Municipal legislators are ever more inept, and often more corrupt than even State or Federal governors, since as the government gets smaller and more localized there are fewer checks and balances.
We gripe about the ineptitude of our local representatives everywhere in the world, and yet, we barely find the time to vote or serve.
Corruption and ineptitude are interchangeably to blame, but complacency is the fertilizer.
I could've told you that, would be as much credible.
Call me when you actually confirm that they're listening in (without disclosing it in their terms of use or whatever)
Not that large corporations don't make colossal mistakes, but the negative exposure from being caught using such an exploit would be very nearly a death knell even for Google or Facebook.
Folks are waking up a bit and even leaving Facebook over the latest compromised data scandal. Facebook users voluntarily surrender petabytes of personal data already, and Google mines more than enough advertising ore from your searches... it seems unlike any entity (except your three letter agencies) would have the chutzpah to eavesdrop on private conversations.
Involved parenting is the essential, oft-missing component, of virtually every childhood education fail... parents able and willing to contribute positively to their child's rearing are clearly more likely to home school, and even place their offspring in private schools, to the detriment of public schools which suffer from a dearth of folks who rely on the school district for 7-8 hours of babysitting.
Clearly a lone wolf amongst entrenched automakers.
Ford's seatbelt that released on impact, Toyota's pedal entrapment, Honda's airbags with accessory shrapnel, GM's randomly detachable rear suspension... with barely a closing mention on the Ford Pinto and GM's side saddle gasoline tanks.
A prominent vehicle manufacturer who places safety above product distribution... ready his stake, villagers.
If it's true that Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten offering advice like 'Share everything' and 'Don't take things that aren't yours' is a bit like telling your kids to have fun, but be careful.
From adolescence, it was clear to me on the order of crystal that Wile E. Coyote repeatedly surviving misadventure had no bearing on reality and my belief in my own survival of the cliff fall, the rocket malfunction, or the fake tunnel collision.
That said, when it wasn't clearly a cartoon, I noticed different levels of lingering behavior modification. Following the first couple of Rocky movies, every boy under 18 leaving the theater felt compelled to display their boxing skills whether they actually existed or not.
It would be inane to purport the same tendencies affect a grown person, yet dismissing the effect on underdeveloped minds seems a bit premature.
But guns are okay. In fact more guns will just make everything more peaceful and better.
Indeed. Good and bad being definitive parameters, let's just pray they're in the hands of good guys who possess an innate ability to eliminate the ones in the hands of the bad guys.
They destroy so much that could be banked away for the future in a good clay-lined landfill.
Same with nuclear waste. In the future, all those isotopes are going to be very valuable. We just haven't figured out how or why yet.
The power companies should sell options/futures on the waste, and use the money to pay for the (temporary) storage.
You ask a great deal of a near-sighted, planetary-level, Alpha species that often has a difficult time getting out of its own way, even socially... yet I hope your insight is shared by enough of us.
The now famous line about the potential perils of democracy is what comes to mind in this most certainly not isolated incident.
When a majority of the people agree it is socially acceptable to hatemonger upon a targeted minority, the rule of law is rendered mute by the cacophony of voices willing to suspend decency for the brief ecstasy of a social like or two or thirty.
Yes. The concentration of wealth in the hands of the few grows & grows, and the many go wanting.... ultimately, this will lead to a challenging restructuring at the expense of all our comforts.
Damn your cell phone reception luck, but it seems likely on the order of the President tweeting something embarrassing that your cost of living, cable TV options, and internet speed are superior to the average lunar resident, now, and for the foreseeable future.
I know you're not talking about the founders of the Ring video doorbell, who converted the camera and existing wifi technology into a billion dollars...
yes. Facts are unintentionally misleading in this era of too much information.
Urban legend has it that the weight of all the ants on earth is greater than that of any other species, yet science seems to indicate they're approximately the same.
When temperatures rise and ice melts, more water flows to the seas from glaciers and ice caps, and ocean water warms and expands in volume. This combination of effects has played the major role in raising average global sea level between four and eight inches (10 and 20 centimeters) in the past hundred years, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Even when the ice melt has destroyed cities, creating new borders for nations with lands near sea level, there will still be deniers claiming a population of 7 billion humans had nothing to do with it... despite the historic release of sequestered carbon associated with our species' selfish, expected level of comfort.
Is that even still a thing with our current scheme of rebranding willpower fails as disease?
And yes, today's children, and adults, spend way too fracking much time staring into the black mirror... but it's no worse than television and way better than a crack habit.
As legendary former Speaker of the California House Jesse Unruh [wikipedia.org] famously observed:
"If you can't eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women, take their money, and then vote against them, you've got no business being up here."
(Unruh was talking about the California legislature - but the qualification is equally applicable at the national level. Perhap moreso... )
We need more politicians like that in Congress and posters like you on/..
Slashdot Mirror
We gripe about the ineptitude of our local representatives everywhere in the world, and yet, we barely find the time to vote or serve.
Corruption and ineptitude are interchangeably to blame, but complacency is the fertilizer.
I could've told you that, would be as much credible. Call me when you actually confirm that they're listening in (without disclosing it in their terms of use or whatever)
Not that large corporations don't make colossal mistakes, but the negative exposure from being caught using such an exploit would be very nearly a death knell even for Google or Facebook.
