I agree. Money is important, but being happy with your job is also important. Besides, I doubt he will have much trouble finding work.
I used to work for the local city government, but quit because of the way my co-workers (especially supervisors) did their job, the way they treated others around them, and because they gave little to no flexability in scheduling. By voicing my opinion and leaving, I later found out that it had inspired someone else there to leave for the same reasons. She found a better job and is much happer. Me, it took a while, but I finally found work. I really liked the position I had, but when you can't stand the way things are run, you have to do what you feel is right.
It's all relative to the Wiimote bar you place near your TV. Everything is relative to that device, so you are never actually pointing accurately at anything on your screen.
That's because the bar provides the infared source so the Wiimote has a frame of reference for the TV screen. Since it provides the infared source, anything that may alter the source will interfere with the Wiimote (i.e.: shiny surfaces like a coffee table, glass, mirrors, etc.). Of course, it is also why you can substitute the bar for 2 candles.
Here's a bit of privacy/publicity guidelines I found here.
The basic presumption underlining right to privacy laws is the protection of an individual from the disclosure of private facts. The general principles are that one who publicizes a matter concerning the private life of another is subject to liability for invasion of privacy if the matter publicized is of a kind that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and is not of legitimate concern to the public. The right of publicity provides that an individual has the right to control the commercial use of their name, likeness or identity. While the right of privacy protects an individual from the disclosure of embarrassing facts, the right of publicity protects the individual from financial loss from an unauthorized commercial use of their name or likeness. As a general rule the right of privacy will only apply to a living person while the right of publicity may also apply to a deceased person.
If you have questions about publicity, call your local newspaper. They should be able to provide you with at least the basic info about publishing photographs of people. You could also ask the nearest famous person about publishing photographs; although, that may be a bit tougher to pull off.:)
I agree; also, one other fact that needs to be mentioned is:
she sat in a puddle of hot coffee for over ninety seconds
I dunno, but if that was me, my butt would be out of the car and my pants around my ankles as fast as I could possibly get there, not sitting in a parked car for a minute and a half while I let my flesh cook.
Flesh continues to cook even after the heat source is removed (like carry-over cooking when you're cooking a steak, the food will rise a few more degrees after taken off the grill). Immediate cooling is needed to minimize damage. It's simple first aid.:P Granted it takes less than a second for 180+ degree coffee to cause a 3rd degree burn, but the sooner you get to cooling the flesh, the less damage it will do.
Besides, that's what they make cup holders for (even for vehicles that don't have any built in).:)
Proactive firewalls (IDS) properly configured should shut the "scan" down relatively quickly, no? Besides, if the service is provided by a specific location (IP block), then IP blocking is trivial.
On another note, so now they are going to throw more traffic over the Internet?:P
The survey did not intentionally target, but did break out, results for respondents whose companies deploy both Microsoft® Windows and SUSE Linux from Novell, as well as Red Hat Linux.
They might not have targeted the companies, but they do have a ready list of Microsoft multi-certified people to choose from.
"It is absolutely beyond any doubt that such killer games desensitise unstable characters and can have a stimulating effect," Mr Beckstein said on Monday.
Although true, I don't see how banning a game is going to prevent future violence. You can't apply that "logic" to other areas:
1) Pretty females can have a stimulating effect on sex offenders (known and unknown), so will you ban women from walking in public?
2) Good tasting food can have a stimulating effect on people with eating disorders, so will you ban good tasting food?
How about doing something constructive and helping people recognize problems in their kids, providing free help to families with issues, and promiting good family relationships, instead?:P
The U.S. is a country of laws: we believe in the rule of law (before anyone comments, this is a standard question covered in Texas police training under the TCLEOSE module "The History of Policing"). Whether it was right or not, it was against the law. It is up to governmental authority whether or not to punish the individual.
They have to weigh the fact that a) it was illegal, it was known by the individual that his actions were illegal, and he intentionally violated the law, and b) his actions publicized a major flaw in national security and personal safety, exemplifying how security could be circumvented even when the flaw was previously known.
In hindsight, what he should have done was got in touch with the entity responsible for security of the airport and presented his evidence. This is analogous to the scientist that invents some "cure", skips FDA approval, injects himself, and it ends up harming himself and others. It also reminds me of the ST:TNG episode Force of Nature.
While what he did was "noble" or "right", he went about it the wrong way.
