To be fair, the trains probably wouldn't be as crowded if they didn't break down once a day. Lack of maintenance has become a popular topic of conversation in the past week.
There hasn't been any uncertainty or doubt in Boston in the past week, other than if/when the next subway train will arrive. As for fear, you could try asking the people that were stuck in a train for two hours.
The problem comes in when a small minority has the ability to push for laws that are against the benefit of the majority and the majority isn't given the opportunity to fight back in any meaningful sense.
The part that you're missing is that "minority" and "majority" refer to dollars, not human beings.
Ok...here we go. The state already has the ability to restrict who you are allowed to marry. You cannot marry close relatives. You cannot marry someone under the age of consent. You are allowed to marry someone of the opposite sex though. Are you suggesting all restrictions be removed on marriage or just those you don't like? Additionally, once restrictions on marriage are removed, how long untile we have polygamy, polyamary, group/line marriages?
You already got a response regarding the restrictions on marrying relatives and minors, so I won't repeat the points. I will add why polygamy would still not be allowed, though. Marriage grants the spouse certain legal authorities, particularly when it comes to medical treatment in situations where a person can't speak or act for themselves (e.g. comatose). Granting that authority to multiple people at the same time sets up a potential conflict that can't be easily resolved.
This was my first thought, too. People who can barely program in PHP have been posting what I will generously call "tutorials" online for well over a decade, and the result has been a wild proliferation of people who only think they're good programmers.
It's the internet w/ more than just computing devices (laptops/phones/tablets). You can now have cars, home security systems, and a whole genre of non computing electronic devices on the internet of things.
And what do each of those things have inside them that connects to the Internet? That's right, a computer.
Second, none of the US carriers (other than T-Mobile) will cut your rate if you bring your own phone.
T-Mobile has been doing it for at least 5 years (it's part of the reason why I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile when I bought my N900), but I think the other carriers are finally starting to implement it as well.
Except that mobile devices like phones and tablets are fundamentally different than PCs.
No they aren't. Current phones and tablets are still von Neumann computers. If they have ARM processors instead of x86/amd64 processors, then the different instruction set is handled by the C compiler. The only significant difference is the user interface, but writing multiple interfaces for the same software shouldn't be an overly complicated problem.
That's actually an interesting comparison. It's nearly impossible to "prove" (in the scientific sense, not the mathematical sense) that smoking cigarettes causes cancer without conducting experiments on humans, which is generally frowned upon. Studies and medical records show a strong correlation between smoking cigarettes and various health problems. Since there's no remotely feasible explanation for cancer causing smoking, and there doesn't seem to be any common cause for both smoking and cancer (e.g. some genetic trait), the reasonable assumption is that smoking increases the risk of cancer. Remember, though, that many people who smoke cigarettes live longer than the average life span, so it still isn't as "proven" as gravity or conservation of energy.
I knew a Professor (of biomedical engineering) who suggested it would be best to teach introductory programming outside of any language. Teach the concepts in their most general, basic form before allowing an individual language to force understanding into an arbitrary syntax.
That works well for the first couple weeks, and possibly for introducing new concepts after that, but eventually you want to know whether or not the stuff that the students are writing works correctly. It's a lot easier to do that with a computer.
The VB compiler is written in VB. C compilers are written in C. Why isn't Python written in Python?
I'm almost certain that you could write a Python interpreter in Python if you really wanted to, but it probably wouldn't have as good execution performance as an interpreter written in C.
And before you claim, "See, that's what C can do that Python can't do!", a difference of a few seconds in execution time is completely meaningless to students that are just beginning to learn how to program.
If you need me, you can contact my staff. If it's important, they'll put the call through or forward the message. People who are 'always on' tend to be lower on the social or organizational totem pole. People who will catch hell if they don't pick up NOW.
You have personal staff that your family members are supposed to call if they need to talk to you? I think it's a pretty safe assumption that the vast majority of people are not as rich as you are.
On Sky Broadland Lite, I can use Skys On Demand service all day long with out exceeding my 2GB cap, but a few shows or a movie on Netflix would probably kill me for the month.
I don't think Net Neutrality means what you think it means.
No, someone here does get it right for a change. Net Neutrality is supposed to be about not treating data differently based on source/destination. Having the ISP's other services not count towards a monthly cap is definitely a violation of that idea.
How would the West feel about the release of a popular film in which the assassination of a living head of state is planned?
I know it isn't quite the same, but it seemed like there was a run for a while where at least once a year there was a movie about the president of the United States getting trapped in a bunker.
If you don't know how to spell an unusual word with yiddish origin that'll make you look like a pretentious schnook, perhaps you can find a better word?
Yeah, if the submitter/editor used the word, I expected there to be some specific reason for it. Then I got "schookids" and "the issues of day" and realized that it's just plain old stupidity.
I went in to Microcenter for the first time about a month ago. Damn, I wish I knew about it several years ago. They even had Raspberry Pis cheaper than the online place I bought one from.
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To be fair, the trains probably wouldn't be as crowded if they didn't break down once a day. Lack of maintenance has become a popular topic of conversation in the past week.
Gimme FUD! I need more FUD.
There hasn't been any uncertainty or doubt in Boston in the past week, other than if/when the next subway train will arrive. As for fear, you could try asking the people that were stuck in a train for two hours.
The problem comes in when a small minority has the ability to push for laws that are against the benefit of the majority and the majority isn't given the opportunity to fight back in any meaningful sense.
