I would have told them that they were interfering with a medical emergency, and that they were free to proceed with me to the ER where they could continue the conversation with me and the rest of my emergency staff after the medical emergency has subsided. I would have followed up the incident in writing, pointing out very bluntly that the officer (by name and badge number and very specific timing) attempted to interfere with a medical professional who was responding to an emergency.
I like to say "case on point" if the case is happens to illustrate one or more particular attributes under consideration. I like to say "case en pointe" if I mean that the case is poised on its toes like a ballet dancer. I would never say "case and point", but I might find an occasion to use it, if one happens to be both a case and a point.
No, not like WoW gold. There is no legitimate currency exchange for in-game currency in WoW. There may be a black market but that's irrelevant.
Look at the Linden Dollar from Second Life. It is independently traded for real currency on an open market. The thing that jumps out at me from the Linden Exchange is that I have seen it outperform the Dow several quarters running. What's really interesting is that it has volatility that doesn't track the exchange rates between the currencies that it's traded in. So it's not uncommon to see the SLL down against the Dollar and up against the Euro even when that's upside down with respect to just the Dollar versus the Euro.
The only things that stop it from being a "real investment" is that it's tied to a game company whose future is uncertain, and that there are trading limits (US$2,500/month, probably more if you actually have a subscription to the game). I think the main point is that you can trade the currency on a legitimate exchange market and that playing or even having a paid subscription to the game is not a requirement at all.
Arizona allows open carry. Adults with no felony record can carry a loaded firearm openly. Until recently, Arizona required a weeks-long training course for concealed weapon permits but now that course is optional. I see people all the time with sidearms carried openly and proudly on their hip.
All I can think about is the years I carried my Nikon F to plenty of far-flung places in an army bag that I got for $5 at a surplus store. I still use a webbing strap from that kit as the shoulder strap for my Canon 20D. I've always believed that looking old and crappy and cheap gave as good security as anything else. And I'm damn sure not going anywhere with a strap that has "CANON EOS DIGITAL" emblazoned on it in bright red letters.
As a *customer*, things that Blizzard does often make me cringe. As a *stockholder* (ATVI), I am forced to acknowledge that those same decisions lead to a stronger bottom line (though not always reflected in the share price.) In the past year, Blizzard has done things that really drive me away as a customer. But it's hard to argue in the face of tripling and quadrupling of margins.
Rural Nebraska is actually better connected than many suburban areas in more populous states. John Doe actually is in Blizzard's target market. He's not the one making noise about the company's policies or refusing to buy the game over some idealistic concern. Blizz doesn't really care about the people who *don't* buy the game. They measure revenue, growth and churn mostly in terms of Battle.Net subscriptions. As an ATVI stockholder, I can't actually claim to disagree with this approach, even though there's no way I'd be a customer. (Admittedly I do occasionally buy a WoW time card and play for a bit.)
I think that Blizzard is happy enough to divest themselves of customers who are anything other than happy with their policies. The mass exodus when they introduced RealID in WoW seems to have boosted their bottom line, for example.
If I'm in a remote location and happen to have a computer, I'll play Nethack or another roguelike.
It's never been a problem. I got into Diablo in the first place because it was a roguelike. I pretty much exhausted that game and the first expansion. Went back to Nethack.
What would stop the likes of Intuit from making an entirely custom, self-contained desktop application for Linux? Why would they have to even consider Qt or GTK to begin with?
It happens to be on a lot of "grandma's" desktops for a whole lot of reasons. One of those reasons is simplicity of remote administration. Another is configuration stability. An important one is ease of use. Linux happens to be a pretty good choice for setting up a "grandma" user, especially one that needs to be left alone with the system, with maintenance maybe once or twice a year.
Every time this topic comes up, you'll hear from the people who setup their parents/grandparents with Linux in order to _solve_ a raft of problems they were tired of dealing with.