However . . . spyware/adware/virus removal is big business these days (reference the big fiasco from Mcafee/Symantec on Windows Vista). Several years ago when I worked at a local ISP (and when we actually had good technicians working there), we made enough money removing viruses/adware/spyware to pay for the payroll alone.:P
Doesn't modern anti-spyware software give warnings when it finds Kazaa, anyway? I know some used to.
In Texas, persons under 18 years old (read: 17 years and younger) can marry with consent of the parents (Family Code 2.003. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE BY MINOR). Besides that, a man who is 21 can purchase alcohol for his 18 year old wife (my friend was 28 when he married his 19 year old wife; he looks about 19, though). Sometimes, Wal-Mart cashiers were stupid and wouldn't sell him alcohol if his wife wrote the check.
If that is the case and the actions occurred in the US then the FBI and/or local law enforcement must investigate this alleged criminal action. If the FBI and/or local law enforcement chooses not to investigate this allegation of a criminal action then the FBI and/or all local law enforcement cannot investigate any copyright 'crimes' (in particular those being reported to the FBI and/or law enforcement). Fairness under law or no law - enforce the law fairly or not at all.
Not exactly (AFAIK, it is not criminal, anyway). Even if it was, ultimately it's not up to law enforcement, but to the District Attorney (not entirely sure how this works on a Federal level) or Munincipal Judge (depending in the offense). Local law enforcement can investigate all it wants to on a particular crime, but if the DA refuses to prosecute, then there's nothing you, me, or law enforcement can do. This is also why some crimes are not investegated to the extent of others. If law enforcement knows what a DA will or won't accept (read: probable cause, evidence), then some incedents are just left at reports. Also, depending on the crime, law enforcement may have between 2 years and the end-of-time to investigate, so there's no hurry.
This is, however, totally different than civil law.
Enforcing the law fairly is a nice thought, but you have to remember that DA's are elected, and, depending on their character, will do what they will to keep their office. Some towns are highly political (like the town I live in), so reason isn't always a determing factor in the cases they choose to prosecute.
On the other hand, it depends on the crime. You can technically be stopped for speeding for 1 MPH over the speed limit; unless there is some urgent and compelling reason for law enforcement to stop you, they more-then-likely won't. The city police usually don't stop anyone unless they are 10+ MPH over, but the drug enforcement officer sometimes gets in a mood to stop people 4-6 MPH over. He's made a lot of DWI arrests that way. Another officer tried to stop a vehicle for the tag light being out; after running, crashing his vehicle, and being arrested, they found out he had felony warrants for kidnapping his daughter.
Stopping you for a tag light out may not be fair to you, but this one saved a little girl.
It depends on the State. In Texas it is illegal for minors to (ABC Chapter 106):
Purchase
Attempt to purchase
Consume (with exceptions, like in the presence of a parent or spouse that is of legal age)
DWI
Possess
Import
Misrepresent age
Also:
Sell to a minor
Purchase for/furnish to a minor
Of course there are different exceptions for different laws and circumstances (i.e.: a minor may work at a supermarket and stock alcohol-related beverages; a legal-age man can purchase alcohol with his wife who is under the drinking age limit).
In-game ads could add realism, if done properly. Having ads in the background of sports games would be OK (they're there in the background in real life, anyway). Having miscellaneous brand-name billboards, stores, and trash in urban environments would be OK (unlike having those unnamed vending/soda machines standing around). Now, if everything were the same brands over-and-over, that would be annoying (it's not like City 17 has only Pepsi cans laying around, unless the Combine prefer Pepsi).
System Shock 2: What if instead of the unnamed chip bags, you could pick up Lays or Fritos or Ruffles in different flavors? What if there were different types and flavors of wine?
Splinter Cell series: What if you could pick up a Coke or Pepsi can and throw it for distraction? What if the vending machines were name-brands?
Now if they're thinking about having Wal-Mart ads as loading screens, or something, then that's different. I'd rather see "Loading" than a clothing ad. As long as the ads are appropriate for the environment, then I think it's OK; just as long as they don't overdo it.
Never know, it may have been where he was keeping all his porn/movies/pirated software/etc. It's not like you want the company that's recovering the data off the drives to find incriminating things on it.:P
Seems like the host is hosed; however, I did find an interesting article on WebMD about gaming addiction found here.
