That's one of the best ideas I've seen. Someone who has been sued needs to post a complaint so that legal minds can prepare a generic answer and defenses.
Arnold kills John in the future, then Kate captures Arnold and reprograms him. All of the robots that the humans used were captured - they could not manufacture them.
I'm surprised that no one else has pointed out your ignorance.
Your meth lab argument is absurd. It's like saying that legalizing flour will result in your neighbor's grain elevator exploding. It's not going to happen.
The *only* reason that people are making meth in bathtubs is because making meth is illegal. Sure, people might want to make their own meth if it was legalized. But then, they'd see safe, pure drugs in the drugstore, at a lower price than they would be able to produce them, thanks to economies of scale.
Drugs would absolutely be cheaper and safer if they were legalized. Compare the price and quality of alcohol before, during, and after prohibition. Prohibition caused the price to skyrocket and it caused quality to fall.
Have you ever looked at the prices of drugs as they go along the distribution chain? The price jumps when you cross the border because punishments become draconian.
Also, in New York, cigarettes are expensive because of taxes, not from people "charging what the market will bear." And, this is in a city where people will pay $15 for a movie and $20 for a sandwich. There's no comparison to drugs.
Economics will tell you that drugs would sell at a price that brought in the most money for the producer. That's bound to be less than it is now, although there would probably be expensive "status" brands for rich people.
On the societal consequences: First, they are empirically denied. Look back to the 19th century when drugs were legal. No one was stealing and there were no crack babies.
Second, there's fetal alcohol syndrome as well as myriad other ways that people can mess up their children. You still don't have the right to decide what substances they can ingest or how they entertain themselves.
Legalizing drugs would cause a drop in crime. You know how drug dealers settle disputes? With guns. You know how alcohol distributors settle disputes? In court.
Your English teacher probably should have taught you not to conclude an argument with "blah blah blah." It detracts from everything you have said without adding any substance. If you were going to write nonsense at the end, why bother writing? Instead, finish your paragraph with a cogent statement.
Why don't you try posting it again, without the "blah"?
Didn't anyone notice that his "quotes" from the Constitution are completely bogus? Anyone with basic working knowledge of it knows that Congress isn't given any powers in Article 3 of the Constitution! That section describes powers given to the judiciary.
The phrase "Anysuch powers as are found Necessary to Provide for the Security of said Lands" doesn't appear anywhere in the Constitution.
Also, there is nothing in the Eighth Amendment about giving up a right to privacy or soverignty. That amendment mentions only cruel and unusual punishment.
Oohhh.. I just went and looked at the rest of his posts. Here are some of the best parts:
"Yes, the CPU produces heat but keep in mind that a server room is a closed environment--no energy (e.g. thermal energy) is actually created. The heat produced is given off by the entropy reversal of information being created. When that information is destroyed, in practical terms just deleting a file, some of that heat is sucked back up and it cools the room back down."
"I am a prime physical specimen. "
"I love science. I love big science. But science is more than pretty pictures. It is a process of creating, testing and destroying hypotheses to push our knowledge to the edge of the envelope. The Hubble telescope does none of these things. Of course, neither does an electron microscope or a hammer--because they are merely tools. But when wielded by a trained, creative and insightful scientist they can help produce startling new theories that make our life better. But the Hubble telescope isn't in the hands of trained, creative and insightful scientists. It is in the hands of bureaucrats and politicians who dole out a minute here and a minute there on whatever pet projects they happen to favor. When Scientist A creates a theory based on an observation made with Hubble, these chairwarmers refuse to let Scientist B use the 'scope to attempt demolish that theory for fear it will make Hubble look bad. We obviously can't afford to make enough for everyone, so the only solution is to let no one have it. Decommission the Hubble! "
Here he gives dangerous advice:
"Some may say that "putting a magnet next to a HD is a bad idea" but think about the magnetic fields that already exist in the case from the power supply, nearby speakers/fans and even interference from the magnetic charge already on the disk. Putting a magnet, even one strong enough to pull a metal pin like these, near your HD presents no danger whatsoever. "
"make sure you insulate your T1 connection well to keep this heat gain to a mimimum."
cluelessnewbie writes: "I have no idea how to run a business. Can you please tell me for free. Also, what is Linux, and will it write a business plan for me?"
In you're analogy, we're paying the "chef" to poison our food!
The movie and recording industries are using their power (paying customers like you) to corrupt our political system and pass insidious laws.
To the/. staff: If you support the RIAA or MPAA members through free advertising like this one more time, I'm through with you forever. I want a site with a consistent, sensible value system.
