I see what faedle is getting at. The laws place a burden on the institutions to prevent cheating. Fraud is a civil matter and requires the damaged party to come forward and complain. But if the institutions are complicit in cheating, or look the other way to boost the class average scores, they will hesitate to file charges.
The initial reaction to a story about cheating is to think about those evil kids. But there's a significant problem with substandard or lazy teachers who try to shove their classes through the system. And then find a way to pump up test scores which can be used to evaluate their teaching performance.
And yet, you will still hear the moans and wails from people who insist that they 'need' 7x24 access to their cell phone. Family emergencies, you know.
When I was a kid, we took the test without interruptions. And at the end of the day, there were inevitably half a dozen students who were taken aside and informed that grandma had passed away in the middle of the afternoon. We just dealt with it. It builds character.
As a naval officer I abhor the implication that the Royal Navy is a haven for cannibalism. It is well known that we have the problem relatively under control, and that it is the R.A.F. who now suffer the largest casualties in this area. And what do you think the Argylls ate in Aden? Arabs?
Yours etc. Captain B.J. Smethwick in a white wine sauce with shallots, mushrooms and garlic.
It probably goes deeper than just the capability described in the patent's title. You can make a tabbed browser but the details of the look, feel and behaviour of the tabs can differ. Microsoft may have taken the NCSA Mosaic model, tweaked it and applied for a patent.
Two things here: Yes, this is a shit patent. Once someone comes up with the idea, minor changes in behavior are in most cases trivial design decisions. NCSA (or the people who designed the widget set) chose one way of doing things. So Microsoft does it a different way and patents it? The other thing is: These decisions, while not novel, are critical to maintaining a loyal user base. There are people out there who if faced with something like a Motif UI would shit themselves. Because he Microsoft UI has such a large user base. And most users are morons. The fact that such design details are patentable might be in question. But once they are (thanks to the rubber-stamp monkey brigade at the USPTO), that UI is critical for widespread user acceptance of a product. So Samsung pays up.
when something breaks a power line don't they usually splice in a localized repair
Exactly. The cost is proportional to the type of line (link) and type of damage.
The loop vs star configuration (the former providing a redundant path) is more important for timely restoration rather than repair. It is very rare that a link isn't eventually repaired. But sometimes this can take days or weeks. The value of the redundant path is to restore service to customers in a timely manner (minutes or hours). Here, the cost of the outage is harder to quantify and usually involves things like reliability regulations or mayors and county councilmen losing the next election. Also, these redundant loops are rarely completed at the time the failure occurs. The capability to provide an alternate source is something that is planned and constructed in advance, based upon the criticality of the loads (see politics) as well as the probability of a failure in the normal path.
You would not believe the level of crap some men think is a good idea to send to women,
Yeah, I would.
Dan Savage had a good explaination for it. Back in the sexting days of 'Carlos Danger', some woman wrote in and asked, "What makes men think women like that kind of stuff?" Dan's answer was: Some women are up for it, some are not. Those that are not get weeded out very quickly, leaving the ones game for some casual sex to reply. And that's what the guys have in mind.
It's sort of like the joke about the man standing on the street corner, asking every woman that passes by if she wants to fuck. Someone asked him if he got turned down a lot, His answer was, "Yes. But I get laid a lot too."
The men sending this kind of crap are the ones who are looking for the kinds of women who will respond positively to it. Whatever that means about the womens' self esteem is a subject for some other discussion. But it puts people together who are well matched.
Not just malevolent users. This is how women date. Once they find a suitable man, they attempt to cut him from the heard of available suitors to keep other women from getting to him. On the other hand, men don't think like this. They compete _for_ a goal instead of against each other. So you aren't going to get any honest criticism from them.
It is legal for a minor to have sex with another minor (assuming consent, etc.).
