(looks left and sees a woman with D-sized chest) (looks right and sees a woman with B-sized chest) (turn back to the left) - Pardon madam, may I borrow one of your cups as a mask. Thank you. Cup size matters.
>>>The lowly beer bottle [or wine bottle] has had a much greater impact on the world's institutions [...]
Fixed. In college alcohol helps people meet one another, which leads to procreation and children, who then grow-up to drink more alcohol. The great classics of literature were written while copious amounts of alcohol were consumed, and in ancient history society revolved around the great central beer halls. Even the gears of government are greased by alcohol as politicians discuss nuclear arms bans, free trade agreements, or health reform over dinner and alcohol.
Yes thanks. My message about Comcast Network News and ComcastNBC was meant to be humorous, playing off the comment "The media company would control pretty much everything we see and hear (or, more importantly, DON'T see and hear)."
>>>Its not the cable companies that are stopping this, its the channel owners themselves.
I know. The government needs to step-in and say, "You can still offer multi-channel packages, but you must also allow purchase of individual channels if that's what the cable company desires." A la carte needs to be applied at both the consumer level and the national level.
Yes and you'll have to dig-up millions of miles of dirt to do it. Wtih DSL the cables are already laid - no need to dig anything up - so the rural upgrade to DSL could be done in less than a year.
>>>you'll never have to run transport cable again
I've heard that before. It isn't true. Technology advances so someday even fiber will seem slow.
That message made zero sense. (shrug). The point I was making is that optical discs work just fine for the task they were designed for - cheap distribution of product..... that's a task the 1 terabyte HDDs are unsuited for.
As for T 1 to 5, I wouldn't want to buy a movie pack like that. It would cost $75 ($15 per movie). I'd rather just pick the movie I like for $15.
(1) You can't multitask a cable TV line because it's already full. From 10 megahertz upto 2000+ megahertz, it's filled by TV, radio, and internet service. So there's just room for ONE company - you can't multiplex the cable with others.
(2) Therefore the best solution IMHO is to just revoke Comcast's monopoly, and open the market for Cox, Time-Warner, and other companies to lay their own cable through the pipes underneath suburbs. Yes that's duplication but so what? Cables are cheap and take-up little room. Then the home-owner can simply decide which cable he wants to tap - Comcast's cable, Cox's cable, TW's cable, or XYZ's cable. That empowerment of the consumer makes it worthwhile. .
>>>Government merely becomes the FAIR middle man for others to use the infrastructure, just like the highway system
You mean with those collapsing bridges and bumpy roads? Your example was chosen poorly. I am not persuaded.
You ought to study your history. In the 1800s the Congress wasn't just two parties, but often 5 or 6 different parties. So the question becomes - what changed?
I think it was The Big Lie. The D's and R's convinced voters that third and fourth parties are a wasted vote. It isn't a waste if your third or fourth party representative is your direct choice that represents you.
At the end of the day I don't think it really matters what voting system you use, when the candidates are liars. You elect a man today because he will "end the war" and then a week later he's planning ways to send more troops and extend the war longer. It basically invalidates the whole election day as being one big farce.
>>>books that have already been registered aren't usable for her classes
What???
What?!?!?
You have to "register" your book? You can't just borrow or buy a used copy from a friend??? What the frak? Books aren't software. (starts packing bags to move to Russia)
>>>Nice idea, but Corps would just give money to employees, who would then "donate" it to the Congress criitter
(1) There's a $2000 cap on how much any one person can donate.
(2) So the corporation would have to spread the money out over a few thousand employees, as donations, and then the IRS will come knocking on the door and wondering why these incomes are not being reported.
(3) Most employees like me would refuse the money. I'm not going to take $2000 from my comany and then donate to X congresscritter. I don't need that hassle or the risk of IRS audit.
I went to a small liberal arts school like that "with slightly more females than males" - actually 2-to-1 - and I still didn't get laid. Man being an engineer sucks!
Hillsdale College's commitment to non-discrimination again came under fire in the 1970s following the enactment of affirmative action legislation. Because some of its students were receiving federal loans, the federal government declared it could require Hillsdale College to submit Assurance of Compliance forms mandated by Title IX as a condition of the continued receipt of federal financial assistance by two hundred Hillsdale students. Hillsdale refused compliance on the grounds that its own policies were less discriminatory than those the federal government would impose. Hillsdale also contended that it was not required to comply because it was a private school not receiving federal aid. However, the federal government argued that although the school was not funded directly, some students were receiving federal aid.
The Federal government is such a bully. If the college was *already* non-discriminatory, having accepted black students as early as 1844, why the hell did the U.S. government need to interfere? Damn U.S. control freaks.
