This situation is just like law. Intent is very difficult to prove, and when it is a required element of a crime it is almost always inferred.
Murder is the intentional killing of a human with malice. Manslaughter is the intentional killing of a human without malice. Involuntary manslaughter is the completely unintentional killing of a human without malice.
If a man pulls out a gun points at someone in a crowd, and everyone tells him to stop, he debats it with the crowd but ultimately pulls the trigger, there is no question the act was intentional. he didn't tell you he truly intended to kill the victim, but his discarding of the advice of his opponents proved his intent.
Over 1.5 years, Microsoft was notified several times to change their site. They refuse to fix the site despite these notifications. Thus, there are intending to cripple Opera.
It does seem that way, as this dude obviously wants to obfuscate the issue as much as possible. I don't think he is a troll as much as a karma whore. But anyway, he DOES describe MPTP somewhat correctly, although the levo/dextro comments do not seem too legit to me.
However, the MPTP story is an interesting one. Be careful out there when you are purchasing drugs. That white power heroin may be some poorly manufactured demoral...
They're in the public domain. Just like I can sell you a copy of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter or any other public domain work, I can sell you a fully indexed searchable database of legal access.
walk into a law library someday. West is the sole publisher of nearly all case law. Some states have their own reports, but usually only for the Supreme court and sometimes appellate courts. In many states it is IMPOSSIBLE to file any kind of document in court without citing to a west citation, which IS copyrighted.
You don't know what you are talking about, and have never researched case law in your life. Go back to sleep.
West OWNS the citation system, and that is simply wrong.
I can't believe people think these caes are available outside of the Westlaw/Lexis racket. Have any of these fools stepped into a legal library? 95% of the texts are West or Lexis Publishing. Most of that 5% are little more than law school journals/reviews or antiquated publications useless today.
Most people aren't aware of the other big deal, Administrative code rulings. That shit isn't available anywhere outside of Lexis Nexis. People honestly believe legislation is all that matters. How sad they will be when they realize their are more bureaucratic regulations than laws passed by the people.
Procedural history is not as difficult to impliment as you think. Multi-dimensional databases far more complex than Westlaw or Lexis track this sort of information all the time.
And remember, one really only has to care about the courts in their jurisdiction. Its not hard to search for the citation itself. So it won't be as nice as a little pretty flag, but it won't take long to figure out if the case published in the state supreme court overturned the case, affirmed it, or just commented on it.
That is with a simple keyword search like you state. More sophisticated algoritms will take care of all that. I mean, do you really think Westlaw has people compiling their entire database? Especially of administrative code rulings? There is a high degree of automation, and it will only get better with time.
My favorite story about Soviet Russia has to do with phone numbers: It seems you could tell how high someone ranked in the party structure by their phone number; the higher you were the less digits it had. Those on the Politbureau had 3 digit numbers.
That is a great story. I have to remember that one. Thanks.
This is an ancient debate about how complex systems of society result in an unequal hierarchy. This where the tension between the Greek city state and the Roman Empire is rooted. This is why to this day we argue over which is better, the protection afforded a huge all encompassing political machine, or a localized city government.
This a major point in Plato's Republic, which seeks to find a median way.
It comes up in Gibbons Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, despite his ridiculous conclusion the decadence of the Empire caused its downfall.
Herodotus' The Histories touches on this in a very narrative fashion. The Persian Wars were about this subject long before Rome became an empire. It was a loose collection of city states versus what was then the largest empire in the world.
Of course, we have this debate today in the US and the EU. In many ways, the American desire to maintain peace throughout the world at any cost is what drove the Roman imperial machine to expand beyond the means human organization can cope.
Nietzsche discusses this at times as well.
Anyway, it IS old news. But you are 2000 years too late.
The NexGen Nx586 was the first RISC processor with a hardware based decoding unit to translate 386 instructions into its native risc instructions.
This system is still in use today, as AMD purchased NexGen in 1997.
These processors don't really "emulate" a processor, although many people thought the NexGen did since it was always recognized as a 386, even if it was far faster. One of the reasons out of order execution is so important in these processors is the fairly random X86 instructions are reordered into the most efficient RISC instructions possible.
ROTFL. Well, it so happens that I indeed *do* live there.
