What we need is municipal Wi-Fi provided by the government, with the equipment owned by the government, but with a strong, liberal government to keep the censorship at bay.
That sounds a lot like a benevolent dictatorship. Nice to have, but politically impossible.
Speak for yourself. Do you see reasons for the sun and the stars, the mountains and oceans? The question isn't "why are we here"--we're here because of an eons-long chain of chemical and physical phenomena in the universe that lies behind us, not for anything that lies before us. The question is, "okay, we're here--now what are we going to do about it?". And don't you presume to answer that question for me.
I thought it was to gradually replace the rest of the employees with shell scripts, slowly seizing total control of the company. (Just something I heard). But your way is OK too.
On the other hand, you can see why YouTube would need this--otherwise they couldn't even use their own website to promote itself, to say nothing of showing the skateboarding dog on iPhone commercials.
We also have reserves and a National Guard, but you are essentially right. Then again, keeping trucking at 70-80% capacity as opposed to 40-50% capacity is more of the goal--no one is expecting a national emergency to be easy to live through. Most likely we'll have to institute rationing programs--which means fewer trucks carrying DVDs and iPods and more trucks carrying food products.
I would like to see someone live for a week in an American city without the financial system working. And with little advance warning they would have to do this. Checks? Backlogged. ATM's? Down. Cash? Ran out. Debit/credit card? Good luck.
That's a good question you need an answer for, but if your figures are anywhere close to right, I say do it. Most power companies will gladly buy your excess power generation from you during the day and sell it back to you at night, so in net terms you should do fairly well. I can envision this taking off--and the power companies would benefit most of all, since all they would have to do is store and distribute cached power instead of generating it themselves. Then again, it's not hard to imagine power companies abusing the privilege.
That's like saying western Poland is in eastern Europe--true, but that doesn't mean that we should call it "eastern Poland" and call eastern Poland "extreme eastern Poland".
You do have a point there--and the only madness on my state's roads is the yellow light runners, who in some places have forced the yellow lights themselves to extend an extra few seconds. Of course, we also have automatic anti-red-light-runner cameras. On the other hand, my state pulls people over for not wearing seatbelts. It's not just an additional fine if you're already pulled over, it's cause for a stop in and of itself. (Not having a litter bag, among other things, is an additional fine.)
Right, Left, Rebulican, Democrat...we are all AMERICANS. When will you people get that through your thick skulls? There are no "teams" here, people. We are all in this boat together. The more of you that put a letter after your name, the more this country falls apart.
Actually, free societies tend to fall apart under one-party rule. Divisiveness and partisanship are the guardians of freedom. Trying to get rid of partisanship through appeals to patriotism is how one-party states begin. I'm glad we live in a society where people with differing political ideas have to compete against each other to run the government. Sure, it would be nice for our mythical "single unified voice for the common good" to take charge, but benevolent dictatorships are rare and never survive the dictator.
It's not like not being President has restricted Cheney's power. It's self-defeating not to impeach Cheney but to impeach Bush, because then you have the same administration, absent its often-absent figurehead.
Or maybe your society has overloaded one side of the boat, causing it to list helplessly until finally capsizing. Social welfare is nice, but may not be socially tenable. As to the death penalty--well, much of the US was still a frontier until just over a century ago. Death penalties are unavoidable in frontiers, but preferable to avoid once you can afford neat things like prisons. And, as always, cultural practice lags behind economic and technological progress for centuries.
Relatively unimportant detail? This is the same Senate that just voted to convict Cheney. If they know what they're doing, they won't just roll over and let another Cheney get appointed on their rubber stamp. If precedent is anything, they'll most likely support some moderate Republican to ride the term out as a lame duck, like Gerald Ford. (Of course, it's a good question as to who that moderate Republican is.)
And who, pray tell, are we supposed to vote for? There isn't a single person on the Presidential ballot who I actually want as President--and this includes Ron Paul and libertarians categorically, although I usually vote for them out of protest. Low voter turnout is an indication that a system is illegitimate, and that a supposed democracy is a sham. So it is.
That's like saying your boat doesn't have a port side, only a starboard side and an "extreme starboard" side. "Left" and "right" are relative terms. That's the reason we use terms normally associated with direction to denote them.
Additionally most local agencies have policies that require even higher speeds because wasting time in court means one less officer on the street. As much as I dislike authority figures harassing me the truth is that the object is to protect people and if they are tied up in court with traffic offenses they can't stop violent offenders so it usually isn't worth fighting over 5MPH.
Can I move to your state? In mine, a police officer's prime function is revenue collection through traffic stops.
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That sounds a lot like a benevolent dictatorship. Nice to have, but politically impossible.
Yeah, and you still get a black PS3 either way, so they're even worse than Apple on that front!
Speak for yourself. Do you see reasons for the sun and the stars, the mountains and oceans? The question isn't "why are we here"--we're here because of an eons-long chain of chemical and physical phenomena in the universe that lies behind us, not for anything that lies before us. The question is, "okay, we're here--now what are we going to do about it?". And don't you presume to answer that question for me.
That's what life tends to do, but "point"? Life just is. Making a point of it is up to you.
I thought it was to gradually replace the rest of the employees with shell scripts, slowly seizing total control of the company. (Just something I heard). But your way is OK too.
It's great for coding, too. Have your IDE on one screen and use another for documentation.
On the other hand, you can see why YouTube would need this--otherwise they couldn't even use their own website to promote itself, to say nothing of showing the skateboarding dog on iPhone commercials.
We also have reserves and a National Guard, but you are essentially right. Then again, keeping trucking at 70-80% capacity as opposed to 40-50% capacity is more of the goal--no one is expecting a national emergency to be easy to live through. Most likely we'll have to institute rationing programs--which means fewer trucks carrying DVDs and iPods and more trucks carrying food products.
I would like to see someone live for a week in an American city without the financial system working. And with little advance warning they would have to do this. Checks? Backlogged. ATM's? Down. Cash? Ran out. Debit/credit card? Good luck.
Now you know how Deanna Troi feels talking to the Enterprise computer.
Look on the bright side--you can crank call people and tell them what the time is.
Tell me, which government is in the business of rape?
Especially not them. Those are prime examples of people who are great protest votes but would make awful presidents.
That's a good question you need an answer for, but if your figures are anywhere close to right, I say do it. Most power companies will gladly buy your excess power generation from you during the day and sell it back to you at night, so in net terms you should do fairly well. I can envision this taking off--and the power companies would benefit most of all, since all they would have to do is store and distribute cached power instead of generating it themselves. Then again, it's not hard to imagine power companies abusing the privilege.
That's like saying western Poland is in eastern Europe--true, but that doesn't mean that we should call it "eastern Poland" and call eastern Poland "extreme eastern Poland".
You do have a point there--and the only madness on my state's roads is the yellow light runners, who in some places have forced the yellow lights themselves to extend an extra few seconds. Of course, we also have automatic anti-red-light-runner cameras. On the other hand, my state pulls people over for not wearing seatbelts. It's not just an additional fine if you're already pulled over, it's cause for a stop in and of itself. (Not having a litter bag, among other things, is an additional fine.)
Actually, free societies tend to fall apart under one-party rule. Divisiveness and partisanship are the guardians of freedom. Trying to get rid of partisanship through appeals to patriotism is how one-party states begin. I'm glad we live in a society where people with differing political ideas have to compete against each other to run the government. Sure, it would be nice for our mythical "single unified voice for the common good" to take charge, but benevolent dictatorships are rare and never survive the dictator.
It's not like not being President has restricted Cheney's power. It's self-defeating not to impeach Cheney but to impeach Bush, because then you have the same administration, absent its often-absent figurehead.
Or maybe your society has overloaded one side of the boat, causing it to list helplessly until finally capsizing. Social welfare is nice, but may not be socially tenable. As to the death penalty--well, much of the US was still a frontier until just over a century ago. Death penalties are unavoidable in frontiers, but preferable to avoid once you can afford neat things like prisons. And, as always, cultural practice lags behind economic and technological progress for centuries.
Relatively unimportant detail? This is the same Senate that just voted to convict Cheney. If they know what they're doing, they won't just roll over and let another Cheney get appointed on their rubber stamp. If precedent is anything, they'll most likely support some moderate Republican to ride the term out as a lame duck, like Gerald Ford. (Of course, it's a good question as to who that moderate Republican is.)
And who, pray tell, are we supposed to vote for? There isn't a single person on the Presidential ballot who I actually want as President--and this includes Ron Paul and libertarians categorically, although I usually vote for them out of protest. Low voter turnout is an indication that a system is illegitimate, and that a supposed democracy is a sham. So it is.
Silly rabbit. The US government will take you prisoner even if you are in Macedonia and hold you for months without any civil rights!
That's like saying your boat doesn't have a port side, only a starboard side and an "extreme starboard" side. "Left" and "right" are relative terms. That's the reason we use terms normally associated with direction to denote them.
Can I move to your state? In mine, a police officer's prime function is revenue collection through traffic stops.
No, we actually offend Christians quite often. The difference is, when we offend Christians, they don't stage riots and burn down embassies.