It's analogous to the entire health insurance industry drying up if a public option were introduced (And as we saw, it was defeated).
How would the entire health insurance industry dry up?
Oh wait, the health insurance industry. I thought you meant the people who actually handle the important stuff, like doctors and nurses.
Let them die. The good employees can work for our equivalent of the NHS when we (hopefully) get it. A few of the companies can cater to the rich and powerful of the world who "want something better".
I can't think of any time where it has been good to protect a dying industry. If it can't learn to adapt then it shouldn't survive.
Agreed. Jefferson alone contributed so much to our country. We really should have build a statue for the guy. Like, a big one. Maybe the size of a mountain.
See, this is the thing that really bothers me and I'm glad that someone else gets it. We can't do a whole lot when we're in such a shitty situation.
People will say things like "You need to exert your power as a people and change your politicians", but that is way more difficult in a country as large as America. I honestly am not sure how we lost our revolutionary mindset in such a short time.
I honestly want to move somewhere better in America - New Hampshire is looking good - or out of America altogether. I'm usually of the mindset that I should try to fix something before abandoning it. I think I should try to make an effort to fix this country and make it better for everyone before bailing out entirely. But how can I do this when I am barely surviving and having a horrible time finding steady - if any - work? How can I expect my fellow Americans to do this when most of them are so inundated by the stresses of this horrible economy that they don't have the energy to do it or they outright just don't care?
At this point one would see that the ship is sinking and it's time to leave... but most people who come to that judgement (like me!) are already in such a bad place that they cannot do it. I imagine that if I hit the lottery one of the first things I would do is get the hell out of here.
Remember when people came to America for a better life instead of leaving it?
Why aren't you working in NOC, then? I don't mean this in a snarky fashion - you just showed your boss how you can do something the entire department said "can't be done". That's really valuable.
Then maybe we should do it hella far away from someone's backyard in a lower population density area. The amount of people who might object would be small enough that an eminent domain lawsuit would pass through pretty easily. I'm pretty sure a power plant would be one of those "greater good of the people" situations like roads that a judge wouldn't hold up too long.
Personally, I love it when we promote democracy in Middle Eastern countries and are then subsequently horrified at an Islamist majority being elected.
Kind of the important part about democracy is that the people choose how they want. Oops.
We spend a couple of trillion fighting a heavy-handed Islamist government in Afghanistan that runs a lot of Sharia law, and then we end up with (not so heavy-handed) Islamists elected in Iraq. And Egypt. And probably other places that kicked out old dictators under the "Arab Spring". Oh God, I do appreciate the irony.
I mean, an enthusiast of anything might go as far as to dedicate a display case or room in his house. Paul Allen said, "Fuck that!" and decided to ship his collection all over so that other people may enviously stare at it. He's managed to outsource envy.
I don't remember which battle it was (still nursing my morning coffee), but I recall the British navy shelling an American fort in a similar situation. There was a large hill in the way and they couldn't fire directly on the fort, so they tried "skipping" cannonballs off of a hill. It worked - the cannonballs bounced off of the hill and went up and over.
I remember at least the "cannon = hill = sky high flying cannonball" part and I learned this in high school (at the latest). It kinda surprises me that no one on the entire crew (the performers or the technical folks) made this logical leap and thought "Hey, that hill there... you don't think it could...?"
Well, the filtering system has removed the ability of a lot of clever trolls (as well as the ability for Slashdot users to be more creative). When you take away a toy, people either go higher or lower brow. Most have elected to go lower brow, although the higher brow trolls have been amusing to say the least (namely, Dr. Bob and the pastor dude, who I suspect are the same guy).
Could you give your boss a hug for me? Actually, could I come there and give him a hug? And maybe buy something from you guys?
I've personally had to deal with MBA idiocy *way* too many times in my life. People free of such stupidity should be lauded as the good, reasonable men and women that they are.
I'd actually be fine with OSHA being more proactive and giving people fines. I've been in loads of places of work where there aren't just minor violations but major ones. Like really major ones. Like "the hatch on the roof access is installed backwards, so it's actually really hard to get off the ladder and onto the roof".
I have never been so happy as to have a shit-stirrer of Al Franken's quality in our government. I think we need more cynical comedians in politics, just because they have some of the most eloquent BS detectors in the world. Murray/Akroyd 2012!
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It's analogous to the entire health insurance industry drying up if a public option were introduced (And as we saw, it was defeated).
How would the entire health insurance industry dry up?
Oh wait, the health insurance industry. I thought you meant the people who actually handle the important stuff, like doctors and nurses.
Let them die. The good employees can work for our equivalent of the NHS when we (hopefully) get it. A few of the companies can cater to the rich and powerful of the world who "want something better".
I can't think of any time where it has been good to protect a dying industry. If it can't learn to adapt then it shouldn't survive.
Agreed. Jefferson alone contributed so much to our country. We really should have build a statue for the guy. Like, a big one. Maybe the size of a mountain.
I have having a difficulty of finding or creating an emoticon to express to notion of saying "Hi-yoooooo!" and swinging an imaginary golf club.
