You and Assange feel that the ends justify the means, no matter what. I disagree. I think that if you have to compromise your morals to get what you want, your victory is hollow and worthless.
In what way does it *not* count as making it affordable? It lowers your cost...making you more able to afford it.
Getting a domestically manufactured market segment up on its feet is exactly what subsidies are supposed to be used for. They expire when a set number of vehicles have been sold. A bunch of workers in Tennessee and elsewhere are now paying federal taxes instead of getting federal assistance because of these cars.
The Nissan Leaf starts at $28k, The federal government gives you $7500 back and many states have further rebates. Most people will save at least $100/month by not buying gas anymore. There are certainly cheaper cars, but you can get an all-electric car that comfortably seats 4 adults right now for half the price of a Model S. I've owned one for 3 months and I absolutely love it.
The mainstream media controlled the 'buzz' around Ron Paul and continued to act like he had little chance.
They "acted like he had little chance" because he actually had no chance of winning. In 2012, Ron Paul had tons of mainstream media exposure. The more the general public found out about him and his policies, the worse his poll numbers got.
Considering that 45% of Americans under age 35 turn out to vote and 70% of people over 65 vote, there is a high likelihood that a person tweeting about a candidate *isn't* going to vote for that person. And that the people that are going to vote have never seen Twitter before.
That trend started while Jobs was still alive. But I don't know how involved Jobs was the last couple years of his life. For stock price reasons, he had to say that he was fine and it was business as usual. But he looked really sick.
1D- Whoever, lawfully or unlawfully having possession of, access to, control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defence, wilfully communicates or transmits or attempts to communicate or transmit the same and fails to deliver it on demand to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it;
The original bill specifies a 2 year sentence for violating that, but I have read that the Snowden is facing 10 years under that charge. It's entirely possible that the law was amended in the century since it was enacted.
Yet Obama continues to label Snowden's actions as espionage
Snowden has been charged with two things- theft of government property (4 laptops) and giving classified information to a person without security clearance. The later charge was created by the Espionage Act of 1917. It is not "espionage" in any common use of the word. Nobody, including Snowden, has denied that he did those things.
It is Obama and the Executive Branch's job to enforce existing law. They're doing that. If the Judicial Branch rules that Snowden's actions were justified, then he'll walk free.
You let the whole world use the internet for over a decade, with everyone thinking/believing that their data is reasonably private.
Seriously? When I started using the internet in 1992 as a 14 year old, I assumed that the NSA had access to everything on the internet. The Room 641A story in 2006 pretty much confirmed that.
Hunters don't leave 3000 tons of depleted Uranium in the woods each year, like they do with lead. The military only uses DU in areas dedicated to military training and in war zones.
You're right, but there's a big difference. People who contribute to Wikipedia and free software projects volunteer their efforts because they believe in the project and want to support it. Since the contributers are also users, they are rewarded with a better product.
With Britannica and non-free open source projects, the clueless suits see the above examples and take away the impression that nerds like to work for free.
If only those dirty terrorists would follow the peaceful teachings of the Old Testament- oh wait...
(2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB) They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Besides infidels, the Bible commands us to execute fortune tellers, gays, women who are not virgins on thier wedding night, people who curse at thier parents, and people who work on the Sabbath...all sensible rules to live by...given to us directly from an all knowing God.
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Everyone hates mainstream politicians.
You and Assange feel that the ends justify the means, no matter what. I disagree. I think that if you have to compromise your morals to get what you want, your victory is hollow and worthless.
Once again Julian Assange shows that his primary focus is the elevation of Julian Assange.
In what way does it *not* count as making it affordable? It lowers your cost...making you more able to afford it.
Getting a domestically manufactured market segment up on its feet is exactly what subsidies are supposed to be used for. They expire when a set number of vehicles have been sold. A bunch of workers in Tennessee and elsewhere are now paying federal taxes instead of getting federal assistance because of these cars.
