I don't think you understand the purpose of programs like the JTRS. The weren't supposed to actually make anything that was functional. The program was designed to make the contractor a shit load of money off the US Government.
Which results in the very thing that it claims to not want. GPL3 code is RESTRICTIVE license. It is an anathema to FREEDOM. True freedom includes some not so nice things
"It is comforting to know if the company I work for goes under and I get sick, nothing will change, I can still walk into the same doctors office and get the same care, and still walk out without paying. "
Someone is paying. That someone is you. AND the Canadian Heathcare is OK only because you had a backup plan called the USA. Tired of waiting for permission to get open heart surgery, you can always cross the boarder and get the best care money can buy. That is going away now.
I'm a local libertarian, globalism leads to the most despotic governance, which is far removed from the people's ability to flee or change government abuses. I can't flee the stupid laws that are being enacted at the Federal Government or Multinational treaties. I prefer small tyrants verses big ones.
Wireless is not a free market, because Wireless is a limited commodity. It is and should be regulated by the FCC under tight controls and clear rules of use. ANYTHING outside of that is grounds for IMMEDIATE revoking of the broadcast license and a re-auction for the remainder term.
Cable is something that should be managed by locality. Imagine for a moment that you have Cable AND Fiber to every house in a city (rural people need different rules), that is backhauled to a central facility owned by the city (and people there of) where Comcast, Time/Warner, BabyBells, and anyone else could offer service to the residents of said city. Net Neutrality wouldn't be an issue. And it would solve your other problems as well. The problem is "last mile" and who owns it. Make it City Owned (like water/sewer). It is infrastructure.
There are plenty of bigots in the (D) party, but they usually get a pass and a grand funeral when they die (Robert Bird). To suggest that one party is free from bigots (like the CBC) while the other is infested, is just stupid.
There is no "fair market" because there is no "free market". Government doesn't help make things more free or more fair, it only helps the OTHER guys win.
Free means open to all. Fair means same rules apply to everyone. Free and Fair Markets would fix this economy in a heartbeat. Too many people have gamed the system to have either ever again. Instead we have Solyndra (both R and D supported) and Bailouts (both R and D supported) of banks and car companies (Except Ford).
Lets not forget all the soldiers dying in Afghanistan..... More soldiers in 3.5 years than GWB's in 8 full years.
Or Gitmo
Or Solyndra
Or "not a tax, but is a tax, but isn't a tax" Obamacare. Um, if the government can't figure out if it is a tax or not, perhaps it isn't such a well written law huh?
Seems to me, Obama is still running the "I'm not GWB" campaign. He sure isn't running proud of his accomplishments for the last 3.5 years. Problem is, he isn't the great HOPE and CHANGE people were expecting. Just more of the same, only worse. Problem is, Romney isn't much better. But then again, I'm a (L) so... the same old song and dance doesn't affect me much. More selling us to the highest bidder, and security for liberty exchange we always get using the same scare tactics.
But the Government is promising me FREE STUFF (TM) therefore we the people ignore the Constitution. Never mind all that free stuff comes at a cost (taxes, freedom etc) it is FREE STUFF (TM) !!!!
unfair places of the world full of stupid people doing it to themselves
Allowing people to do stupid shit to themselves is my idea of "fair". What is unfair is expecting the rest of us to bail out their stupidity in the name of "fairness" or whatever. Sorry, but trying to fix people's idiocy doesn't accomplish a thing except make a few people feel better about themselves as being some form of superior or another.
Stupid should hurt. That is how some people learn (and often the ONLY way they learn)
America used to be a place where effort was rewarded with success, so the people who did well in Math and Science were rewarded. Now it is all about making things "fair" to all the various "groups".
