I guess I am a big, old dummy as I can't get a grip on why governments just can't stand the free flow of information. I guess it is sort of like US states not wanting their schools scores to be made public.
I see no reason America should allow any business with China. Their perpetual crimes against Tibet as well as their ongoing use of slave labor should be enough incentive for America to cut the phone lines and isolate China completely. As far as debts to China we should not pay them.
Some folks with severely damaged brains seem to make better human computers than people with healthy brains. Rain Man leaps to mind as well as other savants. It seems that when some parts of the brain are impaired the energy of thought is diverted to narrower functions. Perhaps we need to think of delivery more energy to less cores to make machines that do tasks that normal humans are not so good at doing.
Anyone who wants to restrict speech is my enemy. And it is twice as bad when they want to spend tax dollars on endless fat assed creeps sitting on their lazy asses deciding when speech has gone "too far". The edge of the law is forever unclear in speech issues and it is simply time to stop wasting money on this nonsense.
I would like to hope that these anti particles really are understood but my guess is that there is so much that is unknown that any conclusions are really shaky. Perhaps they just relocate to the absolute elsewhere without leaving a clue in their wake.
Considering the risk to the humans involved building these race cars with robotic drivers functions might make for an interesting and even higher speed race.
I shoot for a bit of blasphemy daily and try never to forget. I am certain that Mohammed was gay and that Allah is a pig. Frankly islam sucks and it is time for the stink butts who follow Mohammed to trash their beliefs and get a real religion. Now please send this to everyone everywhere and lets try to offend these creeps half to death. Maybe if they go into shock they can stop harming women and blowing themselves and others up long enough to take a bath and get the stink of the prophet off of themselves.
The FBI has never been a leader in computer technology. Other agencies such as NSA can probably crack that encryption with ease if not instantaneously.
I have often wondered if these encryption programs were not let lose by our government so that they would always be able to examine file contents.
As far as I know only a program that uses a one time pad is truly secure and I feel that even that would be suspect unless one took the time to create his own pad.
Why not deliver on Saturdays and halt deliveries on Mondays and Thursdays? After all Mondays are frequently postal holidays already and we could have two days of non delivery. Saturday is another issue. Many working people are at home on Saturdays to sign for mail and packages and they are not at home during the week.
But behind all of this is the simple fact that our economy is crushed. In a sense we have both inflation and deflation at the same time. For example if we inflation adjust wages most workers have not made a real gin since 1970. But look at the price of products and the degree to which it has inflated. The real deal is that we have a progressive income tax system and sales taxes also swell as product prices rise. So when the apparent wage of a worker rises he forks over more in income taxes. Then when a coke costs him over one dollar whereas he used to buy a coke for five cents the sales taxes collected are much higher as well. We really should have laws that auto shrink the income tax if inflation exists so that the government has a great reason to hold down prices. In the current mess the government can only be pleased as prices rise.
Why in the world would a judge hear a case when the outcome could effect his own wealth? Secondly does the judicial branch even have standing to enter the fray when the president makes a decision in time of great national emergency? I would think that even the Supreme Court may lack the authority in this case.
I can not exactly quote Bill Maher on the lost jobs issue but I will amend it to say that he said stuff your damn job. You people want to destroy the oceans, destroy the forests and completely destroy the Earth. It's time for you absurd red necks to get an education and work in areas that do not destroy nature. His version was much more insulting. But the man does have a point. Whether it is the coal mine areas of our nation or the oil rig areas or the areas being deforested by sprawl and timber harvesting it is not the Ph.D. people that we see doing those tasks. It is left to people who have very rudimentary educations or no education at all. The more we allow them to continue in ways that they have done in the past the more harm will fall upon all of us.
Investing in solar power from northern Africa is also investing in an area known for violence and great instability. Could they pick an area more likely to be involved with terrorists bombings? Frankly if it were my bag of coins I would not invest in anything that has to do with northern Africa.
Many students are compelled by law to attend school due to their age. Being that it is a compulsory environment I feel that the students do have the right to encrypt their communications.
