Why should you have to register for a basic fucking right? In my home country you walk in with your passport (everyone has one),
Well, you had to go in to register for that passport, didn't you?
Same thing really....but over here in the US, not everyone has a passport....I'd venture to guess it is quite a minority of US citizens that have a passport...so, we need some method of knowing who's eligible to vote.
Also, dunno how your country is set up, but here, we have federal, state, local levels of govt...and registration helps them to know where you live and who you should be voting for....you wouldn't want someone in another city coming over to vote on issues in your city, that don't affect them as they do you, would you? Same thing with states....Oregon has many different interests and needs than a state like Louisiana....
registering is nothing but adding another step to remove undesirables (e.g. you don't drive, we don't want folks like you to vote easily).
Plenty of people have registered to vote, etc...over the years...why is it such a big problem all of a sudden? Hell, in the 1800's....no one drove....people walked or rode horses for days for the privilege of voting....and people nowdays can't walk or be inconvenienced to ride a fucking bus to the polling places? And once you register to vote...it isnt' like you have to register every year or anything....only if you move and that can be done by mail or fax....which anyone can do.
Oh come on, you accuse him of drinking the "cool aid" (sic) and then start spouting off this conspiracy nonsense about non-citizen voters and rigging elections? Where is your evidence? Why would the Democrats even risk such scandal in a state that reliably votes for them to begin with?
Do a little digging into politics and corruption and the voting rolls over the decades in Chicago...and get back to me on that with reference to election rigging and fraud. That should give you a good example of what HAS been seen to have taken place in recent history.
If we know about them, then existing laws are quite adequate to purge them from the rolls and prosecute the criminals respsonsible. Since that doesn't happen (especially the prosecution part), there are only a couple of logical possibilies: 1) If existing laws aren't enforced, there is no reason to believe that voter ID laws will be, or 2) what we know and what's happening in the real world are not the same thing.
Trouble is....we have people that don't even want the current laws enforced....the Feds are currently suing the State of FL, to try to keep them from purging their roles based on the state of FL's ruleset and laws.
Seems strange that the current administration doesn't want a sovereign state of the US to clean their voting rosters to make sure it is as clean as legally possible?
And even if an ID were to cost $10 (in my state it's $25) it would also require taking a trip to town/city hall or a DMV/RMV which depending on where you are and how busy it is, may require the better part of a day waiting in line. For someone that's working two jobs or more (say two full time and a part time job) that may be a real hardship.
Err...where do you live?
Most all states that I know of that require ID for voting, offer said IDs free of charge.
A person has to go register to vote....getting an ID isn't any more difficult.
If someone can't put forth a little effort to vote, then they're probably not interested enough to research, listen and made an informed vote either. I mean, when is ti too much effort? Are the polling places too far away? Not convenient with your schedule?
At some point...you have to decide if it is important enough to you to put forth the effort. It isn't convenient to me either, but on voting day, if a weekday...I get up earlier than normal, so that I have plenty of time to get to the polls (usually early there isn't much a line) and wait in line if need be...vote and still get to work on time.
Correct. It's a much bigger problem that people don't get to vote, for various reasons. Including the WTF requirement of having to "register to vote" - a measure that's only designed to reduce the amount of voters, and the disenfranchisement of prisoners[*], neither of which you will find in most western democracies.
Wait..you now, no longer want people to even have to register to vote?!!? I mean, how hard is it? Most people drive, they can register same time as they go for drivers license.
I'm sorry...but I don't see a thing wrong with having to put forth even a small modicum of effort to vote. If you're interested enough in participating in the process, you will. The registration allows those who declare a party, to vote in their respective primaries (I don't care for this myself, wish all primaries are open to all registered voters), it helps them know where polls are needed, to assign you to one...etc. There are reasons behind voting.
Seeing as that the largest % group of people that consistantly vote are the elderly, I don't see this as an impediment to the younger crowd.
There have been large numbers of attemted voter fraud over the years....and even it is was "only one or two" people trying to vote fraudulently, with elections as close as we've seen in past years, every vote DOES count.
We have a lot of illegals in the country...if you're not a citizen, you can't vote. If we don't check...what's to stop other countries that would wish to sway our elections in some manner, from flooding the country with people coming in, just to vote? Sounds far fetched, but hey...it could happen.
If you are not interested enough to vote and can put forth even the slightest effort to register and have a free ID made....well, I don't see you interested enough to weigh the issues and candidates and make an intelligent vote. Hell, what's next....too much effort to go to the POLLS....and in order to get those peoples' votes...we send out people door to door to get their votes?
Geez....in the old days...people rode horses and buggies or walked for days just to vote. And people today can't even make the effort to register or get an id?
