How strong does the evidence have to be before Republicans believe there's a real problem?
Oh, I think some believe that it is an actual problem. They simply don't give a fuck, as there's money to be made right now. They will be long dead before the problem starts having a catastrophic impact, so they view it as SEP (Somebody Else's Problem).
The impartiality of our justice system is the bedrock of our republic, and our fellow citizens must have confidence in its objectivity, independence, and evenhandedness. The law is the most equalizing force in this country. No entity or individual is exempt from oversight.
LOL *snort*
That ranks up there as one of the biggest piles of unadulterated bullshit I've ever seen. I don't care which tribe you subscribe to, everyone should realize that our justice system is anything but evenhanded or impartial.
I will watch it once it gets to Netflix (never? Too bad). Not going to spend that kind of money for one show. I used to sub to Hulu before they fucked up their interface.
The only network I would willingly subscribe to would be the CW, since they have several shows I want to watch (The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow). Unfortunately they don't offer a paid version, so if I want to watch current episodes I have to sit through the damned commercials. I'll wait until Netflix gets them too I guess.
Until some asshole big ISP that doesn't want to give you service sends a lawsuit your way stopping you from doing just that. Can't have someone threatening their monopoly.
"The contract entered provided for the smartphones at no cost. It also allowed for the NYPD to replace the smartphones with devices of our choosing two years later, also at no cost."
She also claims that they're already neck deep in Windows, so the Windows phones were easier to roll out. Plus, iOS and Android didn't allow "us to cost-effectively utilize prior investment in custom Windows applications."
As others have noted, she's a political appointee. It would be interesting to find out why or how the contract provided for the smartphones at no cost.
Free phones, plus free replacements 2 years later, plus the functionality to run your custom Windows applications? I think I would have made the same decision, provided that testing confirmed app functionality.
If cabin pressure drops, the suit balloons up and makes it hard to move. An excellent way to counter this is by simply leaving less air in the suit, i.e. make it skintight. It's a shame they didn't do this; I was rather looking forward to our glorious future society where everyone walks around in skintight suits...
Be careful what you wish for. Have you seen most Americans? You wouldn't want to see me in one, that's for sure...
The government KNOWS everyone who got the guns . The storm troopers from the DOJ will raid the houses with the guns, take them, and good luck in the courts.
It's hardly new for Trek - TNG re-imagined a lot of stuff, including the look for the Klingons. In any case, in the established universe (which this is part of, it's not a reboot) the Klingons did look different back then. There were the augmented Klingons and various other groups with different appearances.
Actually, the 're-imagined' Klingons first appeared in the first TOS movie.
If you want 'affordable' access to the Solar system, it looks like you're going to be going through SpaceX to get it.
That's not really worth much right now, because they haven't actually delivered it yet. You might think the expense of a rocket isn't a big deal because satellites and other things we want to get into space are expensive enough to justify the rocket's cost... but have you considered that the reason we're shipping expensive things out of our gravity well is because the rockets' costs mean less expensive items can't be justified?
If space access is inexpensive enough, we'll find more to do. Asteroid retrieval will get a massive kick in the ass (which will have massively disruptive effects on Earth but be really good for us in the long run). Space stations will be less expensive, enabling more research into keeping humans healthy off Earth. Lunar and Mars missions will be less expensive, giving us more capability to prep for humans to permanently occupy those bodies and see if we can make self-sufficient operations there.
There's a lot of really, really hard work to do to get there, but most of it is pointless if we can't even affordably reach Earth orbit. SpaceX is our current hope for getting us to the point that all that other work becomes meaningful.
Amazing what happens when time, money, and effort is spent on actual improvements instead of simply extracting and hoarding as much money as possible.
Human employees are a huge drain on a business. There is the payroll, taxes, liability insurance, and all the entitlements like healthcare. It's simple, kiosks and robots don't get sick, they don't require matching into social security, and they aren't a huge legal liability. When was the last time a robot sued a manager for sexual harassment? How about never.
It certainly will be a business utopia when there are no more employees anywhere.
Unfortunately nobody has any money to spend since there are no more jobs, so business will suck. Sounds pretty dystopian to me.
