And after the masses string up the producers for their wealth. Then there are no more producers and then what? Nobody making money and more importantly nobody producing products for the masses to buy. How long will most of modern society last if the farmers stop producing more than they need to survive? How many people even have enough land to be self sustaining food wise let alone clothing and other items?
Depends on how reliable the equipment is. Does it require a full time repair person on site at all times the restaurant is open? Or can one tech reliably manage two or three stores? Can one tech at five times the cost of one minimum wage employee replace two or three shifts worth of a crew of from 3 to 8 people, including a manager and assistant managers sufficient to ensure managerial coverage at all times (those managerial persons making more than the base employees and they get benefits).
Even a full time tech at each location whenever the store is open is likely to be cheaper than a normal store crew. And they won't necessarily cost more than double the normal wage. The high priced electrician/engineer can cover multiple stores in an on call basis.
Not relevant to this discussion. This is primarily about should he be nominated now and should the Senate confirm him. It is highly relevant to us nerds. As the question at this point is will they even consider him that is the key point. His positions on such topics come in to play only once the Senate begins to consider him.
Also many of us nerds are political nerds/junkies or legal nerds (even if we aren't lawyers) and thus this also fits our interests.
If they do anything but immediately begin hearings I will then be upset at the Hypocrisy of the Senate leadership. To hold off until the next President is seated, meets with the historical trend. To not proceed once that has happened is wrong. As would any effort to hurry and cram Garland through in a lame duck session if Hillary wins in November.
I agree with holding off. I don't agree with any political machinations after that. If the Democrats win the Whitehouse, then the next President gets to make the nomination and the Senate has no excuse to not proceed.
Or they said Ooh, a cheap internet connected alarm clock on Woot!, I need an alarm clock and like things internetty and it pulls the time from the NIST time server and I'll never have to worry about forgetting to move the clock back or forward or it slowly getting off of the accurate time so I'll try it.
Mine was still working this morning. Waking me to my favorite Pandora channel. Some of the data apps I have had stopped functioning the last couple days but not the base use I had for the device. Now I need to get a new alarm clock, because yes, Sony screwed me over by not keeping the servers running as long as the device is capable of running. But it's not that big a deal. Mildly disappointed, maybe I'll be able to find something else to play my Pandora channel each morning.
Actually no we don't or didn't. Mine was working fine this morning. At least the alarm features were. The Slashdot and other news feeds weren't working and I suspected something like this. But was not aware that my Alarm clock is about to fail.
As someone who spent a career in the Army handling and actively working to protect classified information (MOS 97B then 35L Counterintelligence Agent) I assure you it is most certainly NOT a molehill. She not only mishandled the emails, but on at least one occasion directed a subordinate to strip the markings from a document before emailing it to her. In other words she knew it was wrong and still wanted to get around it.
You also don't realize how intertwined the intel communications systems are these days. Bradley Manning included thousands of State Dept reports in the stockpile he gave to WikiLeaks, Snowden has revealed several State Dept reports as well. And as Secretary of State She had access to the highest levels of intelligence. Yes she did have access, she did not protect it. She willfully ordered subordinates to illegally strip markings to try to slip around the rules. Any lesser person would have been indicted long ago. The fact that she still has not despite what has been revealed (and much cannot be revealed due to the classification of the emails) indicates the Justice Dept. is sitting on the case, hoping it can make it go away.
Why is it here? Because the makeup of the court will have direct effect on us Nerds. Apple's case is likely to go to the Supreme Court. As some of the many cases dealing with IP, software and hardware patents and many more areas of interest to the Tech world.
This is important to us Nerds, or should be. Because it will have direct influence on our interests and industries. Many direct influences and impacts on our interests. Even those outside the US are likely to see technology influenced by the rulings of the SCOTUS.
