I'm not aware of any homeowners in trouble getting bailed out -- only large corporations. Do you know something we don't?
Also, I bet you'll be the first to complain that there are suddenly so many dirty filthy worthless homeless people crowding the streets and getting in the way of your evening stroll after the thousands (hundreds of thousands?) of families simply go under because they deserve to suffer.
Don't tell anyone, but I'm currently designing a game console that will blow every other one out of the water for efficiency. Preliminary testing shows it will probably get something like 6 to 8 effesses[1] per watt, if you can believe it.
[1] A unit of fun, equal to the amount of fun represented by a Snickers Fun Size Bar
Higher levels require some sort of formal methods use in the design and testing. This is very unlikely to ever happen for Linux (it is virtually impossible to create a formal design retroactively; either it does not correspond to the system or it is just as complex as the system).
Great. And I suppose we have to hire enforcers for these "anti-outsourcing" laws?
We already have them. They're called "customs agents".
What about entrepreneurs, are they not allowed to entertain the idea of locating in developing countries?
They can entertain whatever ideas they want. They just have to pay the fees involved. And if you make the fees such that there is nothing to be gained by offshoring, well, I would imagine it would fall off greatly.
Laws enacted to deal with the mess created by other laws. It all sounds so incredibly sane, no?
That "mess" is called "civilization" and "society". Some of us like it.
If we make carbon emissions expensive in the United States and Europe what's to stop companies from moving carbon-intensive parts of their operations to China and India?
Seems like the solution is simple: science-hobby licenses.
Some things that are currently just plain prohibited would instead require a license to buy/use, as with ham radio licenses and driver's licenses.
Then the backyard scientist could get his lab-grade hydrogen peroxide, elemental metallic sodium, and hydrofluoric acid, and the rest of us wouldn't have to worry about Random J. Idiot getting hold of same.
Careful of the general principle that "the $ITEM ban only keeps $ITEM out of the hands of law-abiding citizens". Set $ITEM to certain values and we're all in big trouble.
Eventually efforts to translate "MST3K" into a movie led to the show's demise. Mr. Hodgson quit in 1993 over his dissatisfaction with the film's lack of ambition
I never heard this. What was the ambitious stuff he wanted to try?
There are a couple of matters you're ignoring entirely in all this.
1. Many of those stickers you cited are in reference to the way Bush got into office in the first place: an unasked-for, unprecedented intervention by Bush's ideological buddies on the Supreme Court, telling Florida that it had to stop counting people's votes and just pick Bush. Not to mention the subsequent voter caging and other shenanigans that may have given him the re-up in 2004. Regardless of what you think about Bush now (or thought about him then), that's a more-than-legitimate grudge to hold.
2. A mute sticker on the back of one's car is a far less visceral manner of expressing contempt than loudly booing the very mention of one's name at a nationally-televised speech. One is done at length, with deliberate consideration and a specific point; the other is the unfocused reptilian brain-stem howling for blood. This is an indication of the level of thinking behind each one, and, I think, the amount of leeway each one deserves before passing judgment.
Um, no. I'm talking about the People making a decision, every day, not just once every 2, 4, or 6 years. I'm talking about giving power to the people (individual sovereignty) so they can make their own decisions, not have the decisions made by some distant bureaucrat in D.C.
I see. Every person is his own country: "individual sovereignty". You better get to work making treaties with all the other people in the world you want to deal with, so you can establish currency standards and exchange rates. Also, you'll want to figure out some sort of schedule on which you're going to patrol the area of land you have decided belongs to your "country" (if any) to keep out those you don't want there -- I'm sure there are going to be a lot of people who see the issue differently from you. You'll want to buy a lot of fire-fighting equipment, or else contract with one of the other "countries" willing to provide the service for you. Oh, there's lots of fun stuff to take care of when everyone is his own country: roads, education, mail, food standards, drug standards...the list goes on and on.
Or you could, you know, join regular civilization, band together with your fellow humans, and designate jobs specializing in taking care of all this stuff for you. You know -- a country. A real one.
I'm still having real trouble seeing why you have such vitriolic, holier-than-thou rants, written at great length, reserved for the overweight. Did a fat guy kill your dog last week, or what?
You've obviously never done a hunger strike. I did one for 10 days back in my "protest years", so, yes, yu can simply quit cold turkey.
You obviously don't know what the hell "cold turkey" means. If you quit, say, smoking, cold turkey, it means you stop smoking. Permanently. It doesn't mean you stop for 10 days and start again, but less. Duh?
I never saw an offensive slogan about "end of an error - 1/20/2009"
Well? What were the offensive slogans about that quote? Because the quote itself is pretty dry. The only way I could see being offended directly by that quote is if you are so in Bush's pocket that no criticism of him may be brooked.
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I'm not aware of any homeowners in trouble getting bailed out -- only large corporations. Do you know something we don't?
