Perhaps you should go back to a Jr High and observe all the evil things 13 year olds can come up with. They grow up to adults and settle down a little (and not all or even a majority are evil), but 13 year olds can do plenty of evil.
If you were talking about 5 year olds, then I'd agree that prison isn't the place for them (though one military base is as good as another until you can get them to real parents), but you just claimed 13 year olds, who are perfectly capable of believing themselves better than their adult peers, and acting some terrible evil.
I have no idea what the truth is, but the claim that these are evil people is plausible.
It was more than that. We didn't want the East India tea that was being forced upon us. We wanted the choice to buy tea from countries other than England.
Though I agree taxation had more to do with it than innocent until proven guilty. (though there with plenty of abuses - read the declaration of Independence for a list)
Maybe. Some of the rhymes that everyone knows are not as old as you think - someone holds copyright on them. (The song Happy Birthday is an obvious example)
Many books will change one word here and there. They may be able to copyright that change, see a lawyer. (In theory only substantial changes can be copyrighted)
They can copyright their layout even if everything (even the art) is public domain. You could potentially get in trouble for publishing a book with exactly the same public domain poems in it. (Particularly if the order is the same)
If the text they used was public domain you can use that. However there is still a lot that you can't use.
If this is more than an academic exercise and you plan on doing this, see a lawyer. I'm sure there are details I've forgotten/don't know. I might even have something wrong.
Perhaps Java is as stable as you say, I wouldn't know. I do know that many other products are not as stable as the hype would lead you to believe. Therefore I don't trust Java either.
Because I decide if I trust you with my money after I know your prices, and get enough info on you to do my own research. If you are more expensive that someone else, I will never enable cookies for you. IF (not when) I decide to buy from you, then I will trust you with more information on me.
He was perfectly correct. Very one sides, but correct. There is plenty of blame to go around, and reading his rant you miss many things the right needs to take responsibility for, but that doesn't change the fact that the left has done plenty of evil things.
My.30-06 is more powerful than the gun most soldiers carry. More accurate too. They have automatic, but the isn't much use (which is why the marines never use it). They have more powerful guns they can call in. Doesn't matter though, as their lighter guns are still powerful enough to kill people.
There so no reason to assume that the average soldier will obey orders and fire on me. Remember, we are talking civil war - many soldier did choose sides (mostly based on geographical home area) in the last one. The confederates were able to field an army.
You are forgetting all the women who lean democratic, but because the democrats are pro-abortion vote for the republicans. I know a fairly large number of this.
Abortion is controversial. That means a lot of people have strong opinions. Most who care about the issue are already active. There might be a few who change from not caring because they get all the abortions they want now, but the large majority who will care about the issue already do.
No, no matter what I do, the person following me must be driving in such a way that they do not rear end me. I might slam on my breaks for no reason, which would be stupid. However I might also slam on my breaks because a deer jumped out in front of me. (this is a common problem where I live) I have seen axle bearings fail suddenly, and the wheels just stop turning, which has the same effect as slamming on the breaks, but the lights don't come on. (though more common is the wheel falls off) Not to mention blowouts, or just plane hitting the wrong pedal (I went for the clutch to shift, forgetting it is an automatic with an oversized break)
No matter how stupid I am, if you rear end me it is 100% your fault.
I'm a programmer. I've been burned by bugs in my tools before. Sure MOST bugs are my fault, but once in a while I'm pretty sure it is the tool's fault. With open source I can fix those bugs and move one. With closed source I'm at the mercy of vendors who rarely care about my project.
Then too, a lot of documentation is bad. Either it doesn't exist, or the program doesn't work like the docs say. The source code is definitive about what is really going to happen, and I can read it. IF you are not a programmer it doesn't matter because you can't read the source, but I can, so it matters.
Back when I had a land line it was $35/month for metered service (that is pay per minute for all calls, even local). Most people paid the $44/month unlimited calling option. My cell phone is $46/month for more minutes than I ever used, didn't change numbers when I moved, and is with me all the time.
