Yes, less government, but also closer to the people. And yet, our local government seems to have lower standards. You see a lot more sleazy used car salesmen types in local government, and there's less of a spotlight on them. Hell, that's how Texas legislators get away with pressing each others' voting buttons during votes.
There's a pretty consistent history of the Federal government having to beat state and local governments into respecting many important individual rights - slavery, civil rights, abortion, etc. - and not anywhere near as consistent a history in the other direction (with the prominent exception of marijuana laws). I don't much like the idea of a President who's authored the We The People Act so that state governments can take away my First Amendment rights without worrying about the Supreme Court smacking them down for it.
I'm pretty sure "small government" was supposed to refer to less intrusion in our private lives, not "shuffle the power around from Federal to state but leave the option for tyranny wide open".
Individual rights, with few exceptions, should trump both state and Federal ones. I'd like a candidate who's actually for Liberty, not Confederacy. I don't want a President who's authored legislation intended to permit states to violate my rights.
That makes him - I know this is a stretch! - a fundie from Texas.
and how is that any different from huckabee or bush? That's exactly the problem I have with electing another fundie.
he has more primary votes than Guiliani (30k vs 28k or so, iirc). I wouldn't go touting those numbers, as Guliani is widely considered to have failed in his bid already. He's had a miserable showing.
With about 7-8 of the 9 that hadn't heard of him, once I'm done explaining his stance on protecting our constitutional rights, liberties, ending unfair taxation, etc.. they are SOLD, haha. That's funny. I mention the fact that he's gotten essentially nothing done in Congress except attach a bunch of earmarks to other peoples' bills, that he thinks states' rights should trump individuals', and that he's yet another fundie from Texas... Most people aren't really fans after that.
And how can you NOT scam carbon offsets?? If I pay $10 to have some trees planted, it's not a scam if they plant $10 worth of trees minus a reasonable (yes, that's vague, I know) sum for implementation.
If they pocket the $10, it's a scam. That's what the Church was doing.
MacOS was such crap that it allowed applications to do such things in the first place. Sorry, which major operating system forbids outgoing local network connections for all applications by default, again?
I'm interested in knowing what possible damage the alleged shameless self-promotion has done to anyone that offsets the benefits Child's Play has brought.
If Gabe were using it to get good PR after beating his wife to death or something, you might have had a point.
I doubt that Child's Play is anything to Gabe but a chance for shameless self-promotion. Who gives a shit? Sick kids around the world got a million dollars worth of toys out of it.
CC information does not, repeat, does not [read: is illegal to keep] on the servers of sites. I'm dubious of the illegal claim, and I know for a fact the rest is false. There are plenty of sites keeping credit card data on their servers. I knew a guy who was keeping credit card data on a shared server - sent shivers down my spine.
But the effect of tying the dollar to *something* will be just as strong. At least if we stick with it, it won't be $3,100 next year and $3,300 the year after that. Uh, inflation happens with commodity-backed money, too. See Silver Thursday in 1980:
... the Hunts' silver-buying activities, which triggered the worst financial panic in nearly 20 years; silver that had cost more than $50 per oz. in January slumped to $10.20 per oz. in late March.
Had a look at just how much the currency has been inflated since the Federal Reserve was established? That's only an automatically bad thing if economic growth and wages don't similarly inflate.
Growth's outpacing of inflation has resulted in a higher quality of living. In addition, the severity and frequency of recessions has decreased - see, in particular, the average numbers at the bottom for peak-to-trough (severity) and previous-trough-to-peak (frequency).
What I was taking issue with was the assertion in the parent post to mine, vis: "The GPL only grants you rights that you wouldn't have had without it. It doesn't take any of your rights away.". This is quite clearly wrong - if no rights are taken away from you when you download and use GPL software, you'd be able to do anything with it that you could do with self-authored software. You're wrong yourself, here. You do not have that right to start with - there is no default right to do whatever you like with someone else's copyrighted code. Thus, the GPL cannot take it away - you never had it.
That "review" was written at least two whole weeks before the game was available for purchase That's not that outrageous by itself, as games generally "go gold" - release version gets sent to production to be turned into the nifty boxes you buy on shelves - about two to four weeks prior to the day they start getting sold. So, it's entirely possible to send out the final version two weeks in advance of when everyone else gets it.
