It's one person not two. All cases I've read refer back to one posting by the husband with no confirmation from the wife. There has yet to be a single piece of confirmation other than this one person. Not a single other passenger. Not a single frame of video surveillance.
It fails the smell test also.
He used his real name and had a valid US visa under his real name. Why try and travel with no passport when you have a valid visa? That's simply a complication. The more complicated the more likely to fail.
What about the patch that in certain situations destroyed windows by overwriting an important system file? Don't make your file the same as a vitally important system file. Definitely don't do it and then overwrite said file without an explicit path to the install location.
I love EvE and still play from time to time but yeah their programmers make some of the stupidest mistakes.
Every patch has a great bug thread along the lines of "How did the "BSes explode when undocking bug make it to production? We told you about it on test, there was a huge thread, and all you have to do to recreate it is undock a BS and watch it explode."
I've been saying it since they took away _exact_ text searching. They peaked. It's all downhill from here.
Good thing gets big. Quality suffers.
Sometimes case and special characters are what separates exactly what I'm looking for and pages of crap.
Don't get me started on treating search terms an acronyms and returning pages that don't contain the search term but something, usually an entity name, who's initials make up my search term. Returning a page that doesn't contain my search term is a failure state.
That's not entirely accurate. It's illegal to sell unrated items. It's currently unenforceable due to an EU technicality. This was a recent development late in 2009 and they are working to rectify it.
What exactly do the states ban that UK and AU don't. What makes the states more ban happy?
Speaking about college broadcast. I don't watch the NFL.
It seems to vary by channel. CBS has a noticeably lower quality HD feed than ABC. I don't remember NBC standing out as particularly better or worse but they only show one team so I hardly ever watch it.
This is all for over the air HD so it may vary by local station. If you haven't checked out over the air HD do so. It's pretty damn good and all you need is a $20 pos loop antenna.
Why does Australia think adults are incapable of operating on their own? Why is there no unrated category available for people past the age of majority?
If you want to ban games to children that's fine. But why ban them from adults? Why does Australia think so poorly of it's citizens?
Not having an unrated category means one person can decide for the entire country what is appropriate. That's ludicrous.
they don't actually have the ability to write laws
We're talking about ratings so this is meaningless.
Except that interest groups rarely represent the majority.
If groups rarely represent a majority then there's no risk of them passing anything. Since they need a majority.
With 7 seats it's easy to gain a 4 seat majority and allow a very small group to dictate our ratings mandate.
Again this is how representative democracy works. Don't like it move or elect the people you want.
The system was deliberately designed to make it hard to enter and remove new ratings, I.E. the system is designed to be permanent and only fixed when there is a real need rather then every time the political climate changes.
As stated before the lack of a "not rated" or 18+ category is part of what makes the system broken. Being controlled by one person is not a problem as long as you can buy "not rated" items. Being an adult must always trump any rating system.
So, you would propose a cogless machine?
Don't put words in my mouth. This whole paragraph is strawman and adhominem.
What do you mean, "the decision making ability of an entire country".
I mean you can't buy AvP because Mike says so. Mike has decided for everyone that this level of violence in a game is unacceptable for anyone. By not allowing the sale of unrated you can't decide for yourself if this game is unacceptable or not. Mike decides. No one else.
If they're copying existing apps then they're copying something that was already approved. I imagine that the original developer would have already dealt with any hurdles.
I don't understand the problem. What info are you looking to put on your passport? You want to change your birthday? Your location of birth? You get to select the picture. You can change your name. There's no other information on there.
Regardless passports can be rendered invalid and reissued. How do you do that with bone structure?
You use different words but the problem is still the same. I'll speak in generic terms.
What happens when the system is compromised and someone else can identify as me? How do I again secure my identity? What do I change? How do I change it?
Both good and bad laws have been passed by both "the slimmest of majorities" and an "overwhelming majority." The DMCA was passed unanimously. By your statement you imply that it's a good law even though it allows entities to bypass the law and punish based on accusation rather than guilt. By what majority did the Crime and Disorder Act of 1998 pass?
One person cannot take away ratings so it isn't really one person deciding, its one person not deciding which is quite a bit different to the dictatorial system you envisage.
You list one specific case. You omit the current case; the subject of this article. Sure one person cannot take away ratings but one person can dictate policy as is being done in this case. One person is inflicting their moral view on the entire country.
