ah, this is great. We have the car analogy. Now all we need is for someone to write a post with a Hitler/Nazi reference and we can mark this this one complete.
Yes, but now they don't need the RFID to track your car. Those barcode readers you see at every toll booth make quick work of scanning your registration sticker every time you pass by.
I agreed with every single point in your post until I read this.
>>teachers paid based on merit
Sorry, but more often that not the teachers are underpaid and overworked. Almost every teach I have met in my lifetime, my own, my kids, and my friends who are teachers, has been a truly dedicated person who gets a kick out of seeing kids learn.
The problems in American Schools are for the most part not the teachers. But rather funding, politics, and administrative bullshit.
Truth.
Not that there aren't bad teachers. But there are 100 great ones for every 1 bad.
I wish I had last night's mod points tonight, this is the kind of thread...and posts like parent, in particular, that I'd mod through the roof.
15 points right in here......
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>>because nobody there cares what half-assed band you like.
And if they do care, it is likely that they will care in a negative way. Not everyone thinks that the weirdo imagery of today's bands and album covers is cool..
Even as a big music fan myyself I can see how some conservative person could be offended by a Heavy Metal or a Rap album cover or musician's/band's name.
>>NY wants to TAX you for NOT shopping in their state.
The NY State Government has been pursuing this for years.
A lot of New Yorkers like to travel to New Jersey to shop and enjoy lower sales tax.
At one point, maybe 10 years ago, NY used to send people to mall parking lots to look for and photograph/record NY license plates. Then they'd send letters to the registered addresses of said plates, reminding people of their NY tax obligations when buyng goods out of state.
They supposedly don't do it anymore...not sure why..maybe because their little warning letters did nothing to bring in more revenue.
Given this attempt to squeeze it's citizens, I'm not surprised that my home state's govt. is not looking to squeeze money from passing electrons.
This guy is going to have his 1 partial term in office and then he's going to fade into the background when we elect ourselves a more qualified governor in a couple of years.
The amazon tax, is illegal. I don't think it's going to last, at least I thought so.... but I've been searching for lobbying groups to join to fight the implementation of it..but can't find anyone willing to stand up and do something about it. Bunch of sheep.
I don't know what 'taxing downloads' really means...more sales-tax? Or is the Mother-Fracker looking to tax bits/bandwidth used? The latter is kind of funny actually--he'd get a windfall in torrent derived revenue.:P
But yeah, this guy isn't going to last in office..I can only hope that the 'process' drags on long enough so that he's out before it comes up for the proper votes.
All, you can mod me off topic if you want, but i wanted to mention that one does not have to put up with being searched on the way out of the store.
Now, IANAL but I don't believe that there is any law that says that you have to submit to a search by a store employee.
When I'm leaving a place and the 'security guy' wants to check my receipt or bag, I simply walk past them. If confronted I tell them that if they think that I am stealing that they should ||call the police|| --I'll wait.
Usually the security guy tries to quote some company policy or makes something up on the spot to try to get me to comply --it's unthinkable that I'd actually stand up for my rights after-all!!-- but I just tell them that I'll let a police officer check out my bag.
Of course it never gets that far, because the guys know that it's not worth the trouble of actually calling the police, so they 'let' me go.
In searching you, or checking your goods, the big faceless company is treating you, a paying customer, like a criminal. Push back a little, you get to stand up for your rights, and watch a security drone squirm a little.
Try it sometime folks, you might like the result.:)
>>so unthinkable that the scenario had never even occurred to most people
Having worked in the WTC (in late 80's) and seeing small planes and helicopters fly by _below_ my floor, the concept of one of them crashing into the building wasn't so far fetched. Hell, it would even come up in conversation.
So 9/11 was a shocking and terrible event, for sure. I don't mean to trivialize it, but I wasn't particularly surprised that someone thought that up.
>>It comes down to the information available to the respective passengers.
You are absolutely right. It does come down to the information that the passengers have.
In the case of the heroes on Flight 93, they knew about the WTC - having gotten the information when calling for help or to say goodbye to their families.
Once the people on that plane knew what the deal was, they set the example for how to deal with hijackers going forward.
Seems pretty subjective to me. While I might think the word bastard is 'colorful language', or even a term of endearment depending on the situation, another might find the word to be unspeakably profane.
So, what yardstick is going to be used to measure 'profanity'?
I don't think you _CAN_ measure it, and thus this motion is going to fail.
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>>I have visited Russia many times. Might makes right. It is a system that breathes on graft and corruption.
Good enough then. The Microsoft crowd should feel right at home there.
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ah, this is great. We have the car analogy. Now all we need is for someone to write a post with a Hitler/Nazi reference and we can mark this this one complete.
Yes, but now they don't need the RFID to track your car. Those barcode readers you see at every toll booth make quick work of scanning your registration sticker every time you pass by.
Just sayin'.
Such a sweet old lady. I'm leaving for Hemmingford Home in the morning...
