Regarding term limits, I disagree. I think legislation is enormously complex. The needs of industry and citizenry are enormously complex and diverse. Now imagine regulating it. Now imagine understanding the rules already in existence for these divergent needs, the history of the legislation, the players, what they want and why they want it, and the consequences, in the community, in the business sector and in government. Oh, and you have to constantly keep in contact with your friends, because every few years you get to throw a dog and pony show just to keep your job. Don't get me wrong, I hate politicians just like every red-blooded American, but I wouldn't say they have an easy or uncomplicated job.
In terms of illegals, no, I wouldn't say I liked the way things were. There were too many problems with crime, but it's my believe (admittedly based on my own personal experiences, nothing scientific) that the vast majority of illegals are hard working, honest people - then you've got the a-holes. If we throw out every illegal, imho THAT would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I think we should have a path to citizenship (sounds kinda buzzwordish:P) which allows the hard workers to stay and become full members of society.
Who says they don't pay income tax? Not only DO they pay income taxes in many cases, they also pay social security without any benefits when they hit 67. No, not all illegals pay income tax, but those working for even somewhat small medium sized firms still need to fake a SSN to get a job. What do you think the vast majority are doing with those fake/stolen SSNs?
That is completely incorrect. People don't understand that there is ONE housing market. Yes, the overbuilding obviously would've caused major issues anyway, but even if the illegals can't afford the rent in your neighborhood, they can in other neighborhoods that are similarly hit with foreclosures. If the bottom of the market leaves, that affects the middle and upper segments as well, because of competition at the margins between lower, middle, and upper living areas. In turn those interactions affect the whole market and pull it downward.
That's the complicated way of explaining the issue, but stated simply... they are an integral component of our local economy.
I take the positive point of view and say we'd probably have a halfway decent representative in that district, never allowing her to be elected in the first place.
I'm sure the covenants of any contract would keep the owner's options quite slim. Probably a NNN lease where the ownership is almost a formality. There's no way you could do such a thing as you suggest without landing in court for a very long time.
Unlike California, Arizona cannot issue state debt (I believe it may even be in the constitution), so it looks like they're looking for a back-end deal to issue debt without violating state laws. It may not even be such a terrible idea. Interest rates (cap rates, more specifically) on real property for a AAA tenant are very reasonable. If they could incur a small amount of debt constitutionally, and pay a reasonable rate for it, pay it off in the future, it's not entirely bad. I'm not saying it's good, but that's where AZ is at right now.
On a per capita basis, Arizona is worse off than California. The cause is due to a confluence of factors, including not saving enough for the bad times, taxes being too low or spending being too high, having such a growth oriented economy, etc.
But there are two items which I am CONVINCED are major factors as well.
1) Term limits: They suck. I used to support them, but I was wrong. Term limits result in a legislature that doesn't know WTF it's doing at any time. There is no institutional memory, and once someone understands the complex process of creating and passing legislation - they get the boot. Additionally, because no one exactly knows their jobs, term limits result in a weak branch of government, so the executive tends to dominate. This is not what our respective state constitutions intended. I wish people would put two and two together on this.
2) Illegal alien "crackdown" and employer sanctions: AZ is suffering a major real estate crisis. The crisis is for reasons obvious to anyone, but a contributing factor for our crappy economy and crappy real estate was the crack down on illegal aliens. Folks don't realize that these people rent and spend here too (often times without the societal expense us "real people" tend to cause society). When you have sweeps, a lack of employment and a general sense of animosity towards those who (in my view) are major contributors to society, they move one state over (they're not moving back to Mexico). I wish people would understand this point too.
Certainly, the overall economic factors play a very large role, but AZ has gotten itself in a big mess all by itself...
If you don't like cookies, block them. For those that don't even understand what a cookie is, make it clear what the government is doing and prove it through open source. Makes for a better web experience.
Hmmm, reminds me when I was reading some singularity stuff, and they referenced a "hard" AI takeoff being driven by a rivalry between nations for hardware computing power to drive the birth of the first AI. I agree, it sounds really wacky (and there's a fairly high probability it is), but hell, this could be as important as fire, so I figure it's worth thinking about.
WTF do they want this computing power for, I wonder
Anyone know how on earth Google expects to make money off of this thing? It looks amazing, but how do you make money off of this if it's open sourced, free, and took a ton of development time to build (and presumably support in the future)?
No, it is not necessary to run on a Google server, you can run your own server. Check out http://wave.google.com/ for info. Wave looks awesome - seriously awesome
HOLY SHIT, I AGREE!! This drives me abso-f'in-lutely NUTS! Ugh, forgive my emotion, but seriously - I've had the same storage space for 10 freggin' years. I can get more from Google for free! You'd figure someone would sit down and do the math x number of workers making an average of y taking z average amount of time to deal with exchange issues = justification for more storage.
