The only thing missing was machine-assisted voting for those who couldn't read
At some point we, as a society, just need to step up to the reality that illiterates don't matter. It's irrelevant if you can't read because you're retarded, or just because you don't care to learn. You don't know enough to intelligently vote, and most everybody doesn't really care if you get to or not. Just some loud and shrill people like to scream about things at the top of their voice. The what doesn't matter nearly as much as the screaming.
Note: Blind people -can- read, it's called braille. Of course their illiteracy rate is massive. See above.
Thats the point, with a key-dongle your habit should not be to lock the door by hand. Mine, at least, will not lock the door if the door is open, thus making it impossible to lock the keys in without doing the old-time manual lock plus close-door-with-handle-open, which is most definitely not my habit so I'd never do it to accidentally lock my keys in.
Assuming they get people who -do- apply through their test, they very well will dump any "qualified candidate" that applies in a "conventional way". They've shown they can't or won't follow directions already.
In the age of key-dongles, do people really lock themselves out anymore?
I used to lock myself out once a year or so, but not once since I bought a car with a remote entry dongle. For the same reason I don't lock myself out of my house. There's no way to lock the door without the keys, at least not the way I habitually lock the door.
Exactly, which is why the occasional "SEE, NO OTHER EARTH LIKE PLANETS!!!" as proof for everything from "life is rare" to "ghod created us" are all silly noise.
They don't care if their customers get nailed by the US Government for doing something illegal
It is not federally illegal for US citizens to gamble online, so as long as you pay your taxes the feds are happy. It is illegal for banks to facilitate the transfer of funds to foreign online gambling providers.
Note that it is illegal for citizens to gamble under some state laws. Washington for example.
The bandwidth costs would be high, so it would have to be subscription-only. A well-resourced adversary might be able to follow the money, but small Caribbean island nations tend to be discreet about such things.
If it was so easy to get money to them, then they wouldn't care about the law -now-. Antiguan companies don't care that they're breaking US law by allowing American citizens to gamble (the citizens themselves are not breaking the law), they care that the law has made it harder for these citizens to play with money. As it gets more and more non-trivial to do so, the customers stop reloading their accounts.
Even though the US Constitution ranks the treaty as being the supreme law of the land (theoretically above anything the executive, legislative or judiciary can do)
FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE.
Are you really so insane that you would think our founding fathers would write text that means "The President in collusion with the majority of the senate can pass a law that not only overrides previous actions but cannot be overridden by anything short of a constitutional amendment".
Roosevelt only would have needed to sign a treaty with Timbuktu to eliminate term limits. Imagine what Bush could do, or at least could have done before 2006. I suspect Chavez would be happy to sign the "No Voting Anymore" Treaty.
No, Sorry. Go back to civics class. The supremacy clause in fact places treaties at the exact same power as any other law passed by congress. Which mean roughly "last passed, most relevant". A treaty can change prior law, but likewise a congressional act can change how a treaty is enforced. In fact, the supremacy clauses whole purpose was to define treaties as superior to State laws and constitutions.
Furthermore, the supremacy clause only matters for treaties that are "self-enacting", which has fallen into extreme disfavor. Without self-enacting then in our system of gov't, Congress must pass enforcement laws before it's actually enforced upon the people. The DMCA is an example of one such law.
For point of relevance to this topic: The treaty that defined and entered the US into the WTO was not self-enacting.
And I say that I don't care as a firm representative of the not giving a damn party. As questionable as ownership restrictions were in the Before Internet Time, the availability of infinite platforms from which to speak from has removed any value whatsoever and means the restrictions are nothing more than the gov't inserting it's much too large nose into business that isn't a problem to begin with.
I had a domain name that has no universal meaning, and had no website or usage attached (I didn't even get mail at it). DNS did nothing but point it at my static-IP address, which was "Hi! Welcome to Debian Apache!"
I let it lapse, and within 48 hours it was picked up by a farmer company, and still is to this day, four years later.
I like their webpage. "This domain name has just been registered for one of our customers. If you're interested in purchasing this domain name please contact..."
The code requirement for license to operate on radio bands that are considered long distance is mandatory by the treaties that setup a global radiospace for ham radio.
