>>>>>"The U.S. Court can have its opinion, but ultimately it was the 50 States that formed the original contract and they should have the right to ignore non-contractual grabs for power." >> >>You might need a refresher on US history.
The States existed first. The United States existed second. The U.S. was a creation of the States, just the same as the EU was a creation of France, Britain, Germany, et cetera. It's a binding contract consisting of the U.S./EU on one side, and the Member States on the other. If one party (US/EU) violates the contract, the other party (States) have every right to nullify the unconstitutional/noncontractual grab for power.
Like medical marijuana. California made it legal. Personally I think that's dumb, but it isn't my state and if Californians wants to make it legal, that's their choice. So what happens? The U.S. sweeps-in and overrules California's medical marijuana legalization.
Upon what basis? I can not lay my hand on any part of the Constitution that gives the U.S. power to overrule California. On the contrary, the Constitution makes clear THAT power is reserved to the States (amendment 10).
President Andrew Jackson ignored several Supreme Court decisions. Quote: "The Chief Justice gave his opinion..... Now let's see him enforce it," and he ignored the decisions. He considered the court to be a branch of the U.S., and not above the U.S. President or Congress.
>>>it does say that the supreme court have the authority to decide whether it is in accordance or not
That Constitution says no such thing. Stop stating your opinion and QUOTE the document where it grants power to the Court to nullify laws. If you cannot do that, then it does not exist.
Even political scientists acknowledge that the Supreme Court was never granted the power directly. It usurped the power in Marbury v. Madison (early 1800s)..... similar to how the Congress likes to usurp power it was never granted.
Can you not read the bolded part??? "The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal." The Supreme Court was never granted the power to determine constitutionality of laws. It ain't in the document.
I mean that I paying-in about double what I will receive from the SS Fund from age 70 to 90. This is easy enough to verify, since the SS now mails-out a paper showing how much you paid each year, and how much you will get in checks when you retire. I can see in plain black-and-white that I'm paying twice what I will get back.
It's funny how you failed to read his post. Quote: "The elderly would be those best able to support themselves, considering they have an entire lifetime to [accumulate wealth]..... Failing that, any of them can fall back on family members to survive. Those that would truly starve in the streets should be given SS."
What he's basically saying is that SS should be a needs-based system only for the poor, the same way welfare and food stamps operate.
The current SS rate is 15%. They would have to raise it to over 40% in order to keep SS solvent past 2018, and the economy will not sustain such a thing.
Anyway I'm still downloading but confining myself to a small, barely-known site with restricted access. Or if they don't have it, using my dialup provider which is Netscape and doesn't give a crap what I download.
People say Moblick/peerguardian don't work (since movie companies can easily change IPs), so who is the bigger idiot? Me who recognizes that fact, or the man who foolishly thinks he can't be spied upon?
Besides I was downloading from demonoid which is supposed to be a subscriber-only site and therefore safe(r).
>>>People here have been ticketed for eating apples or sipping water, while stopped at traffic lights.
So? I rear-ended a truck while stopped at a traffic light, and eating a McDonald's apple fritter. Just because you're stopped doesn't mean that it's safe to take your attention away from the driving environment around you.
>>>First law - conservation of energy. You can't get any more energy back than there is kinetic energy of the car, but you can get arbitrarily close. So, where does the inevitable loss come in then? >>>
Fine. Here's what happens in an electric car while braking:
Kinetic Energy of car at speed ==converts to==> Potential Energy stored in battery (from regen braking) - Resistive losses of air (biggest loss) - Resistive losses of wiring/motor - Rolling resistance of tires - Chemical inefficiency of battery (i.e. heat generation which is often quite hot)
Overall if you expended 1 unit to move your car 1 city block, when you regen-brake, you'll only get back 1/3 unit. The other 2/3rd was wasted.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I wouldn't be surprised if an electric car would go further in city driving than on the highway >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>The regenerative braking doesn't involve a heat engine, so in principle you could get arbitrarily close to 100% energy recovery >> >>Carnot Cycle. However, in this situation, that doesn't apply. There is no reason you cannot collect very close to 100%
What the hell?
Have ye never taken basic electricity. Heard of resistance in the wiring? Resistance in the motor? Chemical losses in the battery? Energy losses due to air friction across the surface of the car??? Good God people - think! I'm an electrical engineer who has been driving a gas-electric hybrid since 2002, and if regenerative breaking was able to recover even half the energy, I'd be amazed.
