Why does China bother even announcing it? Seems that if China was truly evil, it would just silently delete the posts, block the sites, maybe break some activist knee-caps. Must be that their elite and mainstream population is on board with censorship and the government is letting them know that something's being done about it. If the censorship was wildly unpopular there, any announcement would defeat the purpose of quelling protest.
Except for section 13, right? Got that repealed yet?
13. A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.
When I worked at AT&T as a systems engineer in SMS a few years back, we and anybody in customer care were able to perform a search by IMSI (sort of like a MAC address for cell phones). One day the IMSI search feature was suddenly yanked. Thought it was a bit strange, because one time I was able to use the IMSI search to find the new MSISDN (phone #) for a friend who'd lost his phone and it helped him recover it. Makes me wonder if AT&T just didn't want to be involved in stolen iPhonery, or if they yanked the search feature because the profits from the process (noted in the story headline) were just too tantalizing.
I'm in two minds, because the rumours highlighted in the summary specifically seem orientated toward creating panic and unrest within a large population - how do you deal with that while maintaining free speech?
What does a large population especially have to do with anything? I always hear that excuse for everything China does and it really doesn't mean anything. Most of them don't even have Internet access. It's just another power system trying to control thought. They'd do the same here, if we let them. And China would do the same if they had 1/4 the people they have now. Look what's going on in Hungary. Is that because of the population of 10,000,000? Pathetic excuse that doesn't hold water or up to scrutiny.
It shows you just how isolated they are. Any other country wanting to build a rocket to send a satellite into space could build on the 100+ years of research and development done by the rest of the world.
I'm sure whatever mistake they made here was made by some rocket scientist in the past and has already been corrected, but they don't have access to that. They had to start from nothing and repeat all the mistakes of the past.
I'm sure they get some help from the Russians and China, but they are all about trying to do things their own way, alone. Except feed themselves, apparently.
That and their scientists probably don't perform as well on a skimpy diet with a gun to their head. I wouldn't be surprised if some North Korean prison camps got a few new members this week. I don't know about the research info...they probably bought that from China or on the black market a long time ago. Digressing here, but how did we let a regime this nuts get their claws this close to a working long range weapon, yet we're stomping all over the middle east, supposedly to prevent just this. I do know that North Korea isn't a petroleum exporter....
I'm surprised they don't get hit by more bikes then.
I'm not. I'm not blind, but I'm generally aware of what's happening around me, and can easily hear bikes coming. Are people just generally deaf, or what is the problem?
I don't know, but if you can hear a bicycle, you could hear one of these things coming. They must be louder than a bike. And aren't the blind supposed to have better hearing? See, they're just being argumentative bringing up the fringe, special interest group of the blind.:)
Siri: I came here from a faraway planet. A planet ruled by a chauvinistic Manputer that was really a Manbot. Have you any idea how it feels to be a Fembot living in a Manbot's Manputer's world? http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/btnncx/futurama-fembot
I know, maybe they could implant things in blind people's ears that alert them of an oncoming silent car...like a super loud and startling BEEP?
Yea, that's waaaay more reasonable than attaching a loudspeaker to the car...
As if being blind wasn't bad enough...
You can't count on sound, either. Would you literally trust your life to hearing a car coming? Hear both ways! I don't think so. How about instead of an inhumane implant, we go with either a removable shock collar (with id tag) or headphones with the voice of a beautiful woman, like Siri.
At least downtown Seattle only has to deal with engine noise; unlike NY where there's also all of the dimwits honking CONSTANTLY as if it will get them to their destination faster.
--Jeremy
It's true that there is very rarely honking here. It's actually illegal, but more importantly, socially unacceptable. Even if you're totally right, you'll be looked at by bystanders like you're Hitler for touching that horn.
Patent trolling is just mild flirtation with evil from a company like Honeywell...ask Honeywell what it's been up to in Laos. Pathetic scumbags. Yeah, I do try to avoid buying their *shit*.
I live in downtown Seattle and sometimes the noise is a bit much. The worst are the hogs that are designed to be incredibly noisy. People need to WATCH where they're going (look both ways, morons) and LOOK at the speedometer. And no, I'm not moving to some suburb or the country. It's not a living nightmare or anything, but I hardly see any good reason, other than just supporting stupidity, to actually put work into creating noise.
