Police and corrections officers are almost never charged (much less convicted and sentenced) with criminal offences for brutality and other illegal things they do while on duty.
It seems that if they have a decent job working for the state, a harshly-worded letter or a disciplinary hearing is enough for them, and they may actually face some sort of a penalty (usually suspension, demotion, or in severe cases, losing their job).
Meanwhile, your average Joe does the same thing and he loses his job AND goes to jail (after which he will be unable to get a decent job ever again).
The U.S. continually violates WTO rules. If other countries are also violating WTO rules (even if they are totally stupid), the U.S. will say that they're waiting for the other country to comply.
When the other countries do comply, the U.S. *continues* to not comply. That's two wrongs right there: (1) U.S. benefitting from other countries' compliance, and (2) U.S. benefiting from U.S. noncompliance.
The "let's make sure we're obeying the rules before we hold the U.S. to account" tactic obviously doesn't work, so China is trying a different one. I hope it works.
Here in Ottawa, Canada, I have a DSL connection with a non-profit organization (www.ncf.ca) that has been around for over a decade.
But if all the other ISPs can have their way with their customers via high-penalty contracts, then theoretically NCF could also have its way too, by virtue of being the only non-contract alternative.
I guess what I'm geting at is there's no such thing as "a little competition". There's either a lot of it, or none at all.
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Well, I've been able to reverse engineer about 80% of their business plan:
1. Launch effective and popular online search tools 2. Make money off of ads surrounding online search tools 3. Launch phone-based search tools 4.... 5. Profit!
(No, but seriously, they'll probably get kickbacks from the phone companies for sms messages, or listed companies will have to pay for each time a searcher gets connected to them or something)
RTFA. It's a rental unit, as this person pointed out already. And it was devoid of personal belongings. And the victim is the landlady; she doesn't live there.
Methinks it would be very difficult for a Ted Bundy type to attack her in that apartment when she doesn't live there.
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We promise that by training yourself to not think so critically, future April Fools jokes will provide you with far more entertainment.
I'm still having difficulty figuring out OS X because every application seems to have different keyboard functions for navigate-to-end-of-line-in-a-text-editor ("end" in all applications in Windows), move-one-word-to-the-left ("ctrl+left" in Windows), select-the-word-to-the-left ("shift+control+left"), and select-from-here-to-the-end-of-the-line ("ctrl+end").
I'm paranoid to use any keyboard shortcuts for things like this on the Mac, because I'm afraid it will close my window or prematurely send my e-mail. This negatively affects my productivity.
All this to say that OS X doesn't have standardized functionality across applications, yet it is still quite popular and successful. I realize that doesn't refute your whole argument.
Slashdot Mirror
I hear that.
Police and corrections officers are almost never charged (much less convicted and sentenced) with criminal offences for brutality and other illegal things they do while on duty.
It seems that if they have a decent job working for the state, a harshly-worded letter or a disciplinary hearing is enough for them, and they may actually face some sort of a penalty (usually suspension, demotion, or in severe cases, losing their job).
Meanwhile, your average Joe does the same thing and he loses his job AND goes to jail (after which he will be unable to get a decent job ever again).
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Here is some spam I've gotten from those domains:
You're right. Any idiot could tell that they're scams.
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Exactly what I was going to suggest...
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Hey! I patented that joke!
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I think you're confusing "mirror" with "heat sink".
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Look at it this way:
The U.S. continually violates WTO rules. If other countries are also violating WTO rules (even if they are totally stupid), the U.S. will say that they're waiting for the other country to comply.
When the other countries do comply, the U.S. *continues* to not comply. That's two wrongs right there: (1) U.S. benefitting from other countries' compliance, and (2) U.S. benefiting from U.S. noncompliance.
The "let's make sure we're obeying the rules before we hold the U.S. to account" tactic obviously doesn't work, so China is trying a different one. I hope it works.
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Mod AC with no sense of humour down, please.
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Here in Ottawa, Canada, I have a DSL connection with a non-profit organization (www.ncf.ca) that has been around for over a decade.
But if all the other ISPs can have their way with their customers via high-penalty contracts, then theoretically NCF could also have its way too, by virtue of being the only non-contract alternative.
I guess what I'm geting at is there's no such thing as "a little competition". There's either a lot of it, or none at all.
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I think the one that applies here (I've seen it on /. before) is...
In Soviet Russia, Government Controls Industry!
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Yeah, "The O'Reilly Tech Factor: for kids"
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Well, I've been able to reverse engineer about 80% of their business plan:
...
1. Launch effective and popular online search tools
2. Make money off of ads surrounding online search tools
3. Launch phone-based search tools
4.
5. Profit!
(No, but seriously, they'll probably get kickbacks from the phone companies for sms messages, or listed companies will have to pay for each time a searcher gets connected to them or something)
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About 13 rpm.
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RTFA. It's a rental unit, as this person pointed out already. And it was devoid of personal belongings. And the victim is the landlady; she doesn't live there.
Methinks it would be very difficult for a Ted Bundy type to attack her in that apartment when she doesn't live there.
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And ironically try their best to avoid regulating the businesses in their own country.
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Not controlled by one brain; rather, by one dick.
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No, it's the one that "enforces" it. You know, like in Afghanistan, Iraq....
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Dear sir,
Please limit your news consumption to Fox News, CNN, and tabloid-style newspapers. In particular, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the latest ventures of Ms. Brittney Spears and Mr. Kevin Federline. Should that not satisfy you, please help yourself to the field of sporting events; there are reams of information for you to digest.
We promise that by training yourself to not think so critically, future April Fools jokes will provide you with far more entertainment.
Sincerely,
The World
c/o Nathan Tasheer
I'm hoping that it will all turn out to be an elaborate April Fool's joke.
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This being slashdot, I didn't follow the link.
I presume it's a Steve Carell and/or Will Farrell movie?
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I'm still having difficulty figuring out OS X because every application seems to have different keyboard functions for navigate-to-end-of-line-in-a-text-editor ("end" in all applications in Windows), move-one-word-to-the-left ("ctrl+left" in Windows), select-the-word-to-the-left ("shift+control+left"), and select-from-here-to-the-end-of-the-line ("ctrl+end").
I'm paranoid to use any keyboard shortcuts for things like this on the Mac, because I'm afraid it will close my window or prematurely send my e-mail. This negatively affects my productivity.
All this to say that OS X doesn't have standardized functionality across applications, yet it is still quite popular and successful. I realize that doesn't refute your whole argument.
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Torvalds may be "Pretty Pleased" with the current draft, but I won't be satisfied with it until Torvalds is "Pretty Pleased with a Cherry On Top."
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Keep in mind that the less time between infection and death, the less time there is for a bug to spread.
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Yeah.
Cockeyed.com's Rob Cockerham has also done it.
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That depends on whether the unlimited drink machine takes bills.
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Whether it's a commercial or government spaceport isn't based on who pays for it, but rather on who collects the profits.
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