That's why I don't look to journalists for product information any more than I would seek it from dead-tree media that depend on adverts.
I don't need to be an early adopter (let them take the risks, they will) so I wait until the folks on enough different forums I lurk in report problems with (electronics, vehicles, whatever) before considering a buy. Pissed off people are more than ready to expose defects.
It tells that in their elitist Eurohubris they are sure that the knuckledragging Yanks really ARE the Great Satan, and that no one would dare fuck about with THEIR civil liberties that way.
Want to piss off everyone? Remind them how free they aren't.
Crazy is only treatable by death. Kill yourself before you relapse and begin another bout of madness and misery. A dry dive off something tall is a quick rush, like bungee jumping, followed by instant nirvana.
You will feel nothing, no one will miss you, and you will know it was a grand gesture befitting a noble person such as yourself.
The government can seize assets used for crime. A corporation used for crime qualifies, and fear of seizure should be incentive to greater shareholder oversight. Corps that don't provide transparency will lose investors.
"What we can't do is knee jerk react and create new laws because of this."
Why not? The country is overrun by literally evil corporations. Revenge is a legitimate goal. Punish them for wrecking our economy and poisoning the land. It's long overdue. The enemies of the people should fear the people.
Nationalizing enemy property has been done in wartime, seizing drug dealer assets is done all the time, there is ample precedent.
People don't behave themselves unless they fear punishment. Companies are difficult to punish, so take them away when their humans use them to misbehave.
Punishing the company doesn't punish the PEOPLE whose conduct caused the disaster. Put the malefactors in general population doing hard time, in the worst prison available. Louisiana should have a good selection...
The law should hold the guilty people liable, and carry large prison sentences for ecological and economic crime.
He mentioned "preferable", perhaps because Free solutions can be expanded Freely. His students can have personal copies of ALL the software he uses and spread it legally as they teach others.
"It's not helping that this country is becoming more and more polar every day."
I disagree. Polarization is good, because it is the prelude to contest between the poles. We aren't one country, (although the self-righteous shrieks from ideologues who think they should own the whole place would be deafening) we should consider if we should stay as one country.
For example, those who favor unlimited Mexican immigration favor Reconquista and want to make the US into Mexico. Letting them do that with the states which belong to them such as California is perfectly reasonable, but they think they have a stake in the States that they don't inhabit.
Fragmentation would make the US less dangerous to the rest of the world, break up its Empire, and allow the States to align into groups more suitable to the desires of their populations. Dislocation and resettlement SHOULD follow when people should no longer live with each other.
The only reason to want a strong Federal government is because one opposes self-determination. Self-determination includes the right of some to choose things you may not like, but in turn you can go where you belong with like-minded people you prefer to others.
"More or less we have extreme right and extreme left coming out and people starting to side with either of them. So instead of everyone being happy we end up with two parties that absolutely hate each other."
That is an inevitable outgrowth of the War Between the States. Federal Empire won by force over States Rights by asserting that States have no such thing.
If local areas have ample latitude to govern, those who like such government can relocate there.
States can be different, and it is reasonable to expect people to move to an area whose government suits them.
There would be less friction if, for example, Mexifornia appreciated that Arizona is different, and they governed what BELONGS TO THEM as they wish.
The Mexicans can move to Mexifornia, proceed with Reconquista as they wish, while Arizona can proceed differently. They don't have to like each other,
"How do we make sure the monolith is moral and fair to all?"
Destroy the monolith and let States choose for THEMSELVES. The States don't belong to the people who don't inhabit them. The country is an alliance of States. "Moral and fair to all is an absurd idea because morality and fairness are subjective. If we want FUNCTIONAL fairness, MOBILITY is the solution.
Think the South is a redneck hellhole? Get the fuck out. Think California is Mexifornia? Get the fuck out. Tired of how New Jersey smells? Avoid the guidos and landfills by Getting the Fuck Out.
The best States will win the competition for the most desirable place to live, the locals everywhere will OWN their own government, and we can support a WEAKER Federal government less prone to delusions of Empire over us and the rest of the world.
ecause those constructs are subjective. Each state is a reasonable size for local government, and States can compete. Obviously, people will vote with their feet. I certainly would.
"Thirteen and two million resindents, respectively...either way, your idea is awful. "
It isn't "awful" if it's necessary, then it's just "unfortunate".
The intelligent thing to do is (gradually) either relocate (much work to replicate systems) or DISPERSE the city elsewhere. Efficient dispersal of population is likely the lowest-impact way to deal with the disaster.
