each US state is actually, under the consitution, a sovereign nation in its own right.
As a student of Southern history, I am pleased with your approval of the doctrine of State Sovereignty. Unfortunately, the late unplesantness of 1861-65 made this obsolete.
My wife installs all the new hardware on both our computers. This started when I got her a few gigs of memory, large HDs, better video card, etc. for birthdays, Xmas,etc. Rather than wait for me to have time to install the gadgetry, she RTFMed and took off the side panel and went to work.
I never have any trouble finding a present for her. BeastlyBuy, CircusCity, and CompUGH are all on the way home from work and allow last minute shopping.
I in turn have the simple pleasure of working six and seven days a week at a nontechnical job. The General Manager once asked me about a problem with a monitor. I went to the tool cart, returned with a 10lb. sledgehammer, and asked where it was. I have never been asked a computer question since.
Forget all the macho "magnum" and "hi-power" bull. Get an autoloading 22 rimfire rifle. Use hollowpoint rounds. Low noise, low recoil, inexpensive to practice with, and very nasty under 50 yards. For a small sum of money, you can buy a case of ammunition for practice.
For practice, if you have a place available, use an old garbage can at 30 to 50 feet, both aimed and firing from the hip. You don't have to be an expert marksman, just able to hit something the size of a human torso. Bursts of three shots are usually most effective.
This works for an autoloading pistol also. Just get a couple of cases of ammo and spend time shooting up the old garbage can at 15 and 25 feet.
If you do shoot an intruder, call your lawyer first, then the police. Police usually want to arrest someone when shots are fired and a body is found.
Those of us who watched events unfold on television, can never forget the name Daley or the Chicago Police Force. This was one of the defining events of my generation.
The essayist requires a literate, leisured audience. Carlyle, et. al., had this. You can read one of Carlyle's essays and have a pleasant time digesting the content and enjoying the style.
The modern equivalent is the columnist. He requires neither leisure or nor much in the way of literacy. Content and style have suffered accordingly.
One person buys, many use it. At one time, telephones weren't everywhere in the poorer neighborhoods. Your messages were received and sent on someone else's phone or on the local pay phone.
I can remember when the Dr.'s son was very popular on Saturday mornings. His house had a TV and 25 or 30 of us would show up to watch Howdy Doody.
I once has a temp job at a landfill. Around the holidays, hundreds of TVs are disposed of. Most of them work. Same with P2 and P3 computers cell phones stereos, and game boxes (with games) etc.
One of the permanent workers there was a lady who lived in one of the projects. I occasionally gave her a ride home. She always had TVs, game boxes, clothes, etc. to give to her neighbors for their kids.
Few people realize how rich this country really is. A few days at a landfill to see what is thrown away will awe most people.
Many/.ers might find this part of the article more interesting:
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Even better would be a consolidation of states. Put all of New England into one state. Lump the empty western states together. etc.
I would really enjoy the debate this would cause, if it were tried.
My favorite political fantasy would be to move the seat of government away from Washington, D.C. to some desolate, more central place, such as the Great Basin in Wyoming. It would do wonders for the local economy and population, both of which are practically non-existant.
Elected legislators and unelected bureaucrats are different animals. They are different parts of the government and answer to different places. The legislator answers directly to the voters and the bureaucrat answers to the elected head of the executive branch.
If the bureaucrats are a PITA, then voters need to lean on their legislators. No bureaucrat can florish without legislated funding.
More legislators mean more direct contact with their constituants and closer scrutiny of their votes.
The constitution originally called for one repersentative for every 30,000 citizens. If this had not been changed, there would be about 10,000 representatives today.
I've watched the way elections work in states such as New Hampshire and Vermont where there are large legislatures and few voters. An aspiring politician can actually meet and talk with every voter. These states are well noted for low priced political ventures.
There are fewer taxes voted when everyone in your district actually knows you, and can go to your door to complain.
This also diffuses political power and makes it difficult for a small clique or boss to run the the legislature as a personal fief.
The solution to the problem of communicating with voters is to have more politicians and smaller districts. Then the only solftware needed would be a few pairs of sneakers.
People die today because there aren't enough organs to transplant.
Organs are a commodity. Put a high enough price on them and the supply will incresase. Asking for "goodwill" donations will get a lot of goodwill and few donations.
As a side note, unless you have money or damned good insurance, you aren't going to get much medical care of any kind, and don't go looking for a transplant. How many articles have been in the newspapers describing how the recipient's had to raise a few hundred thousand dollars, because their insurance didn't cover transplants.
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As a student of Southern history, I am pleased with your approval of the doctrine of State Sovereignty. Unfortunately, the late unplesantness of 1861-65 made this obsolete.
They will make more money from the estate to not send the emails.
June 6, 1944
Even the French liked us that day.
This is big time Piracy.
My wife installs all the new hardware on both our computers. This started when I got her a few gigs of memory, large HDs, better video card, etc. for birthdays, Xmas,etc. Rather than wait for me to have time to install the gadgetry, she RTFMed and took off the side panel and went to work.
