You're never going to get 90% voter turnout. Most elections have less than 50% turnout (depending on where you live/demographics). This idea that you need a majority of the population to agree in a democracy is nonsense. You're not going to get it. Otherwise the entire government as you know it is illegitimate (which can be argued in other terms too), because only a small sample of the population chose it.
Easy solution to the problem. Don't waste money on a desk that goes up or down. Get multiple displays, stack vertically. Either you sit or stand, and either way you've got a display at eye level.
I've been saying this since the idea of going to Mars came up in the first place. Let's go back to the moon and figure out how to live there, before travelling an insane distance and strand someone on another planet, and leave them to die.
you do not have the right to refuse anesthesia if you require life saving surgery
You do have the right to refuse anesthesia. It's your body, and you have a right to control what goes into it. That said, the doctor has every right to refuse surgery without it. So that's the consequence of refusal. It's not that we don't have a right to refuse; it's just a matter of opportunity cost.
You can, and you'd be right, if the government owns the internet. It doesn't, and shouldn't for that exact reason. I also said that you have a right to pursue anonymity. That means using strong encryption and employing other anonymizing technologies like Tor, I2P, VPNs, etc.
I have have a natural right to remember everything I experience. This right trumps any interest by anyone else for me to forget it. Persistent storage is an augmentation of my memories, and therefore an extension of my body. I own my body and my persistent storage. Therefore any suggestion that there is a "right to be forgotten" is total nonsense, and should be dismissed as such. You have a right to pursue anonymity, but if I identify you, too bad. If you want me to forget you, you have a right to pursue it, but not a right to force me. I can be friendly, and oblige your request; or I can refuse, and you can attempt to ostracize me. It's then my reputation that delivers my fate.
I don't understand why we aren't talking about colonizing the moon at all. It doesn't make any sense to go straight to Mars. Robots sure; but humans, why send people there to die? At least on the moon, if something bad happens, there's a slight possibility of recovery. If something happens on the way to, or on Mars, the team is pretty much screwed.
The name of the bill was apt when it was initially drafted, by the likes of Justin Amash. However, like many laws, they get corrupted and watered down, and in this case completely bastardized from its original form.
In a world where we desperately need a new secure communication medium to replace email and social media, Google Wave was created to do just that. It was decentralized, federated, modular, and built on some standard protocols.
Those of us who were exposed to it saw potential, but unfortunately it was ahead of its time. This project above all the others I wish was revived.
PHP is OK. Zend Framework makes it great. Even if you don't use the framework in your application, reviewing the library alone gives great insight into how PHP is supposed to be written.
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Agreed. There have been cases where it was revealed that government data was hacked, but did not notify victims of the breach.
[insert 3rd party candidate here]
Ahem... Gary Johnson. The only other candidate that will be on the ballot in all 50 states.
As a former drafting student, writing small was drilled into me. So, I use small post-it notes.
You're never going to get 90% voter turnout. Most elections have less than 50% turnout (depending on where you live/demographics). This idea that you need a majority of the population to agree in a democracy is nonsense. You're not going to get it. Otherwise the entire government as you know it is illegitimate (which can be argued in other terms too), because only a small sample of the population chose it.
Gary Johnson has stated multiple times that he will not be bringing the apocalypse, if elected president. Consider voting for him in November.
Easy solution to the problem. Don't waste money on a desk that goes up or down. Get multiple displays, stack vertically. Either you sit or stand, and either way you've got a display at eye level.
Non-problem solved.
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The Obama administration should open source the AHA exchange; let market competitors fix and replace it.
I've been saying this since the idea of going to Mars came up in the first place. Let's go back to the moon and figure out how to live there, before travelling an insane distance and strand someone on another planet, and leave them to die.
You're a libertarian or something along those lines.
The word you're looking for is "minarchist."
This is not true. Some Intel Atom processors do not support 64-bit, which were produced in 2008. And I still use it today.
We need sports leagues that allow for steroid use and technology that provides for superhuman abilities. That will make for interesting sports.
Yeah, seriously. Mars doesn't make any sense, when we've got the moon just sitting there. Untouched for decades.
You do have the right to refuse anesthesia. It's your body, and you have a right to control what goes into it. That said, the doctor has every right to refuse surgery without it. So that's the consequence of refusal. It's not that we don't have a right to refuse; it's just a matter of opportunity cost.
You can, and you'd be right, if the government owns the internet. It doesn't, and shouldn't for that exact reason. I also said that you have a right to pursue anonymity. That means using strong encryption and employing other anonymizing technologies like Tor, I2P, VPNs, etc.
I have have a natural right to remember everything I experience. This right trumps any interest by anyone else for me to forget it. Persistent storage is an augmentation of my memories, and therefore an extension of my body. I own my body and my persistent storage. Therefore any suggestion that there is a "right to be forgotten" is total nonsense, and should be dismissed as such. You have a right to pursue anonymity, but if I identify you, too bad. If you want me to forget you, you have a right to pursue it, but not a right to force me. I can be friendly, and oblige your request; or I can refuse, and you can attempt to ostracize me. It's then my reputation that delivers my fate.
^ this 100 times.
I don't understand why we aren't talking about colonizing the moon at all. It doesn't make any sense to go straight to Mars. Robots sure; but humans, why send people there to die? At least on the moon, if something bad happens, there's a slight possibility of recovery. If something happens on the way to, or on Mars, the team is pretty much screwed.
What am I missing here?
That's GNU Linux Torvalds!
Unfortunately, there's this whole right to remember and augment that memory. This sort of trumps your right to pursue anonymity.
The name of the bill was apt when it was initially drafted, by the likes of Justin Amash. However, like many laws, they get corrupted and watered down, and in this case completely bastardized from its original form.
Give that man a raise!
In a world where we desperately need a new secure communication medium to replace email and social media, Google Wave was created to do just that. It was decentralized, federated, modular, and built on some standard protocols. Those of us who were exposed to it saw potential, but unfortunately it was ahead of its time. This project above all the others I wish was revived.
*nudge* *nudge* http://incubator.apache.org/wa... *wink* *wink*
PHP is OK. Zend Framework makes it great. Even if you don't use the framework in your application, reviewing the library alone gives great insight into how PHP is supposed to be written.
I for one would prefer to see this device used ON police; rather than, BY police.