No need to get upset, sheesh! The slave-holding states wanted full counting of slaves, the non-slave holding states wanted 0 (which is less than full counting). Sure they compromised but the concept that people find offensive is that slaves counted for less than a whole, which is the non-slave-holding position. If the non-slave-holding states had completely gotten their way, then we'd be hearing about how slaves weren't counted at all! And again, that would be backwards.
Also, the Three-Fifths Compromise was actually was done in opposition to the wishes of the slave-holding states. Those states wanted to be able to fully count slaves as part of their population in order to benefit from their numbers when it came time for apportionment for the House of Representatives and for the distribution of taxes. The non-slave-holding states opposed this idea.
That so many people think that this was put into the Constitution to dehumanize blacks, when it was actually put in by those in opposition of slavery, is astounding.
An Atlanta-Journal & Constitution article (can't find a link) from last year pointed out that in the years following Georgia's new voter ID law, Hispanic and Black voting participation had increased far more than would be expected from population increases, in direct contravention to the claims of the mostly-Democrat objections to the law.
February 19, 2013 North Carolina's Civitas Institute has revealed that the North Carolina State Board of Elections and the Obama campaign conspired to register at least 11,000 people via the internet in violation of state law. This has been confirmed through records requests filed with all of North Carolina's 100 counties. The counting is not yet complete.
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The technology from Allpoint Voter Services uses remote-control pens to transmit “signatures” over the Internet, according to techpresident.com[iii]. After entering voter information in an online form, the citizen “signs” it with a stylus or a finger. The Allpoint technology records the signature and then transmits it to one of two autopens – one in California, the other in Nevada[iv]. One of the pens transcribes the signature on to a paper voter registration form. Allpoint then mails the documents to local election boards – or is supposed to, a point we’ll come back to.
Seemed to be an interesting and technology-relevant story -- perfect for Slashdot. Not sure why it wasn't carried.
Immediately, I thought of the science-fiction novel Attack from Atlantis, as the technology sounds very much like that used to create the super-strong bubbles described in the story.
You know, it's that measurement that the European Football pitch is based upon: 10 yards is the radius of the centre circle, 18 yards is the specified dimension of the penalty area, etc. You're probably more used to those dimensions being called out as 9.15m and 16.5 m, respectively.
William Perry was also an amazing athlete. But, he wasn't "fairly intelligent". Your rationalization of Frank Gore does not prove your point -- he wasn't "fairly intelligent". He may have done better or made more money if he was, but he still made it into the NFL. He's clearly not the only player in the NFL that isn't "fairly intelligent". You don't have to be "fairly intelligent" to make it into the NFL.
The game has changed significantly in the decades since he played. Pure size is no longer the advantage it once was.
Offensive and defensive playbooks are quite complex. New packages and formations are installed every week. And it isn't simply memorizing a great deal of information. Players (especially at professional levels) need quick reasoning skills to analyze everything unfolding around them at blistering speeds.
Before the NFL draft, incoming players go through a combine. Vertical leap, 40 yard dash times and the usual are compiled. But players now have to take an intelligence test as well.
Sure, they take the Wonderlic test, but that is just another factor in whether they are drafted and how much they are paid. That doesn't mean that there is a minimum score before you're allowed into the NFL. It is well known that the Wonderlic test is important for quarterbacks, but you rarely hear about the score of an offensive lineman.
Perfect score on the test is a 50 and one player made that (a punter). The average score is a 21. Frank Gore, a running back, scored a 6 on the test, but was still drafted in the third round.
Football is perhaps the most complex of the major sports. To excel at it, especially at the NFL level, you have to be fairly intelligent.
I've got nothing to say about the rest of your comment, but this statement is absolutely not true. I went to high school with William "The Refrigerator" Perry (a very successful NFL player). I bet even he would laugh at the suggestion that he is "fairly intelligent".
As pointed out by numerous posts, the suggestion is fundamentally flawed. Clearly what is needed is for us (the ordinary folk) to voluntarily submit to the "Ludovico technique" to remove our capability for violence.
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No need to get upset, sheesh! The slave-holding states wanted full counting of slaves, the non-slave holding states wanted 0 (which is less than full counting). Sure they compromised but the concept that people find offensive is that slaves counted for less than a whole, which is the non-slave-holding position. If the non-slave-holding states had completely gotten their way, then we'd be hearing about how slaves weren't counted at all! And again, that would be backwards.
Also, the Three-Fifths Compromise was actually was done in opposition to the wishes of the slave-holding states. Those states wanted to be able to fully count slaves as part of their population in order to benefit from their numbers when it came time for apportionment for the House of Representatives and for the distribution of taxes. The non-slave-holding states opposed this idea.
That so many people think that this was put into the Constitution to dehumanize blacks, when it was actually put in by those in opposition of slavery, is astounding.
