The problem isn't that there isn't enough people, the problem is the false dichotomy of Republicrats and Demicans. We are presented with a false choice, told not to "waste" our vote by breaking the bonds of the one party rule.
We either get the government we want, or deserve. I don't know which is worse.
Government does ______ , because the people "wants" them to do _______, but then complain about it later. The people DON'T want the government to do nothing, they want the government to do everything. They keep voting for more government and then complain about the consequences of more government. This is the natural order of big government, as it slowly enslaves the people.
Ask yourself, is your government doing what YOU want? Chances are, you do not WANT what the government is offering you, but yet you keep voting for the same Republicrats over and over again, expecting different results. Obama is GWB, only worse. The people wanted "Change", but what they got was more of the same, only worse. And Next election cycle, the (R)s will win more seats and nothing will change. And then people get fed up with the (R) and vote (D), and nothing will change, except the slow erosion of liberty.
We the people, if we have the power, can change the status quo. We the people, in mass, want the government we have, which is why it never changes. See my Sig for details.
Gay Rights advocates are "moral Crusaders". Do you consider them problematic?
As a libertarian, I oppose government defining what is and what isn't marriage. Defining Marriage is problematic the moment you transcend away from "traditional marriage" (1 male, 1 female, non related peers). Why is Polygamy, Polyandry, other forms of Plural marriages not included? Why can't I marry my daughter for the benefits offered by marriage, that the Gay people are wanting, but are otherwise denied to me and my daughter?
They are not equivalent, nor are they related. However, people believe that because Pseudonyms are easy to create that it permits a certain level of Anonymity. However anyone confusing the two needs to be educated.
For BitCoins to be useful, anonymously, one would have to use one time wallets, with random disposable public IP addresses, with coins that have been washed in a public coin laundry. All of this is neither easy nor convenient, but it is possible to remain "anonymous".
So it's about what is or what isn't appropriate. Got it.
What is acceptable in one place, is not acceptable in another. Some people (you it appears) fail to recognize that there is a difference between being acceptable (in general) and acceptable in only certain arenas.
Saying it is acceptable to go 180 MPH is not exactly true. Going 180 MPH at Talladega is acceptable. Going 180 MPH down I5 is not acceptable.
There is a small group of people who don't understand the difference. We shouldn't cater to them.
Believe me, our society will not fall apart because some people ignore certain social norms; I believe many of them are nonsensical to begin with. It seems rather silly to me to say that our society is doomed in this context.
Just because you do not understand, doesn't mean there is no purpose. Some people think there is nothing wrong with being naked in public. However, I happen to think that just on "health" reasons alone, it should not be acceptable. I do not want to sit in the same seat as the one just used by the "Naked guy".
Failing to agree with me completely is due to allowing idiots to make the rules.
No, failing to realize that the letting idiots define "social norms" is letting them make the rules. Just because someone disagrees with me doesn't make them an idiot, but failing to understand the full unintended consequences does.
I was not offended by Miley Cyrus' performance. However those people "shocked" by it, because "little kids" were watching have completely missed the point. The VMA awards were not "kid friendly" (did you miss the PedoBear part of her act?), and haven't been for a while. I won't be watching, and I feel sorry for the sorts that feel compelled to watch things like that. It wasn't entertaining, anymore than watching a train wreck is entertaining.
Unless, by incriminating someone else, you're incriminating yourself in the process (accomplice).
I would suggest that if you have more to lose than gain by testifying, you do invoke your 5th Amendment rights, as a matter of principle against over zealous government persecutors (sic).
Unless one gets immunity from prosecution in all related areas, the only reasonable response is "I respectfully decline to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate me".
It isn't hard, it is that certain people have no ability or perhaps no desire to conform to social norms. It is like my Brother-In-Law who thinks that dropping trou at Thanksgiving Dinner is "funny". He doesn't understand why he is not invited to our house ever again. And I fully expect some on/. to tell me I am the dickhead (not knowing all the "other reasons" that contribute)
Just because someone doesn't get social norms doesn't mean they don't exist.
