Um... Anyone who is actually logged into their Google account while searching for porn is a moron.
Though it's probably smarter than using Froogle...
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i think more coders is a GOOD thing. a planet of coders: what we could do!
Over my 25+ years as a system programmer/admin on just about every Unix (and, sigh, Windows) platform known, I've seen, and fixed, a LOT of code of questionable quality and shudder at your thought. I'm sure a "planet of coders" would bring forth some sort of Apocalypse. Hopefully, I'll be dead by then.
... artists should be free to restrict/enable distribution of their material however they please.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. Absolutely, yes, artists should be able to distribute their work as they please - as long as they are not beholden to another. However, many (most?) artists are given support (i.e., paid) by labels and production companies to producer their work. In these cases, those entities have a stake in the product and should have a say in its distribution if, for no other reason, to recoup their investment. Artists signed to a label are using the Patronage model, it's just that their Patron is a corporation.
As soon as people who aren't creating content start dictating how content should be distributed, we have a problem.
As soon as artists create their content entirely on their own, without outside support and funding, they can be the sole arbitrator of how that content is distributed / sold. Your position seems to be that an artist should get paid to produce something and, yet, also have absolute control over that product. I'm not sure that happens anywhere.
Sure, in those cases where the artists go it alone they have every right to decide how to distribute their material. Things might be a little different when they receive funding and support from someone else to produce that material. Artists are not forced into agreements with publishers and producers, etc...
Look at what Homeland Security did to the Occupiers: Tanks, tear gas, mass arrests under cover of darkness, secret courts, deportation, just to name a few of the many creative things they did to punish the people who excercised their "freedom of speech".
I'd argue that they were harassed more for exercising their First Amendment "right to peaceably assemble" more than freedom of speech and, as another poster pointed out, it was local police, not DHS, that did the harassing. Still, all around bad behavior from the Authorities.
Or the lady who was forced to milk herself in a public restroom, or else have her equipment seized by the TSA as "contraband".
Have her breasts seized? Sure, I can understand that; probably more than 3oz of liquid in those things. If she wants to get them through security, she needs to wrap them in plastic and write "Saline Solution" on them. See Bruce Schneier: The Things He Carried
Schneier took from his bag a 12-ounce container labeled "saline solution."
"It's allowed," he said. Medical supplies, such as saline solution for contact-lens cleaning, don't fall under the TSA's three-ounce rule.
"What's allowed?" I asked. "Saline solution, or bottles labeled saline solution?"
"Bottles labeled saline solution. They won't check what's in it, trust me."
They did not check. As we gathered our belongings, Schneier held up the bottle and said to the nearest security officer, "This is okay, right?" "Yep," the officer said. "Just have to put it in the tray."
"Maybe if you lit it on fire, he'd pay attention," I said, risking arrest for making a joke at airport security. (Later, Schneier would carry two bottles labeled saline solution—24 ounces in total—through security. An officer asked him why he needed two bottles. "Two eyes," he said. He was allowed to keep the bottles.)
In most states, if somebody doesn't pay a judgement, then the plaintiff can do things like have the sheriff show up at their office and take anything of value up to the amount of the judgement.
Over the past few years, we've heard plenty of horror stories about bungled foreclosures. The one of Warren and Maureen Nyerges, from the Naples, Fla. area, is just as bad. In 2009, they bought a home with cash, yet in 2010 Bank of America tried to foreclose on them. It took two months of phone calls and eventually court intervention to clear up the misunderstanding.
In December, a judge ordered the bank to pay the couple $2,500 in attorney fees. But months went by and the bank never cut a check. So, the Naples Daily News reports, Nyerges hired a lawyer, who pursued a levy, and this past Friday the showdown was on: The Nyergeses showed up to a local branch of Bank of America with the sheriff, the media and some movers with a truck:
"I'm either leaving the building with a whole bunch of furniture, or a check or cash or something," the attorney, Todd Allen, vowed.
Researchers have determined that the risk zone for driver airbags is the first 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm) of inflation. So, placing yourself 10 inches (25 cm) from your driver airbag gives you a clear margin of safety. Measure this distance from the center of the steering wheel to your breastbone.
Distance from the wheel: There should be a minimal clearance of 10" (and preferably 30cm) between the center of the steering hub and the base of the breastbone (sternum). It should also not be further away that 45cm.
For me and my height, that results in *almost* (but not completely) straight arms in addition to being able to control the pedals properly - not too straight or bent - either is problematic in an accident. Other pages document an ideal arm bend of 120 degrees.
