Oh! It just a parable... where I do I sign up for an RFID implant then?
Seriously though, If you belive the Bible is the true word of God, and it describes something in no uncertain terms with details like "so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark", then you'd be a fool to try to reason your way around the inconvenience like you suggest.
Look for yourself. Each number is allotted a fixed amount of space, the number 6 is two narrow lines. If the makers don't have the same amount of total space, but are also represented by two narrow bars, that's not nothing. They guy I know, Peter Donovan, has been around a while, and is pretty well known around Silicon Valley for his C compiler work. I have no reason to doubt him.
The right hand is convenient for scaning, but if you are missing your right hand because of a mishap or birth defect (or if you are concerned about someone trying to take you hand for the rfid tag) you can always implant it the forehead. Everyone has a forehead.
Every upc barcode has the numbers 666 on it. Pick up the closest book or other purchase and have a look. You'll notice two slightly longer narrow lines at the beginning, middle, and end. These are on every barcode so the reader can use them as a reference to figure out what the other numbers are. Two narrow lines also happen to be the code for the number 6. I know a guy who knows the guy who came up with the barcode, and he claims it was done intentionally as a joke. I guess that qualifies Rev 13:16-18 as a self fulfilling prophecy.
You hit the nail on the head. Personal freedom requires personal responsibility. If you can't be be responsible with your own freedom (by not using to infringe on other people's freedoms), the solution is to curtail your freedoms (jail), not to take away everyone's freedoms.
You're missing the point. In a communist dictatorship you *want* everyone to be doing at least a few things that are illegal. That way if ever they are even suspect of causing any problems, you have a convenient excuse to haul them off to the gulag. That way you have total control over everything and everyone and yet are able to maintian the illusion that it's still a *people's* republic. We do the same thing in the US with drug offenses. You think this guy is probably the guy who robbed the liquor store but can't prove it? No problem, he's got a dime bag of weed in his jacket pocket. Take him away boys!
Okay, upon RTFAing, the poster is mischaracterizing the article. What they actually don't care for is Kontact, which I haven't used, so I can't comment on it, but their concerns seem to be minor ui niggles which seem really more a personal preference.
I haven't RTFAed yet, but Kmail is my favorite email app for commodity x86 hardware. Simple, clean, stable, fast, basically everything that evolution isn't.
How about we compare stabbing *or* gun murder rates (or how about just murder rates). When law abiding citizens are premitted to defend themselves, crime rates decrease - period. If a person is crazy and doesn't care about self-perservation, do you think they'd cause more damage when their victims are at least on a level playing field or when they have an advantage because they are the only ones willing to break the law and obtain a deadly weapon?
You're missing the point. There won't *be* a gunfight because the other guy knows you'll shoot back. Same principal as mutually assured destruction in the nuclear arena. Witness the gun murder rates of Texas (where concealed carry is common) vs. D.C. (concealed carry completely prohibited)
I'd rather not have to doge bullets on the way to the lab, and would like health care. I'd like less druggies on the streets too
I think people would be less likely to shoot at you if they thought you'd shoot back. If we got government regulation out of health care, it would cost a lot less, and with your saved tax dollars you could purchase more of it. If drug prohibition were ended, the druggies could afford their habbits and their rent just like the majority of nicotine and alchohol addicts... Why again didn't you want a pre-singularity libertarian society?
Honestly, if you want some advice? Tell me what you are going to fix and exactly how you are going to fix it. Do not gloss over important issues with a simple "I am going to do X for the American public!" It doesn't hold water anymore. We have heard enough bullshit fluff from the main parties. You aren't going to walk into the White House and successfully veto anti-Hemp legislation. Tell me how you are going to get Congress and the rest of the public to support your ideas.
Give me something to believe in other than the typical 10 word canned lines. You would get my vote if your plans were thorough and possible.
His ideas are more well thought out than any I've heard from Bush or Kerry... who exactly do plan to vote for again?
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It seems to me that most peoples biggest problem with Bush is the fact that he invaded Iraq, yet it seems that Iraqies themselves prefer Bush by what would be considered a landslide. (I myself voted for Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik)
If you can't find other employment in your field, then you need to think about switching fields. Clearly the supply of workers with your level of training in your field is just too high if employers can get away with this kind of crap. If enough people do the same, each selfishly seeking after their personal interests, things *will* change. Delaying this with stop gap regulations will make things worse in long run by retarding the natural movment of the market and reducing our competitvness in those markets against other places that don't have those same regulations.
I know that if I were the government, and I could read people's thoughts if they weren't wearing a tinfoil hat, the first thing I'd do is launch a massive campaign to make the idea of wearing a tinfoil hat synonymous with insane paranoia.
I agree with Bezos' statements the effect of "hate the game, not the player". The patent system is a legal construct that happens to be broken. By exploiting it legally, you eventually force our inept legislature to do something to fix it. Similar to the tort reform problem, or MS security holes. If it gets exploited enough, eventaully even our elected officials won't be able to ignore it. Amazon has shown they wouldn't be adverse to a fix with their recent initiative for patent reform.
Just remeber, if Microsoft is held liable for it's products in spite of the EULA, it's only a matter of time before other software comapanies and eventually open source authors will be sued for the same. Are you really so eager to jump headlong into the new world of software liability litigation?
general rule of thumb up to $100k a year or so, double the salary and that's what the employee costs the company. Payroll tax, benefits, unemployment insurance, workmans comp, increased hr resources, etc... $60/hr sounds about right.
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You could do it right at the hairline and it would be mostly unnoticable.
Oh! It just a parable... where I do I sign up for an RFID implant then?
