Nice Rant. Here is the text of the 4th Amendment which Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin had a role in writing:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
This affirms that you have protection until probable cause can be established. Not that you have an absolute protection against wire taps.
All very well, but it's hard to convert people to your religion with broken twigs and cracked rocks. Stained glass and gold ornaments on the other hands really wow the average pleb. And hey, when you're going about saving people souls, who's to say you should look the part! It's all for a good cause right?
Except the Christian church grew incredibly fast before all of those things, and the reward for conversion was likely persecution or death.
"Russian artists from Moscow presented in London the totally useless but somehow cool device - goggles that you can put on and feel yourself like a robot from a Terminator movie or like somebody else from "the cyberspace". See the video below:"
And, yet, starvation rates world wide are going down. Perhaps the issue is distribution, not supply? Also, the fact that food is a smaller percentage of the economy does not mean that the amount of food is decreasing. If the rest of the economy per capita is increasing by a positive rate, then it will naturally outstrip food which is not going to be consumed at an every increasing per capita rate.
The studies go on to point out other factors besides availability of porn. And the numbers are not consistent between different societies. Every conclusion I have read has pointed to the fact that availability of porn is not a factor either way. The larger factors were making it easier for women to prosecute cases, and an overall increase in women's rights.
From the same study: "Among those European/Scandinavian societies investigated for any relation between the availability of pornography and rape or sexual assault, again no such correlation could be demonstrated (Kutchinsky, 1985a, 1991). For the countries of Denmark, West Germany and Sweden, the three nations for which ample data were available at the time, Kutchinsky showed that as the amount of pornography increasingly became available, the rate of rapes in these countries either decreased or remained relatively level. According to Kutchinsky, only in the United States did it appear that, in the 1970s and early 1980s as the amount of available pornography increased, did some increase in rape occur (Kutchinsky, 1985a, 1991). But Kutchinsky also noted a change in how rape was recorded which could account for the apparent increase in the American sex crime rate."
So, basically, no correlation. With all due respect, your original claim cannot be backed up. At the same time, there is no reason to believe that porn produces sexual assaults.
One color meant go home - you were unavailable for work.
I'd keep a pocket full of different colored marbles just in case a test like this came up again...
Employee: "Interesting, Mr. Smith, MyLongNickName has drawn a green marble 13 times in a row! What are the odds" Mr. Smith: "Very Interesting. We've only had 7 disaster recovery tests."
Form a square with every iPhone sold and mark the phones that are in the first row. Make a phone call from every marked iPhone to every activated iPhone. Place the phone bills in a circle, what is the circle's diameter?
If that is the question, then the answer is wrong. You cannot place a call to your own phone.
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I've heard rumors that he might enjoy doing just that.
Nice Rant. Here is the text of the 4th Amendment which Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin had a role in writing:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
This affirms that you have protection until probable cause can be established. Not that you have an absolute protection against wire taps.
It's really easy to make legalistic rules and recite talking points when you're not accountable for the results.
I'm not making up the rules. It is called the Constitution.
I am for the gov't having the ability to wiretap. I am against the gov't doing this without a proper check to their power.
All very well, but it's hard to convert people to your religion with broken twigs and cracked rocks. Stained glass and gold ornaments on the other hands really wow the average pleb. And hey, when you're going about saving people souls, who's to say you should look the part! It's all for a good cause right?
Except the Christian church grew incredibly fast before all of those things, and the reward for conversion was likely persecution or death.
"sponsered links"
Ahhh! Now I see the problem. Google misspelled "sponsored". You'd think they could afford a spell checker.
Can they make idiots re-grow brains?
When you get back from treatment, let us know.
I was there with the torch and pitchfork, but I got lonely... where were you?
sniff out cancer patience
I, for one, have very little patience with cancer.
At the risk of being a karma whore:
"Russian artists from Moscow presented in London the totally useless but somehow cool device - goggles that you can put on and feel yourself like a robot from a Terminator movie or like somebody else from "the cyberspace". See the video below:"
Thanks.
Sorry, but your UID has to be below 850,000 before you can create a new meme. Sorry.
I stand corrected again.
:)
I am starting to get confused
I stand corrected.
And, yet, starvation rates world wide are going down. Perhaps the issue is distribution, not supply? Also, the fact that food is a smaller percentage of the economy does not mean that the amount of food is decreasing. If the rest of the economy per capita is increasing by a positive rate, then it will naturally outstrip food which is not going to be consumed at an every increasing per capita rate.
we can now produce more with little patch of land than before.
Actually, no. Older, more manually intensive methods create more food per acre. But who wants to plant and pick by hand?
I'm moving to a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific to start my own country. Anyone care to join me?
Only if your country has mandatory DNA recordings. I want to be protected from the terrorists.
The studies go on to point out other factors besides availability of porn. And the numbers are not consistent between different societies. Every conclusion I have read has pointed to the fact that availability of porn is not a factor either way. The larger factors were making it easier for women to prosecute cases, and an overall increase in women's rights.
From the same study: "Among those European/Scandinavian societies investigated for any relation between the availability of pornography and rape or sexual assault, again no such correlation could be demonstrated (Kutchinsky, 1985a, 1991). For the countries of Denmark, West Germany and Sweden, the three nations for which ample data were available at the time, Kutchinsky showed that as the amount of pornography increasingly became available, the rate of rapes in these countries either decreased or remained relatively level. According to Kutchinsky, only in the United States did it appear that, in the 1970s and early 1980s as the amount of available pornography increased, did some increase in rape occur (Kutchinsky, 1985a, 1991). But Kutchinsky also noted a change in how rape was recorded which could account for the apparent increase in the American sex crime rate."
So, basically, no correlation. With all due respect, your original claim cannot be backed up. At the same time, there is no reason to believe that porn produces sexual assaults.
Care to cite a source on that? Every statistic I have seen shows a zero correlation, not a correlation in either direction.
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steaming turd
Descriptions from a man named 'Lumpy'.
How else do you outsource your security work to India?
And I'd also keep a spare closing tag just in case I run out...
One color meant go home - you were unavailable for work.
I'd keep a pocket full of different colored marbles just in case a test like this came up again...
Employee: "Interesting, Mr. Smith, MyLongNickName has drawn a green marble 13 times in a row! What are the odds"
Mr. Smith: "Very Interesting. We've only had 7 disaster recovery tests."
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No productive work goes on there, so you won't be interrupting anyone.
The question:
Form a square with every iPhone sold and mark the phones that are in the first row. Make a phone call from every marked iPhone to every activated iPhone. Place the phone bills in a circle, what is the circle's diameter?
If that is the question, then the answer is wrong. You cannot place a call to your own phone.