The law in question does not apply to the United States, and I have nothing further to add on the specific case.
However, on the larger scale, Harassment has existed as a criminal or civil offense (depending on the specific circumstances and jurisdiction) for some time in the United States (since our creation as a country, and even before that if you count colonial legal codes), and while it has undoubtedly been used to suppress free speech in the past, it is not the slippery slope you seem to think it is.
Harassment, online or offline, should have a nearly identical definition, and the only really difficult legal argument should be what happens when it occurs across state lines.
again, if someone feels harassed enough to complain to the authorities and charge you with harassment, it will be for the local jurisdiction to decide if you are harassing someone. If it goes beyond them, it will be for a jury of your peers to decide.
This is very similar to how it has always been offline.
While I was in the military, I took a few classes at the University of Phoenix because they cater specifically to people overseas.
After I got out, I went to a community college for two years, and am currently in a state school. The quality of education wasn't even comparable to the academic standards at community college, much less even a mid-tier state University.
I was actually in a similar situation to you, too, Grades in High school simply weren't good enough, but a Community College will accept anyone, and in my State (Washington), Universities are required to accept anyone who got a two-year degree from a Washington State community college.
Also, as you can probably tell from this forum, there's a lot of hate for the University of Phoenix in the professional world, it might be worth your while to transfer out and get your degree awarded by a more reputable institution.
I was in the Air Force for 4 years, did it for the GI bill benefits, and took some classes while I was in as well, so I experienced the sort of education you get at the University of Phoenix.
Academically, it really is inferior to a mid-tier public University. Anyone reading this thinking about the military option should take note, it's a MUCH better idea to get out and use your GI bill benefits.
They always had free will, and knowledge of what their future would be allowed them to change their choices.
Assuming no knowledge of the future, people would have always made the same choices (hence a predetermined future) - the time machine was the experiment that proved free will.
replace all instances of "God" in that sentence with "Zeus" or "Allah" or "Xenu."
Current religions are just descended from fucktards like Otherkin that everyone else started taking seriously, spread the idea, and there was nobody willing or able to stand up and point out, "C'mon guys, joke's over, this is ridiculous."
Many of the companies famous for building voting machines also built their reputations building ATMs and such.
ATMs are, to the best of my knowledge, tremendously secure, even when you have physical access to the machine. Basically, when people money is on the line, they do not fuck around at all.
Why then are they making voting machines less secure than ATMs? The expertise clearly exists to do it properly, the only explanation I can see is intentional sabotage of the voting process.
I have one friend who goes to Iran on a regular basis, she has family over there and goes back for weddings or other family affairs. Brings back pictures and stories and whatnot, it's all very upper-middle class.
There exist people in Iran who aren't raving lunatics or religious zealots.
you mean Sid Meier's Colonization? Slaughter of the Indians is a pretty important part of the game, and slavery (it's been a while since I played, the game features "indentured servants" but kinda've glosses over slavery as a whole) - 4X games don't really have the same impact as first-person shooters though.
Is Inglorious Basterds popular in Israel? I've always been curious about that.
It's possible to attach significance to any given date in the past 60+ years to an important, though obscure, event that occurred in the Middle East. Someone dies, someone is born, or elected, or deposed, or a protest is held, etc.
I wouldn't be surprised if Israel really DID organize Stuxnet, and the date hidden in the code DID mean something, but whoever put it in there was referring to a completely different obscure historical event.
If Israel really wanted to wipe out the Palestinians, they could do it without Nukes.
Surrounding Islamic countries however, have repeatedly attempted to wipe out Israel without nukes, and failed. Historical record implies if they had access to nukes, they'd use them.
this is generally a case of one guy being smart enough to "think outside the box" and having a supervisor \ commanding officer willing to encourage that instead of quashing it and putting him back in line.
Said people also usually leave the military pretty quickly once their enlistment contract is up.
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Out of not RTFA'ing, I didn't notice..
But this occurred in the UK.
The law in question does not apply to the United States, and I have nothing further to add on the specific case.
However, on the larger scale, Harassment has existed as a criminal or civil offense (depending on the specific circumstances and jurisdiction) for some time in the United States (since our creation as a country, and even before that if you count colonial legal codes), and while it has undoubtedly been used to suppress free speech in the past, it is not the slippery slope you seem to think it is.
Harassment, online or offline, should have a nearly identical definition, and the only really difficult legal argument should be what happens when it occurs across state lines.
again, if someone feels harassed enough to complain to the authorities and charge you with harassment, it will be for the local jurisdiction to decide if you are harassing someone. If it goes beyond them, it will be for a jury of your peers to decide.
