For one thing, truth is a defense to slander. Also, most states allow a litigation privilege where you cannot be held liable for statements made in the course of legal proceedings.
That stimulus package had minimal effect, because people tended to hoard it or just spend it on normal bills (reducing their debt imperceptibly, but not doing much for the economy) rather than buying goods or services.
The problem with all these stimulus problems is they don't really address the most important problem you see in a recession/depression, that of unemployment.
Send a letter to the president of Dell, CCing the vice-president of sales. Lay out the problem. Emphasize your presence in Iraq and service and self-sacrifice. Lay it on thick.
The only ethics needed or desired on the battlefield is to win the day. Period. Doing anything else is a formula for disaster. As can be shown in Vietnam. We didn't use the maximum force to full effect, we danced around and tried to do everything but defeat the enemy. The result - South Vietnam was overrun and lots of people died.
No, that's absurd. Who cares if you win the day if you lose the war? If you get bogged down in that kind of short-term thinking you're doomed to lose in the end.
We didn't win in Vietnam because the Vietnamese were willing to take horrific casualties, not because we weren't willing to attack with maximum force. Hell, we firebombed villages and deforested entire regions, what exactly else should we have done?
I concur with everything you say. Always be polite to the cops or federal agents no matter how obnoxious they are, but demand to see a lawyer and then keep your mouth shut. And IAAL so there's instant credibility!
Now everyone who read this send me $200 for legal services rendered.
Admittedly The Dark Crystal was a good movie. Ok, MAYBE Elfquest, but I stand by my views on Shazam and Wonder Woman. And I don't know how they're going to do Thor (though I really liked the comic).
i only wish that were true. the fact that you think it is only goes to highlight how ignorant some americans are about the ramifications of the behaviour of their government with regards to everyone else in the world. I'll clue you in. THEY'RE [wikipedia.org] MASSIVE [wikipedia.org].
You're completely missing the point, and bringing in another non sequitur. This article analyzes the treatment of the candidates by a single American paper. This paper is thought to lean towards the left in America. It was analyzing an American candidate. Obviously the fact that in another country the goalposts are different does not relate to this issue at all.
My biggest beef with the NY Times is that, particularly since Obama was elected, it's been piece after piece about the 'barrier-breaking' historical significance of the event; the guy has gotten a big pass on making substantive policy statements just because he's such a 'game-changer.'
Personally I think he should be given a pass for a little while, it's been 4 days since he was elected and while I know the 24-hour news cycle has made us feel like we're entitled to constant new information, but I'd rather he get his administration together and talk with them before he comes back to us and tells us what he's going to do.
In terms of his statements before the election, while I do wish we had gotten more concrete statements about his plans, I still found what he said more substantive than McCain's (who will "fight" because he's a "fighter" but that's about it; oh, and Obama's a marxist).
Ok, I see what you mean, that's a new feature that I hadn't noticed. Helpful but I would still like to see something self-organizing and automatic, so I could make a genre folder, which goes down to artist, then album, then song.
The change.gov website specifically asks for your ideas. Why not use the opportunity to suggest to them to look into appointing such people as Lawrence Lessig or Bruce Schneier to positions where they can do good? (And of course to give your ideas on all other subjects which you care about.)
Because the people complaining here are too ignorant and lazy to actually inform themselves about the issues enough to actually make decent suggestions. They prefer to cover their lack of knowledge with a phony world-weariness so they can pretend their cynicism represents some sort of brilliant insight on their part, rather than their lack of understanding.
so fbi, which was turned into a joke by the neocon gop administration by implanting their own people in, went and told obama camp that mccain campaign also got hacked.
Actually, while the neocons ruined every other branch of government, I think the FBI ruined themselves. They've just gotten a little too arrogant over the years, and a little too eager to see themselves on camera, so they overreach and underperform.
If you have insurance, they'll go after that. If you don't they'll send you a bill. If you can't afford it they'll get a court judgment against you. If you can't pay it they can maybe garnish your paycheck but not much more than that. And the next time you're in an accident you can go to the same hospital and they're still obligated to treat you. Costs are ultimately born by the hospital and the actual paying customers.
You're missing the point; of course going it alone is a horrible way to act. My problem was with the sneering comment that we were "on notice." Working together requires mutual respect; remember how angry it made you at the lack of respect Bush showed for the rest of the world? Well when you tell us we are "on notice" it does the same thing over here. We need mutual respect, not condescension.
While I would prefer a national health care system, private insurance can work if it's done right. For example, I pay about $200 a month for a pretty good plan; unfortunately you can't get that in a lot of states, and fortunately I am relatively healthy so had no pre-existing conditions. The problem in the US is healthcare in general is so expensive, with an emphasis on expensive drugs, equipment and tests, and I think unless it's changed how medicine is actually practiced even national healthcare will be too expensive.
As for calling an insurance company after an accident, unless you're talking about a minor issue hospitals are required by law to treat you in their emergency rooms. While you're there, if you're conscious, the medical billing people will try to get your insurance information from you, but the actual treatment is being given with no need for approval.
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I'm a human being and I can't break audio captcha. Sounds like gibberish to me.
For one thing, truth is a defense to slander. Also, most states allow a litigation privilege where you cannot be held liable for statements made in the course of legal proceedings.
Am I the only one who finds Miller really overrated?
That stimulus package had minimal effect, because people tended to hoard it or just spend it on normal bills (reducing their debt imperceptibly, but not doing much for the economy) rather than buying goods or services.
The problem with all these stimulus problems is they don't really address the most important problem you see in a recession/depression, that of unemployment.
