12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; 13 To provide and maintain a Navy;
A few lines later it has...
16 To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
Seems pretty clear that in addition to the milita there is to be an Army and a Navy. The states do get a say in the militia, but only according to the orders of Congress. Only funding them every two years just means that they have to have a budget audit on a regular basis to see if more or less is needed, not that they only get funding for two years at a time then are dismissed.
Yup, cutting defense solves everything. Right up to the point where you start wishing you really could defend yourself. If you think that a world war will never happen again you are fooling yourself. Do you really think the Chinese would hesitate for a moment if the American military vanished over night? It is also one of the few federal expenses that the Constitution actually even permits.
Not even bothering to challenge your dubious claim of Europe having an older population, it also has a much less active one. They are also much less likely to say "I'm ready to die". The American mentality is now "Do everything possible to save me" regardless of the cost.
There are dozens of prepaid companies that relicense from the big providers so you never have to deal with them, but the coverage is the same. Think outside the box. If you really want to find a better phone provider, the place to read up is howardforums.com
Myth 1 of the free market: It exists in America today We do not and have not had a true free market in almost a hundred years. A true free market is based on consumers caring enough to protect themselves rather than relying on government regulations to do it for them. How do companies make the comparison hard? Coverage maps are generally accurate. Do you really expect them to survey the entire continental US just so you can know if you get a signal behind this tree in the middle of nowhere? Unlocked phones are expensive, but they are complex electronic devices, what do you expect? If a company is bad, it dies because it loses customers. If the services is really that bad, then find one better and learn from it. If there isnt one better, then start one. In this case, there a dozens of small companies to chose from. These companies in turn deal with the major telecoms. I've been using pageplus for months now. 1200 minutes and 1200 text for $30 a month. My only complaint is that I forgot to change my plan to a different one before it renewed. That's my mistake. Contrary to the American norm, I take responsibility for that and don't expect them to fix it. There are dozens of similar options from similar companies to choose from in a quick google search. Unfortunately, its easier to complain and talk about how evil the big corporations are and how Uncle Sam needs to protect us from ourselves. Furthermore, for every market regulation, there is going to be an agency responsible for its enforcement. For every agency, there are employees. Do we really need to increase the size of the bureaucracy, and hence the federal budget, and hence taxes, with who knows how many federal employees just to monitor your phone bill to make sure you dont burn yourself?
No, the one thing we do NOT need is more federal regulation. There are plenty of other companies to choose from; pick a prepaid company and work with them.
No, tracking public areas is not the same as tracking and individual. There are high traffics area (like a website) that are easily monitored and they have the authority to do so. There are also low traffic areas (such as the street in front of your house) that they have less reason to monitor, although they do have the authority and means). If you really cant see the difference there then I pity you.
Law enforcement agencies all over the world routinely share information and have for decades. Making a threat is a crime, and you dont have the authority to throw anyone in jail. Cops were sent to investigate and they decided that based on the threat and whatever they found on site was enough to make an arrest.
I'm pretty sure that the FB TOS says they can share information with law enforcement agencies. You would have be to an idiot the think they dont make full use of that and have routine scans like what picked this up. If it was some FBI dude sitting during a coffee break and browsing profiles for fun with some sort of admin account, things might be different.
If only there was some sort of agreement that you had to make before using the FB service that says that they have the rights to exactly this sort of thing...
Its a matter of distribution and degree. Just a plane might be enough to start off what was almost rain in a area near its flight path, but theoreticly silver seeding would generate rain where it was unlikely and over a wider area that just directly below.
You forgot to mention that if someone uses it to assault someone then they have already broken the law by the assault. Classifying crimes by the weapon used is pointless. The only regulation of selling, owning and using weapons should be the laws against assault and murder which have always been on the books. Just like phishing scams and online fraud, if it is already illegal then there is no need to generate new a bazillion laws to specify this *new* type of crime. Close loop holes that might be present by the new technology, but there is no need to demonize modern crime methods anymore than the traditional form.
Doh! That is the blurb for the older model on the manufacturers website. Not exactly FTA but close enough:D I would imagine that the new model has the same purpose anyway.
