So many big words. It must be hard having your intellect. To always be the smartest man in the room, how do you deal with the pressure? Seriously, how does a man of your intelligence function from day to day? I figured you would've accidentally strangled yourself on a shoe lase long ago.
You have not provided one example to the contrary, nor, in all the back and forth, added any intellectual input into the conversation. You continue to digress the discussion into the simple argument of "I don't agree with you so you are clearly wrong." You seem to have no knowledge of the subject, or the definition of the word in question, and I'm even beginning to doubt your mental capacity to control your own bowels. You are a waist of space and in all likelihood are just a meat popsicle. Please walk into oncoming traffic to free us of your pestilence.
Your 94 million doesn't account for part time employees under 30 hours, stay at home spouses and others who choose not to work. While I agree the government calculated rate is way off base, the actual rate is not 40%. Both you and the government have skewed your numbers to suit your needs.
Huh? There are 318 million Americans total. Take out the 60 million under 14 and the 30 million over 70 and that leaves 228 million Americans of working age. You are saying we have a 43% unemployment rate. These numbers are from the census bureau rounded in your favor.
The UK is most certainly on its way to a police state. France, Japan and Canada, while socialist, respect individuals rights more than the UK and US. Saying anyone with government run healthcare is totalitarian is such a far stretch of what I said, you show you didn't even read it or didn't understand it.
Not everything the US does makes it totalitarian, but the political spectrum is just that, a spectrum. While we are not a true totalitarian government, we most certainly are in that area of the spectrum.
As for your idiotic remarks, you must be a troll. I gave you a clear definition of totalitarianism and how the US fits into that category. You picked one example and harped on it over and over. Even more so you picked a bad example. I never said government run healthcare is bad or that state run police and fire is bad. Totalitarian means everything under government control including healthcare, fire and police, so I added that to my long list of examples because it is important to note the US government has their hands in everything, ie definition of totalitarianism.
I would say you are an idiot suffering from "smartest man in the room" syndrome, but judging by the continuous, superfluous, idiotic crap that continues to spew out of you, I'm leaning more towards troll, and as such, this conversation is over. Grow up and take your head out of your ass.
Again you resort to name calling instead of covering any of my logical fallacies. Foremost, why don't you explain your definition of totalitarianism to me. Last I checked it was the government's intrusion into every aspect of its populations life. Government run healthcare would fall into that category.
To be considered a totalitarian government two things need to be considered, economic and social control by the governing body. Economically, there isn't a business sector in the US that isn't taxed directly, subsidized or has a direct regulatory agency. As for social freedoms, on this side we are not as bad but are working fervently to give are freedoms to the government. We already have things like free speech zones. We let ourselves be assaulted at airports by government thugs. All of our phone conversations, text messages and emails are available to the government. Some states are tracking all vehicle and individuals movement through the stingray program and traffic cameras. Yet the biggest aggression against our freedoms are the secret courts and the witch hunt for terrorism.
I will reiterate one of my examples, the Boston Marathon bombing. The show of police force after the bombing was unprecedented anywhere in the country. Citizens where not allowed outside, ATV's rolled through the streets and cops went door to door looking for the bombers. I do not agree with what the bombers did in the slightest, but Boston became a police state in the flash of an eye.
Looking at what you've written, all I can conclude about you is that you are a very angry person who doesn't want to have an open discussion about the state of politics in the US. You are so engrossed in partisan politics you can't see the forest from the trees. If you could grow up, calm down and write an intelligent rebuttal that doesn't include name calling, I'd be hugely impressed. Until then, stew in your hateful, angry little world.
In what regards isn't Obama totalitarian? Universal healthcare, increased unemployment benefits, secret courts, countless military engagements, prosecution of whistle blowers, spying on citizens, signing unprecedented numbers of executive orders; everything this president has done is a step towards a larger more oppressive government. There is one exception. He reserved the right of the states to control marijuana distribution and regulation.
The US government itself is becoming a totalitarian oligarchy. The fault here rests on all three branches of government and not solely on the executive branch. This article equates us to an oligarchy: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-.... The totalitarian part is still a work in progress but we are making huge strides. Take a look at Camden New Jersey, or what happened after the Boston Marathon bombing.
While I agree with the general sentiment of your post, you paint a very one sided picture. The liberal elite are just a entitled and are also plutocrats. They also use hot button issues to manipulate your vote and are pervasively invading your private life.
The problem isn't just conservatives or liberals, its the current state of partisan politics. From your gung-ho hate of one party, I'd bet you vote liberal every time, regardless of who is on the ticket.
