Along those same lines, please explain to me the justification behind ATM transaction fees.
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You do realize the verbatim copying of posts, even anonymous trolls, without attribution is a copywrite violation, and claiming somebody elses troll is plagiarism.? Or in your terms: "Intellectual Theft".
Since the state thinks that legislation can be used to solve all their problem there are just 2 things they need to outlaw: ignorance and stupidity. I sure it would be just as effective as creating new laws covering crimes that are already covered by other laws.
out of OpenOffice. I sat in a Novell presentation about a year ago and the very charismatic presenter made Novell sound like the best thing to open source since binary. He mentioned what a great source of improvements for OpenOffice. I finished my bagel and left, but that was a tad rude of me.
Wasn't rude at all. Shouting Penn and Teller quotes to the presenter in the middle of the presentation would have been rude. Walking out shows that you aren't one of the sheep. More people need to learn that voting with your feet is in fact not rude. Good Job
in a school environment you'll run across hundreds of teachers who simply don't want to re-learn how to use a word-processor
What's this re-lean part. Most teachers don't know how to use a word processor to begin with. For them its just part of the expensive typewriter they can browse the web and send emails with. And they're going to be in just as much trouble when MS comes out with a new version of Office they haven't been and aren't going to trained on anyway. So what's the diff?
The first 3 words are completely bogus. Asking what games should be, or stating what games should be is nonsensical. It makes as much sense as asking what a book should be about. Games, like books are a subjective experience based on whatever the creators make them into; which may or may not be what the creators intended.
Back to the Dark Ages when belief took precedence over fact.
As far as I'm concerned if people are offended enough by the teaching of the Holocaust as fact, then they can always immigrate to Iran where they don't have to deal with such things. I'm sure the Iranian or any other government with Sharia Law will embrace their fellow Muslims fleeing Western corruption and oppression with open arms.
If all of the illegals disappeared overnight there would be pandemonium in the construction and agricultural industries. Prices would go up (I presume), and if you believe the arguments of the Pro-Illegal camp, the US economy would collapse.
The problem is I don't believe the pro-criminal camp. I don't believe them because of what I learned in my middle school social studies class. Its called "Supply and Demand". When there are more jobs than workers to fill them wages will go up. With a significant reduction of the criminal-employee class, the demand for low priced goods will go down leading to a market shift toward goods that are a little more expensive as opposed to the goods that are as cheap as possible. It will also lead to a drop in insurance rates for motor vehicles because there will be a huge reduction in the uninsured. A drop in medical costs because the criminals who are stiffing the doctors and hospitals will move back home; giving their home country the same economic benefits they're giving us.
screen that doesn't scratch when I put it in you pocket with my keys
6 hour talk time
good reception
~$25/month, with unlimited calling
standard headset input
bluetooth
less than $100
phone book/speed dial/caller id/basic voicemail
I don't want bling, or a Wince/Linux/OSX/Palm/smartphuck. I want something completely functional that I can shove in my pocket and not worry about. If it doesn't enhance my ability to make phone calls from a usability standpoint, I don't want it.
I agree on the American people part, and there are some politicians who
act as you say, but the bulk of them seem to be out for their own good
rather than the public good.
"the public good" is a very subjective measure unfortunately. And what's worse many of them see the public good and their personal good as being exactly the same. The biggest rats thing that's what's good for business, is inherently good for he public. It just so happens that they, their friends, and their family are all into business.
I completely agree the political process must be more transparent. But transparency neither keeps people informed of what is going on, nor does it educate them in understanding what they've been informed of.
Congress needs to start taking responsibility: first by remembering who elected them, then by taking back its power to negotiate trade and doing genuine oversight of the Executive Branch.
Yes, but elections end up being a sound bite glamour contest where
the real selection is really done in the fund raising stage, and we
are just picking from a prefiltered list of goons. And the campaigns
become about focus groups finding a message that "resonates", rather
than "here is what I believe you want, and what I will do if elected",
and "this is what I stand for". It is not 100% that way, but it
should be 0% that way, and it is not.
I blame the American people for this. I don't believe most politicians want to do things this way: it seems like they always want to change things and make things better, (At least in their own little world). But they quickly learn that getting elected is an entirely different matter, and you can't do much unless you do get elected.
Basically people tend to vote for what they want to hear, and who looks good.
Then once they get elected, they have to get they're laws passed which means that they have to make compromises, or they will be completely in effective. So even if you have somebody you like and agree with, if they can't get any laws passed, they're still useless.
