The representative is supposed to represent ALL of those in his electoral district, whether or not they did vote. Or even *could* vote (minors fr example).
Good point, however I still believe that if you can vote then you should. It is one thing to rail at the government when you are disenfranchised, however it is quite another to have the opportunity to actually have a say and waste it.
Voting is not a right it is a responsibility. It is, for a lot of people, the only way to get a say in what the government does. If you voluntarily abdicate that responsibility then you have to wear the cost.
How about this then, if you didn't vote then you cannot in all reason expect to be taken seriously when you complain about the actions of the government.
If you are unwilling to take part in the democratic process then you should expect to wear the consequences.
Mind you on the issue of the draft I completely agree with you. It is completely unneccessary and I think would be political poison for any party that reintroduced it.
I don't think anyone is saying that it is possible to write "Perfect Code". What they are saying is that there are some blatently obvious areas that need to be accounted for when writing code. Buffer overruns are one, figuring out how some bastard would use a bug that allows access to the local system is another.
Bill Gates is essentially throwing the problem back on the users. He is saying "Yeah we write crappy code, but you know that now so its your fault if something breaks."
Amazing, you take the name of a man who was dedicated to fighting against dictatorial governments and yet you still can't see the problem with crud like the patriot act?
Sheesh its like those teeny boppers you see around with Che shirts thinking how cool they look.
OS X is not just BSD, it is a conglomerate of BSD and proprietry software. It is a completely different beast than Lindows which is another flavour of Linux, not another OS that just happens to use the Linux Kernel.
So how exactly do you propose to lower the population? One child policy for all???
Never mind that lowering the population is the worst thing that the human species could do, smaller gene pool and all. Nope sorry, Humanity has to go to the stars if he wants to be around after the resources run out, and they will. Otherwise its syonara humanity and hello new dominant species.
Sure the US isn't as bad as Nazi germany or Stalinist Russia, but I suppose for a lot of people we expect China, Russia and other nations of similar ilk to be bastards, we may not like it but we expect it, with the US on the other hand it is like finding out that your best friend has secretly been dealing drugs while at the same time proclaiming loud and clear how much against drugs they are. Its a dissapointment, embarrasment and shame all rolled up into one.
The problem here is that the US holds itself up to be the perfect example of democracy and freedom. Follow us it says and a new golden age will come. However as soon as it is put to the test it reverts back to the sort of behaviour that led to the revolution in the first place.
"Forcing" freedom on a nation is unlikely to involve concentration camps and gulags.
Hmmm, Guantanomo Bay anyone?
And before anyone mods me down for flamebait or anything else,consider this, these people are being held without charge, are being denied basic rights under law, such as access to a lawyer, and are being denied their rights under the geneva convention.
Okay heres a scenario for you, great big sodding rock slams into the planet, all life wiped from planet, sure the universe didn't end, but it may as well have for you.
Space exploration is necessary, how else do you think man kind is going to deal with the continually growing population and dwindling resources?
Define "Liberal" if you mean it in the small "l" sense then Im right with you but if you mean it as the large "L" then Im sorry I think I will take the next bus.
The problem with this idea is the complete lack of attention that the minor parties get in Australia. The only time they get it is when they are either, imploding (Dems), being jailed (One notion) or heckling ex drug addicts (Greens). While we don't have the same problem as the states does with campaign finance it does take a lot of money or a severe bout of fraud to get into parliament.
The other thing I would mention is that very rarely do one policy parties get up. Even the greens had to expand from the just the environment before people would start taking them seriously. If the parent poster could give us a general idea on where the new party stands on issues such as health, education, defence, immigration, indigenous affairs, foreign affairs, communications, environment, fisheries... well you get my drift.
Umm in this particular case, the pakistani woman wasn't being paid at all. By the sounds of it, the threat to release files was a last ditch effort to get something for her work.
