"Admittedly the prosecution's behavior in this case is excessive, especially the part about pleading to an obscenity charge for a Playboy magazine"
True.
But what the article doesn't say, and what we can't be sure of, is was this kid looking at pictures of 16 year old girls his own age (child porn) or of 4 year old girls (child porn)
If I was the prosecutor, if the kid was looking at girls his own age, I might let him slide. If he was looking at little kids, I'd throw every charge I could think of at him, including possession of a playboy.
And as an occasional viewer of adult content(not child porn) how in the world can I tell if the girl I am looking at is 19 (legal) or 17 (illegal)
"There is almost no dissent in the scientific community as to whether global warming is man made, and even less that it exists."
These guys might disagree with you, from an open letter to the Canadian PM calling for a second look on the science of global warming
(but I am sure they are all either industry shills or quacks):
sorry for the long list, but the whole "there is no debate" statement always makes me angry. I do not know who is right in this, but there is definitely not a consensus.
Dr. Ian D. Clark, professor, isotope hydrogeology and paleoclimatology, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa Dr. Tad Murty, former senior research scientist, Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, former director of Australia's National Tidal Facility and professor of earth sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide; currently adjunct professor, Departments of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa Dr. R. Timothy Patterson, professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences (paleoclimatology), Carleton University, Ottawa Dr. Fred Michel, director, Institute of Environmental Science and associate professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa Dr. Madhav Khandekar, former research scientist, Environment Canada. Member of editorial board of Climate Research and Natural Hazards Dr. Paul Copper, FRSC, professor emeritus, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont. Dr. Ross McKitrick, associate professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Guelph, Ont. Dr. Tim Ball, former professor of climatology, University of Winnipeg; environmental consultant Dr. Andreas Prokoph, adjunct professor of earth sciences, University of Ottawa; consultant in statistics and geology Mr. David Nowell, M.Sc. (Meteorology), fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, Canadian member and past chairman of the NATO Meteorological Group, Ottawa Dr. Christopher Essex, professor of applied mathematics and associate director of the Program in Theoretical Physics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. Dr. Gordon E. Swaters, professor of applied mathematics, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, and member, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Research Group, University of Alberta Dr. L. Graham Smith, associate professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. Dr. G. Cornelis van Kooten, professor and Canada Research Chair in environmental studies and climate change, Dept. of Economics, University of Victoria Dr. Petr Chylek, adjunct professor, Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax Dr./Cdr. M. R. Morgan, FRMS, climate consultant, former meteorology advisor to the World Meteorological Organization. Previously research scientist in climatology at University of Exeter, U.K. Dr. Keith D. Hage, climate consultant and professor emeritus of Meteorology, University of Alberta Dr. David E. Wojick, P.Eng., energy consultant, Star Tannery, Va., and Sioux Lookout, Ont. Rob Scagel, M.Sc., forest microclimate specialist, principal consultant, Pacific Phytometric Consultants, Surrey, B.C. Dr. Douglas Leahey, meteorologist and air-quality consultant, Calgary Paavo Siitam, M.Sc., agronomist, chemist, Cobourg, Ont. Dr. Chris de Freitas, climate scientist, associate professor, The University of Auckland, N.Z. Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan professor of meteorology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Freeman J. Dyson, emeritus professor of physics, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, N.J. Mr. George Taylor, Dept. of Meteorology, Oregon State University; Oregon State climatologist; past president, American Association of State Climatologists Dr. Ian Plimer, professor of geology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide; emeritus professor of earth sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia Dr. R.M. Carter, professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia Mr. William
I see this argument to be very very similar to religious arguments.
There may be a global consensus that a god exists, and should be worshiped. For the people who believe this there is a bounty of valid proof of such an existence, and besides, how painful is it really to go to church once or twice a week, just in case. The consequences of non-belief (hell) are far far worse than the price of following a religion. And also, non-believers are heretics, to be either ignored or converted, but not to be listened to.
There also may be a global consensus that believe there is global warming and it is being caused by man. The computer generated models provided by leaders in the field 'prove' it to be true. And besides, the consequences of non-action are far far worse than the price of cleaning up our emissions. And also, the non-believers are shills bought and paid for by corporations, to be either ignored or converted, but not listened to.
