Actually, I don't really own rocks, guns, or bows and arrows. Nor do I have buckets of urine lying around (those generally go into the toilette). Yes those items can be common in most American homes and yes, the summary does indicate that an excessive level of source may be used. But, I think that we here on slashdot have a somewhat knee-jerk reaction to bash on authoritative figures when something happens. My point was that I'd simply prefer more information as to the context of the situation before casting blame based on an article(s) summary.
And yes, I did misspell lawsuit. I happen to make mistakes from time to time.
Yes, I am aware that most of those items can be found in most American homes, which is why I mentioned that simple possession should not lead to investigation and arrest. My point was that the summary and commentaries are rather slanted to believing that the cops are evil and the arrested are the underdogs. Simply put, I'd like more information as to the context of the situation before casting blame. Maybe all those items were not in the closet but out, ordered and ready for use. There is some evidence to support that the use of force was rather excessive but there is also some evidence that it might not have been unjustified.
I don't know if the parent should be marked troll as he has a valid point.
According to one of the linked articles:
At least five suspected leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee, a self-described anarchist group, were taken to the Hennepin County jail, and another was being sought, said Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher.
On Saturday afternoon, he displayed a number of the confiscated items: a gun, throwing knives, a bow and arrows, flammable liquids, paint, slingshots, rocks and buckets of urine.
"We know these things were going to be used as weapons," Fletcher said, a charge protesters and their advocates vigorously disputed.
It seems to me like they had some evidence that this protest might get violent. Granted, being in possession of some weapons shouldn't be used to incriminate these folks, but if the informants were worried about general public safety, then there might be a more logical reason to these strong-armed tactics besides the knee-jerk reaction that they are evil fascist cops trying to hold us down. From their perspective, risking a law suite might outweigh the risks of having someone injured or killed.
- Abandoning the wiki model is really losing the core good idea of this website. Remember, they are an anonymous bunch of people; I just don't feel I can trust them with choosing what should be or not be published, let alone say they don't want a single comma changed in their article because they like their own version better.
Ya, but no one was really participating in their wiki model (last page in the Wired article). Since they were looking for and failed to achieve participation by their standards, I can understand why they might want to explore a different means of distribution. Maybe they could try a slashdot approach married with their subscription model. They would have a few core contributors, stories could be accepted from the outside and the focus would be more in the discussion surrounding the article.
So, mathematics is done in all-night sessions alone in your mom's basement while staring and shapely Riemann sums and Physics is done in the real world while drinking a beer and when you get the final product, you'll have no idea how you did it.
Sometimes that symbol is worth more than the actual compensation for the work, it really depends on how it's used. For instance I could get paid to work a minimum wage job or I could earn some Honors certificate for grades. The latter makes me unique among a crowd and could actually lead to better opportunities whereas the former would just get me by to the next drone job. While money may be greater than the worth of the symbol, the symbol's power over people may be greater than money.
This actually reminds me of a story of the wandering engineer. They'd work for google, then move to MS because they lack quality control. The engineer would then transfer to Yahoo because MS isn't doing anything interesting. They'd then move to Google and start the cycle anew because Yahoo wasn't on the cutting edge. Maybe the novelty of working at Google, or any other place for that matter, wears off once you've been there for quite a few months and you have the qualifications to change things up. Engineers can be a fickle lot where the interesting aspects of a project outweigh how much it pays.
You should also add that the war between the states was not about the morality of slavery but rather which was more economically feasible to each side. The North's economy was based around paying low wages and letting people fend for themselves. The South was based on free labor that was provided food and shelter (e.g. NSTAAFL). The argument over slavery and economy was pretty tightly intertwined and hotly contested, as wealthy peoples' way of life hinged on it. Even after the North won, I'm pretty sure Black people were not suddenly treated as equals by those in 'free' states.
As for whether Jews can use thrusters on the Sabbath, my guess is that you can provided you don't actually go where you want to. That was the position of my friend's rabbi about moving household furniture around the living room on the Sabbath.