The issue I've heard associated with this was the blind. You know, those folks who can't look both ways.
I'm surprised they don't get hit by more bikes then. Maybe the driver should look. Come to think of it, this whole article is stupid anyway. They're already simulating sound...I mean, maybe not with a literal synthesizer, but my G35 would apparently be almost silent, but for the crap they've done with the exhaust. So, not sure this is entirely a new thing. I know, maybe they could implant things in blind people's ears that alert them of an oncoming silent car...like a super loud and startling BEEP?
I live in downtown Seattle and sometimes the noise is a bit much. The worst are the hogs that are designed to be incredibly noisy. People need to WATCH where they're going (look both ways, morons) and LOOK at the speedometer. And no, I'm not moving to some suburb or the country. It's not a living nightmare or anything, but I hardly see any good reason, other than just supporting stupidity, to actually put work into creating noise.
These "Stand Your Ground" Laws that we have thanks to ALEC and the NRA are meant only to protect white people who shoot blacks, Hispanics, Muslims, etc.
Funny, I didn't hear anything from the NRA and the right-wing media in that Georgia case. But I did hear a right-wing talker today talking about how the increasing American sense that race relations are deteriorating is Barack Obama's fault.
If race relations have any relation to Obama it is only from the perspective of false hope, which is what Obama is all about. When blacks thought one of their own was being elected, they forgot to actually find out how the world works. Obama is not in their social class. It has little to do with the color of their skin. It has everything to do with their pocketbooks. They didn't elect one of their own, they elected another millionaire, who's looking out for the members of his own class and the people who finance his election. Obama isn't racist or anti black or pro white or anything to do with race. He's rich and he's a corporatist. Period. So the false hope that an elected black man might make things better for them is just an ignorant thought and probably a huge disappointment.
"See, capitalism is not fundamentally racist -- it can exploit racism for its purposes, but racism isn't built into it. Capitalism basically wants people to be interchangable cogs, and differences among them, such as on the basis of race, usually are not functional. I mean, they may be functional for a period, like if you want a super exploited workforce or something, but those situations are kind of anomalous. Over the long term, you can expect capitalism to be anti-racist -- just because its anti-human. And race is in fact a human characterstic -- there's no reason why it should be a negative characteristic, but it is a human characteristic. So therefore identifications based on race interfere with the basic ideal that people should be available just as consumers and producers, interchangable cogs who will purchase all the junk that's produced -- that's their ultimate function, and any other properties they might have are kind of irrelevent, and usually a nuisance."
Seattle isn't a very black city...mostly white. Paul Mooney was in town and had a show at the Moore Theater about 2 weeks ago and I decided to go, even though I knew I'd be one of the few white people there. If you're unfamiliar, Paul Mooney wrote for Pryor, created Homey the Clown, etc. He'd be a lot bigger, but he's widely considered an anti-white racist and people don't really care for his kind of comedy. Anyway, I think it's interesting to see things from a truly black perspective and it almost feels like you're listening to something you shouldn't be. ANYWAY, Mooney came out with a hoodie on but strangely never said a word about Treyvon. I couldn't understand why. Blacks, who made up probably 98% of the audience were pretty much screaming for Zimmerman's blood. At one point Mooney had to tell one of the audience members to shut up and it got a bit uneasy in there. Maybe it was the fact that Zimmerman isn't all that white looking. Maybe he felt like wearing the hoodie made his point well enough. Maybe he didn't want to start a riot, although the publicity wouldn't have hurt his (floundering) career.
After just being there in that crowd, I'd say that if Zimmerman isn't convicted, there's going to be some kind major race riot. Probably one to put the King riots to shame. I imagine that the black community is already boiling over. You know theyve been the hardest hit with economic problems and now this. I think it could get pretty ugly. Especially in cities with larger black populations....probably not Seattle. I think Zimmerman is in big trouble either way. If he does get off, I wouldn't want to go around without armed guards. Ironic...he was trying to protect himself and the neighborhood, but in doing so, he probably made himself and his neighborhood a hundred times less safe. He's got a lot in common with Bush. Itchy trigger finger and no brain for judgment.
the pot hole problem has nothing to do with improper filler, it has everything to do with lack of funding. When all of these pro corporate, anti government propaganda fodder finally get their way, I guess we can count on GE and AT&T to fix the roads or maybe some amazing new technology (the kind of new technology that's actually been in science projects since time immemorial), right? And an amazing new technology (Christianity, I'm assuming?) to educate the stupid kids and care for people's ailing parents. Guess what? It's not gonna happen. Jesus and new technology isn't going to fix your roads, deal with your elderly parents that pharma has barely alive in some zombie like state, educate your STUPID, fat kids and it's not going to pay for your retirement you couldn't afford to save for while you work two jobs. Get it?
