If you're so certain sending humans into a spacewalk would be a waste, than enlighten me: What happens when a bolt is 1/16" out of alignment, and the robot locks up? After a reboot, it STILL won't be able to COPE with the UNEXPECTED.
THAT'S why sending people into space to actually DO things is SO DAMN IMPORTANT. Now, the question is: "Why do we keep sending 40 year old PHD's and NOT 20 year old Construction Workers?"
Not so clear... We've got a legacy application and adding a char or two to the VIN field means dumping the table to a text file, making the change to the table structure, and then reloading it.
Oh, 20 locations in NY * 250,000 records... NOT something I want to do...
I assume that by "We had the same problems with drug dealers and cellphones", you don't support Free Market Economics, but instead believe in using "Law Enforcement Officers" to provide price supports?
"As a marketer, with a license to conduct business, you have the PRIVILEDGE to send out advertisments, as long as the advertisments are in good faith, and overall, benefit the public. As a PERSON, I have the RIGHT to demand for revocation of your business license and Judicial Dissolution of your company, should you not behave.
It's an abnormal request - a student doesn't have an obvious need for information about the tunnels at his school.
The conflict with Freedom is highlighted by the question arising from your comment, "Who decides what is 'Normal' and 'Obvious'"?
The catagorization of things into "Normal" or "Obvious" has traditionally been the responsibility of an empanelled Grand Jury. Who determine if the facts of an alleged criminal case require prosecution.
With all the recent (unConstitutional Back Door) Legislation that's gone on recently, the duty of a bunch of your peers is being delegated (unlawfully, btw) to a bunch of Law Enforcement Officers. (and also outsourced to a bunch of Unsworn companies without the same responsibilities and duties of sworn folk, but that's Another Problem.)
Now, in a Free Country, you don't need to justify your actions, or worry about being investigated by the Bundespolizei without committing a crime. That's what Freedom is! We shouldn't be playing such games as "Guess the Intent". Investigations happen AFTER Crimes Occur.
It's crazy to even think about replying "How about an interest in Civil Engineering, or Architecture, or Industrial Design, or maybe he's just a dork who likes looking at Infrastructure?"
I've identified the issue really to be a conflict b/t two groups.
a) Scared People, who believe The Government Can Save Them.
and
b) Confident People, who watch out for Them and Theirs.
No one said there weren't fatal risks associated with living. You may get into a fatal car crash, a fatal fall, or the proverbial "get hit by a bus".
Seems to me, that those saying "We need to DO SOMETHING" should go buy a gun, and be ready to take down a Terrorist, should they need to.
And I'm getting really tired of paying for your Securfare. (as in Welfare)...
1. Assume a comfortable posture lying on your back or sitting. If your are sitting, keep the spine straight, and let your shoulders drop.
2. Close your eyes if it feels comfortable.
3. Bring your attention to your belly, feeling it rise or expand gently on the inbreath and fall or reced on the outbreath.
4. Keep the focus on your breathing, Being with each inbreath for its full duration and with each outbreath for its full duration, as if you were riding the waves of your own breathing
5. Every time you notice that you mind has wandered off the breath, notice what is was that took you away, and then gently bring your attention back to your belly and the feeling of the breath coming in and out.
More importantly, a CORPORATION has an absolute duty to act in Good Faith.
Acting in Bad Faith, violates their charter, and in a better world than this one, would cause a Judge to dissolve to corporation, and liquidate it's assets...
You wanna Incorporate under Our Laws, you obey us.
Isn't that a perfect description of The World As It Exists? It's not what all those needing a Nanny would like, but it is reality.
There's NOTHING preventing ANYONE from just ending your life. The Man *promises* to *try* to get justice for your death, but shit, what do you think THOSE odds are?
Is there any party who has suffered a demonstrable injury from tossing in the dynamite? If not, than there's nothing wrong with it.
Maybe that wasn't the point, though...
