Actually, if the federal government followed the initial plans of the founding fathers and held to a truly libretarian view, the federal government would NOT have powers that could be abused, because they would have extremely limited jurisdiction. Most power would reside with the State and local authorities, with the bulk of responsibility on the individual.
In other words, the federal government would have no ability to send federal agents into a state to bust someone for drug possesion. However, if the State ruled that said activity was illegal in their state (per their electorate), the State Police or local police could arrest said drug possesor. This decentralizes the groups who hold power, thereby weakening the hold that power can have over the citizens.
The idea that the Federal government should have the majority of power, is called statism and runs the gambit from Communism to Socialism to the current hodge-podge of Statism/Libretarian values that are conflicting here in the US.
This is where I think the true dichotemy of the American electorate lies. Since 9/11 the Liberal vs Conservative shoe no longer fits. George Bush is Libretarian in his views of government regulation of business and social security, but is extremely statist in his fiscal policies, civil rights and security. On the other hand, Democrats are usually extremely Statist on almost everything except for Civil Liberties (and then only the ones they favor).
AnarchCapitalism is much closer to what this country was founded on than the socialist democracy we have today.
Note: If you believe that you are a "Citizen of the United States" you are probably misinformed. "The United States" refers only to DC and territories held by the federal government. If you live in one of the 50 States, you are a "Citizen of The State of ___________" and since your State has agreements with the other 49 you are, by extention a "Citizen of the united States of America" (note the lowercase u).
I recommend you do some research on the country you live in, and exactly how its supposed to work.
No Sir, That's a Dark Young of Shurb-Niggurath, Sir. What was that Sir? Yes, Sir, those are 20 foot tentacles. Yes Sir, this would be a good time for you to roll for sanity.
Yep, thats why they aren't a true Historical "Reenactment" Society, but an Historical Recreation Society.
The swords and fights and brewing and leather and all that other stuff is the trappings around a 30some year old cult to the ideals of Chivalric Honor and Courtly Love. It's a 30some year old hippie fest, where many people value honor and their word over anything else. It a great big game with 13,000 total strangers that would be more than happy to pick up a weapon and play at my side.
It's a 30some year old Cult to Dionysus and if you don't believe me... come to Pennsic and hang out near the lake. If Vlad's isn't a Dionysian Ritual, then I'll eat lutefisk.
Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord Chatterer of the Words of Eris Muncher of the ChaoAcorn POEE of The Great Googlie Mooglie Cabal
AKA Lord Lewys ap Deykin, Warder of The Marche of Tirnewydd Rapier Champion of the Barony of the Middle Marches
It would appear to me that the Israeli army isn't saying "All D&D players are X and shouldn't be given clearance". It does semm that they are saying "If you fail this psychological check, then we're not letting you near sensitive stuff."
I've been a gamer for a long, long time. Vampire, Mage, Werewolf, D&D, Call of Cthulhu and Cthulhu Live, even some old Grups. Honestly, I have to say that , to me, sombunal gamers shouldn't be near any weapons... ever.
RPG's and LARPS attract intelligent, quick witted, imaginative and resourcful people. That makes up about 20% of most gamers. Gaming also attracts the socialy inept, the clinically depressed, boarderline psychopaths, and a host of rather odd people. Of course, those same sets of people also play online games, card games, etc etc etc.
The Israeli army isn't doing itself any favors by focusing on D&D, they'd be much better off getting everyone's head examined (Dear Gods, they need their heads examined for actually permitting the government to have a mandatory draft to begin with.)
Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord Chatterer of the Words of Eris Muncher of The ChaoAcorn POEE of The Great Googlie-Mooglie Cabal
I'm not detached from reality, I'm just customizing it.
We don't let most of our security team be involved in investigations. In factr, its only the one or two people needed to deal with the issue that know anything about it.
If you're an intern here, you 'might' get to monitor spam, logs or the IDS. Involvment in investigations is not something we hand out as an entry level option.
