Are the sidewalk-residents so self-centered that everyone has to revolve around them? Are the photographers so self-centered that everyone has to revolve (literally, perhaps) around them? In the middle of New York City, there would probably be hundreds, if not thousands, of people that would have to take a relatively long detour if a sidewalk was closed off. A lot of people may not realize it, but a blocked sidewalk in New York is on the same order of magnitude of disruption as an accident that blocks half of a highway in most major cities. I'm not trying to be unsympathetic to amateur photographers, and I don't really think this law will be used against amateur photographers as much as a lot of people here are claiming, but it's important to realize that photographers are not necessarily more important than the thousands of other people that use the sidewalks in New York.
I need to set up a pretty heavy tripod, place the camera on, do some adjustments, readjust, refocus, measure, measure light, adjust timing on the front of the camera, insert polaroid holder, take test photo, take out polaroid holder, develop polaroid, consider whether it is good enough, insert film holder, take shot, rotate film holder, take second shot, and then break up equipment. And if you're blocking a sidewalk for 30 minutes doing all that, I don't see why you shouldn't have to get permission from the city.
And no, I do not have a million in small change on me. As has been mentioned already, it's insurance with $1 million coverage, which most likely costs much less than $1 million.
If you're trying to do a quality portrait, you'll probably be spending more than 30 minutes with atleast two people (the photographer and the model). And if those two people are blocking traffic (vehicular or pedestrian), then they would be rightly affected by the law. The idea of making it explicit in the law that photographers need a permit from the city before they disrupt other people's lives is not a bad one, it's just a matter of getting the wording right so that the law actually says what it's intended to say.
...many contracts get changed after they have been agreed to... when you renew your lease... Isn't a lease renewal considered a new contract though? The terms of the lease you first signed aren't being changed, you're agreeing to new terms for your new lease.
You are suggesting that Parliament may not in fact always be a place of balanced, courteous discussion and a decision-making process that involves all stakeholders in an attempt to achieve an equitable solution agreeable to all? At least it sounds entertaining. The only people that can benefit from footage of the US Senate are insomniacs.
burning fossil fuels to generate electricity and then pushing that power over hundreds of miles of cable is more efficient and environmentally sound that directly powering a vehicle via fossil fuel. Because of course the fuel for your car magically appears in your tank, so there's no need to transport it from oil well to refinery to gas station (with probably a few other stops along the way).
He especially didn't need him to go on a mission with Dr Franklin, because when they met later on Babylon 5 there was no sign of recognition. You also don't see them introduced to each other. Their first scene together has them act as if they already knew each other. JMS has actually commented on this fact.
It is not our fault that some of you don't know what happens arround the world. To be fair, any of those things that happen to European companies that don't do significant business in the United States wouldn't really be news here. I wouldn't fault any Europeans for not knowing what happens to companies that don't do business in Europe, either. It wouldn't surprise me if something as major in the United States as the Enron collapse was no more than an "other news" moment in mainstream European media (though I am assuming that Enron didn't do much, if any, business in Europe, which I may be completely wrong about). You can't expect every country's media to report on everything that happens in every other country in the world.
I wonder if Microsoft is counting ATM's and other devices (even cars) that run some form of Windows. I wouldn't put it past any public relations or marketing group to use a sufficiently fuzzy definition of "PC" to make the numbers higher.
My point is that with Windows, out of the box, you have only telnet, whereas with Linux, you also have ssh I'm not sure if you had client or server in mind, but just to clarify, Ubuntu does not have sshd installed by default. It's pretty simple to install through apt, but you do have to do it yourself.
The problem is, whether you are a $125 per hour consultant or $25 per hour consultant, the company that hired you isn't going to listen to you. I thought the reason companies hired expensive consultants was to listen to them.
They hired you to do some tedious, boring work that none of the regular employees wanted to touch. Do (sane) companies really bring in consultants to do tedious, boring work for $125/hour? Isn't that why you hire $20/hour interns or high school graduates, or maybe even $25-30/hour recent college graduates?
