According to ArsTechnica, tickets were $2.00 each and covered the expenses. This wasn't a for-profit endeavor. Now, as Jones is an event organizer, he may have been using this party as something to add to his resume.
The fan launched the GoFundMe page because the litigants are insisting on a lump-sum payment. From ArsTechnica "Jones even offered to pay the full $4,000 over the course of a year, but Pokémon's lawyers from the firm of Davis Wright Tremaine wouldn't budge on the deadline."
Seconding the part about Macs. I use Outlook at work and while it's not a completely horrid piece of software I don't like it nearly enough to try and port it to another OS.
I looked up your claim, since you couldn't be bothered to cite a source for your quotation. Sure enough, the EPA has stated "the cars remain legal to drive and resell. Owners of cars of these models and years do not need to take any action at this time."
However, according to this letter from the EPA, emissios-control defeat devices are in violation of EPA regulations and VW further violated regulations by selling these vehicles. So yes, VW knowingly sold their customers defective vehicles that are illegal by EPA regulations. It's absolutely reasonable for consumers to get their full purchase price back, as making the VW emissions "switch" an always-on option significantly reduces the performance and fuel mileage of the vehicles, which was part of their selling point.
Um, yes, yes it is true, if the owner of the vehicle happens to live in a jurisdiction where emissions testing is a requirement for passing the state inspection. Either the owner has to move to somewhere that doesn't require an emissions test or sell the car at its depreciated value.
Of course it is. It's nothing more than a special case of the so-called lemon laws. If I buy a car off the lot, it loses half its value. However, if that car is later found to be defective, I'm entitled to full reimbursement of the original purchase price or a trade-in of equivalent value to the original purchase price from either the dealer or the manufacturer*. VW knowingly sold defective vehicles to their customers. There are consequences for one's actions.
*Lemon laws vary from state-to-state in the US, but this seems to be fairly standard for what I've read.
The person I replied to (AmiMoJo) argued that women are disadvantaged by the presence of men but men aren't disadvantaged by the presence of women.Her argument implies that women are somehow inferior to men and thus need to be protected from them. It seems to fly smack in the face of the claim that the genders are equal in every way.
US emissions tests are a state-to-state matter and in some states, county-to-county. For example, Williamson County, Texas requires emissions testing while Bexar County, Texas does not, even though both contain large cities (Austin for Williamson and San Antonio for Bexar). Wikipedia has more information if you're interested.
The US is somewhat unique in thinking we can disregard history or reset our relationship(s) w/ whatever country. "It happened. It's in the past. Move on." Unfortunately the rest of the world doesn't think like that.
Now why the clerk position is elected, I have absolutely no idea. It makes about as much sense as judge positions being elected.
Elections for positions like that stem from the frontier mentality dating back to the westward expansion of the US. If you're out in the boonies, just you and a handful of families, odds are eventually the settlement will require a job no one has a certification for. Someone gets into a fist-fight with someone else and you need a mediator to decide how to handle it. Unfortunately you probably didn't bring a lawyer with you, opting instead to bring a blacksmith or someone with farming experience. What do you do? You get together as a group to decide to which individual you're going to delegate the authority. You've just elected your first settlement judge. Someone probably needs to help the judge with the paperwork because in addition judicial responsibilities, your judge has to keep working the smithy or working the farm. So you delegate that paperwork job to someone else, and now you have a legal clerk.
I'm not saying this is best way to do things, but having historical context does help explain why things are they way they are sometime.
Fine, this one then? The site says, and I quote, "If you are voting the strict ix-nay uppy-pay slate, here’s the options in each category" and then goes on to list a voting slate.
The Sad Puppies put together nominations they thought deserved to win and said "Hey, read these, and if you like them, vote for them." Mostly they encouraged folks to go buy a membership to vote. (I had no idea I could vote on the Hugos, frankly. I figured it was like the Oscars or the Academy Awards in that respect.) The Rabid Puppies, lead by Vox Day, said "This is our slate! Minions, march!". While there was some overlap, it was mostly Rabid Puppy-dominated categories (Short Story comes to mind) that got "No Awarded."
The Rabid slate was something of a phyrric victory. They managed to get John C Wright on the ballot (one of their intersections with Sad Puppies), but the Short Story category for which Wright was nominated was one of the "No Award" categories this year. e have seen a few commentators/bloggers/whatevers wondering if burning the whole thing down was perhaps the endgame of Vox Day and the Rabid Faction.*
This whole movement came out of the same place as GamerGate.
Untrue. The Sad Puppies movement was started in 2013 by writer Larry Correia who, as far as I know, does not have any direct ties with GamerGate. You can make an transitive link between the two through Theodore Beale, aka Vox Day, however Vox Day didn't become associated with Sad Puppies until 2014. This year Vox Day splintered and started the Rabid Puppies movement, which is centered on getting right-leaning fiction onto the Hugo Ballot.
