Social conservatism means keeping things the way they are socially. Republicans are attaching themselves to religious extremists means exactly the opposite.
I'm not quite sure if I agree with this one. The intolerance of any people that are different that is common in religious extremism has tended to be the social norm in the past. Acceptance of race, religion, and sexual orientation would be the progressive change.
Sorry, no. You're ranting about Republicans, not conservatives. The Republicans have certainly made their own bed as you say, but to call them conservative is idiotic.
Unfortunately for the economic conservatives in the Republican party, in the last 20-30 years, especially during the Bush administration, the louder voices have been those of the religious conservatives. They've stolen the name, and there doesn't seem to be much hope of getting it back any time soon.
To be honest, I'm not sure how evidence collected by licensed private investigators is handled in court. Treating private investigators differently from regular private citizens, though, would not show any kind of inconsistency in opinion.
My 4-year-old nephew completely pwns me at Wii Sports baseball. He tends to throw three or four sliders in a row, then just when I'm ready to let the slider go by, he burns me with a fastball. I'm not sure if this says more about my nephew or more about me.
Maybe its because no one even TRIES to make a decent Wii game. Thats my biggest problem with the console. the platform rocks, but no one makes anything worthwhile for it.
Where are my RPGs and RTS titles? Its not hard to make one, especially since we repealed the law against using sprites instead of 9^32 poly models.
I've enjoyed the first two chapters of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. With any luck, the series will do well enough to spur Square, and hopefully a couple other companies, to develop some more good RPG's.
All the heavy unstable elements already have names derived from their atomic mass, so 112 would be Ununbium
Not quite sure what your point is here, but that system of names was specifically designed to be placeholders until the official discoverers of each element choose a permanent name.
an element is defined by its chemical properties and so without chemistry, no element.
Last I checked, an element is defined by the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of that element. Hence, an atom with 112 protons in the nucleus is element 112. There's no need for anything about stability of any isotopes of the element in the definition.
If a private citizen breaks into my house and sees something illegal, they can usually alert the cops and have knowledge of that thing be admitted in court
Even if that private citizen happens to be collecting information on behalf of the RIAA?
Let's try to pick a consistent position, rather than just one that happens to agree with our cause de jour.
What's inconsistent about that position? Contrary to their belief, the RIAA is not a government organization. If the RIAA tells someone to break in to your house, anything that person finds is admissible in court. That person is, of course, still subject to arrest for breaking and entering. If you can also prove that the person committed the crime at the direction of a RIAA official, that official could also be subject to conspiracy charges.
Getting back on topic, that's exactly opposite of what France just ruled; Internet access has become a necessary means of communication and therefore is a right of all people.
When a 3 strikes law passes here in the US, I wouldn't expect such a good result from our courts.
The difference is that three-strikes laws in the US (at least the ones I've heard about) are about three convictions by a court, not three accusations by a private company. I'm not saying I agree with any three-strikes laws in the US, but at least they do go through the judicial system.
Yet more proof that p2p users have the weight of ethics on their side.
Er, no. This has nothing to do with a person who is illegally downloading music/movies/etc. being ethical in any way, only that such a person should be treated the same way as anyone else accused of a crime, i.e. they are assumed to be innocent until they are found guilty by a court, and only a court can remove their rights upon finding them guilty.
You consistently hear that a show's first seasons were better than the latest seasons, be it Family Guy/the Simpsons/House/Sarah Connor/etc.. when when you look at it the first episodes weren't all that great and the latest episodes aren't all that bad. I suppose it falls in the same category of behaviours as "back in my day, music was good".
A good counterexample would be Star Trek: The Next Generation. Watch stuff from the first season, and you wonder how Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner ever got hired for anything.
If I view your post in its own page, the lists show up correctly, but as part of the main page, I just get the L images that are used for comment nesting. My guess is that it's because the CSS has quite a few instances of ul li, which of course matches list items that have an li tag somewhere far up the tree, and it's overriding the ol li styles.
Firefly is also shit. It was good the first time through, but the ending and the movie completely fucked it over so much that I can't go and rewatch it. It's just so bad.
What ending? I haven't watched through the DVD's repeatedly, but I don't recall an ending, especially considering the show was canceled rather abruptly. I thought Serenity was really good, though it was a bit of a fuck-you to the people who were hoping for a series revival.
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What is this "SCORE!" thing anyway?...
You mean, with like a real live girl?!?!? That would rule!
Or in a sport of some kind.
Oh yeah, never mind.
Social conservatism means keeping things the way they are socially. Republicans are attaching themselves to religious extremists means exactly the opposite.
I'm not quite sure if I agree with this one. The intolerance of any people that are different that is common in religious extremism has tended to be the social norm in the past. Acceptance of race, religion, and sexual orientation would be the progressive change.
Sorry, no. You're ranting about Republicans, not conservatives. The Republicans have certainly made their own bed as you say, but to call them conservative is idiotic.
