Nationalize utility systems (i.e., power, water, telecom).
Nationalize rail transport systems.
Nationalize health care organizations and pharmaceutical corporations.
Make health insurance single-payer and controlled by the government.
Regulate benefits so that benefits are transportable from job-to-job and do not reset on job change.
Fix immigration so that it no longer is a mechanism for reduction of wages.
Cut military expenditures to no more than 300% of largest potential adversary.
Legalize all currently illegal drugs and treat their use as a health problem, rather than a legal problem.
Take the terms of copyright back to 14 years with a single optional 14 year extension.
No granting of patents on software.
No legal prosecution of non-profit infringement of copyright or trademark (civil suits would still be OK, but would need to be brought against an actual individual, rather than an IP address).
Corporate entities shall have no rights by nature (i.e, remove corporate personhood).
Make all campaigns publicly funded and limit the amounts spent.
Supreme court justices may serve at most twenty years.
And how come I don't see anything about encouraging more men in fields like nursing and teaching?
I've seen these articles. In fact, there's a definite trend in elementary education (especially K-3) to try to get men into that field, because it's currently thought that much of the rampant diagnoses of ADHD in boys is due to female teachers not understanding gender differences in behavior between boys and girls. Also, men are quite sought after in college programs for nursing and physician assistant training.
Just because it's not on Slashdot doesn't mean it's not happening. Broaden your outlook.
No offense intended, but you are off topic here. The article is about CISPA -- something that a majority would not want (assuming you could make them aware of it). Your shouting about not compromising the rights of the minority is superfluous in this context. Maybe if your comment was placed under an article where a minority of people were having their rights violated by a new law, it might be salient, but it's not with regards to this article.
Is it ever? I mean, that would imply that anything in Lesser Texas (i.e., anything outside the confines of Austin, San Antonio, or a few other relatively small and obscure geographic pockets within the state) was good. Which generally doesn't occur.
You seem to be proud of this point. However, given that one pays into unemployment insurance and that, being out of work, one is entitled to this benefit, not taking it would not seem to demonstrate any moral superiority, but simply a lack of initiative in taking advantage of a financial opportunity. Wise people don't leave money on the table. Foolish ones often do.
I spent a good part of this morning reading Sundown in America [nytimes.com], and the reader replies to it, and trying to decide whether the guy is loony, or America is doomed.
Stockman is a shill who will say anything for his conservative puppet masters (for instance, he's admitted he lied about trickle-down econ when he was employed as Reagan's budget director). As usual, rumors of America's demise have been greatly exaggerated. My vote is on loony.
That's because the field is young and dissemination of information is still sub-optimal.
Algorithmic calculation has been around for 3000 or so years. The idea of automated calculators for 200 or so. The actual mechanical calculator for about a century. The physical implementation of automated calculators for 70 years. The notion of a programming language (and their use) for 60. What more time do we need?
It would be different if there had actually been progress in the art of programming over the last few decades. In reality, most of the programming tools and facilities we had today were available 40 years ago and things have not actually advanced much since then. Our industry does churn for the sake of ego and NIH and then we are surprised when nothing gets easier or better in other ways.
Yes, I'd like my saying this to people over and over to be a wake-up call. However, most are more likely to scream "Rails", "Clojure", "LINQ", "social media", etc., etc., etc., and be distracted by the shiny of the moment, which doesn't actually make any significant change in the ease with which we create software.
Keynesian's would run surpluses during good times.
Yes, which is what Keynesian economics advocates. Also, these surpluses should be used to pay down debt that was accumulated during the last economic downturn or accumulated to make a rainy-day fund to shore up the economy during the next economic downturn or (and conservatives will be shocked by this) taxes be reduced so that there is no longer a surplus.
However, parent also seems to confuse what is recommended by Keynesian economists (who broadly believe these recommendations) and the actions of the politicians, who often ignore actual economists (of any stripe), which seems to be some odd tactic to discredit Keynesians simply because (just like most normal people) politicians don't listen to them.
You can put a UI like pinterest on it and win the Web 3.0 trifecta!
Geez, people... Get a clue. We have tabbed browsers now. We don't actually need everything munged together into a single dashboard. An RSS reader should be that - anRSS reader!
In fact, if you have a large number of contexts (which all of these sites are), shoving them all together into one big ball of mud does not make things more convenient, only more confusing.
