It takes some amount of courage to stand up to laws like this. Basically they have to publicly oppose the guise of 'Safety' and 'For The Children'. For politicians and normal people alike it can be difficult to come out sand say you oppose anything that is 'supposed to protect children'.
Good luck to them I say, and lets hope this kills this insane filtering plan.
Like sorrow itself, we seem a little uncomfortable with it, unwilling to broach the subject,' writes Bell. 'We often fall back on the cultural catch all of the "ghost" while the reality is, in many ways, more profound.' "
I think you may be inadvertently particlaly correct. I believe there are both more and less things here on Earth than we think. Less ghosts and spirits, more real things like elbowed squid and shrimp that breathe methane and live in 500 C thermal vents.
Truthfully though, I think the reason people are uncomfortable to research it is who wants to tell the 70 year old woman that the conversation she had last night with her dead husband that has now brought her some peace was a hallucination/dream?
Besides, the researchers may well find themselves on the other end of that hallucination.
RINOs means any Republican that would rather vote logically than toe the party line. It's bullshit like that that tears everything and everyone down. Instead of whining (And yes, Republicans have done a TON of whining lately) why not actually encourage some rational, critical thought?
Seriously, you act as if no Liberal could ever have a good idea.
And if you honestly believe that then you have truly lost all capability of having a rational and sane thought process.
I'm with you on this. He totally and completely sold out everything that he had stood for for years. I can only imagine it's because he was convinced that's the only way he could win, and after he won he could go back to doing and saying the things he actually believed.
I had the misfortune of teaching at a medical vocational school. The...people I taught have convinced me to never ever go to see a doctor if I can possibly help it. As an example, one of the courses I taught was Math. Wanna know where we started? Decimals. As in 0.5 + 0.5 = 1. They usually managed to muddle through that. Up next was fractions. The concept that 1/2 + 1/2 != 2/4 was something that took a whole lot of time and effort to pound through their heads. All of these kids were 18+ years old.
I eventually left because the Administration of the school was pressuring me to pass students, because if we failed them they didn't get the tuition money to pay us. And because it's a for-profit institution, that's pretty much all the administration cared about.
All of these type students are getting jobs in the medical industry, right now, at this moment. DMV workers are quite frankly of a higher caliber. And the main difference between DMV workers and the MAs and Coders (Medical Coders) I taught was that DMV workers actually have no particular reason to reject you from the system, whereas the medical students I taught will be pressured by insurance companies to not cover you. So that means you have the same caliber of people who would actually need to fight on your behalf to get you the medical coverage you pay for.
To you, this is more efficient. To me, this is the height of inefficiency.
The biggest thing I hated about the McCain Campaign is their use of Fear. They wanted people to be afraid. Afraid of Obama, afraid of 'The Middle East', afraid of Russia and China. "Be afraid!" was the message, "Obama will raise your taxes and kill your business and he'll take all your money and give it to illegal immigrants!".
It's bullying, plain and simple. Keep people afraid and they will follow you.
Obama's message was more of hope, "Hey, we're in a shitty situation but we can make things better."
In any case, whoever does win this has such a shithole to try and help get this country to climb out of, I do not envy them.
It's been my experience that 95% of people who call themselves Libertarians are basically just Republicans who don't want to have to take any responsibility for the Republicans failures.
Sure there are a few 'real' Libertarians, but not many.
This is insanity. This is like if he were wandering around behind the bank and found a boor to the vault that was open. Instead of just wandering in and helping himself, he called attention to the fact that there was not enough security there, and was arrested for it.
This is a simple case where you are punishing someone for protecting you.
Thanks to your 'line of reasoning' it would have been far better for him to have simply taken the data and sold it over the internet. He would not have been punished and he would have profited. You obviously would have preferred this outcome since you are in favor of persecuting someone who did the opposite. You cannot be on both sides at once.
Probably because T-Mobile and Google don't have the Apple hype-machine/blogosphere/rumor sites going insane over unreleased products?
Er...or it could be that the G1 just isn't innovative or unique.
Seriously, what's unique about it?
An exciting new technology for distributing certified applications for your mobile phone? WOW! That's new, I stand corre...Oh, here's Mr. iPhone and his friend the iTunes App Store.
And Mr. iPhone brought his friend Mr. Jobs, who gets to decree what you may and may not have on Mr. iPhone.
The Google phone can literally have anything on it you damn well please, you can buy it from any online stor you damn well please, or you can just download it from any website. The G1 can also have any sort of voice/data plan you like, and Android will be available on all the major telecoms.
