well, let's look at traffic laws. Is speeding wrong? Well, perhaps it is. Is my +5mph (or +10kph) over the current speed limit inherently, morally wrong? Well...no, unless the conditions do not warrant it.
But there are people who will argue that it is, who, for whatever reason, will not or cannot look at the situation through a broader lens. But maybe the problem is my stubbornness to look at it through such a narrow limit? Anyways...
At some level, it becomes an argument of degree. Is some degree of driving over the current speed limit "ok", while some other degree "bad"? Well, it obviously is this way for the enforcers, who are the arbiters of what passes or not, not you or me... they have the radar and laser guns, motorolas, and The Badge, not me. Yes, I'd rather see more of them driving in traffic rather than trying to hide in this or that sneaky point. If the Powers That Be are interested in punishing offenders rather than minimizing bad behavior, then PhotoRadar (sorry, I'd have to say it's good for intersections. But for speed limit enforcement? Sorry, Beaverton, Oregon, British Columbia, et al., but FOAD).
Do I think I will burn in hell for eternity for "violating" some laws and not others? Well...no. I'd have to throw out some theistic counter-argument about "man's laws" vs "god's laws" being equivalent or not, no harm no foul, etc., especially all the times for "jay walking" when there were no cars around, and on and on...
...and yet, this does not explain why people continue to play strategy games, whether real-time or turn-based...against the computer.
Civ4, when it came out, cost the same as Spore...yet there is no on-line gratification like in a MMORPg and all that.
Doesn't exactly hit on the "one more turn!!!" psychology, but tries to only say that the social aspect of it in MMORPG is what makes them work, and probably the same stimulus-reward tricks that casinos exploit to their advantage rather adeptly...
I thought I had it made approaching 10 yrs marriage. 6 mos later, I left, and divorced 1 yr later. YMWV, of course, but... If you're going to try to get something over the top, do it for yourself, rather than on something that the odds give you slightly more than 50% of experiencing over the course of your marriage. And, the best way to think of it financially is a sunk cost. Don't expect to get any significant $$$ for it later if it hits the fan. Maybe wait until you've been married at least 10 years, and things are going well, before you get the really cool ring. Then, it can symbolize how resistant to corrosion the last 10 years of your marriage have been, and that the next 20-40 will be the same.
But, that's the practical (and, granted, slightly jaded) view.
or, find out where methamphetamine addicts congregate, and just drop it off there.
Better, though, and take it to a metals recycler yourself, and if you have enough, you might even get a couple of bucks for the non-ferrous parts of it.
Well, then what exactly IS the context, then? The Federal law was initially put into place to help prosecute severe identity theft. So in that case, someone is assuming an identity that is not theirs (but someone else's), acting on their behalf, etc.
But let's say I'm driving my car, minding my own business. Someone flicks a booger on my windshield as they pass me, and I take offense to it. So I start driving like a prick, too. We go back and forth, back and forth, both driving like complete asshats. Well, let's say the other driver doesn't negotiate a turn well, ends up off the road and in an accident. Am I liable?
Uh...yeah (shouldn't be too hard for any law students to dig out relevant cases in any state). At that point, it doesn't matter who "started it", etc., so that's not a defense.
Hmm... but what if X is a clustered index (or some other index type which physically orders the data on the physical storage...)? if you're updating the clustered index, you could wildly, inadvertently crush your server due to the disk I/O as data has to get reordered on the drive...
Not the biggest fan of clustered indexes in Sql Server/Sybase... Oh well, I suppose in one of the next few releases of SQL Server that MS will figure out how Oracle does some more of their low-level black magic, and they will quietly deprecate clustered indexes... (that is, keep them in spirit, but change their implementation as a New Innovation!!!)...
and, just because they do have insurance doesn't mean that you will be compensated, either. Do you think your insurance company is not going to try and find some sort of out so that they don't have to pay you?
Hmm... maybe it's better to say that Philosophy tries to explain some of the who and why of things. Some of it happens to be wrapped in a religious context, but much of it tries to step outside of a strict religious context.
Religion is mostly a social construct, more often than not concerned with maintaining and justifying a given status quo amongst its leaders and followers.
"Anything outside the world around us (aka: God) is, by definition, not bound by the rules of science. " Well, if all the world is created by God (whatever form he/she/it is), would that not also include the rules of science and scientific thought and practice (or that we've been wired to "discover" and further develop these rules and practices)?