If the land line was $14/month perhaps I'd see things your way. However in my area it isn't. Don't assume everyone has the same cheap rates you have. (though I'm pretty sure you area is closer to average than mine is)
At one time fire departments were optional. People did refuse fire protection, and the fire department ignored your burning house[1]. However those who did pay for it soon discovered it was cheaper for the department to put out the fire at the non-paying house, than put out the separate fires at each neighboring paying house. Since fire service is really cheap when spread out over everyone, governments took control.
[1]IIRC you could pay them to put out your house fire when it happened, at a higher price than the subscription. Only if you had that money on hand though.
I stopped my local phone service long ago, but left a (now useless) phone hooked up. I've since tested, there is no 911 on that phone.
IS there some regulations that they must? I know cell phones must accept 911 calls, but for land lines? If so I'd like to know - I dislike the old phone service (which was more expensive than my cell phone for less service. About twice what most people pay) enough to fight this issue just to screw them. It isn't worth my time unless I'll win though.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Perhaps they can disallow your evidence, but they cannot disallow your expert witnesses. Though I suspect that as soon as someone is willing to spend $30,000 to appeal a $60 ticket to federal courts, this will law be overturned. (with a reasonable chance that the state will have to refund EVERYONE's fine, insurance differences, and pay court costs for the appeal)
Get advice from a real lawyer. Seriously, even if the cost is more than your fines it is worth it. You can still represent yourself once you know what your rights are. Maybe your "evidence" was worthless, so the other guy was saving everyone time. (People often have wrong expectations on what evidence is useful before a jury) Maybe it wasn't though, in which case you will know how to handle this. (either bring it to court anyway, or just appeal)
If evidence is not allowed, make sure the judge lists it as evidence that you brought that wasn't allowed. You need a court certified paper trail of this. On appeal the existence of evidence that you claim will help your case, can be enough to win. Appeals are about if the legal procedures were followed correctly, the trail is about guilty. Generally appeals courts look down on not allowing evidence that was properly collected - the other side can call experts to destroy it though.
If your evidence is not admitted ask for a recess so that you can collect expert witnesses on the subject. This should be allowed, if denied you will win on appeal.
It is important to fight this all the way. It might cost you more, but it helps everyone else out.
Remember, consult with a lawyer. They know the rules.
Doesn't matter, ice on the road is not an excuse to drive through stop signs. If you cannot come to a complete stop at a stop sign you are driving too fast. What if there had been other cars with the right of way, it was icy, so they have less ability to avoid idiots who don't stop. (though most likely they are going slower to compensate)
In the US your right to a jury trial for amounts of $20 cannot be waived without your concent. So you do have to wait until last, but then you tell the judge that you want a jury trail.
As I understood the original post, the guy ran after doing this. The correct action would be to stop (you were after all in an accident), and call the police. Rear end is not your fault (particularly because you can say you thought you say an animal, which would be reason to slam on the breaks), but running from an accident is, and by not stopping to check on the other driver (and then calling for help when you realized there was trouble) he delayed the EMTs from getting there in time to save the other driver's life.
That is true as far as it goes. However don't take it to imply that Microsoft is any better. There is a reason that most administrators of Microsoft windows have separated things like the web server, mail server, and DNS, even when all three machines never see more than 30% load. (That is there are so few users that the total load is less than one system could handle.) In many cases the t1 internet connection will fall over before their servers, but they still separate services because Microsoft windows is brittle.
Scaling is hard. Doesn't matter what system you have. Even on mainframes eventually you can hit a limit where the system cannot scale easily.
Microsoft does have a couple advantages over linux. However the reverse is also true. Incompetent administrators are everywhere, and they will fail no matter what system you are running. In most cases the administrators inability is a better issue than the OS. This is particularly true in small business where the administrator mostly does something else, but once in a while puts a band-aid on the system to keep it running, instead of a well planned, preemptive upgrade that a large company would have done long ago.
Maybe where you live the landline is that cheap. Where I live, in Monticello, MN (local calling area includes the twin cities) I was paying $45/month for unlimited calling in the local calling area. My cell phone is about the same price, local calling area is the US, not just a small part of my state, and it provides more minutes than I use.