There's nothing wrong with the religious right (or any other "interest" group) swooping in with a one seat majority and making changes according to their philosophy. That's _exactly_ how democracy is supposed to work. That one seat majority is not one person dictating. That one seat majority is hundreds of people working in tandem. To oppose it you turn any one of them rather than the nigh impossible act of turning a zealot.
All systems are vulnerable to corruption, that's what's happened here, a representative has stopped being representative of the electorate, thus people in the electorate are moving to oppose his re-election.
This is exactly my point about a broken system. 1 out of 226 being corrupt is mitigated by the fact that 225 other people can serve the same exact purpose. With the rating board 1 being corrupt means the system fails to function. That's broken.
To go back to your earlier analogy. If a system is designed so that one cog breaking can bring down the whole system then you have a broken system. Rather than replacing the cog each time it breaks you should redesign the system so that a broken cog has little or no impact. This common concept is called single point of failure.
Regardless of the goals of the system the reality is that the decision making ability of an entire country has been removed and placed in the hands of one person. That's the definition of dictator. This is made even more ridiculous by the fact that unrated items can't be sold. If you have an unrated category then it becomes a de facto 18+ rating. It's a trivial solution. The lack of an unrated category means the government doesn't think adults can make responsible choices for themselves. That's just insulting no matter who does it. Might as well just rid of the age of majority.
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That's nice. Where's the one of powder?
It's one person not two. All cases I've read refer back to one posting by the husband with no confirmation from the wife. There has yet to be a single piece of confirmation other than this one person. Not a single other passenger. Not a single frame of video surveillance.
It fails the smell test also.
He used his real name and had a valid US visa under his real name. Why try and travel with no passport when you have a valid visa? That's simply a complication. The more complicated the more likely to fail.
Are you ok with having a We can revoke this license at any time for any or no reason clause like Steam has?
That's your example? Really?
What about the patch that in certain situations destroyed windows by overwriting an important system file? Don't make your file the same as a vitally important system file. Definitely don't do it and then overwrite said file without an explicit path to the install location.
I love EvE and still play from time to time but yeah their programmers make some of the stupidest mistakes.
Every patch has a great bug thread along the lines of "How did the "BSes explode when undocking bug make it to production? We told you about it on test, there was a huge thread, and all you have to do to recreate it is undock a BS and watch it explode."
I love reading those threads.
The regular, non swine, flu kills 25K-32K a year according to the CDC.
I've been saying it since they took away _exact_ text searching. They peaked. It's all downhill from here.
Good thing gets big. Quality suffers.
Sometimes case and special characters are what separates exactly what I'm looking for and pages of crap.
Don't get me started on treating search terms an acronyms and returning pages that don't contain the search term but something, usually an entity name, who's initials make up my search term. Returning a page that doesn't contain my search term is a failure state.
That's not entirely accurate. It's illegal to sell unrated items. It's currently unenforceable due to an EU technicality. This was a recent development late in 2009 and they are working to rectify it.
What exactly do the states ban that UK and AU don't. What makes the states more ban happy?
Congrats AU censors. You've helped sell the game by generating lots of press. Isn't that counter productive to your goals?
Unrated content is allowed to be sold in the US.
Can you sell unrated content in the UK or AU?
Speaking about college broadcast. I don't watch the NFL.
It seems to vary by channel. CBS has a noticeably lower quality HD feed than ABC. I don't remember NBC standing out as particularly better or worse but they only show one team so I hardly ever watch it.
This is all for over the air HD so it may vary by local station. If you haven't checked out over the air HD do so. It's pretty damn good and all you need is a $20 pos loop antenna.
Why does Australia think adults are incapable of operating on their own? Why is there no unrated category available for people past the age of majority?
If you want to ban games to children that's fine. But why ban them from adults? Why does Australia think so poorly of it's citizens?
Not having an unrated category means one person can decide for the entire country what is appropriate. That's ludicrous.
How are the web sites at fault? The TSA gave them the information. If the TSA didn't want it posted they shouldn't have released the information.
The TSA's lack of technical skills is not a crime on the web sites part?
they don't actually have the ability to write laws
We're talking about ratings so this is meaningless.
Except that interest groups rarely represent the majority.
If groups rarely represent a majority then there's no risk of them passing anything. Since they need a majority.
With 7 seats it's easy to gain a 4 seat majority and allow a very small group to dictate our ratings mandate.
Again this is how representative democracy works. Don't like it move or elect the people you want.
