Nod. I understand. I am Libertarian also, and I used to do that. Now I spend my vote where I think it can do the most good, switching between the major parties as necessary to participate in key primaries. But that's a lot more work than just voting for whomever has a capital L after their name.
In most instances, I know the Libertarian candidates personally, and most of them are friends of mine. Additionally, I'd like to see us hit the 5% mark to get major party status.
Just because he's wrong doesn't mean the poll worker wasn't also wrong. Happens all the time.
Yeah, but now maybe AC can go back to the polling place with this info and get to vote. If he's not allowed to, he might have a civil suit for disenfranchisement.
This could be a good test of my first amendment rights. I'm in Michigan, I'm tempted to test this out. I'm voting Libertarian, so none of my guys are going to win anyway.
I don't like anybody holding power for too long, and typically when a judge gets elected it's a position for life. Most attorneys are reluctant to run against a sitting judge, so many times they don't even have an opponent. So when they do have an opponent, I usually vote against the one with "Judge" in front of their name.
You should be glad you're not getting the full attention of the federally mandated "civil liberties", like the one to indefinite detention.
Yeah, my list was not meant to be an exhaustive one, but I listed a few just in case somebody decided to ask "Oh really, what liberties have you lost?" like someone always does.
If you're voting (or would, if you could) for other than the Democratic or Republican parties' candidates this year, what drives that decision?
Maybe it's because I only see minor differences between the two major parties. Under both the D's & R's, the size & scope of government has increased, and our liberties are being decreased. What liberties you ask? How about the right to have medical marijuana in a state where the voters have decided it should be legal, but the Feds are conducting record numbers of raids? How about not having a presumption of guilt when trying to travel via airplane? How about the right to not be spied on without due process? That's just the start. I'm not 100% libertarian, but I'll still be casting my vote for all of the LP's candidates on my ballot. We need competition in the political marketplace just like we do in the financial marketplace.
I'm sure Romney will roll this back because the right-wing hates police states.
If you're under the impression that my comment is in support of Romney, you're sadly mistaken. I'm voting for Gary Johnson.
However, it is widely ignored by the left all the bad things Obama has done while in office, even surpassing GWB in many things that the left used to complain about with GWB. Apparently Obama gets a free pass because he has a (D) after his name.
Obama does not deserve the left's support, I would really encourage them to vote either Green Party or Libertarian Party this election if they find these types of things morally repugnant.
"Treat you like a criminal" refers to DRM. Steam certainly has software with DRM, but that's not Valves choice. They would love you sell you other peoples games without DRM, but the other people won't let them as a condition of being on steam.
AFAIK, all of the Humble Indie Bundle games are available from Steam and don't come with DRM. You can request a Steam code for your games if you want to get them that way.
I'm not sure that this statement makes any sense. It might make sense for Blizzard (Diablo 3), or any new games from Ubisoft, all of which apparently requires a persistent connection to play your games.
Netflix is basically a movie rental service with no due dates, and you can watch the stuff you want at any time as many times as you want. I'm not under any illusion that I own any of the content they have available.
I have Steam, and I usually only buy games that are on deep discount whenever they have one of their crazy 75% off sales. The only time I go online with them is when I buy games, otherwise I go into offline mode.
Tablet fads have come and gone... the iPad has actually done really well this time around, but I remember how the 486 tablets (that did all the same stuff at much lower resolution) were going to make PCs obsolete... sure they did.
It's not for people like you and me. It's for people like my wife. She enjoys sitting in her chair and knitting while watching TV. Now she doesn't need to bump me off of the main computer in order to look up a pattern, she can pull it up while sitting in her chair, and she doesn't have to print it either. She also uses it for a camera. This weekend, an owl landed on the neighbor's porch, she was able to snap a photo and e-mail it, all without having to touch the computer. Perfect for her, and works well for me too.
They need to go to Iowa, Wisconsin, or one of the Dakotas just to do their Coursera homework! They don't want to have to go to Canada though, they might get labeled as terrorist for crossing the border too many times.
