Mass produce? Don't you mean mass assemble? It looks like a collection of off the shelf hardware and software that has been branded and badged with Amiga. Upgrading the internal HD from 1 to 3TB adds nearly 500 to the price. That's almost a current Mac Mini. Sorry, but these prices are just absolutely stupid.
for people outside of the U.S. (I guess the U.K. works now too). Although I live in a country that is well behind on licensing agreements, I can at least use the AppleTV to view legally purchased or rented movies from the iTunes stores (one of the only functioning alternatives in Austria), stream from my media server, and mirror my iDevices displays.
With the Roku I can use plex.
I'm even less impressed by the Roku than the new AppleTV.
So does that mean you are out camping in the cold, being disobedient? Because if not then you aren't really doing anything to lessen your state of fuckedness. You know that you are not alone, and that the standard process hasn't been working for you. So if you truly believe that things are going to get that much worse so quickly, you better be out there finding other people to align with your cause. Because if it comes to the point you will need to stockpile food and guns, rugged individualism isn't going to get you very far.
As an American living in Europe, I can tell you now, it won't be easy without getting a job lined up first. You might want to consider U.N. job postings. If your relatives have an internet connection communnication is easy, if they don't you can use skype to call them on your dime for pretty decent rates. It's not easy, but it can be done.
This. The music industry has been wildly successful in protecting their ancient business model. By maintaining an absurdly high barrier to entry (currently done by oppressive licensing fees) they have been able to either bankrupt, jail, or buy out potential competitors to their empire of middlemen. The entire IP legal situation is turning into something where only companies with existing IP portfolios (wether patent or copyright) will be able to even consider creating new products or markets.
Of course, when it finally gets to the point that Patent holders square off against Copyright holders, things might get interesting. Maybe not interesting in a good way, but certainly interesting in a get out the popcorn way.
But since Leviticus is from the Old Testament, the command to not practice homosexuality would have been washed away no?
And no, for the record, when Jesus died on the cross and was raised. All the old testament stuff was "washed away". Or so I believe. I'm free in Christ and have a responsibility to speak up. "Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin" Leviticus 18:22 Not my words, those are God's.
Thanks for getting insulting there bubba. Now why don't you explain to me just how you would like to support the original posters assertion that wages have more than doubled in the last 20 years?
That says absolutely nothing about stagnant income or buying power for the lower and middle class. And statistics, damn statistics or not, the person I was responding to claimed wages have doubled in the last 20 years. But if you want to take statistics out of it, just look at the actualy number of single income households that are still able to maintain a middle class lifestyle, and then take a look at the number of people working more than one job.
And using health insurance as an argument that total wages have increased is sort of screwed. Insurance might be more expensive now, but those costs have been rising well beyond the rate of inflation, and on an international scale we still spend more dollars for less service than anywhere else. Your article actually reinforces one of the main points of the article I linked to, that the really rich have increased their wealth while the merely rich have actually lost. The article also points out that downward mobility is actually easier and quicker than upward mobility.
Whatever the case may be, my point was that the claim that wages have doubled is pretty hard to prove. I would even go further and claim tat it was only the access to easy credit that actually maintained the general publics buying power and kept the system afloat as long as it did. Unfortunately, in order to prove that I would need to rely on statistics, something greed apologists would appear to find abhorrent.
Even the highest fifth (top 20%) has averaged less than what had previously been average GPA growth rate over the prior 40 years of a little over 3%. And the bottom half of the top 20% did poorly, because the top 1% did so well that it raised the average for the top 20%. That means that over the past 30 years only people roughly within the top 10% were able to realize any growth in real income.
Robert Reich puts it this way:
The wages of the typical American hardly increased in the three decades leading up to the Crash of 2008, considering inflation. In the 2002, they actually dropped. According to the Census Bureau, in 2007 a male worker earning the median male wage (that is, smack in the middle, with as many men earning more than he did as earning less) took home just over $45,000. Considering inflation, this was less than the typical male worker earned thirty years before. * * * But the American economy was much larger in 2007 than it was 30 years before. If those gains had been divided equally among Americans, the typical American would be more than 60 percent better off than he actually was by 2007. [6]
Salaries for congressmen is one of the cornerstones of a true democracy. Before that, only those with large passive income (through land and industrial investments) could afford to invest the time into politics. Removing such things would obliterate all hope that one may be represented by anyone who has any other interest than making the rich richer and preserving the status quo.
