I know what you mean. It's really an us vs. them mentalility. The specter of evil, for those sorts, is large and omni-present.
Sad really, I think anyway. So much fun to be had everywhere, and they huddle together in teeming masses, shouting at everything and cursing at everything. Perhaps they should just let go, and enjoy. All of life doesn't need to be one large socialist rally.
A bad thing happened. People are trying to deal with it. Praying is harmless, and, gosh, it helps some people cope.
Don't like it? Fine. Go ahead and be an asshole about it. But it'd be nice of you to be respectful when people are trying to get a handle on the whole issue.
Sure you don't have to. Free Speech. But just cause you can, it doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Just because you're callous, doesn't mean you have to go out of you're way to hurt other people.
Who watches them? Other watchers who are wactched by other watchers etcetra for ever. Eventually, there will be so many watchers, _I_ will be one of them, and I will be watching so many other watchers, I'll know what they're doing
Intresting point, though I think it may be invalid. Watch:
Assuming I don't truly live *forever* and cap it at, say, 100000000 years. Well, from what I've heard about God, he'll be around longer than that, so by the time I die, I'd still have eternity with him.
Unless of course, I'm in a rush to see God, but the bible frowns on this quite a bit (Re: Suicide).
Just curious, why? I personally like public domain a bit more than GPL myself, but I'm also some kind of nut. I'm sort of curious as to why _you_ (or others out there) do it.
Personally, I don't care what people do with my code. I get warm fuzzies knowing my code is out there, even if all it's doing is helping some poor coder working for SomethingSoft.com. I don't expect anything out of my code.
The "opposite" of socialism is not the religious right. The religious right deals more with fascism than anything. Your opposite is closer to the libertarians, which are the _radical_ right.
For a good example of why, hit this quiz and have a good look at the output
I would hardly classify Adam Smith, Robert Heinlein, etc, among the less bright.
Not, of course, saying that was okay or it's still okay to brainwash. But's it's the government, what do you expect? They teach whatever they want and _force_ children to learn it. Can you really be surprised when the teach lies?
Actually the army was (I don't know if it still is) using Quake1 for that very purpose. They modified it so you only start with like 20 health (more real) and used it for team-building/ground training.
If I remember correctly from government class, it was orginally created because those in charge of the government did not trust the common people with little or no education to be able to vote responsibly, so they implented this as a system of being able to override that.
Sorry, that's incorrect. No doubt thats what you were taught though. The EC was created back before cars and phones. So?
The framers believed that the no candidate would be able to hold a truely national campaign, and that come election day (after george wasn't running anymore) they'd get 13 different candidates with votes (on from each state.) That's not a majority by any means, and would probably be very damaging if the winner got 23% of the vote, and those were all from New York.
It wasn't that the framers thought the voter were uneducated, but rather knew that _no one_ would even know about candidates on the other side of the country. Thus by voting for a delegate, you could be sure he would vote for who you probably would have voted for. Compex and imperfect, but remember the days it was done in.
Not to say it's not outdated, but realize it did make sense at one point.
With the exception of California, most authorities that have deregulated have enjoyed significant savings. I haven't viewed this particular bill, but it seems to me as if a offhand response to an offhand response is only fitting.
Living in San Diego, where the price jump is something like 200-300% for electricity, I can say this does suck big time. Companies (Small ones) are really getting hit hard.
_However_ deregulation (IMHO) has not cause the jump. If you haven't heard we also have a big shortage. On a hot day theres the threat of a rolling blackout, where power is cut to neighborhoods because there is none left.
Why is their a shortage? Regulation forced prices low, no incentive to build, no energy. No we are paying the consequences of having had a non-free market. They will be a (very unfortunate) readjustment period, but after that the region will be strong.
Deregulation is not the root problem of CA's power problems, and there is no reason to believe it would hurt in this case either.
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Actually I hear they do really look at the letters, or at least the numbers. A friend of mine worked as a secretary for a congressman a few years back. Apparently all letters/faxes/calls about bills were filed as either yes or no, they tallied and discussed.
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Thank you, Sir. That was really funny. Hilarious!
the guy who shakes his left leg so fast that the surface of my coffee has ripples on it
What is it with these people? I've always been curious, and have asked friend that do it why, and they don't even notice it. Any ideas?
That is by _far_ the most paranoid thing I've ever heard.
I know what you mean. It's really an us vs. them mentalility. The specter of evil, for those sorts, is large and omni-present.
Sad really, I think anyway. So much fun to be had everywhere, and they huddle together in teeming masses, shouting at everything and cursing at everything. Perhaps they should just let go, and enjoy. All of life doesn't need to be one large socialist rally.
Don't terrorists already have encryption programs? So how can those be made to have backdoors... Isn't this all just a tad late?
I think you'll have quite a time convincing terrorists to turn in their crypto for new, back-door enabled, crypto...