Movies are Cliff Notes for people too lazy to read Cliff Notes. If someone wanats to read Earthsea, LoTR or what have you, then they can get the same fantastic story we've all read. If they are happy to be spoonfed visual entertainment with less than interesting plots, so be it.
The political leanings of the researchers does not argue against the research itself. Mounting arguments against the researcher, does not mount arguments against the research itself.
To make a case against the data, one must make a case against the data.
If the Farm is producing Corn for its biomass, the ethanol conversion gives only a minor net gain of energy (usually single digit percentages). However, if a crop is grown that is a better biomass, we could see ethanol become a useful renewable resource.
Currently, the best biomass crop is hemp, it requires much less maintainence than Corn since it is similar to a weed in its nutritional needs (care and feeding of hemp is only useful when dealing with hemps psychedelic cousin, marijuana).
In early tests in Canada, an acre of Hemp produced 1000 gallons of Ethanol fuel in 4 months. that is a gain of nearly 30% over corn. It also doesn't include the seed oil which is useful as a biofuel as well.
Now, if only our Puritanical government would look at the benefits of the crop....
Yep, they work for a living, well enough to keep a huge fan base for 20 years. Most of the bands that began in the Eighties are long gone, because their music didn't have the right appeal for long term survivability. They were hot, then done. Those people made a lot of money when they were Hot. If they can no longer produce atractive music, if they can no longer draw a crowd, then it sucks to be them and they should go get a job.
If I ever ceased to be able to design secure networks, I doubt the company would keep me onbaord and pay me a per packet royality. If I fail to perform, I lose my job. If TMBG ever starts to suck badly, they will lose their audience. Then, they too will have to get real jobs (not that I think they'll have a problem... 20 years is a good track record).
However, if they were Damn Fine Musicians, and Assholes. I would probably be less likely to listen to them. If they were damn fine musicians, but their music didn't fit with my tastes, I wouldn't listen to them.
They got all three, and that a rare thing these days.
A) They are damn fine musicians. B) They have integrity. C) They fill a niche.
Re:They ARE Giants.
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There was found an esoteric text which held within it great esoteric eristic secrets, disguised as a popular song by the great Discordian Esoterics "They Might Be Giants".
I'm going down to Cowtown The cow's a friend to me Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be Beneath the waves, the waves And that's where I will be I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
Here in the first verse, we are told that we are entering the realm of Eris herself, The Void, or 'Chao'Town, based on the eternal symbol of Eris, The Sacred Chao. Obviously, the writer feels kinship with her sacred symbol, since "The 'Chao's a friend to me."
Now what of the next lines? If you examine the cover of the Holey Principia Discordia, you will find that the Sacred Chao is centered beneath the title, placing the "Chao" beneath the 'c'.
The yellow Roosevelt Avenue leaf overturned The ardor of arboreality is an adventure we have spurned, we've spurned A new leaf overturned It's a new leaf overturned
First, we have a fantastic example a Discordian statement. Words hidden within words, "The Yellow Rose" "Roosevelt Avenue" and "A new leaf overturned" are mashed into a single sentence, hidden between the actual words written. A wise reminder to never believe what we read (In this case what we hear and what we read are different).
The Ardor of Arboreality, of course refers to the "Love of A bor(ing) reality" something which is spurned by the Discordian, who prefers overturning new leaves and exploring different realities. We yearn to swim for home, but our only home is bone How sleepless is the egg knowing that which throws the stone Foresees the bone, the bone Our only home is bone Our only home is bone
This verse contains two seperate esoteric messages:
First, we see that the writer sees his life as "egg" to "bone" or birth to death. There is no escaping this, for our only home (our final home) is 'bone' or death.
Of course, there is also the idea of creation, for bone can refer to the bone of Osris. Osris, of course was killed and reborn, killed and reborn again (though this time without his bone, which probably meant he had to get a strap-on for Isis). The egg would obviously refer to the Great Mother Isis. Thus we have the story of constant rebirth and life, couched in words that speak of the unavvoidable end of our lives.
