by having tons of cheap, food that lacks real nutritive value, and that contributes to the growing obesity problem of the country? or by the tons of debt that people use to buy things they do and don't need, but can't afford either way, such as houses or big tvs?
if poverty was mitigated, obtaining healthcare wouldn't be a problem for low-income or out of work people. yet, i hear about people with full-time employment who can't afford their health plans.
poverty is one of the factors to affect children early in the education system.
i could be wrong, but i believe the law in Florida permits law enforcement officers from having their personal information made public. Florida does have a decent "Sunshine Law", which makes most government information public, but i think officers' addresses and such are exempt. i don't know, but i'd think a few other states probably have similar statutes.
i'm not necessarily arguing with the basic premise of your statement, but i don't think there is unaminous support.
those people that are against these things try to protest their utilization and are made to look like crackpots. if there was a way for them to present their disagreement and voice their argument in a way that was as official looking as a police chief's or mayor's they probably wouldn't look like a fringe minority. although, maybe they are after all.
i was gonna say: there has to be more than one way to build a hybrid or other efficient engine. just because Toyota has patents on one system, that doesn't mean that someone else can't invent a new one. (i'm totally ignorant of car mechanics and mechanics in general, so take that with a grain of salt)
i haven't checked in a few years, but i seem to remember missile defense system tests being mostly unsuccessul. in order to crank up missile defense, wouldn't it be requisite the system be mostly reliable? say something like 99% reliable? if it's gonna miss 1/5 of 60 warheads, the system doesn't sound like it is something worth the expense and diplomacy (ie Russia stressing over it).
With regards to the United States it totally flummoxed me when I learned that no reparation payments have ever been made nor did Congress ever see fit to issue an apology on behalf of the American people.
i'm not sure myself, but my guess is that most elected officials (those who could legislate government-sourced reparation) or legislate/force reparations from desecendants of the original slave owners weren't the slaves or related to the slaves or foresaw any major benefit from reparations.
i don't mean this at you, DirtyCanuck, sounds like you take elections and voting seriously.
but for the other 40-70% who think you should be able to watch a tv and call in your vote for your leaders all in 30 minutes, the intellectual and civic sloth is revolting. if someone can spend 2 hours researching tv brands(probably more like 2 days+), they should be able to spend the equivalent learning about their potential officials, especially minor/3rd party candidates. and then making a decision and acting on it.
otherwise they get what they deserve, assuming the voting is mostly fraud-free. if it's a place like Iran, well, you may need other means.
to me, saying the Internet helps to pursue or arrest is the same as saying the "air waves" help Iran's govt. do the same thing. however, the applications used on the Internet or air waves, Nokia's and Siemes' products in this case, actually seem to be what Iran is using to go after the activists.
just like someone else pointed out technology is double-edged. i'm not sure, but the Iranian govt probably bought the apps and/or equipment by a contract with aforementioned companies. that means the sales team or technicians or programmers knew they dealing with an oppressive regime. i'm not sure again, but it seems like they're cool with that.
if Linux was applied, being openly available, Iran's govt could have implemented Linux without Linus' prior knowledge or refusal, so i don't think i'd consider him as accountable.
for most people, their comfort zone is between 72 and 76 F and has many snack machines down the hall and chain stores/restaurants down the street. and a big, gas-guzzling car to take them there. and most places have at least the appearance of "cleanliness".
without that, anything else would be just to brutish.
not necessarily arguing your point, but the pharmaceutical companies wanted and got exemptions from lawsuits for mercury they used in products when the Patriot Act was passed. i don't know why they wanted that thrown in if they weren't worried about anything.
if China did enforce its regulations, would that increase costs for shipping the waste there? ecyclers would probably look for another poor nation to accept the waste, spreading the legacy of poison. why are these ecycler moving the waste to begin with?
if eventually all the target nations made ecycling less economically viable, then the material would stay where it started its life cycle as waste. how would it be dealt with then?
council of ministers passed such a rule? is the UK the 1st to take advantage of this newfound freedom or are other member nations also partaking?
has the UK's government done anything in the last 12 months that has fortified civil liberties? all i can think of are more horror stories of Parliament's haphazard treatment of civil liberty.
