"Currency" is anything two or more transacting parties say it is. "Goodwill," "reputation," "an understanding that if I do this for you, you'll do something for me later," and the like are all "currencies" in this sense.
Also, I've learned to not waste my mod points on climate change related discussions because I always find comments I want to make.
Man, I hear ya there... For a long time I stopped reading the climate change discussions due to the overwhelming number of crazy, anti-science, and purely political comments contained therein—a while back, down-modding those wouldn't have even made a dent. Hopefully, the recent improvement is due to more people siding with scientific evidence and reason.
BTW, I recognize your nick from some of those discussions, and your quality, informed posts on the topic. I look forward to them; keep it up.:o)
In the USA a convicted felon is not even allowed to vote.
That is a serious shortcoming of the democratic process in the United States, as US federal and state governments seem hellbent on creating as many of these ineligible voters as possible, by way of, (for example):
Further, ex-convicts still have a stake in American society, and as long as they're expected to pay taxes, I believe that they should have a say in how it operates. I think that this is something that should be of concern not only to convicted felons, but to every American who is not above the law, and is therefore eligible to be branded a felon.
With all of the wars, and all of the droughts, and all of the torture, December's shootings remain the most embarassing thing on the planet at this time.
Claiming that illegitimate wars are less embarrassing or serious than occasional mass shootings should make you embarrassed.
Nice bit of copying and pasting there, Mr. Submitter. I mean, the "Bam!" is dumb enough in the article, but at least it's an exclamation at the presentation of the map. Copied and pasted like that it just looks stupid.
Combine ["wacko retardo politics" [GPP]] with the downmod system that gets misused to hide opinions some self-appointed people on the left disagree with, and presto!
I agree that abuse of down-mods is out-of-control, but I disagree that there's a political bias that's skewed from Slashdot's overall political composition.
I've found it helpful and enlightening to set the down-mod adjustments to +2 for reading comments; most of the uninteresting trash from ACs stays at zero... (It seems that if someone is willing to use a mod point to hide it, it's generally worth reading). Some spam gets through, but it's worth it to counter the censorship.
I've also committed to only up-modding others' comments; it feels good to not take part in censoring other people's ideas—I recommend others to try it.
Question: Does the user of that number actually "own" it? In other words, does one user have the rights to transfer that number to another user, or only forfeit it in exchange from another via phone provider? I'm not sure phone numbers are transferable like domain names are.
Apparently they can be transferred (sometimes, at least); I could have sworn someone tried to sell 212-867-5309 on eBay but was unable to transfer "ownership." Looking to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny#Popularity_and_litigation for a citation, I saw no reference to 212, but a 201 instance was successfully sold and transferred. My guess is that it probably depends on the carrier and/or local regulations.
How much do you make by ripping videos off and stuffing them with ads? Does Youtube really pay you to do that?
Unless you're talking about the translucent watermark in the top right corner of the video, I think you may have a browser security/annoyance vulnerability.
... and that's why those of us in civilised countries consider the US to have a similar legal system to the brutal Sharia law of countries like Afghanistan, Somalia and Mali, among others.
There are those of us in the US who agree that the US legal/penal/justice systems are brutal, regressive, unjust, and counterproductive, and do what we can to change that, but at the same time are opposed by authoritarian-types who claim that various improvements proposed by "bleeding-heart liberals" equate to being "soft on crime." However, my state struck down the judicial death penalty a few years ago and decriminalized marijuana possession last year, so I still have hope that improvements can continue, at least at the state level.
In the US, the basis of the legal system is that it's better to let ten guilty men go free rather than imprison one innocent man. Of course, this is a French court so they may or may not follow a similar philosophy.
That principle is known as Blackstone's formulation, after an 18th century English jurist. I subscribe to it, though in my opinion the former operand should be much greater than ten.
Enhance your calm, cffrost, maybe mapkinase just doesn't know that TFA means "the full article":)
I'm calm; else I wouldn't have gone to the trouble... However, mapkinase has been registered for 5+ years, and IIRC, an AC defined TFA for him in another post under this article.
Slashdot Mirror
The ones about intellectual property, that they are also suing about?
TPB's isn't using another site's style sheets or HTML.
The pirate bay wants to make them follow the rules, when the TPB exists only because of the rules they don't follow?
Which rules is TPB not following?
Weird, I have a felony conviction and I can still vote. Are we sure we're not confusing states and the US?
I did; thank you for the correction. mtm_king posted this chart: http://felonvoting.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=286
"to try and figure out"
Why don't they skip the try part and just figure out?
This reminds me of a construct I've heard in recent years, "[Let's] see if we can't [what-have-you]."
Which is easily resolved by not even attempting what-have-you.
"Currency" is anything two or more transacting parties say it is. "Goodwill," "reputation," "an understanding that if I do this for you, you'll do something for me later," and the like are all "currencies" in this sense.
The same goes for Tide laundry detergent, apparently.
Fresh? I thought honey lasted for years. It certainly has to in my house; I don't use it very fast.
Yes, but eksith said, "Plus if you're talking about produce, [...] you can be sure it's fresh."
Also, I've learned to not waste my mod points on climate change related discussions because I always find comments I want to make.