Ron Paul would like a return to the glory days of American democracy where leaders would not mooch off the state and instead draw an income from honourable means, like plantations in Virginia.
And now only those with a large passive income (or friends with buttloads of cash) can afford to invest their time in campaigning. All hope that one may be represented by anyone interested in anything other than making the rich richer and preserving the status quo has long been obliterated.
Of course, I can imagine RP taking us to the next level, where indentured servants are no longer allowed the vote. Considering the current state of consumer debt in the states, that should make elections a right simple matter...
No coherent talking points? The "organizers" or at least the web page http://usdayofrage.org/ [usdayofrage.org] that was set up months ago to make the call for protests, did start out with 3 talking points.
1 citizen
1 dollar
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The central issue has been election finance reform, and reducing the influence of big business and banking on the U.S. Political system. The message isn't getting lost in the noise, it is being actively ignored and discredited by a media that is part of the problem.
The "organizers" or at least the web page http://usdayofrage.org/ that was set up months ago to make the call for protests, did start out with bullet points. 1 citizen 1 dollar
1 vote The central issue has been election finance reform, and reducing the influence of big business and banking on the U.S. Political system. The message isn't getting lost in the noise, it is being actively ignored and discredited by a media that is part of the problem.
Don't use your own ignorance as an excuse to belittle the actions of those who have decided to stand up and say something.
Generations are being deprived of the chance to learn to deal with the process of overcoming their fears?
In a society whose political and media culture centers around obscuring debate by preying on fear?
Whodathunk?
No, im just using the standard phrasing. I and many of my friends made choices to live lifestyles that wouldnt pass the pres test, but even people who have tried to be a comic book citizen wouldnt pass muster because, well, shit happens.
And in case you didnt notice, i was giving you the only workable strategy i can think of. One that not many people have tried. just man up to who you are and face the puritans/press/whatever down.
So will you be on the ballot or not?
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Um, Blindness? At least that's what the anti-masturbators used to say.
Of course, that has the added benefit of making it impossible for one to view porn, so I guess it all sorts itself out in the end.
Still sighted, but I'm working on it...
Mass produce? Don't you mean mass assemble? It looks like a collection of off the shelf hardware and software that has been branded and badged with Amiga. Upgrading the internal HD from 1 to 3TB adds nearly 500 to the price. That's almost a current Mac Mini. Sorry, but these prices are just absolutely stupid.
And I'm saying that as a mac user.
And the hardware actually looks like the last generation Mac Mini. With badges.
for people outside of the U.S. (I guess the U.K. works now too). Although I live in a country that is well behind on licensing agreements, I can at least use the AppleTV to view legally purchased or rented movies from the iTunes stores (one of the only functioning alternatives in Austria), stream from my media server, and mirror my iDevices displays.
With the Roku I can use plex.
I'm even less impressed by the Roku than the new AppleTV.
sounds like he went to school in Arizona.
Hi Bob. Welcome to the list.
That's only because you (and google, and the media) weren't listening
because most geeks have only fond memories of the compassionate members of the football team.
On the other hand, they did like to throw quarters at my head. Maybe it was their way of helping me add to my college fund...
So does that mean you are out camping in the cold, being disobedient? Because if not then you aren't really doing anything to lessen your state of fuckedness. You know that you are not alone, and that the standard process hasn't been working for you. So if you truly believe that things are going to get that much worse so quickly, you better be out there finding other people to align with your cause. Because if it comes to the point you will need to stockpile food and guns, rugged individualism isn't going to get you very far.
one child was left behind.
As an American living in Europe, I can tell you now, it won't be easy without getting a job lined up first. You might want to consider U.N. job postings. If your relatives have an internet connection communnication is easy, if they don't you can use skype to call them on your dime for pretty decent rates. It's not easy, but it can be done.
This. The music industry has been wildly successful in protecting their ancient business model. By maintaining an absurdly high barrier to entry (currently done by oppressive licensing fees) they have been able to either bankrupt, jail, or buy out potential competitors to their empire of middlemen. The entire IP legal situation is turning into something where only companies with existing IP portfolios (wether patent or copyright) will be able to even consider creating new products or markets.
