Yeah, you've got to look out for that horrible Liberal Ruling Class that controls everything despite bing in the minority of all three branches of government.
Just because the left is out of power doesn't change their understanding that they're the rightful ruling class. It's about thinking that you should rule, not about any kind of reality that people shouldn't be ruled, or that you're a minority, or that people who think they should rule are actually the least qualified to do so.
I think you'll need an amendment to manage that one.
Not so far. Spys and their handlers have been caught and prosecuted 1000s of times. The only difference is that this time the handlers are reporters at the NY Times.
...it's illegal for everyone except journalists to spread around classified information?...
And journalists are who we say they are. For example, no one at Fox News or any of the hated right-wing news outlets are true journalists. Ask Slashdot. They'll tell you that. Therefore, these pseudo-journalists can be prosecuted. Just not the NY Times.
Have we considered, perhaps, taking a more nuanced position?
I don't think it gets any more nuanced.
You just need to learn not to anger the ruling class. They're "the good people". Only greedy, evil, oil-company-funded criminal-types disagree with them.
The "press" aren't super-citizens. They are no different than anyone else. They don't get to give themselves special immunity to laws that ordinary citizens must obey.
There's no ceremony, no initiation, no certification, license, or birthright to become a member of the press. I am a member of the press for publishing this opinion just as much as a NY Times writer. We are both entitled to the same rights and protections.
To say that the press can violate laws because they're the press is to say that anyone can violate the laws. It follows that the US maintaining national security secrets is unconstitutional when that secrecy is enforced. That's silly. Therefore, the press can be prosecuted, just like anyone else.
Fairness? This is "fair" if it's true. It's "fair" if the story accurately reflects what actually happened. So what if other companies do this? This is a story about what Microsoft did. Some other story can be about what some other company does.
- Sounds like you need a last-gen console then. What's the point of a next-gen console if it won't look any better?
Blu-Ray - ditto.
- ditto
Harddrive standard - Good. Online - About time, everyone else has it.
- Microsoft = everyone?
Wireless - Same as above, and only in the more expensive model. Compatibility - Everyone else has this too.
All in all this seems like a system that you would only think is a good deal if you already have an HDTV, or plan to get one soon. And plan to get a Blu-Ray player. Even then it might be a bit of a stretch.
Yep. It sounds like this console isn't a good match for you.
The "social contract" tends to be something that's imposed on some people against their will. If it's 100% voluntary, OK. Otherwise, it's just a way to justify oppression and tyrany against "them".
And, to be fair, that doesn't say anything about the total US death toll for March since it was from March 22.
Congrats to NPR for not being as biased as other news outlets that completely hid this information from their audience. One paragraph is much better than nothing.
This is the way theft and oppression are justified to "intellectuals". Hate is the way it's justified to everyone else.
If you can think of a way to "increase equality" that doesn't involve stealing from people and forcing them to do things against their will, then I'm all for it. If you can't, then equality is not a worthy goal because it's inseperable from the evil tactics used to achieve it.
which news organization did a better job of informing its listeners?
It depends on if you think "better" is when people are selectively informed or not informed depending on whether the news helps your political cause.
Did NPR report that US deaths in Iraq hit a 2-year low in March? Or did they report there was a "civil war" in Iraq? One of those is factually true, the other is not. Which of them makes one "better" informed? I guess it's a matter of opinion.
Hating Walmart is one of the core beliefs of the left. I can imagine if any other group became the target of a cynical hate campaign, they'd want to try to counter that too. I hope they succeed. Wikipedia's NPOV policy doesn't really seem compatible with hatemongering, so they probably should.
Because $10000 per child per year isn't enough. Because dumping bucketloads of money on schools has such a tremendous track record of success. Do it for the children (who actually won't be getting the money because it'll go to higher salaries for people who already work at the schools).
AM-Stereo and quadraphonic sound (and SACD and DVD-audio) are gimmicks. DAT and other digital tape formats offered no value to people and they were a step back in usability from CDs (who wants to rewind a tape?). It wasn't primarily a format war problem.
High capacity optical drives solve several real problems. Some large capacity optical format will win. What's the alternative? LTO tapes?
Downloading 10GB isn't really a problem anymore either, as long as it is cached at the ISP.
While we're using our imagination, why not "as long as it's cached on my LAN"?
You seem to be living in a world of the future where people have 100 MB/s internet bandwidth and 1-5 TB disk arrays in their house and they use it all for watching Lost episodes.
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They're (Gonzales et al) not protecting secrets like troop movements...
Yes they are.
Yeah, you've got to look out for that horrible Liberal Ruling Class that controls everything despite bing in the minority of all three branches of government.
Just because the left is out of power doesn't change their understanding that they're the rightful ruling class. It's about thinking that you should rule, not about any kind of reality that people shouldn't be ruled, or that you're a minority, or that people who think they should rule are actually the least qualified to do so.
I think you'll need an amendment to manage that one.
Not so far. Spys and their handlers have been caught and prosecuted 1000s of times. The only difference is that this time the handlers are reporters at the NY Times.
You must have freedom of press...
We have it. Their freedom does not exceed mine. That was the point.
...it's illegal for everyone except journalists to spread around classified information? ...