Ah the ol' reverse psychology trick. I don't want to not slam into the earth so I'll use my thrusters while in orbit. I'm still faithful right?
Wow, read the little bit on speculation about the organ trade and iit seems like China's just a step or two away from soylent green. All they have to do is turn the bus into a mobile cantina and give out free food to the populace.
Dude, it's made from leggos, it is nerd news
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The Olympics may be for jocks but building anything in an extensive manner using legos is still awesome. What matters is not the context of the subject but rather the engineering creativity behind it, and I'd have to say, the love and detail in this project is impressive. On a side note, I have my doubts about a Hong Kong team building it. If the Chinese really built it, they would have conscripted their entire population to build a lego model up to scale:).
Not that Republicans are much better,but at least they defend our interests.
Right....which is why the war in Iraq, based on purely factual pretenses, is going just swimmingly for us and not meaninglessly crippling our economy. Given the swell job Republicans have done for us thus far, I'd trust a ficus plant sitting in the oval office more. At least they're less likely to galvanize the public into a militaristic bid for resources, and fail at that.
On a side note, I have a ficus named Phil that I'd like to nominate for president. He won't bite, kill, maim, or lie to anyone. In fact, his laissez-faire policy ensures that government will leave you alone. His only major running policy to produce clean air for everyone, and that's a promise he can deliver on. Let's see Republicans or Democrats do that.
That seems nice in concept but is probably very hard to deliver without making the underlying formula apparent. I think, as of how the technology stands now, I'd prefer a well constructed storying line with underlying theme crafted in to a storying that was pretty much jigsawed together. The reason I prefer the former is because I am starting to recognize the tried and true scenarios: 1. [fetch item/kill npc] at location X and return evidence to person Y who [rewards/betrays] you for your efforts; If [rewards] offer option to repeat step 1 or send to quest point 2 where step 1 is repeated by different npc. Thing is, when a story is boiled down to an algorithm, it loses much of the special idiosyncratic moments that are placed their by a writer, moments that can only occur once lest they lose their gravity.
I think that the whole idea of India being technologically advanced is dwindling or going to dwindle over the next few years. I have a rather intelligent friend from India who mentioned initially they had a tech school (equivalent to our MIT) which had an acceptance rate of 1%. As time passed, they realized that there was a greater demand and opened more tech schools, thus creating an over-supply of engineer students. For better or worse, the students coming out of these schools are not the elite that could replace a dozen western engineers for a pittance.
That and he has incredibly large lungs that were acquired from being trained like a thoroughbred. Though I find the most amusing part of this post is that it has switched away from the main topic of Margaret Hoelzer.:)
Actually, the NSA has discovered that moon men have been secretly stockpiling yellow cake, and not the kind your mother makes. We're really going there to eliminate any potential threats which may project terrorism from long distance. If they don't do this, how can we sleep soundly at night?
First port got modded troll. I think, if the first few posts get modded down, they disappear from view. The purpose of this is to remove first-spammers. And ya, my reply seems kinda dumb outa context:P.
O well, this will get modded off topic and we can move on with our lives.
That reminds me of trying to fight the secret level of mephisto, baal, and diablo at the same time. Each boss could pretty much two-shot you unless you had some serious life-leech gear. Rejuv potions kinda helped in case they got off a lucky shot and you missed your life-leech. It would have been nice if potions, while not necessary, were available for hard fights. Sure, managing potions in normal fights was kinda annoying, but potions added a sense of urgency and strategy when fighting a boss that was a couple levels beyond your class. If they have it shit out potions mid fight, that might ruin the edge of the fight. In other words, the outcome of the fight is based more on the randomness of the computer than it is on me.
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Actually, I don't really own rocks, guns, or bows and arrows. Nor do I have buckets of urine lying around (those generally go into the toilette). Yes those items can be common in most American homes and yes, the summary does indicate that an excessive level of source may be used. But, I think that we here on slashdot have a somewhat knee-jerk reaction to bash on authoritative figures when something happens. My point was that I'd simply prefer more information as to the context of the situation before casting blame based on an article(s) summary.
