No, what I'm instilling in my children is that there are rules and they should be obeyed. If they don't obey them there will be consequences. Secondly if they get in a fight, either with their sibling or someone else, they have failed in basic human diplomacy and conflict resolution, and there are consequences for that also. There is a big difference between getting in a fight with someone and being brutally attacked without warning. You seem to feel that everything is the second category and that is wrong. The brutal attack without provocation is very rare in almost every society. Never happened to my children to date, and I hope it never does, but that doesn't change the fact that if they are in a plain old fight they failed somewhere and so has the other party.
I never said that we shouldn't try to make things better, but we can't make them right. We can't fix the past and no matter what you do to the rapist it will never be equitable to what he did to the woman. Once again, that doesn't mean do nothing. Society needs to be protected and that is not done by making things fair to all parties involved, it's done by deterrence which can be anything from state sanctioned termination of life to several sessions of counseling to a 10 minute time out to think about why the decision you made was wrong.
p.s. If I'm so wrong why do almost all schools have similar rules to mine that punish both parties in a fight regardless of circumstances?
p.p.s That last one is rhetorical. I'm moving on to other topics. I'm guessing we'll have to agree to disagree.
Well, then you should have your wife responding in the thread.
And I'm still trying to figure where this thread went from the behavior of children to rapists and murderers. If my children fight, they will both be punished. There is no "he started it", or "it's her fault". They are both at fault. There is no innocent party. They know the rules. They can walk away from one another. They can hold their tounges. They can control their tempers. They can speak to an adult. Gee, the list of possible actions to difuse a situation is huge. They know the rules and they know their options.
Moving out of the realm of child rearing to rapists as you did, was it "just" for the woman in your analogy to be raped? No. Does sending the rapist to prison make his previous actions right? No. What really happened? She got raped. Does sending the rapist to prison keep him away from society and make him decide to not do those things again? We hope. Nothing in your scenerio was "just", it wasn't "equitable or fair to all" because no matter what you do to the rapist it can't make up for what he did to his victim. No matter how you slice it justice is simply a human concept that doesn't exist in reality.
You are absolutely correct. Here's a cookie. Now for a reality check. Just because the world is full of pussies you don't have to be one of them either. Justice is a human concept, and reality, not being sentient, doesn't give a shit what humans believe. Reality exists outside of what is "just and right". Reality is what happens.
"Everything is worth what it's purchaser will pay for it" - Think about it next time you want to whine about piracy.
"Everything is as valuless as what I steal!" - Think about that the next time you offer platitudes.
50,000 zombies? It wouldn't surprise me if the number is closer to several million in the US alone.
No, I meant that the 50,000 zombies were just the ones peddling herbal viagra. The bigger breast/longer schlong botnets are probibly a million or two each in size.
A long time ago (1988), in an Internet far far away (before commercialization), one of the first "computer viruses" (actually a worm) to be well known among the public was when some kid (grad student) crippled most of the UNIX boxes with a piece of broken self replicating code.
Well, the first time anyone does anything it's unprecedented by definition.;) As to why, because they felt it was necessary. The reason for the necessity is left as an exercise for the reader since I have no idea. Maybe the government wants to p0wn your PC more than they do already. Maybe they know of a specific threat from an enemy state or terrorist group and are taking precautions. Or maybe, just maybe, they are sick of 50,000 zombies spamming herbal Viagra ads to their personal e-mail accounts.
So! It's not about a WIMP replacement, but using it as the P. I like the idea of beating a recalcitrant process to death. They use mouse gestures in some apps and games, why not Wiimote gestures? The existing WIMP/GUI environment isn't the be all end all of computer interface technology.
Wife, you know. Pay $20k to the Russian mafia and they mail you a female that you refer to as "wife". After a few years she empties out your bank accounts and goes back to Moscow to repeat the process.
What a wanker. You sir are total waste of meatspace. They are 12. If you wern't trying to make out with girls at 12 you are a total loser. Or gay. Nothing wrong with that, but then you should have been trying to make out with boys. Either way, at 12 for most boys the idea of making out with two girls should have had him staining his sheets in the morning. "For fucks sake mum, knock before you come in! I'm not a little boy anymore."
Unless it causes alarm to his neighbor, or maybe his teachers and councilors are distressed by it. Then Jedidiah gets an ASBO requiring that he be absent his house at least 3 hours a day between the hours of 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. for 5 days a week practicing his social butterfly skills with people with whom he is not closely acquainted, or face a £500 fine per week he is not in compliance.
