Yeah, if you could stop associating libertarians with RP libertarians and 'Tea Baggers' that would be cool, okay? You seem to have a severely twisted idea of what libertarians are and are not, and it hasn't been helped by whatever party you're affiliated with.
Or we could take the insecure, paranoid, governmental, controlling types out back, and put two bullets in their heads. Problem solved.
I'm not advocating a violent solution here, but it does appear that said people are providing the 'aggression' that most political types speak of in a 'Just War,' and have already violated enough of their own laws not to be taken seriously when they say 'this new law will be limited to {various groups and peoples you do not like}.'
"There's a reason most of the top engineering schools have merged the Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science departments." -> Yes, they want them to work together. Electrical Engineers are the bottom of the pyramid, Computer Engineers the middle, and Software Engineers / Computer Scientists the top. Were it not for the people "below" us, actively developing things, typically in conjunction with us, we'd still be programming computers with vacuum tubes.
Let's see here...Computers are typically more complex than automobiles and radios. That's just the hardware. The programs themselves are another level of complexity, on top of that.
"In reality it's just math and electrical engineering." -> And flying is just flapping your arms really fast.
Nonsense, the Math majors look down on everyone else, and the CS majors know they would have trouble existing if the EEs didn't pull their asses out of the fire from time to time.
Hmm. Heavy duffle-bag filled with pellets and explosives...at least 40 people in a line...yeah, that could do it. Perhaps one of those bags with wheels? I've heard explosives are a tad heavy.
Indeed. They've tried this before with SOPA / PIPA, floating the idea of a few amendments here and a few amendments there. It's just an attempt to gauge how large the opposition truly is, and whether or not they can safely pass the bill without getting themselves voted out of office. For SOPA / PIPA, it appeared the opposition was large enough and strong enough that passing the bill would doom them (when large companies like Google have you in their sights, and there is a large following among the populace...when their powers combine, they form 'The De-Elector').
There are much easier, and explainable, ways to kill someone. What assassin leaves a paper trail?
This whole thing stinks of a bunch of people selling a service no one needs. Symantec, McAfee, and friends used to make good money pushing out anti-virus software; then worms where the big problem, so they adapted; then mal-ware was the new problem, so they adapted; MS got bitched at left and right about the security issues with their platform, then they released Microsoft Security Essentials; Windows XP is being phased out, Windows Vista is as well, and Windows 7 is slowly taking over, with many of the old exploits being patched. These companies, if they are going to survive, need a new schtick. Seeing the writing on the wall, they converted themselves to 'security consultants,' and began lobbying Congress for contracts to fight 'zee evil Hackers, unt!'
You've noticed the sudden influx of articles focused on finding some 31337 h@xors. They can't find any, but the money is too good to give up. Sooner or later, they're going to need to invent some, if they want to stay on that gravy train.
Bah. In any large organization, there is bound to be one person who doesn't understand the 'Reply to All' button, no matter how many Sunday afternoons you have put aside to teach them the basics of emailing. Said person should be fired (and the IT department, no doubt, would cheer you on as you did it).
"If my interests screws your interests, that still works great for me." -> Until, of course, someone else comes along, and finds that screwing your interests works great for him. We end up with that big, gay dog-pile from South Park, where everyone is screwing everyone else.
See, the problem right there, is the word 'politician.' Amateur or not, these aren't the kinds of people you'd really want to leave alone with your kids, especially if they think they're being unwatched.
"We prefer a big government." -> Do you prefer big things in general, or only when they're governments?;-p
"I'll never understand why the Tea Party types want government to be smaller." -> Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. More power = more corruption, or at least opportunities to be corrupt. It isn't a terribly difficult concept to grasp.
"People that hate government should not be allowed to participate in government." -> *Claps hands* Wonderous! *More clapping* Glorious. *Wipes tear away from eye* If only we applied that logic elsewhere. People who hate businesses, should not be allowed to participate in them. People who hate music should not be allowed to listen to it. People who hate money shouldn't have any. And so on....
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4 out of 5 top athletes agree with this.
Yes. I hear they have their own version of the TSA, which reportedly has kept terrorism to a minimal.
To help smuggle drugs in, apparently.
I'd give him some finger snaps if he said he read the bill, and would veto it.
Yeah, if you could stop associating libertarians with RP libertarians and 'Tea Baggers' that would be cool, okay? You seem to have a severely twisted idea of what libertarians are and are not, and it hasn't been helped by whatever party you're affiliated with.
