Although many popular histories state otherwise, he made clear that his plan was to establish it on the next-to-last Thursday in the month instead of the last one. With the country still in the midst of The Great Depression, Roosevelt thought an earlier Thanksgiving would give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas. Increasing profits and spending during this period, Roosevelt hoped, would help bring the country out of the Depression. At the time, advertising goods for Christmas before Thanksgiving was considered inappropriate.
You need a large inheritance tax to give a meaningful chance to people who aren't born with a silver spoon. That the government ends up taking the money is arbitrary.
So that means you are in favor of "spreading the wealth around", right? From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs, and all that rot.
The alignment problem may be a troublesome part, but it may partly be corrected by randomizing the location of the alternatives for each voter. In that case the error spread will even out over the candidates.
That may be a no-go for a lot of people as well, since a lot of organizations send out "sample ballots" that are marked with the organization's "recommendations" for the election. If that sample ballot looks different than the actual ballot, you'll get charges that you're trying to confuse people by changing the order.
You have to buy an older model plane. Have a look on Aerotrader.com sometime, you can get a mid-to-late 70's model Skylane or similar craft for around $40-$50k. As mentioned, properly maintained aircraft can last decades, so the only compromise you get in buying a plane that old is you don't get all the "bells and whistles" that a new model has. But you can (fairly) easily upgrade the avionics a bit at a time.
Didn't work that way for Scooter Libby. You might say that he wasn't "dangerous", but if you're a CIA agent (covert, as Valerie Plame was) you might disagree.
You would have a valid point, if it weren't for the fact that it was Robert Novak that outed Ms. Plame.
[1]: United States v. Montoya de Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531, 538 (1985) United States v. Martinez-Fuerte, 428 U.S. 543, 562-563 (1976) United States v. Flores-Montano, 541 U.S. 149, 152-53 (2004) United States v. Johnson, 991 F.2d 1287, 1291-92 (7th Cir. 1993)
Why the hell would anybody bother with those privacy invasive add spweing services, when they can simply plug in and run the own easy to configure consumer grade appliance server, running their own mail, web, media and file servers.
For the simple reason that most people have trouble running Internet Explorer and MS Office, let alone having to admin their own server. I mean, come on, how many "linksys" wireless networks do you run across on a given day?
I would be willing to stake my Slashdot karma on the prediction that OpenOffice or a reasonable facsimile will always exist as a product I can download and run on my own hardware. E-mail, well I could always use my ISP for my e-mail or even running my own mail server isn't out of the question but the nature of e-mail is that it has to exist somewhere and for most people it's not practical to run their own mail server. And as long as I can still buy HDDs I'll never be reliant on Google or MS to access my photos, music, movies, or documents. Even if Windows eventually becomes nothing more than a thin client connecting to the MS mothership I'm sure I'll still be able to grab a Linux ISO and continue using a real operating system on my own hardware.
But see, that's quite the point the GP was trying to make. If everyone hooks up to "the cloud" then the software contained on that Linux ISO you grab won't be anywhere near as reliable as "the cloud", simply because no one will bother developing it. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy in a way.
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I sense a bitter contractor...
The news media has accurately predicted 23 of the last 2 recessions.
Yeah, that :) Our work proxy was having issues and I couldn't get to IMDB to get the exact quote.
"Many a man meets his destiny on the road to avoid it."
From your link:
Although many popular histories state otherwise, he made clear that his plan was to establish it on the next-to-last Thursday in the month instead of the last one. With the country still in the midst of The Great Depression, Roosevelt thought an earlier Thanksgiving would give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas. Increasing profits and spending during this period, Roosevelt hoped, would help bring the country out of the Depression. At the time, advertising goods for Christmas before Thanksgiving was considered inappropriate.
You need a large inheritance tax to give a meaningful chance to people who aren't born with a silver spoon. That the government ends up taking the money is arbitrary.
So that means you are in favor of "spreading the wealth around", right? From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs, and all that rot.
If there's a million dollars when someone dies and 90% of it goes to the gov't, that million dollars doesn't simply blink out of existence.
I beg to differ. Ever seen our national budget?
Why do you hate America?
Those were...words, yes. But they are not assembled correctly.
Also, compare the user base of the BlackBerry vs. the iPhone.
Take a week's vacation and don't answer cellphone or emails.
Why is the parent modded troll? Sure, there's a thin layer of BS there, but the underlying principle is true.
The alignment problem may be a troublesome part, but it may partly be corrected by randomizing the location of the alternatives for each voter. In that case the error spread will even out over the candidates.
That may be a no-go for a lot of people as well, since a lot of organizations send out "sample ballots" that are marked with the organization's "recommendations" for the election. If that sample ballot looks different than the actual ballot, you'll get charges that you're trying to confuse people by changing the order.
You would still have to have at least a sport pilot's license for one of these.
You have to buy an older model plane. Have a look on Aerotrader.com sometime, you can get a mid-to-late 70's model Skylane or similar craft for around $40-$50k. As mentioned, properly maintained aircraft can last decades, so the only compromise you get in buying a plane that old is you don't get all the "bells and whistles" that a new model has. But you can (fairly) easily upgrade the avionics a bit at a time.
Is there anyone in a America that isn't a criminal in some way?
No. It's quite convenient to have a system of laws where everyone is a criminal.
Didn't work that way for Scooter Libby. You might say that he wasn't "dangerous", but if you're a CIA agent (covert, as Valerie Plame was) you might disagree.
You would have a valid point, if it weren't for the fact that it was Robert Novak that outed Ms. Plame.
Yet more evidence for the de-annexation of California.
Puff, puff, give, man.
[1]:
United States v. Montoya de Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531, 538 (1985)
United States v. Martinez-Fuerte, 428 U.S. 543, 562-563 (1976)
United States v. Flores-Montano, 541 U.S. 149, 152-53 (2004)
United States v. Johnson, 991 F.2d 1287, 1291-92 (7th Cir. 1993)
One of these things is not like the others...
Why the hell would anybody bother with those privacy invasive add spweing services, when they can simply plug in and run the own easy to configure consumer grade appliance server, running their own mail, web, media and file servers.
For the simple reason that most people have trouble running Internet Explorer and MS Office, let alone having to admin their own server. I mean, come on, how many "linksys" wireless networks do you run across on a given day?
I would be willing to stake my Slashdot karma on the prediction that OpenOffice or a reasonable facsimile will always exist as a product I can download and run on my own hardware. E-mail, well I could always use my ISP for my e-mail or even running my own mail server isn't out of the question but the nature of e-mail is that it has to exist somewhere and for most people it's not practical to run their own mail server. And as long as I can still buy HDDs I'll never be reliant on Google or MS to access my photos, music, movies, or documents. Even if Windows eventually becomes nothing more than a thin client connecting to the MS mothership I'm sure I'll still be able to grab a Linux ISO and continue using a real operating system on my own hardware.
But see, that's quite the point the GP was trying to make. If everyone hooks up to "the cloud" then the software contained on that Linux ISO you grab won't be anywhere near as reliable as "the cloud", simply because no one will bother developing it. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy in a way.
Let me guess...you've never done desktop/server support at a company with more than 50 employees...right?
Ask your wife/girlfriend/SO if getting a BJ from someone else is considered sexual relations. Go ahead, we'll wait.