We shall fight on the beaches, We shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, We shall fight in the hills; We shall never surrender, --Winston Churchill
They also voted themsleves a new pay raise for the great and wonderous work they are doing in passing unenforceable laws. Aren't you just happy that while we're all getting canned and being forced to work at MickeyD's to put ramen noodle soup on your table, these asshats are giving themsleves raises. The argue its about increase of livimng since the average workers salary went up. I got news for you do, if your salary percent went up its cause either the number of lower salary people out of work is increasing hence giving a better percentage. If your personal alary went up, its becuase you actually did do a good job and got a raise. Note: DID A GOOD JOB. Last time i looked the economy was still in flush mode. So just remmeber that when you look at this law. This law, the time they wasted on it, and others like it is where your tax dollars are going. Gives you a whole a whole new perpective on this law now...
It means the will of the people is being ignored so that a bunch of fat cats can continue to horde illgotten gains and use the constitution for toilet paper.
Sure. Anyone who accepts a dollar from a lobby can no longer run or hold office. You want to lobby, send em brochures and meet with em, but don't give him/her bundles of cash.
So the speed of light is an unsurmounatble constant, hmm? "Electric signals can be transmitted at least four times faster than the speed of light using only basic equipment that would be found in virtually any college science department."(New Scientist - I forget teh date of the article, try this link) What we are saying basically is not that are understanding of the laws of physics is wrong but that the thought that radio signals are the end all of communication is. Just becuase we can't envision a faster way to communicate than radio signals now does not mean that say ten years down the road we won't find a way. In fact historically, the assumption that we will has a 99% probability of being right. In the 1820's, scientists were working with many of the same physics equations we are working with now and came to the conclusion that humans would never be able to travel faster than 20 miles per hour. By 1840, humans were going 40 miles on average on trains, and 70 on the express. Basically waht we are arguing is that it is ludicrous to think that alien civilizations would be using radio signals to communicate when from what we know of technological progress shows that that woudl be like sticking with stone knives and bear skins. Just becuase you don't get telegrams anymore doesn't mean that your the only human left alive, it simply means that everyone else has found a better form of communication. So it really shoudl not suprise us that we are not hearing radio signals. It simply means that the civilizations taht exist have found a better mode of communication. Hell, 100 years ago the idea of communicating by radio was yet to be thought of. Secondly, assuming they have found a way to travel fatser than light, doesn't it make sense they would have also found a way to communicate fatser than light to keep in contact with those ships (or at the very least, a pony express type deal - if you have ships that can travel faster than light, you have a way of carrying a message faster than light.) What those methods of ccommunicatipon will be is any ones guess, but to think that radio signals are the end of communication is absurd and to think any civilization would be stuck without finding a better way is equally absurd. And even if theyu couldn't, who wants to spend 250,000 years just to make a phone call?
"Am I wrong in my assumption that the government of the USA exists to serve the public in the public interest?"
Yep, bow down to our new oligarchy of super rich corporate overlords.
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Dude, everyone hates there job and if they claim they don't there lying so drop the boardroom bullshit.
We shall kill unitl no spammer breathes american air! (Spammers of Dune)
We shall fight on the beaches,
We shall fight on the landing grounds,
We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets,
We shall fight in the hills;
We shall never surrender,
--Winston Churchill
Personally, I think we should throw out the entire law, start form scratch, and make lawyers illegal.
"Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose
you were a memeber of Congress. But I repeat
myself."
-- Mark Twain
Step 1: Pass useless law.
Step 2: Pat self on back.
Step 3: Give self pay raise for passing useless laws.
Step 4: Profit!!!
They also voted themsleves a new pay raise for the great and wonderous work they are doing in passing unenforceable laws. Aren't you just happy that while we're all getting canned and being forced to work at MickeyD's to put ramen noodle soup on your table, these asshats are giving themsleves raises. The argue its about increase of livimng since the average workers salary went up. I got news for you do, if your salary percent went up its cause either the number of lower salary people out of work is increasing hence giving a better percentage. If your personal alary went up, its becuase you actually did do a good job and got a raise. Note: DID A GOOD JOB. Last time i looked the economy was still in flush mode. So just remmeber that when you look at this law. This law, the time they wasted on it, and others like it is where your tax dollars are going. Gives you a whole a whole new perpective on this law now...
Certianly nothing Novell about that question...
Not to sound like a jerk, but a lot of race car drivers die. Certianly nothing Novell about that...
I don't fucking care.
Ingo Rammer? Come on, this one is just too easy...
Didn't you see that stargate episode about "Wormhole Extreme"? The marketing department says things with x in the name sell better.
It means the will of the people is being ignored so that a bunch of fat cats can continue to horde illgotten gains and use the constitution for toilet paper.
check your own link dude:
1 TV/Movies/Music $222,791
19 Computer Equipment & Services $8,250
20 Telecom Services & Equipment $7,000
So your all in favor of allowing bribes because 'hey, everyone can afford to bribe em'?
"No, Barf, no. We're not doing it just for the money... we're doing it for a whole shitload of money!"
Sure. Anyone who accepts a dollar from a lobby can no longer run or hold office. You want to lobby, send em brochures and meet with em, but don't give him/her bundles of cash.
No, I'd rather have steak.
Dude, there is a difference between lobbying a senator and buying one.
"What do we burn?"
"WITCHES!!!"
"And what else do we burn?"
"MORE WITCHES!"
$223,000!!! Thta's not a lobby, that's a bribe!
Whose going to buy Interent Explorer when it becomes correctly labeled. Woudl you buy an application labled as "utter shit"?
So the speed of light is an unsurmounatble constant, hmm? "Electric signals can be transmitted at least four times faster than the speed of light using only basic equipment that would be found in virtually any college science department."(New Scientist - I forget teh date of the article, try this link) What we are saying basically is not that are understanding of the laws of physics is wrong but that the thought that radio signals are the end all of communication is. Just becuase we can't envision a faster way to communicate than radio signals now does not mean that say ten years down the road we won't find a way. In fact historically, the assumption that we will has a 99% probability of being right. In the 1820's, scientists were working with many of the same physics equations we are working with now and came to the conclusion that humans would never be able to travel faster than 20 miles per hour. By 1840, humans were going 40 miles on average on trains, and 70 on the express. Basically waht we are arguing is that it is ludicrous to think that alien civilizations would be using radio signals to communicate when from what we know of technological progress shows that that woudl be like sticking with stone knives and bear skins. Just becuase you don't get telegrams anymore doesn't mean that your the only human left alive, it simply means that everyone else has found a better form of communication. So it really shoudl not suprise us that we are not hearing radio signals. It simply means that the civilizations taht exist have found a better mode of communication. Hell, 100 years ago the idea of communicating by radio was yet to be thought of. Secondly, assuming they have found a way to travel fatser than light, doesn't it make sense they would have also found a way to communicate fatser than light to keep in contact with those ships (or at the very least, a pony express type deal - if you have ships that can travel faster than light, you have a way of carrying a message faster than light.) What those methods of ccommunicatipon will be is any ones guess, but to think that radio signals are the end of communication is absurd and to think any civilization would be stuck without finding a better way is equally absurd. And even if theyu couldn't, who wants to spend 250,000 years just to make a phone call?
"Am I wrong in my assumption that the government of the USA exists to serve the public in the public interest?"
Yep, bow down to our new oligarchy of super rich corporate overlords.
"Ugly bags of mostly water." The Changling(I think) - Star Trek