Wow, I thought this day would never come. I make my money by working on cars and I (as well as the other mechanics in my shop) have always thought (while working on Fords, even newer ones) that I wished there was a Ford engineer present so I could take out some of my frustration.
I don't want to be too negative, but there is some specal ability Ford has of producing vehicles that seem to be designed to be a PITA to work on. It's as if the engineers never actually think about the fact that parts need to be replaced occasionally. And this is not just worst case scenarios here, I mean regular maintenance too. Admittedly for many years now the quality of Fords products has drastically increased, but they is the only cars I've ever worked on that seem to have been specifically designed to be difficult to work on.
Did you also read the definition of Republic (as in for-which-it-stands)?
Did you? Republic simply means that representatives of the people make decisions instead of the people making those decisions themselves, as would happen in a direct democracy. A representative democracy (as in the US), means that the people directly elect the representatives that represent them.
The minority rights issue comes from the existance of such a clause (or structure) in the constitution, it is not inherent in either a republic or a direct democracy, though it may be present in either one. The US Congress is perfectly capable of passing laws which enslave the minority, but the court system is there to recognize them as unconstitutional and render them ineffectual.
I learned to type quickly on an IBM PC Convertible, which had a quite small keyboard. Consequently, I could only really use one hand at a time (or at least I only did use one hand at a time). So I still type fastest using only one hand. I can type with either one, though the right hand is a bit faster. I'm sure everyone can think of some time when this style of typing would be useful!
I still prefer small keyboards because of that, too. I got myself an iMac (I think, anyways) keyboard because everything is jammed into a pretty tight space.
Firstly, nobody is asked to pay taxes, people are forced at gunpoint (or threat of imprisonment) to pay taxes.
I agree with you, though. My school spends a greatly disproportionate amount of money on the sports teams. Many of the academic programs are underfunded, while the few hundred people on the sports teams get a large chunk of the school's money.
The argument used is that the sports teams bring money into the school through game tickets, but the fact that the stadium/arenas get torn down and rebuilt every few years means that they cost much more money than they bring in. It's sad to see nice academic programs getting dropped due to lack of funding while the basketball team gets a new arena, again.
I suppose so. I've dropped, jumped on and even driven over some of the Nokias I've had. I've always shelled out for a decent model, and they have that solid feel that not many other phones seem to have. After trying out a Samsung phone, which was extremely disappointing, I'm back to Nokia.
Caveate: the truth used to set you free, pre-Bush/Chaney/Rumsfeld/Rice. These days, all bets are off, domestic or foreign.
My last name is Cheney, unfortunately as is the last name of the creep vice president. I am constantly annoyed by people misspelling my name, though it is somewhat understandable as it not a single syllable obvious name like Smith or Jones (or Bush). I foolishly thought that when Dick Cheney was put in office, people would begin to correctly spell my name, what with his name being in print in newspapers (and most importantly on Tee-Vee). But alas, the majority of the people I meet don't recognize that my name is the same as the VP's ("Say that again, I've never heard that before..."), and nobody can spell it correctly.
Just think of this: (and I'm assuming that you are an American) You are unable to spell the Vice President of your own country's name, despite the fact that he has been in one of the most prominent offices of this country's government for almost four years, has an English name which is only six letters long, and has been in the newspapers many times.
Personal pet peve aside, I do agree with your post.
For the contract to preclude criminal charges, that would mean that the contract would be allowing or demanding criminal activities to be performed. Any such contract is an illegal contract and is void. Just like a contract on somebody's life can't be taken to court for enforcement.
Hate to go OT for a sec, but it's my duty to correct this when it comes up.
Tallying could be done mechanically, as a barcode could accompany the printed text.
This is not such a great idea, as the barcode wont be human readable. So Joe Voter verifies that his ballot says he voted for Les Seroftwoevils, but the barcode says he voted for Satanhim Self.
He thinks the ballot reads correctly, but that's because he doesn't read barcode. Optical scanning of the human readable text would be better, but you still can't guarantee that the machine doing the recount hasn't been tampered with.
Human vote counting is actually very fast. The current implementation has problems, but returning results in a timely manner is not one of them. We don't need to spend so much effort fixing a problem that isn't.
Ahh, see I live in a small city in the US with 3 universities. We students overtook all of downtown with out bikes and feet. Driving anywhere near the center of town is nerve racking. Bikes and pedestrians everywhere. It's wonderful.
I use gpg in Evolution to clearsign messages. A few of my Windows packing friends and family have expressed an interest in using encryption in their email. Not having a Windows system at my disposal, I haven't found any good drop-in PGP (or gpg) plugin for Outlook Express or Mozilla Mail. Of course, I haven't spent a hell of a lot of time looking.
Yeah, yeah... I should tell them to ditch OE, but doing that implies that I'll be their tech support until the end of time (and I have a problem saying no).
Anyone found a good solution? It should look good and require little interaction. I think Evolution's support of gpg is fantastic.
Until the Ballot Act of 1874, when secret ballots were implemented in Ireland, it was common for tenants who could vote to be coerced by the landlords. If you don't vote the way he wants, and he is watching, then you are evicted. After the Ballot Act was passed, the MPs that were elected began to be more tenant friendly.
Secret ballots are necessary. A transparent voting system under supervision of all interested parties with the option for recount is best in preventing large scale fraud.
How do you know that people count the paper vote that you double check rather than throwing it out and making up another one?
