Remember Anonymous is also trying to take on the Koch Bros.
Why? Because they are conservative with lots of money influencing politics? Is it the "conservative" thing they don't like or the "lots of money" part? Because, if it is the latter, (and it is) then why aren't they targeting George Soros equally?
The left loves to trot out Koch Brothers, but neglects Soros and Hollywood, and the right does it in reverse. My only wish is that people make their viewpoints clear, and at least with both Koch and Soros, their allegiance is clear.
I know what 1/3 of a yard is, exactly 1 foot. One third of a foot? easy 4 inches.
Thirds (sixths, ninths etc) are all problematic. You end up with stupid measurements like 330cm instead, as a gross (ugly) approximation of 1/3.
For all the talk of precision, it is about adding and multiplying, never talks about subtraction and division. That being said, I'm perfectly comfortable using either system. I know I can walk one mile every 15 mins, and one kilometer every 9.32 Minutes
.. to realize that mobile is the new desktop. And devices that do one thing really well are better than devices that try to do everything not very well.
The reason why you must sound like a lawyer is so that you ARE clear you are not consenting. The vague question in the original post makes it a requirement that you answer the question appropriately. The question is about "minding", and even if you answer the question vaguely (either Yes or No), you still have not given permission for the search to proceed.
I could have said "no, I don't mind, and no, I do not consent, because you didn't say the magic word". The other option is to ask if you're being arrested, and if not than are you free to go. A traffic citation is not grounds for further searches.
The correct answer to the question you listed is "Yes, I do mind you searching my phone, No you may not search it".
Followed by "If you would like to search my phone, that you must have a search warrant. Even if you gain a search warrant, I will hold you personally, and all other agencies, departments and municipalities responsible in a court of law for any and all civil rights violations. Further this warning shall not serve as cause to believe I have committed a criminal activity to which you have not personally witnessed, nor has been reported to you by any witnesses. Any further attempt to gain access to my phone or other personal properties, either through repeated questions or other coercive interrogations shall constitute a violation of my rights, and will be addressed pursuant to all civil and criminal penalties that may apply."
I was told, after my arrest, trial and acquittal that I could sue the police for exactly this, except for one thing. I was white, male and upper middle class.
The police had no business arresting me, they just did (ostensibly at the time for "drunk in public". When I informed them that I was neither "drunk nor in public" they changed their tune to "resisting arrest" and "assault on police officer" later at the station. They had to fill out the booking sheet three times to get it right.
The problem for the cops was that their story didn't line up with the facts, I'm 6'5" and was 220 athletic build (swimmer), and trained in martial arts, and they were 5'6" and 165ish. IF I resisted and assaulted them, I would have killed them. The jury saw that they were lying and it took them longer to elect a foreman than it did to acquit.
It was so quick in fact that the lawyer told me that suck a quick return was not a good sign; that when juries come back quick it usually means a guilty verdict.
In the followup meeting with the lawyer, he said that I could probably sue, except that I was "white, male and middle class", meaning I wasn't important enough (rich) or of under privileged class (poor, darker skin) enough to win.
Editorial: Rodney King wasn't beat up because he was black. He was beat up because they were LA County Sheriff Deputies. It happens more often than not and until people stop seeing race in everything, it will continue to happen. We've just started to expect it to happen, so it is permitted.
They could have down played the concept and said that the prototype was just a prototype and not all the desired features were available.. yet. It doesn't have to be a "homerun" to start. The first iPhone wasn't stellar. It was a game changer non-the-less.
In other words, converting to IPV6 is more expensive than keeping IPV4. Are YOU willing to pay an extra $5/mo for IPV6, along with everyone else using your particular ISP? No? Then you're just one of those customers that is trying to squeeze every last "free" thing they can get from big business.
If you want it, demand it, pay for it. But chances are, your puny wireless router can't do IPV6 and like most people are too cheap to buy one that does that properly.
Either that, you bought a router that had IPV6 and did a firmware upgrade so that my smartphone would work properly with WPA/TKIP and found out later that they removed key IPV6 features from the firmware. AGGGGHHHHH
There is a reason why they don't take a salary. Taxes. They avoid a good number of taxes by not taking a salary. All those regressive Payroll taxes (SS, Unemployment, Medicare... ) are simply avoided, allowing a greater percentage of wealth to be transferred. Income taxes are regressive, because the rich avoid them all together. You can tax the wealthy all you want, they will avoid those taxes every legal, and semilegal way they can. The poor and middle class do not have that option.
I propose a "transaction", where any transfer of $ gets taxed be it for goods, services, stock options, buying or selling. It would eliminate the Dutch Sandwitch tax avoidance game the big corporations play. Remember, all taxes are regressive, so let those who it hurt the most decide the tax rate, and pass a balanced budget amendment.
