The St. Paul Pioneer Press went this way last year. Unsurprisingly, participation in the comments has dropped to near zero.
I can see why companies do it - this saves them the trouble of moderation, as people moderate themselves when their real names are used and they conceivably could face real-life consequences for what they post. Is real-life intimidation really the best way to police comments? Certainly not if you want more participation...
Not to mention...not everyone has a Facebook or Google+ or Twitter or...xyz social network account.
I find it interesting that these two sites assume everyone that is on their forums have FB, etc accounts....are there other sites out there following this assumption? The assume you have a 3rd party membership established so you can use their forum/services???
Why would anyone limit themselves based on that type assumption?
I don't get it either. If he was not actually harming anyone else, who gets to decide what exactly is profanity with words. I know it when I see it but not when I read about it.
I read the health care act. Over 2,000 pages of insanity, but very enlightening. I'll be honest, I understood very little of it and numerous times I started to give up. But it became a personal challenge. After the first 10 pages I don't think my brain really understood any of it, but when discussing the issue it does give me the ability to say "I've read it, have you?" which generally changes the conversation from the merits of the law to the insanity of how it is written.
Well, apparently, most of the congress-critters hadn't read it either.
I seem to recall Pelosi even saying something to the effect of "We need to pass it, in order to see what's actually IN it...".
There are existing laws which make the request for account passwords illegal, including the fifth amendment and that pesky little clause about search and seizure.
Err...those laws ONLY apply to the government...not private entities or corporations. Seriously, a job interview for a NON-governmental employment opportunity, and you'd try to plea the 5th Amendment?!?!
Also, my FaceBook includes information that is protected under a few employment acts. It includes things like race, sexual preference, age, and religious affiliation. By asking, they are breaking employment law.
Actually, it is perfectly legal for them to ask you about those things....however, it is illegal for them to discriminate against you on those things.
It is VERY difficult to prove that is what they used as criteria to not hire you....and if they don't ask them, even more difficult, hence, they generally don't ask questions about that type of thing.
Funny, isn't it, how the white neighbourhood watch guy with a gun can get away with shooting someone to death on the grounds that "I felt threatened"
Err...I hardly think Zimmerman is a 'white guy'....he certainly doesn't look it.
Also, no, you can't shoot someone in FL just for being threatened...but you can shoot them in self defense, which is a different matter. If you're being attacked, you can use lethal force to defend yourself....but not for just feeling threatened.
For routine visits and maintenance? Sure...sometimes cash, or check...most Dr's offices will take a CC. I use the CC that is attached to my HSA, which I sock away the max annually pre-tax, for my routine things.
In my post earlier in this thread, you see I have this coupled with a high deductible insurance policy ($1200) to be used only for emergencies....
I save to pay for food, housing, car maintenance and insurance...etc. Why should I not save part of my income towards my health?
Not surprising in an age when Floridians may legally shoot unarmed *dark-skinned* teenagers who you've been stalking, at night in the rain, for no reason whatsoever, who may have responded to your stalking with force
FTFY.,
Hmm...so, someone walking through a gated community, that did not look like they were a resident...is not suspicious?
I supposed if a white guy was walking through an all chinese neighborhood, that would not cause him to stand out like a sore thumb...and maybe make some of the residents wonder why he was there?
And...is someone from neighborhood watch...following someone that may be suspicious stalking? Is it justifiable for someone being followed to turn and attack someone walking behind them? It sounds like that's what you're saying....
Currently, I'm doing a W2 gig, and it comes with good insurance, but I prefer to work 1099 and do it the 'sane' way.
When working 1099...I pay my own way, I negotiate my rates.
With this, I get a high deductible (about $1200) medial insurance account...(and I have VERY HIGH Triglicerides, so yes, you can get them even as an at risk person)..to be used only for emergencies (heart failure, car wreck).
I max out a HSA I set up, which unlike a FSA it is not use it or lose it..it builds over years and you can invest funds and make money from it to grow it)....I put about $3K in there pre-tax....and use that for my routine medical needs, and low end procedures (I had to have a MRI and paid it myself out of it). Heck usually when I told the Dr's I was paying myself, they would knock off about 15% right off the top of the bill for me.
I think we should go back to the days before the bean counter middlemen drove up the cost of medicine. Insurance was called Major Medical...and only used for emergency needs. Routine care, you paid for (and nice if you can save for it pre-tax)...and since you were paying for it, you would shop around for your Dr......and prices were lower.
Once the HMO's stepped in and then more govt influence....that's when medical prices skyrocketed.
But yes...I'd rather have emergency coverage for, ahem...emergencies, and I can save and pay for routine annual meds and visits and such as needed. Decisions about my care should be made by me....and why shouldn't everyone put aside some money for their annual medical care, just like they save for gas, food, shelter...etc.?
If a black man (minority) killed a white man (majority) bcause if his race, it'd be just as much of a hate crime.
