No, Mr. moderator, it's not offtopic. The exact same analogy applies to computers. You have to ask to get one without windows. And Dell, HP, etc. do get a Microsoft "subsidy".
Doesn't work that way. The cheese is opt-out. You have to ask for a hamburger, no cheese, explicitly, which causes a big delay, because now they have to cook a fresh burger, or scrape the cheese off an old one.
Chances are they will "forget" (you gotta remember, cheese is pure profit, they get it almost free, subsidized by the government), and you will get a cheeseburger anyway. Yeah, I would demand a refund.
This is not some random thing. The authoritarians are scared of the internet, and they have to sell the *war*. The work of the propagandist is never done.
You can always take the info at face value, or not. Who cares who says it? You simply do what is technically correct, and the problem sorts itself out. Now the problem with money is the people who take it have too much influence on policy. In a week and a half the Americans will have the great opportunity of cleaning their house of ALL the old rubbish, or just sweep it under the rug one more time. Then we will see what happens to net neutrality, amongst other things.. Unfortunately, I expect to see yet another vote for business as usual, and this "controversy" will just be another circle jerk since the voters have let big money decide how it's done.
It's not a "confiscation", it's a recovery of stolen goods acquired by fraud. And the power to regulate the value says it's all okay. They can just print new money and render the old worthless. This is one of those little things a government is authorized to do by default. And the fact that the law is there in black and white, on the supreme document of the land, makes it all the easier.
We have great abundance. Automation will only increase it. We are very prosperous and can easily afford to pay everybody displaced by a robot a welfare check since the produced product will be suitably less expensive. Human effort is the only thing that needs to be compensated. In an automated world everything can and should be free.
Yeah, it feeds the prison system and conditions the kids to accept and dole out this kind of treatment. Critical thinking is that last thing they want. Google can do all our critical thinking for us. It already conveniently filters our searches for us. Our "educational" system preaches conformity. It that regard it is doing exceptionally.
The government has the power and the right to do as it wishes with its currency, but they have turned that power over to a bunch of counterfeiters in the name of "privatization", which means floating it on the commodities markets. The "gold standard" now is the petro-dollar. That is the global currency of today. No matter, it is trivial for them to divert the bits over to people developing a vaccine, they know exactly where to take them from. But... the power of derivatives prevails, and we all know who pays. For this issue, like all the other manufactured crises of the new (and old) millennium, there are plenty of scandals to go around, and most, if not all of them point to finance.
The scandal is the financing, and legal issues, like patenting. This whole thing sounds like somebody is trying to drum up business, and create a distraction during election season. And if one company can't make enough, then others can take up the slack. Boeing didn't build all its airplanes during the war, GM and Ford helped, and made a pretty penny from it.
Exactly. And the man should have an idea of what he is managing, unless he's just handling lawsuits. I would give the benefit of the doubt to a real medical doctor. But, hey, troll on, dude.
Well, to me, the simple solution is to just get people to stop shooting each other. Get them all to look into the mirror every morning and say, *I feel good, and I will not shoot anybody today*.
First, you admit that you are screwing yourselves. Refusal to accept the role you are playing is the biggest impediment towards finding a "better way". And judging by the reaction (and the moderation), the condition seems to be very widespread, and by the way, well documented. Oh well, you got two weeks to put aside the petty bullshit and actually clean house, right down to the plaster and the floorboards. If you don't, blame yourselves,and only yourselves. Koch didn't force you to vote for his puppet.The choice is all yours.
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Tell that to the poor kid at McDonalds. I ask for a hamburger and it has cheese on it. It's as automatic as the factory putting Windows on a computer.
No, Mr. moderator, it's not offtopic. The exact same analogy applies to computers. You have to ask to get one without windows. And Dell, HP, etc. do get a Microsoft "subsidy".
No, it's called "asset forfeiture" and it does happen far too often. Hell, happening once is far too often.
I dunno... Probably at the donut shop... Well, Starbucks is kinda their "donut shop".
Why didn't you just order a hamburger?
Doesn't work that way. The cheese is opt-out. You have to ask for a hamburger, no cheese, explicitly, which causes a big delay, because now they have to cook a fresh burger, or scrape the cheese off an old one.