If you don't like the look and feel of Gnome, try KDE. You can either install Kubuntu (which is different from Ubuntu only in that the default desktop is KDE instead of Gnome), or if you already have Ubuntu running, install kubuntu-desktop through apt. I prefer KDE, though I admit that I haven't used Gnome in several years. Lots of people will argue that KDE is better than Gnome or that Gnome is better than KDE (or that Xfce is better than anything), but it really just comes down to personal preference. They're all still Linux and they can run the same programs, so just pick the one that you like.
...since liberals want a gigantic central government that controls everything and tells everyone how to live. As opposed to the "conservatives" (yes, the quotation marks are there intentionally) that want to monitor everything everyone does to make sure that nobody is smoking marijuana or having sex with anyone besides their spouse (of the opposite gender, of course)?
...liberalism is the first step to pure fascism. Why do so many people misuse the term "fascism" these days?
...the following elements are usually seen as its integral parts: nationalism, authoritarianism, statism, militarism, corporatism, populism, totalitarianism, anti-communism, racism and opposition to economic and political liberalism I've highlighted the aspects that are especially opposed to what is derisively called "liberal".
I don't think the intent was to make laws with 90% support unable to be changed, only to make them not automatically expire after a set amount of time. They could still be amended or repealed.
Coming from Australia, where the beaches are bountiful, beautiful and free Does anyone clean them? Are there lifeguards? If so, somebody is paying for them. The only difference is whether it's the people using the beach or the residents of the city (even if they never go to the beach). Just because you don't pay at the door, it doesn't mean you don't pay.
During the summer months, the ferry is very full. If you drive (many of these tourists have hundreds of pounds of baggage), you often have to wait several ferry cycles during peak times. So the best solution is to build a large, expensive bridge instead of some crazy idea like buying another ferry?
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Okay, that would certainly suck, but that's a separate issue from being notified about changes to the terms of service.
...many contracts get changed after they have been agreed to... when you renew your lease... Isn't a lease renewal considered a new contract though? The terms of the lease you first signed aren't being changed, you're agreeing to new terms for your new lease.If iTunes won't open until you accept the updated license, how is the user not being notified of the change?
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I wonder if Microsoft is counting ATM's and other devices (even cars) that run some form of Windows. I wouldn't put it past any public relations or marketing group to use a sufficiently fuzzy definition of "PC" to make the numbers higher.
...these are policies that were implemented during the Taft Administration Wow, Ohio's backup plan is a hundred years old?Sorry, I couldn't resist.
If you don't like the look and feel of Gnome, try KDE. You can either install Kubuntu (which is different from Ubuntu only in that the default desktop is KDE instead of Gnome), or if you already have Ubuntu running, install kubuntu-desktop through apt. I prefer KDE, though I admit that I haven't used Gnome in several years. Lots of people will argue that KDE is better than Gnome or that Gnome is better than KDE (or that Xfce is better than anything), but it really just comes down to personal preference. They're all still Linux and they can run the same programs, so just pick the one that you like.
Nothing! Absolutely nothing!
...since liberals want a gigantic central government that controls everything and tells everyone how to live. As opposed to the "conservatives" (yes, the quotation marks are there intentionally) that want to monitor everything everyone does to make sure that nobody is smoking marijuana or having sex with anyone besides their spouse (of the opposite gender, of course)?
...liberalism is the first step to pure fascism. Why do so many people misuse the term "fascism" these days?From Wikipedia:
...the following elements are usually seen as its integral parts: nationalism, authoritarianism, statism, militarism, corporatism, populism, totalitarianism, anti-communism, racism and opposition to economic and political liberalism I've highlighted the aspects that are especially opposed to what is derisively called "liberal".I don't think the intent was to make laws with 90% support unable to be changed, only to make them not automatically expire after a set amount of time. They could still be amended or repealed.