Would it not be more feasible to genetically engineer ourselves and other organisms to other planets' environments than to go traipsing around the universe with the faint hope that we find one that is just like ours?
Why don't all companies do this? It's genius! "We'd be glad to accept your payment, but you will pay a payment to make that payment." Maybe they could also charge for paying the payment through the payment service? Holy shit...you could get thousands of dollars out of any bill you send eventually, just by making people jump through enough hoops. BRB starting my own business.
A lot of people like their government-imposed veils, and they really, truly believe the propaganda deep down. Even in the U.S., after the Wikileaks stories broke, a lot of people agreed with the state line, saying "Some things need to be kept secret and the government needs to have its secrets for our own protection". One or two good mouthpieces and the talking points will get out.
Does anyone else see the madness in taking away a real person's liberty and pursuit of happiness in order to sate the artificial rights of an artificial person? I mean, artificial persons don't even risk imprisonment had the committed crimes against him, yet if he commits a crime against an artificial person, he gets removed from life for a period of time.
Congress sees Christmas as a distraction for the public; it's a time for passing unpopular legislation while everyone is tied up with friends and family, too busy to call their congressman. It is a very good thing that it has been killed for the holiday season.
The traditional news outlets have given it very little coverage, but the internet will not let the fight die.
After the horrific problems with Samsung's Fascinate, I'm going to pass. I don't buy phones from companies who take the fire-and-forget approach with phone launches.
If he's lying, we have laws that cover that. If he's harassing her, we have laws that cover that. If he's telling it like it is on his blog, we have laws that cover that...in the first amendment of the constitution.
Laws are keeping the price of artificial property artificially high. Every other industry has their prices set by what the market will bear. The artificial property industry gets to set their prices wherever they want and have their non-sales bolstered by lawsuits and extortion.
This bill is a step in the wrong direction, albeit a smaller one.
There isn't a lot of consumer outcry about ebook price fixing, but there's quite a bit of complaints about telecom price fixing. Any chance we could get that looked into?
Perhaps they'd get some sympathy if they hadn't burned all their bridges with anyone who might listen. Even their own customers hate them. Maybe they should spend that $39 billion on upgrading their infrastructure instead of eliminating competition.
First, there is the question of whether or not this is even real and not a "TERRISTS COMIN' TA STEAL YER FREEDOMS" event.
Second, there are much better funded and staffed operations that steal credit card information en masse. Even if this group (assuming it actually exists) snags a couple, it will be a drop in the bucket compared to what organized crime pulls off every day. People who work in fraud prevention won't even feel a speed bump.
I think getting rid of as much of our flesh as possible is the key to survival. A more adaptable species is going to be easier to do than hunting through billions of planets to find one that fits our fragile bodies.
If they're going to be writing de facto law from their offices, someone better be voting on them. It's not the DOJ's job to enforce nonbinding pieces of paper with the threat of violence.
I would not kill a person, and I would not wear fur. But I would do either in a video game. Video games have not influenced me to murder people or wear fur, because I can tell the difference between games and reality.
If we ended the Federal Breeding Subsidy in the U.S., we could reduce our carbon footprint as a species in very short order. Even better: $1k per child tax ($200 federal, $800 state). Would help pay for schools too.
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Would it not be more feasible to genetically engineer ourselves and other organisms to other planets' environments than to go traipsing around the universe with the faint hope that we find one that is just like ours?
Why don't all companies do this? It's genius! "We'd be glad to accept your payment, but you will pay a payment to make that payment." Maybe they could also charge for paying the payment through the payment service? Holy shit...you could get thousands of dollars out of any bill you send eventually, just by making people jump through enough hoops. BRB starting my own business.
Gotta keep the business going...patents only last so long...
All they need to do is make the corn produce MORE toxins than it already does, duh. They should hire me.
A lot of people like their government-imposed veils, and they really, truly believe the propaganda deep down. Even in the U.S., after the Wikileaks stories broke, a lot of people agreed with the state line, saying "Some things need to be kept secret and the government needs to have its secrets for our own protection". One or two good mouthpieces and the talking points will get out.
In America, censorship is only bad if the gubbmint is doing it. Really, we're no different from China. We're just trading one master for another.
Does anyone else see the madness in taking away a real person's liberty and pursuit of happiness in order to sate the artificial rights of an artificial person? I mean, artificial persons don't even risk imprisonment had the committed crimes against him, yet if he commits a crime against an artificial person, he gets removed from life for a period of time.
Congress sees Christmas as a distraction for the public; it's a time for passing unpopular legislation while everyone is tied up with friends and family, too busy to call their congressman. It is a very good thing that it has been killed for the holiday season.
The traditional news outlets have given it very little coverage, but the internet will not let the fight die.
After the horrific problems with Samsung's Fascinate, I'm going to pass. I don't buy phones from companies who take the fire-and-forget approach with phone launches.
If he's lying, we have laws that cover that. If he's harassing her, we have laws that cover that. If he's telling it like it is on his blog, we have laws that cover that...in the first amendment of the constitution.
Laws are keeping the price of artificial property artificially high. Every other industry has their prices set by what the market will bear. The artificial property industry gets to set their prices wherever they want and have their non-sales bolstered by lawsuits and extortion.
This bill is a step in the wrong direction, albeit a smaller one.
How about this:
We'll administer real punishments for fake crimes against real people
We'll administer fake punishments for fake crimes against fake people
There isn't a lot of consumer outcry about ebook price fixing, but there's quite a bit of complaints about telecom price fixing. Any chance we could get that looked into?
We can make your entire industry irrelevant with a single referendum. Tread lightly, telecoms.
With every year the FCC grows more intolerable.
To whom? They got rid of their bad apple and now seem to be finally talking some sense.
Perhaps they'd get some sympathy if they hadn't burned all their bridges with anyone who might listen. Even their own customers hate them.
Maybe they should spend that $39 billion on upgrading their infrastructure instead of eliminating competition.
First, there is the question of whether or not this is even real and not a "TERRISTS COMIN' TA STEAL YER FREEDOMS" event.
Second, there are much better funded and staffed operations that steal credit card information en masse. Even if this group (assuming it actually exists) snags a couple, it will be a drop in the bucket compared to what organized crime pulls off every day. People who work in fraud prevention won't even feel a speed bump.
Can we just end prohibition already? Drug enforcement is ruining more lives than drugs.
...Is that there was some way that all corporations involved in this thing could suffer irreparable harm from this.
They are quite fragile. Even a relatively slight change in gas mixture, temperature, air pressure, radiation, or nutrients and we die.
I think getting rid of as much of our flesh as possible is the key to survival. A more adaptable species is going to be easier to do than hunting through billions of planets to find one that fits our fragile bodies.
If they're going to be writing de facto law from their offices, someone better be voting on them. It's not the DOJ's job to enforce nonbinding pieces of paper with the threat of violence.
I would not kill a person, and I would not wear fur. But I would do either in a video game. Video games have not influenced me to murder people or wear fur, because I can tell the difference between games and reality.
If we ended the Federal Breeding Subsidy in the U.S., we could reduce our carbon footprint as a species in very short order. Even better: $1k per child tax ($200 federal, $800 state). Would help pay for schools too.
I would love to have Dial-A-SWAT at my disposal for losing a single cell phone like Apple does.