Designed and built for use with machine guns mounted on vehicles, aircraft, or waterborne platforms, the Spyder III is Wicked Laser's most powerful laser. Smaller than the size of a MagLite it generates a focused 500mW beam capable of illuminating a targets several miles away. The Spyder III is also ideal for patrol and checkpoint operations. A tactical ambidextrous constant on/off switch and removable safety key located on the tailcap provides convenient, fail safe operation. The world's only visible Class IV laser designed for tactical operations.
Its a targeting laser, not a weapon in and of itself.
When going in for major surgery then of course your going for the 99.9% level. When you've been in a car crash and are bleeding out on the street with the ambulance 30 minutes away, then I'd be happy with John Doe doing the best he can. All the better if he can google instructions on his blackberry.
Is it better to be 99.9% accurate after 1 hour or 95% accurate after 5 minutes? It depends on the application of course. In many ways being able to pull relevant information from the internet is just helping us get 97% accuracy in 10 minutes. Its the best of both worlds.
It seems to me that its all an issue of how much privacy you want at the moment. Texting is currently popular with teenagers precisely because it is so discrete. It isn't convenient, nor fast, nor cheap. Its just quiet. You can have a conversation with your GF/BF in front of your parents and they are clueless. A voice call is a bit more public. Everyone around can hear what you are saying, and often what they are saying. It is, however, faster and cheaper. A video call is the most intimate of all. Its not just what you are saying, but what you are doing and how you are dressed. It is just as fast as a video call (once you get both sides to figure out how to do it) but it is more expensive. It is also something you definitely don't do at the dinner table. There are of course times when video calls are nice, but it has to be a mutual agreement for a focused and usually lengthy conversation in a private setting.
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12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
13 To provide and maintain a Navy;
A few lines later it has ...
16 To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
Seems pretty clear that in addition to the milita there is to be an Army and a Navy. The states do get a say in the militia, but only according to the orders of Congress.
Only funding them every two years just means that they have to have a budget audit on a regular basis to see if more or less is needed, not that they only get funding for two years at a time then are dismissed.
You doubt that America is less physically active that Europe? I thought that was universally acknowledged.
Yup, cutting defense solves everything. Right up to the point where you start wishing you really could defend yourself.
If you think that a world war will never happen again you are fooling yourself. Do you really think the Chinese would hesitate for a moment if the American military vanished over night?
It is also one of the few federal expenses that the Constitution actually even permits.
Not even bothering to challenge your dubious claim of Europe having an older population, it also has a much less active one. They are also much less likely to say "I'm ready to die". The American mentality is now "Do everything possible to save me" regardless of the cost.
There are dozens of prepaid companies that relicense from the big providers so you never have to deal with them, but the coverage is the same. Think outside the box.
If you really want to find a better phone provider, the place to read up is howardforums.com
In other words, Wilson and Roosevelt started socialization of America and its gone downhill ever since.
Myth 1 of the free market: It exists in America today
We do not and have not had a true free market in almost a hundred years. A true free market is based on consumers caring enough to protect themselves rather than relying on government regulations to do it for them. How do companies make the comparison hard? Coverage maps are generally accurate. Do you really expect them to survey the entire continental US just so you can know if you get a signal behind this tree in the middle of nowhere? Unlocked phones are expensive, but they are complex electronic devices, what do you expect?
If a company is bad, it dies because it loses customers. If the services is really that bad, then find one better and learn from it. If there isnt one better, then start one. In this case, there a dozens of small companies to chose from. These companies in turn deal with the major telecoms. I've been using pageplus for months now. 1200 minutes and 1200 text for $30 a month. My only complaint is that I forgot to change my plan to a different one before it renewed. That's my mistake. Contrary to the American norm, I take responsibility for that and don't expect them to fix it. There are dozens of similar options from similar companies to choose from in a quick google search. Unfortunately, its easier to complain and talk about how evil the big corporations are and how Uncle Sam needs to protect us from ourselves.
Furthermore, for every market regulation, there is going to be an agency responsible for its enforcement. For every agency, there are employees. Do we really need to increase the size of the bureaucracy, and hence the federal budget, and hence taxes, with who knows how many federal employees just to monitor your phone bill to make sure you dont burn yourself?