Well, that and the (D) constantly win by promising to tax the rich into prosperity, while growing government (Obama Care) faster than tax revenues could possibly pay for it all.
I'm not disagreeing with you, just adding the other side of the equation. Not only that, the stupid Liberals never figured out that Taxes are Regressive. Yes, even the "Progressive" ones.
Three wars (one Obama's own) are not providing any "defense", as they are purely offensive (in both senses of the word) in nature. And Corporatism is not a role of government, yet it is exactly what has happened here. The problem is, too many people like the gifts the government is giving them, at the expense of our children and children's children.
And the feigned government shutdown threat was just a show over the crumbs of the budget, and the (D) were crying "murder" and "civil war" over those "cuts", most of which were slowing of growth. This proves conclusively that the (D) party is for forever increasing spending on all programs, because anything less is "draconian cuts" that will hurt the "poor".
The Gutless (R) didn't call them on it. So, we're doomed to bankruptcy because both (D) and (R) would rather stay in power and pass the buck to the next do nothing congress, than actually address the impending doom facing our country.
What good is Universal Health Care if there is no money to pay for everyone's "free" health care costs?
Gen 4:8 KJV - And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.*
People kill each other. It doesn't matter why. QED
*Yes, quoted bible for illustrative purposes, showing the problem of people killing each has been happening for a very long time. It isn't the overly simplistic racist thinking of the parent.
I'm not, nor have been a "tea-partier". I'm a Libertarian. I look not at skill of politicking, but rather out foundational truths. Any government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have.
It isn't enough that the top 20% of income earners pay something like 70+% of the taxes, the government is now wanting more. And the stupid left wing idiots don't even realize that all taxes are regressive.
One of the things that is amusing to me is the complete lack of OUTRAGE by the left on this. Had this be GWB, the left would have been screaming mad, and rightfully so. However, since this is Obama, he seemingly is getting a collective "meh, what do you expect".
This just whole idea pisses me off to no end and why I hate fake liberals who give passes to people on shit like this because, well, who knows the reason why. This shit, (R) or (D) is wrong. And these people are still whining about GWB. Gahhhh it is enough to make want to hole up in a gated compound.
Obama, and the rest of you tards in DC, Hear me clearly F. U.!
Mom And Pop sell the cables for 20, Amazon sells for 5, Best Buy sells for 40. Who do you choose? Amazon, or Best Buy. Being Mom & Pop assures you of very little.
Brick and mortar stores have resorted to extorting consumers on certain smaller items for which they can count on people not wanting to wait for a delivery
First, it is call convenience.
Second, it is because people price shop the last 45 cents off a $1500 TV, but don't think twice about paying $35 more for a cable. A long time ago, I used to work in sales, selling printers that cost $450 that people would shop around on, and drive 90 miles to the next big city to save $5 ($445). I'd either toss in the 50 cent cable or sell them the printer at cost and the cable for $14.95. Yes, I made more on the cable than I did the printer.
Pretty soon, brick n mortar stores will die off and you'll never be able to see an item before you order it, and/or you'll be complaining about the walmartization of cities that destroy local mom n pop stores. I know way to many people who complain about $4.50 cables costing $40 at brick n mortar and buying online, and then complain about lack of good jobs locally. Funny how that works.
Android and iOS are both "viable" operating systems. People are not realizing what life without microsoft might look like, and they like it. What I want to see is Android finish building out their Tablets and start moving to Desktops in 2 years. Microsoft should be quaking in their boots if that should ever happen.
Public Education has money that can only be spent certain ways. Title 1 Money can only be spent the way Title 1 funding dictates. It cannot be spent on things that are not related to Title 1. That track, was paid for by Redevelopment funds or bonds for infrastructure or something that had to do with physical plant. It couldn't be spent on teacher salaries, which are funded by some other source with its own mandates.
The result is ridiculous spending in some areas and almost no spending in others where it might be sorely needed. It isn't the fault of the school district it has to spend certain monies certain ways.
Spending isn't the problem. Expectations of students, teachers and parents is. We expect poor students to be disfunctional, and we treat them that way. We give extra money (a ton of it) to "under performing" schools, while schools that are average or better do not get any "extra" anything. The result? Under performing schools continue to under perform to get the extra money they are accustomed to, and the others learn to do without.
There is absolutely no relation to extra spending and results in the classroom. None.
What I'd like to see is a metric of two sets of classrooms, one that gets all the extra money under performing schools get, and one where there is a very strict code for students, parents and teachers, with outlined expectations and consequences for not reaching expectations, but with no extra money.
Of course, some left wing loon would complain that isn't "fair". To them, I say sticking a child into a system designed with failure as a reward is not "fair".
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Why? Because they are conservative with lots of money influencing politics? Is it the "conservative" thing they don't like or the "lots of money" part? Because, if it is the latter, (and it is) then why aren't they targeting George Soros equally?