Then you must be a member of an upper caste completely oblivious to the horrible state of affairs in your own nation.
Ancient steam engines? Large segments of India have subway metro-rails, perhaps this would enlighten you [delhimetrorail.com]. More than 30 years ago, all of India's rail services were made 100% electric.
Perhaps there is an electric train in delhi, but definitely not in Agra. Not three years ago, I travelled on coal fired steam engine to a remote place, the name of which escapes me. The cars were relatively modern, but old, probably 30 years. The engine looked similar to coal steam engines which were in service in the US through the 1950's.
Buildings on the verge of collapse? Licenses difficult to acquire? People *make* their own vehicles? I mean, sheesh, you could have added an elephant ride with a snake charmer on top, on a street filled with tigers and a Maharaja too dude. That would have just about been right.
I cannot believe you have ever been to India, let alone are from there. My initial experience in New Delhi was utter amazement at how thoroughly backwards that city is. The taxis were ancient, when you could find one. Most of the time I had to take a rickshaw. The *majority* of the rickshaws were obviously constructed from spare parts. There were FEW actual enclosed automobiles on the streets, and they obviously belonged to the wealthy. 90% of the vehicles were rickshaws, motorcycles, mopeds, or bicycles.
You should probably look at these figures on the number of vehicles in India [osc.edu]. In 1998, we had about 40939000 vehicles. That was five years ago
Are you entirely delusional about the state of your own country? You can't even read the article you post???? Here I was thinking to myself, where can I find some proof for this nutcase on the pathetic state of transportation in India. You provided the link for me right there. According to that page, 80% of all vehicles in India have a 2 stroke engine! hahahahaha!
Of course, 40 million vehicles out of 1 billion people isn't a lot. Especially when most of those are little more than motorcycles.
My dear friend, your views are objective, obtained from some second hand sources, while I happen to live in that very country which you so colorfully describe in various shades of gray.
Yes, you tell that the hundreds of begging children I saw in my 10 days in your hell hole country.
So much for that rant on economics. Have you even studied economic theory in your life? Go read, and then you'll see for yourself how absurd your statements have been.
Oh yes, what do I know? I mean, how foolish could I have been. India is a shining example of how human society should be ordered. In India, we have the future of mankind, where all people can enjoy the infinite possibilities of existence. We have only to go there, and see the splendor of that ancient nation and the endless bounty, fruit of her people's labor.
I fear that your own arrogance in this matter is the prime example of why India is and has been fucked for the last 2000 years. Every society that has implimented a caste system does so with the result of each class becoming tremendously insular. I can think of know other explanation to the blindness you experience in your own country.
Anyway, enjoy all those beggers, the filth, and the constant odor of putrifying organic material. I will never step foot in India again as long as I live...
And its even more appalling that you have been modded up.
Just can't handle a differing opinion than your own huh? Poor baby. Do you want a bottle? Maybe a milk bone?
Get your facts straight.
Ahh, well, fortunately for me India is such a basket case there are whole organizations dedicated to erasing India's post 1948 socialist past. India has come a long way in the last ten years, but it is hardly a free society despite being a democracy. Perhaps you should go there, the untold inhumanity of India speaks for itself. The ancient steam engines, relics from Imperial Britain are typical of socialism. Buildings which are on the verge of collapse are still occupied. Few people drive cars as the licenses are difficult to acquire, so they drive home made moter vehicles (the name of which escapes me at the moment)
The Centre for Civil Society in India is a great resource for understanding how the lack of a free market is the primary cause of that nation's lack of prosperity. There are essays they from world famous economists like Milton Friedman. You may certainly disagree with those views, but to suggest my own are wildly outrageous is absurd. Only those who are most unsure of their beliefs react with the defensiveness with which you respond.
Its always funny how communist sympathizers always want to silence the opposition..
I don't see how any sane and educated person can call that "practically a communist country". Let me also tell you something. While govt's in India aren't perfect, taxes in India aren't at all anything unreasonable. In fact I paid about the same %age of tax in India as I now do in the US.
Ooooh, don't you think you are a smart cookie!
Do you really think I was talking about the superficial government structure? Even Soviet Russia was a "republic". India is socialist in that the majority of people are employed byt the government in government owned factories or as bureaucrats. That is not a free country by any means, irrespective of what they call it.