We all know that the only Omnipotent being is Government, who has the sole ability to tell us "right from wrong".
There is a reason why we have "social norms", it makes society function. When norms are ignored, it is a sign of dis-functionalism. When people say there are no "norms" it allows for the most egregious acts, under the guise of "tolerance".
This isn't about what is or what isn't appropriate, it is about what is appropriate in certain social arenas, and what is not. While I'm sure there is a whole slew of people who would be happy if women walked around without any tops on, it isn't appropriate in certain settings. Failing to make that distinction is why our society is doomed. Failing to understand is due to allowing idiots to make the rules.
So, the moon being at perigee and the tide being high (significant factors) were due to "climate change" ?
This is the problem with "complex" things. Super Storm Sandy was a simple hurricane, The NorEaster that it intersected was an average version. The Moon, Tide were unfortunate timing. How much of the Super Storm was actually due to Climate Change rather than unfortunate random intersections of several "average regular occurring" events?
I'm not saying man caused global climate change was not a factor, I'm Saying that it is a complex set of intersections that any one would have been "meh" otherwise. Saying the whole thing was due to "climate change" is fallacious. Saying the it was amplified by "Climate Change" is not proven (nor likely proven). Saying it was an unfortunate confluence is the best we can say with certainty.
This is the real problem with the Chicken Littles of the climate change proponents. Reality is not following their best case scenarios while they keep promoting worst case ones. Climate change happens, what doesn't happen is the "it is bad everywhere" they like to cry. Here is my prediction. Climate changes, people adjust, we move on.
Biggest problem with iPads is the on screen keyboard SUCKS, and you cannot replace it. Watch iPad users, most of them have bought a Bluetooth keyboard.
Think of it this way, you want an iPad, you'll want a case and keyboard on top. Please add $50-100 for appropriate addon.
If it is on the internet, it will be stolen. Deal with it.
If you don't want your "images" stolen, then don't put them up on the internet. Period.
Alternatively you can put low res images up, and let your paying folks know that they can have higher res images for whatever you think you can get out of them. If you're not charging people for your images, then leeches aren't stealing anything.
Fact of the matter is, this is settled. You can make it hard for people to leech, but it will still happen, and there is nothing you can do about it. Those people are NOT your customers.
I'm a libertarian. Not a "neo-con" I can't stand the neo-cons and more than I can stand the neo-communists of the left.
I can assure you, that I opposed the patriot act, and still do, for exactly the reason we find in the NSA scandal of today. Those who give up liberties for securities.... and all that.
No meat? Code speak for "we don't want to look". and " There is no scandal. Who cares it is just those evil teabaggers"
Posted AC because like many on the left, they don't have the balls to put their name to their views, and cower in the shadows.
You do realize that Lois Learner did use private email for official purposes? Right? You do know that is illegal, right? No wonder she cried the 5th, which btw, I'm going to do next April 15th, when I sign my tax forms, and they are blank. "I refuse to answer these questions on the grounds that it might incriminate me"
All taxes are regressive. They hurt the lowest people in the economic scale the most, even when they are not targeted. Which is why ALL taxes should be completely transparent and "voluntary". Taxing necessities (income being one) is evil.
Synergy means "getting more from what you have". It doesn't require cutting as a result. In fact, the two are not even related, directly. However, because you can do more, you might not need those people any longer. It happens.
Yeah, this is true. However, if this exposure happened under GWB, he would be crucified. Quit given Obama a pass. Treat him exactly as you would have treated GWB.
Money Laundering is about taking illicit funds and making them legit. My wash bank idea doesn't do that. It anonymitizes the bit coins, breaking the chain of ownership.
Why couldn't there be a "washing bank", where coins are co-mingled and exchanged for equal amounts, minus transaction fee?
What I imagine is that on a periodic or regular basis, you trade your serialized bit coins to a "wash bank" for a "bit coin count" and then withdraw the equal value of new coins (some of which may be yours returned), to spend. If you have enough people washing their coins in such a bank, the bank could then be an anonomizing service.