Send a letter to the president of Dell, CCing the vice-president of sales. Lay out the problem. Emphasize your presence in Iraq and service and self-sacrifice. Lay it on thick.
The only ethics needed or desired on the battlefield is to win the day. Period. Doing anything else is a formula for disaster. As can be shown in Vietnam. We didn't use the maximum force to full effect, we danced around and tried to do everything but defeat the enemy. The result - South Vietnam was overrun and lots of people died.
No, that's absurd. Who cares if you win the day if you lose the war? If you get bogged down in that kind of short-term thinking you're doomed to lose in the end.
We didn't win in Vietnam because the Vietnamese were willing to take horrific casualties, not because we weren't willing to attack with maximum force. Hell, we firebombed villages and deforested entire regions, what exactly else should we have done?
Ever since the libertarian/OSI contingent tried hijacking OSS, the constant cry from the Linux community has been "exploit me!"
I concur with everything you say. Always be polite to the cops or federal agents no matter how obnoxious they are, but demand to see a lawyer and then keep your mouth shut. And IAAL so there's instant credibility!
Now everyone who read this send me $200 for legal services rendered.
Admittedly The Dark Crystal was a good movie. Ok, MAYBE Elfquest, but I stand by my views on Shazam and Wonder Woman. And I don't know how they're going to do Thor (though I really liked the comic).
And 1940s live serials were ridiculous, with silly effects, awful dialogue, two-dimensional plots, and scenery-chewing acting.
Elfquest? Wonder Woman? Shazam? Shazam!?! Don't these people actually think ahead as to how silly some of these things will look on the big screen?
Don't be too hard on them, the engineering majors never have to get into the really heavy math (they just think their math is heavy).
i only wish that were true. the fact that you think it is only goes to highlight how ignorant some americans are about the ramifications of the behaviour of their government with regards to everyone else in the world. I'll clue you in. THEY'RE [wikipedia.org] MASSIVE [wikipedia.org].
You're completely missing the point, and bringing in another non sequitur. This article analyzes the treatment of the candidates by a single American paper. This paper is thought to lean towards the left in America. It was analyzing an American candidate. Obviously the fact that in another country the goalposts are different does not relate to this issue at all.
My biggest beef with the NY Times is that, particularly since Obama was elected, it's been piece after piece about the 'barrier-breaking' historical significance of the event; the guy has gotten a big pass on making substantive policy statements just because he's such a 'game-changer.'
Personally I think he should be given a pass for a little while, it's been 4 days since he was elected and while I know the 24-hour news cycle has made us feel like we're entitled to constant new information, but I'd rather he get his administration together and talk with them before he comes back to us and tells us what he's going to do.
In terms of his statements before the election, while I do wish we had gotten more concrete statements about his plans, I still found what he said more substantive than McCain's (who will "fight" because he's a "fighter" but that's about it; oh, and Obama's a marxist).
Ok, I see what you mean, that's a new feature that I hadn't noticed. Helpful but I would still like to see something self-organizing and automatic, so I could make a genre folder, which goes down to artist, then album, then song.
How stupid can the summary possibly be? Your belief has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not something is true.
Obviously you've never heard of truthiness.
Wit and charm work much better, and don't wear off in a day.
New to slashdot, eh?
The change.gov website specifically asks for your ideas. Why not use the opportunity to suggest to them to look into appointing such people as Lawrence Lessig or Bruce Schneier to positions where they can do good? (And of course to give your ideas on all other subjects which you care about.)
Because the people complaining here are too ignorant and lazy to actually inform themselves about the issues enough to actually make decent suggestions. They prefer to cover their lack of knowledge with a phony world-weariness so they can pretend their cynicism represents some sort of brilliant insight on their part, rather than their lack of understanding.
And you can access them in nested form in the itunes browser? Because I sure can't.
I use itunes but I really wish they'd put in nested playlists; the more music you have the harder it is to browse.
What about the tens of thousands of us slashdotters who aren't coders, and/or have no desire to do Apple's work for it.
so fbi, which was turned into a joke by the neocon gop administration by implanting their own people in, went and told obama camp that mccain campaign also got hacked.
Actually, while the neocons ruined every other branch of government, I think the FBI ruined themselves. They've just gotten a little too arrogant over the years, and a little too eager to see themselves on camera, so they overreach and underperform.
If you have insurance, they'll go after that. If you don't they'll send you a bill. If you can't afford it they'll get a court judgment against you. If you can't pay it they can maybe garnish your paycheck but not much more than that. And the next time you're in an accident you can go to the same hospital and they're still obligated to treat you. Costs are ultimately born by the hospital and the actual paying customers.
You're missing the point; of course going it alone is a horrible way to act. My problem was with the sneering comment that we were "on notice." Working together requires mutual respect; remember how angry it made you at the lack of respect Bush showed for the rest of the world? Well when you tell us we are "on notice" it does the same thing over here. We need mutual respect, not condescension.
While I would prefer a national health care system, private insurance can work if it's done right. For example, I pay about $200 a month for a pretty good plan; unfortunately you can't get that in a lot of states, and fortunately I am relatively healthy so had no pre-existing conditions. The problem in the US is healthcare in general is so expensive, with an emphasis on expensive drugs, equipment and tests, and I think unless it's changed how medicine is actually practiced even national healthcare will be too expensive. As for calling an insurance company after an accident, unless you're talking about a minor issue hospitals are required by law to treat you in their emergency rooms. While you're there, if you're conscious, the medical billing people will try to get your insurance information from you, but the actual treatment is being given with no need for approval.