Indeed; and a further point is that an error does not matter so much if it is random, but if it can only favour one candidate rather than the other. Therefore it is key to track down the cause of the error.
Why not? They could package up the lwasuits into a separate company and flog them off. Why they haven't done this? Maybe there isn't a market for them...
THERE WILL BE NO PASSING OF INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF PROPER CHANNELS Do not post specific information about any player other than yourself that cannot otherwise be found by anyone without the use of an attack or covert operations. This includes detailed battle results, even though you may have been involved in the battle, you are revealing the other persons troop types and tactics. This also includes battle results that have resulted in the death of the other player. If you want to reveal such information to your allies (or council members), use the message system provided.
Basically banning anyone who has friends who play the game from talking about it. No wonder people get bored...
The people who have to _distinguish_ the color are the
ones with the problem. Every person is an individual.
When the whole world starts to think like that, we
won't have a need for the word "Racist".
If everone in the world were a pacifist, there would be no need for guns or armies. We do not live in that world.
Likewise, if the whole world paid no attention to colour, there would be no racism. However we live in a world where racism exists. The consequence of institutionalised racism among some in the majority groups in Western societies helps keep many people from minority groups from attaining their potential. While identified cases of prejudice can be dealt with by individual legal action, the fact remains that most latent racism will not (ever) be detected, resulting in continued higher levels poverty among some minority groups.
>Three would have made sense, as that's the average lifespan of a Microsoft OS before Microsoft starts reducing support when the new release comes out.
I think that's the point. By contracting with Microsoft for nine years, the NHS can guarantee that they won't have to go through a costly upgrade cycle every three years - MS will, if the contract is drawn up properly, be tied into providing support for the entire period.
State of the art isn't as important as a system that just works, and lets medical staff get on with their real job. Bear in mind the NHS is huge - world's largest employer after the Red Army and the Indian Railways.
At least in the sense that each tiime Blunkett punts the idea out to his civil service advisers, they seem to come up with more reasons why the idea is bunkum.
the computerised scans failed in about one in 10 cases
This doesn't tell you much - is the failure rate one of specificity or sensitivity? If the machinery stops one in ten people coming into the country, who then have to be checked manually, it would mean huge numbers waiting in customs queues on entry to the US, and probably wouldn't save anyone any time compared to the current system.
If the scheme is insufficiently sensitive, then it would identify 90% of terrorist suspects whose pictures were on its database. Not ideal, but probably a better record than humans remembering hundreds of faces from suspect warning mugshots.
The article linked to the wrong university website, the new one is here.
The University of Manchester is really still two universities, in the process of merger. As an ex Owens student, I'm intrigued as to whether it was their physics teams that found this or UMIST's down the road... Both good teams and I'm very proud they're still doing such good work.
As US passport authorities are indirectly forcing the rest of the world's governments to include biometrics in their passports (otherwise they will be denied the Visa Waiver Program).
Seems only fair that similar invasions of privacy should be imposed on Americans too. What's good for the goose...
You shouldn'g need your voter card. Making a voter (even if only those who can't drive) dependant on having their voter card opens the system up to fraud. Voter cards in areas known to have a particular loyalty can go missing en masse, or individuals could have their cards stolen or mislaid by people who don't trust their voting intentions.
"back in the day, some king decided that a certain family would have permanent grazing rights to the land that CERN would eventually be built on..."
Considering that it is built at (under) two of the world's oldest constitutional republics, I would be very surprised if a king had anything to do with the land around CERN.
If breaking a contract was legal how would a court impose penalties for doing so?
Simplified explanation:
It is legal to break a contract.
However the courts will enforce the terms of that contract, including its provisions for breach.
In enforcing the terms of the contract, the court may impose any civil penalty, but not a criminal one such as imprisonment.
Gloss:
It used to be possible to enter into contracts carrying criminal penalties for breach (so called indentured contracts) however that was abolished in modern societies due to the manifest unfairness caused (debtor's prisons in the UK; indentured servitude in the US and in British colonies)
True, the candidates may blame their unwillingness to debate outside the forums on the contract, but hopefully most rational voters would see this as a smoke and dagger exercise.
Questions to ask about such a contract:
Is it enforceable - is your right to free speech as American citizens not inalienable?
If enforceable, does it provide specific sanctions for breach of the contract? If these are too onerous, for example allowing an injunction to stop the alternative debate, they may not be enforceable on rights grounds, common-law courts preferring damages claims over specific performance.
