Remember, Bush put alot of right-wing religious political allies into what should be government neutral jobs.
The right-wing religious zealots see everything and everyone who isn't a baby-jesus lover as a potential target to side against, and that means you.
There's definitely way too much of a difference between states and between representatives and the will of the people for this to continue.
the best thing the states could do is to become a lot more individual regarding power and legislation, corruption would then be dealt with locally and hopefully better.
Oh hell no, you haven't been doing it the european way, you've been doing it the american way, as in corrupt and mostly not at all.
the european way is to set high standards of connectivity and making sure those standards are being followed, i.e. USING THE GOVERNMENT PROPERLY.
The american way is to put out a "help wanted" sign and the one who asks for the cheapest price up front gets the job, no matter how badly he does it, and no matter how expensive in the long run it'll be.
Your own confusion about what freedom is, and what cooperation is is driving your infrastructure into the ground, and sadly any chance of a really useful healthcare system.
I think you're way too far into "group-think" mode here. This is an entertainment commodity, and as the price is supposed to be up to you, what should be happening is that you should try and value the entertainment to adhere to your own personal value-meter.
Who cares what others payed for it, try out the demo, if you're still interested in playing it and having fun with it, then buy it for the price you think it's worth.
That's the whole point, but if you want to feel superior to everyone else, go ahead, pay the "I'm superior" tax, it's about double what everyone else is paying, but you get the warm glow of feeling superior.
You're assuming that everyone who wants to get educated has the means to support themselves through education. In many countries with a poor population, like America, that's just wrong.
In countries where the education is subsidized it doesn't matter whether you're rich or your poor, if you have the drive and dedication to study, you will get far. You've lowered the barrier of education and increased the net worth of the citizenry by giving the talented, the dedicated a chance to shine no matter their background.
Healthcare is a completely different beast, you want a public healthcare system to lower cost, to enhance preventative measures and so everyone benefits equally.
Those who want cost-based healthcare system are just asking for a class-based healthcare system because they feel they are superior to others.
If you truly uphold to the belief that all people are created equal and should have the same rights, then a subsidized educational system and a publich healthcare system is the next logical step. If you're against it, then sadly you're nothing but a racist, a bigot, and a class-ist and no better then slavetraders and others who trample on human-rights.
"What I expect Murdoch is whining about is not Google Search. That does deliver him traffic. He's probably on about Google Reader"
- And you're probably wrong in your expectations (in true/. style I didnt' RTA). It's the classic case of someone intelligent trying to make a better sense of an argument from someone completely ignorant about what he's objecting to.
Don't add sense to something that doesn't make sense. Accept the premise that this is a guy who hasn't a clue what he's talking about, but vents about it anyway.
If people start to converse with you on the fact that google RSS reader being a valid point to contend with / complain about, they might also think that this was part of Murdochs' original argument, which it isn't, it's a digression and should be looked at in that light.
RSS readers aren't the problem anyway, as the newspaper has full control on what it posts on its RSS feed (rogue feeds are another matter perhaps).
"I'm quite happy with my healthcare and insurance too."
- No, you're healthy and don't have a medical problem which needs to be looked at, it's not the same thing as being happy with your current healthcare and insurance.
If you actually had medical problems, your tone would change as it has with everyone who actually has to use the current US healthcare.
- See that? That's my opinion of monty python since I was a small boy.. It's not much of an opinion, I know..... Well fuck you! I can live my own life if I want to! Fuck off! Dont' come following me!
Yea, UK isn't much better with its security theater.
I'll never go to the US unless someone pays me quite a lot of money to go there (unlikely).
If it's true it's less in other european countries, I'll definitely think about stopping using flights which have UK as a mid-flight, the stupid lines there just to check everyone for everything is just ludicrous.
Nvidia customers switching to other brands because of stupid decision making at the highest level in 3.. 2.. 1..
