Altruism... yeah, I'm sure thats greenpeace's only motive...
Even if altruism was their _only_ and _focused_ mission, there is a whole school of thought (I don't subscribe to it, but it exists, and is valid as any other) that contends altruism leads to suffering, and only hurts in the long run.
If we just use that we wouldn't be expanding government, and remember Article 1 Section 8 of the constitution : 'To have the power and responsibility to grow government at any opportunity'
What if I don't agree with what greenpeace is shoving down my throat as 'a better state'?
One could argue that all Halliburton wants to do is leave the world in a better state... as defined by them- really the same goal as greenpeace, just different definitions of 'better'.
Don't forget the upcoming gun ban 'to protect Mexico'. From the worst Attorney General in a long time.
He has stated specifically that both the 1st and 2nd amendments should not apply. Way to uphold the law. How the guy was employed as a US Attorney with those motivations is inexplicable- putting him in charge of the DOJ is inexcusable.
The last four AGs I thought: well this is as bad as it gets, can't get any worse. Then look what happened:
Reno -> Ashcroft -> Gonzales -> Holder
Each one outdoing the last for destroying the constitution.
Yeah- those sons of bitches have changed everything in the last 12 months...
In the first 24 hours of the Appstore I didn't have to worry about reviews or competing products or anything! Too bad those days are gone.
Now people write apps hoping other people will download them and like them- thats a horrible reason to develop for the iPhone. I'd much rather write an open source perl 'program' that does something dumb and mundane that no one will ever want or care about, and keep it on sourceforge.
That way everyone will know I'm keeping it real- thats what matters to me.
It basically means that no police officer can use sarcasm in their off-duty hours.
That didn't sound the least bit like sarcasm.
I realize people put _really_ stupid shit up on their FB status all the time. Its a free country and all, but there are sometimes consequences. In this case he 'joked' about behaving like a criminal when he went out to polce. It casts all his testimony in a bad light, and frankly I'd like to see him fired.
It is is 1st amendment right though, I wouldn't want to see him jailed solely because of facebook status.
Of course, I've never hung out with dirtbags, never associated with people with publicly-known criminal records, never mouthed off to a cop, never done drugs, so I'm sure it's just COINCIDENCE that this never happened to me?
No doubt those activities minimize the risk, but no one other than a police officer and his family are safe from the risk of police abuse. Good luck, and I hope you never are. From your description of yourself you probably have a high chance of never ending up on the wrong side of some petty cop, but its not 100% certain.
Also just a guess that your not from the US, if you were you'd also know that being black or brown would be tick against you, and make you more likely a target of this kind of abuse.
Its only voluntary when you have broadband options. Most of the country- if they're lucky enough to get broadband can get it from only one provider. Broadband providers have colluded to avoid encroaching on each others territory- if each one is the sole provider they both win.
The closest thing to this situation was/is when local phone companies control your telephone line, but they were/are heavily regulated, whereas cable companies do whatever the hell they want.
Per capita income in my ZIP code, according to the last census, was roughly $16k.
You should be looking at household income, not per capita. I make pretty good money, and have a decent house. If you divide that by the number of family members, suddenly each one of us is lower middle class.
1- he was fired that day 2- the edits came from his account 3- the login came from his workstation
Thats more than enough evidence to convict, unless he can prove otherwise. Don't think you need to be caught red-handed with photographic proof to be sent to prison. Circumstantial evidence is more than enough unless you have a good defense.
There once was a time when the basic anti-death-and-injury bootstrapping (water and electricity don't mix, leaves of three let it be, don't pick up rattlesnakes, look both ways...)
Uh, you do realize that 2 of those 4 examples have only been a threat to your life for about hundred years- and then only only sporadically until the last 50. Still surprised we don't have a innate fear of bathroom outlets and a rich oral tradition warning against using a hairdryer while showering?
Get your facts right before you post your comments.
Feel free to point out any facts I got wrong. You haven't yet, and I'm not psychic.
1) If some american corporation starts a development site in India then people make a big deal out of it.
