Seriously, you have a very good point. That is the way business is done in some third world countries. They don't consider it wrong. Anyone with power expects to be paid, much like waitresses expect to be tipped here.
Microsoft apparently failed to pay all of the right people.
How much does it change if we know John Doe's name? It might be very good for John Doe's business. I know when I am looking for an ISP, it would be a very good selling point if they said " We honor our customer's privacy. Even if it means risking jail. And we have court transcripts to prove it"
Imagine how his business would boom if privacy advocates and tin-foil-hatters accross the nation started transferring their business to him.
Many people know that more than 40,000 people die each year in motor vehicle accidents, however when it comes to people I feel this number is insufficient. I feel that way myself sometimes.
In the equatorial crust, He3 is about 1 part per 100 million. As best I recall, De/He3 fusion is about 5 million times as energetic - per weight - as coal. But on earth, we mine coal if it is 1 part in 20.
There is a precedent of sorts...back in the 80's at Kaypro, we had a customer threaten to sue us because some fool in marketing said that we had 65K of memory, and there was only 64K, of course. Management told him to take a hike. And that was the last we heard of him.
How does GP get flagged troll? He asked a serious question: "Why not let market forces decide?"
Heck, he even answered his own question by noting that in some cases the carrier had a monopoly, which of course spoils the functioning of a market. That's hardly a troll
IMHO, someone is modding down an opinion just because he doesn't agree with it.
which says ( for those who don't RTFA ):
Notice: Elerner is banned from editing this article.
The user specified has been banned by the Arbitration committee from editing this article indefinitely. The user is not prevented from discussing or proposing changes on this talk page.
Posted by Thatcher131 03:01, 3 December 2006 (UTC) for the Arbitration committee. See Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience. The bolding is mine.
Gawd!!! I must be bored today. I'm replying to an AC!
I looked at the wiki history page on aneuronic fusion, and found that wiki poster 'elerner' had been banned from further edits.
Now here he is introducing a project that requires millions of dollars in funding.
Ok, I'm a bit cynical, but this does look like a possible conflict of interest to me.
I have heard stories of people trying to submit GPS data logs in the past to prove they were not speeding. The judges would not accept the data because it could be considered suspect... A GPS unit could be built that fingerprints with a private key, and sealed so that you would just about have to destroy it to hack it.
Optimism is about lowering your expectations enough that they are often exceeded. WTF is wrong with you mods today?? P spouts bullshit like the above quote and gets modded insightful, but 1st post doesn't get modded funny.
I don't know of anyone who planned crimes specifically around Teflon for example, but who knows?
Some crimes have been at least dependant on teflon. Bank roberies have been planned and executed that used teflon coated bullets to go though the guard's bullet-proof vests.
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Seriously, you have a very good point. That is the way business is done in some third world countries. They don't consider it wrong. Anyone with power expects to be paid, much like waitresses expect to be tipped here.
Microsoft apparently failed to pay all of the right people.
This lends new meaning to the phrase "walk like an Egyptian"
You're right, but it's a straw man argument. The issue is that another person - not the machine - can make decisions for a minor in his/her care.
You only say that because you said it last time.
Imagine how his business would boom if privacy advocates and tin-foil-hatters accross the nation started transferring their business to him.
YOU CAN BREAK
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TEST - 29 CHARS WORKS, NOT 30
YOU CAN IF IT IS SHORT ENOUGH
That's ok. There appears to be a fair ammount of H at the poles.
In the equatorial crust, He3 is about 1 part per 100 million. As best I recall, De/He3 fusion is about 5 million times as energetic - per weight - as coal. But on earth, we mine coal if it is 1 part in 20.
There is a precedent of sorts...back in the 80's at Kaypro, we had a customer threaten to sue us because some fool in marketing said that we had 65K of memory, and there was only 64K, of course. Management told him to take a hike. And that was the last we heard of him.
My brain has a fine-tuned preference for the number 'one'.
Oooops! Sorry, didn't notice that. Thought you were referring to TFA.
It could be PGP tagged.
The right to a speedy trial is for criminal cases, not civil.
How about speed, durability, mean time before failure, etc.
How does GP get flagged troll? He asked a serious question: "Why not let market forces decide?"
Heck, he even answered his own question by noting that in some cases the carrier had a monopoly, which of course spoils the functioning of a market.
That's hardly a troll
IMHO, someone is modding down an opinion just because he doesn't agree with it.
Why are the majority of Eric Lerner's supporters posting as ACs?
Is that you, Eric?
which says ( for those who don't RTFA )
Gawd!!! I must be bored today. I'm replying to an AC!
I looked at the wiki history page on aneuronic fusion, and found that wiki poster 'elerner' had been banned from further edits.
Now here he is introducing a project that requires millions of dollars in funding.
Ok, I'm a bit cynical, but this does look like a possible conflict of interest to me.
I don't know of anyone who planned crimes specifically around Teflon for example, but who knows?
Some crimes have been at least dependant on teflon. Bank roberies have been planned and executed that used teflon coated bullets to go though the guard's bullet-proof vests.
Spores?? Spores can't cut the parachute loose. Must have been something a bit bigger.