Why do the parties always go for the big prize? It's like a high school student wanting to become the CEO of IBM immediately after graduating.
Gary Johnson was already governor of New Mexico for two terms.
Even if they do win, then what? they will have zero support from either of the parties that dominate the congress.
Maybe that would be a good thing. Gary Johnson vetoed more bills in his 2 terms as governor than all other governors combined. We don't need tens of thousands of pages of new laws every year.
If a 3rd party wants to be taken seriously start at the bottom. city councilor, mayor, state senator, work your way up, then people will see what you really believe in and have a track record... and while you are at it get more of "your party" elected to those roles as well.
This is one case of "go big or go home" doesn't work, it just means you are going home empty handed
No, it doesn't mean that at all. In Michigan, if the top of the ticket gets 5% or more, then they get major party status, which means they don't need to waste money trying to get on the ballot the next time around. It helps to build momentum in that you're not wasting money, time & energy on something you had to do previously.
Yeah, invalidating the R&D dollars of old patents is sure to spur innovation. Right. Nothing like having the football pulled from under you when you run up to kick it, right Charlie Brown?
I specifically stated software & business process patents, most of which are rubbish. 1-Click buying isn't obvious? I'm sure Amazon did a ton of R & D coming up with that one...
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There are too many exceptions to make it your only criterion
Yeah, that's why I said "usually." :-P
Nod. I understand. I am Libertarian also, and I used to do that. Now I spend my vote where I think it can do the most good, switching between the major parties as necessary to participate in key primaries. But that's a lot more work than just voting for whomever has a capital L after their name.
In most instances, I know the Libertarian candidates personally, and most of them are friends of mine. Additionally, I'd like to see us hit the 5% mark to get major party status.
Just because he's wrong doesn't mean the poll worker wasn't also wrong. Happens all the time.
Yeah, but now maybe AC can go back to the polling place with this info and get to vote. If he's not allowed to, he might have a civil suit for disenfranchisement.
This could be a good test of my first amendment rights. I'm in Michigan, I'm tempted to test this out. I'm voting Libertarian, so none of my guys are going to win anyway.
I don't like anybody holding power for too long, and typically when a judge gets elected it's a position for life. Most attorneys are reluctant to run against a sitting judge, so many times they don't even have an opponent. So when they do have an opponent, I usually vote against the one with "Judge" in front of their name.
You must be a Republican.
Wrong, guess again.
Full employment in the US, more middle class spending power, and lower commodity prices are better for everybody.
Sounds like things are going to be so awesome when Obama is president! I can hardly wait! Oh, wait...
If it can't identify anyone, I'm sure it will say that it is unable to play the content.
You should be glad you're not getting the full attention of the federally mandated "civil liberties", like the one to indefinite detention.
Yeah, my list was not meant to be an exhaustive one, but I listed a few just in case somebody decided to ask "Oh really, what liberties have you lost?" like someone always does.
If you're voting (or would, if you could) for other than the Democratic or Republican parties' candidates this year, what drives that decision?
Maybe it's because I only see minor differences between the two major parties. Under both the D's & R's, the size & scope of government has increased, and our liberties are being decreased. What liberties you ask? How about the right to have medical marijuana in a state where the voters have decided it should be legal, but the Feds are conducting record numbers of raids? How about not having a presumption of guilt when trying to travel via airplane? How about the right to not be spied on without due process? That's just the start. I'm not 100% libertarian, but I'll still be casting my vote for all of the LP's candidates on my ballot. We need competition in the political marketplace just like we do in the financial marketplace.
I'm sure Romney will roll this back because the right-wing hates police states.
If you're under the impression that my comment is in support of Romney, you're sadly mistaken. I'm voting for Gary Johnson.
However, it is widely ignored by the left all the bad things Obama has done while in office, even surpassing GWB in many things that the left used to complain about with GWB. Apparently Obama gets a free pass because he has a (D) after his name.
Obama's drone strikes
Obama's medical marijuana raids.
