"we wouldn't have food without fuel."
Sure you would. If I were starving I'd plant some food in my backyard and most people would do the same in their backyards, though I have no idea what people in places like NYC would do. You'd have no industrial farming, sure, but you'd have food. I have this theory that if we had to grow our own food, we'd waste far less and we (Americans) wouldn't be so lazy.
That's just the thing, there are people starving, in this country even, who don't have any place to hunt/grow their own food. Even if they did, it's unlikely they would have the skill to do it. America has grown to the point to where we rely exclusively on trade for most of our needs, and if you take that way, there would be mass starvation in this country.
fuck you. I voted for Nader, and got called a spoiler. You know who I vote for now? NOBODY ASSHOLES. I get the satisfaction of watching govt grind to a halt (ooo look at New Orleans!) and knowing that I wasn't a party to getting the assholes in office - and that goes for ALL MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN AMERICA who are FULL OF SHIT.
Democracy isn't perfect, but it's the best thing we've got. Are there any perfect politicians? No, of course not. But somebody's going to get elected, and if reasonable people don't vote, then it's the unreasonable politicians who will get elected.
By the way, you're a cold, heartless bastard if you got satisfaction from what happened in New Orleans.
And you think that showing up would have made a difference? Funny stuff. The only way to stop the evil known as capitalist "democracy" is to reduce voter turnout to a number so low that this sham of a democracy is exposed for what it really is.
The best vote is no vote. I feel pity for those who have bought into the propaganda that says your vote actually means something. It is a strange feeling, a mix of hilarity and tragedy.
Want to invalidate the system and force conditions that will result in a much needed revolution? Don't vote. If nobody votes then the existing power elite can no longer hide behind their puppet government.
Think about it. You know I'm right.
That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I quote Edmund Burke when I say "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." You can bet your bottom dollar that the conservative base will be voting. If no one else votes, then guess who gets elected? Another Bush.
Like it or not, people have to use Windows. You may get away with open source substitutes for a lot of applications, but the fact is that it's extremely hard (or even impossible in a lot of cases) to run most games using something like Wine or Cedega. Not to mention that even Ubuntu, hailed as the easiest used implementation of Linux to date, is not quite ready for the grandmother test. So, while it may not be ideal to use a Windows system, it's necessary. That being the case, it also becomes important to keep a good virus database to thwart the fucktards who like to make life miserable for the rest of us.
Your analogy is flawed in that the network of cells in the human body are all owned by the same individual. There would be no qualms if a corporate intranet had a problem that they decided to solve in this manner. The reality, however, is that this would be more like forcing cancer treatment on an unwilling patient. You could make compelling arguments for or against it, but you are always going to have moral and political issues.
The better solution would be a social one. Quarantine the computer at the gateway; disallow it from establishing outgoing connections except to certain ports (80, 8080, etc). When the user tries to load a website, redirect them to a page that illuminates the situation. I realize that this requires tremendous cooperation on the part of the ISP, but it's a better solution than cyber-vigilantism.
If you think about it, though, the whole point of an income tax is to take a cut from every transfer of currency from one person to the next. (One person's income is another's expenditure.) By performing most of the exchanges in Lindon Dollars one can avoid being taxed at every point along the way.
I think you may have just made a compelling argument for the taxation of virtual goods. wtg:p
just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you Where has this myth sprung up? paranoia is thinking that they're out to get you when they're not. If you think they're out to get you and they are, it's just reasonable concern for your safety.
Well, technically paranoia is a suspicion that has no basis in fact. It doesn't mean that "they're not out to get you," it just means that you have no reason to believe that they are.
Point: a company does not need to do anything "invasive" to track your browsing habits. Back when DoubleClick had a majority share on banner ads, they could track what websites you went to simply based on the referring url when you got loaded of their ads on a site.
Which is why whenever I visit a site that I don't trust completely, I start out from a clean, blank page. I'll even go so far as to copy and paste the URLs from google search results to the location bar of a new browser window.
Turning water into wine, walking on water, bringing the dead back to life... and It's the translation of the word "virgin" that you have a problem with?
I have to respectfully disagree. It matters in terms of persuasive precedent. If there is a ruling against the RIAA, then it gives precedent for dismissal of similar lawsuits. The RIAA abandons this one, giving them the ability to pursue similar cases in the future which might not have such a savvy defense attorney.
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Right, because a TOS can still be voided in a court of law if it's found to violate basic rights.
That's just the thing, there are people starving, in this country even, who don't have any place to hunt/grow their own food. Even if they did, it's unlikely they would have the skill to do it. America has grown to the point to where we rely exclusively on trade for most of our needs, and if you take that way, there would be mass starvation in this country.
Love your sig, btw.
Democracy isn't perfect, but it's the best thing we've got. Are there any perfect politicians? No, of course not. But somebody's going to get elected, and if reasonable people don't vote, then it's the unreasonable politicians who will get elected.
By the way, you're a cold, heartless bastard if you got satisfaction from what happened in New Orleans.
The best vote is no vote. I feel pity for those who have bought into the propaganda that says your vote actually means something. It is a strange feeling, a mix of hilarity and tragedy.
Want to invalidate the system and force conditions that will result in a much needed revolution? Don't vote. If nobody votes then the existing power elite can no longer hide behind their puppet government.
Think about it. You know I'm right.
That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I quote Edmund Burke when I say "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." You can bet your bottom dollar that the conservative base will be voting. If no one else votes, then guess who gets elected? Another Bush.
Like it or not, people have to use Windows. You may get away with open source substitutes for a lot of applications, but the fact is that it's extremely hard (or even impossible in a lot of cases) to run most games using something like Wine or Cedega. Not to mention that even Ubuntu, hailed as the easiest used implementation of Linux to date, is not quite ready for the grandmother test. So, while it may not be ideal to use a Windows system, it's necessary. That being the case, it also becomes important to keep a good virus database to thwart the fucktards who like to make life miserable for the rest of us.
The better solution would be a social one. Quarantine the computer at the gateway; disallow it from establishing outgoing connections except to certain ports (80, 8080, etc). When the user tries to load a website, redirect them to a page that illuminates the situation. I realize that this requires tremendous cooperation on the part of the ISP, but it's a better solution than cyber-vigilantism.
I think you may have just made a compelling argument for the taxation of virtual goods. wtg :p
Well, technically paranoia is a suspicion that has no basis in fact. It doesn't mean that "they're not out to get you," it just means that you have no reason to believe that they are.
Which is why whenever I visit a site that I don't trust completely, I start out from a clean, blank page. I'll even go so far as to copy and paste the URLs from google search results to the location bar of a new browser window.
Turning water into wine, walking on water, bringing the dead back to life... and It's the translation of the word "virgin" that you have a problem with?
I have to respectfully disagree. It matters in terms of persuasive precedent. If there is a ruling against the RIAA, then it gives precedent for dismissal of similar lawsuits. The RIAA abandons this one, giving them the ability to pursue similar cases in the future which might not have such a savvy defense attorney.
Really? You can smell a wounded man from a mile away... Is the army signing up polar bears now?
I can't decide if this comment is satirical or just plain idiotic.