Man, I hear ya there... For a long time I stopped reading the climate change discussions due to the overwhelming number of crazy, anti-science, and purely political comments contained therein—a while back, down-modding those wouldn't have even made a dent. Hopefully, the recent improvement is due to more people siding with scientific evidence and reason.
BTW, I recognize your nick from some of those discussions, and your quality, informed posts on the topic. I look forward to them; keep it up. :o)
Mellen Press is trying to make McMaster its McBitch.
In the USA a convicted felon is not even allowed to vote.
That is a serious shortcoming of the democratic process in the United States, as US federal and state governments seem hellbent on creating as many of these ineligible voters as possible, by way of, (for example):
Utilization of bullshit forensic "science" in courtrooms [Torrent]
Maintaining the highest incarceration rate in the world
Prosecuting kids under child porn legislation for "sexting"
Failure to guarantee adequate job skills training and rehabilitation programs to inmates, thus fostering high recidivism
Overzealous prosecution
The War on Drugs
Further, ex-convicts still have a stake in American society, and as long as they're expected to pay taxes, I believe that they should have a say in how it operates. I think that this is something that should be of concern not only to convicted felons, but to every American who is not above the law, and is therefore eligible to be branded a felon.
With all of the wars, and all of the droughts, and all of the torture, December's shootings remain the most embarassing thing on the planet at this time.
Claiming that illegitimate wars are less embarrassing or serious than occasional mass shootings should make you embarrassed.
Nice bit of copying and pasting there, Mr. Submitter. I mean, the "Bam!" is dumb enough in the article, but at least it's an exclamation at the presentation of the map. Copied and pasted like that it just looks stupid.
I read the whole thing in Elzar's voice.
This.
Meme.
Sucks.
Combine ["wacko retardo politics" [GPP]] with the downmod system that gets misused to hide opinions some self-appointed people on the left disagree with, and presto!
I agree that abuse of down-mods is out-of-control, but I disagree that there's a political bias that's skewed from Slashdot's overall political composition.
I've found it helpful and enlightening to set the down-mod adjustments to +2 for reading comments; most of the uninteresting trash from ACs stays at zero... (It seems that if someone is willing to use a mod point to hide it, it's generally worth reading). Some spam gets through, but it's worth it to counter the censorship.
I've also committed to only up-modding others' comments; it feels good to not take part in censoring other people's ideas—I recommend others to try it.
Don't hate the playa, hate the game.
Can't I hate 'em both?
If you use Firefox or Chrome, install the HTTPS Everywhere addon by the EFF.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
I also recommend HTTPS Finder, which detects HTTPS-compatible sites and adds them to HTTPS Everywhere's rule-set.
Question: Does the user of that number actually "own" it? In other words, does one user have the rights to transfer that number to another user, or only forfeit it in exchange from another via phone provider? I'm not sure phone numbers are transferable like domain names are.
Apparently they can be transferred (sometimes, at least); I could have sworn someone tried to sell 212-867-5309 on eBay but was unable to transfer "ownership." Looking to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny#Popularity_and_litigation for a citation, I saw no reference to 212, but a 201 instance was successfully sold and transferred. My guess is that it probably depends on the carrier and/or local regulations.
Terrifying like a terrorist bombing that wounds but kills noone?
Which Noone was killed?
How much do you make by ripping videos off and stuffing them with ads? Does Youtube really pay you to do that?
Unless you're talking about the translucent watermark in the top right corner of the video, I think you may have a browser security/annoyance vulnerability.
... and that's why those of us in civilised countries consider the US to have a similar legal system to the brutal Sharia law of countries like Afghanistan, Somalia and Mali, among others.
There are those of us in the US who agree that the US legal/penal/justice systems are brutal, regressive, unjust, and counterproductive, and do what we can to change that, but at the same time are opposed by authoritarian-types who claim that various improvements proposed by "bleeding-heart liberals" equate to being "soft on crime." However, my state struck down the judicial death penalty a few years ago and decriminalized marijuana possession last year, so I still have hope that improvements can continue, at least at the state level.
This entire discussion is nothing more than empty speculation on something never mentioned in the story.
Well I'm sitting in an armchair*... Aren't you sitting in an armchair? I thought we were all sitting in armchairs.
* To add further credence, I'm also wearing a monocle and smoking a pipe.
In the US, the basis of the legal system is that it's better to let ten guilty men go free rather than imprison one innocent man. Of course, this is a French court so they may or may not follow a similar philosophy.
That principle is known as Blackstone's formulation, after an 18th century English jurist. I subscribe to it, though in my opinion the former operand should be much greater than ten.
Then wouldn't it get harder as it gets lower?
The lower the bar gets, the harder it is to get a good ROI from a college education.
Enhance your calm, cffrost, maybe mapkinase just doesn't know that TFA means "the full article" :)
I'm calm; else I wouldn't have gone to the trouble... However, mapkinase has been registered for 5+ years, and IIRC, an AC defined TFA for him in another post under this article.
Yes... the bar is being lowered, yes it is!
It's a limbo bar.
The submission has 6 links none of them have any reference to TFA.
The first fucking link, buddy: The Fucking Article
I even looked at 'em all and made sure that that one talked about what you seem to wanna read about. Will you let go of my hand now, FFS?
>TFA
link?
Yep, just click it.