Put them into a big state-wide pot, and each year divide it up between departments in the ratio of population (Possibly adjusted for crime rate). Likewise to any proceeds from police auctions and asset seizures.
No, that still leaves incentive for them to raise as much money as possible. The money should not go to law enforcement AT ALL.
Since the wronged party is the public, then it seems fair that the fines should benefit them. Off the top of my head, dividing it up as a refund for all property-tax payers in the municipality seems reasonable.
The only thing I saw cayenne8 supporting was getting the fuck rid of Obamacare so we can all have affordable health insurance again. He opined the the Republicans were the group most likely to do that. Nowhere did he express support for any alternatives, simply opposition the the existing and radically broken law.
MORONS tend to speak much more loudly than they would in a regular conversation.
Fixed your typo for you...
Decent quality phones these days have excellent microphones. I actually speak much more softly on the phone than I would to a person sitting in the seat next to me.
But yes, the world is full of idiots who think that raising their voice is necessary when on the phone. That said, you can't legislate away stupidity.....
You allude to satellite in your post (Ie. the 2 year contract bit)
Nope, it's not just the satellite folks anymore. The cable companies have caught on.
A coworker nearly had to hire a lawyer a few months ago to get out of his cable contract after they dramatically changed the ToS on his Internet service.
As a shareholder, I am not interested only in making money, but also in owning a cool company.
That seems like a very, very poor strategy.
As a shareholder, I am interested ONLY in making money. It is in my role as a customer where I consider whether the products are "cool" or not.
And, yes, this does and has led to many instances of me being a shareholder in one company, while purchasing their competitors products for my own, personal use. If Microsoft stock can make me some money (as it has several times in the past), I'll purchase Microsoft stock, even though I think their OS is pure shit and don't have any interest in using it. I've also made a decent amount off of Apple stock, while having no interest in owning their products, either.
If a product or company is "cool", that might make me want to be a customer (*might*), but the one and only thing that would make me want to be a shareholder is the likelihood of making money off of my stock. Sure, sometimes coolness can help bring in profits, but so can many other things.
I like the money I made off of "boring" pipeline companies every bit as much as money I've made off of "cool" tech companies.
with Ubuntu and Firefox and the bones of Blackberry being ready to step into the fight it would be stupid to piss off manufacturers.
I agree that pissing off the manufacturers wouldn't be the brightest move, however nobody you listed has a product that can step into the space and compete. The smartphone world currently consists of Android and iOS. Anybody and everybody else are just "me too" blips on the radar with no realistic chance of making an impact.
Believe me, I'd love an alternative to Android, but at the moment iOS is the only one, and even it is a significant step down for my usage patterns.
It's more that most of us didn't see a need any longer to keep two timepieces, so we ditched our watches.
Speak for yourself. There's no way I want to dig something out of my pocket and turn it on just to check the time. And, yes, seeing someone using a phone as a timepiece does affect my assessment of their intelligence.
This is 5 to 8 days to long, as anyone who has ever been bitten by those little bastards will know.
Mosquito bites are nothing compared to bed bug bites.
Having been bitten by both, I am not exaggerating when I say I would rather sleep in a room full of brown recluse spiders than a room full of bed bugs.
Any solution that cannot be acquired and implemented within an hour or two is simply too slow.
Yes, that was my entire fucking point. They don't import the damn leaves and sell them here, because nobody buys them.
Which makes the whole "we already have a solution, just use bean leaves" argument pretty fucking stupid since there is no realistic way to acqure them in quantity in any sort of reasonable time frame.
So now I need to travel to Argentina to handle a bug problem? Because I'm reasonably sure that there are no businesses around here actively importing kidney bean leaves. I've definitely never seen them in WalMart or any of the grocery stores I shop at.
What local chain do you typically purchase your truckloads of kidney bean leaves from?
Bug problems almost always stem from a lack of hygiene and regular cleaning.
Not with the bugs in question.