Then you bring in this 'argument from adverse consequences' (putting pressure on the decision maker by pointing out dire consequences of an "unfavourable" decision). about shooting people.
Focus, Please.
Let's say you OWN a car, it's YOURS. YOU CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THE CORRECT PAPERWORK.
You have the RIGHT to do with it as you will.
Isn't *that* what FREEDOM *is*? Being able to do WHAT YOU WANT, with your shit?
Now, I suspect you're going to say, "The State Owns The Roads"
Betcha a dollar "The State" can't prove it. And some piddly ass A.D.A. CERTAINLY CANNOT PRODUCE THE PAPERWORK. (much less actually prove the existance of his "client", and a real "attorney/client" relationship with them...)
The problem is that most people don't know the difference between a LAW, Statute, Regulation, and Wish.
Driving a car over the speed limit is a violation of a REGULATION which, by signing your Driver's License Application, YOU AGREED TO.
Doing Drugs is not a crime. Crimes (in the traditional sense) REQUIRE an INJURED PARTY. If there's NO INJURED PARTY, THERE'S NO CRIME. (and don't give me that, well "Society" is harmed UNLESS you want to admit being a Socialist.
And Indecent Exposure, again, without an INJURED PARTY WITH STANDING BEFORE THE COURT, THERE IS NO CRIME.
"If a prosecutor doesn't know his job, and you don't call BULLSHIT, you deserve what you get..."
I have to comment on your defense of Corporations.
Seems that your understanding of the difference between a Citizen and a Corporation, and why the differences are important is kinda weak..
FACT #1: Corporations are ARTIFICIAL LEGAL CREATIONS. As such, they do NOT have the rights of Citizens, they merely enjoy benefits GRANTED by The People (via the Legislature, of course).
FACT #2: When applying to the State for Incorporation, they PROMISE (as a condition of their very existance) to act in good faith and to abide by all of our rules.
So it's more like:
"Who the fuck to you think you ARE"? "KNEEL BEFORE YOUR LORD ELSE FACE JUDICIAL DISSOLUTION, 'Corporation'!", he spat contemptuously.
Some Anti-Corporate types just want them to remember their place. They ain't people. Stop treating them like they are.
For the most part, Yeah, Corporations ARE Pretty Much Evil.
Consider that a Corporation is an ARTIFICIAL CREATION. They are endowed by their Creator, (The People, via The State) with alienable priviledges. Since it is The People who allow the formation of a Corporation, any Corporation is obviously subordinate to any Natural Person.
A Corporation (despite some very sloppy legal reasoning based on pretty common false beliefs) doesn't have "Rights". Only actual "People" get "Rights". Corporations have Priviledges. Which can be, and are regulated.
Explicit requirements of being permitted to Incorporate and enjoy those privledges, are that the Corporation always act:
a) in good faith;
and
b) in the public interest.
A Corporation AGREES to "Go By All The Rules" when they they apply for incorporation to the Secretary of State's Office.
A Corporation is Evil if they ignore the duties required of them as a condition of Incorporating.
When a Corporation acts in Bad Faith, or Against the Public Interest, their Charter *should* be instantly revoked, and their assets liquidated.
(p.s.: Being Artificial, and not having the vote, Corporations don't have any voice in politics, right?)
Just a comment or two on this letter. If President A.W.O.L. was training SOOO hard at national air-defense while protecting us from a swarm of nuclear bombers crossing the Mexican border, why didn't he bother to apply any of it to DOING HIS FUCKING JOB AS PRESIDENT.
Why was U.S. Airspace so easily penetrated and used by hijackers. We have systems in place to prevent hijacking, deal with hijacking, and protect our airspace.
Why, during President A.W.O.L.'s watch, did EVERYTHING fail so horribly? Seems like he knows NOTHING about air-defense, national defense, OR actually protecting the homeland.
It's more evidence he shirked his duties, and did NOT serve with Honor.