For ten years it did its duty, brewing coffee. Hundreds of students and workers at the computer lab of Cambridge University warmed their hands and stomachs with it. Millions of web surfers from all over the world know it as the Trojan Room Coffee machine, which in 1994 became the first focus of a webcam. Then, in the summer of 2001, it disappeared forever.
Just curious, but do you know of anything like that in the works? What would anyone want to do with the PC slot? Data storage is better with Firewire, isn't it? Plus, you could build an adapter for just about any interface. I think that the PC card was an evolutionary dead end.
The iBook already has the option of including a wireless networking card, as part of the "air port" system.
The iBook also has USB and Firewire built in. I don't really know what an iBook would need a PC card slot for.
It seems to me that the PC card has been used mainly to cope with the inadequacies of PC laptops, such as the lack of 10/100 and 56k. I think that some of the VAIOs still don't have 10/100, or else they need a dongle.
I'm not so sure that I'll suffer for the lack of a PC card slot. Much more important is the slowed down bus.
Why does the iBook need those? Unlike the Windows laptops, it has built in 56k and 10/100 ethernet, so you don't need cards for those. And, those are the only cards that I ever use in my Windows laptops.
Apple has intentionally crippled this computer and it's a shame.
Absolutely correct. This is not a good way to sell computers. The slowed down bus just kills me, though.
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His point was, why did they favor the cash over the gold available on the island? That's the interesting economic question.
Bring a laptop, one desktop, one test machine, a TV, one or two game consoles which at least one should double as a dvd player
Bring one computer, use it only for writing papers and instant messenger. Spend the rest of your time making friends.
That's one of the best ideas I've seen. Someone who has been sued needs to post a complaint so that legal minds can prepare a generic answer and defenses.
Actually, at my school the homeless people look more like professors. Go ASU!
Arnold kills John in the future, then Kate captures Arnold and reprograms him. All of the robots that the humans used were captured - they could not manufacture them.
So you forgot to install the GUID patch that causes it to not add your MAC address to all the files you save.
Word is putting my MAC address in every file I save?! Holy shit! What else is it doing?
And, what the hell is a GUID patch? Like I "forgot" to install it. Hah. I think that Mocrosoft forgot to produce a reasonable piece of software.
When I first read that, I thought you were talking about the artists and drive-by shootings.
He won't buy it!
Diamonds are a worthless marketing creation.
I'm surprised that no one else has pointed out your ignorance.
Your meth lab argument is absurd. It's like saying that legalizing flour will result in your neighbor's grain elevator exploding. It's not going to happen.
The *only* reason that people are making meth in bathtubs is because making meth is illegal. Sure, people might want to make their own meth if it was legalized. But then, they'd see safe, pure drugs in the drugstore, at a lower price than they would be able to produce them, thanks to economies of scale.
Drugs would absolutely be cheaper and safer if they were legalized. Compare the price and quality of alcohol before, during, and after prohibition. Prohibition caused the price to skyrocket and it caused quality to fall.
Have you ever looked at the prices of drugs as they go along the distribution chain? The price jumps when you cross the border because punishments become draconian.
Also, in New York, cigarettes are expensive because of taxes, not from people "charging what the market will bear." And, this is in a city where people will pay $15 for a movie and $20 for a sandwich. There's no comparison to drugs.
Economics will tell you that drugs would sell at a price that brought in the most money for the producer. That's bound to be less than it is now, although there would probably be expensive "status" brands for rich people.
On the societal consequences: First, they are empirically denied. Look back to the 19th century when drugs were legal. No one was stealing and there were no crack babies.
Second, there's fetal alcohol syndrome as well as myriad other ways that people can mess up their children. You still don't have the right to decide what substances they can ingest or how they entertain themselves.
Legalizing drugs would cause a drop in crime. You know how drug dealers settle disputes? With guns. You know how alcohol distributors settle disputes? In court.
Why don't you try posting it again, without the "blah"?
How is this "informative"?
Didn't anyone notice that his "quotes" from the Constitution are completely bogus? Anyone with basic working knowledge of it knows that Congress isn't given any powers in Article 3 of the Constitution! That section describes powers given to the judiciary.
The phrase "Anysuch powers as are found Necessary to Provide for the Security of said Lands" doesn't appear anywhere in the Constitution.
Also, there is nothing in the Eighth Amendment about giving up a right to privacy or soverignty. That amendment mentions only cruel and unusual punishment.
It was a good troll, though.
