I think the point was that you don't even need to get to the inspections point...just blow it up while it's still on the ship. Accuracate placement is not a high priority with fission bombs.
If I told you the communist party thinks libertarian party seduces the people into a savage, money-ueber-alles, dog-eat-dog society, which is bound for doom, what would that prove?
It would prove the Communist party hasn't read an American history book. America, the first nation ever founded upon principles of liberty, both economic and social, has far and away changed the human condition on planet earth...for the better. Name one Communist nation which has done the same.
There is no inherent tyranny or oppression in the definition of communism.
Yes there is...if you believe in a right to property. Communism by its definition removes the right of individuals to own property and engage freely in commerce.
My argument is one of philosophy...not law. Rights are not decrees of government. There are real and fundamental human rights, including the right not to be forced to act against your will. The Quebec law you reference while probably existient, is morally wrong.
Rights should be written into law (Hoorah for amendments 1-10 to the US Constitution). However, even if a government completely userps and denies the rights of its citizens, the rights still exist. That is why the Neuremberg trials were legitimate. The Nazis didnt break laws...they made immoral ones. They violated rights which exist above written law, and were legitimately punished for wholesale violations of fundamental rights.
I believe you, but he is the originator of the argument you make (down to the shoes). I took the philosophy course where I cited the argument from, thats how i recognized it. He argues philosophical pragmatism...that is "what works is true" (as opposed to "what is true works...because it is true") He is a fairly radical advocate of animal rights, having written a book aptly titled "Animal Rights" and is an all around anti-individualist (your life may be sacrificed for the betterment of others). I don't know his stance on euthenasia.
On a somewhat related note, I believe that is the sort of philosophy which resulted in much of the tyrrany of the twentieth century. "Your right to (life/liberty/property) is being taken for the beneft of (Insert group of people here)"
When you steal an argument from someone, in this case Peter Singer, it's good form to say so.
In response: people have a right to do what they want so long as they do not exercise force against others. This right is absolute. If the man wants not to save the child, we may call him a depraved individual with a set of values far outside the set of those which sane human beings may hold, we may. We may not however initiate the use of force against him by imprisoning him for no action. The same is true in the case of medication. If you contractually ablige yourself to save another's life, you must; if you don't, you are under no obligation to do so. Even if a law is passed allowing theft (of a drug in this case) it is still wrong. Laws != ethics.
The likelihood of failure on any given day is not independent of any other day. Chance a drive will fail on the second day is pretty low (first day is pretty high, installation mess-ups and the like). Chances increase over time, so maintenance will follow a pattern of exponential increase. And in 6.5 years, I can have a 1PB raid under my desk at home.
Agreed. One of the major tenets of democratic voting is the secret ballot. This is in and of itself a problem with electronic voting because the order of votes can be counted as well as the votes themselves. A determined individual can then match the order and time of votes to individuals as they signed in to the polling place. Non-secret ballots can allow for voter intimidation (will the new mayor fire people who voted against him?)
Nowhere in the article does it even mention Firefox or indeed, any browsers at all. I would say that fighting for market share of browsers is now (again) a real challenge for Microsoft.
As a former user of Ubuntu, I can confirm that it comes bundled with OO.O pre-installed. The problem with Ubuntu is that new installations and setup require you to leave the GUI (graphical user interface) and go into the root editor. In theory this is not required, but in order to gain functionality it is. I'm worried that when it comes down to implementation, the Ubuntu install will not work very well in the long term, as highly skilled technicians will be needed to upgrade the software, thereby raising the cost.
There is a key problem with putting solar cells in the middle of the desert. Nobody lives anywhere near it. Transmission of electricity uses up energy, so sending power from the Nevada/New Mexico border to Los Angeles can reduce its voltage by more than half at the end of the trip. The land is cheap, but you need to buy twice as much and put twice as many cells on it to have the same effect as a local source.
The last attempt wasn't in a law. According to TFA "the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the Federal Communications Commission overstepped its authority in mandating that all consumer electronic devices capable of receiving digital television signals incorporate support for the flag." That means that an administrative agency, the FCC, did not have authority to do it, Congress still might.
