Simple example. It's legal for a cop to point a gun at you, but it's not legal to point a gun at a cop.
You've simplified that way past the point where the comparison would be true and valid.
There are situations where a cop can legally point a gun at you or me, and, yes, there are also situations where you or I could legally point a gun at a cop. At least where I live, that's the case. Of course, that would require the cop to genuinely appear to be doing something illegal and life-threatening... Roughly the same thing that you or I would have to be doing for them to pull a gun on us.
The comparison is invalid because the cop pulling a gun has to be doing it in immediate prevention of some crime (ie, there has to be a good reason backed by law for it). Putting a GPS on someone's car is an information-gathering technique, intended to show them if someone is breaking the law.
I'm often on the side of the cops, but I can't see how anyone could argue that the car isn't private property and/or that sticking a GPS on it should not require a warrant. If they have probable cause to do it, then how hard could getting the warrant be?
How is letting third world countries deal with their own problems "nazi-ish" in any way? It's almost a perfect 180 away from it.
And these third world countries were doing just fine before the europeans went and interfered with them... We really should just leave them alone to make their own way without interference.
Does that seriously sound ANYTHING like something Hitler or Mussolini would say to you? You know, the guy who actually invaded several of the countries we're talking about here?
I don't think you can just make an automated process and then say that you're not responsible for what it does. That's silly.
I mean, if I made a little robot to fly into houses and take pictures, you wouldn't be fine with that, would you? Even though I didn't damage your property or enter your house?
If I posted the pictures online without looking at them, would you be fine with that, and only get angry at the people who visited the website?
No one where I live would care about street view, since people look at each other's yards all the time, but Japan is another country and they have their own way of doing things.
We've got an international corporation coming into conflict with local values that its upper management probably didn't even realize existed. I hope that those values win out without having to resort to legislation (ie, Google accepts and removes street view in the areas that request it).
If that doesn't happen, even with Google, then I will no longer have any illusions about the possibility of peace between those two worlds.
I wonder what Corrupt.org's take on this will be, if they run an article on it...
If that was true, it would be horrible they'd better just give up now. What is the last war of the 50+ wars USA has fought did they win?
Well, technically, the last war the US fought in was World War II. The Allies won that one. But, I'm guessing that you're using the general sense of the word, which is fine.
Other than Vietnam, what conflict has the US lost?
The last "war" the US fought, not counting minor stuff in Balkans (which the US-supported side won), would be the Gulf War (which the US won).
There aren't a lot of black groups running around Georgia terrorizing and lynching white folk...
Well, they aren't lynching people, per se. There are plenty of "black groups" terrorizing hispanic immigrants in the region I live in, though, since they tend to carry cash and don't arm themselves. Most of the murders happen in Atlanta, which is blacks terrorizing blacks.
116 whites were arrested for murder in Georgia 2007. 411 non-whites were.
639 whites were arrested for robbery, 3101 non-whites.
Even if half of those arrests resulted in acquittals the figures would be ridiculous.
I saw the woman responsible for making this change speak. She described that the way that they made that change in computer science enrollment was by focusing on changing perspective and creating a community where women felt comfortable being part of the program. By looking at the numbers, it seems that worked.
Only 11-14 % of the applicants were women in all of the years the study cited.
30-40% of the female applicants were accepted, while only 9-25% of the male applicants were. The percentage of male applicants who were accepted dropped every year, from 25% in 1995 to 9% in 2000.
She described that the way that they made that change in computer science enrollment was by focusing on changing perspective and creating a community where women felt comfortable being part of the program.
No. They made that change by making women more likely to be admitted than men, and making them more likely to get financial aid.
If you keep looking, you'll also find out that women were more likely to transfer out of the CS program. This matches what I've seen quite well... In a freshman CS classroom, about half the students will be female. By the time these students reach their junior year, only a handful of the girls will be left (who will usually be the ones who know what they're doing, and finish). There will be plenty of attrition in the male ranks too, but nowhere near that much.
I'm sick of citations of studies in which the reported "conclusion" conflicts with the statistics.
Yes, there are very intelligent and talented women in the field of computer science. These people are not likely to make up half the field, or even a third of it, any time soon, no matter what the XKCD guy and lonely geeks everywhere want.