As for employers, I do not feel that they have the right to any expectations at all other than a workman like approach to the work agreed to when employed. All the other nonsense that employers try to enforce is a violation of workers' liberties. For example banks have been known to fire employees for being seen at a race track or casino under the excuse that if spotted in such a place it might make investors nervous.
Years ago they used to ask potential drivers' license renewals if they were addicted to heroin or other illegal drugs in Florida.My answer was that I rarely confessed to major felonies.
I see no way to be sad about executing these creeps. As a matter of fact we should first remove all useful organs and body parts and then send the remains to an alligator farm where the meat will be appreciated. One less evil monster in this world makes for a happy moment. Now if we would get a mind set to do the same with burglars and bicycle thieves the world would be a much nicer place.
I really do understand the pain of a dreaded diagnoses. And I also understand that a person's good judgment may be quite impaired under that kind of pressure. However I am not so certain that social organizations or governmental bodies are ever less impaired than the afflicted individuals. It certainly must be better to allow people to make their own decisions and gain or suffer accordingly.
That also applies to the Jack Kavorkian issue of suicide and assisted suicides. Families and friends will often feel that the sufferer should have stuck around and suffered more whereas there are times when it is better that sick people be allowed to arrange for their own death. Only the sufferer knows the feel of that great pain and the doom and anxiety that often goes hand in hand with disease.It is their body, their life, and their right to end it.
I do wonder about boats and ships in relation to wind turbines. We have several hundred miles of coastline where I live and generally the water gets deeper rather quickly as one leaves shore. At the three mile mark one might see 300 ft. depths but at four miles it might be more like 800 ft. That is quickly followed by really deep water. Ocean liners come down the coast in water that is about 150 ft. deep. That means that they would be on the inside of wind farms placed three miles from shore.
Since it is rather common for freighters to fail and wash up on our beaches or for stray ships to actually ram the beaches under power one wonders how many of those vessels would smack a windmill. Could the bases of these towers withstand an occasional ship ramming them? And would tourists tolerate seeing windmills at three miles?
Urban sprawl is a very real problem. As you pointed out the power generated would be shipped mostly to cities. Power line losses over long distances are substantial as well. So why not do this the best way and have those wind farms built right into the cities? Cities seem addicted to building tall buildings anyway so why not build tall, strong, buildings with rental offices, that are topped off with large wind mills?
That is very optimistic. I've been through many hurricanes as I live in Florida. I have seen large metal beams twisted like candy toys. And that is at ground level. And it is not just wind that is an issue during storms. Solid objects can become airborne. Land based turbines could be in real danger due to flying debris. I suspect that wind turbines would get through minor storms with ease but a major hurricane is another beast completely.
I hope the US does not have an extradition treaty that would force us to hand him over. Some of our agreements and treaties are dangerous to our citizens.
The cable companies have been making a strong run at the elimination of telcos and copper lines. It would seem that bolstering land line telcos is an unfortunate and backwards idea.
It seems to me that we could have a lot more windmills if we doubled up on the use of the area at the base of the turbines. For example, at sea, the base of the windmill might be the center post of a floating fish farm. On land solar collectors or fish ponds could be built. The generation of food underneath the towers could pay for the construction and maintenance of the windmills.
Sprawl and use of materials can be better managed if we make certain that every parcel of land has multiple uses.
So in summary Australians may have some free speech as long as it is saved and logged in such a way that the Australian government can study it in detail and decide if punishment is in order for speaking freely. Excuse me, my girlfriend is a little bit pregnant.
If someone is stepping out on their mate exposure is a good thing. Affairs involve at least two people so any concept of privacy is misplaced. That which involves another can not be private.
As for the idea of a burglar using locating devices to assure an empty home that can only work if the burglar knows that a well armed resident does not remain in the home and that good alarm systems and video cams are not in place.
The benefits of these devices are too great to be much concerned over the supposed misuses that may happen from time to time.
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I guess I am a big, old dummy as I can't get a grip on why governments just can't stand the free flow of information. I guess it is sort of like US states not wanting their schools scores to be made public.
