Most of the early MUDs ran as processes on university servers used for other things, used up very little system resources, and the software was almost inevitably open source. Since they tended to run on unused server resources that otherwise would not be used, yes, they usually did not cost a lot to set up.
Ron Paul has won multiple elections. If you want someone from a third party, vote for them. If you can't get enough support for your candidate, why isn't that your fault?
"Injury" to constitute standing to file a lawsuit is not that high a burden. Look at the ACLU's history.
And you're missing my point. Who decides when the government is "destructive of these ends"?
Run for public office, vote in people you want to win, file lawsuits. Fatalism is not the answer, and the current power structure is not nearly as entrenched as everyone thinks.
And who is he to make that ultimate decision and overturn a 300 year old democratic system? Democracy doesn't work because I say so? Need a better rationale than that.
The problem with that reasoning is if you go back to before the Federal government started its major expansion of power, you find just as much oppression carried out by state governments. That's the problem with libertarians and conservatives, they rely on a rosy, false picture of "how things used to be."
If you are going to launch an armed rebellion simply because democratically elected politicians are passing laws you don't like, then you are the problem, not them.
The weird thing about netbooks is there were sub $200 netbooks for a while but every manufacturer started upping the stats and prices on them and basically turned them into regular laptops.
Ok, SteveFoerster, let me get this straight: your argument is that if Washington State was controlled by Republicans, we would see an equal or increased amount of public spending on healthcare for the poor?
Wasteland is one of the greats. There is still a surprisingly active WL mailing list, considering that at this point the members have not only seen everything the game offers, but also have stripped down the game to its bits and seen everything in it.
"as an end-consumer could make one for $140 using a Pic24f and the IOIO library"
Now try to come in under your remaining $10 to pay for design of the casing and packaging, the transportation costs to move it from the site where it was finished to the wholesaler, the technical support personnel and RMA system for defective units (and believe me, with the places you're going for your parts, there are going to be a lot of defective units, Acer/ASUS/etc. use better-quality parts than you linked to), overhead for the facility where you put it together, and the paperwork needed to move the product across borders.
Which is fair enough, but he went beyond that, demanding a tablet that has "camera, wifi, gps, gyroscope, accelerometer, & magnetometer" for under $100. That is extremely unreasonable.
Ehhh, I am anti-Apple and do not have an ipad myself, but it's a fairly slick piece of hardware and I see plenty of people using it extensively in places they wouldn't use a netbook.
Libertarian? Where did that come from? And simmer down, Nigel, your story just doesn't make too much sense, and this attitude of hopeless resignation is self-defeating. You should have followed up with the office, and you definitely should have registered for selective service (no, it's not "serving a foreign power").
The problem isn't that we're welcoming highly educated/highly skilled people into the country, it's that we're throwing highly educated/highly skilled Americans under the bus to do so.
Parking 12 nautical miles away from the coast still leaves the ship in the EEZ, so the US can easily regulate it (in fact, there are probably laws already in force that would apply to this).
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Most of the early MUDs ran as processes on university servers used for other things, used up very little system resources, and the software was almost inevitably open source. Since they tended to run on unused server resources that otherwise would not be used, yes, they usually did not cost a lot to set up.
They also cost almost nothing to set up and run where you had even a moderate internet connection.
Ron Paul has won multiple elections. If you want someone from a third party, vote for them. If you can't get enough support for your candidate, why isn't that your fault?
"Injury" to constitute standing to file a lawsuit is not that high a burden. Look at the ACLU's history.
And you're missing my point. Who decides when the government is "destructive of these ends"?
Run for public office, vote in people you want to win, file lawsuits. Fatalism is not the answer, and the current power structure is not nearly as entrenched as everyone thinks.
And who is he to make that ultimate decision and overturn a 300 year old democratic system? Democracy doesn't work because I say so? Need a better rationale than that.
Courts hear lawsuits brought by foreign corporations all the time.
The problem with that reasoning is if you go back to before the Federal government started its major expansion of power, you find just as much oppression carried out by state governments. That's the problem with libertarians and conservatives, they rely on a rosy, false picture of "how things used to be."
If you are going to launch an armed rebellion simply because democratically elected politicians are passing laws you don't like, then you are the problem, not them.
The weird thing about netbooks is there were sub $200 netbooks for a while but every manufacturer started upping the stats and prices on them and basically turned them into regular laptops.
Ok, SteveFoerster, let me get this straight: your argument is that if Washington State was controlled by Republicans, we would see an equal or increased amount of public spending on healthcare for the poor?
Wasteland is one of the greats. There is still a surprisingly active WL mailing list, considering that at this point the members have not only seen everything the game offers, but also have stripped down the game to its bits and seen everything in it.
Why not? Without an alien life form to compare ourselves too, for all we know we are the smartest, most humane intelligent race in the universe.
"as an end-consumer could make one for $140 using a Pic24f and the IOIO library"
Now try to come in under your remaining $10 to pay for design of the casing and packaging, the transportation costs to move it from the site where it was finished to the wholesaler, the technical support personnel and RMA system for defective units (and believe me, with the places you're going for your parts, there are going to be a lot of defective units, Acer/ASUS/etc. use better-quality parts than you linked to), overhead for the facility where you put it together, and the paperwork needed to move the product across borders.
You really had that much of an emotional reaction to something so minor in the grand scheme of things?
Which is fair enough, but he went beyond that, demanding a tablet that has "camera, wifi, gps, gyroscope, accelerometer, & magnetometer" for under $100. That is extremely unreasonable.
So basically what you're asking for is a present from tablet makers. Why would they go into debt to give you a gift?
Ehhh, I am anti-Apple and do not have an ipad myself, but it's a fairly slick piece of hardware and I see plenty of people using it extensively in places they wouldn't use a netbook.
Exactly. You should feel threatened, because quality frequently doesn't win out.
Yes, because there are only two options here. The guards couldn't have you know, just arrested the activists.
Libertarian? Where did that come from? And simmer down, Nigel, your story just doesn't make too much sense, and this attitude of hopeless resignation is self-defeating. You should have followed up with the office, and you definitely should have registered for selective service (no, it's not "serving a foreign power").
"Not until I was 27 - no SSN was given to me until then "
And when did you apply for one?
" tell me how the "foreigners" off the coast differ from the people that surround you already?"
No, according to the article it's too hard for foreigners to move to Silicon Valley.
The problem isn't that we're welcoming highly educated/highly skilled people into the country, it's that we're throwing highly educated/highly skilled Americans under the bus to do so.
Yes, I was mistaken.
Parking 12 nautical miles away from the coast still leaves the ship in the EEZ, so the US can easily regulate it (in fact, there are probably laws already in force that would apply to this).