>>>>>>>>IIRC, hybrids do get better range in urban driving.
The best mileage in my Honda Insight doesn't come from stop and go. It comes from maintaining a constant speed of about 50 mph without stopping. That's the sweet spot. The regenerative braking is Not able to recover all the energy initially used to speed-up the car.
>>>No, no... tell us your techniques so that we may do the same.
Well okay. I bought a game from a scammer on ebay who claimed it was "like new" but of course it was all scratched up. I followed his instructions, returned the game, and he kept both my money and the game. He ignored my emails when I said, "Where's my refund?" --------- So I did some research and found hundreds of other buyers had similarly been scammed by this in-duh-vidual, so I went for the juggler. I bought about $1000 worth of "like new" games, they arrived all scratched up (naturally), and then I claimed I never received the games. My credit card returned all the money to me.
I reverse-scammed the scammer. He sent hate-filled emails, which of course made me laugh. I then shared the games with his previous victims.
>>>I reserve the right to accept or reject advertising as I see fit.
You are right. It's the virtual equivalent of stuffing earplugs in your ears so you don't have to listen to some guy in the town square. HOWEVER in my opinion if you access a website that is advertising-supported, and you block the ads, then said website should be able to ban your IP from future access. Adblock == no shirt == no service.
And the solution of usenet is to use killfiles to block spammers, so you no longer have to see them.
I don't know how you arrive at the idea. The spammer pays for his connection to send email, just the same you pay to send email. Nothing's been stolen, and your argument strikes me to be as flimsy as CW claiming I "stole" Sucky_Teen_Soap_#9 just because I happened to see it on the net.
Jailed for refusing to provide a key? Interesting. That violates the EU Charter of Rights:
Article 8-1. Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her. Article 48-1. Everyone who has been charged shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.
If the data was not cracked, how could the state declare guilt? The person should be released. It's too bad the EU neglected to include the right to not self-incriminate. In the U.S. you are not required to turn-over an encryption key, because of the Constitutional right to remain silent.
I hate the 5th Doctor episode where he spends a big chunk of time doing nothing but playing cricket. Rather than waste time with that nonsense, they should have simply consolidated the 2-part story downto 1 part.
- How will encryption stop a rights-holder, like Warner Bros, downloading a torrent of Dark Knight and simply recording all the IP addresses they see down/uploading the content? As far as I can tell they can do that, will report it, and thus you'll get a strike.
And the case will rise to the level of the EU Court, which will declare these laws unconstitu..... uh, in violation of the Lisbon Treaty. Namely the EU Charter of Rights: "Article 48-1. Everyone who has been charged shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law." i.e. 3 strikes is invalid because it assumes guilt without trial.
This law can also be argued to violate Article 11 - "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers." And Article 14 - "Everyone has the right to education and to have access to vocational and continuing training." How can little Johnny do his homework if his internet has been cut, and he can't access wikipedia?
The M-I C actually was dramatically downsized during the Clinton/Republican Congress years, and according to the Bush's proposed budgets from 2001-to-2010 would have been downsized even further (with the surplus directed towards the SSA trust fund).
Then 9/11 happened, and like fools that respond to trolls on the internet, we responded to Bin Laden's baiting. Now things are out of control again. I had enough sense to say, "Ignore the Arab. Two skyscrapers are not worth starting a war over," but nobody listened. We should have continued along the original course.
>>>We are in an age where those who handle the money and sell sight and sound think they're the only game in town. The Industrial part of the complex is completely gone. >>>
I'm watching a World War 2 movie right now, where German Rommel says "We need to take Africa before the industrial might of America arrives." If Rommel had been fighting the current American economy, which revolves around Walmart and movies/music, then he'd probably say, "America? Ha. The land of 'do you want some fries with that?' is not a threat." America has no industrial might.
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>>>>>"The U.S. Court can have its opinion, but ultimately it was the 50 States that formed the original contract and they should have the right to ignore non-contractual grabs for power."
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>>You might need a refresher on US history.
The States existed first. The United States existed second. The U.S. was a creation of the States, just the same as the EU was a creation of France, Britain, Germany, et cetera. It's a binding contract consisting of the U.S./EU on one side, and the Member States on the other. If one party (US/EU) violates the contract, the other party (States) have every right to nullify the unconstitutional/noncontractual grab for power.
