I believe he is saying that he wrote something that can only be described as a tirade of epic proportions and that he ultimately elected not to send it.
Nah man, you'd get censured or taken to court if they ever found out. Half the politicians would be mad that you were so blatant about it, and the other half would be mad that they didn't have the balls to do it first.
Doesn't "backing up" also usually involve multiple failsafes?
Why would you upload it to one place and *only* one place?
You can easily use sites like Rapidshare, Fileserve, etc. as a backup service. Links deleted in 90 days? Have an automated script download them every 89 days to reset the counter or however the rules go.
I seriously envy your neighborhood. I see too many places where the model rockets would be dismissed as "weapons" and/or "too dangerous". Don't even get me started on the laser or things like chemistry labs. Computer programming? You're teaching them to hax my AOLZ!
No wonder why education in this country is in the shitter. -.-
I've got none of that yet. I've got no degree (yet), no training, and no certs (also no debt though, woo!) - largely because I can't really afford the $300 a pop. I'd just like to work in some sort of office environment, even something like data entry, but I can't seem to get hired for the life of me. The days of talking with the manager and him giving you a two-week trial are over. Now you have to pass personality tests and sit through 45 minutes of radio buttons just to have your application probably dumped by the automated system for falling below some arbitrary score.
The justification they use is that the tax revenue, jobs, etc. are of benefit to the public and therefore it's legal.
A lot of local governments are stopping this shit, though, because more and more people are taking them to court every time (and costing them money) when they try to pull fishy shit like this.
Yep, and given that it is WalMart, the winning entry will be...
A coffee table shaped like a car from nascar, which only holds the cheapest, nastiest bears (destroying all others) and has a built in remote that automatically switches the TV to nascar or wrestling and maxes the volume.
The coffee table should be able to fold out into a wrestling ring. You then can use the included luchador masks to have your toddler elbow drop your chihuahua/rotteweiler/pitbull mutt. Fun for the whole family!
Imagine a world in which home burglars sneak into an occupied house at night.
In many places, this world already exists.
More and more police departments are turning to encrypted communications largely because of the existence of scanners. Moreover, those lovely little computers that sit in their cruisers are also often equipped with a silent instant-messaging program that is also secure and encrypted.
To be fair to the cops, they're trained to keep shooting until the target is incapacitated. "shot 40 times" sounds like a lot but it's really just the few officers there following their training.
You are half right; people who have trained with firearms (not just LEOs) are taught to shoot until the target is incapacitated. We are also taught that deadly force can only be used in response to the imminent threat of the same. You do not get to shoot someone once, twice or 40 times over reaching for a wallet.
Yes, I'm well aware of this. I'm saying that "shot 40 times" comes up as a talking point as if it were excessive force when it really isn't. Of course I think they probably failed in the "identify a threat" part of their training. Making the choice to shoot was probably a bad decision, but the way in which they actually killed them was by the book.
I have a concealed carry license; do you think I could get away with shooting someone (even if he didn't die) merely because he reached into his pocket? Those LEOs should have gone to jail; that's what would have happened to John Q. Public in their situation.
If you could prove that you had a reasonable fear for you life, maybe, but usually police officers get away with it easier than a regular citizen does. It depends on the jury and the context of the situation.
Every officer I know really, really doesn't like it when someone has their hands in their pockets and especially don't like it when they pull something out of their pockets too quickly.
Although, you know what... hasn't "suing the new, innovative competition" been par for the course in America for a couple hundred years now? How often has it actually stopped a superior technology from eventually winning? This is just the organizations that are failing to adapt sounding their death knell.
Bullshit. What do you think an address with "Suite #452" in it is? That's just the business equivalent of an apartment in a large complex. As much as they might love their backwards rules and regulations, they'll rarely turn down an opportunity to make more money.
Furthermore, it doesn't matter. First, let's parse the language of the 2nd amendment:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Now this was written 200+ years ago... but it breaks down like this in more modern lingo:
The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed [as] a well regulated Militia [is] necessary to the security of a free State.
(Bolded & bracketed text was inserted by me for clarity.)
