Of course it makes sense, and of course it is affordable, and of course the bottom line is, it is a good idea that ought to be enacted immediately.
The question is, will someone exploit this for votes or control, by arguing that this is an enormous expense?
If you have any more recall than a mango, then you know the answer is yes, and this will be passed in the Senate, if passed quickly, then a version will pass in the House, if any does, that negates it entirely.
Starting next year, the GoP/Tea Party/"Libertarian"'s will start talking up how Obama and the Democrat Party have left the nation in jeopardy by failing to act on this much needed legislation, rolling their eyes and shaking their heads. And no reputable news organization (w/e TF that is these days) will remember why the legislation failed.
this brainiac went through hell and learned nothing from it. Dodged a billet and went right back to what brought five cars around in the first place. 33 months well deserved for failing Darwin's test.
I, for one, am very gratified to learn that everybody everywhere plays by the rules. I must watch too many of those Hollywood movie entertainments, because I was thinking that story seemed plausible, if obviously an instance of bad wrongness and corruptness.
Now that I know nothing like that could ever happen, I will sleep soundly. Because I feel better. Not because you two arguing is boring.
The problem with posting any sort of article about facts vs. beliefs in todays society and, especially, on the intarwebz, is that you then get a long chain of things like this. (See above) (Go ahead, scroll. I'll wait.)
I'm not sure what exactly we're supposed to be celebrating here.
Celebrate that you are alive. But then, I don't see where anyone else is suggestion celebration is called for. Aaron Swartz took his own life, which is a bit more than sad if you knew him. Maybe if your only knowledge of him is posthumous knowledge of his work on Reddit and w/e else, perhaps just a bit of sadness is an appropriate response, but I kind of doubt it. He was threatened with remarkable consequences by, among others, an organization that was apparently not able to keep it's infrastructure secure by operating door locks properly. Why the various organizations involved haven't been sued successfully for many many many dollars for their parts in this train of events is beyond me, and speaks well, actually to the maturity of his next of kin. So, in summary, celebrate that you are American, if you are, and blow something up. Perhaps if it bangs loud enough it will help you to ignore your conscience telling you to get off your ass and do something. Which is all you really want, right?
Yes. That would be racist. Perhaps more significantly, it would also seem to be useless and a bit stupid, but definitely racist, too. You are welcome. Any other questions?
- snip - I remember reading something about bacteria living in trash dumps, and supposedly breaking down plastic.
As I recall, there was an article on the/.'s a while back touting a Yale university that had a crew in the Amazon rain forests and found a mold or something that was feeding on plastic. Might have required an anaerobic environment, but I do not recall all the details. The googles took me to this:
http://www.psfk.com/2012/03/pl...
Is that water, the ultimate solvent -- or perhaps bacteria -- are breaking down the plastics back into it's components, and the ocean (much like the oil from the BP spill) is taking care of itself.
Naw, couldn't be. Go ahead and panic, hippies!
Thanks. I will hit submit, and then run around my place screaming incoherently.. I guess, about "the haters" and stuff...
Because America is full of assholes who only care about maximizing corporate profits, and protecting the large players right to squash competition.
America is also partly filled with assholes like me, who actually do care about other things that have nada to do with maximizing profits or protecting huge multinational corporations from any sort of actual competition, but who are powerless to stop those other assholes.
I would point out that many creationists are both atheists and scientists.
Before I am ready to land this lollercopter, I am going to need some sort of basis in fact for this remarkable statement. You know, evidence. Otherwise, I am assuming you pulled this out of your ass. So, please... share.
Yeah, they're also the same kids who get their "news" from The Colbert Report.
When the news media start reporting news again, the cool kids will start getting their news from there once again. In the meantime, they will have to get their news from the sources that actually report it. That isn't 99.99999% of the blogosphere, it isn't the so-called MSM, Fox News is legitimately called Bullshit Mountain News Corp. and is buying up a large percentage of the news sources that once were legitimate in this world, which - yes, actually - does seem to invalidate them, or at the least make them suspect and subject to more rigorous review.
Where would you suggest we go for news, if we are certain that the traditional sources are lazy, corrupt or incompetent?
Are you saying NSA policy doesn't include free data backup for all citizens?
I pay my taxes! If I need to recover the headers - just the headers! - from a disk I erased accidentally, shouldn't they be able to provide me with that?
After all, the file names will seem a good deal more "prosecutable" than the file contents ever would.
corporations are people. Looks like they are teenagers and have learned that if someone insults you, you can sue them.
Teen years are the awkward ones. WIll these kids ever grow up?
I think this is a great idea. I am sick and tired of the news being dominated by Khardashians, Brangelina and an election 2+ years off.
Give me corporate venality vs college-age DIY terrorism for a few months.
Take it from me, popcorn futures is where you want to move your IRA investments while this plays out.
PLEASE do this.
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Of course it makes sense, and of course it is affordable, and of course the bottom line is, it is a good idea that ought to be enacted immediately.
The question is, will someone exploit this for votes or control, by arguing that this is an enormous expense?
If you have any more recall than a mango, then you know the answer is yes, and this will be passed in the Senate, if passed quickly, then a version will pass in the House, if any does, that negates it entirely.
Starting next year, the GoP/Tea Party/"Libertarian"'s will start talking up how Obama and the Democrat Party have left the nation in jeopardy by failing to act on this much needed legislation, rolling their eyes and shaking their heads. And no reputable news organization (w/e TF that is these days) will remember why the legislation failed.
