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As an example, if someone kills someone else, such a nihilist might argue that killing is not inherently a bad thing, bad independently from our moral beliefs, only that because of the way morality is constructed as some rudimentary dichotomy, what is said to be a bad thing is given a higher negative weighting than what is called good: as a result, killing the individual was bad because it did not let the individual live, which was arbitrarily given a positive weighting.
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The assumptions upon which the example shown in Figure 3 is based are: ( A ) One man can direct about six subordinates if the subordinates are chosen carefully so that they do not need too much personal coaching, indoctrinating, etc..
At one time it seemed as if the Soviet Union had done us a favor by providing a striking example of how not to behave towards other peoples and other nations.
In the calm which follows the reading of a poem, for example, is the effect produced by the enforced quiet, by the musical quality of words and rhythm, by the sentiments or sense of the poem, by the associations with earlier readings, if it is familiar, by the boost to the self-esteem for the semi-literate, by the diversion of attention, by the sense of security in a legitimized withdrawal, by a kind license for some variety of fantasy life regarded as forbidden, or by half-conscious ideas about the magical power of words??
for example, if one driver puts on 22,000 miles per year and another driver 8,000 miles per year, their cars will be switched so that both cars will have 30,000 miles after two years, rather than 44,000 miles ( and related higher maintenance costs ) and 16,000 miles respectively ''.
For example, the marksman gets 5 shots, but we take his score to be the number of shots before his first bull's-eye, that is, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ( or 5, if he gets no bull's-eye ).
For example, property `` used in the trade or business '' of a transferor corporation, as defined in section 1231, presumably would not retain its special status following a non-taxable reorganization if it is not so used in the business of the acquiring corporation.
that is, that if wages, for example, is the only issue in a labor dispute, and no workers have left their jobs because of the dispute, we may continue to make referrals.
Would applause, for example, be fitting if, apart from the applause, there were nothing good to applaud??
For example, if you are a reasonably well-adjusted person, there are certain ways that are reasonable and appropriate for addressing your mother.
The question was raised, for example, as to what attitude the President would take if Mr. Khrushchev proposes a broad neutral belt extending from Southeast Asia to the Middle East.
Mr. Philip Toynbee writes, for example, that `` in terms of probability it is surely as likely as not that mutual fear will lead to accidental war in the near future if the present situation continues.
For example, a criminal defendant may be convicted in state court, and lose on " direct appeal " to higher state appellate courts, and if unsuccessful, mount a " collateral " action such as filing for a writ of habeas corpus in the federal courts.
For example Connecticut applies the following standard to review unpreserved claims: 1. the record is adequate to review the alleged claim of error ; 2. the claim is of constitutional magnitude alleging the violation of a fundamental right ; 3. the alleged constitutional violation clearly exists and clearly deprived the defendant of a fair trial ; 4. if subject to harmless error analysis, the state has failed to demonstrate harmlessness of the alleged constitutional violation beyond a reasonable doubt.
This might be the proper standard of review, for example, if the lower court resolved the case by granting a pre-trial motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment which is usually based only upon written submissions to the trial court and not on any trial testimony.
( This would happen, for example, if the appellant waited too long, under the appellate court's rules, to file the appeal.
Generally, there is no trial in an appellate court, only consideration of the record of the evidence presented to the trial court and all the pre-trial and trial court proceedings are reviewed — unless the appeal is by way of re-hearing, new evidence will usually only be considered on appeal in " very " rare instances, for example if that material evidence was unavailable to a party for some very significant reason such as prosecutorial misconduct.
For example, the subprogram in Euclid's algorithm to compute the remainder would execute much faster if the programmer had a " modulus " ( division ) instruction available rather than just subtraction ( or worse: just Minsky's " decrement ").
For example, the open interval ( 0, 1 ) does not have a least element: if x is in ( 0, 1 ), then so is x / 2, and x / 2 is always strictly smaller than x.
For example, if one defines categories in terms of sets, that is, as sets of objects and morphisms ( usually called a small category ), or even locally small categories, whose hom-objects are sets, then there is no category of all sets, and so it is difficult for a category-theoretic formulation to apply to all sets.
