If you RTFA, the flight took place at Flight Level 400 (i.e. 40,000 ft). This is well within Class A airspace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace_class_(Unit ed_States)#Class_A) which means that there are substantial requirements as to which pilots and aircraft may fly (IFR certification, etc) and that all flight paths are dictated by ATC. The pilots could have asked for a certain route ahead of time, but it's more likely that they got special permission from ATC.
Since July 23, 1998. In State Street Bank v. Signature Financial Group, Inc., (47 USPQ 2d 1596 (CAFC 1998)), the US Supreme Court ruled that an invention is patentable under 35 USC section 101 if it produces a "useful, concrete and tangible result." Under that and subsequent rulings, the Court has rejected almost all limitations on the scope of patentable subject matter. As it stands today, the only real limitation is that laws of nature and pure mathematical formulas are unpatentable unless they are claimed in the specific context of a method or apparatus that produces a tangible result.
Now that's not a fair claim... if nothing else this product has a processor with a turing-complete machine language.
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Sure the software is available, but it doesn't set itself up. If a non-/.'er wanted to set this up they'd either have to spend a large amount of time learning linux and such, or pay a geek quite a bit of cash to make it work.
Since you consider yourself a liberal, I'll take this opportunity to say "thank you" - you guys are the ones that have always clamored for more government involvement in everything.
Republican President Bush backs a big-government national ID card. The "conservative voice" condemns this action as un-American as does the ACLU. Is it just me or are these labels sort of stupid? Perhaps destroying the checks and balances of the three-branch system?
I don't think that this is dispositive. From the government's pleadings there clearly is a secret law. Many briefs went back and forth arguing that the government should/should not have to reveal the text of the administrative order.
It seems that the text of the secret rule might allow the TSA to forego the ID requirement in exchange for more strict physical searches.
He could drive. He could buy a plane. He could walk. He could hitchhike, for goodness' sake. He could even start a private airline company that doesn't require ID.
I'm pretty sure that it's illegal to drive without ID in most if not every state.
The FAA requires that you carry positive ID along with your Airman's Certificate (their gender-charged language, not mine) whenever operating an aircraft
Walking is an impractical method of moving around the country at this point in history, requiring people who don't want to show ID to walk would preclude them from many types of job.
Hitchiking is illegal in every state where i've bothered to research the law.
If he starts a private airline company then he will be subject to the rules of the FAA or TSA and have to impose the same requirements.
If this is the case, why is Ashcroft & Co. representing that there is such a rule, but that the rule is classified information and cannot be disclosed to the public?
Sure, eventually someone would produce the law, but was it worth it?
This case is very different. With a highway cop you know what the laws are, some states require you to show ID (e.g. Nevada) and the Supreme Court recently upheld such laws. You can investigate those laws if you like, vote for or against them in you r home state and avoid states where they have such laws if you don't like them.
In the Gilmore v. Ashcroft case, the "law" in question is actualy an agency rule. Rules passed by adminstrative agencies have the force of law, but are not created by adminstrators, not by representative bodies. This case is particularly noxious because the government is claiming that the law itself is a secret. You are not permitted to see the rule that binds you, you simply have to trust the TSA people that such a rule exists and that they are enforcing it fairly.
We now live in a nation where we are bound by secret laws. I'm sure some of the tin-foil hat people can tell you why that's a bad thing.
Oh, be nice. I'm sure the parent wasn't written by a "stupid person." Actually, I suspect it was written by a/. nerd with a higher than average IQ. My only point was that his language sounded arrogant and that I hope people will stop using that particular phrase. No need for unfounded ad hominem attacks.
Isn't it a bit ironic for you to read into my comment and berate me for being arrogant in an inflamatory and aggressively ignorant post?
I'm not quite sure what was "aggressively ignorant" about my post. It is true that I often find nerds using such phrases. My personal experience is something about which I'm not ignorant.
That you think the mechanics "feel right," isn't really useful or even very interesting. Most people think that it "feels right" that heavier objects fall faster--many of their other intuitions are correct.
People are like that, they live in this world and make intuitions, some are right, some wrong.
The obnoxious part is that nerds disproportionately seem to think that other people are interested in hearing when their intuitions were correct.
Perhaps you weren't trying to be arrogant, but my point was that the language you used sounds arrogant and that I sure hear the phrase used often among us/. types. Anyway, it looks like I'm not the only one who feels this way judging from my mod points.
Should some (fairly large) foreign space object crash into it, then you may have cause to worry about it crashing into either the other moon or the planet.
Oh, I'm not worried. I've taken the precaution of being nowhere near that death trap.
I find that nerds are always using phrases such as:
"Yes, that's quite intuitive to me."
Don't they know that these phrases convey no useful information and only serve the purpose of making the nerd seem even more self-centered and arrogant?
Sure, you can impress us and show us how smart you are, but please don't do it by telling us "golly, i'm so smart."
Not at all. OJ Simpson was held to be not guilty for the murder of his wife. But he was found to be liable for causing her wrongful death.
Murder is a criminal charge, and a particularly nasty one. Being a criminal charge means that only the government can prosecute you for committing murder.
The Model Penal Code requires for murder that:
(a) it is committed purposely or knowingly; or
(b) it is committed recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
(Excerpt from MPC 210.2. Murder)
Murder requires a criminal conviction. This means that you can't be found guilty for murder unless you're convicted unanimously by a jury of your peers.
Wrongful death is a civil cause of action. This means that any individual can sue any other individual for wrongful death. You cannot go to jail over a wrongful death suit, you can only be required to pay damages to the victim's estate/family/close friends. Wrongful death only requires a civil conviction which means that you simply need to be found liable by one judge, or by the majority of a jury.