The system was deliberately designed to make it hard to enter and remove new ratings, I.E. the system is designed to be permanent and only fixed when there is a real need rather then every time the political climate changes.
As stated before the lack of a "not rated" or 18+ category is part of what makes the system broken. Being controlled by one person is not a problem as long as you can buy "not rated" items. Being an adult must always trump any rating system.
So, you would propose a cogless machine?
Don't put words in my mouth. This whole paragraph is strawman and adhominem.
What do you mean, "the decision making ability of an entire country".
I mean you can't buy AvP because Mike says so. Mike has decided for everyone that this level of violence in a game is unacceptable for anyone. By not allowing the sale of unrated you can't decide for yourself if this game is unacceptable or not. Mike decides. No one else.
That's nice but it's not the point I was making in the post you responded to.
What makes you think you can't do exactly the same thing with this ID?
How do you invalidate and reissue fingerprints?
If they're copying existing apps then they're copying something that was already approved. I imagine that the original developer would have already dealt with any hurdles.
What is a "biometric visual scan of their face"? A photograph?
Something that doesn't exist in the article. A quote you are making up.
The two items being stored are a visual scan and fingerprints.
The visual scan won't match.
I don't understand the problem. What info are you looking to put on your passport? You want to change your birthday? Your location of birth? You get to select the picture. You can change your name. There's no other information on there.
Regardless passports can be rendered invalid and reissued. How do you do that with bone structure?
You use different words but the problem is still the same. I'll speak in generic terms.
What happens when the system is compromised and someone else can identify as me? How do I again secure my identity? What do I change? How do I change it?
That method has a finite number of possible passwords. Prolongs the time until failure state but does not prevent failure state.
Same problem with all biometrics.
What happens when the system is compromised? How do I change my password?
He has no trouble with a play by play of his sexual activities being make public? If he doesn't want it known he shouldn't be doing it.
Is he willing to turn over his bank records?
Anytime someone brings up this argument it should be followed by:
"Please strip naked I think you have (random illegal item) secreted on you."
or
"So you have no trouble with installing cameras in all rooms of your house? Since you're doing nothing wrong it shouldn't be an issue."
or
"Please show me your bank records. I think you're (performing illegal financial act)."
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Google is the next Microsoft and will be hated as much as MS ever was or more.
Both good and bad laws have been passed by both "the slimmest of majorities" and an "overwhelming majority." The DMCA was passed unanimously. By your statement you imply that it's a good law even though it allows entities to bypass the law and punish based on accusation rather than guilt. By what majority did the Crime and Disorder Act of 1998 pass?
One person cannot take away ratings so it isn't really one person deciding, its one person not deciding which is quite a bit different to the dictatorial system you envisage.
You list one specific case. You omit the current case; the subject of this article. Sure one person cannot take away ratings but one person can dictate policy as is being done in this case. One person is inflicting their moral view on the entire country.
There's nothing wrong with the religious right (or any other "interest" group) swooping in with a one seat majority and making changes according to their philosophy. That's _exactly_ how democracy is supposed to work. That one seat majority is not one person dictating. That one seat majority is hundreds of people working in tandem. To oppose it you turn any one of them rather than the nigh impossible act of turning a zealot.
All systems are vulnerable to corruption, that's what's happened here, a representative has stopped being representative of the electorate, thus people in the electorate are moving to oppose his re-election.
This is exactly my point about a broken system. 1 out of 226 being corrupt is mitigated by the fact that 225 other people can serve the same exact purpose. With the rating board 1 being corrupt means the system fails to function. That's broken.
To go back to your earlier analogy. If a system is designed so that one cog breaking can bring down the whole system then you have a broken system. Rather than replacing the cog each time it breaks you should redesign the system so that a broken cog has little or no impact. This common concept is called single point of failure.
Regardless of the goals of the system the reality is that the decision making ability of an entire country has been removed and placed in the hands of one person. That's the definition of dictator. This is made even more ridiculous by the fact that unrated items can't be sold. If you have an unrated category then it becomes a de facto 18+ rating. It's a trivial solution. The lack of an unrated category means the government doesn't think adults can make responsible choices for themselves. That's just insulting no matter who does it. Might as well just rid of the age of majority.
Requiring a unanimous vote prevents 4 out of the 7 deciding things for everyone
Requiring a unanimous vote allows 1 person to decide things for everyone. How is that better exactly?