2.7 really depends on the university. Where I go, 2.7 is a pretty reasonable GPA. 3.0-3.4 is good to damn good. 4.0 only happens if you're completely fucking insane, get no sleep, and sprinkle riddalin on your cornflakes in the morning to help you focus.
"Problem number two is that a civil judgment is generally last in the priority list for wage garnishment. Child support, alimony and taxes come ahead of it'
I don't think that defaulting on your taxes and divorcing your wife are generally good strategies for dealing with an RIAA suit.
"but until graduating high school one should be denied a certain level of freedom and personhood." There are other countries more suited to you. We like freedom here in America.
And why exactly does the usher have a right to know about my father who just had a heart attack or any of my personal business? If the business doesn't want me using a cell phone, they can ask me to leave. It's as simple as that. You're trying to make a technical solution to a problem that doesn't need one. Business can ask people to turn off their cell phones or take the call outside, no need for $500000 worth of infrastructure upgrades to the system and special faraday cages everywhere. Furthermore, you can't "surround the pickcell with a faraday cage" because the faraday cage is going TO BLOCK THE CELL SIGNAL IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Your analogy is perhaps the worst pile of shit argument I've seen in a while. The fact that you're comparing "cell phone use in school" to "drunk driving" suggests that you have absolutely no common sense whatsoever.
Using a cell phone in school doesn't run the risk of killing others like drunk driving does. Texting doesn't disrupt other students, it's not as if sending a text makes a lot of noise.
"anyone not paying attention is being disruptive". So, sitting in class quietly daydreaming is disruptive to the lecture? Please, explain this.
"If there's an emergency, the principal can inform the student involved." You don't understand the situation. We're not talking about emergency outside of school, we're talking about in-school emergencies. i.e. school shooting. This prevents students from calling out.
Second, even if we are talking about out-of-school family emergencies, the principal has no right to know the situation.
That's a horrible solution. Big companies can afford to risk loosing a small amount more for legal fees. A private citizen can't afford to risk loosing $2000 in legal fees over a court case involving $300 of damages if they bring a lawsuit against a company and then get slammed by some lawyer.
This would do nothing but prevent people from suing companies, not the other way around.
So let's see here. 1. Expect a lot of people to pay ~$50 for a game before it's developed. 2. Give these people absolutely no guarantee that the game will ever be produced or that it will be anything like what it was originally billed to be. 3. ??? 4. PROFIT!
Seriously though, this just confirms my suspicion that Gabe Newell is completely fucking retarded and has absolutely no sense what so ever. What happens when the budget falls short (not enough investors)? The game isn't produced but the money has already been spent.
Here's a better idea. You want to buy a game, so you go to the store, give the clerk $50, he flips a coin. Heads, you get a game, tails you don't, in either case he keeps your money. This accomplishes exactly the same thing but doesn't involve all this business with investment laws and the FTC.
Do you have any evidence to support your allegation that "17 people are just the tip of the iceberg" or are you just making shit up to support your bullshit hypothesis that "I am very naive".
Cars that return energy to the grid seem to me like an amazingly stupid idea. How much storage does one of those cars actually have and how much impact will it actually have? Even assuming that it's significant, there's still the issue of me waking up late and trying to go to work only to find that the electric car that I've left "charging" all night is dead because it returned all its energy to the grid when everyone woke up and started using more power. Then there's the issue of batteries degrading over time. Even if my car only returns energy to the grid once during the night while "charging" and once during the day (due to driving), then this "smart grid" has already cut my battery life in half, not to mention the fact that it will start to loose capacity much sooner that it would have otherwise.
Yeah, it's completely irresponsible to assume that some people with a few speakers, a single small tent, and some burgers who sent out an invite to 17 (not close to 100) people on facebook weren't planning a MASSIVE all night LSD-fueled rave.
Redundancy in engineering is multiple ETL lines, multiple shaped charges, (you'd be suprised how many explosives seperation devices are in the new system) multiple computers, etc. Redundancy in engineering is NOT proceeding on two similar projects at the same time.
Intentional slowdowns while remaining professional? This is impossible as being professional means you aren't going to slow down your work because someone wasn't nice to you. Your post is more "be mean to the people that treat you mean, unless they can fire you". Which is just code for "Be an asshole to people you don't like".
If you're being professional, you shouldn't have to worry about who can have you fired.
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2.7 really depends on the university. Where I go, 2.7 is a pretty reasonable GPA. 3.0-3.4 is good to damn good. 4.0 only happens if you're completely fucking insane, get no sleep, and sprinkle riddalin on your cornflakes in the morning to help you focus.
Five weeks "built up" over how many years? Can you actually take all of that 5 weeks in one year?
There's a difference between "5 weeks built up over the last 4" and "5 weeks off per year"
Just don't miss a decimal point.
