I looked up the statues of the NC PE licensing board. Unfortunately, they support the complainant in this. However, they also basically set up guild law, where anyone who does anything kind of engineering-y, with a broad definition thereof, is in violation.
"It shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice engineering or land surveying in this State...unless the person has been duly licensed" (http://www.ncbels.org/GeneralStatues/Chapter89c/02.htm)
"A person shall be construed to practice or offer to practice engineering...who does perform any engineering service or work not exempted by this Chapter" (http://www.ncbels.org/GeneralStatues/Chapter89c/03.htm) So you don't actually have to call yourself an Engineer to be in violation.
The exemptions don't list any that seem to apply. (http://www.ncbels.org/GeneralStatues/Chapter89c/25.htm)
The rules are positively draconian and guild-like. You can't do "Any service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience, in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such services " unless you're licensed or one of the few exceptions. (http://www.ncbels.org/GeneralStatues/Chapter89c/03.htm) And I, as my resume says I'm a Software Engineer, but have no PE, am also in violation. (http://www.ncbels.org/GeneralStatues/Chapter89c/02.htm)
This is actually part of the benefit. Goats are pretty much the only way to get rid of kudzu: they'll eat it all the way down to the roots, and it doesn't come back. I wanted to hire a goat to get rid of the ivy in my yard, but couldn't find a local service.
It looks to me like he was annoyed with how long the CCA software took to load on his machine, looked for vulnerabilities in the program, and wrote something to spoof the "this machine is OK" message and skip the loading times. Then handed it out to students and professors. So he probably did subvert the security policy, at least, not to mention aiding others in doing so.
While it would help to start from an unambiguous language, you could start from any language without much difficulty. The hardest place will be making the first set of mappings. After that, if a definition is too ambiguous for a word you are seeking to link, you split it as many times as necessary. All existing links are cloned as well, but you add fineness for the newly translated language.
If all you provided the world was pictures of your genitals, I think a lot of things would change.
I don't think all anyone provides to the world is pictures of their genitals. Porn stars have lives off screen, hobbies, college degrees, children, friends. If really all someone did was porn, than of course that person would be one dimensional: just like if all someone does is run or read or whatever.
Forget any damage it does to you, think of what it does to men I honestly don't see what damage I'm doing to men: I'd like to debate the point, but I need something to go on. --there may be much more to you than your sexuality, but if you were to begin earning all your income by posing naked, I think you would find that those other parts of you seem to come out less and less--and certainly not many people would even care about them. I'm lucky enough to have a job I enjoy which can expand my mind - but it's not the largest part of my life by a long shot. I have hobbies, and my hobbies can help me grow regardless of my day job. My claim for damaging the poser stems from this--when all they see is your genitals, when all they care about is your naked body, who cares about you? The only people who'd only see my genitals are those who would consume any images produced and not know me. My friends could care less what I do, though some appreciate that side of me as well. People who think less of me for doing this are not the kind of people I really want in my life, anyway. There are many caring, accepting people around I'd rather spend time with.
Yes, striving to be the center of attention can be a sign of low self esteem. No, doing things that draw attention to oneself and enjoying said attention (or simply enjoying things that aren't mind expanding) are not a sign of a psychological problem. I enjoy discussion, and grow by having them. I enjoy Tai Chi, but I don't know that that actually helps me grow, except maybe physically. I also enjoy roller coasters, and I don't think they've ever expanded my mind or body =)
I think all humans are attention getters, but I only have vague memories of studies from psychology. Someone who is raised completely alone, completely ignored, tends to have a whole slew of problems. This is not to say that one should always be the center of attention, but there is a level everyone does need.
While I don't believe that you are directly trying to control me, I do think you are on a slippery slope to that point. If you think what I'm doing is wrong enough that you need to tell me, then you think that it should not be done. If you think it should not be done, then perhaps people should not be allowed to do it. If it causes harm (especially to others, as you have said), then I almost definately shouldn't be allowed to do it. I don't like legislated morality, and this smacks of such to me.
Please forgive me if I'm putting words in your mouth.