Sure it sucks, but leaders who create laws without having to making deals are called dictators. And that's something we want even less that what we have now.
The father of a a close friend of mine summed it up this way:
You many not be dirty going in, but you will be dirty coming out.
That's what elections are for. And you'll notice we had quite a bit of change.
My guess is, you probably vote Libertarian, or for another third party. (No flames, just a guess.) Personally don't like any of the parties, but I have spent hours standing on a street corners, in 100+ degree weather, holding a sign for somebody I could back, and I thought stood a small chance of actually getting elected. And he did. We kicked the bigot out of her seat. And it 2 years I will probably be back on those same street corners making sure that he gets re-elected. Now I have a Congressman who knows who I am, and I have better access to him than most lobbyists. And maybe I can accrue a little more influence, and meet some other reps.
For example: The Executive Branch is supposed to enforce the laws created by Congress. The Executive branch as invented a signing statement, formerly known as an executive order. It used to be that an executive order was only enforcible when Congress didn't have a law in place. The current administration has deemed that its Executive Orders carry the same weight, if not more, than Congress because Congress gave the Executive Branch the authorization to use force in the "War on Terror", which would be better called a "Blank Check" and "Carte Blanche". Legislative Branch still has the power to hold the Executive Branch accountable for failure to enforce the law; which incidentally the Executive Branch is required by law, The Constitution, to do. It doesn't mean the system is bad, it just means the few hundred people we have asked to represent us in the system aren't doing it very well.
But for laws to be effective; whether oppressive, or progressive, they must be enforced. And weakening the government to a point where it cannot do that won't help the situation.
One would be a government answerable to people, and limited
in how it treats people.
This system you want is already in effect, in was fact started with the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. Unfortunately the Legislative Branch passed laws which allowed the Executive Branch do whatever it wanted to over the past few years. And many of those legislators lost their jobs over it.
Or you may not hit him hard enough and he kills you next.
This happened at restaurant I used to frequent: Some guy went in to rob it. One or the workers hit him in the head with a 2x4, but didn't hit him hard enough. The guy shot and killed the would be hero.
There are probably several dozen people who would say: "That wouldn't have happened if I'd hit him." Go ahead keep believing that, but until you actually do it, you have no idea what you're talking about.
On the terrain which the Hummer is designed to cover, there is little that will outhandle it. Or actually be able to cover it without being destroyed in one way or another. The Hummer is designed for sand and brush at relatively high speeds.
And how many Hx do you see on that terrain, as opposed to paved roads?
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You do realize the verbatim copying of posts, even anonymous trolls, without attribution is a copywrite violation, and claiming somebody elses troll is plagiarism.? Or in your terms: "Intellectual Theft".
Is Putin retarded?
US: Because of the terrorists we need missile defense systems in Europe.
Russia: The US is putting missile defense systems in Europe; target Europe!
Since the state thinks that legislation can be used to solve all their problem there are just 2 things they need to outlaw: ignorance and stupidity. I sure it would be just as effective as creating new laws covering crimes that are already covered by other laws.
Wasn't rude at all. Shouting Penn and Teller quotes to the presenter in the middle of the presentation would have been rude. Walking out shows that you aren't one of the sheep. More people need to learn that voting with your feet is in fact not rude. Good Job
What's this re-lean part. Most teachers don't know how to use a word processor to begin with. For them its just part of the expensive typewriter they can browse the web and send emails with. And they're going to be in just as much trouble when MS comes out with a new version of Office they haven't been and aren't going to trained on anyway. So what's the diff?
Yeah, cell phones really suck; until you start sending resumes out. I would rather have a leash without a wire than a leash with one.
I was guessing the Genius of Barry Manilow.
Should Games Be...?
The first 3 words are completely bogus. Asking what games should be, or stating what games should be is nonsensical. It makes as much sense as asking what a book should be about. Games, like books are a subjective experience based on whatever the creators make them into; which may or may not be what the creators intended.
Back to the Dark Ages when belief took precedence over fact.
As far as I'm concerned if people are offended enough by the teaching of the Holocaust as fact, then they can always immigrate to Iran where they don't have to deal with such things. I'm sure the Iranian or any other government with Sharia Law will embrace their fellow Muslims fleeing Western corruption and oppression with open arms.