No, the one thing we do NOT need is more federal regulation. There are plenty of other companies to choose from; pick a prepaid company and work with them.
No, tracking public areas is not the same as tracking and individual. There are high traffics area (like a website) that are easily monitored and they have the authority to do so. There are also low traffic areas (such as the street in front of your house) that they have less reason to monitor, although they do have the authority and means). If you really cant see the difference there then I pity you.
Unless, of course, Zucker added a backdoor to enable the FBI to scan all your postings irrespective of your privacy settings...
Thats actually my point. I'm pretty sure they did and you agree to it in the TOS.
Law enforcement agencies all over the world routinely share information and have for decades. Making a threat is a crime, and you dont have the authority to throw anyone in jail. Cops were sent to investigate and they decided that based on the threat and whatever they found on site was enough to make an arrest.
Try to be too obscure and you just draw attention. Draw enough attention and something will be found regardless of your efforts.
I'm pretty sure that the FB TOS says they can share information with law enforcement agencies. You would have be to an idiot the think they dont make full use of that and have routine scans like what picked this up. If it was some FBI dude sitting during a coffee break and browsing profiles for fun with some sort of admin account, things might be different.
If only there was some sort of agreement that you had to make before using the FB service that says that they have the rights to exactly this sort of thing...
The FBI scanning the public traffic of an American website is in no way is comparable to monitoring you down in Aussie. Take off the tin foil.
Its a matter of distribution and degree. Just a plane might be enough to start off what was almost rain in a area near its flight path, but theoreticly silver seeding would generate rain where it was unlikely and over a wider area that just directly below.
You forgot to mention that if someone uses it to assault someone then they have already broken the law by the assault. Classifying crimes by the weapon used is pointless. The only regulation of selling, owning and using weapons should be the laws against assault and murder which have always been on the books.
Just like phishing scams and online fraud, if it is already illegal then there is no need to generate new a bazillion laws to specify this *new* type of crime. Close loop holes that might be present by the new technology, but there is no need to demonize modern crime methods anymore than the traditional form.
Doh! :D
That is the blurb for the older model on the manufacturers website. Not exactly FTA but close enough
I would imagine that the new model has the same purpose anyway.
Designed and built for use with machine guns mounted on vehicles, aircraft, or waterborne platforms, the Spyder III is Wicked Laser's most powerful laser. Smaller than the size of a MagLite it generates a focused 500mW beam capable of illuminating a targets several miles away. The Spyder III is also ideal for patrol and checkpoint operations. A tactical ambidextrous constant on/off switch and removable safety key located on the tailcap provides convenient, fail safe operation. The world's only visible Class IV laser designed for tactical operations.
Its a targeting laser, not a weapon in and of itself.
Oh noes. I dropped an apostrophe.
When going in for major surgery then of course your going for the 99.9% level. When you've been in a car crash and are bleeding out on the street with the ambulance 30 minutes away, then I'd be happy with John Doe doing the best he can. All the better if he can google instructions on his blackberry.
Is it better to be 99.9% accurate after 1 hour or 95% accurate after 5 minutes?
It depends on the application of course. In many ways being able to pull relevant information from the internet is just helping us get 97% accuracy in 10 minutes. Its the best of both worlds.
It seems to me that its all an issue of how much privacy you want at the moment. Texting is currently popular with teenagers precisely because it is so discrete. It isn't convenient, nor fast, nor cheap. Its just quiet. You can have a conversation with your GF/BF in front of your parents and they are clueless.
A voice call is a bit more public. Everyone around can hear what you are saying, and often what they are saying. It is, however, faster and cheaper.
A video call is the most intimate of all. Its not just what you are saying, but what you are doing and how you are dressed. It is just as fast as a video call (once you get both sides to figure out how to do it) but it is more expensive. It is also something you definitely don't do at the dinner table.
There are of course times when video calls are nice, but it has to be a mutual agreement for a focused and usually lengthy conversation in a private setting.
Sooo its just skype with the user base limited to iphone 4 users? Sounds useful.
Its expensive to get oil up out of the ground just to waste it by spills.