I see no reason America should allow any business with China. Their perpetual crimes against Tibet as well as their ongoing use of slave labor should be enough incentive for America to cut the phone lines and isolate China completely. As far as debts to China we should not pay them.
Some folks with severely damaged brains seem to make better human computers than people with healthy brains. Rain Man leaps to mind as well as other savants. It seems that when some parts of the brain are impaired the energy of thought is diverted to narrower functions. Perhaps we need to think of delivery more energy to less cores to make machines that do tasks that normal humans are not so good at doing.
Anyone who wants to restrict speech is my enemy. And it is twice as bad when they want to spend tax dollars on endless fat assed creeps sitting on their lazy asses deciding when speech has gone "too far". The edge of the law is forever unclear in speech issues and it is simply time to stop wasting money on this nonsense.
I would like to hope that these anti particles really are understood but my guess is that there is so much that is unknown that any conclusions are really shaky. Perhaps they just relocate to the absolute elsewhere without leaving a clue in their wake.
Considering the risk to the humans involved building these race cars with robotic drivers functions might make for an interesting and even higher speed race.
I shoot for a bit of blasphemy daily and try never to forget. I am certain that Mohammed was gay and that Allah is a pig. Frankly islam sucks and it is time for the stink butts who follow Mohammed to trash their beliefs and get a real religion. Now please send this to everyone everywhere and lets try to offend these creeps half to death. Maybe if they go into shock they can stop harming women and blowing themselves and others up long enough to take a bath and get the stink of the prophet off of themselves.
The FBI has never been a leader in computer technology. Other agencies such as NSA can probably crack that encryption with ease if not instantaneously.
I have often wondered if these encryption programs were not let lose by our government so that they would always be able to examine file contents.
As far as I know only a program that uses a one time pad is truly secure and I feel that even that would be suspect unless one took the time to create his own pad.
Why not deliver on Saturdays and halt deliveries on Mondays and Thursdays? After all Mondays are frequently postal holidays already and we could have two days of non delivery. Saturday is another issue. Many working people are at home on Saturdays to sign for mail and packages and they are not at home during the week.
But behind all of this is the simple fact that our economy is crushed. In a sense we have both inflation and deflation at the same time. For example if we inflation adjust wages most workers have not made a real gin since 1970. But look at the price of products and the degree to which it has inflated. The real deal is that we have a progressive income tax system and sales taxes also swell as product prices rise. So when the apparent wage of a worker rises he forks over more in income taxes. Then when a coke costs him over one dollar whereas he used to buy a coke for five cents the sales taxes collected are much higher as well. We really should have laws that auto shrink the income tax if inflation exists so that the government has a great reason to hold down prices. In the current mess the government can only be pleased as prices rise.
How could anyone hope that a petition were valid if the signatures could not be studied to assure that they are not forgeries or non existant persons?
Start with entrance into schools. Get DNA from everyone. Driver's license bureaus would be another good collection point.
Why in the world would a judge hear a case when the outcome could effect his own wealth? Secondly does the judicial branch even have standing to enter the fray when the president makes a decision in time of great national emergency? I would think that even the Supreme Court may lack the authority in this case.
I can not exactly quote Bill Maher on the lost jobs issue but I will amend it to say that he said stuff your damn job. You people want to destroy the oceans, destroy the forests and completely destroy the Earth. It's time for you absurd red necks to get an education and work in areas that do not destroy nature. His version was much more insulting. But the man does have a point. Whether it is the coal mine areas of our nation or the oil rig areas or the areas being deforested by sprawl and timber harvesting it is not the Ph.D. people that we see doing those tasks. It is left to people who have very rudimentary educations or no education at all. The more we allow them to continue in ways that they have done in the past the more harm will fall upon all of us.
Investing in solar power from northern Africa is also investing in an area known for violence and great instability. Could they pick an area more likely to be involved with terrorists bombings? Frankly if it were my bag of coins I would not invest in anything that has to do with northern Africa.
