Don't know about your state, but in mine you are required to put in 3 job applications per week while collecting unemployment. If you only put in three in 7 months, that may be why you aren't getting your check any more.
I have 4 kids. each with a different set of friends. ~20 bucks a month may not seem like much, but ~80 sure as hell is. Not buying my kids a cell phone is not depriving them of a god damned thing. They can use mine if they need (I have no text plan, but voice communication still works) and if they are going to be away from me, I make a decision about who needs the phone more that day, and hand it out accordingly. But spend your money how you like, and don't tell me that I should feel guilty about not buying my kids their own cell phones, or that spending your money that way is any more than spoiling them.
From where are these natural rights derived? Nature does not come with any rights. They are gained, and protected. The constitution was designed to specify and protect our rights, if nature provided them it would hardly be necessary.
No, I'm not. My cell phone is there for me to make calls when I need to, not so anyone and everyone can find me. Most of the time my ringer is off, I am not available 24-7. Owning a cell phone is not waiving my expected right to privacy.
Many cities and towns have both recycling laws and water usage restrictions. As long as this stays locally regulated, I have no problem with it. I do agree that federally mandating these particular laws would be extreme.
But, I do want to point out, that my liberty to use whatever bulb or to not recycle needs to end when it infringes on the liberties of others. The reason I see no problem with local water restrictions is that they help to ensure that your obsessive need to constantly irrigate your lawn does not use up all the available water, leaving none for me to water my lawn. By rationing water, we both get a usable amount, even if neither of us got as much as we would like. And yes, this does need to be regulated, because we are all truly selfish bastards that would use all the water and shout about liberty while we do it, not caring that our liberty means the oppression of a neighbor.
Another advantage of a fuel tax is that it is taken when I buy my gas, like sales tax. I don't need to think about it, or remember to mail a check, and the existing infrastructure can handle it. This GPS tax will require huge amounts of effort to implement and enforce, either causing a larger IRS, or a whole new taxing division. This will offset any gains made, and force the government to increase the amount almost immediately, not to mention that the federal government will need to spend a fortune subsidizing the initial purchases of GPS units.
I think what most of us object to is carrying a GPS receiver around for the government to track us with. It places us one more step closer to a police state.
And why does a 12 year old need more time online than that? My wife stays home, but my kids are still only rarely allowed online more than 20 minutes at a time (unless they are doing a school project, but even that rarely needs a computer)
It also does not require your complete attention to watch a kid on the computer. If you are reading a book, doing paper work, or helping the other child with homework, you can do that in the same room as the computer. My kids are taught to ask me before they click on anything that they haven't done before, and if I am too busy to answer, they aren't using the computer anyway.
Another option, my children aren't allowed to use the computer unless I (or my wife) am in the room. They are aware of this, and also aware that I will take all the cables or the router, or if they get around that the whole damned computer, to work with me if they break that rule. The computer is absolutely not a "necessity" for a child, and I see no reason that they should have complete and unfettered access to it.
The webkinz world is one in which children can have a limited interaction with other children (and not a few adults) while playing games and taking care of a cute virtual pet. My kids love it, they all have quite a few "friends" on Webkinz. They don't know the name, address or even gender of these friends, as the software doesn't even offer a way to ask. It is not designed for social networking or communication, it is simply a way for kids to go online and play, in a safe manner. Very little chatting goes on, the kids can play games against each other, and the chat options tend to be things like "nice move" and such. They can also send eachother virtual gifts, and include a greeting of sorts (here is a gift for your special day) but it is not a chat room.
You are correct. And a lot of those people are already doing what they can to decrease energy consumption, because even now they can't afford gas/heat/electricity/ etc. This will also hurt the families that need to own a minivan for everyone to go somewhere together, and the businessman that relies heavily on his truck(s) to perform his job. These costs will be passed onto consumers, pricing many services out of reach for most of us. And don't tell me to switch to solar, for most of us the initial investment makes it a nonstarter, same with wind or any other renewable resource.
I agree that something needs to be done here, but this isn't it. This will push more families into poverty, put many of our small businesses out of business causing a serious job loss, and push us even deeper into an economic death spiral.
Thought crime implies that thinking about a subject is illegal. This is more than thinking, it is demonstrating with photoshopped images. It is definitely creepy, and that fact may wind up meaning more in the long run than the actual letter of the law.
My own experience with Dell laptops has been pretty positive. We use elusively Dell for Laptop and Desktops. I find that if you stick with the Latitude or Precision series, they tend to hold up pretty well. I am less impressed with what I have seen of the Ispiron series.
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Why in hell would a bank ask for a thumb print? I have never been asked this, by BoA or any other bank.
Don't know about your state, but in mine you are required to put in 3 job applications per week while collecting unemployment. If you only put in three in 7 months, that may be why you aren't getting your check any more.
I have 4 kids. each with a different set of friends. ~20 bucks a month may not seem like much, but ~80 sure as hell is. Not buying my kids a cell phone is not depriving them of a god damned thing. They can use mine if they need (I have no text plan, but voice communication still works) and if they are going to be away from me, I make a decision about who needs the phone more that day, and hand it out accordingly. But spend your money how you like, and don't tell me that I should feel guilty about not buying my kids their own cell phones, or that spending your money that way is any more than spoiling them.
