Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: mrtravel on 13 Aug 2006 21:05 Mxsmanic wrote: > JohnT writes: > > >>You would only be able to verify that claim if you measured the time errors >>over 3 million years. Not even you could do that. > > > You can measure the error over one day and extrapolate. So, you have the ability to measure the error for one day and extrapolate over 3 million years, meaning you have measured the daily error, and found it to be less than 1 billionth of a second off?
From: Tchiowa on 14 Aug 2006 00:27 Mxsmanic wrote: > Tchiowa writes: > > > That's because property can't commit a crime. But the civil forfeiture > > is a result of the criminal conduct. And it all has to be approved by a > > judge. > > Criminal conduct is decided by a jury, not a judge. Wrong. Criminal conduct may be decided by a judge if parties approve. > And civil forfeiture occurs before anything is proved by anyone. Wrong again. The process can be started immediately but it must be approved by a judge to be final and anyone can challenge and appeal in court. > Therefore, no due process. 3 times wrong in 2 sentences. Not bad.
From: Hatunen on 14 Aug 2006 00:28 On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:29:20 GMT, mrtravel <mrtravel(a)bcglobal.net> wrote: >Carole Allen wrote: > >> On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:47:32 +0100, "JohnT" >> <johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>I hate to have to admit this, but I have a Junghans watch which synchronises >>>with the MSF transmitter (it is 10 years old). And I have both a computer >>>and a PDA. At which point the comparison with Mixi is at an end. Rumour hath >>>it that he is finding Paris too hot in the Summer and is thinking of >>>relocating to Seattle. >>> >>>JohnT >>> >> >> Dear Mixi: it rains here 390 days each year. > >Isn't it true that the average rainfall in Seattle is less than that of >some other major US cities? It's not the total yearly rainfall; it's the relentlessness. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 14 Aug 2006 00:29 On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 09:44:00 +0100, The Reid <dontuse(a)fell-walker.co.uk> wrote: >Following up to Sarah Banick > >>> True, but I think that's a different question. >> >>No, its the question I was responding to. No matter what socioeconomic class >>you are, an Englishman can get across the Channel to France much quicker >>(and probably cheaper) than I can get to the nearest beach. > >and most Europeans can just get in the car and drive into a >country with a different language in a few hours. You can do it >by accident! Many Europeans can drive into a part of their own country with a different language in less that a few hours. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 14 Aug 2006 00:41
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:41:52 +1000, "ant" <yusuf_ali778(a)yahoo.fr> wrote: >Mxsmanic wrote: >> Jim Ley writes: >> >> > It's getting near impossible to find anyone with a watch >> > these days, it's another thing the mobile phone has killed. >> >> I'm not sure I see the connection. How have mobile phones killed >> watches? > >Apparently (and this still surprises me) mobiles have replaced the old fob >watches. People actually pull them out and look at them to ascertain the >time, rather than looking at their wrist. I have NO idea why. I'm not following: fob watches aren't worn on the wrist. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |