I know you were joking, but sometimes the innocent do have something to hide, like their whereabouts if, for example, they are fleeing an abusive father, husband, uncle or a psycho ex-girlfriend. Or, they just have information that they need to keep someone from knowing that can be used to make their life miserable. So, sometimes the innocent do have things to hide from the scum of the earth.
I'm not sure if the band's cut is out of the Sony cut or what, but Sony getting 70% of the money seems excessive. Remind me why artists need companies like Sony? Especially known bands.
And especially since the cost of distributing the song over the internet is next to nothing anyway.
Granted, they'd have to make the remake sound a lot like the original
Not necessarily. There are a lot of people who like good live music tracks without all the synthetic hoolaboo. Or, I. Ron Butterfly could come out with a super-long extended cut of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida to sell on the web.
Although, speaking of severe, horrific,ubiquitous legal forums, it remains to be seen which of the two well funded legal teams has enough capital to really win this case through successful legal obfuscation.
Are you implying that Americans will just sit back and let that happen in the first place?
Yes, they usually do. Fighting back takes time out that they could be spending making money or watching television to relax from working so hard making money so that they will have the money to watch television to relax. Or something like that...
I don't know a single person that would stand for the government pulling that one over on us.
Well, I wish I knew some, too. Unfortunately, most people (at least in the US) are not like that.
And if the person continue to insist state again that you are neither with nor against him. It is the only reason against such simple minded people.
When the Irish Republican Army took over the Dublin GPO in 1916, they displayed a banner that read "We Fight Neither for King Nor Kaiser" to emphasize the fact that they hated Britain, but they sure as hell weren't doing this for the Germans.
OR, is it the fact that Dell has alienated their customer base with shoddy products and outsourced call centers (sales, service and support) staffed by people that don't have the tools or skill to do the job?
That seems to happen in short order with computer companies. I bought a Compaq back when they were good and got great tech support when I had some trouble with one. Now (IMHO) they suck ass. The same with Dell. The one I bought was really good, but I doubt I will ever buy one again. I don't know why computer companies seem to go from first to worst so quickly. Well, except Packard-Bell. They've always sucked, and I think they are dead now.
I'd love to see who is coming and going in and out of whatever building I'm in - and make a database of people of interest so my wearable computer could page me whenever one's around.
This ability would make it well worth these RFID ids being mandated.
Or, as the pedophile official in DHS might say, "Think of the children, 'cause I sure do!"
Um, CEOs and high-level executives make lots of income, both from direct compensation, benefits, investments, and so on. Corporations make lots of money too, in case you haven't noticed, which would be properly taxed by a true progressive income tax. The problem is that now there are too many loopholes for them. Plus, if the theoretical person you posit above didn't make any income, but only lived off the money he already has, then he is eating into his savings. If he only eats into his savings and doesn't make any actual money, why should he pay income tax? Also, he is an idiot for not earning any interest on his savings, the interest of which would be taxed. The current system, and any reasonable progressive income tax system, is based on all income, not just wages and salary.
You also seem to forget that a consumption tax has already been tried. It was called the Gilded Age. I have no desire for the USA to go back to the ways of the 19th century. I'd rather we become something at least resembling a civilized nation.
Yes, I never understood this mentality. Americans seem to be under the impression that getting a tax return is "a good thing." In reality, you're essentially loaning out money to the government at 0% interest.
No kidding! I always track my withholding when I get my paychecks and change my W-4 a few times a year so I don't have too much taken out over the year. The closer I get my witholdings to where I don't get anything back or owe anything, the happier I am at tax time. I'd rather have my money to invest and use now than let Uncle Sam sit on it for a year or more.
The only thing I would add to that is that a real progressive income tax (not the fake one we have now) is also more fair since those in the higher income brackets generally benefit more from the society through things like the police force, courts, roads, and other aspects of the infrastructure. The way things are now, if you are in the upper-middle to lower-upper class (~$50k to $300k/year), you have the greatest burden since the truly rich have able to sleaze their way out of a lot of taxes. The upper-middle to lower-upper class have to deal with being in the higher income bracket, but it is even higher than it would be under a fair progressive system since the uber-rich don't have to worry about their tax rates as much as you do. And, they can hire their army of monkey lawyers to figure all the tax evasion schemes that their money has bought in Congress.
Well, there is another possibility. It could be that the fish that exhibit this behavior were being crowded out of their niche by other fish, either through some climate change or due to other fish simply breeding and surviving better than they do.
So, the most optimal solution (which gets solved by enough of them getting killed and only the ones with the advantage surviving) is for them to hunt on land. They could still get enough energy from eating plants and insects to hunt and survive, and they don't have to worry about competition from the other fish who are surviving just fine in the water.
Also, evolution is about history and often leads to dead ends (literally) based on changes that can no longer be adapted to. Look at the panda, for example. The predecessors of the panda ate meat, so the panda has a stomach that is better suited to digesting meat. However, meat isn't any good for them since, for some reason, they evolved such that they had to eat bamboo. Thus, the bamboo doesn't absorb very well, so they have to spend all their time eating and sleeping in order to survive. What has saved them from extinction is that, by a staggering coincidence, hordes of insane, ridiculous primates that call themselves "humans" find them to be adorable, and thus have no choice but to spend tremendous effort to preserve the cuteness of pandas.
Okay, perhaps I should stop going off on tangents now...
Also, there will be no worshiping of Catfish Over Lords. They cannot understand you. Prostrating yourself beneath them will merely make their task easier
Oh, come on. It just means you need to study law. Even violent Catfish Overlords will need lawyers to help subjugate all the crazy hu-mans.