Like medical marijuana. California made it legal. Personally I think that's dumb, but it isn't my state and if Californians wants to make it legal, that's their choice. So what happens? The U.S. sweeps-in and overrules California's medical marijuana legalization.
Upon what basis? I can not lay my hand on any part of the Constitution that gives the U.S. power to overrule California. On the contrary, the Constitution makes clear THAT power is reserved to the States (amendment 10).
President Andrew Jackson ignored several Supreme Court decisions. Quote: "The Chief Justice gave his opinion..... Now let's see him enforce it," and he ignored the decisions. He considered the court to be a branch of the U.S., and not above the U.S. President or Congress.
>>>it does say that the supreme court have the authority to decide whether it is in accordance or not
That Constitution says no such thing. Stop stating your opinion and QUOTE the document where it grants power to the Court to nullify laws. If you cannot do that, then it does not exist.
Even political scientists acknowledge that the Supreme Court was never granted the power directly. It usurped the power in Marbury v. Madison (early 1800s)..... similar to how the Congress likes to usurp power it was never granted.
Can you not read the bolded part??? "The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal." The Supreme Court was never granted the power to determine constitutionality of laws. It ain't in the document.
I mean that I paying-in about double what I will receive from the SS Fund from age 70 to 90. This is easy enough to verify, since the SS now mails-out a paper showing how much you paid each year, and how much you will get in checks when you retire. I can see in plain black-and-white that I'm paying twice what I will get back.
It's funny how you failed to read his post. Quote: "The elderly would be those best able to support themselves, considering they have an entire lifetime to [accumulate wealth]..... Failing that, any of them can fall back on family members to survive. Those that would truly starve in the streets should be given SS."
What he's basically saying is that SS should be a needs-based system only for the poor, the same way welfare and food stamps operate.
The current SS rate is 15%. They would have to raise it to over 40% in order to keep SS solvent past 2018, and the economy will not sustain such a thing.
>>>you get notices because you are a stupid idiot who didn't do his research on how to keep those from happening.
If you're going to say something foolish like "Use peerguardian" than you are an even bigger idiot than me. Read this thread - "safepeer doesn't work" http://forum.mininova.org/lofiversion/index.php?t7467.html "peerguardian doesn't work" http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=YTY&q=peerguardian+doesn't+work&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
Anyway I'm still downloading but confining myself to a small, barely-known site with restricted access. Or if they don't have it, using my dialup provider which is Netscape and doesn't give a crap what I download.
Me too. And now with "this" movie channel available for free to anybody with an antenna, it's a lot easier to see fill in the time
People say Moblick/peerguardian don't work (since movie companies can easily change IPs), so who is the bigger idiot? Me who recognizes that fact, or the man who foolishly thinks he can't be spied upon?
Besides I was downloading from demonoid which is supposed to be a subscriber-only site and therefore safe(r).
>>>People here have been ticketed for eating apples or sipping water, while stopped at traffic lights.
So? I rear-ended a truck while stopped at a traffic light, and eating a McDonald's apple fritter. Just because you're stopped doesn't mean that it's safe to take your attention away from the driving environment around you.
>>>And what part of "arbitrarily close to 100%" (subtle implication: but not equal to 100%) appears to violate the laws of thermodynamics to you
Because real-world regen braking only gets about 33% recoverable energy. The other 67% is wasted as frictional heat.
>>>First law - conservation of energy. You can't get any more energy back than there is kinetic energy of the car, but you can get arbitrarily close. So, where does the inevitable loss come in then?
>>>
Fine. Here's what happens in an electric car while braking:
Kinetic Energy of car at speed ==converts to==> Potential Energy stored in battery (from regen braking) - Resistive losses of air (biggest loss) - Resistive losses of wiring/motor - Rolling resistance of tires - Chemical inefficiency of battery (i.e. heat generation which is often quite hot)
Overall if you expended 1 unit to move your car 1 city block, when you regen-brake, you'll only get back 1/3 unit. The other 2/3rd was wasted.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I wouldn't be surprised if an electric car would go further in city driving than on the highway
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The regenerative braking doesn't involve a heat engine, so in principle you could get arbitrarily close to 100% energy recovery
>>
>>Carnot Cycle. However, in this situation, that doesn't apply. There is no reason you cannot collect very close to 100%
What the hell?