Electricity consumption makes it more economical to combine servers into a single machine.
I have a decent job...I'm not worried about a little electricity. Hell, I live in New Orleans, the air conditioning bill alone masks any other appliances running in the house, like spitting in the grand canyon, it isn't gonna make much difference.
The AC doesn't shut off till about the first week of Nov....so, a few computers isn't gonna even make a blip on the radar...
I love open source software, and try to use it myself whenever possible...where it fits and is the best tool for the job.
However, on business financials....do NOT skimp on this. You need to track costs, billing, etc.....this is especially true at EOY when having to deal with your CPA, and the IRS. It is tough enough to have to deal with the myriad of laws and regulations the state and feds put on small businesses, go with something that is set up to help you out and accurately track finances, payroll, etc.
I'd recommend going with Quickbooks. It is almost a 'standard'...which makes it easily portable between you and your CPA.
Don't cheap out....get a good CPA to help keep you honest on your taxes....a good one will help you squeeze out every penny to keep for yourself legally, while being conservative enough to keep you off the IRS' radar.
This is business...and $200-$300 invested on this....will help you out in the long run...and hey, you can write the QB purchase off on your taxes.
I considered FreeNAS but installed a desktop OS instead. As well as being a NAS it can run a variety of other apps like uTorrent overnight. I schedule Google Drive and Dropbox to run at night too, so they act as an offsite scheduled backup. You can even use a normal web browser to do long file downloads from sites that block download managers.
Its not like I have a shortage of boxes laying around needing to be used....I've got a couple of Dell servers laying around (poweredge 4300, 2850)....regular desktops....heck, even a sunfire 280R, that I need to get up and running..although I may just trash that, more effort than it is worth to get it up and running again....but computers arent' the limiting factor here. I"d guess many slashdotters have a good number of extraneous boxes laying around that need using.
I'm gonna set one back up as my own email server, one for freeNAS...and likely one dedicated to scraping USENET...I prefer that to torrents....
Republicans requiring vaginal ultrasounds for abortions for the protection of women..
Which Senators/Congressmen have pushed this bill through to law on this? I missed that.
Also, you mentioned sexuality...not sure this directly applies to the topic you posed here. It is the results of sex...but not the act itself which you seemed to allude to previously.
I think if you're talking on a state level...it ain't just republicans....I think that or something like it has Dem support for some bills like that in LA too....just recently put forth.
I"m still trying to figure how to encrypted MY part of the data....separately from the other's data (either parents' or friends' in my scenario I gave)...and be able to do it automatically.....
I'm looking to make a freeNAS setup at home, with multiple drives.
Once that is working...I'm looking to maybe set up a second mirrored one at my parent's house, in another state...and just keep them sync'ed. Back their stuff up to the one up there, it sync's with mine...my stuff backup to mine and sync's with the backup up there.
If not with family, why not make a deal with friends to do the offsite backup with each other...just encrypted the partitions and all to keep things private...but that should help, eh?
One other thing that irks me is that in the article (yes, I read it a little) is that approval from the younger segment is even higher at some 69%. Could it be, because they don't remember the times before 9/11? They don't really know what they've lost?
What one generation tolerates, the next generation embraces.
Oh, I get it. Your life (understandably) is so boring, drab, and uneventful that you convince yourself that you're living in a dystopian novel. You then go on the internet trying to convince anyone who isn't needlessly indignant that they should be, and if they arent, then SHEEPLE, blah blah blah. You guys crack me up.
No, but I do remember (not that long ago mind you), that going to the airport was simple, not a hassle and not unpleasant.
I remember the whole family going to the gates to see someone off, or waiting there for them when they got off the plane.
I remember not having to go through a potentially dangerous (with multiple exposures) irradiating device....and I remember even before the metal detectors, although I don't mind those, they're quite non-intrusive.
But yes, I remember not that long ago back, when you didn't have potential to be groped by a stranger, not having to take your fucking shoes off....etc. And for what? Tests of these measure have shown they aren't really effective, things are snuck on all the time in those tests.
Why not do something simple that is effective...and not really intrusive?
Why not go for simple metal detectors...and bomb sniffing dogs you walk past....and then, you don't have to search everyone, you can keep your fucking shoes on....and only secondarily search anyone that beeps the detector or sets off a dog response.
I remember (not that long ago), about the only time you worried about a kid crying, was on the plane when the pressure would make their ears pop...not from some rubber gloved TSA agent feeling them up on their way to the gate....
With his nanny state outlook of govt (no more big soft drinks can be sold), and his recent anti-gun rants....yeah, I'd put him on the democrat side. Granted, he's on the more neo-liberal fringe of the party..but I'd lump him in with the Dems for sure.
