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Makes me miss Garland even more.

One EXIT ONLY on my ass. you know, just in case I pass out in jail some night.

QUOTE (RexKickass @ Apr 24, 2009 -> 08:43 AM) going to White Sox baseball>looking at hot chicks fixed

Breakfast: tossed into some scrambled eggs, wrapped in a tortilla. I am a bit of a snob, I will only eat Guerra's Brand from San Manuel, Texas. The seasoning is perfect, and I know they use quality meat.

ANd some people still wonder why I live on the border . . .

Why do we go through all the work of a new thread? In honor of earth day we are recycling this thread

Happy Birthday!!! :begood Before you get your hopes up, about that special "service" that shipps alluded to, your "special lady" asked me to post this

There are trade offs for certain. For me it will be a third computer, and factors like small and cheap come more into play than they would for a desktop. It would be almost 100% internet aps and perhaps some light word processing. Not everyone needs the highest end processing. I have a friend with an ancient 286 machine that he still pounds out letters on and balances his checkbook. He loves Wordstar

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 23, 2009 -> 08:36 AM) Well, I just went up to the guy and said "my buddy told me he paid the tab last night, we were wasted, and this morning he said he didn't... was there an open tab?" I don't know if they believed it or whatever, but by paying hte tab they didn't seem to care one way or the other. Yeah, they keep receipts... the tab was $75. I paid it, added $20, all is well. The "we were wasted" story is perfect. They really would not call the cops, they would have to explain why they "over served" their customer.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 22, 2009 -> 08:43 PM) What government? exactly.

BIO 1402 Lab final tonight. I may be posting in the I'm drunk thread later. Anthropology final online Friday and Saturday Film Studies last paper due next Tuesday. Bio 1402 Lecture May 4, South Texas Literature May 5 Communication May 3-7 (on-line) Then grad school

QUOTE (almagest @ Apr 22, 2009 -> 10:35 AM) I wouldn't use a netbook as a primary machine. If you're concerned about size, there are plenty of lightweight 12 and 13-inch laptops out there. I would not be a primary machine. I have a 17" Dell and a Desktop.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 22, 2009 -> 07:57 AM) Fixing Somalia is a huge, expensive and dangerous undertaking, and I am not sure we could even do that right now if we wanted to. Better to do an amalgam of other things: --Make sure the coalition vessels are flagged with countries with the right laws, as I said --Work with the Somali interim government to do land raids, as they have proposed, by providing some guidance, equipment and money --Special Forces units to go in and start picking off these guys on land --Work with shipping companies to get them to either not go into this area, or be required to have armed security on board --Establish some very specific paths through the area, like flight paths, that the coalition recommends ships stay within - this will dramatically reduce the amount of sea space the coalition ships need to patrol There are specific paths, but the pirates have advanced their weapons and range. A couple years ago, when this was confined to smaller ships and private yachts, they would group together, sail in a diamond pattern and try to imitate a larger ship. Now the pirates are attacking larger ships. Increasing the violence may be the way to go. Up until a year or two ago, things were all that were at risk and conventional wisdom dictated that increased violence on the part of ship owners would bring increased weapons by the pirates. That has proven to be true. Some of what you propose would seem to require almost a declaration of war. But starving people are desperate. I believe I just heard that piracy is the #1 economic enterprise in the country. #1. That has to be replaced or the government will fail. There needs to be basic food, shelter, and raiment.

It would seem to me that if someone has to make a decision, judge something, they should look at whatever knowledge is available. I suspect most judges are capable enough to look at a different law, see where the law differs and where is is similar, and look at that ruling, and add it to their knowledge. It might not apply, it might, but I can't see where knowledge is ever bad.

