There is no magic solution possible. No matter what technology is used, YOU STILL NEED THE ENERGY TO MOVE THREE TONS OF SCRAP FOR EACH HUMAN ON THE MOVE!
It is the whole model that is screwed-up.
Getting rid of the cars is the only solution. There is no way on earth (or in hell) to provide three tons of scrap (and the energy needed to move them) to each human on the planet.
Why is Slashdot so obsessed with cracking OS X to run it on generic x86 machines? So they don't have to pay for OS X? You know it's strictly for warezing up on Bittorrent to screw Apple.
Er, no. It's to avoid paying Apple usurious rates for hardware.
I've thrown CDs around, but that's just for the Cubicle Full Contact Football. It's truly the only way to relieve stress after being on a 40 minute call trying to explain where the backslash key is.
Look at that last part again--the board rewrote the definition of science. That's astonishing--and by doing so, the board has admitted outright that "intelligent design" isn't science. If it were, they wouldn't have had to change the definition.
Union-busting is violence, and has nothing to do with "labor laws".
Tell that to Wall-Marde employees who get fired for trying to unionize...
Unions won the 40 hour work week, ended child labor,
Er, no. Child labour was outlawed at the insistence of some industrialists who were compelled to employ children in order to stay competitive. The only way they could go without employing children (which they did not want to do) was by havint it outlawed.
And countries like India have some of the strictest labor laws in the world, but that doesn't mean they work... because there was never a mass labor movement to win those rights. Those policies exist only on paper.
When a country is unable to properly feed it's population, it can be understood that they will not actively pursue higher social standards.
Unemployment is purposefully kept high to insure that the workers can be threatened with firing and bear unsatisfactory work conditions.
Then why is unemployment highest in "Socialist" nations, and relatively low in "Capitalist" nations? Why does France usually have double the unemployment of the U.S., if the "Socialist" government is keeping the "Capitalists" in check? Shouldn't "Capitalist" countries have the highest unemployment?
Because capitalists purposefully avoid dealing with those countries in order to put pressure on their regimes. We are living with this daily in Québec, whose unemployment rate is always about 10% above Ontario, no matter which political regime is in effect.
The fact is that people consistently have said that they want NONE of the private for-profit US health-system that those morons want instituted.
The latest CBC poll I have seen showed that 51% of Canadians would like to be able to suplement government health care with private care.
"Supplement" is not "replace". And, besides, there is already private supplement to health care in the system.
Canada is comparable to the U.S. in government policy. The government of Canada is actually more fiscally conservative that the U.S, and spends less both in %GDP and in dollars than the U.S. on "social spending".. Does that make it "Socialist", or "Capitalist"?
It makes it socialist because no one entering a hospital gets a wallet biopsy and a credit check.
And it becomes the mess that public education has become in the USA.
Why do you point out a bad government program to prove that government is wonderful?
Because public education in Canada IS much better than in the US.
The U.S. actually doesn't have as much private education as most countries. Countries like Germany give tax credit for private education and activly encourage it.
And socialist Québec subsidizes private schools!!!
The U.S. has some of the best funded schools in the world. Why is a failure of socialistic schooling supposed to be an endorsement of Socialism?
Because US public education has been wrecked by capitalists.
Without laws protecting the consumers, those advocating boycotts will be sued into oblivion by corporations.
The history of Humanity has well proven that voluntary cooperation will NEVER go towards social justice. Libertarians are woefully deficient on the understanding of History.
Are you crazy? History has shown that governments are the most bloodthirsty and destructive force on earth.
consumer unions, professional groups, and other non-government organizations. People should be allowed to form voluntary agricultural or industrial communes, and organize their own social protection infrastructure as they see fit.
The absence of labour laws leads to union-busting.
There are any number of models of collectivism and social protection that doesn't involve the government enforcing THE ONE TRUE WAY on everyone with a gun to people's head.
Funny that those who say that believe that THE ONE TRUE WAY is the anarchist one (with just enough police and laws to control the rabble) so they can screw the poorer people...
There are many people who cannot be helped by the "socialist" one-size-fits-all model of centralized control, because a nation of 300 million people don't all have the same social need.
"I don't need to pay taxes to pay for $STUFF because I don't need $STUFF". We've heard that brain-dead argument before.