Waste sheetrock ('rock' as the home builders call it) goes to landfills currently. At least on the east coast of the US.....
But it failed miserably at everything.
Never quite made it, really.
I agreed with every single point in your post until I read this.
>>teachers paid based on merit
Sorry, but more often that not the teachers are underpaid and overworked. Almost every teach I have met in my lifetime, my own, my kids, and my friends who are teachers, has been a truly dedicated person who gets a kick out of seeing kids learn.
The problems in American Schools are for the most part not the teachers. But rather funding, politics, and administrative bullshit.
Truth.
Not that there aren't bad teachers. But there are 100 great ones for every 1 bad.
I wish I had last night's mod points tonight, this is the kind of thread...and posts like parent, in particular, that I'd mod through the roof.
15 points right in here......
>>because nobody there cares what half-assed band you like.
And if they do care, it is likely that they will care in a negative way. Not everyone thinks that the weirdo imagery of today's bands and album covers is cool..
Even as a big music fan myyself I can see how some conservative person could be offended by a Heavy Metal or a Rap album cover or musician's/band's name.
>>All my favorite websites from the late 90s are long gone, the ones that are left I barely use anymore.
>>Discuss. /. seems to be holding on pretty well, eh?
..that we can believe in.
So how long until the bastards find a way to redefine what a private home is?
Boiled frogs folks...we're all simmering in the pot these days....
>>NY wants to TAX you for NOT shopping in their state.
The NY State Government has been pursuing this for years.
A lot of New Yorkers like to travel to New Jersey to shop and enjoy lower sales tax.
At one point, maybe 10 years ago, NY used to send people to mall parking lots to look for and photograph/record NY license plates. Then they'd send letters to the registered addresses of said plates, reminding people of their NY tax obligations when buyng goods out of state.
They supposedly don't do it anymore...not sure why..maybe because their little warning letters did nothing to bring in more revenue.
Given this attempt to squeeze it's citizens, I'm not surprised that my home state's govt. is not looking to squeeze money from passing electrons.
This guy is going to have his 1 partial term in office and then he's going to fade into the background when we elect ourselves a more qualified governor in a couple of years.
The amazon tax, is illegal. I don't think it's going to last, at least I thought so.... but I've been searching for lobbying groups to join to fight the implementation of it..but can't find anyone willing to stand up and do something about it. Bunch of sheep.
I don't know what 'taxing downloads' really means...more sales-tax? Or is the Mother-Fracker looking to tax bits/bandwidth used? The latter is kind of funny actually--he'd get a windfall in torrent derived revenue. :P
But yeah, this guy isn't going to last in office..I can only hope that the 'process' drags on long enough so that he's out before it comes up for the proper votes.
>>get frisked on the way out
All, you can mod me off topic if you want, but i wanted to mention that one does not have to put up with being searched on the way out of the store.
Now, IANAL but I don't believe that there is any law that says that you have to submit to a search by a store employee.
When I'm leaving a place and the 'security guy' wants to check my receipt or bag, I simply walk past them. If confronted I tell them that if they think that I am stealing that they should ||call the police|| --I'll wait.
Usually the security guy tries to quote some company policy or makes something up on the spot to try to get me to comply --it's unthinkable that I'd actually stand up for my rights after-all!!-- but I just tell them that I'll let a police officer check out my bag.
Of course it never gets that far, because the guys know that it's not worth the trouble of actually calling the police, so they 'let' me go.
In searching you, or checking your goods, the big faceless company is treating you, a paying customer, like a criminal. Push back a little, you get to stand up for your rights, and watch a security drone squirm a little.
Try it sometime folks, you might like the result. :)
>>so unthinkable that the scenario had never even occurred to most people
Having worked in the WTC (in late 80's) and seeing small planes and helicopters fly by _below_ my floor, the concept of one of them crashing into the building wasn't so far fetched. Hell, it would even come up in conversation.
So 9/11 was a shocking and terrible event, for sure. I don't mean to trivialize it, but I wasn't particularly surprised that someone thought that up.
>>It comes down to the information available to the respective passengers.
You are absolutely right. It does come down to the information that the passengers have.
In the case of the heroes on Flight 93, they knew about the WTC - having gotten the information when calling for help or to say goodbye to their families.
Once the people on that plane knew what the deal was, they set the example for how to deal with hijackers going forward.
God bless them.
For some ungodly reason this reminds me of oldschool Cylons torturing and experimenting on people while researching how to eventually build skinjobs.
No, really?
What is profane?
Seems pretty subjective to me. While I might think the word bastard is 'colorful language', or even a term of endearment depending on the situation, another might find the word to be unspeakably profane.
So, what yardstick is going to be used to measure 'profanity'?
I don't think you _CAN_ measure it, and thus this motion is going to fail.
Just as a followup: At least 3 more Wishbone Ash CD's and downloaded albums sold, thansk to my little 'listening party' over Christmas Eve.
Eat _that_ Warner.
Yeah, it's only 5 albums sold. But the point is this is how word of mouth gets started and works.
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