I'm pretty sure race-car drivers use multi-point restraints and don't have air bags in their vehicles. In addition, I said "almost straight" - to give enough distance for proper air bad inflation. The summary said he has his "seat pushed farther forward than most people like", which - if too far forward - could result in him either getting impaled by the steering wheel (before the air bag fully inflates) or having is neck broken by the air bag. It has been documented that short drivers, than pull their seat very far forward are in such dangers.
Hmm... I said "almost straight" which I fail to see as being different than your "slightly bent", so we must be in agreement. The summary said he has his "seat pushed farther forward than most people like", which - if too far forward - could result in him either getting impaled by the steering wheel (before the air bag fully inflates) or having is neck broken by the air bag. It has been documented that short drivers, than pull their seat very far forward are in such dangers.
I also drive with my seat pushed farther forward than most people like.
Assuming you can still reach the pedals, you might want to consider sliding your seat back so your arms are almost straight, otherwise be prepared to get seriously impaled (and/or killed) by the airbag or steering wheel in an accident. If you cannot reach the pedals in this position, get pedal extenders.
Furthermore, as far as I know, it's only Acetaminophen (Tylenol) that has been shown to potentially cause liver failure using regular 2 x 325mg doses, and only when taken with alcohol over a period of a few days. The articles I've read about liver failure from NSAIDs have been from using high(er) doses of Ibuprofen or Naproxen - both of which are stronger than Aspirin - continuously over a long period of time, like for arthritis pain control. But, IANAMD.
it's easy to take stuff off the shelves and run out the door with it
I tried taking one of their servers and running out the door, but the power cord got stuck in the elevator. That thing is heavy, by the way; I had to bring my own handcart. Sure, I asked to borrow theirs, but nooooo. And... security guards were mean to me.
So. Your analogy is a bit flawed. Maybe this will help, from Steven Wright:
Last time I went to the movies I was thrown out for bringing my own food. My argument was that the concession stand prices are outrageous. Besides, I hadn't had a barbecue in a long time.
These three-letter agencies tend to "neither confirm or deny" their actions, so an explicit denial is probably a confirmation... Now excuse me while I relax in the comfy chair some well-dressed gentlemen just delivered.
About a year after Pole created his pregnancy-prediction model, a man walked into a Target outside Minneapolis and demanded to see the manager. He was clutching coupons that had been sent to his daughter, and he was angry, according to an employee who participated in the conversation.
“My daughter got this in the mail!” he said. “She’s still in high school, and you’re sending her coupons for baby clothes and cribs? Are you trying to encourage her to get pregnant?”
The manager didn’t have any idea what the man was talking about. He looked at the mailer. Sure enough, it was addressed to the man’s daughter and contained advertisements for maternity clothing, nursery furniture and pictures of smiling infants. The manager apologized and then called a few days later to apologize again.
On the phone, though, the father was somewhat abashed. “I had a talk with my daughter,” he said. “It turns out there’s been some activities in my house I haven’t been completely aware of. She’s due in August. I owe you an apology.”
The school district, however, appears to agree with the parent, is considering firing the teacher and will be eliminating the book from the school.
If they will be "eliminating the book from the school", then it was probably on the approved reading list, then the teacher is not at fault (so to speak), but the school (district). My wife was a teacher for many, many years and, on those occasions she wanted to teach off the approved list, would send letters to and obtain signatures from parents. Children of parents that objected would get a book from the approved list and separate assignments. (She was awarded as one of the best teachers in the school district and state, BTW.)
Also worth mentioning, from TFA, is that the teacher also read the following books to her students with, apparently, no complaints:
The other books were ‘Devil’s Paintbox’ by Victoria McKearnan and ‘Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case’, written by Agatha Christie.
Like the word "punked". About 5 years ago I heard my mother-in-law use it.
I asked her where she first heard it and she said when she was a teen. She's now 93.
I did not know that, thanks. Though I imagine extraditing a sitting Senator would be diplomatically problematic - especially on the weak cases against him in Sweden (for now) and the U.S.
I'd be more interested to know if he won would he be eligible for Diplomatic Immunity; be able to leave Britain and prevent any extradition to Sweden or the U.S. while in office.
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Very well put and nice knowing you. Dress warmly tonight for the nice gentlemen in camouflage fatigues as riding in those black helos can get chilly.
Um... Anyone who is actually logged into their Google account while searching for porn is a moron. ...
Though it's probably smarter than using Froogle
i think more coders is a GOOD thing. a planet of coders: what we could do!
Over my 25+ years as a system programmer/admin on just about every Unix (and, sigh, Windows) platform known, I've seen, and fixed, a LOT of code of questionable quality and shudder at your thought. I'm sure a "planet of coders" would bring forth some sort of Apocalypse. Hopefully, I'll be dead by then.