Seriously though, If you belive the Bible is the true word of God, and it describes something in no uncertain terms with details like "so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark", then you'd be a fool to try to reason your way around the inconvenience like you suggest.
Look for yourself. Each number is allotted a fixed amount of space, the number 6 is two narrow lines. If the makers don't have the same amount of total space, but are also represented by two narrow bars, that's not nothing. They guy I know, Peter Donovan, has been around a while, and is pretty well known around Silicon Valley for his C compiler work. I have no reason to doubt him.
Ah.. but what if you are missing your hand due to an accident or birth defect. I suppose you could always use the forehead. Everyone has a forehead.
The right hand is convenient for scaning, but if you are missing your right hand because of a mishap or birth defect (or if you are concerned about someone trying to take you hand for the rfid tag) you can always implant it the forehead. Everyone has a forehead.
Every upc barcode has the numbers 666 on it. Pick up the closest book or other purchase and have a look. You'll notice two slightly longer narrow lines at the beginning, middle, and end. These are on every barcode so the reader can use them as a reference to figure out what the other numbers are. Two narrow lines also happen to be the code for the number 6. I know a guy who knows the guy who came up with the barcode, and he claims it was done intentionally as a joke. I guess that qualifies Rev 13:16-18 as a self fulfilling prophecy.
You hit the nail on the head. Personal freedom requires personal responsibility. If you can't be be responsible with your own freedom (by not using to infringe on other people's freedoms), the solution is to curtail your freedoms (jail), not to take away everyone's freedoms.
You're missing the point. In a communist dictatorship you *want* everyone to be doing at least a few things that are illegal. That way if ever they are even suspect of causing any problems, you have a convenient excuse to haul them off to the gulag. That way you have total control over everything and everyone and yet are able to maintian the illusion that it's still a *people's* republic. We do the same thing in the US with drug offenses. You think this guy is probably the guy who robbed the liquor store but can't prove it? No problem, he's got a dime bag of weed in his jacket pocket. Take him away boys!
Okay, upon RTFAing, the poster is mischaracterizing the article. What they actually don't care for is Kontact, which I haven't used, so I can't comment on it, but their concerns seem to be minor ui niggles which seem really more a personal preference.
I haven't RTFAed yet, but Kmail is my favorite email app for commodity x86 hardware. Simple, clean, stable, fast, basically everything that evolution isn't.
How about we compare stabbing *or* gun murder rates (or how about just murder rates). When law abiding citizens are premitted to defend themselves, crime rates decrease - period. If a person is crazy and doesn't care about self-perservation, do you think they'd cause more damage when their victims are at least on a level playing field or when they have an advantage because they are the only ones willing to break the law and obtain a deadly weapon?
You're missing the point. There won't *be* a gunfight because the other guy knows you'll shoot back. Same principal as mutually assured destruction in the nuclear arena. Witness the gun murder rates of Texas (where concealed carry is common) vs. D.C. (concealed carry completely prohibited)
I think people would be less likely to shoot at you if they thought you'd shoot back. If we got government regulation out of health care, it would cost a lot less, and with your saved tax dollars you could purchase more of it. If drug prohibition were ended, the druggies could afford their habbits and their rent just like the majority of nicotine and alchohol addicts... Why again didn't you want a pre-singularity libertarian society?
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Honestly, if you want some advice? Tell me what you are going to fix and exactly how you are going to fix it. Do not gloss over important issues with a simple "I am going to do X for the American public!" It doesn't hold water anymore. We have heard enough bullshit fluff from the main parties. You aren't going to walk into the White House and successfully veto anti-Hemp legislation. Tell me how you are going to get Congress and the rest of the public to support your ideas.
Give me something to believe in other than the typical 10 word canned lines. You would get my vote if your plans were thorough and possible.
His ideas are more well thought out than any I've heard from Bush or Kerry... who exactly do plan to vote for again?
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Exact same lcd panel in a much cooler case for a few hundred less.
It seems to me that most peoples biggest problem with Bush is the fact that he invaded Iraq, yet it seems that Iraqies themselves prefer Bush by what would be considered a landslide. (I myself voted for Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik)
Those wacky North Koreans... at it again.
If you can't find other employment in your field, then you need to think about switching fields. Clearly the supply of workers with your level of training in your field is just too high if employers can get away with this kind of crap. If enough people do the same, each selfishly seeking after their personal interests, things *will* change. Delaying this with stop gap regulations will make things worse in long run by retarding the natural movment of the market and reducing our competitvness in those markets against other places that don't have those same regulations.
Seriously. The job market is a free market like any other. If your employer is being unreasonable and threating you, take your skills elsewhere.
I know that if I were the government, and I could read people's thoughts if they weren't wearing a tinfoil hat, the first thing I'd do is launch a massive campaign to make the idea of wearing a tinfoil hat synonymous with insane paranoia.
two words: Free Mickey!
I agree with Bezos' statements the effect of "hate the game, not the player". The patent system is a legal construct that happens to be broken. By exploiting it legally, you eventually force our inept legislature to do something to fix it. Similar to the tort reform problem, or MS security holes. If it gets exploited enough, eventaully even our elected officials won't be able to ignore it. Amazon has shown they wouldn't be adverse to a fix with their recent initiative for patent reform.
Just remeber, if Microsoft is held liable for it's products in spite of the EULA, it's only a matter of time before other software comapanies and eventually open source authors will be sued for the same. Are you really so eager to jump headlong into the new world of software liability litigation?
general rule of thumb up to $100k a year or so, double the salary and that's what the employee costs the company. Payroll tax, benefits, unemployment insurance, workmans comp, increased hr resources, etc... $60/hr sounds about right.