Right, so it's entirely moral and correct for government to take "their share" of my earnings and spend it on something I would never even consider authorizing in my life, for example the incarceration of peaceful individuals at home or the slaughter of peaceful individuals abroad.
Wake up -- government is the organization holding the unique "right" to employ coercion as their means (anyone else who does so is a criminal). That is the only universal, unambigous definition of government that holds true for every government that has ever existed, and any government that could possibly exist. The voting process does not, in any way, remove the core element of coercion from government.
Govenrment's "fair share"? Either you're a member of the power elite, or you're one of the blind followers.
I do so love it when people read meaning that doesn't exist into one of my posts. Re-read my post. You will see that not once did I ever say it was RIGHT nor that anything was the government's "fair share". I said the government's share. No fair in sight. So take your power elite (also a term I hate) and shove it up your anonymous.
I love these militant anti-government (and here I am reading meaning into YOUR post, but I think this one is justified by the sheer anger in your response) folks. Over the course of human history there have been a LOT of governments. I personally feel that, with all it's flaws, ours in the U.S. is the best there have been, granted I haven't experienced every government that ever has been, and the best there is now. Government is inherently corrupt, it is an unavoidable consequence of leadership of its kind. Give people power and 99.9% of them will strive to maintain that power, it is HUMAN nature.
As for what the government spends it's share of your earnings on, frankly they couldn't care what you or I think about it. You can care all you want, it won't change a thing. Once they take their share of it, it is no longer your money. It is their money, and again, they will do whatever they want. The only thing you can do is hope enough people think like you and put someone else in office come election time. As if that will make any difference. But, if the illusion that voting puts the power to the people makes those people feel fuzzy, then so be it.
Really, don't invent meaning into my posts. Take them literally. If you want to post an opinion, make it your own, not mine.
Yeesh, some people. Get the tin foil hat off and go outside once in a while.
Money is a representation of wealth, the goverment owns the physical you own the wealth it represents. The government takes its tithe in taxes. You are free to do what you want with YOUR share of your earnings, the government will do what it wants with ITS share of your earnings. Fact of life, and nothing new.
Hell, it isn't too far from "r u going 2 something" or "ne1" or any of the other stupidity you see often. I couldn't write a legitimate sentence that way if I tried, obviously.
Which means you waste time composing proper sentences in your head before typing them. It may not be a lot of time, and you may not notice it, but you either have to plan your sentences before typing them, or be willing to take time to go back and correct them after typing them.
It would take me much longer to figure out how to butcher it in the typical IM speak manner. I don't make a large number of mistakes anyway, and the small amount of time spent fixing errors (and I do mean small) is well worth the price to me. About preplanning your sentences, please for the love of all that is good, do plan what you want to say. I do not have any interest in reading some guys mental puke that they just shot out into an IM window.
I thought it was a natural goal in school to teach people, educate them, make them smarter. This should allow them to be mentally agile enough to do most of that planning while they type. You should be able to think faster than you can type, and if you can't, that is THE issue to me.
This is all opinion, as is the content of the original post (even if it is corporate leadership's opinion), of course. Granted, it is an unpopular (very unpopular it appears, sadly) opinion as well. I concede that. But, personally, I will continue to write the way I write, including in IM communications. Luckilly, I don't use IM at work so I am under no obligation to talk to someone who uses IM speak.
If your goal is communication, not pedantry, it makes a great deal of sense.
When did wanting clear and meaningful communcation become pedantry?
Or, in IM speak (I'm not very good at this, since I never do it, but here goes)
"wen is wntng cler n meening comms becm pedntry?"
Or something like that. Frankly, I would rather not deal with someone who talks like that, takes me too long to decipher the rubbish.
I have to say, I am a bit disturbed by this. However, it is the companies business how it trains it's employees. I think this is counter productive instruction, myself. I have a hard time deciphering people's IM speak, and would rather not bother. If you can not talk to me, even in an IM conversation, in a coherent, legible manner then we don't have much to talk about. Of course, I guess if the buisness endorses such sloppy communication, there isn't a lot I could do.
