Expensive? People have *died* for the freedoms we have today. I'm afraid a little up-front dollar value pales in comparison... We must always fight for freedom. It's naive and stupid to think others won't take it from us if they can.
I can't understand people who think that to find life on other planets we have to look for conditions similar to Earth.
I don't think it's that difficult to understand. After all, we *know* that an "Earth-like planet" can sustain life (we have one great example). Why not look for similar planets to see if they do as well? As far as we know it's our best bet. There are a lot of planets to be found, you need to narrow the search somehow...
Your thinking is completely backwards. Those proposing the law should try to prove to *me* why it is necessary, not the other way around. The requirements for passing a law should not be "I don't see a problem with it" but rather "I believe this law is necessary for society."
Thinking "I don't think children should see violence" is a far cry from "children seeing violence is destroying society."
Often you will have to agree to stay inside a "First Amendment Zone" [wikipedia.org] set up as a chain link fenced-in area in some place where nobody sees you except homeless people who can't vote.
So either you're homeless or their protest worked better than you think it did... In fact, I don't know *anybody* who doesn't know about that protest.
I *know* nobody spoke of taking away a fiction book, it's called an analogy...
So what if I did use my creationist book for a report? Really? What would happen? The teacher would mark my paper as wrong. There ya go. Not exactly the end of civilization is it?
But what if by reading wikipedia I found some leads to new and interesting facts that were outside the realm of my teachers materials (which are probably from the '70s)? Why would a school *ever* block students from seeking to learn from other sources? The kid was reading f'ing wikipedia on his/her own for chrissakes, not posting to his/her live journal!
This is just another case of teachers being the controlling manipulative bastards they've always been.
They do so because the single goal of a school is to provide the best education possible. Sometimes, that means limiting choices.
There is so many things wrong with this that I don't even know where to begin... WTF? Do you seriously believe the best way to learn is to run through life with blinders on?
Schools have a responsibility to educate the students, and part of the responsibility is providing good learning materials
Since when does that include blocking access to materials the school doesn't like or deem "good learning materials?" If I'm reading fiction in class should it be taken from me because it's full of nonsense?
And why is it unsafe... is it because of the other larger SUVs with more inertia or because small = unsafe. So unsafe really means that there are cars on the road that are dangerous and this won't be protection against it.
I know it's chic to blame SUVs for everything but, as they say, there's always a bigger fish. And yes, they must be taken into account. This isn't a homework assignment where you can just ignore all the requirements you don't like and still get a passing mark.
Sure, it may be easier for Google. But it's not their responsibility to enforce the copyright of others. Viacom is trying to enlist the world in their search for copyright infringement.
I sincerely hope nobody from the MPAA, RIAA, or Viacom sees your post. "Well your honor, it's easier for everybody surfing the web to find our content and notify us if the find something infringing. So if you *see* copyright infringement and don't report it then it's a crime!"
Your standards have sunk truly low indeed! Can you not conceive that the "worlds largest software company" could have devised a better format that would handle such common scenarios without needing occasional 'fixing'? Even Maildir would probably do just fine by comparison.
And on that insight you have: Not even Java or.NET really work that way, so we are kind of far, far away from that.
This really *is* getting old these days... Java has gotten to the point where we feel comfortable developing systems under Windows that will be deployed under Linux. I haven't seen any issue caused by this in *years*.
Got any "640k" references you want to drag out? Or perhaps there is an "AMD is kicking Intel's butt" comment you want to make too?
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Yes I do, at least for Sam Adams...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays'_Rebellion
Expensive? People have *died* for the freedoms we have today. I'm afraid a little up-front dollar value pales in comparison... We must always fight for freedom. It's naive and stupid to think others won't take it from us if they can.
When did defending your rights become so complex and expensive
When was it ever easy?
Score: 3??? Can't anybody spot a troll these days?!?!
And just what do principles have to do with politics?
How do I install Word from that screen? Or at least Open Office and Apache?
