These people both have higher education - in one case, the University of Chicago, which isn't exactly Directional State U. They are not poor because they were born in the inner city and lack connections. They are not poor because they are simply incapable of being productive members of society. They are poor because they have chosen to work in fields that have insanely low income potential, and indeed have chosen not to go into any number of productive jobs (at the very least, they would qualify as high school teachers with relatively little retraining). But they want me to pay for them to eat something other than rice and beans? Screw them.
These are practically poster children for "it's a safety net, not a hammock".
No. I'd happily give up every vote I made before I was a net contributor under my rules. You really need to think about why your scenario doesn't work, though - 100% of taxes on business instead of individuals is basically impossible. Individuals can't deny income (they might hide it, but they can't deny a W-2). Business tax law involves a lot of question about what is, or isn't, a legitimate business expense. No government that tried to do what you suggest would be able to function.
If you have a terminal program on one of them, it should be easy. Use Zmodem for correction of any line noise and do a simple null modem. Heck, if you have a null modem cable, you could probably use COPY/B COM1: TERMINAL.COM with conservative settings to get your initial terminal program on there.
I'm not a fan of democracy; as the sayng goes, democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on dinner. I see no reason why those who take more than they contribute should have a say in how much other people's money they get.
I'll let you vote at any age where you consume less in direct government benefits than you pay in taxes. This is granular; e.g., I receive no direct federal benefits despite paying a hell of a lot of tax so I can vote federally; but I have a part-time state job that exceeds my state income tax some years, so in the year after that, I can't vote.
The details would, of course, be messy, but as a broad outline, I think it would immensely improve the quality of governance. All of a sudden, Medicare and Social Security reform are possible.
There are some universal problems with unions, but most of the ones in the US stem from the fact that US union laws are awful. If you tried to design something more easily coopted into a political machine, you would be hard-pressed to do so.
The people who carry around "therapy dogs" are the ones trivializing mental illness. "Oh no, I have anxiety, Snookums has to go everywhere I do!" Horseshit. It's just like the perfectly able-bodied people who wander onto the airplane before anyone else because "I need extra time". No, you don't, because I board right after that and you're already sitting down with your iPad out.
Anxiety is real if ambiguous. Depression is a bitch. Schizophrenia is a nightmare, and physical disability is a curse. But there are any number of assholes who will exploit a situation to their own advantage. Therapy dogs are such a thing.
Yeah, agreed. Recreational divers shouldn't be messing around at that depth, but technical divers do it all the time. Just have to have decompression facilities available.
Obama thought he'd be handing it off to Hillary. The Clintons still have more power with Democratic donors, and thus the DNC, than he does. No reason to say something that might steal her thunder or box her in. He has no such incentive anymore.
I don't know why more people don't have things delivered to work. If you have an office job, send it there. Someone will sign for it, it will get taken to your desk, and you don't have to worry. I've done this for about 8 years, and it works perfectly.
This is a very simple, very effective solution to the problem. Cheap stuff goes to my house for the convenience. Anything valuable is sent to the office. Doesn't work for everyone, but if you have an office to send it to, it's a really simple solution.
That's great for you, but I've never lived anywhere that had grocery delivery. Stores have recently introduced services that will, for a fee, collect your order and put it in your car for you once you get there. About $5/order, definitely not free. And that's only in the past six months.
That's really only useful if you can find two people who live near you, keep the same hours, and have workplaces within easy walking distance of yours. The slug line system for DC HOV lanes is much more effective.
Very, very brave. It was a gamble, nothing more or less. He made at least $2M on the deal. He's still got plenty left. He's a firm believer in the underlying tech and the blockchain as a source of value in itself, but given the buying prices he faced, he had at least 5000 bitcoins. I've bought a few from him here and there for my own amusement, in cash. I paid a lot more than 25 cents, though. Still, they've held their value. It's not a life-changingly-good gamble anymore, but I'm not worried about them going to nothing any time soon. I'll probably get as much out as I put in.
But it paid for his house, his entertainment room remodel, and his Tesla.
You can "Season Pass" a show, but it will only record from that channel. You can set up a keyword search that will work on all channels, but it's not trivial to do so. The ReplayTV made it seamless (as did Windows Media Center).
Well, the players are actually humans. I played football in high school, and yeah, we relied on those timed-but-not-playing minutes to recuperate. It's not an endurance sport like soccer or basketball, it's a peak-performance sport like baseball or sprinting.
No shit. When I got my first DVR, it was a ReplayTV with 30 GB storage. 30 hours low quality, 15 medium, 10 high.
I set it up, and the wife reaction was basically "what is this thing, and why can't I use my regular remote?" A week later, the 120GB replacement HD I had bought to bump up the space arrived. I told her she was going to lose any shows on there, so go ahead and watch them. Reaction? "Wait, I'm going to lose my shows? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! DO NOT WANT!"
Still the best DVR I've ever used, in terms of user interface. It drives me up a wall that TiVO can't just record every instance of a show on any channel - the ReplayTV did it without missing a beat.
Generally speaking, devices like pacemakers run on very low power. The only way to interrogate or change their settings is to set the probe directly over the device. I'm not saying they have good security, but you're not going to do it without their noticing.
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Kudzu should be turned into goat and sheep meat.