2) But if the same american corporation starts a manufacturing unit in "Ireland" then 'No one' talks about it.
Let me know when your willing to discuss apples to apples (in case your not aware, low paying factory jobs != software development).
Let me tell you something pal - All the senators/lawmakers are either Jewish or Irish.
Right... Its all a big conspiricy to help out Ireland. We're just sticking it to the British because we're still mad they burned the White House. Want to make a guess of the value of jobs either exported to India or done by Indian H1 holders vs the same for the Ireland? (Using your two example countries)
Also when folks from Ireland come to work here they can apply for green-card.
Other than two exceptions every 'guest worker' I've known was in the process of getting their green card, regardless of their country of origin. One of the exceptions? Irish. He's the only Irish 'guest worker' I know, and he was kicked out.
Hmmmm... if memory serves me right Mr Kennedy even had an Irish quota for 'green-card' in Boston for years!
Nothing would surprise me about Mr. Kennedy.
I'm beginning to wonder where your hardon for the Irish comes from. Are you from Belfast?:-) FTR My geneology does trace back to Europe, but no Irish associations that I'm aware of.
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Altruism... yeah, I'm sure thats greenpeace's only motive...
Even if altruism was their _only_ and _focused_ mission, there is a whole school of thought (I don't subscribe to it, but it exists, and is valid as any other) that contends altruism leads to suffering, and only hurts in the long run.
If we just use that we wouldn't be expanding government, and remember Article 1 Section 8 of the constitution : 'To have the power and responsibility to grow government at any opportunity'
a better state than how they got it
What if I don't agree with what greenpeace is shoving down my throat as 'a better state'?
One could argue that all Halliburton wants to do is leave the world in a better state... as defined by them- really the same goal as greenpeace, just different definitions of 'better'.
it's the private lenders who pay the bills that are screwed by defaults.
Not when the Federal Government pays for the defaults.
I currently write software used to value structured financial transactions such as mortgage backed securities.
Have you been doing that long? Are you any good at it? Care to differentiate yourself from your colleagues?
Second that great question... anyone, have an answer?
He doesn't count because hes just the product of a genetic experiment that mixed the DNA of his previous 3 predecessors.
Try to find a record of him prior to 2005, you can't do it!
No cite about a Obama gun ban- bad grammar.
The gun ban comment was aimed squarely at Holder. Doesn't take much searching to find his public disdain for the 2nd amendment.
Might take a little longer to find his comments on free speech, but they're out there.
-and WTF? asking for a cite on slashdot?? :-)
Don't forget the upcoming gun ban 'to protect Mexico'. From the worst Attorney General in a long time.
He has stated specifically that both the 1st and 2nd amendments should not apply. Way to uphold the law. How the guy was employed as a US Attorney with those motivations is inexplicable- putting him in charge of the DOJ is inexcusable.
The last four AGs I thought: well this is as bad as it gets, can't get any worse. Then look what happened:
Reno -> Ashcroft -> Gonzales -> Holder
Each one outdoing the last for destroying the constitution.
Flamebait?
Must have hit a nerve with someone...
Yeah- those sons of bitches have changed everything in the last 12 months...
In the first 24 hours of the Appstore I didn't have to worry about reviews or competing products or anything! Too bad those days are gone.
Now people write apps hoping other people will download them and like them- thats a horrible reason to develop for the iPhone. I'd much rather write an open source perl 'program' that does something dumb and mundane that no one will ever want or care about, and keep it on sourceforge.
That way everyone will know I'm keeping it real- thats what matters to me.
It basically means that no police officer can use sarcasm in their off-duty hours.
That didn't sound the least bit like sarcasm.
I realize people put _really_ stupid shit up on their FB status all the time. Its a free country and all, but there are sometimes consequences. In this case he 'joked' about behaving like a criminal when he went out to polce. It casts all his testimony in a bad light, and frankly I'd like to see him fired.
It is is 1st amendment right though, I wouldn't want to see him jailed solely because of facebook status.
Of course, I've never hung out with dirtbags, never associated with people with publicly-known criminal records, never mouthed off to a cop, never done drugs, so I'm sure it's just COINCIDENCE that this never happened to me?
