you need to read the real facts about the McDonalds coffee case, then. That coffee was around 180 degrees -- 40 degrees hotter than almost every other fast food outlet.
McDonalds had already had to make settlements for people getting burned. The woman had to have SKIN GRAFTS for pete's sake. That's not anything other that negligence on the part of the corporation that sold her the coffee.
You can sue anyone for anything BUT you shouldn't be able to sue (and win) against e.g. MacDonalds for huring yourself with hot coffee. I mean for pitys sake, you knew it was hot when you bought it. It's bloody coffee. What do you expect?
To not have to get skin grafts when it spills on you, causing third degree burns over a significant portion of your body.
The difference between the McDonalds Coffee Case and this case is that when you get coffee at McDonalds, you have no control over the temperature of the coffee when they serve it to you; you have immediate control over the volume of the iPod.
What's interesting is that you judge Christians, yet can you say you're without sin? So do you have the right to judge anyone, even if they are not Christian? No.
Only Christians are bound by that rule. And many ignore it.
As a non-christian, I can say "wow, that Jesus was a hoopy frood, and many of the things he espoused are wonderful, charitable, giving, kind acts", but I am not bound by his law or his will.
On the other hand, many christians don't follow what the bible says anyway -- and in some cases, that's good. After all, who _really_ wants to walk 100 cubits from the town border with a flat paddle to dig a hole with when they wanna take a dump? Not me...
I was under the impression that FOX owns the television broadcasting rights to Firefly for 10 years, and they were unwilling to give it up to other studios without lots of money to entice them. What FOX gave up was the movie rights to Universal - or something like that.
We know that FOX has already given or sold the rights to show Firefly episodes on TV, because Sci-Fi channel does it right now.
The question is, will FOX let Sci-Fi or Joss Whedon make NEW episodes. I think that Sci-Fi channel should push hard to get the rights, and make the show on Sci-Fi. Can you imagine a Friday Night lineup of SG-1, SG-A, Firefly and BSG?
well, yeah. I _do_ want to put a foundry in space. Lots of 'em. I want sheet-metal folders, and wire extruders and construction sites.
how else to build REAL spaceships, not these silly stubby, expensive shuttles, or this claustrophobic capsules.
The material has already been lifted out of the gravity well. Recycling it would be way cheaper than moving it back, and safer than leaving it in place. And until we get anti-matter warp drive thingys, we're going to need to build our real exploration ships in space.
the two advantages to a paper ticket are that you don't have to buy anything extra, you can keep the stub for your collection, and if necessary, you can start a small fire to keep yourself warm.
Three! I mean THREE advantages to a papre ticket are that you don't have to buy anything extra, you can keep the stub for your collection, you can start a small fire to keep yourself warm and you can make an itsy paper airplane with it.
Sure you do. People buy McDonalds food because it is good enough to keep them alive, even though there is food that's more nutritious. People buy american made cars because they're good enough to get them around, even though other cars get better gas milage. People used to buy software from Computer Associates even tho... well, enough said about THAT.
as far as design goes, you don't change a thing, except you add a little teeny microphone to the ear-bud cable. Blackberry has made the mistake of making cell-phone-like units, and many of them stink. Just add parts that make it a cell phone, and keep the form factor, the interface and the UI the same. All you're doing is adding a menu, and it's not like the iPod can't hold contacts already.
Coverage and all that stuff, I think, should be done the same way other cell phone makers do -- simply sell the phone to providers, and let the providers sell the phone with a plan. A significant number of the millions of iPod users will want one. I know _I_ will want one, and I'll pay to get one, too.
1) Say that you watch porn in quicktime format 2) That ends up being displayed via iTunes (in the future if not now, I don't actually know for sure if it does or doesn't). 3) Now your ministore is logging what pr0n you watch. (And making recommendations? Hmmm...:P) 4) The government gets even more hinky about invading our privacy and makes pr0n watching a felony under "child neglect" or some such nonsense.
So, the government can sue Apple for your porn watching habits and cart you off to jail.
Perhaps a somewhat unlikely chain of events, but then, look at the world today... stranger things have happened.
I think that's a darn good solution. If the editors don't know who is submitting the story, they'll concentrate on whether or not the story is good -- and THEN, they can say "and I don't even know who the submitter is."
Of course, people will simply suggest that the submitter is also sending the person an email saying "I just submitted this story", but with multiple dupes, that won't be 100% effective anyway...
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you need to read the real facts about the McDonalds coffee case, then. That coffee was around 180 degrees -- 40 degrees hotter than almost every other fast food outlet.
McDonalds had already had to make settlements for people getting burned. The woman had to have SKIN GRAFTS for pete's sake. That's not anything other that negligence on the part of the corporation that sold her the coffee.
