Except that we have a 17th amendment and that throws the founders original intent out the window. The link doesn't even mention that, which just blows my mind. It even goes so far as to say "the two-chamber or "bicameral" setup of Congress works today exactly the way a majority of the Founding Fathers envisioned in 1787." Ha!
Wouldn't it be great if on your annual tax returns you could fill out a form to indicate what percentage of your taxes go to which area of government (defense, education, environment, health care) ?
Why would any scientific organization, including government created and funded ones, like NASA, listen to a senator?
The answer is in your question: government created and funded. All government funding ultimately comes from Congress. The Senate is part of the Congress, and a Senator is a member of the Senate. QED.
Senators are *supposed* to look at the bigger picture and Do the Right Thing.
Says who? They still represent a state, and will generally do anything that benefits that state, even if it is against their party ideology. This is nothing new, and certainly not unique to Mikulski.
If you start crying because of someone you're chatting with who you will never meet, then you have a problem.
What if you start crying while watching a movie.. whose actors you will never meet, and whose characters may not even exist? Or perhaps the movie is animated? Are you then addicted to movies and have a problem?
I don't think emotional response to human events (real or un-real) is a measure of addiction.
They mean thrashing.. and it is when the OS has to pull so much info from swap (and move info from RAM to swap to make room) that it temporarily locks up. It can affect any OS that uses swap.
It's silly that an article like this makes its way into/. The people who approve the articles like these should know better than to bring something where there are sensitivities on both sides of the fence.
You're right. Let's never discuss this, or any other possibly inflammatory issue again
Doesn't follow. Your life insurance policy states that they won't pay out for suicide. So you don't need another law for this, as contract law already exists to enforce the clause.
Probably modded down due to the following misinformation: "these are no different from DLL issues on Windows. Linux normally lets me update those without replacing the whole damn system too."
Conversely I have every right to quit my job if my employer writes something that I don't agree with. It works both ways... if you have the ability to quit at any time for any reason then your employer has the ability to fire you at any time for any reason.
Except it doesn't work both ways in reality. In almost all cases, it is much more easy for the employer to replace you, than for you to replace the employer (i.e., get a new job). In many ways, labor is just another commodity, and it's in excess. This condition gives the employer much more power than the employee.
So the only question is whose freedoms trump whose.
Correct, and this is one area where the two parties differ greatly.
Republicans: Corporations trump people.
Democrats: People trump corporations.
Need proof? Look at any of the bills coming out of Congress.. like the bankruptcy "protection" bill that protects corporations "rights" to exploit consumers, or the prescription drug plan that explicitly prohibits the government from leveraging the pharma industry, or the massive subsidies to airlines funded by ticket fees, the proposed privatization of SS, etc.
It's like the US post office issue, e-mail is causing them to loose money.
While postage rates have gone up a bit, I don't think that email is causing the USPS to LOSE that much money. The vast majority of mail is junk mail. While logically one might think that these people have just switched over to spam, a lot of junk mail is regional (grocery circulars, etc.) and can't be easily turned into spam. Furthermore, there's a lot of people without computers, so if you move to spam you drop a lot of your targets. Also, magazines and other periodicals that are distributed by mail cannot easily be turned into online items (and the same argument of exclusion applies). Then there's bills and other paperwork that must be mailed, etc.
Letters to granny make up a miniscule amount of mail sent in this country, and $0.37 is still awfully cheap to send 8 oz anywhere in the country (quick comparison: ~$12 to send a letter from NY to LA via UPS).
The sunset provision is real, and that is why the ind. council no longer exists. However, the assertion by the GP that the GOP did this "if they took over the presidency" is a stretch, IMO. It's fairly standard for laws that are controversial to get sunset provisions (see PATRIOT Act, Assualt Weapons ban).
Even people who don't use roads to get to work tend to use them to get to the market, even if it's just walking across a street or two.
Oh come on. That's not use of a road. The only reason they're walking across it is because it's in the way! They would still be perfectly capable of getting to the market if the road was not provided.
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but what good is that to me if I need to buy new hardware
It isn't any good. Solution? Don't buy new hardware! I'm sure you don't *need* to. Convenience != Need.
It's not like they're going to just stop selling traditional DVD players, or they won't be available used, etc.
Except that we have a 17th amendment and that throws the founders original intent out the window. The link doesn't even mention that, which just blows my mind. It even goes so far as to say "the two-chamber or "bicameral" setup of Congress works today exactly the way a majority of the Founding Fathers envisioned in 1787." Ha!
Wouldn't it be great if on your annual tax returns you could fill out a form to indicate what percentage of your taxes go to which area of government (defense, education, environment, health care) ?
No. See: tyranny of the majority.
Why would any scientific organization, including government created and funded ones, like NASA, listen to a senator?
