In almost all cases, definitely including this one, the maximum possible sentence is entirely irrelevant to the sentence that will be actually imposed.
Thanks for giving some deeper insight into this story. The real headline is not what the Reuters guy did, but how out-of-control the federal prosecutors have become.
The way I understand it the lost of the magnetosphere allows the solar wind to push the ozone back to the nightside and some off into space, this thins ozone lets the UV disassociate more water vapor (that's lighter than air) into hydrogen and oxygen, the hydrogen is lost to space because it's so light and the oxygen that doesn't get blown off into space oxidises any methane or carbon monoxide in the atmosphere on the way back down to the surface. This causes the atmospheric pressure to decrease, which cause the water to boil at a lower temperature, putting more water vapor into the air to be dissociated and lost, in an accelerating death spiral.
Jesus told me it was because the Martians had turned their backs on him.
I know you jest, but I was just reading something about the prevailing Christian belief regarding extraterrestrial life is that it's possible, but they would have no souls. Like gingers.
Is the loss of the magnetic field related to the disappearance of the Martian ocean? Another commenter seemed to indicate this, but I don't get the connection and it's been 30 years since I've taken chemistry or physics.
Finally. I get all sorts of shit around here because of my opinion that Economics is considerably less rigorous than Parapsychology. It's the softest of all sciences, and yet the pronouncements of some academic pronouncements of a group of those jackoffs have given us "supply-side economics". They come up with "laws" like "supply and demand" and hang on to them despite the fact that they fly in the face of reality.
To make matters worse, economists' math is just awful.
I'm old enough to have actually taken a course from Milton Friedman. I was just a 17 year-old university freshman at the time, but even in my hormone-addled state I could tell he was full of shit, and he was better than most.
What I am saying is there are already precedents in which bridge and chess, for example, have been defined as sports... at the Olympic [wikipedia.org] level no less.
And then the Olympics apologized and promised to never make the same mistake again.
I got an athletic scholarship to the University of Chicago thanks to my prowess at Candyland. Also lettered in Operation and Beer Pong. [GO MAROONS!]
But with Title IX, they have to allow girls on the teams now, and that means eSports on campus are shot to hell because everyone knows women lack the physical strength and coordination to play these challenging sports.
If the soldiers grossly underperformed, the commander would line them all up and order that every tenth man be beaten to death by the nine men around him.
Can we adopt that policy for GOP presidential candidates? It would make the debates more interesting and the base would love it.
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I'm thinking there should be a new motto for corporations in late-period capitalism:
"Nothing is True; Everything is Permitted."
Thanks for giving some deeper insight into this story. The real headline is not what the Reuters guy did, but how out-of-control the federal prosecutors have become.
At worst, what this guy did was vandalism.
Thank you.
I know you jest, but I was just reading something about the prevailing Christian belief regarding extraterrestrial life is that it's possible, but they would have no souls. Like gingers.
Is the loss of the magnetic field related to the disappearance of the Martian ocean? Another commenter seemed to indicate this, but I don't get the connection and it's been 30 years since I've taken chemistry or physics.
They do. Sometimes. But not always.
It's not supply curves that are so offensive to me, as much as the notion Economists have that it's a "law" as in a scientific law.
Finally. I get all sorts of shit around here because of my opinion that Economics is considerably less rigorous than Parapsychology. It's the softest of all sciences, and yet the pronouncements of some academic pronouncements of a group of those jackoffs have given us "supply-side economics". They come up with "laws" like "supply and demand" and hang on to them despite the fact that they fly in the face of reality.
To make matters worse, economists' math is just awful.
I'm old enough to have actually taken a course from Milton Friedman. I was just a 17 year-old university freshman at the time, but even in my hormone-addled state I could tell he was full of shit, and he was better than most.
They also found out that 27% of all copies made were of someone's ass.
Valid, perhaps. But perfectly? No.
But I did enjoy this dictionary's use of "architect" in a sentence:
I have no idea. But neither is now an Olympic sport, so I choose to believe that they did.
In Texas, they call that, "being gay".
Anyone who uses "architect" as a verb should be banned from the workplace.
Assholacracy.
And then the Olympics apologized and promised to never make the same mistake again.
I don't think you ever want to use "ESPN" to decide an argument.
Exhibit A: Darren Rovell
Exhibit B: Dan Le Batard
Exhibit C: Skip Bayless
Well, that leaves out shooting.
I got an athletic scholarship to the University of Chicago thanks to my prowess at Candyland. Also lettered in Operation and Beer Pong. [GO MAROONS!]
But with Title IX, they have to allow girls on the teams now, and that means eSports on campus are shot to hell because everyone knows women lack the physical strength and coordination to play these challenging sports.
Sadly, no.
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The Koch Brothers have received more than $200,000,000.00 in federal subsidies since 2000.
Can we adopt that policy for GOP presidential candidates? It would make the debates more interesting and the base would love it.
I have to admit, the Slashdot comments section whenever there is a story with the word "women" in it is really entertaining.
It's like a cross between Japanese television and the primate house at the zoo on sweet potato day.
It always has been. They're just trying to get some women involved too.
That's why we have men to thank for 2003 being the Year of Linux on the Desktop!
There is no more masculine OS than Linux. It's the operating system with facial hair. A big manly Freddy Mercury mustache.
Sounds like they might have already been to your house.
"You're driving it wrong!"