No analogy is needed. Unlike the light from a porch lamp, use of a(n open) wireless connection involves an explicit grant of permission from the access point:
AP: "...hello hello here I am hello hello here I am hello..." Wardriver's Laptop: "Hail and well-met, kind sir. May my DHCP client beseech you for the favor of an IP address?" AP: "sure here you go it's 192.168.1.13 hello hello here I am hello..." WL: "God bless you, my good fellow!"
As with any other aspect of economics, it's not that simple. "Perceived value" is only synonymous with "actual value" for perfect actors with perfect information, which none of us are. (Especially not those of us willing to pay big bucks to have a Nintendo a few weeks earlier.)
When people refer to a "Victorian" (in San Francisco) they mean Italianate or Stick or Queen Anne. I don't see anyone categorizing Monterey or Tudor as a subset of the Victorian style, even though some examples thereof were built during her reign. The time period is not the style. Isn't a set as all-encompassing as you describe nearly useless for purposes of classification? (Where do you get the idea that the Victorian Era "lasted well into the 1940s"? It's commonly understood to have ended on or shortly after the turn of the century, even if "Victorian" buildings continued to be built.)
Do you think seriosly that government-owned with NO competition would actually be better than private enterprise
Who said anything about no competition? In this case, it's the private enterprise not wanting to have to compete with government, not the other way around. I don't know why you think it's okay for a company to prevent a government entity from undercutting them (and serving the public interest.) Should security firms be shutting down police departments on those same grounds?
There is no "right to profit." Profit is something that is earned.
[The president's CinC] title is honorary, like a PhD granted to a prominent celibrity.
It's not at all like that. A celebrity with an honorary PhD doesn't get tenure or a teaching position or research grants, whereas the president really does get to order the military around. And being surrounded by highly trained armed guards at his command makes him not exactly "unarmed..." or do you consider a passenger in a limo to be a "pedestrian?"
I realize that this is the commonly accepted numbering system, but it's stupid and it drives me nuts. The man wasn't two different presidents. He was the 22rd president, who took office again after the 23rd president's administration. Is that such a mind-bender that we have to resort to a kludge to avoid it?
What Mac Firefox really needs is favicons in the bookmarks menu. It's amazing how much easier they make finding stuff in it. I don't know why only the OS X version lacks them.
So you had a bad experience with an ineffectual union and now you hate all organization of labor? Good example of why not to extrapolate from a single data point.
That's not an ad hominem, it's just a peripheral observation. An ad hominem argument is one that centrally relies on the impugnment of character, e.g. "You are a dirty Republican, therefore you are wrong." Wrongness does not logically follow from dirty Republicanism (no matter how closely correlated they may be,) thus the fallacy.
Besides, the grandparent post wasn't even trying to disprove that removing a brutal dictator is a good thing. He was pointing out that the Administration's justification for going to war has changed ex post facto.
While it's true that there are always an infinite number of valid hypotheses (including the one that suggests that there has been an elephant following you your entire life who always manages to stay just out of your line of sight)
So that's where that smell is coming from. I knew it wasn't me...
Darwins work did not have the word "the" in the title. The full title is: "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life".
You are badly misusing the term "Deist." It's pretty much the opposite of what you think it is. Deism is one of the most science-compatible religions out there, insofar as it could even be called a religion.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Yeah, that's why I put "clutchless" in quotes. A lot of those auto drag trannys (hee hee) were originally designed for daily drivers, though. Not the ones in Top Fuel/Funny Car, but muscle car classes.
(Another thing re: grandparent post: I'm sure Michael Schumacher knows more about the internals of a car than most folks; when he says he doesn't it's in relation to the top automotive engineers he's surrounded by on a daily basis.)
Exactly how many race cars are automatics? None? Thank you very much.