That being said, maybe the Air National Guard should worry more about GUARDING THE NATIONS AIR.
This preoccupation with hyping how they "were the pathfinders in showing that the Guard and Reserves could become reliable members of the first team in the total force, so proudly evidenced today in Afghanistan and Iraq" GOT THEM TO DROP THE BALL ON 9/11. The Air National Guard, DIDN'T.
They AREN'T DOING THEIR JOB HERE! Why would I care for them to join "The Big Boys?" Failures, Failures, and More Failures, and they're off shooting up other countries.
Why didn't the Air National Guard fucking get off the ground, do their DUTY, DEFEND OUR HOMELAND on 9/11?
Case law has shown us many times that the Police have NO responsibility to protect YOU. In fact, if a Policeman makes a mistake, and KILLS YOU, often he will face no censure. [ Pick a hot-button-Cops-Kill-Innocent case to support argument here ]
Since that's the case, the Police have no DUTY to protect you, and you can't compell them to in any way, this "Contract" you speak of does not pass the FIRST test of contractual validity, namely, an exchange of benefits and responsibilities between the parties, which can be enforced.
You may believe you have exchanged the right to exact punishment for the protection of the State, but the policeman doesn't think that way. You're background noise.
Then you suggest that if I don't subscribe to your (Obviously Flawed) "Social Contract" theory I should consider moving.
Well, buddy, I was BORN HERE in New York. You got a problem with NEW YORK's Constitiution? IT doesn't seem to mention any of this crap you're talking about. In fact it exhorts us to EXPEL CIVIL TYRRANY
[Art. XXXVIII. And whereas we are required, by the benevolent principles of rational liberty, not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard against that spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind,...]
We Citizens limit what our governments may do, because we know that they are filled with people JUST LIKE US, and as such, should not be trusted.
Oh yeah, and WTF does your close mean?
"Have fun, and please let the constitution hit you on the way out!"
I think that those who believe the "America: Love it or Leave it!" thing, aren't ready to admit to themselves that it's more like "America: Fucked by BOTH Political Parties AND Every Corporation with Enough Scratch To Attend The Rally"
Let me close this rant by saying: "If your Party is MORE IMPORTANT than YOUR NATION, You MIGHT be involved in a Conspiracy to Commit Treason..." / rant >
The point of that, is that when you signed your driver's license and vehicle registration applications, you AGREED to obey their RULES about operating Motor Vehicles (and showing paperwork about the car, and your license... )
Most fucking-idiots don't know the difference between rules THEY agree to, and Laws enacted by Acts of the Legislature. And, of course, they're trained to behave.
Cars are the premier situation where civil, administrative rules are abused to facilitate fishing expeditions to collect criminal charges.
BTW, Abusing the rules like this is, to me, clear evidence of bad faith in the performance of their SWORN duties. Once someone forsakes their Oath, they have no Honor, and should be treated with EXTREME CAUTION.
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If you're so certain sending humans into a spacewalk would be a waste, than enlighten me: What happens when a bolt is 1/16" out of alignment, and the robot locks up? After a reboot, it STILL won't be able to COPE with the UNEXPECTED.
THAT'S why sending people into space to actually DO things is SO DAMN IMPORTANT. Now, the question is: "Why do we keep sending 40 year old PHD's and NOT 20 year old Construction Workers?"
How do you fix the "Out-of-State Operatives Representing A Corporation Coercing Officials to Neglect their Duties" problem?
(I'm thinking John Sweeny from New York, et. al. and the Palm Beach County Board of Elections...)
Maybe the People of Florida should rounded up their OWN Mob, to ensure their votes were counted...
Not so clear... We've got a legacy application and adding a char or two to the VIN field means dumping the table to a text file, making the change to the table structure, and then reloading it.
Oh, 20 locations in NY * 250,000 records... NOT something I want to do...
If something is NOT mentioned in the Constitution, then IT IS NOT A FEDERAL CONCERN.