"Problem number two is that a civil judgment is generally last in the priority list for wage garnishment. Child support, alimony and taxes come ahead of it'
I don't think that defaulting on your taxes and divorcing your wife are generally good strategies for dealing with an RIAA suit.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.
"but until graduating high school one should be denied a certain level of freedom and personhood."
There are other countries more suited to you. We like freedom here in America.
Oh right, because this active jamming stops IMMEDIATELY at the building wall.
And why exactly does the usher have a right to know about my father who just had a heart attack or any of my personal business? If the business doesn't want me using a cell phone, they can ask me to leave. It's as simple as that. You're trying to make a technical solution to a problem that doesn't need one. Business can ask people to turn off their cell phones or take the call outside, no need for $500000 worth of infrastructure upgrades to the system and special faraday cages everywhere. Furthermore, you can't "surround the pickcell with a faraday cage" because the faraday cage is going TO BLOCK THE CELL SIGNAL IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Your analogy is perhaps the worst pile of shit argument I've seen in a while. The fact that you're comparing "cell phone use in school" to "drunk driving" suggests that you have absolutely no common sense whatsoever.
Using a cell phone in school doesn't run the risk of killing others like drunk driving does. Texting doesn't disrupt other students, it's not as if sending a text makes a lot of noise.
"anyone not paying attention is being disruptive". So, sitting in class quietly daydreaming is disruptive to the lecture? Please, explain this.
We didn't have defibrillators 70 years ago either, we'd better get rid of those too.
"If there's an emergency, the principal can inform the student involved." You don't understand the situation. We're not talking about emergency outside of school, we're talking about in-school emergencies. i.e. school shooting. This prevents students from calling out.
Second, even if we are talking about out-of-school family emergencies, the principal has no right to know the situation.
That's a horrible solution. Big companies can afford to risk loosing a small amount more for legal fees. A private citizen can't afford to risk loosing $2000 in legal fees over a court case involving $300 of damages if they bring a lawsuit against a company and then get slammed by some lawyer.
This would do nothing but prevent people from suing companies, not the other way around.
Why did the gas company not shut off the gas after not receiving payment for service for OVER A YEAR???
Seems like regardless of whose name was on the actual bill, they would have cut off the service after no one sent any money after a few months.
Welcome our new fire-fighting robot overlords.
So let's see here.
1. Expect a lot of people to pay ~$50 for a game before it's developed.
2. Give these people absolutely no guarantee that the game will ever be produced or that it will be anything like what it was originally billed to be.
3. ???
4. PROFIT!
Seriously though, this just confirms my suspicion that Gabe Newell is completely fucking retarded and has absolutely no sense what so ever. What happens when the budget falls short (not enough investors)? The game isn't produced but the money has already been spent.
Here's a better idea. You want to buy a game, so you go to the store, give the clerk $50, he flips a coin. Heads, you get a game, tails you don't, in either case he keeps your money. This accomplishes exactly the same thing but doesn't involve all this business with investment laws and the FTC.
Do you have any evidence to support your allegation that "17 people are just the tip of the iceberg" or are you just making shit up to support your bullshit hypothesis that "I am very naive".
You are very stupid.
The problem is that cooling your food down too far can damage it. eg. freezing milk or cheese.
Cars that return energy to the grid seem to me like an amazingly stupid idea. How much storage does one of those cars actually have and how much impact will it actually have? Even assuming that it's significant, there's still the issue of me waking up late and trying to go to work only to find that the electric car that I've left "charging" all night is dead because it returned all its energy to the grid when everyone woke up and started using more power. Then there's the issue of batteries degrading over time. Even if my car only returns energy to the grid once during the night while "charging" and once during the day (due to driving), then this "smart grid" has already cut my battery life in half, not to mention the fact that it will start to loose capacity much sooner that it would have otherwise.
Yeah, how dare these people want to listen to some music. Obviously up to no good.
Yeah, it's completely irresponsible to assume that some people with a few speakers, a single small tent, and some burgers who sent out an invite to 17 (not close to 100) people on facebook weren't planning a MASSIVE all night LSD-fueled rave.
You can't sit back and relax and expect to be good. But you CAN sit back relax, be really bad, and not get fired.
Redundancy in engineering is multiple ETL lines, multiple shaped charges, (you'd be suprised how many explosives seperation devices are in the new system) multiple computers, etc. Redundancy in engineering is NOT proceeding on two similar projects at the same time.
Point 1 isn't really relevant here. He's not worried about lusers screwing up his home computer.
Uhhhh..... They CAN come to your door randomly and ask you random questions. If they glance over your shoulder, it's plain sight.
Or a one way ticket out the door to be replaced by someone that doesn't intentionally obfuscate the system.
Intentional slowdowns while remaining professional? This is impossible as being professional means you aren't going to slow down your work because someone wasn't nice to you. Your post is more "be mean to the people that treat you mean, unless they can fire you". Which is just code for "Be an asshole to people you don't like".
If you're being professional, you shouldn't have to worry about who can have you fired.