Yes outsourcing can be bad, especially in an IT environment, but what makes it worse is when the people who outsource their functionality then absolve themselves of all responsibility. Its as if, well we have a contractor looking after that, we don't have to worry about that anymore, which is a sure recipe for disaster.
Umm I think you will find that China is extremely conservative. Just because they adhere to a psuedo communist doctorine does not make them free-loving hippies.
I am a leftie, I believe in the community and a social design that does not leave those less fortunate behind. However I do not at any stage condone any acts of bastardry, whether committed by the far left or the far right.
So cancer is not a "real ailment"? Time and time again it has been proven that cannabis and THC is a good thing when it comes to treating cancer sufferers, especially while they are going through chemo or radiation therapy.
Believe it or not weed is no where near as addictive as some of the legally available meds out at the moment.
This is not defensive, it is offensive. The fact that the settlements still exists and in fact are growing, makes it an offensive campaign. If the Israelis were truly sincere about defence, they would have pulled back to their legitimate borders instead of routinely flouting the UN resolutions and building WMDS(mmmm seems a familiar scenario).
Just to be a technical terry here but the creation of the warp drive was achieved AFTER the US and nearly every major nation on earth had been ripped apart by the third world war. As such the US no longer existed.
Yup the Europeans sucked when it came to the treatment of the jews, but shit does that give the jews the right to do exactly the same to others?
Its like the man who was beaten up on a regular basis when he was a kid, turning into a thug when he grows up because thats the only thing he knows. An eye for an eye is all very well until there aren't any eyes left to pluck.
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The representative is supposed to represent ALL of those in his electoral district, whether or not they did vote. Or even *could* vote (minors fr example).
Good point, however I still believe that if you can vote then you should. It is one thing to rail at the government when you are disenfranchised, however it is quite another to have the opportunity to actually have a say and waste it.
Voting is not a right it is a responsibility. It is, for a lot of people, the only way to get a say in what the government does. If you voluntarily abdicate that responsibility then you have to wear the cost.
How about this then, if you didn't vote then you cannot in all reason expect to be taken seriously when you complain about the actions of the government.
If you are unwilling to take part in the democratic process then you should expect to wear the consequences.
Mind you on the issue of the draft I completely agree with you. It is completely unneccessary and I think would be political poison for any party that reintroduced it.
I don't think anyone is saying that it is possible to write "Perfect Code". What they are saying is that there are some blatently obvious areas that need to be accounted for when writing code. Buffer overruns are one, figuring out how some bastard would use a bug that allows access to the local system is another.
Bill Gates is essentially throwing the problem back on the users. He is saying "Yeah we write crappy code, but you know that now so its your fault if something breaks."
I'ld much rather they were running comp simulations than real tests. "Look mah, no hands, teeth, hair, nails...."
Amazing, you take the name of a man who was dedicated to fighting against dictatorial governments and yet you still can't see the problem with crud like the patriot act?
Sheesh its like those teeny boppers you see around with Che shirts thinking how cool they look.
OS X is not just BSD, it is a conglomerate of BSD and proprietry software. It is a completely different beast than Lindows which is another flavour of Linux, not another OS that just happens to use the Linux Kernel.
Umm, not sure if you are being deliberatly dense or you honestly are not aware, but Lindows is LINUX.
So its a fair bet that you will be able to get it to run on any flavour of Linux you choose.
So how exactly do you propose to lower the population? One child policy for all???
Never mind that lowering the population is the worst thing that the human species could do, smaller gene pool and all. Nope sorry, Humanity has to go to the stars if he wants to be around after the resources run out, and they will. Otherwise its syonara humanity and hello new dominant species.
Sure the US isn't as bad as Nazi germany or Stalinist Russia, but I suppose for a lot of people we expect China, Russia and other nations of similar ilk to be bastards, we may not like it but we expect it, with the US on the other hand it is like finding out that your best friend has secretly been dealing drugs while at the same time proclaiming loud and clear how much against drugs they are. Its a dissapointment, embarrasment and shame all rolled up into one.