- Ok, so it isn't as catchy as the one before, but hey.. this is definitely going to make me consider NOT to buy Nvidia, if they really think they can get away with artificially limiting the purchasers choice to gain a few more bucks.
"From what I understand of Wave, instead we could have a dedicated wave to each task or project. Everybody communicates via that (replacing IM and email), posts documents there (essentially replacing file shares, emailing multiple copies back and forth to everyone...and didn't I see there was some sort of version control built-in?), and everything from start to finish is contained there. It sounds like a wiki, kind of, but in real time and organizing everything communication related that you'd normally use other apps for and have that data stuck elsewhere. "
- yes, it sounds awesome doesn't it:) I'm looking forward to test it out, email is getting completely out of hand for large bureaucratic companies.
I'm hoping that the Google wave API can be extended to contain not only text, extending it so that painters could work together on a painting, accountants could work together on a spreadsheet, or musicians could work together on a composition would be really nice.
Technically I'm not against people buying current PCs even if their needs are alot less than what a current PC can do, but I wouldn't presume that everyone wants the latest and greatest just so that it's future-proof and would last longer than a cheaper system.
Was she bamboozled? maybe, but with the windows world as it is, a 4 core system means she'll at least get 1 core for herself and the other cores can happily chug along with malware and antivirus programs without unbearably bothering her and her scanning/emailing needs.
It's not obvious, but it's not very complicated either.
The game isn't called "American Football like your man Lance Alworth played it" where the main appeal would be connections to the real characters of that era and how they played and how the game was back then, and maybe match them directly to other cool characters from the present.
It's a football game where the appeal is that it's a football game, and only a passive likeness of people is used.
I'd fully support if the "beatles rockband" would have tried to do screw the people left of the beatles over, but this? No, not really, here this is really just an artistic license to create similar characters, they're not exploiting anyones particular identity for capital gain.
sorry, didn't really give a good example perhaps as an extra.
For instance I would be in favor of taxing smoking for the extra cost the public has to pay to deal with the diseases of the smokers, and I would want it to be as fairly done so that people who like to smoke, they then accept the cost of their own disease, and the normal public doesn't have to later pay extra for what is a self-inflicted medical cost.
The medical statistics would have to be gone over carefully as to measure the real burden smokers are adding to a society, so not to overblow it completely (again me being a conservative, I'd like things to be taken in babysteps towards a better future, although I wouldn't call myself a conservative because of the stigma).
So to me, if you'd tax something like sugar products, or cola products, that tax should be there to help better dental care and make sure there isn't a detrimental cost to society (or to help combat problems which arise because of them), not to pay for other parts of government.
That would of course mean we'd have to pay a big lump sum in taxes for all the miscellaneous things government does which can't be directly taxed, and with more transparency you should be able to see better what you're paying for in that lump sum, but it would still be a lump sum and you'd have more knowledge at your fingertips on what you're really paying for.
I'm more in favor of taxes which are directly linked to what they're used for.
Taxing gasoline for road repairs and infrastructure work is a good idea. Taxing gasoline for medical stuff, nomral governmental stuff, or anything else not related to what gasoline is used for.. not a good idea.
- it's basically a "republican" minimalist thinking, except "republican" today equals corruption of ideals for blackmailed wealth so I'd never call myself a republican or anything of that ilk, it would be the same as calling myself an evildoer, or ironically a Communist.
yeah... it's the same as saying "hey you liked starwars episode 3, 4 and 5, you're going to loooooove episode 1, 2, and the craptastic 3!"
- I guess it's a fine incentive for people who want a $1,000,000 to jump through their hoops, but did they actually help improve "things you might like"?
- I also think they're missing a vital statistic, things you hate, stuff you loathe, they could probably have improved the rating system 100% by adding that measurement into it.
This really is a solution to a problem which isn't there.
- If all the cars all of a sudden would be quiet, everyone would just rely on their eyes for awareness, you know.. the in-built 360 degree, custom built for you, bio-degradable headgear (now with tilt and turn action!)
