But the government didn't create "The Internet" as we know it today. It provided the money to some researchers to create a resilient network for military purposes. It was the private sector that glob onto and made the network viable, and then expanded it to what we now know it for.
Only an extremely small percenta of the packets ever transferred across the Internet touched a government router. Well, that is if you exclude the illegal and unconstitutional wiretaps.
Why does it matter? My sons will still leave all the lights in the house on when they leave for school, then say, "There goes Dad, again. Complaining about the $400 light bill."
but you don't have to cool it all. Right now, if the growth stopped it would be in stasis (I believe that is a tautology.) All you have to account for is the growth. The article states that as 1m^3/sec. Cooling that much material could feasibly be done on an industrial scale.
The drilled holes could also provide pressure data to allow controlled release of the pressure, so that an explosion would never occur.
Starving? Impoverished? You know you sound as ridiculous as Joe Biden, don't you?
My dad, was impoverished. He grew up in a 2 room log cabin in southwestern Virginia. Hand scrubbing clothes. No running water. Packing holes in the wall with mud to keep out the winter cold. The whole nine yards. I exaggerate not one bit here.
Who the hell lives like that in America today? Starving?! Get an ffing grip, dude. The number one health problem among America's so-called poor population is FRIGGIN' OBESITY!!
And how many of those starving fat people can be bothered to pick up an educational book to improve their self worth? I'm related to quite a few, and I can tell you from experience that there are very few.
Go back and watch some of the promises made about the introduction of TV. We could all watch educational programming and national symphonies.
And, somehow, we are left with America's Next Person That Can Regurgitate the Latest Pop Song, Getting in Pretend Fights While Repossessing Cars, and Ice Road Truckers in the Himalayas.
I don't think this "work for their own self-fulfillment" will work out like you think it will.
The first step the government could take is to tax everything an employer gives to an employee equally.
Right now, my employer has to be very careful about adding another person to the payroll. It means many thousands of dollars per year in health insurance costs. They don't get that hit if they work me 60hrs/week, instead of hiring someone else and working us each 30hrs/week. The two at 30 would give them the benefit of redundancy, and they wouldn't have worn out employees. But those considerations pale in comparison to the fixed overhead costs.
Nit pick: You've actually got that backwards. The airline pilot's job is actually easier. So much so that most of the flying is automated already, and except for gusty days, the automation can make a better landing than most pilots.
Flying requires paying strict attention to keeping the airplane within narrow parameters. Something people are generally bad at (we all have a bit of adhd in us), but computers excel. Stick the numbers, and you will grease the landing. Driving a taxi is an exercise in dealing with a constant barrage of ambiguous signals (does that person want a ride, or to cross the street? Hell, for that matter, is it a person or a billboard?)
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What a tired, worn out argument. How about we tax the benefits like medical insurance that companies provide, so that they would not have a disencentive to hire two part time workers instead of one time and a half worker?
As well they should, for wasting money on a useless system. What sort of catastrophy would affect the entirety of continental US that would also leave any of us alive? The only message that would make any sense would be, "Please put you head between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye." The only way this could be used in reality is a way to further scare the sheeple into obeyance.
"Most workplaces build a system to evaluate worker performance, provide feedback that yields information employees can use to improve, and then hold employees accountable for results."
Bullshit.
Most workplaces build a system that gives the facade of evaluating worker performance, with the intent of providing a claim of unbiased reviews for legal defense against discrimination lawsuits. Every single one I've ever encountered boils down to stating a managers opinion using an official scale. They generally revolve around collecting reviews from co-workers that are scientifically combined in a witch's brew during the secret conclave of managers, and the employee's rating is spit out the other end.
Last year, the manager's secret conclave was held before the co-worker reviews were even collected. I got a low rating for having a "self effacing sense of humor" (The dumb asses were actually fool enough to write that in the report.)
As always, and as it is with teachers, reviews always boil down to popularity contests.
Before I can deny it, you have to define it. Once you do define it, I may still not agree that it is a problem. My neighbors complain that I only cut my grass twice a month in the summer. They say it is a problem. I say it isn't. They need to come up with something a little more substantial than "I don't like the way it looks" for me to be concerned.