As someone who is on the 'wrong' side of both of these arguments, it just strikes me to be very interesting.
"This spam is in no way infringing the rights or security of its recipients. It is a minor inconvenience, as is any form of junk mail"
I couldn't disagree more. When you say it is little different from 'lots' of junkmail. Imagine if 6 18wheelers pulled up to your house and dumped TONS of junkmail on your doorstep, literally so much junkmail that you cannot open your front door. In fact, you have to hire an expensive service to remove the junkmail, as well as buying a larger house to accomodate the junkmail as it arrives. Oh and by the way, some of that junk mail contains anthrax, which if it gets missed by the service which you had to hire, will infect your family.
It is definately trespass.
My small companies email server has to block/process 247,000 spam emails in just the past two months, totalling 67 percent of all the email on the server. On some days the percent of spam reaches 90 percent. Even though it is blocked, this costs my bandwidth and my servers memory/cpu. It costs my company money.
I have also implemented open source Knowledge Tree for my companies documentation.
I really like version 3, its a huge improvement from 2.
It's got a nice group and role based permisions system, its free, and best of all....
The users don't seem to have many problems or questions about it.
From a harocp article a few months ago, the Dell XPS 400 gamers rig wont run Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Quake 4, or The Sims 2 because of conflicts with the bloatware.
After reading their out of the box experiences, and add in their additional customer support ordeal trying to remove the bloat, I think I will be staying away from dell and alienware for gaming purposes.
Theaters used to have the advantage of better sound and picture, but even low-end home theater systems are quickly catching up.
Depends on the theater too, I saw the latest star wars at a theater while on vacation, torn screen and the far right portion was out of focus. My home setup isnt spectacular, but it is in focus.
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I could not agree more with Bucc5062. It is quite a shock when you come to the realization of 'why am I doing this' it is life changing.
What exactly are the rules for Satellite Transmissions?
What if XM was owned by a Chinese corporation, would they care what the FCC said?
What if XM said screw the FCC, would the US knock their satellites out of orbit?
How would that be different from voice of America, which is often broadcast in places where the local government would prefer it not be.
"Admittedly the prosecution's behavior in this case is excessive, especially the part about pleading to an obscenity charge for a Playboy magazine"
True.
But what the article doesn't say, and what we can't be sure of, is was this kid looking at pictures of 16 year old girls his own age (child porn) or of 4 year old girls (child porn)
If I was the prosecutor, if the kid was looking at girls his own age, I might let him slide. If he was looking at little kids, I'd throw every charge I could think of at him, including possession of a playboy.
And as an occasional viewer of adult content(not child porn) how in the world can I tell if the girl I am looking at is 19 (legal) or 17 (illegal)
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/s tory.html?id=3711460e-bd5a-475d-a6be-4db87559d605
"There is almost no dissent in the scientific community as to whether global warming is man made, and even less that it exists."
These guys might disagree with you, from an open letter to the Canadian PM calling for a second look on the science of global warming
(but I am sure they are all either industry shills or quacks):
sorry for the long list, but the whole "there is no debate" statement always makes me angry. I do not know who is right in this, but there is definitely not a consensus.
Dr. Ian D. Clark, professor, isotope hydrogeology and paleoclimatology, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
Dr. Tad Murty, former senior research scientist, Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, former director of Australia's National Tidal Facility and professor of earth sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide; currently adjunct professor, Departments of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
Dr. R. Timothy Patterson, professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences (paleoclimatology), Carleton University, Ottawa
Dr. Fred Michel, director, Institute of Environmental Science and associate professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa
Dr. Madhav Khandekar, former research scientist, Environment Canada. Member of editorial board of Climate Research and Natural Hazards
Dr. Paul Copper, FRSC, professor emeritus, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.
Dr. Ross McKitrick, associate professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Guelph, Ont.
