Okay, then do it like the current system. Prison labor still exists. The only thing is that it's not forced, and the prisoners have to be paid. However, they don't have to be paid minimium wage. The average federal prison wage (after penalties) is around $0.20/hr.
Were you listening, in 1994, when Clinton used his regular radio address to discuss a new policy of using warrantless searches in particularly violent US public housing developments? No?
You're deliberately misrepesenting this as ordered by your GOPist masters. Here's what was really proposed.
Meanwhile, the Clinton administration has proposed security guidelines for housing authorities across the country, including provisions for locking building entrances and lobbies, frisking suspicious-looking people, and including a clause in leases under which tenants would agree to warrantless searches under some circumstances.
Emphasis mine. While I don't agree with this policy, if you agree to a warrantless search, it's legal (watch Cops.. this is how they make 90% of their busts). However, even this method was ruled unconstitutional, as it put the tenants in the position of agreeing to warrantless searches or not having housing.Source. and source.
The thing is, with this issue, it was all in the open. Suits could be filed, people knew when they were searched (this is a huge difference), Congress could legally discuss the matter, etc. etc.
Okay. You think these powers are so great and required, so surely you won't mind if President Hillary Clinton (or any Democratic President) uses them, right?
Care to back up your assertions of review (not simple notification) by Congress, DOJ and the NSA? Also please some more information on Italy.. perhaps the NYT didn't report it but surely someone did (Italian media perhaps?).
What happens when you burn the methanol and biodiesel? Doesn't that just release the stored CO2 and Nitrogen Oxides back into the atmosphere, or am I missing something here?
Yes, you are. See in the current situation, both powerplant CO2 and vehicle CO2 (and NOx) are being emitted from different energy sources. For the sake of argument, let's assume equal amounts of emissions are emitted from the powerplant and the vehicles.
So you put in the algae and you get.4x CO2 out the powerplant stack, and let's assume the remainder goes to biodiesel. You burn that 100% biodiesel in a car, get you get your.6x CO2 back. CO2 before: 2x. CO2 after: x. Obviously the real-world numbers won't be as good, but there's still an obvious emission reduction.
I know how the system works, which is why I gave the example I did...
I figured this.. but you still don't seem to understand the true goal of the system. SS is not an individual system, and SS is not health insurance. To my knowledge, there is no type of private insurance that parallels SS, which is probably due to the existence of SS. The closest you could get is, as you say, an investment account.
The idea behind SS isn't "me me me". It's society. You don't get a tangible ROI when you invest money in society.. be it spending on infrastructure, healthcare, welfare, disability, SS, etc.
SS is not insurance;
But it is. What you meant to say was "SS is not [individual] insurance;"
Society still gets the money. Hence, 'social security'. You don't "pay into" social security. The money you pay does not get saved up to be distributed as benefit when you turn 65. The money you pay supports the current benefits. Of course, this appears to have caused a problem which has yet to be solved, but the existence of that issue does not change the fundamentals of how the system works.
Your situation would be like going to your HMO at the end of the year and saying "Hey, I didn't get sick, gimme my premiums back." It just doesn't work that way.
I believe you're confusing administrative and medical costs. My understanding is that some doctors raise their rates to cover losses from Medicare, because Medicare does not pay as much as it should. However, this is unrelated to administrative cost. Administrative cost is the overhead of running the system, and the facts are that medicare is cheaper to administer than private insurance plans (who spend their time finding ways to deny every claim and make profits).
This is really a silly idea. Not just because of the general idea, but because of the practicalities. If you bundle (let's say) Real, QT and Winamp.. Where's the line? Every shmuck who's written a media player is going to want it bundled. So do you have to include JoeMedia also? What about when you have too many apps bundled and want to take a few out? Those vendors are going to howl to no end. What about quality? What if Real delivers a buggy adware piece of shit to be bundled?
It's never 'equivalent to what Linux does' because there is no Linux corporation that is trying to have everyone use their browser, media player, etc.
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When you walk into Kinko's and see one of your favorite DJ's behind the counter you realise the guy is doing it for the love of DJing, not the money.
Why is that? Do you think he makes enough at Kinko's to be financially stable? In DC?
What part of beta does Google not get?
Okay, then do it like the current system. Prison labor still exists. The only thing is that it's not forced, and the prisoners have to be paid. However, they don't have to be paid minimium wage. The average federal prison wage (after penalties) is around $0.20/hr.
One can't strap a phone to one's arm in a gym
Why not?
You're deliberately misrepesenting this as ordered by your GOPist masters. Here's what was really proposed.Emphasis mine. While I don't agree with this policy, if you agree to a warrantless search, it's legal (watch Cops.. this is how they make 90% of their busts). However, even this method was ruled unconstitutional, as it put the tenants in the position of agreeing to warrantless searches or not having housing.Source. and source.
