Thank you, and same for movies. Particularly the downloading part. If you can identify it as label-based or similarly offensive, don't touch it. It isn't that big of a change, actually, and it opens up lots of time to do anything else.
And, to separate the flamebait from the chaff...;-)
My own take on Iraq is that the communist/socialist nations, having placed U.S. and U.K. with the main responsibility of containment, propped up Iraq behind the scenes. From this position, U.S. is stuck holding the bag, and can only withdraw or complete the invasion.
We're not talking about smoking here. Kick the little pissers out until they can act responsibly. Example:
The last four movies I've either seen in a theater or rented, in no particular order:
--(unadulterated) Gojira: Theater, fulfilled an old promise to myself.
--X-Men (1): Theater, first week of release.
--Episode 1: Theater, on release night.
--Princess Mononoke: Theater, on release day.
This, from when I used to rent/watch movies at least once a week. And my DVD collection stopped at 8 or 9. I remember enjoying movies, but since I really don't like the Racket, I avoid paying it for anything. Now movies and albums are a novelty.
They might force me to pay to watch, but they can't force me to watch in the first place. The same goes for music.
It's a "legislate and test" cycle measured in years, analyzed daily/hourly. So yes, it seems rather see-saw, but it generally takes this long to demonstrate (through cases) a law's failings.
It's quite entertaining to watch Slashdot start politics coverage. I think we'll see at least six months of no-news stories like this, until they get a feel for what's post-worthy.
Covering Senator X, expressing negative emotion Y, at the opposition party for slimeball tactic Z, is very much like covering rain. Somebody's all wet.
Stuff like this speaks to the type of party the GOP really is, and what their supporters are made of.
Like any totalitarian party, that pack of taliban needs this type of effort to keep their minions from seeing something that looks like quantitative thought, to prevent legitimate discussion, and to distract from their platform.
Politics is also what happens after the election, which largely consists of lying through one's teeth to support one's sponsors. And in the case of party politics, lying through one's teeth to rationalize support of party-sponsored policy.
They're basically saying our process of electing a president is a sham Nope: They're saying our process of voting for anything is a sham. And largely, it is. Why? "Local control" means local fraud, which until recently could remain hidden.
The other states had no problems Liar. Dead people have been voting in this country as long as elections have been held. Thanks to the Information Age, reports of local problems such as this gain worldwide visibility.
And For the most recent presidential election, several other states "had problems" of various natures that were masked by the overall outcome. I leave the excercise of finding reports of such occurances to the Googler.
Trying to show the similarities of problems in America and Iraq when it was run by Saddam is irresponsible Where are these similarities shown? I saw nothing in either posted article/site linking the two.
The fact that Gore had more votes but lost is a problem of the electoral college because it favors votes of people in rural areas instead of one man one vote. That is a problem that we must fix. The Electoral College is not broken. It is specifically meant to balance the rural vs. urban areas, and it works exactly as designed. If you want "more" voting power, move out of the city.
Again, this is a slap in the face of America to make it look like we have a dictator in office like Iraq had and many other countries still have Nope: this is a result of the information age bringing light to the various roaches in our balloting systems. We can either clean up, or continue the public display of hypocrisy.
This blog is most definitely not the only way to return the card/stick. Look at the pictures, contact the appropriate fraternity/sorority chapter, send some pictures, obtain a current address, and it's all over but the shipping.
This blog is, however, a wonderful conversion of the mundane into the humorous. One of the best things I've seen all year.
I'm also dissapointed, but hardly surprised, at the "sue/jail" reactions. My guess is that such posters have something to hide, and have an innate fear of those skeletons being revealed. Alternatively, they could just be paid to post such things. Or, they could just be evil people who use law as a cloak of legitimacy.
In either case, these people have not come to terms with the information age. They see the thought, creativity, and craftiness that this country was made to foster. And in viewing such traits, unprocessed by pre-information age mediators, they feel threatened. So they lash out with clouds of legal opinions, because law by nature is restrictive. It's a psychiatric problem, I think.
...for having done something like this, I'd like to see the other person suffer. The idea of sending a man to prison is not to make others feel happy - it's to make HIM feel bad and pay for his crime.
...which gives you satisfaction, thus invalidating your stated purpose of incarceration. This is an exceptional piece of self-contradiction. I think I'm going to frame it.
That being said, I think the term "punitive damages" describes what you're after. As determined by judge and/or jury, of course.:)
That's because communism is still viable in large portions of the population, and when push comes to shove, they'd rather kill another 27 million, if it reduces the chance for (other) people to be wealthy.
