That was my point exactly. You have rights and protection under the law, unless the government considers you a "terrorist" (notice the quotation marks, signifying you may really not be a terrorist to be labeled one), in which case you have none. And BTW, just for you pointing this fact out, you are now on the "watch" list for "suspected terrorists". Watch your back.
It is known through Doyle's own comments that Holmes is based on Dr. Joseph Bell, whose reputation at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, Scotland was legendary. Dr. Bell amazed medical students, including a young Doyle in 1876, with his "miraculous" diagnostic abilities, often deducing a patient's ailment "as soon as they walked through the door, sometimes before they had opened their mouths... He would tell them their symptoms and even give them details of their past life, and very seldom was he in error." http://www.oneact.org/holmes/holmesinfopg.html
"Are you saying that just because the government has the capability to read my messages that I can no longer expect them NOT to?"
I think that concept has been proven true over and over by the current administration's very loose interpretation of some of our privacy laws.
"I don't encrypt my conversation when I speak to my wife as we're walking down the street."
In public places, you really don't have a "reasonable expectation to privacy". If you want to say something you don't want anyone to hear, do it in a private place where you would have an expectation of some privacy. However just because you have an expectation to privacy doensn't in fact mean you actually have privacy.
"Does that mean I should not have an expectation of privacy in my phone calls?"
Private phone conversations are protected, and pre-Bush you DID need a warrant to listen in legally.
"Should I have an expectation that the government will not read my mail even though they don't have to open the envelope to do it? Or is that also "unreasonable"?"
No, expecting a sealed envelope to not be read when sent through the mail is perfectly reasonable. Unless someone accuses you of being a "terrorist". Then ALL bets are off.
"When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's, there was not this sense of absolute dread about what the US government was doing (at least until Watergate). We saw our government as sometimes corrupt, sometimes ineffective, and sometimes even evil, but we believed we could do something about it come the next election."
Ahhh, wasn't acid great? They only thing that has really changed is the false sense the people had that things could actually change. (Sucks to get old and jaded, er wiser, huh?)
"After all, there's a war on terror going on. A war that is designed to give our "leaders" unlimited power. A war that is designed to last forever. A war on us."
Amen brother, amen.
I read it more as "We don't have the money, time, or people to try and verify what you claim with the information given to us." I don't think this is so much a "standing up for student's rights" issue as a "you want us to do all the legwork for you and not pay us" issue.
Your memory may be a bit hazy then. Atari and Commodore were easily beating Apple in the early 80s in the home market (most likely due to pricing factors). The Atari 800 was a far superior machine with bitmapped color and sound, and the capability to use a TV as a monitor all for a lower cost.
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/total-share.ars/4 - look at the chart at the bottom of the page. Apple was 3rd in sales after Commodore and Atari from 1980-84 (the years the chart covers). The chart on the next page from 84-87 also has Commodore and Atari ahead of Apple too.
While you may be closer on the education side because of Apple's educational discounts, there are a far more number of homes than there are schools. Even if they had 100% of the education market it still would have been less total market share than the others.
Something tells me that the army has number crunchers of their own, and have made similar computations (without numbers pulled from their ass) and decided it was more efficient than carrying batteries.
Most of the unmanned vessels are small, some even the size of a jet ski. I don't think these will be performing any "rescue" missions, but they can certainly be used in recon to verify a genuine distress call from a "pirate trap".
Yep, learned that lesson the hard way. After chopping up a bunch of habaneros, I washed my hands pretty good, then touched my cheek near my eye. It was like someone had maced me. It stung my eye like hell and my skin got very warm. After that I always put on a latex glove on my "holding" hand before cutting really hot peppers. The heat would even make it through the gloves after a bit, making my fingertips really warm also. Powerful stuff.
"were getting Comcast (and all that entails...like 6Mb peak speeds) along with more and better channels that worked with their DVRs for $70.00 a month."
Where do you live?? I live in Minneapolis and get extended basic cable (no pay channels, IFC, Sundance, etc.) and a 6Mbit internet connection and that alone runs me about $95 a month. Before Comcast bought out Time Warner in my area, I was paying about $65 a month for faster downlaoding speeds, and more channels. Comcast sucks the big one.
