Property rights have always extended as far as you and your societies willingness to protect them. The only thing preventing somebody with a big stick coming and taking what's yours is that you or your society have a bigger stick. As has been mentioned - constant vigilance is the price we must pay for a free society.
Software really never carries a warranty. If an uninformed user attempts to root their device and leaves it in a state that can't boot - it doesn't matter if the issue is hardware or software. To them, it is a bricked device and they will expect warranty support, hence the blanket "this voids your warranty" statement.
If you are found guilty of a crime (harrassment in this case) you have already lost constitutional rights. Look at it like getting arrested - being arrested tromps on all sorts of your constitutional rights. Posting bail (or probation, or whatever) is an agreement which grants you back some of those rights on the conditions of your bail or probation. The HRO works in the same way: He already lost his rights through his original harrassment.
Ship based automated (hands-off) landings have been done since the late 50s on US Navy carriers with fixed wing aircraft. Ship based UAV helicopters have been deployed for the last year or two (MQ-8 Firescout on Frigate class ships). Ship motion is pretty well understood, as is ship motion compensation.
Anybody else find it pathetically hilarious that of all the things the Commerce clause is used to justify, Congress has been inept at... y'know... actually using it to regulate interstate commerce?
So you're saying you have to trudge down the beaten dirt path, scramble down and back up the ravine, all to get muddy water from the town well to bring back and throw on your burning house?
Look at it another way then... If income taxes were to drop 20%, do you expect people would be up in arms about a slight increase in their sales or property taxes? For most people, tax money is tax money whether it goes to the fed or their local governments.
Already posted in here so I can't... but mod parent way up. The problem isn't the lack of incentives - American kids have ridiculous amounts of opportunities compared to most of the world - it is a lack of motivation and a demand for immediate reward.
'Cause teachers always get paid overtime when the schools are open on holidays... I won't argue that there isn't fraud and corruption, but if you're looking at teachers working in the classroom for it - you're looking at the wrong place.
If you're not printing money, that means someone else is getting poorer.
If economics were a zero-sum game... I don't entirely disagree with what you're saying, but those investments *are* helping somebody else get richer, too. It isn't always at a cost to somebody else.
Not always... It really all depends on your relationship with your management. I have a family member who put in notice at a job and told them she had a better offer when they asked why - they came back with a counter offer to beat it on their own accord.
It obviously doesn't seem to be the case with bigsexyjoe here, but if you work at a company that sees your value and wants to keep you around they may jump through some hoops to do so. A good manager will realize that everybody is looking out for their careers and not take it personally when you entertain another offer.
Or try comparing a Nook Color w/ CM7 to a Nook Tablet w/ CM7 if you don't want to troll... How nice would that be on a machine with twice the processor, RAM and Flash internally, and potentially a better screen?
Not saying I'm going out right away to replace my Nook Color (w/ the NookieComb ROM), but if you want to make a fair comparo give the CyanogenMod guys some time to spin a version for the new Nook Tablet. It won't take long at all and I suspect it's going to make a few of us want to upgrade our hardware.
...No it's because they have managed to market themselves a name that people will buy. They don't really innovate any new methods, just slap their name on the side of some design and charge a fortune for it.
But good job bringing up the fashion industry as a counterpoint to the tech industry. 'Cause... y'know... they have so much in common.............
I don't think varying premiums based on use is ludicrous, but I do think mandating their use is. I find plenty of times on road trips where I'd prefer to unclick, lay down, and take a nap (not when I'm driving...). I spent many road trips as a kid playing in the back of the van while we traveled somewhere. Yes there is additional risk, and yes I should certainly be responsible for that additional risk. But no, you should not have the right to tell me what level of risk I feel is acceptable.
Why doesn't your insurance have a caveat in there about coverage for accidents where the driver wasn't wearing seatbelts? You need to be very careful where you invoke the "costs to society" argument because *everything* can fall under some ludicrous rules. After all, why should the insurance pool that I pay into cover the costs of somebody getting severely injured to to driving on the freeway? Why should the insurance pool that I pay into cover the costs of somebody who rides a motorcycle? Why should the insurance pool that I pay into cover the costs of some lardass who spends all day on his computer eating cheetos and giving himself heart disease?
As long as people keep going and spending their money at the wal marts and best buys of the world and keep buying their iphones and starbucks lattes... Keep up their savings and mortgages at B of A and Wells Fargo... The population really is getting exactly what they want. You want to stop the wealth from getting concentrated? Then for the love of God stop concentrating it! GP has it right. You want to make a difference? Start voting with your wallet.
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Property rights have always extended as far as you and your societies willingness to protect them. The only thing preventing somebody with a big stick coming and taking what's yours is that you or your society have a bigger stick. As has been mentioned - constant vigilance is the price we must pay for a free society.
Because nerd rage is much more embarrassing than it is threatening...
Lenovo IdeaPad A1 - 7", webcam + mic, offline GPS, $249. I'm still fighting the urge to replace my first generation Nook Color with one of these...
