You managed to actually use (PC-Liberal-Considered) offensive language in such a way as it becomes a satire. However, I know someone is going to post you for troll or something. Ignore them.
Because if you are unemployed you shouldn't have the internet. If you can't afford the Gas to drive to the unemployment office. You take bus or the subway or you get off your lazy ass and walk or bike. When I was poor I went to the library. I couldn't afford the $40/month for internet.
Actually, if you've applied to many jobs in the past 5 years, they all tell you to "apply on the internet". I don't even bother with job fairs anymore, because once I know the companies who will be there (from the list posted before the job fair), I can just go apply on their websites and save the time, fuel, and bother of printing resumes/cover letters for people who will just trash them.
I can also relate a couple of instances of being met by security staffing the reception of the HR dept (2 miles from the main site), who wouldn't let me speak to someone from HR. However, they took my resume and two weeks later I received a shiny new postcard saying "apply on the website".
Nothing is more disgusting than watching Best Buy drop off a Plasma screen TV to Government subsidized housing and I know full well they all have the $150/month HDTV Cable plan.
I didn't have a phone or TV (not even standard broadcast). All I had was the internet. Remember, a lot of this is priority. I need the internet, but I tend not to watch TV.
I agree with you that the gov't housing family with all the fixin's makes me mad, too. They do less than me, yet they have nicer things? Perhaps I should try to get on the dole with them.
Those things are true, but I think you overestimate the amount of freedom enjoyed in the past. Especially, consider the distribution of freedom among the population.
If you're not making a distinction between economic freedom and philosophical freedom (gratis vs libre), then you're right. I was restricting it comparatively to an Ideal US (never existed, but useful here) for simplicity.
Actually, I'm disagreeing with you on it being less deadly. A rock is just as deadly as a bullet or a blade.
As to your other question, all else being equal, the fellow with the knife would be more dangerous, in practice. Don't confuse dangerous with deadly. They're both bad, but there is a difference.
However, it only takes one strike with either a bullet, a rock, or a knife to kill. The difference is in defense. A thick coat might stop a knife (focused stab), but may fail to protect from the rock (brute shock trauma). In a heat of passion situation, the problem isn't really "removing the tool", because the involved individual is going to use whatever is as his/her maximum disposal to the fullest effect, be it a knife, heavy clay thing, or a rolling pin.
Or they'll sharpen points on their knives themselves. It's not hard.
But that's simply not true. There are enough crimes of passion that people would never stop in the middle of to fabricate a weapon. That alone would save lives. I'm not saying it's a worthy justification, but it simply isn't true to say that they'd find another deadly weapon. Yes, they may then just strike with their hands in an attempt to kill, but it is less likely to succeed than a gun or knife.
They won't stop to fabricate a weapon. They'll just pick up that heavy little hand-grabbable clay sculpture and bludgeon with it. In a pinch, even the human body becomes a weapon. Shall we ban human bodies?
If this switch to DtecNet can usher in an age of ethical copyright enforcement then go for it. Then at least their ego-fuelled air of self-rightousness might provide enough power to pay for the waste of legal fees they keep dumping into this pointless battle.
explain everything, similar to how F=ma explains sublight phenomena in physics.
Only when velocities stay well below the speed of light or masses stay around planet-sized (smaller, actually, since the Earth has enough mass to frame-drag space).
SSL certificates are one area best served by government. Bear with me here,
SSL certificates are the online version of your driver's license or your passport. We entrust our governments to provide us with reliable, trustworthy forms of identification
No, it's not the equivalent of a driver's license. A driver's license (or other issued gov't ID) is there for the Gov't to verify it has given you permission to do something (for instance, to drive). The fact that it serves as a general purpose identification is an example of feature creep.
Licenses and passports can be faked. 18-21 year olds do it all the time. Making it harder only sets up an arms race. My friend, what we have here is the SSL version of a fake ID.
The government shouldn't be in the business of deciding who and who not to verify. What if they decide to not verify or revoke a cert of someone critical of them?
SSL certs work because you trust the issuer. And the issuer's issuer, and the ultimate issuer.
This isn't an easy problem, as most users of the internet aren't exactly "security" sensitive (even the savvy ones). They look at the top for an "https" and at the status bar for a lock icon. If everything looks good, they go about their business.
For security, it's probably back to the drawing board. For most things, SSL certs probably do well enough in the meantime.
Could you format your troll post properly next time? I wouldn't have read that block of text even if it was +5 informative.