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meant to add this link so you could see the extent, or lack thereof, of poverty throughout the country.
http://proximityone.com/ctyincome.htm
how is the poverty mitigated?
by having tons of cheap, food that lacks real nutritive value, and that contributes to the growing obesity problem of the country? or by the tons of debt that people use to buy things they do and don't need, but can't afford either way, such as houses or big tvs?
if poverty was mitigated, obtaining healthcare wouldn't be a problem for low-income or out of work people. yet, i hear about people with full-time employment who can't afford their health plans.
poverty is one of the factors to affect children early in the education system.
i could be wrong, but i believe the law in Florida permits law enforcement officers from having their personal information made public. Florida does have a decent "Sunshine Law", which makes most government information public, but i think officers' addresses and such are exempt. i don't know, but i'd think a few other states probably have similar statutes.
wait... stuff like that is news now?
i'm assuming this has at least one or two more appeals after the real trial before downloading copyrighted material is found to actually be illegal.
of course, IANAL, especially not a Spanish lawyer, so i could be totally wrong.
i'm not necessarily arguing with the basic premise of your statement, but i don't think there is unaminous support.
those people that are against these things try to protest their utilization and are made to look like crackpots. if there was a way for them to present their disagreement and voice their argument in a way that was as official looking as a police chief's or mayor's they probably wouldn't look like a fringe minority. although, maybe they are after all.
i was gonna say: there has to be more than one way to build a hybrid or other efficient engine. just because Toyota has patents on one system, that doesn't mean that someone else can't invent a new one. (i'm totally ignorant of car mechanics and mechanics in general, so take that with a grain of salt)
i haven't checked in a few years, but i seem to remember missile defense system tests being mostly unsuccessul. in order to crank up missile defense, wouldn't it be requisite the system be mostly reliable? say something like 99% reliable? if it's gonna miss 1/5 of 60 warheads, the system doesn't sound like it is something worth the expense and diplomacy (ie Russia stressing over it).
i'm not sure myself, but my guess is that most elected officials (those who could legislate government-sourced reparation) or legislate/force reparations from desecendants of the original slave owners weren't the slaves or related to the slaves or foresaw any major benefit from reparations.
what if i've perfected sleeping with my head up and eyes up at my desk to fool my boss? how does it identify the dull gaze?
i don't mean this at you, DirtyCanuck, sounds like you take elections and voting seriously.
but for the other 40-70% who think you should be able to watch a tv and call in your vote for your leaders all in 30 minutes, the intellectual and civic sloth is revolting. if someone can spend 2 hours researching tv brands(probably more like 2 days+), they should be able to spend the equivalent learning about their potential officials, especially minor/3rd party candidates. and then making a decision and acting on it.
otherwise they get what they deserve, assuming the voting is mostly fraud-free. if it's a place like Iran, well, you may need other means.
Gee - last I heard - you couldn't copyright a database.
sounds like he copied his business practices from Microsoft. maybe he copyrighted copying other companies business practices also?
to me, saying the Internet helps to pursue or arrest is the same as saying the "air waves" help Iran's govt. do the same thing. however, the applications used on the Internet or air waves, Nokia's and Siemes' products in this case, actually seem to be what Iran is using to go after the activists.
just like someone else pointed out technology is double-edged. i'm not sure, but the Iranian govt probably bought the apps and/or equipment by a contract with aforementioned companies. that means the sales team or technicians or programmers knew they dealing with an oppressive regime. i'm not sure again, but it seems like they're cool with that.
if Linux was applied, being openly available, Iran's govt could have implemented Linux without Linus' prior knowledge or refusal, so i don't think i'd consider him as accountable.
err ... _too_ brutish.
i said they help. they're credited with writing the software.
Get outside your comfort zone.
for most people, their comfort zone is between 72 and 76 F and has many snack machines down the hall and chain stores/restaurants down the street. and a big, gas-guzzling car to take them there. and most places have at least the appearance of "cleanliness".
without that, anything else would be just to brutish.
_corporations_ help silence activists in Iran
i think he meant laws protecting liberty and or privacy that keep up with game changing tech, no?
i was just about to say /.
save the information environment: shutdown
guess you beat me to it. :)
Alligators are not crocodiles.
not necessarily arguing your point, but the pharmaceutical companies wanted and got exemptions from lawsuits for mercury they used in products when the Patriot Act was passed. i don't know why they wanted that thrown in if they weren't worried about anything.
... more like The Matrix.
if China did enforce its regulations, would that increase costs for shipping the waste there? ecyclers would probably look for another poor nation to accept the waste, spreading the legacy of poison. why are these ecycler moving the waste to begin with?
if eventually all the target nations made ecycling less economically viable, then the material would stay where it started its life cycle as waste. how would it be dealt with then?
styrofoam supposedly doesn't break down, but it doesn't play any video games for me. which is it?
council of ministers passed such a rule? is the UK the 1st to take advantage of this newfound freedom or are other member nations also partaking?
has the UK's government done anything in the last 12 months that has fortified civil liberties? all i can think of are more horror stories of Parliament's haphazard treatment of civil liberty.