1. Pull the plug on Grandma, as per Republican Budget plans
But it was fine when the Dems were going to do it with health care reforms I suppose. But those evil Republicans are just horrible for doing it now. In the end, "we the people" are the ones that are going to be screwed by people with both D and R after their name.
2. Tax cuts for the rich paid for by pulling the plug on medical care for the poor
It's a good thing we have other altruistic parties that want to give ponies to everyone.
3. Transfer of American natural resources to oil companies, who will sell us back these resources at a 500% markup
It's probably even more than that, but to be fair Amazon stopped selling that do-it-yourself oil refinery kit.
4. Vote for the same Republicans that just ruined the country
And the Democrats that did before that, and the Reps before that, and the... ad nauseum. Until enough people in this country wake up, we will keep going down this spiral until then, or it all collapses.
6. Censor the internet on behalf of the MAFIAA
It's a good thing we have Joe Biden to fight those MAFIAA bastards.
I own several SD cards and several CF cards and I've never ever put a single song or other piece of copyrighted work on any of them... well, ok, actually I have... I use them in my cameras to take pictures, so I put MY OWN copyrighted work on them.
Perhaps you should lobby for your own tax on memory cards to, or to collect a piece of this "copyright tax". Obviously you have proof the someone has used these cards for storing your material on.;-)
But just how forceful are you allowed to be in detaining someone when you're only a civilian yourself?
It depends on the state (or country) laws.Years ago I worked for a retail store apprehending shop lifters and employees who stole cash and merchandise. At the time in the states I worked in there were laws that a retailer could appoint specifically designated employees to detain suspects. Generally the laws were written in a fairly ambiguous way which allowed for the use "reasonable force". In reality I never ran into a judge that found any amount of force unreasonable, but I was generally more reserved than any of my colleagues. Not that any of them were found guilty of excessive force either. Frankly if someone violently resisted I don't think any judge would have cared what you did short of repeatedly beating someone who was unconscious. Of course I don't think may people are willing/ stupid enough to disarm someone with a knife, gun or other weapon and then have the self control to not beat them to death either. Ahh to be young and dumb again.
>>>"Sergey Brin thinks managing your own computer is 'torture'."
I think Sergey Brin is just off his rocker. I've had Windows XP for almost ten years now, and I don't have to "manage" anything. Every year or so I wipe the drive with a fresh XP-CD install, and need to reinstall my favorite programs, but that would be true of any OS, whether it's Mac, Lubuntu, or Chrome.
I don't think so. Strangely I don't recall needing to do this with Win2K, but XP does seem to require this every couple of years. It's not that it stops working, but things tend to slow down for what ever reason. Windows 95/98 also were this way. I have never had this issue with any flavors of Linux though(Slackware, Red Hat, Mandrake, and Ubuntu). I've had several that were going for close to a decade and it was hardware issues that brought them to a halt. I also had a BSD box on a UPS that had 12 years of up-time until I shut it down to replace the fans and clean the dust out of it. That was a year ago and it's still chugging along.
Otherwise WinXP just works. Like my car. Or my microwave*. Or my stereo.
* * The lightbulb burned out, but it still works after 20 years.
I'm pretty sure you can get replacement bulbs. I'd be more worried about the seals though.
Yes, the modern reactor of Japan worked very well. Until it didn't.
.
Except the Fukushima was not a modern reactor. It was an old design that should have been EOL'ed. As the OP stated designs should have been updated, built and replaced older reactors over the last 30-40 years. How many things do you have that are 30 years old that still work? I have a few, but none as complex as a reactor.
That train of thought works well for China, too. "It works great until it doesn't!" Use that everywhere! My cat food needs more poison in it. I don't want working air bags. We demand even more lead in our drinking glasses! Our financial market demands no more regulation! Oh wait, that's an American invention.
It's still early, but congratulations on posting the most nonsensical thing I've read so far today.
if the dolphins are smart enough to understand us, they'll play dumb.