The answer is in your question: government created and funded. All government funding ultimately comes from Congress. The Senate is part of the Congress, and a Senator is a member of the Senate. QED.
Maybe its just me, but doesnt it seem odd that Congress is meddling in NASA's affairs?
It's just you. Please do some reading about how our government actually functions.
Who's got her ear, and why?
*Gasp* It's her constituents! How dare they!
Senators are *supposed* to look at the bigger picture and Do the Right Thing.
Says who? They still represent a state, and will generally do anything that benefits that state, even if it is against their party ideology. This is nothing new, and certainly not unique to Mikulski.
True Contra players do not use such tricks.
If you start crying because of someone you're chatting with who you will never meet, then you have a problem.
What if you start crying while watching a movie.. whose actors you will never meet, and whose characters may not even exist? Or perhaps the movie is animated? Are you then addicted to movies and have a problem?
I don't think emotional response to human events (real or un-real) is a measure of addiction.
They mean thrashing.. and it is when the OS has to pull so much info from swap (and move info from RAM to swap to make room) that it temporarily locks up. It can affect any OS that uses swap.
It's silly that an article like this makes its way into /. The people who approve the articles like these should know better than to bring something where there are sensitivities on both sides of the fence.
You're right. Let's never discuss this, or any other possibly inflammatory issue again
Doesn't follow. Your life insurance policy states that they won't pay out for suicide. So you don't need another law for this, as contract law already exists to enforce the clause.
*yawn* I see that you did not rebut any of my assertions. Perhaps it is you that does not understand what is going on?
Probably modded down due to the following misinformation: "these are no different from DLL issues on Windows. Linux normally lets me update those without replacing the whole damn system too."
It's trivial to replace a DLL.
There is only one acronym that can describe this post: FUD. It's just not worth the time to rebut point-by-point.
I even managed to lose at tic-tac-toe
That's because the only winning move is not to play.
Conversely I have every right to quit my job if my employer writes something that I don't agree with. It works both ways... if you have the ability to quit at any time for any reason then your employer has the ability to fire you at any time for any reason.
Except it doesn't work both ways in reality. In almost all cases, it is much more easy for the employer to replace you, than for you to replace the employer (i.e., get a new job). In many ways, labor is just another commodity, and it's in excess. This condition gives the employer much more power than the employee.
Donald Trump has made an entire career (and TV show) out of hiring and firing people as he sees fit.
Donald Trump made a career out of real estate, plain and simple. The Apprentice was developed long after he became successful.
So the only question is whose freedoms trump whose.
Correct, and this is one area where the two parties differ greatly.
Republicans: Corporations trump people.
Democrats: People trump corporations.
Need proof? Look at any of the bills coming out of Congress.. like the bankruptcy "protection" bill that protects corporations "rights" to exploit consumers, or the prescription drug plan that explicitly prohibits the government from leveraging the pharma industry, or the massive subsidies to airlines funded by ticket fees, the proposed privatization of SS, etc.
Neither will you be deprived of life, liberty or property for what you say.
Re-read that clause.. it reads "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
You can certainly be deprived of l/l/p because of what you say. Try making a threat against the prez and see what happens.
Yes, I understand that, but the organizations that make the ratings are industry-driven organizations, not government driven.
It's like the US post office issue, e-mail is causing them to loose money.
While postage rates have gone up a bit, I don't think that email is causing the USPS to LOSE that much money. The vast majority of mail is junk mail. While logically one might think that these people have just switched over to spam, a lot of junk mail is regional (grocery circulars, etc.) and can't be easily turned into spam. Furthermore, there's a lot of people without computers, so if you move to spam you drop a lot of your targets. Also, magazines and other periodicals that are distributed by mail cannot easily be turned into online items (and the same argument of exclusion applies). Then there's bills and other paperwork that must be mailed, etc.
Letters to granny make up a miniscule amount of mail sent in this country, and $0.37 is still awfully cheap to send 8 oz anywhere in the country (quick comparison: ~$12 to send a letter from NY to LA via UPS).
IIRC, movie ratings, tv ratings, and "Warning: Explicit Lyrics" are all 'self-imposed' policies, as well.
Where 'self-imposed' means "Here's a useless rating system, now shut the hell up you irresponsible whiners."
The sunset provision is real, and that is why the ind. council no longer exists. However, the assertion by the GP that the GOP did this "if they took over the presidency" is a stretch, IMO. It's fairly standard for laws that are controversial to get sunset provisions (see PATRIOT Act, Assualt Weapons ban).
Even people who don't use roads to get to work tend to use them to get to the market, even if it's just walking across a street or two.
Oh come on. That's not use of a road. The only reason they're walking across it is because it's in the way! They would still be perfectly capable of getting to the market if the road was not provided.