You can sue anyone for anything BUT you shouldn't be able to sue (and win) against e.g. MacDonalds for huring yourself with hot coffee. I mean for pitys sake, you knew it was hot when you bought it. It's bloody coffee. What do you expect?
To not have to get skin grafts when it spills on you, causing third degree burns over a significant portion of your body.
The difference between the McDonalds Coffee Case and this case is that when you get coffee at McDonalds, you have no control over the temperature of the coffee when they serve it to you; you have immediate control over the volume of the iPod.
What's interesting is that you judge Christians, yet can you say you're without sin? So do you have the right to judge anyone, even if they are not Christian? No.
Only Christians are bound by that rule. And many ignore it.
As a non-christian, I can say "wow, that Jesus was a hoopy frood, and many of the things he espoused are wonderful, charitable, giving, kind acts", but I am not bound by his law or his will.
On the other hand, many christians don't follow what the bible says anyway -- and in some cases, that's good. After all, who _really_ wants to walk 100 cubits from the town border with a flat paddle to dig a hole with when they wanna take a dump? Not me...
I was under the impression that FOX owns the television broadcasting rights to Firefly for 10 years, and they were unwilling to give it up to other studios without lots of money to entice them. What FOX gave up was the movie rights to Universal - or something like that.
We know that FOX has already given or sold the rights to show Firefly episodes on TV, because Sci-Fi channel does it right now.
The question is, will FOX let Sci-Fi or Joss Whedon make NEW episodes. I think that Sci-Fi channel should push hard to get the rights, and make the show on Sci-Fi. Can you imagine a Friday Night lineup of SG-1, SG-A, Firefly and BSG?
I don't doubt that there is pollution in other countries. I think Americans are still more comfortable hucking a cigarette butt out a car window.
as much as I agree that americans are much more blase about pollution and trash and litter...
I'm pretty sure the SUN -- a giant, hot fusion generator in the sky -- can handle anything we throw at it...
well, yeah. I _do_ want to put a foundry in space. Lots of 'em. I want sheet-metal folders, and wire extruders and construction sites.
how else to build REAL spaceships, not these silly stubby, expensive shuttles, or this claustrophobic capsules.
The material has already been lifted out of the gravity well. Recycling it would be way cheaper than moving it back, and safer than leaving it in place. And until we get anti-matter warp drive thingys, we're going to need to build our real exploration ships in space.
the two advantages to a paper ticket are that you don't have to buy anything extra, you can keep the stub for your collection, and if necessary, you can start a small fire to keep yourself warm.
Three! I mean THREE advantages to a papre ticket are that you don't have to buy anything extra, you can keep the stub for your collection, you can start a small fire to keep yourself warm and you can make an itsy paper airplane with it.
Four! I mean, the FOUR advantages...
Sure you do. People buy McDonalds food because it is good enough to keep them alive, even though there is food that's more nutritious. People buy american made cars because they're good enough to get them around, even though other cars get better gas milage. People used to buy software from Computer Associates even tho... well, enough said about THAT.
People settle all the time.
as far as design goes, you don't change a thing, except you add a little teeny microphone to the ear-bud cable. Blackberry has made the mistake of making cell-phone-like units, and many of them stink. Just add parts that make it a cell phone, and keep the form factor, the interface and the UI the same. All you're doing is adding a menu, and it's not like the iPod can't hold contacts already.
Coverage and all that stuff, I think, should be done the same way other cell phone makers do -- simply sell the phone to providers, and let the providers sell the phone with a plan. A significant number of the millions of iPod users will want one. I know _I_ will want one, and I'll pay to get one, too.
what, so the medicine can be sold without actually testing to see if it works, or whether or not the side-effects are livable?
Curing the common cold is no good, if a side effect of the drug is cancer or parkinson's or becoming a Michael Bolton fan.
well, here's one way it could be bad:
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1) Say that you watch porn in quicktime format
2) That ends up being displayed via iTunes (in the future if not now, I don't actually know for sure if it does or doesn't).
3) Now your ministore is logging what pr0n you watch. (And making recommendations? Hmmm...
4) The government gets even more hinky about invading our privacy and makes pr0n watching a felony under "child neglect" or some such nonsense.
So, the government can sue Apple for your porn watching habits and cart you off to jail.
Perhaps a somewhat unlikely chain of events, but then, look at the world today... stranger things have happened.
I think that's a darn good solution. If the editors don't know who is submitting the story, they'll concentrate on whether or not the story is good -- and THEN, they can say "and I don't even know who the submitter is."
Of course, people will simply suggest that the submitter is also sending the person an email saying "I just submitted this story", but with multiple dupes, that won't be 100% effective anyway...