It almost always takes much longer than 60 days to disburse an estate. For even small estates, it can easily take up to a year before any the beneficiaries actually receive any funds.
The fact is and has always been the same. Radical Islam wants to destroy the West. The best way to bring down their target is through fear. Ignoring it got us in the mess in the first place.
If by "it", you mean Radical Islam, ignoring it is not what got us into this mess in the first place. Arming it, training it, then betraying it is what got us into this mess in the first place.
The libraries at any of our public universities (which is a good chunk of the ones at the front of academic research) are all considered public libraries, since they are funded (in part) from public funds. As such, they tend to be subject to the same regulations and rules as the "public libraries" (which is also what we call the smaller, local community libraries, oddly enough). And yes, all of the serious universities have massive libraries, full of academic books and journals.
But the United States did not become and is not today a unitary state. It remains a federation of fifty states.
But it is becoming more and more a unitary state, for all intents and purposes. Federal policy trumps State policy on many issues, under the pretext of interstate commerce. Remember federal agents arresting people growing pot in California, selling pot only to Californians, both of which were perfectly legal in California? Somehow, under the interstate commerce clause, this entirely Californian affair was intefered with by the federal government.
And this is only an example of the federal government demanding and receiving legal authority that it should not have. The de facto authorities and powers the federal government can wield by bribing states with funds taken from citizens of the states under taxation that the Founders certainly did not intend (income tax is indirect taxation? WTF?) reduces the States actual ability to assert authority even further. The people in your state want the drinking age to be 18? Fine, as long as you don't expect federal funds for things like roads. And your state can't raise these funds themselves; the federal government takes such a large chunk of the citizen's wages, the state can't realistically levy much more in the way of taxes.
Don't get me wrong, I realize that the concept of a federation of states is still alive and strong in much of the political and legal framework; I just think power is being slowly transferred more and more to the federal government. Even more disturbing, not very many people seem to care; in fact, many seem to think this is a good thing.
Hmmm, I'm not sure I see the difference between fighting to "preserve the union" by forcing states that didn't want to be in it to remain, and fighting to promote the federal government over the states' governments. I mean, the literal effect that the Union won by winning the Civil War was the ability to tell the conquered States that they had to fall in line with Federal policy. How is that NOT promoting Federal over State?
I know what you mean about mod points; its the curse of responsibility. And I would rather have one personalized compliment than 5 anonymous mod points any day. With two compliments, I'm not sure my hat will fit when I leave work today;-)
I never understood why people in America feel they have to make someone else's life shittier just to express some point. How about you write a letter, and you get all your friends to write letters, talking about how displeased you are with the service you received.
Mostly, b/c people in America have no faith that rational, reasonable complaint will receive any attention whatsoever. It is an inherent part of the culture that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease". If you don't make people, corporations, government, etc. pay attention to you, they will not. And to be honest, sometimes this is true. The problem is that mouth-breathers dimly grasp this truth, and then go and misapply it in inappropriate situations in inappropriate manners.
No, no. We are being secretly ruled by monkeys that had their intelligence super-enhanced when they were shot into space by NASA. Why else are bananas so cheap, and apples so expensive?
Can you provide a single example of an American citizen being dragged from US soil to be held as an enemy combatant without due process? A link to a reputable news source would be sufficient.
As far as I know, you can't convert anything downloaded from iTunes to MP3. But I haven't really looked into it; this is just what my wife tells me. I'd be quite pleased to learn otherwise.
I'm going to guess that most women, based on the ones that I personally know, would buy an iPod over the MP3 player of another manufacturer.
To add one more data point in support of your conjecture, my wife owns an iPod, I own a Phillips GoGear. I had the GoGear first, but she NEEDED an iPod, because, well, I don't know. So now, we get to store all of our music twice, since my MP3 player requires MP3s (go figure), and her iPod uses Apple's AAC (or whatever) format.
No kidding! And does your model complain when you "accuse" her of moving your stuff (i.e., ask her where it is), based on the completely silly reasoning that there are only two of us that live here, and it isn't where I left it...
Man, if it wasn't for the sex, cooking, cleaning, yardwork, extra income, companionship, day-to-day tasks splitting, good advice, and sex, I don't know if having a wife would be worth the hassle.
You can expect similar arguments from the Teachers Unions and those who are held in its thrall to any advance in education which leads to a loss of their power and influence.
