His point was it wasn't usable everywhere, not that it wasn't usable anywhere. Something that works in 90% of the world might not work in the other 10%, and that has to be considered. Especially since he was responding to someone who said "Who wouldn't want..." - he was providing a perfect example of someone who wouldn't want that.
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If you want to find your own examples, look at the annual report of the different companies.
You make the statement, you back it up. That's how it works around here, 5-digit UID or not. Even I know that, and I'm new here.
Personally, I listen to scientists more than I listen to politicians. As such, I am a bit worried about the flu pandemic, and not at all about terrorism. Panic is sometimes warrented, you know.
So...I can say you eat babies, and unless you can prove me wrong, I can publish that? How, exactly, does one prove one didn't do something? It seems obvious to me that the person making the possibly slanderous claim should have to be able to back it up. Isn't that part of the point of journalism? Independent sources and all that jazz?
he rest of us believe in limited and reasonable copyright protection, for a finite, purely innovation-driving amount of time
I may be new here, but based on the number of comments and the number of mod points they receive, I think there are a lot of people here who honestly believe there should be no patents or copyrights at all.
The dentists I go to usually do the opposite - those with insurance get bigger bills, since they can pay them easier. Course, I'm in Canada, so nobody'll listen to me anyway.:(
Young guy, mid teens. I first saw him do it at a poker tournament I was running. We were using the cube as the dealer button, so whenever it go to him, he'd start working on it. By the time the next hand had started, even if we hadn't even seen the flop, it'd be solved and back on the table. He was probably doing it in 35-45 seconds, but still, it was amazing to watch.
I agree that it's the classic war game, and I love Risk, but one that is sometimes more interesting is Axis and Allies. A bit dated, yes, but it has more complexity to it, in a way that works very well.
Basically, you just wait until everyone gets tired of it, then you knock down their pieces with yours. Some helpful hints:
1. Take as long as possible deciding troop placement, using obscure algorithms
2. To decide where to attack, make a large probability diagram with all possible outcomes
3. Roll all dice one at a time, saying a short prayer over each one of them. In Elvish, if possible
Using these, and other patent-pending ideas, World Domination(tm) can be yours!
You have far too much faith in human nature, I think. The students who critically examine stuff now will continue. I doubt many more will start. For most, this is just one more thing to learn for Tuesday's test.
Actually, my point was it should be all-or-nothing drug wise. If weed is dangerous enough to be illegal, alcohol most certainly is. If alcohol isn't, neither is weed.
Two points. One, you signed up willingly. Two, your credit card company doesn't have the power to tap your phone, arrest you, or interrogate you.
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Question: why should other drugs be banned and not tobacco? Marijuana, heroin, cocaine, acid, shrooms, ecstasy, etc, etc, etc. If the whole point of the United States is you get to make your own decisions, why can you for tobacco and not weed?
Software and computers aren't expensive? What planet are you from? Highly specialized software can cost thousands of dollars - that you *need* to spend in order to do your job. And if you have a few thousand windows licenses, those can add up too.
And it's not taking money out of the economy. People will always spend their money on something else. The ten dollars you save on a toaster you spend at a movie. Same thing happens here. Instead of spending money on software, companies can hire more employees, or pay them better, or give the CEO's huge raises. (Hey, I never said it was perfect.)
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His point was it wasn't usable everywhere, not that it wasn't usable anywhere. Something that works in 90% of the world might not work in the other 10%, and that has to be considered. Especially since he was responding to someone who said "Who wouldn't want..." - he was providing a perfect example of someone who wouldn't want that.
If you want to find your own examples, look at the annual report of the different companies.
You make the statement, you back it up. That's how it works around here, 5-digit UID or not. Even I know that, and I'm new here.
Personally, I listen to scientists more than I listen to politicians. As such, I am a bit worried about the flu pandemic, and not at all about terrorism. Panic is sometimes warrented, you know.