The left loves to trot out Koch Brothers, but neglects Soros and Hollywood, and the right does it in reverse. My only wish is that people make their viewpoints clear, and at least with both Koch and Soros, their allegiance is clear.
Not even that. What is 1/3 of a Meter. Exactly.
I know what 1/3 of a yard is, exactly 1 foot. One third of a foot? easy 4 inches.
Thirds (sixths, ninths etc) are all problematic. You end up with stupid measurements like 330cm instead, as a gross (ugly) approximation of 1/3.
For all the talk of precision, it is about adding and multiplying, never talks about subtraction and division. That being said, I'm perfectly comfortable using either system. I know I can walk one mile every 15 mins, and one kilometer every 9.32 Minutes
.. to realize that mobile is the new desktop. And devices that do one thing really well are better than devices that try to do everything not very well.
The reason why you must sound like a lawyer is so that you ARE clear you are not consenting. The vague question in the original post makes it a requirement that you answer the question appropriately. The question is about "minding", and even if you answer the question vaguely (either Yes or No), you still have not given permission for the search to proceed.
I could have said "no, I don't mind, and no, I do not consent, because you didn't say the magic word". The other option is to ask if you're being arrested, and if not than are you free to go. A traffic citation is not grounds for further searches.
The correct answer to the question you listed is "Yes, I do mind you searching my phone, No you may not search it".
Followed by "If you would like to search my phone, that you must have a search warrant. Even if you gain a search warrant, I will hold you personally, and all other agencies, departments and municipalities responsible in a court of law for any and all civil rights violations. Further this warning shall not serve as cause to believe I have committed a criminal activity to which you have not personally witnessed, nor has been reported to you by any witnesses. Any further attempt to gain access to my phone or other personal properties, either through repeated questions or other coercive interrogations shall constitute a violation of my rights, and will be addressed pursuant to all civil and criminal penalties that may apply."
I was told, after my arrest, trial and acquittal that I could sue the police for exactly this, except for one thing. I was white, male and upper middle class.
The police had no business arresting me, they just did (ostensibly at the time for "drunk in public". When I informed them that I was neither "drunk nor in public" they changed their tune to "resisting arrest" and "assault on police officer" later at the station. They had to fill out the booking sheet three times to get it right.
The problem for the cops was that their story didn't line up with the facts, I'm 6'5" and was 220 athletic build (swimmer), and trained in martial arts, and they were 5'6" and 165ish. IF I resisted and assaulted them, I would have killed them. The jury saw that they were lying and it took them longer to elect a foreman than it did to acquit.
It was so quick in fact that the lawyer told me that suck a quick return was not a good sign; that when juries come back quick it usually means a guilty verdict.
In the followup meeting with the lawyer, he said that I could probably sue, except that I was "white, male and middle class", meaning I wasn't important enough (rich) or of under privileged class (poor, darker skin) enough to win.
Editorial: Rodney King wasn't beat up because he was black. He was beat up because they were LA County Sheriff Deputies. It happens more often than not and until people stop seeing race in everything, it will continue to happen. We've just started to expect it to happen, so it is permitted.
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They could have down played the concept and said that the prototype was just a prototype and not all the desired features were available .. yet. It doesn't have to be a "homerun" to start. The first iPhone wasn't stellar. It was a game changer non-the-less.
In other words, converting to IPV6 is more expensive than keeping IPV4. Are YOU willing to pay an extra $5/mo for IPV6, along with everyone else using your particular ISP? No? Then you're just one of those customers that is trying to squeeze every last "free" thing they can get from big business.
If you want it, demand it, pay for it. But chances are, your puny wireless router can't do IPV6 and like most people are too cheap to buy one that does that properly.
Either that, you bought a router that had IPV6 and did a firmware upgrade so that my smartphone would work properly with WPA/TKIP and found out later that they removed key IPV6 features from the firmware. AGGGGHHHHH
There is a reason why they don't take a salary. Taxes. They avoid a good number of taxes by not taking a salary. All those regressive Payroll taxes (SS, Unemployment, Medicare ... ) are simply avoided, allowing a greater percentage of wealth to be transferred. Income taxes are regressive, because the rich avoid them all together. You can tax the wealthy all you want, they will avoid those taxes every legal, and semilegal way they can. The poor and middle class do not have that option.
I propose a "transaction", where any transfer of $ gets taxed be it for goods, services, stock options, buying or selling. It would eliminate the Dutch Sandwitch tax avoidance game the big corporations play. Remember, all taxes are regressive, so let those who it hurt the most decide the tax rate, and pass a balanced budget amendment.
Including Libya?
Well, that and the (D) constantly win by promising to tax the rich into prosperity, while growing government (Obama Care) faster than tax revenues could possibly pay for it all.