And journalists are who we say they are. For example, no one at Fox News or any of the hated right-wing news outlets are true journalists. Ask Slashdot. They'll tell you that. Therefore, these pseudo-journalists can be prosecuted. Just not the NY Times.
Have we considered, perhaps, taking a more nuanced position?
I don't think it gets any more nuanced.
You just need to learn not to anger the ruling class. They're "the good people". Only greedy, evil, oil-company-funded criminal-types disagree with them.
The "press" aren't super-citizens. They are no different than anyone else. They don't get to give themselves special immunity to laws that ordinary citizens must obey.
There's no ceremony, no initiation, no certification, license, or birthright to become a member of the press. I am a member of the press for publishing this opinion just as much as a NY Times writer. We are both entitled to the same rights and protections.
To say that the press can violate laws because they're the press is to say that anyone can violate the laws. It follows that the US maintaining national security secrets is unconstitutional when that secrecy is enforced. That's silly. Therefore, the press can be prosecuted, just like anyone else.
Fairness? This is "fair" if it's true. It's "fair" if the story accurately reflects what actually happened. So what if other companies do this? This is a story about what Microsoft did. Some other story can be about what some other company does.
...and I'm not spending $500 for a movie player AND having to re-buy my movie collection.
It's not Sony's fault you failed to think ahead when you bought your movies.
For me personally...
HD - Couldn't care less.
- Sounds like you need a last-gen console then. What's the point of a next-gen console if it won't look any better?
Blu-Ray - ditto.
- ditto
Harddrive standard - Good.
Online - About time, everyone else has it.
- Microsoft = everyone?
Wireless - Same as above, and only in the more expensive model.
Compatibility - Everyone else has this too.
All in all this seems like a system that you would only think is a good deal if you already have an HDTV, or plan to get one soon. And plan to get a Blu-Ray player. Even then it might be a bit of a stretch.
Yep. It sounds like this console isn't a good match for you.
Isn't it enough that MySpace helped avert a school shooting recently? How many school shootings has the MA Attorney General helped avert?
I notice that in my version of Firefox the search box defaults to Google
- Google doesn't make firefox
- Google isn't a monopoly
- Firefox isn't a monopoly
Your comment is irrelevant. I hear that Adobe Premier doesn't let you search on Alta-Vista too.
The "social contract" tends to be something that's imposed on some people against their will. If it's 100% voluntary, OK. Otherwise, it's just a way to justify oppression and tyrany against "them".
I actually did search.
And, to be fair, that doesn't say anything about the total US death toll for March since it was from March 22.
Congrats to NPR for not being as biased as other news outlets that completely hid this information from their audience. One paragraph is much better than nothing.
attempts to increase equality
This is the way theft and oppression are justified to "intellectuals". Hate is the way it's justified to everyone else.
If you can think of a way to "increase equality" that doesn't involve stealing from people and forcing them to do things against their will, then I'm all for it. If you can't, then equality is not a worthy goal because it's inseperable from the evil tactics used to achieve it.
60% of Fox News listeners thought the US found WMD's in Iraq, less than 20% of NPR's listeners thought the same
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_
Search for May 15, 2004 in that article.
which news organization did a better job of informing its listeners?
It depends on if you think "better" is when people are selectively informed or not informed depending on whether the news helps your political cause.
Did NPR report that US deaths in Iraq hit a 2-year low in March? Or did they report there was a "civil war" in Iraq? One of those is factually true, the other is not. Which of them makes one "better" informed? I guess it's a matter of opinion.
So what are the 'core beliefs' of the right?
I think "opposition to hatemongering" is a good core belief to start with.
Hating Walmart is one of the core beliefs of the left. I can imagine if any other group became the target of a cynical hate campaign, they'd want to try to counter that too. I hope they succeed. Wikipedia's NPOV policy doesn't really seem compatible with hatemongering, so they probably should.
We don't need the FCC regulating the Internet. Not for "neutrality" or any other excuse someone can think of.
Because $10000 per child per year isn't enough. Because dumping bucketloads of money on schools has such a tremendous track record of success. Do it for the children (who actually won't be getting the money because it'll go to higher salaries for people who already work at the schools).
AM-Stereo and quadraphonic sound (and SACD and DVD-audio) are gimmicks. DAT and other digital tape formats offered no value to people and they were a step back in usability from CDs (who wants to rewind a tape?). It wasn't primarily a format war problem.
High capacity optical drives solve several real problems. Some large capacity optical format will win. What's the alternative? LTO tapes?
At this point, the first one to sell streaming with perpetual rights will win.
Fewer people have enough bandwidth to stream full HD content than have home RAID.
Downloading 10GB isn't really a problem anymore either, as long as it is cached at the ISP.
While we're using our imagination, why not "as long as it's cached on my LAN"?
You seem to be living in a world of the future where people have 100 MB/s internet bandwidth and 1-5 TB disk arrays in their house and they use it all for watching Lost episodes.
And what about when the HD player gets down to $250? It will happen for Christmas 2007.
And what's the problem with digital delivery?
10 GB + downloads are a bitch. Storing a hundred of them is no fun either.
Is this because of recent incidents in Wisconsin?
I don't want microchips in my food either, but I think this law misses the point a little.