Much of the "Tubes" and the routers/switches that make up the internet are owned by the telecoms & Cable Companies, which are already regulated by the FCC (at lease in the US). As phone and Data run over the same hardware, I seems logical that it would fall to the same regulatory agency... Not that I think any part of the government is free of corruption, but who would you have do it? The EPA?
The probably could train dogs to sniff out SD chips... They have dogs the find counterfeit DVDs after all. Will they train dogs to find Flash storage... yes, now that you pointed it out.
I think probably more likely that it has to do with the content mafia. They don't want there content providers to mentally associate them to pirates because there devices are born of Non-DRM infected proprietary software e.g. Linux.
I know what a push poll is... I have actually hung up on one before.
If its the candidates voice on the call then is it not obvious that the candidate authorized it? Further, IMHO, a candidate should publicly denounce any unauthorized robocalls, and ask his supporters not to run them if he/she does not want them to.
The key here is that it is not a warrant, its a subpoena. If you get a subpoenaed for a document(paper) you hand over the document, the police don't get to search the filing cabinet that the document was in.
I don't think you proved anything... it's still just your opinion. I have not and will not seek try to dis-prove someones religion. Science just does that when the religion is based on a book that deals with how the universe works from the perspective of people more than 2000 years ago. Sooner or later someone is going to figure it out (oh my the word is round).
I did not say that it was just religious people either... Many big business executives are very smart and actively counter scientific findings because its bad for business(tobacco industry on smoking and Oil/coal companies on global warming) and don't forget that many politicians are also in business with the same companies.
Didn't Prez. Bush leave science out of No Child Left Behind. He effectively shut down the EPA editing or withholding the studies that did not fit his agenda. A lot less funding for NASA the last 8 years.
I don't think that its all religious people either. Hinduism adapts there beliefs to still work with new scientific concepts. Many Christians do want creationism taught in science class along side the theory of evolution. They don't want there kids learning about evolution.
Genetics and carbon dating are big holes for the Christians that take the bible literally. For others its ok that the bible is not 100% correct, its more about what lessons we can learn from it and how to live life.
I am not an atheist. There is no proof either way. But that still does not make you right... Its still just an opinion.
"Honestly... I think people who know a lot of science are probably the biggest problem with science education."
I have to disagree with you there... At least in the US there is a conservative/religious section of society that disdain science because it disproves there beliefs and makes them look stupid or hurts their businesses (This includes former President Bush and & wannabe Palin). In many parts of the country they have created school environments where science is shunned... the theory of evolutions is taught with the qualifier of "some people believe". To them science is something to be manipulated or a tool of the Devil.
Yes for some very smart people its very hard to come down to the level of thinking of a child or normal IQ person so its frustrating for them to try and explain anything. Not everyone has a lot of patience. Granted some are into the prestige and they should not be allowed around children, but there are not that many of them and I see bigger effect because of the stigma of social conservatives. Maybe that's because I am currently living in "The South".
neither does my camera phone or my regular digital camera. CCTV still allows recordings weather its a VCR or some other device (say a PC).
If the law is only applicable to cameras/photos then why not take video instead (most camera phones are capable now). You could then pick out the frame that you wanted as a photo on a PC. How many decibels does the click have to be or how faraway does the click have to be audible?
While there trying to reduce pervy crime they just show there ineptitude with technology.
you for got to add in the well-fair/un-employment the ex-government employee would receive. Say half of what he was making for the first year (I don't really know what un-employment pays out or for how long).
That is why it is important for there to be national legislation legalizing it in all states.
If you move to a different state for a job should not mean that your marriage does not hold up in the eyes of the law.
And don't tell me that devoted gay couples will get the same rights/benefits if you call it civil unions as my wife and I get. It is inherit that people will treat civil unions differently, .
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Much of the "Tubes" and the routers/switches that make up the internet are owned by the telecoms & Cable Companies, which are already regulated by the FCC (at lease in the US). As phone and Data run over the same hardware, I seems logical that it would fall to the same regulatory agency... Not that I think any part of the government is free of corruption, but who would you have do it? The EPA?
The probably could train dogs to sniff out SD chips... They have dogs the find counterfeit DVDs after all. Will they train dogs to find Flash storage... yes, now that you pointed it out.
I think probably more likely that it has to do with the content mafia. They don't want there content providers to mentally associate them to pirates because there devices are born of Non-DRM infected proprietary software e.g. Linux.
I know what a push poll is... I have actually hung up on one before.
If its the candidates voice on the call then is it not obvious that the candidate authorized it? Further, IMHO, a candidate should publicly denounce any unauthorized robocalls, and ask his supporters not to run them if he/she does not want them to.
I think it could be a valid reason. Robocalls says something about the character of the candidate.
The key here is that it is not a warrant, its a subpoena. If you get a subpoenaed for a document(paper) you hand over the document, the police don't get to search the filing cabinet that the document was in.
Why would go to the trouble or risk of confrontation when its far easier to go through there trash/recycling for an empty bottle?
I don't think you proved anything... it's still just your opinion. I have not and will not seek try to dis-prove someones religion. Science just does that when the religion is based on a book that deals with how the universe works from the perspective of people more than 2000 years ago. Sooner or later someone is going to figure it out (oh my the word is round).
I did not say that it was just religious people either... Many big business executives are very smart and actively counter scientific findings because its bad for business(tobacco industry on smoking and Oil/coal companies on global warming) and don't forget that many politicians are also in business with the same companies.
Didn't Prez. Bush leave science out of No Child Left Behind. He effectively shut down the EPA editing or withholding the studies that did not fit his agenda. A lot less funding for NASA the last 8 years.
I don't think that its all religious people either. Hinduism adapts there beliefs to still work with new scientific concepts. Many Christians do want creationism taught in science class along side the theory of evolution. They don't want there kids learning about evolution.
Genetics and carbon dating are big holes for the Christians that take the bible literally. For others its ok that the bible is not 100% correct, its more about what lessons we can learn from it and how to live life.
I am not an atheist. There is no proof either way. But that still does not make you right... Its still just an opinion.
Hope my grammar isn't to F'ed up to read.
"Honestly... I think people who know a lot of science are probably the biggest problem with science education." I have to disagree with you there... At least in the US there is a conservative/religious section of society that disdain science because it disproves there beliefs and makes them look stupid or hurts their businesses (This includes former President Bush and & wannabe Palin). In many parts of the country they have created school environments where science is shunned... the theory of evolutions is taught with the qualifier of "some people believe". To them science is something to be manipulated or a tool of the Devil. Yes for some very smart people its very hard to come down to the level of thinking of a child or normal IQ person so its frustrating for them to try and explain anything. Not everyone has a lot of patience. Granted some are into the prestige and they should not be allowed around children, but there are not that many of them and I see bigger effect because of the stigma of social conservatives. Maybe that's because I am currently living in "The South".
neither does my camera phone or my regular digital camera. CCTV still allows recordings weather its a VCR or some other device (say a PC). If the law is only applicable to cameras/photos then why not take video instead (most camera phones are capable now). You could then pick out the frame that you wanted as a photo on a PC. How many decibels does the click have to be or how faraway does the click have to be audible? While there trying to reduce pervy crime they just show there ineptitude with technology.
you for got to add in the well-fair/un-employment the ex-government employee would receive. Say half of what he was making for the first year (I don't really know what un-employment pays out or for how long).
That is why it is important for there to be national legislation legalizing it in all states. If you move to a different state for a job should not mean that your marriage does not hold up in the eyes of the law. And don't tell me that devoted gay couples will get the same rights/benefits if you call it civil unions as my wife and I get. It is inherit that people will treat civil unions differently, .