Organized crime is a shell of its former glory in the US. It was propped up by Vegas skim for a while but really most of the big guys were done in the 90's. It's not fully gone but nowhere what it once was. The only reason Mexican cartels have the power they do is because of the markup. In fact the pursuit of drugs in Columbia and the Caribbean just succeeded in moving the profitable part to Mexico where the routes had to go through.
The cartels after legalization would be big pharmaceuticals. After all, how would a cartel compete with them if cocaine is 10 cents a gram to produce and sell and can be done through legitimate channels? The drug plazas on the border are not kept alive by less than 1000%+ markups.
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A little off topic I guess, but how did college professors get around the ethical challenge of selling their own books to their class as a requirement and charging whatever they felt like for it?
No, but I'd think that in an extremely censored nation they might only allow citizens to connect through specified egress points or exchanges which could be monitored. I guess the point of the software is to mast that activity, but is it really a stretch to see a government hell bent on controlling its citizens start using a white list?
I haven't seen either yet, but I would think James Cameron and his warehouses of cash would disagree with you. Though, that's what I thought when I first heard of Avatar.
There are many choices you've made in the past and are now experiencing their outcomes. You decided to risk a livelihood that was exposed to the price of oil. You decided to live far from work in a city with poor public transport. You decided to live further than walking distance from the doctor and the grocery store. You made those choices and now you are paying for them. But you still have choices. Choose a more efficient car. Choose a motorcycle. Choose public transport. Choose to move closer to the grocery store. Choose to get a job closer to home.
Who's livelihood isn't exposed to the price of oil? Certainly public transportation is going to be affected by it also, buses use it, trains use it. etc. Living close to or in a city is even more expensive, what are we all going to do, move to New York City so we can live next to a subway and a mini-mart? Will you still have this same feeling when rent is at $20 a square foot and the population density is 1M per square mile for everyone? Is your life really that simple that you can do all of this?
Hey retard, tell me how to sell two cars that are upside down? And yes, I can repay them, I just wasn't expecting such a devaluation when it was bought.
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That, and I'm sure FB has plenty of archive space.
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Do you really care if a bunch of yokels want to teach their kids the sky is orange?
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Organized crime is a shell of its former glory in the US. It was propped up by Vegas skim for a while but really most of the big guys were done in the 90's. It's not fully gone but nowhere what it once was. The only reason Mexican cartels have the power they do is because of the markup. In fact the pursuit of drugs in Columbia and the Caribbean just succeeded in moving the profitable part to Mexico where the routes had to go through.
The cartels after legalization would be big pharmaceuticals. After all, how would a cartel compete with them if cocaine is 10 cents a gram to produce and sell and can be done through legitimate channels? The drug plazas on the border are not kept alive by less than 1000%+ markups.
This is a short response due to being done on a tablet...
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If he's like me, then because his older devices don't support it.
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And how do you propose to do this?
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So who should be punished? The 130K employees who weren't alive yet when this was happening?
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A little off topic I guess, but how did college professors get around the ethical challenge of selling their own books to their class as a requirement and charging whatever they felt like for it?
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No, but I'd think that in an extremely censored nation they might only allow citizens to connect through specified egress points or exchanges which could be monitored. I guess the point of the software is to mast that activity, but is it really a stretch to see a government hell bent on controlling its citizens start using a white list?
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Wouldn't they just ban anyone connecting to known proxies or any proxy in general that wasn't set up by the authorities?
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If they only all rode Harleys as well the circle would be complete.
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Like when some asshole starts a war and we get to pay for it?
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That was the first thing that I thought of when I read the summary (Uwe Boll?? People should be suing him for their lost time).
Not only that, is Uwe going to challenge everyone that disliked his movie to a fist fight?
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I haven't seen either yet, but I would think James Cameron and his warehouses of cash would disagree with you. Though, that's what I thought when I first heard of Avatar.
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Wow a comparison to Hitler, I don't really think you know your history.
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I doubt it.
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Out of all the senses, this one is probably the most enjoyable.
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I keep wondering why Linux still can't be given away for free and actually used, if it works so well on the home desktop.
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I guess my 15 minute install of Vista without a hitch or its operating with no problems whatsoever is the new lab.
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Maybe he's posting from Mars? ;)
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There are many choices you've made in the past and are now experiencing their outcomes. You decided to risk a livelihood that was exposed to the price of oil. You decided to live far from work in a city with poor public transport. You decided to live further than walking distance from the doctor and the grocery store. You made those choices and now you are paying for them. But you still have choices. Choose a more efficient car. Choose a motorcycle. Choose public transport. Choose to move closer to the grocery store. Choose to get a job closer to home.
Who's livelihood isn't exposed to the price of oil? Certainly public transportation is going to be affected by it also, buses use it, trains use it. etc. Living close to or in a city is even more expensive, what are we all going to do, move to New York City so we can live next to a subway and a mini-mart? Will you still have this same feeling when rent is at $20 a square foot and the population density is 1M per square mile for everyone? Is your life really that simple that you can do all of this?
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I think when his wife died it really changed him and his routines. I still found him funny, but he came off very angry.
There are some interesting stories about him on the Stern show today. He was a bit cynical in his later years but apparently was a really nice guy.
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For someone to sit there and gloat about someone being easily murdered by an unnecessarily large vehicle I think is screwed up.
Except the first is reality, and the second is an obviously sarcastic statement not meant to be taken literally.
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Let me ask, did you think gas was going to go up 150% in 2 years? And if you did know that, why are you posting on Slashdot and not retired?
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Hey retard, tell me how to sell two cars that are upside down? And yes, I can repay them, I just wasn't expecting such a devaluation when it was bought.
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