That's not really the best advice, what you don't want to do is talk to the police without your attorney present. If your attorney thinks it's a good idea to answer a particular question, then you may want to do it.
No, he's thinking of Stargate.
You seem to be conflating presumption of innocence with the standard of proof, when they're only tangentially related. "Preponderance of evidence" has nothing to do with your point.
Hence the GP said, "though obviously there are exceptions."
He wasn't claiming that these chips would be perfect for everyone, just that there are *some* areas where they would be.
3) high frame rates on high end hardware (and the listed testbed is bleeding edge) imply that it is possible to get reasonable framerates on lesser equipment..
But by your own argument, their opponent is someone who desires to enforce bad laws, therefore you cannot vote for them either. Are you suggesting simply abstaining?
I was agreeing with you, actually, hence the implication that "they choose not to market it to me."
To me, the game isn't worth its list price *plus the price of Windows* in order to play it. I can't see why a developer wouldn't understand that, even if they choose not to market it to me.
It's one of the few Federal programs I would actually like to see expanded.
They would have more to work with if they could do away with the bloated govt contractor process.
They could do away with the bloated govt contractor process if they weren't bound by congressional authorization acts.
There's a reason we like to refer to SLS as the Senate Launch System, and it's not because that's what we'd like to use it for. Sadly, it doesn't look like our politicians are going to pull their heads out about matters of general interest, so I see no hope for them viewing an (unfortunately) niche interest organization like NASA as anything other than a jobs program any time soon.
Kind of sad that the best hopes that I see comes from eccentric billionaires inspired by Apollo on the one hand, and from China on the other, but there you have it.
So you're saying the worst case scenario is... having to make a new vaccine every year?
I know it's cliche to complain about missing options, but seriously, why was this not listed?
Hell, it's how Washington would have voted:
I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight), the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.
There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This within certain limits is probably true; and in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
(From his Farewell Address, 1796, emphasis mine)
When I get onto a ramp, I'm usually going very close to 0 since I've just stopped at the traffic signal and made a turn. I'm not disagreeing with you about whether it's necessary to have high acceleration, only whether it's desirable. 0-60 is a useful proxy for acceleration overall when comparing vehicles, and there are a large number of people who are in the demographic these cars are aimed at who will make a decision in part based on it.
I do actually accelerate hard on a regular basis - highway entrance ramps are very similar to drag strips, except that you stop accelerating once you get to the speed of traffic (70-80 mph). One of the things to remember is that the current market for these cars is not people in rural areas; they simply don't have the range and charging speed yet. In town I'll get on the highway for my 6 mile trip to work, or if I want to go to a specialty store. And since they're targetting people in places like California especially, quick acceleration is a nice feature (though not essential, past a certain point).
Sidenote: the other place acceleration is useful is when passing on 2-lane roads, but as roads have gotten wider that's hardly a consideration anymore.
You may consider that formal notification of my viewpoint. Your corporate legal team can explain to you why the fact you are now aware of my view is important to them.
Translation: Go see your corp lawyers. FYI, you're about to get spanked.
That may not work out for him as well as he hopes. Their lawyers are certainly aware of the verdict in Oracle v. Google, and may reply that since APIs aren't copyrightable, they don't need permission anyway.
And you think that the Linux Kernel people, standing up for their Legal RIGHTS
Except I'm not sure they have those rights. Copyright on the code, of course, but here we're talking about copyrighting the API. We've just seen a major case on the subject, and the preliminary results are that "This command structure is a system or method of operation under Section 102(b) of the Copyright Act and, therefore, cannot be copyrighted." Of course, that still needs to go through appeals, but it's about as solid a judgement as I've seen. It also matches the current state of the law in Europe.
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