I'm not sure where you find flatrate land line phones that include all of US/Canada. Voip perhaps, but that is not a landline.
In theory I no longer have unlimited calling. In practice I'm rarely close to my included minutes. (The next cheaper calling plan doesn't fit my needs though) Therefore my cell phone is cheaper.
Because some things need legs. I want a robot to vacuum my stairs at home. (My house is poorly designed, you cannot close the door without standing on the steps inside, so my steps get muddy fast) Legs are pretty much required to solve this problem. Of course I wouldn't pay $3000 for such a machine, but $150 is reasonable.
For getting around wheels work just fine. For other tasks they don't.
Back in the late 90s cell phones ceased to be a status symbol of the self-important. Today they are cheaper than land lines (and that is before you add in things like voicemail that are extra on the land line) for many people, and just work. Today the cell phone is just a different phone, one that you have with you when you want it. It isn't about me anymore, it is about getting things done that need the phone, no matter where I am.
I give my cell phone out to anyone who might want to call me. When I don't want to talk I look at the caller-id (included) and then hit cancel.
Who has earned more money by 35 than most people will in their life? I've wish I could throw a baseball from center field to home plate, and hit a 90mph fastball hard enough that I get on base 1 out of 3 times, with 50 homeruns in a season - I'd be close to retirement by now if I could do that. (Granted less than 1% of the population can, but if I could...)
My body won't do that, so I didn't even consider baseball as a career. Looks like I'm stuck working until I'm at least 60, sitting in a chair on nice sunny days, working year round.
Never is a little strong. But only a little. There is no reasonably direct route form home to work, no matter where I live. (By the time I'd get close enough that public transit wouldn't be unreasonably slow, a bike would be much faster, and walking would be in reason. (There are very few houses within what anyone other than a distance runner would consider walking distance. Blame zoning that doesn't allow for industry and residential neighborhoods to co-exist)
It isn't all bad. There are upsides of the livestyle and job I have. Not having good public transport is a downside though.
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Perhaps you should go back to a Jr High and observe all the evil things 13 year olds can come up with. They grow up to adults and settle down a little (and not all or even a majority are evil), but 13 year olds can do plenty of evil.
If you were talking about 5 year olds, then I'd agree that prison isn't the place for them (though one military base is as good as another until you can get them to real parents), but you just claimed 13 year olds, who are perfectly capable of believing themselves better than their adult peers, and acting some terrible evil.
I have no idea what the truth is, but the claim that these are evil people is plausible.
It was more than that. We didn't want the East India tea that was being forced upon us. We wanted the choice to buy tea from countries other than England.
Though I agree taxation had more to do with it than innocent until proven guilty. (though there with plenty of abuses - read the declaration of Independence for a list)
Maybe. Some of the rhymes that everyone knows are not as old as you think - someone holds copyright on them. (The song Happy Birthday is an obvious example)
Many books will change one word here and there. They may be able to copyright that change, see a lawyer. (In theory only substantial changes can be copyrighted)
They can copyright their layout even if everything (even the art) is public domain. You could potentially get in trouble for publishing a book with exactly the same public domain poems in it. (Particularly if the order is the same)
If the text they used was public domain you can use that. However there is still a lot that you can't use.
If this is more than an academic exercise and you plan on doing this, see a lawyer. I'm sure there are details I've forgotten/don't know. I might even have something wrong.
I haven't programed java since 1.0.3...
Perhaps Java is as stable as you say, I wouldn't know. I do know that many other products are not as stable as the hype would lead you to believe. Therefore I don't trust Java either.
Because I decide if I trust you with my money after I know your prices, and get enough info on you to do my own research. If you are more expensive that someone else, I will never enable cookies for you. IF (not when) I decide to buy from you, then I will trust you with more information on me.
He was perfectly correct. Very one sides, but correct. There is plenty of blame to go around, and reading his rant you miss many things the right needs to take responsibility for, but that doesn't change the fact that the left has done plenty of evil things.
My .30-06 is more powerful than the gun most soldiers carry. More accurate too. They have automatic, but the isn't much use (which is why the marines never use it). They have more powerful guns they can call in. Doesn't matter though, as their lighter guns are still powerful enough to kill people.