I "deposit" 100BTC into the wash bank, get a notice of a 99 BTC deposit. When I need it, I go to the bank, trade in my 99 BTC deposit slip, receive a new set of 99 BTC. Especially useful if I have one time wallets.
Having sold cars for a brief time, I can assure you, that people do not WANT a nice car salesman. They expect the stereotype and respond awkwardly to a "nice, friendly" person.
I recall one day, I was particularly in a Pissed off mood, and was rude, belligerent, condescending as only I can be. That day, I sold four cars. By far, the best day I ever had. Coincidence? Perhaps, however, the grumpier the sales person, the more cars they sold.
The problem with selling cars, is that most people are ill equipped to deal with the sales person. I've helped people buy cars, having some experience on the other side. Having ALL the information is key to a quick and painless experience. You have to know exactly how much profit in a car a dealer needs to make, and how much they are making. If you have this information, and know the car you want, you can be done in less than 2 hours.
If you don't know anything, need special financing, are making a trade in as part of the purchase, each of those items increases the amount of time you have to wait for the "manager" to approve the deal.
What you propose, is completely possible within VMware as well. All you have to do is snapshot your machines to the tolerance you need. But then again, how does one know which snapshot is the last good one? There is a risk in ever action you take, you're just minimizing that risk. How much risk you can afford is the line you spend mitigating against the damage done.
And since we are talking blade chassis, the blades themselves do not have fans. The Chassis has fans, and fan redundancy, so you can lose a fan and not have issues with airflow. And if you're that mission critical, you have enough chassis' to handle one being offline while you perform maintenance. And you have redundancies for network, air conditioning, power, and a duplicate "disaster recovery site" for when an airplane crashes into your building, in a different geographic location.
Disaster planning is not difficult, it is expensive. And if you're doing it on a shoestring, you're going to screw up somewhere on something you overlooked, so don't; you're not qualified to do disaster planning.
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The show terrified some viewers who apparently didn't realise that their TV screen was powered by the grid."
And ... these people vote .... usually for whomever tells the sweetest lies.
The problem isn't that there isn't enough people, the problem is the false dichotomy of Republicrats and Demicans. We are presented with a false choice, told not to "waste" our vote by breaking the bonds of the one party rule.
We either get the government we want, or deserve. I don't know which is worse.
Government does ______ , because the people "wants" them to do _______, but then complain about it later. The people DON'T want the government to do nothing, they want the government to do everything. They keep voting for more government and then complain about the consequences of more government. This is the natural order of big government, as it slowly enslaves the people.
Ask yourself, is your government doing what YOU want? Chances are, you do not WANT what the government is offering you, but yet you keep voting for the same Republicrats over and over again, expecting different results. Obama is GWB, only worse. The people wanted "Change", but what they got was more of the same, only worse. And Next election cycle, the (R)s will win more seats and nothing will change. And then people get fed up with the (R) and vote (D), and nothing will change, except the slow erosion of liberty.
We the people, if we have the power, can change the status quo. We the people, in mass, want the government we have, which is why it never changes. See my Sig for details.
Gay Rights advocates are "moral Crusaders". Do you consider them problematic?
As a libertarian, I oppose government defining what is and what isn't marriage. Defining Marriage is problematic the moment you transcend away from "traditional marriage" (1 male, 1 female, non related peers). Why is Polygamy, Polyandry, other forms of Plural marriages not included? Why can't I marry my daughter for the benefits offered by marriage, that the Gay people are wanting, but are otherwise denied to me and my daughter?
Pseudonyms are easy to create.
Anonymous is hard to maintain.
They are not equivalent, nor are they related. However, people believe that because Pseudonyms are easy to create that it permits a certain level of Anonymity. However anyone confusing the two needs to be educated.
For BitCoins to be useful, anonymously, one would have to use one time wallets, with random disposable public IP addresses, with coins that have been washed in a public coin laundry. All of this is neither easy nor convenient, but it is possible to remain "anonymous".
So it's about what is or what isn't appropriate. Got it.
What is acceptable in one place, is not acceptable in another. Some people (you it appears) fail to recognize that there is a difference between being acceptable (in general) and acceptable in only certain arenas.