... artists should be free to restrict/enable distribution of their material however they please.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. Absolutely, yes, artists should be able to distribute their work as they please - as long as they are not beholden to another. However, many (most?) artists are given support (i.e., paid) by labels and production companies to producer their work. In these cases, those entities have a stake in the product and should have a say in its distribution if, for no other reason, to recoup their investment. Artists signed to a label are using the Patronage model, it's just that their Patron is a corporation.
As soon as people who aren't creating content start dictating how content should be distributed, we have a problem.
As soon as artists create their content entirely on their own, without outside support and funding, they can be the sole arbitrator of how that content is distributed / sold. Your position seems to be that an artist should get paid to produce something and, yet, also have absolute control over that product. I'm not sure that happens anywhere.
Just let artists decide.
Sure, in those cases where the artists go it alone they have every right to decide how to distribute their material. Things might be a little different when they receive funding and support from someone else to produce that material. Artists are not forced into agreements with publishers and producers, etc...
Look at what Homeland Security did to the Occupiers: Tanks, tear gas, mass arrests under cover of darkness, secret courts, deportation, just to name a few of the many creative things they did to punish the people who excercised their "freedom of speech".
I'd argue that they were harassed more for exercising their First Amendment "right to peaceably assemble" more than freedom of speech and, as another poster pointed out, it was local police, not DHS, that did the harassing. Still, all around bad behavior from the Authorities.
Or the lady who was forced to milk herself in a public restroom, or else have her equipment seized by the TSA as "contraband".
Have her breasts seized? Sure, I can understand that; probably more than 3oz of liquid in those things. If she wants to get them through security, she needs to wrap them in plastic and write "Saline Solution" on them. See Bruce Schneier: The Things He Carried
Schneier took from his bag a 12-ounce container labeled "saline solution."
"It's allowed," he said. Medical supplies, such as saline solution for contact-lens cleaning, don't fall under the TSA's three-ounce rule.
"What's allowed?" I asked. "Saline solution, or bottles labeled saline solution?"
"Bottles labeled saline solution. They won't check what's in it, trust me."
They did not check. As we gathered our belongings, Schneier held up the bottle and said to the nearest security officer, "This is okay, right?" "Yep," the officer said. "Just have to put it in the tray."
"Maybe if you lit it on fire, he'd pay attention," I said, risking arrest for making a joke at airport security. (Later, Schneier would carry two bottles labeled saline solution—24 ounces in total—through security. An officer asked him why he needed two bottles. "Two eyes," he said. He was allowed to keep the bottles.)
In most states, if somebody doesn't pay a judgement, then the plaintiff can do things like have the sheriff show up at their office and take anything of value up to the amount of the judgement.
Like this priceless gem: A Florida Couple 'Forecloses' On Bank Of America
Over the past few years, we've heard plenty of horror stories about bungled foreclosures. The one of Warren and Maureen Nyerges, from the Naples, Fla. area, is just as bad. In 2009, they bought a home with cash, yet in 2010 Bank of America tried to foreclose on them. It took two months of phone calls and eventually court intervention to clear up the misunderstanding.
In December, a judge ordered the bank to pay the couple $2,500 in attorney fees. But months went by and the bank never cut a check. So, the Naples Daily News reports, Nyerges hired a lawyer, who pursued a levy, and this past Friday the showdown was on: The Nyergeses showed up to a local branch of Bank of America with the sheriff, the media and some movers with a truck:
"I'm either leaving the building with a whole bunch of furniture, or a check or cash or something," the attorney, Todd Allen, vowed.
... An hour later, the bank cut a check.
Researchers have determined that the risk zone for driver airbags is the first 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm) of inflation. So, placing yourself 10 inches (25 cm) from your driver airbag gives you a clear margin of safety. Measure this distance from the center of the steering wheel to your breastbone.
Or, http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199807093390219:
A limitation of our study is that the new regulation defines the safe distance as 10 in. (25 cm) from the breastbone to the steering wheel.
or, http://www.wikihow.com/Adjust-Seating-to-the-Proper-Position-While-Driving
Distance from the wheel: There should be a minimal clearance of 10" (and preferably 30cm) between the center of the steering hub and the base of the breastbone (sternum). It should also not be further away that 45cm.
For me and my height, that results in *almost* (but not completely) straight arms in addition to being able to control the pedals properly - not too straight or bent - either is problematic in an accident. Other pages document an ideal arm bend of 120 degrees.
I'm pretty sure race-car drivers use multi-point restraints and don't have air bags in their vehicles. In addition, I said "almost straight" - to give enough distance for proper air bad inflation. The summary said he has his "seat pushed farther forward than most people like", which - if too far forward - could result in him either getting impaled by the steering wheel (before the air bag fully inflates) or having is neck broken by the air bag. It has been documented that short drivers, than pull their seat very far forward are in such dangers.