Guess who the real cancer on efficiency is. it's not the Republicans.
Bullshit.
If anything Republicans are the architects of government inefficiency. Democrats are only marginally better since they generally don't do stupid shit like holding votes to repeal or gut the ACA when there is no way the Senate or POTUS would go along with it. If the politician's goal was efficiency they would be working together to hammer out compromises before putting bills to a vote.
Reid had every right to do what he did, just as Lott, Daschle, and Frist did before him and McConnell does now. Just because a member of the other tribe had control of it then doesn't make it a good or a bad thing. I do agree that having one guy able to hold things up is not good, but it needs to apply to both tribes.
The House passing a bill that is completely unpalatable to the opposition that controls the Senate and/or the POTUS is fucking stupid and a complete waste of time. Pass something that doesn't contain poison pill amendments completely unrelated to the bill. Pass something that doesn't contain items completely antithetical to the other tribe's view.
In other words: Work together for the people, you fucking fucks.
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How strong does the evidence have to be before Republicans believe there's a real problem?
Oh, I think some believe that it is an actual problem. They simply don't give a fuck, as there's money to be made right now. They will be long dead before the problem starts having a catastrophic impact, so they view it as SEP (Somebody Else's Problem).
Is it named the Vulture? His goal is the moon!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...
Can we be more insane than this? The incredible stupidity of our system astounds me.
Insane? It's actually quite logical. The wealthy are making tons of money by fucking over everyone else.
It's not stupid; the system is working as designed. It's not good for society in general, but it is operating as intended.
Right. So, tell us, what are you doing about it, then? I mean, in addition to bitching about it on Slashdot? Anything? At all?
Why yes, I have a grand plan to just go in and fix it! I'll make the justice system Great Again! /sarcastic
At the risk of feeding a troll: Don't be stupid; a peon like you and I have no say in it. Unless you have some great idea?
Actually, I did do what I could: I served on a jury, and helped render a verdict based on the facts of the case. What have YOU done?
The impartiality of our justice system is the bedrock of our republic, and our fellow citizens must have confidence in its objectivity, independence, and evenhandedness. The law is the most equalizing force in this country. No entity or individual is exempt from oversight.
LOL
*snort*
That ranks up there as one of the biggest piles of unadulterated bullshit I've ever seen. I don't care which tribe you subscribe to, everyone should realize that our justice system is anything but evenhanded or impartial.
You keep doing it, ad infinitum.
Yup... and we all know what is defined by expecting different results too.
I will watch it once it gets to Netflix (never? Too bad). Not going to spend that kind of money for one show. I used to sub to Hulu before they fucked up their interface.
The only network I would willingly subscribe to would be the CW, since they have several shows I want to watch (The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow). Unfortunately they don't offer a paid version, so if I want to watch current episodes I have to sit through the damned commercials. I'll wait until Netflix gets them too I guess.
There is no better useful idiot than a religious conservative. Who better to believe anything said to them by figures of "authority"?
You will also see that while most people hate the members of Congress as a whole, THEIR congresscritter is a "good one".
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Until some asshole big ISP that doesn't want to give you service sends a lawsuit your way stopping you from doing just that. Can't have someone threatening their monopoly.
Frankly, I do not see, how this is automatically wrong.
As long as I'm not prosecuted for visiting certain cites or posting certain comments...
How long do you suppose it would take for some authoritarian do-gooders to do exactly that?
For those who are worried (or gloating) about control equality, keyboard and mouse control will soon be available for the Xbox.
Hmm, maybe I'll actually be able to play on my son's Xbox now. I just can't get used to the controller.
WASD + mouse is too ingrained, plus I grew up with the simple NES controller.
agreed - My tone was unnecessarily negative. The guy deserves the benefit of any doubt.
He does. In your defense, it is said that the pessimist is rarely disappointed.
http://nypdnews.com/2017/08/de...
Interesting part:
"The contract entered provided for the smartphones at no cost. It also allowed for the NYPD to replace the smartphones with devices of our choosing two years later, also at no cost."
She also claims that they're already neck deep in Windows, so the Windows phones were easier to roll out. Plus, iOS and Android didn't allow "us to cost-effectively utilize prior investment in custom Windows applications."