Folks are waking up a bit and even leaving Facebook over the latest compromised data scandal. Facebook users voluntarily surrender petabytes of personal data already, and Google mines more than enough advertising ore from your searches... it seems unlike any entity (except your three letter agencies) would have the chutzpah to eavesdrop on private conversations.
Involved parenting is the essential, oft-missing component, of virtually every childhood education fail... parents able and willing to contribute positively to their child's rearing are clearly more likely to home school, and even place their offspring in private schools, to the detriment of public schools which suffer from a dearth of folks who rely on the school district for 7-8 hours of babysitting.
Clearly a lone wolf amongst entrenched automakers.
Ford's seatbelt that released on impact, Toyota's pedal entrapment, Honda's airbags with accessory shrapnel, GM's randomly detachable rear suspension... with barely a closing mention on the Ford Pinto and GM's side saddle gasoline tanks.
A prominent vehicle manufacturer who places safety above product distribution... ready his stake, villagers.
I thought I recognized you.
If it's true that Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten offering advice like 'Share everything' and 'Don't take things that aren't yours' is a bit like telling your kids to have fun, but be careful.
Here's to hoping your altruism provides a walking man an upgraded method of travel.
AC doctors the truth by repeating the same assertion like an echo chamber, long on vitriol and short on citation.
From adolescence, it was clear to me on the order of crystal that Wile E. Coyote repeatedly surviving misadventure had no bearing on reality and my belief in my own survival of the cliff fall, the rocket malfunction, or the fake tunnel collision.
That said, when it wasn't clearly a cartoon, I noticed different levels of lingering behavior modification. Following the first couple of Rocky movies, every boy under 18 leaving the theater felt compelled to display their boxing skills whether they actually existed or not.
It would be inane to purport the same tendencies affect a grown person, yet dismissing the effect on underdeveloped minds seems a bit premature.
But guns are okay. In fact more guns will just make everything more peaceful and better.
Indeed. Good and bad being definitive parameters, let's just pray they're in the hands of good guys who possess an innate ability to eliminate the ones in the hands of the bad guys.
They destroy so much that could be banked away for the future in a good clay-lined landfill.
Same with nuclear waste. In the future, all those isotopes are going to be very valuable. We just haven't figured out how or why yet.
The power companies should sell options/futures on the waste, and use the money to pay for the (temporary) storage.
You ask a great deal of a near-sighted, planetary-level, Alpha species that often has a difficult time getting out of its own way, even socially... yet I hope your insight is shared by enough of us.
When a majority of the people agree it is socially acceptable to hatemonger upon a targeted minority, the rule of law is rendered mute by the cacophony of voices willing to suspend decency for the brief ecstasy of a social like or two or thirty.
Are you saying McAfee will develop a Don't feed the bear policy?
Yes. The concentration of wealth in the hands of the few grows & grows, and the many go wanting.... ultimately, this will lead to a challenging restructuring at the expense of all our comforts.
Despite saving on manufacture costs with the laser etching, the retailers will still sell the distressed jeans for $100+.
Perhaps a new market will open for hand-sanded distressed jeans that start at $200+. DIY
But the moon gets a new cell tower?
Damn your cell phone reception luck, but it seems likely on the order of the President tweeting something embarrassing that your cost of living, cable TV options, and internet speed are superior to the average lunar resident, now, and for the foreseeable future.
I know you're not talking about the founders of the Ring video doorbell, who converted the camera and existing wifi technology into a billion dollars...
How many more of these worthless investments are large firms going to make?
Jeff is the richest person in the world. Evidence suggests that you are not smarter than he is.
This. Despite motivation theories to the contrary, Jeff is just buying MacKenzie a a unique Ring to make up for a poor Valentine's Day showing.
yes. Facts are unintentionally misleading in this era of too much information.
Urban legend has it that the weight of all the ants on earth is greater than that of any other species, yet science seems to indicate they're approximately the same.
Our livestock and pets alone dwarf the #2 life form.
tldr:
When temperatures rise and ice melts, more water flows to the seas from glaciers and ice caps, and ocean water warms and expands in volume. This combination of effects has played the major role in raising average global sea level between four and eight inches (10 and 20 centimeters) in the past hundred years, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Even when the ice melt has destroyed cities, creating new borders for nations with lands near sea level, there will still be deniers claiming a population of 7 billion humans had nothing to do with it... despite the historic release of sequestered carbon associated with our species' selfish, expected level of comfort.
Addicted.
Is that even still a thing with our current scheme of rebranding willpower fails as disease?
And yes, today's children, and adults, spend way too fracking much time staring into the black mirror... but it's no worse than television and way better than a crack habit.
It might be easier for them to subcontract out the work, you know, to governments and such... keeps the corporate hands cleaner.
thomst thoughtfully proffered:
As legendary former Speaker of the California House Jesse Unruh [wikipedia.org] famously observed:
"If you can't eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women, take their money, and then vote against them, you've got no business being up here."
(Unruh was talking about the California legislature - but the qualification is equally applicable at the national level. Perhap moreso ... )
We need more politicians like that in Congress and posters like you on /..
"The Democrats are for it."