Seriously? You really think there is a cabal of educators out there that are spreading FUD in order to scare their thralls back into line in order to avoid a loss of power and influence? You, sir, are AWESOME! I would tip my hat to you, but you and I both know that is exactly what they want...
I agree that modding down unpopular opinions is a nasty problem here, but come on. Coming to/. and posting that "X scientific process should not be pursued b/c it is a blasphemy against God" is pretty much THE definition of trolling. One of the main purposes of this site is for science enthusiasts to discuss cool new science. People that want to discuss the religious aspects of science should go somewhere else. They often don't, but I think that in this case, the mod system is doing exactly what it should. Speaking of should, this thread should be modded "Off-topic".
You have a point about "design by committee" problems; also, group efforts add in the complexity of group communication to the already complex problem of software design, which does indeed increase the spaces error can creep in. However, which closed source products did you have in mind that were not developed by a group, enabling them to avoid these problems?
Child pornography and crack cocaine are accepted by most countries, and more importantly, the WTO, to be illegitimate businesses (i.e. criminal), thus not deserving of free trade protections. Gambling is widely accepted as a legitimate business, thus deserving of free trade protections. Thus, disallowing child pornography or crack cocaine to be imported is accepted by others; disallowing online gambling might not be. As far as I know, gambling is still in an official gray area for the WTO. If the WTO rules that restricting online gambling is illegal, then no, the US will not be able to outlaw it. Remember steel tariffs?
Drunk driving has absolutely nothing to do with international trade agreements. Or online activities, for that matter.
Pretty off-topic, but back in 2002 I worked for a library circulation department managing a couple of databases. Come October, we had SEVERAL people complaining about our 30 day loan period b/c it put their books due on 9/11/2002, and they apparently couldn't withstand the emotional trauma of seeing that date stamped in ink on their books...
Ha, I lived with a friend who had a poster of Linda Blair (4th on the right) in the downstair bathroom, staring directly at the toilet. Girls especially refused to use that bathroom more than once.
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It almost always takes much longer than 60 days to disburse an estate. For even small estates, it can easily take up to a year before any the beneficiaries actually receive any funds.
I don't want to know how they'd figure out how to occupy all the cops, prosecutors, etc. in the absence of illegal drugs.
Border Patrol?
The fact is and has always been the same. Radical Islam wants to destroy the West. The best way to bring down their target is through fear. Ignoring it got us in the mess in the first place.
If by "it", you mean Radical Islam, ignoring it is not what got us into this mess in the first place. Arming it, training it, then betraying it is what got us into this mess in the first place.
The libraries at any of our public universities (which is a good chunk of the ones at the front of academic research) are all considered public libraries, since they are funded (in part) from public funds. As such, they tend to be subject to the same regulations and rules as the "public libraries" (which is also what we call the smaller, local community libraries, oddly enough). And yes, all of the serious universities have massive libraries, full of academic books and journals.
<Which language are YOU speaking?>
Dutch, why?
Hey! I understood that! I wonder when I learned Dutch?
But the United States did not become and is not today a unitary state. It remains a federation of fifty states.
But it is becoming more and more a unitary state, for all intents and purposes. Federal policy trumps State policy on many issues, under the pretext of interstate commerce. Remember federal agents arresting people growing pot in California, selling pot only to Californians, both of which were perfectly legal in California? Somehow, under the interstate commerce clause, this entirely Californian affair was intefered with by the federal government.
And this is only an example of the federal government demanding and receiving legal authority that it should not have. The de facto authorities and powers the federal government can wield by bribing states with funds taken from citizens of the states under taxation that the Founders certainly did not intend (income tax is indirect taxation? WTF?) reduces the States actual ability to assert authority even further. The people in your state want the drinking age to be 18? Fine, as long as you don't expect federal funds for things like roads. And your state can't raise these funds themselves; the federal government takes such a large chunk of the citizen's wages, the state can't realistically levy much more in the way of taxes.
Don't get me wrong, I realize that the concept of a federation of states is still alive and strong in much of the political and legal framework; I just think power is being slowly transferred more and more to the federal government. Even more disturbing, not very many people seem to care; in fact, many seem to think this is a good thing.
Hmmm, I'm not sure I see the difference between fighting to "preserve the union" by forcing states that didn't want to be in it to remain, and fighting to promote the federal government over the states' governments. I mean, the literal effect that the Union won by winning the Civil War was the ability to tell the conquered States that they had to fall in line with Federal policy. How is that NOT promoting Federal over State?
I agree completely. While we're at it, let's get rid of the 16th. 1913 is not my favorite year in history.