This is very similar to how it has always been offline.
Basically, the line of "what is offensive" is drawn at "Harrassment" which is decided by a Jury.
The bar depends on the jury, and the state in which you're being charged in.
Federally, this is still pretty new territory as far as I'm aware of.
While I was in the military, I took a few classes at the University of Phoenix because they cater specifically to people overseas.
After I got out, I went to a community college for two years, and am currently in a state school. The quality of education wasn't even comparable to the academic standards at community college, much less even a mid-tier state University.
I was actually in a similar situation to you, too, Grades in High school simply weren't good enough, but a Community College will accept anyone, and in my State (Washington), Universities are required to accept anyone who got a two-year degree from a Washington State community college.
Also, as you can probably tell from this forum, there's a lot of hate for the University of Phoenix in the professional world, it might be worth your while to transfer out and get your degree awarded by a more reputable institution.
I'm in the middle of doing this right now, (Just now transferred to a full on university).
So far its been a good decision.
I was in the Air Force for 4 years, did it for the GI bill benefits, and took some classes while I was in as well, so I experienced the sort of education you get at the University of Phoenix.
Academically, it really is inferior to a mid-tier public University. Anyone reading this thinking about the military option should take note, it's a MUCH better idea to get out and use your GI bill benefits.
What?
They always had free will, and knowledge of what their future would be allowed them to change their choices.
Assuming no knowledge of the future, people would have always made the same choices (hence a predetermined future) - the time machine was the experiment that proved free will.
The hypothetical Tivo exists outside time.
In other words, how is god different from a dude outside time watching a Tivo.
replace all instances of "God" in that sentence with "Zeus" or "Allah" or "Xenu."
Current religions are just descended from fucktards like Otherkin that everyone else started taking seriously, spread the idea, and there was nobody willing or able to stand up and point out, "C'mon guys, joke's over, this is ridiculous."
Which, if the criteria is just "Number of pieces" still qualifies as monotonically decreasing.
to be a valid explanation, there has to be evidence backing it up. No evidence of god's existence, not a valid explanation.
Go troll somewhere else.
What I've never understood;
Many of the companies famous for building voting machines also built their reputations building ATMs and such.
ATMs are, to the best of my knowledge, tremendously secure, even when you have physical access to the machine. Basically, when people money is on the line, they do not fuck around at all.
Why then are they making voting machines less secure than ATMs? The expertise clearly exists to do it properly, the only explanation I can see is intentional sabotage of the voting process.
I have one friend who goes to Iran on a regular basis, she has family over there and goes back for weddings or other family affairs. Brings back pictures and stories and whatnot, it's all very upper-middle class.
There exist people in Iran who aren't raving lunatics or religious zealots.
ridiculous.
Everyone knows the Tea party is just /b/tards pulling a gigantic prank on the rest of us. Seriously, "Teabaggers?"
did you use "intensive" intentionally in your sig, just to piss people off?
Because that's still a stupid reason to do it, and the alternative is you really don't know it should be "intents and purposes."
you mean Sid Meier's Colonization? Slaughter of the Indians is a pretty important part of the game, and slavery (it's been a while since I played, the game features "indentured servants" but kinda've glosses over slavery as a whole) - 4X games don't really have the same impact as first-person shooters though.
Is Inglorious Basterds popular in Israel? I've always been curious about that.
It's possible to attach significance to any given date in the past 60+ years to an important, though obscure, event that occurred in the Middle East. Someone dies, someone is born, or elected, or deposed, or a protest is held, etc.
I wouldn't be surprised if Israel really DID organize Stuxnet, and the date hidden in the code DID mean something, but whoever put it in there was referring to a completely different obscure historical event.
Didn't he disprove reality back in the 30's, and we've just been quietly ignoring it ever since?
It's sorta've like the difference between "Go die" and "Please go die."
the message is still clear.
How often have surrounding Arab states invaded Israel?
How often has Israel invaded surrounding Arab states?
Historical records do not agree with your statements.
"the regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time"
is still a pretty inflammatory quote.
If Israel really wanted to wipe out the Palestinians, they could do it without Nukes.
Surrounding Islamic countries however, have repeatedly attempted to wipe out Israel without nukes, and failed. Historical record implies if they had access to nukes, they'd use them.
this is generally a case of one guy being smart enough to "think outside the box" and having a supervisor \ commanding officer willing to encourage that instead of quashing it and putting him back in line.
Said people also usually leave the military pretty quickly once their enlistment contract is up.
your font makes you look like a douchebag.
Never use it again.
eh, I just threw out the first google result for "Coalition"
My bad.