Dr. Tim Ball, former professor of climatology, University of Winnipeg; environmental consultant
Dr. Andreas Prokoph, adjunct professor of earth sciences, University of Ottawa; consultant in statistics and geology
Mr. David Nowell, M.Sc. (Meteorology), fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, Canadian member and past chairman of the NATO Meteorological Group, Ottawa
Dr. Christopher Essex, professor of applied mathematics and associate director of the Program in Theoretical Physics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
Dr. Gordon E. Swaters, professor of applied mathematics, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, and member, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Research Group, University of Alberta
Dr. L. Graham Smith, associate professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
Dr. G. Cornelis van Kooten, professor and Canada Research Chair in environmental studies and climate change, Dept. of Economics, University of Victoria
Dr. Petr Chylek, adjunct professor, Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax
Dr./Cdr. M. R. Morgan, FRMS, climate consultant, former meteorology advisor to the World Meteorological Organization. Previously research scientist in climatology at University of Exeter, U.K.
Dr. Keith D. Hage, climate consultant and professor emeritus of Meteorology, University of Alberta
Dr. David E. Wojick, P.Eng., energy consultant, Star Tannery, Va., and Sioux Lookout, Ont.
Rob Scagel, M.Sc., forest microclimate specialist, principal consultant, Pacific Phytometric Consultants, Surrey, B.C.
Dr. Douglas Leahey, meteorologist and air-quality consultant, Calgary
Paavo Siitam, M.Sc., agronomist, chemist, Cobourg, Ont.
Dr. Chris de Freitas, climate scientist, associate professor, The University of Auckland, N.Z.
Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan professor of meteorology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Freeman J. Dyson, emeritus professor of physics, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, N.J.
Mr. George Taylor, Dept. of Meteorology, Oregon State University; Oregon State climatologist; past president, American Association of State Climatologists
Dr. Ian Plimer, professor of geology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide; emeritus professor of earth sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. R.M. Carter, professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Mr. William
As long as the cartoonist draws little cartoon drivers licenses that show the participants are of age, then there should be no problem
Darn, and I had thought some stranger was sending me great insider stock tips!
I guess I will be dumping my shares now, how will I be able to afford my v1agr1a now?!?!?!
I see this argument to be very very similar to religious arguments. There may be a global consensus that a god exists, and should be worshiped. For the people who believe this there is a bounty of valid proof of such an existence, and besides, how painful is it really to go to church once or twice a week, just in case. The consequences of non-belief (hell) are far far worse than the price of following a religion. And also, non-believers are heretics, to be either ignored or converted, but not to be listened to. There also may be a global consensus that believe there is global warming and it is being caused by man. The computer generated models provided by leaders in the field 'prove' it to be true. And besides, the consequences of non-action are far far worse than the price of cleaning up our emissions. And also, the non-believers are shills bought and paid for by corporations, to be either ignored or converted, but not listened to. As someone who is on the 'wrong' side of both of these arguments, it just strikes me to be very interesting.
"This spam is in no way infringing the rights or security of its recipients. It is a minor inconvenience, as is any form of junk mail"
I couldn't disagree more. When you say it is little different from 'lots' of junkmail. Imagine if 6 18wheelers pulled up to your house and dumped TONS of junkmail on your doorstep, literally so much junkmail that you cannot open your front door. In fact, you have to hire an expensive service to remove the junkmail, as well as buying a larger house to accomodate the junkmail as it arrives. Oh and by the way, some of that junk mail contains anthrax, which if it gets missed by the service which you had to hire, will infect your family.
It is definately trespass.
My small companies email server has to block/process 247,000 spam emails in just the past two months, totalling 67 percent of all the email on the server. On some days the percent of spam reaches 90 percent. Even though it is blocked, this costs my bandwidth and my servers memory/cpu. It costs my company money.
I have also implemented open source Knowledge Tree for my companies documentation.
I really like version 3, its a huge improvement from 2.
It's got a nice group and role based permisions system, its free, and best of all....
The users don't seem to have many problems or questions about it.
From a harocp article a few months ago, the Dell XPS 400 gamers rig wont run Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Quake 4, or The Sims 2 because of conflicts with the bloatware.
After reading their out of the box experiences, and add in their additional customer support ordeal trying to remove the bloat, I think I will be staying away from dell and alienware for gaming purposes.
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=OTI0LDEsLG hlbnRodXNpYXN0/
Depends on the theater too, I saw the latest star wars at a theater while on vacation, torn screen and the far right portion was out of focus. My home setup isnt spectacular, but it is in focus.
A yahoo seach for:
yahoo 10th birthday baskin robbins giveaway
gives no valid results.
The same search on google returns a link to a news story about the giveaway on motley fool as the top result.