>>>>>Also I suspect a good portion of those people were old and probably wasted a lot of time saying, "Where's the damn next button on this newfangled gadget?" >> >>Wow, there's a bit of bigotry snatched out of thin air.
No. Bigotry would be if I said ALL old people have difficulty learning new technologies. Whcih I did not. I merely observed that a "good portion" of old people have trouble, and that's true. I spend more time teaching old people (60 and up) how to turn-on their new LCD-TV than I do with kids/teens/20-somethings that pick it up almost naturally.
Also it's been proven by medical science that as the old brains advance, the neurons literally start to fall apart, which is yet another reason old people have difficulty with new technologies. Making this observation is no more "bigoted" than observing most old people have trouble walking, or have higher risk of heart attack.
Yes we can but in this case - I didn't. The modern plants built since 2000 really are cleaner than the exhaust coming-out of your Prius. That also means an EV powered by this clean coal electricity is cleaner than a Prius.
>>>The problem seems to be that you (as the taxpayer) get to support these folks one way or another.
Two married women (or 1 man and 2 wives) can't support themselves? I'm fairly certain they can and your argument is specious. These people are no more likely to end-up on welfare then a divorced man and wife .
>>>Actually CA like most coastal states brings more money to the Fed than it gets back.
Isn't that how the progressive tax is supposed to work? Richer people pay more money into the central US treasury? Maybe you'd prefer to go to a flat tax.
>>>I ask you all why you're so quick to rag on California when all of your dumb-asses are trying to move here
No we're not. Therefore the rest of your argument is negated.
>>>nazi conservatism
Nazis are anti-freedom (like communism). Conservatives are pro-freedom (except for a religious nutjobs). They are NOT the same thing - they are polar opposites and you make yourself look like a fool when you try to equate them.
Liberals on the other hand are the ones that passed a law which says I will be fined $950 for choosing not to buy hospital insurance. What's next? A $950 fine because I chose to buy a normal car instead of a Prius or hybrid? THAT's anti-freedom; it's anti-choice. That's closer to nazism and communism than Liberty.
Say nothing, hang up, and continue with my original plans. I will not be intimidated, even if it leads to my own imprisonment. Better to live free, than to be on my knees licking the boots of some lawyer, corporation, or politician.
Remember the Ghetto Riots in Germany? Had I been alive at the time, I probably would have been part of them. I will not walk peacefully into a shower room. Nor will I give-up my right to open my mouth and speak-out, or publish any paper I desire. To do that would be the same as making myself a slave with a muzzle that my master jerks every now and then.
I am protected by this law, which nullifies any other law: "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press" and "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." and "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Give me the paper that was banned from the conference. I'll publish it. I don't give a frak.
Why would he be in trouble? It's not illegal to speak or publish your thoughts. That's the reason why the US Bill of Rights and EU Charters of Fundamental Rights exist.
Let me introduce you to clean coal. I learned about it from my Electric Car friend. Basically it's coal that is burned extremely hot, so that there's nothing left but gas, and the gas is 99.999% filtered to remove impurities. What's left is cleaner than sucking fumes from a Prius.
Yeah but as costly as lawyers are, they are still only 1/100th as costly as the US Congress or State Legislators that are writing the laws. It's the reason why Thomas Jefferson quit his law career and moved into politics - he realized real change can only come from the top, by writing the laws himself, and ignoring those who would try to corrupt the system
Such silliness. People should be free to marry whoever they want, and multiple partners (up to a certain point - not 100s of wives). What the fuck do I care if my neighbor is two married women? Or Mormons practicing "big love". Stop being so damn controlling over other people's lives. It is NONE of your business you ugly shrew.
>>>Well it's not going to help tourism if we don't know what rocks we can and cannot breathe via "State rock" designation!
I've visited California twice.
It's hot and dry. The northern part wasn't bad though. Maybe if the state was split in half, North and South California, I'd even be willing to move to the northern part..... kinda similar to how I liked living in North Carolina but thought the southern half sucked.
Mostly likely. After all water is filled with dangerous-and-explosive hydrogen! Just ignore the fact that, like this rock, the dangerous component is locked-up inside the molecule and therefore harmless.
California - proof positive that we're not really any more advanced that any other backwards third-world country. (reads constitution) - Is there anything in here that says we can expel a State from the Union, like the Lisbon Treaty allows States to be ejected from the EU? California will soon be the boil on America's ass the same way Greece is a boil on Europe's ass. I can hear the word on the wind already: "bailout"..... "bailout"
Californians - Please don't take offense. You know as well as we do that it's not you that sucks; it's your government that sucks. It's been demoted from AA to A- status (not much higher than junk bonds), and the debt-to-GDP ratio is nearing 10%. That may not sound that high, but remember California can't print money - when it runs out, it runs out.