Either way, it is a bad piece of policy which should be junked.
So...we are going to hand out wireless radio transitters to flight attendants...and we ban passengers from using wireless radio transmitters to make phone calls because it "interferes with the airplane's radio."
OpenOffice.org 2.0 is a beta. 1.1.5 is the stable release. The beta is not supposed to be for general consumption, it is a prototype which may have bugs and be unstable.
Of course, that in itself is a pretty bad excuse, considering that it is quite possible for a user to circumvent filtering software.
Oh, and does anyone know how big this library is, because if they are expecting the head librarian to do all of this stuff, then it'd better be a pretty small library.
City Commissioner Robert Billingsley said in the August 12 Gainesville Sun that he would ask the commission to fire VCL Director Sue Martin, but he declined to explain why he thought she had not done enough to prevent the incident.
The article does not say because the city officials won't say details, and they're the ones who know.
If you can steal a thousand people's credit card numbers and then use that information to commit fraud, you have committed a thousand crimes. If you can cause $100 billion in damage, then guess what, you're liable for the $100 billion. Fraud and theft are crimes, and the more people you steal from (regardless of the means), the more you get punished.
Imagine if someone goes to a store with his boy, then the boy asks his father to buy certain box of cigarretes... is that allowed?
It is allowed actually (at least in NY, the state where I live). Parents giving cigarettes to their children is the only legal way for a minor to have cigarettes, but it is legal. Laws restricting cigarettes have to do with their sale, not their possession.
Those are all fine and good ideas for the ESRB to consider, but any shift in the rating system that lowers some ratings faces a major hurdle. Specifically, that would be my senator Hillary Clinton (yes, I'm from NY). If politicians think the game rating system is weak, then they will pass [unconstitutional] laws in order to "protect children." The ESRB was created by the video game industry to pre-empt censoring politicians, not because of mass consumer demand for ratings.
I'm sorry, I don't know the laws for all 50 states, but there is no federal law and "similar measures in other states have been rejected by the courts." If you happen to live in Illinois, where this law is in effect, move.
Any parent who would buy something called Grand Theft Auto for an 8 year old, even with no rating at all, needs to pay alot more attention to what their child is doing and watching.
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I think the point was that you don't even need to get to the inspections point...just blow it up while it's still on the ship. Accuracate placement is not a high priority with fission bombs.
It would prove the Communist party hasn't read an American history book. America, the first nation ever founded upon principles of liberty, both economic and social, has far and away changed the human condition on planet earth...for the better. Name one Communist nation which has done the same.
Yes there is...if you believe in a right to property. Communism by its definition removes the right of individuals to own property and engage freely in commerce.
Rights should be written into law (Hoorah for amendments 1-10 to the US Constitution). However, even if a government completely userps and denies the rights of its citizens, the rights still exist. That is why the Neuremberg trials were legitimate. The Nazis didnt break laws...they made immoral ones. They violated rights which exist above written law, and were legitimately punished for wholesale violations of fundamental rights.
I believe you, but he is the originator of the argument you make (down to the shoes). I took the philosophy course where I cited the argument from, thats how i recognized it. He argues philosophical pragmatism...that is "what works is true" (as opposed to "what is true works...because it is true") He is a fairly radical advocate of animal rights, having written a book aptly titled "Animal Rights" and is an all around anti-individualist (your life may be sacrificed for the betterment of others). I don't know his stance on euthenasia.
On a somewhat related note, I believe that is the sort of philosophy which resulted in much of the tyrrany of the twentieth century. "Your right to (life/liberty/property) is being taken for the beneft of (Insert group of people here)"
In response: people have a right to do what they want so long as they do not exercise force against others. This right is absolute. If the man wants not to save the child, we may call him a depraved individual with a set of values far outside the set of those which sane human beings may hold, we may. We may not however initiate the use of force against him by imprisoning him for no action. The same is true in the case of medication. If you contractually ablige yourself to save another's life, you must; if you don't, you are under no obligation to do so. Even if a law is passed allowing theft (of a drug in this case) it is still wrong. Laws != ethics.