There so no reason to assume that the average soldier will obey orders and fire on me. Remember, we are talking civil war - many soldier did choose sides (mostly based on geographical home area) in the last one. The confederates were able to field an army.
You are forgetting all the women who lean democratic, but because the democrats are pro-abortion vote for the republicans. I know a fairly large number of this.
Abortion is controversial. That means a lot of people have strong opinions. Most who care about the issue are already active. There might be a few who change from not caring because they get all the abortions they want now, but the large majority who will care about the issue already do.
No, no matter what I do, the person following me must be driving in such a way that they do not rear end me. I might slam on my breaks for no reason, which would be stupid. However I might also slam on my breaks because a deer jumped out in front of me. (this is a common problem where I live) I have seen axle bearings fail suddenly, and the wheels just stop turning, which has the same effect as slamming on the breaks, but the lights don't come on. (though more common is the wheel falls off) Not to mention blowouts, or just plane hitting the wrong pedal (I went for the clutch to shift, forgetting it is an automatic with an oversized break)
No matter how stupid I am, if you rear end me it is 100% your fault.
I'm a programmer. I've been burned by bugs in my tools before. Sure MOST bugs are my fault, but once in a while I'm pretty sure it is the tool's fault. With open source I can fix those bugs and move one. With closed source I'm at the mercy of vendors who rarely care about my project.
Then too, a lot of documentation is bad. Either it doesn't exist, or the program doesn't work like the docs say. The source code is definitive about what is really going to happen, and I can read it. IF you are not a programmer it doesn't matter because you can't read the source, but I can, so it matters.
Back when I had a land line it was $35/month for metered service (that is pay per minute for all calls, even local). Most people paid the $44/month unlimited calling option. My cell phone is $46/month for more minutes than I ever used, didn't change numbers when I moved, and is with me all the time.
If the land line was $14/month perhaps I'd see things your way. However in my area it isn't. Don't assume everyone has the same cheap rates you have. (though I'm pretty sure you area is closer to average than mine is)
At one time fire departments were optional. People did refuse fire protection, and the fire department ignored your burning house[1]. However those who did pay for it soon discovered it was cheaper for the department to put out the fire at the non-paying house, than put out the separate fires at each neighboring paying house. Since fire service is really cheap when spread out over everyone, governments took control.
[1]IIRC you could pay them to put out your house fire when it happened, at a higher price than the subscription. Only if you had that money on hand though.
I stopped my local phone service long ago, but left a (now useless) phone hooked up. I've since tested, there is no 911 on that phone.
IS there some regulations that they must? I know cell phones must accept 911 calls, but for land lines? If so I'd like to know - I dislike the old phone service (which was more expensive than my cell phone for less service. About twice what most people pay) enough to fight this issue just to screw them. It isn't worth my time unless I'll win though.
Amendment VI In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Perhaps they can disallow your evidence, but they cannot disallow your expert witnesses. Though I suspect that as soon as someone is willing to spend $30,000 to appeal a $60 ticket to federal courts, this will law be overturned. (with a reasonable chance that the state will have to refund EVERYONE's fine, insurance differences, and pay court costs for the appeal)
Get advice from a real lawyer. Seriously, even if the cost is more than your fines it is worth it. You can still represent yourself once you know what your rights are. Maybe your "evidence" was worthless, so the other guy was saving everyone time. (People often have wrong expectations on what evidence is useful before a jury) Maybe it wasn't though, in which case you will know how to handle this. (either bring it to court anyway, or just appeal)
If evidence is not allowed, make sure the judge lists it as evidence that you brought that wasn't allowed. You need a court certified paper trail of this. On appeal the existence of evidence that you claim will help your case, can be enough to win. Appeals are about if the legal procedures were followed correctly, the trail is about guilty. Generally appeals courts look down on not allowing evidence that was properly collected - the other side can call experts to destroy it though.
If your evidence is not admitted ask for a recess so that you can collect expert witnesses on the subject. This should be allowed, if denied you will win on appeal.
