The easiest thing to do would be to go back to the Founding Father's intentions, and have no concept of the political party. Each rep either votes their concience, or votes the will of their electorate (gasp) rather than voting the will of their party, or voting to frustrate the other party.
Actually, tobacco or alcohol (learn how to build and run a distillery.)
Both are important enough that people will always want them (alcohol has a wide variety of uses, tobacco should be obvious), not so valuable that (hopefully) people will feel the need to kill you for them, and relatively easy to transport.
Actually, I seem to recall from the Thrawn Trilogy that Yoda already lived on Dagobah when the Dark Jedi showed up. So, it could be worked in that, to help consolidate his rule in the early years, Palpatine cloned off some Jedi, possibly even using materials collected by clone troopers during the mass purges shown in EP 3.
"Dear Congressman, I write this letter to you to urge you to...."
won't get you very far.
"Suh, here is my con-tri-bution to your campaign to the sum of 1 million dollars. Now, I'd also like to discuss your views on...." on the other hand....
What about them? There's no law preventing you from slandering all you want; there are, however, no protections against the consequences of what you say.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Duress code. A PIN number that grants perfectly normal access to the account, but also flags the transaction, trips an alarm, and sets off all of the cameras and what not in the ATM booth.
Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, not only made the XBox incapable of playing DVD movies out of the box, but also charged a good amount for a remote and receiver package.
Microsof, in it's infinite wisdom, knew that lots of people already had a DVD player, so why make you fork over 30+ bucks for the DVD license fee, which goes straight back to the DVD consortium, for a feature that you'll never use?
In Freakanomics, it is claimed that the drop in crime in the 90s is a direct result of Roe v Wade, and the fact that most of the kids who would have wound up being born into situations that tend to produce criminals were being aborted.
A gross simplification on my part, so go read the book.
In a 'true free market,' what would prevent, say, Microsoft from having the monopoly that so many people think it now enjoys? What gov't agency is responsible for Microsoft's monopoly?
Let me preface this with: Although individual peace officers may very well stray and go bad, I have nothing but respect for the vast majority of the men and women who form the Thin Blue Line each and every day.
One day, the head of the FBI, the head of the CIA, and the head of the LAPD are having a drink in a cop bar, and an argument starts over which force is most effective.
They decide to have a wager. They'll take one square kilometer of forest, with one rabbit. They'll take turns finding the rabbit; the fastest one wins.
The CIA goes first. They set up some SIGINT, recruit some agents amoungst the forest animals, set up some dead drops, and within a few days, they have pinpointed the rabbit's usual schedule, where he hangs out, what routes he takes, and so on. A quick snatch-and-go, and they have their prey.
They release the second rabbit. The FBI immediately surrounds the forest with paramilitary types, calls for the rabbit to come out peacefully, and then sends in the APC. Within a few hours, the forest has been burned down, and the FBI are claiming that the rabbit had a stash of assault weapons. They never do find the rabbit's body, though.
Moving the game to a new section of forest, they release a new rabbit, and the LAPD sends in a single squad. An hour later, they come back out. In their custody is a large bear, obviously severely beaten and worked over, yelling 'OK, OK, I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit!'
Reamed as in 'they rode that horse as far as it would take them, and them they carried the corpse a bit further,' not as in 'trounced them in the election.'
They harped on it for a very long time. "Kerry voted AGAINST money for troops!" Well, no. Not quite.
What you forget is that there is limits on free speech. One can not shout "Fire!" in a crowded movie theater if there is no fire because it endangers others. Speech encouraging criminal acts can make one responsible for said acts (enciting a riot).
Ah, but you're not being prosecuted for exercising un-free speech. You're being prosecuted for willful and malicious endangerment of the safety of others.
It could be said that some laws, however, actively prosecute the speech, not the results.
Nah. Even Aikido has the end result of rendering your opponent incapable of attacking you further by wounding him. It's just a matter of how you do it.
I've wondered, after Ep. 3: How do you keep a Sith Lord in prison waiting for trial?
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Ah. Well, you can always turn off inheritable permissions....
Good old Status Quo.
The easiest thing to do would be to go back to the Founding Father's intentions, and have no concept of the political party. Each rep either votes their concience, or votes the will of their electorate (gasp) rather than voting the will of their party, or voting to frustrate the other party.
NT has had pretty extensive ACL capabilities since it's very first version.
Your onscreen persona of a school child, beating up other virtual school children.
Actually, tobacco or alcohol (learn how to build and run a distillery.)
Both are important enough that people will always want them (alcohol has a wide variety of uses, tobacco should be obvious), not so valuable that (hopefully) people will feel the need to kill you for them, and relatively easy to transport.