I thought the same thing until Comcast bought them out in my area. Now I would kill to have Time Warner back. Slower internet, messing with torrent traffic, higher prices, and less cable channels. Thanks Comcast!
I would imagine to recycle the braking energy as stated in TFA and TFS. Hard to store power up if you have no battery. Plus cleaner more efficient DC power. Why do servers run on a UPS?
And how. I have the first season on DVD and the second one came out recently too. It is really funny to watch the shows again as an adult and laugh at all the things that went right over my head as a child. Especially the original pilot they made (it is included in the bonus material) - definitely not a kids show. I think they were originally going for a more SNL type thing but it got morphed into a "children's" show.
Spoken by someone who obviously has no vinyl. My vinyl collection is in 10X better shape than my CD collection. I actually care about my vinyl, some of which is irreplaceable, and CDs are just CDs that can be replaced. Plus read up about the War of Noise. This trend really sucks and is taking all the technological advantages to the CD format and chucking them in the trash. CDs are the next 8-tracks.
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That's just a contradiction!
If I were the accused kids, I would certainly try the Chewbacca Defense.
That was my point exactly. You have rights and protection under the law, unless the government considers you a "terrorist" (notice the quotation marks, signifying you may really not be a terrorist to be labeled one), in which case you have none. And BTW, just for you pointing this fact out, you are now on the "watch" list for "suspected terrorists". Watch your back.
It is known through Doyle's own comments that Holmes is based on Dr. Joseph Bell, whose reputation at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, Scotland was legendary. Dr. Bell amazed medical students, including a young Doyle in 1876, with his "miraculous" diagnostic abilities, often deducing a patient's ailment "as soon as they walked through the door, sometimes before they had opened their mouths ... He would tell them their symptoms and even give them details of their past life, and very seldom was he in error."
http://www.oneact.org/holmes/holmesinfopg.html
Also mentioned briefly in the Wikipedia article.
"Are you saying that just because the government has the capability to read my messages that I can no longer expect them NOT to?"
I think that concept has been proven true over and over by the current administration's very loose interpretation of some of our privacy laws.
"I don't encrypt my conversation when I speak to my wife as we're walking down the street."
In public places, you really don't have a "reasonable expectation to privacy". If you want to say something you don't want anyone to hear, do it in a private place where you would have an expectation of some privacy. However just because you have an expectation to privacy doensn't in fact mean you actually have privacy.
"Does that mean I should not have an expectation of privacy in my phone calls?"
Private phone conversations are protected, and pre-Bush you DID need a warrant to listen in legally.
"Should I have an expectation that the government will not read my mail even though they don't have to open the envelope to do it? Or is that also "unreasonable"?"
No, expecting a sealed envelope to not be read when sent through the mail is perfectly reasonable. Unless someone accuses you of being a "terrorist". Then ALL bets are off.
"When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's, there was not this sense of absolute dread about what the US government was doing (at least until Watergate). We saw our government as sometimes corrupt, sometimes ineffective, and sometimes even evil, but we believed we could do something about it come the next election."
Ahhh, wasn't acid great? They only thing that has really changed is the false sense the people had that things could actually change. (Sucks to get old and jaded, er wiser, huh?)
"After all, there's a war on terror going on. A war that is designed to give our "leaders" unlimited power. A war that is designed to last forever. A war on us."
Amen brother, amen.
Isn't that up to the courts to decide, and not the university?
I read it more as "We don't have the money, time, or people to try and verify what you claim with the information given to us." I don't think this is so much a "standing up for student's rights" issue as a "you want us to do all the legwork for you and not pay us" issue.
"there are a certain percentage of their songs that I am convinced one must be stoned/high/drunk/etc in order to enjoy them properly"
That's just the vodka and Oxycontin talking...
Your memory may be a bit hazy then. Atari and Commodore were easily beating Apple in the early 80s in the home market (most likely due to pricing factors). The Atari 800 was a far superior machine with bitmapped color and sound, and the capability to use a TV as a monitor all for a lower cost.
