Unless you are over 80 it is going to happen in your lifetime.
Why are you so certain? The technology we have today is certainly not fully autonomous, and the stuff Google is working on isn't leading towards that. Do you have a reasoning behind your estimate, or is it merely a guess?
They are the best. Old laws were written way before all of the 'politics' which happens today.
There were politics back then too, it's just that the money was in different industries.
New laws are complex, and complexity is fraud. Some old laws are wrong, and have been thrown out, but if the longer the law has survived the better it is.
Two words: survivorship bias
I'm not sure if it's the same study, but the 25-hour rhythm is addressed in the article:
But Charles Czeisler, a professor of sleep medicine at Harvard and chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discovered that the 1970s finding of a 25-hour natural circadian rhythm for humans was wrong. The original study allowed test subjects to turn on artificial light whenever they wished, unintentionally resetting their bodies’ circadian rhythms.
At about the time Pathfinder landed, Czeisler and his team began conducting studies at the hospital’s special laboratory that shielded study subjects from all outside influences. With their test subjects in isolation, they simulated the Martian sol to see how the test subjects adjusted to the longer day. “What we learned was none of the people adapted their circadian rhythms to the Martian day,” Czeisler said.
What is the deal with the general public's apathy when it comes to NSA/GCQH/GCSB/etc ?
Many geeks have been crying "the world is ending" nonstop forever (warranted or not). Theres such a thing as outrage fatigue.
Just to be clear: Is this your opinion, or do any courts share your view on the matter?
You'd have a hard time claiming theft if a reasonable attempt to pay was made.
Not really. When you go to a store, the seller has no obligation to sell you anything. When you attempt to purchase a good, at that point you are offering an exchange with the vendor; they can lower the price, raise it, give the item away, or even refuse to sell you the item at all (all of which have happened in the real world). Until you and the seller come to terms and exchange currency for the good, you do not have legal posession of it.
Im sure there is a much more accurate legal explanation for this, so I'll let StackExchange do the talking (though I would note they misinterpret Treasury.gov's stance on debt, as they leave out some crucial parts).
http://skeptics.stackexchange....
ITT: Not-lawyers discuss not-law.
Now, Im not a lawyer, either, but I am familiar with Treasury.gov's stance, and with at least 1 court case where the court held that you dont have to accept payment in pennies.
Not only that there are in fact precedents indicating that the courts will have no problem declaring you a jackass for trying to use pennies, and uphold your debt regardless of your shenanigans.
While it is interesting to suppose what it would be like if that were to work, in reality it would not:
In State v. Carroll, 1997 WL 118064 (Ohio App. 4 Dist.), the Court upheld the municipal court's refusal to accept the pennies. The plaintiff argued that under 31 U.S.C.A. ' 5103, United States coins are legal tender "for all debts, public charges taxes and dues," and for that reason the city was required to accept the pennies as payment of the fine. Without pointing to any case law, the Court simply concluded that "It defies logic and common sense that this Congress intended such a wooden and broad application of the statute beyond the control of the payee regardless of the circumstances."
Source
Pretty sure there have been court cases about this. If someone rolls up with a wheelbarrow full of $3000 in loose change, you can tell them to piss off without voiding the debt.
which will run on both ARM- and Intel-based phones and provide an experience very much like the desktop.
See? They can learn. After fully understanding it is stupid to slap a phone UI paradigm on desktops they have decided the right thing to do is cram the desktop UI on to the phone. Way to go Microsoft. Way to go.
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of money? -- Ayn Rand