I never have any trouble finding a present for her. BeastlyBuy, CircusCity, and CompUGH are all on the way home from work and allow last minute shopping.
I in turn have the simple pleasure of working six and seven days a week at a nontechnical job. The General Manager once asked me about a problem with a monitor. I went to the tool cart, returned with a 10lb. sledgehammer, and asked where it was. I have never been asked a computer question since.
Forget all the macho "magnum" and "hi-power" bull. Get an autoloading 22 rimfire rifle. Use hollowpoint rounds. Low noise, low recoil, inexpensive to practice with, and very nasty under 50 yards. For a small sum of money, you can buy a case of ammunition for practice.
For practice, if you have a place available, use an old garbage can at 30 to 50 feet, both aimed and firing from the hip. You don't have to be an expert marksman, just able to hit something the size of a human torso. Bursts of three shots are usually most effective.
This works for an autoloading pistol also. Just get a couple of cases of ammo and spend time shooting up the old garbage can at 15 and 25 feet.
If you do shoot an intruder, call your lawyer first, then the police. Police usually want to arrest someone when shots are fired and a body is found.
Brings back memories of Chicago 1968.
Those of us who watched events unfold on television, can never forget the name Daley or the Chicago Police Force. This was one of the defining events of my generation.
The essayist requires a literate, leisured audience. Carlyle, et. al., had this. You can read one of Carlyle's essays and have a pleasant time digesting the content and enjoying the style.
The modern equivalent is the columnist. He requires neither leisure or nor much in the way of literacy. Content and style have suffered accordingly.
Half the stories were around long years ago. The rest just use new names.
oh, yes...
P L E A S E
V I E W
W I T H
A L A R M
Anyone who needs a gig of space to write down what is on his mind has a bigger problem than finding space online.
Edward Abbey's Monkey Wrench Gang was published about 30 years ago.
There are alternatives to passive acceptance.
Mental, industrial, vocational or one of these?
One person buys, many use it. At one time, telephones weren't everywhere in the poorer neighborhoods. Your messages were received and sent on someone else's phone or on the local pay phone.
I can remember when the Dr.'s son was very popular on Saturday mornings. His house had a TV and 25 or 30 of us would show up to watch Howdy Doody.
I once has a temp job at a landfill. Around the holidays, hundreds of TVs are disposed of. Most of them work. Same with P2 and P3 computers cell phones stereos, and game boxes (with games) etc.
One of the permanent workers there was a lady who lived in one of the projects. I occasionally gave her a ride home. She always had TVs, game boxes, clothes, etc. to give to her neighbors for their kids.
Few people realize how rich this country really is. A few days at a landfill to see what is thrown away will awe most people.
Many /.ers might find this part of the article more interesting:
Pornbar for Firefox
Inspired by the Bible Toolbar extension for Firefox, Billistic made Pornbar. Sadly, he based his extension on the Eurekster toolbar, not the Bible Toolbar.
Update August 15: Pornbar is now listed on the Pornzilla site.
Posted on August 01, 2004 at 02:54 PM in M
Will he next ask for a tax for doughnuts?
I would really enjoy the debate this would cause, if it were tried.
My favorite political fantasy would be to move the seat of government away from Washington, D.C. to some desolate, more central place, such as the Great Basin in Wyoming. It would do wonders for the local economy and population, both of which are practically non-existant.
Elected legislators and unelected bureaucrats are different animals. They are different parts of the government and answer to different places. The legislator answers directly to the voters and the bureaucrat answers to the elected head of the executive branch.
If the bureaucrats are a PITA, then voters need to lean on their legislators. No bureaucrat can florish without legislated funding.
More legislators mean more direct contact with their constituants and closer scrutiny of their votes.
The constitution originally called for one repersentative for every 30,000 citizens. If this had not been changed, there would be about 10,000 representatives today.
I've watched the way elections work in states such as New Hampshire and Vermont where there are large legislatures and few voters. An aspiring politician can actually meet and talk with every voter. These states are well noted for low priced political ventures.
There are fewer taxes voted when everyone in your district actually knows you, and can go to your door to complain.
This also diffuses political power and makes it difficult for a small clique or boss to run the the legislature as a personal fief.
The solution to the problem of communicating with voters is to have more politicians and smaller districts. Then the only solftware needed would be a few pairs of sneakers.
Their margin is a bit over 2%. There are a lot of business doing quite well on that much margin.
500,000 units @ $1 is a half million net. I really doubt that any manufacturer makes only one product line.
As a side note, unless you have money or damned good insurance, you aren't going to get much medical care of any kind, and don't go looking for a transplant. How many articles have been in the newspapers describing how the recipient's had to raise a few hundred thousand dollars, because their insurance didn't cover transplants.
Sadly, we notice only other people's superstitions, never our own.
We give our own superstitions other names.
These are user manuals. Books in digital formats will not succeed until they begin to use available enhancements.
i.e. "He heard an eerie sound." {cue(eeriesound.midi)}
I suspect that eventually digital books will become something half way between print and movies, rather like the radio dramas of old.