An interesting note FTA:
According to the Center for On-Line Addiction, warning signs for video game addiction include:
* Playing for increasing amounts of time
* Thinking about gaming during other activities
* Gaming to escape from real-life problems, anxiety, or depression
* Lying to friends and family to conceal gaming
* Feeling irritable when trying to cut down on gaming
Sleep puts everything into "low-power" mode to save battery power (used for short trips where you are going to use the laptop again soon, etc; the battery is still being used). The laptop comes back quickly into its last state.
Hibernate saves the state to the local hard drive (including memory contents). This requires enough storage space to save the state. After saving, the laptop is powered off (no battery usage). Upon reactivation, it reads the file and goes back to how it was before hibernating. It takes longer to "reawaken", but it saves battery power and boot-up time. On my home computer, restoring from hibernation is quicker than booting from a cold-start.
Btw, this is just an off-the-cuff summary; I may be lacking on some of the details.:)
Only registered medical professionals can draw blood for tests (at least in Texas), peace officers and jailers cannot. You have to have a certain certification to do breathalizer tests, otherwise it can be brought up in court and have the charges possibly dismissed. When arrested for DWI, the officer can ask you for either a breath or blood test (at least in Texas, and my local city's police policy is to ask for both, but legally it isn't required to ask for both, only one of the officer's choosing). If you choose to refuse, your license is automatically suspended for 180 days (90 if you choose the test, but fail). The reason being when you received your driver's license, you agreed to take the breath/blood test ("implied consent") and that, if you refuse, you forfeit your licensed status for a period of time.
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I agree. Money is important, but being happy with your job is also important. Besides, I doubt he will have much trouble finding work.
I used to work for the local city government, but quit because of the way my co-workers (especially supervisors) did their job, the way they treated others around them, and because they gave little to no flexability in scheduling. By voicing my opinion and leaving, I later found out that it had inspired someone else there to leave for the same reasons. She found a better job and is much happer. Me, it took a while, but I finally found work. I really liked the position I had, but when you can't stand the way things are run, you have to do what you feel is right.
But naming the SIXAXIS the SIXDIRECTIONS just doesn't have the same appeal.
If you have questions about publicity, call your local newspaper. They should be able to provide you with at least the basic info about publishing photographs of people. You could also ask the nearest famous person about publishing photographs; although, that may be a bit tougher to pull off.
I dunno, but if that was me, my butt would be out of the car and my pants around my ankles as fast as I could possibly get there, not sitting in a parked car for a minute and a half while I let my flesh cook.
Flesh continues to cook even after the heat source is removed (like carry-over cooking when you're cooking a steak, the food will rise a few more degrees after taken off the grill). Immediate cooling is needed to minimize damage. It's simple first aid.
Besides, that's what they make cup holders for (even for vehicles that don't have any built in).
It references an article here.
Proactive firewalls (IDS) properly configured should shut the "scan" down relatively quickly, no? Besides, if the service is provided by a specific location (IP block), then IP blocking is trivial.
:P
On another note, so now they are going to throw more traffic over the Internet?
- 15.031. CRIMINAL SOLICITATION OF A MINOR
i.e.: Paying someone to kill a person would be something like "Criminal Solicitation to commit Murder".The punishment is usually one degree lower than the solicited activity.
1) Pretty females can have a stimulating effect on sex offenders (known and unknown), so will you ban women from walking in public?
2) Good tasting food can have a stimulating effect on people with eating disorders, so will you ban good tasting food?
How about doing something constructive and helping people recognize problems in their kids, providing free help to families with issues, and promiting good family relationships, instead?
I agree.
The U.S. is a country of laws: we believe in the rule of law (before anyone comments, this is a standard question covered in Texas police training under the TCLEOSE module "The History of Policing"). Whether it was right or not, it was against the law. It is up to governmental authority whether or not to punish the individual.
They have to weigh the fact that a) it was illegal, it was known by the individual that his actions were illegal, and he intentionally violated the law, and b) his actions publicized a major flaw in national security and personal safety, exemplifying how security could be circumvented even when the flaw was previously known.
In hindsight, what he should have done was got in touch with the entity responsible for security of the airport and presented his evidence. This is analogous to the scientist that invents some "cure", skips FDA approval, injects himself, and it ends up harming himself and others. It also reminds me of the ST:TNG episode Force of Nature.
While what he did was "noble" or "right", he went about it the wrong way.
I agree.
:P
However . . . spyware/adware/virus removal is big business these days (reference the big fiasco from Mcafee/Symantec on Windows Vista). Several years ago when I worked at a local ISP (and when we actually had good technicians working there), we made enough money removing viruses/adware/spyware to pay for the payroll alone.