Stupid vague law that is going to be abused more and more by people who feel they have the right to have everyone be just the way they like them to be. You can be an individual as long as you are individually like I want you to be.
No. Just as many restraining orders are applied in poor ways, so are most of the ASBOs that I have heard about. If they want to have and use them as a tool of law enforcement it should be burdensome on law enforcement to get them. They should have to decide that they want to go though the pain and suffereing to get one because it would be for the best of society. It should't be something that is done because someone is taking the easy way out or feeling vindictive. They are mostly touchy feely bulshit. They are a way for the government to point and say "look, see all of the wonderful things we are doing to keep you safe and happy!", but they don't really do a whole lot to deter crime.
Nuh Uh. You're the terrorist. You brought up Whitney. What did we ever do to you? We didn't climb in your cherry tree. Why you gotta hurt us like this?
Yes. And if the insurance comapny has evidence that the guy in the article was upside down on his loan and a few dozen other things were in happenin/done then they can claim fraud, at which point they should turn it over to the police and prosecutor. Just being upside down on a loan doesn't mean you are an accessory to a crime involving the property (car, house, whatever) the loan is on.
When did they start putting super magnets in drives? The read/write heads are electromagnets, and they aren't particularly powerful. Their biggest points are they generate a very small field so the bits can be smaller, and that they can state change REALLY fast.
May God bless the French for supporting the American revolution.
Which the French monarchy did from their love of freedom and democracy. Right. They did it because they hated the British. The French had their own empires. They actually continued their colonial endevors even later than the British.
Slashdot Mirror
Not really. The article says software only, but from the Phantom web site...
To get started with your new service you will need:
1. Phantom Game Receiver
2. Television
3. Broadband Connection
4. Phantom Game Service
Number 1 looks like hardware to me, so no naked software. They are covering it with a case.
No, what I'm instilling in my children is that there are rules and they should be obeyed. If they don't obey them there will be consequences. Secondly if they get in a fight, either with their sibling or someone else, they have failed in basic human diplomacy and conflict resolution, and there are consequences for that also. There is a big difference between getting in a fight with someone and being brutally attacked without warning. You seem to feel that everything is the second category and that is wrong. The brutal attack without provocation is very rare in almost every society. Never happened to my children to date, and I hope it never does, but that doesn't change the fact that if they are in a plain old fight they failed somewhere and so has the other party.
I never said that we shouldn't try to make things better, but we can't make them right. We can't fix the past and no matter what you do to the rapist it will never be equitable to what he did to the woman. Once again, that doesn't mean do nothing. Society needs to be protected and that is not done by making things fair to all parties involved, it's done by deterrence which can be anything from state sanctioned termination of life to several sessions of counseling to a 10 minute time out to think about why the decision you made was wrong.
p.s. If I'm so wrong why do almost all schools have similar rules to mine that punish both parties in a fight regardless of circumstances?
p.p.s That last one is rhetorical. I'm moving on to other topics. I'm guessing we'll have to agree to disagree.
Well, then you should have your wife responding in the thread.
And I'm still trying to figure where this thread went from the behavior of children to rapists and murderers. If my children fight, they will both be punished. There is no "he started it", or "it's her fault". They are both at fault. There is no innocent party. They know the rules. They can walk away from one another. They can hold their tounges. They can control their tempers. They can speak to an adult. Gee, the list of possible actions to difuse a situation is huge. They know the rules and they know their options.
Moving out of the realm of child rearing to rapists as you did, was it "just" for the woman in your analogy to be raped? No. Does sending the rapist to prison make his previous actions right? No. What really happened? She got raped. Does sending the rapist to prison keep him away from society and make him decide to not do those things again? We hope. Nothing in your scenerio was "just", it wasn't "equitable or fair to all" because no matter what you do to the rapist it can't make up for what he did to his victim. No matter how you slice it justice is simply a human concept that doesn't exist in reality.
One word. And it's from your psycologists. Enabler. Bye.
What is it that everyone seeks in this world? Mercy for me, and justice for everyone else. BTW I get to define both mercy and justice. Neat, huh?
You are absolutely correct. Here's a cookie. Now for a reality check. Just because the world is full of pussies you don't have to be one of them either. Justice is a human concept, and reality, not being sentient, doesn't give a shit what humans believe. Reality exists outside of what is "just and right". Reality is what happens.