Note that like OJ, one person can be sued for both Wrongful Death and for Murder. Also note that most doctors do not have the intent or recklessness manifesting extreme indifference required to be guilty of murder, but may be liable for wrongful death if their jurisdiction requires a lesser culpability standard such as negligence.
Hey, maybe I'll pass this Criminal Law class yet!
Notice: IAAAL (I am almost a lawyer)
Unfortunately, the GUI is probably much more important to adoption than the speed of the system. While I agree that choices should be made to limit RAM usage, I think that Gnome, KDE or similar will be vital to convincing the school that Linux is at least as good as Windows.
I suspect that a Mexican computer lab wouldn't be all that interested in Oregon Trail anyway. Call me crazy, but I suspect it wouldn't fit into their history program very neatly.
As part of the negotiations that allowed that legislation through, Verizon has agreed to allow it in Philly.
However, he pointed to Verizon's agreement to waive its right to stop the Philadelphia Wi-Fi network, and said the state would "work with other municipalities on projects that they have established or propose to establish in order to ensure that, to the extent that they are now viable, they will also have the opportunity to succeed."
While I'm not the slightest bit in favor of this violation of states' rights, I will be happy if my insurance goes down because idiot drivers such as yourself are actually forced to pay for the damage they cause in other people's states.
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If you RTFA, the flight took place at Flight Level 400 (i.e. 40,000 ft). This is well within Class A airspace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace_class_(Unit ed_States)#Class_A) which means that there are substantial requirements as to which pilots and aircraft may fly (IFR certification, etc) and that all flight paths are dictated by ATC. The pilots could have asked for a certain route ahead of time, but it's more likely that they got special permission from ATC.
Since July 23, 1998. In State Street Bank v. Signature Financial Group, Inc., (47 USPQ 2d 1596 (CAFC 1998)), the US Supreme Court ruled that an invention is patentable under 35 USC section 101 if it produces a "useful, concrete and tangible result." Under that and subsequent rulings, the Court has rejected almost all limitations on the scope of patentable subject matter. As it stands today, the only real limitation is that laws of nature and pure mathematical formulas are unpatentable unless they are claimed in the specific context of a method or apparatus that produces a tangible result.
All of MP3 http://www.allofmp3.com/ already went from $0.01/MB to $0.02. This is old news.
Now that's not a fair claim... if nothing else this product has a processor with a turing-complete machine language.
Sure the software is available, but it doesn't set itself up. If a non-/.'er wanted to set this up they'd either have to spend a large amount of time learning linux and such, or pay a geek quite a bit of cash to make it work.
Speaking of which, it doesn't seem like it would be all that much more expensive to include a DVR card and freevo. http://freevo.sourceforge.net/
By denying you access to places you'd very much like to go unless you get one. See the article for an example.
That's right. My memory failed me for a second there, thanks for making that clear.
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?I
Republican President Bush backs a big-government national ID card. The "conservative voice" condemns this action as un-American as does the ACLU. Is it just me or are these labels sort of stupid? Perhaps destroying the checks and balances of the three-branch system?
Oh well, maybe it's just me.
I don't think that this is dispositive. From the government's pleadings there clearly is a secret law. Many briefs went back and forth arguing that the government should/should not have to reveal the text of the administrative order.
It seems that the text of the secret rule might allow the TSA to forego the ID requirement in exchange for more strict physical searches.
I'm pretty sure that it's illegal to drive without ID in most if not every state.
The FAA requires that you carry positive ID along with your Airman's Certificate (their gender-charged language, not mine) whenever operating an aircraft
Walking is an impractical method of moving around the country at this point in history, requiring people who don't want to show ID to walk would preclude them from many types of job.
Hitchiking is illegal in every state where i've bothered to research the law.
If he starts a private airline company then he will be subject to the rules of the FAA or TSA and have to impose the same requirements.
He actually has a pretty good point.
If this is the case, why is Ashcroft & Co. representing that there is such a rule, but that the rule is classified information and cannot be disclosed to the public?
Oh, be nice. I'm sure the parent wasn't written by a "stupid person." Actually, I suspect it was written by a
That you think the mechanics "feel right," isn't really useful or even very interesting. Most people think that it "feels right" that heavier objects fall faster--many of their other intuitions are correct.
People are like that, they live in this world and make intuitions, some are right, some wrong. The obnoxious part is that nerds disproportionately seem to think that other people are interested in hearing when their intuitions were correct.
Perhaps you weren't trying to be arrogant, but my point was that the language you used sounds arrogant and that I sure hear the phrase used often among us
Oh, I'm not worried. I've taken the precaution of being nowhere near that death trap.
I find that nerds are always using phrases such as:
"Yes, that's quite intuitive to me."
Don't they know that these phrases convey no useful information and only serve the purpose of making the nerd seem even more self-centered and arrogant?
Sure, you can impress us and show us how smart you are, but please don't do it by telling us "golly, i'm so smart."
It's quite obnoxious.
Premeditation is not usually a requirement for murder. Typically, recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to human life will suffice.
If you're ever in court I don't suggest you try to use WordNet 2.0 as a source for your legal definitions.
Unfortunately, the GUI is probably much more important to adoption than the speed of the system. While I agree that choices should be made to limit RAM usage, I think that Gnome, KDE or similar will be vital to convincing the school that Linux is at least as good as Windows.
I suspect that a Mexican computer lab wouldn't be all that interested in Oregon Trail anyway. Call me crazy, but I suspect it wouldn't fit into their history program very neatly.
While I'm not the slightest bit in favor of this violation of states' rights, I will be happy if my insurance goes down because idiot drivers such as yourself are actually forced to pay for the damage they cause in other people's states.
Your password is a checkerboard pattern on your face and a puddle of drool under the spacebar?