How can the CPD prove it has suffered any contractual loss (and quantify it) if further debates take place? - the alternative debates might easily further public interest in their own debates.
Of course, I say this from the perspective of a country where the Prime Minister fields questions from the leader of the Opposition and the leader of third party on a weekly basis for the duration of Parliament, so what do I know?
I don't know what American libel laws are like, but here in Britain, what was said about the Register's journalistic practices would, if unprovable, cause SunnComm some trouble...
'Its funny. No one in the legitimate news community would touch the OurStreet dirt package with a 10-foot pole. Theyve been trying to find such a dupe for a year. Our Oregon friend from OurStreet must be jumping up and down with glee that finally he found his "patsy."'
' Mr. Vance proceeded to mischaracterize the source purposely in the article even after being told otherwise. In other words, Mr. Vance purposely made a decision to carry the water for OurStreet.Com even after knowing of the possibility that his source had lied to him about his standing.'
'he didnt bother to fact-check his single main source'
Needless to say, from a regular reader of the Register's perspective, these allegations seem extreme. However, I must say, the SunnComm director is very reassuring: "SunnComm is NOT a get rich quick scheme" - a Nigerian friend of mine told me the same thing the other week.
As they are using UPS for European shipping, I wouldn't be surprised if they start selling to the US pretty soon.
(Although the wording of the intro made me think that they are trying to flog their products here to Danes who pop over for the weekend to their relatives in Norway, saving the VAT. Naughty!)
Slashdot Mirror
Indeed; and a further point is that an error does not matter so much if it is random, but if it can only favour one candidate rather than the other. Therefore it is key to track down the cause of the error.
Why not? They could package up the lwasuits into a separate company and flog them off. Why they haven't done this? Maybe there isn't a market for them...
THERE WILL BE NO PASSING OF INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF PROPER CHANNELS
Do not post specific information about any player other than yourself that cannot otherwise be found by anyone without the use of an attack or covert operations. This includes detailed battle results, even though you may have been involved in the battle, you are revealing the other persons troop types and tactics. This also includes battle results that have resulted in the death of the other player. If you want to reveal such information to your allies (or council members), use the message system provided.
Basically banning anyone who has friends who play the game from talking about it. No wonder people get bored...
The people who have to _distinguish_ the color are the
ones with the problem. Every person is an individual.
When the whole world starts to think like that, we
won't have a need for the word "Racist".
If everone in the world were a pacifist, there would be no need for guns or armies. We do not live in that world.
Likewise, if the whole world paid no attention to colour, there would be no racism. However we live in a world where racism exists. The consequence of institutionalised racism among some in the majority groups in Western societies helps keep many people from minority groups from attaining their potential. While identified cases of prejudice can be dealt with by individual legal action, the fact remains that most latent racism will not (ever) be detected, resulting in continued higher levels poverty among some minority groups.
>Three would have made sense, as that's the average lifespan of a Microsoft OS before Microsoft starts reducing support when the new release comes out.
I think that's the point. By contracting with Microsoft for nine years, the NHS can guarantee that they won't have to go through a costly upgrade cycle every three years - MS will, if the contract is drawn up properly, be tied into providing support for the entire period.
State of the art isn't as important as a system that just works, and lets medical staff get on with their real job. Bear in mind the NHS is huge - world's largest employer after the Red Army and the Indian Railways.
Or if you fancy going to Montreal...
O Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Sous l'æil de Dieu, près du fleuve géant,
Le Canadien grandit en espérant.
Il est né d'une race fièere,
Béni fut son berceau,
Le ciel a marqué sa carriére,
Dans ce monde nouveau.
A temporary setback
At least in the sense that each tiime Blunkett punts the idea out to his civil service advisers, they seem to come up with more reasons why the idea is bunkum.
> Unfortunately, almost any system one can imagine will still place the majority of power in the urban centers...
No, only any democratic system.
From the BBC report:
the computerised scans failed in about one in 10 cases
This doesn't tell you much - is the failure rate one of specificity or sensitivity? If the machinery stops one in ten people coming into the country, who then have to be checked manually, it would mean huge numbers waiting in customs queues on entry to the US, and probably wouldn't save anyone any time compared to the current system.
If the scheme is insufficiently sensitive, then it would identify 90% of terrorist suspects whose pictures were on its database. Not ideal, but probably a better record than humans remembering hundreds of faces from suspect warning mugshots.