My only comment is: Wow. I wish I had enough spare time to write something just half that long. Where in the world does anyone get time to write enough gobbledygook to make my scrollbar move a sizeable distance to get past it? Shit! He even single-spaced it!
Teacher: Little Johnny, your paper is 5 pages long with 50000 words, as required, but the other three quarters of the assignment was to include content. F+ (the + is for the proper length).
That wasn't the point. The point was the "tyranny of the majority" argument against democracy. You could swap in any belief, race, political affiliation, family name, or degree of patriotism and flag-waving in there to fit it.
I take the tack that if I don't fit in with the views of someplace, I move to where I do fit in. No sense in being in a club/system/etc where I don't fit anyway. Why would a Christian want to live in a Muslim country? Why the reverse? Naturally speaking, in the absence of other factors, it wouldn't make sense.
Trivia: Most firearms and their use are banned in the UK.
I've always said Brits are fools. <disclaimer>I'm coming from a US-centric POV here</disclaimer>
Son, haven't you ever considered reality? Firearms are illegal in the UK. Soon pointy sticks will be, too.
Have you ever considered the possibility that you might rather become a criminal than a victim of tyranny? Grab a nice solid firearm, and console yourself that you're a well-meaning criminal, and not a murderer.
It is my understanding that in Europe you pay nothing for incoming calls, but twice as much for outgoing calls as in the US. The same for text messages. Not sure how landline -> cell calls are charged (if at all).
In the US, landline->cell is free to the landline owner, but the cellphone gets charged at the same rate as it would in any case.
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Elmo knows where you live!
Arrrr. Elmo h8s p1r4t35!
Are you implying Vint has a hygiene problem?
Maybe his secretary has the hygiene problem, from the sound of it. Or both of them.
Wow. If I had mod points, you'd get them.
You managed to actually use (PC-Liberal-Considered) offensive language in such a way as it becomes a satire. However, I know someone is going to post you for troll or something. Ignore them.
Because if you are unemployed you shouldn't have the internet. If you can't afford the Gas to drive to the unemployment office. You take bus or the subway or you get off your lazy ass and walk or bike. When I was poor I went to the library. I couldn't afford the $40/month for internet.
Actually, if you've applied to many jobs in the past 5 years, they all tell you to "apply on the internet". I don't even bother with job fairs anymore, because once I know the companies who will be there (from the list posted before the job fair), I can just go apply on their websites and save the time, fuel, and bother of printing resumes/cover letters for people who will just trash them.
I can also relate a couple of instances of being met by security staffing the reception of the HR dept (2 miles from the main site), who wouldn't let me speak to someone from HR. However, they took my resume and two weeks later I received a shiny new postcard saying "apply on the website".
Nothing is more disgusting than watching Best Buy drop off a Plasma screen TV to Government subsidized housing and I know full well they all have the $150/month HDTV Cable plan.
I didn't have a phone or TV (not even standard broadcast). All I had was the internet. Remember, a lot of this is priority. I need the internet, but I tend not to watch TV.
I agree with you that the gov't housing family with all the fixin's makes me mad, too. They do less than me, yet they have nicer things? Perhaps I should try to get on the dole with them.
Is there eventually going to be a facebook group of terrorists? It would almost be too easy to find them then.
May I suggest something kind of like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_bit
We should all eat it. It's the greenest soup.
Actually, I remember green kool-aid. Let's all drink the green kool-aid!
I toggle bits.
Those things are true, but I think you overestimate the amount of freedom enjoyed in the past. Especially, consider the distribution of freedom among the population.
If you're not making a distinction between economic freedom and philosophical freedom (gratis vs libre), then you're right. I was restricting it comparatively to an Ideal US (never existed, but useful here) for simplicity.
Actually, I'm disagreeing with you on it being less deadly. A rock is just as deadly as a bullet or a blade.
As to your other question, all else being equal, the fellow with the knife would be more dangerous, in practice. Don't confuse dangerous with deadly. They're both bad, but there is a difference.
However, it only takes one strike with either a bullet, a rock, or a knife to kill. The difference is in defense. A thick coat might stop a knife (focused stab), but may fail to protect from the rock (brute shock trauma). In a heat of passion situation, the problem isn't really "removing the tool", because the involved individual is going to use whatever is as his/her maximum disposal to the fullest effect, be it a knife, heavy clay thing, or a rolling pin.
Then again, I am Vulcan. Human's may not be capable of this.
Humans, unlike Vulcans, however, know when to use an apostrophe.
Sorry, you're asking for the impossible - I've never seen a well-organized mammoth hunt.
At least not one organized by Canadians...