"P.S. It will be a cold day in hell before you find Police patching potholes."
There was an incident where a police had shot a black man in the back, and then went and plant a gun next to him and said the guy had drawed a gun on him. What we found out after the investigation is: guy didn't have no gun. Police just shot a man in cold blood.
Nothing real surprising about that. The duty of the police is to "protect the minority of the opulent against the majority." at the local level, not serve the community (unless you're talking about the "landed") and certainly not to fix potholes for the brainwashed "wage slaves" getting back and forth from their cubicle.
"The man who is possessed of wealth, who lolls on his sofa or rolls in his carriage, cannot judge the wants or feelings of the day-laborer. The government we mean to erect is intended to last for ages. The landed interest, at present, is prevalent; but in process of time, when we approximate to the states and kingdoms of Europe, — when the number of landholders shall be comparatively small, through the various means of trade and manufactures, will not the landed interest be overbalanced in future elections, and unless wisely provided against, what will become of your government? In England, at this day, if elections were open to all classes of people, the property of landed proprietors would be insecure. An agrarian law would soon take place. If these observations be just, our government ought to secure the permanent interests of the country against innovation. Landholders ought to have a share in the government, to support these invaluable interests, and to balance and check the other. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. The senate, therefore, ought to be this body; and to answer these purposes, they ought to have permanency and stability." James Madison
The cops I've ridden with stayed very busy dealing with a constant queue of calls that had been dispatched to them. I'd imagine that 99% number is a touch lower. A better candidate would be the fire department. Get them off the lazy boys, out of the station and doing some work.
Somebody already thought of that. Firefighters are all being trained as medics now, so they can show up at every accident and administer life saving procedures. I know because I drink with them. One told me "Nothing ever burns anymore". I don't think they'd fill pot holes.,,,most I know make six figures with OT (a lot more than cops) and would feel they're above that work, practically being in the medical profession. You'd have to find somebody even more useless and lazy. How about the average corporate office worker?
Go shopping more. Inflation is shrinking package sizes. My standard "half pound" can of snack almonds is now only 7 oz. Same 1/2 pound price, of course. Ice cream containers are shrinking at an almost visible velocity. What we used to call "two pound frozen dinners" are down to darn near 1.5 pounds now. Also see mini-cans of soda. I'm expecting to see cartons of eggs that only hold 10 eggs instead of a dozen pretty soon.
Its becoming a problem for cooking. So the recipe suggests a 16 oz can of tomatoes but the largest can I can now buy is 14 ounces. Hmm. Add about two shots of H2O to the recipe or what?
Yeah noticed the same thing. Coffee beans used to come in 16 oz bags, now 12 oz...for the same price or more.
The whole free market economy is already supposed to be a 'competition'.
1.) You come up with a new, cool solution to a problem.
2.) Sell it or start a business around it.
3.) "Win" your monetary prize
The fact that they need to sponsor a sub-system within the existing system just demonstrates that the parent system is broken. Many reasons already mentioned....
1.) broken patents
2.) too much govt regulation
3.) too much existing corporate power (yes you can have 2 & 3 at ths same time!)
You might be right, but 2 is totally over publicized that 3 is not even allowed public discourse. 3 is the most important problem of our day. Period. Yes, even above female contraception and gay marriage! Gasp.
When a fictional universes has been around for a long time, the opinion of the creator becomes less and less important and the stories themselves and the fictional facts therein become more important.
It's the same with the Star Wars Expanded Universe, where many fans desperately wish that Lucas would stop meddling with their SW universe and leave it to the authors and writers who can capture the feel of the universe much better and have a lot more knowledge about what's happening in that world.