In written language, I generally take great care with both spelling and grammar. I like to write correctly, and I think I'm moderately good at it. I used to take the same care with instant messaging, but I've lately decided that the IM abbreviations and shorthand make a great deal of sense, especially in the professional context in which I do most of my IM communication.
It was this part that struck me as odd in the first place. Actually using IM shorthand in a professional context? I think that would be the LAST place you would use that kind of writing.
The reason IM is the first choice for communication is that it's instantaneous. Expecting people to carefully check their language for spelling and grammatical correctness in such a situation is crazy, and slang which speeds up the communication without reducing clarity is a good idea.
I agree that it is crazy to expect people to carefully check their grammar and spelling when using IM. But, that is only because I feel you shouldn't HAVE to. It should be second nature. You should check as you go, which is what I do. I almost never proofread what I write. At most I may write a paragraph and then proofread that before moving on, but thats about the extent of it. I check my spelling and grammar in realtime. It should be natural, unfortunately our school systems are a dysmal failure and so you get what the teenagers use on IM systems. Well, and apparently what IBM endorses between its employees. Sadly.
"filmmakers seem to haved deferred to SFX to carry the movie"
Found it!
BZZZT, sorry but that was the wrong answer, please play again. The question was, where is the GRAMMATICAL error in my post, not where is the TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR. Bob, is there a consolation prize for our player?
(The poster DID specify grammar error! I love these games, it makes me a better speller and writer!:)
Your obvious anger that someone might hold an opinion that differs from yours is hilarious. You also strike me as a bit psychotic. You really should talk to a professional before you actually harm those around you:/
Only way I can think of is using "Aloha Bob PC Relocator". You clone the pro drive to another system, and do a repair install on it to get that one up and running and use that one as the "old pc" in the relocation, then install the new windows on the customer's system and use that as the new pc, then do a network relocation. Pain in the ass, but it would work.
I thought I should mention, I wasn't necessarily talking ABOUT his case, I was using it as an example since it was referenced. I meant in general finding some items in someones cache should not be the sole reason for conviction.
We do need to be careful about being overzealous in pursuit of this. I was listening to the radio the other day when the subject came up on a talk show and a guy called to tell his story, his mother (the child's grandmother) took some photos of their toddler over the course of a vacation, and in a few of them the child happened to be naked, as toddlers so often are. According to this guy, when she took them to be developed an employee at the photo place saw the naked photos and called the cops on her. He said she was tried on child pornography and was convicted because she lacked the funds to fight it. Now, I don't believe this story, but I also dont disbelieve it. The sad thing is, I could see it happening.
My final thought is that I have seen no proof that the images were actually of a child. He was looking for child porn but did he find it or did he just find an 18 year old that looks younger than she/he really is? Splitting a hair yes, but if they cannot prove the person in the picture is under 18 this would only be attempt to commit a crime.
Nothing really need be said here I guess, doesn't our system require proof "beyond a reasonable doubt"? An 18 year old can look young for their age. Its also pretty close to impossible to tell the difference between an 18 year old and a 17 year old. When one just makes someone a dirty old man, and the other makes them a convicted felon that has to register everywhere they go for the rest of their life (after getting out of jail of course), and deal with guaranteed harassment, I think that proof thing is very important.
Uh. I hope no one is getting the idea that I am a in favor of child porn here:/
The thing I find most disturbing about the kind of conviction Romm got was, whos to say he willfully downloaded those pictures? Hell most of them were in his internet cache, who here has never accidently typoed a URL and got one of those domains the prey on typos? So if I type in www.amazan.com and accidently get a child porn site and they find evidence of the pictures in my cache I can go to jail for 15 years? That seems a little insane to me.
And, on that note, I think it is sad that a nonviolent offender can get near 20 years in prison when a murderer or rapist can walk with less time. There are some really disturbed people making up these laws.
Actually, I thought it was very funny. Maybe not funny enough to own, but then I dont really buy comedies anyway. Only one I have ever bought was "Shaun of the Dead".