India has improved in the last ten years surely, but it is still a monolith of socialist bureauocracy, ridiculous price controls, and outrageous fascistic regulations of business. THey still utilized British infrastructure from a century ago. Apparently you have not seen the ancient rickity railroad ties and steam engines. Nor have you heard of the horrific train disasters which affect that nation on an annual basis.
Having been to New Delhi, Agra, and Kanpur I can tell you the stagnation there reaks of socialism. The only hint modernity are relics from British imperial days.
Fortunately for your ignorant self, there is an entire organization known as the Centre for Civil Society. I also linked to a nice story discussing how the current government controls in India are the reason for their oppresive poverty.
And what govt restrictions are you talking about? India is a pretty free country where you can pretty much do anything
Oh I don't know. Simple things like own your own car without bribing a public official. Maybe build a house. Or better yet, how about opening a factory, making money, and employing some people in the process?
I thought Americans had more character and value (assuming you are one) than that, having given one of the best forms of democracy to the world, and not make stupid comments calling a democratic country communist.
And I am the troll.
India is a fucked up place. Anyone who has spent a day there recognizes that fact. To suggest India is the pinnacle of human society is absurd.
Whats more surprising is that you got modded up so high. What kind of clueless souls modded you up?
The kind that have little faith in citations to MSN and Encarta. Fuck off
If Government agencies were allowed to run their own factories for essential military and space exploration equipment we wouldn't have half of the failures that we do from shoddy equipment in our military. _AND_ it would cost less (in the long run).
Here is a challange: You provide an example of one government owned factory ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD which produces superior products.
Hint: You won't. This is why even Communist china allows private business these days. Government ownership of business doesn't work. Its a fact. Its been tried. It has always failed.
Going to college can help you be knowledgeable, but it cannot make you wise. -- John Taylor Gatto
Finally, another/. reader who is familiar wtih John Taylor Gatto. The Underground History of American Education is perhaps the best book I have read which was written in the post world war II era.
This could be very unfair, how that be controlled?
Enforcing a download tax would be much like enforcing things like a liquor tax or an income tax. There IS something of an honor system in the tax code. You can choose not to pay, and they probably won't find you, but if they do you are fucked. Thats why only small businessmen and drug dealers take the risk. Someone with a large business or a visible business has too much to lose.
There are ways to indirectly find out this sort of information, but it can be done. Look at gangsters getting busted for not reporting income realized from the drug trade.
My dad worried about out-sourcing union jobs to Mexico. I worry about out-sourcing programming jobs to India. What's to stop the out-sourcing of all the other high-paying professions to low-tax areas?
You know, your first two sentences make sense.
But that lest sentence is HORRIBLY misguided. If you honestly believe taxes are at all related to businesses moving jobs oversees, you really need to catch up on modern times. India is practically a communist country, and let me tell you their taxes and government restrictions are far more oppressive than in the US. But they have lots of people. People are just like any other resource, thus the term human resource. When the supply far exceeds the demand, prices drop.
Even Adam Smith realizes this one and advocates tariffs as a result.
FYI, Nevada has in the worst fiscal shape in the whole of the US, even worse than California. And besides, jobs will never move too much to that state because its a hell hole. They would never be able to attract the talent they are looking for. Some REALLY want to eat at other restaurants besides casinos and Applebees.
Then it was the Internet. Ever since 19th century sweatshops had people reading Bible verses to their employees, management has worried about lost productivity
It wasn't until the LATE 19th century. It was really not until Pavlov that conditioning of humans seemed to be a real possibility.
This is why people are no longer free. The desire to micromanage free people like they are machines is inherently inhuman. The untold misery of modern world can be traced to that single fact.
Most of the attempts at conditioning workers to accept drudgery and to do so without any loss of efficiency is what created the modern school system. Public schools were created to solve the problem you have just presented. For the most part, they have worked. People no consider it completely normal they are not paid for a specific task, but to serve a function like a machine. Before, a farmer was paid for his produce. A mason was paid for the buildings he constructed or parts thereof. The cobbler was paid for his shoes. and so on...
