EMC paid $2.6B for RSA. Could they sue the NSA for destroying the value of their property?
Two words: Sovereign Immnunity.
In short, the NSA being an arm of of the government cannot be sued unless it consents to being sued.
I wonder if people who play with these things a lot, are going to turn their head more in real life as well. If you've been forced for several hours to turn your head instead of moving your eyes, you may keep that habit when going out for a walk afterwards.
That would be quite funny to watch
Well, it's rather a simple chain to follow. Black rats were associated with the plague. Brown rats replaced them, plague stopped.
Where's the link between the two? How do you prove a cause and effect? Other things also happened at the same time. I'm not saying that this couldn't be the case, but I am saying that we need some evidence before concluding that this is the cause. Circumstantial evidence can be correct, but it can also be wrong.
You'll be pleased to know that Foreman grills are alive and well and--since you bring it up--I just bought one yesterday.
Come back in a year or two and tell us where it resides.
Of course the plague was spread by humans. Otherwise you would have to conclude that rats walked all over continental Europe over the course of a few years.
While I'm pretty certain that humans were a main vector in spreading the plague, your "otherwise" doesn't hold water.
It's enough that rats move enough to get in contact with other rats. And they do. They have overlapping and somewhat fluid territories, and young rats without a territory needs to go find one.
Doesn't it kind of muddle things that people dislike rats so much they won't admit bubonic plague disappeared along with brown (Norway) rats replacing the black rats that transmitted the disease?
You're being close-minded here. They transported the fleas that was one vector for transmitting the disease.
And what's with "won't admit"? Who's denying? Or do you mean they won't admit that that is enough evidence for a cause and effect conclusion? No, they won't admit that, because that would be rather unscientific.
How about other factors like improvements in sanitation and transportation?
Who gives a rats ass how you feel about rats. It doesn't do anything to illuminate history.
I think you mean "evidence", not "proof". Proof concludes, evidence is fuel for theories.
Otherwise, spot on. Give that man a karma cookie!
Neck muscles tire easily. Constantly turning your head isn't really natural for most people. We move our eyeballs and bodies, and the head is moved only for short moments. Otherwise we avoid it.
Also, even with a full field of view, it tends to make people dizzy, because the inner ear doesn't agree with what you see. This is one reason why dome theatres never took off - people need to be comfortable.
My prediction is that it will meet the same fate as the Wii, which now is a basement filler, next to the George Foreman grill and VCR.
So? We constitutionally shipped back a liner of refugees back to Germany to die before WW II. "Constitutional" doesn't mean "moral". This is about right and wrong - concepts about which business law is devoutly silent.
You really don't understand what Baidu is. It's a fascist corporation teamed with the Chinese government to perception manage a billion people. It's not a plucky lemonade stand. It's not a business.
A good craftsman still doesn't blame the tools - he performs with what's at hand. Not having CNC routers didn't stop wood workers of the past from creating better products than today's staple-gun wielding "craftsmen" do.
Do wonders with what you have, and strive for getting better tools.
Thus, in libertarian heaven, all search engines are indeed private, so... everything you read and see and hear is subject to whatever the company owners collectively think you should. Tyranny, same as if they owned the roads you travel on.
"Sorry, My. Grumpy, but our manager informs that you are not welcome on Roads Numbers 456-780. Please remove your vehicle from our private property or we'll notify our private police force, which you'll notice have a laser battery pointed at you up above. And oh, yes, it seems you are banned on all competing roads in the area, just to give you a heads up. You must have got someone important angry over at corporate, ha ha. You know, watch what you say, watch what you do. Words to live by, indeed. We hope for your future patronage on the Richard Cheney Memorial Highway System, Incorporated. Have a nice day. Get out or get shot."
Doesn't mean you have to obey another country's laws, either. I'm looking at you, Yahoo.
If all else fails, lower your standards.
