
Maybe Microsoft is trying to keep the platform from going the way of the Apple App store, with 200 flashlight Apps and 50 Fart Apps.
Quality control is a good thing.
Reading the article gives me a sense of a certain amount of beer-crying going on.
Mr BadAnalogy guy, is that you?
Laws do not depend on circumstance.
Given the same acts, it is either illegal for all or legal for all. You need a licence to prescribe controlled drugs. ANYBODY possessing said license may legally prescribe.
Read my lips: THERE IS NO BROWSER MARKET.