Meh, I disagree. Groening was probably only very hands on for the first few seasons. And probably wasn't as heavily involved much past Schwartzwelder (sp?). I would think the creator's original notion is more important than the nameless rabble of writers who've contributed to that show over the years, for a fact like where Springfield is located. Plus, it's important to take people at their word. He says it's in Oregon, so it's in Oregon. It probably turned into more an amalgam of places over time.
I am simply asserting that these things are indeed theories, not facts and can not be presented as facts.
Whether I agree with the theory isn't the issue. I believe that when a society chooses to teach theory as fact it begins the descent into a valley of ignorance that will take a long time to climb out of. I think it is important to be impartial when we teach the next generation, things are what they are - be objective. No matter how much you like an idea, classify it fairly and be open minded enough to allow it to be labelled properly so that the young minds can see a consistent treatment of the reality they are coming to grips with.
I would go so far as to suggest that even theory is a bit strong since we can not verify the hypothesis via repeatable experiment. If we could even know what the conditions were at the time the evolutionary process began that would at least be a start, however we don't even have the most basic facts to work with in this case.
Does it make sense to suggest that I am a flat earth, sun revolving around the earth type simply because I take issue with people characterizing theory with fact? That seems like a non-sequiter to me.
The problem with your whole assertion and the thing totally nullifying your argument here, is that what you suggest we should teach has zero evidence that's even hypothesis worthy. So you make such a thing of hypothesis and theory and argue on that, but the other side that you think should be taught (in a secular school, no less) has none of those things. Look, we have to go with what we know, what we can see and what we have evidence for. As far as being a "valley of ignorance"...uh that "valley of ignorance" is all we have. We've been learning your version for the last two thousand years and where has it gotten us? The point is, if you want your kids to learn that crap, church is free. Take them to church. But don't pretend creationism is even on the same level as evolution. It's just not. There isn't anybody on earth who doesn't know of a creation myth, but you want it taught in school? Like it's in competition with things that are actually so? Sorry, I have a huge problem with it. There are enough religious zealot wing-nuts running around as it is. It doesn't need state support, too. Take your fucking kids to churcn if you want to make them stupid.
For example: If they would honor Trayvon's memory by systematically murdering every white person, including women, children, and the elderly, then I would buy their products.
If they don't do that, then I'm afraid me and my black brethren will be forced to riot and destroy entire states, beginning with Florida. We will burn down your buildings and rape your women. We will kill without remorse or shame. Black power, motherfuckers.
Black power.
Sorry to rain on your black power (oxymoron) parade, but Zimmerman isn't white.
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Why does China bother even announcing it? Seems that if China was truly evil, it would just silently delete the posts, block the sites, maybe break some activist knee-caps. Must be that their elite and mainstream population is on board with censorship and the government is letting them know that something's being done about it. If the censorship was wildly unpopular there, any announcement would defeat the purpose of quelling protest.
Except for section 13, right? Got that repealed yet?
13. A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.
What is your problem with that?
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Oh please. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Human_Rights_Commission_free_speech_controversy
When I worked at AT&T as a systems engineer in SMS a few years back, we and anybody in customer care were able to perform a search by IMSI (sort of like a MAC address for cell phones). One day the IMSI search feature was suddenly yanked. Thought it was a bit strange, because one time I was able to use the IMSI search to find the new MSISDN (phone #) for a friend who'd lost his phone and it helped him recover it. Makes me wonder if AT&T just didn't want to be involved in stolen iPhonery, or if they yanked the search feature because the profits from the process (noted in the story headline) were just too tantalizing.
I am proud to be a Canadian.
Except for section 13, right? Got that repealed yet?
I'm in two minds, because the rumours highlighted in the summary specifically seem orientated toward creating panic and unrest within a large population - how do you deal with that while maintaining free speech?
What does a large population especially have to do with anything? I always hear that excuse for everything China does and it really doesn't mean anything. Most of them don't even have Internet access. It's just another power system trying to control thought. They'd do the same here, if we let them. And China would do the same if they had 1/4 the people they have now. Look what's going on in Hungary. Is that because of the population of 10,000,000? Pathetic excuse that doesn't hold water or up to scrutiny.
It shows you just how isolated they are. Any other country wanting to build a rocket to send a satellite into space could build on the 100+ years of research and development done by the rest of the world.