--- Proud to be an American
this brainiac went through hell and learned nothing from it. Dodged a billet and went right back to what brought five cars around in the first place. 33 months well deserved for failing Darwin's test.
I, for one, am very gratified to learn that everybody everywhere plays by the rules. I must watch too many of those Hollywood movie entertainments, because I was thinking that story seemed plausible, if obviously an instance of bad wrongness and corruptness. Now that I know nothing like that could ever happen, I will sleep soundly. Because I feel better. Not because you two arguing is boring.
That's because in America, corporations are much more important people than you.
FTFY.
No, no, you're thinking of
No, he had it right. You really are an embarrassment.
You need to google "socialism:define"
That word does not mean what you think it means.
Just guessing, but maybe he uses too many big words for current /. readers.
Wow. Zero to pure IDH (Ideology Driven Hate) in two posts. Remarkable, even for /.
Well played, party trolls. I particularly like the way fools like me pile on and continue to ignore the actual topic.
H-y-bris: (n) : the hubris that Prius drivers feel as they drive around town.
That answers my one question from this thread. Thanks.
The problem with posting any sort of article about facts vs. beliefs in todays society and, especially, on the intarwebz, is that you then get a long chain of things like this. (See above) (Go ahead, scroll. I'll wait.)
a CEO of a for profit company might have a house plant which uses the CO2 which a charitable officer breaths out.
it should be eliminated now.
This is why we have drones capable of carrying the latest in Hellfire missile tech flying over major population centers in the US.
We only need to give the one command, and all of these miscreants are paste on the sidewalk.
You are welcome.
I'm not sure what exactly we're supposed to be celebrating here.
Celebrate that you are alive. But then, I don't see where anyone else is suggestion celebration is called for. Aaron Swartz took his own life, which is a bit more than sad if you knew him. Maybe if your only knowledge of him is posthumous knowledge of his work on Reddit and w/e else, perhaps just a bit of sadness is an appropriate response, but I kind of doubt it. He was threatened with remarkable consequences by, among others, an organization that was apparently not able to keep it's infrastructure secure by operating door locks properly. Why the various organizations involved haven't been sued successfully for many many many dollars for their parts in this train of events is beyond me, and speaks well, actually to the maturity of his next of kin. So, in summary, celebrate that you are American, if you are, and blow something up. Perhaps if it bangs loud enough it will help you to ignore your conscience telling you to get off your ass and do something. Which is all you really want, right?
Yes. That would be racist. Perhaps more significantly, it would also seem to be useless and a bit stupid, but definitely racist, too. You are welcome. Any other questions?
- snip - I remember reading something about bacteria living in trash dumps, and supposedly breaking down plastic.
As I recall, there was an article on the /.'s a while back touting a Yale university that had a crew in the Amazon rain forests and found a mold or something that was feeding on plastic. Might have required an anaerobic environment, but I do not recall all the details. The googles took me to this:
http://www.psfk.com/2012/03/pl...
Is that water, the ultimate solvent -- or perhaps bacteria -- are breaking down the plastics back into it's components, and the ocean (much like the oil from the BP spill) is taking care of itself. Naw, couldn't be. Go ahead and panic, hippies!
Thanks. I will hit submit, and then run around my place screaming incoherently.. I guess, about "the haters" and stuff...
"Los desaparecidos" is different than disappeared.
Because America is full of assholes who only care about maximizing corporate profits, and protecting the large players right to squash competition.
America is also partly filled with assholes like me, who actually do care about other things that have nada to do with maximizing profits or protecting huge multinational corporations from any sort of actual competition, but who are powerless to stop those other assholes.
I would point out that many creationists are both atheists and scientists.
Before I am ready to land this lollercopter, I am going to need some sort of basis in fact for this remarkable statement. You know, evidence. Otherwise, I am assuming you pulled this out of your ass. So, please... share.
Yeah, they're also the same kids who get their "news" from The Colbert Report.
When the news media start reporting news again, the cool kids will start getting their news from there once again. In the meantime, they will have to get their news from the sources that actually report it. That isn't 99.99999% of the blogosphere, it isn't the so-called MSM, Fox News is legitimately called Bullshit Mountain News Corp. and is buying up a large percentage of the news sources that once were legitimate in this world, which - yes, actually - does seem to invalidate them, or at the least make them suspect and subject to more rigorous review.
Where would you suggest we go for news, if we are certain that the traditional sources are lazy, corrupt or incompetent?
Are you saying NSA policy doesn't include free data backup for all citizens?
I pay my taxes! If I need to recover the headers - just the headers! - from a disk I erased accidentally, shouldn't they be able to provide me with that?
After all, the file names will seem a good deal more "prosecutable" than the file contents ever would.
corporations are people. Looks like they are teenagers and have learned that if someone insults you, you can sue them. Teen years are the awkward ones. WIll these kids ever grow up?
I think this is a great idea. I am sick and tired of the news being dominated by Khardashians, Brangelina and an election 2+ years off. Give me corporate venality vs college-age DIY terrorism for a few months. Take it from me, popcorn futures is where you want to move your IRA investments while this plays out. PLEASE do this.
Also, I think the farcical claim has to do with actual churches, not web sites. Just a whole lot of clues there, all going Whhoooossshhhh!
How did our Congress become such a bunch of administration brown-noses? Seriously. What is wrong with them?
They like the money, power and perks of the job and understand that if they stand up to power, they will lose all that.
Streisand effect to try and revive interest in an old game?