This really sucks. I use wikipedia for the sole purpose of proving to my wife that I'm right 100% of the time by editing articles, publishing them, and quickly showing them to her before someone can change it.
Otherwise private business will implement it and we won't be able to get out of our speeding tickets. In this case we want the government to own it, since we all know how screwed up the source code become.
I think you need a vacation there darby. You are one pissed off guy, with such a charmin personality that just makes me want to sing praises about your ability to debate and convince.
And it's really odd, because this attitude was clearly exposed in the wake of Katrina. This attitude now prevails in the US and I can't seem to understand why. I believe it's all part of the liberal slant of our educational institutions. Pride and entitlement feelings are killing our way of life.
I'm of the opinion that Metroid on the GC is a perfect example of how games should be in this century. Fun, simple, great music that inspires.. and that's about it.
So what if I'm deleting my cookies? They can't track what magazine's I pick up from the grocery store, what channels I watch on my crappy standard cable service, what I hear on Radio (the worst of the bunch, or what I see when I'm driving down the road.
So why are these babies crying about the users finally being impowered and taking things into our own hands? Did they assume that we would never catch on? I guess we should remain blind and stupid consumers eh? Now where is my Food Lion MVP card?
Failure: The inability to function or perform satisfactorily.
The shuttle performed to the satisfaction of many.
And actually, you do. You see private enterprise doing just that. SpaceShipOne sure looks and smells like a resuable space plane.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Spac eShipOne_ground.jpg
Next time you are visiting the central coast of Florida, make sure you tell everyone you know that they failed.
Valid point, as is proven with Hubble. It's possibly coming back..or going out via a retro-rocket according to Wikipedia.
They only shuttle that was able to hold hubble as it is today was the Columbia.
As some of the others have said...calling the shuttle a failure is a completely myopic and a closed-minded stance that not only insults the hard working people that have been involved and are still involved in the program, but those that we lost in the program. The shuttle has brought us forward in many aspects... and it's held us in place in others.
Respectfully, that attitude is counterproductive and as far from scientific as one can get.
You could have held the same opinion when the shuttle program replaced the Apollo program.
The glass is half-full my friend, and space exploration is a very difficult glass to fill.
We should all be pushing for the next generation of space-craft while celebrating where we have been.
What I found with your search terms is this: Workers participate in government funded retirement accounts. The USPS asks to be re-imbursed by the federal government for expendatures.
Please show me more.
Sounds a lot like the airlines (pension bail outs).
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But it is the use of the net that ultimately aids in a death.. just like a vehicle. It is a means to an end.
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On Hiibel, actually the court ruled that you don't have to produce ID, but give a name. The laws vary state to state, and your interpretation is exactly what the dissenting judges thought was going to happen. My state doesn't have a statute that allows officers to act as Deputy Dove did in NV.
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Look.. you think your reality is the only reality and that's wrong.
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Truth is, I choose to have a driver's license. I choose to drive. I can live in an urban area and use public transporation all day long without an id. As you said, I can hitchhike. I can walk. I can ride a bike...
You have valid points concerning privacy, but you don't even address the WIFI issue at all. You avoid it like the plauge.
Free WIFI provided by the taxpayer is chaos. The fact that WIFI is so insecure, and the software systems that empower all of that are even worse... makes it absurd to suggest that the taxpayer should pay for it.
The minute the government provides WIFI is the same minute that you (the person that seems so concerned with privacy) loses your ability to log onto the internet anonymously.
Are you out of your mind? Honestly.... and F U for attacking me.
The point of the original post was GOVERNMENT PROVIDED WIFI.. The government may have regulations and protectionist legislation for those industries.... USPS is its own entity and is operating at a disadvantage because it is regulated by the government. The USPS relies 100% on the money it collects from the sale of postage and is appropriated no money from congress..therefore non users don't pay for the USPS to operate.
Also, there are people that have died from using the net. Let's see, those that have met others in chat rooms and have been murdered by someone that has lured them to a spot after using the net to lure them out. Or perhaps those people that use the net to gamble then go crazy and harm themselves or others. Also, the net is too difficult to determine any significant statistics.
CB's.. let's see. I can purchase or manufacture a transmitter out of the country to send/receive on any frequency I like... breaking the law is a different subject. In addition the radios you reference are not provided by the taxpayer now are they? The hardware to utilize RADIO WAVES is not provided by the government. What the original poster was proposing was that the taxpayer provide the hardware to access the internet.
I can get in a car and let someone else drive it now can't I? Perhaps a friend? But I suppose I'm being tracked eh? BTW, unless you are suspected of breaking the law, you don't have to show your ID to anyone in the car you are driving.
The point is.. government provided internet access is a bad idea. But if you think it's a good idea, then I suppose socialism is your thing and power/phone/water/sewer/etc should all be provided free of charge and simply taken out of the taxes from the whole.
