I agree with your underlying point, that assassinating politicians will generally lead to bad things, but I can't help seeing the technical difficulties in your proposed way the market could work.
Take the Obama figure of $24k. He's still fairly popular, so he could probably raise that much for the "don't assassinate Barrack Obama" campaign. The site owners walk off with $48k for nothing! People will see that and stop using the site. Actually then the site will die and the only bad thing is that a couple of jokers walk off with a bunch of money, so it might be alright after all...
It'll give everyone something else to be scared of. People won't want to risk getting into the hobby because they'll be scared of being arrested for it. Kinda like drugs: the people who want to do drugs don't care that it's not legal, but other people don't want to risk being associated with the criminal element so the drug users get shunned.
This kind of thing drives otherwise normal people a little insane. After Hallowe'en a friend of mine (who I thought to be fairly grounded) said that she didn't like a "creepy guy" who said that he son's costume was really cool, and asked if he could take a picture. I'm not sure if she thought he was going to go home and masturbate to a 10 year old boy dressed as Batman, but clearly she thought something untoward was going to happen.
It's factual information, so I don't understand your confusion about the potential trolling. (Unless you're talking about including Tasmania in the list, but I think he's just highlighting exactly how close Papua is.)
I've said this before, and no doubt I'll find the need to repeat it again in the future.
I'm very happy for you that you made some money from Bitcoin speculation. That's not sarcasm, I am genuinely happy that you made some money. The problem is that is really no way to judge whether it can be a viable alternative currency. People don't sit on their USD and hope to profit, they go out and buy stuff: that's what you're supposed to do with money. Right now all Bitcoin amounts to is a bunch of people sitting around hoping that they're on the right side of the greater fool theory.
We're talking about taking off from a traffic light, not doing 120 down the freeway. Keeping a safe 2-3 second gap while pulling away is keeping the ranks pretty tight.
You might be able to construe it as a strawman, but there aren't really a lot of things to do with drugs after you're bought them... I can't see how the false dichotomy comes in...
Exactly, it's not as simple as people would like to think. Sulphur oxides and particulates reflect light and heat back out into space, while carbon oxides trap it in the atmosphere. With the two mechanisms competing against each other it's hard to know which one will win out.
It's not the costs we're trying to dodge, we'll pay tax on the bitcoin we earn, we just don't like the fed having such complete control over the supply of money.
I guess I was putting my own spin on it. Someone like me will take the easier life and less stress and chill out, someone like scuzzlebutt will use the "downtime" to push his career. Either way, it's not a bad thing to do, it's kinda what makes us a society.
There's a line between "social engineering" and "being friends". He already mentioned that it's a more casual company, so part of the benefit of working in an environment like that is that you get to work with more friendly people. It's a lot easier to approach someone if you're already on good terms with them, so work will become a lot easier and less stressful.
If you consider that kind of behaviour to be social engineering, you need to revisit your outlook on life.
No, why would I claim that? I'm claiming that you're really adding nothing to the debate by throwing out two words. You're insulting people to make yourself look smart.
Sad but true: I guess what Xicor should have said is that we need the government to stop being so corrupt, but that's less likely than if they stopped being dumb.
What!? The government doesn't make any income from prisons. They're spending thousands of our tax dollars lining the pockets of the for-profit prison industry.
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We're talking 5,000 years ago, not a million. Egypt was a desert during "ancient" times.
You make me want to la la.
I agree with your underlying point, that assassinating politicians will generally lead to bad things, but I can't help seeing the technical difficulties in your proposed way the market could work.
Take the Obama figure of $24k. He's still fairly popular, so he could probably raise that much for the "don't assassinate Barrack Obama" campaign. The site owners walk off with $48k for nothing! People will see that and stop using the site. Actually then the site will die and the only bad thing is that a couple of jokers walk off with a bunch of money, so it might be alright after all...
Are you... trying to say that the Kennedy assassination was a good thing, in line with American values?
