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Ah, a buzzword generator. Are these people relevant to policy wankers?
Well, one source would be trump's approval rating, which is going down quite steadily.
Approval ratings mean squat. Congress has a 10% approval rating and a 97% reelection rate. The real approval ratings are only found in the election results. Everything else is tabloid media hype
Computers are today faster than they need to be for nearly all applications the average office runs into.
For nearly everything except rebooting. I still don't understand the problem. It's better than it was, but we're still back in the old days of waiting for the TV to warm up.
No state has the right to compel assistance in one's own prosecution, constitution or no. But in these dark time times, the bill of rights is going up in smoke anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
alternate media, is decreasing the effectiveness of traditional media.
'fake news', is decreasing the effectiveness of propaganda?
Eh, whatever, all the media is doing a bang up job of keeping everybody fixated on one thing right now. They are also making it possible for things like to this to pass by creating popular demand. I wish we would penalize politicians who try to impose unconstitutional legislation. Voting them out would be good enough
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What better time to find out than now? I suppose the issue will be settled by an agreement on the kill ratio.
Well, that problem goes both ways, doesn't it?
Jeeze! It says Windows 10 right there on the box. Isn't that adequate enough?
Okay, I'm kidding. Windows 10 is a fine product.
SAS software's primary focus is on getting maximum value from analytics. A reliable, open analytics platform underpins that focus. Combining the power of SAS with open source technologies enables you to unify disparate toolsets, eliminate silos, increase productivity, foster collaboration and facilitate business agility.
Ah, a buzzword generator. Are these people relevant to policy wankers?
bird strike
The penalty for failure to yield suddenly went way up
These views are being censored
Lies! The users who don't read at that threshold are simply filtering the views themselves, but they are still there.
Compulsory licensing.
What the hell, we should apply it to copyright also
they're *flashing* and they're *beeping*. I can't stand it anymore!
...Z^1
Thank you... as always
How wude!
What, am I supposed to buy a new phone every year to keep up?
Yeah, well, when it comes to the CIA/DEA/FBI/etc it is pretty naive to believe they are bound by any 'laws'
too often I can be provoked into tat-for-tat rudeness.
Actually, too often, you are the one to provoke the rudeness in the most puerile condescending fashion when faced with any disagreement.
For instance:
Well, one source would be trump's approval rating, which is going down quite steadily.
Approval ratings mean squat. Congress has a 10% approval rating and a 97% reelection rate. The real approval ratings are only found in the election results. Everything else is tabloid media hype
Computers are today faster than they need to be for nearly all applications the average office runs into.
For nearly everything except rebooting. I still don't understand the problem. It's better than it was, but we're still back in the old days of waiting for the TV to warm up.
this discussion is about "patent licensing" creeping into sales of goods as a way for seller to retain control over sold products.
Yeah, but I think the word is 'lease'.
Yeah, just don't try to claim the insurance if you cut your arm off and burn the house down
Business travelers should unionize and go on strike
They gave themselves the power and authority. They still don't have the right to compel anything from the accused. Unfortunately resistance is nil.
a supershield that blocks anything.
We really could use a bunch of those...
No state has the right to compel assistance in one's own prosecution, constitution or no. But in these dark time times, the bill of rights is going up in smoke anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
Yeah, ever since Kennedy died... It's been all downhill since then
Just who defines "truth"?
We do!
alternate media, is decreasing the effectiveness of traditional media.
'fake news', is decreasing the effectiveness of propaganda?
Eh, whatever, all the media is doing a bang up job of keeping everybody fixated on one thing right now. They are also making it possible for things like to this to pass by creating popular demand. I wish we would penalize politicians who try to impose unconstitutional legislation. Voting them out would be good enough
Sometimes we need the law to give muscle to our voice.
soon it'll be fashionable to wear them in public!
And illegal