Yeah, wrong. Ever heard of Powerglide? Torqueflite? Probably not, since they weren't in the same display case as your Type-R sticker. Most dragster classes (and some circle track) use automatic transmissions. And I believe Formula 1/Indy cars have "clutchless" paddle-shifters, which is like a semiautomatic.
You see there are two kind of people in this world. Those who know computers and those who don't.
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If they're not going to write portable code either way, there's no harm in pissing them off. Plus, there's the added bonus of they'll be pissed off.
Playstation 2 taking you to a whole new dimension
where the cars look fly and they got good suspension
As with any other aspect of economics, it's not that simple. "Perceived value" is only synonymous with "actual value" for perfect actors with perfect information, which none of us are. (Especially not those of us willing to pay big bucks to have a Nintendo a few weeks earlier.)
When people refer to a "Victorian" (in San Francisco) they mean Italianate or Stick or Queen Anne. I don't see anyone categorizing Monterey or Tudor as a subset of the Victorian style, even though some examples thereof were built during her reign. The time period is not the style. Isn't a set as all-encompassing as you describe nearly useless for purposes of classification? (Where do you get the idea that the Victorian Era "lasted well into the 1940s"? It's commonly understood to have ended on or shortly after the turn of the century, even if "Victorian" buildings continued to be built.)
What's misused about that comma?
Who said anything about no competition? In this case, it's the private enterprise not wanting to have to compete with government, not the other way around. I don't know why you think it's okay for a company to prevent a government entity from undercutting them (and serving the public interest.) Should security firms be shutting down police departments on those same grounds?
There is no "right to profit." Profit is something that is earned.
It's not at all like that. A celebrity with an honorary PhD doesn't get tenure or a teaching position or research grants, whereas the president really does get to order the military around. And being surrounded by highly trained armed guards at his command makes him not exactly "unarmed..." or do you consider a passenger in a limo to be a "pedestrian?"
I realize that this is the commonly accepted numbering system, but it's stupid and it drives me nuts. The man wasn't two different presidents. He was the 22rd president, who took office again after the 23rd president's administration. Is that such a mind-bender that we have to resort to a kludge to avoid it?
What Mac Firefox really needs is favicons in the bookmarks menu. It's amazing how much easier they make finding stuff in it. I don't know why only the OS X version lacks them.
So you had a bad experience with an ineffectual union and now you hate all organization of labor? Good example of why not to extrapolate from a single data point.
Or what if someone offered you an analogy that was 90% bullshit and 10% stupid? Or maybe vice-versa...
Besides, the grandparent post wasn't even trying to disprove that removing a brutal dictator is a good thing. He was pointing out that the Administration's justification for going to war has changed ex post facto.
Here's the difference: Creationists are pushing the Bible into schools. Scientists aren't forcing churches to adopt their textbooks.
So that's where that smell is coming from. I knew it wasn't me...
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You are badly misusing the term "Deist." It's pretty much the opposite of what you think it is. Deism is one of the most science-compatible religions out there, insofar as it could even be called a religion.
(Another thing re: grandparent post: I'm sure Michael Schumacher knows more about the internals of a car than most folks; when he says he doesn't it's in relation to the top automotive engineers he's surrounded by on a daily basis.)
But yes, way OT.
Those must be some very special LiveCDs they offer.
Yeah, wrong. Ever heard of Powerglide? Torqueflite? Probably not, since they weren't in the same display case as your Type-R sticker. Most dragster classes (and some circle track) use automatic transmissions. And I believe Formula 1/Indy cars have "clutchless" paddle-shifters, which is like a semiautomatic.
You see there are two kind of people in this world. Those who know computers and those who don't.
Funny, it's the same way with cars!
So does this mean that Slackware users are delusional paranoiacs, or is it just you?
Generally, Executive Producers don't cost money, they provide money. It's a credit often given to investors.
It "gets around" the clause by virtue of the fact that a Centris is Apple hardware.
Parent wasn't referring to the SW Xmas Special, but this fellow, from the animated puppet TV movie "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."