Politicians come and go, but bureaucrats stay forever. They're the real evil. Lifetime jobs with little chance of getting fired, high pay, generous retirement and health benefits, and all they have to do all day is make our lives miserable.
But it won't stop there. Despite their claims to the contrary, government bureaucrats will not stop until they're regulating content. Then when the left is in charge, they will try to silence the right and when the right is in charge, they will try to silence the left. That's what they do. It justifies (if only in their minds) their high salaries, great retirement benefits and perks out the ass.
The U.S. government has forgotten the reason for its existence, namely to protect our rights. All it exists for now is to grow government size and power. We need to stop it eventually and this is as good a time as any.
Mark my words. You're about to see the end of the internet as we all love it.
It may not have been what you wanted, but it's still a stinking pile of bullshit. The FCC has NO authority whatsoever to regulate the net. When Congress wouldn't give them the authority, the FCC just went ahead as if they already had it. That's not the way things are supposed to work in this country. A bipartisan move is already underway in Congress to reverse this.
Keep going. Fuck up the best thing that's happened to communication and commerce in the last hundred years.
Reading email in plain text thwarts all of those. I use Magic Mail Monitor to check my mail and open what I want to read in UltraEdit. May not get the message that the sender intended, but that's their problem, not mine.
Who is building all the new power generating plants we'll need when millions of drivers have electric cars? Now is the time to start. You can't build those plants overnight.
Some diplomats are political appointees, but most are career professionals. Calling them politicians is an insult.
Remember the old joke - what's the difference between a lady and a diplomat? If a diplomat says yes, he means maybe; if he says maybe, he means no; and if he says no, he's not a diplomat. If a lady says no, she means maybe; if she says maybe, she means yes; and if she says yes, she's not a lady.
Their world is not our world and it's filled with lies, half truths, and deception. Some of their secrets should never be known. It cripples their ability to do the work we hire them to do.
Exactly my thoughts. My aunt (in her younger days) could be looking at the material she was copying from, typing 140+ words per minute, and carry on a conversation at the same time.
See, sometimes you have to type something from a source other than just your own thoughts. At my job we write on paper out in the field, and then at the office our secretaries have to type that information into computers.
Yeah, I used to do that for people, too. Then, after noticing that a few months later I'd have to go back and do it again because of their stupidity, I quit.
Most people will keep on doing the same things that got them in the mess to begin with, and my time is too precious to fight against that kind of stupidity.
I hope not. When the mill dies, the town dies with it and the mill village becomes a rundown slum. A town (or city) needs a diversity of industry and business in order to prosper over time.
"Since soldiers in the field don't always have ready access to an electrical outlet when they need to top up the batteries . . . "
This device works on the wires that run from a pole to a house. Why not just go in the house and use the outlets there? You're an armed soldier, for Christ's sake! Just take the power!
And all of this assumes that the power distribution system is still working in a combat zone?!?
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That's what happens when you choose to Federalize instead of professionalize.
Thank you, Tom Daschle, you ignorant bastard.
Oh, and the rest of your buddies, too.
They're just as stupid.
And I was going to buy one to stick pins in!
Stop! You're making my head hurt!
Politicians come and go, but bureaucrats stay forever. They're the real evil. Lifetime jobs with little chance of getting fired, high pay, generous retirement and health benefits, and all they have to do all day is make our lives miserable.
And I'd like to see the producers of content separated from the companies delivering the content.
Yep, Big Sis (Janet Napolitano) is going to have a cow when she sees this. The Feds will use any excuse nowadays to clamp down on us more and more.
"leave the web alone, but regulate the pipes."
But it won't stop there. Despite their claims to the contrary, government bureaucrats will not stop until they're regulating content. Then when the left is in charge, they will try to silence the right and when the right is in charge, they will try to silence the left. That's what they do. It justifies (if only in their minds) their high salaries, great retirement benefits and perks out the ass.
The U.S. government has forgotten the reason for its existence, namely to protect our rights. All it exists for now is to grow government size and power. We need to stop it eventually and this is as good a time as any.
Mark my words. You're about to see the end of the internet as we all love it.
Somebody please tell me it's April 1st.
It may not have been what you wanted, but it's still a stinking pile of bullshit. The FCC has NO authority whatsoever to regulate the net. When Congress wouldn't give them the authority, the FCC just went ahead as if they already had it. That's not the way things are supposed to work in this country. A bipartisan move is already underway in Congress to reverse this.
Keep going. Fuck up the best thing that's happened to communication and commerce in the last hundred years.
Slashdot editors can search the internet and actually understand the results! :p
I hope all of you are liking the change.
Suckers!
Reading email in plain text thwarts all of those. I use Magic Mail Monitor to check my mail and open what I want to read in UltraEdit. May not get the message that the sender intended, but that's their problem, not mine.
Bah! I've wiped hard drives with just my magnetic personality.
Who is building all the new power generating plants we'll need when millions of drivers have electric cars? Now is the time to start. You can't build those plants overnight.
Some diplomats are political appointees, but most are career professionals. Calling them politicians is an insult.
Remember the old joke - what's the difference between a lady and a diplomat?
If a diplomat says yes, he means maybe; if he says maybe, he means no; and if he says no, he's not a diplomat.
If a lady says no, she means maybe; if she says maybe, she means yes; and if she says yes, she's not a lady.
Their world is not our world and it's filled with lies, half truths, and deception. Some of their secrets should never be known. It cripples their ability to do the work we hire them to do.
Exactly my thoughts. My aunt (in her younger days) could be looking at the material she was copying from, typing 140+ words per minute, and carry on a conversation at the same time.
See, sometimes you have to type something from a source other than just your own thoughts. At my job we write on paper out in the field, and then at the office our secretaries have to type that information into computers.
Yeah, I used to do that for people, too. Then, after noticing that a few months later I'd have to go back and do it again because of their stupidity, I quit.
Most people will keep on doing the same things that got them in the mess to begin with, and my time is too precious to fight against that kind of stupidity.
we get it going again.
I hate slow news!
I have tons of mod points, but your post is already at the limit.
A reply fits the bill perfectly, so . . .
+1 Funny
+1 Hilarious
+1 Insightful
+1 True
+1 Innovative
Thanks for the laugh, countSudoku.
The TSA thought I was trying to smuggle a bazooka in my pants.
It was really a heat and moisture seeking missile!
This ought to be entertaining. :)
Personally, I don't trust either the FCC or Verizon.
All this time I thought it said "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine."
How about US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood getting his ass fired. He's way too full of himself and the power he thinks he has.
Is it the "mill village" of the 21st Century?
I hope not. When the mill dies, the town dies with it and the mill village becomes a rundown slum. A town (or city) needs a diversity of industry and business in order to prosper over time.
"Since soldiers in the field don't always have ready access to an electrical outlet when they need to top up the batteries . . . "
This device works on the wires that run from a pole to a house. Why not just go in the house and use the outlets there? You're an armed soldier, for Christ's sake! Just take the power!
And all of this assumes that the power distribution system is still working in a combat zone?!?