A bad thing happened. People are trying to deal with it. Praying is harmless, and, gosh, it helps some people cope.
Don't like it? Fine. Go ahead and be an asshole about it. But it'd be nice of you to be respectful when people are trying to get a handle on the whole issue.
Sure you don't have to. Free Speech. But just cause you can, it doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Just because you're callous, doesn't mean you have to go out of you're way to hurt other people.
You are wrong. The New York Times makes that clear. Not the page. Read the page again. If you still don't understand, repeat until you get it.
Jesus Christ I can't stand it sometimes...
Probably not. This is Intel weaseling out of contracts, not being generous. Ideally, Intel is saving money by not higher people the promised too.
Clearly... Other watchers watch the watchers.
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Who watches them? Other watchers who are wactched by other watchers etcetra for ever. Eventually, there will be so many watchers, _I_ will be one of them, and I will be watching so many other watchers, I'll know what they're doing
Simple, really
Intresting point, though I think it may be invalid. Watch:
Assuming I don't truly live *forever* and cap it at, say, 100000000 years. Well, from what I've heard about God, he'll be around longer than that, so by the time I die, I'd still have eternity with him.
Unless of course, I'm in a rush to see God, but the bible frowns on this quite a bit (Re: Suicide).
So what was your point again?
Pretty soon, everyone will forget where they put their PDA, thus gaining their memory back.
Wow. I'm sure James Bond (or a seductive counterpart) could make good use of this...
"The plans are on her piercing where?!?!"
some I've released into the public domain
Just curious, why? I personally like public domain a bit more than GPL myself, but I'm also some kind of nut. I'm sort of curious as to why _you_ (or others out there) do it.
Personally, I don't care what people do with my code. I get warm fuzzies knowing my code is out there, even if all it's doing is helping some poor coder working for SomethingSoft.com. I don't expect anything out of my code.
I'm totally colorblind... does that count?
Slightly O.T. but does anyone know of a non-partisan organization devoted to get people to register/vote (no matter what their affiliation)?
Hehe... MTV does. rockthevote.com does. Though I think they both go towards the 18-29's. I'm sure they could tell you though.
Damn, I shouldn't feed the trolls.
The "opposite" of socialism is not the religious right. The religious right deals more with fascism than anything. Your opposite is closer to the libertarians, which are the _radical_ right.
For a good example of why, hit this quiz and have a good look at the output
I would hardly classify Adam Smith, Robert Heinlein, etc, among the less bright.
Maybe that should be the DARE agenda: Education. Let people make informed choices.
Easy Answer: The cold war.
Not, of course, saying that was okay or it's still okay to brainwash. But's it's the government, what do you expect?
They teach whatever they want and _force_ children to learn it. Can you really be surprised when the teach lies?
Actually the army was (I don't know if it still is) using Quake1 for that very purpose. They modified it so you only start with like 20 health (more real) and used it for team-building/ground training.
Anybody know what happened to it?
If I remember correctly from government class, it was orginally created because those in charge of the government did not trust the common people with little or no education to be able to vote responsibly, so they implented this as a system of being able to override that.
Sorry, that's incorrect. No doubt thats what you were taught though. The EC was created back before cars and phones. So?
The framers believed that the no candidate would be able to hold a truely national campaign, and that come election day (after george wasn't running anymore) they'd get 13 different candidates with votes (on from each state.) That's not a majority by any means, and would probably be very damaging if the winner got 23% of the vote, and those were all from New York.
It wasn't that the framers thought the voter were uneducated, but rather knew that _no one_ would even know about candidates on the other side of the country. Thus by voting for a delegate, you could be sure he would vote for who you probably would have voted for. Compex and imperfect, but remember the days it was done in.
Not to say it's not outdated, but realize it did make sense at one point.
Don't forget, corporations are beholden to our wallets, just as much as poloticians are beholden to our votes. Each allows them to stay in power.
That's why boycotts work.
With the exception of California, most authorities that have deregulated have enjoyed significant savings. I haven't viewed this particular bill, but it seems to me as if a offhand response to an offhand response is only fitting.
Living in San Diego, where the price jump is something like 200-300% for electricity, I can say this does suck big time. Companies (Small ones) are really getting hit hard.
_However_ deregulation (IMHO) has not cause the jump. If you haven't heard we also have a big shortage. On a hot day theres the threat of a rolling blackout, where power is cut to neighborhoods because there is none left.
Why is their a shortage? Regulation forced prices low, no incentive to build, no energy. No we are paying the consequences of having had a non-free market. They will be a (very unfortunate) readjustment period, but after that the region will be strong.
Deregulation is not the root problem of CA's power problems, and there is no reason to believe it would hurt in this case either.
Actually I hear they do really look at the letters, or at least the numbers. A friend of mine worked as a secretary for a congressman a few years back. Apparently all letters/faxes/calls about bills were filed as either yes or no, they tallied and discussed.
Now if they actually discuss anything relevant...