Well... I did just install Drupal and am learning to play with it now.
Frustrating, but of course it would be - it's new to me. I installed a Gravatar plugin, and only want them on posts - no option to turn them off on the ID string for articles. I figure I could SSH in and yank that code section, but there has to be a legit way to do things like this. After all, it is touted as "You don't have to know how to code..."
This is truth. I started in web dev as a coder, and went to CMS Made Simple, then Django, and loved it. After getting the Internet Marketing bug, I realized that there is no need to code everything from scratch - my motto is "Get Shit Done, Then Code For Fun"
I do 95% of my work in Wordpress, because there is just no need for more in a small site. If I need more, I go custom in Django or CodeIgniter. I'm looking at Drupal and Joomla now as a stopgap between WP and 100% customer work - so far, I think Joomla is going to win.
There's an idea - incentivize killing macro miners. If a player spots a suspected macro miner, a petition function should be there so they can report it. A dedicated GM should then respond and verify the macro behavior - once verified, the player should be awarded the opportunity to destroy the offender's ship, and kill rights than last 30 day on the offender.
Integrate this into the story, of course. "A recent drone evolution has created nanodrones that infect the minds of podpilots via the mind/machien interface with their ship. CONCORD has contracted civilians to find and eliminate these "Vectors", and urge pilots to report suspicious activity to..."
That's because our founders typically used the word "Republic" to mean "a representative government", and "Democracy" to mean "majority rule".
A read of the Federalist (or Anti-Federalist) Papers bears this out, as do many well-known quotes by founders ("A Republic, if you can keep it").
Many of those outspoken on the terms are students of American History, but not necessarily political scientists. Therefore, they see these terms defined by their usage in the formation of our government.
This is why you hear people declaring that the US is a Republic, a representative Democracy, or as a Constitutional Republic.
In modern, common usage, "Democracy" and "Republic" are close to interchangeable.
In archaic (late 18th Century) usage, a "Republic" meant that the people appoint individuals to represent them. "Democracy" was rule-by-mob, and very nearly a curse word.
I support this move by Utah, though I don't think it's that huge a deal. I doubt seriously it had *anything* to do with the names of political parties.
While I understand where you're coming from, I have a 2.5 year old, too. She's rarely told no, but often told the consequences of her actions first.
She snapped her hand good with a rubber band a couple of days ago. I told her she would, and she looked at me, at the rubber band, then pulled it back and snapped it. Ten seconds of tears, and off to another experiment to see how stuff works;0)
Where is nicer? Honest question. I'm an American, and I love it here, but we're headed the wrong direction. In 20 years, I might very well want to move somewhere more free.
When the Democratic party develops a visible rift - a'la the "Tea Party" - then we might actually stand a chance at changing something. Until then, both ends will play against the middle, and we'll end up as the losers.
I've never met a Republican in person who supports this crap. It's all the party leadership, which is hard to change through the means in place - and if you form another party, you've doomed yourself to a decade or more of total control by the Democratic party.
I'd read Oath of Fealty, but the communication mechanism didn't stick with me, nearly as much as the culture of the city-state, and the resulting backlash caused by the media against a wholly unprepared element of society.
It's sitting on my bookshelf at home, I should read it again. Come to think of it, I don't think I've picked up a book in a year or so - too busy absorbing information at a much faster rate over the Internet.
My God, what would my childhood have been like if I had had 'Net access when I was younger? Moreso, will broad literacy be the "well-read" of the future, due to the immense bandwidth of knowledge available to the nerds of today?
On a serious note, much like every other technology of value that comes to mind, this will be funded and distributed first by the porn industry. I mean, come on - imagine being able to experience sex with your favorite star.
Hell, imagine experiencing sex *as* your favorite star.
You're missing the point, though. The questions isn't "are there are enough monkeys locked in the room to write the complete works of Shakespeare?" - it's about the fact that the numbers are extremely large, and difficult to comprehend for the average juror. If they don't understand the math, then there is a reasonable (in the mind of the juror) doubt.
And yes, a lawyer can ask a yes/no question, and the judge will typically compel the witness to answer it in that fashion. There may be further discussion before or after, but a yes or a no will be the result.
Plaintiff's Attorney: "Sir, what are the chances of the drive automatically generating the exact sequence of bits required to form this email?"
Expert Witness: "Billions to one, certainly."
Defendant's Attorney: "And how many times will that this 2KB email fit on the drive?"
Expert Witness: "Well, it's a 2TB drive, so... about a billion, give or take."
Defendant's Attorney: "So, assuming the data on the drive is random, then it's safe to say there are at least two billion opportunities on this drive to produce this email?"
You often get laid for being a dick. Hell, if you're in the right place at the right time, with low enough standards, you can get laid just for *having* a dick.
I suppose that would put me int he category of "realist Objectivist", if there is such a thing. I find that Objectivism works extremely well as a personal philosophy and code of ethics, but the fact of the matter is, political power lies with the collective. Whether that will end in an Atlas Shrugged-style dystopia or in a Socialist utopia, I have no idea - and it doesn't matter.
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Well... I did just install Drupal and am learning to play with it now.
Frustrating, but of course it would be - it's new to me. I installed a Gravatar plugin, and only want them on posts - no option to turn them off on the ID string for articles. I figure I could SSH in and yank that code section, but there has to be a legit way to do things like this. After all, it is touted as "You don't have to know how to code..."