Sound pollution is bad, and the fact cars won't have it anymore is a GOOD thing.
The fact that certain traits have been tought to each of the sexes from generation to generation only suggests that males and females are the same (in that regard), and some responsibilities have been firmly divided and have to be tought.
Not sure if you understand, but the fact that both males and females can jump at the sight of a mouse means it's an inherent reaction which isn't any different with both sexes.
The fact is that you then teach them that "males" being "male" should not fear the mouse, no change in the females response is given, but a general "women.. pah!" attitude is often given.
There definitely are different traits between the sexes, both genetically and socially, but I think people would be surprised by how little of it is genetic and how much of it is social, as in a learned situation.
This research to me just proves that females, even very young are already practicing honing their social learning and mimicry while the boys for some reason do not seem to need to do the same.
"Personally, I don't see why we need to grade a bloody PE class."
- what? this is the first place to distinguish yourself, i.e. are you a nerd or are you a jock, I thought this was clear, IMO PE's best self-diagnostic learning regarding social issues in school.
If something happened which was your responsibility, and you know that you did wrong, and you accept that responsibility for your actions, why shouldn't you behave in an honest manner?
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Remember, Bush put alot of right-wing religious political allies into what should be government neutral jobs.
The right-wing religious zealots see everything and everyone who isn't a baby-jesus lover as a potential target to side against, and that means you.
There's definitely way too much of a difference between states and between representatives and the will of the people for this to continue.
the best thing the states could do is to become a lot more individual regarding power and legislation, corruption would then be dealt with locally and hopefully better.
Oh hell no, you haven't been doing it the european way, you've been doing it the american way, as in corrupt and mostly not at all.
the european way is to set high standards of connectivity and making sure those standards are being followed, i.e. USING THE GOVERNMENT PROPERLY.
The american way is to put out a "help wanted" sign and the one who asks for the cheapest price up front gets the job, no matter how badly he does it, and no matter how expensive in the long run it'll be.
Your own confusion about what freedom is, and what cooperation is is driving your infrastructure into the ground, and sadly any chance of a really useful healthcare system.
You jest, but you're right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI
Well, that's based on perception.
You perceive the Mac guy as a condescending idiot with a superiority complex, i.e. something negative which you'd like to stay away from.
Other Mac users or mac-user wannabes perceive what they desire to be.. condescending idiots with a superiority complex.
Ok, to me, today, this would be the new price for online:
$0.17 Musicians' unions
$1.60 Artists' royalties
$0.69 Itunes revenue
$0.05 network fees
$0.05 operating expenses
$0.10 credit card fees
Total: $2.66 - for a whole album.
- you could increase the price to $4 for an album, then you would increase artist royalties to $2.94 which is fair
taken out:
$0.80 Packaging/manufacturing
$0.82 Publishing royalties
$0.80 Retail profit
$3.89 Retail overhead
$0.90 Distribution
$1.70 Label profit
$2.91 Label overhead
$2.40 Label Marketing/promotion
- If you want the promotion of a label, you'd have to add $7.01 to the price, isn't there something wrong with that picture?
I'm pretty sure if they did a check between vibration and failure rates, they'd get correlation.
I'll also put out there a hypothesis that the rack which has no moving parts will have less failure rates compared to the rack which has moving parts.
Wouldn't it be fun to be a head engineer at one of the bigger companies and be able to test it out :)
I think you're way too far into "group-think" mode here. This is an entertainment commodity, and as the price is supposed to be up to you, what should be happening is that you should try and value the entertainment to adhere to your own personal value-meter.
Who cares what others payed for it, try out the demo, if you're still interested in playing it and having fun with it, then buy it for the price you think it's worth.
That's the whole point, but if you want to feel superior to everyone else, go ahead, pay the "I'm superior" tax, it's about double what everyone else is paying, but you get the warm glow of feeling superior.
You're assuming that everyone who wants to get educated has the means to support themselves through education. In many countries with a poor population, like America, that's just wrong.
