It's not as if it would be covered up by a dust storm, or stolen by local delinquents. And one would think the scientists would have kept precise records of it's position, making it relatively easy to find.
When you sit down at an online poker table, how do you know the other "people" at the table are not AIs programmed by the casino, using card data you don't have access to in order to maximize your losses? How do you know the other players aren't all sitting in the same room in real life, sharing card data to assist in card counting? Other than sports betting, online gaming for real money looks like a sucker's bet to me.
Obviously the government would apply a capital gains tax whenever you convert the virtual assets into real dollars. The virtual property itself has no value to the government, and should not be taxed.
The big money is all in gambling, prostitution and drugs... 1 down, 2 to go!
But seriously, when a voluntary activity adversely affect society, criminalizing it won't stop the harm. The best way to provide funding to ameliorate the harm caused is to tax the hell out of it, which has the side effect of also discouraging it.
I'm all in favor of taxing stupidity... do the Republicans, Focus on the Family, and Think of the Children all oppose this because it places an undue tax burden on their members?
The "Beetles"? Sounds like a cheap rip-off of The Beatles. They probably got sued by John, Paul, George, and Ringo for Trademark violation. Serves 'em right, too!
Unless you've got a Danica Patrick fetish, there is a lot better porn than GoDaddy commercials available for free on the 'net. But then, I think anybody that selects GoDaddy for hosting without googling for the many complaints about their service probably deserves anything they get.
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When I prayed every night, "Dear God, I wish I could get a little head", this was NOT what I meant!
4 windowless offices with 4 closed doors, all adjacent to each other. If they need to discuss, they can email or walk next door. Most of the "eXtreme Programming" techniques are things that good developers have been doing forever (like refactoring), but team programing is bullshit -- and if you really need to do that, you have a guest chair in every office.
take a snapshot of environment that the authentication requires I tried, but for some reason Blizzard and Steam won't let me take a snapshot of their servers. Go figure!
Why, when I was young, there was no streaming video from "pornhub.com"... I had to download ASCII porn from a dial-up BBS over a 1200 baud modem!
Now that "the network is the computer", it is not enough to emulate just the local machine... much of what a computer does relies on interaction with a network that will be radically different in just a few years. E.g. how will all those DRM encumbered videos and tunes authenticate? Most of what my daughter regards as being "on the computer" is actually just the local interface of an application running on a server thousands of miles away.
Computers know just how you feel about them... and they also hate being anthropomorphized!
But seriously, it is scary how often my wife will complain to me "this doesn't work!" as she is clicking away on a web form, but when I go over and calmly click the submit button, it works perfectly. I honestly have no idea what she is doing wrong.
Cow farts have also increased over the past 100 years, due to the fact that there are more and bigger cows. How do we know global warning is not due to bovine activity? To say nothing of cow, sheep, and termite farts!
If I declare that you're a child molester, well, that my friend is actionable. Truth is an absolute defense to defamation. Also, statements of opinion are not usually regarded as defamatory, and neither is use of hyperbole.
There shouldn't be a "no fly" list at all. There should, however, be a list of people for whom more rigorous screening is mandatory, e.g. the "you can go ahead and fly right after you submit to this full body cavity search" list.
No, we've already had the "the shoe bomber" and "the crotch bomber"... the next one to attempt to blow the shit out of a plane will be "the ass bomber". Beware of anyone with a fuse sticking out of his ass... Fortunately, most suicide bombers couldn't find their ass with both hands, so this is not really much of a threat.
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It's not as if it would be covered up by a dust storm, or stolen by local delinquents. And one would think the scientists would have kept precise records of it's position, making it relatively easy to find.
The breaks the record held by Amadou Diallo, who was shot 41 times... by the NYPD.
When you sit down at an online poker table, how do you know the other "people" at the table are not AIs programmed by the casino, using card data you don't have access to in order to maximize your losses? How do you know the other players aren't all sitting in the same room in real life, sharing card data to assist in card counting? Other than sports betting, online gaming for real money looks like a sucker's bet to me.