Agreed. I'm sure they see no advantage to meaningful communication with a bunch of bald apes. They're probably afraid we'll try to make them pay property taxes on the ocean they live in, or some other stupid idea.
Already in place. Including the gas guzzler tax which brought about the popularity of SUVs. I suspect this would create an uptick in the automotive restoration market.
Inheritance? Tax.
I'm on the fence about this. There is already a tax after a certain value. But you're taxing money that someone paid taxes on their entire life already. Or should have been paying on anyhow.
Stock profit? Tax.
Capitol gains.
Porn? Tax.
I'm guessing that purchases are already taxed by sales tax. How about prostitution? Legalize that and tax it. It works for Holland.
Movie? Tax.
On one hand I agree, but on the other the cost of a movie is already ridiculous.
Game? Tax.
Sales tax.
Cigar? Tax.
There's already a tobacco tax in place. Which includes cigarettes, chewing and loose tobacco.
Coffee? Tax.
That should help Duncan Doughnuts and close a few Starbucks
Junk Food? Tax.
Who is going to define what junk food is? The problem is that what many lower income families live off of would qualify as junk food for many affluent families.
Sugar/HFCS? Tax.
What food doesn't have some amount of sugar in it? The price of fruit should go up simply because it has sugar in it? Frankly HFCS should just be banned.
Transfat? Tax.
This would again probably have more harm for lower income families.
Liquor? Tax.
Already taxed at the state level, and probably federal, but I really don't care enough to look it up.
(Legalize Marijuana?) Tax.
Absolutely. This would bring in a log of money and make it safer for the people who use it.
Pets (Pet food?) ? Tax.
Sales taxed already. Additional taxes could lead to animal cruelty as well. Again most likely affecting lower income families.
Internet (Depending on what you do...)? Tax.
Already is. The "Depending on what you do" is even more worrisome. It seems that this would require ISPs to invade your privacy even more than they already do.
Gambling? Tax.
You are already expected to pay a high rate of taxes on winnings. But it's self enforced. I think it was in NJ that they tried to badger people about taxes on winnings at casinos a while back. It didn't go over very well.
Ipod? Tax.
Own a Zune do you?
Big Screen TV? Tax.
How big is a big screen TV? That's a moving target.
Sporting event? Tax.
Not that I care, but isn't the cost of these already ridiculous?
Concert? Tax.
Again, the cost is already outrageous.
This would apply to a wide range of people. Then it can be specialized, so that violent games or movies are taxed more for example.Tax all the luxuries that people buy but can live without or don't really need. Keep the social services that people need. Cut taxes on stuff people need like food.
How do you make that determination? I found this interesting when I lived in PA as that was how they based sales taxes at the time. Soap was not taxed, but deodorant was. Shampoo was not taxed, but conditioner was. A single doughnut was taxed as it was considered dining out, but a dozen doughnuts were not taxed because you were taking them home.
Encryption only really works if you do it right, every time. Screw up only once, and you could leave enough crumbs to compromise it all.
We're talking about the NSA getting this drive. So by doing it right you mean everything's encrypted and in the event of a raid the drive is melted with thermite, mixed with neodymium magnet dust, placed in a 5T magnetic field, stepped on by five elephants, mixed into bird food and fed to a flock of >100 migratory birds.
Did anyone else notice the silly looking 1975 looking swimming goggles that this kit comes with? I guess they'll keep you from getting a soap bubble in your eye or something, but why bother. Or the Pink plastic test tube rack?
I'm not a fan of Microsoft (though they make THE best keyboard with their Natural Ergonomic 4000),
And it only took them how many years to make the "Natural" keyboards more or less right? The original had the home row keys higher than the surrounding keys, forcing your finger to actually move farther than on a normal keyboard. Besides, this is the best keyboard.
Like I said, it seems to have more to do with the luck of the individual than anything. I also know people that have never had issues with WD drives. Thanks just not been my experience.
Whats the draw here? Only a tiny fraction of the world gives a shit about HD video. Most people don't even have the display that can handle HD.