Voting for a candidate because they are either prolife or prochoice is the dumbest decision ever. In 8 years, none of that is going to change regardless of who's president.
*BZZT* Sorry, that's incorrect.
You see kid, there is a damn decent chance that it can and will change, because right now there is no explicit law saying that abortion is legal or illegal. That can change. If you don't think who was President at that time could have any bearing on whether or not that law passed, then maybe you should take a class or two.
Aside from that is the whole Supreme Court issue, which is a big one.
Mod parent up, for the love of God. I'm pretty sure that the more conservative modders saw the GP's wall of text and just noted that it was anti-liberal and modded it up. It's a trail of broken arguments.
I'm in the exact same boat as you. Every 'phone' that I've had to deal with that had all this extra crap shoved in them made them be really shitty at being a phone. Course, I've only had to mess with Treos and Blackberries. But both blow chunks at doing stuff like making phone calls.
That's somewhat akin saying 'The Fellowship Of The Ring' started out strong but by 'The Two Towers' it was obvious the author had thought nothing through and just started making stuff up.
The series of books ended up being being a rather intricately woven series of completely different stories that all ended up revolving around each other, most of the characters never coming into contact with each other and yet having profound effects on the others story lines. Hell, some individual stories didn't even begin till the 3rd book and some of the ones who started in the first seemingly had nothing to do with anything until it all came together in the 4th book.
As for the, 'the author just making stuff up', well, you *do* know what Sci-Fi means, right?
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It takes some amount of courage to stand up to laws like this. Basically they have to publicly oppose the guise of 'Safety' and 'For The Children'. For politicians and normal people alike it can be difficult to come out sand say you oppose anything that is 'supposed to protect children'.
Good luck to them I say, and lets hope this kills this insane filtering plan.
Like sorrow itself, we seem a little uncomfortable with it, unwilling to broach the subject,' writes Bell. 'We often fall back on the cultural catch all of the "ghost" while the reality is, in many ways, more profound.' "
I think you may be inadvertently particlaly correct. I believe there are both more and less things here on Earth than we think. Less ghosts and spirits, more real things like elbowed squid and shrimp that breathe methane and live in 500 C thermal vents.
Truthfully though, I think the reason people are uncomfortable to research it is who wants to tell the 70 year old woman that the conversation she had last night with her dead husband that has now brought her some peace was a hallucination/dream?
Besides, the researchers may well find themselves on the other end of that hallucination.
And all it takes is one vote for someone to get labeled a RINO regardless of the merit of the vote.
Get the picture?
Errr...you mean the tax rebates that Bush used to buy up everyone's votes?
RINOs means any Republican that would rather vote logically than toe the party line. It's bullshit like that that tears everything and everyone down. Instead of whining (And yes, Republicans have done a TON of whining lately) why not actually encourage some rational, critical thought?
Seriously, you act as if no Liberal could ever have a good idea.
And if you honestly believe that then you have truly lost all capability of having a rational and sane thought process.
Technically, yes, but it has been, so far, easily filibustered.
Mod up +1 Funny, it's a Colbert-esque joke.
It's always hilarious when you people come out and start talking
'The liberal media' Huh? Ok, kid. Go watch fox news, listen to talk radio, and read half the newspapers in this country.
You've been brainwashed that 'media is liberal'...wanna know by who? The media that you watch. Idiot.
Yes, I mean the Libertarians already have the market cornered on whining and hand-wringing, it would seriously upset the status quo.
I'm with you on this. He totally and completely sold out everything that he had stood for for years. I can only imagine it's because he was convinced that's the only way he could win, and after he won he could go back to doing and saying the things he actually believed.
Of course, he'd never be allowed to do that.
Are you that blind?
This is *already* how it's done.
I had the misfortune of teaching at a medical vocational school. The...people I taught have convinced me to never ever go to see a doctor if I can possibly help it. As an example, one of the courses I taught was Math. Wanna know where we started? Decimals. As in 0.5 + 0.5 = 1. They usually managed to muddle through that. Up next was fractions. The concept that 1/2 + 1/2 != 2/4 was something that took a whole lot of time and effort to pound through their heads. All of these kids were 18+ years old.
I eventually left because the Administration of the school was pressuring me to pass students, because if we failed them they didn't get the tuition money to pay us. And because it's a for-profit institution, that's pretty much all the administration cared about.