Doesn't modern anti-spyware software give warnings when it finds Kazaa, anyway? I know some used to.
Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic. [1913 Webster]
Just because someone may prefer one name over another doesn't negate the definition.
- Wii: 1,203,618
Of course, they don't state how or where they get their information.That's why there's VPNs.
In Texas, persons under 18 years old (read: 17 years and younger) can marry with consent of the parents (Family Code 2.003. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE BY MINOR). Besides that, a man who is 21 can purchase alcohol for his 18 year old wife (my friend was 28 when he married his 19 year old wife; he looks about 19, though). Sometimes, Wal-Mart cashiers were stupid and wouldn't sell him alcohol if his wife wrote the check.
This is, however, totally different than civil law.
Enforcing the law fairly is a nice thought, but you have to remember that DA's are elected, and, depending on their character, will do what they will to keep their office. Some towns are highly political (like the town I live in), so reason isn't always a determing factor in the cases they choose to prosecute.
On the other hand, it depends on the crime. You can technically be stopped for speeding for 1 MPH over the speed limit; unless there is some urgent and compelling reason for law enforcement to stop you, they more-then-likely won't. The city police usually don't stop anyone unless they are 10+ MPH over, but the drug enforcement officer sometimes gets in a mood to stop people 4-6 MPH over. He's made a lot of DWI arrests that way. Another officer tried to stop a vehicle for the tag light being out; after running, crashing his vehicle, and being arrested, they found out he had felony warrants for kidnapping his daughter.
Stopping you for a tag light out may not be fair to you, but this one saved a little girl.
- Misrepresent age
Also:- Purchase for/furnish to a minor
Of course there are different exceptions for different laws and circumstances (i.e.: a minor may work at a supermarket and stock alcohol-related beverages; a legal-age man can purchase alcohol with his wife who is under the drinking age limit).In-game ads could add realism, if done properly. Having ads in the background of sports games would be OK (they're there in the background in real life, anyway). Having miscellaneous brand-name billboards, stores, and trash in urban environments would be OK (unlike having those unnamed vending/soda machines standing around). Now, if everything were the same brands over-and-over, that would be annoying (it's not like City 17 has only Pepsi cans laying around, unless the Combine prefer Pepsi).
System Shock 2: What if instead of the unnamed chip bags, you could pick up Lays or Fritos or Ruffles in different flavors? What if there were different types and flavors of wine?
Splinter Cell series: What if you could pick up a Coke or Pepsi can and throw it for distraction? What if the vending machines were name-brands?
Now if they're thinking about having Wal-Mart ads as loading screens, or something, then that's different. I'd rather see "Loading" than a clothing ad. As long as the ads are appropriate for the environment, then I think it's OK; just as long as they don't overdo it.
Never know, it may have been where he was keeping all his porn/movies/pirated software/etc. It's not like you want the company that's recovering the data off the drives to find incriminating things on it. :P
An interesting note FTA:
Short summary:
:)
Sleep puts everything into "low-power" mode to save battery power (used for short trips where you are going to use the laptop again soon, etc; the battery is still being used). The laptop comes back quickly into its last state.
Hibernate saves the state to the local hard drive (including memory contents). This requires enough storage space to save the state. After saving, the laptop is powered off (no battery usage). Upon reactivation, it reads the file and goes back to how it was before hibernating. It takes longer to "reawaken", but it saves battery power and boot-up time. On my home computer, restoring from hibernation is quicker than booting from a cold-start.
Btw, this is just an off-the-cuff summary; I may be lacking on some of the details.
Lol, I read it that way, too, on the main page (not to mention my boss walked in at the same time). :)
Only registered medical professionals can draw blood for tests (at least in Texas), peace officers and jailers cannot. You have to have a certain certification to do breathalizer tests, otherwise it can be brought up in court and have the charges possibly dismissed. When arrested for DWI, the officer can ask you for either a breath or blood test (at least in Texas, and my local city's police policy is to ask for both, but legally it isn't required to ask for both, only one of the officer's choosing). If you choose to refuse, your license is automatically suspended for 180 days (90 if you choose the test, but fail). The reason being when you received your driver's license, you agreed to take the breath/blood test ("implied consent") and that, if you refuse, you forfeit your licensed status for a period of time.
Touche! ;)