I'm sure whatever mistake they made here was made by some rocket scientist in the past and has already been corrected, but they don't have access to that. They had to start from nothing and repeat all the mistakes of the past.
I'm sure they get some help from the Russians and China, but they are all about trying to do things their own way, alone. Except feed themselves, apparently.
That and their scientists probably don't perform as well on a skimpy diet with a gun to their head. I wouldn't be surprised if some North Korean prison camps got a few new members this week. I don't know about the research info...they probably bought that from China or on the black market a long time ago. Digressing here, but how did we let a regime this nuts get their claws this close to a working long range weapon, yet we're stomping all over the middle east, supposedly to prevent just this. I do know that North Korea isn't a petroleum exporter....
I'm not. I'm not blind, but I'm generally aware of what's happening around me, and can easily hear bikes coming. Are people just generally deaf, or what is the problem?
I don't know, but if you can hear a bicycle, you could hear one of these things coming. They must be louder than a bike. And aren't the blind supposed to have better hearing? See, they're just being argumentative bringing up the fringe, special interest group of the blind. :)
Siri: I came here from a faraway planet. A planet ruled by a chauvinistic Manputer that was really a Manbot. Have you any idea how it feels to be a Fembot living in a Manbot's Manputer's world? http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/btnncx/futurama-fembot
I know, maybe they could implant things in blind people's ears that alert them of an oncoming silent car...like a super loud and startling BEEP?
Yea, that's waaaay more reasonable than attaching a loudspeaker to the car... As if being blind wasn't bad enough...
You can't count on sound, either. Would you literally trust your life to hearing a car coming? Hear both ways! I don't think so. How about instead of an inhumane implant, we go with either a removable shock collar (with id tag) or headphones with the voice of a beautiful woman, like Siri.
At least downtown Seattle only has to deal with engine noise; unlike NY where there's also all of the dimwits honking CONSTANTLY as if it will get them to their destination faster.
--Jeremy
It's true that there is very rarely honking here. It's actually illegal, but more importantly, socially unacceptable. Even if you're totally right, you'll be looked at by bystanders like you're Hitler for touching that horn.
Patent trolling is just mild flirtation with evil from a company like Honeywell...ask Honeywell what it's been up to in Laos. Pathetic scumbags. Yeah, I do try to avoid buying their *shit*.
I hear it has an optional TOPS-20 nav system installed with a Microsoft Bob-like GUI overlay for only $10,100
I live in downtown Seattle and sometimes the noise is a bit much. The worst are the hogs that are designed to be incredibly noisy. People need to WATCH where they're going (look both ways, morons) and LOOK at the speedometer. And no, I'm not moving to some suburb or the country. It's not a living nightmare or anything, but I hardly see any good reason, other than just supporting stupidity, to actually put work into creating noise.
The issue I've heard associated with this was the blind. You know, those folks who can't look both ways.
I'm surprised they don't get hit by more bikes then. Maybe the driver should look. Come to think of it, this whole article is stupid anyway. They're already simulating sound...I mean, maybe not with a literal synthesizer, but my G35 would apparently be almost silent, but for the crap they've done with the exhaust. So, not sure this is entirely a new thing. I know, maybe they could implant things in blind people's ears that alert them of an oncoming silent car...like a super loud and startling BEEP?
I live in downtown Seattle and sometimes the noise is a bit much. The worst are the hogs that are designed to be incredibly noisy. People need to WATCH where they're going (look both ways, morons) and LOOK at the speedometer. And no, I'm not moving to some suburb or the country. It's not a living nightmare or anything, but I hardly see any good reason, other than just supporting stupidity, to actually put work into creating noise.
These "Stand Your Ground" Laws that we have thanks to ALEC and the NRA are meant only to protect white people who shoot blacks, Hispanics, Muslims, etc.
Have a look at how "Stand Your Ground" is applied when it's the other way around.
Funny, I didn't hear anything from the NRA and the right-wing media in that Georgia case. But I did hear a right-wing talker today talking about how the increasing American sense that race relations are deteriorating is Barack Obama's fault.