Software really never carries a warranty. If an uninformed user attempts to root their device and leaves it in a state that can't boot - it doesn't matter if the issue is hardware or software. To them, it is a bricked device and they will expect warranty support, hence the blanket "this voids your warranty" statement.
If you are found guilty of a crime (harrassment in this case) you have already lost constitutional rights. Look at it like getting arrested - being arrested tromps on all sorts of your constitutional rights. Posting bail (or probation, or whatever) is an agreement which grants you back some of those rights on the conditions of your bail or probation. The HRO works in the same way: He already lost his rights through his original harrassment.
Ship based automated (hands-off) landings have been done since the late 50s on US Navy carriers with fixed wing aircraft. Ship based UAV helicopters have been deployed for the last year or two (MQ-8 Firescout on Frigate class ships). Ship motion is pretty well understood, as is ship motion compensation.
Now you're just back at expensive and inefficient...
Those are all regional services... I suppose my region does them pretty well.
Not all interstate purchases are shipped. How would you handle digital purchases?
Anybody else find it pathetically hilarious that of all the things the Commerce clause is used to justify, Congress has been inept at... y'know... actually using it to regulate interstate commerce?
So you're saying you have to trudge down the beaten dirt path, scramble down and back up the ravine, all to get muddy water from the town well to bring back and throw on your burning house?
Look at it another way then... If income taxes were to drop 20%, do you expect people would be up in arms about a slight increase in their sales or property taxes? For most people, tax money is tax money whether it goes to the fed or their local governments.
Already posted in here so I can't... but mod parent way up. The problem isn't the lack of incentives - American kids have ridiculous amounts of opportunities compared to most of the world - it is a lack of motivation and a demand for immediate reward.
'Cause teachers always get paid overtime when the schools are open on holidays... I won't argue that there isn't fraud and corruption, but if you're looking at teachers working in the classroom for it - you're looking at the wrong place.
If you're not printing money, that means someone else is getting poorer.
If economics were a zero-sum game... I don't entirely disagree with what you're saying, but those investments *are* helping somebody else get richer, too. It isn't always at a cost to somebody else.
Not always... It really all depends on your relationship with your management. I have a family member who put in notice at a job and told them she had a better offer when they asked why - they came back with a counter offer to beat it on their own accord.
It obviously doesn't seem to be the case with bigsexyjoe here, but if you work at a company that sees your value and wants to keep you around they may jump through some hoops to do so. A good manager will realize that everybody is looking out for their careers and not take it personally when you entertain another offer.
Or try comparing a Nook Color w/ CM7 to a Nook Tablet w/ CM7 if you don't want to troll... How nice would that be on a machine with twice the processor, RAM and Flash internally, and potentially a better screen?
Not saying I'm going out right away to replace my Nook Color (w/ the NookieComb ROM), but if you want to make a fair comparo give the CyanogenMod guys some time to spin a version for the new Nook Tablet. It won't take long at all and I suspect it's going to make a few of us want to upgrade our hardware.
Might be because all of this effort has yet to actually catch somebody attempting to smuggle explosives on a plane... Y'know... "Just for show."
...No it's because they have managed to market themselves a name that people will buy. They don't really innovate any new methods, just slap their name on the side of some design and charge a fortune for it.
But good job bringing up the fashion industry as a counterpoint to the tech industry. 'Cause... y'know... they have so much in common.............
I don't think varying premiums based on use is ludicrous, but I do think mandating their use is. I find plenty of times on road trips where I'd prefer to unclick, lay down, and take a nap (not when I'm driving...). I spent many road trips as a kid playing in the back of the van while we traveled somewhere. Yes there is additional risk, and yes I should certainly be responsible for that additional risk. But no, you should not have the right to tell me what level of risk I feel is acceptable.
Crotch-rot is my new favorite term. You my friend have lightened my day.
Why doesn't your insurance have a caveat in there about coverage for accidents where the driver wasn't wearing seatbelts? You need to be very careful where you invoke the "costs to society" argument because *everything* can fall under some ludicrous rules. After all, why should the insurance pool that I pay into cover the costs of somebody getting severely injured to to driving on the freeway? Why should the insurance pool that I pay into cover the costs of somebody who rides a motorcycle? Why should the insurance pool that I pay into cover the costs of some lardass who spends all day on his computer eating cheetos and giving himself heart disease?
Exactly, and if it was Obama it *clearly* would have been because it's the sensible thing to do.
God I love partisan politics!
Yeah, but he heard it ON THE INTERNET!
As long as people keep going and spending their money at the wal marts and best buys of the world and keep buying their iphones and starbucks lattes... Keep up their savings and mortgages at B of A and Wells Fargo... The population really is getting exactly what they want. You want to stop the wealth from getting concentrated? Then for the love of God stop concentrating it! GP has it right. You want to make a difference? Start voting with your wallet.