As others have noted, she's a political appointee. It would be interesting to find out why or how the contract provided for the smartphones at no cost.
Free phones, plus free replacements 2 years later, plus the functionality to run your custom Windows applications? I think I would have made the same decision, provided that testing confirmed app functionality.
If cabin pressure drops, the suit balloons up and makes it hard to move. An excellent way to counter this is by simply leaving less air in the suit, i.e. make it skintight. It's a shame they didn't do this; I was rather looking forward to our glorious future society where everyone walks around in skintight suits...
Be careful what you wish for. Have you seen most Americans? You wouldn't want to see me in one, that's for sure...
42-39-56.
You could say she's got it all!
The government KNOWS everyone who got the guns . The storm troopers from the DOJ will raid the houses with the guns, take them, and good luck in the courts.
I thought Obama took them all already?
Businesses wanting to make profit will do so at all costs.
There are too many people out there who think that if it's not illegal then it's OK.
Hell, there are too many people out there who think it's OK even if it IS illegal.
It's hardly new for Trek - TNG re-imagined a lot of stuff, including the look for the Klingons. In any case, in the established universe (which this is part of, it's not a reboot) the Klingons did look different back then. There were the augmented Klingons and various other groups with different appearances.
Actually, the 're-imagined' Klingons first appeared in the first TOS movie.
If you want 'affordable' access to the Solar system, it looks like you're going to be going through SpaceX to get it.
That's not really worth much right now, because they haven't actually delivered it yet. You might think the expense of a rocket isn't a big deal because satellites and other things we want to get into space are expensive enough to justify the rocket's cost... but have you considered that the reason we're shipping expensive things out of our gravity well is because the rockets' costs mean less expensive items can't be justified?
If space access is inexpensive enough, we'll find more to do. Asteroid retrieval will get a massive kick in the ass (which will have massively disruptive effects on Earth but be really good for us in the long run). Space stations will be less expensive, enabling more research into keeping humans healthy off Earth. Lunar and Mars missions will be less expensive, giving us more capability to prep for humans to permanently occupy those bodies and see if we can make self-sufficient operations there.
There's a lot of really, really hard work to do to get there, but most of it is pointless if we can't even affordably reach Earth orbit. SpaceX is our current hope for getting us to the point that all that other work becomes meaningful.
Amazing what happens when time, money, and effort is spent on actual improvements instead of simply extracting and hoarding as much money as possible.
That's 80+ years from now, in other words we have time.
Translation: I'll be dead by then, so I don't give a fuck. Fuck the future.
GO TRUMP!!!!
Take Pence, DeVos, and Mnuchin with you!
As in not where I am. :)
Human employees are a huge drain on a business. There is the payroll, taxes, liability insurance, and all the entitlements like healthcare.
It's simple, kiosks and robots don't get sick, they don't require matching into social security, and they aren't a huge legal liability. When was the last time a robot sued a manager for sexual harassment? How about never.
It certainly will be a business utopia when there are no more employees anywhere.
Unfortunately nobody has any money to spend since there are no more jobs, so business will suck. Sounds pretty dystopian to me.
Guess who the real cancer on efficiency is. it's not the Republicans.
Bullshit.
If anything Republicans are the architects of government inefficiency. Democrats are only marginally better since they generally don't do stupid shit like holding votes to repeal or gut the ACA when there is no way the Senate or POTUS would go along with it. If the politician's goal was efficiency they would be working together to hammer out compromises before putting bills to a vote.
Reid had every right to do what he did, just as Lott, Daschle, and Frist did before him and McConnell does now. Just because a member of the other tribe had control of it then doesn't make it a good or a bad thing. I do agree that having one guy able to hold things up is not good, but it needs to apply to both tribes.
The House passing a bill that is completely unpalatable to the opposition that controls the Senate and/or the POTUS is fucking stupid and a complete waste of time. Pass something that doesn't contain poison pill amendments completely unrelated to the bill. Pass something that doesn't contain items completely antithetical to the other tribe's view.
In other words: Work together for the people, you fucking fucks.