The code-free tech license is in bands that are for all intents (near Canada/mexico border would be the exception) are US only.
They're recouping losses while their patent exists. Just like every other market in the world. Just like every other market in the world, when the patent expires, there will be generics. I even bet some of those generics will self-propagate. That'll piss off some green weenies, I'm sure.
But if someone is discovered to have snuck in they get +100 which is over the limit and can be immediately arrested or deported or something. It's all speculation but it's possible.
Wholly Clueless Batman!
Somebody who is "discovered to have snuck in" can already be "immediately arrested or deported or something."
Why daddy? Because it's AGAINST THE LAW TO SNEAK IN.
I'm pretty sure they didn't enter via the Canadian or Mexican borders...a fact which nobody ever seems to mention when discussing the security of our borders...
A completely irrelevant distinction. Our "borders" are the areas you arrive in the country at. Ellis Island was once our "border". LAX is our "border".
Why should the EU be funding research for the corporate world?
Somebody somewhere decided that Science Doesn't Happen if a gov't isn't engaged in it. Then they tried to sell that idea to everybody else and used stem cell research to "prove it". They were, unfortunately, very successful.
A close corollary is the idea that Charity Doesn't Happen if it doesn't come from a gov't. Such an idea is what people use to "prove" that European countries give more than the US in international charity.
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The only thing missing was machine-assisted voting for those who couldn't read
At some point we, as a society, just need to step up to the reality that illiterates don't matter. It's irrelevant if you can't read because you're retarded, or just because you don't care to learn. You don't know enough to intelligently vote, and most everybody doesn't really care if you get to or not. Just some loud and shrill people like to scream about things at the top of their voice. The what doesn't matter nearly as much as the screaming.
Note: Blind people -can- read, it's called braille. Of course their illiteracy rate is massive. See above.
That's actually because of SAG. Stage names of members must be unique.
Thats the point, with a key-dongle your habit should not be to lock the door by hand. Mine, at least, will not lock the door if the door is open, thus making it impossible to lock the keys in without doing the old-time manual lock plus close-door-with-handle-open, which is most definitely not my habit so I'd never do it to accidentally lock my keys in.
Assuming they get people who -do- apply through their test, they very well will dump any "qualified candidate" that applies in a "conventional way". They've shown they can't or won't follow directions already.
Have you ever locked your keys in your car?
In the age of key-dongles, do people really lock themselves out anymore?
I used to lock myself out once a year or so, but not once since I bought a car with a remote entry dongle. For the same reason I don't lock myself out of my house. There's no way to lock the door without the keys, at least not the way I habitually lock the door.
Exactly, which is why the occasional "SEE, NO OTHER EARTH LIKE PLANETS!!!" as proof for everything from "life is rare" to "ghod created us" are all silly noise.
They don't care if their customers get nailed by the US Government for doing something illegal
It is not federally illegal for US citizens to gamble online, so as long as you pay your taxes the feds are happy. It is illegal for banks to facilitate the transfer of funds to foreign online gambling providers.
Note that it is illegal for citizens to gamble under some state laws. Washington for example.
The bandwidth costs would be high, so it would have to be subscription-only. A well-resourced adversary might be able to follow the money, but small Caribbean island nations tend to be discreet about such things.
If it was so easy to get money to them, then they wouldn't care about the law -now-. Antiguan companies don't care that they're breaking US law by allowing American citizens to gamble (the citizens themselves are not breaking the law), they care that the law has made it harder for these citizens to play with money. As it gets more and more non-trivial to do so, the customers stop reloading their accounts.
Even though the US Constitution ranks the treaty as being the supreme law of the land (theoretically above anything the executive, legislative or judiciary can do)
FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE.
Are you really so insane that you would think our founding fathers would write text that means "The President in collusion with the majority of the senate can pass a law that not only overrides previous actions but cannot be overridden by anything short of a constitutional amendment".
Roosevelt only would have needed to sign a treaty with Timbuktu to eliminate term limits. Imagine what Bush could do, or at least could have done before 2006. I suspect Chavez would be happy to sign the "No Voting Anymore" Treaty.
