Sweden is an interesting choice for comparison, because they are slipping [mbctimes.com] in some of the ratings of late, plausibly because of the new(ish) diversity in their demographics.
Actually it's because they private education in the door, who started cutting corners to boost profits. But good try on the racist explanation, though.
Libertarianism. I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Anytime you point out the end result of Libertarian bullshit to a Libertarian, they start protesting that no true Libertarian would argue for the end result of their ideology.
Presidents aren't gods. They can't just wave their hand and make shit happen. "I will close Guantanamo!" made a good sound bite, but anyone with a partially functioning cortex should have realized that doing so is a lot more complicated than simply saying "CLOSE IT".
Yawn. Did you copy and paste that partisan nonsense from 2009?
Just as long as renewables ALSO don't get any subsidies.
So you don't want to go with the capitalist response, of encouraging certain market behaviors and discouraging others through the use of taxes. You want the government to simply ban coal, and spend large amounts of your tax dollars to move away from fossil fuel-based power.
Well if we really intend to freeze the global climate at this present state we will also need to adjust the 'wobble' of the planet's axis and put regulators on the sun's output to halt the natural processes which cause ice-ages and tropical cycles as well as prevent extinctions and the rise of any new species of life, and freeze the populations of all current species of animal and plant life.
Pssst...you left volcanoes out of your set of dumbfuck talking points. And, even if you right, and not just engaging in dumbass concern trolling, it would mean we would have to do more to reign in human CO2 production, not less. But even the smallest iota of logical reasoning would get in the way of the dumbfuckery, so you skip it.
Not at the rate humans are putting new CO2 into it. And even if the entire world stops using petrol and coal tomorrow, you still have all that extra carbon dioxide acting as a greenhouse gas.
The copyright term approximates the life of the author's grandchildren
Tolkien's grandkids don't have the money to buy off Congress every time The Hobbit inches towards public domain. Disney and Time Warner, do.
Starting in the 1990s, it was extended in many countries from 50 years after the death of the author to 70 on grounds of drastic improvement in health care over the twentieth century, which allows authors and their children to reproduce later.
Which makes a mockery of copyrights, at least as to how they came about in the U.S. The whole point is to have an exclusive, but time limited control over the reproduction of works to encourage creation. Locking up ideas for a century or more is the antithesis of that.
A good example here is Disney itself - FIFTY of their movies have been based on public domain works. Many of which, like the Jungle Book and Alice in Wonderland, they couldn't have made if current copyright laws were in place at the time.
Of course, then they'll screw it up royally, just as they have with Aperture, Logic Pro, Final Cut, Dashboard, and most notably, Finder itself.
Brining a list of products that Apple has purchased or developed themselves into an Apple-rips-people-off meme? Okay.
I guess it's time to remind the technical community of Apple's behavior with regard to Konfabulator / Yahoo Widgets again.
From your own link:
The Yahoo Widget Engine (Konfabulator) has a very flexible application programming interface (API) based on JavaScript with many features useful to developers.
So they used a programming language, to make some apps.
Er. Ma. Gerd.
I guess it's time to remind the the technical community of the Apple Newton, which was all about running small apps, long before Konfabulator or smartphones came around.
Snort. Every word out of Hillary's mouth on her server has been a lie, or a statement of equal or greater sophistry. Like her canard that emails weren't "marked" classified when she sent them - straight up bullshit, as she knew full well that information was BORN classified.
Assange isn't really concerned about courts. He just wants to make headlines and make people squirm. Chain of custody is not necessary for either of those goals.
Slashdot should put up a scoreboard for this story: blind winger haterorade against Assange, or blind winger hatorade against Clinton? To see which group of wankers comes out on top.
Why do you think someone can't save up $200k over a 6-year period on a $95k per year salary?
Bay Area cost of living.
All he'd have to do is sock away half his take-home pay.
If he'd couch-crashed a rent controlled apartment, got a sleeping bag and moved into a park, or kept an air mattress under his desk and had keys to the office....sure.