Biden was trying to pre-empt the entire process, making the declaration before a seat was empty. As did Schumer in 2007 (19 months before the election in 08). The Senate advised the President before he nominated anyone that they would not be holding hearings or voting on anyone. They Advised him there would be no consent. (as did Biden and as Schumer tried to do in 07 well before the election year began). They didn't wait until he had nominated someone and then said they wouldn't cooperate, they advised him from the beginning as soon as it became an issue, that they would not hold confirmation hearings during the election year.
How does this destabilize the government? The Supreme Court is still fully functional and can continue to function with as few as six Justices. Leaving a seat empty for a few more months does not destabilize anything, at least not anymore than the death of Scalia did. Before he passed we had a very balanced court, solid 4-4 split on most topics with Kennedy acting as the swing based on the topic.
Now it's a 4-3 court with the liberal side having the stronger side with Kennedy swinging based on the topic. That makes it a left leaning court as it will vote left, or tie and thus uphold the lower court rulings in a non-precedent affirmation ruling.
Holding off the confirmation does not give the GOP the Seat next year. Who will win this election is still very up in the air. Trump is looking to get the R Nomination, but it's not a sure thing. If he gets it he polls poorly against Hillary, who in turn while looking to have a lock on her nomination is also facing potential criminal felony charges for the Classified Emails scandal that could disqualify her. But whoever ends up winning will get to redesign the court. Not only the current vacancy but at least two if not more seats are expected to be filled in the next term replacing at a minimum Ginsberg (Liberal side) and Kennedy (the swing vote).
But back to the main point. The government is not going to be destabilized because a Supreme Court seat sits empty for a few more months.
That assurance is just further proof that he is an idiot who lives in a world of his own. The military would not obey just because he gave the order. This is one of my biggest problems with him. He thinks that running the country will be like running his companies. As CEO what he says is the law. As President it does not work that way. He is not going to have the absolute authority he has in the corporate world.
The military swears to defend the Constitution, not the President or the Government.
Additionally it was a conscript military at the time, with only officers having any degree of free will in how they chose to obey orders. Nuremburg ended the concept of just following orders. And today's volunteer military is clearly and frequently instructed in the concept of unlawful orders and the duty to disobey them. Yes there are always those who will blindly follow any order but most will not.
The problem all those war game scenarios have is that while the military will play along with the game knowing it is just a training exercise; the military predominantly supports the right wing views (if not the more extremist movements) and is not likely to blindly follow orders as they do in the games.
On more than one such exercise I've heard many a soldier (enlisted and Officers alike) state that should such a situation really occur their response would be rather different.
The first missle the gov fires at a US citizen's home inside the US is likely the last. Those are launched from aircraft that require pilots. Pilots whose families are not safely thousands of miles away from the "threat", pilots who are not thousands of miles from the "Threat". Even more importantly, those pilots did not sign up to attack fellow US citizens. They swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution, not the Government. There is a difference and the military knows the difference. Yes there are those who would simply follow orders, but most would not. Just following orders is not a valid excuse for an illegal order.
The threat you postulate, Mr AC, is not significant.
Islam is not the enemy. Find me an Islamic nation that supports ISIS. You can't, they are all fighting against ISIS in one way or the other. Yes you can find other extremist groups that deliberately misinterpret the Quran to support their evil actions. But you cannot find an Islamic nation that supports them. I cited Iran, as just one example of an Islamic Nation that hates the west and is an enemy, Hamas and Hezbollah are enemies and are active in fighting ISIS.
I have served along side many devout Muslims in our Armed forces and among our many allies. They are not the enemy, they are not a threat. Your misunderstanding of the teachings of the Quran not withstanding. Islam is not the enemy. Extremist ideologies of any persuasion are the enemy.
Be careful though. Islam is not the enemy. There are more Islamic nations lined up against the Extremists like ISIS and Al Qaeda than there are in support of them. Hell Iran is doing more in the fight against radical Islamic terrorism than the US is currently. They have troops on the ground, while we drop a few small bombs each day and claim we are doing something.