Because votes are counted under the scrutiny of members of each represented party. For every party on the ballot, a rep of that party is watching the count. That's the beauty of the paper ballot system: the loser is satisfied with the fact that they lost. That is a huge problem with computerized ballots, the process isn't transparent to everyone involved. If party A can't see how the votes are tabulated, do you think they're going to be happy when the machine spits out that party B won? Of course not.
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I don't want to be too negative, but there is some specal ability Ford has of producing vehicles that seem to be designed to be a PITA to work on. It's as if the engineers never actually think about the fact that parts need to be replaced occasionally. And this is not just worst case scenarios here, I mean regular maintenance too. Admittedly for many years now the quality of Fords products has drastically increased, but they is the only cars I've ever worked on that seem to have been specifically designed to be difficult to work on.
Don't forget Pauly Shore and Tom Arnold!
Did you? Republic simply means that representatives of the people make decisions instead of the people making those decisions themselves, as would happen in a direct democracy. A representative democracy (as in the US), means that the people directly elect the representatives that represent them.
The minority rights issue comes from the existance of such a clause (or structure) in the constitution, it is not inherent in either a republic or a direct democracy, though it may be present in either one. The US Congress is perfectly capable of passing laws which enslave the minority, but the court system is there to recognize them as unconstitutional and render them ineffectual.
I still prefer small keyboards because of that, too. I got myself an iMac (I think, anyways) keyboard because everything is jammed into a pretty tight space.
Thanks for the confidence. I'll do that.
I agree with you, though. My school spends a greatly disproportionate amount of money on the sports teams. Many of the academic programs are underfunded, while the few hundred people on the sports teams get a large chunk of the school's money.
The argument used is that the sports teams bring money into the school through game tickets, but the fact that the stadium/arenas get torn down and rebuilt every few years means that they cost much more money than they bring in. It's sad to see nice academic programs getting dropped due to lack of funding while the basketball team gets a new arena, again.
I don't really understand this... Why would you throw a wrapper out the window?
My last name is Cheney, unfortunately as is the last name of the creep vice president. I am constantly annoyed by people misspelling my name, though it is somewhat understandable as it not a single syllable obvious name like Smith or Jones (or Bush). I foolishly thought that when Dick Cheney was put in office, people would begin to correctly spell my name, what with his name being in print in newspapers (and most importantly on Tee-Vee). But alas, the majority of the people I meet don't recognize that my name is the same as the VP's ("Say that again, I've never heard that before..."), and nobody can spell it correctly.
Just think of this: (and I'm assuming that you are an American) You are unable to spell the Vice President of your own country's name, despite the fact that he has been in one of the most prominent offices of this country's government for almost four years, has an English name which is only six letters long, and has been in the newspapers many times.
Personal pet peve aside, I do agree with your post.
Damn, that's good.
Right on brother (or sister), I just got done doing that (10 days ago) while working and going to school. Quite the exhausting experience.
For the contract to preclude criminal charges, that would mean that the contract would be allowing or demanding criminal activities to be performed. Any such contract is an illegal contract and is void. Just like a contract on somebody's life can't be taken to court for enforcement.
This is not such a great idea, as the barcode wont be human readable. So Joe Voter verifies that his ballot says he voted for Les Seroftwoevils, but the barcode says he voted for Satanhim Self.
He thinks the ballot reads correctly, but that's because he doesn't read barcode. Optical scanning of the human readable text would be better, but you still can't guarantee that the machine doing the recount hasn't been tampered with.
Human vote counting is actually very fast. The current implementation has problems, but returning results in a timely manner is not one of them. We don't need to spend so much effort fixing a problem that isn't.
That's so stupid, but I actually laughed. Ugh.
Ahh, see I live in a small city in the US with 3 universities. We students overtook all of downtown with out bikes and feet. Driving anywhere near the center of town is nerve racking. Bikes and pedestrians everywhere. It's wonderful.
Which continent of America?
Ahhh.. The age old "it couldn't happen here" line.
I use gpg in Evolution to clearsign messages. A few of my Windows packing friends and family have expressed an interest in using encryption in their email. Not having a Windows system at my disposal, I haven't found any good drop-in PGP (or gpg) plugin for Outlook Express or Mozilla Mail. Of course, I haven't spent a hell of a lot of time looking.
Yeah, yeah... I should tell them to ditch OE, but doing that implies that I'll be their tech support until the end of time (and I have a problem saying no).
Anyone found a good solution? It should look good and require little interaction. I think Evolution's support of gpg is fantastic.
Secret ballots are necessary. A transparent voting system under supervision of all interested parties with the option for recount is best in preventing large scale fraud.
Your post seems to imply that you've actually tried to make it talk...
Because votes are counted under the scrutiny of members of each represented party. For every party on the ballot, a rep of that party is watching the count. That's the beauty of the paper ballot system: the loser is satisfied with the fact that they lost. That is a huge problem with computerized ballots, the process isn't transparent to everyone involved. If party A can't see how the votes are tabulated, do you think they're going to be happy when the machine spits out that party B won? Of course not.
Yeah, good luck! I've been through that funhouse and I'm not going back.
And, of course, the lack of a cord.
Sorry, I'm in a bit of a smart ass mood this morn...
Or you could just use the all of the mice together in /dev/input/mice. Add mice as you will...
When speaking of good handwriting recognition, I think the fact that a camera is included should take back seat to the fact that say...
there are 5 pens included!