It is important to fight this all the way. It might cost you more, but it helps everyone else out.
Remember, consult with a lawyer. They know the rules.
Doesn't matter, ice on the road is not an excuse to drive through stop signs. If you cannot come to a complete stop at a stop sign you are driving too fast. What if there had been other cars with the right of way, it was icy, so they have less ability to avoid idiots who don't stop. (though most likely they are going slower to compensate)
In the US your right to a jury trial for amounts of $20 cannot be waived without your concent. So you do have to wait until last, but then you tell the judge that you want a jury trail.
In some cases you can sue the city/county for posting an artificially low speed limit. IT is a lot of work, but it can be done.
As I understood the original post, the guy ran after doing this. The correct action would be to stop (you were after all in an accident), and call the police. Rear end is not your fault (particularly because you can say you thought you say an animal, which would be reason to slam on the breaks), but running from an accident is, and by not stopping to check on the other driver (and then calling for help when you realized there was trouble) he delayed the EMTs from getting there in time to save the other driver's life.
That is true as far as it goes. However don't take it to imply that Microsoft is any better. There is a reason that most administrators of Microsoft windows have separated things like the web server, mail server, and DNS, even when all three machines never see more than 30% load. (That is there are so few users that the total load is less than one system could handle.) In many cases the t1 internet connection will fall over before their servers, but they still separate services because Microsoft windows is brittle.
Scaling is hard. Doesn't matter what system you have. Even on mainframes eventually you can hit a limit where the system cannot scale easily.
Microsoft does have a couple advantages over linux. However the reverse is also true. Incompetent administrators are everywhere, and they will fail no matter what system you are running. In most cases the administrators inability is a better issue than the OS. This is particularly true in small business where the administrator mostly does something else, but once in a while puts a band-aid on the system to keep it running, instead of a well planned, preemptive upgrade that a large company would have done long ago.
Maybe where you live the landline is that cheap. Where I live, in Monticello, MN (local calling area includes the twin cities) I was paying $45/month for unlimited calling in the local calling area. My cell phone is about the same price, local calling area is the US, not just a small part of my state, and it provides more minutes than I use.
I'm not sure where you find flatrate land line phones that include all of US/Canada. Voip perhaps, but that is not a landline.
In theory I no longer have unlimited calling. In practice I'm rarely close to my included minutes. (The next cheaper calling plan doesn't fit my needs though) Therefore my cell phone is cheaper.
Because some things need legs. I want a robot to vacuum my stairs at home. (My house is poorly designed, you cannot close the door without standing on the steps inside, so my steps get muddy fast) Legs are pretty much required to solve this problem. Of course I wouldn't pay $3000 for such a machine, but $150 is reasonable.
For getting around wheels work just fine. For other tasks they don't.
Back in the late 90s cell phones ceased to be a status symbol of the self-important. Today they are cheaper than land lines (and that is before you add in things like voicemail that are extra on the land line) for many people, and just work. Today the cell phone is just a different phone, one that you have with you when you want it. It isn't about me anymore, it is about getting things done that need the phone, no matter where I am.
I give my cell phone out to anyone who might want to call me. When I don't want to talk I look at the caller-id (included) and then hit cancel.
Who has earned more money by 35 than most people will in their life? I've wish I could throw a baseball from center field to home plate, and hit a 90mph fastball hard enough that I get on base 1 out of 3 times, with 50 homeruns in a season - I'd be close to retirement by now if I could do that. (Granted less than 1% of the population can, but if I could...)
My body won't do that, so I didn't even consider baseball as a career. Looks like I'm stuck working until I'm at least 60, sitting in a chair on nice sunny days, working year round.
Never is a little strong. But only a little. There is no reasonably direct route form home to work, no matter where I live. (By the time I'd get close enough that public transit wouldn't be unreasonably slow, a bike would be much faster, and walking would be in reason. (There are very few houses within what anyone other than a distance runner would consider walking distance. Blame zoning that doesn't allow for industry and residential neighborhoods to co-exist)
It isn't all bad. There are upsides of the livestyle and job I have. Not having good public transport is a downside though.