How would municipal wifi track users? I think you have a good idea, but I'm curious how we would prevent the bad apples from completly destroying that idea.
If they would simply focus on the absurd price that is being charged for broadband, then the consumers would fall in line. $70 a month (without cable service)for internet access is crazy. Not to mention that the service provided by Comcast is some of the worst I have ever seen in my life.
I guess all that matters is that you survive and just continue to be the a cog in the wheel.
For all you know by not saying something, some husband beat his wife or abused his kids because he was pissed off about someone stealing his identity or messing up his credit score.
But who cares about that right? It doesn't affect you directly.
The fact that you knew and didn't do anything to stop it makes you pond scum. The people involved in the illegal fraud you were speaking of are less than pond scum.
I suppose you would ok with it if these same people were going around stealing cars... it's the same thing, just via a different path.
Shit like this comes out of my salary, as I work for a CC company. It also raises the cost of credit for everyone, and causes huge problems for people when they go to get loans. I'll bet you that billions of dollars in real money and time comes out of hard working honest people because their credit score was messed up from someone just like your 'buddies'. It also places businesses, especially small businesses, in a very difficult position... as they usually don't get all the money for the product that was stolen from them.
People that do this should be taken outside, 2 at a time and shot in the head with one bullet.
About 8 months ago I was offered an a job at ILM. Granted this was an entry level full time job with ILM. But here is the catch. They wanted me to work for $38k and live in SF. Isn't this BELOW the povery line in SF? Needless to say, I didn't take the job. The future of the job was essentially 5+ years, you may move up and become a TD, and we may pay as much as 65-75k for a TD.
So, the option was: Move to SF and make MUCH less that I currently make in my dream job, live about 1.5 hours away from work, sell my cars and buy a junker, live in a smaller house, adjust to CA COL.
or...
Stay here and make much more and live 5 min from work, never deal with traffic, and etc.. etc..
Anyone think I I made the wrong decision?
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This really sucks. I use wikipedia for the sole purpose of proving to my wife that I'm right 100% of the time by editing articles, publishing them, and quickly showing them to her before someone can change it.
Quick, mod article away!!
Otherwise private business will implement it and we won't be able to get out of our speeding tickets. In this case we want the government to own it, since we all know how screwed up the source code become.
Twinkies, Twinkies are the answer. I think they have an expiration date of at least 100 years. Next question please.....
Where are the parents you ask? I can tell you.
They are busy raiding Molten Core or trying to gain exaulted rep with Argent Dawn. Which leaves very little time to deal with the children.
I think you need a vacation there darby. You are one pissed off guy, with such a charmin personality that just makes me want to sing praises about your ability to debate and convince.
*thumbs up*
Unfortunately the letters never made it to the executives, as they were mysteriously 'lost' in the Google mail receiving facility.
Read the comments above about breaking a home window and filling that home with shit.
Microsoft has no liability, nor should they.
And it's really odd, because this attitude was clearly exposed in the wake of Katrina. This attitude now prevails in the US and I can't seem to understand why. I believe it's all part of the liberal slant of our educational institutions. Pride and entitlement feelings are killing our way of life.
I'm of the opinion that Metroid on the GC is a perfect example of how games should be in this century. Fun, simple, great music that inspires.. and that's about it.
So what if I'm deleting my cookies? They can't track what magazine's I pick up from the grocery store, what channels I watch on my crappy standard cable service, what I hear on Radio (the worst of the bunch, or what I see when I'm driving down the road.
So why are these babies crying about the users finally being impowered and taking things into our own hands? Did they assume that we would never catch on? I guess we should remain blind and stupid consumers eh? Now where is my Food Lion MVP card?
Failure: The inability to function or perform satisfactorily. The shuttle performed to the satisfaction of many. And actually, you do. You see private enterprise doing just that. SpaceShipOne sure looks and smells like a resuable space plane. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Spac eShipOne_ground.jpg
Next time you are visiting the central coast of Florida, make sure you tell everyone you know that they failed.
Valid point, as is proven with Hubble. It's possibly coming back..or going out via a retro-rocket according to Wikipedia. They only shuttle that was able to hold hubble as it is today was the Columbia.
As some of the others have said...calling the shuttle a failure is a completely myopic and a closed-minded stance that not only insults the hard working people that have been involved and are still involved in the program, but those that we lost in the program. The shuttle has brought us forward in many aspects... and it's held us in place in others.
Respectfully, that attitude is counterproductive and as far from scientific as one can get.
You could have held the same opinion when the shuttle program replaced the Apollo program.
The glass is half-full my friend, and space exploration is a very difficult glass to fill.
We should all be pushing for the next generation of space-craft while celebrating where we have been.
What I found with your search terms is this: Workers participate in government funded retirement accounts. The USPS asks to be re-imbursed by the federal government for expendatures.
Please show me more.
Sounds a lot like the airlines (pension bail outs).
--
But it is the use of the net that ultimately aids in a death.. just like a vehicle. It is a means to an end.
