Only 70? That's how fast I'm going halfway down the on-ramp. By the time I'm at the bottom, I'm up to cruising speed - 85 MPH. If anyone drives slower than that, then they're a road hazard that should be removed. Speed up or get off the road before you cause an accident.
Then don't come to VA, where 80 mph is considered wreckless driving.
The confusion clears once one realizes that the 18th amendment did not technically outlaw alcohol, but gave Congress the ability to regulate it. The Volstead Act was the enabling legislation that banned it.
We are lacking a constitutional amendment that gives Congress the right to ban medicinal or pharmaceutical substances. It is arguable that only states might (depending on their own constitutions) have the right to ban these within their own borders, while the federal government would have the right to ensure that such substances did not pass illegally from a permitting state into one that was not.
The argument that an amendment is unnecessary (for alcohol or drugs) goes something like this:
The United States Supreme Court has interpreted the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause in Article One to allow Congress to enact legislation that is neither expressly listed in the enumerated power nor expressly denied in the limitations on Congress. In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court read the Necessary and Proper Clause to permit the federal government to take action that would "enable [it] to perform the high duties assigned to it [by the Constitution] in the manner most beneficial to the people,"[26] even if that action is not itself within the enumerated powers.
Whether or not you agree with this SCOTUS argument, the point stands and is currently settled law.
If they did one, it most certainly DID require one. As much pain and suffering you have to go through to get one ratified, they wouldn't have gone to the trouble if your line of reasoning was even remotely true and correct.
The contortions you just went through are part of the problem.
I think you misunderstood what I meant by require. Not, that it was difficult without one, but that there was an alternate route available, whether or not taken. Your characterization of my point as contortions is nothing but hyperbole.
S-10. Most you'll find out there are remanufactured and most of them are from Cardone, but you can find ACDelco and some other brands which, frankly, I've never head of, but you have to look.
If the parts are remanufactured or from ACDelco (owned by GM since 1944), you really are just able to replace a broken component, which is much different than being able to substitute an alternative. The fact that you can have some parameters altered is much like buying apps for it. Before you bang out more rant, I am not the poster that claimed anything about irrational, inconsistent, or hypocritical.
...the vehicle computer is one small, closed, replaceable part on a far more open system.
Wait, you're under the illusion that you could replace your vehicle's computer with some other computer? So your manufacturer gives you all the specs and protocols to control the engine, transmission, ABS, entertainment system, airbags, climate control, etc? Wow, nice.
And it's priced accordingly. Amazon is willing to accept meager profit on hardware under the assumption you will buy software from them. It's like the wireless providers subsidizing phone prices, except the contract never ends.
Although it took one, it can be argued that it may not have required a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol. The constitution sets up a framework for passing laws, which can be used to outlaw substances. Absent a constitutional challenge to a law, the law remains.
It isn't a lack of sense of humor, it's a tired and worn out "joke" that's so old it simply isn't funny anymore. Much like a pie in the face, some may find it humorous, most simply find it trite and as enjoyable as a root canal.
Bullshit. The responder (dywolf) was obviously offended, calling the joker "another ignorant slashdotter." Posting anon, claiming otherwise does not help the case.
I downgraded my iPad back to 6.1.3.... It's perfectly doable.
You must have an iPad 1. It is impossible to downgrade any iOS device after the iPhone 4S/iPad 2. You cannot do anything meaningful with the SHSH blobs. So its perfectly doable for you, and a handful of people on older hardware. But it is not perfectly doable in general.
Um, no. The iPad 1 cannot run iOS 6.x, much less anything higher to "downgrade" from.
Ouch! Conservative prediction: general trend for Apple is down, for market share, for sales and for stock price. Go ahead and think of it as a retrace after a runup if it makes you feel better.
Oh, look, your conservative estimate was wrong. Like I said, stocks go up and down.
Your characterization of the left-wing economic view indicates that you are not a centrist. And your characterization of right-wing economics verifies that.
All that cool-aid you are spewing about republicans is simply NOT TRUE. if you listen to what they *actually* trying to do and not what some folks are saying they are trying to do, I think your opinion of republicans might be a bit different.
Rush calls folks like you "Low information voters" which means you are largely misinformed about what is actually going on.
I think you're the low information voter. Did you miss where the Republican House just passed a bill to cut $39B from food stamps, just like the OP said?
I lost two garage door openers to lightning. Along with computers, televisions, answering machine, xbox, and all kinds of other stuff. It was the loudest thing I ever heard when that bolt struck.
Many gated communities use simple fixed-code garage openers, and it's ALWAYS cheaper to not have to hand out 200 new remotes than to keep using the same dated technology.
When many of these systems break, the get fixed with refurb old technology.
The newer openers allow you to program them to accept remotes. Instead of handing out 200 new remotes, you can reset the controller and then program it to accept the remotes. I've never lived in a gated community, so I don't know their SOP.
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It was not my joke. I just can't believe the OP was serious.
They own the word as it is associated with a youth organization; a boat is very different. Maybe you should read up on trademarks.
Maybe you should read up jokes.
Only 70? That's how fast I'm going halfway down the on-ramp. By the time I'm at the bottom, I'm up to cruising speed - 85 MPH. If anyone drives slower than that, then they're a road hazard that should be removed. Speed up or get off the road before you cause an accident.
Then don't come to VA, where 80 mph is considered wreckless driving.
In the USA, they were mostly just ripped out because they were increasingly just places to piss.