Not even that. Most people watch a 32 inch screen form 10+ feet away. Effectively there is no difference between DVD and BluRay in these cases. BluRay only matters to people who have a large enough TV to take advantage of it, which most don't in the US.
Almost every HD manufacturer has had their ups and downs with their product with regards to relibility but Samsung have always seemed to me to be one of the better ones; even if their performance doesn't quite match their competitors. Seagate went to shit after they acquired Maxtor so I'm hoping that Samsung will rub off on Seagate and not the other way 'round.
Agreed, hard drive manufacturers have been very cyclical over the years. I've also noticed that there really is not good way to tell if a drive will be good from a specific manufacturer. This seems to be more dependent on the luck of the individual. Personally I've owned drives from every manufacturer currently in existence, and many that no longer are.
In my case I've had every WD drive fail earlier than expected with the exception of one. In several cases I've had the same model fail so many times under warranty that I was up "upgraded" to a better line by WD. I will give WD credit for their customer service. They were always responsive when I've had issues with their drives while under warranty.
IBM/Hitachi have been a mixed bag. Of the last three IBM Deskstars I owned, one failed.suddenly and another started clicking prior to me retiring all of them. I also used two Hitachi SATA drives of which one failed early. I have an IBM SCSI drive that is close to a decade old and is still kicking.
Seagate has been pretty good for me. Of the dozens of drives I purchased over the years, I just recently sent a USB powered external in for warranty replacement. Otherwise they've all lasted as long as expected. I currently have at least a dozen running within my network.
Samsung has been good as well. I purchased 7 or 8 of their drives in the last couple of years, and so far none have failed.
Maxtor and Fujitsu have both been about 50/50 for me. Although I have a 12 GB Maxtor in my firewall that has been kicking for over a decade now.
Quantum made a fantastic product IME. I still have several in boxes that I retired. I also have a 15K RPM SCSI that is fairly old in a system.
I think my favorite HDD company was Micropolis though. I never had a drive problem with them and they performed great.
I can't wait for my patent approval for a flat rectangular surface that is elevated at such a level one can sit down and use it for office work. I'm calling it the iscrbere.
The actual projection was not even about global warming and yet here all people can talk about is the utterly irrelevant bickering of reds v blues from a continent
North America makes up 10%
You clearly stated you were referring to an entire continent as that is what you posted. Then the reply was in regards to the continent of North America. You asked for a citation for the statement:
North America makes up 10% of the world's population.
Which is exactly what I gave you. Perhaps you meant the US, but it is obviously not what your stated, and is in no way clearly stated as such.
I didn't read TFA, but does this thing clean itself? I've seen many self cleaning toilet seats in public restrooms in Europe. You would think for $6300 you shouldn't have to clean a toilet ever again.
The last time I checked the US had not annexed Canada, Mexico, and all the Caribbean countries. There are more countries in North America than just the US. According to Wikipedia the population of NA is 529 million. If you assume a planet population of 6 billion then NA contains over 11% of the worlds population.
There was this very obese guy with shorts and a scraggly beard behind the counter. I asked if he had any Van Halen.
In a very sarcastic voice, has asked, "Roth or Van Hagar stuff."
I said they both had merits and I'd like to see either.
He said, "Whateverrr. The educated and sophisticated know beyond all doubt that Van Halen with Roth AND Anthony is the only true way to go. Now, please leave this store and I never want to see your ignorant plebian face again. Thank yooouuuuuuuu."
He then proceeded to insult and condescend to every one else in the store.
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1. Pull the plug on Grandma, as per Republican Budget plans
But it was fine when the Dems were going to do it with health care reforms I suppose. But those evil Republicans are just horrible for doing it now. In the end, "we the people" are the ones that are going to be screwed by people with both D and R after their name.
2. Tax cuts for the rich paid for by pulling the plug on medical care for the poor
It's a good thing we have other altruistic parties that want to give ponies to everyone.
3. Transfer of American natural resources to oil companies, who will sell us back these resources at a 500% markup
It's probably even more than that, but to be fair Amazon stopped selling that do-it-yourself oil refinery kit.