This is truth. I started in web dev as a coder, and went to CMS Made Simple, then Django, and loved it. After getting the Internet Marketing bug, I realized that there is no need to code everything from scratch - my motto is "Get Shit Done, Then Code For Fun"
I do 95% of my work in Wordpress, because there is just no need for more in a small site. If I need more, I go custom in Django or CodeIgniter. I'm looking at Drupal and Joomla now as a stopgap between WP and 100% customer work - so far, I think Joomla is going to win.
Sure you can - you'd just be a net exporter.
How many factory workers in the Foxconn factories in China can afford the iPad 2 that they make every day?
There's an idea - incentivize killing macro miners. If a player spots a suspected macro miner, a petition function should be there so they can report it. A dedicated GM should then respond and verify the macro behavior - once verified, the player should be awarded the opportunity to destroy the offender's ship, and kill rights than last 30 day on the offender.
Integrate this into the story, of course. "A recent drone evolution has created nanodrones that infect the minds of podpilots via the mind/machien interface with their ship. CONCORD has contracted civilians to find and eliminate these "Vectors", and urge pilots to report suspicious activity to..."
That's because our founders typically used the word "Republic" to mean "a representative government", and "Democracy" to mean "majority rule".
A read of the Federalist (or Anti-Federalist) Papers bears this out, as do many well-known quotes by founders ("A Republic, if you can keep it").
Many of those outspoken on the terms are students of American History, but not necessarily political scientists. Therefore, they see these terms defined by their usage in the formation of our government.
This is why you hear people declaring that the US is a Republic, a representative Democracy, or as a Constitutional Republic.
You're correct - this is the modern usage of the word. It has not always been the case, though, and thus the confusion.
In modern, common usage, "Democracy" and "Republic" are close to interchangeable.
In archaic (late 18th Century) usage, a "Republic" meant that the people appoint individuals to represent them. "Democracy" was rule-by-mob, and very nearly a curse word.
I support this move by Utah, though I don't think it's that huge a deal. I doubt seriously it had *anything* to do with the names of political parties.
Let it be, guys.
This is nothing more than social Darwinism. If you're dumb enough not only to send a nasty email, but to hit reply-all, you deserve what you get.
No, man - 10 is more than 11! Like... 1 more!
Opera: Crank your browsing experience up to 11!
(posted from Opera 11, oddly enough)
While I understand where you're coming from, I have a 2.5 year old, too. She's rarely told no, but often told the consequences of her actions first.
She snapped her hand good with a rubber band a couple of days ago. I told her she would, and she looked at me, at the rubber band, then pulled it back and snapped it. Ten seconds of tears, and off to another experiment to see how stuff works ;0)
Bullshit. At least here, if I shoot someone breaking into my house with a weapon, I'm not going to get life in prison.
Where is nicer? Honest question. I'm an American, and I love it here, but we're headed the wrong direction. In 20 years, I might very well want to move somewhere more free.
When the Democratic party develops a visible rift - a'la the "Tea Party" - then we might actually stand a chance at changing something. Until then, both ends will play against the middle, and we'll end up as the losers.
I've never met a Republican in person who supports this crap. It's all the party leadership, which is hard to change through the means in place - and if you form another party, you've doomed yourself to a decade or more of total control by the Democratic party.
Catch-22.
I'd read Oath of Fealty, but the communication mechanism didn't stick with me, nearly as much as the culture of the city-state, and the resulting backlash caused by the media against a wholly unprepared element of society.
It's sitting on my bookshelf at home, I should read it again. Come to think of it, I don't think I've picked up a book in a year or so - too busy absorbing information at a much faster rate over the Internet.
My God, what would my childhood have been like if I had had 'Net access when I was younger? Moreso, will broad literacy be the "well-read" of the future, due to the immense bandwidth of knowledge available to the nerds of today?
I'm 27, and I feel old now :(
On a serious note, much like every other technology of value that comes to mind, this will be funded and distributed first by the porn industry. I mean, come on - imagine being able to experience sex with your favorite star.
Hell, imagine experiencing sex *as* your favorite star.
So call me when they do it?
I read this book in high school - it was called "The Light of Other Days" back then.
You're missing the point, though. The questions isn't "are there are enough monkeys locked in the room to write the complete works of Shakespeare?" - it's about the fact that the numbers are extremely large, and difficult to comprehend for the average juror. If they don't understand the math, then there is a reasonable (in the mind of the juror) doubt.
And yes, a lawyer can ask a yes/no question, and the judge will typically compel the witness to answer it in that fashion. There may be further discussion before or after, but a yes or a no will be the result.
Plaintiff's Attorney: "Sir, what are the chances of the drive automatically generating the exact sequence of bits required to form this email?"
Expert Witness: "Billions to one, certainly."
Defendant's Attorney: "And how many times will that this 2KB email fit on the drive?"
Expert Witness: "Well, it's a 2TB drive, so... about a billion, give or take."
Defendant's Attorney: "So, assuming the data on the drive is random, then it's safe to say there are at least two billion opportunities on this drive to produce this email?"
Expert Witness: "That's not what I meant..."
Defendant's Attorney: "Yes or no?"
Expert Witness: "Well, yes, but..."
Defendant's Attorney: "No further questions"
You often get laid for being a dick. Hell, if you're in the right place at the right time, with low enough standards, you can get laid just for *having* a dick.
I suppose that would put me int he category of "realist Objectivist", if there is such a thing. I find that Objectivism works extremely well as a personal philosophy and code of ethics, but the fact of the matter is, political power lies with the collective. Whether that will end in an Atlas Shrugged-style dystopia or in a Socialist utopia, I have no idea - and it doesn't matter.
Not to mention having a bunch of pissed off and confused Objectivists milling about.
Yep - all of my devices use OpenDNS, after a local ISP hijacked both Google searches from browser toolbars and dead domains.