Ever stay in a hotel? If so, than it's basically nothing but pure, dumb luck that saved you from bringing some of these critters home with you. And should that happen someday, it's highly unlikely that you would even notice them until they had already multiplied into a pretty well established population. And if you think that staying in upscale hotels will save you, I'd point out that the only place I've ever encountered these critters was in a high end suite at one of the most upscale hotels I'm likely to ever see, much less stay at. Definitely priced out of reach for any regular person paying out of their own pocket. And yet, I spent the next 6 weeks waiting for those godawful bites to subside.
The only thing that saved me from bringing them into my house was a trip to the laundromat straight from the airport where I ran all of my clothes through 2 dryer cycles, and tossed my luggage into the dumpster out back.
Personally, I sleep on a very nice Serta air bed, which means that there is no place for any bugs to hide except in the sheets or blanket.
I'm sure the room that bed is in offers plenty of crevices that they would find extremely cozy.
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I don't run red lights, and I don't endanger anyone's life.
Opposition to an oppressive and overbearing government does not imply a desire on my part to engage in any particular behavior.
Put them into a big state-wide pot, and each year divide it up between departments in the ratio of population (Possibly adjusted for crime rate). Likewise to any proceeds from police auctions and asset seizures.
No, that still leaves incentive for them to raise as much money as possible. The money should not go to law enforcement AT ALL.
Since the wronged party is the public, then it seems fair that the fines should benefit them. Off the top of my head, dividing it up as a refund for all property-tax payers in the municipality seems reasonable.
to use public roads with "safety"...
The world is NOT a safe place. It never has been, and it never will be.
And I'm damn tired of watching our freedom being stripped away by cowards who want a nanny state to protect them from their own shadow.
Something good? Out of congress?
When was the last time that happened? Snarkiness aside, I seriously can't think of anything within the past decade, at least.
You need to improve your reading comprehension.
The only thing I saw cayenne8 supporting was getting the fuck rid of Obamacare so we can all have affordable health insurance again. He opined the the Republicans were the group most likely to do that. Nowhere did he express support for any alternatives, simply opposition the the existing and radically broken law.
Well, if you keep your expectations low, I guess you won't be disappointed. Too bad you live that way, though.
Live what way? With a realistic view of how the world works, based on decades of observation?
If you want the expectation of quiet, get a hotel room, not a plane ticket.
MORONS tend to speak much more loudly than they would in a regular conversation.
Fixed your typo for you...
Decent quality phones these days have excellent microphones. I actually speak much more softly on the phone than I would to a person sitting in the seat next to me.
But yes, the world is full of idiots who think that raising their voice is necessary when on the phone. That said, you can't legislate away stupidity.....
Maybe we could let the airlines figure this out, rather than having Congress make laws.
Agreed. I'm sick of all the idiots in this country whose first solution to any and every problem is "pass a law".
The government already has their nose way to far up our asses. We need FEWER laws, not more.
I thought it was "The United States of Anything I Don't Like Needs to be Made Illegal Because I'm a Self-Righteous, Entitled Douchebag".
Indeed. Political bickering and gridlock in Washington are the only things preventing this country from going downhill even faster.
The absolute worst case scenario for the USA is that we ever elect a congress that can actually get anything accomplished.
You allude to satellite in your post (Ie. the 2 year contract bit)
Nope, it's not just the satellite folks anymore. The cable companies have caught on.
A coworker nearly had to hire a lawyer a few months ago to get out of his cable contract after they dramatically changed the ToS on his Internet service.
As a shareholder, I am not interested only in making money, but also in owning a cool company.
That seems like a very, very poor strategy.
As a shareholder, I am interested ONLY in making money. It is in my role as a customer where I consider whether the products are "cool" or not.
And, yes, this does and has led to many instances of me being a shareholder in one company, while purchasing their competitors products for my own, personal use. If Microsoft stock can make me some money (as it has several times in the past), I'll purchase Microsoft stock, even though I think their OS is pure shit and don't have any interest in using it. I've also made a decent amount off of Apple stock, while having no interest in owning their products, either.
If a product or company is "cool", that might make me want to be a customer (*might*), but the one and only thing that would make me want to be a shareholder is the likelihood of making money off of my stock. Sure, sometimes coolness can help bring in profits, but so can many other things.