Of course, when it finally gets to the point that Patent holders square off against Copyright holders, things might get interesting. Maybe not interesting in a good way, but certainly interesting in a get out the popcorn way.
But since Leviticus is from the Old Testament, the command to not practice homosexuality would have been washed away no?
And no, for the record, when Jesus died on the cross and was raised. All the old testament stuff was "washed away". Or so I believe. I'm free in Christ and have a responsibility to speak up. "Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin" Leviticus 18:22 Not my words, those are God's.
I always ask the store to open those for me, and then leave the packaging there. I hate that crap.
True, but it's already been bricked.
Thanks for getting insulting there bubba. Now why don't you explain to me just how you would like to support the original posters assertion that wages have more than doubled in the last 20 years?
That says absolutely nothing about stagnant income or buying power for the lower and middle class. And statistics, damn statistics or not, the person I was responding to claimed wages have doubled in the last 20 years. But if you want to take statistics out of it, just look at the actualy number of single income households that are still able to maintain a middle class lifestyle, and then take a look at the number of people working more than one job.
And using health insurance as an argument that total wages have increased is sort of screwed. Insurance might be more expensive now, but those costs have been rising well beyond the rate of inflation, and on an international scale we still spend more dollars for less service than anywhere else. Your article actually reinforces one of the main points of the article I linked to, that the really rich have increased their wealth while the merely rich have actually lost. The article also points out that downward mobility is actually easier and quicker than upward mobility.
Whatever the case may be, my point was that the claim that wages have doubled is pretty hard to prove. I would even go further and claim tat it was only the access to easy credit that actually maintained the general publics buying power and kept the system afloat as long as it did. Unfortunately, in order to prove that I would need to rely on statistics, something greed apologists would appear to find abhorrent.
You can read some more here: http://acivilamericandebate.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/the-30-year-growth-of-income-inequality/
WinCe had to have been the most appropriate acronym for any product, ever.
Salaries for congressmen is one of the cornerstones of a true democracy. Before that, only those with large passive income (through land and industrial investments) could afford to invest the time into politics. Removing such things would obliterate all hope that one may be represented by anyone who has any other interest than making the rich richer and preserving the status quo.
Ron Paul would like a return to the glory days of American democracy where leaders would not mooch off the state and instead draw an income from honourable means, like plantations in Virginia.
And now only those with a large passive income (or friends with buttloads of cash) can afford to invest their time in campaigning. All hope that one may be represented by anyone interested in anything other than making the rich richer and preserving the status quo has long been obliterated.
Of course, I can imagine RP taking us to the next level, where indentured servants are no longer allowed the vote. Considering the current state of consumer debt in the states, that should make elections a right simple matter...
Only a fiscal lunatic would eliminate subsidized loans.
Well, you ARE talking about a U.S. politician...
The "organizers" or at least the web page http://usdayofrage.org/ [usdayofrage.org] that was set up months ago to make the call for protests, did start out with 3 talking points.
1 citizen
1 dollar
1 vote
The central issue has been election finance reform, and reducing the influence of big business and banking on the U.S. Political system. The message isn't getting lost in the noise, it is being actively ignored and discredited by a media that is part of the problem.
The "organizers" or at least the web page http://usdayofrage.org/ that was set up months ago to make the call for protests, did start out with bullet points.
1 citizen
1 dollar
1 vote
The central issue has been election finance reform, and reducing the influence of big business and banking on the U.S. Political system. The message isn't getting lost in the noise, it is being actively ignored and discredited by a media that is part of the problem.
Don't use your own ignorance as an excuse to belittle the actions of those who have decided to stand up and say something.
Generations are being deprived of the chance to learn to deal with the process of overcoming their fears?
In a society whose political and media culture centers around obscuring debate by preying on fear?
Whodathunk?
No, im just using the standard phrasing. I and many of my friends made choices to live lifestyles that wouldnt pass the pres test, but even people who have tried to be a comic book citizen wouldnt pass muster because, well, shit happens.
And in case you didnt notice, i was giving you the only workable strategy i can think of. One that not many people have tried. just man up to who you are and face the puritans/press/whatever down.
So will you be on the ballot or not?