Sure...I'll believe that when I see it, and I ain't holding my breath. You'll not ever be seeing a hate crime charge for a crime against a white man....
Sad...I've not bought any games really in AGEs but I saw new SimCity advertised and saw the trailer and it looked fun. I was thinking I might buy the first game in ages and play since I liked the older versions...
But if constant connection is required, that's a deal breaker for me.
One thing fun about SimCity in the past...was great for playing while traveling, on the road...etc.
No, I don't travel quite often enough to pay an additional $50 or whatever it is a month for a mobile internet modem...I can't justify the expense for what use I'd do it, BUT, I do travel around enough to like to sit and play a game during down times...or heck, even when going to the bar early before friends show up to goof off.....but if I can't use this for that well...not useful to me.
I'm not planning to play the thing that much while at home at the internet connection...I'm usually busy doing other things there on it ( like working to earn disposable income to pay for shit like games, etc)
Not surprising in an age when Floridians may legally shoot unarmed *dark-skinned* teenagers who may have physically attacked you, breaking your nose and causing trauma to the back of your head, somewhat like an attack from behind blindsiding you.
FTFY
Geez people....let's get all the facts in before we jump to conclusions, eh? There's more and more information coming out by the day on this.
And actually my question is..what race is Zimmerman? He doesn't look like a white guy to me...?
No...a hate crime murder, is by definition, a first degree murder.
It is already covered under existing laws. Anything else added on top of it...makes killing a minority a 'worse' crime, than killing someone of the majority race.
In this day in age, there isn't the *terror* instilled by a racial murder....there is no KKK running door to door dragging people out an lynching them...people don't get scared this day in age, and move out of the city or quit their daily lives. This doesn't happen anymore...
Sure, people get more cautious....as any one would with a killer about....but there is not terrorism like there was over a 100 years ago...
Sure I have. A so called 'hate crime' that is a murder, would fall under first-degree in your definition. So, hate crime is already covered under current law.
You're less likely to understand the need for laws to combat discrimination against minorities if you are not affected by such discrimination.
Actually, I *DO* feel it these days....with affirmative action laws, that can keep a person such as myself out of a job or school placement, reserved for a less qualified person, due solely on their race...
We need to do away with all the 'special' laws, we're WAY past slavery, and while there will always be some trace racism, sexism....the majority of it is over and not keeping anyone down that wants to work and succeed.
So, you're saying in THIS day in age...that hate crimes happen, and will cause a whole group (blacks, gays, women, chinese, [insert your favorite minority here] to be intimidated, and just pick up and move out of an area, or quit frequenting their favorite clubs...etc...etc.??
I dare say, we don't see that happen, not in this day in age.
I doubt that gay men quit going to that gay club where the young gay man was lured from, and murdered. More cautious? Sure...any person regardless of persuasion would be more cautious, but I doubt seriously that the gay 'community' was intimidated into moving, staying home, or renouncing their homosexuality....
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Not to mention...not everyone has a Facebook or Google+ or Twitter or...xyz social network account.
I find it interesting that these two sites assume everyone that is on their forums have FB, etc accounts....are there other sites out there following this assumption? The assume you have a 3rd party membership established so you can use their forum/services???
Why would anyone limit themselves based on that type assumption?
Not sure what it would be that good for.....
I think my rooted nook color is more useful than the kindle fire if it was rooted....nook as external microSD slot..more memory...etc.
Am I missing something here?
That's easy...here are the words you can't use
Easy Money!!!
Well, apparently, most of the congress-critters hadn't read it either.
I seem to recall Pelosi even saying something to the effect of "We need to pass it, in order to see what's actually IN it...".
Sheesh....
Err...those laws ONLY apply to the government...not private entities or corporations. Seriously, a job interview for a NON-governmental employment opportunity, and you'd try to plea the 5th Amendment?!?!
Actually, it is perfectly legal for them to ask you about those things....however, it is illegal for them to discriminate against you on those things.
It is VERY difficult to prove that is what they used as criteria to not hire you....and if they don't ask them, even more difficult, hence, they generally don't ask questions about that type of thing.
"MOVE to where the fucking food IS and can GROW!!"
Err...I hardly think Zimmerman is a 'white guy'....he certainly doesn't look it.
Also, no, you can't shoot someone in FL just for being threatened...but you can shoot them in self defense, which is a different matter. If you're being attacked, you can use lethal force to defend yourself....but not for just feeling threatened.
For routine visits and maintenance? Sure...sometimes cash, or check...most Dr's offices will take a CC. I use the CC that is attached to my HSA, which I sock away the max annually pre-tax, for my routine things.
In my post earlier in this thread, you see I have this coupled with a high deductible insurance policy ($1200) to be used only for emergencies....
I save to pay for food, housing, car maintenance and insurance...etc. Why should I not save part of my income towards my health?
Hmm...so, someone walking through a gated community, that did not look like they were a resident...is not suspicious?