>>>or the taxpayers get to keep more of their own money
Yes that's true, but first we gotta use the excess funds to pay off the $130,000 per household national debt. So you'll see your taxes get cut sometime around the year... oh, 2070. I won't be here but maybe my grandchildren will see the tax cut.
Actually there's at least one consumer who likes targeted ads - me. Ads for megacleavage.com, bikinigirls.com, toplessbeach.com, bottomlessbeach.com, notastitch.com,..... These are the kinds of ads I enjoy seeing popup on my computer screen. (two thumbs up)
Upgrading to the Bluray version of Star Trek eliminated the annoying artifacts present on the DVD version. That's an improvement that's visible even on a standard definition set.
Also there's nothing to skip in the case of Bluray. 1920x1080 progressive is the highest standard available, and will be for several decades (NTSC lasted almost 70 years and ATSC will probably last several decades too).
I agree about the gaming consoles. I'm still having fun with my PS1/PS2 and N64/Gamecube library. Why upgrade?
Alright then I'll move to Poland instead. I hear their previous communist history has made them fearful of government programs & politicians. And the income tax rate is only 15%. Sounds almost perfect.
>>>>similar to the EU parliament elections where parties get membership based on the % of votes
Really??? I thought the EU parliament operated exactly the same as Congress - direct election of the man (or woman) you want to represent your district.
Prior to CSPAN the Congress used to actually sit on the floor. After CSPAN they started hiding behind closed doors. So really CPSAN didn't reveal government - it just drove it underground.
What we REALLY need to do is ban all contributions except those that come from registered voters. If you're not a voter, you can't donate to a Congresscritter's campaign. That would eliminate bribes from corporations which skew our system.
If this bill passes, it won't change anything. The professors that write these books will simply reject the U.S. funds and get money from other places like IBM, Microsoft, Ford, and so on. Professors want to be reimbursed for their many hours of work, not give books away for free (or cheap).
Actually even if Gandhi had never existed, King often cited the example of Henry David Thoreau, the first to protest government policies via passive-aggressiveness.
You clearly don't understand. Yes *property* is transferable, but rights are not. You don't lose your right to "own stuff" just because you sell all your possessions on ebay. That right to own property still exists, even if you have nothing. The right is inalienable.
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Yeah, but it's booby sweat!
How is that different from mooby sweat?
Either is better than crotchy sweat.
"What to talk socks?" - Garibaldi.
"We're not having this discussion." - Sinclair
>>>at least it's not a cup...
(looks left and sees a woman with D-sized chest) (looks right and sees a woman with B-sized chest) (turn back to the left) - Pardon madam, may I borrow one of your cups as a mask. Thank you. Cup size matters.
>>>The lowly beer bottle [or wine bottle] has had a much greater impact on the world's institutions [...]
Fixed. In college alcohol helps people meet one another, which leads to procreation and children, who then grow-up to drink more alcohol. The great classics of literature were written while copious amounts of alcohol were consumed, and in ancient history society revolved around the great central beer halls. Even the gears of government are greased by alcohol as politicians discuss nuclear arms bans, free trade agreements, or health reform over dinner and alcohol.
For the same reason why my 8th grade social studies teacher didn't tip-over, even though he had a beer belly the size of a Michelin Radial X.
Bras don't have the greatest odor either. All day's worth of sweat - ick.
Yes thanks. My message about Comcast Network News and ComcastNBC was meant to be humorous, playing off the comment "The media company would control pretty much everything we see and hear (or, more importantly, DON'T see and hear)."
>>>Its not the cable companies that are stopping this, its the channel owners themselves.
I know. The government needs to step-in and say, "You can still offer multi-channel packages, but you must also allow purchase of individual channels if that's what the cable company desires." A la carte needs to be applied at both the consumer level and the national level.
Yes and you'll have to dig-up millions of miles of dirt to do it. Wtih DSL the cables are already laid - no need to dig anything up - so the rural upgrade to DSL could be done in less than a year.
>>>you'll never have to run transport cable again
I've heard that before. It isn't true. Technology advances so someday even fiber will seem slow.
That message made zero sense. (shrug). The point I was making is that optical discs work just fine for the task they were designed for - cheap distribution of product..... that's a task the 1 terabyte HDDs are unsuited for.
As for T 1 to 5, I wouldn't want to buy a movie pack like that. It would cost $75 ($15 per movie). I'd rather just pick the movie I like for $15.
(1) You can't multitask a cable TV line because it's already full. From 10 megahertz upto 2000+ megahertz, it's filled by TV, radio, and internet service. So there's just room for ONE company - you can't multiplex the cable with others.
(2) Therefore the best solution IMHO is to just revoke Comcast's monopoly, and open the market for Cox, Time-Warner, and other companies to lay their own cable through the pipes underneath suburbs. Yes that's duplication but so what? Cables are cheap and take-up little room. Then the home-owner can simply decide which cable he wants to tap - Comcast's cable, Cox's cable, TW's cable, or XYZ's cable. That empowerment of the consumer makes it worthwhile.