Any UI that requires that shortcut hotkeys be set to make it usable is a fail out of the box. Same with search is the program name "Word", or "Microsoft Word", or the ever-popular "Winword.exe"? And make sure that all of the software manufacturers involved use the same naming conventions... Again, a super-bad, awful UI fail.
I know that Microsoft is so unimaginative that they will follow their own formula (i.e., use business consumption to drive home consumption) until they die, but come on... they really needed some out-of-the-box thinking on this one and their failure to do so just shows how screwed up they really are.
Then the private individual decides he wants to close the shortcut to build a large statue of Natalie Portman [followed by tale of destruction of grits delivery infrastructure, due to this decision].
Although the motives of the private individual are impeccable in this case, this is why we have the legal concept of an easement - to prevent terrible tragedies like this.
None of these organizations, except IBM, has the clout with the federal government to be more than a buzzing mosquito in the ears of our elected representatives. And, that being said, why would IBM want to put themselves out?
If it's not IBM, Intel, Google, Amazon, PayPal, eBay, Facebook, Oracle, or Microsoft, you aren't going to get the ear of anyone other than the Congresspeople representing the area where your corporate headquarters is located. And even then, you'll need more than your one Representative and two Senators to get any changes in place - that would take lobbyists... many, many lobbyists. And your other suggestions don't have the juice for that.
The notion that the internet will be managed for anything other than evil in the upcoming years is laughably naive, unless you can get the corporate giants to fight among themselves to make that happen.
Dig him up (or bring his ashes in an urn) and I'm sure someone would hire him as CxO for his mojo. Yeah, you could reduce his salary by the cost of the "spokesperson" you'd have to hire to talk for his corpse, but that's no biggie...
It's pretty obvious they're attempting to force people to start using Google+ by retiring most stuff that's external to that product.
Well, maybe I'm just not getting it, but how would you "use Google+" to replace the functionality of Google Reader? Or are blogs so passe that you're supposed to put everything in a Google+ page or feed item? I really don't get this.
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What's the value of gold backed by?
I give up. Your ability to eat it in an emergency?
And how come I don't see anything about encouraging more men in fields like nursing and teaching?
I've seen these articles. In fact, there's a definite trend in elementary education (especially K-3) to try to get men into that field, because it's currently thought that much of the rampant diagnoses of ADHD in boys is due to female teachers not understanding gender differences in behavior between boys and girls. Also, men are quite sought after in college programs for nursing and physician assistant training.
Just because it's not on Slashdot doesn't mean it's not happening. Broaden your outlook.
... they would probably ban crock pots as well.
I'll give you my Crock*Pot (R) when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!
... all I need do is move the Kindle to my face and use my nose.
Wow. I thought I was the only one who did this. Live and learn....
No offense intended, but you are off topic here. The article is about CISPA -- something that a majority would not want (assuming you could make them aware of it). Your shouting about not compromising the rights of the minority is superfluous in this context. Maybe if your comment was placed under an article where a minority of people were having their rights violated by a new law, it might be salient, but it's not with regards to this article.
Not a good day for Texas industry.
Is it ever? I mean, that would imply that anything in Lesser Texas (i.e., anything outside the confines of Austin, San Antonio, or a few other relatively small and obscure geographic pockets within the state) was good. Which generally doesn't occur.
... never taken unemployment checks...
Why?
You seem to be proud of this point. However, given that one pays into unemployment insurance and that, being out of work, one is entitled to this benefit, not taking it would not seem to demonstrate any moral superiority, but simply a lack of initiative in taking advantage of a financial opportunity. Wise people don't leave money on the table. Foolish ones often do.
I spent a good part of this morning reading Sundown in America [nytimes.com], and the reader replies to it, and trying to decide whether the guy is loony, or America is doomed.
Stockman is a shill who will say anything for his conservative puppet masters (for instance, he's admitted he lied about trickle-down econ when he was employed as Reagan's budget director). As usual, rumors of America's demise have been greatly exaggerated. My vote is on loony.
I do expect them to know how to change their own batteries in their wireless mice before submitting a ticket.
Do they have access to batteries? Or does IT keep them to themselves, where the only way to get them is to submit a ticket?
P.S. Why do you have them use wireless mice in the first place, when wires seem to work fine?
That's because the field is young and dissemination of information is still sub-optimal.