From where are these natural rights derived? Nature does not come with any rights. They are gained, and protected. The constitution was designed to specify and protect our rights, if nature provided them it would hardly be necessary.
Maybe if you like porn you should get rid of the wife and kids
Well, in the poster's defense, if the sun literally "runs out" we have a slightly larger issue than our solar panels not working.
No, I'm not. My cell phone is there for me to make calls when I need to, not so anyone and everyone can find me. Most of the time my ringer is off, I am not available 24-7. Owning a cell phone is not waiving my expected right to privacy.
As a general rule of thumb, I don't let complete strangers in my house, so that argument kind of falls apart.
I thought that that the whole point of a .msi was that it could be rolled through GPO. Well, I'll know for sure by tomorrow morning.
yes, but this attack only affects the combination of either XP + IE or 2003 + IE, Vista and 7 are immune, regardless of browser.
Many cities and towns have both recycling laws and water usage restrictions. As long as this stays locally regulated, I have no problem with it. I do agree that federally mandating these particular laws would be extreme. But, I do want to point out, that my liberty to use whatever bulb or to not recycle needs to end when it infringes on the liberties of others. The reason I see no problem with local water restrictions is that they help to ensure that your obsessive need to constantly irrigate your lawn does not use up all the available water, leaving none for me to water my lawn. By rationing water, we both get a usable amount, even if neither of us got as much as we would like. And yes, this does need to be regulated, because we are all truly selfish bastards that would use all the water and shout about liberty while we do it, not caring that our liberty means the oppression of a neighbor.
"If you try to walk I'l tax your feet...."
Another advantage of a fuel tax is that it is taken when I buy my gas, like sales tax. I don't need to think about it, or remember to mail a check, and the existing infrastructure can handle it. This GPS tax will require huge amounts of effort to implement and enforce, either causing a larger IRS, or a whole new taxing division. This will offset any gains made, and force the government to increase the amount almost immediately, not to mention that the federal government will need to spend a fortune subsidizing the initial purchases of GPS units.
The current gas tax doesn't take taxable roads into account, so I don't see why this would.
I think what most of us object to is carrying a GPS receiver around for the government to track us with. It places us one more step closer to a police state.
And why does a 12 year old need more time online than that? My wife stays home, but my kids are still only rarely allowed online more than 20 minutes at a time (unless they are doing a school project, but even that rarely needs a computer) It also does not require your complete attention to watch a kid on the computer. If you are reading a book, doing paper work, or helping the other child with homework, you can do that in the same room as the computer. My kids are taught to ask me before they click on anything that they haven't done before, and if I am too busy to answer, they aren't using the computer anyway.
Another option, my children aren't allowed to use the computer unless I (or my wife) am in the room. They are aware of this, and also aware that I will take all the cables or the router, or if they get around that the whole damned computer, to work with me if they break that rule. The computer is absolutely not a "necessity" for a child, and I see no reason that they should have complete and unfettered access to it.
The webkinz world is one in which children can have a limited interaction with other children (and not a few adults) while playing games and taking care of a cute virtual pet. My kids love it, they all have quite a few "friends" on Webkinz. They don't know the name, address or even gender of these friends, as the software doesn't even offer a way to ask. It is not designed for social networking or communication, it is simply a way for kids to go online and play, in a safe manner. Very little chatting goes on, the kids can play games against each other, and the chat options tend to be things like "nice move" and such. They can also send eachother virtual gifts, and include a greeting of sorts (here is a gift for your special day) but it is not a chat room.
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You are correct. And a lot of those people are already doing what they can to decrease energy consumption, because even now they can't afford gas/heat/electricity/ etc. This will also hurt the families that need to own a minivan for everyone to go somewhere together, and the businessman that relies heavily on his truck(s) to perform his job. These costs will be passed onto consumers, pricing many services out of reach for most of us. And don't tell me to switch to solar, for most of us the initial investment makes it a nonstarter, same with wind or any other renewable resource. I agree that something needs to be done here, but this isn't it. This will push more families into poverty, put many of our small businesses out of business causing a serious job loss, and push us even deeper into an economic death spiral.
The cap is on emissions, not energy production. Feel free to go hog wild on fission, wind, wave, solar, geothermal, or stupidity.
Let me know if you find a way to harness the power of stupidity. I want to invest.
Thought crime implies that thinking about a subject is illegal. This is more than thinking, it is demonstrating with photoshopped images. It is definitely creepy, and that fact may wind up meaning more in the long run than the actual letter of the law.
My own experience with Dell laptops has been pretty positive. We use elusively Dell for Laptop and Desktops. I find that if you stick with the Latitude or Precision series, they tend to hold up pretty well. I am less impressed with what I have seen of the Ispiron series.
No, women kill you for joking about it.
Apple is a publicly traded company, yes. Steve Jobs is not publicly traded. He is an employee of that company, not the entire company.