And it's wrong to target innocent gun owners when a someone commits a crime with a gun (even if gun owners aren't like you). Targeting innocent people is wrong. It's evil. It's what racists would do. Don't be like them.
Your analogy jumped the rails (and the shark) when comparing people (blacks, Muslims) to http://www.getelastic.com/lisa-simpson-gets-why-correlation-does-not-imply-causation/">tiger stones (guns).
Sorry, you don't get a pass on this, I'm calling bullshit.
Your bullshit. You're doing the same thing every other asshole American Exceptionalist does in pinning all violence carried out by people who might be Muslim on Islam, while pretending his own Christianist shitdoesn't stink.
Ironically, earlier this week Steve Wozniak was praising Samsung for its innovation, both in virtual reality headsets and with a Samsung camera that takes a picture whenever you say "smile".
That might be ironic if Woz was a part of the lawsuit and claimed that Samsung never made innovative products. But that's not the case.
If you're referring to your butthurt, delusional, irrelevant ammosexual delusions (as if a 1939 court case has Jack or shit to do with what the 2nd had "always" meant), then yes. You were so busy kneejerking that gun cult crap that you didn't bother to actually address the actual point:
Gun cultists, always trying to have it both ways. Modern definition, when it suits you, 18th century definition that you pulled out of your ass, when it suits you.
If you want to change the second amendment, create an amendment and get the states to approve it, until you do so, the second amendment protects everyone's rights to own a firearm, even former felons and the mentally ill.
And you and all of your ammosexual friends can get together to start your own move to amend the Constitution, to take out the words "a well regulated militia". So you cultists can finally stop ignoring the first words in your Bible.
It even covers tanks and fighter jets if you can afford the stamp and the item.
You forgot nuclear weapons! Thanks for confirming the batshit insanity of your chosen cult. Now, why don't you go over to the story on Oklahoma troopers performing asset forfeiture on gift and credit cards, and tell everyone how you're going to singlehandedly stand up to these fascists with your dick extender, and live to tell the tale.
Actually, no, it is not. You can challenge evidence obtained with such a warrant and avoid conviction.
And you can challenge asset forfeiture, and (if you don't run out of money for attorneys, which no person has in the first place, and are willing to wait for years) you can get your stolen property back. If you're lucky, all of it.
So WYFP, fascist?
The most you could say against it is that the system creates a conflict of interest. It still is not created by the police â" but by the lawmakers.
Ahhh, sad you weren't born in the right decade to be a member of the secret police, and torture people for Franco or the Shah? You were "just following orders!!!!"
The device specifically does not work if the card is directly tied to a bank account, it only works on prepaid debit cards, gift cards. From the the FAQ on the device from the manufacturer's website
And if you ask Tazer, the use of their electroshock weapons has never killed anyone.
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Actually it's because they private education in the door, who started cutting corners to boost profits. But good try on the racist explanation, though.
Anytime you point out the end result of Libertarian bullshit to a Libertarian, they start protesting that no true Libertarian would argue for the end result of their ideology.
Yawn. Did you copy and paste that partisan nonsense from 2009?
Capitalism. Any more questions?
So you don't want to go with the capitalist response, of encouraging certain market behaviors and discouraging others through the use of taxes. You want the government to simply ban coal, and spend large amounts of your tax dollars to move away from fossil fuel-based power.
Ok. If that's how you want to play it.
Pssst...you left volcanoes out of your set of dumbfuck talking points. And, even if you right, and not just engaging in dumbass concern trolling, it would mean we would have to do more to reign in human CO2 production, not less. But even the smallest iota of logical reasoning would get in the way of the dumbfuckery, so you skip it.
Not at the rate humans are putting new CO2 into it. And even if the entire world stops using petrol and coal tomorrow, you still have all that extra carbon dioxide acting as a greenhouse gas.
Tolkien's grandkids don't have the money to buy off Congress every time The Hobbit inches towards public domain. Disney and Time Warner, do.
