Well first off, it's the state legislature that votes for federal constitutional amendments.
And the way the people can keep the legislature in check is by having restrictions in the state constitution on what they are allowed to vote for. In this case, it was illegal for a number of states to vote for an amendment that would increase federal power (without first going through a state constitutional amendment procedure).
I understood there was some precedent for throwing out illegal votes in those case. Here's a page I found describing that point of view, I haven't read it yet myself.
I completely agree with your interpretation of Amendment X (it's pretty straightforward, really), but I should point out there's a strong case to be made that Amendmend XVI was not legally passed. The crux of the argument is that a lot of states were forbidden by their state constitution from approving any federal amendment that would increase the power of the federal government, so those "yea" votes should not have counted.
This is not a democracy, or at least it's not supposed to be. People who vote don't have the authority to dictate arbitrary terms to other people, except where specified in a constitution.
Okay, you get some of your infrastructure (water, sewage) from the city. How does that translate into the Feds running the Internet again?
Who is "we", and who put "we" in the position of being in charge of what everybody else can do? If "we" is the government, I think "we the people" can count on them botching being in charge of the Internet.
The Medieval warm period was fairly regional, and GLOBAL temperatures at the time were fairly well-maintained. That is a red herring. You are either ignorant or shilling.
Does this island near Greenland span the entire globe? No? This whole article is about REGIONAL warming in the Greenland area.
I deal with libraries in my line of work, and I think Linux and libraries are very compatible ideas. Librarians are also sensitive about respecting copyright, and I think codecs are possibly the biggest item slowing down adoption of Linux by librarians. Bravo!
Economics: do what you're good at, and trade for the rest.
I think it's rare for one guy to be really good at both graphics and code. Find a graphics guy, and create a partnership. You do the code for his projects, and have him do the design for yours. Or simply pay him. He'll charge a lot less than he would to create the whole site for you (which most of his clients might want), since you're only asking him to do the part he really likes and is really good at.
You're right; I should have qualified that better. I'm not saying there aren't circumstances beyond people's control which have put some folks in dire straits. Really I don't believe, as the media and assorted others would have us believe, that there is a huge population in America huddling together for warmth and barely able to provide the bare necessities. This is used as justification for seizing tremendous amounts of money from people who earned it and giving it to people who didn't.
I'm sorry about your friend, and I wish him and his family nothing but the best.
Wealth couldn't be less of a zero-sum game. And I guarantee that if we tried your crazy plan of taking half the rich people's money and giving it away, within a year we'd be right back where we started. Why? Because the rich keep on making the decisions that made them rich, and the poor keep on making the decisions that made them poor*.
*Note: I don't believe anyone in America is truly "poor", except by choice.
That doesn't stop the cops from posing as 13-year-olds online to nab child predators. I'm honestly not sure how that works in court. How can one be convicted of soliciting a minor when there is no minor? Very similar to the fake torrent scenario.
You can never "unpatch" this. You can add an additional patch which would specify the new rules, which would coincide with the old rules.
The thing is, a change like this is always and forever. If at any point in the future, even after this law has been rolled back, you want to know about time during this period, your system will have to know what rules were in effect at the time.
Have you learned nothing from the original series, especially "What Are Little Girls Made Of"? Transferring your consciousness into a robot body robs you of your humanity!
I find your view on politicians who support civilian ownership of firearms a bit odd. You point out how significant the constitutional separation between church and state, where the 1st amendment disallows a federal establishment of religion. It's the very next one which says the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed!
I've been thinking about doing greylisting for my extended family's domain, but I've been hesitant mostly because people expect email to be instantaneous, and there could be a Web sign-up email or an important business email that's unnecessarily delayed.
Have you found these to be problems? Is it just you behind your greylist or are there norms too?
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This doesn't have a thing to do with games. It's simply another hardware platform for Linux to run on.
Well first off, it's the state legislature that votes for federal constitutional amendments.
And the way the people can keep the legislature in check is by having restrictions in the state constitution on what they are allowed to vote for. In this case, it was illegal for a number of states to vote for an amendment that would increase federal power (without first going through a state constitutional amendment procedure).
