a voter sees that bush has a 72%chance of winning, and decides that the country can't be wrong and goes along with it.
The only wasted vote is a superfluous vote for the winner. Since I don't live in a swing state, I can vote my conscious (Libertarian Party) instead of holding my nose and voting for John Kerry (hoping for divided government to keep him and Congress in a political stalemate).
I just started using Borland's C++ Builder 1.5 Mobile Edition for Symbian/Nokia mobile phone software. So far, it sucks. It can't perform incremental builds: changing one.cpp file requires a clean build! It can't use the standard Symbian/Nokia SDKs. You have to install Borland's special Symbian SDKs, which seem to be missing some library files. The IDE supposedly has a remote debugger, allowing you to debug code running on an actual phone (just like Microsoft's Embedded Visual C++), but none of my co-workers could get it to work. It just freezes.
I think there is a reason that Microsoft Visual C++ won out over Borland's C++ tools.:( Microsoft needs some REAL competition.
I agree that there are market externalities, "invisible" costs of resources the producer doesn't have to pay for. But part of the problem is that the US government HEAVILY subsidizes fossil fuels, making them appear cheaper to customers (even though they might be more expensive when you include the taxes that paid the subsidies). Plus laws that demand better gas mileage from cars just INCREASES the viability of oil because customers will get more value from the same gas. If everyone drove a Hummer, we'd run out gas sooner and gas would be more expensive sooner, thus making alternatives viable.
and this is what the article's author tells his buddies: "About a year ago I hired a writer on Slashdot to do my job. I pay him $0 out of the $12,000 I get. He's happy to have the work. I'm happy that I have to work only 90 minutes a day just supervising Slashdot. My employer thinks I'm telecommuting. Now I'm considering getting a second job and doing the same thing.
A coal plant releases (into the air) in one day the same amount of radiation that a nuclear plant releases (in controlled, contained waste) in one year.
There is also the theory that neo-cons ARE small-government conservatives, but they plans to get there by overspending now, thus forcing the state to later cut spending because of huge expenses and debts. This almost makes sense if you consider that most politicians favor spending money but fear cutting programs.
In a related example, I've read (blah: who needs sources?:) that there is a POSITIVE correlation between DARE classes and drug use. That is, DARE students are MORE likely to use drugs than control groups who did not take any drug classes! But when people wanted to stop funding DARE (because of its negative results), other people complained!
The difference between murder and teen pregnancy: the murder victim did not choose to be murdered. The pregnant teen chose to not take steps to avoid pregnancy.
yup, I have felt politically schizophrenic until I discovered a name for my afflication: Green ("classical") liberalism! However, I still feel politically homeless in the arena of US political parties..
In Green Liberalism, the planet is highly valued; it is viewed as being important that the planet be passed down to the next generation unharmed. Green Liberalism accepts that the natural world is a system in a state of flux, and does not seek to conserve the natural world as it is. It does however, seek to minimise the damage by the human species on the natural world, and to aid regeneration of damaged areas.
Classical liberalism opposes any regulation by the state, but Green Liberalism allows environmental regulation. The argument being "We do not own the planet, we borrow it from our children. Therefore, the planet is not ours to do with as we please, rather it is our responsibility to protect it from harm."
Green Liberals advocate their brand of green politics over that of some Green Parties. The reason stated is that liberalism is repulsed by authoritarian politics, which the Green Parties do not explicitly reject.
Even though I am registered Libertarian, I think the only successful third-party will be a moderate, libertarian-minded splinter group from the GOP. You can already see it in motion: McCain, Schwarzenegger , Ron Paul. And was Ross Perot a Republican before he formed the Reform Party? These are GOP politicians are popular, but they don't toe the Bush/Cheney line. As a green-leaning libertarian, I would vote for such a party (though I am torn as to whether I would vote for the same candidates if they still ran under the GOP flag).
I wonder what such party would be called?
Badnarik needs to get on John Stewart's "Daily Show"! What is Badnarik waiting for?!
If the FAA is supposed help the Common Man, then why are airports and flying such a horrible experience? The FAA allows big airline companies to maintain monopolies our air routes and airport landing rights.
On which platforms does exit() return an error? I thought exit() returned void. And you should not should not return 0 or 1 from main(). You should return EXIT_SUCCESS or EXIT_FAILURE.
#include/* for EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE */ #include/* for printf() */
The Republican Party I used to know placed heavy emphasis on fiscal responsibility, which included balancing the budget whenever the state of the economy allowed it to do so.
Senator John Kerry not only voted for the Patriot Act, he wrote part of it. His older anti-privacy bills (requiring banks for reveal its customers' info to the FBI) had been shot down. When he was given the chance, Kerry slipstreamed his unpopular anti-privacy provisions in the Patriot Act. And that, kids, is how a bill becomes law...
Cars kill around 40,000 people each year in the US alone.
Why do we allow terrorists to have driver's licenses? With 40,000 terrorists driving their cars into people, you would think the mainstream media would have picked up on it..
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a voter sees that bush has a 72%chance of winning, and decides that the country can't be wrong and goes along with it.
The only wasted vote is a superfluous vote for the winner. Since I don't live in a swing state, I can vote my conscious (Libertarian Party) instead of holding my nose and voting for John Kerry (hoping for divided government to keep him and Congress in a political stalemate).
