A meter is a couple inches longer than a year
Really? I had no idea. This metric stuff seems tough - it's no wonder we're not using it in the US.
Check out my other post which links to anther post, which has a link to a YouTube documentary
Are you serious? Do you really expect anybody to do that?
You would think so. Each side (prosecution and defense) get to dismiss jurors. Generally, the lawyers like to have complete control of everything in the case - they want to define what (for example) 'rape trauma syndrome' means according to their expert witness so that it better fits their case.
Having a juror with prior knowledge of a relevant subject will probably be to the detriment of at least one side of the case, so those types of people are regularly dismissed.
For my next trick, I'll show how letting two gay men get married to each other shouldn't cause millions of straight people to get divorced.
They'll probably end up getting divorced anyway.
It's affecting debit cards too, dipshit.
No. It's not. It's not even affecting credit cards. It's affecting www.mastercard.com.
I understand that Credit Cards can be nice. Nice to make large purchases now. Nice to cover the gap until payday when your bank account is empty. Nice for a lot of things. But people will be fine if their CC doesn't work for a day or two. There are other resources available to put food on the table, etc.
I think my original point still stands though. If your credit card not working for a couple days has a significant affect on your life (i.e. your ability to provide for your family), then YES you are too dependent on credit cards. If you NEED a credit card to put food on the table, you're already in the red - using a credit card will just put you further into the red. Credit card companies surely deserve some, but not 100% of the blame for that situation.
The idea of "equality for all" leads to the brain-damaged ideal of seeking out anyone different and giving them special treatment, whether they're poor or a woman or black or whatever.
That is exactly not equality.
I do it mostly because I'm a cheap bastard.
Now that people seem to've gotten the idea of how leaking of information can work in the "information century" with almost no risk to them...
That alone is probably the biggest reason they're going to such great lengths to demonize and make an example of Julian Assange and (especially) Bradley Manning. If they can convict either for a serious enough charge, it will cause quite a few people to think twice before leaking documents via Wikileaks, or any other similar website. It's less about what they did, and more about what others might do.
Only through hard work and perseverance can one truly suffer.