So...I can say you eat babies, and unless you can prove me wrong, I can publish that? How, exactly, does one prove one didn't do something? It seems obvious to me that the person making the possibly slanderous claim should have to be able to back it up. Isn't that part of the point of journalism? Independent sources and all that jazz?
I like how you compare the law to a weapon that has maimed and killed a ridiculous amount of children and adults, mostly civilian, all over the world.
he rest of us believe in limited and reasonable copyright protection, for a finite, purely innovation-driving amount of time
I may be new here, but based on the number of comments and the number of mod points they receive, I think there are a lot of people here who honestly believe there should be no patents or copyrights at all.
The dentists I go to usually do the opposite - those with insurance get bigger bills, since they can pay them easier. Course, I'm in Canada, so nobody'll listen to me anyway. :(
Right direction, but it's the stuff in the mosquitos that gets ya. Malaria, yellow feaver, all that good stuff. It really is the small stuff.
Let's just say that for you, I'd don my robe and wizard hat...
Young guy, mid teens. I first saw him do it at a poker tournament I was running. We were using the cube as the dealer button, so whenever it go to him, he'd start working on it. By the time the next hand had started, even if we hadn't even seen the flop, it'd be solved and back on the table. He was probably doing it in 35-45 seconds, but still, it was amazing to watch.
I agree that it's the classic war game, and I love Risk, but one that is sometimes more interesting is Axis and Allies. A bit dated, yes, but it has more complexity to it, in a way that works very well.
Basically, you just wait until everyone gets tired of it, then you knock down their pieces with yours. Some helpful hints:
1. Take as long as possible deciding troop placement, using obscure algorithms
2. To decide where to attack, make a large probability diagram with all possible outcomes
3. Roll all dice one at a time, saying a short prayer over each one of them. In Elvish, if possible
Using these, and other patent-pending ideas, World Domination(tm) can be yours!
I've seen these for a while, never thought they'd be on-topic...first prime factorization post, here it is:
1634733 6458092538 4844313388 3865090859 8417836700 3309231218 1110852389 3331001045 0815121211 8167511579 x 1900871 2816648221 1312685157 3935413975 4718967899 6851549366 6638539088 0271038021 0449895719 1261465571
You missed the point. This isn't religion anymore, it's science, because of their crazy-ass definition.
You have far too much faith in human nature, I think. The students who critically examine stuff now will continue. I doubt many more will start. For most, this is just one more thing to learn for Tuesday's test.
Your company can fire you for doing drugs outside of work hours, can't they? Don't some companies in the US drug test?
There was no octopus, spider, bee, or ant on Noah's ark...
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You know, in a flood, I wouldn't worry too much about the fishies. (Not technically fish, whatever, you know what I mean.)
They messed around with time travel so much in Enterprise, everything could easily be fixed back to canon in about 3 seconds, if necessary.
Actually, my point was it should be all-or-nothing drug wise. If weed is dangerous enough to be illegal, alcohol most certainly is. If alcohol isn't, neither is weed.
Easy. Don't use google.
Two points. One, you signed up willingly. Two, your credit card company doesn't have the power to tap your phone, arrest you, or interrogate you.
Question: why should other drugs be banned and not tobacco? Marijuana, heroin, cocaine, acid, shrooms, ecstasy, etc, etc, etc. If the whole point of the United States is you get to make your own decisions, why can you for tobacco and not weed?
I saw this on the simpsons years ago.
Software and computers aren't expensive? What planet are you from? Highly specialized software can cost thousands of dollars - that you *need* to spend in order to do your job. And if you have a few thousand windows licenses, those can add up too.
And it's not taking money out of the economy. People will always spend their money on something else. The ten dollars you save on a toaster you spend at a movie. Same thing happens here. Instead of spending money on software, companies can hire more employees, or pay them better, or give the CEO's huge raises. (Hey, I never said it was perfect.)
In 1938, it was pretty damn clever, actually.