But there are some very rich people who do, in order to maintain their lifestyle status as a billionaire or even a millionaire.
Wait a second. If machines can do all the work, then they can do all the work of maintaining the rich folks' status, so they really need not strive so hard.
It doesn't protect you from private businesses restricting your use of their services for those rights.
It's all well and good, but this laissez-faire point is undermined by the fact that government is granting monopolies or at least special privileges to those private businesses.
I am not confusing fact with axioms. All I am saying is that an axiom "Bible is true" is no better or worse than "Bible is not necessarily true" or "Bible is bullshit"
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One man's Christian ethic is that women should
stay at home, and his pal's Christian ethic
is that negroes should stay slaves. So...
How about: Unlike the abortion providers, Blessed
Mother cannot be harmed by this information.
I consider that quality of life outside of jail
for 10 years outweighs the niceties of having
the dough afterwards.
Well, if you're honest about that, than we
just have different views as to our lives and
money... What can I say..
Hold it, cowboy. "Just 10 years in jail"?
Would *you* like to do it, if they promised
you'll have WorldCom's chiefs' money at the
end? I wouldn't...
Whoops, we only need the next one.
A momentary lapse of sanity and some memory
loss...
I can see it now. When the George Bush after the
next one (that'd be the IV) occupies the White
House, a space colony will declare independence...
It would be beautiful. 2076, perhaps?
But there are some very rich people who do, in order to maintain their lifestyle status as a billionaire or even a millionaire.
Wait a second. If machines can do all the work,
then they can do all the work of maintaining
the rich folks' status, so they really need
not strive so hard.
It's all well and good, but this laissez-faire
point is undermined by the fact that government
is granting monopolies or at least special
privileges to those private businesses.
"A method for deciding who gets to run the country"?
"A method and apparatus for adding numbers,
ignoring the result and deciding who
gets to run the country."
Right, those who do give a damn, at least,
can make their voice heard easier in the
silence. Let Joe Sixpack not give a damn.
Reaganism is not called "Actorism", and
Thatcherism is not British-womanism. So
by your analogy the proper verb should
be shylock, not jew, eh
But, arguably, neither is democracy. Dust
off that Confucius, will ya
Talk about a quagmire...
The point, I think, is that it's an amendment
to US Constitution. How is it applicable to
London, again?
> YOU ARE PIRATING ILLEGAL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL
Ah, so all these copyrighted recordings
are illegal to begin with? Well, then,
pirating them is the least we could do...
The appropriate Sheckley short story comes to
mind... About the Armageddon... I forget the name...
Why don't you enlist?
...would reverse-engineering it
violate the Geneva convention?
As long as I understand in the 3.1 alpha the desktop menu is customizable, so this guy can do whatever with it :)
I am not confusing fact with axioms.
All I am saying is that an axiom "Bible is true"
is no better or worse than "Bible is not
necessarily true" or "Bible is bullshit"
It gets worse. Some are miles apart, while
others are kilometers away...
Though, wait, don't little demons answer it?
RMI, I suppose, is the Vatican improvement
(Remote Mass Invocation).
You forget that there is no rationalization
for the use of rationality itself. In the end, something must be an axiom, unquestionable.
Through JINI? Oh, wait, that's different...