Comment Re:Nothing's perfect (Score 1) 258
You forgot hamster wheels.
I don't expect the guy at the checkpoint to be able to decide if the "modified" watch is dangerous or not, and so they called in the experts (who decided that there were no explosives).
Why Not? If the guy at the checkpoint is supposed to be responsible for security, then he aught to at least be somewhat technically adept and have some idea of whether or not a circuit could be dangerous.
I think your expectations are too low for someone with this level of responsibility.
The problem is that in this case, the law shouldn't exist at all whether it's for the Koran, a flag, or a poppy, but fundamentally it's got to be one or the other, either you can burn poppies, flags, and Korans, or you can burn none of them
Well I, for one, hold as Sacred the following: Wood, Natural Gas and Coal. Have fun heating/powering your home without burning anything!
I hear this "household typically has 2 or more cars" argument all the time. It's crap. We have 4 old cars, one for each person. It's not like one could just have a short-range only car. What would they do when they needed to go somewhere far-ish and everyone else is at work? Mind you that yes, everyone works every day and so takes their car.
I'm sure that most households with more than 1 car don't just have that car sitting around until they need to take a long trip (which could be a weekly or more occurrence). If you own more than one car, it's usually because your using it regularly.
I can't wait until electric cars can really be practical, but the theoretical option to have an extra car for distance doesn't make them so
Why should a woman who wants to go to a hacker convention expect to be subjected to sexual advances? Or, more to the point, why would a man at a hacker convention feel entitled to make sexual advances? After the fact, why do you feel the need to defend men who make sexual advances at a computer hacker convention?
Seriously? Because in our society it is traditional for men to make the advances. If men didn't make the advances, our species wouldn't continue. Essentially anywhere a woman or a man goes, there will be the possibility of sexual advances, even if such an advance is simple verbal flirtation. Why would it not be expected that a women who willingly goes somewhere there is a high concentration of men in a non-formal (social) environment will be hit on?
I'm not a social scientist, so I am legitimately asking "what is the point to eradicating poverty?"
I think the point is to continually increase standards of living. In a sufficiently wealthy economy, the poverty line could very well be where a person has food and shelter, has some spending money, but can't afford high speed internet or educational courses to better themselves. Not being able to afford a car in some locations would make it difficult to get by or get ahead. Not having a cellphone or cable tv might put you at social disadvantages that hinder your confidence and make getting a job or working a job more difficult.
I am not a social scientist, just my 2c.
Logical fallacy, attacking a straw man. The cops aren't there to protect you.
Well, at least they pretend to in LA: http://www.joinlapd.com/motto.html
fined me anyhow for "anything you might have done in my county".
I hope you got that in writing, that could prove to be an invaluable defence later.
Also, it would have been great to be able to send a copy to the local news, you might have been able to cost him his position.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." - Bert Lantz