Obviously the government would apply a capital gains tax whenever you convert the virtual assets into real dollars. The virtual property itself has no value to the government, and should not be taxed.
The big money is all in gambling, prostitution and drugs... 1 down, 2 to go!
But seriously, when a voluntary activity adversely affect society, criminalizing it won't stop the harm. The best way to provide funding to ameliorate the harm caused is to tax the hell out of it, which has the side effect of also discouraging it.
I'm all in favor of taxing stupidity... do the Republicans, Focus on the Family, and Think of the Children all oppose this because it places an undue tax burden on their members?
Apparently people think that if a company spends millions on advertising, they must be upstanding.
Explain to them that Enzyte and ExtenZe also spend millions on advertising... upstanding indeed!
The "Beetles"? Sounds like a cheap rip-off of The Beatles. They probably got sued by John, Paul, George, and Ringo for Trademark violation. Serves 'em right, too!
Unless you've got a Danica Patrick fetish, there is a lot better porn than GoDaddy commercials available for free on the 'net. But then, I think anybody that selects GoDaddy for hosting without googling for the many complaints about their service probably deserves anything they get.
When I prayed every night, "Dear God, I wish I could get a little head", this was NOT what I meant!
"We want men that ARE big dicks, not men that HAVE big dicks!
I don't think working at a strip club is going to make you more productive, unless you work as a sperm donor!
They're diverting water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea because, you know the old saying, "Better Dead than Red!"
4 windowless offices with 4 closed doors, all adjacent to each other. If they need to discuss, they can email or walk next door. Most of the "eXtreme Programming" techniques are things that good developers have been doing forever (like refactoring), but team programing is bullshit -- and if you really need to do that, you have a guest chair in every office.
Actually, I bet that would be their second choice, after a laptop at Hooters.
take a snapshot of environment that the authentication requires I tried, but for some reason Blizzard and Steam won't let me take a snapshot of their servers. Go figure!
Why, when I was young, there was no streaming video from "pornhub.com"... I had to download ASCII porn from a dial-up BBS over a 1200 baud modem!
Now that "the network is the computer", it is not enough to emulate just the local machine... much of what a computer does relies on interaction with a network that will be radically different in just a few years. E.g. how will all those DRM encumbered videos and tunes authenticate? Most of what my daughter regards as being "on the computer" is actually just the local interface of an application running on a server thousands of miles away.
Computers know just how you feel about them... and they also hate being anthropomorphized!
But seriously, it is scary how often my wife will complain to me "this doesn't work!" as she is clicking away on a web form, but when I go over and calmly click the submit button, it works perfectly. I honestly have no idea what she is doing wrong.
Cow farts have also increased over the past 100 years, due to the fact that there are more and bigger cows. How do we know global warning is not due to bovine activity? To say nothing of cow, sheep, and termite farts!
If I declare that you're a child molester, well, that my friend is actionable. Truth is an absolute defense to defamation. Also, statements of opinion are not usually regarded as defamatory, and neither is use of hyperbole.
And how many had McCain? 0 Well, to be fair, they _tried_ to get front page closeups of McCain's face... but he has a tendency to break cameras!
Double-plus ungood!
Please report immediately to you local retraining facility.
And remember, Big Brother loves you!
There shouldn't be a "no fly" list at all. There should, however, be a list of people for whom more rigorous screening is mandatory, e.g. the "you can go ahead and fly right after you submit to this full body cavity search" list.
No, we've already had the "the shoe bomber" and "the crotch bomber"... the next one to attempt to blow the shit out of a plane will be "the ass bomber". Beware of anyone with a fuse sticking out of his ass... Fortunately, most suicide bombers couldn't find their ass with both hands, so this is not really much of a threat.
The turban was a dead giveaway.