Or are we going to keep complaining that copyright law gets worse each passing year?
Nerds are going to have to start running for office to get this fixed. I'd rather not have to do it myself, but as my sig indicates, I've got the spare time.
I agree with the standard definition of the 2nd amendment. However, Congress shouldn't be able to redefine words like "militia" in the Constitution. Otherwise they can redefine words like "speech", "religion", and "trial" as well.
You also have to admit that the true purpose of the 2nd amendment has passed. The idea was that when Congress formed a professional army when needed, they expected these people to already have arms and be decent shots. Back then standing armies in times of peace were considered a really bad idea. Ohio's constitution reads:
...but standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be kept up...
Does anyone seriously believe that the Ohio National Guard is dangerous to liberty?
The world has changed quite a bit since the 18th century. I think Jefferson et al. would be aghast that we were still using their document to govern us. We should do a rewrite of the Constitution. However, we are obligated to protect and obey the one we have until then.
The judge issued the orders at the request of Andree McLeod, an Anchorage activist whose pursuit of Palin's e-mails revealed that the governor did considerable state business from a Yahoo e-mail address -- an arrangement that avoided the safeguards and accountability of the state's secure e-mail system.
Have you seen that show? Its horrible. Every single episode is essentially the same.
Cop brother: There's a killer on the loose! Math nerd: I've been working on an algorithm that is somewhat related to your case. Cop brother: Wait! You can use MATH(!) to help catch bad guys? Math nerd: Of course! Give me a list of the people he murdered, their backgrounds, and where he murdered them. Cop brother: Really? You can do this? Math nerd: Blah...blah...differential equations...yak...yak...lognormal distribution...yada...yada.
[...]
Cop brother: Wow! Your program worked! We found him! Thanks bro!
Ugh. And this comes from someone who loves the formula-fiction of Law & Order.
As others have pointed out upthread, other countries that have unionized teachers do quite well, so unions aren't the problem here.
I'll agree with you that the teachers unions don't help, but if you eliminated the unions tomorrow, don't expect everything to magically get better. There is much more at work here than those pinko union members.
I'm pretty sure much of the devastation in our economy today is directly attributable to propeller heads, math majors, who took their computers to Wall Street and thought they could rule the world's economy using math, for example by writing algorithms to assess risk of Credit Default Swaps, and to use computerized trading to keep investment banks and hedge funds with 30 to 1 leverage from imploding. They failed.
A good deal of the problem was that the programs failed to account for the fact that a lot of these so-called AAA securities were actually junk.
Quite a few preconditions were violated in the recent market downturn.
Or at least fix the damn options to turn tags off. I turned them off when they first came on the scene but now they return even though I haven't changed any options.
Your vote will only change the outcome of the election if:
1) Your vote for a minor party causes McCain or Obama to lose by exactly one vote, and
2) NH's 4 EVs are enough to put McCain or Obama over the top.
Votes are independent variables. My vote for Nader in Ohio does not change anyone else's vote.
The scenario listed above is so incredibly improbable to happen that it can be disregarded. A more likely scenario is that you would die on the way to the polling place or something like that would happen. It'd be much more likely that one of the GOTV vans would crash and kill the several elderly people inside, which would change the election much more than your vote.
In terms of actually changing your election, your vote is practically worthless. If one Nader voter would have voted for Gore, Gore would have still lost, albeit by 536 votes instead of 537.
My chemistry teacher had the "notes" test. The idea was that if you did poorly on exams, but took good notes (a substitute for paying attention in class), you could get a decent score in the class. Of course, I never took notes verbatim. I only wrote down stuff I didn't know or the main points of the lecture. I almost always failed that exam because I didn't know what the 3rd word of the 2nd paragraph on the Wednesday of the 4th week was.
We also had teacher's who'd give extra homework so that people could get their grades up due to poor exam scores. I always protested this policy because it inevitably brought my score down.
I was also in your boat. I didn't do the busywork, but got excellent grades on tests. I loved AP Calc because our teacher didn't grade homework. I did great in that class (and got a 5 on the AP exam).
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Certainly.
The proof, however, is not very elegant. Unfortunately, brute force is the best tool we have for certain "hard" problems.
I don't know about that.
It was none other than George W. Bush who famously said:
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
Perhaps that might translate into a vote for McCain?
In Ohio, your SSN, driver's license number, or a copy of a recent utility bill is required to vote absentee.
I suppose if Princess has a power bill in her name, she may be able to vote.
And if Princess registers, she will show up to the polling place and cast a ballot.
You think anyone would notice Princess isn't a qualified elector?
Or are we going to keep complaining that copyright law gets worse each passing year?
Nerds are going to have to start running for office to get this fixed. I'd rather not have to do it myself, but as my sig indicates, I've got the spare time.
