That law has one fundamental faulty premise. "More than you would have for personal use". Who is deciding that, and are those amounts even reasonable?
In theory, that would be doctors and/or the FDA. If you have a year's supply of oxycodone, and pharmacies only ever give out a two-week bottle, than you have far more than what you will personally use. Unlike toilet paper, addictive prescription drugs are not normally sold in bulk.
Whether or not any given police department follows such reasonable guidelines is another question entirely.
I'm not saying I agree with this law, but how do you ever prove intent? How do you prove what somebody was thinking? And yet we seem to do it (or at least pretend like we can do it) all the time. This case doesn't seem all that different.
You usually prove intent the same way you prove anything else: by looking at evidence. If they go through his cell phone and find text messages that are about drug deals, or bring in witnesses that describe drugs that the guy sold them, then a jury is likely to believe that he intended to use the hidden compartment for transporting drugs.
They also have double-standards when they say "teach creationism" because they want THEIR version of creationism taught and not an American Indian, Norse, Greek, Islamic, Wiccan, or any other creation myth.
I think the Islamic version would be the same as theirs. Then again, as a Jew, I really wish that these whackjobs would stay the hell away from our book.
If you think we got corrupt, selfish, self absorbed and self centered cretins for rulers, ponder how much bigger cretins you get if you give them the feeling that they're entitled to it.
Suddenly, these noblemen and the king wouldn't need to consult the people or answer to them at all. Do the people not like your higher taxes? Too bad. They can pay it or maybe the military will be used to collect the taxes.
You'd think you're reasonably OK, but may I remind you that a significant number of positions held in the upper chamber of your parliament are granted for life
There is a certain advantage to having members of Parliament that think about more than the next election. We could use a bit of that here in the United States.
Next, you seem to think that Apple got a design patent on rectangles. No, they haven't. They have design patents on designs that involve a complete design, of which _rounded_ rectangular shape is just one component.
Minor correction - I think the patent is this case is D504889, which is an older version of the rounded corners patent. It still has about the same amount of detail as the D670286 that you linked to.
My point was that most people's phones are easily capable of running whatever software a person needs to type up a dissertation. Needing a keyboard and monitor is not sufficient to need Windows.
The form factor counts for a lot. Big numbers alone don't enable me to type up my dissertation: for that, I need a full-size keyboard and a full-size monitor. Your smart-phone provides neither.
In most cases, neither your full-size keyboard nor your full-size monitor run Windows.
I definitely agree that anyone completely denying the possibility is either a complete idiot or has an agenda. It's definitely something that should be investigated more.
Until you can figure out why cigarettes causes lung cancer in on person, and not his neighbors who smoked similar amounts, it seems rather more likely that it wasn't the cigarettes that had anything to do with the cancer.
Yes, that's absolutely correct. And then studies were done that showed significant statistical correlations between smoking and lung cancer. If it turns out that 80% of the areas where this was done have sudden increases in seismic activity, then there is probably a connection. A single data point is not enough to draw conclusions.
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No jury in the world would ever convict the guy that kills you.
My personal favorite is still how, at one point, 45% opposed Obamacare, while 35% opposed the ACA.
No, you're right. When the 3/5 rule was in effect, only men that owned land were allowed to vote.
Yes, but sadly their votes would only be counted as 3/5 of a human citizen's :(
Corrected for historical accuracy.
A parcel-switched network?
I guess IPOAC was just a few years ahead of it's time.
Neither will anything that was previously electronic when it gets hit by a large ceramic tile.
I don't understand. The damaged electronics were all plugged in.
The damaged ceiling wasn't, though.
That law has one fundamental faulty premise. "More than you would have for personal use". Who is deciding that, and are those amounts even reasonable?
In theory, that would be doctors and/or the FDA. If you have a year's supply of oxycodone, and pharmacies only ever give out a two-week bottle, than you have far more than what you will personally use. Unlike toilet paper, addictive prescription drugs are not normally sold in bulk.
Whether or not any given police department follows such reasonable guidelines is another question entirely.
I'm not saying I agree with this law, but how do you ever prove intent? How do you prove what somebody was thinking? And yet we seem to do it (or at least pretend like we can do it) all the time. This case doesn't seem all that different.
You usually prove intent the same way you prove anything else: by looking at evidence. If they go through his cell phone and find text messages that are about drug deals, or bring in witnesses that describe drugs that the guy sold them, then a jury is likely to believe that he intended to use the hidden compartment for transporting drugs.
Nah, I think Job got whacked enough the first time around.
They also have double-standards when they say "teach creationism" because they want THEIR version of creationism taught and not an American Indian, Norse, Greek, Islamic, Wiccan, or any other creation myth.
I think the Islamic version would be the same as theirs. Then again, as a Jew, I really wish that these whackjobs would stay the hell away from our book.
Somebody explain to me again how private enterprise is just in every way better and more efficient than government?
one word: healthcare.gov
Two letters: EA
If you think we got corrupt, selfish, self absorbed and self centered cretins for rulers, ponder how much bigger cretins you get if you give them the feeling that they're entitled to it.
The Kennedy family?
The Bush family?
Suddenly, these noblemen and the king wouldn't need to consult the people or answer to them at all. Do the people not like your higher taxes? Too bad. They can pay it or maybe the military will be used to collect the taxes.
I fail to see how that would be a change.
You'd think you're reasonably OK, but may I remind you that a significant number of positions held in the upper chamber of your parliament are granted for life
There is a certain advantage to having members of Parliament that think about more than the next election. We could use a bit of that here in the United States.
Not only that, the world is the most challenging game ever!
The graphics are incredibly realistic, but the gameplay is frustrating and the plot just sucks.
Next, you seem to think that Apple got a design patent on rectangles. No, they haven't. They have design patents on designs that involve a complete design, of which _rounded_ rectangular shape is just one component.
What other components are in the design patent in suit?
Minor correction - I think the patent is this case is D504889, which is an older version of the rounded corners patent. It still has about the same amount of detail as the D670286 that you linked to.
My point was that most people's phones are easily capable of running whatever software a person needs to type up a dissertation. Needing a keyboard and monitor is not sufficient to need Windows.
The form factor counts for a lot. Big numbers alone don't enable me to type up my dissertation: for that, I need a full-size keyboard and a full-size monitor. Your smart-phone provides neither.
In most cases, neither your full-size keyboard nor your full-size monitor run Windows.
...I don't as yet see any reason to take on faith the claims that, in theory, it's perfectly safe.
Science: It works, bitches.
Go-live fiascos like this are quite common in the private sector.
What are you talking about? Every EA game launch has gone absolutely perfectly. They never have any problems on launch day.
... while also seizing control of 1/6 of its economy.
If health insurance is 1/6 of the United States' economy, I think we might have bigger problems.
I definitely agree that anyone completely denying the possibility is either a complete idiot or has an agenda. It's definitely something that should be investigated more.
Until you can figure out why cigarettes causes lung cancer in on person, and not his neighbors who smoked similar amounts, it seems rather more likely that it wasn't the cigarettes that had anything to do with the cancer.
Yes, that's absolutely correct. And then studies were done that showed significant statistical correlations between smoking and lung cancer. If it turns out that 80% of the areas where this was done have sudden increases in seismic activity, then there is probably a connection. A single data point is not enough to draw conclusions.