The 14th Amendment makes the federal constitution apply to all of the states.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
States can have laws that ratchet freedom further, but they can't decrease your rights any more than the federal government Constitutionally is able to.
That's literally what I did. I went to Target a day early (the 16th) looking for Wiis at their opening. They didn't have them, but they had a bunch of PS3's, so I bought one.
I ended up trading it today with a friend who got a Wii. I gave him a PS3, he gave me the Wii + 350. Best trade ever.
Remember, IAOALS (I am only a law student), but it doesn't seem that there is anything wrong with them giving a "behavioral" or "personality" exam. The only question is whether it impermissibly discriminates on the basis of race, gender, religion, or disability.
There was a case involving Target, where they had security officers take a test similar to this. The problem, the Court found, was that it asked whether "you believe that you are right and everyone else is wrong." or that "your religion is the one true religion."
There are ways that they can phrase questions to sneak in questions about impermissible facts, but the problem is, you would have to take them to court and prove that they were just doing this as a pretext for discrimination. You'd have to find a lawyer who would take the case, and a Court that is sympathetic to challenges by job applicants and employees.
Needless to say, I doubt you would have a real legal recourse. Since this is not a "free market" with regard to jobs (i.e. you dont' come as equals and bargain for the terms of employment), you are not going to get around this test.
Basically, you suck it up and refuse the test (and the job), or take it and try your luck.
I can speak from experience... A) The first school to require every student to have a laptop? I'm not so sure about that. I'm at the University of Minnesota Law School, and beginning last year with my class, we are required to lease a Thinkpad from the school.
This sucks for multiple reasons. a) I'm a hardcore Mac user, and I basically have a $1500 paper weight that I only use for typing finals. b) Everyone else's has broken. Out of 280 students, there was a queue of 40+ laptops waiting to have their graphics cards replaced. c) we pay $500 a year to lease the laptop, and we don't even get to keep it when we're finished unless we pay an additional fee.
Either way, it's ridiculous. I don't think that we should be requiring anyone to purchase or lease a laptop.
I agree with this. Another thing that is ridiculous about his op-ed piece is that he states that internet providers are not liable for what their users do or say, and will never be held accountable for this. That sounds fair to me, since they don't control what the users do, nor should they have to, or for that matter, be able to.
The worst thing he says, however, is comparing the Internet Service Providers to a broadcast or print source. Well, of course broadcasters and newspaper printers are liable for what they print. They are directly responsible for anything that goes into their paper. The internet, however, is not that. Some people use the internet merely for reading. The ISP is not a traditional broadcast or printer, nor should it be even compared to that.
In his mind, that would require us to have telephone providers listen in on customers, and possibly be liable for anything slanderous that is said over the phone. His argument is ridiculous.
I had a similar experience, but it was caused by me sitting on the couch with a girl... At one point, she was about to do unmentionable things, and backed up, knocking a beer onto my powerbook... I flipped it over as fast as I could and took the keyboard off and let the whole thing dry...
After a few hours, I tried using the computer again, and it worked great! No problems since. Except for a new lesson regarding certain activities, beer, and the proximity to thousands of dollars worth of electronics.
This would be an example of democracy just how it works in America. The rich people that can afford the traffic light changers would get the light changed for them...
In America, the people with the money get the votes to preserve that... Sound familiar?
For example, we have 65 playwrights alive today for every one in Elizabethan England. Yet do we have dozens of Shakespeares? The picture is even more stark when the 12,000 members of the screen Writers Guild are taken into account.
Of course we have fewer Shakespeares. During Elizabethan times, we were in the very early stages of Capitalism, if at all. The point of writing plays was to fulfill one's calling, not to make money. In our capitalist system, one is considered a success by making films pointed at the lowest common denominator that make the most money...
As our writers, scientists, and other "intellectual heavyweights" are alienated from the products of their labour, meaning that they base their research on what will make money (or even what their benefactors want them to find) we will never have the type of intellectual development as before.
Oh, we'll get more gadgets and stuff for us techies, but will those make our lives better?
I'm not a Marxist... I just believe that the overthrow of capitalism is the best option.