All the taxpayers in the other states do NOT want to assume responsibility for bailing out Sacramento's mistakes and/or paying their bills, anymore than European taxpayers wanted to assume responsibility for paying Greece's bills.
>>>An arrest record that might haunt you the rest of your life
Anybody who truly believes in liberty would wear that arrest like a badge of honor. You stood-up against the Nobility and won. It's a victory for the People against tyranny.
>>>The flaw in that reasoning is that, if you are pulled over by a police officer, you aren't free to park your car, get out and walk away
Yeah you can. When I was detained by homeland thugs in Texas, who made the assumption I was carrying mexicans and wanted to search my trunk (without warrant), I asked if I could go to the nearest town to find a lawyer. They said I could but I can't take my car with me. And then it will be considered "abandoned" and will be searched automatically.
So yes you do have the right to just walk away, especially if you have committed no crime.
>>>hat being said, the purpose of a speeding ticket is not to take away your privilege to drive.
Clearly you don't understand. A cop does not have the power to detain you, personally, but he DOES have the power to make you step out of your car, leave it by the side of the road, and walk home..... anytime he feels like it. Driving under the law is a privilege not a right, and that privilege can be revoked at any time. All the cop needs to do is take your license and shred it, right there, on the spot.
Of course you could ignore the cop and drive anyway without a valid license, but I wouldn't recommend it.
>>>Ok, so phrase the question "am I free to leave?"
I've seen videos where people ask that question over-and-over. You can see that it agitates the cop and makes him angry. It seems to me a wiser course Not to do something that will make the man with the gun annoyed. i.e. Exercise your right to remain silent.
I suppose it doesn't hurt to ask the question once, but to repeat it over and over like a broken record is foolhardy & tends to escalate the conversation into a verbal fight. And then things deteriorate further. (As happened to the Baptist Preacher who was beat to a pulp by Homeland Security.)
>>>A gaming PC needs more CPU and GPU horsepower, and probably more RAM and HD, which can easily double the price.
I've noticed that consoles are becoming more-and-more like computers. The hardware is no longer a fixed standard (different models with different capabilities), and you constantly have to worry about having the right OS software else the game might not play. This is why I never did any computer gaming beyond the Atari, Commodore, and Amiga computers - they were fixed hardware and therefore easy to use. IBM PCs and Macs were a pain in the ass to get working.
Fortunately the console makers have followed the KISS principle and kept the upgrades fairly simple but I worry that someday I'll pop a disk in PS3 and it will say, "Sorry you must upgrade your videocard to 1 gigabyte to play this game." That's the point where I'll probably say "fuck it" and become a 100% classic gamer.
Also I suspect a good portion of those people were old and probably wasted a lot of time saying, "Where's the damn next button on this newfangled gadget?"
I don't notice any difference in reading speed whether I'm using a book or e-book. But then I grew up reading text on computers (like Zork and online forums), so it feels perfectly natural to me. Plus the e-book is a lot lighter and less muscle-straining than a 600-page tome.
freestateproject.org (Libertarians who want to take over New Hampshire and repeal drug laws, nullify the Patriot Act, and so on)
freedomwatchonfox.com (Judge Napolitano - a libertarian)
campaignforliberty.com (these are the guys that started the Tea Parties in 2008)
reason.com
lp.org
I could go on and on but you know how to use google. It isn't that hard to find people who obey the constitution and desire to see these anti-liberty laws repealed.
>>>>>No actually it's short for "IBM PC" or "IBM PC compatible clone". >> >>Apple PC ???
No. Like I said in my nearly 30 years of usage, I've (almost) never used the term PC in conjunction with other brands. I have never said Atari 800 PC or Commodore=64 PC or Apple Macintosh PC or Commodore Amiga PC. It would be an insult to those machines. Instead I usually just say the direct name "Atari 800" or "Apple Mac" or "Commodore Amiga" or simply use the proper word: computer.
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>>>>>Also I suspect a good portion of those people were old and probably wasted a lot of time saying, "Where's the damn next button on this newfangled gadget?"
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>>Wow, there's a bit of bigotry snatched out of thin air.