People would have a choice in their social protection, and groups of people would be allowed to choose the level of collectivism that is right for them.
Social freedom is NOT "collectivism". More libertarian disinformation at work.
Government "worker protection" laws tend to hurt workers rights, by putting worker welfare in the hands of a single beurocratic monopoly with absolute power which can easily be bribed or corrupted by those with the most most money...
No worker protection ALWAYS means that those with the most money screw the workers.
and by raising the cost of doing buisness through regulation, ensuring that only the largest corporations are able to deal with regulation and hence do buisness.
Workers are also faced with "cost of doing business" such as their transportation, their food, their lodging. Yet, it seems that only the business is somehow entitled from being shielded from all that.
A socialist government who uphold the worker's rights frees them from the tyranny of a boss who can no longer fire them if they stand-up for their rights.
Socialism simply makes the boss the central government monopoly authority stucture.
More clueless libertarian ranting. Socialism is NOT collectivism. Socialists BELIEVE in private entreprise too. They just don't believe that it is the only thing that need to be catered too.
If a person is dissatisfied with an employer, they can quit (or join with other workers and form a union for collective bargaining)...
Unemployment is purposefully kept high to insure that the workers can be threatened with firing and bear unsatisfactory work conditions.
if a person is dissatisfied with the government, they can't quit. The only way to quit when the government is to die, or to flee the country.
Socialists ALSO believe in democracy and can vote a government out of office.
You anglo-saxons should get your head out of your arse, and notice that there are many different cultures who, free from the mental shackles of the magna-carta, do not believe that all that comes from the State/Government is evil. And in many places, the State/Government does an excellent job of managing things, like providing universal health-care (at a lower per-capita cost than the for-profit system in the US) or electrical power (cheapest in the world, too!).
I live with "universal health care" (Canada, along with North Korea and Cuba, are amoung the only countries that ban all private paid medical care, and is one of the most socialized systems in the world)... and I can tell you that "universal medical care" isn't what they call it.
No, of course if you crash your car and kill people, that's your responsibility -- and so the burden is on you to make restitution or suffer consequences. And that is your incentive not to drive an unroadworthy vehicle, not state-run rackets selling shiny stickers at $20 a pop.
So, for you, a pound of cure is better than an ounce of prevention...
This is a truly idiotic analogy. Zombie machines cause no physical harm to anyone, and it is easy to protect yourself from becoming a zombie machine, it is easy enough for ISPs to deal with (many already do).
Zombies are conduit for criminal conduct.
Spammers and criminal gangs that conduct DDOS attacks through zombie networks.
Spammers steal bandwitdh, storage and CPU cycles on the mail servers they deluge with pill and penis spam.
SPAM IS THEFT! Surely a libertarian who is obsessed with his own financial gain can understand that!!!
Let's not forget this for a second! Most spam goes through zombie botnets that were infected by worms specifically designed to spam.
Remember kids: libertarians want a minimal state whose sole function is to protect them from the wrath of their slaves.
Oh god, spare me the "freedom = slavery" pro big brother advocacy.
According to wordnet, here is the definition of slavery:
1. the state of being under the control of another person
2. the practice of owning slaves
3. work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
This is precisely what I mean. Libertarians want no labour laws, no social protection, no government intervention but protection from retribution by the people they screw.
They don't want minimum wages law, so they can con and/or coerce poor people to work for them at slave wages.
They don't want government to check whether they are dumping toxic waste in the ditches so they can do it unhindered and save precious dollars.
You want to make everyone slaves to a totalitarian government.
Typical anglo-saxon fallacy. A socialist government who uphold the worker's rights frees them from the tyranny of a boss who can no longer fire them if they stand-up for their rights.
You worship the government, and believe it infailable like a god.
You anglo-saxons should get your head out of your arse, and notice that there are many different cultures who, free from the mental shackles of the magna-carta, do not believe that all that comes from the State/Government is evil. And in many places, the State/Government does an excellent job of managing things, like providing universal health-care (at a lower per-capita cost than the for-profit system in the US) or electrical power (cheapest in the world, too!).
If you want to pray to G. W. Bush or whoever, that is fine, I don't want to stop you... but don't try to push your religion on the rest of us!