The stone, may be a reference to the stone which was rolled away from the tomb of Jesus (another "Dying God" like Osirus).
Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord & Sjaantze, Harbringer of Distraction
Re:Concerts.
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Well, it sucks to be those artists that can't make it like reasonable people. Musicians used to write for the love of writing and they performed for the love of performance, they were Artists. Now, the majority of them are closer to Con-Artists.
If your music is good, I will pay to see you in concert (I saw TMBG for the big July 4th party in Columbus, OH and brought about 8 friends with me) and I will pay for your albums (I legally own every TMBG album). If your music is average, or bad, then you should get a real job.
Are they? Or have they mutated into the spawn of the Deep Ones, serving beneath the ocean waves, until 2012, when the flip of the poles will weaken the Elder God seals... releasing Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu from their interdemensional prisons?
Of course they leak. My 3000W transmitter for a FM Radio Station used to leak across.3k everytime the tube started to decay. Stupid station manager never bought a new tube till the last minute.
However, 3000W leaking causes problems. 10W leaking isn't gonna cause near the problem. Esp if its near a 10,000W transmitter. It will not likely interefere at all.
Unfortunately I don't run pirate radio... The FCC would yank my HAM licence I'm sure
I have similar problems with the DWL-520, however, I found the problem was with my motherboard. Apparently some motherboards simply don't work with that card.
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Actually, if the federal government followed the initial plans of the founding fathers and held to a truly libretarian view, the federal government would NOT have powers that could be abused, because they would have extremely limited jurisdiction. Most power would reside with the State and local authorities, with the bulk of responsibility on the individual.
In other words, the federal government would have no ability to send federal agents into a state to bust someone for drug possesion. However, if the State ruled that said activity was illegal in their state (per their electorate), the State Police or local police could arrest said drug possesor. This decentralizes the groups who hold power, thereby weakening the hold that power can have over the citizens.
The idea that the Federal government should have the majority of power, is called statism and runs the gambit from Communism to Socialism to the current hodge-podge of Statism/Libretarian values that are conflicting here in the US.
This is where I think the true dichotemy of the American electorate lies. Since 9/11 the Liberal vs Conservative shoe no longer fits. George Bush is Libretarian in his views of government regulation of business and social security, but is extremely statist in his fiscal policies, civil rights and security. On the other hand, Democrats are usually extremely Statist on almost everything except for Civil Liberties (and then only the ones they favor).
AnarchCapitalism is much closer to what this country was founded on than the socialist democracy we have today.
Note: If you believe that you are a "Citizen of the United States" you are probably misinformed. "The United States" refers only to DC and territories held by the federal government. If you live in one of the 50 States, you are a "Citizen of The State of ___________" and since your State has agreements with the other 49 you are, by extention a "Citizen of the united States of America" (note the lowercase u).
I recommend you do some research on the country you live in, and exactly how its supposed to work.
Muhahahahaha....
No Sir, That's a Dark Young of Shurb-Niggurath, Sir. What was that Sir? Yes, Sir, those are 20 foot tentacles. Yes Sir, this would be a good time for you to roll for sanity.
No, you failed... sorry Sir.
Well said! Wish I could mod you up....
Don't worry, we feel the same way about you... freak.
That's just cause you haven't been to one of my Cthulhu Live games....
Muhahahahahahahahahahahah *ahem* ahahahahahahaha
Yep, thats why they aren't a true Historical "Reenactment" Society, but an Historical Recreation Society.
The swords and fights and brewing and leather and all that other stuff is the trappings around a 30some year old cult to the ideals of Chivalric Honor and Courtly Love. It's a 30some year old hippie fest, where many people value honor and their word over anything else. It a great big game with 13,000 total strangers that would be more than happy to pick up a weapon and play at my side.