I admire your generosity, feel it is a little misplaced. I think he can afford to defend himself. It seems to me that you would be doing much more good by finding some regular joe that lives from paycheck to paycheck that is being harrassed by the MPAA or RIAA and donating to their defense.
That elitist attitude does not look good on you. I do have to be honest though, I did cringe a little inside when I read that:( Does that make me an elitist bastard too?
Hell, I love both of you. It is hilarious to watch people go at it Microsoft VS Linux, heavyweight match!
Personally, I like both of them, but at this stage I like Microsoft products a LOT more, since I make all my money supporting their products (the malware thing has been huge for me, love it from that angle). Linux is cool, but Microsoft is MONEY.
Uh, wouldn't he say "I couldn't care more" if that were the case? The common miss-statement of "I could care less" means he is an indeterminate care-state. "I couldn't care less" means he is at the far end of the care scale, at total lack end. "I couldn't care more" would place him at the other end of the scale, maximum caring. Any other interpretation of "I couldn't care less" would be flawed, since if he wasn't at the total lack of caring point, then he COULD care less, just chooses not to.
Stupid darn "lameness filter". I had a ascii "Care Scale" here but it wouldn't let me post it. Commie filters.
Exactly. To be a salaried employee is so the business in question can use you as much as they want without paying extra, but the moment you want to take some extra time off they will hit you with a sledgehammer. Basically it is a loophole through labor laws that benefits the business, not the worker.
He (and the mother jointly) has every right in the world to choose, prior to a certain point (undetermined at this time in my opinion), whether to birth a child and raise them as a lifelong commitment that will not be able to ever be self sufficient, etc. Why would someone be required to subject themselves to that if there are alternatives? Mostly, in my opinion, this issue is decided based on religious ideals, with the religions folk MOSTLY being on the side of conceive naturally and deal with the consequences. My response, is live YOUR life according to YOUR religious ideals and let me live mine according to my lack thereof. With the exception being, if my decisions directly impact you, then presto we have laws!
Personally, I find it inhumane, evil and barbaric in this day and age as we learn so much more about genetics to carry a fetus to term that you know will have this horrible disease that can be detected prior to birth (maybe even repaired in the womb one day). I can tell you, if I had the choice of being born with these terrible mental conditions or physical conditions or not being born at all, I would choose the latter. Either way, there is also the parent to consider. You can't make the decision FOR them that the child should be born with all the conditions anyway just because the child may want to be born anyway. Thats a decision for them to make.
Sorry, I have a brain disorder that prevents not just the recognition of emoticons, but the very perception of them. What is this emoticon thing you speak of?
Angry little fella, aren't you? Might want to find an outlet for all that angst. Oh yea, thats right, you did. You post angry little responses on Slashdot.
This would almost be valid criticism, except one little detail. Where did he state those as facts? Are you assuming that since he used a bulleted list that he was implying that the items were factual? Is it because he didn't offer the disclaimer that they were his opinion? I read the items as a list of opinions myself.
Oh, and your response came off as WAY more cocky to me.
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My guess (and that is all it is) is that they own patents to do it with?
Screw you commie, we have done a million times more good than harm. Flame away haters, it wont change the fact.
I do so love it when people read meaning that doesn't exist into one of my posts. Re-read my post. You will see that not once did I ever say it was RIGHT nor that anything was the government's "fair share". I said the government's share. No fair in sight. So take your power elite (also a term I hate) and shove it up your anonymous.
I love these militant anti-government (and here I am reading meaning into YOUR post, but I think this one is justified by the sheer anger in your response) folks. Over the course of human history there have been a LOT of governments. I personally feel that, with all it's flaws, ours in the U.S. is the best there have been, granted I haven't experienced every government that ever has been, and the best there is now. Government is inherently corrupt, it is an unavoidable consequence of leadership of its kind. Give people power and 99.9% of them will strive to maintain that power, it is HUMAN nature.
As for what the government spends it's share of your earnings on, frankly they couldn't care what you or I think about it. You can care all you want, it won't change a thing. Once they take their share of it, it is no longer your money. It is their money, and again, they will do whatever they want. The only thing you can do is hope enough people think like you and put someone else in office come election time. As if that will make any difference. But, if the illusion that voting puts the power to the people makes those people feel fuzzy, then so be it.
