IANAL either, but I did take some contract law in business school. As I recall, the precedents (upon which a lot of contract law works in US, Canada, UK, etc.) are that what you call take-it-or-leave-contracts DO stand, if the notice is well posted. E.g., the liability waiver on amusement park tickets, parking lot signs, airplane tickets (the latter usually for loss of luggage, not loss of life). If you don't agree to the terms, your only choice is not to do business with them: altering the contract, such as blue-lining the parking lot sign, won't get you anywhere.
I've been hearing some disturbing things [...] I don't swear that they're accurate, but I'm getting whispers [...] As I say, I can't be certain that this is happening [...] the indications are worrisome, and I very much hope that the reports of such an effort are wrong [...] It may be, of course, that the accounts I'm getting are distorted [...] what I'm hearing.
No "highly placed official"? No "usually reliable source"? No corroboration. This looks something off a conspiracy-theory website.
It sure looked liked an on-line newspaper, right down to the byline and the smiling mug of the author. But if this had appeared in a real newspaper, the editor would fear for his job.
I've been hearing some disturbing things [...] I don't swear that they're accurate, but I'm getting whispers [...] As I say, I can't be certain that this is happening [...] the indications are worrisome, and I very much hope that the reports of such an effort are wrong [...] It may be, of course, that the accounts I'm getting are distorted [...] what I'm hearing.
No "highly placed official"? No "usually reliable source"? No corroboration. This looks something off a conspiracy-theory website.
It sure looked liked an on-line newspaper, right down to the byline and the smiling mug of the author. But if this had appeared in a real newspaper, the editor would fear for his job.
No, it was a near hit. Confused? Here's a parable:
Flying home one night, a fellow looks out the window is alarmed to see the lights of a small plane headed right at him. Immediately, his own plane goes through contortions to get out of the way. The pilot comes on and apologizes that he had to avoid a near miss. The first fellow turns to his seat mate and says, "Near miss be damned. We nearly hit him!"
Near hits are fine. It's the near misses that kill.
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Take it or leave it contracts often don't stand.
IANAL either, but I did take some contract law in business school. As I recall, the precedents (upon which a lot of contract law works in US, Canada, UK, etc.) are that what you call take-it-or-leave-contracts DO stand, if the notice is well posted. E.g., the liability waiver on amusement park tickets, parking lot signs, airplane tickets (the latter usually for loss of luggage, not loss of life). If you don't agree to the terms, your only choice is not to do business with them: altering the contract, such as blue-lining the parking lot sign, won't get you anywhere.
No "highly placed official"? No "usually reliable source"? No corroboration. This looks something off a conspiracy-theory website.
It sure looked liked an on-line newspaper, right down to the byline and the smiling mug of the author. But if this had appeared in a real newspaper, the editor would fear for his job.
No "highly placed official"? No "usually reliable source"? No corroboration. This looks something off a conspiracy-theory website.
It sure looked liked an on-line newspaper, right down to the byline and the smiling mug of the author. But if this had appeared in a real newspaper, the editor would fear for his job.
>No MRIs for the people with nanotech running around inside them
If they have nanotech running around inside them, they won't need MRI.
No, it was a near hit. Confused? Here's a parable:
Flying home one night, a fellow looks out the window is alarmed to see the lights of a small plane headed right at him. Immediately, his own plane goes through contortions to get out of the way. The pilot comes on and apologizes that he had to avoid a near miss. The first fellow turns to his seat mate and says, "Near miss be damned. We nearly hit him!"
Near hits are fine. It's the near misses that kill.