"In 1980, Gartner reported Apple's worldwide share of the computer market at 15.8%"
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/D579148C-8563-4FFB-8E97-C2613215F98E.html
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/total-share.ars/4 - look at the chart at the bottom of the page. Apple was 3rd in sales after Commodore and Atari from 1980-84 (the years the chart covers). The chart on the next page from 84-87 also has Commodore and Atari ahead of Apple too.
While you may be closer on the education side because of Apple's educational discounts, there are a far more number of homes than there are schools. Even if they had 100% of the education market it still would have been less total market share than the others.
"And just where is Microsoft today that Apple hasn't been first, in real OS terms?"
On over 90% of desktops?
Something tells me that the army has number crunchers of their own, and have made similar computations (without numbers pulled from their ass) and decided it was more efficient than carrying batteries.
"imagine if the battery somehow breaks starting to leak acid all over the guy's skin."
Or worse yet, imagine if the batteries were made by Sony and the battery bursts into flame during combat. Bad news...
"it can pick up survivors"
Most of the unmanned vessels are small, some even the size of a jet ski. I don't think these will be performing any "rescue" missions, but they can certainly be used in recon to verify a genuine distress call from a "pirate trap".
I would, but I am too busy protecting our precious bodily fluids from the Ruskies.
Yep, learned that lesson the hard way. After chopping up a bunch of habaneros, I washed my hands pretty good, then touched my cheek near my eye. It was like someone had maced me. It stung my eye like hell and my skin got very warm. After that I always put on a latex glove on my "holding" hand before cutting really hot peppers. The heat would even make it through the gloves after a bit, making my fingertips really warm also. Powerful stuff.
"What should I eat to get rid of the overwhelming burning pain in my mouth from eating Jalapenos?"
Try a Scotch Bonnet or a Habenero. Either will make you forget all about the Jalapeno.
Actually, it is the membranes that hold the seeds that contain most of the "heat".
"Capsaicin (pronounced cap-SAY-iss-in) is a powerful chemical present in hot peppers that irritates certain nerves in the human nose and mouth. It is most highly concentrated in a hot pepper's central membrane, which holds the seeds."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DD1E39F93BA35752C1A96F948260
"The hotter the pepper, the more capsaicin it contains, most of it concentrated in the membrane or rib. Removing both this membrane and the seeds can significantly reduce the overall heat level"
http://www.sallys-place.com/food/columns/ferray_fiszer/peppers.htm
What is the PIN number for your ATM machine? I want some cash to buy a NIC card.
Which would be a bragain if my salary had also gone up 93% in the last 10 years.
"were getting Comcast (and all that entails...like 6Mb peak speeds) along with more and better channels that worked with their DVRs for $70.00 a month."
Where do you live?? I live in Minneapolis and get extended basic cable (no pay channels, IFC, Sundance, etc.) and a 6Mbit internet connection and that alone runs me about $95 a month. Before Comcast bought out Time Warner in my area, I was paying about $65 a month for faster downlaoding speeds, and more channels. Comcast sucks the big one.
"Look up the limey equivalent"
You mean like a FCC Margarita?
"I may finally be able to leave TimeWarner. "
I thought the same thing until Comcast bought them out in my area. Now I would kill to have Time Warner back. Slower internet, messing with torrent traffic, higher prices, and less cable channels. Thanks Comcast!
I would imagine to recycle the braking energy as stated in TFA and TFS. Hard to store power up if you have no battery. Plus cleaner more efficient DC power. Why do servers run on a UPS?
And how. I have the first season on DVD and the second one came out recently too. It is really funny to watch the shows again as an adult and laugh at all the things that went right over my head as a child. Especially the original pilot they made (it is included in the bonus material) - definitely not a kids show. I think they were originally going for a more SNL type thing but it got morphed into a "children's" show.
Spoken by someone who obviously has no vinyl. My vinyl collection is in 10X better shape than my CD collection. I actually care about my vinyl, some of which is irreplaceable, and CDs are just CDs that can be replaced. Plus read up about the War of Noise. This trend really sucks and is taking all the technological advantages to the CD format and chucking them in the trash.
CDs are the next 8-tracks.