That said, I doubt the gaming mags write their reviews only two weeks in advance of the day they show up on the magazine racks.
Judge: I'm sorry, what part of the 6th amendment don't you understand? Either get the accuser in here or you've got no case. Apparently, you don't understand the Sixth Amendment.
You have the right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation [and] to be confronted with the witnesses against [you]".
The accuser in this case is the government, as with other criminal trials. If cases got tossed out because the victim didn't show up, murder would be unprosecutable.
Thank God that with New Horizons and further nuclear-powered missions we finally got over the yoke. Quoth Wikipedia: "A common application of RTGs is as power sources on spacecraft. Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power Program (SNAP) units were used especially for probes that travel far enough from the Sun that solar panels are no longer viable. As such they are used with Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Galileo, Ulysses, Cassini and New Horizons. In addition, RTGs were used to power the two Viking landers and for the scientific experiments left on the Moon by the crews of Apollo 12 through 17 (SNAP 27s). RTGs were also used for the Nimbus, Transit and Les satellites. By comparison, only a few space vehicles have been launched using full-fledged nuclear reactors: the Soviet RORSAT series and the American SNAP-10A."
Wrong. The Delta IV heavy can carry a max of 25,800 kg to LEO to the Space Shuttle's max of 24,400 kg. The Ariane 5-ECA can carry 21,000 kg. The Proton can carry 22,000 kg.
There are plenty of cheaper, expendable rockets that can lift larger or similar payloads as the Space Shuttle.
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There's a pretty consistent history of the Federal government having to beat state and local governments into respecting many important individual rights - slavery, civil rights, abortion, etc. - and not anywhere near as consistent a history in the other direction (with the prominent exception of marijuana laws). I don't much like the idea of a President who's authored the We The People Act so that state governments can take away my First Amendment rights without worrying about the Supreme Court smacking them down for it.
I'm pretty sure "small government" was supposed to refer to less intrusion in our private lives, not "shuffle the power around from Federal to state but leave the option for tyranny wide open".
Individual rights, with few exceptions, should trump both state and Federal ones. I'd like a candidate who's actually for Liberty, not Confederacy. I don't want a President who's authored legislation intended to permit states to violate my rights.
He's from Texas.
He's a fundamentalist Christian.
That makes him - I know this is a stretch! - a fundie from Texas. and how is that any different from huckabee or bush? That's exactly the problem I have with electing another fundie.
I use a CD about once a month, if that. I suspect there are many like me in that regard.
Most recessions are at least somewhat global these days.
If they pocket the $10, it's a scam. That's what the Church was doing.
Carbon offsets, unlike indulgences, have at least the potential to not be a scam.
That I have.
They limit the amount of WHOIS lookups a single IP can do.
I'm interested in knowing what possible damage the alleged shameless self-promotion has done to anyone that offsets the benefits Child's Play has brought.
If Gabe were using it to get good PR after beating his wife to death or something, you might have had a point.
AAC is a standard, not invented by Apple, and free.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,920875,00.html
... the Hunts' silver-buying activities, which triggered the worst financial panic in nearly 20 years; silver that had cost more than $50 per oz. in January slumped to $10.20 per oz. in late March.Growth's outpacing of inflation has resulted in a higher quality of living. In addition, the severity and frequency of recessions has decreased - see, in particular, the average numbers at the bottom for peak-to-trough (severity) and previous-trough-to-peak (frequency).
That said, I doubt the gaming mags write their reviews only two weeks in advance of the day they show up on the magazine racks.
GPL says nothing about making something similar.
When the GPL on WordPress gets used to shut down Blogger.com and MovableType, then we'll talk.
You have the right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation [and] to be confronted with the witnesses against [you]".
The accuser in this case is the government, as with other criminal trials. If cases got tossed out because the victim didn't show up, murder would be unprosecutable.
They've hardly gone unused over the decades.
Wrong. The Delta IV heavy can carry a max of 25,800 kg to LEO to the Space Shuttle's max of 24,400 kg. The Ariane 5-ECA can carry 21,000 kg. The Proton can carry 22,000 kg.
There are plenty of cheaper, expendable rockets that can lift larger or similar payloads as the Space Shuttle.