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>>>Government merely becomes the FAIR middle man for others to use the infrastructure, just like the highway system
You mean with those collapsing bridges and bumpy roads?
Your example was chosen poorly. I am not persuaded.
You ought to study your history. In the 1800s the Congress wasn't just two parties, but often 5 or 6 different parties. So the question becomes - what changed?
I think it was The Big Lie. The D's and R's convinced voters that third and fourth parties are a wasted vote. It isn't a waste if your third or fourth party representative is your direct choice that represents you.
At the end of the day I don't think it really matters what voting system you use, when the candidates are liars. You elect a man today because he will "end the war" and then a week later he's planning ways to send more troops and extend the war longer. It basically invalidates the whole election day as being one big farce.
>>>books that have already been registered aren't usable for her classes
What???
What?!?!?
You have to "register" your book? You can't just borrow or buy a used copy from a friend??? What the frak? Books aren't software. (starts packing bags to move to Russia)
>>>Nice idea, but Corps would just give money to employees, who would then "donate" it to the Congress criitter
(1) There's a $2000 cap on how much any one person can donate.
(2) So the corporation would have to spread the money out over a few thousand employees, as donations, and then the IRS will come knocking on the door and wondering why these incomes are not being reported.
(3) Most employees like me would refuse the money. I'm not going to take $2000 from my comany and then donate to X congresscritter. I don't need that hassle or the risk of IRS audit.
I went to a small liberal arts school like that "with slightly more females than males" - actually 2-to-1 - and I still didn't get laid. Man being an engineer sucks!
Hillsdale College's commitment to non-discrimination again came under fire in the 1970s following the enactment of affirmative action legislation. Because some of its students were receiving federal loans, the federal government declared it could require Hillsdale College to submit Assurance of Compliance forms mandated by Title IX as a condition of the continued receipt of federal financial assistance by two hundred Hillsdale students. Hillsdale refused compliance on the grounds that its own policies were less discriminatory than those the federal government would impose. Hillsdale also contended that it was not required to comply because it was a private school not receiving federal aid. However, the federal government argued that although the school was not funded directly, some students were receiving federal aid.
The Federal government is such a bully. If the college was *already* non-discriminatory, having accepted black students as early as 1844, why the hell did the U.S. government need to interfere? Damn U.S. control freaks.
>>>or the taxpayers get to keep more of their own money
Yes that's true, but first we gotta use the excess funds to pay off the $130,000 per household national debt. So you'll see your taxes get cut sometime around the year... oh, 2070. I won't be here but maybe my grandchildren will see the tax cut.
Actually there's at least one consumer who likes targeted ads - me. Ads for megacleavage.com, bikinigirls.com, toplessbeach.com, bottomlessbeach.com, notastitch.com, ..... These are the kinds of ads I enjoy seeing popup on my computer screen. (two thumbs up)
Yeah but selling optical discs with Terminator 5 on them is cheaper than selling hard drives with Terminator 5 on them.
Upgrading to the Bluray version of Star Trek eliminated the annoying artifacts present on the DVD version. That's an improvement that's visible even on a standard definition set.
Also there's nothing to skip in the case of Bluray. 1920x1080 progressive is the highest standard available, and will be for several decades (NTSC lasted almost 70 years and ATSC will probably last several decades too).
I agree about the gaming consoles. I'm still having fun with my PS1/PS2 and N64/Gamecube library. Why upgrade?
Alright then I'll move to Poland instead. I hear their previous communist history has made them fearful of government programs & politicians. And the income tax rate is only 15%. Sounds almost perfect.
>>>>similar to the EU parliament elections where parties get membership based on the % of votes
Really??? I thought the EU parliament operated exactly the same as Congress - direct election of the man (or woman) you want to represent your district.
Prior to CSPAN the Congress used to actually sit on the floor. After CSPAN they started hiding behind closed doors. So really CPSAN didn't reveal government - it just drove it underground.
What we REALLY need to do is ban all contributions except those that come from registered voters. If you're not a voter, you can't donate to a Congresscritter's campaign. That would eliminate bribes from corporations which skew our system.
If this bill passes, it won't change anything. The professors that write these books will simply reject the U.S. funds and get money from other places like IBM, Microsoft, Ford, and so on. Professors want to be reimbursed for their many hours of work, not give books away for free (or cheap).
>>>Gandhi inspired King.
Actually even if Gandhi had never existed, King often cited the example of Henry David Thoreau, the first to protest government policies via passive-aggressiveness.
You clearly don't understand. Yes *property* is transferable, but rights are not. You don't lose your right to "own stuff" just because you sell all your possessions on ebay. That right to own property still exists, even if you have nothing. The right is inalienable.