It'll give everyone something else to be scared of. People won't want to risk getting into the hobby because they'll be scared of being arrested for it. Kinda like drugs: the people who want to do drugs don't care that it's not legal, but other people don't want to risk being associated with the criminal element so the drug users get shunned.
This kind of thing drives otherwise normal people a little insane. After Hallowe'en a friend of mine (who I thought to be fairly grounded) said that she didn't like a "creepy guy" who said that he son's costume was really cool, and asked if he could take a picture. I'm not sure if she thought he was going to go home and masturbate to a 10 year old boy dressed as Batman, but clearly she thought something untoward was going to happen.
It's factual information, so I don't understand your confusion about the potential trolling. (Unless you're talking about including Tasmania in the list, but I think he's just highlighting exactly how close Papua is.)
That will become illegal...
I've said this before, and no doubt I'll find the need to repeat it again in the future.
I'm very happy for you that you made some money from Bitcoin speculation. That's not sarcasm, I am genuinely happy that you made some money. The problem is that is really no way to judge whether it can be a viable alternative currency. People don't sit on their USD and hope to profit, they go out and buy stuff: that's what you're supposed to do with money. Right now all Bitcoin amounts to is a bunch of people sitting around hoping that they're on the right side of the greater fool theory.
A lot of people try it a few times and then move on. A lot of people get addicted and spiral out of control. Do you feel lucky?
We're talking about taking off from a traffic light, not doing 120 down the freeway. Keeping a safe 2-3 second gap while pulling away is keeping the ranks pretty tight.
You might be able to construe it as a strawman, but there aren't really a lot of things to do with drugs after you're bought them... I can't see how the false dichotomy comes in...
Exactly, it's not as simple as people would like to think. Sulphur oxides and particulates reflect light and heat back out into space, while carbon oxides trap it in the atmosphere. With the two mechanisms competing against each other it's hard to know which one will win out.
Oh, an AC vaguely remembers and article refuting what we already knew about the Koch brothers. My mind has been completely changed. I tried to humour you and read the article to see what wonderful thing they were doing. I used the search terms you provided and found this: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/20/1225274/-The-Koch-Club-Charts-to-Support-American-University-s-Blockbuster-Expos# which says basically the opposite of what you said. Then I thought I'd look at Salon specifically and found this: http://www.salon.com/2013/02/01/koch_brothers_donated_big_to_alec_heartland_institute/ which also directly contradicts you.
I haven't learned a damn thing, and neither has anyone who didn't already know what "fungible commodity" means.
I'm not sure it really counts as a boycott if you were never part of the target audience anyway.
Sorry, sometimes it's hard to tell...
It's not the costs we're trying to dodge, we'll pay tax on the bitcoin we earn, we just don't like the fed having such complete control over the supply of money.
I guess I was putting my own spin on it. Someone like me will take the easier life and less stress and chill out, someone like scuzzlebutt will use the "downtime" to push his career. Either way, it's not a bad thing to do, it's kinda what makes us a society.
There's a line between "social engineering" and "being friends". He already mentioned that it's a more casual company, so part of the benefit of working in an environment like that is that you get to work with more friendly people. It's a lot easier to approach someone if you're already on good terms with them, so work will become a lot easier and less stressful.
If you consider that kind of behaviour to be social engineering, you need to revisit your outlook on life.
No, why would I claim that? I'm claiming that you're really adding nothing to the debate by throwing out two words. You're insulting people to make yourself look smart.
Try Texas-Select Non-Alcoholic Beer. If you can stomach most American "Beers" then that one is pretty close to the real thing.
Sad but true: I guess what Xicor should have said is that we need the government to stop being so corrupt, but that's less likely than if they stopped being dumb.
What!? The government doesn't make any income from prisons. They're spending thousands of our tax dollars lining the pockets of the for-profit prison industry.
It doesn't even have air all the way!