I know what you mean about mod points; its the curse of responsibility. And I would rather have one personalized compliment than 5 anonymous mod points any day. With two compliments, I'm not sure my hat will fit when I leave work today ;-)
I never understood why people in America feel they have to make someone else's life shittier just to express some point. How about you write a letter, and you get all your friends to write letters, talking about how displeased you are with the service you received.
Mostly, b/c people in America have no faith that rational, reasonable complaint will receive any attention whatsoever. It is an inherent part of the culture that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease". If you don't make people, corporations, government, etc. pay attention to you, they will not. And to be honest, sometimes this is true. The problem is that mouth-breathers dimly grasp this truth, and then go and misapply it in inappropriate situations in inappropriate manners.
No, no. We are being secretly ruled by monkeys that had their intelligence super-enhanced when they were shot into space by NASA. Why else are bananas so cheap, and apples so expensive?
Wow, I had never heard of that or the USS Liberty incident. Very informative link. Thanks!!
Can you provide a single example of an American citizen being dragged from US soil to be held as an enemy combatant without due process? A link to a reputable news source would be sufficient.
How about the BBC?
As far as I know, you can't convert anything downloaded from iTunes to MP3. But I haven't really looked into it; this is just what my wife tells me. I'd be quite pleased to learn otherwise.
I'm going to guess that most women, based on the ones that I personally know, would buy an iPod over the MP3 player of another manufacturer.
To add one more data point in support of your conjecture, my wife owns an iPod, I own a Phillips GoGear. I had the GoGear first, but she NEEDED an iPod, because, well, I don't know. So now, we get to store all of our music twice, since my MP3 player requires MP3s (go figure), and her iPod uses Apple's AAC (or whatever) format.
No kidding! And does your model complain when you "accuse" her of moving your stuff (i.e., ask her where it is), based on the completely silly reasoning that there are only two of us that live here, and it isn't where I left it...
Man, if it wasn't for the sex, cooking, cleaning, yardwork, extra income, companionship, day-to-day tasks splitting, good advice, and sex, I don't know if having a wife would be worth the hassle.
Look at the last sentence of the first paragraph here. This disease has already appeared in humans; it killed 42 in Indonesia.
You can expect similar arguments from the Teachers Unions and those who are held in its thrall to any advance in education which leads to a loss of their power and influence.
Seriously? You really think there is a cabal of educators out there that are spreading FUD in order to scare their thralls back into line in order to avoid a loss of power and influence? You, sir, are AWESOME! I would tip my hat to you, but you and I both know that is exactly what they want...
I agree that modding down unpopular opinions is a nasty problem here, but come on. Coming to /. and posting that "X scientific process should not be pursued b/c it is a blasphemy against God" is pretty much THE definition of trolling. One of the main purposes of this site is for science enthusiasts to discuss cool new science. People that want to discuss the religious aspects of science should go somewhere else. They often don't, but I think that in this case, the mod system is doing exactly what it should. Speaking of should, this thread should be modded "Off-topic".
You have a point about "design by committee" problems; also, group efforts add in the complexity of group communication to the already complex problem of software design, which does indeed increase the spaces error can creep in. However, which closed source products did you have in mind that were not developed by a group, enabling them to avoid these problems?
Child pornography and crack cocaine are accepted by most countries, and more importantly, the WTO, to be illegitimate businesses (i.e. criminal), thus not deserving of free trade protections. Gambling is widely accepted as a legitimate business, thus deserving of free trade protections. Thus, disallowing child pornography or crack cocaine to be imported is accepted by others; disallowing online gambling might not be. As far as I know, gambling is still in an official gray area for the WTO. If the WTO rules that restricting online gambling is illegal, then no, the US will not be able to outlaw it. Remember steel tariffs?
Drunk driving has absolutely nothing to do with international trade agreements. Or online activities, for that matter.
Actually, you can marry your first cousin in many many states.
Disclaimer: my wife is in no way related to me by blood. I swear.
Duh, as in "one who gramms".
Pretty off-topic, but back in 2002 I worked for a library circulation department managing a couple of databases. Come October, we had SEVERAL people complaining about our 30 day loan period b/c it put their books due on 9/11/2002, and they apparently couldn't withstand the emotional trauma of seeing that date stamped in ink on their books...
Ha, I lived with a friend who had a poster of Linda Blair (4th on the right) in the downstair bathroom, staring directly at the toilet. Girls especially refused to use that bathroom more than once.