"Gore, who boasted in a CNN interview he "took the initiative in creating the Internet," was only 21 when the Internet was born out of a Pentagon project."
You can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig.
No matter how you went about pushing ACTA, people would have been upset. It was kept secretly because big content companies were hoping that it would be passed before anybody realized it was happening.
ACTA could not be passed in most places with a fully informed public & electorate.
I think its probably more accurate to say that neither of you have enough data to prove what you're saying.
You've both given your opinion on the topic, but with no statistical evidence, neither of you have the ability to prove what you're saying.
The original poster is correct in saying that if you monitored everyone, you'd get a pretty good idea of who was correct.
Me personally, I would rather it remain an opinion as I have no intention of letting myself be monitored by insurance or authorities for the illusion of safety or savings.
I think they also give you a better rate because just like a medical doctor, if you're paying the guy yourself, he doesn't have to deal with the insurance company paperwork and hassle.
When you engage him, he does what he's skilled at (auto body work), takes your money and the deal is complete.
Its not ignorant at all. If you think your rockets are falling out of the sky because of a magic beam in Alaska....DON'T FLY OVER ALASKA!
Good grief, people make simple things hard and then complain about it.
I mean, the big issue here is that the Russians are speaking nonsense. But I'm playing along with their nonsense and giving them the simple, easy solution to their problem.
As soon as they stop talking nonsense, I promise to do the same.
That said, yes, I agree with your general point about the Russian approach being merely different rather than better or worse.
I'll leave you with this quote:
"Somebody said that T34 was reliable. The answer is: absolutely not. Soviets lost more of them to breakdowns than to German tanks. And Sherman vs. T34 the winner is Sherman. Sherman was more comfortable, more reliable, had sight stabilizator, made less noise due the rubber tracks."
Cars weight a lot more than they used to. My 1981 Honda civic weighed 1,700 pounds. It got by with a 1.5l 67 HP motor. I got 35 MPG around town, 50 MPG on the highway
By contrast, a 2012 weighs 2600 pounds, and has a 140 HP motor. It gets 28/39 MPG.
The 2012 is by every measure a better car. But it gets significantly poorer gas mileage.
Everything has externalities. If you go to the bathroom, there are externalities. If you breathe in or out, there are externalities. If you watch television, there are externalities. Being on the internet has externalities.
Its basically used as an excuse to tax anything you want in any amount. Because nobody brings up externalities unless they're trying to control it, tax it, or make an argument towards a thing or behavior they don't like.
After all, the only reason people buy a new PC these days is when the old one runs so slow from bloatware, adware, and crapware the user usually installs?
You might argue that Microsoft is set to destroy the entire tech industry if people won't buy new PC's.
If you want to be even better informed, you will study up on progressive tax rates and find that unless tax rates are indexed to inflation it represents a tax hike.
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Oops, also, the link you mention says this:
"Gore, who boasted in a CNN interview he "took the initiative in creating the Internet," was only 21 when the Internet was born out of a Pentagon project."
The internet started when Al Gore was in High School.
Did he push a bill that helped foster it? Absolutely. And that's what Cerf said and that's what he should get credit for.
Thanks Al. We appreciate it.
You can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig.
No matter how you went about pushing ACTA, people would have been upset. It was kept secretly because big content companies were hoping that it would be passed before anybody realized it was happening.
ACTA could not be passed in most places with a fully informed public & electorate.
I think its probably more accurate to say that neither of you have enough data to prove what you're saying.
You've both given your opinion on the topic, but with no statistical evidence, neither of you have the ability to prove what you're saying.
The original poster is correct in saying that if you monitored everyone, you'd get a pretty good idea of who was correct.
Me personally, I would rather it remain an opinion as I have no intention of letting myself be monitored by insurance or authorities for the illusion of safety or savings.
I think they also give you a better rate because just like a medical doctor, if you're paying the guy yourself, he doesn't have to deal with the insurance company paperwork and hassle.
When you engage him, he does what he's skilled at (auto body work), takes your money and the deal is complete.
