The Speed Limit is designed to be a universally safe speed. This includes a half-blind old person driving a poorly maintained SUV during heavy traffic. It is not an actual "limit" on the safest speed. If some guy is out in the boonies, with nothing but empty fields to hit, the fact that he's going 30 over the speed limit doesn't really mean much.
Also, on a well-maintained highway, at a time when there is little or no other traffic, with a good driver and a well maintained vehicle, the fact that a person is driving 85 in a 55 does not necessarily mean that he is presenting an unreasonable risk to himself or others.
So if you consider the earth as a closed system you have to either raise the standard of living around the world to a level where population growth ceases "naturally" or you have to commit the resources of the rich into forcing the poor not to breed.
Or, as more resources get used, people either adapt, or die. The resourceful survive, the rest die. It's cruel, but it's natural, fair, and doesn't require people deciding who lives or dies, or having the government take from the rich so the poor can survive.
If you can't feed your kids, don't have them. If you can't figure out how to feed yourself, die. Besides, a little culling would do our species some good.
Actually, the converse might very well be true. I've noticed that people in general are a lot less likely to question someone in a uniform (supposedly) going about his job. Also, it provides the perfect excuse - simply have a work order for a nearby address, and when you are questioned about what you are doing, show the work order and say you are in the wrong place. Granted, that last approach probably wouldn't work in a place as unique as a nuclear reactor, but oh well.
Actually, they can. With access to a large address space (not too hard to get really, especially if you don't care about the law), you can still do large amounts of pollution by gaming the system.
Suppose you represent company X. Look for legitimate files from company Y and Z's stuff. See who rated them up, then clone all their ratings (which would include some company X works as well). Create a bunch of permuations based on the data you have dumped, and mod the legit files from the company you represent down. Sure, you're only 98% "accurate" in rating, but you are 3/4 of the people as well. Also, since you cloned a broad spectrum of people, you're likely to affect many different "sets" of voting people.
How about Resident: Evil Outbreak and Outbreak File 2. Without the HDD support, you can't play in half of the online games, and the game is painfully slow, including in single player.
His wife is 48, and although he may not see his daughter grop up, his wife can undoubtedly remarry, should she so wish. She also undoubtedly has enough money to support the child as well.
"Is it fair that a company with a server that has a single processor serving 100 users pays the same as a company that has a server with an 8-way processor serving 1000 users."
Yes. When buying something, the fact that someone got a better deal than you is not "unfair", it's simply business. You can always try to use that as leverage while purchasing, but that still doesn't change the fact that what you pay is between you and the seller.
Is it fair that there are people out there who paid less for the exact same model car you drive? Of course it is! I'd imagine some of them probably use it in about the same manner, too. That doesn't mean you were ripped off, it just means they managed to get a better deal.
The fact of the matter is that are a lot of common household items that can easily be made to "blow up". Just look at Timothy McVeigh. Good luck outlawing the "raw materials" needed to make a fertilizer bomb.
Actually, they are both copyright violations. Copyright law specifically says you are not allowed to distribute copies, nor derivitive works (both of which this might be), without the authorization of the owner.
The only reason the Terms of Service come up at all is because they function as a license. The ToS might say that you are allowed to do X (distribute copies), provided you do Y (whatever google says you have to do, to do X). This was not the case. The problem is not "violating the Terms of Service"; that's not a crime. The issue would be the distribution of works covered under copyright, without express permission or a license to do so.
Killing people is easy. Security sucks. More "life" has been lost waiting in line for airport security than was lost on September 11th - never mind the fact that the passengers would not allow such an event to happen again.
There are a number of easy-to-reach potetial terrorist targets where we could better spend our money. In fact, with most of them, you would not need to curtail people's civil liberties to do so. There is more to our infrastructure than just people moving from point a to point b.
if terrorists are willing to actually kill themselves for their nonsense religous convictions, then some pretty strict methods to prevent this from happening must be in place.... just like Isreal?
Making bombs is easy. Really easy. Outlawing terrorism, and "high security" won't stop a suicide bomber from simply walking to a security checkpoint and blowing himself up.
Then again, many times it's the government regulation that makes the behaviour possible in the first place. Copyright, utilities, protectionist laws (longshoremen), etc. are all cases where the government makes this sort of thing possible, where the market could potentially adapt.
Utilities at least have a good excuse for regulation - longshoremen don't.
It's ever-so-slightly thicker, but it is significantly less wide, which more than compensates. It also seems to be a little lighter.
I still like my Dell Axim better:) 640x480 resolution,. over 5gb internal storage (4gb microdrive, 1gb CF), wifi, bluetooth. I mainly just use my ipod as a 40gb external HDD anymore.
20 years? My cell phone is faster, and has more space on it than my old 486 (which I had in 1995). The screen is a little smaller, but that's the price of having a smaller device.
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The Speed Limit is designed to be a universally safe speed. This includes a half-blind old person driving a poorly maintained SUV during heavy traffic. It is not an actual "limit" on the safest speed. If some guy is out in the boonies, with nothing but empty fields to hit, the fact that he's going 30 over the speed limit doesn't really mean much.
Also, on a well-maintained highway, at a time when there is little or no other traffic, with a good driver and a well maintained vehicle, the fact that a person is driving 85 in a 55 does not necessarily mean that he is presenting an unreasonable risk to himself or others.