Case and point, the Obama presidency. He is a totalitarian president if there ever was one. He furthered the republican and democrat agenda while keeping the focus on less important divisive issues.
I would say the answer to the situation is voting for a third party, but that is a joke. That leads me to the conclusion that the U.S. political system is broken beyond repair. As a result, I've been looking for jobs overseas.
You were on the right track with the world owes me nothing bit. However, these people are on welfare and, at least in the US, they seem to think they are entitled to welfare. I am all for more stringent requirements for people on welfare, but tagging them is a bit extreme. I would propose just dropping welfare benefits for those living abroad. How can you expect to receive welfare from a country you are not in?
Totally agree. We've had an open developer position for some time that we can't seem to fill and we just canned a guy because of his incompetence. It seems that everyone who could type HTML was picked up and then companies started to realize just because you can type code, doesn't make you good at it.
You forget he also increased unemployment benefits to two+ years, while the bureau of labor statistics only counts people unemployed under a year in their numbers. Anyone unemployed for over a year is moved into the category of not looking for employment.
Do you really have to ask that question? The biggest limiting factors to large scale surveillance are technical limitations. This is one step closer to the designed police state. God I sound paranoid. Unfortunately, I'm also right.
Sometimes the right solution to a pile of bad code is to start over. That's part of the job, convincing the business owner that starting over is better than maintaining legacy code.
Let the stupid masses code. It will only help those who are actually good at programming. The more bad coders out there, the better real programmers look and the more work we have fixing bad code.
This is a non-issue. The summary isn't very good. The premise is if you butt dial someone, the conversation now includes the person on the other end.
An example, you are cheating on your wife. You butt dial her while talking about cheating on her with a friend. She listens in and gets upset with you. You can't sue your wife for recording the conversation and using it in divorce court.
I'm the straw man? The original post discussed an underwhelming involvement of women in this outrage over diversity in tech jobs. Its coming from politicians and CEO's and people not actually looking for tech jobs. This whole shortage of women in technology is a straw man and your argument that the numbers behind it don't matter is even more useless.
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So many big words. It must be hard having your intellect. To always be the smartest man in the room, how do you deal with the pressure? Seriously, how does a man of your intelligence function from day to day? I figured you would've accidentally strangled yourself on a shoe lase long ago.
You have not provided one example to the contrary, nor, in all the back and forth, added any intellectual input into the conversation. You continue to digress the discussion into the simple argument of "I don't agree with you so you are clearly wrong." You seem to have no knowledge of the subject, or the definition of the word in question, and I'm even beginning to doubt your mental capacity to control your own bowels. You are a waist of space and in all likelihood are just a meat popsicle. Please walk into oncoming traffic to free us of your pestilence.
The U.K. didn't get through to them. Oracle has lured them deeper into the cave. This will end up costing them way more than they had hoped.
Your 94 million doesn't account for part time employees under 30 hours, stay at home spouses and others who choose not to work. While I agree the government calculated rate is way off base, the actual rate is not 40%. Both you and the government have skewed your numbers to suit your needs.
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Huh? There are 318 million Americans total. Take out the 60 million under 14 and the 30 million over 70 and that leaves 228 million Americans of working age. You are saying we have a 43% unemployment rate. These numbers are from the census bureau rounded in your favor.
The UK is most certainly on its way to a police state. France, Japan and Canada, while socialist, respect individuals rights more than the UK and US. Saying anyone with government run healthcare is totalitarian is such a far stretch of what I said, you show you didn't even read it or didn't understand it.
Not everything the US does makes it totalitarian, but the political spectrum is just that, a spectrum. While we are not a true totalitarian government, we most certainly are in that area of the spectrum.
As for your idiotic remarks, you must be a troll. I gave you a clear definition of totalitarianism and how the US fits into that category. You picked one example and harped on it over and over. Even more so you picked a bad example. I never said government run healthcare is bad or that state run police and fire is bad. Totalitarian means everything under government control including healthcare, fire and police, so I added that to my long list of examples because it is important to note the US government has their hands in everything, ie definition of totalitarianism.
I would say you are an idiot suffering from "smartest man in the room" syndrome, but judging by the continuous, superfluous, idiotic crap that continues to spew out of you, I'm leaning more towards troll, and as such, this conversation is over. Grow up and take your head out of your ass.
Not that I have a dog in this fight or actually care, but I would think cells grown of human DNA would be the differentiating factor.
Again you resort to name calling instead of covering any of my logical fallacies. Foremost, why don't you explain your definition of totalitarianism to me. Last I checked it was the government's intrusion into every aspect of its populations life. Government run healthcare would fall into that category.