When it was established in 1949 in included Italy which does not touch the Atlantic seaboard. And Greece and Turkey were added in 1952 and their contact to the Atlantic is the same as Italy. While not an original member Turkey has been a member since almost the beginning and has been a valuable member of the organization since it joined. Providing valuable airbases in the Soviet Union's back yard.
At least get your facts straight before you go insulting long time allies.
And Mecha could be designed to serve in both roles (as well as help next time Godzilla pays a visit). I think you are on to something with this concept.
Or more likely it has to do with China becoming much bolder in it's attempts to take control of the South China Sea and the Spratly Islands. And then there is NK which has launched multiple missiles over them in blatant threat to them.
Not everything relating to global military concerns revolves around the US.
Yes, you can do either way. The Pseudonyms are used more for sharing a common game alias. For example if you play ingress, the G+ community is very active and having your in game alias as your pseudonym helps keep track of who the other players are in game and out of game without requiring a separate G+ account just for your gamer alias. But we see many non-real name user accounts these days.
He doesn't live or work in mountain view. Not all google employees are in Mountain View. I agree with his assessment about G+ though, I also use FB extensively. G+ is not FB it does not work like FB and is not supposed to be another FB.
And yes I'm related, no I'm not him and I'm not a Google employee. In fact I work for one of the major competitors of Google.
A dam is not a symbol of another religion, why would they destroy it? They don't destroy things just because they weren't built or designed by Muslims but because they are representative of other "false" (in their view) religions. Or because they are artworks that violate the commandment to not create graven images, be they religion focused or not.
A dam does not meet any of those criteria. They may have no motivation to maintain it, and saw the maintenance equipment as stuff to loot, but there is no reason for them to destroy it.
He didn't say they were paying a 90% tax rate but the richest are paying 90% of the taxes paid. That thanks to loopholes they are only paying 15% or 20% of their income does not mean they are not paying most the taxes paid in this country.
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And after the masses string up the producers for their wealth. Then there are no more producers and then what? Nobody making money and more importantly nobody producing products for the masses to buy. How long will most of modern society last if the farmers stop producing more than they need to survive? How many people even have enough land to be self sustaining food wise let alone clothing and other items?
Depends on how reliable the equipment is. Does it require a full time repair person on site at all times the restaurant is open? Or can one tech reliably manage two or three stores? Can one tech at five times the cost of one minimum wage employee replace two or three shifts worth of a crew of from 3 to 8 people, including a manager and assistant managers sufficient to ensure managerial coverage at all times (those managerial persons making more than the base employees and they get benefits).
Even a full time tech at each location whenever the store is open is likely to be cheaper than a normal store crew. And they won't necessarily cost more than double the normal wage. The high priced electrician/engineer can cover multiple stores in an on call basis.
And hope I have no power outages either. I don't have it plugged into a UPS.
Not relevant to this discussion. This is primarily about should he be nominated now and should the Senate confirm him. It is highly relevant to us nerds. As the question at this point is will they even consider him that is the key point. His positions on such topics come in to play only once the Senate begins to consider him.
Also many of us nerds are political nerds/junkies or legal nerds (even if we aren't lawyers) and thus this also fits our interests.
If they do anything but immediately begin hearings I will then be upset at the Hypocrisy of the Senate leadership. To hold off until the next President is seated, meets with the historical trend. To not proceed once that has happened is wrong. As would any effort to hurry and cram Garland through in a lame duck session if Hillary wins in November.
I agree with holding off. I don't agree with any political machinations after that. If the Democrats win the Whitehouse, then the next President gets to make the nomination and the Senate has no excuse to not proceed.
Or they said Ooh, a cheap internet connected alarm clock on Woot!, I need an alarm clock and like things internetty and it pulls the time from the NIST time server and I'll never have to worry about forgetting to move the clock back or forward or it slowly getting off of the accurate time so I'll try it.
