>>You're already required to carry ID or a driver's license, this bill doesn't change that fact.
>Um, no, you are most certainly NOT required to carry ID or a driver's license. You are required to carry a driver's license when you are driving, but that's it. If I'm a passenger in a car, or walking down the street, there is no requirement for me to have identification.
Really? In the UK you're not required to have your driving license when driving. If you're in an accident, pulled over or whatever and you don't have it on you you're given a week to take it to a specified local police station.
2) Dry humour delivered in silence. For instance, 'do you know how much damage would be caused to this bulldozer if I let it run over you? / No / None at all'. It's funny. But no-one is laughing. I don't know how to fix that; it might be a problem with the film medium for this type of humour. A laughter track, for instance, would be shite. The problem with that joke in the film was the awful delivery. The actor entirely failed to capture the snide cynicsm of Prosser in the way that the guy in the TV show did.
Why would a constant stream of L shapes be bad? You rotate every other one twice so that they line up like this: ## *# *# ** and repeat that all along the width of the field.
A constant stream of either ## or ## _## ## shapes would suck though.
Shakespeare's texts are in the public domain, Go ahead and try to improve them, then release your new versions for others to modify.
I'll reserve judgement about whether it's actually an improvment till then.
As I recall, the British proposed some similarly silly rule requiring ISPs to "log everything" about 5 years ago.
I haven't heard of it since, so I presume the proposal died a whimpering quiet death unclaimed by anyone.
Unfortunatly The Resolution of Invesigatory Powers Act 2000 was actually passed. I hate this country sometimes. As far as I know the "log everything" part has never been implemented. For "technical reasons", i.e. it's fucking ridiculous. I can't find any mention of it more recent than this article
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As well as contact being alluded to in the in timeline at the end of Consider Phlebas, The State of the Art features interaction between the Culture and Earth.
Here in the US the vendor is pretty much always liable. So there's no need for a stupid chip-and-pin system. A lot of the time we don't even need a signature (gas stations, fast food restaurants, etc.)
If the vendor is liable in the case of a fraudulent purchase, why don't they demand signitures? Sure it's a lousy security tool, but it's the only chance they have to spot a stolen card that could potentially cost them money.
Dunno what the fuck "freeze" is about, but if two people said the same thing at the same time, and no-one else in that conversation has spoken since, then if one of those two says "jinx" that places the other into a stated "jinxed". While jinxed you may not speak, upon forfeit of being punched (this removes the jinxed state). The jinxed state can also be removed by anyone expect the jinxed person saying the jinxed person's name three times in quick succession. Unless of course when the jinx was placed the jinxer added the modifier "personal jinx" in which case he/she only can say the victim's name three times to remove the jinx.
Which all seemed to make perfect sense when I was at school.
So, either my bank hasn't got its act together despite issuing me with a chip-and-pin card and a PIN to go with it, or the cashiers aren't being retrained, or both
Or they don't have a new reader that'll let you enter your PIN, or it's just not working at that moment.
FYI, Europe is starting to think that the Bush policy for spreading democrocy is the CORRECT method.
Got a source for that? Doesn't chime with the polls I've seen.
Just go to court and say "I didn't do anything illegal. Show me proof beyond a reasonable doubt that I did." IANAL but isn't the standard of proof required in a civil case in the US 'on the balance of probability' rather than 'beyond reasonable doubt', which is used only in criminal trials?
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The Ep IV screen play gives Luke's age as 18 (and Leia's as 16...) so that's probably the canonical figure.
Yes I make mistakes. Don't we all?
Mistakes such as completely missing a joke?
The first ep at least was on BitTorrent before the BBC had shown it. I'd link to the Slashdot story, but I can't be arsed searching.
That was even mentioned in DS9. I can't remember which ep, but Nog fucked up and O'Brien had to explain it to him. Good job Starfleet Academy!
Don't be absurd, they can still dupe this one tomorrow.
>>You're already required to carry ID or a driver's license, this bill doesn't change that fact.
>Um, no, you are most certainly NOT required to carry ID or a driver's license. You are required to carry a driver's license when you are driving, but that's it. If I'm a passenger in a car, or walking down the street, there is no requirement for me to have identification.
Really? In the UK you're not required to have your driving license when driving. If you're in an accident, pulled over or whatever and you don't have it on you you're given a week to take it to a specified local police station.
2) Dry humour delivered in silence. For instance, 'do you know how much damage would be caused to this bulldozer if I let it run over you? / No / None at all'. It's funny. But no-one is laughing. I don't know how to fix that; it might be a problem with the film medium for this type of humour. A laughter track, for instance, would be shite.
The problem with that joke in the film was the awful delivery. The actor entirely failed to capture the snide cynicsm of Prosser in the way that the guy in the TV show did.
Well why don't you?
Zaphod has two heads in the movie. You shouldn't have too much trouble finding video of this on the net.
Why would a constant stream of L shapes be bad?
You rotate every other one twice so that they line up like this:
##
*#
*#
**
and repeat that all along the width of the field.
A constant stream of either
## or ##
_## ##
shapes would suck though.
Shakespeare's texts are in the public domain, Go ahead and try to improve them, then release your new versions for others to modify.
I'll reserve judgement about whether it's actually an improvment till then.
If you actually read that Imdb page you linked to, Richard E Grant was the Doctor, Tennant played the Caretaker.
I haven't heard of it since, so I presume the proposal died a whimpering quiet death unclaimed by anyone.
Unfortunatly The Resolution of Invesigatory Powers Act 2000 was actually passed. I hate this country sometimes. As far as I know the "log everything" part has never been implemented. For "technical reasons", i.e. it's fucking ridiculous. I can't find any mention of it more recent than this article
You think correctly. http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0403528/
As well as contact being alluded to in the in timeline at the end of Consider Phlebas, The State of the Art features interaction between the Culture and Earth.
Also, it's Excession, not Extension.
If the vendor is liable in the case of a fraudulent purchase, why don't they demand signitures? Sure it's a lousy security tool, but it's the only chance they have to spot a stolen card that could potentially cost them money.
Or his mother cooked for him, and later his wife cooked for him.
So why are my taxes being used to provide Microsoft tech support?
British students aren't exactly reknowned for their sobriety.
Dunno what the fuck "freeze" is about, but if two people said the same thing at the same time, and no-one else in that conversation has spoken since, then if one of those two says "jinx" that places the other into a stated "jinxed". While jinxed you may not speak, upon forfeit of being punched (this removes the jinxed state). The jinxed state can also be removed by anyone expect the jinxed person saying the jinxed person's name three times in quick succession. Unless of course when the jinx was placed the jinxer added the modifier "personal jinx" in which case he/she only can say the victim's name three times to remove the jinx. Which all seemed to make perfect sense when I was at school.
Or they don't have a new reader that'll let you enter your PIN, or it's just not working at that moment.
FYI, Europe is starting to think that the Bush policy for spreading democrocy is the CORRECT method.
Got a source for that? Doesn't chime with the polls I've seen.
Just go to court and say "I didn't do anything illegal. Show me proof beyond a reasonable doubt that I did."
IANAL but isn't the standard of proof required in a civil case in the US 'on the balance of probability' rather than 'beyond reasonable doubt', which is used only in criminal trials?
No, what he said was that someone earning twice as much money should not have six times as much to spend.
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