The right to a trial (jose padilla)
Due process (rest of the gitmo detainees)
Protection from cruel and usual punishment (um, hello?)
Right to peaceably assemble (protests at RNC and Presidential Inauguration)
Prevention of the federal government from assuming powers not granted in the constitution (war on drugs)
When, in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the Causes which impel them to the Separation
Ironically, the grant was for a study into the detrimental effects of intelligent design on Canadian academics and leaders.
That's what you expect! That haughty religious folk who Don't Like Your Beliefs will make decisions based on their magic sky deity and try to punish you for it.
Irony is when events do not unfold as usual. For example, researching how creationism is bad and having the fundies actually consider the point and even help. That would be irony.
Unfortunately, your children will probably be turning tricks for crack once the shock of finally entering the real world passes by them. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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until Google have finished the beta testing stage
Let me guess, you worked on the English translation for the original Metal Gear, right?
They tried this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonatics), but the animators couldn't resist tweaking the formula a bit. There were pigs being slaughtered, women were wailing, and men were gnashing their teeth. It was horrible.
I think there should be an "opt out" scheme whereby if one dies, by default, one's relatives can send in proof of the death and be granted access to accounts (email and otherwise).
Sounds nice, but that idea is utterly defenseless against fraud.
Meh, that's too much work to deal with when you're alive. As long as you can trust your loved ones to abide by your last wishes, put "format hard drive plz" in teh will.
I was thinking of purchasing a machine from Dell a little while ago -- tired of the hassle involved in building my own. They absolutely refused to sell me a machine without windows, even though I already own a legitimate copy of the exact same OS.
Hmm, actually Wikipedia agrees with my original assessment:
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the privilege against self-incrimination applies whether the witness is in Federal or state court (see Malloy v. Hogan, 378 U.S. 1 (1964)), and whether the proceeding itself is criminal or civil (see McCarthy v. Arndstein, 266 U.S. 34 (1924)).
Usually, the ones who produce it (and can make money off subscription purchases) don't use such tactics. The sites you're referring to are solely in it for the ad/spyware-based revenue, and just mooch free stuff from the former.
However, they are a good source for free stuff if you know what you're doing:)
That is a valid approach. I was more rallying against:
"The Websense category (Games) is filtered"
"The Websense category (Internet Auctions) is filtered"
"The Websense category (Proxy Avoidance) is filtered" (okay, maybe that one should exist:D)
I'm not much into MMORPGs, but don't most of the Sims/Everquest expansion packs cost ~$20? And for that you get a whole new section of the map, maybe a new class or skills, weapons, armour and monsters.
If you block them, they don't register as being viewed and you keep seeing them every time you try to view your new messages/user panel. Guess those are off limits for me now!
I was merely using an extreme slippery slope to demonstrate a point -- I felt the line "live and let live" was an applicable policy for both situations.
When I had a hopelessly-hosed machine (at least for my level of expertise), I decided it was time to spoil myself with a bigger hard drive. Installed it, loaded windows, then connected the old one as a slave. Copied all the data I needed (stuff from c:\games and c:\music) that wasn't infected and lived happily ever after.
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This is how liberty dies. To thunderous applause.
The bill of rights also gives you:
The right to a trial (jose padilla)
Due process (rest of the gitmo detainees)
Protection from cruel and usual punishment (um, hello?)
Right to peaceably assemble (protests at RNC and Presidential Inauguration)
Prevention of the federal government from assuming powers not granted in the constitution (war on drugs)
Get in line, bub.
A boot, stomping on the face of humanity. Forever.
When, in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the Causes which impel them to the Separation
+1 clever.
Once again, anonymous, you've stolen my heart
Does it matter of there's a box-like object in Ararat which looks like the Biblical Ark?
//oh wait, wrong ark...
Why, actually, yes!
I gather there would be quite a few parties interested in a big ol' box of god that can shoot frikkin laser beams out of it.
Could god make a chair so heavy that he himself could not throw it across the room and smite lesser companies?
The logical fallacy "burden of proof"
"Science can't prove God doesn't exist, therefore he exists"
Ironically, the grant was for a study into the detrimental effects of intelligent design on Canadian academics and leaders.
That's what you expect! That haughty religious folk who Don't Like Your Beliefs will make decisions based on their magic sky deity and try to punish you for it.
Irony is when events do not unfold as usual. For example, researching how creationism is bad and having the fundies actually consider the point and even help. That would be irony.
Invalid analogy. This is not a private-sector job. Government workers are supposed to answer to the people, not themselves.
Unfortunately, your children will probably be turning tricks for crack once the shock of finally entering the real world passes by them. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
until Google have finished the beta testing stage
Let me guess, you worked on the English translation for the original Metal Gear, right?
"Uh-oh, the truck have started to move!"
They tried this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonatics), but the animators couldn't resist tweaking the formula a bit. There were pigs being slaughtered, women were wailing, and men were gnashing their teeth. It was horrible.
I think there should be an "opt out" scheme whereby if one dies, by default, one's relatives can send in proof of the death and be granted access to accounts (email and otherwise).
Sounds nice, but that idea is utterly defenseless against fraud.
Meh, that's too much work to deal with when you're alive. As long as you can trust your loved ones to abide by your last wishes, put "format hard drive plz" in teh will.
I was thinking of purchasing a machine from Dell a little while ago -- tired of the hassle involved in building my own. They absolutely refused to sell me a machine without windows, even though I already own a legitimate copy of the exact same OS.
Hmm, actually Wikipedia agrees with my original assessment:
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the privilege against self-incrimination applies whether the witness is in Federal or state court (see Malloy v. Hogan, 378 U.S. 1 (1964)), and whether the proceeding itself is criminal or civil (see McCarthy v. Arndstein, 266 U.S. 34 (1924)).
Yes, this isn't a criminal case. I'll take a 5 yard penalty and sit out the remainder of this discussion.
Spitzer also asked the court to compel the company to account for its revenue
5th amendment surrenders?
As much as they're probably guilty, the court should not be able to say "prove you didn't do X or we'll hold it against you"
Usually, the ones who produce it (and can make money off subscription purchases) don't use such tactics. The sites you're referring to are solely in it for the ad/spyware-based revenue, and just mooch free stuff from the former.
:)
However, they are a good source for free stuff if you know what you're doing
That is a valid approach. I was more rallying against:
:D)
"The Websense category (Games) is filtered"
"The Websense category (Internet Auctions) is filtered"
"The Websense category (Proxy Avoidance) is filtered" (okay, maybe that one should exist
I'm not much into MMORPGs, but don't most of the Sims/Everquest expansion packs cost ~$20? And for that you get a whole new section of the map, maybe a new class or skills, weapons, armour and monsters.
If you block them, they don't register as being viewed and you keep seeing them every time you try to view your new messages/user panel. Guess those are off limits for me now!
I was merely using an extreme slippery slope to demonstrate a point -- I felt the line "live and let live" was an applicable policy for both situations.
Um, isn't their a far easier low-tech solution?
When I had a hopelessly-hosed machine (at least for my level of expertise), I decided it was time to spoil myself with a bigger hard drive. Installed it, loaded windows, then connected the old one as a slave. Copied all the data I needed (stuff from c:\games and c:\music) that wasn't infected and lived happily ever after.