Not really. IANAL, but the distinction in most jurisdictions appears to be the penalty imposed based on the ages of the individuals involved, not the issue of legality. Many sane prosecutors won't throw the book at a couple of teenagers caught having sex and the laws have been written to allow them that leeway. Sexting is also given more leeway, penalty wise, if its just between a couple of kids.
But in most cases, the penalties imposed against an underage kid (redundant?) can be higher if the intent was to provide this material to a wider audience, including adults. I'm thinking teenage cam-whores here, where the photos are taken and posted by or with the 'consent' of the underaged individual for widespread dissemination.
DRM? I thought it was just corrupted data* on the original media. I downloaded this nice piece of software that appears to recover the data quite effectively and made my legal copy.
*It must have been corrupted. It wouldn't play on my Linux system.
It depends on who was responsible for specifying the EMI tests and who was responsible for performing them.
Back in the old days, Boeing did most of its own certification testing. But as time went on, they delegated that to subcontractors. Remember the story about the fire at the 787 battery charger manufacturer? Boeing may not even have the facilities or qualified personnel available to do thes sorts of tests anymore.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology said that it was a "top priority" and just recently wrote a 10-year vision statement and agenda for it.
if doctors can't exchange records, they'll face a 1% Medicare penalty,
Make that read "If records produced by a medical record system cannot be read by another system, the vendors of the producing and reading systems will face a 1% Medicare penalty".
We could probably get that change legislated by slipping it in a farm subsidy bill someplace.
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Wouldn't existing laws for fraud solve that?
I see what faedle is getting at. The laws place a burden on the institutions to prevent cheating. Fraud is a civil matter and requires the damaged party to come forward and complain. But if the institutions are complicit in cheating, or look the other way to boost the class average scores, they will hesitate to file charges.
The initial reaction to a story about cheating is to think about those evil kids. But there's a significant problem with substandard or lazy teachers who try to shove their classes through the system. And then find a way to pump up test scores which can be used to evaluate their teaching performance.
And yet, you will still hear the moans and wails from people who insist that they 'need' 7x24 access to their cell phone. Family emergencies, you know.
When I was a kid, we took the test without interruptions. And at the end of the day, there were inevitably half a dozen students who were taken aside and informed that grandma had passed away in the middle of the afternoon. We just dealt with it. It builds character.
Personnaly, I blame all the homophones lurking on the Internet. You know who you are! You can't hide from us!
Sue: "That croc was going to eat me alive."
Crocodile Dundee: "Well, I wouldn't hold that against him. Same thought crossed my mind once or twice."
As a naval officer I abhor the implication that the Royal Navy is a haven for cannibalism. It is well known that we have the problem relatively under control, and that it is the R.A.F. who now suffer the largest casualties in this area. And what do you think the Argylls ate in Aden? Arabs?
Yours etc. Captain B.J. Smethwick in a white wine sauce with shallots, mushrooms and garlic.
The list of cities was Philadelphia, San Francisco, New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Kinshasa, Karachi, Bangkock, Beijing.
It probably goes deeper than just the capability described in the patent's title. You can make a tabbed browser but the details of the look, feel and behaviour of the tabs can differ. Microsoft may have taken the NCSA Mosaic model, tweaked it and applied for a patent.
Two things here: Yes, this is a shit patent. Once someone comes up with the idea, minor changes in behavior are in most cases trivial design decisions. NCSA (or the people who designed the widget set) chose one way of doing things. So Microsoft does it a different way and patents it? The other thing is: These decisions, while not novel, are critical to maintaining a loyal user base. There are people out there who if faced with something like a Motif UI would shit themselves. Because he Microsoft UI has such a large user base. And most users are morons. The fact that such design details are patentable might be in question. But once they are (thanks to the rubber-stamp monkey brigade at the USPTO), that UI is critical for widespread user acceptance of a product. So Samsung pays up.
when something breaks a power line don't they usually splice in a localized repair
Exactly. The cost is proportional to the type of line (link) and type of damage.