Mine was still working this morning. Waking me to my favorite Pandora channel. Some of the data apps I have had stopped functioning the last couple days but not the base use I had for the device. Now I need to get a new alarm clock, because yes, Sony screwed me over by not keeping the servers running as long as the device is capable of running. But it's not that big a deal. Mildly disappointed, maybe I'll be able to find something else to play my Pandora channel each morning.
Actually no we don't or didn't. Mine was working fine this morning. At least the alarm features were. The Slashdot and other news feeds weren't working and I suspected something like this. But was not aware that my Alarm clock is about to fail.
As someone who spent a career in the Army handling and actively working to protect classified information (MOS 97B then 35L Counterintelligence Agent) I assure you it is most certainly NOT a molehill. She not only mishandled the emails, but on at least one occasion directed a subordinate to strip the markings from a document before emailing it to her. In other words she knew it was wrong and still wanted to get around it.
You also don't realize how intertwined the intel communications systems are these days. Bradley Manning included thousands of State Dept reports in the stockpile he gave to WikiLeaks, Snowden has revealed several State Dept reports as well. And as Secretary of State She had access to the highest levels of intelligence. Yes she did have access, she did not protect it. She willfully ordered subordinates to illegally strip markings to try to slip around the rules. Any lesser person would have been indicted long ago. The fact that she still has not despite what has been revealed (and much cannot be revealed due to the classification of the emails) indicates the Justice Dept. is sitting on the case, hoping it can make it go away.
Why is it here? Because the makeup of the court will have direct effect on us Nerds. Apple's case is likely to go to the Supreme Court. As some of the many cases dealing with IP, software and hardware patents and many more areas of interest to the Tech world.
This is important to us Nerds, or should be. Because it will have direct influence on our interests and industries. Many direct influences and impacts on our interests. Even those outside the US are likely to see technology influenced by the rulings of the SCOTUS.
This is news that Really Matters.
Biden was trying to pre-empt the entire process, making the declaration before a seat was empty. As did Schumer in 2007 (19 months before the election in 08). The Senate advised the President before he nominated anyone that they would not be holding hearings or voting on anyone. They Advised him there would be no consent. (as did Biden and as Schumer tried to do in 07 well before the election year began). They didn't wait until he had nominated someone and then said they wouldn't cooperate, they advised him from the beginning as soon as it became an issue, that they would not hold confirmation hearings during the election year.
And learn to debate without insults.
How does this destabilize the government? The Supreme Court is still fully functional and can continue to function with as few as six Justices. Leaving a seat empty for a few more months does not destabilize anything, at least not anymore than the death of Scalia did. Before he passed we had a very balanced court, solid 4-4 split on most topics with Kennedy acting as the swing based on the topic.
Now it's a 4-3 court with the liberal side having the stronger side with Kennedy swinging based on the topic. That makes it a left leaning court as it will vote left, or tie and thus uphold the lower court rulings in a non-precedent affirmation ruling.
Holding off the confirmation does not give the GOP the Seat next year. Who will win this election is still very up in the air. Trump is looking to get the R Nomination, but it's not a sure thing. If he gets it he polls poorly against Hillary, who in turn while looking to have a lock on her nomination is also facing potential criminal felony charges for the Classified Emails scandal that could disqualify her. But whoever ends up winning will get to redesign the court. Not only the current vacancy but at least two if not more seats are expected to be filled in the next term replacing at a minimum Ginsberg (Liberal side) and Kennedy (the swing vote).
But back to the main point. The government is not going to be destabilized because a Supreme Court seat sits empty for a few more months.
That assurance is just further proof that he is an idiot who lives in a world of his own. The military would not obey just because he gave the order. This is one of my biggest problems with him. He thinks that running the country will be like running his companies. As CEO what he says is the law. As President it does not work that way. He is not going to have the absolute authority he has in the corporate world.
The military swears to defend the Constitution, not the President or the Government.