"Everything is worth what it's purchaser will pay for it" - Think about it next time you want to whine about piracy.
"Everything is as valuless as what I steal!" - Think about that the next time you offer platitudes.
Which there isn't. Welcome to reality.
Well, in a few more years you won't have to sit at the kiddie table at holiday get togethers anymore.
50,000 zombies? It wouldn't surprise me if the number is closer to several million in the US alone.
No, I meant that the 50,000 zombies were just the ones peddling herbal viagra. The bigger breast/longer schlong botnets are probibly a million or two each in size.
A long time ago (1988), in an Internet far far away (before commercialization), one of the first "computer viruses" (actually a worm) to be well known among the public was when some kid (grad student) crippled most of the UNIX boxes with a piece of broken self replicating code.
This is unprecedented action. Why now?
;) As to why, because they felt it was necessary. The reason for the necessity is left as an exercise for the reader since I have no idea. Maybe the government wants to p0wn your PC more than they do already. Maybe they know of a specific threat from an enemy state or terrorist group and are taking precautions. Or maybe, just maybe, they are sick of 50,000 zombies spamming herbal Viagra ads to their personal e-mail accounts.
Well, the first time anyone does anything it's unprecedented by definition.
(So, how many wives are either not going to be home tonight, or are going to fix hubby his very favorite dish?)
I bet the guy works for Rockstar games and is simply researching their next big hit. "Slap the Ho!" Where you put up with yo biotches shit till...
So! It's not about a WIMP replacement, but using it as the P. I like the idea of beating a recalcitrant process to death. They use mouse gestures in some apps and games, why not Wiimote gestures? The existing WIMP/GUI environment isn't the be all end all of computer interface technology.
Wife, you know. Pay $20k to the Russian mafia and they mail you a female that you refer to as "wife". After a few years she empties out your bank accounts and goes back to Moscow to repeat the process.
Then again, there are people that still try to go whale watching in Lake Michigan.
Considering how many whales I've seen on that little beach across from the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago I can see why.
What a wanker. You sir are total waste of meatspace. They are 12. If you wern't trying to make out with girls at 12 you are a total loser. Or gay. Nothing wrong with that, but then you should have been trying to make out with boys. Either way, at 12 for most boys the idea of making out with two girls should have had him staining his sheets in the morning. "For fucks sake mum, knock before you come in! I'm not a little boy anymore."
Unless it causes alarm to his neighbor, or maybe his teachers and councilors are distressed by it. Then Jedidiah gets an ASBO requiring that he be absent his house at least 3 hours a day between the hours of 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. for 5 days a week practicing his social butterfly skills with people with whom he is not closely acquainted, or face a £500 fine per week he is not in compliance.
Stupid vague law that is going to be abused more and more by people who feel they have the right to have everyone be just the way they like them to be. You can be an individual as long as you are individually like I want you to be.
No. Just as many restraining orders are applied in poor ways, so are most of the ASBOs that I have heard about. If they want to have and use them as a tool of law enforcement it should be burdensome on law enforcement to get them. They should have to decide that they want to go though the pain and suffereing to get one because it would be for the best of society. It should't be something that is done because someone is taking the easy way out or feeling vindictive. They are mostly touchy feely bulshit. They are a way for the government to point and say "look, see all of the wonderful things we are doing to keep you safe and happy!", but they don't really do a whole lot to deter crime.
I am assuming that you meant this jokingly, but there is a legal concept of "attractive nuisance". Not sure if it exists in the UK.
Nuh Uh. You're the terrorist. You brought up Whitney. What did we ever do to you? We didn't climb in your cherry tree. Why you gotta hurt us like this?
Yes. And if the insurance comapny has evidence that the guy in the article was upside down on his loan and a few dozen other things were in happenin/done then they can claim fraud, at which point they should turn it over to the police and prosecutor. Just being upside down on a loan doesn't mean you are an accessory to a crime involving the property (car, house, whatever) the loan is on.
When did they start putting super magnets in drives? The read/write heads are electromagnets, and they aren't particularly powerful. Their biggest points are they generate a very small field so the bits can be smaller, and that they can state change REALLY fast.
Thanks. It's been a treet.
May God bless the French for supporting the American revolution.
Which the French monarchy did from their love of freedom and democracy. Right. They did it because they hated the British. The French had their own empires. They actually continued their colonial endevors even later than the British.
Actualy in large portions of the world
Armour = Defensive hardware. Armor = nonsense word or misspelling.