You're thinking of Linux in the same frame as you think of your commercial enterprise. That means you miss a significant point. Linux isn't harmed by not being adopted by some specific sector. Linux also isn't helped by "gaining share", whatever that is supposed to mean. There are commercial interests tied to Linux, but they aren't Linux. Linux is not so much a "product" as a "revolutionary spirit". If you can figure out how to take a revolutionary spirit and make it into a commercial venture or whatever, there are way better interests than Linux.
Those who are happily using Linux on the desktop, especially those of us who have used Linux on the desktop since before "Linux on the desktop" was an established meme, are puzzled by assertions that Linux is "not on" the desktop. It might not be on YOUR desktop, but that's neither a problem for you nor for Linux.
I've never understood what the issue was, not even a little.
This doesn't create an opportunity to take a few chickens to Zimbabwe and return with gold rings or loads of US dollars, so I'm not sure you have laid out all the parameters on which your premise is based.
But the law is not about Facebook. It's about "exclusive access" to a website.
"Teachers also cannot have a nonwork-related website that allows exclusive access with a current or former student. " They might be in the clear to have an online group that is inclusive.
>Try reading the Bill. It does not single out Facebook friends— in fact, it never even mentions Facebook.
If it did, then Facebook would have an injunction handy. The state cannot simply name a company in a law and declare things about how that company will operate.
We have dial indicators for calibrating machine tools (aircraft tolerances). This kind of tool doesn't look like a school supply protractor but it measures the same thing. There are also tools that use a laser strobe to measure stuff like jitter on rotating machine parts.
In my VW toolbox I keep a homemade protractor. It's an aluminum one-legged arc that shows a few (experimentally derived) specific angles used for setting timing.
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I would have told them that they were interfering with a medical emergency, and that they were free to proceed with me to the ER where they could continue the conversation with me and the rest of my emergency staff after the medical emergency has subsided. I would have followed up the incident in writing, pointing out very bluntly that the officer (by name and badge number and very specific timing) attempted to interfere with a medical professional who was responding to an emergency.
I like to say "case on point" if the case is happens to illustrate one or more particular attributes under consideration. I like to say "case en pointe" if I mean that the case is poised on its toes like a ballet dancer. I would never say "case and point", but I might find an occasion to use it, if one happens to be both a case and a point.
No, not like WoW gold. There is no legitimate currency exchange for in-game currency in WoW. There may be a black market but that's irrelevant.
Look at the Linden Dollar from Second Life. It is independently traded for real currency on an open market. The thing that jumps out at me from the Linden Exchange is that I have seen it outperform the Dow several quarters running. What's really interesting is that it has volatility that doesn't track the exchange rates between the currencies that it's traded in. So it's not uncommon to see the SLL down against the Dollar and up against the Euro even when that's upside down with respect to just the Dollar versus the Euro.
The only things that stop it from being a "real investment" is that it's tied to a game company whose future is uncertain, and that there are trading limits (US$2,500/month, probably more if you actually have a subscription to the game). I think the main point is that you can trade the currency on a legitimate exchange market and that playing or even having a paid subscription to the game is not a requirement at all.
Arizona allows open carry. Adults with no felony record can carry a loaded firearm openly. Until recently, Arizona required a weeks-long training course for concealed weapon permits but now that course is optional. I see people all the time with sidearms carried openly and proudly on their hip.
All I can think about is the years I carried my Nikon F to plenty of far-flung places in an army bag that I got for $5 at a surplus store. I still use a webbing strap from that kit as the shoulder strap for my Canon 20D. I've always believed that looking old and crappy and cheap gave as good security as anything else. And I'm damn sure not going anywhere with a strap that has "CANON EOS DIGITAL" emblazoned on it in bright red letters.
I think about the cost of the typical L-series Canon lens, and I cringe at the thought of carrying it in a "winter sock."
As a *customer*, things that Blizzard does often make me cringe. As a *stockholder* (ATVI), I am forced to acknowledge that those same decisions lead to a stronger bottom line (though not always reflected in the share price.) In the past year, Blizzard has done things that really drive me away as a customer. But it's hard to argue in the face of tripling and quadrupling of margins.