No. Bigotry would be if I said ALL old people have difficulty learning new technologies. Whcih I did not. I merely observed that a "good portion" of old people have trouble, and that's true. I spend more time teaching old people (60 and up) how to turn-on their new LCD-TV than I do with kids/teens/20-somethings that pick it up almost naturally.
Also it's been proven by medical science that as the old brains advance, the neurons literally start to fall apart, which is yet another reason old people have difficulty with new technologies. Making this observation is no more "bigoted" than observing most old people have trouble walking, or have higher risk of heart attack.
>>we can *all* make totally bogus facts up!
Yes we can but in this case - I didn't. The modern plants built since 2000 really are cleaner than the exhaust coming-out of your Prius. That also means an EV powered by this clean coal electricity is cleaner than a Prius.
>>>The problem seems to be that you (as the taxpayer) get to support these folks one way or another.
Two married women (or 1 man and 2 wives) can't support themselves? I'm fairly certain they can and your argument is specious. These people are no more likely to end-up on welfare then a divorced man and wife
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>>>Actually CA like most coastal states brings more money to the Fed than it gets back.
Isn't that how the progressive tax is supposed to work? Richer people pay more money into the central US treasury? Maybe you'd prefer to go to a flat tax.
>>>I ask you all why you're so quick to rag on California when all of your dumb-asses are trying to move here
No we're not. Therefore the rest of your argument is negated.
>>>nazi conservatism
Nazis are anti-freedom (like communism). Conservatives are pro-freedom (except for a religious nutjobs). They are NOT the same thing - they are polar opposites and you make yourself look like a fool when you try to equate them.
Liberals on the other hand are the ones that passed a law which says I will be fined $950 for choosing not to buy hospital insurance. What's next? A $950 fine because I chose to buy a normal car instead of a Prius or hybrid? THAT's anti-freedom; it's anti-choice. That's closer to nazism and communism than Liberty.
>>>What do you do?
Say nothing, hang up, and continue with my original plans. I will not be intimidated, even if it leads to my own imprisonment. Better to live free, than to be on my knees licking the boots of some lawyer, corporation, or politician.
Remember the Ghetto Riots in Germany? Had I been alive at the time, I probably would have been part of them. I will not walk peacefully into a shower room. Nor will I give-up my right to open my mouth and speak-out, or publish any paper I desire. To do that would be the same as making myself a slave with a muzzle that my master jerks every now and then.
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I am protected by this law, which nullifies any other law: "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press" and "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." and "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Give me the paper that was banned from the conference. I'll publish it. I don't give a frak.
Why would he be in trouble? It's not illegal to speak or publish your thoughts. That's the reason why the US Bill of Rights and EU Charters of Fundamental Rights exist.
Dear friend:
Let me introduce you to clean coal. I learned about it from my Electric Car friend. Basically it's coal that is burned extremely hot, so that there's nothing left but gas, and the gas is 99.999% filtered to remove impurities. What's left is cleaner than sucking fumes from a Prius.
No government nor corporation has a right to muzzle our mouths.
Yeah but as costly as lawyers are, they are still only 1/100th as costly as the US Congress or State Legislators that are writing the laws. It's the reason why Thomas Jefferson quit his law career and moved into politics - he realized real change can only come from the top, by writing the laws himself, and ignoring those who would try to corrupt the system
>>>the Feds were debating same sex marriage
Such silliness. People should be free to marry whoever they want, and multiple partners (up to a certain point - not 100s of wives). What the fuck do I care if my neighbor is two married women? Or Mormons practicing "big love". Stop being so damn controlling over other people's lives. It is NONE of your business you ugly shrew.
>>>Well it's not going to help tourism if we don't know what rocks we can and cannot breathe via "State rock" designation!
I've visited California twice.
It's hot and dry. The northern part wasn't bad though. Maybe if the state was split in half, North and South California, I'd even be willing to move to the northern part..... kinda similar to how I liked living in North Carolina but thought the southern half sucked.
signed,
tourist
Mostly likely. After all water is filled with dangerous-and-explosive hydrogen! Just ignore the fact that, like this rock, the dangerous component is locked-up inside the molecule and therefore harmless.
California - proof positive that we're not really any more advanced that any other backwards third-world country. (reads constitution) - Is there anything in here that says we can expel a State from the Union, like the Lisbon Treaty allows States to be ejected from the EU? California will soon be the boil on America's ass the same way Greece is a boil on Europe's ass. I can hear the word on the wind already: "bailout"..... "bailout"
Californians - Please don't take offense. You know as well as we do that it's not you that sucks; it's your government that sucks. It's been demoted from AA to A- status (not much higher than junk bonds), and the debt-to-GDP ratio is nearing 10%. That may not sound that high, but remember California can't print money - when it runs out, it runs out.
