All he said was that it might be worth our time to look into biological causes that draw women away from math and science. He did not say anything to the effect that women aren't as good as men.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this states that research should be carried out into why women don't get into it as often as men, not whether they are better or worse. That's an entirely different topic for discussion.
I accept your view, that would be a pain in the arse, though I wouldn't have an issue with the DNA records. I hadn't really considered the issue of accidental crime.
It is a draconian view, but I think a lot of people are far too blase about 'petty' crimes these days. I too often hear peoples defence when caught speeding as "I didn't know the camera was there" or "Well that bit of road should have a higher limit." Whether the police can see you or not, the speed limit is still the same, and if the limit is too slow, speek to your local councillor, don't just ignore it.
True. I do agree the Police shouldn't waste their time with petty arrests. My comment was more of an 'in theory' comment than an 'in practice' one. But as you say, the law states necessity, and I'd like to think most Police would just do as they usually do, i.e. give warnings, whether they know about the changes or not.
Not that many police know about the changes,
To be honest, I live in the UK and I didn't know about this law. Am I being really ignorant, or has it not been publicised much?
The trouble is, I suspect that if the police really wanted to, they could find a reason to arrest almost anyone.
Fair point, but they could probably do that already if they really wanted to.
And if you wouldn't normally be suspected, but some DNA links you to the location of the crime, you could instantly become Suspect No. 1 - even if there's no other reason to think you committed the crime - and you have to prove your innocence.
Another good point. I hadn't considered this. And I guess there are cases where this is quite likely to happen.
Still, my opinion still stands. I think keeping records of dna and fingerprints is no bad thing. Though, maybe not a good thing either.
A: A crime is a crime, why shouldn't you be arrested for it? If you don't want to be arrested, don't do it.
B: Say a really serious crime has been commited and you are suspect number one. If the police get hold of a DNA sample at the scene, test it and it doesn't match the DNA you have on record, you're off the suspect list. OK, so that's a little unrealistic, but you'll be further down the list at least.
I think the problem here is that the way people achieve career goals has changed. In previous years, people attempting to get into a career started on the bottom rung of the ladder and climbed up. Now, you go to college/university, get your qualifications and go in higher up, if not at the top.
The people at the bottom are the ones who don't have qualifications and usually little or no interest in climbing. When there's a steady supply of minimum-wage jobs you can move on into, why bother putting any effort in. Leave one job, take up another.
It's not a US-only phenomenon either, it's just the same in the UK. You can't blame people really, I wouldn't want to start at the bottom.
I have a wish-list for Christmas. My friends, girlfriend and family are always asking me what I want and I can't remember so I stuck it all in a wish-list so they could look at it.
I'd have to disagree with that I'm afraid. I've had several people ask me what the difference is between and iPod and an mp3 player. Maybe it's just the people I know but they seem to see adverts for mp3 players and adverts for iPods and see them as completely seperate entities.
What about the Zaurus? It runs linux so you can add apps (nicely if not easily), it plays back media fairly successfully, it's got a full keyboard which is easy to use, and it's got a choice of landscape or portrait screen.
I haven't had mine long so I don't know the major pitfalls yet, but it seems good to me. Especially with the new models with hard disks.
The Queen really isn't very rich. She has a lot of stuff, expensive stuff at that, but she has to live off an allowance that the Gov't give her, and it's not exactly in the scale uber rich.
Plus I doubt she even ranks anywhere near the bottom of the land owner list. She's got a few castles and a palace, but to be fair, if she owned the whole of the UK, she still wouldn't be on the list, it's just not big enough.
A lot of the points you've made are specific to that site so I won't worry about them. But this one:
And this thing thinks it has the right to open things in new windows? Window management is my job and my decision, not any site designer's.
This can be written into a page quite simply in HTML or javascript. If you have your browser ignore these requests normally, it should do with Flash too. In Firefox, I've set all new pages to load in a new tab, and after testing the aforementioned site, I can assure you that it handles the flash request in the same manner.
Well, you haven't really made a very good point there, you've cited the same solutions to two problems i.e. get an extension/app that blocks the offender, but said one of them is somehow not as good as the other.
On a different tack, and not really to do with the parent, does anyone else see the lack of facts and examples to back up anyones point? If an example of each persons point was presented, nobody would be able to debate it and this discussion would have come to an amicable conclusion long ago.
I for one, appreciate flash where it is used appropriately and effectively.
No mate, they are most definitely not! A couple of years back, Plant used to go to all the local high school bands where I live in Worcestershire. He lives a couple of towns over from me in Droitwich.
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Opening links in a new tab, or closing tabs in Firefox? =D
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i also think a good example would be using the wheel in your desktop manager to scroll through windows by their 'height' from the desktop
Isn't there an option for this in the nVidia geForce driver settings?