I'm not disagreeing with you, just adding the other side of the equation. Not only that, the stupid Liberals never figured out that Taxes are Regressive. Yes, even the "Progressive" ones.
Provide = Defense
Promote = Welfare
Those are the GOALS of the US Constitution.
Three wars (one Obama's own) are not providing any "defense", as they are purely offensive (in both senses of the word) in nature. And Corporatism is not a role of government, yet it is exactly what has happened here. The problem is, too many people like the gifts the government is giving them, at the expense of our children and children's children.
And the feigned government shutdown threat was just a show over the crumbs of the budget, and the (D) were crying "murder" and "civil war" over those "cuts", most of which were slowing of growth. This proves conclusively that the (D) party is for forever increasing spending on all programs, because anything less is "draconian cuts" that will hurt the "poor".
The Gutless (R) didn't call them on it. So, we're doomed to bankruptcy because both (D) and (R) would rather stay in power and pass the buck to the next do nothing congress, than actually address the impending doom facing our country.
What good is Universal Health Care if there is no money to pay for everyone's "free" health care costs?
Tiger yes. a "government of the people, by the people, for the people" no.
See, you're giving the government more power than it deserves. But alas, we get the government we deserve.
Who are you, and what have you done with Oracle?
Okay, you're not paying attention ...
Gen 4:8 KJV - And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.*
People kill each other. It doesn't matter why. QED
*Yes, quoted bible for illustrative purposes, showing the problem of people killing each has been happening for a very long time. It isn't the overly simplistic racist thinking of the parent.
I'm not, nor have been a "tea-partier". I'm a Libertarian. I look not at skill of politicking, but rather out foundational truths. Any government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have.
It isn't enough that the top 20% of income earners pay something like 70+% of the taxes, the government is now wanting more. And the stupid left wing idiots don't even realize that all taxes are regressive.
One of the things that is amusing to me is the complete lack of OUTRAGE by the left on this. Had this be GWB, the left would have been screaming mad, and rightfully so. However, since this is Obama, he seemingly is getting a collective "meh, what do you expect".
This just whole idea pisses me off to no end and why I hate fake liberals who give passes to people on shit like this because, well, who knows the reason why. This shit, (R) or (D) is wrong. And these people are still whining about GWB. Gahhhh it is enough to make want to hole up in a gated compound.
Obama, and the rest of you tards in DC, Hear me clearly F. U.!
Mom And Pop sell the cables for 20, Amazon sells for 5, Best Buy sells for 40. Who do you choose? Amazon, or Best Buy. Being Mom & Pop assures you of very little.
First, it is call convenience.
Second, it is because people price shop the last 45 cents off a $1500 TV, but don't think twice about paying $35 more for a cable. A long time ago, I used to work in sales, selling printers that cost $450 that people would shop around on, and drive 90 miles to the next big city to save $5 ($445). I'd either toss in the 50 cent cable or sell them the printer at cost and the cable for $14.95. Yes, I made more on the cable than I did the printer.
Pretty soon, brick n mortar stores will die off and you'll never be able to see an item before you order it, and/or you'll be complaining about the walmartization of cities that destroy local mom n pop stores. I know way to many people who complain about $4.50 cables costing $40 at brick n mortar and buying online, and then complain about lack of good jobs locally. Funny how that works.
If I were Amazon, I'd start thinking of moving operations to Mexico or Canada. Free trade that!
*now realizing*
Android and iOS are both "viable" operating systems. People are not realizing what life without microsoft might look like, and they like it. What I want to see is Android finish building out their Tablets and start moving to Desktops in 2 years. Microsoft should be quaking in their boots if that should ever happen.
Fallacy of spending.
Public Education has money that can only be spent certain ways. Title 1 Money can only be spent the way Title 1 funding dictates. It cannot be spent on things that are not related to Title 1. That track, was paid for by Redevelopment funds or bonds for infrastructure or something that had to do with physical plant. It couldn't be spent on teacher salaries, which are funded by some other source with its own mandates.
The result is ridiculous spending in some areas and almost no spending in others where it might be sorely needed. It isn't the fault of the school district it has to spend certain monies certain ways.
Before Alex Jones, it was Art Bell
Spending isn't the problem. Expectations of students, teachers and parents is. We expect poor students to be disfunctional, and we treat them that way. We give extra money (a ton of it) to "under performing" schools, while schools that are average or better do not get any "extra" anything. The result? Under performing schools continue to under perform to get the extra money they are accustomed to, and the others learn to do without.
There is absolutely no relation to extra spending and results in the classroom. None.
What I'd like to see is a metric of two sets of classrooms, one that gets all the extra money under performing schools get, and one where there is a very strict code for students, parents and teachers, with outlined expectations and consequences for not reaching expectations, but with no extra money.
Of course, some left wing loon would complain that isn't "fair". To them, I say sticking a child into a system designed with failure as a reward is not "fair".