Hmm, so promotional money is as effective in the Oscars as it is in the U.S. Presidential Elections? That's so very sad on multiple levels.... What next, real negative campaigning?
Who needs to monitor for natural disasters when for only a few trillion more dollars we'll be building a city on the moon! Now there's a real priority!
You're absolutely right, it's not a fairy tale. It's a collection of myths with maybe the same historical accuracy as The Illiad (which I guess isn't really a myth, but you know what I mean.)
I wonder what would be more harmful to America - several more thousand dead civilians, or becoming a police state with fewer liberties than Saddam's Iraq?
Section 2425. Use of Interstate Facilities to Transmit Information About a Minor
* Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly initiates or attempts to initiate the transmission of the name, address, telephone number, social security number, or electronic mail address of any individual who has not attained the age of 16 years with the intent to entice, encourage, offer, or solicit that minor to engage in any sexual activity that can be charged as a criminal offense.
Note the part I bolded. Unless the adult actually tries to "entice, encourage, offer, or solicit" the minor to have real sex, or to send dirty pictures or something, it's not a crime. Nowhere is phone/cyber sex defined to be a crime, so an attempt to engage in phone sex isn't either. At least according to this document.
And, for the record, pedophilia itself isn't a crime as long as the pervert doesn't act on the urges caused by it. There's no thought police (yet.)
Why do people keep bringing up Jake2 when talking about Java's speeds, only to say that they're running it on a machine that's faster than anything from Quake2 days? What would be really telling is how well Jake2 runs on a 300MHz Pentium 2 with a Voodoo2 or a TNT graphics card.
I don't know, in my experience it's pretty easy to tell when you're using a Swing app - there is no instant response when you pull down a menu. It can also be annoying(ly different) when you click a button and it stays clicked until whatever action it's supposed to perform is finished. This maybe because the Swing API requires that all action handler and GUI manipulation code happens in the same thread, though I'm sure there are plenty of ways to get around it.
The Justice Department submitted a declaration by Philip B. Stark, a researcher who rejected the privacy concerns, noting that the government specifically requested that Google remove any identifying information from the search requests.
So, what's the problem with the request, really? The government finds out what people are searching for, but not who searches for what.
I admit though that the article doesn't say whether the information requested could be used to group searches by user, which could be used to ID anyone who likes to google their own name (i.e. plenty of people.) But if that's not the case, I don't see what all the fuss is about.
Well, if you subscribe to the multi-universe theory of quantum dymanics, it is very possible, likely even, that Duke Nukem Forever exists in some parallel (or orthogonal, or whatever) universe. Of course there is no guarantee that it's not an operating system written on punch cards. Well, in some universe, it probably is.
What kind of software do you run... erm, not run... on a computer that isn't running? Non-existent programs, like Duke Nukem Forever?
No, you can't run non-existent programs (i.e. those who have 0% chance of existing.) However, the quantum computer would be able to run a program that has a non-zero waveform. I'm assuming this computer would be similar to Discworld's Hex.
I'm no expert, but isn't the clone entangled with the original? That would mean that any effect you have by measuring a property on the clone is automatically applied to the original. This is that "spooky action at a distance" that Einstein was so opposed to, but which experiments have shown to be accurate.
No, the state protects you from those who would exploit you, not from yourself. There should be a way to protect people from exploitation while still allowing them to do whatever the fuck they want to to their bodies, as long as they're of sound mind and there's no coersion involved.
And why is non-simulated porn allowed while prostitution isn't (in most states of the U.S. I mean)? It's all sex for money, right?
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Or maybe the ones who were just goint to their next class?
Hmm, so promotional money is as effective in the Oscars as it is in the U.S. Presidential Elections? That's so very sad on multiple levels.... What next, real negative campaigning?
Depending on the TOS, step 4 may disqualify you...
All it'll take is a major incurable epidemic, and the human race will be evolving before you know it. Well, that or going extinct.
Out of curiosity, is your friend still a republican?
Who needs to monitor for natural disasters when for only a few trillion more dollars we'll be building a city on the moon! Now there's a real priority!