Yeah, we got this dude good. Looks like the server didn't just slow to a crawl, it's been pushed completely offline. Instead of an endless wait, I'm getting an instant connection refused message.
I've loved IT for decades, and this level of data storage still boggles my mind. At every step, I could think of applications for greater storage - "oh, more OS space is needed", "wow, music would be nice", "movies... obviously", "make an incremental restore point at any point in time"... ok, now what???
I guess I'll just record my life so I don't forget where I put my keys? I'm sure I'm suffering from lack of creativity in my old age, but that's all I think can think of anymore!
Seems like you're just trolling, but I was just thinking - wow, these last half dozen or so stories are all good. Not a stupid one among them, and they're all worth reading. Then I noticed that CmdrTaco picked all of them. Maybe he makes squat, or maybe he's a millionaire, but either way, it seems like he's pretty good at picking the stories... go CmdrTaco!
I can still remember that wide-ruled shitty tan paper that tore if you used an eraser
Ugh, tell me about it. Such a waste of freggin' time spent learning all that crap! Still kind of annoys me to this day. People say kids have such a great life - screw that, I'm happy to be an adult.
Sorry, Opera, but your software isn't open source.
Wait... are you implying that an OS provider should have a choice as to which browsers are included in their distribution? It's a close call, but if I had to choose between MS and the government controlling things, I wouldn't choose the government.
Irrespective for any individual's hatred of MS, this decision reeks.
I think they're still a concept. I'm not an MS basher (I work on whatever makes me money), but this idea for a retail store is stupid - really stupid. Apple pulls it off because they've got flash, Nike pulls it off because they've got the same thing Apple has.
But a Microsoft store? Give me a break. MS has always been a geek company, period. They're software is complex, relative to Apple and they're brand is more power and flexibility driven more than Apple's simplicity and style driven brand. Outside of a borg alcove, I just can't picture a MS store with any "look" whatsoever.
Hey, it's not an insult! It's a compliment - it means you probably make more money than the Average Joe, are smarter than the Average Joe and have a larger cock than the Average Joe - or maybe that's just me:D
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Regarding term limits, I disagree. I think legislation is enormously complex. The needs of industry and citizenry are enormously complex and diverse. Now imagine regulating it. Now imagine understanding the rules already in existence for these divergent needs, the history of the legislation, the players, what they want and why they want it, and the consequences, in the community, in the business sector and in government. Oh, and you have to constantly keep in contact with your friends, because every few years you get to throw a dog and pony show just to keep your job. Don't get me wrong, I hate politicians just like every red-blooded American, but I wouldn't say they have an easy or uncomplicated job.
:P) which allows the hard workers to stay and become full members of society.
In terms of illegals, no, I wouldn't say I liked the way things were. There were too many problems with crime, but it's my believe (admittedly based on my own personal experiences, nothing scientific) that the vast majority of illegals are hard working, honest people - then you've got the a-holes. If we throw out every illegal, imho THAT would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I think we should have a path to citizenship (sounds kinda buzzwordish
Who says they don't pay income tax? Not only DO they pay income taxes in many cases, they also pay social security without any benefits when they hit 67. No, not all illegals pay income tax, but those working for even somewhat small medium sized firms still need to fake a SSN to get a job. What do you think the vast majority are doing with those fake/stolen SSNs?
That is completely incorrect. People don't understand that there is ONE housing market. Yes, the overbuilding obviously would've caused major issues anyway, but even if the illegals can't afford the rent in your neighborhood, they can in other neighborhoods that are similarly hit with foreclosures. If the bottom of the market leaves, that affects the middle and upper segments as well, because of competition at the margins between lower, middle, and upper living areas. In turn those interactions affect the whole market and pull it downward.
That's the complicated way of explaining the issue, but stated simply... they are an integral component of our local economy.
I take the positive point of view and say we'd probably have a halfway decent representative in that district, never allowing her to be elected in the first place.
But, yeah I do see your point.
I'm sure the covenants of any contract would keep the owner's options quite slim. Probably a NNN lease where the ownership is almost a formality. There's no way you could do such a thing as you suggest without landing in court for a very long time.
Unlike California, Arizona cannot issue state debt (I believe it may even be in the constitution), so it looks like they're looking for a back-end deal to issue debt without violating state laws. It may not even be such a terrible idea. Interest rates (cap rates, more specifically) on real property for a AAA tenant are very reasonable. If they could incur a small amount of debt constitutionally, and pay a reasonable rate for it, pay it off in the future, it's not entirely bad. I'm not saying it's good, but that's where AZ is at right now.
On a per capita basis, Arizona is worse off than California. The cause is due to a confluence of factors, including not saving enough for the bad times, taxes being too low or spending being too high, having such a growth oriented economy, etc.