I like the money I made off of "boring" pipeline companies every bit as much as money I've made off of "cool" tech companies.
with Ubuntu and Firefox and the bones of Blackberry being ready to step into the fight it would be stupid to piss off
manufacturers.
I agree that pissing off the manufacturers wouldn't be the brightest move, however nobody you listed has a product that can step into the space and compete. The smartphone world currently consists of Android and iOS. Anybody and everybody else are just "me too" blips on the radar with no realistic chance of making an impact.
Believe me, I'd love an alternative to Android, but at the moment iOS is the only one, and even it is a significant step down for my usage patterns.
Apple was working on a tablet since 2001. But Apple refused to release one until they thought they could do it right.
Apple was working on tablets long before that.
And when they "thought they could do it right" and released the first one, the market let them know loud and clear that they had NOT gotten it right.
They didn't get it right until MUCH later. (It's debatable whether they have gotten it right yet.)
It's more that most of us didn't see a need any longer to keep two timepieces, so we ditched our watches.
Speak for yourself. There's no way I want to dig something out of my pocket and turn it on just to check the time. And, yes, seeing someone using a phone as a timepiece does affect my assessment of their intelligence.
I've dealt with fleas, as well. One bedbug bite itches like a thousand flea bites stacked on top of each other.
Honestly, I understand everything you're saying about trading convenience for expense, etc.....
I'll skip the glue traps as well and go nuclear on them (call an exterminator).
My only point is that the bean leaf idea is just flat out retarded for at least 99% of the population.
After 5 to 8 days,
This is 5 to 8 days to long, as anyone who has ever been bitten by those little bastards will know.
Mosquito bites are nothing compared to bed bug bites.
Having been bitten by both, I am not exaggerating when I say I would rather sleep in a room full of brown recluse spiders than a room full of bed bugs.
Any solution that cannot be acquired and implemented within an hour or two is simply too slow.
Seriously, at the most extreme, you will get two seed leaves per bean in 6 days. You will get around 6 to 10 leaves per bean in 12 days.
And how long to get enough to cover my whole floor? With a fresh batch every night?
Sorry, the whole bean leaf idea is interesting, but nowhere near practical.
Yes, that was my entire fucking point. They don't import the damn leaves and sell them here, because nobody buys them.
Which makes the whole "we already have a solution, just use bean leaves" argument pretty fucking stupid since there is no realistic way to acqure them in quantity in any sort of reasonable time frame.
1) you grow them, genius.
Ever had to deal with bed bugs?
Waiting weeks/months to grow a sufficient supply of leaves is not an acceptable solution.
So now I need to travel to Argentina to handle a bug problem? Because I'm reasonably sure that there are no businesses around here actively importing kidney bean leaves. I've definitely never seen them in WalMart or any of the grocery stores I shop at.
What local chain do you typically purchase your truckloads of kidney bean leaves from?
Bedbugs are immune to most common poisons.
Read this as: "The only poisons that work require a license to purchase".
Where do I buy a large quantity of fresh kidney bean leaves? Particularly in winter?
And what if the hotel I'm staying in doesn't like the idea of me burning a pile of leaves in their parking lot in the morning?
A solution that can't be implemented is just as useful as no solution at all.
Bug problems almost always stem from a lack of hygiene and regular cleaning.
Not with the bugs in question.
Ever stay in a hotel? If so, than it's basically nothing but pure, dumb luck that saved you from bringing some of these critters home with you. And should that happen someday, it's highly unlikely that you would even notice them until they had already multiplied into a pretty well established population. And if you think that staying in upscale hotels will save you, I'd point out that the only place I've ever encountered these critters was in a high end suite at one of the most upscale hotels I'm likely to ever see, much less stay at. Definitely priced out of reach for any regular person paying out of their own pocket. And yet, I spent the next 6 weeks waiting for those godawful bites to subside.
The only thing that saved me from bringing them into my house was a trip to the laundromat straight from the airport where I ran all of my clothes through 2 dryer cycles, and tossed my luggage into the dumpster out back.
Personally, I sleep on a very nice Serta air bed, which means that there is no place for any bugs to hide except in the sheets or blanket.
I'm sure the room that bed is in offers plenty of crevices that they would find extremely cozy.