Chances are they will "forget" (you gotta remember, cheese is pure profit, they get it almost free, subsidized by the government), and you will get a cheeseburger anyway. Yeah, I would demand a refund.
One martini is not enough
Two martinis is too much
Three martinis is not enough
This is not some random thing. The authoritarians are scared of the internet, and they have to sell the *war*. The work of the propagandist is never done.
You can always take the info at face value, or not. Who cares who says it? You simply do what is technically correct, and the problem sorts itself out. Now the problem with money is the people who take it have too much influence on policy. In a week and a half the Americans will have the great opportunity of cleaning their house of ALL the old rubbish, or just sweep it under the rug one more time. Then we will see what happens to net neutrality, amongst other things.. Unfortunately, I expect to see yet another vote for business as usual, and this "controversy" will just be another circle jerk since the voters have let big money decide how it's done.
It's not a "confiscation", it's a recovery of stolen goods acquired by fraud. And the power to regulate the value says it's all okay. They can just print new money and render the old worthless. This is one of those little things a government is authorized to do by default. And the fact that the law is there in black and white, on the supreme document of the land, makes it all the easier.
And get nailed by a fake cert? How does this sidestep the trust issue?
We have great abundance. Automation will only increase it. We are very prosperous and can easily afford to pay everybody displaced by a robot a welfare check since the produced product will be suitably less expensive. Human effort is the only thing that needs to be compensated. In an automated world everything can and should be free.
Yeah, it feeds the prison system and conditions the kids to accept and dole out this kind of treatment. Critical thinking is that last thing they want. Google can do all our critical thinking for us. It already conveniently filters our searches for us. Our "educational" system preaches conformity. It that regard it is doing exceptionally.
Metadata, baby! Once they geolocate you they will presume much about your skin color, age, etc.
A guy from the Gold Coast will see different prices than a guy on the South Side.
Article 1 Section 8 clause 5:
The Congress shall have Power...To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof...
Spells it out pretty clearly, don't you think?. Is there anything else I can assist you with while I'm here?
The government has the power and the right to do as it wishes with its currency, but they have turned that power over to a bunch of counterfeiters in the name of "privatization", which means floating it on the commodities markets. The "gold standard" now is the petro-dollar. That is the global currency of today. No matter, it is trivial for them to divert the bits over to people developing a vaccine, they know exactly where to take them from. But... the power of derivatives prevails, and we all know who pays. For this issue, like all the other manufactured crises of the new (and old) millennium, there are plenty of scandals to go around, and most, if not all of them point to finance.
True nirvana! When will the rest of the world learn?
The scandal is the financing, and legal issues, like patenting. This whole thing sounds like somebody is trying to drum up business, and create a distraction during election season. And if one company can't make enough, then others can take up the slack. Boeing didn't build all its airplanes during the war, GM and Ford helped, and made a pretty penny from it.
Ebola czar is just a manager.
Exactly. And the man should have an idea of what he is managing, unless he's just handling lawsuits. I would give the benefit of the doubt to a real medical doctor. But, hey, troll on, dude.
We could also redirect some of that 85 billion a month going to Wall Street right now.
Brought to you by the people who want to sell censorship to the public. Looks like it's going to work. Fascism is a peoples movement.
I never let Windows update hardware drivers.
Intentional bricking should be totally illegal without the owner's permission.
However! As a sort of sideways analogy, if you buy a stolen TV from a pawn shop, what happens when the cops find out? You get to keep the TV?
Who cares? The wrong guy is being targeted. But the law says you bought "stolen" property, tough luck, kid...
It's a lot like intentionally melting all the ice the arctic to force Eskimos to buy your refrigerator.
Well, to me, the simple solution is to just get people to stop shooting each other. Get them all to look into the mirror every morning and say, *I feel good, and I will not shoot anybody today*.
there has got to be a better way...
First, you admit that you are screwing yourselves. Refusal to accept the role you are playing is the biggest impediment towards finding a "better way". And judging by the reaction (and the moderation), the condition seems to be very widespread, and by the way, well documented. Oh well, you got two weeks to put aside the petty bullshit and actually clean house, right down to the plaster and the floorboards. If you don't, blame yourselves,and only yourselves. Koch didn't force you to vote for his puppet.The choice is all yours.