No doubt those activities minimize the risk, but no one other than a police officer and his family are safe from the risk of police abuse. Good luck, and I hope you never are. From your description of yourself you probably have a high chance of never ending up on the wrong side of some petty cop, but its not 100% certain.
Also just a guess that your not from the US, if you were you'd also know that being black or brown would be tick against you, and make you more likely a target of this kind of abuse.
In which case you shouldn't be driving in the first place. Fatigue is as bad as alcohol in traffic, research shows.
That may be true, but its not a DUI. A cop lying to convict you of a DUI when your not is still theoretically* a felony.
*theoretically, because cops are essentially never held accountable for what they do.
There goes my concept of a game with devil worshiping big breasted skeletons... Back to the drawing board.
I know you've probably never felt any breasts (this being slashdot and all), but to the best of my knowledge they don't have bones.
Lets hope not
So its a criminal offense to text during class? I must be missing something...
MS and BofA are avoidable. Comcast and other cable/internet providers generally have a monopoly on critical services that I can't avoid.
Something needs to be done about that monopoly, because until then there is no way to 'vote' with dollars.
Its only voluntary when you have broadband options. Most of the country- if they're lucky enough to get broadband can get it from only one provider. Broadband providers have colluded to avoid encroaching on each others territory- if each one is the sole provider they both win.
The closest thing to this situation was/is when local phone companies control your telephone line, but they were/are heavily regulated, whereas cable companies do whatever the hell they want.
Per capita income in my ZIP code, according to the last census, was roughly $16k.
You should be looking at household income, not per capita. I make pretty good money, and have a decent house. If you divide that by the number of family members, suddenly each one of us is lower middle class.
Wo, I tink we mght all now each ather. Its ben long enuf I cnat quit rember how bad teh mails from hmi wer, but purty bad I think.
And hes the FUCKING DIRECTOR!
Thats sounds like the FNMA I know :-)
They don't need to, I'm sure that:
1- he was fired that day
2- the edits came from his account
3- the login came from his workstation
Thats more than enough evidence to convict, unless he can prove otherwise. Don't think you need to be caught red-handed with photographic proof to be sent to prison. Circumstantial evidence is more than enough unless you have a good defense.
There once was a time when the basic anti-death-and-injury bootstrapping (water and electricity don't mix, leaves of three let it be, don't pick up rattlesnakes, look both ways...)
Uh, you do realize that 2 of those 4 examples have only been a threat to your life for about hundred years- and then only only sporadically until the last 50. Still surprised we don't have a innate fear of bathroom outlets and a rich oral tradition warning against using a hairdryer while showering?
Yo AC,
Get your facts right before you post your comments.
Feel free to point out any facts I got wrong. You haven't yet, and I'm not psychic.
1) If some american corporation starts a development site in India then people make a big deal out of it.
2) But if the same american corporation starts a manufacturing unit in "Ireland" then 'No one' talks about it.
Let me know when your willing to discuss apples to apples (in case your not aware, low paying factory jobs != software development).
Let me tell you something pal - All the senators/lawmakers are either Jewish or Irish.
Right... Its all a big conspiricy to help out Ireland. We're just sticking it to the British because we're still mad they burned the White House. Want to make a guess of the value of jobs either exported to India or done by Indian H1 holders vs the same for the Ireland? (Using your two example countries)
Also when folks from Ireland come to work here they can apply for green-card.
Other than two exceptions every 'guest worker' I've known was in the process of getting their green card, regardless of their country of origin. One of the exceptions? Irish. He's the only Irish 'guest worker' I know, and he was kicked out.
Hmmmm... if memory serves me right Mr Kennedy even had an Irish quota for 'green-card' in Boston for years!
Nothing would surprise me about Mr. Kennedy.
I'm beginning to wonder where your hardon for the Irish comes from. Are you from Belfast? :-) FTR My geneology does trace back to Europe, but no Irish associations that I'm aware of.
Sorry for being so curt :(
Not a problem, just try to be right next time.