The Nissan Leaf starts at $28k, The federal government gives you $7500 back and many states have further rebates. Most people will save at least $100/month by not buying gas anymore. There are certainly cheaper cars, but you can get an all-electric car that comfortably seats 4 adults right now for half the price of a Model S. I've owned one for 3 months and I absolutely love it.
You clearly don't know many Google employees.
That's great.
Google Maps says it takes over 2 hours to get from the Mission District to Google HQ using the public transit system.
The mainstream media controlled the 'buzz' around Ron Paul and continued to act like he had little chance.
They "acted like he had little chance" because he actually had no chance of winning. In 2012, Ron Paul had tons of mainstream media exposure. The more the general public found out about him and his policies, the worse his poll numbers got.
Considering that 45% of Americans under age 35 turn out to vote and 70% of people over 65 vote, there is a high likelihood that a person tweeting about a candidate *isn't* going to vote for that person. And that the people that are going to vote have never seen Twitter before.
it goes straight to the manufacturers of said things and makes the CEOs very rich indeed.
These manufacturing companies have no employees, buy no equipment, build no buildings, and require no raw materials?
Using lanterns on a gun deck containing kegs of gunpowder would have been problematic.
Clearly you don't work with databases. They are the 900 pound gorilla of that market.
That trend started while Jobs was still alive. But I don't know how involved Jobs was the last couple years of his life. For stock price reasons, he had to say that he was fine and it was business as usual. But he looked really sick.
Why is property in quotes?
She signed away those rights in exchange for free or low cost health care.
The US government can't regulation bitcoins. But it can regulate businesses based in the US.
Why wouldn't you look up the text of the actual law?
http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm
1D- Whoever, lawfully or unlawfully having possession of, access to, control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defence, wilfully communicates or transmits or attempts to communicate or transmit the same and fails to deliver it on demand to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it;
The original bill specifies a 2 year sentence for violating that, but I have read that the Snowden is facing 10 years under that charge. It's entirely possible that the law was amended in the century since it was enacted.
Yet Obama continues to label Snowden's actions as espionage
Snowden has been charged with two things- theft of government property (4 laptops) and giving classified information to a person without security clearance. The later charge was created by the Espionage Act of 1917. It is not "espionage" in any common use of the word. Nobody, including Snowden, has denied that he did those things.
It is Obama and the Executive Branch's job to enforce existing law. They're doing that. If the Judicial Branch rules that Snowden's actions were justified, then he'll walk free.
You let the whole world use the internet for over a decade, with everyone thinking/believing that their data is reasonably private.
Seriously? When I started using the internet in 1992 as a 14 year old, I assumed that the NSA had access to everything on the internet. The Room 641A story in 2006 pretty much confirmed that.
Are you considering lead bullet fragments sitting on the forest floor equivalent to lead ore 50 feet underground?
Hunters don't leave 3000 tons of depleted Uranium in the woods each year, like they do with lead. The military only uses DU in areas dedicated to military training and in war zones.
Actually Iraq's chemical weapons program came mostly from Germany and France. Not everything bad in the world is America's fault.
You're right, but there's a big difference. People who contribute to Wikipedia and free software projects volunteer their efforts because they believe in the project and want to support it. Since the contributers are also users, they are rewarded with a better product.
With Britannica and non-free open source projects, the clueless suits see the above examples and take away the impression that nerds like to work for free.
-B
1) Nuclear power
2) Fully electric vehicles
Nucler power technology has matured in Japan and France while we've sat on our butts for 25 years. Solar thermal is also a promising new technology.
Electric vehicles are just waiting on batteries which should be just a year or two away.
Cellulosic ethanol, wind power, and particular fuel cells, are pipe dreams.
If only those dirty terrorists would follow the peaceful teachings of the Old Testament- oh wait...
(2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Besides infidels, the Bible commands us to execute fortune tellers, gays, women who are not virgins on thier wedding night, people who curse at thier parents, and people who work on the Sabbath...all sensible rules to live by...given to us directly from an all knowing God.
http://www.evilbible.com/Murder.htm
-B