I would rather the government focus their energy on preventing monopolies than regulating them. You are correct that we can't have a hundred different companies running their own lines, so why don't we give this responsibility to the government, and lease out access to those lines to any mom and pop ISP that feels they can do it better than the next guy? Maybe "net neutrality" will result in better service for the end user, maybe not. Let's let the market decide (which, admittedly, is not possible right now, so regulation is the next best thing, in this specific case).
Insane Clown Possy? (I kid i kid). But seriously, i remember all the jugulos in high school being totally bummed when they put out a Christian album. I found it HILARIOUS.
I think bitching about social services is more of a neo-con thing. All the libertarians I know (the ones who introduced me to the philosophy) are more concerned with the erosion of our freedoms. Personally, I think social services should be one of the primary (of a very few) roles our government fills. I realize this is not a universal belief among libertarians, but at least in my area (Northwest Washington) it is. Up here we are more of the anti-{WTO,war on drugs,corporatism,etc.} variety of libertarians.
I hope your son can get the care he needs. I for one would be delighted if my tax dollars went to that, rather than all the other shit our government has their hands in.
Net neutrality would not be an issue if it wasn't for government protected monopolies. Freedom of choice is a prerequisite to freedom from tyranny.
I agree with Paul's stance on net neutrality in spirit, however, I disagree that this is the right time for it. We have been placed in a tricky situation, and to be honest, I don't know the best way to get out of it. I do know that way will be one that promotes freedom of the individual over concentrated power, and that our current system is counterproductive to that goal.
I think the reason why Paul's ideas are so hard to swallow (they were for me, a former Democrat, for quite awhile) is because we view them through the context of our current system. I agree that simply stripping the government of the power to regulate would be a disaster. What we need is a government that empowers the individual to regulate against concentrated power, in all its forms. The problem is that is that our current system is not designed for this purpose, but rather to further concentrate power in the hands of overly ambitious individuals (the modern day Napoleons and Alexanders). Instead of the government focusing all of its attention and energy on regulating, it should be focusing its attention on empowering the individual to make smart, informed, decisions, and fairly adjudicate wrong doing.
The national debate keeps being narrowed in focus more and more, so we are squabbling about abortion and gay marriage, when we should be talking about a fundamental shift in the role government plays in our lives. I strongly believe that the president who will challenge the system is the president this country needs.
Your opinion on this does not matter, nor does mine. The mother is the one who will have to make that decision, and live with the consequences for it. No one but she should make that decision, especially not the government.
Good point, I should go vote for the party that says I don't own my own body and censorship is a good idea! Ron Paul 2012!
Maybe I need to work on my reading comprehension, but are you saying Ron Paul believes you don't own your body and censorship is a good thing? If so, I beg to differ.
Ron Paul is the only hope we have to cast off our corporate overlords. Unfortunately, this is exactly why he doesn't have a chance in hell for the presidency.
I used it any time i had to send someone a file that was to big for an email attachment. I never once download a pirated file from them, or a similar site. For that there is BitTorrent , Usenet, or chanserv.
You would really enjoy driving in northwest Washington. There is an understanding here that traffic flows much better when you cooperate. The annoying ones are those who won't take the space you opened up for them, causing a "slow down standoff.":)
To the moderator that marked this -1; While i disagree with the parent, there is nothing they said that called for a down mod. Modding down a post that you disagree with is not moderation, it is censorship. This makes you a scumbag.
I paid ridiculous eBay money for my Nokia 9290, so I'm sure there is at least a small market there with people like me. I don't think their goal is to be the next Apple, but rather eek out a respectable profit in a niche market. If you ask me, being the only player in a niche market is good businesses.
I am still amazed that a religion founded by a scifi author, where the premise amounts to a bunch of scifi stuff, has gained any credibility at all. It really makes me lose hope for the human race.
That was almost identicall to my mums experience. I'm no MSFT hater, but bad design is bad design. Had one of my designers presented something this unintuitive, I would have sent them out on their ass.
Get peer block (or similar) and have it auto update the AP2P list daily. You can add a variety of public list sources, and even block ip ranges by country, if you wish. Its not foolproof, but it has at least stopped all the strongly worded letters from my ISP.
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I would rather the government focus their energy on preventing monopolies than regulating them. You are correct that we can't have a hundred different companies running their own lines, so why don't we give this responsibility to the government, and lease out access to those lines to any mom and pop ISP that feels they can do it better than the next guy? Maybe "net neutrality" will result in better service for the end user, maybe not. Let's let the market decide (which, admittedly, is not possible right now, so regulation is the next best thing, in this specific case).