All the taxpayers in the other states do NOT want to assume responsibility for bailing out Sacramento's mistakes and/or paying their bills, anymore than European taxpayers wanted to assume responsibility for paying Greece's bills.
>>>But note that the public transit system is also a privilege and therefore can be revoked at any time and for any reason.
Yes but not the right to record (either with camera, sketchpad, or your eye) the train as it's parked in clear sight.
>>>An arrest record that might haunt you the rest of your life
Anybody who truly believes in liberty would wear that arrest like a badge of honor. You stood-up against the Nobility and won. It's a victory for the People against tyranny.
>>>to be charged and convicted with resisting arrest
You can't be convicted if they can not prove you resisted.
>>>The flaw in that reasoning is that, if you are pulled over by a police officer, you aren't free to park your car, get out and walk away
Yeah you can. When I was detained by homeland thugs in Texas, who made the assumption I was carrying mexicans and wanted to search my trunk (without warrant), I asked if I could go to the nearest town to find a lawyer. They said I could but I can't take my car with me. And then it will be considered "abandoned" and will be searched automatically.
So yes you do have the right to just walk away, especially if you have committed no crime.
>>>hat being said, the purpose of a speeding ticket is not to take away your privilege to drive.
Clearly you don't understand. A cop does not have the power to detain you, personally, but he DOES have the power to make you step out of your car, leave it by the side of the road, and walk home..... anytime he feels like it. Driving under the law is a privilege not a right, and that privilege can be revoked at any time. All the cop needs to do is take your license and shred it, right there, on the spot.
Of course you could ignore the cop and drive anyway without a valid license, but I wouldn't recommend it.
>>>Ok, so phrase the question "am I free to leave?"
I've seen videos where people ask that question over-and-over. You can see that it agitates the cop and makes him angry. It seems to me a wiser course Not to do something that will make the man with the gun annoyed. i.e. Exercise your right to remain silent.
I suppose it doesn't hurt to ask the question once, but to repeat it over and over like a broken record is foolhardy & tends to escalate the conversation into a verbal fight. And then things deteriorate further. (As happened to the Baptist Preacher who was beat to a pulp by Homeland Security.)
>>>A gaming PC needs more CPU and GPU horsepower, and probably more RAM and HD, which can easily double the price.
I've noticed that consoles are becoming more-and-more like computers. The hardware is no longer a fixed standard (different models with different capabilities), and you constantly have to worry about having the right OS software else the game might not play. This is why I never did any computer gaming beyond the Atari, Commodore, and Amiga computers - they were fixed hardware and therefore easy to use. IBM PCs and Macs were a pain in the ass to get working.
Fortunately the console makers have followed the KISS principle and kept the upgrades fairly simple but I worry that someday I'll pop a disk in PS3 and it will say, "Sorry you must upgrade your videocard to 1 gigabyte to play this game." That's the point where I'll probably say "fuck it" and become a 100% classic gamer.
I want to have fun, not work.
Also I suspect a good portion of those people were old and probably wasted a lot of time saying, "Where's the damn next button on this newfangled gadget?"
I don't notice any difference in reading speed whether I'm using a book or e-book. But then I grew up reading text on computers (like Zork and online forums), so it feels perfectly natural to me. Plus the e-book is a lot lighter and less muscle-straining than a 600-page tome.
freestateproject.org (Libertarians who want to take over New Hampshire and repeal drug laws, nullify the Patriot Act, and so on)
freedomwatchonfox.com (Judge Napolitano - a libertarian)
campaignforliberty.com (these are the guys that started the Tea Parties in 2008)
reason.com
lp.org
I could go on and on but you know how to use google. It isn't that hard to find people who obey the constitution and desire to see these anti-liberty laws repealed.
>>>>>No actually it's short for "IBM PC" or "IBM PC compatible clone".
>>
>>Apple PC ???
No. Like I said in my nearly 30 years of usage, I've (almost) never used the term PC in conjunction with other brands. I have never said Atari 800 PC or Commodore=64 PC or Apple Macintosh PC or Commodore Amiga PC. It would be an insult to those machines. Instead I usually just say the direct name "Atari 800" or "Apple Mac" or "Commodore Amiga" or simply use the proper word: computer.
A lot of websites already do that (scare off users) by making them so over-bloated they don't load properly on Dialup connections.