4. Vote for the same Republicans that just ruined the country
And the Democrats that did before that, and the Reps before that, and the... ad nauseum. Until enough people in this country wake up, we will keep going down this spiral until then, or it all collapses.
6. Censor the internet on behalf of the MAFIAA
It's a good thing we have Joe Biden to fight those MAFIAA bastards.
Well, as it turns out the claims are, for the vast majority of home theater users, utter rubbish.
And who is really surprised by this?
I own several SD cards and several CF cards and I've never ever put a single song or other piece of copyrighted work on any of them... well, ok, actually I have... I use them in my cameras to take pictures, so I put MY OWN copyrighted work on them.
Perhaps you should lobby for your own tax on memory cards to, or to collect a piece of this "copyright tax". Obviously you have proof the someone has used these cards for storing your material on. ;-)
But just how forceful are you allowed to be in detaining someone when you're only a civilian yourself?
It depends on the state (or country) laws.Years ago I worked for a retail store apprehending shop lifters and employees who stole cash and merchandise. At the time in the states I worked in there were laws that a retailer could appoint specifically designated employees to detain suspects. Generally the laws were written in a fairly ambiguous way which allowed for the use "reasonable force". In reality I never ran into a judge that found any amount of force unreasonable, but I was generally more reserved than any of my colleagues. Not that any of them were found guilty of excessive force either. Frankly if someone violently resisted I don't think any judge would have cared what you did short of repeatedly beating someone who was unconscious. Of course I don't think may people are willing/ stupid enough to disarm someone with a knife, gun or other weapon and then have the self control to not beat them to death either. Ahh to be young and dumb again.
>>>"Sergey Brin thinks managing your own computer is 'torture'."
I think Sergey Brin is just off his rocker. I've had Windows XP for almost ten years now, and I don't have to "manage" anything. Every year or so I wipe the drive with a fresh XP-CD install, and need to reinstall my favorite programs, but that would be true of any OS, whether it's Mac, Lubuntu, or Chrome.
I don't think so. Strangely I don't recall needing to do this with Win2K, but XP does seem to require this every couple of years. It's not that it stops working, but things tend to slow down for what ever reason. Windows 95/98 also were this way. I have never had this issue with any flavors of Linux though(Slackware, Red Hat, Mandrake, and Ubuntu). I've had several that were going for close to a decade and it was hardware issues that brought them to a halt. I also had a BSD box on a UPS that had 12 years of up-time until I shut it down to replace the fans and clean the dust out of it. That was a year ago and it's still chugging along.
Otherwise WinXP just works. Like my car. Or my microwave*. Or my stereo.
*
* The lightbulb burned out, but it still works after 20 years.
I'm pretty sure you can get replacement bulbs. I'd be more worried about the seals though.
Yes, the modern reactor of Japan worked very well. Until it didn't.
.
Except the Fukushima was not a modern reactor. It was an old design that should have been EOL'ed. As the OP stated designs should have been updated, built and replaced older reactors over the last 30-40 years. How many things do you have that are 30 years old that still work? I have a few, but none as complex as a reactor.
That train of thought works well for China, too. "It works great until it doesn't!" Use that everywhere! My cat food needs more poison in it. I don't want working air bags. We demand even more lead in our drinking glasses! Our financial market demands no more regulation! Oh wait, that's an American invention.
It's still early, but congratulations on posting the most nonsensical thing I've read so far today.
if the dolphins are smart enough to understand us, they'll play dumb.
Agreed. I'm sure they see no advantage to meaningful communication with a bunch of bald apes. They're probably afraid we'll try to make them pay property taxes on the ocean they live in, or some other stupid idea.
"LastPass, a popular Web based password management firm, advised its customers to change the password
They need to change the name of the company to "Second to LastPass"?
New car? Tax.
Already in place. Including the gas guzzler tax which brought about the popularity of SUVs. I suspect this would create an uptick in the automotive restoration market.