Y'know... I've never really liked it when people use the word "ye" to mean "you"... it means "the". And it's actually supposed to be pronounced that way, too...
No, it could be either, depending on context. Use as a pronoun was far more common. Don't let the overuse in fantasy novels and faux-archaic bar signs fool you.
A nation of about 40 to 50 million people was said to be in a state of famine in the 1980s. Several nations gave aid, castigated themselves for not reacting quickly enough, and now that nation's population is approaching 100 million.
Now, that same country is said to be facing famine again. So, we're supposed to give aid, and we're supposed to be prepared to do it all over in another 20 years, when the population of Ethiopia will be approaching 200 million?
If we're going to give aid, it should be on the condition that Ethiopia implements a policy similar to China's and decreases its population to something sustainable.
Unless its a "right to work" state, you can't fire people for poor spelling or poor grammar, unless they're language teachers.
You've got that backwards. Unless it's a "work at will" state, you would have trouble firing them for those things. If it's a "right to work" state, you will have trouble firing them.
Democracy. The House is adjourned. Premature is an irrelevant modifier.
Maybe it's irrelevant if you're discussing the legality of the decision, but it's not if you're discussing whether it was mature, appropriate, or moral.
Save that it wasn't the liberals that were doing this silly stunt...it's the ones that claim to be conservatives. The House adjourned for vacation. The Republican's chose to act like little kids and try to press for oil drilling that won't make a drop in the sea's worth of real change and call it an "Energy Policy".
No. The Republicans pulled a dumb stunt, and the Democrats did something even dumber. It's like they were COMPETING.
Also, according to the article, the Democrats are trying to gag the press and prevent reporters from covering the event. That goes beyond a dumb stunt.
"Neocon" is a pretty widely used term by Libertarians and Independents who are wary of ultra-conservatives.
No. "Neocon" is used by conservatives, including ultra-conservatives, who are wary of big-government Republicans. If you think someone is talking about hard conservatives when they use the term "neocon", you're going to misread a lot of arguments...
I'm sorry, but convenience is not a good reason for a citizen to use deadly force.
Preventing someone from robbing you repeatedly isn't "convenience". There's no point in trying to build or earn _anything_ if some jerk can just come take it.
When the police are incapable or unwilling (or both) to do their job, people will start to do it for them. This will result in a lot more dead bodies. If a nation doesn't want that, it should make sure its police are capable and willing to protect its citizens. Anything less is _begging_ for vigilantism.
Scrabble is not under copyright, it's a trademark.
Most articles that I have read about this say that the Scrabble rules and format are copyrighted. The name is certainly trademarked; that doesn't mean that other parts of the game can't be copyrighted.
Actually, you're talking about two different things.
You're talking about licensing the game to them in exchange for royalties (which I agree is a better idea). He was talking about Hasbro actually buying the clone. That's something else entirely, not putting a "spin" on the former.
After trying ALL of the recent "light weight" distros on my fathers Pentium II 300 w/256 MB of ram, DSL, Xubuntu, etc ALL FAILED miserably on it. 5 minute boot times, sluggish response, you name it. It wasn't usable. Oddly enough, I threw Slackware 4.0 on it and it ran great, while Slackware 12 did not.
I use the current release of Slackware or Debian plus a light window manager like fluxbox or XFCE for anything that old and don't have problems. You didn't try to run KDE, did you?
Slander is kind of defamation. So, LoudMusic is definitely paying attention. You, however, may want to touch up on your Engrish a bit.
Slander and libel are both forms of defamation, but they are very specific terms. Either the definition of slander that you quoted is incomplete, or you snipped the part that matters.
Libel: 1. Law. a. defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
Slander: 1. defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
From Princeton's dictionary:
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
kavya's English is a hell of a lot better than my Urdu or Punjabi.
I don't want to encourage people to be dicks, but that line seems silly to me. What's the point of saying it?
How many people outside of India have a good reason to learn Urdu or Punjabi? Certain teachers, military personnel, and translators may want to learn them, but that's a tiny percentage of the population.