I just started using Borland's C++ Builder 1.5 Mobile Edition for Symbian/Nokia mobile phone software. So far, it sucks. It can't perform incremental builds: changing one
I think there is a reason that Microsoft Visual C++ won out over Borland's C++ tools.
I agree that there are market externalities, "invisible" costs of resources the producer doesn't have to pay for. But part of the problem is that the US government HEAVILY subsidizes fossil fuels, making them appear cheaper to customers (even though they might be more expensive when you include the taxes that paid the subsidies). Plus laws that demand better gas mileage from cars just INCREASES the viability of oil because customers will get more value from the same gas. If everyone drove a Hummer, we'd run out gas sooner and gas would be more expensive sooner, thus making alternatives viable.
John Dvorak's 15 minutes are up. He seems to be wrong about almost everything he predicts or promotes.
and this is what the article's author tells his buddies: "About a year ago I hired a writer on Slashdot to do my job. I pay him $0 out of the $12,000 I get. He's happy to have the work. I'm happy that I have to work only 90 minutes a day just supervising Slashdot. My employer thinks I'm telecommuting. Now I'm considering getting a second job and doing the same thing.
So you prefer fewer rather than more choices? That doesn't sound very democratic.
High prices reduce demand. When power becomes more expensive, people will naturally reduce their power use.
A coal plant releases (into the air) in one day the same amount of radiation that a nuclear plant releases (in controlled, contained waste) in one year.
There is also the theory that neo-cons ARE small-government conservatives, but they plans to get there by overspending now, thus forcing the state to later cut spending because of huge expenses and debts. This almost makes sense if you consider that most politicians favor spending money but fear cutting programs.
or: "I realised it was destroying my mind and changed my life."
In a related example, I've read (blah: who needs sources?
The difference between murder and teen pregnancy: the murder victim did not choose to be murdered. The pregnant teen chose to not take steps to avoid pregnancy.
If Bush loses this election I would expect history to look at the first debate as the reason why.
If Bush loses this election, it's because of his debate performance and not all the past four years of his administration's BS?
yup, I have felt politically schizophrenic until I discovered a name for my afflication: Green ("classical") liberalism! However, I still feel politically homeless in the arena of US political parties..
In Green Liberalism, the planet is highly valued; it is viewed as being important that the planet be passed down to the next generation unharmed. Green Liberalism accepts that the natural world is a system in a state of flux, and does not seek to conserve the natural world as it is. It does however, seek to minimise the damage by the human species on the natural world, and to aid regeneration of damaged areas.
Classical liberalism opposes any regulation by the state, but Green Liberalism allows environmental regulation. The argument being "We do not own the planet, we borrow it from our children. Therefore, the planet is not ours to do with as we please, rather it is our responsibility to protect it from harm."
Green Liberals advocate their brand of green politics over that of some Green Parties. The reason stated is that liberalism is repulsed by authoritarian politics, which the Green Parties do not explicitly reject.
Even though I am registered Libertarian, I think the only successful third-party will be a moderate, libertarian-minded splinter group from the GOP. You can already see it in motion: McCain, Schwarzenegger , Ron Paul. And was Ross Perot a Republican before he formed the Reform Party? These are GOP politicians are popular, but they don't toe the Bush/Cheney line. As a green-leaning libertarian, I would vote for such a party (though I am torn as to whether I would vote for the same candidates if they still ran under the GOP flag).
I wonder what such party would be called?
Badnarik needs to get on John Stewart's "Daily Show"! What is Badnarik waiting for?!
Fortunately, most people do not have multiple versions of Microsoft Office installed side-by-side.
If the FAA is supposed help the Common Man, then why are airports and flying such a horrible experience? The FAA allows big airline companies to maintain monopolies our air routes and airport landing rights.
On which platforms does exit() return an error? I thought exit() returned void. And you should not should not return 0 or 1 from main(). You should return EXIT_SUCCESS or EXIT_FAILURE.
#include
#include
int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{
printf("Hello, world!\n");
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
The Republican Party I used to know placed heavy emphasis on fiscal responsibility, which included balancing the budget whenever the state of the economy allowed it to do so.
I'm not sure which Republican Party he was thinking of, but the Republican Party I know has not been fiscally responsible or balanced budgets for over 20 years: http://www.centrists.org/images/charts_and_graphs
Sounds like Google needs a real-time AdSense. Does anyone do real-time ad personalization? hmmm! (wheels turning inside head)
Senator John Kerry not only voted for the Patriot Act, he wrote part of it. His older anti-privacy bills (requiring banks for reveal its customers' info to the FBI) had been shot down. When he was given the chance, Kerry slipstreamed his unpopular anti-privacy provisions in the Patriot Act. And that, kids, is how a bill becomes law...
yes: Russ Feingold of Wisconson voted against the Patriot Act.
worse than NIMBYs are BANANAs: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything.
Cars kill around 40,000 people each year in the US alone.
Why do we allow terrorists to have driver's licenses? With 40,000 terrorists driving their cars into people, you would think the mainstream media would have picked up on it..
and Seattle's water contains caffeine and London's water contains Prozac. true!