Obama does not deserve the left's support, I would really encourage them to vote either Green Party or Libertarian Party this election if they find these types of things morally repugnant.
This type of thing won't happen when Barack Obama is president!
Given his record, a vote for Obama is a vote for more drone strikes. And I'm guessing a vote for Romney is also a vote for more drone strikes.
According to the news, Obama already took care of the Romney issue at the last debate.
I dont see one good solution here.
How about not being in Afghanistan or any other Middle East country in the first place?
"Treat you like a criminal" refers to DRM. Steam certainly has software with DRM, but that's not Valves choice. They would love you sell you other peoples games without DRM, but the other people won't let them as a condition of being on steam.
AFAIK, all of the Humble Indie Bundle games are available from Steam and don't come with DRM. You can request a Steam code for your games if you want to get them that way.
I'm not sure that this statement makes any sense. It might make sense for Blizzard (Diablo 3), or any new games from Ubisoft, all of which apparently requires a persistent connection to play your games.
Netflix is basically a movie rental service with no due dates, and you can watch the stuff you want at any time as many times as you want. I'm not under any illusion that I own any of the content they have available.
I have Steam, and I usually only buy games that are on deep discount whenever they have one of their crazy 75% off sales. The only time I go online with them is when I buy games, otherwise I go into offline mode.
Tablet fads have come and gone... the iPad has actually done really well this time around, but I remember how the 486 tablets (that did all the same stuff at much lower resolution) were going to make PCs obsolete... sure they did.
It's not for people like you and me. It's for people like my wife. She enjoys sitting in her chair and knitting while watching TV. Now she doesn't need to bump me off of the main computer in order to look up a pattern, she can pull it up while sitting in her chair, and she doesn't have to print it either. She also uses it for a camera. This weekend, an owl landed on the neighbor's porch, she was able to snap a photo and e-mail it, all without having to touch the computer. Perfect for her, and works well for me too.
They need to go to Iowa, Wisconsin, or one of the Dakotas just to do their Coursera homework! They don't want to have to go to Canada though, they might get labeled as terrorist for crossing the border too many times.
Why do the parties always go for the big prize? It's like a high school student wanting to become the CEO of IBM immediately after graduating.
Gary Johnson was already governor of New Mexico for two terms.
Even if they do win, then what? they will have zero support from either of the parties that dominate the congress.
Maybe that would be a good thing. Gary Johnson vetoed more bills in his 2 terms as governor than all other governors combined. We don't need tens of thousands of pages of new laws every year.
If a 3rd party wants to be taken seriously start at the bottom. city councilor, mayor, state senator, work your way up, then people will see what you really believe in and have a track record... and while you are at it get more of "your party" elected to those roles as well.
The Libertarian Party has done exactly that: http://www.lp.org/candidates/elected-officials
This is one case of "go big or go home" doesn't work, it just means you are going home empty handed
No, it doesn't mean that at all. In Michigan, if the top of the ticket gets 5% or more, then they get major party status, which means they don't need to waste money trying to get on the ballot the next time around. It helps to build momentum in that you're not wasting money, time & energy on something you had to do previously.
Yeah, invalidating the R&D dollars of old patents is sure to spur innovation. Right. Nothing like having the football pulled from under you when you run up to kick it, right Charlie Brown?
I specifically stated software & business process patents, most of which are rubbish. 1-Click buying isn't obvious? I'm sure Amazon did a ton of R & D coming up with that one...
Invalidate all current software patents, and count them as "prior art" for any new software patents. Same goes for "business process" patents.
Now, cross off the Surface - may check in with the Kindle Fire 2 instead.
You must be one of those parents who always buy the wrong thing.
What I'm wondering is, what is the concept here, that you wear the same bra every day?
I'd imagine wearing it once a week or perhaps even once a month would be sufficient.
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The page hit counter said I was visitor #107. I never realized there were that many Mac owners who had a Windows 7 phone!
iOS is a walled garden - you must get Apple's permission to run applications on it.
Unless you write your own apps. Apple still lets you download XCode for free.