Poor English skills are more likely to hurt non-English speakers than poor [insert language here] skills are likely to hurt native English speakers.
To be fair, that only happened because England's other penal colony had a revolution.
The US wasn't a penal colony (ie, none of the 13 colonies that were the original members were penal colonies). In many places there was even a screening process to see who would get in. There were indentured servants who couldn't pay their way, there were slaves, and there were a few rich guys who had been disgraced in England, but not prisoners in any considerable number.
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You've simplified that way past the point where the comparison would be true and valid.
There are situations where a cop can legally point a gun at you or me, and, yes, there are also situations where you or I could legally point a gun at a cop. At least where I live, that's the case. Of course, that would require the cop to genuinely appear to be doing something illegal and life-threatening... Roughly the same thing that you or I would have to be doing for them to pull a gun on us.
The comparison is invalid because the cop pulling a gun has to be doing it in immediate prevention of some crime (ie, there has to be a good reason backed by law for it). Putting a GPS on someone's car is an information-gathering technique, intended to show them if someone is breaking the law.
I'm often on the side of the cops, but I can't see how anyone could argue that the car isn't private property and/or that sticking a GPS on it should not require a warrant. If they have probable cause to do it, then how hard could getting the warrant be?
How is letting third world countries deal with their own problems "nazi-ish" in any way? It's almost a perfect 180 away from it.
Does that seriously sound ANYTHING like something Hitler or Mussolini would say to you? You know, the guy who actually invaded several of the countries we're talking about here?
That's a question from an interview and the interviewee's response. I don't see why it would imply that the site isn't a source of good information.
And if you're waiting for a site that's _always_ a source of good information and nothing but that, don't hold your breath.
I don't think you can just make an automated process and then say that you're not responsible for what it does. That's silly.
I mean, if I made a little robot to fly into houses and take pictures, you wouldn't be fine with that, would you? Even though I didn't damage your property or enter your house?
If I posted the pictures online without looking at them, would you be fine with that, and only get angry at the people who visited the website?
No one where I live would care about street view, since people look at each other's yards all the time, but Japan is another country and they have their own way of doing things.
We've got an international corporation coming into conflict with local values that its upper management probably didn't even realize existed. I hope that those values win out without having to resort to legislation (ie, Google accepts and removes street view in the areas that request it).
If that doesn't happen, even with Google, then I will no longer have any illusions about the possibility of peace between those two worlds.
I wonder what Corrupt.org's take on this will be, if they run an article on it...
Well, technically, the last war the US fought in was World War II. The Allies won that one. But, I'm guessing that you're using the general sense of the word, which is fine.
Other than Vietnam, what conflict has the US lost?
The last "war" the US fought, not counting minor stuff in Balkans (which the US-supported side won), would be the Gulf War (which the US won).
So, what are you smoking again?
Well, they aren't lynching people, per se. There are plenty of "black groups" terrorizing hispanic immigrants in the region I live in, though, since they tend to carry cash and don't arm themselves. Most of the murders happen in Atlanta, which is blacks terrorizing blacks.
116 whites were arrested for murder in Georgia 2007. 411 non-whites were.
639 whites were arrested for robbery, 3101 non-whites.
Even if half of those arrests resulted in acquittals the figures would be ridiculous.
http://gbi.georgia.gov/00/channel_modifieddate/0,2096,67862954_88103906,00.html
And for those of you who are about to blame "racist police officers", don't make an ass of yourself.
http://www.fultonsheriff.org/ (that's the county that Atlanta is in)
I don't "hate black people". I'm just sick of watching this, and hearing about non-existent lynchings.
Only 11-14 % of the applicants were women in all of the years the study cited.
30-40% of the female applicants were accepted, while only 9-25% of the male applicants were. The percentage of male applicants who were accepted dropped every year, from 25% in 1995 to 9% in 2000.
No. They made that change by making women more likely to be admitted than men, and making them more likely to get financial aid.
If you keep looking, you'll also find out that women were more likely to transfer out of the CS program. This matches what I've seen quite well... In a freshman CS classroom, about half the students will be female. By the time these students reach their junior year, only a handful of the girls will be left (who will usually be the ones who know what they're doing, and finish). There will be plenty of attrition in the male ranks too, but nowhere near that much.