The part that you're missing is that "minority" and "majority" refer to dollars, not human beings.
Ok...here we go. The state already has the ability to restrict who you are allowed to marry. You cannot marry close relatives. You cannot marry someone under the age of consent. You are allowed to marry someone of the opposite sex though. Are you suggesting all restrictions be removed on marriage or just those you don't like? Additionally, once restrictions on marriage are removed, how long untile we have polygamy, polyamary, group/line marriages?
You already got a response regarding the restrictions on marrying relatives and minors, so I won't repeat the points. I will add why polygamy would still not be allowed, though. Marriage grants the spouse certain legal authorities, particularly when it comes to medical treatment in situations where a person can't speak or act for themselves (e.g. comatose). Granting that authority to multiple people at the same time sets up a potential conflict that can't be easily resolved.
This was my first thought, too. People who can barely program in PHP have been posting what I will generously call "tutorials" online for well over a decade, and the result has been a wild proliferation of people who only think they're good programmers.
It's the internet w/ more than just computing devices (laptops/phones/tablets). You can now have cars, home security systems, and a whole genre of non computing electronic devices on the internet of things.
And what do each of those things have inside them that connects to the Internet? That's right, a computer.
Yup, so did I, until I saw your post and the post you responded to.
Yes, there are many plants that secrete insecticide. However, there aren't as many planets that do so.
However, any children that resulted from that patent would be completely free and clear in my view. They had no part in it.
I just wanted to point out how amusing this statement is when discussing genetic engineering, considering your username.
So, does additional patent infringement occur when those children reproduce?
If so, it would be pretty rare, since the patent's term will have expired by the time most of them are having children.
Elections are coming up, that's what. We should have elections every six months, then politicians would always make the right decisions.
Oh man, I'd love to have a six-month election season.
Second, none of the US carriers (other than T-Mobile) will cut your rate if you bring your own phone.
T-Mobile has been doing it for at least 5 years (it's part of the reason why I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile when I bought my N900), but I think the other carriers are finally starting to implement it as well.
Except that mobile devices like phones and tablets are fundamentally different than PCs.
No they aren't. Current phones and tablets are still von Neumann computers. If they have ARM processors instead of x86/amd64 processors, then the different instruction set is handled by the C compiler. The only significant difference is the user interface, but writing multiple interfaces for the same software shouldn't be an overly complicated problem.
That's actually an interesting comparison. It's nearly impossible to "prove" (in the scientific sense, not the mathematical sense) that smoking cigarettes causes cancer without conducting experiments on humans, which is generally frowned upon. Studies and medical records show a strong correlation between smoking cigarettes and various health problems. Since there's no remotely feasible explanation for cancer causing smoking, and there doesn't seem to be any common cause for both smoking and cancer (e.g. some genetic trait), the reasonable assumption is that smoking increases the risk of cancer. Remember, though, that many people who smoke cigarettes live longer than the average life span, so it still isn't as "proven" as gravity or conservation of energy.
The difference is that you can duplicate the tests, measurements and models, and that you are invited to come up with alternative explanations.
You have extra Earths lying around that can be used for repeatable experiments?
I wonder how they will feel about their lifestyles in 100 years
They won't, because they'll be dead.
I knew a Professor (of biomedical engineering) who suggested it would be best to teach introductory programming outside of any language. Teach the concepts in their most general, basic form before allowing an individual language to force understanding into an arbitrary syntax.
That works well for the first couple weeks, and possibly for introducing new concepts after that, but eventually you want to know whether or not the stuff that the students are writing works correctly. It's a lot easier to do that with a computer.
It also shares enough syntaxal (is that a word?)
The adjective you're looking for is "syntactic".
If you think Python's scope rules are bad, try out JavaScript.
The VB compiler is written in VB. C compilers are written in C. Why isn't Python written in Python?
I'm almost certain that you could write a Python interpreter in Python if you really wanted to, but it probably wouldn't have as good execution performance as an interpreter written in C.
And before you claim, "See, that's what C can do that Python can't do!", a difference of a few seconds in execution time is completely meaningless to students that are just beginning to learn how to program.
If you need me, you can contact my staff. If it's important, they'll put the call through or forward the message. People who are 'always on' tend to be lower on the social or organizational totem pole. People who will catch hell if they don't pick up NOW.
You have personal staff that your family members are supposed to call if they need to talk to you? I think it's a pretty safe assumption that the vast majority of people are not as rich as you are.
I don't think Net Neutrality means what you think it means.
No, someone here does get it right for a change. Net Neutrality is supposed to be about not treating data differently based on source/destination. Having the ISP's other services not count towards a monthly cap is definitely a violation of that idea.
How would the West feel about the release of a popular film in which the assassination of a living head of state is planned?
I know it isn't quite the same, but it seemed like there was a run for a while where at least once a year there was a movie about the president of the United States getting trapped in a bunker.
If you don't know how to spell an unusual word with yiddish origin that'll make you look like a pretentious schnook, perhaps you can find a better word?
Yeah, if the submitter/editor used the word, I expected there to be some specific reason for it. Then I got "schookids" and "the issues of day" and realized that it's just plain old stupidity.
I went in to Microcenter for the first time about a month ago. Damn, I wish I knew about it several years ago. They even had Raspberry Pis cheaper than the online place I bought one from.