A shocking note of reason here, man. I'm amazed it's on/. Maybe there's hope for this place yet.
Now, I say to myself, "But self, you're a libertarian! Surely you can't agree that unions are good!" And in reply to myself I say, "But self, you must realize, if a group of individuals wants to unionize to prevent their being taken advantage of by their employer, who's to say they cannot?"
People certainly have the right to form unions, and if you're in a big enough shop, it might not be a bad idea. I do, however, really think (hope) us geeks ought to be able to come up with a better union than the little-guy-screwing unions that we have today (teamsters, etc).
Someone doesn't agree with you and their "tv fed", "cowboy", and they think social security is "evil".
Asshole.
Social Security like it's set up right now is fucked up. It's obviously not evil to force people to save for their retirement. It IS evil to force people to put money into a black hole, earning nothing with it, and putting the country into a debt-ridden hole because of simple demographics.
Hopefully once you grow up you'll stop being such a simpleton.
And don't give us any of your bullshit about the Marxist ideal because it's fucking failed EVERYWHERE.
Wouldn't all the complaints about the rich being taxed go away if we instituted a VAT or national sales tax instead?
Hell, provide a way for people to get back the first X thousand they pay in sales tax (to help out the poor). Don't pay any sales tax on some small number of vitals (basically the foods you don't pay sales tax on today).
Then when the rich guy goes out to buy his multi-million dollar yacht, there's no way for him to hide his income.
What "right" do you have to tax anyone's earnings? What "right" do you think you have to take x% from them? What is that percentage? Who the hell gets to decide? You?
That's so fucked up I don't even know where to begin.
And you were actually doing alright in your argument until that point.
Your comments complaining the the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting... richer just smacks of jealousy to me.
Well, you say "it's the only practical way". Which is what I said.
I could point you to various spatial data (map) viewers, and I could point you to some pretty interesting games, but I'm sure you'd say those were not complex enough.
Given that Flash can create a socket connection to a mostly-arbitrary source, pass XML in and out, and display it in ANY way imaginable... it can pretty much be used to build any application you want.
My point is, don't discount Flash when you apparently don't know what it can do, that's all.
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Hmm, I just looked at my copy of the Constitution and I can't find anything about the federal government and education.
And since the 10th Amendment says that anything not enumerated by the Constitution and its Amendments is not to be touched by federal hands, I take that to mean the federal government ought to keep its grubby huge hands out of education.
Which was the point of the grand-grandparent, modded-as-informative-for-a-reason post.
And some AC's request for evidence amounts to what, exactly?
Besides, I was mistaken about the real nature of this "project". Before I was able to reach the site, I thought it was very interesting. Now that I've seen the pictures, it's a waste of time.
As usual, the pure case is completely messed up by involvement by the government. Happens to all causes, left right and center of the political aisle. Oh well...
I am well aware of the historical status of the USPS, but it does not apply any longer.
However, I agree with you 100%: Why the hell should the Fed monkey in the affairs of something completely in-state. Which is what's happening here, which is why I believe the SCOTUS (man, that looks way too close to a certain male body part) did the right thing.
You're note about the big-gov't R's is spot on, too... my comment wasn't as clear as yours perhaps but says the same thing: Libertarianism is NOT the defining philosophy of the GOP these days that's for sure...
Oh well, I'll be voting for whoever the LP tosses up there, just to make my own little point.
Oh, I don't know, I think being drawn and quartered would be worse. Actually, I don't know how you can say crucifixtion is any worse than most of the toys in a medieval torture chamber.
Yes yes, because we see that even today, given incredible technology and thousands of years of demonstrated political honesty, nothing done by leaders in backrooms ever comes out as anything but the truth.
I'm sure we know all there is to know about the OK City bombing, for instance.
I'm certain that people 2,000 years ago were as perfectly savvy as a 21st century American, and they would never be fooled into myth by anyone or anything.
Occam's Razor, indeed. The simplest explanation is surely not that some guy popped back from the dead after 3 days. No, I'm afraid the simplest explanation is that YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS, and it's far more likely that the body was stolen away in the dark of night (ooo ahh, a big rock; no culture has ever exaggerated the size of rocks before...).
Extraordinary claims call for extraordinary proof. And you have none, just speculation and some very circumstantial "evidence".
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You know, there are 40-year old womem (sic) that actually WOULD look good in these.
Good job being a feminist, suggesting that 40-year old women can't look hot in a thong.
A shocking note of reason here, man. I'm amazed it's on /. Maybe there's hope for this place yet.
Now, I say to myself, "But self, you're a libertarian! Surely you can't agree that unions are good!" And in reply to myself I say, "But self, you must realize, if a group of individuals wants to unionize to prevent their being taken advantage of by their employer, who's to say they cannot?"
People certainly have the right to form unions, and if you're in a big enough shop, it might not be a bad idea. I do, however, really think (hope) us geeks ought to be able to come up with a better union than the little-guy-screwing unions that we have today (teamsters, etc).
Wow, you're confused.
Someone doesn't agree with you and their "tv fed", "cowboy", and they think social security is "evil".
Asshole.
Social Security like it's set up right now is fucked up. It's obviously not evil to force people to save for their retirement. It IS evil to force people to put money into a black hole, earning nothing with it, and putting the country into a debt-ridden hole because of simple demographics.
Hopefully once you grow up you'll stop being such a simpleton.