The likelihood of failure on any given day is not independent of any other day. Chance a drive will fail on the second day is pretty low (first day is pretty high, installation mess-ups and the like). Chances increase over time, so maintenance will follow a pattern of exponential increase. And in 6.5 years, I can have a 1PB raid under my desk at home.
The obvious use of the internet...porn.
Boris Floricic turned me into a newt!
Agreed. One of the major tenets of democratic voting is the secret ballot. This is in and of itself a problem with electronic voting because the order of votes can be counted as well as the votes themselves. A determined individual can then match the order and time of votes to individuals as they signed in to the polling place. Non-secret ballots can allow for voter intimidation (will the new mayor fire people who voted against him?)
Nowhere in the article does it even mention Firefox or indeed, any browsers at all. I would say that fighting for market share of browsers is now (again) a real challenge for Microsoft.
I'm sorry if I offended you by defining an acronym.
As a former user of Ubuntu, I can confirm that it comes bundled with OO.O pre-installed. The problem with Ubuntu is that new installations and setup require you to leave the GUI (graphical user interface) and go into the root editor. In theory this is not required, but in order to gain functionality it is. I'm worried that when it comes down to implementation, the Ubuntu install will not work very well in the long term, as highly skilled technicians will be needed to upgrade the software, thereby raising the cost.
There is a key problem with putting solar cells in the middle of the desert. Nobody lives anywhere near it. Transmission of electricity uses up energy, so sending power from the Nevada/New Mexico border to Los Angeles can reduce its voltage by more than half at the end of the trip. The land is cheap, but you need to buy twice as much and put twice as many cells on it to have the same effect as a local source.
The last attempt wasn't in a law. According to TFA "the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the Federal Communications Commission overstepped its authority in mandating that all consumer electronic devices capable of receiving digital television signals incorporate support for the flag." That means that an administrative agency, the FCC, did not have authority to do it, Congress still might.
Either way, it is a bad piece of policy which should be junked.
No, actually the trick here is to write in. In any American election you can vote for anyone, including yourself.
Either that, or...RUN FOR OFFICE YOURSELF!
So...we are going to hand out wireless radio transitters to flight attendants...and we ban passengers from using wireless radio transmitters to make phone calls because it "interferes with the airplane's radio."
OpenOffice.org 2.0 is a beta. 1.1.5 is the stable release. The beta is not supposed to be for general consumption, it is a prototype which may have bugs and be unstable.
Of course, that in itself is a pretty bad excuse, considering that it is quite possible for a user to circumvent filtering software.
Oh, and does anyone know how big this library is, because if they are expecting the head librarian to do all of this stuff, then it'd better be a pretty small library.
City Commissioner Robert Billingsley said in the August 12 Gainesville Sun that he would ask the commission to fire VCL Director Sue Martin, but he declined to explain why he thought she had not done enough to prevent the incident.
The article does not say because the city officials won't say details, and they're the ones who know.
If you can steal a thousand people's credit card numbers and then use that information to commit fraud, you have committed a thousand crimes. If you can cause $100 billion in damage, then guess what, you're liable for the $100 billion. Fraud and theft are crimes, and the more people you steal from (regardless of the means), the more you get punished.
Imagine if someone goes to a store with his boy, then the boy asks his father to buy certain box of cigarretes... is that allowed?
It is allowed actually (at least in NY, the state where I live). Parents giving cigarettes to their children is the only legal way for a minor to have cigarettes, but it is legal. Laws restricting cigarettes have to do with their sale, not their possession.
Those are all fine and good ideas for the ESRB to consider, but any shift in the rating system that lowers some ratings faces a major hurdle. Specifically, that would be my senator Hillary Clinton (yes, I'm from NY). If politicians think the game rating system is weak, then they will pass [unconstitutional] laws in order to "protect children." The ESRB was created by the video game industry to pre-empt censoring politicians, not because of mass consumer demand for ratings.
I'm sorry, I don't know the laws for all 50 states, but there is no federal law and "similar measures in other states have been rejected by the courts." If you happen to live in Illinois, where this law is in effect, move.
Any parent who would buy something called Grand Theft Auto for an 8 year old, even with no rating at all, needs to pay alot more attention to what their child is doing and watching.