It's a 30some year old Cult to Dionysus and if you don't believe me... come to Pennsic and hang out near the lake. If Vlad's isn't a Dionysian Ritual, then I'll eat lutefisk.
Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord
Chatterer of the Words of Eris
Muncher of the ChaoAcorn
POEE of The Great Googlie Mooglie Cabal
AKA
Lord Lewys ap Deykin,
Warder of The Marche of Tirnewydd
Rapier Champion of the Barony of the Middle Marches
It would appear to me that the Israeli army isn't saying "All D&D players are X and shouldn't be given clearance". It does semm that they are saying "If you fail this psychological check, then we're not letting you near sensitive stuff."
I've been a gamer for a long, long time. Vampire, Mage, Werewolf, D&D, Call of Cthulhu and Cthulhu Live, even some old Grups. Honestly, I have to say that , to me, sombunal gamers shouldn't be near any weapons... ever.
RPG's and LARPS attract intelligent, quick witted, imaginative and resourcful people. That makes up about 20% of most gamers. Gaming also attracts the socialy inept, the clinically depressed, boarderline psychopaths, and a host of rather odd people. Of course, those same sets of people also play online games, card games, etc etc etc.
The Israeli army isn't doing itself any favors by focusing on D&D, they'd be much better off getting everyone's head examined (Dear Gods, they need their heads examined for actually permitting the government to have a mandatory draft to begin with.)
Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord
Chatterer of the Words of Eris
Muncher of The ChaoAcorn
POEE of The Great Googlie-Mooglie Cabal
I'm not detached from reality, I'm just customizing it.
That's when Cthulhu comes from the watery depths and eats them. Then they get to make a new, non-twinkie character.
Any player who pulls min/max simply has a spinless (or foolish) DM.
Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord
Chatterer of The Words of Eris
Muncher of The ChaoAcorn
POEE of The Great Googlie Mooglie Cabal
I pity the dumbass that thinks that I'm detached from reality.
We don't let most of our security team be involved in investigations. In factr, its only the one or two people needed to deal with the issue that know anything about it.
If you're an intern here, you 'might' get to monitor spam, logs or the IDS. Involvment in investigations is not something we hand out as an entry level option.
Movies are Cliff Notes for people too lazy to read Cliff Notes. If someone wanats to read Earthsea, LoTR or what have you, then they can get the same fantastic story we've all read. If they are happy to be spoonfed visual entertainment with less than interesting plots, so be it.
Noting replaces reading.
The political leanings of the researchers does not argue against the research itself. Mounting arguments against the researcher, does not mount arguments against the research itself.
To make a case against the data, one must make a case against the data.
Whihc in this case, seems not too difficult.
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Actually, Vikings used terrorism long before the French... in fact they used terrorism ON the French.
A chainsaw may come with common-sense instructions... but you can still use it to kill the Evil Dead... or other random people.
If the Farm is producing Corn for its biomass, the ethanol conversion gives only a minor net gain of energy (usually single digit percentages). However, if a crop is grown that is a better biomass, we could see ethanol become a useful renewable resource.
Currently, the best biomass crop is hemp, it requires much less maintainence than Corn since it is similar to a weed in its nutritional needs (care and feeding of hemp is only useful when dealing with hemps psychedelic cousin, marijuana).
In early tests in Canada, an acre of Hemp produced 1000 gallons of Ethanol fuel in 4 months. that is a gain of nearly 30% over corn. It also doesn't include the seed oil which is useful as a biofuel as well.
Now, if only our Puritanical government would look at the benefits of the crop....
*Eats some chili cheese fritos*
A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.
Yep, they work for a living, well enough to keep a huge fan base for 20 years. Most of the bands that began in the Eighties are long gone, because their music didn't have the right appeal for long term survivability. They were hot, then done. Those people made a lot of money when they were Hot. If they can no longer produce atractive music, if they can no longer draw a crowd, then it sucks to be them and they should go get a job.