And don't give us any of your bullshit about the Marxist ideal because it's fucking failed EVERYWHERE.
Wouldn't all the complaints about the rich being taxed go away if we instituted a VAT or national sales tax instead?
Hell, provide a way for people to get back the first X thousand they pay in sales tax (to help out the poor). Don't pay any sales tax on some small number of vitals (basically the foods you don't pay sales tax on today).
Then when the rich guy goes out to buy his multi-million dollar yacht, there's no way for him to hide his income.
What "right" do you have to tax anyone's earnings? What "right" do you think you have to take x% from them? What is that percentage? Who the hell gets to decide? You?
That's so fucked up I don't even know where to begin.
And you were actually doing alright in your argument until that point.
Your comments complaining the the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting... richer just smacks of jealousy to me.
Yeah right, they do not. You're just talking crazy...
Well, you say "it's the only practical way". Which is what I said.
I could point you to various spatial data (map) viewers, and I could point you to some pretty interesting games, but I'm sure you'd say those were not complex enough.
Given that Flash can create a socket connection to a mostly-arbitrary source, pass XML in and out, and display it in ANY way imaginable... it can pretty much be used to build any application you want.
My point is, don't discount Flash when you apparently don't know what it can do, that's all.
Hmm, I just looked at my copy of the Constitution and I can't find anything about the federal government and education.
And since the 10th Amendment says that anything not enumerated by the Constitution and its Amendments is not to be touched by federal hands, I take that to mean the federal government ought to keep its grubby huge hands out of education.
Which was the point of the grand-grandparent, modded-as-informative-for-a-reason post.
Well, what we've done is not a publicly-available project by any means, but if you are interested in the same basic idea, check out www.metacarta.com.
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Basically, hooking up a location to arbitrary text. It's complicated as heck and never 100% accurate. But cool.
The flaw in the design is the reliance on English, which is really tough to handle because there are just too many damn words...
Well, your casual dismissal of Flash marks you as uninformed, at best.
Not to mention your casual assertion that applets are actually useful and cannot be easily replaced by other technologies.
The grandparent to your post was correct.
And some AC's request for evidence amounts to what, exactly?
Besides, I was mistaken about the real nature of this "project". Before I was able to reach the site, I thought it was very interesting. Now that I've seen the pictures, it's a waste of time.
Ahhh, finally, someone who knows of what he speaks.
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I hear ALLLLLLLL too much about this stuff from my wife. It's very cool. Just not every damn day.
Umm, we did it. We are still doing it. Selling it, too, quietly.
Actually, now that the site came up, I see that it's not what we came up with. It's stupid.
Bigger text for more popular stories? Ooohhh ahhh....
He's not the only one to come up with this, and it's already been demonstrated and rejected by Google.
Google didn't seem to like it very much.
While I can see the point of worrying about reductions in natural diversity...
What's the big deal? We can create one, and if it gets wiped out we can create another.
I don't know, I guess I just trust in science too much.
So don't you think this is "early-adopter" style stuff? Of course it's heavy. So were the first cell phones. This is a new tech they're showing off.
/.ers who are jumping to the same silly conclusion...
Don't worry about the weight with this version. And tell all the
What the hell, exactly, is a Kelkoo?
"Pricegrabber", at least I can see where they got that name...
Now THAT I like...
As usual, the pure case is completely messed up by involvement by the government. Happens to all causes, left right and center of the political aisle. Oh well...
Well, you might have had me up until that bull about laissez-faire capitalism.
Last time I read a definition (admittedly quite a while ago), there was nothing in there about legally treating a corporation as a person.
That's a purely governmental construct, is it not? I'm not sure you can call it laissez-faire...
I am well aware of the historical status of the USPS, but it does not apply any longer.
However, I agree with you 100%: Why the hell should the Fed monkey in the affairs of something completely in-state. Which is what's happening here, which is why I believe the SCOTUS (man, that looks way too close to a certain male body part) did the right thing.
You're note about the big-gov't R's is spot on, too... my comment wasn't as clear as yours perhaps but says the same thing: Libertarianism is NOT the defining philosophy of the GOP these days that's for sure...
Oh well, I'll be voting for whoever the LP tosses up there, just to make my own little point.
And this is, I say, an awesome ruling by the Supremes: Leave it up to the states to decide!
You want a locally-owned municipal telco, go to a state that'll let you have one! What could be better?
You know, you should check your facts before spewing filth. The USPS is not a government entity.
The libertarian ideal that government should be owning pretty much anything has nothing to do with the republicrats, either...
Oh, I don't know, I think being drawn and quartered would be worse. Actually, I don't know how you can say crucifixtion is any worse than most of the toys in a medieval torture chamber.
But I'm not a christian...
Yes yes, because we see that even today, given incredible technology and thousands of years of demonstrated political honesty, nothing done by leaders in backrooms ever comes out as anything but the truth.
I'm sure we know all there is to know about the OK City bombing, for instance.
I'm certain that people 2,000 years ago were as perfectly savvy as a 21st century American, and they would never be fooled into myth by anyone or anything.
Occam's Razor, indeed. The simplest explanation is surely not that some guy popped back from the dead after 3 days. No, I'm afraid the simplest explanation is that YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS, and it's far more likely that the body was stolen away in the dark of night (ooo ahh, a big rock; no culture has ever exaggerated the size of rocks before...).
Extraordinary claims call for extraordinary proof. And you have none, just speculation and some very circumstantial "evidence".