No, Sorry. Go back to civics class. The supremacy clause in fact places treaties at the exact same power as any other law passed by congress. Which mean roughly "last passed, most relevant". A treaty can change prior law, but likewise a congressional act can change how a treaty is enforced. In fact, the supremacy clauses whole purpose was to define treaties as superior to State laws and constitutions.
Furthermore, the supremacy clause only matters for treaties that are "self-enacting", which has fallen into extreme disfavor. Without self-enacting then in our system of gov't, Congress must pass enforcement laws before it's actually enforced upon the people. The DMCA is an example of one such law.
For point of relevance to this topic: The treaty that defined and entered the US into the WTO was not self-enacting.
So now a police helicopter is military? Please to be trying again.
Name one person captured on US soil that went to Gitmo. Even Padilla didn't.
Of course you'll pull some psycho "we don't KNOW because its SECRET!" nonsense. Meaningless.
Because the founders also wrote in, a free press. Having three giant corporations controlling all of mass media isn't free.
Yeah, they would be appalled. Appalled that people turned to gov't instead of opening their own printing press.
And I say that I don't care as a firm representative of the not giving a damn party. As questionable as ownership restrictions were in the Before Internet Time, the availability of infinite platforms from which to speak from has removed any value whatsoever and means the restrictions are nothing more than the gov't inserting it's much too large nose into business that isn't a problem to begin with.
I had a domain name that has no universal meaning, and had no website or usage attached (I didn't even get mail at it). DNS did nothing but point it at my static-IP address, which was "Hi! Welcome to Debian Apache!"
I let it lapse, and within 48 hours it was picked up by a farmer company, and still is to this day, four years later.
I like their webpage. "This domain name has just been registered for one of our customers. If you're interested in purchasing this domain name please contact..."
The code requirement for license to operate on radio bands that are considered long distance is mandatory by the treaties that setup a global radiospace for ham radio.
The code-free tech license is in bands that are for all intents (near Canada/mexico border would be the exception) are US only.
And?
I mean.. So?
They're recouping losses while their patent exists. Just like every other market in the world. Just like every other market in the world, when the patent expires, there will be generics. I even bet some of those generics will self-propagate. That'll piss off some green weenies, I'm sure.
GMO4LIFE!
We don't have laws (in this country, anyway) to protect people from their own stupidity.
Care to check again? Just above people were commenting on how it's illegal to post imperial measurements without the equivalent metric as well.
But if someone is discovered to have snuck in they get +100 which is over the limit and can be immediately arrested or deported or something. It's all speculation but it's possible.
Wholly Clueless Batman!
Somebody who is "discovered to have snuck in" can already be "immediately arrested or deported or something."
Why daddy? Because it's AGAINST THE LAW TO SNEAK IN.
I'm pretty sure they didn't enter via the Canadian or Mexican borders...a fact which nobody ever seems to mention when discussing the security of our borders...
A completely irrelevant distinction. Our "borders" are the areas you arrive in the country at. Ellis Island was once our "border". LAX is our "border".
Why should the EU be funding research for the corporate world?
Somebody somewhere decided that Science Doesn't Happen if a gov't isn't engaged in it. Then they tried to sell that idea to everybody else and used stem cell research to "prove it". They were, unfortunately, very successful.
A close corollary is the idea that Charity Doesn't Happen if it doesn't come from a gov't. Such an idea is what people use to "prove" that European countries give more than the US in international charity.
...are filing suit as we speak.
Who did buy them anyways? Comcast? it's a hard name to google.
Nowhere in the article does it say the CD came from a customer's hard drive. If you have personal information about the case, please provide it!
If, however, you're just ASSuming something, shut the hell up.
Since GAY isn't a claim that can be proven, anybody can claim it. So literally, everybody is protected.
What CD has no copyright? Copyright is automatic, and not released unless expressly done so.
Methinks he means "free to copy", such as a CD full of BSD, GPL, etc license code. All such licenses maintain copyright, they have to.
Better idea: Get rid of the secrecy. As in secret ballots.
Once my vote is posted by my name, I can verify it. I can also vote from my laptop - or better yet, my cellphone.
So what if I can sell my vote? I've got no issue with that. Legalize and formalize the process.