If the service personnel in question get a French medal, their US commanding officers can still submit award nominations for US decorations. While the Medal of Honor is going too far, this is certainly worthy of at least a Bronze Star for Valor.
We don't need to chuck "higher education" altogether; we need to rethink our definition of what "higher" education is. It ought to include more skilled trades, like plumbing, welding, construction, work that actually accomplishes something. Yes, fields like art history and literary history and political science have their place, but there's only so many of those society needs. There's always going to be a demand for skilled trades in some form or fashion. The Information Age has made a lot of low-level skills accessible to laymen like me, like how to re-wire a light-switch or put in a junction box, but there's only so much work I'm comfortable doing to my house's electrical system before I decide I need a skilled professional to make sure I don't burn the place down.
Micro-satellites will be tracked in the exact same manner as existing satellites: by their owners and by space agencies and militaries world-wide. Also, if I recall correctly, micro-satellites ride in a much lower orbit that space stations, large telecommunications satellites, or Giant Orbiting American Death-Rays (TM). Flight paths for launches would require more planning to be sure, but I think the people who make those calculations are smart enough to account for the extra stuff floating around in space.
Early Southern architecture had passive cooling systems, like double-hung windows, high ceilings, and constructing doorways and windows in such a way as to generate breezes as the air heated up during the day. The Spanish were particularly good at things like this.
Folks also had a different daily routine. They were up before the sun, worked until about lunch, had a big meal and a nap during the hottest part of the day, and then worked until late in the evening. The Spanish siesta is a good example of this, but the Italians have a similar concept. In modern days I see a lot of construction workers doing this too, particularly on road construction. The job site will be empty during the afternoon and work begins in the evening and lasts all night. (Some of this is to keep from interfering with day-to-day traffic patterns too.)
Snowden and OPMI are not an exact apples-to-apples comparison. Snowden disclosed classified information pertaining to technical methods, programs, and capabilities of the intelligence community. The OMPI data isn't classified and most of it, excluding medical records and probably certain financials, could be obtained by a determined and patient private investigator. That's the difference.
In anticipation of counterarguments: I'm not saying the government has reacted appropriately to the OPMI breach. No, I wouldn't want my personal information out there in the open for all to see. I know the OPMI breach risks the exposure of clandestine operatives
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According to ArsTechnica, tickets were $2.00 each and covered the expenses. This wasn't a for-profit endeavor. Now, as Jones is an event organizer, he may have been using this party as something to add to his resume.
The fan launched the GoFundMe page because the litigants are insisting on a lump-sum payment. From ArsTechnica "Jones even offered to pay the full $4,000 over the course of a year, but Pokémon's lawyers from the firm of Davis Wright Tremaine wouldn't budge on the deadline."
Seconding the part about Macs. I use Outlook at work and while it's not a completely horrid piece of software I don't like it nearly enough to try and port it to another OS.
I looked up your claim, since you couldn't be bothered to cite a source for your quotation. Sure enough, the EPA has stated "the cars remain legal to drive and resell. Owners of cars of these models and years do not need to take any action at this time."
However, according to this letter from the EPA, emissios-control defeat devices are in violation of EPA regulations and VW further violated regulations by selling these vehicles. So yes, VW knowingly sold their customers defective vehicles that are illegal by EPA regulations. It's absolutely reasonable for consumers to get their full purchase price back, as making the VW emissions "switch" an always-on option significantly reduces the performance and fuel mileage of the vehicles, which was part of their selling point.
Um, yes, yes it is true, if the owner of the vehicle happens to live in a jurisdiction where emissions testing is a requirement for passing the state inspection. Either the owner has to move to somewhere that doesn't require an emissions test or sell the car at its depreciated value.
Of course it is. It's nothing more than a special case of the so-called lemon laws. If I buy a car off the lot, it loses half its value. However, if that car is later found to be defective, I'm entitled to full reimbursement of the original purchase price or a trade-in of equivalent value to the original purchase price from either the dealer or the manufacturer*. VW knowingly sold defective vehicles to their customers. There are consequences for one's actions.
*Lemon laws vary from state-to-state in the US, but this seems to be fairly standard for what I've read.
The person I replied to (AmiMoJo) argued that women are disadvantaged by the presence of men but men aren't disadvantaged by the presence of women.Her argument implies that women are somehow inferior to men and thus need to be protected from them. It seems to fly smack in the face of the claim that the genders are equal in every way.
I can't. Please explain it to me. Why is female-only education acceptable, but male-only social space not acceptable?
US emissions tests are a state-to-state matter and in some states, county-to-county. For example, Williamson County, Texas requires emissions testing while Bexar County, Texas does not, even though both contain large cities (Austin for Williamson and San Antonio for Bexar). Wikipedia has more information if you're interested.
Genuinely curious, do you have a citation for the failure to meet standards rate for EU member-nations?
Replying to undo the -1 mod I accidentally gave you.
The US is somewhat unique in thinking we can disregard history or reset our relationship(s) w/ whatever country. "It happened. It's in the past. Move on." Unfortunately the rest of the world doesn't think like that.