I understood there was some precedent for throwing out illegal votes in those case. Here's a page I found describing that point of view, I haven't read it yet myself.
http://www.givemeliberty.org/features/taxes/notrat ified.htm
I completely agree with your interpretation of Amendment X (it's pretty straightforward, really), but I should point out there's a strong case to be made that Amendmend XVI was not legally passed. The crux of the argument is that a lot of states were forbidden by their state constitution from approving any federal amendment that would increase the power of the federal government, so those "yea" votes should not have counted.
Right, but however they get their resources, slowing them down will "increase costs" in that it makes their operation less efficient. We all win!
This is not a democracy, or at least it's not supposed to be. People who vote don't have the authority to dictate arbitrary terms to other people, except where specified in a constitution.
Okay, you get some of your infrastructure (water, sewage) from the city. How does that translate into the Feds running the Internet again?
Who is "we", and who put "we" in the position of being in charge of what everybody else can do? If "we" is the government, I think "we the people" can count on them botching being in charge of the Internet.
Wow, that indemnification thing seems pretty crazy. If that's in place, what's the point of the whole exercise? And why has there been no reply?
Does this island near Greenland span the entire globe? No? This whole article is about REGIONAL warming in the Greenland area.
I deal with libraries in my line of work, and I think Linux and libraries are very compatible ideas. Librarians are also sensitive about respecting copyright, and I think codecs are possibly the biggest item slowing down adoption of Linux by librarians. Bravo!
That was in "The First Duty", in which Wesley and his flight got in trouble for performing a risky maneuver and covering it up.
And I'm pretty sure the guy who played Boothby was one of the guys in The Sting. Didn't look a thing like Shatner.
You've got a typo at the end of your front page: "ApplesScript" instead of "AppleScript".
Economics: do what you're good at, and trade for the rest.
I think it's rare for one guy to be really good at both graphics and code. Find a graphics guy, and create a partnership. You do the code for his projects, and have him do the design for yours. Or simply pay him. He'll charge a lot less than he would to create the whole site for you (which most of his clients might want), since you're only asking him to do the part he really likes and is really good at.
You're right; I should have qualified that better. I'm not saying there aren't circumstances beyond people's control which have put some folks in dire straits. Really I don't believe, as the media and assorted others would have us believe, that there is a huge population in America huddling together for warmth and barely able to provide the bare necessities. This is used as justification for seizing tremendous amounts of money from people who earned it and giving it to people who didn't.
I'm sorry about your friend, and I wish him and his family nothing but the best.
Wealth couldn't be less of a zero-sum game. And I guarantee that if we tried your crazy plan of taking half the rich people's money and giving it away, within a year we'd be right back where we started. Why? Because the rich keep on making the decisions that made them rich, and the poor keep on making the decisions that made them poor*.
*Note: I don't believe anyone in America is truly "poor", except by choice.
That doesn't stop the cops from posing as 13-year-olds online to nab child predators. I'm honestly not sure how that works in court. How can one be convicted of soliciting a minor when there is no minor? Very similar to the fake torrent scenario.
You can never "unpatch" this. You can add an additional patch which would specify the new rules, which would coincide with the old rules.
The thing is, a change like this is always and forever. If at any point in the future, even after this law has been rolled back, you want to know about time during this period, your system will have to know what rules were in effect at the time.
Have you learned nothing from the original series, especially "What Are Little Girls Made Of"? Transferring your consciousness into a robot body robs you of your humanity!
This wouldn't cause a communications disruption.
A communications disruption can mean only one thing: invasion.
Weren't all those vehicles famous for being Ford Explorers?
Andrew Johnson was the other president to be impeached.
I find your view on politicians who support civilian ownership of firearms a bit odd. You point out how significant the constitutional separation between church and state, where the 1st amendment disallows a federal establishment of religion. It's the very next one which says the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed!
The redundancy buys you reduced downtime in the event of most failures. Go with multiple RAIDs in different systems (or cities!) for backup.
The individual setting idea is a great one, as is letting SPF domains off the hook.
How long does it normally take for your wife's forum emails to get through?
Thanks for your time with this. I'm in Austin, too, by the way, so uh, howdy. :-)
I've been thinking about doing greylisting for my extended family's domain, but I've been hesitant mostly because people expect email to be instantaneous, and there could be a Web sign-up email or an important business email that's unnecessarily delayed.
Have you found these to be problems? Is it just you behind your greylist or are there norms too?