The US constitution was important because it put YOUR RIGHTS in simple English on a sheet of paper. You know your rights and therefore you can exercise them and you know when people try to take them away... AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Actually, the Constitution was meant to enumerate the rights of the federal and state governments. It also specifically excludes some known abuses of government, such as ex post facto laws. It's the amendments to it that specifically enumerated the rights of the people. Founders like James Madison were actually concerned that enumerating them imply that these were the ONLY rights held by the people, so just for the cretins and the power hungry the ninth and tenth amendments were included to clarify this. Of course, despite the stupidly obvious fact that "the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people" means every right does not have to be enumerated, we're constantly having to explain this to people who apparently didn't learn it in public school. I guess that's what you call a conflict of interest.
Can you buy external 800 GB hard disks for $25? That's what an LTO 4 tape costs. And the price you quoted for the drive is ridiculous. Single LTO 4 drives are going for half that.
They come down with stomach acidosis, and they will only live about six months once the corn diet begins.
Posting this kind of absurd fiction only helps discredit the very real problems caused by overfeeding with grains. A six-month death sentence?
The problem began with New Deal-era crop subsidies. Naturally, every progressive treats government power like violence (if it doesn't work, just use more of it) and instead of removing the subsidies, they want to tax the meat or corn and thus continue to cause hardship.
Everybody wins, including the corn farmers who will end the monoculture that damages their soil. By rotating crops like alfalfa and soybeans they will need much less fertilizer.
Is this fiction? Because none of the farmers in my state seem to be dumbass enough to grow corn every year. God doesn't seem to be making any more land. They already rotate with soybeans-- which are probably also subsidized, but that's another problem.
Oh, and the list doesn't include XP, which is supported as long as you are on the last service pack, or Windows Server 2003. So the vulnerability first appeared in some service level of Vista.
No it doesn't. It could have easily first appeared in the oldest of the supported OSes, or via a new feature (like IE) that is only supported on the listed OSes.
We call it a totalitarian communist system in the same way we call the USA a democratic (republican, really) capitalist system. I would like to separate the economical aspects of communism from the political, but we have not yet seen a communist government that was not totalitarian. China is the closest, since the passing of Mao, but is an oligarchy (of party members) really any better?
Obviously, you haven't gotten the latest UV laser pencil sharpener. It slices off individual atoms with a 10 KW beam only one photon wide. On to the problem of a one-atom-wide eraser.
Did you even read the story, much less the linked articles? No one is being sued right now. Also, the way the patent process works, your patent is pending from the day you submit it until it is rejected or approved. I don't see how the fact that the patent office needs time to research (and don't we normally criticize them for not researching thoroughly?) is relevant.
This time, the pages linked from the story are very helpful. Carmack independently discovered the algorithm a few months after Creative's employees. They properly patented the process. I'm not sure how it escaped litigation this long; Carmack's lawyers were right to question this issue before the code release.
This has all been above-board WRT Creative. It merely raises the question again as to whether patents should last over 10 years, or whether patents should be issued for software in the first place.
The "negative income tax" is a funny one, because in fact WE ALREADY HAVE THAT. See: EIC. Tax credits, instead of deductions, produce the possibility of being paid every year.
It's a clear attempt to sabotage the entire right to assemble/protest.
No. It specifically lists tents and sleeping bags. You can still bring signs, bullhorns, pamphlets, and other things that actual peaceful protestors-- not entitled squatters-- bring to a protest.
NY has a law regarding the use of that property. It is privately held, but an easement of sorts requires that it be available for public use. Of course, Bloomberg has made the argument that the law has been in violation for two months as the park is unavailable to all but the protestors-- proving the adage that even a broken clock is correct twice a day.
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Actually, the Constitution was meant to enumerate the rights of the federal and state governments. It also specifically excludes some known abuses of government, such as ex post facto laws. It's the amendments to it that specifically enumerated the rights of the people. Founders like James Madison were actually concerned that enumerating them imply that these were the ONLY rights held by the people, so just for the cretins and the power hungry the ninth and tenth amendments were included to clarify this. Of course, despite the stupidly obvious fact that "the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people" means every right does not have to be enumerated, we're constantly having to explain this to people who apparently didn't learn it in public school. I guess that's what you call a conflict of interest.
Do you always evaluate people on a single issue?
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Not to mention that the actions of isolated military officers do not constitute a mandate from the "American government."
12th imam kind of weapon.
I tried upgrading my brain to Reiser4, but then my wife disappeared.
Can you buy external 800 GB hard disks for $25? That's what an LTO 4 tape costs. And the price you quoted for the drive is ridiculous. Single LTO 4 drives are going for half that.
Posting this kind of absurd fiction only helps discredit the very real problems caused by overfeeding with grains. A six-month death sentence?
The problem began with New Deal-era crop subsidies. Naturally, every progressive treats government power like violence (if it doesn't work, just use more of it) and instead of removing the subsidies, they want to tax the meat or corn and thus continue to cause hardship.
Is this fiction? Because none of the farmers in my state seem to be dumbass enough to grow corn every year. God doesn't seem to be making any more land. They already rotate with soybeans-- which are probably also subsidized, but that's another problem.
Also works for the WOPR technology.
Oh, and the list doesn't include XP, which is supported as long as you are on the last service pack, or Windows Server 2003. So the vulnerability first appeared in some service level of Vista.
No it doesn't. It could have easily first appeared in the oldest of the supported OSes, or via a new feature (like IE) that is only supported on the listed OSes.
We call it a totalitarian communist system in the same way we call the USA a democratic (republican, really) capitalist system. I would like to separate the economical aspects of communism from the political, but we have not yet seen a communist government that was not totalitarian. China is the closest, since the passing of Mao, but is an oligarchy (of party members) really any better?
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Because sleeping in a public place is vagrancy. If you must protest for several days and can't go home, we have things called "hotels" and "motels".
Did the initial Tea Party protests cause "major problems" for anyone, and were they ignored?
Your perfectly valid insight would be better accepted if it wasn't presented in a snarky, accusatory tone.
Obviously, you haven't gotten the latest UV laser pencil sharpener. It slices off individual atoms with a 10 KW beam only one photon wide. On to the problem of a one-atom-wide eraser.
Did you even read the story, much less the linked articles? No one is being sued right now. Also, the way the patent process works, your patent is pending from the day you submit it until it is rejected or approved. I don't see how the fact that the patent office needs time to research (and don't we normally criticize them for not researching thoroughly?) is relevant.
This time, the pages linked from the story are very helpful. Carmack independently discovered the algorithm a few months after Creative's employees. They properly patented the process. I'm not sure how it escaped litigation this long; Carmack's lawyers were right to question this issue before the code release.
This has all been above-board WRT Creative. It merely raises the question again as to whether patents should last over 10 years, or whether patents should be issued for software in the first place.
The "negative income tax" is a funny one, because in fact WE ALREADY HAVE THAT. See: EIC. Tax credits, instead of deductions, produce the possibility of being paid every year.
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The 0.1% "protestors" are keeping the 99.9% from enjoying this park that they are paying for with their tax dollars.
No. It specifically lists tents and sleeping bags. You can still bring signs, bullhorns, pamphlets, and other things that actual peaceful protestors-- not entitled squatters-- bring to a protest.
NY has a law regarding the use of that property. It is privately held, but an easement of sorts requires that it be available for public use. Of course, Bloomberg has made the argument that the law has been in violation for two months as the park is unavailable to all but the protestors-- proving the adage that even a broken clock is correct twice a day.