Which makes a mockery of copyrights, at least as to how they came about in the U.S. The whole point is to have an exclusive, but time limited control over the reproduction of works to encourage creation. Locking up ideas for a century or more is the antithesis of that.
A good example here is Disney itself - FIFTY of their movies have been based on public domain works. Many of which, like the Jungle Book and Alice in Wonderland, they couldn't have made if current copyright laws were in place at the time.
Brining a list of products that Apple has purchased or developed themselves into an Apple-rips-people-off meme? Okay.
From your own link:
So they used a programming language, to make some apps.
Er. Ma. Gerd.
I guess it's time to remind the the technical community of the Apple Newton, which was all about running small apps, long before Konfabulator or smartphones came around.
Apple has 10 convictions for being a monopolist? The things you learn on the back of Hatorade containers....
So it would be A), couch surfing.
Don't be obtuse. Hillary is criticized for her actions as SOS, not using her 1st Amendment rights to say "hey I really like regime change".
The entirety of the case for war against Ghadaffi and Assad were based on lies. Both were targeted for overthrow long before Arab Spring.
More like: anyone who isn't a western imperialist shitbag (or a stooge of western imperialist shitbags) will benefit if Hillary is not president.
Snort. Every word out of Hillary's mouth on her server has been a lie, or a statement of equal or greater sophistry. Like her canard that emails weren't "marked" classified when she sent them - straight up bullshit, as she knew full well that information was BORN classified.
Slashdot should put up a scoreboard for this story: blind winger haterorade against Assange, or blind winger hatorade against Clinton? To see which group of wankers comes out on top.
Not really:
Reliability of written data
Convenience of not having to eject
Pick any two.
Annnnnd? If the Saudis wanted some random shlub tortured to death, did that make it okay for Cheney to order it?
Both the U.S. Constitution and the U.N. Charter disagree with you.
Bay Area cost of living.
If he'd couch-crashed a rent controlled apartment, got a sleeping bag and moved into a park, or kept an air mattress under his desk and had keys to the office....sure.
Your analogy jumped the rails (and the shark) when comparing people (blacks, Muslims) to http://www.getelastic.com/lisa-simpson-gets-why-correlation-does-not-imply-causation/">tiger stones (guns).
Your bullshit. You're doing the same thing every other asshole American Exceptionalist does in pinning all violence carried out by people who might be Muslim on Islam, while pretending his own Christianist shit doesn't stink.
Get that beam outta your eye before complaining about motes.
That might be ironic if Woz was a part of the lawsuit and claimed that Samsung never made innovative products. But that's not the case.
Of course you can.
Duh. You're up and down this thread defending the indefensible, because LEO's are 'just following policy'.
If you're referring to your butthurt, delusional, irrelevant ammosexual delusions (as if a 1939 court case has Jack or shit to do with what the 2nd had "always" meant), then yes. You were so busy kneejerking that gun cult crap that you didn't bother to actually address the actual point:
Gun cultists, always trying to have it both ways. Modern definition, when it suits you, 18th century definition that you pulled out of your ass, when it suits you.
And you and all of your ammosexual friends can get together to start your own move to amend the Constitution, to take out the words "a well regulated militia". So you cultists can finally stop ignoring the first words in your Bible.
You forgot nuclear weapons! Thanks for confirming the batshit insanity of your chosen cult. Now, why don't you go over to the story on Oklahoma troopers performing asset forfeiture on gift and credit cards, and tell everyone how you're going to singlehandedly stand up to these fascists with your dick extender, and live to tell the tale.
And you can challenge asset forfeiture, and (if you don't run out of money for attorneys, which no person has in the first place, and are willing to wait for years) you can get your stolen property back. If you're lucky, all of it.
So WYFP, fascist?
Ahhh, sad you weren't born in the right decade to be a member of the secret police, and torture people for Franco or the Shah? You were "just following orders!!!!"
And if you ask Tazer, the use of their electroshock weapons has never killed anyone.