These programs cost more than they 'save' and are all around useless.
While I also disagree with drug testing literally everyone who applies for welfare, (it should at least be random) the way they measure whether it "wastes money" is flawed. Opponents simply point out that there are a low number of drug tests coming back positive, and the denial of benefits for those folks is less than the cost of all the testing. Except of course the numbers are low, they're only catching the people stupid enough to be doing drugs and yet take the test anyway. Personally the fact the number of positives being low gives me a bit a faith in humanity. But what's not being accounted for (or even considered) is: How many people DIDN'T APPLY because they knew they wouldn't pass a drug test? Now that number isn't easily to establish, but people aren't even bothering to check whether application numbers changed at all as compared to years before drug testing was implemented.
If I had a choice - get iPhone for free or buy E61, E71, or something like that - I'd reach for my wallet.
Of course if you're in the states and you want an E61 you'll have to reach for eBay, since Nokia only sold that model in Europe. For the US market they offered the wonderful E62 instead. It's just like the E61, minus only a few trivial features like WiFi and 3G.
This test involved electrical shocks on hermit crabs. As one of the first lines on the hermit crab Wikipedia page states: "They are not closely related to true crabs."
Also as others have already mentioned, electrical shocks are not the same as boiling water.
Lying is not necessarily fraud. Nor would it be fraud in this case. Lying to the police can be a crime, in most jurisdictions this is called Obstruction of Justice. But the girl was not charged with that.
What baffles me the most about this case was the rigamarole everyone went through to determine that she had a phone. Why did it matter? If the teacher saw the phone, that's the end of it. Give the pupil the appropriate punishment. (detention, suspension, saturday school, etc) Why did it have to be proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that she did in fact possess a phone? What if she had passed the phone off to a friend before the officer arrived? Would they have then had to let her go unpunished? The incident originally wasn't about her committing a legal crime, it was about breaking school rules. When you're talking about breaking school rules you don't need evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to get a "conviction".
For years I've said that prior to being allowed to sit on the bench, a judge should have to spend a week in jail. How can one "fairly" give out punishment when they have no idea what said punishment is like?
While a DIY dialysis machine is pretty awesome; it was successfully designed, built and put into use 2 years ago. Shouldn't this story have come out then?
John McCain will do everything he can... including asking the telecoms for appropriate assistance to collect intelligence against foreign threats to the United States
I personally don't give a flying **** if the government asks. I only care if the companies actually give it to them.
Especially if doing so just happens to be in direct violation with their privacy policy therefore breaching a legally binding contract with their millions of customers. *cough* AT&T *cough*
here in the UK is they advertise really good offers on some hardware but when you phone up to purchase it when it's a phone only offer they say the offer doesn't really exist and try and sell you it for up to £100 more, I spoke to trading standards and they said they can do this as long as they sell at least some laptops for the offer price, even if that's only to 2 people in a population of 60 million I do know that here in the states, if there is actually only 1 or 2 for sale at the advertised price, that must be listed in the ad. Otherwise it's illegal false advertising. Although they usually just hide it away in tiny print at the bottom.
The scanned letter that comes with the video has this at the end:
For requests/additional information on the DVD or it's content, please contact the following respective RIAA representive:
Northeast Region John Curry
212-533-5869
Central Region Deborah Robinson
610-521-8566
Western Region Marcus Cohen
714-236-0830
Southern Region Matthew Kilgo
678-402-2000
Has anyone else thought about calling these numbers? Maybe give them a review of the video, debate copyright policy and enforcement, call them greedy assholes, etc?
I was hoping the studios would be bull-headed enough to hold out until the Oscars, causing it to be cancelled. (just like the golden globes) NBC'd then be out millions in ad revenue. Or better, they'd try to hold them anyway with no jokes for the host to tell, and no actors to receive the awards since they won't cross the picket line outside. That would have convinced them to negotiate.
I can attest that "Random Selection" is a complete crock. I was once "Randomly Selected" for search when checking into my flight: they patted me down, searched my carry-on bag and wouldn't let me leave the gate area until the flight left. All of this AFTER going through security without incident. 2 other people were "Randomly Selected" for search as well. A white man (me), a white woman and an asian man chosen completely at "Random".
The fact all 3 of us had one-way tickets was coincidence, I'm sure.
And all that for a 1 hour flight from LA to San Francisco.
it IS Jobs. Look at it. It's a "dirty hippy playing the guitar" with Steve Jobs' face photoshopped over it. The picture is playful swing at Apple, not a smear on Greenpeace.
