Have you tried reading the constitution? It grants certain enumerated powers. It's not carte blanch for the federal government to do anything and everything the politicians want to do.
What's pathetic is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Oil prices spiking? Create a new cabinet-level department to huff and puff about it! That will help, surely!
The DOE was one of the few things Carter did right.
Nope.
The Department of Energy is just another federal agency with no constitutional justification for its existence. It's about as useful as the other DOE (Department of Education).
While we can sit all safe and secure in our homes in America
Actually, we can't. Our militarized local police forces have been breaking into houses and shooting people for quite a few years now, based on nothing more than anonymous informants' tips.
The gov't would only stand to benefit from lifting of some prohibition
Not exactly. Government benefits tremendously from any war, including war on its own citizens. The Drug War brings power to government as a whole, and funnels bribe money to government employees at all levels. It's terrible for the country, but great for a lot of scumbags with power.
I'm not quite ready to support decriminalizing cocaine, and I am strongly opposed to legalizing methamphetamine.
If you want to see fewer people using drugs, then decriminalization is the way to go. We're seeing drastic reductions in the number of smokers in the last few years, and nobody had to be tossed in jail to make that happen.
I think he will, simply because stopping taxpayers money being funnelled into the pockets of his political enemies for no good reason if to his advantage.
I've got news for you. He voted for the bailout.
Obama is a bought-and-paid-for member of the Ruling Party.
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Apple has done nothing to bring OS X up to the same performance level as Linux and Windows since then.
Do you know the difference between supporting a claim and merely repeating it?
-jcr
I can count on two hands the number of times I've encountered a client who has one or more machines on-site running Vista.
That's rather interesting. I wonder whether windows 7 is going to see any better rate of uptake.
-jcr
Don't ever dare compare the OS X operating system to windows or even Linux with WINE in terms of gaming ever again.
I'm curious.. Do you actually expect people to comply when you issue a demand like this?
-jcr
The article you link is an opinion piece, which cites no actual examples of performance issues on Mac OS X.
Care to try again?
-jcr
Vista got a lot of people to switch... Away from MS.
-jcr
poor performing Mach message queues
[citation needed]
Mach messaging is highly efficient, in my experience. What kind of problems are you seeing?
-jcr
Thanks for stopping by to give us your views, Mr. Ballmer.
-jcr
Let's all give MS a pat on the back for clearing such a low bar.
-jcr
Have you tried reading the constitution? It grants certain enumerated powers. It's not carte blanch for the federal government to do anything and everything the politicians want to do.
-jcr
libertarians are so blind, it's pathetic.
What's pathetic is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Oil prices spiking? Create a new cabinet-level department to huff and puff about it! That will help, surely!
-jcr
The DOE was one of the few things Carter did right.
Nope.
The Department of Energy is just another federal agency with no constitutional justification for its existence. It's about as useful as the other DOE (Department of Education).
-jcr
Just because someone is a great scientist does not mean the person is a good administrator or a good politician.
There's also the little matter of whether we should have such a thing as a Department of Energy in the first place.
-jcr
What's a 'micron'
It's a term used in semiconductor manufacturing to refer to one millionth of a meter.
-jcr
In my day, getting to one micron feature sizes was a big deal. And we were grateful!
You kids get off my lawn!
-jcr
One Of The Oppressed
Oh, my heart bleeds for you. It must really suck to be addicted to something that makes you reek of toxic chemicals.
a stigma that all people who smoke are "dirty".
If the shoe fits...
-jcr
You are putting words in my mouth that are not there.
I made no claim that you've said anything at all.
-jcr
While we can sit all safe and secure in our homes in America
Actually, we can't. Our militarized local police forces have been breaking into houses and shooting people for quite a few years now, based on nothing more than anonymous informants' tips.
-jcr
Obama took campaign funds from the military-industrial complex, too. Don't kid yourself.
-jcr
The gov't would only stand to benefit from lifting of some prohibition
Not exactly. Government benefits tremendously from any war, including war on its own citizens. The Drug War brings power to government as a whole, and funnels bribe money to government employees at all levels. It's terrible for the country, but great for a lot of scumbags with power.
-jcr
I'm not quite ready to support decriminalizing cocaine, and I am strongly opposed to legalizing methamphetamine.
If you want to see fewer people using drugs, then decriminalization is the way to go. We're seeing drastic reductions in the number of smokers in the last few years, and nobody had to be tossed in jail to make that happen.
-jcr
While we're discussing prohibition, it's worth pointing out that it's always been a tool for expanding government beyond its constitutional powers.
-jcr
I think he will, simply because stopping taxpayers money being funnelled into the pockets of his political enemies for no good reason if to his advantage.
I've got news for you. He voted for the bailout.
Obama is a bought-and-paid-for member of the Ruling Party.
-jcr
But it is a douche move./I?
Kid, you obviously have some things to work out in therapy. I wish you the best of luck.
-jcr
Wow, did you really just name-drop on /.?
Thousands of people have met him. It's hardly name-dropping to mention that I have, too.
-jcr
The once Senator & future President has expressed a desire to shut down some of the most egregious abuses of power that Mr. Bush came up with.
I am highly skeptical that he'll do anything of the kind. I hope I'm wrong.
-jcr