Get out of the country, you just failed Civics.
I assume that by "We had the same problems with drug dealers and cellphones", you don't support Free Market Economics, but instead believe in using "Law Enforcement Officers" to provide price supports?
STOP WASTING MY MONEY DAMNIT!
A small correction,
"As a marketer, with a license to conduct business, you have the PRIVILEDGE to send out advertisments, as long as the advertisments are in good faith, and overall, benefit the public. As a PERSON, I have the RIGHT to demand for revocation of your business license and Judicial Dissolution of your company, should you not behave.
Declaration of Independance TRUMPS Constitution.
The conflict with Freedom is highlighted by the question arising from your comment, "Who decides what is 'Normal' and 'Obvious'"?
The catagorization of things into "Normal" or "Obvious" has traditionally been the responsibility of an empanelled Grand Jury. Who determine if the facts of an alleged criminal case require prosecution.
With all the recent (unConstitutional Back Door) Legislation that's gone on recently, the duty of a bunch of your peers is being delegated (unlawfully, btw) to a bunch of Law Enforcement Officers. (and also outsourced to a bunch of Unsworn companies without the same responsibilities and duties of sworn folk, but that's Another Problem.)
Now, in a Free Country, you don't need to justify your actions, or worry about being investigated by the Bundespolizei without committing a crime. That's what Freedom is! We shouldn't be playing such games as "Guess the Intent". Investigations happen AFTER Crimes Occur.
It's crazy to even think about replying "How about an interest in Civil Engineering, or Architecture, or Industrial Design, or maybe he's just a dork who likes looking at Infrastructure?"
I've identified the issue really to be a conflict b/t two groups.
a) Scared People, who believe The Government Can Save Them.
and
b) Confident People, who watch out for Them and Theirs.
No one said there weren't fatal risks associated with living. You may get into a fatal car crash, a fatal fall, or the proverbial "get hit by a bus".
Seems to me, that those saying "We need to DO SOMETHING" should go buy a gun, and be ready to take down a Terrorist, should they need to.
And I'm getting really tired of paying for your Securfare. (as in Welfare)...
A year? Probably wouldn't make it 12 episodes!
Excercise 1
1. Assume a comfortable posture lying on your back or sitting. If your are sitting, keep the spine straight, and let your shoulders drop.
2. Close your eyes if it feels comfortable.
3. Bring your attention to your belly, feeling it rise or expand gently on the inbreath and fall or reced on the outbreath.
4. Keep the focus on your breathing, Being with each inbreath for its full duration and with each outbreath for its full duration, as if you were riding the waves of your own breathing
5. Every time you notice that you mind has wandered off the breath, notice what is was that took you away, and then gently bring your attention back to your belly and the feeling of the breath coming in and out.
More importantly, a CORPORATION has an absolute duty to act in Good Faith.
Acting in Bad Faith, violates their charter, and in a better world than this one, would cause a Judge to dissolve to corporation, and liquidate it's assets...
You wanna Incorporate under Our Laws, you obey us.
One Strike and You're Out.
Hold it right there, partner! No one has the right to do "whatever you want" with *anything*.. not even your own body!
Didn't Lincoln FREE the slaves?
Or are you suggesting we are now slaves of the state,rather than free?
Isn't that a perfect description of The World As It Exists? It's not what all those needing a Nanny would like, but it is reality.
There's NOTHING preventing ANYONE from just ending your life. The Man *promises* to *try* to get justice for your death, but shit, what do you think THOSE odds are?
I guess the point of my sentance:
"Is there any party who has suffered a demonstrable injury from tossing in the dynamite? If not, than there's nothing wrong with it."
Completely missed you.
DEMONSTRABLE INJURY. If you shoot someone, you cause DEMONSTRABLE INJURY to them, That's a crime.
If there's no INJURY that can be shown, there's NO CRIME... Everything else is just The Man Fucking With You.
