They told us my daughter had a disorder that is incompatible with life and scheduled the abortion without even asking us. They said she had trisomy 18 before they even did an amniocentesis. She was born with some abnormalities - She is missing an arm, and her liver was in the umbilical cord - but surgery fixed the latter, and people live with limb deficiencies all the time. Some people's challenges are just more visible than others. She didn't have trisomy 18 either - there are no chromosomal anomalies.
She was born 3 years ago yesterday, and spent 3 months in the NICU as she grew strong enough to breathe on her own after the surgery put the liver in her stomach (thus compressing her lungs somewhat). Today, she spent her first day at a Montessori school. She is a normal, well adjusted little girl, just with one arm.
Sorry, but the doctor simply isn't always right and I thank God every day that we ignored him, because that sweet little girl wouldn't be here today if we listened to him.
Sure, in a place where you don't give people due process to challenge their tickets, yeah. Building some fly by night hobbyist traffic monitoring system will be ok.
In a western capitalist country, we get (generally, still) due process, the ability to defend ourselves in court, and we also understand that the whole point of speeding tickets is usually revenue generation for the municipality, state, county, etc. We also understand that while our police tell us it's all for our safety, the real problem is speed DIFFERENTIAL, not speed itself (generally) and thus we just set speed limits below the natural speed of the road, and cash in on the revenue.
So I can't speak to all of those, but usually when people win, there is more to the story that gets left out in the email forwards telling the story.
For instance, in the case of the McDonalds coffee thing, they did try to settle for FAR less to cover the medical bills. The coffee at McDonalds was 180-190 degrees, not 134-145 degrees like at home, and thus caused 3rd degree burns requiring skin grafting.
Yes, we expect coffee to be hot, but we don't expect it to be THAT hot.
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
Worth reading.
Yep, let's blame the environuts and completely forget that the free market, which considers oil as a much cheaper and easier resource to use, might have played a role.
How did the free market play a role when nuclear regulation has prevented any new plants?
But I hope that they are actually training them in real computer science. Algorithms, data structures, patterns, etc.
I have no college degree, but I love to learn (just couldn't afford it when I was that age, and now I'm too busy!) and I did just fine. Worked in management consulting as a developer and then architect, it's definitely possible. However, ignoring the other areas of learning the university can offer may be a mistake - it's great to know your computer science, but it's nice to be well rounded.
As long as you're the type of individual who pursues that learning on your own, however, you'll be just fine without that massive student loan debt!
A strange minister who ignores the Word he's supposed to teach - Matthew 13:47-50? Mark 9:40something?
Jesus is spoken of as being in hell when He died because He paid the price for our sins.
It doesn't take a genius to see the potential for abuse when your overlords can now assign a nice little fingerprint that they own so they can track everything you do.
Good for them for resisting - it takes a special kind of person to actually stand up for what you believe in when the price is that high.
I was a contractor, but that was by far one of the most educational and fun experiences of my life.
I know this is/. and that I should be hating on them here if I don't want to get modded down, but I wish them well in their endeavors. If the competition wants to get big, do it by being better, not by pissing and moaning that Microsoft is keeping you down.
It's not that hard to be better.
Mine's an '01, first year of the IS, and all of the newer ones have the button, with the possible exception of the 2nd gen IS, which is new enough that I haven't been in one yet.
Oh well, I don't know why I'm even arguing this... As an auto enthusiast I know what I like and it's pointless to argue it anyway:)
My IS300 has a single button to push when I want traction control off... Doesn't seem difficult to me?
Perhaps it's other models that you're referring to, though.
but if this was any other company that slashdot didn't hold so much hate for, it seems likely to me that the judge would have been denounced as an idiot in collusion with the EU.
Sure, maybe they aren't the best company, I'm not arguing that at all, but the EU is raping them.
If we get in there now, we can make it a free country, and when China and the US cause enough global warming, it'll be prime oceanfront tropical property:D
should leave us all ashamed. I'm a Christian who has deeply rooted beliefs, but I also respect [real, not politically motivated by either side] science.
It is what it is. I don't know enough about the particular science of it all to answer either way, but our origins certainly won't change to creation from evolution, something in between, or vice versa, because some idiots vote it so.
...simply because Sony, the MPAA, and all other related parties want to force me to do so, in order to restrict me further to watching their recycled crap. No thanks.
You don't have a constitutional right to go 100 on the freeway.
We do, however, have a constitutional right to not live in a tyranny that can search our things any time they damn well please, all in the name of security. That's an American concept. If you don't like it, try moving to China, where you can have your security at the cost of your freedoms.
if this is referring to suspending submarine engines via a magnetic field, did it ever occur to them that maybe the dirty commies would just break out their compass and find them by their massive magnetic field?
If not, then nevermind!:D
It's not like these movie companies are making fantastic movies anyway - it's all a bunch of recycled crap anymore. Sure I can still laugh at funny movies, and I still watch them... but would I really miss them? I think, perhaps, not.
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You're not kidding. My daughter's 3 month stay cost more than my house.... but it was worth every penny.