Rural Nebraska is actually better connected than many suburban areas in more populous states. John Doe actually is in Blizzard's target market. He's not the one making noise about the company's policies or refusing to buy the game over some idealistic concern. Blizz doesn't really care about the people who *don't* buy the game. They measure revenue, growth and churn mostly in terms of Battle.Net subscriptions. As an ATVI stockholder, I can't actually claim to disagree with this approach, even though there's no way I'd be a customer. (Admittedly I do occasionally buy a WoW time card and play for a bit.)
Those who can understand this, already do. Those who don't are unlikely to ever understand.
I think that Blizzard is happy enough to divest themselves of customers who are anything other than happy with their policies. The mass exodus when they introduced RealID in WoW seems to have boosted their bottom line, for example.
With all the head, hand and foot injuries from pitching horseshoes, I've always been surprised that they banned Jarts.
At my family place (big farm) we can get drunk and play horseshoes, shoot the M1 Garand, and drive a bulldozer, but we can't play Jarts.
If I'm in a remote location and happen to have a computer, I'll play Nethack or another roguelike.
It's never been a problem. I got into Diablo in the first place because it was a roguelike. I pretty much exhausted that game and the first expansion. Went back to Nethack.
They shouldn't be "denied" anything. They should be expected to make wise choices.
What would stop the likes of Intuit from making an entirely custom, self-contained desktop application for Linux? Why would they have to even consider Qt or GTK to begin with?
It happens to be on a lot of "grandma's" desktops for a whole lot of reasons. One of those reasons is simplicity of remote administration. Another is configuration stability. An important one is ease of use. Linux happens to be a pretty good choice for setting up a "grandma" user, especially one that needs to be left alone with the system, with maintenance maybe once or twice a year.
Every time this topic comes up, you'll hear from the people who setup their parents/grandparents with Linux in order to _solve_ a raft of problems they were tired of dealing with.
You're thinking of Linux in the same frame as you think of your commercial enterprise. That means you miss a significant point. Linux isn't harmed by not being adopted by some specific sector. Linux also isn't helped by "gaining share", whatever that is supposed to mean. There are commercial interests tied to Linux, but they aren't Linux. Linux is not so much a "product" as a "revolutionary spirit". If you can figure out how to take a revolutionary spirit and make it into a commercial venture or whatever, there are way better interests than Linux.
Those who are happily using Linux on the desktop, especially those of us who have used Linux on the desktop since before "Linux on the desktop" was an established meme, are puzzled by assertions that Linux is "not on" the desktop. It might not be on YOUR desktop, but that's neither a problem for you nor for Linux.
I've never understood what the issue was, not even a little.
>MAFIAA has little incentive to sell you discs that will last forever
Is consumer entertainment media really the subject matter of concern here?
Every time, huh? All natural resource exploration is stopped in this country? By *environmentalists*, via *lawsuits?*
You are making some remarkable claims. I hope you have real evidence.
[C]ommodities are skyrocketing while the value of the dollar is plummeting.
Can you really measure both of these as the same time? Doesn't one of these have to be a dependent variable?
This doesn't create an opportunity to take a few chickens to Zimbabwe and return with gold rings or loads of US dollars, so I'm not sure you have laid out all the parameters on which your premise is based.
But the law is not about Facebook. It's about "exclusive access" to a website.
"Teachers also cannot have a nonwork-related website that allows exclusive access with a current or former student. "
They might be in the clear to have an online group that is inclusive.
If it doesn't "equally protect" educators in home schools and so on, the law will not stand.
>Try reading the Bill. It does not single out Facebook friends— in fact, it never even mentions Facebook.
If it did, then Facebook would have an injunction handy. The state cannot simply name a company in a law and declare things about how that company will operate.
>I'd like to see a professional protractor.
We have dial indicators for calibrating machine tools (aircraft tolerances). This kind of tool doesn't look like a school supply protractor but it measures the same thing. There are also tools that use a laser strobe to measure stuff like jitter on rotating machine parts.
In my VW toolbox I keep a homemade protractor. It's an aluminum one-legged arc that shows a few (experimentally derived) specific angles used for setting timing.