I have (for no fee other than copies of the images) volunteered as a nude model in a class run by a professional photographer before. Did it improve my sense of self-worth that I was accepted? Of course. Is my sense of self-worth dependent on it? Hell no. I own my body and my sexuality, and I don't see any reason why I should limit myself in that regard by what someone else thinks is right. There is nothing better about using my body to sell fast food or my brain to write code than using my image to produce something people like to look at, in whatever state of dress or undress.
Of course I enjoy the attention. I also enjoy the attention when I play a game or dance. Humans are gregarious creatures. I simply can't see what's wrong with that. It's not like anyone is in any way forcing me to do any of those things. And, frankly, if my choice was between a mcjob and posing naked, I'd probably take the latter. It seems a lot less damaging to me.
Engaging in any act in order to solicit attention from strangers suggests serious psychological problems, not the least of which is self worth!
Hi! Welcome to Slashdot! You don't know me, I don't know you, and yet you are still posting, an act that assumes that strangers are going to give you attention. How does your self worth feel today?
I'm not asking you to look at these pictures. I'm not asking you to want your daughter to pose. I'm asking you to respect me, my independance, my choices, and not try to protect me from the icky, scary men out there. Or from myself. Thank you.
Actually, _Diamond Age_ is literally a sequel to _Snow Crash_: they covertly share a character. I sometimes wonder if I'm the only person who noticed that...
I am a female and I am in CS, and I've always enjoyed being the weird one. I think, like you say, that is because I have for more or less my whole life been the social outcast who made my own way as a point of pride. I have created my own "rebel identity", and I will be the best at what I do. I am weird and geeky, and proud of it =) Yes, there are drawbacks, and yes, I sometimes find that the easiest way for me to achieve something is different that that of the males around me for purely social reasons, but the pluses very much outweigh the minuses for me.
Now, I don't mean to say that my path is the best way. It would be nice to allow females to be comfortable becoming a geek, rather than forcing them to fulfill their geek potential out of sheer discomfort with the social norm. But it explains why so much of what I'm reading here seems silly to me as a female: I'm much closer to a male in many of my ways of thinking.
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I looked up the statues of the NC PE licensing board. Unfortunately, they support the complainant in this. However, they also basically set up guild law, where anyone who does anything kind of engineering-y, with a broad definition thereof, is in violation. "It shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice engineering or land surveying in this State...unless the person has been duly licensed" (http://www.ncbels.org/GeneralStatues/Chapter89c/02.htm) "A person shall be construed to practice or offer to practice engineering...who does perform any engineering service or work not exempted by this Chapter" (http://www.ncbels.org/GeneralStatues/Chapter89c/03.htm) So you don't actually have to call yourself an Engineer to be in violation. The exemptions don't list any that seem to apply. (http://www.ncbels.org/GeneralStatues/Chapter89c/25.htm) The rules are positively draconian and guild-like. You can't do "Any service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience, in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such services " unless you're licensed or one of the few exceptions. (http://www.ncbels.org/GeneralStatues/Chapter89c/03.htm) And I, as my resume says I'm a Software Engineer, but have no PE, am also in violation. (http://www.ncbels.org/GeneralStatues/Chapter89c/02.htm)
This is actually part of the benefit. Goats are pretty much the only way to get rid of kudzu: they'll eat it all the way down to the roots, and it doesn't come back. I wanted to hire a goat to get rid of the ivy in my yard, but couldn't find a local service.
I'm confused. Why did you call a white woman "he"?
It looks to me like he was annoyed with how long the CCA software took to load on his machine, looked for vulnerabilities in the program, and wrote something to spoof the "this machine is OK" message and skip the loading times. Then handed it out to students and professors. So he probably did subvert the security policy, at least, not to mention aiding others in doing so.
No, it's not.
16 (square meters) = 172.222567 square feet
While it would help to start from an unambiguous language, you could start from any language without much difficulty. The hardest place will be making the first set of mappings. After that, if a definition is too ambiguous for a word you are seeking to link, you split it as many times as necessary. All existing links are cloned as well, but you add fineness for the newly translated language.
Still miserably difficult, though.
If all you provided the world was pictures of your genitals, I think a lot of things would change.
I don't think all anyone provides to the world is pictures of their genitals. Porn stars have lives off screen, hobbies, college degrees, children, friends. If really all someone did was porn, than of course that person would be one dimensional: just like if all someone does is run or read or whatever.