Diamonds aren't that rare. In fact, it is less expensive to create man made diamonds than it is to mine them. Diamonds are expensive because DeBeers has convinced women that they need a big fat expensive but utterly useless gem to get married. As for the manufactured diamonds, they are indistinguishable from real diamonds except for the fact that they are typically more "pure". DeBeers is now selling a machine that can tell the composition of diamonds and thus distinguish between natural vs man made diamonds, AND also verify if the diamonds are from their "legit" sources (no blood diamonds).
"Diamonds are a girls best friend" and "Diamonds are forever" indeed.
They made everything better. AND they sold the Sizzle, not the steak.
This is what the haters will never understand. All they see is 6oz bacon wrapped Filet, and say "I could do that cheaper" after looking at the $60 price tag. But what they mean is they can do a 12 oz Flank Steak on a BBQ for $6. It isn't the same.
In this case, T-Mobile Month vs Contract is a better deal to get the phone up front, albeit marginally. However, for me T-Mobile is a no go simply because their coverage sucks where I live.
T-Mobile is useless for me, as their coverage sucks donkey balls. Where I live, I've had all the different carriers, and ATT(T-Mobile) and Sprint are basically crap. I've got to have VZ because they have the best coverage. And that is the whole point of having a cell phone (Smart or otherwise).
You seem to not understand what "we" actually mean. Short sighted corporations are not "we" Americans. The Corporations are short sighted because that is what investors want. The big institutional investors like big short term profits, and sell before the stock prices collapse once the Corporations have exploited all the short term gains from the market.
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I don't think you understand the purpose of programs like the JTRS. The weren't supposed to actually make anything that was functional. The program was designed to make the contractor a shit load of money off the US Government.
You mean ... like ... Obamacare???
Which results in the very thing that it claims to not want. GPL3 code is RESTRICTIVE license. It is an anathema to FREEDOM. True freedom includes some not so nice things
"It is comforting to know if the company I work for goes under and I get sick, nothing will change, I can still walk into the same doctors office and get the same care, and still walk out without paying. "
Someone is paying. That someone is you. AND the Canadian Heathcare is OK only because you had a backup plan called the USA. Tired of waiting for permission to get open heart surgery, you can always cross the boarder and get the best care money can buy. That is going away now.
I'm a local libertarian, globalism leads to the most despotic governance, which is far removed from the people's ability to flee or change government abuses. I can't flee the stupid laws that are being enacted at the Federal Government or Multinational treaties. I prefer small tyrants verses big ones.
Robbing Stores ... how quaint. The real crooks let you give them money by telling you lies. Sound familiar?
Wireless is not a free market, because Wireless is a limited commodity. It is and should be regulated by the FCC under tight controls and clear rules of use. ANYTHING outside of that is grounds for IMMEDIATE revoking of the broadcast license and a re-auction for the remainder term.
Cable is something that should be managed by locality. Imagine for a moment that you have Cable AND Fiber to every house in a city (rural people need different rules), that is backhauled to a central facility owned by the city (and people there of) where Comcast, Time/Warner, BabyBells, and anyone else could offer service to the residents of said city. Net Neutrality wouldn't be an issue. And it would solve your other problems as well. The problem is "last mile" and who owns it. Make it City Owned (like water/sewer). It is infrastructure.
There are plenty of bigots in the (D) party, but they usually get a pass and a grand funeral when they die (Robert Bird). To suggest that one party is free from bigots (like the CBC) while the other is infested, is just stupid.
"practice always votes with Republicans to ban personal choices or enforce others."
You mean ... like ... Obamacare? or Gun Control? Or whether or not you can get a happy meal for your kid?, or which light bulb I can put in my house?
The (D)s are no more for "personal choice" than the (R) are. Sadly, you'll probably argue that one is better than the other.
And Unfettered National Governments NEVER do anything wrong /sarcasm
So, you're trying to fix what shouldn't involve the government at all, and is broken because of said involvement by adding more of the same to it?
Can you explain how adding more government regulations to this isn't going to end up a cluster fuck like it always has?
Why do people always think "more laws and more regulations will make everything better", when it never does?
