Flexible standards in law and in CoBOL

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:57:02 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@panix.com () wrote:
 
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>According to http://www.webistry.net/jan/consent.html (copyright 1999) New
>Mexico is 17; Hawaii and Idaho are 14.

Well, shoot, I suppose I shall have to change my travel plans.

(I knew a few years back New Mexico was thinking about changing their
law).

I met someone from Columbia a couple of decades ago who was too young
to get a drivers licence in the U.S.   He had had one in Columbia, but
was required to buy insurance which was very, very expensive for
someone of his age.     He could have gotten a license if he was a
farm-worker.    My nephew in Colorado and my niece in North Carolina
had very different laws about getting under-age permits - and for who
they can drive when they had licenses after they were 16.   I don't
know what applies when they visit each other.

Some states are becoming less anal about age of consent as well,
particularly with two kids who are month different in age - but one is
below the age of consent.   There have been cases where a boy will
have sex with a girl older than him - but he goes to jail for rape if
they are both underage.   In this country, that type of case is going
away.

Speaking of flexible standards, it is interesting to note what happens
when shops move to OO.    The testing standards cannot be the same
when someone modifies objects used ubiquitously.    I know of a case
where a shop considered OO CoBOL but went to C++ instead for some
shops because the guy making the decision did not want to go through
the fighting the status quo standards for CoBOL.   (There were no
standards yet for C++).

"Howard Brazee" <howard@brazee.net> wrote in message
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> Well, shoot, I suppose I shall have to change my travel plans.

I found this just a bit alarming:  a closer examination of the list seems to
indicate that the age of consent in Mississippi is 16 for virgins but 12 for
nonvirgins.

Almost as alarming is that the age of consent in Kentucky seems to be 16
*only if* the man is 21 or older.  It's not clear from the list what the age
of consent for her is if he's younger than 21.

-Chuck Stevens

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:54:18 -0700, "Chuck Stevens"
<charles.stevens@unisys.com> wrote:
 
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>I found this just a bit alarming:  a closer examination of the list seems t
o
>indicate that the age of consent in Mississippi is 16 for virgins but 12 fo
r
>nonvirgins.

I suppose it has to have a companion law like the following:

>Almost as alarming is that the age of consent in Kentucky seems to be 16
>*only if* the man is 21 or older.  It's not clear from the list what the ag
e
>of consent for her is if he's younger than 21.

Actually, I like that.   If two 15 year olds have sex, they shouldn't
be thrown in jail for being too young to make a choice for themselves.
The perpetrator is the person who takes advantage of the youth and
innocence of the young.