In countries where the education is subsidized it doesn't matter whether you're rich or your poor, if you have the drive and dedication to study, you will get far. You've lowered the barrier of education and increased the net worth of the citizenry by giving the talented, the dedicated a chance to shine no matter their background.
Healthcare is a completely different beast, you want a public healthcare system to lower cost, to enhance preventative measures and so everyone benefits equally.
Those who want cost-based healthcare system are just asking for a class-based healthcare system because they feel they are superior to others.
If you truly uphold to the belief that all people are created equal and should have the same rights, then a subsidized educational system and a publich healthcare system is the next logical step. If you're against it, then sadly you're nothing but a racist, a bigot, and a class-ist and no better then slavetraders and others who trample on human-rights.
"What I expect Murdoch is whining about is not Google Search. That does deliver him traffic. He's probably on about Google Reader"
- And you're probably wrong in your expectations (in true /. style I didnt' RTA). It's the classic case of someone intelligent trying to make a better sense of an argument from someone completely ignorant about what he's objecting to.
Don't add sense to something that doesn't make sense. Accept the premise that this is a guy who hasn't a clue what he's talking about, but vents about it anyway.
If people start to converse with you on the fact that google RSS reader being a valid point to contend with / complain about, they might also think that this was part of Murdochs' original argument, which it isn't, it's a digression and should be looked at in that light.
RSS readers aren't the problem anyway, as the newspaper has full control on what it posts on its RSS feed (rogue feeds are another matter perhaps).
"It is garden-variety cloud, hardly worth mentionning actually."
- I'd say the same about meteorologists: http://www.bash.org/?803904
"I'm quite happy with my healthcare and insurance too."
- No, you're healthy and don't have a medical problem which needs to be looked at, it's not the same thing as being happy with your current healthcare and insurance.
If you actually had medical problems, your tone would change as it has with everyone who actually has to use the current US healthcare.
As for me.. You want to know what I think?
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"I like monty python"
- See that? That's my opinion of monty python since I was a small boy.. It's not much of an opinion, I know.. ... Well fuck you! I can live my own life if I want to! Fuck off! Dont' come following me!
Yea, UK isn't much better with its security theater.
I'll never go to the US unless someone pays me quite a lot of money to go there (unlikely).
If it's true it's less in other european countries, I'll definitely think about stopping using flights which have UK as a mid-flight, the stupid lines there just to check everyone for everything is just ludicrous.
Nvidia customers switching to other brands because of stupid decision making at the highest level in 3.. 2.. 1..
- Ok, so it isn't as catchy as the one before, but hey.. this is definitely going to make me consider NOT to buy Nvidia, if they really think they can get away with artificially limiting the purchasers choice to gain a few more bucks.
"From what I understand of Wave, instead we could have a dedicated wave to each task or project. Everybody communicates via that (replacing IM and email), posts documents there (essentially replacing file shares, emailing multiple copies back and forth to everyone...and didn't I see there was some sort of version control built-in?), and everything from start to finish is contained there. It sounds like a wiki, kind of, but in real time and organizing everything communication related that you'd normally use other apps for and have that data stuck elsewhere. "
- yes, it sounds awesome doesn't it :) I'm looking forward to test it out, email is getting completely out of hand for large bureaucratic companies.
I'm hoping that the Google wave API can be extended to contain not only text, extending it so that painters could work together on a painting, accountants could work together on a spreadsheet, or musicians could work together on a composition would be really nice.
Future looks bright, and open-formatted :)
Technically I'm not against people buying current PCs even if their needs are alot less than what a current PC can do, but I wouldn't presume that everyone wants the latest and greatest just so that it's future-proof and would last longer than a cheaper system.
Was she bamboozled? maybe, but with the windows world as it is, a 4 core system means she'll at least get 1 core for herself and the other cores can happily chug along with malware and antivirus programs without unbearably bothering her and her scanning/emailing needs.
