Comment Re:What the hell is wrong with the FAA? (Score 1) 199
In the United States, the original intent of the law as passed trumps somebody's later interpretation.
At least two recent presidents strongly disagree.
In the United States, the original intent of the law as passed trumps somebody's later interpretation.
At least two recent presidents strongly disagree.
Oh, lookie, an anonymous coward got her panties in a bunch.
Firstly, Mozilla's business model is not my problem. It was their decision to give out Firefox for free.
Secondly, if Mozilla apparently wants people to use their browser, they should be thanking me for pointing out how to make it more popular. If they don't, they're on the right track. Not my problem, though.
Thirdly, there are alternatives. So far I still have a slight preference for FF, but my usage of Chrome is rising and even IE11 is proving to be usable.
Fourthly, while I regularly donate to projects that I find useful, I always do it after the fact, knowing that my money will go toward making the product more useful. So far Mozilla hasn't given me any indication that that would be the case. Until that changes, Mozilla will not see a red cent from me. Aris, on the other hand...
Lastly, grow up.
How many FF users want this WebIDE? It's built-in.
How many FF users want a status bar or tabs not on top? Must use an add-on...
This is the best argument for vigilante justice that I have ever heard.
And the name of that company is...?
Free as in "Freedom", not as in "Gratis"
All those documents were meticulously collected but unfortunately lost in a computer crash.
such as "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" while under oath? The only consequence he suffered was disbarment.
Two months after the Senate failed to convict him, President Clinton was held in civil contempt of court by Judge Susan Webber Wright. His license to practice law was suspended in Arkansas for five years and later by the United States Supreme Court. He was also fined $90,000 for allegedly giving false testimony. Clinton declined to appeal the civil contempt of court ruling, citing financial problems, but still maintained that his testimony complied with Wright's earlier definition of sexual relations.
I suspect, however, that what you want is an Android phone with a physical keyboard, not a BB phone with an Android subsystem.
Is there a practical difference?
Scanners do not live in vain!
It is never gambling when the odds are biased in one sides favour, then it is fraud and losing.
Not when the odds are known in advance. If you don't like them, don't play.
Now if the odds are misrepresented, it is a whole different issue.
If the Oldford Group is not permitted to operate the sites in the US market, what makes Amaya so confident that it could operate the same sites in the same US market that has barred both of the gaming websites ?
B. If Uncle Sam can sue Oldford Group and order that privately held company to fork over $700 million, what makes Amaya so sure that Uncle Sam won't do the same to it ?
Amaya is already licensed to operate in NJ and Nevada (and possibly other states).
that is true in person - online you have no idea what you are really playing against. there are many documented cases of online sites allowing players to see all the cards on the table. the documentary I saw showed a 100% proper call on bluff rate over a period of many months.
think about it. you are at a 8 person table. 7 of the players are computers and know your cards. think that make the odds of you winning 'exactly the same'?
Firstly, there's licensing and regulations. Some of the regulators (ARJEL for instance) demand that every action go through their servers and is retained for possible fraud investigation. Incidents of bots on your site, can cause you to lose your license.
Secondly, the large operators do not want to kill the goose that lays golden eggs and are aggressively fighting bots, colluders and other fraudsters. And yes, they can be detected by multiple methods that I am not at liberty to discuss.
The fact is that you are safer playing online than against strangers in meatspace.
It's a tricky issue. Unregulated gambling leads to a lot of (desperate) people getting ripped off by corrupt institutions. Especially online, how hard would it be to know the dealer/house was honest? I'm not for censorship but these kinds of things aren't so clean cut.
You still need people willing to shoot. Can you rely on the US military to shoot US people? The US government is not a military junta where military would be used to something like that, the military still thinks they're protecting these people.
On the other hand, you need people willing to die. The US is pretty short on those as well.
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated. -- R. Drabek