Many students are compelled by law to attend school due to their age. Being that it is a compulsory environment I feel that the students do have the right to encrypt their communications.
As for employers, I do not feel that they have the right to any expectations at all other than a workman like approach to the work agreed to when employed. All the other nonsense that employers try to enforce is a violation of workers' liberties. For example banks have been known to fire employees for being seen at a race track or casino under the excuse that if spotted in such a place it might make investors nervous.
Years ago they used to ask potential drivers' license renewals if they were addicted to heroin or other illegal drugs in Florida.My answer was that I rarely confessed to major felonies.
I see no way to be sad about executing these creeps. As a matter of fact we should first remove all useful organs and body parts and then send the remains to an alligator farm where the meat will be appreciated. One less evil monster in this world makes for a happy moment. Now if we would get a mind set to do the same with burglars and bicycle thieves the world would be a much nicer place.
I really do understand the pain of a dreaded diagnoses. And I also understand that a person's good judgment may be quite impaired under that kind of pressure. However I am not so certain that social organizations or governmental bodies are ever less impaired than the afflicted individuals. It certainly must be better to allow people to make their own decisions and gain or suffer accordingly.
That also applies to the Jack Kavorkian issue of suicide and assisted suicides. Families and friends will often feel that the sufferer should have stuck around and suffered more whereas there are times when it is better that sick people be allowed to arrange for their own death. Only the sufferer knows the feel of that great pain and the doom and anxiety that often goes hand in hand with disease.It is their body, their life, and their right to end it.
I do wonder about boats and ships in relation to wind turbines. We have several hundred miles of coastline where I live and generally the water gets deeper rather quickly as one leaves shore. At the three mile mark one might see 300 ft. depths but at four miles it might be more like 800 ft. That is quickly followed by really deep water. Ocean liners come down the coast in water that is about 150 ft. deep. That means that they would be on the inside of wind farms placed three miles from shore.
Since it is rather common for freighters to fail and wash up on our beaches or for stray ships to actually ram the beaches under power one wonders how many of those vessels would smack a windmill. Could the bases of these towers withstand an occasional ship ramming them? And would tourists tolerate seeing windmills at three miles?
Urban sprawl is a very real problem. As you pointed out the power generated would be shipped mostly to cities. Power line losses over long distances are substantial as well. So why not do this the best way and have those wind farms built right into the cities? Cities seem addicted to building tall buildings anyway so why not build tall, strong, buildings with rental offices, that are topped off with large wind mills?
That is very optimistic. I've been through many hurricanes as I live in Florida. I have seen large metal beams twisted like candy toys. And that is at ground level. And it is not just wind that is an issue during storms. Solid objects can become airborne. Land based turbines could be in real danger due to flying debris. I suspect that wind turbines would get through minor storms with ease but a major hurricane is another beast completely.
I hope the US does not have an extradition treaty that would force us to hand him over. Some of our agreements and treaties are dangerous to our citizens.
The cable companies have been making a strong run at the elimination of telcos and copper lines. It would seem that bolstering land line telcos is an unfortunate and backwards idea.
It seems to me that we could have a lot more windmills if we doubled up on the use of the area at the base of the turbines. For example, at sea, the base of the windmill might be the center post of a floating fish farm. On land solar collectors or fish ponds could be built. The generation of food underneath the towers could pay for the construction and maintenance of the windmills.
Sprawl and use of materials can be better managed if we make certain that every parcel of land has multiple uses.
So in summary Australians may have some free speech as long as it is saved and logged in such a way that the Australian government can study it in detail and decide if punishment is in order for speaking freely. Excuse me, my girlfriend is a little bit pregnant.
If someone is stepping out on their mate exposure is a good thing. Affairs involve at least two people so any concept of privacy is misplaced. That which involves another can not be private.
As for the idea of a burglar using locating devices to assure an empty home that can only work if the burglar knows that a well armed resident does not remain in the home and that good alarm systems and video cams are not in place.
The benefits of these devices are too great to be much concerned over the supposed misuses that may happen from time to time.