wrt odds being incapable of being triangular: I refer you to the work of one Blaise Pascal, who in 1654 (in correspondence with one Pierre de Fermat) constructed an Arithmetic Triangle of Odds which led to Bernoulli's early conslusions regarding utility and risk. So, ner ner ner.
Thanks for revealing the truth to me - that the absence of my right to buy weaponry means I live in a police state. I'll remember that the next time I'm accused of being unpatriotic for criticising my government - oh no! wait! that doesn't happen here!
Ever been through a major airport? Ever been to a department store, or a casino in Vegas? Ever travelled on public mass transit? Your every move is watched.
I'm no paranoid weirdy-beardy, but we had this debate in the UK (a considerably more liberal society than that in the USA) some years ago. CCTV cameras (or at least the images they capture) are regularly used by law enforcement agencies for just about any purpose they like - and we do not, as yet, have a police state here. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/hert s/3786187.stm here's a slightly more sinister example of their COVERT use in the UK for a relatively trivial problem... which admittedly is slightly spooky...
I'd like to add that I still, for one, welcome our volcano-dwelling, ammonia spewing Martian overlords.
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wrt odds being incapable of being triangular: I refer you to the work of one Blaise Pascal, who in 1654 (in correspondence with one Pierre de Fermat) constructed an Arithmetic Triangle of Odds which led to Bernoulli's early conslusions regarding utility and risk. So, ner ner ner.
Thanks for revealing the truth to me - that the absence of my right to buy weaponry means I live in a police state. I'll remember that the next time I'm accused of being unpatriotic for criticising my government - oh no! wait! that doesn't happen here!
Ever been through a major airport? Ever been to a department store, or a casino in Vegas? Ever travelled on public mass transit? Your every move is watched.
t s/3786187.stm here's a slightly more sinister example of their COVERT use in the UK for a relatively trivial problem... which admittedly is slightly spooky...
I'm no paranoid weirdy-beardy, but we had this debate in the UK (a considerably more liberal society than that in the USA) some years ago. CCTV cameras (or at least the images they capture) are regularly used by law enforcement agencies for just about any purpose they like - and we do not, as yet, have a police state here. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/her
I'd like to add that I still, for one, welcome our volcano-dwelling, ammonia spewing Martian overlords.
I for one welcome our volcano-dwelling, ammonia spewing Martian overlords. I thank you.