And your point is??
The problem here is that the US holds itself up to be the perfect example of democracy and freedom. Follow us it says and a new golden age will come. However as soon as it is put to the test it reverts back to the sort of behaviour that led to the revolution in the first place.
"Forcing" freedom on a nation is unlikely to involve concentration camps and gulags.
Hmmm, Guantanomo Bay anyone?
And before anyone mods me down for flamebait or anything else,consider this, these people are being held without charge, are being denied basic rights under law, such as access to a lawyer, and are being denied their rights under the geneva convention.
Okay heres a scenario for you, great big sodding rock slams into the planet, all life wiped from planet, sure the universe didn't end, but it may as well have for you.
Space exploration is necessary, how else do you think man kind is going to deal with the continually growing population and dwindling resources?
Well let me be the first to say DMCA can go suck arse as far as Australian Law is concerned.
We aren't the fifty-first state yet.
Define "Liberal" if you mean it in the small "l" sense then Im right with you but if you mean it as the large "L" then Im sorry I think I will take the next bus.
The problem with this idea is the complete lack of attention that the minor parties get in Australia. The only time they get it is when they are either, imploding (Dems), being jailed (One notion) or heckling ex drug addicts (Greens). While we don't have the same problem as the states does with campaign finance it does take a lot of money or a severe bout of fraud to get into parliament.
The other thing I would mention is that very rarely do one policy parties get up. Even the greens had to expand from the just the environment before people would start taking them seriously. If the parent poster could give us a general idea on where the new party stands on issues such as health, education, defence, immigration, indigenous affairs, foreign affairs, communications, environment, fisheries... well you get my drift.
Umm in this particular case, the pakistani woman wasn't being paid at all. By the sounds of it, the threat to release files was a last ditch effort to get something for her work.
Yes outsourcing can be bad, especially in an IT environment, but what makes it worse is when the people who outsource their functionality then absolve themselves of all responsibility. Its as if, well we have a contractor looking after that, we don't have to worry about that anymore, which is a sure recipe for disaster.
Umm I think you will find that China is extremely conservative. Just because they adhere to a psuedo communist doctorine does not make them free-loving hippies.
I am a leftie, I believe in the community and a social design that does not leave those less fortunate behind. However I do not at any stage condone any acts of bastardry, whether committed by the far left or the far right.
Extremism in any flavour is a blight.
So basically what you are advocating is a one party state ala China and the old USSR?
Well let me be the first to congratulate you on coming out from the rock. It's been what? Fifty years now?
So cancer is not a "real ailment"? Time and time again it has been proven that cannabis and THC is a good thing when it comes to treating cancer sufferers, especially while they are going through chemo or radiation therapy.
Believe it or not weed is no where near as addictive as some of the legally available meds out at the moment.
Aaaaarrrgggghhhhh...
Must repress memories of clueless engineer who decided to remove sys.ini file from w95 laptop. Had to do a complete reinstall from floppy.
True Moral of this Story: If you are going to play with new toys, backup backup backup.
Are you including the Service Pack for XP in that number because you are going to have a shitload of patches in that one.
This is not defensive, it is offensive. The fact that the settlements still exists and in fact are growing, makes it an offensive campaign. If the Israelis were truly sincere about defence, they would have pulled back to their legitimate borders instead of routinely flouting the UN resolutions and building WMDS(mmmm seems a familiar scenario).
Well that was amazing, you managed to turn an inoffesive cliche into racist crap. My hat off to you. Idiot.
Just to be a technical terry here but the creation of the warp drive was achieved AFTER the US and nearly every major nation on earth had been ripped apart by the third world war. As such the US no longer existed.
Yup the Europeans sucked when it came to the treatment of the jews, but shit does that give the jews the right to do exactly the same to others?
Its like the man who was beaten up on a regular basis when he was a kid, turning into a thug when he grows up because thats the only thing he knows. An eye for an eye is all very well until there aren't any eyes left to pluck.