Please explain to me how "faith" will answer the question of WHY better than "science". I think the only thing that can sufficiently answer that question is probably philosophy, which does not require faith.
And you are perfectly in your right to think so. But if you think calling me ignorant becasue of your personsal preference isn't a tad "ironic" itself, think again.
No, synonymous words should exist. Words that are spelled nearly identical and have exactly the same meaning should not. The literal definition form Miriam Webster of irregardless IS regardless. The idea that the Earth wasn't round was once a widespread formally recognized idea. Doesn't mean it was ever correct. Sure, people are still free to use the word, just like I am free to think they sound ignorant doing so.
Explain how "irregardless" has any different meaning than "regardless". Now explain why having two words that mean the exact same thing is necessary. Sorry but anytime someone uses the word "irregardless" I automatically think "ignoramus".
Yes, it could be a tort, but then you would need to prove actual damages to collect. You may also need to "prove" the PI wasn't actually ever interested in buying the house, which could be tricky.
If that defense is even needed. As far as I know they aren't any laws against pretending to be interested in things. The PI wasn't impersonating an officer of the law, or serviceman, or other things that actually ARE illegal. I don't know of any laws against saying you are interested in a house if you really aren't. It would also be tough to "prove" the PI wasn't really interested either. The burden of proof is not on the presumed innocent person, but on the person making the accusation to prove guilt.
No, someone would have to convince a judge that he wasn't interested in buying the house. The whole presumed innocent until proven guilty thing applies in the UK as well I believe.
Pretty sure it isn't illegal to pretend interest in buying someone's house. All they would have to do is say the PI truly was interested, but then didn't like the price. How are you going to "prove" he wasn't interested in the house? Regardless pretending you are interested in buying a house when you aren't may be dishonest, but not necessarily illegal. It wasn't like the PI was claiming to be a cop or serviceman or something you could actually get into trouble for impersonating.
The original statement was that the grandparents needed to see their grandchild every night, and the question was how to make that possible. I said the child doesn't need to see their grandparents everyday. Please enlighten me how that is off topic, or a "new is evil" rant. Also, nobody asked for your opinion on my post either, but it seems you had no problem giving it.
Good question - I said nothing of the sort. I didn't condone or promote the use of current technology - I stated I turned out just fine not talking to my grandparents every day as a child, or my parents every day as an adult. Just because the technology exists to stay constantly in contact with everyone you know does not mean you should constantly be in contact with everyone you know 100% of the time. I never once suggested not using Skype - I merely stated I got by without it. (And still do.) I am intelligent enough to realize the way and forms I choose to communicate personally are not the best fit for every other person out there. Which is exactly why I did not suggest that nobody should ever use Skype merely becasue I don't.
Nobody has ever produced a single email or a distruntled employee rating out or any other kind of actual hard evidence that any company is paying for comments on slashdot of all places - a mostly irrelevant website in the larger tech world. Although, depending on your level of personal narcisism you might have an overinflated sense of importance of the things that in reality nobody is paying attention to.
THIS. Does anybody out there really think corporations are going to spend real money paying people to argue with anonymous idiots on a site that 99.9% of the population doesn't even know exists? Someone please explain how Slashdot has any sort of "sway" in the consumer electronics industry.
My grandparents also lived far away as a child, and there was no Skype or internet to chat over back then. I talked to them occasionally on the phone, and sometimes wrote them letters or postcards. And miraculously, all that were involved turned out just fine. You don't need to see your grandparent's faces every day as a child. You don't need to see your parents faces every day as an adult. My father currently lives several thousand miles away, and that is ok. We are both just fine living our lives independently from each other, and the fact I don't talk to him every day doesn't weaken our relationship.
No, they saw that what they did had a pretty radical effect on our day to day lives following 9/11, and I am sure considered it at the very least a small victory. All terrorists want is a reaction so that their "cause" is known publicly. Think anybody in the USA doesn't know who Al-Queada is now? How many of those same people knew anything about Al-Queda the on 9/10/2001?
Yes, immensely. How quickly can you manufacture backups in case anything happens to yours??
In answer to your question, no I feel no safer under ineffective airport security theater. Until airports rethink their entire approach to security, they are fighting a losing battle. They need to throw out everything they think they know and start over.
I know all of this, you are preaching to the choir here. Blowing up planes is not a terrorists goal - their goal is causing terror however they can. Looking at airport security now, I say they won this fight long ago. They can't easily hijack planes anymore, they will move on to something else. This is why rigid bureaucratic security approaches will always be dismally behind the people trying to circumvent them.
