The problem with freedom and privacy is that if a police, sheriff, or highway patrol officer pulls up next to you and notices that you are not wearing your seat belt, he can (and will) pull you over and write you a ticket, regardless of whether you also commit any traffic-related violations. Many, many people have been pulled over for routine violations (missing taillight, seatbelts, etc) and are subsequently arrested for DUI or drug possetion.
The police believe that they have some kind of "premonition" or "precognition" or "sixth sense" when it comes to people they see on the street. They're not allowed to stop everyone they are curious about. However, they use rules like the seat belt rule to stop those of whom they are suspicious.
It is very common to find what are known as "raised notes", legitimate bills which have been modified to look like higher-denomination bills. If a clerk, customer or foreign tourist isn't paying attention, they may receive these types of bills. There is a page on the Secret Service web page about these type of counterfeit bills. Switching to different sized and different color bills would eliminate this type of fraud.
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this is the most Big Brother-esque thing I've ever heard.
Yeah! Just like riding motorcycles and doing drugs and smoking cigarettes! We shouldn't let risks get in the way of progress!
There is a thing called a "calculated risk", by the way. Some people don't know how to do calculations anymore though, or they would realize that some attempts are just plain stupid.
The first intelligent robots will probably not be used for military purposes. Instead, they will likely be used in remote space exploration. Already semi-intelligent robots have explored the surface of Mars, where communicating orders back and forth between mission controllers on Earth and a robot on Mars takes so long that it wastes precious battery life. Having the robot able to make decisions about how which mission goals to try to achieve based on current position and accomplished tasks makes the whole mission more effective.
In this example, the robots are unlikely to encounter humans at all during the mission.
The only entity who gives scientists salaries and laboratories with nice equipment and underlinks and doesn't expect them to produce patentable discoveries is the United States government. And the reason for that is that the government expects them to produce classifiable trade secrets (usually military technology secrets). A few wealthy idealists (patrons of the arts?) may still sponsor work for the "good of mankind", though most ventures are for profit of some sort or another. As far as I can tell, it has always been that way. Perhaps the scientists themselves are idealists, but the money and power are not burdened by such political beliefs.
Bullshit. Those lords screwed their serfs as often as not. There is documented evidence, which I will neglect to reference. I will not admit that I was wrong because it doesn't matter.
It doesn't really matter how it's explained. It's a tax. It's an arbitrary made up rule for the government to collect money. Before the democratic governments, there were feudal governments, where peasant farmers gave crops and work to the local lords in exchange for protection. Similarly, the local lords paid tribute to the higher-up lords. Why not just call the taxes "tributes"? It's the same thing. Modern governments collect their taxes under threat of violence and imprisonment (e.g., arrest for tax evasion) just like the old governments. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss".
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that we should revert to some kind of violent monarchy instead of our democratic system. At least there is the potential for reform if our corporate-sponsored political leaders fail to do their jobs.
Democratic governments are greedy. Each politician has a project to give wealth/jobs/money/fame/whatever to the people who get him elected. In order to do that, he will propose a tax on something the other people do, selling used CD's for example.
Still, the seller is taxed on the sale, and then they are again taxed on their profitability as a business which results from those sales. The only reason it's not double-taxation is because the government says it's not. Since the government has a monopoly on legitimate violence so no one wants to fuck with the them. The government doesn't take kindly to its citizens denying them of what they consider their money (i.e., your tax dollars).
The stone not only turned things into gold, but it enabled the bearer to live forever. These two things are of vital interest to philosophers. If you could live forever, and had infinite wealth, you could spend a long time thinking about the meaning of life and the universe.
LED's are not cheaper right now if you look at them in terms of lumens per dollar. They are also not very bright. You cannot use LED's as the headlights on your car, for instance. As the prices continue to drop, there will be more and more uses, but the technology needs to develop more high-power, high-output LED's in order to take over the place of incandescent and halogen bulbs.
How were those pictures taken? My guess is that they were taken during the parachute-assisted descent of a model rocket. Either that or they were taken from a kite.
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The Great Socialist Utopia across the Sierras
They don't call it the "People's Republic of California" for nothing.
The problem with freedom and privacy is that if a police, sheriff, or highway patrol officer pulls up next to you and notices that you are not wearing your seat belt, he can (and will) pull you over and write you a ticket, regardless of whether you also commit any traffic-related violations. Many, many people have been pulled over for routine violations (missing taillight, seatbelts, etc) and are subsequently arrested for DUI or drug possetion.
The police believe that they have some kind of "premonition" or "precognition" or "sixth sense" when it comes to people they see on the street. They're not allowed to stop everyone they are curious about. However, they use rules like the seat belt rule to stop those of whom they are suspicious.