Hanging around a hospital for a few days with an inch-wide hole in your skull has got to just suck, but it sounds a lot better than the alternatives. I guess the doc still has to puncture through the brain, so there would be some residual effects, but again, it's better than just dying off.
There was a good bit of "support our favorite incumbent" back-patting in the Cincinnati article, RE: the MRI that was used (Docs use MRI to help save kid + Legislator "provides" funding for MRI == Legislator saves kid + Pork is good. Right?). That was kind of sickening, but I do have a question: Is high-res MRI technology a new development, or is the use of such tech to plan surgery a new application of existing tech?
I ran into one of these "org consultants" at the pub once. He'd finished carving up a local firm earlier in the week (or week prior). He tried to present himself as something beneficial, but three or four otherwise random people figured it out, and started thanking him for the layoffs. "Thanks for the layoffs," "On behalf of all the people on unemployment now, I'd like to say thanks," etc. The consultant didn't actually start crying, but it was close. It took an hour for the consultant's friends to talk him out of the tree. That was slightly sad, but still one of the funniest things I saw the whole year.
Since when is any country's "Fair Trade Commission" anything more than a national protector? Especially for Japan, whose entire export industry is based on favorable exchange rates (hence the egg-laying over the notion of a falling dollar). I see this as merely action between two belligerents, neither of which can be classified as "friendlies".
I've been waiting for this (monopoly != racket, btw). At this time, we can consider the gloves to be officially off. The claim should make for entertaining reading, as well.
My main question is whether extortion and racketeering involve legal action anymore, if ever. I seem to remember the statutes including that angle for racketeering, but I can't find it now.
In either case, rock on, and here's to a RICO poison-pill in every file trader's Emergency Preparedness Kit.:D
I agree. Under threat (perceived or real) of litigation or criminal charges, who would actually answer truthfully when polled, or respond at all? It would be highly amusing if the poll response rate is directly proportional to the P2P usage rate.:-)
And just because...Do any formal statistical methods exist that could identify non-response as a dodge of a poll question?
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Thank you, and same for movies. Particularly the downloading part. If you can identify it as label-based or similarly offensive, don't touch it. It isn't that big of a change, actually, and it opens up lots of time to do anything else.
Seal it up somewhere, for prior art on New Car Smell. ;-)
What the hell is so hard to understand about our business cases? You go off and build some magical software, and we make millions!
And, to separate the flamebait from the chaff... ;-)
My own take on Iraq is that the communist/socialist nations, having placed U.S. and U.K. with the main responsibility of containment, propped up Iraq behind the scenes. From this position, U.S. is stuck holding the bag, and can only withdraw or complete the invasion.
I've seen very little discussion on that question, and most of that was blather.
It's obvious the Bush Admin. had a reason(s) for invading, and that the WMD concern was a pretext, so this article is about 2 years late.
Slashdot, y'all have to step up, if this politics section is going to amount to anything more than a bit dump.
We're not talking about smoking here. Kick the little pissers out until they can act responsibly. Example:
The last four movies I've either seen in a theater or rented, in no particular order:
--(unadulterated) Gojira: Theater, fulfilled an old promise to myself.
--X-Men (1): Theater, first week of release.
--Episode 1: Theater, on release night.
--Princess Mononoke: Theater, on release day.
This, from when I used to rent/watch movies at least once a week. And my DVD collection stopped at 8 or 9. I remember enjoying movies, but since I really don't like the Racket, I avoid paying it for anything. Now movies and albums are a novelty.
They might force me to pay to watch, but they can't force me to watch in the first place. The same goes for music.
It's irrelevant who's site an article is posted on. If it's online, it can be slashdotted.
My summary of the article was: "The people of the world will rise up and destroy the evil empire created by the economics of scarcity!"
My response is "No little commie, economics will not just disappear because a given field/industry is much more accessable now."
It's a "legislate and test" cycle measured in years, analyzed daily/hourly. So yes, it seems rather see-saw, but it generally takes this long to demonstrate (through cases) a law's failings.
It's quite entertaining to watch Slashdot start politics coverage. I think we'll see at least six months of no-news stories like this, until they get a feel for what's post-worthy.
Covering Senator X, expressing negative emotion Y, at the opposition party for slimeball tactic Z, is very much like covering rain. Somebody's all wet.
Stuff like this speaks to the type of party the GOP really is, and what their supporters are made of.
Like any totalitarian party, that pack of taliban needs this type of effort to keep their minions from seeing something that looks like quantitative thought, to prevent legitimate discussion, and to distract from their platform.
Except that if you saw anything of real value, you're validating the statement you've quoted.
I should put your post in a frame.
Politics is also what happens after the election, which largely consists of lying through one's teeth to support one's sponsors. And in the case of party politics, lying through one's teeth to rationalize support of party-sponsored policy.