I agree with the standard definition of the 2nd amendment. However, Congress shouldn't be able to redefine words like "militia" in the Constitution. Otherwise they can redefine words like "speech", "religion", and "trial" as well.
You also have to admit that the true purpose of the 2nd amendment has passed. The idea was that when Congress formed a professional army when needed, they expected these people to already have arms and be decent shots. Back then standing armies in times of peace were considered a really bad idea. Ohio's constitution reads:
...but standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be kept up...
Does anyone seriously believe that the Ohio National Guard is dangerous to liberty?
The world has changed quite a bit since the 18th century. I think Jefferson et al. would be aghast that we were still using their document to govern us. We should do a rewrite of the Constitution. However, we are obligated to protect and obey the one we have until then.
He should be prosecuted under relevant laws for what he did. However, he unwittingly uncovered other illegal activity.
For that reason he is a reluctant hero (which I agree that "hero" was probably not the best word to use).
Certainly he is a reluctant hero.
Second paragraph FTA, friend:
The judge issued the orders at the request of Andree McLeod, an Anchorage activist whose pursuit of Palin's e-mails revealed that the governor did considerable state business from a Yahoo e-mail address -- an arrangement that avoided the safeguards and accountability of the state's secure e-mail system.
Good sir Ken,
The problem is that she used the personal email for official correspondence, which is not all that legal.
The personal account is required for campaign and private correspondence.
HTH
Exactly.
Apparently you can brute-force easily guessable passwords. Film at 11.
Have you seen that show? Its horrible. Every single episode is essentially the same.
Cop brother: There's a killer on the loose!
Math nerd: I've been working on an algorithm that is somewhat related to your case.
Cop brother: Wait! You can use MATH(!) to help catch bad guys?
Math nerd: Of course! Give me a list of the people he murdered, their backgrounds, and where he murdered them.
Cop brother: Really? You can do this?
Math nerd: Blah...blah...differential equations...yak...yak...lognormal distribution...yada...yada.
[...]
Cop brother: Wow! Your program worked! We found him! Thanks bro!
Ugh. And this comes from someone who loves the formula-fiction of Law & Order.
As others have pointed out upthread, other countries that have unionized teachers do quite well, so unions aren't the problem here.
I'll agree with you that the teachers unions don't help, but if you eliminated the unions tomorrow, don't expect everything to magically get better. There is much more at work here than those pinko union members.
A good deal of the problem was that the programs failed to account for the fact that a lot of these so-called AAA securities were actually junk.
Quite a few preconditions were violated in the recent market downturn.
Its a known bug.
At least Jamie is looking at it, but who knows when it'll be fixed.
Or at least fix the damn options to turn tags off. I turned them off when they first came on the scene but now they return even though I haven't changed any options.
It also happens to be one of the foundations of Wealth of Nations upon which Marx bases much of Das Kapital.
Your vote will only change the outcome of the election if:
1) Your vote for a minor party causes McCain or Obama to lose by exactly one vote, and
2) NH's 4 EVs are enough to put McCain or Obama over the top.
Votes are independent variables. My vote for Nader in Ohio does not change anyone else's vote.
The scenario listed above is so incredibly improbable to happen that it can be disregarded. A more likely scenario is that you would die on the way to the polling place or something like that would happen. It'd be much more likely that one of the GOTV vans would crash and kill the several elderly people inside, which would change the election much more than your vote.
In terms of actually changing your election, your vote is practically worthless. If one Nader voter would have voted for Gore, Gore would have still lost, albeit by 536 votes instead of 537.
My chemistry teacher had the "notes" test. The idea was that if you did poorly on exams, but took good notes (a substitute for paying attention in class), you could get a decent score in the class. Of course, I never took notes verbatim. I only wrote down stuff I didn't know or the main points of the lecture. I almost always failed that exam because I didn't know what the 3rd word of the 2nd paragraph on the Wednesday of the 4th week was.
We also had teacher's who'd give extra homework so that people could get their grades up due to poor exam scores. I always protested this policy because it inevitably brought my score down.
I was also in your boat. I didn't do the busywork, but got excellent grades on tests. I loved AP Calc because our teacher didn't grade homework. I did great in that class (and got a 5 on the AP exam).
Wow, a civil person who doesn't go ape shit when you try and correct their facts.
Well played, sir.
I'm a registered Know-Nothing, you insensitive clod!
Actually Barr would be the only candidate on the ballot. There are several write-ins filed. Nader, McKinney, and Baldwin are examples.
Have at
Actually, yes it does.
That is only true for the police or for someone acting as an agent of the state. Anonymous is neither.
The evidence is clean, but how can you know these emails are genuine/not edited? That's the real question.