SOCIALISM is when the GOOD OF THE MANY outweigh the GOOD OF THE FEW. Nice enough concept, but I was born free, thanks...
What's wrong with throwing dynamite into a lake?
Is there any party who has suffered a demonstrable injury from tossing in the dynamite? If not, than there's nothing wrong with it.
Maybe that wasn't the point, though...
Then you bring in this 'argument from adverse consequences' (putting pressure on the decision maker by pointing out dire consequences of an "unfavourable" decision). about shooting people.
Focus, Please.
Let's say you OWN a car, it's YOURS. YOU CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THE CORRECT PAPERWORK.
You have the RIGHT to do with it as you will.
Isn't *that* what FREEDOM *is*? Being able to do WHAT YOU WANT, with your shit?
Now, I suspect you're going to say, "The State Owns The Roads"
Betcha a dollar "The State" can't prove it. And some piddly ass A.D.A. CERTAINLY CANNOT PRODUCE THE PAPERWORK. (much less actually prove the existance of his "client", and a real "attorney/client" relationship with them...)
The problem is that most people don't know the difference between a LAW, Statute, Regulation, and Wish.
Driving a car over the speed limit is a violation of a REGULATION which, by signing your Driver's License Application, YOU AGREED TO.
Doing Drugs is not a crime. Crimes (in the traditional sense) REQUIRE an INJURED PARTY. If there's NO INJURED PARTY, THERE'S NO CRIME. (and don't give me that, well "Society" is harmed UNLESS you want to admit being a Socialist.
And Indecent Exposure, again, without an INJURED PARTY WITH STANDING BEFORE THE COURT, THERE IS NO CRIME.
"If a prosecutor doesn't know his job, and you don't call BULLSHIT, you deserve what you get..."
What do you do when a vendor *gives* you a shitty piece of software which *must* be used, and it doesn't respect the admin-install routine?
I have to comment on your defense of Corporations.
Seems that your understanding of the difference between a Citizen and a Corporation, and why the differences are important is kinda weak..
FACT #1: Corporations are ARTIFICIAL LEGAL CREATIONS. As such, they do NOT have the rights of Citizens, they merely enjoy benefits GRANTED by The People (via the Legislature, of course).
FACT #2: When applying to the State for Incorporation, they PROMISE (as a condition of their very existance) to act in good faith and to abide by all of our rules.
So it's more like:
"Who the fuck to you think you ARE"? "KNEEL BEFORE YOUR LORD ELSE FACE JUDICIAL DISSOLUTION, 'Corporation'!", he spat contemptuously.
Some Anti-Corporate types just want them to remember their place. They ain't people. Stop treating them like they are.
Actually 19" x ( n x 1.75" ), where n is positive integer. IF it want's to play nice with the racked equipment.
Last time *I* checked, Dr. Cochrane was NOT from Earth, but from Alpha Centauri. Did they discover the particle responsible for the changing history?
For the most part, Yeah, Corporations ARE Pretty Much Evil.
Consider that a Corporation is an ARTIFICIAL CREATION. They are endowed by their Creator, (The People, via The State) with alienable priviledges. Since it is The People who allow the formation of a Corporation, any Corporation is obviously subordinate to any Natural Person.
A Corporation (despite some very sloppy legal reasoning based on pretty common false beliefs) doesn't have "Rights". Only actual "People" get "Rights". Corporations have Priviledges. Which can be, and are regulated.
Explicit requirements of being permitted to Incorporate and enjoy those privledges, are that the Corporation always act:
a) in good faith;
and
b) in the public interest.
A Corporation AGREES to "Go By All The Rules" when they they apply for incorporation to the Secretary of State's Office.
A Corporation is Evil if they ignore the duties required of them as a condition of Incorporating.
When a Corporation acts in Bad Faith, or Against the Public Interest, their Charter *should* be instantly revoked, and their assets liquidated.