Thanks...
The same ones who profit from the changes.
Hmm. Is it possible to be charged with 'resisting arrest' without another charge to justify arresting said person?
Bring a video camera next time, and a friend.
Gather 40 or 50 million people outside Congress / the White House with torches and pitchforks, and we will test that theory.
Or we could take the insecure, paranoid, governmental, controlling types out back, and put two bullets in their heads. Problem solved.
I'm not advocating a violent solution here, but it does appear that said people are providing the 'aggression' that most political types speak of in a 'Just War,' and have already violated enough of their own laws not to be taken seriously when they say 'this new law will be limited to {various groups and peoples you do not like}.'
Because MIT probably did it for other reasons than trying to save some money? It's MIT.
"There's a reason most of the top engineering schools have merged the Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science departments." -> Yes, they want them to work together. Electrical Engineers are the bottom of the pyramid, Computer Engineers the middle, and Software Engineers / Computer Scientists the top. Were it not for the people "below" us, actively developing things, typically in conjunction with us, we'd still be programming computers with vacuum tubes.
Let's see here...Computers are typically more complex than automobiles and radios. That's just the hardware. The programs themselves are another level of complexity, on top of that.
"In reality it's just math and electrical engineering." -> And flying is just flapping your arms really fast.
Nonsense, the Math majors look down on everyone else, and the CS majors know they would have trouble existing if the EEs didn't pull their asses out of the fire from time to time.
Hmm. Heavy duffle-bag filled with pellets and explosives...at least 40 people in a line...yeah, that could do it.
Perhaps one of those bags with wheels? I've heard explosives are a tad heavy.
Indeed. They've tried this before with SOPA / PIPA, floating the idea of a few amendments here and a few amendments there. It's just an attempt to gauge how large the opposition truly is, and whether or not they can safely pass the bill without getting themselves voted out of office. For SOPA / PIPA, it appeared the opposition was large enough and strong enough that passing the bill would doom them (when large companies like Google have you in their sights, and there is a large following among the populace...when their powers combine, they form 'The De-Elector').
There are much easier, and explainable, ways to kill someone. What assassin leaves a paper trail?
This whole thing stinks of a bunch of people selling a service no one needs. Symantec, McAfee, and friends used to make good money pushing out anti-virus software; then worms where the big problem, so they adapted; then mal-ware was the new problem, so they adapted; MS got bitched at left and right about the security issues with their platform, then they released Microsoft Security Essentials; Windows XP is being phased out, Windows Vista is as well, and Windows 7 is slowly taking over, with many of the old exploits being patched. These companies, if they are going to survive, need a new schtick. Seeing the writing on the wall, they converted themselves to 'security consultants,' and began lobbying Congress for contracts to fight 'zee evil Hackers, unt!'
You've noticed the sudden influx of articles focused on finding some 31337 h@xors. They can't find any, but the money is too good to give up. Sooner or later, they're going to need to invent some, if they want to stay on that gravy train.
As I watch the rest of humanity fight back against technology like it's Attila the Hun banging at their city-gates, no.
Bah. In any large organization, there is bound to be one person who doesn't understand the 'Reply to All' button, no matter how many Sunday afternoons you have put aside to teach them the basics of emailing. Said person should be fired (and the IT department, no doubt, would cheer you on as you did it).
"If my interests screws your interests, that still works great for me." -> Until, of course, someone else comes along, and finds that screwing your interests works great for him. We end up with that big, gay dog-pile from South Park, where everyone is screwing everyone else.
Over the course of several generations, and wars, yes.
See, the problem right there, is the word 'politician.' Amateur or not, these aren't the kinds of people you'd really want to leave alone with your kids, especially if they think they're being unwatched.
"We prefer a big government." -> Do you prefer big things in general, or only when they're governments? ;-p
"I'll never understand why the Tea Party types want government to be smaller." -> Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. More power = more corruption, or at least opportunities to be corrupt. It isn't a terribly difficult concept to grasp.
"People that hate government should not be allowed to participate in government." -> *Claps hands* Wonderous! *More clapping* Glorious. *Wipes tear away from eye* If only we applied that logic elsewhere. People who hate businesses, should not be allowed to participate in them. People who hate music should not be allowed to listen to it. People who hate money shouldn't have any. And so on....
Yes, but the people you are typically dealing with don't think like that. Remember, to them, technology is magic.
It's the big words that are throwing you, isn't it?