Inheritance? Tax.
I'm on the fence about this. There is already a tax after a certain value. But you're taxing money that someone paid taxes on their entire life already. Or should have been paying on anyhow.
Stock profit? Tax.
Capitol gains.
Porn? Tax.
I'm guessing that purchases are already taxed by sales tax. How about prostitution? Legalize that and tax it. It works for Holland.
Movie? Tax.
On one hand I agree, but on the other the cost of a movie is already ridiculous.
Game? Tax.
Sales tax.
Cigar? Tax.
There's already a tobacco tax in place. Which includes cigarettes, chewing and loose tobacco.
Coffee? Tax.
That should help Duncan Doughnuts and close a few Starbucks
Junk Food? Tax.
Who is going to define what junk food is? The problem is that what many lower income families live off of would qualify as junk food for many affluent families.
Sugar/HFCS? Tax.
What food doesn't have some amount of sugar in it? The price of fruit should go up simply because it has sugar in it? Frankly HFCS should just be banned.
Transfat? Tax.
This would again probably have more harm for lower income families.
Liquor? Tax.
Already taxed at the state level, and probably federal, but I really don't care enough to look it up.
(Legalize Marijuana?) Tax.
Absolutely. This would bring in a log of money and make it safer for the people who use it.
Pets (Pet food?) ? Tax.
Sales taxed already. Additional taxes could lead to animal cruelty as well. Again most likely affecting lower income families.
Internet (Depending on what you do...)? Tax.
Already is. The "Depending on what you do" is even more worrisome. It seems that this would require ISPs to invade your privacy even more than they already do.
Gambling? Tax.
You are already expected to pay a high rate of taxes on winnings. But it's self enforced. I think it was in NJ that they tried to badger people about taxes on winnings at casinos a while back. It didn't go over very well.
Ipod? Tax.
Own a Zune do you?
Big Screen TV? Tax.
How big is a big screen TV? That's a moving target.
Sporting event? Tax.
Not that I care, but isn't the cost of these already ridiculous?
Concert? Tax.
Again, the cost is already outrageous.
This would apply to a wide range of people. Then it can be specialized, so that violent games or movies are taxed more for example.Tax all the luxuries that people buy but can live without or don't really need. Keep the social services that people need. Cut taxes on stuff people need like food.
How do you make that determination? I found this interesting when I lived in PA as that was how they based sales taxes at the time. Soap was not taxed, but deodorant was. Shampoo was not taxed, but conditioner was. A single doughnut was taxed as it was considered dining out, but a dozen doughnuts were not taxed because you were taking them home.
That is clearly wrong. Number of elephants must be prime!
How is five not a prime number exactly?
Encryption only really works if you do it right, every time. Screw up only once, and you could leave enough crumbs to compromise it all.
We're talking about the NSA getting this drive. So by doing it right you mean everything's encrypted and in the event of a raid the drive is melted with thermite, mixed with neodymium magnet dust, placed in a 5T magnetic field, stepped on by five elephants, mixed into bird food and fed to a flock of >100 migratory birds.
Reminds me of F-U-F-Me
http://www.welookdoyou.com/fufme/index.shtml.html
That was the first thing I thought of too.
Per the announcement, it was in Abbottabad, which is nowhere near Islamabad. (It's near Peshawar.)
Peshawar AKA Costelloabad.
Did anyone else notice the silly looking 1975 looking swimming goggles that this kit comes with? I guess they'll keep you from getting a soap bubble in your eye or something, but why bother. Or the Pink plastic test tube rack?
I'm not a fan of Microsoft (though they make THE best keyboard with their Natural Ergonomic 4000),
And it only took them how many years to make the "Natural" keyboards more or less right? The original had the home row keys higher than the surrounding keys, forcing your finger to actually move farther than on a normal keyboard. Besides, this is the best keyboard.
Like I said, it seems to have more to do with the luck of the individual than anything. I also know people that have never had issues with WD drives. Thanks just not been my experience.
