Comment House Arrest (Score 2, Insightful) 245
So does this mean we should be putting more juveniles on house arrest? It seems like the juvenile detention centers breed more crime than they prevent.
matta
So does this mean we should be putting more juveniles on house arrest? It seems like the juvenile detention centers breed more crime than they prevent.
matta
Since when is capitalism so unpopular?
If I'm evil for trying to turn a buck, then the US is in a shameful state for sure.
I guess you are right. Let's move to China where... wait... umm, they like the Benjamins as well. Russia? Ohh wait, that was almost 20 years ago. How about the moon? Yeah!
As a side note, this condition runs in families which also experience color blindness.
Some of the men get color blindness and some of the women get to see extra colors. Truly strange if you ask me.
matta
The inputs are the current things you know about the planetary system.
Things you know:
1. Phase of the moon. (It would be trivial even for the ancients to keep track of the phases of the moon since the equinox.)
2. Where the planets currently are, if they are out.
You turn your little knob until everything matches what you currently see. Then you can turn it into the future and predict what will happen.
Even by your definition, this is a computer.
Why are you so vehement about this?
If alcohol prohibition required an amendment to the constitution then how was the gov't suddenly able to prohibit another substance w/o changing the constitution?
I'm not dead certain on the details but it went something like this...
They taxed narcotics. They set up a system where you could buy stamps that allowed you to posses them.
Then cleverly, they never sold the stamps. Therefore outlawing them all together.
Our business in life is not to succeed but to continue to fail in high spirits. -- Robert Louis Stevenson