All of these type students are getting jobs in the medical industry, right now, at this moment. DMV workers are quite frankly of a higher caliber. And the main difference between DMV workers and the MAs and Coders (Medical Coders) I taught was that DMV workers actually have no particular reason to reject you from the system, whereas the medical students I taught will be pressured by insurance companies to not cover you. So that means you have the same caliber of people who would actually need to fight on your behalf to get you the medical coverage you pay for.
To you, this is more efficient. To me, this is the height of inefficiency.
Agreed.
The biggest thing I hated about the McCain Campaign is their use of Fear. They wanted people to be afraid. Afraid of Obama, afraid of 'The Middle East', afraid of Russia and China. "Be afraid!" was the message, "Obama will raise your taxes and kill your business and he'll take all your money and give it to illegal immigrants!".
It's bullying, plain and simple. Keep people afraid and they will follow you.
Obama's message was more of hope, "Hey, we're in a shitty situation but we can make things better."
In any case, whoever does win this has such a shithole to try and help get this country to climb out of, I do not envy them.
$2,300 went to interest on the national debt. Thank mom and dad.
Are you insane? GWB has *doubled* the national debt since he has been in office. Thank a republican for that.
It's been my experience that 95% of people who call themselves Libertarians are basically just Republicans who don't want to have to take any responsibility for the Republicans failures.
Sure there are a few 'real' Libertarians, but not many.
So how do you propose it be 'fixed'?
This is insanity. This is like if he were wandering around behind the bank and found a boor to the vault that was open. Instead of just wandering in and helping himself, he called attention to the fact that there was not enough security there, and was arrested for it.
This is a simple case where you are punishing someone for protecting you.
Thanks to your 'line of reasoning' it would have been far better for him to have simply taken the data and sold it over the internet. He would not have been punished and he would have profited. You obviously would have preferred this outcome since you are in favor of persecuting someone who did the opposite. You cannot be on both sides at once.
Seriously, how the hell did this crap get modded insightful?
You actually laughed at Skype being used on a cell phone?
Wow. Just...wow.
Probably because T-Mobile and Google don't have the Apple hype-machine/blogosphere/rumor sites going insane over unreleased products?
Er...or it could be that the G1 just isn't innovative or unique.
Seriously, what's unique about it?
And Mr. iPhone brought his friend Mr. Jobs, who gets to decree what you may and may not have on Mr. iPhone.
The Google phone can literally have anything on it you damn well please, you can buy it from any online stor you damn well please, or you can just download it from any website. The G1 can also have any sort of voice/data plan you like, and Android will be available on all the major telecoms.
That's what is unique about it.
Being broke didn't stop us from starting a few wars, did it?
Yeah, that was kinda retarded, but I used the hell out of it, especially the Woodsman II. They did such a better job than Scouts.
Explorers were never worth making.
Voting for a candidate because they are either prolife or prochoice is the dumbest decision ever. In 8 years, none of that is going to change regardless of who's president.
*BZZT* Sorry, that's incorrect.
You see kid, there is a damn decent chance that it can and will change, because right now there is no explicit law saying that abortion is legal or illegal. That can change. If you don't think who was President at that time could have any bearing on whether or not that law passed, then maybe you should take a class or two.
Aside from that is the whole Supreme Court issue, which is a big one.
Mod parent up, for the love of God. I'm pretty sure that the more conservative modders saw the GP's wall of text and just noted that it was anti-liberal and modded it up. It's a trail of broken arguments.
I'm in the exact same boat as you. Every 'phone' that I've had to deal with that had all this extra crap shoved in them made them be really shitty at being a phone. Course, I've only had to mess with Treos and Blackberries. But both blow chunks at doing stuff like making phone calls.
A shooting star is not a star
Is not a star at all
A shooting star's a meteor
That's heading for a fall
A shooting star is not a star
Why does it shine so bright?
The friction as it falls through air
Produces heat and light
A shooting star or meteor
Whichever name you like
The minute it comes down to Earth
It's called a meteorite
You're on crack.
That's somewhat akin saying 'The Fellowship Of The Ring' started out strong but by 'The Two Towers' it was obvious the author had thought nothing through and just started making stuff up.
The series of books ended up being being a rather intricately woven series of completely different stories that all ended up revolving around each other, most of the characters never coming into contact with each other and yet having profound effects on the others story lines. Hell, some individual stories didn't even begin till the 3rd book and some of the ones who started in the first seemingly had nothing to do with anything until it all came together in the 4th book.
As for the, 'the author just making stuff up', well, you *do* know what Sci-Fi means, right?