If I ever ceased to be able to design secure networks, I doubt the company would keep me onbaord and pay me a per packet royality. If I fail to perform, I lose my job. If TMBG ever starts to suck badly, they will lose their audience. Then, they too will have to get real jobs (not that I think they'll have a problem... 20 years is a good track record).
I agree completely.
However, if they were Damn Fine Musicians, and Assholes. I would probably be less likely to listen to them. If they were damn fine musicians, but their music didn't fit with my tastes, I wouldn't listen to them.
They got all three, and that a rare thing these days.
They're making money because:
A) They are damn fine musicians.
B) They have integrity.
C) They fill a niche.
There was found an esoteric text which held within it great esoteric eristic secrets, disguised as a popular song by the great Discordian Esoterics "They Might Be Giants".
I'm going down to Cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
Here in the first verse, we are told that we are entering the realm of Eris herself, The Void, or 'Chao'Town, based on the eternal symbol of Eris, The Sacred Chao. Obviously, the writer feels kinship with her sacred symbol, since "The 'Chao's a friend to me."
Now what of the next lines? If you examine the cover of the Holey Principia Discordia, you will find that the Sacred Chao is centered beneath the title, placing the "Chao" beneath the 'c'.
The yellow Roosevelt Avenue leaf overturned
The ardor of arboreality is an adventure we have spurned, we've spurned
A new leaf overturned
It's a new leaf overturned
First, we have a fantastic example a Discordian statement. Words hidden within words, "The Yellow Rose" "Roosevelt Avenue" and "A new leaf overturned" are mashed into a single sentence, hidden between the actual words written. A wise reminder to never believe what we read (In this case what we hear and what we read are different).
The Ardor of Arboreality, of course refers to the "Love of A bor(ing) reality" something which is spurned by the Discordian, who prefers overturning new leaves and exploring different realities.
We yearn to swim for home, but our only home is bone
How sleepless is the egg knowing that which throws the stone
Foresees the bone, the bone
Our only home is bone
Our only home is bone
This verse contains two seperate esoteric messages:
First, we see that the writer sees his life as "egg" to "bone" or birth to death. There is no escaping this, for our only home (our final home) is 'bone' or death.
Of course, there is also the idea of creation, for bone can refer to the bone of Osris. Osris, of course was killed and reborn, killed and reborn again (though this time without his bone, which probably meant he had to get a strap-on for Isis). The egg would obviously refer to the Great Mother Isis. Thus we have the story of constant rebirth and life, couched in words that speak of the unavvoidable end of our lives.
The stone, may be a reference to the stone which was rolled away from the tomb of Jesus (another "Dying God" like Osirus).
Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord
&
Sjaantze, Harbringer of Distraction
Well, it sucks to be those artists that can't make it like reasonable people. Musicians used to write for the love of writing and they performed for the love of performance, they were Artists. Now, the majority of them are closer to Con-Artists.
If your music is good, I will pay to see you in concert (I saw TMBG for the big July 4th party in Columbus, OH and brought about 8 friends with me) and I will pay for your albums (I legally own every TMBG album). If your music is average, or bad, then you should get a real job.
Are they? Or have they mutated into the spawn of the Deep Ones, serving beneath the ocean waves, until 2012, when the flip of the poles will weaken the Elder God seals... releasing Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu from their interdemensional prisons?
Of course they leak. My 3000W transmitter for a FM Radio Station used to leak across .3k everytime the tube started to decay. Stupid station manager never bought a new tube till the last minute.
However, 3000W leaking causes problems. 10W leaking isn't gonna cause near the problem. Esp if its near a 10,000W transmitter. It will not likely interefere at all.
Unfortunately I don't run pirate radio... The FCC would yank my HAM licence I'm sure
D Clyde Williamson
I have similar problems with the DWL-520, however, I found the problem was with my motherboard. Apparently some motherboards simply don't work with that card.
Dunno if you've checked that or not.
That assumes that there is 'truth'... which may be a rather large assumption.