If you can't tell the difference between opinion and fact, regardless of how it is stated, then you have bigger problems than what movie to go to.
Examples:
"Minority Report" is 153 minutes long. (Stated as fact, but may or may not be true.)
"Minority Report" is the worst movie since "Dude Where's My Car". (Clearly an opinion.)
It is very common to find what are known as "raised notes", legitimate bills which have been modified to look like higher-denomination bills. If a clerk, customer or foreign tourist isn't paying attention, they may receive these types of bills. There is
a page on the Secret Service web page about these type of counterfeit bills. Switching to different sized and different color bills would eliminate this type of fraud.
this is the most Big Brother-esque thing I've ever heard.
You ain't seen nothing yet.
Nothing American is allowed to be called "colored". We haven't allowed that since the civil rights movement of the 1950's.
Great idea, except there is no such thing as a U.S. $500 bill.
Yeah! Just like riding motorcycles and doing drugs and smoking cigarettes! We shouldn't let risks get in the way of progress!
There is a thing called a "calculated risk", by the way. Some people don't know how to do calculations anymore though, or they would realize that some attempts are just plain stupid.
The first intelligent robots will probably not be used for military purposes. Instead, they will likely be used in remote space exploration. Already semi-intelligent robots have explored the surface of Mars, where communicating orders back and forth between mission controllers on Earth and a robot on Mars takes so long that it wastes precious battery life. Having the robot able to make decisions about how which mission goals to try to achieve based on current position and accomplished tasks makes the whole mission more effective.
In this example, the robots are unlikely to encounter humans at all during the mission.
The 'bots' in the TV program "Robot Wars" are not even computer controlled machines. They are machines controlled remotely by human operators.
Oops. It isn't just the U.S. government, it is any government that sponsors closed research.
The only entity who gives scientists salaries and laboratories with nice equipment and underlinks and doesn't expect them to produce patentable discoveries is the United States government. And the reason for that is that the government expects them to produce classifiable trade secrets (usually military technology secrets). A few wealthy idealists (patrons of the arts?) may still sponsor work for the "good of mankind", though most ventures are for profit of some sort or another. As far as I can tell, it has always been that way. Perhaps the scientists themselves are idealists, but the money and power are not burdened by such political beliefs.
USB 2.0 is faster than Firewire (current IEEE 1394 spec). Gigawire should be faster than USB 2.0.
All your bass are belong to us?
There are no tarrifs on foreign-made electronics in the U.S.
Bullshit. Those lords screwed their serfs as often as not. There is documented evidence, which I will neglect to reference. I will not admit that I was wrong because it doesn't matter.
It doesn't really matter how it's explained. It's a tax. It's an arbitrary made up rule for the government to collect money. Before the democratic governments, there were feudal governments, where peasant farmers gave crops and work to the local lords in exchange for protection. Similarly, the local lords paid tribute to the higher-up lords. Why not just call the taxes "tributes"? It's the same thing. Modern governments collect their taxes under threat of violence and imprisonment (e.g., arrest for tax evasion) just like the old governments. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss".
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that we should revert to some kind of violent monarchy instead of our democratic system. At least there is the potential for reform if our corporate-sponsored political leaders fail to do their jobs.
Democratic governments are greedy. Each politician has a project to give wealth/jobs/money/fame/whatever to the people who get him elected. In order to do that, he will propose a tax on something the other people do, selling used CD's for example.
Still, the seller is taxed on the sale, and then they are again taxed on their profitability as a business which results from those sales. The only reason it's not double-taxation is because the government says it's not. Since the government has a monopoly on legitimate violence so no one wants to fuck with the them. The government doesn't take kindly to its citizens denying them of what they consider their money (i.e., your tax dollars).
Fuel isn't kept in any of these trains. They are all electric trains. The electricity comes from a nearby power plant.
Conventional trains do carry fuel on board. They are also much heavier. These are two of the reasons for the devastating disasters when they derail.
The stone not only turned things into gold, but it enabled the bearer to live forever. These two things are of vital interest to philosophers. If you could live forever, and had infinite wealth, you could spend a long time thinking about the meaning of life and the universe.
Actually, for that matter, what is 'mentiones'?
artical? what's an artical?
LED's are not cheaper right now if you look at them in terms of lumens per dollar. They are also not very bright. You cannot use LED's as the headlights on your car, for instance. As the prices continue to drop, there will be more and more uses, but the technology needs to develop more high-power, high-output LED's in order to take over the place of incandescent and halogen bulbs.
It's just something to do during that "male refractory period".
How were those pictures taken? My guess is that they were taken during the parachute-assisted descent of a model rocket.
Either that or they were taken from a kite.