The confusion clears once one realizes that the 18th amendment did not technically outlaw alcohol, but gave Congress the ability to regulate it. The Volstead Act was the enabling legislation that banned it.
We are lacking a constitutional amendment that gives Congress the right to ban medicinal or pharmaceutical substances. It is arguable that only states might (depending on their own constitutions) have the right to ban these within their own borders, while the federal government would have the right to ensure that such substances did not pass illegally from a permitting state into one that was not.
The argument that an amendment is unnecessary (for alcohol or drugs) goes something like this:
The United States Supreme Court has interpreted the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause in Article One to allow Congress to enact legislation that is neither expressly listed in the enumerated power nor expressly denied in the limitations on Congress. In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court read the Necessary and Proper Clause to permit the federal government to take action that would "enable [it] to perform the high duties assigned to it [by the Constitution] in the manner most beneficial to the people,"[26] even if that action is not itself within the enumerated powers.
Whether or not you agree with this SCOTUS argument, the point stands and is currently settled law.
If they did one, it most certainly DID require one. As much pain and suffering you have to go through to get one ratified, they wouldn't have gone to the trouble if your line of reasoning was even remotely true and correct.
The contortions you just went through are part of the problem.
I think you misunderstood what I meant by require. Not, that it was difficult without one, but that there was an alternate route available, whether or not taken. Your characterization of my point as contortions is nothing but hyperbole.
S-10. Most you'll find out there are remanufactured and most of them are from Cardone, but you can find ACDelco and some other brands which, frankly, I've never head of, but you have to look.
If the parts are remanufactured or from ACDelco (owned by GM since 1944), you really are just able to replace a broken component, which is much different than being able to substitute an alternative. The fact that you can have some parameters altered is much like buying apps for it. Before you bang out more rant, I am not the poster that claimed anything about irrational, inconsistent, or hypocritical.
The engine control computer in my vehicle has more than one aftermarket manufacturer
Interesting. What make/model is your car?
...the vehicle computer is one small, closed, replaceable part on a far more open system.
Wait, you're under the illusion that you could replace your vehicle's computer with some other computer? So your manufacturer gives you all the specs and protocols to control the engine, transmission, ABS, entertainment system, airbags, climate control, etc? Wow, nice.
And it's priced accordingly. Amazon is willing to accept meager profit on hardware under the assumption you will buy software from them. It's like the wireless providers subsidizing phone prices, except the contract never ends.
Although it took one, it can be argued that it may not have required a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol. The constitution sets up a framework for passing laws, which can be used to outlaw substances. Absent a constitutional challenge to a law, the law remains.
It isn't a lack of sense of humor, it's a tired and worn out "joke" that's so old it simply isn't funny anymore. Much like a pie in the face, some may find it humorous, most simply find it trite and as enjoyable as a root canal.
Bullshit. The responder (dywolf) was obviously offended, calling the joker "another ignorant slashdotter." Posting anon, claiming otherwise does not help the case.
I downgraded my iPad back to 6.1.3.... It's perfectly doable.
You must have an iPad 1. It is impossible to downgrade any iOS device after the iPhone 4S/iPad 2. You cannot do anything meaningful with the SHSH blobs. So its perfectly doable for you, and a handful of people on older hardware. But it is not perfectly doable in general.
Um, no. The iPad 1 cannot run iOS 6.x, much less anything higher to "downgrade" from.
Ouch! Conservative prediction: general trend for Apple is down, for market share, for sales and for stock price. Go ahead and think of it as a retrace after a runup if it makes you feel better.
Oh, look, your conservative estimate was wrong. Like I said, stocks go up and down.
Your characterization of the left-wing economic view indicates that you are not a centrist. And your characterization of right-wing economics verifies that.
Been watching MSNBC again eh?
All that cool-aid you are spewing about republicans is simply NOT TRUE. if you listen to what they *actually* trying to do and not what some folks are saying they are trying to do, I think your opinion of republicans might be a bit different.
Rush calls folks like you "Low information voters" which means you are largely misinformed about what is actually going on.
I think you're the low information voter. Did you miss where the Republican House just passed a bill to cut $39B from food stamps, just like the OP said?
...That's how it works in EVERY corporation these days, but generally the CEO is somebody that, at best, is harmless.
FTFY
And another slashdotter with no sense of humor.
I lost two garage door openers to lightning. Along with computers, televisions, answering machine, xbox, and all kinds of other stuff. It was the loudest thing I ever heard when that bolt struck.
And I want a pony.
Many gated communities use simple fixed-code garage openers, and it's ALWAYS cheaper to not have to hand out 200 new remotes than to keep using the same dated technology.
When many of these systems break, the get fixed with refurb old technology.
The newer openers allow you to program them to accept remotes. Instead of handing out 200 new remotes, you can reset the controller and then program it to accept the remotes. I've never lived in a gated community, so I don't know their SOP.
they aren't IR anyway
No shit, sherlock. TFS mentions both IR and "fixed-code frequency" (i.e., RF).
Wow, your experience differs from mine! Who would have thought such a thing? I've had multiple boards go bad (capacitor failures, fried electronics).
Quite a few are still in service. The rolling code systems didn't come out until the mid 90s.
I don't know if you're a garage-door guy or something, but my experience with the controller boards is that they do not last anywhere near 20 years.
Does anybody's garage door still use some fixed code remote? Come on. This is not 1960.