The most substantial issue that warmist claim is that weather patterns will change, displacing populations. My answer to that is, "Sounds like life to me." Greenland was once GREEN, and that was after the Vikings had to invade France to feed themselves.
You may want to reconsider what you just said. The department of education just issued another round of grants totaling over $500 million to community colleges for targeted training and workforce development.
So, what would happen, instead of the Federal politicians collecting taxes from you and sending it to their cronies, your state politicians collected it and sent it to THEIR cronies.
Maybe, the state cronies would be more likely to live closer to you and actually give you a job. Maybe, the state politicians would have a better insight into what was needed and wanted in the state, because, I don't know, THEY LIVED THERE!!
Nice straw man you built there. To bad you have to beat the stuffing out of it like that.
Have you considered that there are libertarians that understand the need for a Federal government (interstate roads are a responsibility of the Feds, and for good reason), but they also understand that there needs to be restraint on the scope of the central government due to consolidation of power. There is also a need for state and local governments, each with limited and controlled powers. If you think pushing control back down toward the people is crazy, you just need to get out more.
> "I imagine the States that are threatened by those things are more than capable of paying for the warning systems out of their own budgets."
So, you're advocating the usual "pay for it out of State tax dollars not Federal tax dollars", and then pretend this is any better for taxpayers?
Do you think there would be the "bridges to nowhere" scandals if it weren't for the incentive of using other people's money to build them? Alaska and Michigan would say, "Hell no! Nobody lives there!!" if those funds had to come out of their own budgets. This same dynamic is at work all over the country, and is best fix by making the people most responsible the most affected.
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But the government didn't create "The Internet" as we know it today. It provided the money to some researchers to create a resilient network for military purposes. It was the private sector that glob onto and made the network viable, and then expanded it to what we now know it for.
Only an extremely small percenta of the packets ever transferred across the Internet touched a government router. Well, that is if you exclude the illegal and unconstitutional wiretaps.
Why does it matter? My sons will still leave all the lights in the house on when they leave for school, then say, "There goes Dad, again. Complaining about the $400 light bill."
but you don't have to cool it all. Right now, if the growth stopped it would be in stasis (I believe that is a tautology.) All you have to account for is the growth. The article states that as 1m^3/sec. Cooling that much material could feasibly be done on an industrial scale.
The drilled holes could also provide pressure data to allow controlled release of the pressure, so that an explosion would never occur.
In the 70's a family had "made it" if they could get a 1200ft^2 home. If you don't live in more than 2,000 today, some act as if you're a loser.
In the 70's the family had a car. Now everybody of driving age is expected to have one.
I could have a 10 hour workweek, if I lived like someone from the 70's.
Starving? Impoverished? You know you sound as ridiculous as Joe Biden, don't you?
My dad, was impoverished. He grew up in a 2 room log cabin in southwestern Virginia. Hand scrubbing clothes. No running water. Packing holes in the wall with mud to keep out the winter cold. The whole nine yards. I exaggerate not one bit here.
Who the hell lives like that in America today? Starving?! Get an ffing grip, dude. The number one health problem among America's so-called poor population is FRIGGIN' OBESITY!!
And how many of those starving fat people can be bothered to pick up an educational book to improve their self worth? I'm related to quite a few, and I can tell you from experience that there are very few.
Go back and watch some of the promises made about the introduction of TV. We could all watch educational programming and national symphonies.
And, somehow, we are left with America's Next Person That Can Regurgitate the Latest Pop Song, Getting in Pretend Fights While Repossessing Cars, and Ice Road Truckers in the Himalayas.
I don't think this "work for their own self-fulfillment" will work out like you think it will.
The first step the government could take is to tax everything an employer gives to an employee equally.
Right now, my employer has to be very careful about adding another person to the payroll. It means many thousands of dollars per year in health insurance costs. They don't get that hit if they work me 60hrs/week, instead of hiring someone else and working us each 30hrs/week. The two at 30 would give them the benefit of redundancy, and they wouldn't have worn out employees. But those considerations pale in comparison to the fixed overhead costs.
And also....as far as automation replacing lawyers....Legal Zoom dot com.
Nit pick: You've actually got that backwards. The airline pilot's job is actually easier. So much so that most of the flying is automated already, and except for gusty days, the automation can make a better landing than most pilots.