Also, I bet you'll be the first to complain that there are suddenly so many dirty filthy worthless homeless people crowding the streets and getting in the way of your evening stroll after the thousands (hundreds of thousands?) of families simply go under because they deserve to suffer.
Asimov's Guide to the Bible would be an interesting experiment in movie-making.
Clearly, you do. After all, without stories like this, where would you go to post messages proclaiming to all that you don't care?
Don't tell anyone, but I'm currently designing a game console that will blow every other one out of the water for efficiency. Preliminary testing shows it will probably get something like 6 to 8 effesses[1] per watt, if you can believe it.
[1] A unit of fun, equal to the amount of fun represented by a Snickers Fun Size Bar
This is the part where I Google for "GMAFB".
[Clickety-click]
Ohhh.
No problem.
Easy!
Looks like lots of places are blocking them.
Ok...hmmm. Hasn't Alaska been a state for considerably less than a century?
Two words: Marion Barry.
You must be a blast at parties.
We already have them. They're called "customs agents".
They can entertain whatever ideas they want. They just have to pay the fees involved. And if you make the fees such that there is nothing to be gained by offshoring, well, I would imagine it would fall off greatly.
That "mess" is called "civilization" and "society". Some of us like it.
Laws prohibiting it?
Are you looking for the phrase "impact on"? Maybe "collision with"? Or even "hit on"? There are a plethora of choices...
I have a better experiment. Prove to all of us that you are not an Internet addict: never post again.
That will teach us!
Bloody hell. I shoulda noticed sooner. Obvious troll is obvious. Not that it helped me.
Note to self: pay attention to users' homepages and email addresses, at the very least. Particularly when they say "troll" right to your face.
All mods please note: MOD DOWN ALL tomhudson POSTS, INCLUDING ALL ANCESTORS OF THIS MESSAGE. Thanks.
Seems like the solution is simple: science-hobby licenses.
Some things that are currently just plain prohibited would instead require a license to buy/use, as with ham radio licenses and driver's licenses.
Then the backyard scientist could get his lab-grade hydrogen peroxide, elemental metallic sodium, and hydrofluoric acid, and the rest of us wouldn't have to worry about Random J. Idiot getting hold of same.
Careful of the general principle that "the $ITEM ban only keeps $ITEM out of the hands of law-abiding citizens". Set $ITEM to certain values and we're all in big trouble.
Come on. Surely you're trolling. Someone asked you if you're allowed to bake bread? Do you work for Minitrue or Minipax?
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I never heard this. What was the ambitious stuff he wanted to try?
There are a couple of matters you're ignoring entirely in all this.
1. Many of those stickers you cited are in reference to the way Bush got into office in the first place: an unasked-for, unprecedented intervention by Bush's ideological buddies on the Supreme Court, telling Florida that it had to stop counting people's votes and just pick Bush. Not to mention the subsequent voter caging and other shenanigans that may have given him the re-up in 2004. Regardless of what you think about Bush now (or thought about him then), that's a more-than-legitimate grudge to hold.
2. A mute sticker on the back of one's car is a far less visceral manner of expressing contempt than loudly booing the very mention of one's name at a nationally-televised speech. One is done at length, with deliberate consideration and a specific point; the other is the unfocused reptilian brain-stem howling for blood. This is an indication of the level of thinking behind each one, and, I think, the amount of leeway each one deserves before passing judgment.
I'm sorry, you seem to have misspelt "pasketto".
I see. Every person is his own country: "individual sovereignty". You better get to work making treaties with all the other people in the world you want to deal with, so you can establish currency standards and exchange rates. Also, you'll want to figure out some sort of schedule on which you're going to patrol the area of land you have decided belongs to your "country" (if any) to keep out those you don't want there -- I'm sure there are going to be a lot of people who see the issue differently from you. You'll want to buy a lot of fire-fighting equipment, or else contract with one of the other "countries" willing to provide the service for you. Oh, there's lots of fun stuff to take care of when everyone is his own country: roads, education, mail, food standards, drug standards...the list goes on and on.
Or you could, you know, join regular civilization, band together with your fellow humans, and designate jobs specializing in taking care of all this stuff for you. You know -- a country. A real one.
I'm still having real trouble seeing why you have such vitriolic, holier-than-thou rants, written at great length, reserved for the overweight. Did a fat guy kill your dog last week, or what?
You obviously don't know what the hell "cold turkey" means. If you quit, say, smoking, cold turkey, it means you stop smoking. Permanently. It doesn't mean you stop for 10 days and start again, but less. Duh?
All I can say is what a shame it is that that gun is being held to your head, making you click on the story and read the comments and whatnot.
That, and it must be nice to live on a planet where politics doesn't affect your life.
Well? What were the offensive slogans about that quote? Because the quote itself is pretty dry. The only way I could see being offended directly by that quote is if you are so in Bush's pocket that no criticism of him may be brooked.