But that makes sense to me...there are multiple sports out there...but one math. I mean, they're not going to be inventing anymore numbers or operations on them anytime soon, but there are tons of different sports out there...
I believe technically you are correct. However, they have made it so difficult via the costs of the permits and classes you must obtain make it all but impossible for the average person.
Hmmn...sure is nice to live where you don't have to have a permit, class, nor register any weapons you buy from a shop or a private individual on the street.
How will you ever correctly use the word "orthagonal" in a meeting, and command all credibility, without having taken maths?
I just have the hardest time getting used to seeing people spell math with a "s" on the end of it...I only see it done here on slashdot...my eye is immediately drawn to it as a spelling error or typo.
But back to discussion...I've taken through Cal 3 I think...but have never used really any math beyond addition and subtraction in my IT career.
I wonder if they're going to try to come up with new names for the Ministry of Truth and Ministry of Love.....or just go ahead and follow the blueprint the rest of the way through unchanged....?
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Well, you had to go in to register for that passport, didn't you?
Same thing really....but over here in the US, not everyone has a passport....I'd venture to guess it is quite a minority of US citizens that have a passport...so, we need some method of knowing who's eligible to vote.
Also, dunno how your country is set up, but here, we have federal, state, local levels of govt...and registration helps them to know where you live and who you should be voting for....you wouldn't want someone in another city coming over to vote on issues in your city, that don't affect them as they do you, would you? Same thing with states....Oregon has many different interests and needs than a state like Louisiana....
Plenty of people have registered to vote, etc...over the years...why is it such a big problem all of a sudden? Hell, in the 1800's....no one drove....people walked or rode horses for days for the privilege of voting....and people nowdays can't walk or be inconvenienced to ride a fucking bus to the polling places? And once you register to vote...it isnt' like you have to register every year or anything....only if you move and that can be done by mail or fax....which anyone can do.
Geez....when did we all become so fucking lazy?
Do a little digging into politics and corruption and the voting rolls over the decades in Chicago...and get back to me on that with reference to election rigging and fraud. That should give you a good example of what HAS been seen to have taken place in recent history.
Trouble is....we have people that don't even want the current laws enforced....the Feds are currently suing the State of FL, to try to keep them from purging their roles based on the state of FL's ruleset and laws.
Seems strange that the current administration doesn't want a sovereign state of the US to clean their voting rosters to make sure it is as clean as legally possible?
Err...where do you live?
Most all states that I know of that require ID for voting, offer said IDs free of charge.
A person has to go register to vote....getting an ID isn't any more difficult.
If someone can't put forth a little effort to vote, then they're probably not interested enough to research, listen and made an informed vote either. I mean, when is ti too much effort? Are the polling places too far away? Not convenient with your schedule?
At some point...you have to decide if it is important enough to you to put forth the effort. It isn't convenient to me either, but on voting day, if a weekday...I get up earlier than normal, so that I have plenty of time to get to the polls (usually early there isn't much a line) and wait in line if need be...vote and still get to work on time.
Don't most people normally keep all the doors to their house locked?
Not sure what you're getting at....
Wait..you now, no longer want people to even have to register to vote?!!? I mean, how hard is it? Most people drive, they can register same time as they go for drivers license.
I'm sorry...but I don't see a thing wrong with having to put forth even a small modicum of effort to vote. If you're interested enough in participating in the process, you will. The registration allows those who declare a party, to vote in their respective primaries (I don't care for this myself, wish all primaries are open to all registered voters), it helps them know where polls are needed, to assign you to one...etc. There are reasons behind voting.
Seeing as that the largest % group of people that consistantly vote are the elderly, I don't see this as an impediment to the younger crowd.
There have been large numbers of attemted voter fraud over the years....and even it is was "only one or two" people trying to vote fraudulently, with elections as close as we've seen in past years, every vote DOES count.
We have a lot of illegals in the country...if you're not a citizen, you can't vote. If we don't check...what's to stop other countries that would wish to sway our elections in some manner, from flooding the country with people coming in, just to vote? Sounds far fetched, but hey...it could happen.
If you are not interested enough to vote and can put forth even the slightest effort to register and have a free ID made....well, I don't see you interested enough to weigh the issues and candidates and make an intelligent vote. Hell, what's next....too much effort to go to the POLLS....and in order to get those peoples' votes...we send out people door to door to get their votes?
Geez....in the old days...people rode horses and buggies or walked for days just to vote. And people today can't even make the effort to register or get an id?
I have a decent job...I'm not worried about a little electricity. Hell, I live in New Orleans, the air conditioning bill alone masks any other appliances running in the house, like spitting in the grand canyon, it isn't gonna make much difference.
The AC doesn't shut off till about the first week of Nov....so, a few computers isn't gonna even make a blip on the radar...
