Still I see no outside force compelling people to vote for the incumbent, only a lack of initiative in the search for alternatives. They wake up once every two years to mark a ballot that took very little part in forming, and then complain about the choices, and go back to sleep for two more years. Sorry, no sympathy from me. This prison is of their own construction. Only they can tear it down.
Nobody petitions for the R-team and D-team to get on the ballot. Due to the way the rules work, they're automatically included.
So what? The petitioning process is good enough to get on the ballot. You are not limited to voting for republicans and democrats. That is one you place on yourself. Nobody is doing it to you. The world is as "just" as you want it to be. You make the choice, you live with it. Nobody is going to save you.
And your reaction is very revealing, very typical of an *authoritarian sack of shit* that gets angry when confronted with facts that conflict with their beliefs... Thank you for confirming.
No, I don't care about the patent per se, I am simply describing a different way a camera can be deactivated. And as far as being mandated (like the way they crippled the mini-disc, for example), it might have a better chance than the attempt to impose the crypto bakdoors and internet "kill switch". If you assume the worst, especially when based on precedence, you won't be disappointed, and will rarely be surprised.
You evidently don't know the process. Anyone is allowed to petition to be on the ballot. With enough signatures it will happen. No biggie if you don't want to learn. But you made it perfectly clear why we are in the predicament that we are. You built your own prison.
That's quite the conspiracy theory you have there.
Not a single "third party" is qualified to be on the ballot in all states.
Only because not enough people petition to put them on. Simple math. This year they are too distracted by the Trump charade. Best gimmick I've seen in a long time.
Sorry, all the "rigging" is done by the voters themselves, through complacency, apathy, antipathy, whatever. As much as you all want to, you can blame nobody else.
What, is somebody putting a gun to your head, telling you who to vote for? Sounds to me like you're just to lazy to make the effort and just want to blame everybody else for your own bad choices.
Hey, if it leads to single payer, let's grease that slope and tilt it up to 90 degrees. The records are being made public anyway. We may as well get some service for it.
The "hacker" was an agent used to "leak" the documents, sell them to the pharma companies, and provide plausible deniability when people start complaining about all the junk mail they're getting.
Wait, people who rent out living space in their building have to register and build it to code as an apartment/hotel like all the other apartment/hotels? The nerve!
Now's the time to cry for your government to begin imposing criminal penalties to Microsoft...
Unless they can revoke their corporate charter there are no penalties that can harm Microsoft. And canceling the contracts and switching systems will be very expensive, but they should not be included in any future contracts.
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Still I see no outside force compelling people to vote for the incumbent, only a lack of initiative in the search for alternatives. They wake up once every two years to mark a ballot that took very little part in forming, and then complain about the choices, and go back to sleep for two more years. Sorry, no sympathy from me. This prison is of their own construction. Only they can tear it down.
Nobody petitions for the R-team and D-team to get on the ballot. Due to the way the rules work, they're automatically included.
So what? The petitioning process is good enough to get on the ballot. You are not limited to voting for republicans and democrats. That is one you place on yourself. Nobody is doing it to you. The world is as "just" as you want it to be. You make the choice, you live with it. Nobody is going to save you.
And your reaction is very revealing, very typical of an *authoritarian sack of shit* that gets angry when confronted with facts that conflict with their beliefs... Thank you for confirming.
No, I don't care about the patent per se, I am simply describing a different way a camera can be deactivated. And as far as being mandated (like the way they crippled the mini-disc, for example), it might have a better chance than the attempt to impose the crypto bakdoors and internet "kill switch". If you assume the worst, especially when based on precedence, you won't be disappointed, and will rarely be surprised.
You evidently don't know the process. Anyone is allowed to petition to be on the ballot. With enough signatures it will happen. No biggie if you don't want to learn. But you made it perfectly clear why we are in the predicament that we are. You built your own prison.
To minimize network collisions you build a fatter pipe.
A more simple rule you will not find.
Obviously the EU is letting the service providers and entertainment industry write the rules
That's quite the conspiracy theory you have there.
Not a single "third party" is qualified to be on the ballot in all states.
Only because not enough people petition to put them on. Simple math. This year they are too distracted by the Trump charade. Best gimmick I've seen in a long time.
Sorry, all the "rigging" is done by the voters themselves, through complacency, apathy, antipathy, whatever. As much as you all want to, you can blame nobody else.
There is no bogeyman. The two party system is the voters choice. They are the "built in bias", and only they can fix it. It is strictly personal.
What, is somebody putting a gun to your head, telling you who to vote for? Sounds to me like you're just to lazy to make the effort and just want to blame everybody else for your own bad choices.
We make the choices. We don't have to take what is "given".
Oy! And these people call themselves professionals!
That's dumb as hell. All we have to do is stop reelecting them. Is that so difficult?
The "deactivator" (kill switch) will be mandated on all phones sold in the US. And rather than use infrared the signal will come from the cell tower.
This facilitates two way surveillance, and removes some of the state's advantage.
I know. Why can't we just collect the exhaust fumes from the sun?
Hey, if it leads to single payer, let's grease that slope and tilt it up to 90 degrees. The records are being made public anyway. We may as well get some service for it.
You forgot the best reason:
The "hacker" was an agent used to "leak" the documents, sell them to the pharma companies, and provide plausible deniability when people start complaining about all the junk mail they're getting.
Okay, anarchism... I'm down with that
Okay, and then what?
Wait, people who rent out living space in their building have to register and build it to code as an apartment/hotel like all the other apartment/hotels? The nerve!
Care to elaborate? What's the "privacy" issue? Or even 1st amendment?
Now's the time to cry for your government to begin imposing criminal penalties to Microsoft...
Unless they can revoke their corporate charter there are no penalties that can harm Microsoft. And canceling the contracts and switching systems will be very expensive, but they should not be included in any future contracts.
the Founding Fathers in no way envisioned the sort of breakdowns in political norms and virulent factionalism that's taken hold today
Oh brother! You're joking, right?
*All the nuclei must point in the same direction!*
Well, if all of you elect a congress that will do it, you will get what you want.