Saying it is acceptable to go 180 MPH is not exactly true. Going 180 MPH at Talladega is acceptable. Going 180 MPH down I5 is not acceptable.
There is a small group of people who don't understand the difference. We shouldn't cater to them.
Believe me, our society will not fall apart because some people ignore certain social norms; I believe many of them are nonsensical to begin with. It seems rather silly to me to say that our society is doomed in this context.
Just because you do not understand, doesn't mean there is no purpose. Some people think there is nothing wrong with being naked in public. However, I happen to think that just on "health" reasons alone, it should not be acceptable. I do not want to sit in the same seat as the one just used by the "Naked guy".
Failing to agree with me completely is due to allowing idiots to make the rules.
No, failing to realize that the letting idiots define "social norms" is letting them make the rules. Just because someone disagrees with me doesn't make them an idiot, but failing to understand the full unintended consequences does.
I was not offended by Miley Cyrus' performance. However those people "shocked" by it, because "little kids" were watching have completely missed the point. The VMA awards were not "kid friendly" (did you miss the PedoBear part of her act?), and haven't been for a while. I won't be watching, and I feel sorry for the sorts that feel compelled to watch things like that. It wasn't entertaining, anymore than watching a train wreck is entertaining.
Unless, by incriminating someone else, you're incriminating yourself in the process (accomplice).
I would suggest that if you have more to lose than gain by testifying, you do invoke your 5th Amendment rights, as a matter of principle against over zealous government persecutors (sic).
Unless one gets immunity from prosecution in all related areas, the only reasonable response is "I respectfully decline to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate me".
It isn't hard, it is that certain people have no ability or perhaps no desire to conform to social norms. It is like my Brother-In-Law who thinks that dropping trou at Thanksgiving Dinner is "funny". He doesn't understand why he is not invited to our house ever again. And I fully expect some on /. to tell me I am the dickhead (not knowing all the "other reasons" that contribute)
Just because someone doesn't get social norms doesn't mean they don't exist.
We all know that the only Omnipotent being is Government, who has the sole ability to tell us "right from wrong".
There is a reason why we have "social norms", it makes society function. When norms are ignored, it is a sign of dis-functionalism. When people say there are no "norms" it allows for the most egregious acts, under the guise of "tolerance".
This isn't about what is or what isn't appropriate, it is about what is appropriate in certain social arenas, and what is not. While I'm sure there is a whole slew of people who would be happy if women walked around without any tops on, it isn't appropriate in certain settings. Failing to make that distinction is why our society is doomed. Failing to understand is due to allowing idiots to make the rules.
So, the moon being at perigee and the tide being high (significant factors) were due to "climate change" ?
This is the problem with "complex" things. Super Storm Sandy was a simple hurricane, The NorEaster that it intersected was an average version. The Moon, Tide were unfortunate timing. How much of the Super Storm was actually due to Climate Change rather than unfortunate random intersections of several "average regular occurring" events?
I'm not saying man caused global climate change was not a factor, I'm Saying that it is a complex set of intersections that any one would have been "meh" otherwise. Saying the whole thing was due to "climate change" is fallacious. Saying the it was amplified by "Climate Change" is not proven (nor likely proven). Saying it was an unfortunate confluence is the best we can say with certainty.
This is the real problem with the Chicken Littles of the climate change proponents. Reality is not following their best case scenarios while they keep promoting worst case ones. Climate change happens, what doesn't happen is the "it is bad everywhere" they like to cry. Here is my prediction. Climate changes, people adjust, we move on.
Biggest problem with iPads is the on screen keyboard SUCKS, and you cannot replace it. Watch iPad users, most of them have bought a Bluetooth keyboard.
Think of it this way, you want an iPad, you'll want a case and keyboard on top. Please add $50-100 for appropriate addon.
So, all those movies with Aliens coming to earth to steal our water is ... probably not true? Say it isn't so!
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If it is on the internet, it will be stolen. Deal with it.
If you don't want your "images" stolen, then don't put them up on the internet. Period.