Blame Andrew Carnegie and Charles Schwab (of US Steel, not his grandson of the broker fame) and their ilk. They looked upon us ignorant masses and decided to whip us into shape.
I just tried it with 6.0, and it seems to work well enough. I mean, I have seen FAR worse web sites. ATI has an awful web site for driver downloads. It is completely unusable. Any time I try to get drivers for my Radeon I have to use IE.
The point is? I see this all the time, as I have used Opera as my default browser for like 5 years. MSN's page is no worse than many, and better than some.
Here in Connecticut, SBC-SNET has 128 and 256. It costs an extra $30 a month to get 256K upstream. To go to 384, which is only available synchronously, its $150. So, if I really wanted half of what you are suggesting, I would have to go from 1500 down to 384. That sucks
I don't know what time you are living in, but if you think money is made through hard work, creativity, and personal integrity I wish I could go back with you.
The sad reality is the law itself is just another tool of enslavement and misdirection.
What is even more sad is why lawyers, accountants, and politicians obscucate outright theft with a convoluted legal system only undestood by the upper echelon, the poor will just say fuck it pull out a gun and whack some rich guy.
Why bother going to law school when you can walk down fifth avenue, have a 25% chance of finding a millionaire in 30 minutes and use some old fashion extortion to get what you want.
So, my advice to you? Be a do gooder if you wish; that is your right. But be prepared for a large number of desperate people who look at you as a ripe target. Get a gun. Hell, learn karate. Just be prepared.
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The problem with all companies once they reach a certain size is that they develope ego's twice their size & are blind to the obvious.
Hubris. Its been a human weakness for a couple thousand years. It isn't companies per se, its anything human.
It all goes back to Homer.
The Europeans either outright ignored the Wright Bros. patents, or found work arounds they could claim didn't violate them
No shit. However if the latter is true, then one must question why no American aviation company was able to work around said patents.
This situation is just like law. Intent is very difficult to prove, and when it is a required element of a crime it is almost always inferred.
Murder is the intentional killing of a human with malice. Manslaughter is the intentional killing of a human without malice. Involuntary manslaughter is the completely unintentional killing of a human without malice.
If a man pulls out a gun points at someone in a crowd, and everyone tells him to stop, he debats it with the crowd but ultimately pulls the trigger, there is no question the act was intentional. he didn't tell you he truly intended to kill the victim, but his discarding of the advice of his opponents proved his intent.
Over 1.5 years, Microsoft was notified several times to change their site. They refuse to fix the site despite these notifications. Thus, there are intending to cripple Opera.
Or heroin for that matter!
No shit. And your dick doesn't get as raw. AND you really do just not give a fuck about girls, or anything else for that matter.
Withdrawal really sucks, but at least its gone in two weeks. Unlike those child support payments. Or the alimony. or the bitch herself for matter.
Sometimes artificially induced contentment can be a good thing.
However, in many cases only dextro varieties of pharmaceuticals are active.
D-methamphetamine is used as an illicit stimulant. L-methamphetamine is used in those Vicks inhalers and is nearly inert in humans.
Dexedrine is pure dextroamphetamine, where as levoamphetamine is not even sold. It is however part of the Adderall mixture.
It does seem that way, as this dude obviously wants to obfuscate the issue as much as possible. I don't think he is a troll as much as a karma whore. But anyway, he DOES describe MPTP somewhat correctly, although the levo/dextro comments do not seem too legit to me.
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However, the MPTP story is an interesting one. Be careful out there when you are purchasing drugs. That white power heroin may be some poorly manufactured demoral...
http://leda.lycaeum.org/Documents/MPTP_Treatmen
They're in the public domain. Just like I can sell you a copy of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter or any other public domain work, I can sell you a fully indexed searchable database of legal access.
walk into a law library someday. West is the sole publisher of nearly all case law. Some states have their own reports, but usually only for the Supreme court and sometimes appellate courts. In many states it is IMPOSSIBLE to file any kind of document in court without citing to a west citation, which IS copyrighted.
You don't know what you are talking about, and have never researched case law in your life. Go back to sleep.
You are absolutely right.
West OWNS the citation system, and that is simply wrong.
I can't believe people think these caes are available outside of the Westlaw/Lexis racket. Have any of these fools stepped into a legal library? 95% of the texts are West or Lexis Publishing. Most of that 5% are little more than law school journals/reviews or antiquated publications useless today.