And yes, I did misspell lawsuit. I happen to make mistakes from time to time.
Yes, I am aware that most of those items can be found in most American homes, which is why I mentioned that simple possession should not lead to investigation and arrest. My point was that the summary and commentaries are rather slanted to believing that the cops are evil and the arrested are the underdogs. Simply put, I'd like more information as to the context of the situation before casting blame. Maybe all those items were not in the closet but out, ordered and ready for use. There is some evidence to support that the use of force was rather excessive but there is also some evidence that it might not have been unjustified.
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At least five suspected leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee, a self-described anarchist group, were taken to the Hennepin County jail, and another was being sought, said Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher. On Saturday afternoon, he displayed a number of the confiscated items: a gun, throwing knives, a bow and arrows, flammable liquids, paint, slingshots, rocks and buckets of urine. "We know these things were going to be used as weapons," Fletcher said, a charge protesters and their advocates vigorously disputed.
It seems to me like they had some evidence that this protest might get violent. Granted, being in possession of some weapons shouldn't be used to incriminate these folks, but if the informants were worried about general public safety, then there might be a more logical reason to these strong-armed tactics besides the knee-jerk reaction that they are evil fascist cops trying to hold us down. From their perspective, risking a law suite might outweigh the risks of having someone injured or killed.
It's like having a secret society D&Ders with regular meetings in the basement, erm ... Painkeep. It's so secret nobody cares.
Mwahahaha this plan is brilliant. Now if only I could get with a girl and spread my brood upon the world.
And if we harass and torture people, that seems to count as prevention nowadays, thus "justifying" our actions.
This will be perfect for running my Vista laptop as it already runs on viruses!
- Abandoning the wiki model is really losing the core good idea of this website. Remember, they are an anonymous bunch of people; I just don't feel I can trust them with choosing what should be or not be published, let alone say they don't want a single comma changed in their article because they like their own version better.
Ya, but no one was really participating in their wiki model (last page in the Wired article). Since they were looking for and failed to achieve participation by their standards, I can understand why they might want to explore a different means of distribution. Maybe they could try a slashdot approach married with their subscription model. They would have a few core contributors, stories could be accepted from the outside and the focus would be more in the discussion surrounding the article.
So, mathematics is done in all-night sessions alone in your mom's basement while staring and shapely Riemann sums and Physics is done in the real world while drinking a beer and when you get the final product, you'll have no idea how you did it.
Hmm...I could do ctrl-A, ctrl-C, ctrl-V fast enough.
Sometimes that symbol is worth more than the actual compensation for the work, it really depends on how it's used. For instance I could get paid to work a minimum wage job or I could earn some Honors certificate for grades. The latter makes me unique among a crowd and could actually lead to better opportunities whereas the former would just get me by to the next drone job. While money may be greater than the worth of the symbol, the symbol's power over people may be greater than money.
This actually reminds me of a story of the wandering engineer. They'd work for google, then move to MS because they lack quality control. The engineer would then transfer to Yahoo because MS isn't doing anything interesting. They'd then move to Google and start the cycle anew because Yahoo wasn't on the cutting edge. Maybe the novelty of working at Google, or any other place for that matter, wears off once you've been there for quite a few months and you have the qualifications to change things up. Engineers can be a fickle lot where the interesting aspects of a project outweigh how much it pays.
You should also add that the war between the states was not about the morality of slavery but rather which was more economically feasible to each side. The North's economy was based around paying low wages and letting people fend for themselves. The South was based on free labor that was provided food and shelter (e.g. NSTAAFL). The argument over slavery and economy was pretty tightly intertwined and hotly contested, as wealthy peoples' way of life hinged on it. Even after the North won, I'm pretty sure Black people were not suddenly treated as equals by those in 'free' states.