Alternatively you can put low res images up, and let your paying folks know that they can have higher res images for whatever you think you can get out of them. If you're not charging people for your images, then leeches aren't stealing anything.
Fact of the matter is, this is settled. You can make it hard for people to leech, but it will still happen, and there is nothing you can do about it. Those people are NOT your customers.
Justifying bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior? Does that work in your circles?
I'm a libertarian. Not a "neo-con" I can't stand the neo-cons and more than I can stand the neo-communists of the left.
I can assure you, that I opposed the patriot act, and still do, for exactly the reason we find in the NSA scandal of today. Those who give up liberties for securities.... and all that.
No meat? Code speak for "we don't want to look". and " There is no scandal. Who cares it is just those evil teabaggers"
Posted AC because like many on the left, they don't have the balls to put their name to their views, and cower in the shadows.
You do realize that Lois Learner did use private email for official purposes? Right? You do know that is illegal, right? No wonder she cried the 5th, which btw, I'm going to do next April 15th, when I sign my tax forms, and they are blank. "I refuse to answer these questions on the grounds that it might incriminate me"
All taxes are regressive. They hurt the lowest people in the economic scale the most, even when they are not targeted. Which is why ALL taxes should be completely transparent and "voluntary". Taxing necessities (income being one) is evil.
Synergy means "getting more from what you have". It doesn't require cutting as a result. In fact, the two are not even related, directly. However, because you can do more, you might not need those people any longer. It happens.
This is a non-story.
Yeah, this is true. However, if this exposure happened under GWB, he would be crucified. Quit given Obama a pass. Treat him exactly as you would have treated GWB.
And besides, if you're doing nefarious activities, you can avoid subpenas when you appear in front of Congress ... right Lois Learner?
Money Laundering is about taking illicit funds and making them legit. My wash bank idea doesn't do that. It anonymitizes the bit coins, breaking the chain of ownership.
Why couldn't there be a "washing bank", where coins are co-mingled and exchanged for equal amounts, minus transaction fee?
What I imagine is that on a periodic or regular basis, you trade your serialized bit coins to a "wash bank" for a "bit coin count" and then withdraw the equal value of new coins (some of which may be yours returned), to spend. If you have enough people washing their coins in such a bank, the bank could then be an anonomizing service.
I "deposit" 100BTC into the wash bank, get a notice of a 99 BTC deposit. When I need it, I go to the bank, trade in my 99 BTC deposit slip, receive a new set of 99 BTC. Especially useful if I have one time wallets.
Having sold cars for a brief time, I can assure you, that people do not WANT a nice car salesman. They expect the stereotype and respond awkwardly to a "nice, friendly" person.
I recall one day, I was particularly in a Pissed off mood, and was rude, belligerent, condescending as only I can be. That day, I sold four cars. By far, the best day I ever had. Coincidence? Perhaps, however, the grumpier the sales person, the more cars they sold.
The problem with selling cars, is that most people are ill equipped to deal with the sales person. I've helped people buy cars, having some experience on the other side. Having ALL the information is key to a quick and painless experience. You have to know exactly how much profit in a car a dealer needs to make, and how much they are making. If you have this information, and know the car you want, you can be done in less than 2 hours.
If you don't know anything, need special financing, are making a trade in as part of the purchase, each of those items increases the amount of time you have to wait for the "manager" to approve the deal.
What you propose, is completely possible within VMware as well. All you have to do is snapshot your machines to the tolerance you need. But then again, how does one know which snapshot is the last good one? There is a risk in ever action you take, you're just minimizing that risk. How much risk you can afford is the line you spend mitigating against the damage done.
And since we are talking blade chassis, the blades themselves do not have fans. The Chassis has fans, and fan redundancy, so you can lose a fan and not have issues with airflow. And if you're that mission critical, you have enough chassis' to handle one being offline while you perform maintenance. And you have redundancies for network, air conditioning, power, and a duplicate "disaster recovery site" for when an airplane crashes into your building, in a different geographic location.
Disaster planning is not difficult, it is expensive. And if you're doing it on a shoestring, you're going to screw up somewhere on something you overlooked, so don't; you're not qualified to do disaster planning.