I found this even more amusing:
http://www.exile.ru/upload/iblock/93b/3.gif
"She may have been bluffing, but given her record on ruthless domestic policies at the time, many a smarter man would have wavered."
Sounds like the excuse what the French and British agreed to as a cover story.
What's reported to the press is often what you're supposed to think.
"since these phones are typically not subsidized with 2-3 year contacts that covers the full cost of the phone many times over"
The phones aren't subsidized to the consumer. If you come to AT&T with a fully unlocked phone, you get no discount from their monthly rate.
Same is true for Verizon and Sprint.
Actually, once that happens, Mitt could show it as fair use in the theory he was educating the population on how unfair the press is/was.
And everybody else would play the ad over and over under the guise of fair use.
Romney wins either way.
This isn't quite true. They're not the same thing, but they're very closely related.
Climate is just weather patterns over a period of time longer than a year or 3. Like a decade.
Just google for the difference.
So if you raise rates, more people will switch to Verizon, Sprint, or T-Mobile.
AT&T Mobile sure is whiny.
I think he's sending Canadian Culture to a very receptive U.S. audience, and in doing so, he's eroding our American culture of house building.
As the song goes, "He is Daaaaaangerous!" ;)
Its not ignorant at all. If you think your rockets are falling out of the sky because of a magic beam in Alaska....DON'T FLY OVER ALASKA!
Good grief, people make simple things hard and then complain about it.
I mean, the big issue here is that the Russians are speaking nonsense. But I'm playing along with their nonsense and giving them the simple, easy solution to their problem.
As soon as they stop talking nonsense, I promise to do the same.
Read the whole story. Being buried in peat was a bigger help than any other factor.
http://englishrussia.com/2006/09/17/russian-tank-recovered-from-the-lake-after-50-years-been-there/
That said, yes, I agree with your general point about the Russian approach being merely different rather than better or worse.
I'll leave you with this quote:
"Somebody said that T34 was reliable. The answer is: absolutely not. Soviets lost more of them to breakdowns than to German tanks. And Sherman vs. T34 the winner is Sherman. Sherman was more comfortable, more reliable, had sight stabilizator, made less noise due the rubber tracks."
So if you think your rocket is crashing because the Eskimos are shooting HF beams at it, then don't fly rockets over Alaska.
Whenever one is dealing with sending rockets to Mars, particularly Phobos, once has to take into account some pretty basic facts about Phobos:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather_Goddesses_of_Phobos
Once you deal with that, then you can start blaming Eskimos in North America for downing your rocket.
You've nailed it exactly.
Cars weight a lot more than they used to. My 1981 Honda civic weighed 1,700 pounds. It got by with a 1.5l 67 HP motor. I got 35 MPG around town, 50 MPG on the highway
By contrast, a 2012 weighs 2600 pounds, and has a 140 HP motor. It gets 28/39 MPG.
The 2012 is by every measure a better car. But it gets significantly poorer gas mileage.
The new Civic I'm sure is safer
"it's to compensate for externalities"
Everything has externalities. If you go to the bathroom, there are externalities. If you breathe in or out, there are externalities. If you watch television, there are externalities. Being on the internet has externalities.
Its basically used as an excuse to tax anything you want in any amount. Because nobody brings up externalities unless they're trying to control it, tax it, or make an argument towards a thing or behavior they don't like.
Cars of any size have almost no impact on roads as you suggest.
Large heavy trucks almost universally do all the damage.
After all, the only reason people buy a new PC these days is when the old one runs so slow from bloatware, adware, and crapware the user usually installs?
You might argue that Microsoft is set to destroy the entire tech industry if people won't buy new PC's.
Statistically of course it was a tie. But elections aren't decided statistically. It takes 50% plus 1 vote to win.
Almost all societies have hero archetypes, Samurai, Cowboys, Knights....to name just 3.
I can't think of a tax that's too low. Except the FICA rates this year and proposed for next.
If you want to be even better informed, you will study up on progressive tax rates and find that unless tax rates are indexed to inflation it represents a tax hike.
But you knew that, correct?
Couldn't you buy a Corolla and have enough money left over to pay for 30 years of driving? And you can get it serviced at the local garage?