Also keep in mind that back then a militia was basically "every able-bodied man in the area". When something bad was happening and a defense needed to be organized, the militia was called up.
So what the 2nd amendment is saying is basically this: having the general populace armed is necessary to keep the state secure, and therefore we cannot take away their ability to be armed.
they'll wind up being shot 40 times as they reach for their drivers license/pistol permit.
To be fair to the cops, they're trained to keep shooting until the target is incapacitated. "shot 40 times" sounds like a lot but it's really just the few officers there following their training.
Yes it was a bad situation all in all, but people hear "shot 40 times" and they think that it's a show of excessive force when really it's just par for the course.
Whether or not they used good judgement in this case is up in the air and we can never really know, but I don't want them catching unnecessary criticism for doing the norm for when it comes to actually using their weapons. The amount of bullets put out is in no way an indication of racism or "overkill" in any such case IMO.
The last wars are because of greedy business interests getting their finger into our government and that's about it. Afghanistan was taking out people who supported the organizations that attacked us. Iraq was a grab for as much money as possible.
In regards to war, I quote a good man... Christopher Titus, Patriot and Comedian:
"I think we need a new plan. I think the next time a country wants to take us, instead of sending bombs right away... let's send everybody in that country a color television and a satellite dish. And give them the basic package, not HBO - screw those people. And before the war starts, we make them sit down and watch ESPN2 for 24 hours. Because if you watch ESPN2 for 24 hours you will understand America a lot better. 'Hi, we're America! We build monster trucks for fun. We developed the top fuel dragster - 0-330 miles an hour in under 5 seconds 'cause well... we were bored. Piss us off... and see what we build. And we may feel bad about it later - ask Japan! But before we feel bad, we're gonna jack you up. And then we're gonna send you food! 'cause were America - we're schitzophrenic! Don't mess with a nation that needs medication!' " -Christopher Titus, 5th Annual End of the World Tour
Honestly, it'd be cheaper for us in the long run to pay politicians a pension for 10 years and making it illegal for them to hold a job of any sort after leaving office.
So no, I don't think Google (for just one example) is indulging in their minor protest out of the goodness of their hearts... They're doing it out for their bottom line and for the PR it generates.
Well yeah, that's pretty obvious. But I ain't exactly gonna knock a special interest when it works in our favor. Enough of them work against the American public as it is.
Yes it will, but the only reason that we will be unable to do something about it is because we don't want to.
The Internet has seriously shifted the balance of power in OUR FAVOR. Open Secrets. Project VoteSmart. Wikileaks. Since (by law) all voting actions and whatnot are public record, we can literally find everything we want to relating to government. If it passes, it is in every respect our fault.
If things are really this bad, then we need to start forming political parties and either get these guys voted out or start putting up our own candidates. For the first time in human history we can truly make sure that our politicians are accountable to the people. They cannot hide anything anymore, at least in America. Even if they ram some legislation through we will find out about it after the fact.
This is a fight that we can win if we just put a little effort into it. Don't be such a pussy.
If we establish a rule that pushing this kind of nonsense can only be done by sacrificing the next election, it'll help a lot. And eventually the revolving list of supporters will all be junior reps without important committee positions to make it happen. SOPA only got as far as it did, because its top dog has so much seniority (since 1987!!?! WTF is wrong with you, TX-21?).
The letter I wrote to my senators and representative today state exactly this. If they vote for SOPA, then I will dedicate every minute of my free time to making sure that they don't get re-elected.
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I believe he is saying that he wrote something that can only be described as a tirade of epic proportions and that he ultimately elected not to send it.
Nah man, you'd get censured or taken to court if they ever found out. Half the politicians would be mad that you were so blatant about it, and the other half would be mad that they didn't have the balls to do it first.
Doesn't "backing up" also usually involve multiple failsafes?
Why would you upload it to one place and *only* one place?
You can easily use sites like Rapidshare, Fileserve, etc. as a backup service. Links deleted in 90 days? Have an automated script download them every 89 days to reset the counter or however the rules go.