You're absolutely right, it's not a fairy tale. It's a collection of myths with maybe the same historical accuracy as The Illiad (which I guess isn't really a myth, but you know what I mean.)
I wonder what would be more harmful to America - several more thousand dead civilians, or becoming a police state with fewer liberties than Saddam's Iraq?
This is the section you're referring to:
Section 2425. Use of Interstate Facilities to Transmit Information About a Minor
* Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly initiates or attempts to initiate the transmission of the name, address, telephone number, social security number, or electronic mail address of any individual who has not attained the age of 16 years with the intent to entice, encourage, offer, or solicit that minor to engage in any sexual activity that can be charged as a criminal offense.
Note the part I bolded. Unless the adult actually tries to "entice, encourage, offer, or solicit" the minor to have real sex, or to send dirty pictures or something, it's not a crime. Nowhere is phone/cyber sex defined to be a crime, so an attempt to engage in phone sex isn't either. At least according to this document.
And, for the record, pedophilia itself isn't a crime as long as the pervert doesn't act on the urges caused by it. There's no thought police (yet.)
Isn't that the same kind of "little step" as the one from Gay Marriage to Underage Polygamous Incestual Marriage?
Why do people keep bringing up Jake2 when talking about Java's speeds, only to say that they're running it on a machine that's faster than anything from Quake2 days? What would be really telling is how well Jake2 runs on a 300MHz Pentium 2 with a Voodoo2 or a TNT graphics card.
I don't know, in my experience it's pretty easy to tell when you're using a Swing app - there is no instant response when you pull down a menu. It can also be annoying(ly different) when you click a button and it stays clicked until whatever action it's supposed to perform is finished. This maybe because the Swing API requires that all action handler and GUI manipulation code happens in the same thread, though I'm sure there are plenty of ways to get around it.
All right, I'll be The Living Tribunal. Wanna PVP?
Actually, nevermind. You'd probably have the anti-Living-Tribunal spray in your starting kit....
From TFA:
The Justice Department submitted a declaration by Philip B. Stark, a researcher who rejected the privacy concerns, noting that the government specifically requested that Google remove any identifying information from the search requests.
So, what's the problem with the request, really? The government finds out what people are searching for, but not who searches for what.
I admit though that the article doesn't say whether the information requested could be used to group searches by user, which could be used to ID anyone who likes to google their own name (i.e. plenty of people.) But if that's not the case, I don't see what all the fuss is about.
That's what this is for, ain't it?
Not quite. Millenia from now we'll probably have to deal with super-intelligent space cockroaches.
Well, if you subscribe to the multi-universe theory of quantum dymanics, it is very possible, likely even, that Duke Nukem Forever exists in some parallel (or orthogonal, or whatever) universe. Of course there is no guarantee that it's not an operating system written on punch cards. Well, in some universe, it probably is.
What kind of software do you run... erm, not run... on a computer that isn't running? Non-existent programs, like Duke Nukem Forever?
No, you can't run non-existent programs (i.e. those who have 0% chance of existing.) However, the quantum computer would be able to run a program that has a non-zero waveform. I'm assuming this computer would be similar to Discworld's Hex.
Always keep in mind the implied BOCTAOE.
I'm guessing every single hentai dating simulation, most of which seem to deal with jr high/high school kids.
I'm no expert, but isn't the clone entangled with the original? That would mean that any effect you have by measuring a property on the clone is automatically applied to the original. This is that "spooky action at a distance" that Einstein was so opposed to, but which experiments have shown to be accurate.
Go ahead, throw your vote away!
You mean two exact copies can't exist according to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
Because in the time that it would take him to submit hundreds of thousands of critical flaws, he can make more money just by sitting on his ass?
No, the state protects you from those who would exploit you, not from yourself. There should be a way to protect people from exploitation while still allowing them to do whatever the fuck they want to to their bodies, as long as they're of sound mind and there's no coersion involved.
And why is non-simulated porn allowed while prostitution isn't (in most states of the U.S. I mean)? It's all sex for money, right?