By destroying Government, by seeding doubt about the Democratic process by discrediting politicians, the libertarians are precisely shoving down their no-government religion on everyone.
If I recall corectly, the Pentateuch was writen by Moses as dictated to him by God. This includes Genesis. The great flood is supposed to have happened around 2,200 BC from what I can find, so year, we'd need a WABAC to ask him. Or maybe a phone booth.
Most libertarians want as much social AND economic freedom as they can get.
So they can make money at the expense of others (social freedom = freedom to enslave others).
Most of the rest of the country doesn't realize that Liberty and Security are polar opposites.
An anglo-saxon fallacy!
Security is the absolute prerequisite for enjoying one's freedom. If one has to enforce his own freedom, he is so overwhelmed by the task that he has no time/ressources to enjoy his "freedom".
One's freedom **SHALL NEVER** infringe on someone else's freedom.
Some americans, by virtue of their money, are more free than others, and the former often have no problem infringing on the freedom of the latter.
With US Government control it will be like your system is a Zombie and Fix it. To most people who only have a passing idea what a virus or spyware/addware is, most really won't know much how to fix it if it doesn't require clicking one button and then selecting the default for all questions.
So, therefore, the government should not check that anyone drives on the road with a haywire jalopy, and if it breaks down, crashes and kills a widow driving her three orphans to soccer practice, it's though luck for the widow?
Government control adds rigidly defined rules to a flexible universe and often will cause more harm then good.
Here is a real libertarian argument.
Remember kids: libertarians want a minimal state whose sole function is to protect them from the wrath of their slaves.
When the MBAs and marketers will finally be lined against the wall and shot (so they won't keep forbidding it because it's not good for the bottom-line), which will be never, as the greedy US loves too much money for it ever to happen.
Nerds like to work weird hours. We like to stay up till 2am or later because we are on a roll programming and don't want to quit. Which also means that we don't feel like rolling out of bed till about noon. So let us work from 1p-9p and we'll be happy and productive.
Yup. One of the most productive jobs I had had the following schedule:
9:00 Employee B comes to work.
10:30 I get to work, listen to employee B's whines while trying to work.
11:20 My boss shows up, listen to employee B's whines and fixes his problems.
12:00 We go for lunch (always without employee B)
13:00 We go around bookstores or various university libraries
15:00 We get back to work. Boss listen to employee whines and fixes his problems.
16:00 Get interrupted by technicians who has totally stupid (but sometimes interesting) stories
17:00 Everyone else goes home. We start working on our stuff.
20:00 We go home having done all the work scheduled for the day.
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On the other hand, someone who shows initiative - takes responsibility for things and does things before I ask - they're valuable, and paid accordingly. They're going to get the best reviews, and are first up for promotion.
Sure, sure.
The last time I took an initiative, it was at a client who I had to take back his computer to the office in order to fix it. On the scene, I notice that the problem was trivial, and I fixed it in 30 seconds.
When I came back, the big boss (not mine) asked me why I didn't bring back the computer.
- Well, I fixed the problem over there.
- THAT'S NOT GOOD! WE SAID THAT WE WOULD BRING IT BACK HERE TO FIX IT, AND NOW WE LOOK LIKE WE DON'T KEEP OUR WORD.
I had my lesson: don't bust your arse. You'll get shit anyways, but at least, I won't have busted my arse to get it.
Luckily, the company folded a few weeks afterwards, unfortunately not because of me.
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It is the whole model that is screwed-up.
Getting rid of the cars is the only solution. There is no way on earth (or in hell) to provide three tons of scrap (and the energy needed to move them) to each human on the planet.
150%
Nothing really new there, NASA astro-nuts had teeth-cleaning gum for years.
Spammers attempt to re-define "spamming" as that which they do not do
So, Kansas simply redefined "science" as what they do not do...
Tell that to Wall-Marde employees who get fired for trying to unionize...
Er, no. Child labour was outlawed at the insistence of some industrialists who were compelled to employ children in order to stay competitive. The only way they could go without employing children (which they did not want to do) was by havint it outlawed.
When a country is unable to properly feed it's population, it can be understood that they will not actively pursue higher social standards.
Because capitalists purposefully avoid dealing with those countries in order to put pressure on their regimes. We are living with this daily in Québec, whose unemployment rate is always about 10% above Ontario, no matter which political regime is in effect.
