Posts made by taiwan_girl

@Jolly said in The Other Side:

Ok...So you think somebody should serve three years in prison for a non-violent act?

Were these sentences mandatory or decided by the judges?

Again, in no way could these people think what they were doing was okay and allowed. They weren't innocent sightseers.

I dont really know if they should have gotten three years or not, but a wide variety of judges of both political sides seem to think so. This is not just one isolated judge making one isolated decision.

(BTW, I am sure a lot of drug posessers would love to have only received a three year sentence for their non violent crime.)

@Jolly said in The Other Side:

@taiwan_girl said in The Other Side:

@Jolly said in The Other Side:

@taiwan_girl said in The Other Side:

Breaking into the US Capital is not like breaking into an abandoned house in a remote city. There is really a similar crime to it.

Semantics, ma'am.

How many broke in? How many walked in after the doors were open? Would the latter be considered "breaking in"?

Lastly - and this is a reach, but it's true - what if you broke into a house you jointly owned?

Just because the door is open doesn't mean you can enter.

Is there a difference between breaking a door down and walking through an open door?

Normally, i would say yes, but context matters.

There is a difference if someone just happens to walk by an abandoned house on a deserted road, and pops his head into the open doorway and what happened at the US Capital.

No-one who was charged with a crime "just happened" to be sightseeing in Washington DC that day and saw that there was a door open in the US Capital and just said to themselves - "Hey, nobody is around, seems pretty quiet. Guess I will just poke my head in."

@Horace said in The Other Side:

@taiwan_girl said in The Other Side:

When looking at the judges who have been involved in these cases, there are:

Democratic appointed judges
Republican appointed judges
"liberal" judges
"conservative" judges
etc

But they all mainly seem to be coming to the same conclusion. If it were one person, one case, then maybe there is a issue with the arrests and finding them guilty and the sentences. But, after hundreds(?) of these cases, it is hard to keep saying that there is some sort of bias or conspiracy against these people because they were "taking a walk around the Capital"

Judges don't bring charges.

In practice, the quantity and quality of justice meted out, depends not on a judge's or jury's decision about whether something is legal, but on whether that thing is brought to them for their consideration. We're seeing this in other contexts, where liberal cities have DAs who refuse to prosecute some crimes. These January 6 crimes are on the opposite end of that spectrum, where there is zeal to prosecute.

I agree. But judges and juries were the ones who decided if they were guilty or not. Charging someone with a crime does not guarantee that they are guilty.

@Horace said in Nevada's Expansion:

@taiwan_girl said in Nevada's Expansion:

How do they decide that it is Nevada that is expanding and not one of the states that is on the border of them?

Because the borders are moving with the plates.

How are the borders defined? Are they based on a GPS location? Or maybe a natural feature (river, mountain, etc)?

@Horace said in Puzzle time, count the hydras:

How do you deduce, from the information at the gate, collected over an arbitrarily long time span, x, y, and z?

Attach a color CCTV camera???

(Actually, I have no idea and no really sure where to start. I will think about it, but doubt I will be able to do the solution.)

@Jolly said in The Other Side:

@taiwan_girl said in The Other Side:

Breaking into the US Capital is not like breaking into an abandoned house in a remote city. There is really a similar crime to it.

Semantics, ma'am.

How many broke in? How many walked in after the doors were open? Would the latter be considered "breaking in"?

Lastly - and this is a reach, but it's true - what if you broke into a house you jointly owned?

Just because the door is open doesn't mean you can enter.

@Copper said in A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy:

@taiwan_girl said in A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy:

I would think that most of those deposits that would not be covered by insurance would almost 100% be businesses.

Maybe I am wrong, but I doubt that too many people have USD$250 K or more in a single bank account.

Retirement accounts

U.S. residents
35 and under have an average of $30,170 in retirement savings;
those 35 to 44 have an average $131,950;
those 45 to 54 have an average $254,720;
those 55 to 64 have an average $408,420;
those 65 to 74 have an average $426,070;
and those over 70 have an average $357,920.

But would they have those in a bank account? I would think it would be more sense to have to other investments than a bank account. I dont think that is most efficient.

Breaking into the US Capital is not like breaking into an abandoned house in a remote city. There is really a similar crime to it.

@LuFins-Dad said in Bad Spaniels:

@taiwan_girl said in Bad Spaniels:

@LuFins-Dad I guess we will agree to disagree.

I am not saying that the whiskey company is doing the smartest thing, or it is the best publicity for them.

You have a well know piano store. Lets say someone opens a store called "LaFins" instead of "LuFins", but they sell fish.

They use a logo and font that is very similar to yours. Their sign in front is similar also along with the company saying.

Of course, they are selling a different product but using peoples familiarity with your store to sell their product.

I would not like that the second store was doing that and would ask them to stop.

Well , you were asking about legally speaking… Legally speaking, the verbiage, spelling, and logos on a trademark is pretty precise. And then profiting off the similarity wouldn’t have any legal consequences. It would only be if that company would be damaging my company or reputation in some way. If they are, then there is a case.

Not liking them using a similar logo or such is one thing… And asking them to stop is perfectly reasonable and understandable. Taking it to court is a completely different thing, especially when it’s a parody. The argument can easily and justifiably be made that the dog toy is promoting the Jack Daniels brand.

Good points. I guess it may be "morally" no good, but "legally" okay.

I would think that most of those deposits that would not be covered by insurance would almost 100% be businesses.

Maybe I am wrong, but I doubt that too many people have USD$250 K or more in a single bank account.

Yes, car makers to want to make things "look modern" just because they can, without thinking weather or not is really is an improvement.

Although maybe not perfect, it does not seem to be a bad law.

When looking at the judges who have been involved in these cases, there are:

Democratic appointed judges
Republican appointed judges
"liberal" judges
"conservative" judges
etc

But they all mainly seem to be coming to the same conclusion. If it were one person, one case, then maybe there is a issue with the arrests and finding them guilty and the sentences. But, after hundreds(?) of these cases, it is hard to keep saying that there is some sort of bias or conspiracy against these people because they were "taking a walk around the Capital"

Yes, that was very interesting.

How do they decide that it is Nevada that is expanding and not one of the states that is on the border of them?

@Copper My first trip there was before they did the outside cladding. This is what it looked like then.

@Jolly said in Wonder Woman:

You made over $10M in revenue, but you don't talk about your profit.

Yup, kind of like gambling people who tell you that they won USD$XX thousand dollars last week at the casino. But they dont tell you how much they had to spend to "win" that $XX thousand dollars!!

@Doctor-Phibes said in What are you watching now?:

but I'd played the game so I wanted to see how they'd adapt it. It still wasn't as good as the game, which had a lot more zombies in it, incidentally, but that's because the game involved me in the story much more.

Played the game also, (but have not watched the show). Enjoyed the game very much, but it was kind of depressing overall.

@LuFins-Dad I guess we will agree to disagree.

I am not saying that the whiskey company is doing the smartest thing, or it is the best publicity for them.

You have a well know piano store. Lets say someone opens a store called "LaFins" instead of "LuFins", but they sell fish.

They use a logo and font that is very similar to yours. Their sign in front is similar also along with the company saying.

Of course, they are selling a different product but using peoples familiarity with your store to sell their product.

I would not like that the second store was doing that and would ask them to stop.