There is no "fair market" because there is no "free market". Government doesn't help make things more free or more fair, it only helps the OTHER guys win.
Free means open to all. Fair means same rules apply to everyone. Free and Fair Markets would fix this economy in a heartbeat. Too many people have gamed the system to have either ever again. Instead we have Solyndra (both R and D supported) and Bailouts (both R and D supported) of banks and car companies (Except Ford).
Lets not forget all the soldiers dying in Afghanistan ..... More soldiers in 3.5 years than GWB's in 8 full years.
Or Gitmo
Or Solyndra
Or "not a tax, but is a tax, but isn't a tax" Obamacare. Um, if the government can't figure out if it is a tax or not, perhaps it isn't such a well written law huh?
Instead we get Joe Biden ... that is a complete wash IMHO.
Seems to me, Obama is still running the "I'm not GWB" campaign. He sure isn't running proud of his accomplishments for the last 3.5 years. Problem is, he isn't the great HOPE and CHANGE people were expecting. Just more of the same, only worse. Problem is, Romney isn't much better. But then again, I'm a (L) so ... the same old song and dance doesn't affect me much. More selling us to the highest bidder, and security for liberty exchange we always get using the same scare tactics.
But the Government is promising me FREE STUFF (TM) therefore we the people ignore the Constitution. Never mind all that free stuff comes at a cost (taxes, freedom etc) it is FREE STUFF (TM) !!!!
Allowing people to do stupid shit to themselves is my idea of "fair". What is unfair is expecting the rest of us to bail out their stupidity in the name of "fairness" or whatever. Sorry, but trying to fix people's idiocy doesn't accomplish a thing except make a few people feel better about themselves as being some form of superior or another.
Stupid should hurt. That is how some people learn (and often the ONLY way they learn)
America used to be a place where effort was rewarded with success, so the people who did well in Math and Science were rewarded. Now it is all about making things "fair" to all the various "groups".
Diamonds aren't that rare. In fact, it is less expensive to create man made diamonds than it is to mine them. Diamonds are expensive because DeBeers has convinced women that they need a big fat expensive but utterly useless gem to get married. As for the manufactured diamonds, they are indistinguishable from real diamonds except for the fact that they are typically more "pure". DeBeers is now selling a machine that can tell the composition of diamonds and thus distinguish between natural vs man made diamonds, AND also verify if the diamonds are from their "legit" sources (no blood diamonds).
"Diamonds are a girls best friend" and "Diamonds are forever" indeed.
They made everything better. AND they sold the Sizzle, not the steak.
This is what the haters will never understand. All they see is 6oz bacon wrapped Filet, and say "I could do that cheaper" after looking at the $60 price tag. But what they mean is they can do a 12 oz Flank Steak on a BBQ for $6. It isn't the same.
Verizon
Galaxy SIII 16 GB = $199.99 on contract + $90/mo
Galazy SIII 16 GB = $599.99 Retail + $80 Month
T-Mobile /mo
Galaxy SIII 16 GB = $629.99 Retail + $60/mo
Galaxy SIII 16 GB = $279.99 Contract + 79.99
In this case, T-Mobile Month vs Contract is a better deal to get the phone up front, albeit marginally. However, for me T-Mobile is a no go simply because their coverage sucks where I live.
T-Mobile is useless for me, as their coverage sucks donkey balls. Where I live, I've had all the different carriers, and ATT(T-Mobile) and Sprint are basically crap. I've got to have VZ because they have the best coverage. And that is the whole point of having a cell phone (Smart or otherwise).
I always thought that "troll" was in reference to the dumb mythical creature that lives under a bridge.
Flamebait is a subset of Troll IMHO. But yeah that is Flamebait.
You seem to not understand what "we" actually mean. Short sighted corporations are not "we" Americans. The Corporations are short sighted because that is what investors want. The big institutional investors like big short term profits, and sell before the stock prices collapse once the Corporations have exploited all the short term gains from the market.