Flying requires paying strict attention to keeping the airplane within narrow parameters. Something people are generally bad at (we all have a bit of adhd in us), but computers excel. Stick the numbers, and you will grease the landing. Driving a taxi is an exercise in dealing with a constant barrage of ambiguous signals (does that person want a ride, or to cross the street? Hell, for that matter, is it a person or a billboard?)
What a tired, worn out argument. How about we tax the benefits like medical insurance that companies provide, so that they would not have a disencentive to hire two part time workers instead of one time and a half worker?
But, who are you going to get to buy your $5 tomatoes?
As well they should, for wasting money on a useless system. What sort of catastrophy would affect the entirety of continental US that would also leave any of us alive? The only message that would make any sense would be, "Please put you head between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye." The only way this could be used in reality is a way to further scare the sheeple into obeyance.
According to my wife, yes.
"Most workplaces build a system to evaluate worker performance, provide feedback that yields information employees can use to improve, and then hold employees accountable for results."
Bullshit.
Most workplaces build a system that gives the facade of evaluating worker performance, with the intent of providing a claim of unbiased reviews for legal defense against discrimination lawsuits. Every single one I've ever encountered boils down to stating a managers opinion using an official scale. They generally revolve around collecting reviews from co-workers that are scientifically combined in a witch's brew during the secret conclave of managers, and the employee's rating is spit out the other end.
Last year, the manager's secret conclave was held before the co-worker reviews were even collected. I got a low rating for having a "self effacing sense of humor" (The dumb asses were actually fool enough to write that in the report.)
As always, and as it is with teachers, reviews always boil down to popularity contests.
STOP DENYING THE PROBLEM
Before I can deny it, you have to define it. Once you do define it, I may still not agree that it is a problem. My neighbors complain that I only cut my grass twice a month in the summer. They say it is a problem. I say it isn't. They need to come up with something a little more substantial than "I don't like the way it looks" for me to be concerned.
The most substantial issue that warmist claim is that weather patterns will change, displacing populations. My answer to that is, "Sounds like life to me." Greenland was once GREEN, and that was after the Vikings had to invade France to feed themselves.
What did Clinton and Obama do to stop prosecution of marijuana? Left wingers are immune to reality.
Yes. We've had mega corporations since the East India Company. Obviously the Dept. of Ed. hasn't done much for education.
So you're posting from Wall Street where everyone is proclaiming that bringing down capitalism is now a "reasonable" protest.
I heard he thought about it, but is afraid you'll try to run someday, and doesn't want to make you look like a copy cat.
You may want to reconsider what you just said. The department of education just issued another round of grants totaling over $500 million to community colleges for targeted training and workforce development.
So, what would happen, instead of the Federal politicians collecting taxes from you and sending it to their cronies, your state politicians collected it and sent it to THEIR cronies.
Maybe, the state cronies would be more likely to live closer to you and actually give you a job. Maybe, the state politicians would have a better insight into what was needed and wanted in the state, because, I don't know, THEY LIVED THERE!!
Nice straw man you built there. To bad you have to beat the stuffing out of it like that.
Have you considered that there are libertarians that understand the need for a Federal government (interstate roads are a responsibility of the Feds, and for good reason), but they also understand that there needs to be restraint on the scope of the central government due to consolidation of power. There is also a need for state and local governments, each with limited and controlled powers. If you think pushing control back down toward the people is crazy, you just need to get out more.
> "I imagine the States that are threatened by those things are more than capable of paying for the warning systems out of their own budgets."
So, you're advocating the usual "pay for it out of State tax dollars not Federal tax dollars", and then pretend this is any better for taxpayers?
Do you think there would be the "bridges to nowhere" scandals if it weren't for the incentive of using other people's money to build them? Alaska and Michigan would say, "Hell no! Nobody lives there!!" if those funds had to come out of their own budgets. This same dynamic is at work all over the country, and is best fix by making the people most responsible the most affected.
And what would the talking heads do a 6pm if they can't scream for an hour that a thunderstorm is on the way?
The majority of the human population might therefore eventually live "enroute" on various stations. OK, so what?
Umm? So what? The so what is that most people travel to actually get somewhere to live and be productive.
4. It had really cool commercials for it with an awe inspiring robotic "DROID" sound