Most people aren't aware of the other big deal, Administrative code rulings. That shit isn't available anywhere outside of Lexis Nexis. People honestly believe legislation is all that matters. How sad they will be when they realize their are more bureaucratic regulations than laws passed by the people.
Procedural history is not as difficult to impliment as you think. Multi-dimensional databases far more complex than Westlaw or Lexis track this sort of information all the time.
And remember, one really only has to care about the courts in their jurisdiction. Its not hard to search for the citation itself. So it won't be as nice as a little pretty flag, but it won't take long to figure out if the case published in the state supreme court overturned the case, affirmed it, or just commented on it.
That is with a simple keyword search like you state. More sophisticated algoritms will take care of all that. I mean, do you really think Westlaw has people compiling their entire database? Especially of administrative code rulings? There is a high degree of automation, and it will only get better with time.
Google is just the beginning.
My favorite story about Soviet Russia has to do with phone numbers: It seems you could tell how high someone ranked in the party structure by their phone number; the higher you were the less digits it had. Those on the Politbureau had 3 digit numbers.
That is a great story. I have to remember that one. Thanks.
This is an ancient debate about how complex systems of society result in an unequal hierarchy. This where the tension between the Greek city state and the Roman Empire is rooted. This is why to this day we argue over which is better, the protection afforded a huge all encompassing political machine, or a localized city government.
This a major point in Plato's Republic, which seeks to find a median way.
It comes up in Gibbons Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, despite his ridiculous conclusion the decadence of the Empire caused its downfall.
Herodotus' The Histories touches on this in a very narrative fashion. The Persian Wars were about this subject long before Rome became an empire. It was a loose collection of city states versus what was then the largest empire in the world.
Of course, we have this debate today in the US and the EU. In many ways, the American desire to maintain peace throughout the world at any cost is what drove the Roman imperial machine to expand beyond the means human organization can cope.
Nietzsche discusses this at times as well.
Anyway, it IS old news. But you are 2000 years too late.
The NexGen Nx586 was the first RISC processor with a hardware based decoding unit to translate 386 instructions into its native risc instructions.
This system is still in use today, as AMD purchased NexGen in 1997.
These processors don't really "emulate" a processor, although many people thought the NexGen did since it was always recognized as a 386, even if it was far faster. One of the reasons out of order execution is so important in these processors is the fairly random X86 instructions are reordered into the most efficient RISC instructions possible.
ROTFL. Well, it so happens that I indeed *do* live there.
Then you must be a member of an upper caste completely oblivious to the horrible state of affairs in your own nation.
Ancient steam engines? Large segments of India have subway metro-rails, perhaps this would enlighten you [delhimetrorail.com]. More than 30 years ago, all of India's rail services were made 100% electric.
Perhaps there is an electric train in delhi, but definitely not in Agra. Not three years ago, I travelled on coal fired steam engine to a remote place, the name of which escapes me. The cars were relatively modern, but old, probably 30 years. The engine looked similar to coal steam engines which were in service in the US through the 1950's.
Buildings on the verge of collapse? Licenses difficult to acquire? People *make* their own vehicles? I mean, sheesh, you could have added an elephant ride with a snake charmer on top, on a street filled with tigers and a Maharaja too dude. That would have just about been right.
I cannot believe you have ever been to India, let alone are from there. My initial experience in New Delhi was utter amazement at how thoroughly backwards that city is. The taxis were ancient, when you could find one. Most of the time I had to take a rickshaw. The *majority* of the rickshaws were obviously constructed from spare parts. There were FEW actual enclosed automobiles on the streets, and they obviously belonged to the wealthy. 90% of the vehicles were rickshaws, motorcycles, mopeds, or bicycles.
You should probably look at these figures on the number of vehicles in India [osc.edu]. In 1998, we had about 40939000 vehicles. That was five years ago
Are you entirely delusional about the state of your own country? You can't even read the article you post???? Here I was thinking to myself, where can I find some proof for this nutcase on the pathetic state of transportation in India. You provided the link for me right there. According to that page, 80% of all vehicles in India have a 2 stroke engine! hahahahaha!