The problem is I don't believe the pro-criminal camp. I don't believe them because of what I learned in my middle school social studies class. Its called "Supply and Demand". When there are more jobs than workers to fill them wages will go up. With a significant reduction of the criminal-employee class, the demand for low priced goods will go down leading to a market shift toward goods that are a little more expensive as opposed to the goods that are as cheap as possible. It will also lead to a drop in insurance rates for motor vehicles because there will be a huge reduction in the uninsured. A drop in medical costs because the criminals who are stiffing the doctors and hospitals will move back home; giving their home country the same economic benefits they're giving us.
You forgot the US Citizen she replaced.
And the fact she's a liar. All border jumping criminals are liars, do you want to hire a liar?
They're still all crap.
I want this cell phone:
I don't want bling, or a Wince/Linux/OSX/Palm/smartphuck. I want something completely functional that I can shove in my pocket and not worry about. If it doesn't enhance my ability to make phone calls from a usability standpoint, I don't want it.
"the public good" is a very subjective measure unfortunately. And what's worse many of them see the public good and their personal good as being exactly the same. The biggest rats thing that's what's good for business, is inherently good for he public. It just so happens that they, their friends, and their family are all into business.
I completely agree the political process must be more transparent. But transparency neither keeps people informed of what is going on, nor does it educate them in understanding what they've been informed of.
Congress needs to start taking responsibility: first by remembering who elected them, then by taking back its power to negotiate trade and doing genuine oversight of the Executive Branch.
I blame the American people for this. I don't believe most politicians want to do things this way: it seems like they always want to change things and make things better, (At least in their own little world). But they quickly learn that getting elected is an entirely different matter, and you can't do much unless you do get elected.
Basically people tend to vote for what they want to hear, and who looks good.
Then once they get elected, they have to get they're laws passed which means that they have to make compromises, or they will be completely in effective. So even if you have somebody you like and agree with, if they can't get any laws passed, they're still useless.
Sure it sucks, but leaders who create laws without having to making deals are called dictators. And that's something we want even less that what we have now.
The father of a a close friend of mine summed it up this way:
That's what elections are for. And you'll notice we had quite a bit of change.
My guess is, you probably vote Libertarian, or for another third party. (No flames, just a guess.) Personally don't like any of the parties, but I have spent hours standing on a street corners, in 100+ degree weather, holding a sign for somebody I could back, and I thought stood a small chance of actually getting elected. And he did. We kicked the bigot out of her seat. And it 2 years I will probably be back on those same street corners making sure that he gets re-elected. Now I have a Congressman who knows who I am, and I have better access to him than most lobbyists. And maybe I can accrue a little more influence, and meet some other reps.
For example: The Executive Branch is supposed to enforce the laws created by Congress. The Executive branch as invented a signing statement, formerly known as an executive order. It used to be that an executive order was only enforcible when Congress didn't have a law in place. The current administration has deemed that its Executive Orders carry the same weight, if not more, than Congress because Congress gave the Executive Branch the authorization to use force in the "War on Terror", which would be better called a "Blank Check" and "Carte Blanche". Legislative Branch still has the power to hold the Executive Branch accountable for failure to enforce the law; which incidentally the Executive Branch is required by law, The Constitution, to do. It doesn't mean the system is bad, it just means the few hundred people we have asked to represent us in the system aren't doing it very well.
But for laws to be effective; whether oppressive, or progressive, they must be enforced. And weakening the government to a point where it cannot do that won't help the situation.
This system you want is already in effect, in was fact started with the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. Unfortunately the Legislative Branch passed laws which allowed the Executive Branch do whatever it wanted to over the past few years. And many of those legislators lost their jobs over it.
Complainers only make progress when they support a viable alternative to the status quo. Otherwise they're just whiners.
Then please outline viable alternative.
I guess it was easier when all you needed was a gun, a sword, and maybe your personal army.
Unless of course he kills you somewhere between 1 and 2. Which is exactly what happened.
And you don't know whether or not the guy doing the robbery is a madman or not.
From the sound of your reply, you're either wanting to live in a cave or have the alternative's I mentioned in the GP.
Get over it, there's always somebody bigger than you doing stupid and arbitrary things, government, business, Shogun, warlord, Pope, whatever...
Given my choice I would rather take government than Shogun, warlord, or Pope.
Or you may not hit him hard enough and he kills you next.
This happened at restaurant I used to frequent: Some guy went in to rob it. One or the workers hit him in the head with a 2x4, but didn't hit him hard enough. The guy shot and killed the would be hero.
There are probably several dozen people who would say: "That wouldn't have happened if I'd hit him." Go ahead keep believing that, but until you actually do it, you have no idea what you're talking about.
And how many Hx do you see on that terrain, as opposed to paved roads?