For example, if we abbreviate by BP the claim that every set of real numbers has the property of Baire, then BP is stronger than ¬ AC, which asserts the nonexistence of any choice function on perhaps only a single set of nonempty sets.
For example, ZF + DC + BP is consistent, if ZF is.
For example, if an author is paid a modest advance of $ 2000. 00, and their royalty rate is 10 % of a book priced at $ 20. 00-that is, $ 2. 00 per book-the book will need to sell 1000 copies before any further payment will be made.
For example, if a movement required reaching to touch a target in front of the body, flexion at the shoulder would create a torque at the elbow, while extension of the elbow would create a torque at the wrist.
For example, if two characters are wrestling the relevant attribute is Strength ; a character could reveal a weapon, changing it to Warfare ; they could try to overcome the other character's mind using a power, changing it to Psyche ; or they could concentrate their strength on defense, changing it to Endurance.
For example, if a single photon strikes the electrons, only a single electron changes states in response to the photon.
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When someone says, for example, `` They took x-rays to see that there was nothing wrong with me '', it pays to consider how this statement would normally be made.
Another example is when someone tries to pull apart Oreo cookies and all the filling remains on one side ; this is an adhesive failure, rather than a cohesive failure.
For example, it may be meaningful to speak of an action as being good for someone as an individual but bad for them as a citizen of their town.
For example, when you meet someone new, a unique link is created for them.
* " Doc " is a common nickname for someone with a doctoral degree, in real life and in fiction — for example, the gunfighter Doc Holliday, the character " Doc " in Gunsmoke, and pulp hero Doc Savage
Pleasure, for example, appears to not be good without qualification, because when people take pleasure in watching someone suffering, this seems to make the situation ethically worse.
For example, someone who acts cruelly towards other people is, by that act, defined as a cruel person.
For example, " there is someone who can be fooled every time " can be expressed as:
A real world example is when a teenager becomes pregnant after having unprotected sex, people assume that she has been engaging in unprotected sex for longer than someone who has been engaging in unprotected sex and is not pregnant.
For example, someone named " Rush Elkins " emailed the editors of yourDictionary with this report:
Finance may be a restriction on hobbies ; for example, someone who has the financial means to collect stamps might not be able to collect sports-cars.
Other methods can be used to take over a channel, though they are unrelated to flaws in IRC itself ; for example, cracking the computers of channel operators, compromising channel bot shell accounts, having someone add you to a channel service's userlist, or obtaining services passwords through social engineering.
For example, a homeowner's insurance policy will normally include liability coverage which protects the insured in the event of a claim brought by someone who slips and falls on the property ; automobile insurance also includes an aspect of liability insurance that indemnifies against the harm that a crashing car can cause to others ' lives, health, or property.
For example the system might raise an alert if someone attempted to buy components for bomb making, hired a car and rented a hotel room near the White House.
Many people routinely engage in black-and-white thinking, an example of which is someone who labels other people as all good or all bad.
For example, " If I send my résumé to enough places, the law of averages says that someone will eventually hire me.
The powerful Hungarian king, Louis the Great, is an example of someone who used longbowmen in his Italian campaigns.
For example, a moral nihilist would say that killing someone, for whatever reason, is neither morally right nor morally wrong.
If other parts of the program need memory ( a part assigned to open and close the door, for example ), then someone may be trapped inside, since the software cannot open the door.
For example, it will reenact the healing performed by a god at the beginning of time in order to heal someone in the present.
For example, a moral nihilist would say that killing someone, for whatever reason, is not inherently right or wrong.
For example, helping an old lady across the road ( good exterior act ) to impress someone ( bad interior act ) is wrong.
Even on very specialized forums and lists off topic posting is not necessarily frowned upon, but a common netiquette convention is to mark a new off-topic posting or email by beginning it with " OT "-for example in a forum discussing the Linux operating system someone might post: " OT: Wow, did you feel that earthquake?
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