The loop vs star configuration (the former providing a redundant path) is more important for timely restoration rather than repair. It is very rare that a link isn't eventually repaired. But sometimes this can take days or weeks. The value of the redundant path is to restore service to customers in a timely manner (minutes or hours). Here, the cost of the outage is harder to quantify and usually involves things like reliability regulations or mayors and county councilmen losing the next election. Also, these redundant loops are rarely completed at the time the failure occurs. The capability to provide an alternate source is something that is planned and constructed in advance, based upon the criticality of the loads (see politics) as well as the probability of a failure in the normal path.
Leave it to the software industry to call the Year 2000 problem 'Y2K'. That's how they got into trouble in the first place.
They call these freight trains. In some countries, trucks are taken from town to town on flatbed rail cars.
What's this stuff in the back of the fridge? It doesn't smell bad. I think I'll reheat it for lunch.
Better get used to it when all the GOP fund-raising sites suddenly disappear from the Internet.
Pianos float.
You would not believe the level of crap some men think is a good idea to send to women,
Yeah, I would.
Dan Savage had a good explaination for it. Back in the sexting days of 'Carlos Danger', some woman wrote in and asked, "What makes men think women like that kind of stuff?" Dan's answer was: Some women are up for it, some are not. Those that are not get weeded out very quickly, leaving the ones game for some casual sex to reply. And that's what the guys have in mind.
It's sort of like the joke about the man standing on the street corner, asking every woman that passes by if she wants to fuck. Someone asked him if he got turned down a lot, His answer was, "Yes. But I get laid a lot too."
The men sending this kind of crap are the ones who are looking for the kinds of women who will respond positively to it. Whatever that means about the womens' self esteem is a subject for some other discussion. But it puts people together who are well matched.
Not just malevolent users. This is how women date. Once they find a suitable man, they attempt to cut him from the heard of available suitors to keep other women from getting to him. On the other hand, men don't think like this. They compete _for_ a goal instead of against each other. So you aren't going to get any honest criticism from them.
Whats that, you're a man who like a women? You don't know what lesbian means, do you?
I find your definitions of gender and sex roles to be too restrictive to suit myself.
It is legal for a minor to have sex with another minor (assuming consent, etc.).
Not really. IANAL, but the distinction in most jurisdictions appears to be the penalty imposed based on the ages of the individuals involved, not the issue of legality. Many sane prosecutors won't throw the book at a couple of teenagers caught having sex and the laws have been written to allow them that leeway. Sexting is also given more leeway, penalty wise, if its just between a couple of kids.
But in most cases, the penalties imposed against an underage kid (redundant?) can be higher if the intent was to provide this material to a wider audience, including adults. I'm thinking teenage cam-whores here, where the photos are taken and posted by or with the 'consent' of the underaged individual for widespread dissemination.
technical measures for DRM purposes.
DRM? I thought it was just corrupted data* on the original media. I downloaded this nice piece of software that appears to recover the data quite effectively and made my legal copy.
*It must have been corrupted. It wouldn't play on my Linux system.
I'm a lesbian, trapped in the body of a man.
It depends on who was responsible for specifying the EMI tests and who was responsible for performing them.
Back in the old days, Boeing did most of its own certification testing. But as time went on, they delegated that to subcontractors. Remember the story about the fire at the 787 battery charger manufacturer? Boeing may not even have the facilities or qualified personnel available to do thes sorts of tests anymore.
Dogs are the best self-defence weapon.
Apparantly not if you happen to be the secret service.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology said that it was a "top priority" and just recently wrote a 10-year vision statement and agenda for it.
Sorry. Vision isn't covered by the ACA.
Change the penalty terms.
if doctors can't exchange records, they'll face a 1% Medicare penalty,
Make that read "If records produced by a medical record system cannot be read by another system, the vendors of the producing and reading systems will face a 1% Medicare penalty".
We could probably get that change legislated by slipping it in a farm subsidy bill someplace.