Democracy is not a suicide pact. Islam if applied in the US would result in a theocracy.
I've been to the Middle East and see how they roll. It's all bad. KSA, the Emirates, Kuwait, Turkey. etc are not comparable with the freedom I DEMAND.
Have you seen Islam up close, in what capacity, and what is your religion so observers may understand your motives?
Not wanting to live in the Middle East, I oppose the expansion of its loathsome systems to the West. Enough blood has been spilt to persuade Christians to behave themselves most of the time. Religion is bad, Fundamentalism (when people are actually faithful to their superstition) is worse, and there is ONLY reason to tolerate beliefs that are tolerant and SECULAR themselves. Anyone who favors theocracy should be dealt with decisively. Religion eliminates any rational debate but the bullet.
Tolerance for Islam benefits only Islam. It was inevitable that an adaptive system would find a way to _completely_ exploit the "suicide pact" ideal of tolerance and self-abnegation. Muslims, being adaptive, have done so. The idea you have that we are obliged to tolerate ourselves out of power because of the duty to an abstract ideal that "everything is everything so we dare not judge anything or resist an enemy", has already been leveraged by Muslims.
Muslims and their supporters don't count as Americans due to their superstition being both the most toxic belief system in the history of mankind and the inherent commitment of all believers to impose Islamic systems whenever they are able to do so.
We are in a cultural war with Islam, so if anyone else is thoughtful enough to kill Muslims (bonus for other Muslims doing it, BTW they are in the lead so far) then bravo.
The convoys purpose was to break the blockade thus opening the door for arms and munition transport. They got what they asked for.
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That's why I don't look to journalists for product information any more than I would seek it from dead-tree media that depend on adverts.
I don't need to be an early adopter (let them take the risks, they will) so I wait until the folks on enough different forums I lurk in report problems with (electronics, vehicles, whatever) before considering a buy. Pissed off people are more than ready to expose defects.
It tells that in their elitist Eurohubris they are sure that the knuckledragging Yanks really ARE the Great Satan, and that no one would dare fuck about with THEIR civil liberties that way.
Want to piss off everyone? Remind them how free they aren't.
Crazy is only treatable by death. Kill yourself before you relapse and begin another bout of madness and misery. A dry dive off something tall is a quick rush, like bungee jumping, followed by instant nirvana.
You will feel nothing, no one will miss you, and you will know it was a grand gesture befitting a noble person such as yourself.
"Well, now we know who not to vote for..."
And whose story to forward throughout teh intarwebs so this becomes the only thing the bitch is known for.
"Do the authorities care so little for the average citizen?"
Yes. This will last a while, til things get rotten enough, then the purge-and-replace cycle begins again. It was ever thus, and so it shall be.
The government can seize assets used for crime. A corporation used for crime qualifies, and fear of seizure should be incentive to greater shareholder oversight. Corps that don't provide transparency will lose investors.
"What we can't do is knee jerk react and create new laws because of this."
Why not? The country is overrun by literally evil corporations. Revenge is a legitimate goal. Punish them for wrecking our economy and poisoning the land. It's long overdue. The enemies of the people should fear the people.
Nationalizing enemy property has been done in wartime, seizing drug dealer assets is done all the time, there is ample precedent.
People don't behave themselves unless they fear punishment. Companies are difficult to punish, so take them away when their humans use them to misbehave.
They may all fill up from the same trucks. Keep an eye out for generic fuel haulers like APC and you'll see what I mean.
Punishing the company doesn't punish the PEOPLE whose conduct caused the disaster. Put the malefactors in general population doing hard time, in the worst prison available. Louisiana should have a good selection...
The law should hold the guilty people liable, and carry large prison sentences for ecological and economic crime.
"Proper sanitation has done more to prolong lives than anything medicine has done."
Hmm...might be some money in a cross between a car wash and a hugbox.
Citation(s) needed or piss off. Assertions such as those could get Peace Corps volunteers snuffed, kidnapped, etc.
_Prove them_ or DIAF.
Don't forget to ask US corps for donations of used equipment. The experience of getting up systems from parts and networking them is valuable.
Corporate types seeing this thread feel free to offer some up for that tax-deductable love. :)
He mentioned "preferable", perhaps because Free solutions can be expanded Freely. His students can have personal copies of ALL the software he uses and spread it legally as they teach others.
"It's not helping that this country is becoming more and more polar every day."
I disagree. Polarization is good, because it is the prelude to contest between the poles. We aren't one country, (although the self-righteous shrieks from ideologues who think they should own the whole place would be deafening) we should consider if we should stay as one country.