Unfortunately for the economic conservatives in the Republican party, in the last 20-30 years, especially during the Bush administration, the louder voices have been those of the religious conservatives. They've stolen the name, and there doesn't seem to be much hope of getting it back any time soon.
To be honest, I'm not sure how evidence collected by licensed private investigators is handled in court. Treating private investigators differently from regular private citizens, though, would not show any kind of inconsistency in opinion.
My 4-year-old nephew completely pwns me at Wii Sports baseball. He tends to throw three or four sliders in a row, then just when I'm ready to let the slider go by, he burns me with a fastball. I'm not sure if this says more about my nephew or more about me.
Maybe its because no one even TRIES to make a decent Wii game. Thats my biggest problem with the console. the platform rocks, but no one makes anything worthwhile for it.
Where are my RPGs and RTS titles? Its not hard to make one, especially since we repealed the law against using sprites instead of 9^32 poly models.
I've enjoyed the first two chapters of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. With any luck, the series will do well enough to spur Square, and hopefully a couple other companies, to develop some more good RPG's.
All the heavy unstable elements already have names derived from their atomic mass, so 112 would be Ununbium
Not quite sure what your point is here, but that system of names was specifically designed to be placeholders until the official discoverers of each element choose a permanent name.
an element is defined by its chemical properties and so without chemistry, no element.
Last I checked, an element is defined by the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of that element. Hence, an atom with 112 protons in the nucleus is element 112. There's no need for anything about stability of any isotopes of the element in the definition.
There is a slight difference there, in that private investigators are regulated in most states, I would guess because they perform a police-like job.
Even if that private citizen happens to be collecting information on behalf of the RIAA?
Let's try to pick a consistent position, rather than just one that happens to agree with our cause de jour.
What's inconsistent about that position? Contrary to their belief, the RIAA is not a government organization. If the RIAA tells someone to break in to your house, anything that person finds is admissible in court. That person is, of course, still subject to arrest for breaking and entering. If you can also prove that the person committed the crime at the direction of a RIAA official, that official could also be subject to conspiracy charges.
Except Redwings Hockey isn't a sport, it's a religon. And they'll bring home the Cup on Friday night.
Yeah, devil worship.
Uh, the Devils are in New Jersey.
Aren't divorce and bankruptcy the same thing?
Only half of the time. The other half of the time, divorce is the same thing as winning the lottery.
Generally, I go by this rule of thumb: if it's branded under 'Norton', avoid; 'Symantec', at least evaluate.
Which is a real shame, because Norton was good before it became Symantec.
Given that nobody has a right to internet access
Getting back on topic, that's exactly opposite of what France just ruled; Internet access has become a necessary means of communication and therefore is a right of all people.
When a 3 strikes law passes here in the US, I wouldn't expect such a good result from our courts.
The difference is that three-strikes laws in the US (at least the ones I've heard about) are about three convictions by a court, not three accusations by a private company. I'm not saying I agree with any three-strikes laws in the US, but at least they do go through the judicial system.
Yet more proof that p2p users have the weight of ethics on their side.
Er, no. This has nothing to do with a person who is illegally downloading music/movies/etc. being ethical in any way, only that such a person should be treated the same way as anyone else accused of a crime, i.e. they are assumed to be innocent until they are found guilty by a court, and only a court can remove their rights upon finding them guilty.
You consistently hear that a show's first seasons were better than the latest seasons, be it Family Guy/the Simpsons/House/Sarah Connor/etc.. when when you look at it the first episodes weren't all that great and the latest episodes aren't all that bad. I suppose it falls in the same category of behaviours as "back in my day, music was good".
A good counterexample would be Star Trek: The Next Generation. Watch stuff from the first season, and you wonder how Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner ever got hired for anything.
The Family Guy writers are just a bunch of manatees with a tank of word balls. What more do you expect?
If I view your post in its own page, the lists show up correctly, but as part of the main page, I just get the L images that are used for comment nesting. My guess is that it's because the CSS has quite a few instances of ul li, which of course matches list items that have an li tag somewhere far up the tree, and it's overriding the ol li styles.
Firefly is also shit. It was good the first time through, but the ending and the movie completely fucked it over so much that I can't go and rewatch it. It's just so bad.
What ending? I haven't watched through the DVD's repeatedly, but I don't recall an ending, especially considering the show was canceled rather abruptly. I thought Serenity was really good, though it was a bit of a fuck-you to the people who were hoping for a series revival.
I define original as a story that Disney themselves created. Stories such as Snow White and Cinderella were written long before the Disney movies.
Go ahead, what was the last good original animated Disney movie (not counting those made by Pixar)?
How often does Disney even make an original animated movie?
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The "Reply to This" button?
I'm embarrassed to say that I've checked my blog more than once to make sure I remembered my daughter's birthday right.
There are these really cool things called calendars...
Key to Republican success lies in the ethernet
Those intolerant bastards. Won't somebody please think of the token rings?