To be considered a totalitarian government two things need to be considered, economic and social control by the governing body. Economically, there isn't a business sector in the US that isn't taxed directly, subsidized or has a direct regulatory agency. As for social freedoms, on this side we are not as bad but are working fervently to give are freedoms to the government. We already have things like free speech zones. We let ourselves be assaulted at airports by government thugs. All of our phone conversations, text messages and emails are available to the government. Some states are tracking all vehicle and individuals movement through the stingray program and traffic cameras. Yet the biggest aggression against our freedoms are the secret courts and the witch hunt for terrorism.
I will reiterate one of my examples, the Boston Marathon bombing. The show of police force after the bombing was unprecedented anywhere in the country. Citizens where not allowed outside, ATV's rolled through the streets and cops went door to door looking for the bombers. I do not agree with what the bombers did in the slightest, but Boston became a police state in the flash of an eye.
Looking at what you've written, all I can conclude about you is that you are a very angry person who doesn't want to have an open discussion about the state of politics in the US. You are so engrossed in partisan politics you can't see the forest from the trees. If you could grow up, calm down and write an intelligent rebuttal that doesn't include name calling, I'd be hugely impressed. Until then, stew in your hateful, angry little world.
In what regards isn't Obama totalitarian? Universal healthcare, increased unemployment benefits, secret courts, countless military engagements, prosecution of whistle blowers, spying on citizens, signing unprecedented numbers of executive orders; everything this president has done is a step towards a larger more oppressive government. There is one exception. He reserved the right of the states to control marijuana distribution and regulation.
The US government itself is becoming a totalitarian oligarchy. The fault here rests on all three branches of government and not solely on the executive branch. This article equates us to an oligarchy: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-.... The totalitarian part is still a work in progress but we are making huge strides. Take a look at Camden New Jersey, or what happened after the Boston Marathon bombing.
While I agree with the general sentiment of your post, you paint a very one sided picture. The liberal elite are just a entitled and are also plutocrats. They also use hot button issues to manipulate your vote and are pervasively invading your private life.
The problem isn't just conservatives or liberals, its the current state of partisan politics. From your gung-ho hate of one party, I'd bet you vote liberal every time, regardless of who is on the ticket.
Case and point, the Obama presidency. He is a totalitarian president if there ever was one. He furthered the republican and democrat agenda while keeping the focus on less important divisive issues.
I would say the answer to the situation is voting for a third party, but that is a joke. That leads me to the conclusion that the U.S. political system is broken beyond repair. As a result, I've been looking for jobs overseas.
You were on the right track with the world owes me nothing bit. However, these people are on welfare and, at least in the US, they seem to think they are entitled to welfare. I am all for more stringent requirements for people on welfare, but tagging them is a bit extreme. I would propose just dropping welfare benefits for those living abroad. How can you expect to receive welfare from a country you are not in?
Totally agree. We've had an open developer position for some time that we can't seem to fill and we just canned a guy because of his incompetence. It seems that everyone who could type HTML was picked up and then companies started to realize just because you can type code, doesn't make you good at it.
You forget he also increased unemployment benefits to two+ years, while the bureau of labor statistics only counts people unemployed under a year in their numbers. Anyone unemployed for over a year is moved into the category of not looking for employment.
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Worse yet, the government thinks it needs to act as mommy and daddy.
He is the Prime Minister of the U.K., so the entire world.
Do you really have to ask that question? The biggest limiting factors to large scale surveillance are technical limitations. This is one step closer to the designed police state. God I sound paranoid. Unfortunately, I'm also right.
Sometimes the right solution to a pile of bad code is to start over. That's part of the job, convincing the business owner that starting over is better than maintaining legacy code.
should we ban typewriters!?!?
Oh god, if this had only been done we could've been spared the twilight series!
The marketers here would stare dumbfounded, not knowing what precipitate or dissolving means or their relation to a solution.
Let the stupid masses code. It will only help those who are actually good at programming. The more bad coders out there, the better real programmers look and the more work we have fixing bad code.
This is a non-issue. The summary isn't very good. The premise is if you butt dial someone, the conversation now includes the person on the other end.
An example, you are cheating on your wife. You butt dial her while talking about cheating on her with a friend. She listens in and gets upset with you. You can't sue your wife for recording the conversation and using it in divorce court.
You are a very resentful man who seems to hate your job. Why not find a better one or start your own business?
I'm the straw man? The original post discussed an underwhelming involvement of women in this outrage over diversity in tech jobs. Its coming from politicians and CEO's and people not actually looking for tech jobs. This whole shortage of women in technology is a straw man and your argument that the numbers behind it don't matter is even more useless.