Really, don't invent meaning into my posts. Take them literally. If you want to post an opinion, make it your own, not mine.
Yeesh, some people. Get the tin foil hat off and go outside once in a while.
Money is a representation of wealth, the goverment owns the physical you own the wealth it represents. The government takes its tithe in taxes. You are free to do what you want with YOUR share of your earnings, the government will do what it wants with ITS share of your earnings. Fact of life, and nothing new.
Hell, it isn't too far from "r u going 2 something" or "ne1" or any of the other stupidity you see often. I couldn't write a legitimate sentence that way if I tried, obviously.
Sure they do, only by the time you hear the whoooooosh, they are long gone.
It would take me much longer to figure out how to butcher it in the typical IM speak manner. I don't make a large number of mistakes anyway, and the small amount of time spent fixing errors (and I do mean small) is well worth the price to me. About preplanning your sentences, please for the love of all that is good, do plan what you want to say. I do not have any interest in reading some guys mental puke that they just shot out into an IM window.
I thought it was a natural goal in school to teach people, educate them, make them smarter. This should allow them to be mentally agile enough to do most of that planning while they type. You should be able to think faster than you can type, and if you can't, that is THE issue to me.
This is all opinion, as is the content of the original post (even if it is corporate leadership's opinion), of course. Granted, it is an unpopular (very unpopular it appears, sadly) opinion as well. I concede that. But, personally, I will continue to write the way I write, including in IM communications. Luckilly, I don't use IM at work so I am under no obligation to talk to someone who uses IM speak.
When did wanting clear and meaningful communcation become pedantry?
Or, in IM speak (I'm not very good at this, since I never do it, but here goes)
"wen is wntng cler n meening comms becm pedntry?"
Or something like that. Frankly, I would rather not deal with someone who talks like that, takes me too long to decipher the rubbish.
It was this part that struck me as odd in the first place. Actually using IM shorthand in a professional context? I think that would be the LAST place you would use that kind of writing.
I agree that it is crazy to expect people to carefully check their grammar and spelling when using IM. But, that is only because I feel you shouldn't HAVE to. It should be second nature. You should check as you go, which is what I do. I almost never proofread what I write. At most I may write a paragraph and then proofread that before moving on, but thats about the extent of it. I check my spelling and grammar in realtime. It should be natural, unfortunately our school systems are a dysmal failure and so you get what the teenagers use on IM systems. Well, and apparently what IBM endorses between its employees. Sadly.
BZZZT, sorry but that was the wrong answer, please play again. The question was, where is the GRAMMATICAL error in my post, not where is the TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR. Bob, is there a consolation prize for our player?
(The poster DID specify grammar error! I love these games, it makes me a better speller and writer!
Your obvious anger that someone might hold an opinion that differs from yours is hilarious. You also strike me as a bit psychotic. You really should talk to a professional before you actually harm those around you :/
Only way I can think of is using "Aloha Bob PC Relocator". You clone the pro drive to another system, and do a repair install on it to get that one up and running and use that one as the "old pc" in the relocation, then install the new windows on the customer's system and use that as the new pc, then do a network relocation. Pain in the ass, but it would work.
We do need to be careful about being overzealous in pursuit of this. I was listening to the radio the other day when the subject came up on a talk show and a guy called to tell his story, his mother (the child's grandmother) took some photos of their toddler over the course of a vacation, and in a few of them the child happened to be naked, as toddlers so often are. According to this guy, when she took them to be developed an employee at the photo place saw the naked photos and called the cops on her. He said she was tried on child pornography and was convicted because she lacked the funds to fight it. Now, I don't believe this story, but I also dont disbelieve it. The sad thing is, I could see it happening.
Nothing really need be said here I guess, doesn't our system require proof "beyond a reasonable doubt"? An 18 year old can look young for their age. Its also pretty close to impossible to tell the difference between an 18 year old and a 17 year old. When one just makes someone a dirty old man, and the other makes them a convicted felon that has to register everywhere they go for the rest of their life (after getting out of jail of course), and deal with guaranteed harassment, I think that proof thing is very important.