I supposed if a white guy was walking through an all chinese neighborhood, that would not cause him to stand out like a sore thumb...and maybe make some of the residents wonder why he was there?
And...is someone from neighborhood watch...following someone that may be suspicious stalking? Is it justifiable for someone being followed to turn and attack someone walking behind them? It sounds like that's what you're saying....
Currently, I'm doing a W2 gig, and it comes with good insurance, but I prefer to work 1099 and do it the 'sane' way.
When working 1099...I pay my own way, I negotiate my rates.
With this, I get a high deductible (about $1200) medial insurance account...(and I have VERY HIGH Triglicerides, so yes, you can get them even as an at risk person)..to be used only for emergencies (heart failure, car wreck).
I max out a HSA I set up, which unlike a FSA it is not use it or lose it..it builds over years and you can invest funds and make money from it to grow it)....I put about $3K in there pre-tax....and use that for my routine medical needs, and low end procedures (I had to have a MRI and paid it myself out of it). Heck usually when I told the Dr's I was paying myself, they would knock off about 15% right off the top of the bill for me.
I think we should go back to the days before the bean counter middlemen drove up the cost of medicine. Insurance was called Major Medical...and only used for emergency needs. Routine care, you paid for (and nice if you can save for it pre-tax)...and since you were paying for it, you would shop around for your Dr......and prices were lower.
Once the HMO's stepped in and then more govt influence....that's when medical prices skyrocketed.
But yes...I'd rather have emergency coverage for, ahem...emergencies, and I can save and pay for routine annual meds and visits and such as needed. Decisions about my care should be made by me....and why shouldn't everyone put aside some money for their annual medical care, just like they save for gas, food, shelter...etc.?
Sure...I'll believe that when I see it, and I ain't holding my breath. You'll not ever be seeing a hate crime charge for a crime against a white man....
Sad...I've not bought any games really in AGEs but I saw new SimCity advertised and saw the trailer and it looked fun. I was thinking I might buy the first game in ages and play since I liked the older versions...
But if constant connection is required, that's a deal breaker for me.
One thing fun about SimCity in the past...was great for playing while traveling, on the road...etc.
No, I don't travel quite often enough to pay an additional $50 or whatever it is a month for a mobile internet modem...I can't justify the expense for what use I'd do it, BUT, I do travel around enough to like to sit and play a game during down times...or heck, even when going to the bar early before friends show up to goof off.....but if I can't use this for that well...not useful to me.
I'm not planning to play the thing that much while at home at the internet connection...I'm usually busy doing other things there on it ( like working to earn disposable income to pay for shit like games, etc)
FTFY
Geez people....let's get all the facts in before we jump to conclusions, eh? There's more and more information coming out by the day on this.
And actually my question is..what race is Zimmerman? He doesn't look like a white guy to me...?
There ARE some generalities one can associate with different races or types of people...otherwise, we'd not have them at all now, would we?
I'd prefer it if they left the decision between me and my doctor....
What? You don't read Slashdot on the weekends when not at work?!?!?
Philistine.....!!
What about serial killers...that just kill randomly....they are going to kill over and over again...till caught.
But, they won't be charged with a 'hate crime'..so, what they do is less evil?
It is already covered under existing laws. Anything else added on top of it...makes killing a minority a 'worse' crime, than killing someone of the majority race.
In this day in age, there isn't the *terror* instilled by a racial murder....there is no KKK running door to door dragging people out an lynching them...people don't get scared this day in age, and move out of the city or quit their daily lives. This doesn't happen anymore...
Sure, people get more cautious....as any one would with a killer about....but there is not terrorism like there was over a 100 years ago...
Sure I have. A so called 'hate crime' that is a murder, would fall under first-degree in your definition. So, hate crime is already covered under current law.
Actually, I *DO* feel it these days....with affirmative action laws, that can keep a person such as myself out of a job or school placement, reserved for a less qualified person, due solely on their race...
We need to do away with all the 'special' laws, we're WAY past slavery, and while there will always be some trace racism, sexism....the majority of it is over and not keeping anyone down that wants to work and succeed.
But obviously YOU do, right?
And exactly what makes you an expert on this subject any more than anyone else on the thread?
I wonder if they have any numbers for cracking MORE than 4 digits...numeric, upper/lower case...symbols...etc?
So, you're saying in THIS day in age...that hate crimes happen, and will cause a whole group (blacks, gays, women, chinese, [insert your favorite minority here] to be intimidated, and just pick up and move out of an area, or quit frequenting their favorite clubs...etc...etc.??
I dare say, we don't see that happen, not in this day in age.
I doubt that gay men quit going to that gay club where the young gay man was lured from, and murdered. More cautious? Sure...any person regardless of persuasion would be more cautious, but I doubt seriously that the gay 'community' was intimidated into moving, staying home, or renouncing their homosexuality....
Sorry...I just don't buy that.