Oh, I also forgot to add my original point was entertainment bang for it's buck - and how video games provide it. Collecting even 10 used instruments would be far larger investment than a video game console and a few games. That said it is a great idea, about 50% of my circle of friends are professional musicians and I would prefer a jam session to a video game session personally. (But wanted to make sure I reiterated my original point.)
A few people posting on Slashdot != "the public" anything. People here tend to care greatly about privacy issues, "the public" not so much as a whole. Slashdot is not a good cross-section representation of "the public".
I agree. Read my post a few down from the one you replied to. All I said was doing away with the TSA would have private agencies doing the exact same procedures - until airports change their entire approach to security. Looking for "bad" objects is a stupid way to run security screening.
Does it really make a difference whether the unwanted hand on your nuts belongs to a government official, or an employee of a private company at that point? I'd also prefer neither becasue either to me seems equally silly and unneccessary. I would rather waste my time arguing the hand shouldn't be on my nuts in the first place than argue about who's hand I would rather it was. If Israeli airports rejected the idea of body scanning and evasive searches as ineffective, why hasn't the US done the same?
That sounds great, but what about people who have zero musical talent? I have played piano, bass, and guitar (none more than mediocre unfortunately) and can tell you that engaging in a hours long "jam session" with people who are not interested in playing musical instruments is about as fun to them as the video games are to you. Not everyone can, nor should play musical instruments. Keep handing a bunch of folks with little to no talent musical instruments and encouraging them to keep playing and soon you will have the next version of American Idol.
People will not stop trying to blow up planes just becasue the TSA is abolished. Flip side to the same coin. Or would you prefer the invisible hand of the market groping your children instead? That is the only thing that would change by getting rid of the TSA at this point.
Giant blockbuster action movie on Imax 3D screen versus crappy jittery handheld cam version shot on an iPhone with people talking all around. Gee I can't imagine why people would want to go to a theater to pay for the quality version...
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Please explain to me how "faith" will answer the question of WHY better than "science". I think the only thing that can sufficiently answer that question is probably philosophy, which does not require faith.
No, the accepted usage of a word is what the majority says. The majority can and will sometimes be wrong.
And you are perfectly in your right to think so. But if you think calling me ignorant becasue of your personsal preference isn't a tad "ironic" itself, think again.
No, synonymous words should exist. Words that are spelled nearly identical and have exactly the same meaning should not. The literal definition form Miriam Webster of irregardless IS regardless. The idea that the Earth wasn't round was once a widespread formally recognized idea. Doesn't mean it was ever correct. Sure, people are still free to use the word, just like I am free to think they sound ignorant doing so.
Explain how "irregardless" has any different meaning than "regardless". Now explain why having two words that mean the exact same thing is necessary. Sorry but anytime someone uses the word "irregardless" I automatically think "ignoramus".
CheeTang - it's what the brave astronauts drink!
Still the damages will be minimal.
Exactly. You could probably sue for an hours worth of your wasted time, but can't I see any actual damages beyond that.
Yes, it could be a tort, but then you would need to prove actual damages to collect. You may also need to "prove" the PI wasn't actually ever interested in buying the house, which could be tricky.
If that defense is even needed. As far as I know they aren't any laws against pretending to be interested in things. The PI wasn't impersonating an officer of the law, or serviceman, or other things that actually ARE illegal. I don't know of any laws against saying you are interested in a house if you really aren't. It would also be tough to "prove" the PI wasn't really interested either. The burden of proof is not on the presumed innocent person, but on the person making the accusation to prove guilt.
No, someone would have to convince a judge that he wasn't interested in buying the house. The whole presumed innocent until proven guilty thing applies in the UK as well I believe.
Pretty sure it isn't illegal to pretend interest in buying someone's house. All they would have to do is say the PI truly was interested, but then didn't like the price. How are you going to "prove" he wasn't interested in the house? Regardless pretending you are interested in buying a house when you aren't may be dishonest, but not necessarily illegal. It wasn't like the PI was claiming to be a cop or serviceman or something you could actually get into trouble for impersonating.
The original statement was that the grandparents needed to see their grandchild every night, and the question was how to make that possible. I said the child doesn't need to see their grandparents everyday. Please enlighten me how that is off topic, or a "new is evil" rant. Also, nobody asked for your opinion on my post either, but it seems you had no problem giving it.