"Supplement" is not "replace". And, besides, there is already private supplement to health care in the system.
It makes it socialist because no one entering a hospital gets a wallet biopsy and a credit check.
Because public education in Canada IS much better than in the US.
And socialist Québec subsidizes private schools!!!
Because US public education has been wrecked by capitalists.
The absence of labour laws leads to union-busting.
Funny that those who say that believe that THE ONE TRUE WAY is the anarchist one (with just enough police and laws to control the rabble) so they can screw the poorer people...
"I don't need to pay taxes to pay for $STUFF because I don't need $STUFF". We've heard that brain-dead argument before.
Social freedom is NOT "collectivism". More libertarian disinformation at work.
No worker protection ALWAYS means that those with the most money screw the workers.
Workers are also faced with "cost of doing business" such as their transportation, their food, their lodging. Yet, it seems that only the business is somehow entitled from being shielded from all that.
More clueless libertarian ranting. Socialism is NOT collectivism. Socialists BELIEVE in private entreprise too. They just don't believe that it is the only thing that need to be catered too.
Unemployment is purposefully kept high to insure that the workers can be threatened with firing and bear unsatisfactory work conditions.
Socialists ALSO believe in democracy and can vote a government out of office.
Spammers and criminal gangs that conduct DDOS attacks through zombie networks.
Spammers steal bandwitdh, storage and CPU cycles on the mail servers they deluge with pill and penis spam.
SPAM IS THEFT! Surely a libertarian who is obsessed with his own financial gain can understand that!!!
Let's not forget this for a second! Most spam goes through zombie botnets that were infected by worms specifically designed to spam.
This is precisely what I mean. Libertarians want no labour laws, no social protection, no government intervention but protection from retribution by the people they screw.They don't want minimum wages law, so they can con and/or coerce poor people to work for them at slave wages.
They don't want government to check whether they are dumping toxic waste in the ditches so they can do it unhindered and save precious dollars.
Typical anglo-saxon fallacy. A socialist government who uphold the worker's rights frees them from the tyranny of a boss who can no longer fire them if they stand-up for their rights. You anglo-saxons should get your head out of your arse, and notice that there are many different cultures who, free from the mental shackles of the magna-carta, do not believe that all that comes from the State/Government is evil. And in many places, the State/Government does an excellent job of managing things, like providing universal health-care (at a lower per-capita cost than the for-profit system in the US) or electrical power (cheapest in the world, too!). By destroying Government, by seeding doubt about the Democratic process by discrediting politicians, the libertarians are precisely shoving down their no-government religion on everyone.Security is the absolute prerequisite for enjoying one's freedom. If one has to enforce his own freedom, he is so overwhelmed by the task that he has no time/ressources to enjoy his "freedom".
One's freedom **SHALL NEVER** infringe on someone else's freedom.
Some americans, by virtue of their money, are more free than others, and the former often have no problem infringing on the freedom of the latter.
The trouble and expense will teach them for the next time.
Remember kids: libertarians want a minimal state whose sole function is to protect them from the wrath of their slaves.
9:00 Employee B comes to work.
10:30 I get to work, listen to employee B's whines while trying to work.
11:20 My boss shows up, listen to employee B's whines and fixes his problems.
12:00 We go for lunch (always without employee B)
13:00 We go around bookstores or various university libraries
15:00 We get back to work. Boss listen to employee whines and fixes his problems.
16:00 Get interrupted by technicians who has totally stupid (but sometimes interesting) stories
17:00 Everyone else goes home. We start working on our stuff.
20:00 We go home having done all the work scheduled for the day.
The last time I took an initiative, it was at a client who I had to take back his computer to the office in order to fix it. On the scene, I notice that the problem was trivial, and I fixed it in 30 seconds.
When I came back, the big boss (not mine) asked me why I didn't bring back the computer.
- Well, I fixed the problem over there.
- THAT'S NOT GOOD! WE SAID THAT WE WOULD BRING IT BACK HERE TO FIX IT, AND NOW WE LOOK LIKE WE DON'T KEEP OUR WORD.
I had my lesson: don't bust your arse. You'll get shit anyways, but at least, I won't have busted my arse to get it.
Luckily, the company folded a few weeks afterwards, unfortunately not because of me.