(p.s.: Being Artificial, and not having the vote, Corporations don't have any voice in politics, right?)
Oh! *Maybe* THAT'S What's Wrong!
Just a comment or two on this letter. If President A.W.O.L. was training SOOO hard at national air-defense while protecting us from a swarm of nuclear bombers crossing the Mexican border, why didn't he bother to apply any of it to DOING HIS FUCKING JOB AS PRESIDENT.
Why was U.S. Airspace so easily penetrated and used by hijackers. We have systems in place to prevent hijacking, deal with hijacking, and protect our airspace.
Why, during President A.W.O.L.'s watch, did EVERYTHING fail so horribly? Seems like he knows NOTHING about air-defense, national defense, OR actually protecting the homeland.
It's more evidence he shirked his duties, and did NOT serve with Honor.
That being said, maybe the Air National Guard should worry more about GUARDING THE NATIONS AIR.
This preoccupation with hyping how they "were the pathfinders in showing that the Guard and Reserves could become reliable members of the first team in the total force, so proudly evidenced today in Afghanistan and Iraq" GOT THEM TO DROP THE BALL ON 9/11. The Air National Guard, DIDN'T.
They AREN'T DOING THEIR JOB HERE! Why would I care for them to join "The Big Boys?" Failures, Failures, and More Failures, and they're off shooting up other countries.
Why didn't the Air National Guard fucking get off the ground, do their DUTY, DEFEND OUR HOMELAND on 9/11?
"If allegiance to your Political Party is MORE important to you than your Nation, you MIGHT be involved in a Conspiracy to Commit Treason".
The Parties ARE The Problem. Stop supporting the Corporations known as "Political Parties", and see where we get.
RANT >
Case law has shown us many times that the Police have NO responsibility to protect YOU. In fact, if a Policeman makes a mistake, and KILLS YOU, often he will face no censure. [ Pick a hot-button-Cops-Kill-Innocent case to support argument here ]
Since that's the case, the Police have no DUTY to protect you, and you can't compell them to in any way, this "Contract" you speak of does not pass the FIRST test of contractual validity, namely, an exchange of benefits and responsibilities between the parties, which can be enforced.
You may believe you have exchanged the right to exact punishment for the protection of the State, but the policeman doesn't think that way. You're background noise.
Then you suggest that if I don't subscribe to your (Obviously Flawed) "Social Contract" theory I should consider moving.
Well, buddy, I was BORN HERE in New York. You got a problem with NEW YORK's Constitiution? IT doesn't seem to mention any of this crap you're talking about. In fact it exhorts us to EXPEL CIVIL TYRRANY
[Art. XXXVIII. And whereas we are required, by the benevolent principles of rational liberty, not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard against that spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind,...]
We Citizens limit what our governments may do, because we know that they are filled with people JUST LIKE US, and as such, should not be trusted.
Oh yeah, and WTF does your close mean?
"Have fun, and please let the constitution hit you on the way out!"
I think that those who believe the "America: Love it or Leave it!" thing, aren't ready to admit to themselves that it's more like "America: Fucked by BOTH Political Parties AND Every Corporation with Enough Scratch To Attend The Rally"
Let me close this rant by saying: "If your Party is MORE IMPORTANT than YOUR NATION, You MIGHT be involved in a Conspiracy to Commit Treason..."
/ rant >
The point of that, is that when you signed your driver's license and vehicle registration applications, you AGREED to obey their RULES about operating Motor Vehicles (and showing paperwork about the car, and your license... )
Most fucking-idiots don't know the difference between rules THEY agree to, and Laws enacted by Acts of the Legislature. And, of course, they're trained to behave.
Cars are the premier situation where civil, administrative rules are abused to facilitate fishing expeditions to collect criminal charges.
BTW, Abusing the rules like this is, to me, clear evidence of bad faith in the performance of their SWORN duties. Once someone forsakes their Oath, they have no Honor, and should be treated with EXTREME CAUTION.