So if you consider the earth as a closed system you have to either raise the standard of living around the world to a level where population growth ceases "naturally" or you have to commit the resources of the rich into forcing the poor not to breed.
Or, as more resources get used, people either adapt, or die. The resourceful survive, the rest die. It's cruel, but it's natural, fair, and doesn't require people deciding who lives or dies, or having the government take from the rich so the poor can survive.
If you can't feed your kids, don't have them. If you can't figure out how to feed yourself, die. Besides, a little culling would do our species some good.
Actually, the converse might very well be true. I've noticed that people in general are a lot less likely to question someone in a uniform (supposedly) going about his job. Also, it provides the perfect excuse - simply have a work order for a nearby address, and when you are questioned about what you are doing, show the work order and say you are in the wrong place. Granted, that last approach probably wouldn't work in a place as unique as a nuclear reactor, but oh well.
Actually, they can. With access to a large address space (not too hard to get really, especially if you don't care about the law), you can still do large amounts of pollution by gaming the system.
Suppose you represent company X. Look for legitimate files from company Y and Z's stuff. See who rated them up, then clone all their ratings (which would include some company X works as well). Create a bunch of permuations based on the data you have dumped, and mod the legit files from the company you represent down. Sure, you're only 98% "accurate" in rating, but you are 3/4 of the people as well. Also, since you cloned a broad spectrum of people, you're likely to affect many different "sets" of voting people.
Why are you escaping your quotes? Too much time programming, perhaps?
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That's what they currently do.
From firsthand experience, the answer (where I live, at least) is yes, although it's difficult to get any range with it.
How about Resident: Evil Outbreak and Outbreak File 2. Without the HDD support, you can't play in half of the online games, and the game is painfully slow, including in single player.
His wife is 48, and although he may not see his daughter grop up, his wife can undoubtedly remarry, should she so wish. She also undoubtedly has enough money to support the child as well.
Sure he would. Just run a "man in the middle" attack. Bank sends picture to phisher, phisher sends image to user.
Gee, that was hard.
Your google bombing attempt (in your sig) will fail utterly. Slashdot does not send sigs to users who aren't logged into an account (i.e. Google).
"Is it fair that a company with a server that has a single processor serving 100 users pays the same as a company that has a server with an 8-way processor serving 1000 users."
Yes. When buying something, the fact that someone got a better deal than you is not "unfair", it's simply business. You can always try to use that as leverage while purchasing, but that still doesn't change the fact that what you pay is between you and the seller.
Is it fair that there are people out there who paid less for the exact same model car you drive? Of course it is! I'd imagine some of them probably use it in about the same manner, too. That doesn't mean you were ripped off, it just means they managed to get a better deal.
I just use a Treo, and an Axim. Whichever is better, I win :)
Sure, that would work.
The fact of the matter is that are a lot of common household items that can easily be made to "blow up". Just look at Timothy McVeigh. Good luck outlawing the "raw materials" needed to make a fertilizer bomb.
This post is useless without pics.
Actually, they are both copyright violations. Copyright law specifically says you are not allowed to distribute copies, nor derivitive works (both of which this might be), without the authorization of the owner.
The only reason the Terms of Service come up at all is because they function as a license. The ToS might say that you are allowed to do X (distribute copies), provided you do Y (whatever google says you have to do, to do X). This was not the case. The problem is not "violating the Terms of Service"; that's not a crime. The issue would be the distribution of works covered under copyright, without express permission or a license to do so.
Oxytocin, not Oxycotin.
Wouldn't that just be the charging part? It's probably less effective than that.
Pretty much, yes.
Killing people is easy. Security sucks. More "life" has been lost waiting in line for airport security than was lost on September 11th - never mind the fact that the passengers would not allow such an event to happen again.
There are a number of easy-to-reach potetial terrorist targets where we could better spend our money. In fact, with most of them, you would not need to curtail people's civil liberties to do so. There is more to our infrastructure than just people moving from point a to point b.
if terrorists are willing to actually kill themselves for their nonsense religous convictions, then some pretty strict methods to prevent this from happening must be in place. ... just like Isreal?
Making bombs is easy. Really easy. Outlawing terrorism, and "high security" won't stop a suicide bomber from simply walking to a security checkpoint and blowing himself up.
Then again, many times it's the government regulation that makes the behaviour possible in the first place. Copyright, utilities, protectionist laws (longshoremen), etc. are all cases where the government makes this sort of thing possible, where the market could potentially adapt.
Utilities at least have a good excuse for regulation - longshoremen don't.
It's ever-so-slightly thicker, but it is significantly less wide, which more than compensates. It also seems to be a little lighter.
:) 640x480 resolution,. over 5gb internal storage (4gb microdrive, 1gb CF), wifi, bluetooth. I mainly just use my ipod as a 40gb external HDD anymore.
I still like my Dell Axim better
20 years? My cell phone is faster, and has more space on it than my old 486 (which I had in 1995). The screen is a little smaller, but that's the price of having a smaller device.
Sure you aren't thinking of the treo 300? The 600 is actually smaller than the iPod. Got them both sitting next to me; I actually checked.
The 300 was pretty big, though.
Somehow, I can't see Microsoft actually making a OS that won't crash; much less an actual vehicle.
Talk about your Blue Screen of Death.