QUOTE (DanksFan @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 06:05 PM) On top of that, they are a pain in the rear to work on (as a laptop technician), the lack of optical drive takes the cake for me in reasons why not to get one. Sure, externals work nicely in Windows, but it's always a headache trying to use it as a boot device. That is the other draw back for me, lack of an optical drive. Much like a cell phone morphed into a hand held computer, when I first saw a netbook, I thought it was a DVD player on steroids.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 09:41 AM) No, I am not saying that a country flag their own vessels otherwise. I am saying that vessels flagged as NATO (not flagged as a country specifically) should choose a NATO country flag that gives them the tools they need. And NATO should focus on getting the countries with the most useful laws, the most involved in this. Countries like Belgium, who are basically impotent for this purpose, should be encouraged to provide assistance in some other theatre. Ah, good plan. The root is fixing Somalia, but that is in the eye of the beholder

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 04:19 PM) I think there is, but the problem is law A isn't the same in every country, nor is the intent of law A, nor the reason behind law A, etc. The judiciary's intent (or so it was in the beginning) wasn't to decide the "right" viewpoint, but instead to be sure that the "right" viewpoint in a given case conformed to the law. So it makes no sense, IMO, to view another country's decision of law A as holding any value here when the same foundational rules don't apply. I think Ginsburg (and many before her) want to justify ruling on what they think is "right" be bolstering their opinion with a global consensus. In a broad sense it seems like a wonderful idea to include international views on domestic issues, but that's not the job of the judiciary, and it certainly isn't a good thing for them to be using those views in "creating" law here. Bottom line, it just seems wrong to say, we don't want more information, we want less. The embracing of ignorance is perhaps one reason why those in the business of law are held in such low esteem by a segment of the population. While most professions would be looking anywhere for better ideas, lawyers and judges are told to dig their heads in the sand and not look around. Seems like a faulty system if we cannot trust judges to think.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 04:00 PM) The job of legislators is to create the "solutions." The judiciary merely interprets. That's the problem with basing a decision, in whole or in part, on international decisions - the judiciary decides (legislates) what it thinks works for the given situation, not what the law requires. Good point, thank you for the reminder. Is there any value in seeing how others interpreted what the law requires?

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 02:29 PM) According to Consumer Reports (*grain of salt here*), the Samsung NP-hmmmphhmpph...is supposed to be the best one. Can't remember the number...410? Maybe? We are probably going to get that one. And also according to CR...the HP is the lowest rated. Acer is even rated higher. I'm wondering if the screen will be too small for me to use comfortably. I'm an old man with bifocals. Also the processor seems wimpy, and there is no way to add ram in the ones I looked at.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 12:13 PM) Did you leave a nice tip? He did. It was keep an eye on drunk Blackhawk fans

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 11:06 AM) I don't think that really matters. Since the beginning of our relatively young judicial system, judges have been guided by the principles of the Constitution and subsequent legislation and precedent, not what other countries think. I just feel like judicial systems are so different, and that legal reasoning comes from totally different places depending on the social, political, and legal systems involved, that a decision in country A isn't really applicable to country B. And really most of these "corner cases" deal with moral issues - the death penalty, torture, rights of certain individuals, etc. The decisions in those cases should be rooted in our own society, not anothers. So we ignore any solutions that were not created here? That seems silly. It would be like Illinois ignoring something Wisconsin is doing. If there is a better solution somewhere, why not adopt it? A decision by A might not be applicable to B, but it may. How would we know if we remain ignorant of what A is doing? I'm thinking of issues from emerging technology. Something as simple as a fax machine or internet "signature" and are the documents "legal" if they are signed and transmitted. It would seem natural to me to look around and see how others, inside and outside the US, have handled it.

My laptop is too big. It is a desktop replaceable with a 17" display. I am looking at something smaller for email, Soxtalk, perhaps some light word processing. Does anyone have a mini with a 9", 10", or 12" display? http://www.dell.com/content/products/produ...=lthp&s=dhs I've been looking at the Dell and HP offerings and thinking it's worth a $400 test.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 10:44 AM) I completely disagree with the position that SCOTUS should be using international law, in any way. Our entire system is designed around our own judicial precedent, not that of other countries. I think there has to be a discussion of how they are using it. To me it would be the same as saying we will not look at any medical research being done outside of the US. If they are using the information to expand their knowledge base prior to making a ruling, I do not see how more knowledge is a bad thing. It seems silly for the justices to close their eyes and ears and chant we are not looking, we can't hear you, unless you're American.

Sad, he sucks as a pitchman.