It's actually not the only way. Each of the States control their own voting laws. All that is necessary is to amend the laws to allow Senators and Representatives to be elected via IRV, Condorcet, or whatever alternate system allows better representation in races with multiple winners.
Actually, it's not just an exercise in mental masturbation. Strong third party candidates in debates when they were not run jointly be the Democratic and Republican parties have had strong impacts to the platforms of those two parties. So much so that they amended the eligibility requirements to make it basically impossible for any third party candidate to qualify, following Perot's performance in the last debate to include a candidate who was neither Democrat nor Republican. The differences in his polling numbers before and after the debates put the fear of God into the two major parties.
The only possible way to address the issue is to change the way candidates are elected state-by-state, and that is limited to the places with initiative laws.
I cannot think of a single likely reason to take the last sentence at face value, so I choose not to take any of it at face value. Your choice is your own.
Except this issue refers specifically to the packaging and shipment of product by the seller. It's not a stand-alone service. If it were being packed by a third party, that might become an issue, but since there's a product transaction that doesn't particularly strike me as relevant. Maybe I'm missing something though.
You took a response to a pedant and made a mountain out of a mole hill.
Yes, I'm aware of all that. Markets make most of the "value" of anything. Ultimately, it's backed by faith, just like paper. Unlike paper, gold doesn't require any significant organized body, anywhere, to decide it's worth something in an official capacity.
My main point was, and still is, either nothing has intrinsic value, or gold has intrinsic value. My secondary point was that the belief that gold has value required no societal training. Any other tangents are outside the scope of my comment.
California State salary database, in searchable form.
I'm not terribly interested in digging through it to see what all it does, but I did recall it exists. Mayhaps the information you are interested can be determined with it (whether that's easy or difficult, I could not say).
How about they do their job and regulate interstate commerce?
The apply the Commerce Clause to everything under the sun, but when it comes to normalizing trade between the States they have basically remained quiet. Of course, what that means is that there should be no taxes charged by any State on goods arriving from outside their borders. Aggressive jurisdictions, like California and New York, have taken it upon themselves to exceed their authority, and all it would take is a simple clarifying act for Congress to settle the issue.
Of course, that can only happen in a country that isn't broken. Since the US is not such a country, don't expect a simple, straightforward Act to pass settling the issue. When they finally decide to do something, it will be so incomprehensibly Byzantine that tax lawyers everywhere will simultaneously jizz themselves.
Actually, given some of the tortured logic the IRS uses to calculate when time is worth money and when it isn't, it's not far enough off the mark to be out of line as a satirical comment.
Also, given the last sentence, I'm pretty sure a hefty dose of humor was intended. Someone who meant that completely seriously probably doesn't have the IQ to turn on a computer, let alone post on Slashdot. Then again, this is the Internet...
Speaking of Washington State, this article was a big "that's an issue?" to me, since even if you're wrong about it being on gross receipts tax is still applied to any shipping charges.
It may be exempt as a line item in California, but it's not in Washington.
Then again, if you're right about it being based on gross receipts then it doesn't matter what the charge is, there's sales tax applied to it.
Sorry, was tired and not very focused, so I was combining a couple discrete concepts in my head and in my post.
For user-specific watermarks, no you can't apply them to pressed discs. Advance copies are usually not pressed, but are instead dye copies. Pressed discs can be watermarked as a means of determining authenticity for authentication mechanisms. Different methods with different goals.
So yes, in relation directly to the post above, no, that type of watermark cannot be applied to a pressed disc.
The intrinsic value of gold and silver (amongst many other similar materials) is that they are visually pleasing to humans. Aesthetics have important emotional and psychological functions which rank only marginally below those required for survival.
Talk to any anthropologist worth their salt, and you'll find all the evidence you need to show it is a universal trait amongst human cultures. Creation of jewelry is second only to specialized tool use in defining modern human behavior.
The worst part though was that his wife was also my boss... must say it was very difficult to take her seriously after that!