For a truly internet-friendly explanation:
Innocence is like loli before your ingame avatar gets his hands on her.
*a loud "oooooooh, i get it!" runs through the audience*
There you go! :)
I'm new here. I don't get it.
Or they'll sharpen points on their knives themselves. It's not hard. But that's simply not true. There are enough crimes of passion that people would never stop in the middle of to fabricate a weapon. That alone would save lives. I'm not saying it's a worthy justification, but it simply isn't true to say that they'd find another deadly weapon. Yes, they may then just strike with their hands in an attempt to kill, but it is less likely to succeed than a gun or knife.
They won't stop to fabricate a weapon. They'll just pick up that heavy little hand-grabbable clay sculpture and bludgeon with it. In a pinch, even the human body becomes a weapon. Shall we ban human bodies?
If this switch to DtecNet can usher in an age of ethical copyright enforcement then go for it. Then at least their ego-fuelled air of self-rightousness might provide enough power to pay for the waste of legal fees they keep dumping into this pointless battle.
I have a bridge for sale if you have $5.
explain everything, similar to how F=ma explains sublight phenomena in physics.
Only when velocities stay well below the speed of light or masses stay around planet-sized (smaller, actually, since the Earth has enough mass to frame-drag space).
Oh I'm sure some OSS will come out to put an anti-spin to their spin using some of the same data mining they're using.
I only read articles with +1/2 and -1/2 spin.
SSL certificates are one area best served by government. Bear with me here,
SSL certificates are the online version of your driver's license or your passport. We entrust our governments to provide us with reliable, trustworthy forms of identification
No, it's not the equivalent of a driver's license. A driver's license (or other issued gov't ID) is there for the Gov't to verify it has given you permission to do something (for instance, to drive). The fact that it serves as a general purpose identification is an example of feature creep.
Licenses and passports can be faked. 18-21 year olds do it all the time. Making it harder only sets up an arms race. My friend, what we have here is the SSL version of a fake ID.
The government shouldn't be in the business of deciding who and who not to verify. What if they decide to not verify or revoke a cert of someone critical of them?
SSL certs work because you trust the issuer. And the issuer's issuer, and the ultimate issuer.
This isn't an easy problem, as most users of the internet aren't exactly "security" sensitive (even the savvy ones). They look at the top for an "https" and at the status bar for a lock icon. If everything looks good, they go about their business.
For security, it's probably back to the drawing board. For most things, SSL certs probably do well enough in the meantime.
Could you format your troll post properly next time? I wouldn't have read that block of text even if it was +5 informative.
My only comment is: Wow. I wish I had enough spare time to write something just half that long. Where in the world does anyone get time to write enough gobbledygook to make my scrollbar move a sizeable distance to get past it?
Shit! He even single-spaced it!
Teacher: Little Johnny, your paper is 5 pages long with 50000 words, as required, but the other three quarters of the assignment was to include content. F+ (the + is for the proper length).
Welcome to Text CounterStrike
You are in a dark, outdoor map
> GO NORTH
You have been pwned by a grue
Oh shit! Get this soldier to GUE Tech, College of Medicine, STAT!
That wasn't the point. The point was the "tyranny of the majority" argument against democracy. You could swap in any belief, race, political affiliation, family name, or degree of patriotism and flag-waving in there to fit it.
I take the tack that if I don't fit in with the views of someplace, I move to where I do fit in. No sense in being in a club/system/etc where I don't fit anyway. Why would a Christian want to live in a Muslim country? Why the reverse? Naturally speaking, in the absence of other factors, it wouldn't make sense.
put a big container that can contain it if it flies apart, you don't care about gyroscopic effects
You can also potentially harness the gyroscopic effect for that energy, too. Might be diminishing returns territory, though.
In soviet slashdot batteries charge you!
How much do they charge, and can I get a discount on my power?
Child porn is thoughtcrime!
Trivia: Most firearms and their use are banned in the UK.
I've always said Brits are fools. <disclaimer>I'm coming from a US-centric POV here</disclaimer>
Son, haven't you ever considered reality? Firearms are illegal in the UK. Soon pointy sticks will be, too.
Have you ever considered the possibility that you might rather become a criminal than a victim of tyranny? Grab a nice solid firearm, and console yourself that you're a well-meaning criminal, and not a murderer.
It is my understanding that in Europe you pay nothing for incoming calls, but twice as much for outgoing calls as in the US. The same for text messages. Not sure how landline -> cell calls are charged (if at all).
In the US, landline->cell is free to the landline owner, but the cellphone gets charged at the same rate as it would in any case.