It's not obvious, but it's not very complicated either.
The game isn't called "American Football like your man Lance Alworth played it" where the main appeal would be connections to the real characters of that era and how they played and how the game was back then, and maybe match them directly to other cool characters from the present.
It's a football game where the appeal is that it's a football game, and only a passive likeness of people is used.
I'd fully support if the "beatles rockband" would have tried to do screw the people left of the beatles over, but this? No, not really, here this is really just an artistic license to create similar characters, they're not exploiting anyones particular identity for capital gain.
sorry, didn't really give a good example perhaps as an extra.
For instance I would be in favor of taxing smoking for the extra cost the public has to pay to deal with the diseases of the smokers, and I would want it to be as fairly done so that people who like to smoke, they then accept the cost of their own disease, and the normal public doesn't have to later pay extra for what is a self-inflicted medical cost.
The medical statistics would have to be gone over carefully as to measure the real burden smokers are adding to a society, so not to overblow it completely (again me being a conservative, I'd like things to be taken in babysteps towards a better future, although I wouldn't call myself a conservative because of the stigma).
So to me, if you'd tax something like sugar products, or cola products, that tax should be there to help better dental care and make sure there isn't a detrimental cost to society (or to help combat problems which arise because of them), not to pay for other parts of government.
That would of course mean we'd have to pay a big lump sum in taxes for all the miscellaneous things government does which can't be directly taxed, and with more transparency you should be able to see better what you're paying for in that lump sum, but it would still be a lump sum and you'd have more knowledge at your fingertips on what you're really paying for.
I'm more in favor of taxes which are directly linked to what they're used for.
Taxing gasoline for road repairs and infrastructure work is a good idea. Taxing gasoline for medical stuff, nomral governmental stuff, or anything else not related to what gasoline is used for.. not a good idea.
- it's basically a "republican" minimalist thinking, except "republican" today equals corruption of ideals for blackmailed wealth so I'd never call myself a republican or anything of that ilk, it would be the same as calling myself an evildoer, or ironically a Communist.
yeah... it's the same as saying "hey you liked starwars episode 3, 4 and 5, you're going to loooooove episode 1, 2, and the craptastic 3!"
- I guess it's a fine incentive for people who want a $1,000,000 to jump through their hoops, but did they actually help improve "things you might like"?
- I also think they're missing a vital statistic, things you hate, stuff you loathe, they could probably have improved the rating system 100% by adding that measurement into it.
This really is a solution to a problem which isn't there.
- If all the cars all of a sudden would be quiet, everyone would just rely on their eyes for awareness, you know.. the in-built 360 degree, custom built for you, bio-degradable headgear (now with tilt and turn action!)
Sound pollution is bad, and the fact cars won't have it anymore is a GOOD thing.
Why is working in the porn industry a problem? Unless your size isn't, ehem.. up to standards?
The fact that certain traits have been tought to each of the sexes from generation to generation only suggests that males and females are the same (in that regard), and some responsibilities have been firmly divided and have to be tought.
Not sure if you understand, but the fact that both males and females can jump at the sight of a mouse means it's an inherent reaction which isn't any different with both sexes.
The fact is that you then teach them that "males" being "male" should not fear the mouse, no change in the females response is given, but a general "women.. pah!" attitude is often given.
There definitely are different traits between the sexes, both genetically and socially, but I think people would be surprised by how little of it is genetic and how much of it is social, as in a learned situation.
This research to me just proves that females, even very young are already practicing honing their social learning and mimicry while the boys for some reason do not seem to need to do the same.
"Personally, I don't see why we need to grade a bloody PE class."
- what? this is the first place to distinguish yourself, i.e. are you a nerd or are you a jock, I thought this was clear, IMO PE's best self-diagnostic learning regarding social issues in school.
If something happened which was your responsibility, and you know that you did wrong, and you accept that responsibility for your actions, why shouldn't you behave in an honest manner?