Except...Hasbro had nothing to do with the development of Scrabble. Neither did Selchow & Richter, who owned the assets before they were bought by Hasbro.
Yes, and there was some story in the Main Stream Media a few months or so ago about how Scrabulous was *driving* Scrabble boardgame sales around the world after a long period of decline... But, now that will probably drop off.
ObDisclosure: Have I played Scrabulous? Nope (have never really logged into Facebook). I did play a bit the Official PC version a few years ago. Yes, it automated some things, like clearing the tiles off the board and shuffling them. But, other than that, it was lots of stupid eye candy, kind of like any number of computer chess games over the years, that ended up stinking up the essense of the game. From what it sounds like, Hasbrow more or less ported the PC version of Scrabble to Flash or something. Feh. Well, I'm not interested. I'll quietly set up my own version to play with friends if I'm motivated enough to do so. If I want a Scrabble boardgame set, I'll patiently wait and buy one on eBay, garage sale, etc.
Hasbrow: cutting off its face to spite its nose. But, I suppose it's their right to do so.
Well, his death certainly is more than unspecial to his wife and children. I'd imagine that most people with children, at least, might take a second...oh, on second thought, maybe not. But some people do take the time and reflect. If it changes one person's direction, then maybe it's worth it.
I guess I hope to leave some kind of legacy for my two children, but as far as I know right now, I will get to do it via our limited, two-weekends-a-month experiences as time goes on. But, of course, that all could change tomorrow...
Sorry you feel the way you do...
(bad paraphrase from some other vapid quote I saw...) "One can be happy for having the experience, or sad that it's over..."
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well, let's look at traffic laws. Is speeding wrong? Well, perhaps it is. Is my +5mph (or +10kph) over the current speed limit inherently, morally wrong? Well...no, unless the conditions do not warrant it.
But there are people who will argue that it is, who, for whatever reason, will not or cannot look at the situation through a broader lens. But maybe the problem is my stubbornness to look at it through such a narrow limit? Anyways...
At some level, it becomes an argument of degree. Is some degree of driving over the current speed limit "ok", while some other degree "bad"? Well, it obviously is this way for the enforcers, who are the arbiters of what passes or not, not you or me... they have the radar and laser guns, motorolas, and The Badge, not me. Yes, I'd rather see more of them driving in traffic rather than trying to hide in this or that sneaky point. If the Powers That Be are interested in punishing offenders rather than minimizing bad behavior, then PhotoRadar (sorry, I'd have to say it's good for intersections. But for speed limit enforcement? Sorry, Beaverton, Oregon, British Columbia, et al., but FOAD).
Do I think I will burn in hell for eternity for "violating" some laws and not others? Well...no. I'd have to throw out some theistic counter-argument about "man's laws" vs "god's laws" being equivalent or not, no harm no foul, etc., especially all the times for "jay walking" when there were no cars around, and on and on...
...and yet, this does not explain why people continue to play strategy games, whether real-time or turn-based...against the computer.
Civ4, when it came out, cost the same as Spore...yet there is no on-line gratification like in a MMORPg and all that.
Doesn't exactly hit on the "one more turn!!!" psychology, but tries to only say that the social aspect of it in MMORPG is what makes them work, and probably the same stimulus-reward tricks that casinos exploit to their advantage rather adeptly...
Doh! It was Lotus Improv that was way ahead of its time...
I don't think that Lotus Symphony was... it was WAY different than 1-2-3, Excel, QuattroPlus, et al...
Gotta second this. Keep it simple.
I thought I had it made approaching 10 yrs marriage. 6 mos later, I left, and divorced 1 yr later. YMWV, of course, but... If you're going to try to get something over the top, do it for yourself, rather than on something that the odds give you slightly more than 50% of experiencing over the course of your marriage. And, the best way to think of it financially is a sunk cost. Don't expect to get any significant $$$ for it later if it hits the fan. Maybe wait until you've been married at least 10 years, and things are going well, before you get the really cool ring. Then, it can symbolize how resistant to corrosion the last 10 years of your marriage have been, and that the next 20-40 will be the same.
But, that's the practical (and, granted, slightly jaded) view.
Get serious. It's influenced by Dark Matter.
BillG/SteveB gotta keep up with Larry...
Quick, someone post a bunch of pics to it from the Winchester Mystery House...
Now that's funny...