"And here are out contestants! Muhammad Al-Abir! Muhammed Al-Abar! Mumhammed Al-Al! Al Muhammed Al-Abir-Abar! And finally, Muhammad Smith!
See, this is the thing that really bothers me and I'm glad that someone else gets it. We can't do a whole lot when we're in such a shitty situation.
People will say things like "You need to exert your power as a people and change your politicians", but that is way more difficult in a country as large as America. I honestly am not sure how we lost our revolutionary mindset in such a short time.
I honestly want to move somewhere better in America - New Hampshire is looking good - or out of America altogether. I'm usually of the mindset that I should try to fix something before abandoning it. I think I should try to make an effort to fix this country and make it better for everyone before bailing out entirely. But how can I do this when I am barely surviving and having a horrible time finding steady - if any - work? How can I expect my fellow Americans to do this when most of them are so inundated by the stresses of this horrible economy that they don't have the energy to do it or they outright just don't care?
At this point one would see that the ship is sinking and it's time to leave... but most people who come to that judgement (like me!) are already in such a bad place that they cannot do it. I imagine that if I hit the lottery one of the first things I would do is get the hell out of here.
Remember when people came to America for a better life instead of leaving it?
Why aren't you working in NOC, then? I don't mean this in a snarky fashion - you just showed your boss how you can do something the entire department said "can't be done". That's really valuable.
Then maybe we should do it hella far away from someone's backyard in a lower population density area. The amount of people who might object would be small enough that an eminent domain lawsuit would pass through pretty easily. I'm pretty sure a power plant would be one of those "greater good of the people" situations like roads that a judge wouldn't hold up too long.
Personally, I love it when we promote democracy in Middle Eastern countries and are then subsequently horrified at an Islamist majority being elected.
Kind of the important part about democracy is that the people choose how they want. Oops.
We spend a couple of trillion fighting a heavy-handed Islamist government in Afghanistan that runs a lot of Sharia law, and then we end up with (not so heavy-handed) Islamists elected in Iraq. And Egypt. And probably other places that kicked out old dictators under the "Arab Spring". Oh God, I do appreciate the irony.
If you have enough light to see it, then you will have enough light to run it.
Ihmhi musn't light the bas- the PAINKEEP! The light, it BURNS us!
I'd take the super rat guy over a bigoted, homophobic asshole any day of the week.
God damn, talk about showing off.
I mean, an enthusiast of anything might go as far as to dedicate a display case or room in his house. Paul Allen said, "Fuck that!" and decided to ship his collection all over so that other people may enviously stare at it. He's managed to outsource envy.
...why CAN we? That's the more important question. Why hasn't any PC company tried to pull this shit yet?
I don't remember which battle it was (still nursing my morning coffee), but I recall the British navy shelling an American fort in a similar situation. There was a large hill in the way and they couldn't fire directly on the fort, so they tried "skipping" cannonballs off of a hill. It worked - the cannonballs bounced off of the hill and went up and over.
I remember at least the "cannon = hill = sky high flying cannonball" part and I learned this in high school (at the latest). It kinda surprises me that no one on the entire crew (the performers or the technical folks) made this logical leap and thought "Hey, that hill there... you don't think it could...?"
Nike, eh? I know a guy who posts on here who can get it cheaper. Like, way cheaper.
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For some reason, I pictured Sagan gettin' blazed up and thinking that exact thought.
Well, the filtering system has removed the ability of a lot of clever trolls (as well as the ability for Slashdot users to be more creative). When you take away a toy, people either go higher or lower brow. Most have elected to go lower brow, although the higher brow trolls have been amusing to say the least (namely, Dr. Bob and the pastor dude, who I suspect are the same guy).
Yeah, we are. That's why I didn't suggest translating and dropping Going Rogue.
Could you give your boss a hug for me? Actually, could I come there and give him a hug? And maybe buy something from you guys?
I've personally had to deal with MBA idiocy *way* too many times in my life. People free of such stupidity should be lauded as the good, reasonable men and women that they are.
I'd actually be fine with OSHA being more proactive and giving people fines. I've been in loads of places of work where there aren't just minor violations but major ones. Like really major ones. Like "the hatch on the roof access is installed backwards, so it's actually really hard to get off the ladder and onto the roof".
I actually drove by the Kodak plant in Rochester when I was in the area with the friend.
To see one of America's giants of innovation reduced to a building falling into disrepair was depressing to say the least.
Yes, if we're not careful, illegal copies of movies will... do... something.
Look man, I don't know. The only thing that comes to mind is translating Glitter into Arabic and air-dropping it over our enemies.
Sure, we'll just get some photos with the dro-
Oh God DAMMIT.
"We've translated the code! 'The Pink Elephants are after me again.' What was Jenkins' assignment in Tangiers?"
"Raiding an illicit drug lord's hideout."
"What sort of drugs are we talking about here?"
"Files say... cocaine, meth, and... LSD."
"Mother of god."
I have never been so happy as to have a shit-stirrer of Al Franken's quality in our government. I think we need more cynical comedians in politics, just because they have some of the most eloquent BS detectors in the world. Murray/Akroyd 2012!