Otherwise, .22 rimfire shells are always good.
Point of order: alcohol is a depressent, not a stimulant.
As to the original topic, does Hollywood depict *anything* accurately?
Actually, I seem to recall from the Thrawn Trilogy that Yoda already lived on Dagobah when the Dark Jedi showed up. So, it could be worked in that, to help consolidate his rule in the early years, Palpatine cloned off some Jedi, possibly even using materials collected by clone troopers during the mass purges shown in EP 3.
Didn't the sat thing come down to 'you're free to recieve the signal, but breaking the encryption is illegal?'
The problem here is that money trumps speech.
"Dear Congressman, I write this letter to you to urge you to...."
won't get you very far."Suh, here is my con-tri-bution to your campaign to the sum of 1 million dollars. Now, I'd also like to discuss your views on...." on the other hand....
What about them? There's no law preventing you from slandering all you want; there are, however, no protections against the consequences of what you say.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Duress code. A PIN number that grants perfectly normal access to the account, but also flags the transaction, trips an alarm, and sets off all of the cameras and what not in the ATM booth.
Tell that to the people who maintain mainframes with 20 year uptimes.
Let me preempt here all of the people who will say 'DVD doesn't look as good as 35mm film!'
Correct. DVD will never look as good as a nice, clean 35mm print properly focused.
At most theaters, however, you don't have a nice, clean 35mm print that's properly focused.
KOTOR made like a laptop hibernating and the save file was just a dump of RAM.
Microsof, in it's infinite wisdom, knew that lots of people already had a DVD player, so why make you fork over 30+ bucks for the DVD license fee, which goes straight back to the DVD consortium, for a feature that you'll never use?
And if you *know* that, by smoking, you'll be facing health problems in twenty years, then it's your responsibility to save up to pay for that, no?
In Freakanomics, it is claimed that the drop in crime in the 90s is a direct result of Roe v Wade, and the fact that most of the kids who would have wound up being born into situations that tend to produce criminals were being aborted.
A gross simplification on my part, so go read the book.
In a 'true free market,' what would prevent, say, Microsoft from having the monopoly that so many people think it now enjoys? What gov't agency is responsible for Microsoft's monopoly?
You're asking about 'rubber hose encryption.' Google for it.
Master! Buzz droids are landing on your fighter! Why not just USE THE GD FORCE TO KNOCK THE LITTLE BUGGERS OFF?!
Silly Padawan, the Force is only used to knock over BIG robots, open doors, retrieve itty bitty objects, and choke people. Oh, and lightning.
Of course, Master. Forgive me.
Let me preface this with: Although individual peace officers may very well stray and go bad, I have nothing but respect for the vast majority of the men and women who form the Thin Blue Line each and every day.
One day, the head of the FBI, the head of the CIA, and the head of the LAPD are having a drink in a cop bar, and an argument starts over which force is most effective.
They decide to have a wager. They'll take one square kilometer of forest, with one rabbit. They'll take turns finding the rabbit; the fastest one wins.
The CIA goes first. They set up some SIGINT, recruit some agents amoungst the forest animals, set up some dead drops, and within a few days, they have pinpointed the rabbit's usual schedule, where he hangs out, what routes he takes, and so on. A quick snatch-and-go, and they have their prey.
They release the second rabbit. The FBI immediately surrounds the forest with paramilitary types, calls for the rabbit to come out peacefully, and then sends in the APC. Within a few hours, the forest has been burned down, and the FBI are claiming that the rabbit had a stash of assault weapons. They never do find the rabbit's body, though.
Moving the game to a new section of forest, they release a new rabbit, and the LAPD sends in a single squad. An hour later, they come back out. In their custody is a large bear, obviously severely beaten and worked over, yelling 'OK, OK, I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit!'
Reamed as in 'they rode that horse as far as it would take them, and them they carried the corpse a bit further,' not as in 'trounced them in the election.'
They harped on it for a very long time. "Kerry voted AGAINST money for troops!" Well, no. Not quite.
Ah, but relevant riders can also be stricken out, which means that the federal executive can, at his own whim, alter legislations.
Ah, but you're not being prosecuted for exercising un-free speech. You're being prosecuted for willful and malicious endangerment of the safety of others.
It could be said that some laws, however, actively prosecute the speech, not the results.
Nah. Even Aikido has the end result of rendering your opponent incapable of attacking you further by wounding him. It's just a matter of how you do it.
I've wondered, after Ep. 3: How do you keep a Sith Lord in prison waiting for trial?