Well, Log4Net can dump to the system events stuff, too...
files can be "queried" with the correct tools, too... awk, head, tail, grep, etc. (yes, there are even Win32 versions), or even Linq these days.
or, find out where methamphetamine addicts congregate, and just drop it off there.
Better, though, and take it to a metals recycler yourself, and if you have enough, you might even get a couple of bucks for the non-ferrous parts of it.
Delta Clipper/DC-X, you mean?
Well, then what exactly IS the context, then? The Federal law was initially put into place to help prosecute severe identity theft. So in that case, someone is assuming an identity that is not theirs (but someone else's), acting on their behalf, etc.
But let's say I'm driving my car, minding my own business. Someone flicks a booger on my windshield as they pass me, and I take offense to it. So I start driving like a prick, too. We go back and forth, back and forth, both driving like complete asshats. Well, let's say the other driver doesn't negotiate a turn well, ends up off the road and in an accident. Am I liable?
Uh...yeah (shouldn't be too hard for any law students to dig out relevant cases in any state). At that point, it doesn't matter who "started it", etc., so that's not a defense.
good post, too bad I have no mod points.
She also committed fraud.
Hmm... but what if X is a clustered index (or some other index type which physically orders the data on the physical storage...)? if you're updating the clustered index, you could wildly, inadvertently crush your server due to the disk I/O as data has to get reordered on the drive...
Not the biggest fan of clustered indexes in Sql Server/Sybase... Oh well, I suppose in one of the next few releases of SQL Server that MS will figure out how Oracle does some more of their low-level black magic, and they will quietly deprecate clustered indexes... (that is, keep them in spirit, but change their implementation as a New Innovation!!!)...
and, just because they do have insurance doesn't mean that you will be compensated, either. Do you think your insurance company is not going to try and find some sort of out so that they don't have to pay you?
Dogma doesn't have anything to do with violence. ...unless you're a Catma or working with XML...
(ref: bad paraphrase of someone's sig "XML is like violence. If you're not getting the results you want, you're not using enough of it").
Wrong? Maybe in this case (like Newtonian :: Quantum mechanics), incomplete...
Hmm... maybe it's better to say that Philosophy tries to explain some of the who and why of things. Some of it happens to be wrapped in a religious context, but much of it tries to step outside of a strict religious context.
Religion is mostly a social construct, more often than not concerned with maintaining and justifying a given status quo amongst its leaders and followers.
"Anything outside the world around us (aka: God) is, by definition, not bound by the rules of science. "
Well, if all the world is created by God (whatever form he/she/it is), would that not also include the rules of science and scientific thought and practice (or that we've been wired to "discover" and further develop these rules and practices)?
but not if they can package it along the lines of Xbox Live, which I'm sure is part of the plan.
Except...Hasbro had nothing to do with the development of Scrabble. Neither did Selchow & Richter, who owned the assets before they were bought by Hasbro.
Yes, and there was some story in the Main Stream Media a few months or so ago about how Scrabulous was *driving* Scrabble boardgame sales around the world after a long period of decline... But, now that will probably drop off.
ObDisclosure: Have I played Scrabulous? Nope (have never really logged into Facebook). I did play a bit the Official PC version a few years ago. Yes, it automated some things, like clearing the tiles off the board and shuffling them. But, other than that, it was lots of stupid eye candy, kind of like any number of computer chess games over the years, that ended up stinking up the essense of the game. From what it sounds like, Hasbrow more or less ported the PC version of Scrabble to Flash or something. Feh. Well, I'm not interested. I'll quietly set up my own version to play with friends if I'm motivated enough to do so. If I want a Scrabble boardgame set, I'll patiently wait and buy one on eBay, garage sale, etc.
Hasbrow: cutting off its face to spite its nose. But, I suppose it's their right to do so.
[Hasbrow misspelling intentional]
...except for Ft. Leavenworth, the MAX prisons, and a few others...
Well, his death certainly is more than unspecial to his wife and children. I'd imagine that most people with children, at least, might take a second...oh, on second thought, maybe not. But some people do take the time and reflect. If it changes one person's direction, then maybe it's worth it.
I guess I hope to leave some kind of legacy for my two children, but as far as I know right now, I will get to do it via our limited, two-weekends-a-month experiences as time goes on. But, of course, that all could change tomorrow...
Sorry you feel the way you do...
(bad paraphrase from some other vapid quote I saw...) "One can be happy for having the experience, or sad that it's over..."