Additionally it was a conscript military at the time, with only officers having any degree of free will in how they chose to obey orders. Nuremburg ended the concept of just following orders. And today's volunteer military is clearly and frequently instructed in the concept of unlawful orders and the duty to disobey them. Yes there are always those who will blindly follow any order but most will not.
The problem all those war game scenarios have is that while the military will play along with the game knowing it is just a training exercise; the military predominantly supports the right wing views (if not the more extremist movements) and is not likely to blindly follow orders as they do in the games.
On more than one such exercise I've heard many a soldier (enlisted and Officers alike) state that should such a situation really occur their response would be rather different.
The first missle the gov fires at a US citizen's home inside the US is likely the last. Those are launched from aircraft that require pilots. Pilots whose families are not safely thousands of miles away from the "threat", pilots who are not thousands of miles from the "Threat". Even more importantly, those pilots did not sign up to attack fellow US citizens. They swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution, not the Government. There is a difference and the military knows the difference. Yes there are those who would simply follow orders, but most would not. Just following orders is not a valid excuse for an illegal order.
The threat you postulate, Mr AC, is not significant.
Islam is not the enemy. Find me an Islamic nation that supports ISIS. You can't, they are all fighting against ISIS in one way or the other. Yes you can find other extremist groups that deliberately misinterpret the Quran to support their evil actions. But you cannot find an Islamic nation that supports them. I cited Iran, as just one example of an Islamic Nation that hates the west and is an enemy, Hamas and Hezbollah are enemies and are active in fighting ISIS.
I have served along side many devout Muslims in our Armed forces and among our many allies. They are not the enemy, they are not a threat. Your misunderstanding of the teachings of the Quran not withstanding. Islam is not the enemy. Extremist ideologies of any persuasion are the enemy.
Be careful though. Islam is not the enemy. There are more Islamic nations lined up against the Extremists like ISIS and Al Qaeda than there are in support of them. Hell Iran is doing more in the fight against radical Islamic terrorism than the US is currently. They have troops on the ground, while we drop a few small bombs each day and claim we are doing something.
When it was established in 1949 in included Italy which does not touch the Atlantic seaboard. And Greece and Turkey were added in 1952 and their contact to the Atlantic is the same as Italy. While not an original member Turkey has been a member since almost the beginning and has been a valuable member of the organization since it joined. Providing valuable airbases in the Soviet Union's back yard.
At least get your facts straight before you go insulting long time allies.
And Mecha could be designed to serve in both roles (as well as help next time Godzilla pays a visit). I think you are on to something with this concept.
Don't forget NK and their not subtle threats. But you nailed it.
Or more likely it has to do with China becoming much bolder in it's attempts to take control of the South China Sea and the Spratly Islands. And then there is NK which has launched multiple missiles over them in blatant threat to them.
Not everything relating to global military concerns revolves around the US.
Yes, you can do either way. The Pseudonyms are used more for sharing a common game alias. For example if you play ingress, the G+ community is very active and having your in game alias as your pseudonym helps keep track of who the other players are in game and out of game without requiring a separate G+ account just for your gamer alias. But we see many non-real name user accounts these days.
He doesn't live or work in mountain view. Not all google employees are in Mountain View. I agree with his assessment about G+ though, I also use FB extensively. G+ is not FB it does not work like FB and is not supposed to be another FB.
And yes I'm related, no I'm not him and I'm not a Google employee. In fact I work for one of the major competitors of Google.
A dam is not a symbol of another religion, why would they destroy it? They don't destroy things just because they weren't built or designed by Muslims but because they are representative of other "false" (in their view) religions. Or because they are artworks that violate the commandment to not create graven images, be they religion focused or not.
A dam does not meet any of those criteria. They may have no motivation to maintain it, and saw the maintenance equipment as stuff to loot, but there is no reason for them to destroy it.
He didn't say they were paying a 90% tax rate but the richest are paying 90% of the taxes paid. That thanks to loopholes they are only paying 15% or 20% of their income does not mean they are not paying most the taxes paid in this country.