The article linked to the wrong university website, the new one is here.
The University of Manchester is really still two universities, in the process of merger. As an ex Owens student, I'm intrigued as to whether it was their physics teams that found this or UMIST's down the road... Both good teams and I'm very proud they're still doing such good work.
As US passport authorities are indirectly forcing the rest of the world's governments to include biometrics in their passports (otherwise they will be denied the Visa Waiver Program).
Seems only fair that similar invasions of privacy should be imposed on Americans too. What's good for the goose...
You shouldn'g need your voter card. Making a voter (even if only those who can't drive) dependant on having their voter card opens the system up to fraud. Voter cards in areas known to have a particular loyalty can go missing en masse, or individuals could have their cards stolen or mislaid by people who don't trust their voting intentions.
in Virginia, you do need a Driver's Liscence [sic] to vote
C'mon that can't be right? The blind, maimed and Amish are denied the vote in Virginia? Surely your passport or some other formal ID would do instead?
Am I the only one who thought that with 3 DVDs you could store most of the BBS systems and let readers find out what it all was for themselves?
Well done, you've set the home of the web up for a slashdotting.
"back in the day, some king decided that a certain family would have permanent grazing rights to the land that CERN would eventually be built on..."
Considering that it is built at (under) two of the world's oldest constitutional republics, I would be very surprised if a king had anything to do with the land around CERN.
AOL once wanted Red Hat to be another Netscape for them
Why would AOL want another disatrous investment?
You don't play that game like I do...
If breaking a contract was legal how would a court impose penalties for doing so?
Simplified explanation:
It is legal to break a contract.
However the courts will enforce the terms of that contract, including its provisions for breach.
In enforcing the terms of the contract, the court may impose any civil penalty, but not a criminal one such as imprisonment.
Gloss:
It used to be possible to enter into contracts carrying criminal penalties for breach (so called indentured contracts) however that was abolished in modern societies due to the manifest unfairness caused (debtor's prisons in the UK; indentured servitude in the US and in British colonies)
True, the candidates may blame their unwillingness to debate outside the forums on the contract, but hopefully most rational voters would see this as a smoke and dagger exercise.
Questions to ask about such a contract:
Is it enforceable - is your right to free speech as American citizens not inalienable?
If enforceable, does it provide specific sanctions for breach of the contract? If these are too onerous, for example allowing an injunction to stop the alternative debate, they may not be enforceable on rights grounds, common-law courts preferring damages claims over specific performance.
How can the CPD prove it has suffered any contractual loss (and quantify it) if further debates take place? - the alternative debates might easily further public interest in their own debates.
Of course, I say this from the perspective of a country where the Prime Minister fields questions from the leader of the Opposition and the leader of third party on a weekly basis for the duration of Parliament, so what do I know?
Why funny? SCO have certainly been influential this year, if not necessarily for the better.
And they are not happy.
I don't know what American libel laws are like, but here in Britain, what was said about the Register's journalistic practices would, if unprovable, cause SunnComm some trouble...
'Its funny. No one in the legitimate news community would touch the OurStreet dirt package with a 10-foot pole. Theyve been trying to find such a dupe for a year. Our Oregon friend from OurStreet must be jumping up and down with glee that finally he found his "patsy."'
' Mr. Vance proceeded to mischaracterize the source purposely in the article even after being told otherwise. In other words, Mr. Vance purposely made a decision to carry the water for OurStreet.Com even after knowing of the possibility that his source had lied to him about his standing.'
'he didnt bother to fact-check his single main source'
Needless to say, from a regular reader of the Register's perspective, these allegations seem extreme. However, I must say, the SunnComm director is very reassuring: "SunnComm is NOT a get rich quick scheme" - a Nigerian friend of mine told me the same thing the other week.
Uhm - if you follow the link to "shipping" on the website, it says as I did - UPS to the EU (but domestic post in Denmark.
As they are using UPS for European shipping, I wouldn't be surprised if they start selling to the US pretty soon.
(Although the wording of the intro made me think that they are trying to flog their products here to Danes who pop over for the weekend to their relatives in Norway, saving the VAT. Naughty!)
lasts two hundred thousand years - far longer than any radioactivity will last
There will be some residual radioactivity in any nuclear waste forever - I presume that they meant far longer than the half-life...