Have ye never taken basic electricity. Heard of resistance in the wiring? Resistance in the motor? Chemical losses in the battery? Energy losses due to air friction across the surface of the car??? Good God people - think! I'm an electrical engineer who has been driving a gas-electric hybrid since 2002, and if regenerative breaking was able to recover even half the energy, I'd be amazed.
>>>>>>>>IIRC, hybrids do get better range in urban driving.
The best mileage in my Honda Insight doesn't come from stop and go. It comes from maintaining a constant speed of about 50 mph without stopping. That's the sweet spot. The regenerative braking is Not able to recover all the energy initially used to speed-up the car.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Like censorship of porn because "it's bad for my people"
>>>No, no... tell us your techniques so that we may do the same.
Well okay. I bought a game from a scammer on ebay who claimed it was "like new" but of course it was all scratched up. I followed his instructions, returned the game, and he kept both my money and the game. He ignored my emails when I said, "Where's my refund?" --------- So I did some research and found hundreds of other buyers had similarly been scammed by this in-duh-vidual, so I went for the juggler. I bought about $1000 worth of "like new" games, they arrived all scratched up (naturally), and then I claimed I never received the games. My credit card returned all the money to me.
I reverse-scammed the scammer. He sent hate-filled emails, which of course made me laugh.
I then shared the games with his previous victims.
>>>I reserve the right to accept or reject advertising as I see fit.
You are right. It's the virtual equivalent of stuffing earplugs in your ears so you don't have to listen to some guy in the town square. HOWEVER in my opinion if you access a website that is advertising-supported, and you block the ads, then said website should be able to ban your IP from future access. Adblock == no shirt == no service.
And the solution of usenet is to use killfiles to block spammers, so you no longer have to see them.
>>>1. Spam is theft of service.
I don't know how you arrive at the idea. The spammer pays for his connection to send email, just the same you pay to send email. Nothing's been stolen, and your argument strikes me to be as flimsy as CW claiming I "stole" Sucky_Teen_Soap_#9 just because I happened to see it on the net.
Jailed for refusing to provide a key? Interesting. That violates the EU Charter of Rights:
Article 8-1. Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her.
Article 48-1. Everyone who has been charged shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.
If the data was not cracked, how could the state declare guilt? The person should be released. It's too bad the EU neglected to include the right to not self-incriminate. In the U.S. you are not required to turn-over an encryption key, because of the Constitutional right to remain silent.
I hate the 5th Doctor episode where he spends a big chunk of time doing nothing but playing cricket. Rather than waste time with that nonsense, they should have simply consolidated the 2-part story downto 1 part.
Question
- How will encryption stop a rights-holder, like Warner Bros, downloading a torrent of Dark Knight and simply recording all the IP addresses they see down/uploading the content? As far as I can tell they can do that, will report it, and thus you'll get a strike.
And then the People will sue.
And the case will rise to the level of the EU Court, which will declare these laws unconstitu..... uh, in violation of the Lisbon Treaty. Namely the EU Charter of Rights: "Article 48-1. Everyone who has been charged shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law." i.e. 3 strikes is invalid because it assumes guilt without trial.
This law can also be argued to violate Article 11 - "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers." And Article 14 - "Everyone has the right to education and to have access to vocational and continuing training." How can little Johnny do his homework if his internet has been cut, and he can't access wikipedia?
The M-I C actually was dramatically downsized during the Clinton/Republican Congress years, and according to the Bush's proposed budgets from 2001-to-2010 would have been downsized even further (with the surplus directed towards the SSA trust fund).
Then 9/11 happened, and like fools that respond to trolls on the internet, we responded to Bin Laden's baiting. Now things are out of control again. I had enough sense to say, "Ignore the Arab. Two skyscrapers are not worth starting a war over," but nobody listened. We should have continued along the original course.
>>>We are in an age where those who handle the money and sell sight and sound think they're the only game in town. The Industrial part of the complex is completely gone.
>>>
I'm watching a World War 2 movie right now, where German Rommel says "We need to take Africa before the industrial might of America arrives." If Rommel had been fighting the current American economy, which revolves around Walmart and movies/music, then he'd probably say, "America? Ha. The land of 'do you want some fries with that?' is not a threat." America has no industrial might.
When I find scammers I like to have fun with them. I like to scam the scammers the way Robin Hood scammed the illegal usurper Sheriff of Nottingham
It's not entirely legal, so I'll shut up now.