Algorithmic calculation has been around for 3000 or so years. The idea of automated calculators for 200 or so. The actual mechanical calculator for about a century. The physical implementation of automated calculators for 70 years. The notion of a programming language (and their use) for 60. What more time do we need?
It would be different if there had actually been progress in the art of programming over the last few decades. In reality, most of the programming tools and facilities we had today were available 40 years ago and things have not actually advanced much since then. Our industry does churn for the sake of ego and NIH and then we are surprised when nothing gets easier or better in other ways.
Yes, I'd like my saying this to people over and over to be a wake-up call. However, most are more likely to scream "Rails", "Clojure", "LINQ", "social media", etc., etc., etc., and be distracted by the shiny of the moment, which doesn't actually make any significant change in the ease with which we create software.
... is because I'm a stegosaurus.
And you have the low Slashdot UID to prove it... On the web, nobody knows if you're a dinosaur.
Maybe the "actors" available today were not lifelike enough...
How can that be? I heard Keanu Reeves was available!
Keynesian's would run surpluses during good times.
Yes, which is what Keynesian economics advocates. Also, these surpluses should be used to pay down debt that was accumulated during the last economic downturn or accumulated to make a rainy-day fund to shore up the economy during the next economic downturn or (and conservatives will be shocked by this) taxes be reduced so that there is no longer a surplus.
However, parent also seems to confuse what is recommended by Keynesian economists (who broadly believe these recommendations) and the actions of the politicians, who often ignore actual economists (of any stripe), which seems to be some odd tactic to discredit Keynesians simply because (just like most normal people) politicians don't listen to them.
You can put a UI like pinterest on it and win the Web 3.0 trifecta!
Geez, people... Get a clue. We have tabbed browsers now. We don't actually need everything munged together into a single dashboard. An RSS reader should be that - anRSS reader!
In fact, if you have a large number of contexts (which all of these sites are), shoving them all together into one big ball of mud does not make things more convenient, only more confusing.
I just am a old fart who likes my PC and I really do like 8.
Dude! We're so sorry about the dementia! Getting older just sucks, doesn't it?
Because "Blow" was taken.
Any UI that requires that shortcut hotkeys be set to make it usable is a fail out of the box. Same with search is the program name "Word", or "Microsoft Word", or the ever-popular "Winword.exe"? And make sure that all of the software manufacturers involved use the same naming conventions... Again, a super-bad, awful UI fail.
I know that Microsoft is so unimaginative that they will follow their own formula (i.e., use business consumption to drive home consumption) until they die, but come on... they really needed some out-of-the-box thinking on this one and their failure to do so just shows how screwed up they really are.
Then the private individual decides he wants to close the shortcut to build a large statue of Natalie Portman [followed by tale of destruction of grits delivery infrastructure, due to this decision].
Although the motives of the private individual are impeccable in this case, this is why we have the legal concept of an easement - to prevent terrible tragedies like this.
... if they didn't kill AI research in the mid-eighties, they wouldn't have had to fund research today when it's more expensive? Thanks, DARPA...
None of these organizations, except IBM, has the clout with the federal government to be more than a buzzing mosquito in the ears of our elected representatives. And, that being said, why would IBM want to put themselves out?
If it's not IBM, Intel, Google, Amazon, PayPal, eBay, Facebook, Oracle, or Microsoft, you aren't going to get the ear of anyone other than the Congresspeople representing the area where your corporate headquarters is located. And even then, you'll need more than your one Representative and two Senators to get any changes in place - that would take lobbyists... many, many lobbyists. And your other suggestions don't have the juice for that.
The notion that the internet will be managed for anything other than evil in the upcoming years is laughably naive, unless you can get the corporate giants to fight among themselves to make that happen.
What about Steve Jobs?
Dig him up (or bring his ashes in an urn) and I'm sure someone would hire him as CxO for his mojo. Yeah, you could reduce his salary by the cost of the "spokesperson" you'd have to hire to talk for his corpse, but that's no biggie...
Vote Republican.
Of course, if you don't happen to be successful, you'll be screwed, but what's the chances of that? After all, you're talented and fabulous!
It's pretty obvious they're attempting to force people to start using Google+ by retiring most stuff that's external to that product.
Well, maybe I'm just not getting it, but how would you "use Google+" to replace the functionality of Google Reader? Or are blogs so passe that you're supposed to put everything in a Google+ page or feed item? I really don't get this.
... here
So far, Feedly seems to work fine for me.