For example, those who favor unlimited Mexican immigration favor Reconquista and want to make the US into Mexico. Letting them do that with the states which belong to them such as California is perfectly reasonable, but they think they have a stake in the States that they don't inhabit.
Fragmentation would make the US less dangerous to the rest of the world, break up its Empire, and allow the States to align into groups more suitable to the desires of their populations. Dislocation and resettlement SHOULD follow when people should no longer live with each other.
The only reason to want a strong Federal government is because one opposes self-determination. Self-determination includes the right of some to choose things you may not like, but in turn you can go where you belong with like-minded people you prefer to others.
By whatever method that state selects by popular vote.
5. "Boom, Headshot!"
6. Repeat 5 until problem is solved.
"More or less we have extreme right and extreme left coming out and people starting to side with either of them. So instead of everyone being happy we end up with two parties that absolutely hate each other."
That is an inevitable outgrowth of the War Between the States. Federal Empire won by force over States Rights by asserting that States have no such thing.
If local areas have ample latitude to govern, those who like such government can relocate there.
States can be different, and it is reasonable to expect people to move to an area whose government suits them.
There would be less friction if, for example, Mexifornia appreciated that Arizona is different, and they governed what BELONGS TO THEM as they wish.
The Mexicans can move to Mexifornia, proceed with Reconquista as they wish, while Arizona can proceed differently. They don't have to like each other,
"How do we make sure the monolith is moral and fair to all?"
Destroy the monolith and let States choose for THEMSELVES. The States don't belong to the people who don't inhabit them. The country is an alliance of States. "Moral and fair to all is an absurd idea because morality and fairness are subjective. If we want FUNCTIONAL fairness, MOBILITY is the solution.
Think the South is a redneck hellhole? Get the fuck out.
Think California is Mexifornia? Get the fuck out.
Tired of how New Jersey smells? Avoid the guidos and landfills by Getting the Fuck Out.
The best States will win the competition for the most desirable place to live, the locals everywhere will OWN their own government, and we can support a WEAKER Federal government less prone to delusions of Empire over us and the rest of the world.
ecause those constructs are subjective. Each state is a reasonable size for local government, and States can compete. Obviously, people will vote with their feet. I certainly would.
Guatse?
"Thirteen and two million resindents, respectively...either way, your idea is awful. "
It isn't "awful" if it's necessary, then it's just "unfortunate".
The intelligent thing to do is (gradually) either relocate (much work to replicate systems) or DISPERSE the city elsewhere. Efficient dispersal of population is likely the lowest-impact way to deal with the disaster.
"retarded cunt" is completely offensive and a terrible distraction which hinders your message.
In the interest of sensitivity, please use the term to "mentally challenged cunt" in future.
Thank you.
"cleverly heating everything along the whole length of pipe."
Not to mention roasting any yarbles in the vicinity.
Democracy is not a suicide pact. Islam if applied in the US would result in a theocracy.
I've been to the Middle East and see how they roll. It's all bad. KSA, the Emirates, Kuwait, Turkey. etc are not comparable with the freedom I DEMAND.
Have you seen Islam up close, in what capacity, and what is your religion so observers may understand your motives?
Not wanting to live in the Middle East, I oppose the expansion of its loathsome systems to the West. Enough blood has been spilt to persuade Christians to behave themselves most of the time. Religion is bad, Fundamentalism (when people are actually faithful to their superstition) is worse, and there is ONLY reason to tolerate beliefs that are tolerant and SECULAR themselves. Anyone who favors theocracy should be dealt with decisively. Religion eliminates any rational debate but the bullet.
Tolerance for Islam benefits only Islam. It was inevitable that an adaptive system would find a way to _completely_ exploit the "suicide pact" ideal of tolerance and self-abnegation. Muslims, being adaptive, have done so. The idea you have that we are obliged to tolerate ourselves out of power because of the duty to an abstract ideal that "everything is everything so we dare not judge anything or resist an enemy", has already been leveraged by Muslims.
Suing would be more effective, and scare the shit out of the parents even if the lawsuit fails.
Muslims and their supporters don't count as Americans due to their superstition being both the most toxic belief system in the history of mankind and the inherent commitment of all believers to impose Islamic systems whenever they are able to do so.
We are in a cultural war with Islam, so if anyone else is thoughtful enough to kill Muslims (bonus for other Muslims doing it, BTW they are in the lead so far) then bravo.
The convoys purpose was to break the blockade thus opening the door for arms and munition transport. They got what they asked for.