They're basically saying our process of electing a president is a sham
Nope: They're saying our process of voting for anything is a sham. And largely, it is. Why? "Local control" means local fraud, which until recently could remain hidden.
The other states had no problems
Liar. Dead people have been voting in this country as long as elections have been held. Thanks to the Information Age, reports of local problems such as this gain worldwide visibility.
And For the most recent presidential election, several other states "had problems" of various natures that were masked by the overall outcome. I leave the excercise of finding reports of such occurances to the Googler.
Trying to show the similarities of problems in America and Iraq when it was run by Saddam is irresponsible
Where are these similarities shown? I saw nothing in either posted article/site linking the two.
The fact that Gore had more votes but lost is a problem of the electoral college because it favors votes of people in rural areas instead of one man one vote. That is a problem that we must fix.
The Electoral College is not broken. It is specifically meant to balance the rural vs. urban areas, and it works exactly as designed. If you want "more" voting power, move out of the city.
Again, this is a slap in the face of America to make it look like we have a dictator in office like Iraq had and many other countries still have
Nope: this is a result of the information age bringing light to the various roaches in our balloting systems. We can either clean up, or continue the public display of hypocrisy.
This blog is most definitely not the only way to return the card/stick. Look at the pictures, contact the appropriate fraternity/sorority chapter, send some pictures, obtain a current address, and it's all over but the shipping.
This blog is, however, a wonderful conversion of the mundane into the humorous. One of the best things I've seen all year.
I'm also dissapointed, but hardly surprised, at the "sue/jail" reactions. My guess is that such posters have something to hide, and have an innate fear of those skeletons being revealed. Alternatively, they could just be paid to post such things. Or, they could just be evil people who use law as a cloak of legitimacy.
In either case, these people have not come to terms with the information age.
They see the thought, creativity, and craftiness that this country was made to foster. And in viewing such traits, unprocessed by pre-information age mediators, they feel threatened. So they lash out with clouds of legal opinions, because law by nature is restrictive. It's a psychiatric problem, I think.
That being said, I think the term "punitive damages" describes what you're after. As determined by judge and/or jury, of course.
In which ways do you think this blog is (or represents) identity theft? I find this analogy laughable, and would like an explanation.
That's because communism is still viable in large portions of the population, and when push comes to shove, they'd rather kill another 27 million, if it reduces the chance for (other) people to be wealthy.
...and there hasn't been a whole lot of getting away with anything yet. And there may not be. That all depends on who gets convicted (or not) of what.
Hanging around a hospital for a few days with an inch-wide hole in your skull has got to just suck, but it sounds a lot better than the alternatives. I guess the doc still has to puncture through the brain, so there would be some residual effects, but again, it's better than just dying off.
There was a good bit of "support our favorite incumbent" back-patting in the Cincinnati article, RE: the MRI that was used (Docs use MRI to help save kid + Legislator "provides" funding for MRI == Legislator saves kid + Pork is good. Right?). That was kind of sickening, but I do have a question: Is high-res MRI technology a new development, or is the use of such tech to plan surgery a new application of existing tech?
I ran into one of these "org consultants" at the pub once. He'd finished carving up a local firm earlier in the week (or week prior). He tried to present himself as something beneficial, but three or four otherwise random people figured it out, and started thanking him for the layoffs. "Thanks for the layoffs," "On behalf of all the people on unemployment now, I'd like to say thanks," etc. The consultant didn't actually start crying, but it was close. It took an hour for the consultant's friends to talk him out of the tree. That was slightly sad, but still one of the funniest things I saw the whole year.
Q: What's worse than finding a worm in a spherule cross-section?
A: Finding half a worm.
Since when is any country's "Fair Trade Commission" anything more than a national protector? Especially for Japan, whose entire export industry is based on favorable exchange rates (hence the egg-laying over the notion of a falling dollar). I see this as merely action between two belligerents, neither of which can be classified as "friendlies".
I've been waiting for this (monopoly != racket, btw). At this time, we can consider the gloves to be officially off. The claim should make for entertaining reading, as well.
:D
My main question is whether extortion and racketeering involve legal action anymore, if ever. I seem to remember the statutes including that angle for racketeering, but I can't find it now.
In either case, rock on, and here's to a RICO poison-pill in every file trader's Emergency Preparedness Kit.
I agree. Under threat (perceived or real) of litigation or criminal charges, who would actually answer truthfully when polled, or respond at all? It would be highly amusing if the poll response rate is directly proportional to the P2P usage rate. :-)
And just because...Do any formal statistical methods exist that could identify non-response as a dodge of a poll question?