I seriously envy your neighborhood. I see too many places where the model rockets would be dismissed as "weapons" and/or "too dangerous". Don't even get me started on the laser or things like chemistry labs. Computer programming? You're teaching them to hax my AOLZ!
No wonder why education in this country is in the shitter. -.-
I've got none of that yet. I've got no degree (yet), no training, and no certs (also no debt though, woo!) - largely because I can't really afford the $300 a pop. I'd just like to work in some sort of office environment, even something like data entry, but I can't seem to get hired for the life of me. The days of talking with the manager and him giving you a two-week trial are over. Now you have to pass personality tests and sit through 45 minutes of radio buttons just to have your application probably dumped by the automated system for falling below some arbitrary score.
as long as it's determined by competent regulators who understand the field they're working with.
<mythbusters> Well there's your problem! </mythbusters>
The justification they use is that the tax revenue, jobs, etc. are of benefit to the public and therefore it's legal.
A lot of local governments are stopping this shit, though, because more and more people are taking them to court every time (and costing them money) when they try to pull fishy shit like this.
Somewhere out there, Silvio Berlusconi is slapping himself for not coming up with that excuse.
"I tripped and fell, lost my trousers in the process and landed in bed with a beautiful naked girl."
Something like (NSFW!) this? (NSFW!)
Most I've ever had is 15. Sometime the system hiccups and they overlap.
Yep, and given that it is WalMart, the winning entry will be...
A coffee table shaped like a car from nascar, which only holds the cheapest, nastiest bears (destroying all others) and has a built in remote that automatically switches the TV to nascar or wrestling and maxes the volume.
The coffee table should be able to fold out into a wrestling ring. You then can use the included luchador masks to have your toddler elbow drop your chihuahua/rotteweiler/pitbull mutt. Fun for the whole family!
Imagine a world in which home burglars sneak into an occupied house at night.
In many places, this world already exists.
More and more police departments are turning to encrypted communications largely because of the existence of scanners. Moreover, those lovely little computers that sit in their cruisers are also often equipped with a silent instant-messaging program that is also secure and encrypted.
To be fair to the cops, they're trained to keep shooting until the target is incapacitated. "shot 40 times" sounds like a lot but it's really just the few officers there following their training.
You are half right; people who have trained with firearms (not just LEOs) are taught to shoot until the target is incapacitated. We are also taught that deadly force can only be used in response to the imminent threat of the same. You do not get to shoot someone once, twice or 40 times over reaching for a wallet.
Yes, I'm well aware of this. I'm saying that "shot 40 times" comes up as a talking point as if it were excessive force when it really isn't. Of course I think they probably failed in the "identify a threat" part of their training. Making the choice to shoot was probably a bad decision, but the way in which they actually killed them was by the book.
I have a concealed carry license; do you think I could get away with shooting someone (even if he didn't die) merely because he reached into his pocket? Those LEOs should have gone to jail; that's what would have happened to John Q. Public in their situation.
If you could prove that you had a reasonable fear for you life, maybe, but usually police officers get away with it easier than a regular citizen does. It depends on the jury and the context of the situation.
Every officer I know really, really doesn't like it when someone has their hands in their pockets and especially don't like it when they pull something out of their pockets too quickly.
The biggest companies who are racing to the bottom all eventually leave America... I don't know if I see a problem with this.
As soon as the Japanese can pronounced "Elves" correctly, we're all boned.
SHHHH! Don't give them ideas!
Although, you know what... hasn't "suing the new, innovative competition" been par for the course in America for a couple hundred years now? How often has it actually stopped a superior technology from eventually winning? This is just the organizations that are failing to adapt sounding their death knell.
Bullshit. What do you think an address with "Suite #452" in it is? That's just the business equivalent of an apartment in a large complex. As much as they might love their backwards rules and regulations, they'll rarely turn down an opportunity to make more money.
Furthermore, it doesn't matter. First, let's parse the language of the 2nd amendment:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Now this was written 200+ years ago... but it breaks down like this in more modern lingo:
The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed [as] a well regulated Militia [is] necessary to the security of a free State.