Now why the clerk position is elected, I have absolutely no idea. It makes about as much sense as judge positions being elected.
Elections for positions like that stem from the frontier mentality dating back to the westward expansion of the US. If you're out in the boonies, just you and a handful of families, odds are eventually the settlement will require a job no one has a certification for. Someone gets into a fist-fight with someone else and you need a mediator to decide how to handle it. Unfortunately you probably didn't bring a lawyer with you, opting instead to bring a blacksmith or someone with farming experience. What do you do? You get together as a group to decide to which individual you're going to delegate the authority. You've just elected your first settlement judge. Someone probably needs to help the judge with the paperwork because in addition judicial responsibilities, your judge has to keep working the smithy or working the farm. So you delegate that paperwork job to someone else, and now you have a legal clerk.
I'm not saying this is best way to do things, but having historical context does help explain why things are they way they are sometime.
Fine, this one then? The site says, and I quote, "If you are voting the strict ix-nay uppy-pay slate, here’s the options in each category" and then goes on to list a voting slate.
The Sad Puppies put together nominations they thought deserved to win and said "Hey, read these, and if you like them, vote for them." Mostly they encouraged folks to go buy a membership to vote. (I had no idea I could vote on the Hugos, frankly. I figured it was like the Oscars or the Academy Awards in that respect.) The Rabid Puppies, lead by Vox Day, said "This is our slate! Minions, march!". While there was some overlap, it was mostly Rabid Puppy-dominated categories (Short Story comes to mind) that got "No Awarded."
This site, while not a smoking gun, is fairly good evidence.
The Rabid slate was something of a phyrric victory. They managed to get John C Wright on the ballot (one of their intersections with Sad Puppies), but the Short Story category for which Wright was nominated was one of the "No Award" categories this year. e have seen a few commentators/bloggers/whatevers wondering if burning the whole thing down was perhaps the endgame of Vox Day and the Rabid Faction.*
An excellent name for a rock band
This whole movement came out of the same place as GamerGate.
Untrue. The Sad Puppies movement was started in 2013 by writer Larry Correia who, as far as I know, does not have any direct ties with GamerGate. You can make an transitive link between the two through Theodore Beale, aka Vox Day, however Vox Day didn't become associated with Sad Puppies until 2014. This year Vox Day splintered and started the Rabid Puppies movement, which is centered on getting right-leaning fiction onto the Hugo Ballot.
If the service personnel in question get a French medal, their US commanding officers can still submit award nominations for US decorations. While the Medal of Honor is going too far, this is certainly worthy of at least a Bronze Star for Valor.
We don't need to chuck "higher education" altogether; we need to rethink our definition of what "higher" education is. It ought to include more skilled trades, like plumbing, welding, construction, work that actually accomplishes something. Yes, fields like art history and literary history and political science have their place, but there's only so many of those society needs. There's always going to be a demand for skilled trades in some form or fashion. The Information Age has made a lot of low-level skills accessible to laymen like me, like how to re-wire a light-switch or put in a junction box, but there's only so much work I'm comfortable doing to my house's electrical system before I decide I need a skilled professional to make sure I don't burn the place down.
Micro-satellites will be tracked in the exact same manner as existing satellites: by their owners and by space agencies and militaries world-wide. Also, if I recall correctly, micro-satellites ride in a much lower orbit that space stations, large telecommunications satellites, or Giant Orbiting American Death-Rays (TM). Flight paths for launches would require more planning to be sure, but I think the people who make those calculations are smart enough to account for the extra stuff floating around in space.
Original submitter. "Interesting" and "desperate" are not mutually exclusive. As they say, neccesity is the mother of invention...
Early Southern architecture had passive cooling systems, like double-hung windows, high ceilings, and constructing doorways and windows in such a way as to generate breezes as the air heated up during the day. The Spanish were particularly good at things like this.
Folks also had a different daily routine. They were up before the sun, worked until about lunch, had a big meal and a nap during the hottest part of the day, and then worked until late in the evening. The Spanish siesta is a good example of this, but the Italians have a similar concept. In modern days I see a lot of construction workers doing this too, particularly on road construction. The job site will be empty during the afternoon and work begins in the evening and lasts all night. (Some of this is to keep from interfering with day-to-day traffic patterns too.)
That's a good point. Most of the American populace aren't directly affected by the OPM breach so it doesn't register with them.
Snowden and OPMI are not an exact apples-to-apples comparison. Snowden disclosed classified information pertaining to technical methods, programs, and capabilities of the intelligence community. The OMPI data isn't classified and most of it, excluding medical records and probably certain financials, could be obtained by a determined and patient private investigator. That's the difference.
In anticipation of counterarguments: I'm not saying the government has reacted appropriately to the OPMI breach. No, I wouldn't want my personal information out there in the open for all to see. I know the OPMI breach risks the exposure of clandestine operatives