I'm sick of citations of studies in which the reported "conclusion" conflicts with the statistics.
Yes, there are very intelligent and talented women in the field of computer science. These people are not likely to make up half the field, or even a third of it, any time soon, no matter what the XKCD guy and lonely geeks everywhere want.
Nice, but I think you screwed up in your second and fourth lines.
"It could ehpliw..."
"It could help with quantum cryptography."
No, it could be either, depending on context. Use as a pronoun was far more common. Don't let the overuse in fantasy novels and faux-archaic bar signs fool you.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ye
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_(pronoun)
The aid to Ethiopia was worse than unsuccessful and pointless. It prolonged a civil war and made the problem that it purported to fix even worse.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/703958.stm
A nation of about 40 to 50 million people was said to be in a state of famine in the 1980s. Several nations gave aid, castigated themselves for not reacting quickly enough, and now that nation's population is approaching 100 million.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2440093.stm
Now, that same country is said to be facing famine again. So, we're supposed to give aid, and we're supposed to be prepared to do it all over in another 20 years, when the population of Ethiopia will be approaching 200 million?
If we're going to give aid, it should be on the condition that Ethiopia implements a policy similar to China's and decreases its population to something sustainable.
You've got that backwards. Unless it's a "work at will" state, you would have trouble firing them for those things. If it's a "right to work" state, you will have trouble firing them.
If the article is accurate, they are, over the press' continued coverage of the Republicans.
No disagreement, but you can say "fucking" here.
Maybe it's irrelevant if you're discussing the legality of the decision, but it's not if you're discussing whether it was mature, appropriate, or moral.
No. The Republicans pulled a dumb stunt, and the Democrats did something even dumber. It's like they were COMPETING.
Also, according to the article, the Democrats are trying to gag the press and prevent reporters from covering the event. That goes beyond a dumb stunt.
No. "Neocon" is used by conservatives, including ultra-conservatives, who are wary of big-government Republicans. If you think someone is talking about hard conservatives when they use the term "neocon", you're going to misread a lot of arguments...
Preventing someone from robbing you repeatedly isn't "convenience". There's no point in trying to build or earn _anything_ if some jerk can just come take it.
When the police are incapable or unwilling (or both) to do their job, people will start to do it for them. This will result in a lot more dead bodies. If a nation doesn't want that, it should make sure its police are capable and willing to protect its citizens. Anything less is _begging_ for vigilantism.
Most articles that I have read about this say that the Scrabble rules and format are copyrighted. The name is certainly trademarked; that doesn't mean that other parts of the game can't be copyrighted.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/07/25/hasbro_sues_over_scrabble_copyright_infringement/
Now, with that said, this game is very old and I feel the lifespan of copyrights is too long.
Actually, you're talking about two different things.
You're talking about licensing the game to them in exchange for royalties (which I agree is a better idea). He was talking about Hasbro actually buying the clone. That's something else entirely, not putting a "spin" on the former.
I use the current release of Slackware or Debian plus a light window manager like fluxbox or XFCE for anything that old and don't have problems. You didn't try to run KDE, did you?
There's a modern DOS clone called FreeDOS that runs on newer stuff. If this is supposed to be for an "appliance PC", it might be worth a shot.
Slander and libel are both forms of defamation, but they are very specific terms. Either the definition of slander that you quoted is incomplete, or you snipped the part that matters.
From Princeton's dictionary:
I don't want to encourage people to be dicks, but that line seems silly to me. What's the point of saying it?
How many people outside of India have a good reason to learn Urdu or Punjabi? Certain teachers, military personnel, and translators may want to learn them, but that's a tiny percentage of the population.
Poor English skills are more likely to hurt non-English speakers than poor [insert language here] skills are likely to hurt native English speakers.
The US wasn't a penal colony (ie, none of the 13 colonies that were the original members were penal colonies). In many places there was even a screening process to see who would get in. There were indentured servants who couldn't pay their way, there were slaves, and there were a few rich guys who had been disgraced in England, but not prisoners in any considerable number.
You mean "Memristor ". Evidently, the word is too new for Google's spellchecker to be of any help.