They told us my daughter had a disorder that is incompatible with life and scheduled the abortion without even asking us. They said she had trisomy 18 before they even did an amniocentesis. She was born with some abnormalities - She is missing an arm, and her liver was in the umbilical cord - but surgery fixed the latter, and people live with limb deficiencies all the time. Some people's challenges are just more visible than others. She didn't have trisomy 18 either - there are no chromosomal anomalies. She was born 3 years ago yesterday, and spent 3 months in the NICU as she grew strong enough to breathe on her own after the surgery put the liver in her stomach (thus compressing her lungs somewhat). Today, she spent her first day at a Montessori school. She is a normal, well adjusted little girl, just with one arm. Sorry, but the doctor simply isn't always right and I thank God every day that we ignored him, because that sweet little girl wouldn't be here today if we listened to him.
But I'm still not going to hold my breath
Sure, in a place where you don't give people due process to challenge their tickets, yeah. Building some fly by night hobbyist traffic monitoring system will be ok. In a western capitalist country, we get (generally, still) due process, the ability to defend ourselves in court, and we also understand that the whole point of speeding tickets is usually revenue generation for the municipality, state, county, etc. We also understand that while our police tell us it's all for our safety, the real problem is speed DIFFERENTIAL, not speed itself (generally) and thus we just set speed limits below the natural speed of the road, and cash in on the revenue.
So I can't speak to all of those, but usually when people win, there is more to the story that gets left out in the email forwards telling the story. For instance, in the case of the McDonalds coffee thing, they did try to settle for FAR less to cover the medical bills. The coffee at McDonalds was 180-190 degrees, not 134-145 degrees like at home, and thus caused 3rd degree burns requiring skin grafting. Yes, we expect coffee to be hot, but we don't expect it to be THAT hot. http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm Worth reading.
...is firing a hellfire missile a airspace regulation violation?
Yep, let's blame the environuts and completely forget that the free market, which considers oil as a much cheaper and easier resource to use, might have played a role.
How did the free market play a role when nuclear regulation has prevented any new plants?
But I hope that they are actually training them in real computer science. Algorithms, data structures, patterns, etc. I have no college degree, but I love to learn (just couldn't afford it when I was that age, and now I'm too busy!) and I did just fine. Worked in management consulting as a developer and then architect, it's definitely possible. However, ignoring the other areas of learning the university can offer may be a mistake - it's great to know your computer science, but it's nice to be well rounded. As long as you're the type of individual who pursues that learning on your own, however, you'll be just fine without that massive student loan debt!
A strange minister who ignores the Word he's supposed to teach - Matthew 13:47-50? Mark 9:40something? Jesus is spoken of as being in hell when He died because He paid the price for our sins.
It doesn't take a genius to see the potential for abuse when your overlords can now assign a nice little fingerprint that they own so they can track everything you do. Good for them for resisting - it takes a special kind of person to actually stand up for what you believe in when the price is that high.
I was a contractor, but that was by far one of the most educational and fun experiences of my life. I know this is /. and that I should be hating on them here if I don't want to get modded down, but I wish them well in their endeavors. If the competition wants to get big, do it by being better, not by pissing and moaning that Microsoft is keeping you down.
It's not that hard to be better.
Mine's an '01, first year of the IS, and all of the newer ones have the button, with the possible exception of the 2nd gen IS, which is new enough that I haven't been in one yet. Oh well, I don't know why I'm even arguing this... As an auto enthusiast I know what I like and it's pointless to argue it anyway :)
My IS300 has a single button to push when I want traction control off... Doesn't seem difficult to me? Perhaps it's other models that you're referring to, though.
My point is that dislike for MS should not trump logical thinking.
but if this was any other company that slashdot didn't hold so much hate for, it seems likely to me that the judge would have been denounced as an idiot in collusion with the EU. Sure, maybe they aren't the best company, I'm not arguing that at all, but the EU is raping them.
The final battle was just awesome.
Actually, you are. Look up the definition of Militia as defined in the dictionary and also by United States law.
So I bought battlefield 2 and haven't looked back.
If we get in there now, we can make it a free country, and when China and the US cause enough global warming, it'll be prime oceanfront tropical property :D
should leave us all ashamed. I'm a Christian who has deeply rooted beliefs, but I also respect [real, not politically motivated by either side] science. It is what it is. I don't know enough about the particular science of it all to answer either way, but our origins certainly won't change to creation from evolution, something in between, or vice versa, because some idiots vote it so.
...simply because Sony, the MPAA, and all other related parties want to force me to do so, in order to restrict me further to watching their recycled crap. No thanks.
Now if we could just get Nigeria to block all outgoing mail
You don't have a constitutional right to go 100 on the freeway. We do, however, have a constitutional right to not live in a tyranny that can search our things any time they damn well please, all in the name of security. That's an American concept. If you don't like it, try moving to China, where you can have your security at the cost of your freedoms.
if this is referring to suspending submarine engines via a magnetic field, did it ever occur to them that maybe the dirty commies would just break out their compass and find them by their massive magnetic field? If not, then nevermind! :D
It's not like these movie companies are making fantastic movies anyway - it's all a bunch of recycled crap anymore. Sure I can still laugh at funny movies, and I still watch them... but would I really miss them? I think, perhaps, not.