These people both have higher education - in one case, the University of Chicago, which isn't exactly Directional State U. They are not poor because they were born in the inner city and lack connections. They are not poor because they are simply incapable of being productive members of society. They are poor because they have chosen to work in fields that have insanely low income potential, and indeed have chosen not to go into any number of productive jobs (at the very least, they would qualify as high school teachers with relatively little retraining). But they want me to pay for them to eat something other than rice and beans? Screw them.
These are practically poster children for "it's a safety net, not a hammock".
Man, I miss NTK.
No. I'd happily give up every vote I made before I was a net contributor under my rules. You really need to think about why your scenario doesn't work, though - 100% of taxes on business instead of individuals is basically impossible. Individuals can't deny income (they might hide it, but they can't deny a W-2). Business tax law involves a lot of question about what is, or isn't, a legitimate business expense. No government that tried to do what you suggest would be able to function.
If you have a terminal program on one of them, it should be easy. Use Zmodem for correction of any line noise and do a simple null modem. Heck, if you have a null modem cable, you could probably use COPY /B COM1: TERMINAL.COM with conservative settings to get your initial terminal program on there.
I'm not a fan of democracy; as the sayng goes, democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on dinner. I see no reason why those who take more than they contribute should have a say in how much other people's money they get.
I'll let you vote at any age where you consume less in direct government benefits than you pay in taxes. This is granular; e.g., I receive no direct federal benefits despite paying a hell of a lot of tax so I can vote federally; but I have a part-time state job that exceeds my state income tax some years, so in the year after that, I can't vote.
The details would, of course, be messy, but as a broad outline, I think it would immensely improve the quality of governance. All of a sudden, Medicare and Social Security reform are possible.
There are some universal problems with unions, but most of the ones in the US stem from the fact that US union laws are awful. If you tried to design something more easily coopted into a political machine, you would be hard-pressed to do so.
Historical purposes pretty much covers it. An OS that can run a lot of old software is great.
Any reason you didn't just use NCSA Telnet?
The people who carry around "therapy dogs" are the ones trivializing mental illness. "Oh no, I have anxiety, Snookums has to go everywhere I do!" Horseshit. It's just like the perfectly able-bodied people who wander onto the airplane before anyone else because "I need extra time". No, you don't, because I board right after that and you're already sitting down with your iPad out.
Anxiety is real if ambiguous. Depression is a bitch. Schizophrenia is a nightmare, and physical disability is a curse. But there are any number of assholes who will exploit a situation to their own advantage. Therapy dogs are such a thing.
Yeah, agreed. Recreational divers shouldn't be messing around at that depth, but technical divers do it all the time. Just have to have decompression facilities available.
Obama thought he'd be handing it off to Hillary. The Clintons still have more power with Democratic donors, and thus the DNC, than he does. No reason to say something that might steal her thunder or box her in. He has no such incentive anymore.
I don't know why more people don't have things delivered to work. If you have an office job, send it there. Someone will sign for it, it will get taken to your desk, and you don't have to worry. I've done this for about 8 years, and it works perfectly.
you send you packages to your work place
This is a very simple, very effective solution to the problem. Cheap stuff goes to my house for the convenience. Anything valuable is sent to the office. Doesn't work for everyone, but if you have an office to send it to, it's a really simple solution.
It does work like a charm. I've only done it once, but it's simple and effective.
It's not about keeping it tight for their partners, it's about pelvic floor weakness and urinary incontinence later in life.
That's great for you, but I've never lived anywhere that had grocery delivery. Stores have recently introduced services that will, for a fee, collect your order and put it in your car for you once you get there. About $5/order, definitely not free. And that's only in the past six months.
That's really only useful if you can find two people who live near you, keep the same hours, and have workplaces within easy walking distance of yours. The slug line system for DC HOV lanes is much more effective.
Very, very brave. It was a gamble, nothing more or less. He made at least $2M on the deal. He's still got plenty left. He's a firm believer in the underlying tech and the blockchain as a source of value in itself, but given the buying prices he faced, he had at least 5000 bitcoins. I've bought a few from him here and there for my own amusement, in cash. I paid a lot more than 25 cents, though. Still, they've held their value. It's not a life-changingly-good gamble anymore, but I'm not worried about them going to nothing any time soon. I'll probably get as much out as I put in.
But it paid for his house, his entertainment room remodel, and his Tesla.
Some did. I have a friend who dropped $1000 or so into Btc just on a lark when it was trading in the 25c range. He made a hell of a lot of money.
You can "Season Pass" a show, but it will only record from that channel. You can set up a keyword search that will work on all channels, but it's not trivial to do so. The ReplayTV made it seamless (as did Windows Media Center).
Well, the players are actually humans. I played football in high school, and yeah, we relied on those timed-but-not-playing minutes to recuperate. It's not an endurance sport like soccer or basketball, it's a peak-performance sport like baseball or sprinting.
No shit. When I got my first DVR, it was a ReplayTV with 30 GB storage. 30 hours low quality, 15 medium, 10 high.
I set it up, and the wife reaction was basically "what is this thing, and why can't I use my regular remote?" A week later, the 120GB replacement HD I had bought to bump up the space arrived. I told her she was going to lose any shows on there, so go ahead and watch them. Reaction? "Wait, I'm going to lose my shows? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! DO NOT WANT!"
Still the best DVR I've ever used, in terms of user interface. It drives me up a wall that TiVO can't just record every instance of a show on any channel - the ReplayTV did it without missing a beat.
Generally speaking, devices like pacemakers run on very low power. The only way to interrogate or change their settings is to set the probe directly over the device. I'm not saying they have good security, but you're not going to do it without their noticing.