The thing is, with this issue, it was all in the open. Suits could be filed, people knew when they were searched (this is a huge difference), Congress could legally discuss the matter, etc. etc.
Now, we tap into the phone of the guy who was planning to blow up the Brooklyn bridge. The bad guys don't know we can do this.
Are you serious? Do you think these people have never heard of wiretapping? Seriously?
Okay. You think these powers are so great and required, so surely you won't mind if President Hillary Clinton (or any Democratic President) uses them, right?
Care to back up your assertions of review (not simple notification) by Congress, DOJ and the NSA? Also please some more information on Italy.. perhaps the NYT didn't report it but surely someone did (Italian media perhaps?).
Okay, so he's not a whistleblower. That doesn't make him any less of a fucking hero and patriot.
What happens when you burn the methanol and biodiesel? Doesn't that just release the stored CO2 and Nitrogen Oxides back into the atmosphere, or am I missing something here?
.4x CO2 out the powerplant stack, and let's assume the remainder goes to biodiesel. You burn that 100% biodiesel in a car, get you get your .6x CO2 back. CO2 before: 2x. CO2 after: x. Obviously the real-world numbers won't be as good, but there's still an obvious emission reduction.
Yes, you are. See in the current situation, both powerplant CO2 and vehicle CO2 (and NOx) are being emitted from different energy sources. For the sake of argument, let's assume equal amounts of emissions are emitted from the powerplant and the vehicles.
So you put in the algae and you get
I don't have a biology degree but it seems to me that there might be faster ways of creating strains more efficient at harvesting/reducing CO2.
Well gee, please do enlighten the biologists then.
The article seems to make it sound like just having the algae exposed to the air near a plant.
Did you miss this part in the summary in your rush for FP? "Emissions are filtered through the algae."
Oh, come now, you're telling me you've trusted Apple? What has Apple done to gain your trust?
Why, their motto, of course! After all with a motto like Don't be Ev... whoops.. I'll come back next article.
I don't know how Google has comments indexed.
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#1 is a silly idea. A factory doesn't switch first and third shifts on alternate months ;)
Not only is that not a real argument, it's not even true. Some factories, and other industries (police, fire/ems, etc.), frequently rotate shifts.
robots.txt keeps google out of comments.
That's what I figured, but anyone using VOIP for a security telephone is out of their fucking minds, imo.
I know how the system works, which is why I gave the example I did...
I figured this.. but you still don't seem to understand the true goal of the system. SS is not an individual system, and SS is not health insurance. To my knowledge, there is no type of private insurance that parallels SS, which is probably due to the existence of SS. The closest you could get is, as you say, an investment account.
The idea behind SS isn't "me me me". It's society. You don't get a tangible ROI when you invest money in society.. be it spending on infrastructure, healthcare, welfare, disability, SS, etc.
SS is not insurance;
But it is. What you meant to say was "SS is not [individual] insurance;"
Society still gets the money. Hence, 'social security'. You don't "pay into" social security. The money you pay does not get saved up to be distributed as benefit when you turn 65. The money you pay supports the current benefits. Of course, this appears to have caused a problem which has yet to be solved, but the existence of that issue does not change the fundamentals of how the system works.
Your situation would be like going to your HMO at the end of the year and saying "Hey, I didn't get sick, gimme my premiums back." It just doesn't work that way.
I believe you're confusing administrative and medical costs. My understanding is that some doctors raise their rates to cover losses from Medicare, because Medicare does not pay as much as it should. However, this is unrelated to administrative cost. Administrative cost is the overhead of running the system, and the facts are that medicare is cheaper to administer than private insurance plans (who spend their time finding ways to deny every claim and make profits).
Social security is not a retirement plan. It is insurance. The official name for social security is "Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance".
Why does anyone's security system rely on Cablevision?
Government is not free and in fact costs way more than competitive services.
Medicare's administrative costs are far lower than that of any private insurer.
This is really a silly idea. Not just because of the general idea, but because of the practicalities. If you bundle (let's say) Real, QT and Winamp.. Where's the line? Every shmuck who's written a media player is going to want it bundled. So do you have to include JoeMedia also? What about when you have too many apps bundled and want to take a few out? Those vendors are going to howl to no end. What about quality? What if Real delivers a buggy adware piece of shit to be bundled?
It's never 'equivalent to what Linux does' because there is no Linux corporation that is trying to have everyone use their browser, media player, etc.
To be honest, I was posting way too early in the morning and got breeder and pebble bed reactors mixed up.
Why don't you read something about breeder reactors and then come back to the discussion. Thanks.