What's with all the "new is evil" mentality?
Good question - I said nothing of the sort. I didn't condone or promote the use of current technology - I stated I turned out just fine not talking to my grandparents every day as a child, or my parents every day as an adult. Just because the technology exists to stay constantly in contact with everyone you know does not mean you should constantly be in contact with everyone you know 100% of the time. I never once suggested not using Skype - I merely stated I got by without it. (And still do.) I am intelligent enough to realize the way and forms I choose to communicate personally are not the best fit for every other person out there. Which is exactly why I did not suggest that nobody should ever use Skype merely becasue I don't.
Nobody has ever produced a single email or a distruntled employee rating out or any other kind of actual hard evidence that any company is paying for comments on slashdot of all places - a mostly irrelevant website in the larger tech world. Although, depending on your level of personal narcisism you might have an overinflated sense of importance of the things that in reality nobody is paying attention to.
THIS. Does anybody out there really think corporations are going to spend real money paying people to argue with anonymous idiots on a site that 99.9% of the population doesn't even know exists? Someone please explain how Slashdot has any sort of "sway" in the consumer electronics industry.
My grandparents also lived far away as a child, and there was no Skype or internet to chat over back then. I talked to them occasionally on the phone, and sometimes wrote them letters or postcards. And miraculously, all that were involved turned out just fine. You don't need to see your grandparent's faces every day as a child. You don't need to see your parents faces every day as an adult. My father currently lives several thousand miles away, and that is ok. We are both just fine living our lives independently from each other, and the fact I don't talk to him every day doesn't weaken our relationship.
No, they saw that what they did had a pretty radical effect on our day to day lives following 9/11, and I am sure considered it at the very least a small victory. All terrorists want is a reaction so that their "cause" is known publicly. Think anybody in the USA doesn't know who Al-Queada is now? How many of those same people knew anything about Al-Queda the on 9/10/2001?
Yes, immensely. How quickly can you manufacture backups in case anything happens to yours??
In answer to your question, no I feel no safer under ineffective airport security theater. Until airports rethink their entire approach to security, they are fighting a losing battle. They need to throw out everything they think they know and start over.
I know all of this, you are preaching to the choir here. Blowing up planes is not a terrorists goal - their goal is causing terror however they can. Looking at airport security now, I say they won this fight long ago. They can't easily hijack planes anymore, they will move on to something else. This is why rigid bureaucratic security approaches will always be dismally behind the people trying to circumvent them.
Oh, I also forgot to add my original point was entertainment bang for it's buck - and how video games provide it. Collecting even 10 used instruments would be far larger investment than a video game console and a few games. That said it is a great idea, about 50% of my circle of friends are professional musicians and I would prefer a jam session to a video game session personally. (But wanted to make sure I reiterated my original point.)
A few people posting on Slashdot != "the public" anything. People here tend to care greatly about privacy issues, "the public" not so much as a whole. Slashdot is not a good cross-section representation of "the public".
I agree. Read my post a few down from the one you replied to. All I said was doing away with the TSA would have private agencies doing the exact same procedures - until airports change their entire approach to security. Looking for "bad" objects is a stupid way to run security screening.
Does it really make a difference whether the unwanted hand on your nuts belongs to a government official, or an employee of a private company at that point? I'd also prefer neither becasue either to me seems equally silly and unneccessary. I would rather waste my time arguing the hand shouldn't be on my nuts in the first place than argue about who's hand I would rather it was. If Israeli airports rejected the idea of body scanning and evasive searches as ineffective, why hasn't the US done the same?
That sounds great, but what about people who have zero musical talent? I have played piano, bass, and guitar (none more than mediocre unfortunately) and can tell you that engaging in a hours long "jam session" with people who are not interested in playing musical instruments is about as fun to them as the video games are to you. Not everyone can, nor should play musical instruments. Keep handing a bunch of folks with little to no talent musical instruments and encouraging them to keep playing and soon you will have the next version of American Idol.
People will not stop trying to blow up planes just becasue the TSA is abolished. Flip side to the same coin. Or would you prefer the invisible hand of the market groping your children instead? That is the only thing that would change by getting rid of the TSA at this point.
Giant blockbuster action movie on Imax 3D screen versus crappy jittery handheld cam version shot on an iPhone with people talking all around. Gee I can't imagine why people would want to go to a theater to pay for the quality version...