Of course, 40 million vehicles out of 1 billion people isn't a lot. Especially when most of those are little more than motorcycles.
My dear friend, your views are objective, obtained from some second hand sources, while I happen to live in that very country which you so colorfully describe in various shades of gray.
Yes, you tell that the hundreds of begging children I saw in my 10 days in your hell hole country.
So much for that rant on economics. Have you even studied economic theory in your life? Go read, and then you'll see for yourself how absurd your statements have been.
Oh yes, what do I know? I mean, how foolish could I have been. India is a shining example of how human society should be ordered. In India, we have the future of mankind, where all people can enjoy the infinite possibilities of existence. We have only to go there, and see the splendor of that ancient nation and the endless bounty, fruit of her people's labor.
I fear that your own arrogance in this matter is the prime example of why India is and has been fucked for the last 2000 years. Every society that has implimented a caste system does so with the result of each class becoming tremendously insular. I can think of know other explanation to the blindness you experience in your own country.
Anyway, enjoy all those beggers, the filth, and the constant odor of putrifying organic material. I will never step foot in India again as long as I live...
And its even more appalling that you have been modded up.
Just can't handle a differing opinion than your own huh? Poor baby. Do you want a bottle? Maybe a milk bone?
Get your facts straight.
Ahh, well, fortunately for me India is such a basket case there are whole organizations dedicated to erasing India's post 1948 socialist past. India has come a long way in the last ten years, but it is hardly a free society despite being a democracy. Perhaps you should go there, the untold inhumanity of India speaks for itself. The ancient steam engines, relics from Imperial Britain are typical of socialism. Buildings which are on the verge of collapse are still occupied. Few people drive cars as the licenses are difficult to acquire, so they drive home made moter vehicles (the name of which escapes me at the moment)
The Centre for Civil Society in India is a great resource for understanding how the lack of a free market is the primary cause of that nation's lack of prosperity. There are essays they from world famous economists like Milton Friedman. You may certainly disagree with those views, but to suggest my own are wildly outrageous is absurd. Only those who are most unsure of their beliefs react with the defensiveness with which you respond.
Its always funny how communist sympathizers always want to silence the opposition..
I don't see how any sane and educated person can call that "practically a communist country". Let me also tell you something. While govt's in India aren't perfect, taxes in India aren't at all anything unreasonable. In fact I paid about the same %age of tax in India as I now do in the US.
Ooooh, don't you think you are a smart cookie!
Do you really think I was talking about the superficial government structure? Even Soviet Russia was a "republic". India is socialist in that the majority of people are employed byt the government in government owned factories or as bureaucrats. That is not a free country by any means, irrespective of what they call it.
India has improved in the last ten years surely, but it is still a monolith of socialist bureauocracy, ridiculous price controls, and outrageous fascistic regulations of business. THey still utilized British infrastructure from a century ago. Apparently you have not seen the ancient rickity railroad ties and steam engines. Nor have you heard of the horrific train disasters which affect that nation on an annual basis.
Having been to New Delhi, Agra, and Kanpur I can tell you the stagnation there reaks of socialism. The only hint modernity are relics from British imperial days.
Fortunately for your ignorant self, there is an entire organization known as the Centre for Civil Society. I also linked to a nice story discussing how the current government controls in India are the reason for their oppresive poverty.
And what govt restrictions are you talking about? India is a pretty free country where you can pretty much do anything
Oh I don't know. Simple things like own your own car without bribing a public official. Maybe build a house. Or better yet, how about opening a factory, making money, and employing some people in the process?
I thought Americans had more character and value (assuming you are one) than that, having given one of the best forms of democracy to the world, and not make stupid comments calling a democratic country communist.
And I am the troll.
India is a fucked up place. Anyone who has spent a day there recognizes that fact. To suggest India is the pinnacle of human society is absurd.
Whats more surprising is that you got modded up so high. What kind of clueless souls modded you up?
The kind that have little faith in citations to MSN and Encarta. Fuck off
If Government agencies were allowed to run their own factories for essential military and space exploration equipment we wouldn't have half of the failures that we do from shoddy equipment in our military. _AND_ it would cost less (in the long run).
Here is a challange: You provide an example of one government owned factory ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD which produces superior products.