However, on business financials....do NOT skimp on this. You need to track costs, billing, etc.....this is especially true at EOY when having to deal with your CPA, and the IRS. It is tough enough to have to deal with the myriad of laws and regulations the state and feds put on small businesses, go with something that is set up to help you out and accurately track finances, payroll, etc.
I'd recommend going with Quickbooks. It is almost a 'standard'...which makes it easily portable between you and your CPA.
Don't cheap out....get a good CPA to help keep you honest on your taxes....a good one will help you squeeze out every penny to keep for yourself legally, while being conservative enough to keep you off the IRS' radar.
This is business...and $200-$300 invested on this....will help you out in the long run...and hey, you can write the QB purchase off on your taxes.
I know what you mean...quite often, the national news blows these stories up and makes them think it is sweeping the nation.
I think that the US requirements is a bit of a crock myself, no reason to push it on people...wish they'd drop it entirely.
Its not like I have a shortage of boxes laying around needing to be used....I've got a couple of Dell servers laying around (poweredge 4300, 2850)....regular desktops....heck, even a sunfire 280R, that I need to get up and running..although I may just trash that, more effort than it is worth to get it up and running again....but computers arent' the limiting factor here. I"d guess many slashdotters have a good number of extraneous boxes laying around that need using.
I'm gonna set one back up as my own email server, one for freeNAS...and likely one dedicated to scraping USENET...I prefer that to torrents....
Which Senators/Congressmen have pushed this bill through to law on this? I missed that.
Also, you mentioned sexuality...not sure this directly applies to the topic you posed here. It is the results of sex...but not the act itself which you seemed to allude to previously.
I think if you're talking on a state level...it ain't just republicans....I think that or something like it has Dem support for some bills like that in LA too....just recently put forth.
I"m still trying to figure how to encrypted MY part of the data....separately from the other's data (either parents' or friends' in my scenario I gave)...and be able to do it automatically.....
Once that is working...I'm looking to maybe set up a second mirrored one at my parent's house, in another state...and just keep them sync'ed. Back their stuff up to the one up there, it sync's with mine...my stuff backup to mine and sync's with the backup up there.
If not with family, why not make a deal with friends to do the offsite backup with each other...just encrypted the partitions and all to keep things private...but that should help, eh?
Ok..you got me on that one.
How have the Republicans, or Dems for that matter, regulated how I can have sex???
I've not seen any laws on that....telling me I can, or cannot have sex (aside from with minors, forcible rape, etc).
Yet another reason to not be on Facebook, Google+, Twitter....etc...
What one generation tolerates, the next generation embraces.
No, but I do remember (not that long ago mind you), that going to the airport was simple, not a hassle and not unpleasant.
I remember the whole family going to the gates to see someone off, or waiting there for them when they got off the plane.
I remember not having to go through a potentially dangerous (with multiple exposures) irradiating device....and I remember even before the metal detectors, although I don't mind those, they're quite non-intrusive.
But yes, I remember not that long ago back, when you didn't have potential to be groped by a stranger, not having to take your fucking shoes off....etc. And for what? Tests of these measure have shown they aren't really effective, things are snuck on all the time in those tests.
Why not do something simple that is effective...and not really intrusive?
Why not go for simple metal detectors...and bomb sniffing dogs you walk past....and then, you don't have to search everyone, you can keep your fucking shoes on....and only secondarily search anyone that beeps the detector or sets off a dog response.
I remember (not that long ago), about the only time you worried about a kid crying, was on the plane when the pressure would make their ears pop...not from some rubber gloved TSA agent feeling them up on their way to the gate....
With his nanny state outlook of govt (no more big soft drinks can be sold), and his recent anti-gun rants....yeah, I'd put him on the democrat side. Granted, he's on the more neo-liberal fringe of the party..but I'd lump him in with the Dems for sure.
I still can't find half the shit I want for simple things quickly on word and excel....
Kinda of like the democrat mayor of NYC, Bloomberg...is setting up a nice little surveillance society there (per article on slashdot yesterday)...?
I think we're all good on the civil rights thing....been in law for a long time now....I think we're all covered there these days.....
Hmmn...sure is nice to live where you don't have to have a permit, class, nor register any weapons you buy from a shop or a private individual on the street.
I just have the hardest time getting used to seeing people spell math with a "s" on the end of it...I only see it done here on slashdot...my eye is immediately drawn to it as a spelling error or typo.
But back to discussion...I've taken through Cal 3 I think...but have never used really any math beyond addition and subtraction in my IT career.
I wonder if they're going to try to come up with new names for the Ministry of Truth and Ministry of Love.....or just go ahead and follow the blueprint the rest of the way through unchanged....?