Anything anyone can say is offensive to someone. Expect to see this used against all sorts of things that no sane person would think of as 'profane'.
The Supreme Court used "contemporary community standards" to define "grossly offensive." The question that the FCC is going to look at is not: "Does there exist a person who would be seriously offended by this content?" It's: "Would this content be offensive to a great many people?"
The "grossly" in "grossly offensive" has more to do with being broad and general than being unmitigated and undelicate.
You know those signs you see on telephone poles that read "Make money! Work at home!"? A lot of that "work" is actually laundering products for the Russian mob.
I've been wondering how to break into a career with the mafia.
I have a number of friends working at well-known game companies, and from what they say, I think it's not my cup of tea (it still could be yours, of course).
Their biggest complaints: working 80+ hours a week for what seems forever before the game comes out; dealing with execs; getting stuck working on a lame part of the game for a little while (esp. early levels/concetps); hearing users complain that a certain feature of the game sucks when they worked hard on it and weren't given enough time to do so; and end up wondering if it's really worth it.
The biggest joy for them all, though, is when the final version goes out for shipment. There are always parties, and the next few weeks at work sound pretty spectacular (i.e. just playing video games).
Like any job, you gotta take the good with the bad. Just know the bad, and you'll probably be fine, but know it.
I just want to point out that Occam's Razor doesn't say that the "simplest answer is most likely the correct one."
What Occam said was "entities should not be multiplied needlessly." Basically that if you have a couple of competing theories, the simpler on is preferable. It's reasonable to assume the one that doesn't complicate matters, but doesn't let you say that it's correct.
So you're still good going with the black holes, if this other theory just mucks things up more than black holes do, but don't say it's unequivically true because another theory is complex.
My two roommates and I moved in all not knowing each other, and we haven't exactly become friends. It's not like we hate each other or something, we just have our own lives. When we see each other around the apartment, nothing really gets said. But we're often all home, in our respective rooms, at our computers.
I think it'd be a good way for the three of us to start forming a bond.
...the issue is clear: do you support copyrights and ownership of intellectual property as envisioned by our elected officials in Congress and the European Union, or do you support "free" - as in free from ownership - intellectual property envisioned by the Free Software Foundation, Red Hat and others? There really is no middle ground.
I think it is possible to be in the middle. I doesn't especially bother me that copyrights exist, and I'm happy that there are people who willingly give up that right for the free use of their ideas by others. Maybe some people hate all copyright, but surely not everyone involved in FSF and RH and "others".
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Anything anyone can say is offensive to someone. Expect to see this used against all sorts of things that no sane person would think of as 'profane'.
The Supreme Court used "contemporary community standards" to define "grossly offensive." The question that the FCC is going to look at is not: "Does there exist a person who would be seriously offended by this content?" It's: "Would this content be offensive to a great many people?"
The "grossly" in "grossly offensive" has more to do with being broad and general than being unmitigated and undelicate.
You know those signs you see on telephone poles that read "Make money! Work at home!"? A lot of that "work" is actually laundering products for the Russian mob.
I've been wondering how to break into a career with the mafia.
I have a number of friends working at well-known game companies, and from what they say, I think it's not my cup of tea (it still could be yours, of course). Their biggest complaints: working 80+ hours a week for what seems forever before the game comes out; dealing with execs; getting stuck working on a lame part of the game for a little while (esp. early levels/concetps); hearing users complain that a certain feature of the game sucks when they worked hard on it and weren't given enough time to do so; and end up wondering if it's really worth it. The biggest joy for them all, though, is when the final version goes out for shipment. There are always parties, and the next few weeks at work sound pretty spectacular (i.e. just playing video games). Like any job, you gotta take the good with the bad. Just know the bad, and you'll probably be fine, but know it.
I just want to point out that Occam's Razor doesn't say that the "simplest answer is most likely the correct one."
What Occam said was "entities should not be multiplied needlessly." Basically that if you have a couple of competing theories, the simpler on is preferable. It's reasonable to assume the one that doesn't complicate matters, but doesn't let you say that it's correct.
So you're still good going with the black holes, if this other theory just mucks things up more than black holes do, but don't say it's unequivically true because another theory is complex.
My two roommates and I moved in all not knowing each other, and we haven't exactly become friends. It's not like we hate each other or something, we just have our own lives. When we see each other around the apartment, nothing really gets said. But we're often all home, in our respective rooms, at our computers.
I think it'd be a good way for the three of us to start forming a bond.
As an Irish-American, people always assume I'm some sort of drunk. Oh wait...
I've gone five and a half years now without drinking caffine. And, yeah, it's hard, but it wasn't as hard as quitting coke (the other kind).
I did have some rather severe stomach problems at the time, so stopping was a matter of some very basic health issues.
My best advice is just to hole yourself up and be really, really busy. That's been my plan for all my addiction-kicking.
Grin, bear it, be productive.
...the issue is clear: do you support copyrights and ownership of intellectual property as envisioned by our elected officials in Congress and the European Union, or do you support "free" - as in free from ownership - intellectual property envisioned by the Free Software Foundation, Red Hat and others? There really is no middle ground.
I think it is possible to be in the middle. I doesn't especially bother me that copyrights exist, and I'm happy that there are people who willingly give up that right for the free use of their ideas by others. Maybe some people hate all copyright, but surely not everyone involved in FSF and RH and "others".