(Bolded & bracketed text was inserted by me for clarity.)
Also keep in mind that back then a militia was basically "every able-bodied man in the area". When something bad was happening and a defense needed to be organized, the militia was called up.
So what the 2nd amendment is saying is basically this: having the general populace armed is necessary to keep the state secure, and therefore we cannot take away their ability to be armed.
All of this now is really just discussion of legality and semantics, though, since the Supreme Court already ruled that the 2nd amendment protects an individual right to own a firearm within their homes and other federal enclaves (thereby striking down any bans on owning firearms in one's own home) and that this same ruling supercedes the ability of the states to go against it (meaning that the States cannot override the Due Process clause and have an unconstitutional law against owning a gun).
they'll wind up being shot 40 times as they reach for their drivers license/pistol permit.
To be fair to the cops, they're trained to keep shooting until the target is incapacitated. "shot 40 times" sounds like a lot but it's really just the few officers there following their training.
Yes it was a bad situation all in all, but people hear "shot 40 times" and they think that it's a show of excessive force when really it's just par for the course.
Whether or not they used good judgement in this case is up in the air and we can never really know, but I don't want them catching unnecessary criticism for doing the norm for when it comes to actually using their weapons. The amount of bullets put out is in no way an indication of racism or "overkill" in any such case IMO.
The last wars are because of greedy business interests getting their finger into our government and that's about it. Afghanistan was taking out people who supported the organizations that attacked us. Iraq was a grab for as much money as possible.
In regards to war, I quote a good man... Christopher Titus, Patriot and Comedian:
"I think we need a new plan. I think the next time a country wants to take us, instead of sending bombs right away... let's send everybody in that country a color television and a satellite dish. And give them the basic package, not HBO - screw those people. And before the war starts, we make them sit down and watch ESPN2 for 24 hours. Because if you watch ESPN2 for 24 hours you will understand America a lot better. 'Hi, we're America! We build monster trucks for fun. We developed the top fuel dragster - 0-330 miles an hour in under 5 seconds 'cause well... we were bored. Piss us off... and see what we build. And we may feel bad about it later - ask Japan! But before we feel bad, we're gonna jack you up. And then we're gonna send you food! 'cause were America - we're schitzophrenic! Don't mess with a nation that needs medication!' " -Christopher Titus, 5th Annual End of the World Tour
Honestly, it'd be cheaper for us in the long run to pay politicians a pension for 10 years and making it illegal for them to hold a job of any sort after leaving office.
So no, I don't think Google (for just one example) is indulging in their minor protest out of the goodness of their hearts... They're doing it out for their bottom line and for the PR it generates.
Well yeah, that's pretty obvious. But I ain't exactly gonna knock a special interest when it works in our favor. Enough of them work against the American public as it is.
Yes it will, but the only reason that we will be unable to do something about it is because we don't want to.
The Internet has seriously shifted the balance of power in OUR FAVOR. Open Secrets. Project VoteSmart. Wikileaks. Since (by law) all voting actions and whatnot are public record, we can literally find everything we want to relating to government. If it passes, it is in every respect our fault.
If things are really this bad, then we need to start forming political parties and either get these guys voted out or start putting up our own candidates. For the first time in human history we can truly make sure that our politicians are accountable to the people. They cannot hide anything anymore, at least in America. Even if they ram some legislation through we will find out about it after the fact.
This is a fight that we can win if we just put a little effort into it. Don't be such a pussy.
wtf is SOAP
Soap's the guy in Modern Warfare 3 that died.
See? If SOPA were around, my post wouldn't have spoiled the ending of the game!
If we establish a rule that pushing this kind of nonsense can only be done by sacrificing the next election, it'll help a lot. And eventually the revolving list of supporters will all be junior reps without important committee positions to make it happen. SOPA only got as far as it did, because its top dog has so much seniority (since 1987!!?! WTF is wrong with you, TX-21?).
The letter I wrote to my senators and representative today state exactly this. If they vote for SOPA, then I will dedicate every minute of my free time to making sure that they don't get re-elected.