In the article you stated that Vincent killed a superior that had learned his secret. This was not true, however. Vincent did not kill anyone, it just so happened that his eyelash fell off in the company and they found it, so the gene police assumed he had done it... It was actually Vincent's boss, who wanted to see the flight take place, and the man killed had wanted to postpone the flight. Eukaryote
I have the amplifier for the IR port for OmniRemote... It works well, but it is only as strong as the original Palm Pilot... the Palm III/V series have weaker infrared beams, and therefore need the amplifier... it will work about 10 feet... I got the code for the TV's in high school... that was always fun... Eukaryote
My parents at home have a home theatre setup that is powered by a Marantz Learning Remote... I believe it runs about 300$US, and it is completely programmable, inculding a 4 screen menu for each different function (TV, CD, LD, DVD, SAT, etc.) and each of these can be programmed, along with the real buttons at the bottom. Eukaryote
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States can have laws that ratchet freedom further, but they can't decrease your rights any more than the federal government Constitutionally is able to.
Good thing I have a mac...
I ended up trading it today with a friend who got a Wii. I gave him a PS3, he gave me the Wii + 350. Best trade ever.
Hopefully the new icon comes in cornflower blue...
There was a case involving Target, where they had security officers take a test similar to this. The problem, the Court found, was that it asked whether "you believe that you are right and everyone else is wrong." or that "your religion is the one true religion."
There are ways that they can phrase questions to sneak in questions about impermissible facts, but the problem is, you would have to take them to court and prove that they were just doing this as a pretext for discrimination. You'd have to find a lawyer who would take the case, and a Court that is sympathetic to challenges by job applicants and employees.
Needless to say, I doubt you would have a real legal recourse. Since this is not a "free market" with regard to jobs (i.e. you dont' come as equals and bargain for the terms of employment), you are not going to get around this test.
Basically, you suck it up and refuse the test (and the job), or take it and try your luck.
Good luck!
This sucks for multiple reasons. a) I'm a hardcore Mac user, and I basically have a $1500 paper weight that I only use for typing finals. b) Everyone else's has broken. Out of 280 students, there was a queue of 40+ laptops waiting to have their graphics cards replaced. c) we pay $500 a year to lease the laptop, and we don't even get to keep it when we're finished unless we pay an additional fee.
Either way, it's ridiculous. I don't think that we should be requiring anyone to purchase or lease a laptop.
The worst thing he says, however, is comparing the Internet Service Providers to a broadcast or print source. Well, of course broadcasters and newspaper printers are liable for what they print. They are directly responsible for anything that goes into their paper. The internet, however, is not that. Some people use the internet merely for reading. The ISP is not a traditional broadcast or printer, nor should it be even compared to that.
In his mind, that would require us to have telephone providers listen in on customers, and possibly be liable for anything slanderous that is said over the phone. His argument is ridiculous.
After a few hours, I tried using the computer again, and it worked great! No problems since. Except for a new lesson regarding certain activities, beer, and the proximity to thousands of dollars worth of electronics.
Talk about ruining the mood, though.
I've had mine a year and I haven't had to once... I've barely had to reboot!
-MacOSX
Those will expire in 6 years when the battery pak runs out in the cartridge.. :/
In America, the people with the money get the votes to preserve that... Sound familiar?
Of course we have fewer Shakespeares. During Elizabethan times, we were in the very early stages of Capitalism, if at all. The point of writing plays was to fulfill one's calling, not to make money. In our capitalist system, one is considered a success by making films pointed at the lowest common denominator that make the most money...
As our writers, scientists, and other "intellectual heavyweights" are alienated from the products of their labour, meaning that they base their research on what will make money (or even what their benefactors want them to find) we will never have the type of intellectual development as before.
Oh, we'll get more gadgets and stuff for us techies, but will those make our lives better?
I'm not a Marxist... I just believe that the overthrow of capitalism is the best option.
In the article you stated that Vincent killed a superior that had learned his secret. This was not true, however. Vincent did not kill anyone, it just so happened that his eyelash fell off in the company and they found it, so the gene police assumed he had done it... It was actually Vincent's boss, who wanted to see the flight take place, and the man killed had wanted to postpone the flight. Eukaryote
The amplifier goes for about 20$US. Eukaryote
I have the amplifier for the IR port for OmniRemote... It works well, but it is only as strong as the original Palm Pilot... the Palm III/V series have weaker infrared beams, and therefore need the amplifier... it will work about 10 feet... I got the code for the TV's in high school... that was always fun... Eukaryote
My parents at home have a home theatre setup that is powered by a Marantz Learning Remote... I believe it runs about 300$US, and it is completely programmable, inculding a 4 screen menu for each different function (TV, CD, LD, DVD, SAT, etc.) and each of these can be programmed, along with the real buttons at the bottom. Eukaryote