Forget any damage it does to you, think of what it does to men I honestly don't see what damage I'm doing to men: I'd like to debate the point, but I need something to go on. --there may be much more to you than your sexuality, but if you were to begin earning all your income by posing naked, I think you would find that those other parts of you seem to come out less and less--and certainly not many people would even care about them. I'm lucky enough to have a job I enjoy which can expand my mind - but it's not the largest part of my life by a long shot. I have hobbies, and my hobbies can help me grow regardless of my day job. My claim for damaging the poser stems from this--when all they see is your genitals, when all they care about is your naked body, who cares about you? The only people who'd only see my genitals are those who would consume any images produced and not know me. My friends could care less what I do, though some appreciate that side of me as well. People who think less of me for doing this are not the kind of people I really want in my life, anyway. There are many caring, accepting people around I'd rather spend time with.
Yes, striving to be the center of attention can be a sign of low self esteem. No, doing things that draw attention to oneself and enjoying said attention (or simply enjoying things that aren't mind expanding) are not a sign of a psychological problem. I enjoy discussion, and grow by having them. I enjoy Tai Chi, but I don't know that that actually helps me grow, except maybe physically. I also enjoy roller coasters, and I don't think they've ever expanded my mind or body =)
I think all humans are attention getters, but I only have vague memories of studies from psychology. Someone who is raised completely alone, completely ignored, tends to have a whole slew of problems. This is not to say that one should always be the center of attention, but there is a level everyone does need.
While I don't believe that you are directly trying to control me, I do think you are on a slippery slope to that point. If you think what I'm doing is wrong enough that you need to tell me, then you think that it should not be done. If you think it should not be done, then perhaps people should not be allowed to do it. If it causes harm (especially to others, as you have said), then I almost definately shouldn't be allowed to do it. I don't like legislated morality, and this smacks of such to me.
Please forgive me if I'm putting words in your mouth.
I have (for no fee other than copies of the images) volunteered as a nude model in a class run by a professional photographer before. Did it improve my sense of self-worth that I was accepted? Of course. Is my sense of self-worth dependent on it? Hell no. I own my body and my sexuality, and I don't see any reason why I should limit myself in that regard by what someone else thinks is right. There is nothing better about using my body to sell fast food or my brain to write code than using my image to produce something people like to look at, in whatever state of dress or undress.
Of course I enjoy the attention. I also enjoy the attention when I play a game or dance. Humans are gregarious creatures. I simply can't see what's wrong with that. It's not like anyone is in any way forcing me to do any of those things. And, frankly, if my choice was between a mcjob and posing naked, I'd probably take the latter. It seems a lot less damaging to me.
Engaging in any act in order to solicit attention from strangers suggests serious psychological problems, not the least of which is self worth!
Hi! Welcome to Slashdot! You don't know me, I don't know you, and yet you are still posting, an act that assumes that strangers are going to give you attention. How does your self worth feel today?
I'm not asking you to look at these pictures. I'm not asking you to want your daughter to pose. I'm asking you to respect me, my independance, my choices, and not try to protect me from the icky, scary men out there. Or from myself. Thank you.
Actually, _Diamond Age_ is literally a sequel to _Snow Crash_: they covertly share a character. I sometimes wonder if I'm the only person who noticed that...
Remember, not everyone can view Coral cache links in that form.
Coral cache for the article and for the map.
I am a female and I am in CS, and I've always enjoyed being the weird one. I think, like you say, that is because I have for more or less my whole life been the social outcast who made my own way as a point of pride. I have created my own "rebel identity", and I will be the best at what I do. I am weird and geeky, and proud of it =) Yes, there are drawbacks, and yes, I sometimes find that the easiest way for me to achieve something is different that that of the males around me for purely social reasons, but the pluses very much outweigh the minuses for me.
Now, I don't mean to say that my path is the best way. It would be nice to allow females to be comfortable becoming a geek, rather than forcing them to fulfill their geek potential out of sheer discomfort with the social norm. But it explains why so much of what I'm reading here seems silly to me as a female: I'm much closer to a male in many of my ways of thinking.