Uh. I hope no one is getting the idea that I am a in favor of child porn here
The thing I find most disturbing about the kind of conviction Romm got was, whos to say he willfully downloaded those pictures? Hell most of them were in his internet cache, who here has never accidently typoed a URL and got one of those domains the prey on typos? So if I type in www.amazan.com and accidently get a child porn site and they find evidence of the pictures in my cache I can go to jail for 15 years? That seems a little insane to me.
And, on that note, I think it is sad that a nonviolent offender can get near 20 years in prison when a murderer or rapist can walk with less time. There are some really disturbed people making up these laws.
I hadn't even thought about it from that angle. I stand corrected!
Actually, I thought it was very funny. Maybe not funny enough to own, but then I dont really buy comedies anyway. Only one I have ever bought was "Shaun of the Dead".
I admire your generosity, feel it is a little misplaced. I think he can afford to defend himself. It seems to me that you would be doing much more good by finding some regular joe that lives from paycheck to paycheck that is being harrassed by the MPAA or RIAA and donating to their defense.
That elitist attitude does not look good on you. I do have to be honest though, I did cringe a little inside when I read that :( Does that make me an elitist bastard too?
Hell, I love both of you. It is hilarious to watch people go at it Microsoft VS Linux, heavyweight match!
Personally, I like both of them, but at this stage I like Microsoft products a LOT more, since I make all my money supporting their products (the malware thing has been huge for me, love it from that angle). Linux is cool, but Microsoft is MONEY.
Uh, wouldn't he say "I couldn't care more" if that were the case? The common miss-statement of "I could care less" means he is an indeterminate care-state. "I couldn't care less" means he is at the far end of the care scale, at total lack end. "I couldn't care more" would place him at the other end of the scale, maximum caring. Any other interpretation of "I couldn't care less" would be flawed, since if he wasn't at the total lack of caring point, then he COULD care less, just chooses not to.
Stupid darn "lameness filter". I had a ascii "Care Scale" here but it wouldn't let me post it. Commie filters.
Exactly. To be a salaried employee is so the business in question can use you as much as they want without paying extra, but the moment you want to take some extra time off they will hit you with a sledgehammer. Basically it is a loophole through labor laws that benefits the business, not the worker.
He (and the mother jointly) has every right in the world to choose, prior to a certain point (undetermined at this time in my opinion), whether to birth a child and raise them as a lifelong commitment that will not be able to ever be self sufficient, etc. Why would someone be required to subject themselves to that if there are alternatives? Mostly, in my opinion, this issue is decided based on religious ideals, with the religions folk MOSTLY being on the side of conceive naturally and deal with the consequences. My response, is live YOUR life according to YOUR religious ideals and let me live mine according to my lack thereof. With the exception being, if my decisions directly impact you, then presto we have laws!
Personally, I find it inhumane, evil and barbaric in this day and age as we learn so much more about genetics to carry a fetus to term that you know will have this horrible disease that can be detected prior to birth (maybe even repaired in the womb one day). I can tell you, if I had the choice of being born with these terrible mental conditions or physical conditions or not being born at all, I would choose the latter. Either way, there is also the parent to consider. You can't make the decision FOR them that the child should be born with all the conditions anyway just because the child may want to be born anyway. Thats a decision for them to make.
Sorry, I have a brain disorder that prevents not just the recognition of emoticons, but the very perception of them. What is this emoticon thing you speak of?
That should teach you to think. Those other parts are wholly owned subsidiaries of America, Inc.
Angry little fella, aren't you? Might want to find an outlet for all that angst. Oh yea, thats right, you did. You post angry little responses on Slashdot.
This would almost be valid criticism, except one little detail. Where did he state those as facts? Are you assuming that since he used a bulleted list that he was implying that the items were factual? Is it because he didn't offer the disclaimer that they were his opinion? I read the items as a list of opinions myself.
Oh, and your response came off as WAY more cocky to me.