--
On Hiibel, actually the court ruled that you don't have to produce ID, but give a name. The laws vary state to state, and your interpretation is exactly what the dissenting judges thought was going to happen. My state doesn't have a statute that allows officers to act as Deputy Dove did in NV.
--
Look.. you think your reality is the only reality and that's wrong.
--
Truth is, I choose to have a driver's license. I choose to drive. I can live in an urban area and use public transporation all day long without an id. As you said, I can hitchhike. I can walk. I can ride a bike...
You have valid points concerning privacy, but you don't even address the WIFI issue at all. You avoid it like the plauge.
Free WIFI provided by the taxpayer is chaos. The fact that WIFI is so insecure, and the software systems that empower all of that are even worse... makes it absurd to suggest that the taxpayer should pay for it.
The minute the government provides WIFI is the same minute that you (the person that seems so concerned with privacy) loses your ability to log onto the internet anonymously.
Please tell me you picked up Metroid as well. What a fantastic title for the GC.
Are you out of your mind? Honestly.... and F U for attacking me.
The point of the original post was GOVERNMENT PROVIDED WIFI.. The government may have regulations and protectionist legislation for those industries.... USPS is its own entity and is operating at a disadvantage because it is regulated by the government. The USPS relies 100% on the money it collects from the sale of postage and is appropriated no money from congress..therefore non users don't pay for the USPS to operate.
Also, there are people that have died from using the net. Let's see, those that have met others in chat rooms and have been murdered by someone that has lured them to a spot after using the net to lure them out. Or perhaps those people that use the net to gamble then go crazy and harm themselves or others. Also, the net is too difficult to determine any significant statistics.
CB's.. let's see. I can purchase or manufacture a transmitter out of the country to send/receive on any frequency I like... breaking the law is a different subject. In addition the radios you reference are not provided by the taxpayer now are they? The hardware to utilize RADIO WAVES is not provided by the government. What the original poster was proposing was that the taxpayer provide the hardware to access the internet.
I can get in a car and let someone else drive it now can't I? Perhaps a friend? But I suppose I'm being tracked eh? BTW, unless you are suspected of breaking the law, you don't have to show your ID to anyone in the car you are driving.
The point is.. government provided internet access is a bad idea. But if you think it's a good idea, then I suppose socialism is your thing and power/phone/water/sewer/etc should all be provided free of charge and simply taken out of the taxes from the whole.
Mail is provided by a private institution. The USPS receives ZERO funding from the government.
A CB radio is not a function of government and isn't provided by the government.
Pay phones are provided by the phone companies.. again... private.
Public notices aren't able to spread kiddy porn or viruses all over the world.
You're last one makes no sense at all. Try using cash.
So if someone calls me on my vonage phone line, can I have them arrested for unauthorized access to a network?
Since they just arrested that guy for WarDriving and charged him with that, and since my phone is vonage.. I think I should try it!
so anonymous access to the internet provided by the government is a good idea? Hah!
How would municipal wifi track users? I think you have a good idea, but I'm curious how we would prevent the bad apples from completly destroying that idea.
Public wifi feels a lot like pandora's box....
If they would simply focus on the absurd price that is being charged for broadband, then the consumers would fall in line. $70 a month (without cable service)for internet access is crazy. Not to mention that the service provided by Comcast is some of the worst I have ever seen in my life.
I guess all that matters is that you survive and just continue to be the a cog in the wheel. For all you know by not saying something, some husband beat his wife or abused his kids because he was pissed off about someone stealing his identity or messing up his credit score. But who cares about that right? It doesn't affect you directly.
The fact that you knew and didn't do anything to stop it makes you pond scum. The people involved in the illegal fraud you were speaking of are less than pond scum.
I suppose you would ok with it if these same people were going around stealing cars... it's the same thing, just via a different path.
Shit like this comes out of my salary, as I work for a CC company. It also raises the cost of credit for everyone, and causes huge problems for people when they go to get loans. I'll bet you that billions of dollars in real money and time comes out of hard working honest people because their credit score was messed up from someone just like your 'buddies'. It also places businesses, especially small businesses, in a very difficult position... as they usually don't get all the money for the product that was stolen from them.
People that do this should be taken outside, 2 at a time and shot in the head with one bullet.
About 8 months ago I was offered an a job at ILM. Granted this was an entry level full time job with ILM. But here is the catch. They wanted me to work for $38k and live in SF. Isn't this BELOW the povery line in SF? Needless to say, I didn't take the job. The future of the job was essentially 5+ years, you may move up and become a TD, and we may pay as much as 65-75k for a TD. So, the option was: Move to SF and make MUCH less that I currently make in my dream job, live about 1.5 hours away from work, sell my cars and buy a junker, live in a smaller house, adjust to CA COL. or... Stay here and make much more and live 5 min from work, never deal with traffic, and etc.. etc.. Anyone think I I made the wrong decision?
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