If race relations have any relation to Obama it is only from the perspective of false hope, which is what Obama is all about. When blacks thought one of their own was being elected, they forgot to actually find out how the world works. Obama is not in their social class. It has little to do with the color of their skin. It has everything to do with their pocketbooks. They didn't elect one of their own, they elected another millionaire, who's looking out for the members of his own class and the people who finance his election. Obama isn't racist or anti black or pro white or anything to do with race. He's rich and he's a corporatist. Period. So the false hope that an elected black man might make things better for them is just an ignorant thought and probably a huge disappointment.
"See, capitalism is not fundamentally racist -- it can exploit racism for its purposes, but racism isn't built into it. Capitalism basically wants people to be interchangable cogs, and differences among them, such as on the basis of race, usually are not functional. I mean, they may be functional for a period, like if you want a super exploited workforce or something, but those situations are kind of anomalous. Over the long term, you can expect capitalism to be anti-racist -- just because its anti-human. And race is in fact a human characterstic -- there's no reason why it should be a negative characteristic, but it is a human characteristic. So therefore identifications based on race interfere with the basic ideal that people should be available just as consumers and producers, interchangable cogs who will purchase all the junk that's produced -- that's their ultimate function, and any other properties they might have are kind of irrelevent, and usually a nuisance."
After just being there in that crowd, I'd say that if Zimmerman isn't convicted, there's going to be some kind major race riot. Probably one to put the King riots to shame. I imagine that the black community is already boiling over. You know theyve been the hardest hit with economic problems and now this. I think it could get pretty ugly. Especially in cities with larger black populations....probably not Seattle. I think Zimmerman is in big trouble either way. If he does get off, I wouldn't want to go around without armed guards. Ironic...he was trying to protect himself and the neighborhood, but in doing so, he probably made himself and his neighborhood a hundred times less safe. He's got a lot in common with Bush. Itchy trigger finger and no brain for judgment.
the pot hole problem has nothing to do with improper filler, it has everything to do with lack of funding. When all of these pro corporate, anti government propaganda fodder finally get their way, I guess we can count on GE and AT&T to fix the roads or maybe some amazing new technology (the kind of new technology that's actually been in science projects since time immemorial), right? And an amazing new technology (Christianity, I'm assuming?) to educate the stupid kids and care for people's ailing parents. Guess what? It's not gonna happen. Jesus and new technology isn't going to fix your roads, deal with your elderly parents that pharma has barely alive in some zombie like state, educate your STUPID, fat kids and it's not going to pay for your retirement you couldn't afford to save for while you work two jobs. Get it?
"P.S. It will be a cold day in hell before you find Police patching potholes."
There was an incident where a police had shot a black man in the back, and then went and plant a gun next to him and said the guy had drawed a gun on him. What we found out after the investigation is: guy didn't have no gun. Police just shot a man in cold blood.
Nothing real surprising about that. The duty of the police is to "protect the minority of the opulent against the majority." at the local level, not serve the community (unless you're talking about the "landed") and certainly not to fix potholes for the brainwashed "wage slaves" getting back and forth from their cubicle.
"The man who is possessed of wealth, who lolls on his sofa or rolls in his carriage, cannot judge the wants or feelings of the day-laborer. The government we mean to erect is intended to last for ages. The landed interest, at present, is prevalent; but in process of time, when we approximate to the states and kingdoms of Europe, — when the number of landholders shall be comparatively small, through the various means of trade and manufactures, will not the landed interest be overbalanced in future elections, and unless wisely provided against, what will become of your government? In England, at this day, if elections were open to all classes of people, the property of landed proprietors would be insecure. An agrarian law would soon take place. If these observations be just, our government ought to secure the permanent interests of the country against innovation. Landholders ought to have a share in the government, to support these invaluable interests, and to balance and check the other. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. The senate, therefore, ought to be this body; and to answer these purposes, they ought to have permanency and stability." James Madison
The cops I've ridden with stayed very busy dealing with a constant queue of calls that had been dispatched to them. I'd imagine that 99% number is a touch lower. A better candidate would be the fire department. Get them off the lazy boys, out of the station and doing some work.
Somebody already thought of that. Firefighters are all being trained as medics now, so they can show up at every accident and administer life saving procedures. I know because I drink with them. One told me "Nothing ever burns anymore". I don't think they'd fill pot holes.,,,most I know make six figures with OT (a lot more than cops) and would feel they're above that work, practically being in the medical profession. You'd have to find somebody even more useless and lazy. How about the average corporate office worker?
