It's sort of like the old mob racket of paying protection, "Give us $100/wk or something bad will happen to your store". They create a problem and then make you pay to cure it.
Put a tax on the methods of delivery. Advertising is covered by the 1st admendment (too a point) but the Constitution doesn't say it can't be taxed. Tax the tv ads, the posters, the billboards, etc. If that is impractical then eliminate the cost of advertising as a business expense that can be claimed.
You can protect the little guy with a cut off for advertising costs that isn't taxed.
I wish they'd overthrow the 1800's Supreme Court ruling that said that corporations had "rights" as if they were real people. They aren't people they are entities.
Sure it is a crime but who the hell sends someone to prison for the rest of their life for burglery or burning something? This is property, not rape or murder. People have lost their perspective, I feel like I'm revisting the Puritan era.
If you insist on using the terms "incest", "enlarge your penis", "make money fast", or "you requested to receive e-mail" in your personal correspondence then use encryption and sign your email so you don't get filtered out. If you are on a node that is blacklisted then either complain to your provider or move to a more responsible one.
"Please be on guard for any unusual requests. Verify the person is an AT&T employee or a legitimate customer and if they have a need to know the information they are asking...and inform the caller you will call them back."
Someone was able to not only get through to AT&T service but also GOT A CALL BACK!? Now THAT is shocking news!
If I had access to high explosives I'd just blow up the thing I wanted to destroy and save myself the trouble of screwing around with EMP. Hell, if I had a nuke and wanted an EMP bomb I'd put it on a rocket (if you can get/build a nuke you can get/build a rocket too) and detonate it in the ionosphere and generate one hell of an EMP pulse via nature! This actually happened once in a high altitude nuke test to Hawaii.
They won't have to invade his backyard, they'll just shut down all of his credit and turn off all of his utilities. A few days without cable and he'll be begging for mercy!
Hand grenades are also standard issue so I guess they should be legal also.
As for Switzerland since people keep the weapons at home and aren't walking around with them I'd say the lower crime rate is due to economics and culture, not gun fight fantasies.
In the glory days of the Mafia, mobsters used to get killed left and right and they were all heavily armed. Guess it didn't matter.
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It's a well known fact that the universe revolves around ME.
"Dangerous if you ask me - if you have a tower case, make sure the CD drive isn't at eye level!"
Are you kidding? Just a little eye damage for a law suit that'll keep you set for life. This is a legal gold mine!
Doesn't using Linux on your desktop make you a geek by definition? ;)
It's sort of like the old mob racket of paying protection, "Give us $100/wk or something bad will happen to your store". They create a problem and then make you pay to cure it.
...and you've been calling your urologist so we'll be sending you info from our partners, Get-A-Bigger-Penis-Now! Inc.
Put a tax on the methods of delivery. Advertising is covered by the 1st admendment (too a point) but the Constitution doesn't say it can't be taxed. Tax the tv ads, the posters, the billboards, etc. If that is impractical then eliminate the cost of advertising as a business expense that can be claimed.
You can protect the little guy with a cut off for advertising costs that isn't taxed.
I wish they'd overthrow the 1800's Supreme Court ruling that said that corporations had "rights" as if they were real people. They aren't people they are entities.
If you think that is bad check this out:
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/computergames/story/0
Wait until they add gps to cell phones.
Pretty sad that even with all that info and data massaging they still can't get me to buy their crap!
Just think of all that effort just to hawk cookie cutter cars, Britney Spears cds and detergent.
I thought size didn't matter but how you used it?
Sounds like you could fit all of the contect that was available on Napster onto one disk. Now we can just mail it to each other!
Time to start downloading some more...
Sure it is a crime but who the hell sends someone to prison for the rest of their life for burglery or burning something? This is property, not rape or murder. People have lost their perspective, I feel like I'm revisting the Puritan era.
You left out that convicted executives also get to walk away with multi-million dollar severance packages for their troubles.
If you don't get spam how will you ever learn how to "MAKE MONEY FAST!" or how to "ENLARGE YOUR PENIS!"?
Right now some poor guy named "HomerSimpson@aol.com" is getting pounded with spam.
If you insist on using the terms "incest", "enlarge your penis", "make money fast", or "you requested to receive e-mail" in your personal correspondence then use encryption and sign your email so you don't get filtered out. If you are on a node that is blacklisted then either complain to your provider or move to a more responsible one.
"Corporate Security will ensure inquiries are verified and appropriate responses provided."
*ring* *ring*..."Hold on please" (checks caller-id display, looks up phone number in computer)..."ok Mayor McCheese, how may I help you?"
"...and security precautions should not get in the way of productivity."
I was wondering why my grandma had all of these 900 sex chat calls on her phone bill years ago. And I thought my grandma was just kinky!
"Please be on guard for any unusual requests. Verify the person is an AT&T employee or a legitimate customer and if they have a need to know the information they are asking...and inform the caller you will call them back."
Someone was able to not only get through to AT&T service but also GOT A CALL BACK!? Now THAT is shocking news!
1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/8 are far more common fractions for daily use than 1/5. Fractions based on 2 are especially handy.
If I had access to high explosives I'd just blow up the thing I wanted to destroy and save myself the trouble of screwing around with EMP. Hell, if I had a nuke and wanted an EMP bomb I'd put it on a rocket (if you can get/build a nuke you can get/build a rocket too) and detonate it in the ionosphere and generate one hell of an EMP pulse via nature! This actually happened once in a high altitude nuke test to Hawaii.
They won't have to invade his backyard, they'll just shut down all of his credit and turn off all of his utilities. A few days without cable and he'll be begging for mercy!
Hand grenades are also standard issue so I guess they should be legal also.
As for Switzerland since people keep the weapons at home and aren't walking around with them I'd say the lower crime rate is due to economics and culture, not gun fight fantasies.
In the glory days of the Mafia, mobsters used to get killed left and right and they were all heavily armed. Guess it didn't matter.