Well, there's "big" as in "firm/youthful" and then there's "big" as in size 24. I don't think the latter is rooted in the same universal appeal as the former.
Thinness is associated with *youth* and youth is a universal status symbol in a natural selection (breeding) context. The same criteria also explain the appeal of firmness (the "big" of big butts is about firmness and youth, not about size) and also somewhat explains the trend toward lack of hair.
>Interestingly, who is stopping your CEO from making those really bad decisions, or your FD from siphoning the cash, or a whole host of other >areas where you trust one person to do a job?
One thing that characterizes the C-level exec is a personal investment / personal stake in the end result.
I love analogies;-) In the hammer example, the hammer is property, which isn't the same thing as rights. (Copyrights are rights). In the flower example there is an element of trespassing as well as property, again not comparable.
Analogies for copyright should always be framed in terms of civil rights being abridged, not in terms of property crimes.
If you were the one with a hit request website and someone carried out your request, you'd already be having an uncomfortable conversation with a few uniformed houseguests.
All people should learn arithmetic. The problem is, we expect all people to also learn mathematics. If there were two separate paths for arithmetic and mathematics, and the branch was early enough, then we could stop expecting people who aren't wired for mathematics to be able to grasp it, while not putting innumerates into the population as a result.
The 2-semester calc sequence that you start with at just about any university will basically reset what a high school grad thinks he understands about calculus anyway. The sort of rote learning of formulas of derivatives and the few finite integrals you get, are maybe useful for the student to be comfortable with the notation, but the way the college courses are structured it turns out to be unnecessary at best and can be a counterproductive way of approaching problems that actually needs to be unlearned.
I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that students do better in Vector Calc that took more intense trig and maybe a course with geometric proofs, than those who took AP calculus or whatever.
What about the idea that the money that is already allocated for education could be used more efficiently?
Why does any suggestion of positive change always automatically engender threats of increased taxes?
Schools often get overall budgets of breathtaking amounts of money, that seems to get allocated to anything and everything else before the actual concerns of education are even considered.
The money that's already being spent could work more effectively.
Copyright doesn't stop him from putting those movies on all those devices. It does make it necessary for him to put them there himself, because nobody else is allowed to give him copies in those formats, or possibly not even to provide him with tools to do so. But nothing actually stops him from having the things he says he deserves.
In this case, convincing a technician to change the settings on a slot machine so that you can exploit a flaw, is criminal fraud. It would be different if the defendant didn't have such an active, intentional role in having the machines altered.
>Doesn't the government have to prove intent to defraud?
RTFA. If the government can prove that the defendant knew about the exploit, then they only need to show that he persuaded the casino technician to change the settings so that the exploit would be active. Intent isn't difficult at all; the hard part is proving that the defendant knew what he was doing, which won't be that hard considering he did the same thing in different casinos.
>Maybe I'm missing something, but why does PHP have its own version of strtod()?
That's a very good question. PHP's strtod is quite complicated, has its own memory allocator, does its own localization and rounding, and it is going to some lengths to ensure its own thread safety. If I were to guess, my guess would be that some of the target platforms for PHP/Zend are deficient in these areas.
I had that record too; It came with my "Mercury Joe" capsule. I loved playing with it, even though it got me labeled as "a guy who played with dolls at age 6."
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Well, there's "big" as in "firm/youthful" and then there's "big" as in size 24. I don't think the latter is rooted in the same universal appeal as the former.
Thinness is associated with *youth* and youth is a universal status symbol in a natural selection (breeding) context. The same criteria also explain the appeal of firmness (the "big" of big butts is about firmness and youth, not about size) and also somewhat explains the trend toward lack of hair.
The job market is nowhere near as soft as you've been led to believe.
>Interestingly, who is stopping your CEO from making those really bad decisions, or your FD from siphoning the cash, or a whole host of other
>areas where you trust one person to do a job?
One thing that characterizes the C-level exec is a personal investment / personal stake in the end result.
>you can't have a nuclear missile system where one guy can invoke the bombs to go off.
People seem very certain of this, but isn't it more a Hollywood belief than one based on actual military experience?
I love analogies ;-) In the hammer example, the hammer is property, which isn't the same thing as rights. (Copyrights are rights).
In the flower example there is an element of trespassing as well as property, again not comparable.
Analogies for copyright should always be framed in terms of civil rights being abridged, not in terms of property crimes.
You are saying a US court deprived someone of a copyright because he didn't respond to an infringer?
If you were the one with a hit request website and someone carried out your request, you'd already be having an uncomfortable conversation with a few uniformed houseguests.
Would you rather eat Stupid Person or Ugly Person?
If only there was an alternative 4-year-long orgy that people could do instead of having to go to college!
All people should learn arithmetic. The problem is, we expect all people to also learn mathematics.
If there were two separate paths for arithmetic and mathematics, and the branch was early enough, then we could stop expecting people who aren't wired for mathematics to be able to grasp it, while not putting innumerates into the population as a result.
The 2-semester calc sequence that you start with at just about any university will basically reset what a high school grad thinks he understands about calculus anyway. The sort of rote learning of formulas of derivatives and the few finite integrals you get, are maybe useful for the student to be comfortable with the notation, but the way the college courses are structured it turns out to be unnecessary at best and can be a counterproductive way of approaching problems that actually needs to be unlearned.
I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that students do better in Vector Calc that took more intense trig and maybe a course with geometric proofs, than those who took AP calculus or whatever.
The system needs neither. There is a surplus of entrepreneurial types and an utter dearth of jobs that those drones can perform.
What about the idea that the money that is already allocated for education could be used more efficiently?
Why does any suggestion of positive change always automatically engender threats of increased taxes?
Schools often get overall budgets of breathtaking amounts of money, that seems to get allocated to anything and everything else before the actual concerns of education are even considered.
The money that's already being spent could work more effectively.
Of course it is different. DRM implies that there are rights, which implies that there are responsibilities.
Plenty of people on both sides of the pond recognize "Britain" as the UKoGBaNI.
Copyright doesn't stop him from putting those movies on all those devices. It does make it necessary for him to put them there himself, because nobody else is allowed to give him copies in those formats, or possibly not even to provide him with tools to do so. But nothing actually stops him from having the things he says he deserves.
Junior Starfleet officers may properly be addressed by superior officers as "Mister" regardless of their gender.
Use an Engram Meter. Determine if ghosts have Thetans.
I've seen the clip-on connector fail on a few Model M's. I've also seen the upper keycaps break, but never an actual key.
In this case, convincing a technician to change the settings on a slot machine so that you can exploit a flaw, is criminal fraud.
It would be different if the defendant didn't have such an active, intentional role in having the machines altered.
>Doesn't the government have to prove intent to defraud?
RTFA. If the government can prove that the defendant knew about the exploit, then they only need to show that he persuaded the casino technician to change the settings so that the exploit would be active. Intent isn't difficult at all; the hard part is proving that the defendant knew what he was doing, which won't be that hard considering he did the same thing in different casinos.
>Maybe I'm missing something, but why does PHP have its own version of strtod()?
That's a very good question. PHP's strtod is quite complicated, has its own memory allocator, does its own localization and rounding, and it is going to some lengths to ensure its own thread safety. If I were to guess, my guess would be that some of the target platforms for PHP/Zend are deficient in these areas.
>If a smart employee can make a convincing case that the company is run by morons
The smart employee doesn't broadcast this information, he simply exploits it for his own gain.
I had that record too; It came with my "Mercury Joe" capsule. I loved playing with it, even though it got me labeled as "a guy who played with dolls at age 6."