I've never understood that reaction. I can sort of understand being vaguely uncomfortable interacting with them, but to not take someone seriously because of information you found out regarding their sex life? That's just... weird, at least to me.
You can watermark pressed discs too. As far as I'm aware, most advance copies are watermarked so they can find the source of high-quality leaks that occur prior to normal distribution. There have been some pretty high-profile cases of advance copy or screener releases being traced to the source in exactly that way.
Willful ignorance, more than likely. Outrage without understanding is incredibly common currently, at least in the US.
Telling someone they're a hypocrite because they are somehow linked to what they are criticizing is a favorite, so there will be plenty who defend the tactic and promote its use. They especially like to use the logic if the link is a result of something you have little or no ability to reasonably control, like living in the US and avoiding all products with a manufacturing link in China. Unless you withdraw from modern society, or are an obscenely wealthy technophobe, you can't condemn China, because obviously you're benefiting from the situation there.
Voting is another popular one for this logic: "You voted for him, you can't complain." "You voted for the other guy, so you agreed to the outcome if he lost. You can't complain." "You didn't vote. Maybe if you did you could complain, but you didn't even take part."
It wouldn't surprise me if Lucas actually had the originals destroyed after making the digital remakes of 4-6. From what I recall reading he said they destroyed them in the process as a natural result of re-cutting them. Of course, that doesn't make any sense at all given the transition to digital, but Lucas is also batshit insane. I figure his ego made him do it so that nobody can do just that.
The only ones I'm aware of are the Gigabyte iRAM and the ACard ANS-9010. Both use much older RAM. The iRAM 4 DIMMs of DDR1 and the ANS 8 DIMMs of DDR2.
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It's actually not the only way. Each of the States control their own voting laws. All that is necessary is to amend the laws to allow Senators and Representatives to be elected via IRV, Condorcet, or whatever alternate system allows better representation in races with multiple winners.
Actually, it's not just an exercise in mental masturbation. Strong third party candidates in debates when they were not run jointly be the Democratic and Republican parties have had strong impacts to the platforms of those two parties. So much so that they amended the eligibility requirements to make it basically impossible for any third party candidate to qualify, following Perot's performance in the last debate to include a candidate who was neither Democrat nor Republican. The differences in his polling numbers before and after the debates put the fear of God into the two major parties.
The only possible way to address the issue is to change the way candidates are elected state-by-state, and that is limited to the places with initiative laws.
Ignoring? I asked a reasonable question. Why would you imply I read that but somehow chose to ignore it?
Slashdot Rule #5: Anything which can be attributed to malice will be.
I cannot think of a single likely reason to take the last sentence at face value, so I choose not to take any of it at face value. Your choice is your own.
Except this issue refers specifically to the packaging and shipment of product by the seller. It's not a stand-alone service. If it were being packed by a third party, that might become an issue, but since there's a product transaction that doesn't particularly strike me as relevant. Maybe I'm missing something though.
You took a response to a pedant and made a mountain out of a mole hill.
Yes, I'm aware of all that. Markets make most of the "value" of anything. Ultimately, it's backed by faith, just like paper. Unlike paper, gold doesn't require any significant organized body, anywhere, to decide it's worth something in an official capacity.
My main point was, and still is, either nothing has intrinsic value, or gold has intrinsic value. My secondary point was that the belief that gold has value required no societal training. Any other tangents are outside the scope of my comment.
http://www.sacbee.com/statepay/
California State salary database, in searchable form.
I'm not terribly interested in digging through it to see what all it does, but I did recall it exists. Mayhaps the information you are interested can be determined with it (whether that's easy or difficult, I could not say).
Yup. That's how Illinois works. There are only two destinations: Federal election or prison. Sometimes both.
How about they do their job and regulate interstate commerce?
The apply the Commerce Clause to everything under the sun, but when it comes to normalizing trade between the States they have basically remained quiet. Of course, what that means is that there should be no taxes charged by any State on goods arriving from outside their borders. Aggressive jurisdictions, like California and New York, have taken it upon themselves to exceed their authority, and all it would take is a simple clarifying act for Congress to settle the issue.