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You're free to opt out of this social contract at any time, by leaving the country.
Except that you aren't free to do so, it literally costs thousands of dollars to legally cease being a US citizen.
These programs cost more than they 'save' and are all around useless.
While I also disagree with drug testing literally everyone who applies for welfare, (it should at least be random) the way they measure whether it "wastes money" is flawed. Opponents simply point out that there are a low number of drug tests coming back positive, and the denial of benefits for those folks is less than the cost of all the testing. Except of course the numbers are low, they're only catching the people stupid enough to be doing drugs and yet take the test anyway. Personally the fact the number of positives being low gives me a bit a faith in humanity. But what's not being accounted for (or even considered) is: How many people DIDN'T APPLY because they knew they wouldn't pass a drug test? Now that number isn't easily to establish, but people aren't even bothering to check whether application numbers changed at all as compared to years before drug testing was implemented.
I believe you are confusing missiles and rockets. Not the same thing at all.
If I had a choice - get iPhone for free or buy E61, E71, or something like that - I'd reach for my wallet.
Of course if you're in the states and you want an E61 you'll have to reach for eBay, since Nokia only sold that model in Europe. For the US market they offered the wonderful E62 instead. It's just like the E61, minus only a few trivial features like WiFi and 3G.
Also as others have already mentioned, electrical shocks are not the same as boiling water.
Get out and enjoy a nice sunny day, like we had today where I live.
You actually expect slashdotters will do this?
Lying is not necessarily fraud. Nor would it be fraud in this case. Lying to the police can be a crime, in most jurisdictions this is called Obstruction of Justice. But the girl was not charged with that.
What baffles me the most about this case was the rigamarole everyone went through to determine that she had a phone. Why did it matter? If the teacher saw the phone, that's the end of it. Give the pupil the appropriate punishment. (detention, suspension, saturday school, etc) Why did it have to be proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that she did in fact possess a phone? What if she had passed the phone off to a friend before the officer arrived? Would they have then had to let her go unpunished? The incident originally wasn't about her committing a legal crime, it was about breaking school rules. When you're talking about breaking school rules you don't need evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to get a "conviction".
For years I've said that prior to being allowed to sit on the bench, a judge should have to spend a week in jail. How can one "fairly" give out punishment when they have no idea what said punishment is like?
GET TO DA CHOPPA!!!
Of course, if it really was "common sense", then it's the kind of thing that would have been in place for decades.
Yes, because the government always gets it right the first time.
Even if they don't own shoes or a flush toilet, hillbillies ALWAYS have satellite.
For me, my iPod and iTunes 8 are working fine with Vista... on Boot Camp.
While a DIY dialysis machine is pretty awesome; it was successfully designed, built and put into use 2 years ago. Shouldn't this story have come out then?
TRA is about the North Pole melting. The link provided in the post about the implications is actually about the South Pole.
People across the globe report that candy "Doesn't taste as good."
I personally don't give a flying **** if the government asks. I only care if the companies actually give it to them.
Especially if doing so just happens to be in direct violation with their privacy policy therefore breaching a legally binding contract with their millions of customers. *cough* AT&T *cough*They say Steve Jobs has such charisma he could convince someone to drink poison Kool-Aid. This article implies Steve Ballmer convinces himself.
Microsoft stopped making (and supporting) IE for Mac in 2003. See for yourself.
Northeast Region
John Curry
212-533-5869
Central Region
Deborah Robinson
610-521-8566
Western Region
Marcus Cohen
714-236-0830
Southern Region
Has anyone else thought about calling these numbers? Maybe give them a review of the video, debate copyright policy and enforcement, call them greedy assholes, etc?Matthew Kilgo
678-402-2000
That Sony finally actually won a platform war. After BetaMax, Mini-Discs, Memory Sticks, Digital8...
I was hoping the studios would be bull-headed enough to hold out until the Oscars, causing it to be cancelled. (just like the golden globes) NBC'd then be out millions in ad revenue. Or better, they'd try to hold them anyway with no jokes for the host to tell, and no actors to receive the awards since they won't cross the picket line outside. That would have convinced them to negotiate.
The fact all 3 of us had one-way tickets was coincidence, I'm sure.
And all that for a 1 hour flight from LA to San Francisco.
it IS Jobs. Look at it. It's a "dirty hippy playing the guitar" with Steve Jobs' face photoshopped over it. The picture is playful swing at Apple, not a smear on Greenpeace.