Whats the draw here? Only a tiny fraction of the world gives a shit about HD video. Most people don't even have the display that can handle HD.
Not even that. Most people watch a 32 inch screen form 10+ feet away. Effectively there is no difference between DVD and BluRay in these cases. BluRay only matters to people who have a large enough TV to take advantage of it, which most don't in the US.
Almost every HD manufacturer has had their ups and downs with their product with regards to relibility but Samsung have always seemed to me to be one of the better ones; even if their performance doesn't quite match their competitors. Seagate went to shit after they acquired Maxtor so I'm hoping that Samsung will rub off on Seagate and not the other way 'round.
Agreed, hard drive manufacturers have been very cyclical over the years. I've also noticed that there really is not good way to tell if a drive will be good from a specific manufacturer. This seems to be more dependent on the luck of the individual. Personally I've owned drives from every manufacturer currently in existence, and many that no longer are.
In my case I've had every WD drive fail earlier than expected with the exception of one. In several cases I've had the same model fail so many times under warranty that I was up "upgraded" to a better line by WD. I will give WD credit for their customer service. They were always responsive when I've had issues with their drives while under warranty.
IBM/Hitachi have been a mixed bag. Of the last three IBM Deskstars I owned, one failed.suddenly and another started clicking prior to me retiring all of them. I also used two Hitachi SATA drives of which one failed early. I have an IBM SCSI drive that is close to a decade old and is still kicking.
Seagate has been pretty good for me. Of the dozens of drives I purchased over the years, I just recently sent a USB powered external in for warranty replacement. Otherwise they've all lasted as long as expected. I currently have at least a dozen running within my network.
Samsung has been good as well. I purchased 7 or 8 of their drives in the last couple of years, and so far none have failed.
Maxtor and Fujitsu have both been about 50/50 for me. Although I have a 12 GB Maxtor in my firewall that has been kicking for over a decade now.
Quantum made a fantastic product IME. I still have several in boxes that I retired. I also have a 15K RPM SCSI that is fairly old in a system.
I think my favorite HDD company was Micropolis though. I never had a drive problem with them and they performed great.
I can't wait for my patent approval for a flat rectangular surface that is elevated at such a level one can sit down and use it for office work. I'm calling it the iscrbere.
The actual projection was not even about global warming and yet here all people can talk about is the utterly irrelevant bickering of reds v blues from a continent
North America makes up 10%
You clearly stated you were referring to an entire continent as that is what you posted. Then the reply was in regards to the continent of North America. You asked for a citation for the statement:
North America makes up 10% of the world's population.
Which is exactly what I gave you. Perhaps you meant the US, but it is obviously not what your stated, and is in no way clearly stated as such.
I didn't read TFA, but does this thing clean itself? I've seen many self cleaning toilet seats in public restrooms in Europe. You would think for $6300 you shouldn't have to clean a toilet ever again.
North America makes up 10% of the world's population. You're argument is invalid.
Citation perhaps for this mysterious figure? Everywhere I see quotes the USA's population as 4.5%
eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population
The last time I checked the US had not annexed Canada, Mexico, and all the Caribbean countries. There are more countries in North America than just the US. According to Wikipedia the population of NA is 529 million. If you assume a planet population of 6 billion then NA contains over 11% of the worlds population.
Someone didn't read his sig.
There seem to be too many people that haven't these days.
There was this very obese guy with shorts and a scraggly beard behind the counter. I asked if he had any Van Halen.
In a very sarcastic voice, has asked, "Roth or Van Hagar stuff."
I said they both had merits and I'd like to see either.
He said, "Whateverrr. The educated and sophisticated know beyond all doubt that Van Halen with Roth AND Anthony is the only true way to go. Now, please leave this store and I never want to see your ignorant plebian face again. Thank yooouuuuuuuu."
He then proceeded to insult and condescend to every one else in the store.
He reminded me of someone and I can't place him.
Jack Black a la High Fidelity
Burn vinyl promos
Is there a story on /. that you haven't posted your flag burning link to? Enough already.