Of course, that can only happen in a country that isn't broken. Since the US is not such a country, don't expect a simple, straightforward Act to pass settling the issue. When they finally decide to do something, it will be so incomprehensibly Byzantine that tax lawyers everywhere will simultaneously jizz themselves.
Actually, given some of the tortured logic the IRS uses to calculate when time is worth money and when it isn't, it's not far enough off the mark to be out of line as a satirical comment.
Also, given the last sentence, I'm pretty sure a hefty dose of humor was intended. Someone who meant that completely seriously probably doesn't have the IQ to turn on a computer, let alone post on Slashdot. Then again, this is the Internet...
Speaking of Washington State, this article was a big "that's an issue?" to me, since even if you're wrong about it being on gross receipts tax is still applied to any shipping charges.
It may be exempt as a line item in California, but it's not in Washington.
Then again, if you're right about it being based on gross receipts then it doesn't matter what the charge is, there's sales tax applied to it.
Sorry, was tired and not very focused, so I was combining a couple discrete concepts in my head and in my post.
For user-specific watermarks, no you can't apply them to pressed discs. Advance copies are usually not pressed, but are instead dye copies. Pressed discs can be watermarked as a means of determining authenticity for authentication mechanisms. Different methods with different goals.
So yes, in relation directly to the post above, no, that type of watermark cannot be applied to a pressed disc.
Nothing has intrinsic value by that metric.
The intrinsic value of gold and silver (amongst many other similar materials) is that they are visually pleasing to humans. Aesthetics have important emotional and psychological functions which rank only marginally below those required for survival.
Talk to any anthropologist worth their salt, and you'll find all the evidence you need to show it is a universal trait amongst human cultures. Creation of jewelry is second only to specialized tool use in defining modern human behavior.
Of course they are. After all, God is on our side.
The worst part though was that his wife was also my boss... must say it was very difficult to take her seriously after that!
I've never understood that reaction. I can sort of understand being vaguely uncomfortable interacting with them, but to not take someone seriously because of information you found out regarding their sex life? That's just ... weird, at least to me.
I thought that was the jPhone...
You can watermark pressed discs too. As far as I'm aware, most advance copies are watermarked so they can find the source of high-quality leaks that occur prior to normal distribution. There have been some pretty high-profile cases of advance copy or screener releases being traced to the source in exactly that way.
Luke wasn't black and it was a tauntaun, you insensitive clod!
Nobody? It sounds like the subject of the article is. He is happy, and devotes the product of his work to helping those less fortunate.
Willful ignorance, more than likely. Outrage without understanding is incredibly common currently, at least in the US.
Telling someone they're a hypocrite because they are somehow linked to what they are criticizing is a favorite, so there will be plenty who defend the tactic and promote its use. They especially like to use the logic if the link is a result of something you have little or no ability to reasonably control, like living in the US and avoiding all products with a manufacturing link in China. Unless you withdraw from modern society, or are an obscenely wealthy technophobe, you can't condemn China, because obviously you're benefiting from the situation there.
Voting is another popular one for this logic:
"You voted for him, you can't complain."
"You voted for the other guy, so you agreed to the outcome if he lost. You can't complain."
"You didn't vote. Maybe if you did you could complain, but you didn't even take part."
It wouldn't surprise me if Lucas actually had the originals destroyed after making the digital remakes of 4-6. From what I recall reading he said they destroyed them in the process as a natural result of re-cutting them. Of course, that doesn't make any sense at all given the transition to digital, but Lucas is also batshit insane. I figure his ego made him do it so that nobody can do just that.
I would love to see Glau as one of the Mandalorians. That would be epic.
Darth Binks?
"Meesa yousa massa!"
Or the wind blowing in the opposite direction, or any of a number of things.
Unfortunately, no.
The only ones I'm aware of are the Gigabyte iRAM and the ACard ANS-9010. Both use much older RAM. The iRAM 4 DIMMs of DDR1 and the ANS 8 DIMMs of DDR2.