But there are two items which I am CONVINCED are major factors as well.
1) Term limits: They suck. I used to support them, but I was wrong. Term limits result in a legislature that doesn't know WTF it's doing at any time. There is no institutional memory, and once someone understands the complex process of creating and passing legislation - they get the boot. Additionally, because no one exactly knows their jobs, term limits result in a weak branch of government, so the executive tends to dominate. This is not what our respective state constitutions intended. I wish people would put two and two together on this.
2) Illegal alien "crackdown" and employer sanctions: AZ is suffering a major real estate crisis. The crisis is for reasons obvious to anyone, but a contributing factor for our crappy economy and crappy real estate was the crack down on illegal aliens. Folks don't realize that these people rent and spend here too (often times without the societal expense us "real people" tend to cause society). When you have sweeps, a lack of employment and a general sense of animosity towards those who (in my view) are major contributors to society, they move one state over (they're not moving back to Mexico). I wish people would understand this point too.
Certainly, the overall economic factors play a very large role, but AZ has gotten itself in a big mess all by itself...
If you choose to live in a cave, you can't bitch about not having electricity.
(not trolling just being blunt)
If you don't like cookies, block them. For those that don't even understand what a cookie is, make it clear what the government is doing and prove it through open source. Makes for a better web experience.
What's the problem with that?
Hmmm, reminds me when I was reading some singularity stuff, and they referenced a "hard" AI takeoff being driven by a rivalry between nations for hardware computing power to drive the birth of the first AI. I agree, it sounds really wacky (and there's a fairly high probability it is), but hell, this could be as important as fire, so I figure it's worth thinking about.
WTF do they want this computing power for, I wonder
Anyone know how on earth Google expects to make money off of this thing? It looks amazing, but how do you make money off of this if it's open sourced, free, and took a ton of development time to build (and presumably support in the future)?
I think the whole idea of wave is AWESOME. My one question is ... how is Google going to make money off of it???
No, it is not necessary to run on a Google server, you can run your own server. Check out http://wave.google.com/ for info. Wave looks awesome - seriously awesome
Must be taking a vacation in NewYorkCity???
HOLY SHIT, I AGREE!! This drives me abso-f'in-lutely NUTS! Ugh, forgive my emotion, but seriously - I've had the same storage space for 10 freggin' years. I can get more from Google for free! You'd figure someone would sit down and do the math x number of workers making an average of y taking z average amount of time to deal with exchange issues = justification for more storage.
Drives me batty...
Yeah, we got this dude good. Looks like the server didn't just slow to a crawl, it's been pushed completely offline. Instead of an endless wait, I'm getting an instant connection refused message.
I've loved IT for decades, and this level of data storage still boggles my mind. At every step, I could think of applications for greater storage - "oh, more OS space is needed", "wow, music would be nice", "movies... obviously", "make an incremental restore point at any point in time"... ok, now what???
I guess I'll just record my life so I don't forget where I put my keys? I'm sure I'm suffering from lack of creativity in my old age, but that's all I think can think of anymore!
Seems like you're just trolling, but I was just thinking - wow, these last half dozen or so stories are all good. Not a stupid one among them, and they're all worth reading. Then I noticed that CmdrTaco picked all of them. Maybe he makes squat, or maybe he's a millionaire, but either way, it seems like he's pretty good at picking the stories... go CmdrTaco!
Read my post again, because apparently you didn't pick up the meaning the first time...
What bullshit. If you support stem cell research (as I do) have the balls to call it what it is...
I can still remember that wide-ruled shitty tan paper that tore if you used an eraser
Ugh, tell me about it. Such a waste of freggin' time spent learning all that crap! Still kind of annoys me to this day. People say kids have such a great life - screw that, I'm happy to be an adult.
Sorry, Opera, but your software isn't open source.
Wait... are you implying that an OS provider should have a choice as to which browsers are included in their distribution? It's a close call, but if I had to choose between MS and the government controlling things, I wouldn't choose the government.
Irrespective for any individual's hatred of MS, this decision reeks.
I think they're still a concept. I'm not an MS basher (I work on whatever makes me money), but this idea for a retail store is stupid - really stupid. Apple pulls it off because they've got flash, Nike pulls it off because they've got the same thing Apple has.
But a Microsoft store? Give me a break. MS has always been a geek company, period. They're software is complex, relative to Apple and they're brand is more power and flexibility driven more than Apple's simplicity and style driven brand. Outside of a borg alcove, I just can't picture a MS store with any "look" whatsoever.
I think this vid puts the distinction between the two brands perfectly... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=36099539665548298
Hey, it's not an insult! It's a compliment - it means you probably make more money than the Average Joe, are smarter than the Average Joe and have a larger cock than the Average Joe - or maybe that's just me :D
Give a cowhardon a break!
Sounds painful - real painful
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