Yes, the statement is contradictory. He's saying that it would make the decision more important, but also more frivolous. How embarrassing!
Oohhh.. I just went and looked at the rest of his posts. Here are some of the best parts:
"Yes, the CPU produces heat but keep in mind that a server room is a closed environment--no energy (e.g. thermal energy) is actually created. The heat produced is given off by the entropy reversal of information being created. When that information is destroyed, in practical terms just deleting a file, some of that heat is sucked back up and it cools the room back down."
"I am a prime physical specimen. "
"I love science. I love big science. But science is more than pretty pictures. It is a process of creating, testing and destroying hypotheses to push our knowledge to the edge of the envelope. The Hubble telescope does none of these things. Of course, neither does an electron microscope or a hammer--because they are merely tools. But when wielded by a trained, creative and insightful scientist they can help produce startling new theories that make our life better. But the Hubble telescope isn't in the hands of trained, creative and insightful scientists. It is in the hands of bureaucrats and politicians who dole out a minute here and a minute there on whatever pet projects they happen to favor. When Scientist A creates a theory based on an observation made with Hubble, these chairwarmers refuse to let Scientist B use the 'scope to attempt demolish that theory for fear it will make Hubble look bad. We obviously can't afford to make enough for everyone, so the only solution is to let no one have it. Decommission the Hubble! "
Here he gives dangerous advice:
"Some may say that "putting a magnet next to a HD is a bad idea" but think about the magnetic fields that already exist in the case from the power supply, nearby speakers/fans and even interference from the magnetic charge already on the disk. Putting a magnet, even one strong enough to pull a metal pin like these, near your HD presents no danger whatsoever. "
"make sure you insulate your T1 connection well to keep this heat gain to a mimimum."
I noticed that too. It's a genre of troll that's relatively new, and it really caught everyone off guard.
No kidding! Of course it would take a lot of energy to melt 50,000 kg of ice in ten minutes!
And, did you see that his nickname was "PhysicsGenius"! It's kind of sad.
And don't forget his juicy quote:
"Please study a little science before you post stories from similarly unclued 'visionaries'. "
Mr. PhysicsGenius, forgive me, but I think that the fellows building the bridge have outsmarted you.
Further investigation reveals that Mr. "PhysicsGenius" has repeatedly trolled using his "supreme physics knowledge."
cluelessnewbie writes: "I have no idea how to run a business. Can you please tell me for free. Also, what is Linux, and will it write a business plan for me?"
Obviously, you can't have 100% efficiency. But the 50% figure is arbitrary and unfounded.
How is the parent post insightful?
/. staff: If you support the RIAA or MPAA members through free advertising like this one more time, I'm through with you forever. I want a site with a consistent, sensible value system.
In you're analogy, we're paying the "chef" to poison our food!
The movie and recording industries are using their power (paying customers like you) to corrupt our political system and pass insidious laws.
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I have some free time and a new TV... where can I get the list of banned porno films?
Geez, who cares if the picture is a little early? Not like anyone reads "Time Canada"! You sound like Apple's director of being a control freak.
No comments yet, and the server is already down.
/. some poor fool's web server?
How many more times do we have to
Translation of first parahraph.
For ten years it did its duty, brewing coffee. Hundreds of students and workers at the computer lab of Cambridge University warmed their hands and stomachs with it. Millions of web surfers from all over the world know it as the Trojan Room Coffee machine, which in 1994 became the first focus of a webcam. Then, in the summer of 2001, it disappeared forever.
Just curious, but do you know of anything like that in the works? What would anyone want to do with the PC slot? Data storage is better with Firewire, isn't it? Plus, you could build an adapter for just about any interface. I think that the PC card was an evolutionary dead end.
The iBook already has the option of including a wireless networking card, as part of the "air port" system.
The iBook also has USB and Firewire built in. I don't really know what an iBook would need a PC card slot for.
It seems to me that the PC card has been used mainly to cope with the inadequacies of PC laptops, such as the lack of 10/100 and 56k. I think that some of the VAIOs still don't have 10/100, or else they need a dongle.
I'm not so sure that I'll suffer for the lack of a PC card slot. Much more important is the slowed down bus.
No PC card slots.
Why does the iBook need those? Unlike the Windows laptops, it has built in 56k and 10/100 ethernet, so you don't need cards for those. And, those are the only cards that I ever use in my Windows laptops.
Apple has intentionally crippled this computer and it's a shame.
Absolutely correct. This is not a good way to sell computers. The slowed down bus just kills me, though.