I can't understand people who think that to find life on other planets we have to look for conditions similar to Earth.
I don't think it's that difficult to understand. After all, we *know* that an "Earth-like planet" can sustain life (we have one great example). Why not look for similar planets to see if they do as well? As far as we know it's our best bet. There are a lot of planets to be found, you need to narrow the search somehow...
Yes, it's exactly like that. :-)
Your thinking is completely backwards. Those proposing the law should try to prove to *me* why it is necessary, not the other way around. The requirements for passing a law should not be "I don't see a problem with it" but rather "I believe this law is necessary for society."
Thinking "I don't think children should see violence" is a far cry from "children seeing violence is destroying society."
Often you will have to agree to stay inside a "First Amendment Zone" [wikipedia.org] set up as a chain link fenced-in area in some place where nobody sees you except homeless people who can't vote.
So either you're homeless or their protest worked better than you think it did... In fact, I don't know *anybody* who doesn't know about that protest.
IS there a valid reason for the TV ban?
Can you actually think of any reasons that *would* be valid? I know I can't...
So what if I did use my creationist book for a report? Really? What would happen? The teacher would mark my paper as wrong. There ya go. Not exactly the end of civilization is it?
But what if by reading wikipedia I found some leads to new and interesting facts that were outside the realm of my teachers materials (which are probably from the '70s)? Why would a school *ever* block students from seeking to learn from other sources? The kid was reading f'ing wikipedia on his/her own for chrissakes, not posting to his/her live journal!
This is just another case of teachers being the controlling manipulative bastards they've always been.
There is so many things wrong with this that I don't even know where to begin... WTF? Do you seriously believe the best way to learn is to run through life with blinders on?
Since when does that include blocking access to materials the school doesn't like or deem "good learning materials?" If I'm reading fiction in class should it be taken from me because it's full of nonsense?
On the one hand, I'm glad that cops will be forced to obey the law, and not think they are above it.
That would be nice, but it won't happen. All it will do is waste the cops time while he makes a call to 'fix' his ticket (like it was broken?).
SNAFU.
Right... Because all trucks fly at 30,000 feet over the roads rather than on them with the rest of the traffic. Wake and bake dude.
Wonder why they haven't already won the prize?
And when my batteries run dry how long does it take to 'refuel?'
And why is it unsafe... is it because of the other larger SUVs with more inertia or because small = unsafe. So unsafe really means that there are cars on the road that are dangerous and this won't be protection against it.
I know it's chic to blame SUVs for everything but, as they say, there's always a bigger fish. And yes, they must be taken into account. This isn't a homework assignment where you can just ignore all the requirements you don't like and still get a passing mark.
I sincerely hope nobody from the MPAA, RIAA, or Viacom sees your post. "Well your honor, it's easier for everybody surfing the web to find our content and notify us if the find something infringing. So if you *see* copyright infringement and don't report it then it's a crime!"
I didn't say I *want* to, just that I do. Not all of us choose what OS is installed on our work machines.
Your standards have sunk truly low indeed! Can you not conceive that the "worlds largest software company" could have devised a better format that would handle such common scenarios without needing occasional 'fixing'? Even Maildir would probably do just fine by comparison.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Rights are protected by the state, not granted by it.
Outlook 2000 needed to run the Inbox Cleanup Tool every now and then if there was a bad write, but it always recovered perfectly.
*rofl*
Just like VSS... "Sure it's stable! You just run a cleanup utility every-now-and-then and hope it works. It usually does!"
Do you know exactly the moment your expectations became so low?
And on that insight you have: Not even Java or .NET really work that way, so we are kind of far, far away from that.
This really *is* getting old these days... Java has gotten to the point where we feel comfortable developing systems under Windows that will be deployed under Linux. I haven't seen any issue caused by this in *years*.
Got any "640k" references you want to drag out? Or perhaps there is an "AMD is kicking Intel's butt" comment you want to make too?
You're thinking of testdrive. My friend used to run that site. They have lots of machines you can telnet into and compile on.