Comment: Re:Council of Jerusalem (Score 1) 1047
Precisely. You are following Peter, Paul, and other people; not Jesus.
Screw that. I'm a Ringo man until the day I die.
Or did you mean "Mary man"?
Given one connotation of that phrase, not a chance.
Comment: Re:Youngest 1st world country? (Score 1) 60
You are mistaken - the Statute of Westminster 1931 and the ratification of said statute in Australia and New Zealand established the independence of several British dominions, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Each country is independent, and each is a country.
And since the US was around before 1931, it backs up the person who said we were oldfags.
Comment: Re:Cool tech, but (Score 1) 216
Comment: Re:Council of Jerusalem (Score 1) 1047
Precisely. You are following Peter, Paul, and other people; not Jesus.
Screw that. I'm a Ringo man until the day I die.
Comment: Re:False Dichotomy (Score 1) 1047
" He is Mormon, but what he said in that quote is not in contradiction to Darwin's theory of evolution."
His God lives on the planet Kolob, so perhaps we could ask him with a new SETI app.
I thought the Cylons controlled Kolob now?
Comment: Re:No expectation of privacy (Score 1) 184
>>> the police have no responsibility to give the recording in full to the defense
Yes they do. If it's later discovered they were withholding evidence, the defendent is automatically freed because he didn't get a fair trial. So the police have a responsibility to turn over everything (else they'd just be stupid).
It depends on whether or not there is exculpatory evidence on the tape and/or on the quality of the discovery motion. In many states, the police and prosecutors can tap dance around this with little or no concern for appellate reversal or civil suits.
Comment: Re:No expectation of privacy (Score 2) 184
I believe OP was using the car vs. house thing to illustrate income disparity within the US. The further implication is that those who are wealthier (the person with the pricey car in his example) are those who the police do not bother. This happens not as a result of differences in crime rates, but because of differences in power within society.
Either that or he was talking about Chaucer's Endless Summer.
Comment: Re:Will question headlines ever go away? (Score 1) 196
Will question headlines ever go away?
Betteridge has an answer to your subject line: no.
Comment: Re:what the hell is slashcloud? (Score 1) 196
Exactly!
Whats the current status of vi vs emacs?
How's the latest build of NetBSD doing?
Is this the month were Dvorak says Apple is beleaguered or is it even numbered months?
More important, are your hot grits naked and petrified? What is Natalie Portman up to?