Hint: You won't. This is why even Communist china allows private business these days. Government ownership of business doesn't work. Its a fact. Its been tried. It has always failed.
Deal with it.
Going to college can help you be knowledgeable, but it cannot make you wise. -- John Taylor Gatto
/. reader who is familiar wtih John Taylor Gatto. The Underground History of American Education is perhaps the best book I have read which was written in the post world war II era.
Finally, another
Peace
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
While I agree with the general sentiment, I think that is more of a summary than an actual quote. But I could be wrong.
This could be very unfair, how that be controlled?
Enforcing a download tax would be much like enforcing things like a liquor tax or an income tax. There IS something of an honor system in the tax code. You can choose not to pay, and they probably won't find you, but if they do you are fucked. Thats why only small businessmen and drug dealers take the risk. Someone with a large business or a visible business has too much to lose.
There are ways to indirectly find out this sort of information, but it can be done. Look at gangsters getting busted for not reporting income realized from the drug trade.
My dad worried about out-sourcing union jobs to Mexico. I worry about out-sourcing programming jobs to India. What's to stop the out-sourcing of all the other high-paying professions to low-tax areas?
You know, your first two sentences make sense.
But that lest sentence is HORRIBLY misguided. If you honestly believe taxes are at all related to businesses moving jobs oversees, you really need to catch up on modern times. India is practically a communist country, and let me tell you their taxes and government restrictions are far more oppressive than in the US. But they have lots of people. People are just like any other resource, thus the term human resource. When the supply far exceeds the demand, prices drop.
Even Adam Smith realizes this one and advocates tariffs as a result.
FYI, Nevada has in the worst fiscal shape in the whole of the US, even worse than California. And besides, jobs will never move too much to that state because its a hell hole. They would never be able to attract the talent they are looking for. Some REALLY want to eat at other restaurants besides casinos and Applebees.
Then it was the Internet. Ever since 19th century sweatshops had people reading Bible verses to their employees, management has worried about lost productivity
It wasn't until the LATE 19th century. It was really not until Pavlov that conditioning of humans seemed to be a real possibility.
This is why people are no longer free. The desire to micromanage free people like they are machines is inherently inhuman. The untold misery of modern world can be traced to that single fact.
Most of the attempts at conditioning workers to accept drudgery and to do so without any loss of efficiency is what created the modern school system. Public schools were created to solve the problem you have just presented. For the most part, they have worked. People no consider it completely normal they are not paid for a specific task, but to serve a function like a machine. Before, a farmer was paid for his produce. A mason was paid for the buildings he constructed or parts thereof. The cobbler was paid for his shoes. and so on...
Blame Andrew Carnegie and Charles Schwab (of US Steel, not his grandson of the broker fame) and their ilk. They looked upon us ignorant masses and decided to whip us into shape.
I just tried it with 6.0, and it seems to work well enough. I mean, I have seen FAR worse web sites. ATI has an awful web site for driver downloads. It is completely unusable. Any time I try to get drivers for my Radeon I have to use IE.
The point is? I see this all the time, as I have used Opera as my default browser for like 5 years. MSN's page is no worse than many, and better than some.
Yeah no shit. I could see, hypothetically, the "tipster" being sued for defamation or libel... But I highly doubt the police send anyone bills.
Here in Connecticut, SBC-SNET has 128 and 256. It costs an extra $30 a month to get 256K upstream. To go to 384, which is only available synchronously, its $150. So, if I really wanted half of what you are suggesting, I would have to go from 1500 down to 384. That sucks
and a way to do it legally while making money
I don't know what time you are living in, but if you think money is made through hard work, creativity, and personal integrity I wish I could go back with you.
The sad reality is the law itself is just another tool of enslavement and misdirection.
What is even more sad is why lawyers, accountants, and politicians obscucate outright theft with a convoluted legal system only undestood by the upper echelon, the poor will just say fuck it pull out a gun and whack some rich guy.
Why bother going to law school when you can walk down fifth avenue, have a 25% chance of finding a millionaire in 30 minutes and use some old fashion extortion to get what you want.
So, my advice to you? Be a do gooder if you wish; that is your right. But be prepared for a large number of desperate people who look at you as a ripe target. Get a gun. Hell, learn karate. Just be prepared.