As for whether Jews can use thrusters on the Sabbath, my guess is that you can provided you don't actually go where you want to. That was the position of my friend's rabbi about moving household furniture around the living room on the Sabbath.
Ah the ol' reverse psychology trick. I don't want to not slam into the earth so I'll use my thrusters while in orbit. I'm still faithful right?
George Carlin died at 71. Guess he should have slept with more 2's.
Wow, read the little bit on speculation about the organ trade and iit seems like China's just a step or two away from soylent green. All they have to do is turn the bus into a mobile cantina and give out free food to the populace.
The Olympics may be for jocks but building anything in an extensive manner using legos is still awesome. What matters is not the context of the subject but rather the engineering creativity behind it, and I'd have to say, the love and detail in this project is impressive. On a side note, I have my doubts about a Hong Kong team building it. If the Chinese really built it, they would have conscripted their entire population to build a lego model up to scale :).
Not that Republicans are much better,but at least they defend our interests.
Right....which is why the war in Iraq, based on purely factual pretenses, is going just swimmingly for us and not meaninglessly crippling our economy. Given the swell job Republicans have done for us thus far, I'd trust a ficus plant sitting in the oval office more. At least they're less likely to galvanize the public into a militaristic bid for resources, and fail at that.
On a side note, I have a ficus named Phil that I'd like to nominate for president. He won't bite, kill, maim, or lie to anyone. In fact, his laissez-faire policy ensures that government will leave you alone. His only major running policy to produce clean air for everyone, and that's a promise he can deliver on. Let's see Republicans or Democrats do that.
and go stand under a lightning bolt. :)
That seems nice in concept but is probably very hard to deliver without making the underlying formula apparent. I think, as of how the technology stands now, I'd prefer a well constructed storying line with underlying theme crafted in to a storying that was pretty much jigsawed together. The reason I prefer the former is because I am starting to recognize the tried and true scenarios: 1. [fetch item/kill npc] at location X and return evidence to person Y who [rewards/betrays] you for your efforts; If [rewards] offer option to repeat step 1 or send to quest point 2 where step 1 is repeated by different npc. Thing is, when a story is boiled down to an algorithm, it loses much of the special idiosyncratic moments that are placed their by a writer, moments that can only occur once lest they lose their gravity.
I think that the whole idea of India being technologically advanced is dwindling or going to dwindle over the next few years. I have a rather intelligent friend from India who mentioned initially they had a tech school (equivalent to our MIT) which had an acceptance rate of 1%. As time passed, they realized that there was a greater demand and opened more tech schools, thus creating an over-supply of engineer students. For better or worse, the students coming out of these schools are not the elite that could replace a dozen western engineers for a pittance.
That and he has incredibly large lungs that were acquired from being trained like a thoroughbred. Though I find the most amusing part of this post is that it has switched away from the main topic of Margaret Hoelzer. :)
Actually, the NSA has discovered that moon men have been secretly stockpiling yellow cake, and not the kind your mother makes. We're really going there to eliminate any potential threats which may project terrorism from long distance. If they don't do this, how can we sleep soundly at night?
First port got modded troll. I think, if the first few posts get modded down, they disappear from view. The purpose of this is to remove first-spammers. And ya, my reply seems kinda dumb outa context :P.
O well, this will get modded off topic and we can move on with our lives.
Can you really fault them, most slashdotters have never seen a woman before.
That reminds me of trying to fight the secret level of mephisto, baal, and diablo at the same time. Each boss could pretty much two-shot you unless you had some serious life-leech gear. Rejuv potions kinda helped in case they got off a lucky shot and you missed your life-leech. It would have been nice if potions, while not necessary, were available for hard fights. Sure, managing potions in normal fights was kinda annoying, but potions added a sense of urgency and strategy when fighting a boss that was a couple levels beyond your class. If they have it shit out potions mid fight, that might ruin the edge of the fight. In other words, the outcome of the fight is based more on the randomness of the computer than it is on me.