Insane Clown Possy? (I kid i kid). But seriously, i remember all the jugulos in high school being totally bummed when they put out a Christian album. I found it HILARIOUS.
I think bitching about social services is more of a neo-con thing. All the libertarians I know (the ones who introduced me to the philosophy) are more concerned with the erosion of our freedoms. Personally, I think social services should be one of the primary (of a very few) roles our government fills. I realize this is not a universal belief among libertarians, but at least in my area (Northwest Washington) it is. Up here we are more of the anti-{WTO,war on drugs,corporatism,etc.} variety of libertarians.
I hope your son can get the care he needs. I for one would be delighted if my tax dollars went to that, rather than all the other shit our government has their hands in.
Net neutrality would not be an issue if it wasn't for government protected monopolies. Freedom of choice is a prerequisite to freedom from tyranny.
I agree with Paul's stance on net neutrality in spirit, however, I disagree that this is the right time for it. We have been placed in a tricky situation, and to be honest, I don't know the best way to get out of it. I do know that way will be one that promotes freedom of the individual over concentrated power, and that our current system is counterproductive to that goal.
I think the reason why Paul's ideas are so hard to swallow (they were for me, a former Democrat, for quite awhile) is because we view them through the context of our current system. I agree that simply stripping the government of the power to regulate would be a disaster. What we need is a government that empowers the individual to regulate against concentrated power, in all its forms. The problem is that is that our current system is not designed for this purpose, but rather to further concentrate power in the hands of overly ambitious individuals (the modern day Napoleons and Alexanders). Instead of the government focusing all of its attention and energy on regulating, it should be focusing its attention on empowering the individual to make smart, informed, decisions, and fairly adjudicate wrong doing.
The national debate keeps being narrowed in focus more and more, so we are squabbling about abortion and gay marriage, when we should be talking about a fundamental shift in the role government plays in our lives. I strongly believe that the president who will challenge the system is the president this country needs.
Your opinion on this does not matter, nor does mine. The mother is the one who will have to make that decision, and live with the consequences for it. No one but she should make that decision, especially not the government.
Good point, I should go vote for the party that says I don't own my own body and censorship is a good idea! Ron Paul 2012!
Maybe I need to work on my reading comprehension, but are you saying Ron Paul believes you don't own your body and censorship is a good thing? If so, I beg to differ.
Ron Paul is the only hope we have to cast off our corporate overlords. Unfortunately, this is exactly why he doesn't have a chance in hell for the presidency.
I used it any time i had to send someone a file that was to big for an email attachment. I never once download a pirated file from them, or a similar site. For that there is BitTorrent , Usenet, or chanserv.
Silly person, didn't you know it's illegal to play music in public? ...unless you've paid your vig to the ASCAP of course.
You would really enjoy driving in northwest Washington. There is an understanding here that traffic flows much better when you cooperate. The annoying ones are those who won't take the space you opened up for them, causing a "slow down standoff." :)
And the moral of the story; IP inhibits progress.
I call BS. Slashdot works fine on both my 1st and 2nd gen iPad.
To the moderator that marked this -1; While i disagree with the parent, there is nothing they said that called for a down mod. Modding down a post that you disagree with is not moderation, it is censorship. This makes you a scumbag.
See, now this is you troll! You even got a few takers. You should teach a thing or two to the Ron Paul troll above. Psshh, amateurs.
You need to work on your subtlety before trolling here. Go grind some levels on Reddit first, then come back and try again.
I paid ridiculous eBay money for my Nokia 9290, so I'm sure there is at least a small market there with people like me. I don't think their goal is to be the next Apple, but rather eek out a respectable profit in a niche market. If you ask me, being the only player in a niche market is good businesses.
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Sorry for your loss. I hope things turn out for the better.
So what is your point exactly? You still had to get those 2,000 apps from somewhere, right?
Strange. My stock (no additional plugins) chrome install opens up pdfs just fine in the browser. I can even copy text from them.
+1 Touché.
I am still amazed that a religion founded by a scifi author, where the premise amounts to a bunch of scifi stuff, has gained any credibility at all. It really makes me lose hope for the human race.
It was ruled that a phonebook is not copyrightable. I will let you fill in the rest.
That was almost identicall to my mums experience. I'm no MSFT hater, but bad design is bad design. Had one of my designers presented something this unintuitive, I would have sent them out on their ass.
Get peer block (or similar) and have it auto update the AP2P list daily. You can add a variety of public list sources, and even block ip ranges by country, if you wish. Its not foolproof, but it has at least stopped all the strongly worded letters from my ISP.