An Atlanta-Journal & Constitution article (can't find a link) from last year pointed out that in the years following Georgia's new voter ID law, Hispanic and Black voting participation had increased far more than would be expected from population increases, in direct contravention to the claims of the mostly-Democrat objections to the law.
I submitted this as a slashdot story, but it wasn't accepted: http://www.examiner.com/article/breaking-obama-campaign-caught-major-vote-fraud-scheme
From the article
February 19, 2013 North Carolina's Civitas Institute has revealed that the North Carolina State Board of Elections and the Obama campaign conspired to register at least 11,000 people via the internet in violation of state law. This has been confirmed through records requests filed with all of North Carolina's 100 counties. The counting is not yet complete.
and
The technology from Allpoint Voter Services uses remote-control pens to transmit “signatures” over the Internet, according to techpresident.com[iii]. After entering voter information in an online form, the citizen “signs” it with a stylus or a finger. The Allpoint technology records the signature and then transmits it to one of two autopens – one in California, the other in Nevada[iv]. One of the pens transcribes the signature on to a paper voter registration form. Allpoint then mails the documents to local election boards – or is supposed to, a point we’ll come back to.
Seemed to be an interesting and technology-relevant story -- perfect for Slashdot. Not sure why it wasn't carried.
That's what I mean. Are there critical multitouch gestures in the UI that can't reasonably be replaced?
I wonder if the resistive touchscreen of the N900 would eliminate the chances of a port.
I understand that Desktop Ubuntu is possible for the HP Touchpad, but is there any word on Ubuntu for Tablets?
If 3D printers become outlawed, then people will just start making them with their 3D printers. That should be obvious.
Immediately, I thought of the science-fiction novel Attack from Atlantis, as the technology sounds very much like that used to create the super-strong bubbles described in the story.
Well, now you do. You're welcome.
I didn't say that your version of football does have those things. I said European Football. Are you not familiar with European Football?
Better off than if it truly were the bastard child of COBOL and Javascript, which it most certainly is not.
You know, it's that measurement that the European Football pitch is based upon: 10 yards is the radius of the centre circle, 18 yards is the specified dimension of the penalty area, etc. You're probably more used to those dimensions being called out as 9.15m and 16.5 m, respectively.
For headlines, at least, I would check my spelling.
Google employs the developer of Python...
No longer true. It is my understanding that Guido Van Rossum now works for Dropbox.
My comment was in jest, referencing a well-known quote from the movie "Back to the Future". Thanks for making me explain it!!
There's that word again. "Shrinkage." Why are things shrinking in the future? Is there a problem with the Universe expanding?
There also hasn't been a successful jailbreak of iOS 6 on any device newer than 2010.
Personally, I don't find that to be a selling point.
Bob Dylan.
No, it's an old Bob Dylan song, though more correctly "Pissin' in the Wind".
William Perry was also an amazing athlete. But, he wasn't "fairly intelligent". Your rationalization of Frank Gore does not prove your point -- he wasn't "fairly intelligent". He may have done better or made more money if he was, but he still made it into the NFL. He's clearly not the only player in the NFL that isn't "fairly intelligent". You don't have to be "fairly intelligent" to make it into the NFL.
The game has changed significantly in the decades since he played. Pure size is no longer the advantage it once was.
Offensive and defensive playbooks are quite complex. New packages and formations are installed every week. And it isn't simply memorizing a great deal of information. Players (especially at professional levels) need quick reasoning skills to analyze everything unfolding around them at blistering speeds.
Before the NFL draft, incoming players go through a combine. Vertical leap, 40 yard dash times and the usual are compiled. But players now have to take an intelligence test as well.
Sure, they take the Wonderlic test, but that is just another factor in whether they are drafted and how much they are paid. That doesn't mean that there is a minimum score before you're allowed into the NFL. It is well known that the Wonderlic test is important for quarterbacks, but you rarely hear about the score of an offensive lineman.
Perfect score on the test is a 50 and one player made that (a punter). The average score is a 21. Frank Gore, a running back, scored a 6 on the test, but was still drafted in the third round.
Football is perhaps the most complex of the major sports. To excel at it, especially at the NFL level, you have to be fairly intelligent.
I've got nothing to say about the rest of your comment, but this statement is absolutely not true. I went to high school with William "The Refrigerator" Perry (a very successful NFL player). I bet even he would laugh at the suggestion that he is "fairly intelligent".
As pointed out by numerous posts, the suggestion is fundamentally flawed. Clearly what is needed is for us (the ordinary folk) to voluntarily submit to the "Ludovico technique" to remove our capability for violence.
That's a very good idea. Sell it unlocked like the Nexus 4 and then you can use it on T-Mobile or AT&T in the U.S.