You should teach this in Tennessee!!
Go shopping more. Inflation is shrinking package sizes. My standard "half pound" can of snack almonds is now only 7 oz. Same 1/2 pound price, of course. Ice cream containers are shrinking at an almost visible velocity. What we used to call "two pound frozen dinners" are down to darn near 1.5 pounds now. Also see mini-cans of soda. I'm expecting to see cartons of eggs that only hold 10 eggs instead of a dozen pretty soon.
Its becoming a problem for cooking. So the recipe suggests a 16 oz can of tomatoes but the largest can I can now buy is 14 ounces. Hmm. Add about two shots of H2O to the recipe or what?
Yeah noticed the same thing. Coffee beans used to come in 16 oz bags, now 12 oz...for the same price or more.
The whole free market economy is already supposed to be a 'competition'.
1.) You come up with a new, cool solution to a problem. 2.) Sell it or start a business around it. 3.) "Win" your monetary prize
The fact that they need to sponsor a sub-system within the existing system just demonstrates that the parent system is broken. Many reasons already mentioned....
1.) broken patents 2.) too much govt regulation 3.) too much existing corporate power (yes you can have 2 & 3 at ths same time!)
You might be right, but 2 is totally over publicized that 3 is not even allowed public discourse. 3 is the most important problem of our day. Period. Yes, even above female contraception and gay marriage! Gasp.
When a fictional universes has been around for a long time, the opinion of the creator becomes less and less important and the stories themselves and the fictional facts therein become more important.
It's the same with the Star Wars Expanded Universe, where many fans desperately wish that Lucas would stop meddling with their SW universe and leave it to the authors and writers who can capture the feel of the universe much better and have a lot more knowledge about what's happening in that world.
Meh, I disagree. Groening was probably only very hands on for the first few seasons. And probably wasn't as heavily involved much past Schwartzwelder (sp?). I would think the creator's original notion is more important than the nameless rabble of writers who've contributed to that show over the years, for a fact like where Springfield is located. Plus, it's important to take people at their word. He says it's in Oregon, so it's in Oregon. It probably turned into more an amalgam of places over time.
I am simply asserting that these things are indeed theories, not facts and can not be presented as facts.
Whether I agree with the theory isn't the issue. I believe that when a society chooses to teach theory as fact it begins the descent into a valley of ignorance that will take a long time to climb out of. I think it is important to be impartial when we teach the next generation, things are what they are - be objective. No matter how much you like an idea, classify it fairly and be open minded enough to allow it to be labelled properly so that the young minds can see a consistent treatment of the reality they are coming to grips with.
I would go so far as to suggest that even theory is a bit strong since we can not verify the hypothesis via repeatable experiment. If we could even know what the conditions were at the time the evolutionary process began that would at least be a start, however we don't even have the most basic facts to work with in this case.
Does it make sense to suggest that I am a flat earth, sun revolving around the earth type simply because I take issue with people characterizing theory with fact? That seems like a non-sequiter to me.
The problem with your whole assertion and the thing totally nullifying your argument here, is that what you suggest we should teach has zero evidence that's even hypothesis worthy. So you make such a thing of hypothesis and theory and argue on that, but the other side that you think should be taught (in a secular school, no less) has none of those things. Look, we have to go with what we know, what we can see and what we have evidence for. As far as being a "valley of ignorance"...uh that "valley of ignorance" is all we have. We've been learning your version for the last two thousand years and where has it gotten us? The point is, if you want your kids to learn that crap, church is free. Take them to church. But don't pretend creationism is even on the same level as evolution. It's just not. There isn't anybody on earth who doesn't know of a creation myth, but you want it taught in school? Like it's in competition with things that are actually so? Sorry, I have a huge problem with it. There are enough religious zealot wing-nuts running around as it is. It doesn't need state support, too. Take your fucking kids to churcn if you want to make them stupid.
For example: If they would honor Trayvon's memory by systematically murdering every white person, including women, children, and the elderly, then I would buy their products.
If they don't do that, then I'm afraid me and my black brethren will be forced to riot and destroy entire states, beginning with Florida. We will burn down your buildings and rape your women. We will kill without remorse or shame. Black power, motherfuckers.
Black power.
Sorry to rain on your black power (oxymoron) parade, but Zimmerman isn't white.