AFAIK, here in the UK, if a male of any age, under or over 16, has sex with a female under the consenting age of 16, it is classed as rape (technically 'consentual rape' I think). This, I believe is stupid.
According to this legal definition, I raped my girlfriend for two years before we both turned 16. On top of this, she was older than me and was therefore 16 before I was a consenting adult. What's the law about that? n/a.
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I accept your view, that would be a pain in the arse, though I wouldn't have an issue with the DNA records. I hadn't really considered the issue of accidental crime.
It is a draconian view, but I think a lot of people are far too blase about 'petty' crimes these days. I too often hear peoples defence when caught speeding as "I didn't know the camera was there" or "Well that bit of road should have a higher limit." Whether the police can see you or not, the speed limit is still the same, and if the limit is too slow, speek to your local councillor, don't just ignore it.
True. I do agree the Police shouldn't waste their time with petty arrests. My comment was more of an 'in theory' comment than an 'in practice' one. But as you say, the law states necessity, and I'd like to think most Police would just do as they usually do, i.e. give warnings, whether they know about the changes or not.
Not that many police know about the changes,
To be honest, I live in the UK and I didn't know about this law. Am I being really ignorant, or has it not been publicised much?
The trouble is, I suspect that if the police really wanted to, they could find a reason to arrest almost anyone.
Fair point, but they could probably do that already if they really wanted to.
And if you wouldn't normally be suspected, but some DNA links you to the location of the crime, you could instantly become Suspect No. 1 - even if there's no other reason to think you committed the crime - and you have to prove your innocence.
Another good point. I hadn't considered this. And I guess there are cases where this is quite likely to happen.
Still, my opinion still stands. I think keeping records of dna and fingerprints is no bad thing. Though, maybe not a good thing either.
Where's the destruction?
A: A crime is a crime, why shouldn't you be arrested for it? If you don't want to be arrested, don't do it.
B: Say a really serious crime has been commited and you are suspect number one. If the police get hold of a DNA sample at the scene, test it and it doesn't match the DNA you have on record, you're off the suspect list. OK, so that's a little unrealistic, but you'll be further down the list at least.
I think the problem here is that the way people achieve career goals has changed. In previous years, people attempting to get into a career started on the bottom rung of the ladder and climbed up. Now, you go to college/university, get your qualifications and go in higher up, if not at the top.
The people at the bottom are the ones who don't have qualifications and usually little or no interest in climbing. When there's a steady supply of minimum-wage jobs you can move on into, why bother putting any effort in. Leave one job, take up another.
It's not a US-only phenomenon either, it's just the same in the UK. You can't blame people really, I wouldn't want to start at the bottom.
I haven't read TFA, but mightn't he be a doctor of engineering or some such subject. Doctors aren't necessarily medical you know.
There is.
I have a wish-list for Christmas. My friends, girlfriend and family are always asking me what I want and I can't remember so I stuck it all in a wish-list so they could look at it.
I think it's quite a good idea really.
I'd have to disagree with that I'm afraid. I've had several people ask me what the difference is between and iPod and an mp3 player. Maybe it's just the people I know but they seem to see adverts for mp3 players and adverts for iPods and see them as completely seperate entities.
What about the Zaurus? It runs linux so you can add apps (nicely if not easily), it plays back media fairly successfully, it's got a full keyboard which is easy to use, and it's got a choice of landscape or portrait screen.
I haven't had mine long so I don't know the major pitfalls yet, but it seems good to me. Especially with the new models with hard disks.
Just a minor correction.
The Queen really isn't very rich. She has a lot of stuff, expensive stuff at that, but she has to live off an allowance that the Gov't give her, and it's not exactly in the scale uber rich.
Plus I doubt she even ranks anywhere near the bottom of the land owner list. She's got a few castles and a palace, but to be fair, if she owned the whole of the UK, she still wouldn't be on the list, it's just not big enough.
Well, you haven't really made a very good point there, you've cited the same solutions to two problems i.e. get an extension/app that blocks the offender, but said one of them is somehow not as good as the other.
On a different tack, and not really to do with the parent, does anyone else see the lack of facts and examples to back up anyones point? If an example of each persons point was presented, nobody would be able to debate it and this discussion would have come to an amicable conclusion long ago.
I for one, appreciate flash where it is used appropriately and effectively.
You WHAT????
No mate, they are most definitely not! A couple of years back, Plant used to go to all the local high school bands where I live in Worcestershire. He lives a couple of towns over from me in Droitwich.
Opening links in a new tab, or closing tabs in Firefox? =D
Seems like common sense to me. Go Norway.
AFAIK, here in the UK, if a male of any age, under or over 16, has sex with a female under the consenting age of 16, it is classed as rape (technically 'consentual rape' I think). This, I believe is stupid.
According to this legal definition, I raped my girlfriend for two years before we both turned 16. On top of this, she was older than me and was therefore 16 before I was a consenting adult. What's the law about that? n/a.