Then explain why it is significantly hotter than even the sun-side of mercur even though it gets 3 times less solar energy per m^2?
Well, for one thing, Mercury's atmosphere is extremely thin and contains things like sodium and potassium. Venus has a very thick atmosphere which helps keep much of the heat locked in.
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I know you were joking, but sometimes the innocent do have something to hide, like their whereabouts if, for example, they are fleeing an abusive father, husband, uncle or a psycho ex-girlfriend. Or, they just have information that they need to keep someone from knowing that can be used to make their life miserable. So, sometimes the innocent do have things to hide from the scum of the earth.
And especially since the cost of distributing the song over the internet is next to nothing anyway.
Not necessarily. There are a lot of people who like good live music tracks without all the synthetic hoolaboo. Or, I. Ron Butterfly could come out with a super-long extended cut of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida to sell on the web.
1990 called and wants their "$YEAR called and wants their $ITEM/CONCEPT back" meme back.
Although, speaking of severe, horrific,ubiquitous legal forums, it remains to be seen which of the two well funded legal teams has enough capital to really win this case through successful legal obfuscation.
And even if they do, the resultant files will likely be in Aramaic or some obscure, ancient Mayan language.
Yes, they usually do. Fighting back takes time out that they could be spending making money or watching television to relax from working so hard making money so that they will have the money to watch television to relax. Or something like that...
I don't know a single person that would stand for the government pulling that one over on us.
Well, I wish I knew some, too. Unfortunately, most people (at least in the US) are not like that.
The Proles are animals. They will never amount to anything. Or didn't you get the memo, Inner Party member?
No, I'm afraid they've already bought the A-Team. Soon, Mr. T will be coming out with an ad saying, "I pity the fool that supports terrorists!"
So, what you are basically saying is that this law, quite frankly, funds terrorism activities?
Gonzales: Quite frankly, we need to put a stop to terrorist gender-swapping operation, for the children.
So that's why he hasn't been more effective! If he had just been running Linux, he could have a Beowulf cluster of suicide bombers.
And if the person continue to insist state again that you are neither with nor against him. It is the only reason against such simple minded people.
When the Irish Republican Army took over the Dublin GPO in 1916, they displayed a banner that read "We Fight Neither for King Nor Kaiser" to emphasize the fact that they hated Britain, but they sure as hell weren't doing this for the Germans.
They were all killed anyway.
About as long as Windoze has been an operating system. They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.
I head they WERE GOING TO FUCKING KILL THE INTERNET! *THROWS CHAIR*
Well, if there is nothing but M$ software to run the internet, it could very well happen. *throws old DOS floppy out the window*
That seems to happen in short order with computer companies. I bought a Compaq back when they were good and got great tech support when I had some trouble with one. Now (IMHO) they suck ass. The same with Dell. The one I bought was really good, but I doubt I will ever buy one again. I don't know why computer companies seem to go from first to worst so quickly. Well, except Packard-Bell. They've always sucked, and I think they are dead now.
This ability would make it well worth these RFID ids being mandated.
Or, as the pedophile official in DHS might say, "Think of the children, 'cause I sure do!"
You also seem to forget that a consumption tax has already been tried. It was called the Gilded Age. I have no desire for the USA to go back to the ways of the 19th century. I'd rather we become something at least resembling a civilized nation.
No kidding! I always track my withholding when I get my paychecks and change my W-4 a few times a year so I don't have too much taken out over the year. The closer I get my witholdings to where I don't get anything back or owe anything, the happier I am at tax time. I'd rather have my money to invest and use now than let Uncle Sam sit on it for a year or more.
The only thing I would add to that is that a real progressive income tax (not the fake one we have now) is also more fair since those in the higher income brackets generally benefit more from the society through things like the police force, courts, roads, and other aspects of the infrastructure. The way things are now, if you are in the upper-middle to lower-upper class (~$50k to $300k/year), you have the greatest burden since the truly rich have able to sleaze their way out of a lot of taxes. The upper-middle to lower-upper class have to deal with being in the higher income bracket, but it is even higher than it would be under a fair progressive system since the uber-rich don't have to worry about their tax rates as much as you do. And, they can hire their army of monkey lawyers to figure all the tax evasion schemes that their money has bought in Congress.
So, the most optimal solution (which gets solved by enough of them getting killed and only the ones with the advantage surviving) is for them to hunt on land. They could still get enough energy from eating plants and insects to hunt and survive, and they don't have to worry about competition from the other fish who are surviving just fine in the water.
Also, evolution is about history and often leads to dead ends (literally) based on changes that can no longer be adapted to. Look at the panda, for example. The predecessors of the panda ate meat, so the panda has a stomach that is better suited to digesting meat. However, meat isn't any good for them since, for some reason, they evolved such that they had to eat bamboo. Thus, the bamboo doesn't absorb very well, so they have to spend all their time eating and sleeping in order to survive. What has saved them from extinction is that, by a staggering coincidence, hordes of insane, ridiculous primates that call themselves "humans" find them to be adorable, and thus have no choice but to spend tremendous effort to preserve the cuteness of pandas.
Okay, perhaps I should stop going off on tangents now...
Well, given the kind of job he is doing, a Monty Python quote would certainly be in order:
Mr. Gumby: My brain hurts!
I for one welcome our repitious, mass-market, tired-old-jokes Overlords!
Oh, come on. It just means you need to study law. Even violent Catfish Overlords will need lawyers to help subjugate all the crazy hu-mans.
Well, for one thing, Mercury's atmosphere is extremely thin and contains things like sodium and potassium. Venus has a very thick atmosphere which helps keep much of the heat locked in.