Hmm... I said "almost straight" which I fail to see as being different than your "slightly bent", so we must be in agreement. The summary said he has his "seat pushed farther forward than most people like", which - if too far forward - could result in him either getting impaled by the steering wheel (before the air bag fully inflates) or having is neck broken by the air bag. It has been documented that short drivers, than pull their seat very far forward are in such dangers.
I also drive with my seat pushed farther forward than most people like.
Assuming you can still reach the pedals, you might want to consider sliding your seat back so your arms are almost straight, otherwise be prepared to get seriously impaled (and/or killed) by the airbag or steering wheel in an accident. If you cannot reach the pedals in this position, get pedal extenders.
The French have already surrendered to everyone else. It was simply a matter of time until they started surrendering to themselves. :-)
Acetaminophen's not an NSAID,
Furthermore, as far as I know, it's only Acetaminophen (Tylenol) that has been shown to potentially cause liver failure using regular 2 x 325mg doses, and only when taken with alcohol over a period of a few days. The articles I've read about liver failure from NSAIDs have been from using high(er) doses of Ibuprofen or Naproxen - both of which are stronger than Aspirin - continuously over a long period of time, like for arthritis pain control. But, IANAMD.
it's easy to take stuff off the shelves and run out the door with it
I tried taking one of their servers and running out the door, but the power cord got stuck in the elevator. That thing is heavy, by the way; I had to bring my own handcart. Sure, I asked to borrow theirs, but nooooo. And... security guards were mean to me.
So. Your analogy is a bit flawed. Maybe this will help, from Steven Wright:
Last time I went to the movies I was thrown out for bringing my own food. My argument was that the concession stand prices are outrageous. Besides, I hadn't had a barbecue in a long time.
These three-letter agencies tend to "neither confirm or deny" their actions, so an explicit denial is probably a confirmation... Now excuse me while I relax in the comfy chair some well-dressed gentlemen just delivered.
VISA does not know how many candy bars you bought, retail corporate does.
Target certainly knows this - and more. See this NYT article: How Companies Learn Your Secrets. From page 7 of 8:
About a year after Pole created his pregnancy-prediction model, a man walked into a Target outside Minneapolis and demanded to see the manager. He was clutching coupons that had been sent to his daughter, and he was angry, according to an employee who participated in the conversation.
“My daughter got this in the mail!” he said. “She’s still in high school, and you’re sending her coupons for baby clothes and cribs? Are you trying to encourage her to get pregnant?”
The manager didn’t have any idea what the man was talking about. He looked at the mailer. Sure enough, it was addressed to the man’s daughter and contained advertisements for maternity clothing, nursery furniture and pictures of smiling infants. The manager apologized and then called a few days later to apologize again.
On the phone, though, the father was somewhat abashed. “I had a talk with my daughter,” he said. “It turns out there’s been some activities in my house I haven’t been completely aware of. She’s due in August. I owe you an apology.”
The school district, however, appears to agree with the parent, is considering firing the teacher and will be eliminating the book from the school.
If they will be "eliminating the book from the school", then it was probably on the approved reading list, then the teacher is not at fault (so to speak), but the school (district). My wife was a teacher for many, many years and, on those occasions she wanted to teach off the approved list, would send letters to and obtain signatures from parents. Children of parents that objected would get a book from the approved list and separate assignments. (She was awarded as one of the best teachers in the school district and state, BTW.)
Also worth mentioning, from TFA, is that the teacher also read the following books to her students with, apparently, no complaints:
The other books were ‘Devil’s Paintbox’ by Victoria McKearnan and ‘Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case’, written by Agatha Christie.
Like the word "punked". About 5 years ago I heard my mother-in-law use it.
I asked her where she first heard it and she said when she was a teen. She's now 93.
Of Mice and Men if John Steinbeck had been a SciFi author. On second thought...
I did not know that, thanks. Though I imagine extraditing a sitting Senator would be diplomatically problematic - especially on the weak cases against him in Sweden (for now) and the U.S.
I'd be more interested to know if he won would he be eligible for Diplomatic Immunity; be able to leave Britain and prevent any extradition to Sweden or the U.S. while in office.
I think most of information in the summary can also be found here: :-)
- Encarta
- Encyclopædia Britannica
"homogenous culturally"..
What do you base that on? Western Europe can hardly be called culturally homogenous..
Sure, but "The Netherlands," which is what your parent post mentioned and is *one* country, could be called that.
If you look at a broader range of crime statistics the picture is less clear cut. Rape is for example twice as prevalent in Holland as in the US.
Well, sure. Doesn't Julian Assange have a house in Holland too? :-)
[ I'm KIDDING, of course - geesh - everyone knows it's an apartment. ]