Nope. If it's automated and following rules which aren't politically biased, then shutting it down just because there's a forthcoming election would introduce political bias into the system.
Something much more nuanced that what you do, apparently. As used, it is not the dictionary definition, as the founders accepted that liberty could be deprived with jail or indentured servitude, life by suicide or execution.
Furthermore, the quote you gave was one of principled belief, not fact.
Let me just add that "unalienable" implies an external force taking rights away, which doesn't apply when someone gives up rights voluntarily. Or do you think that an employer can't demand that you actually do work for them instead of exercising a right to "liberty?"
So, you think that influencing an election (which is a civil right) is somehow included in "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" (which are natural rights)?
"The public health authorities never mention the main reason many Americans have for smoking heavily, which is that smoking is a fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Here's the news: I am going to sue the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, manufacturers of Pall Mall cigarettes, for a billion bucks! Starting when I was only twelve years old, I have never chain-smoked anything but unfiltered Pall Malls. And for many years now, right on the package, Brown & Williamson have promised to kill me.
But I am eighty-two. Thanks a lot, you dirty rats. The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon." - Kurt Vonnegut
How so? Taking government employment is a voluntary action (the Hatch Act doesn't cover military personnel), and people can voluntarily give up rights. Furthermore, the section of the Hatch Act at issue here only applies "on the job..."
an employee may not...use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election;
Other than that, there are rules which prevent personal gain ("may not...receive political contributions") or run for partisan office. Anyone who doesn't accept that can simply quit.
"The primary interaction surface of a phone is the screen.... bezels are mostly a waste of space as far as a user is concerned"
It seems you don't know what a telephone is. The primary means of user interaction is a speaker and microphone. A bezel is the best place for at least one of those.
For national presidential elections, that's entirely up to the states, which are given the Constitutional authority to "appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors..." The Constitution doesn't even require a direct vote for President, a state could chose to have its own congress appoint Electors, it it so chose.
"People will want this because of the convenience."
The convenience vs. using a credit/cash card which doesn't depend on batteries, which is both smaller and lighter than a phone, is accepted in many more places than a vendor unique RFID payment "solution," and comes with long established and legally enforced protections against abuse? Or simply carrying cash, which takes almost no space, weighs next to nothing, and is accepted everywhere?
Oh, great. With IPV6, instead of only devices which punch their way through a NAT gateway using UPnP, every IOT device can be on the Internet. I'm sure that will help things tremendously. Unless, of course, you expect the same users who won't even change default passwords to learn about and configure firewalls.
When the EULA screen pops up, I just put a post-it note over the text they provide, which says "By clicking ACCEPT, I can do any damn thing I want with the computer I just bought. Microsoft can go to hell." Then I click ACCEPT. Onerous contracts of adhesion work the same both ways.
There can be no legitimate EULA for a Tesla. EULAs operate on the principle of a licensing contract which allows the user to copy copyrighted software. When you buy a car, the software is already there, the user isn't copying anything. No different than buying a book or a CD. Even the copying of software during upgrades is done by the manufacturer and not the user, so again no need for the user to license the software in any way.
LOL. Quoting Huffpost and a fantasy writer to attack Breitbart. You're really, really lazy, because that's obvious, extremely easy, and involves no work on your part. Hell, you didn't even bother to preview and fix the punctuation marks in the stuff you copy/pasted.
BTW, you made a mistake with your link to dailycaller, which you were obviously too lazy to read, let alone quote, since it doesn't support your argument at all.
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Nope. If it's automated and following rules which aren't politically biased, then shutting it down just because there's a forthcoming election would introduce political bias into the system.
Something much more nuanced that what you do, apparently. As used, it is not the dictionary definition, as the founders accepted that liberty could be deprived with jail or indentured servitude, life by suicide or execution.
Furthermore, the quote you gave was one of principled belief, not fact.
The right of liberty includes the right to give up rights, including liberty, willingly.
Let me just add that "unalienable" implies an external force taking rights away, which doesn't apply when someone gives up rights voluntarily. Or do you think that an employer can't demand that you actually do work for them instead of exercising a right to "liberty?"
So, you think that influencing an election (which is a civil right) is somehow included in "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" (which are natural rights)?
"The public health authorities never mention the main reason many Americans have for smoking heavily, which is that smoking is a fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Here's the news: I am going to sue the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, manufacturers of Pall Mall cigarettes, for a billion bucks! Starting when I was only twelve years old, I have never chain-smoked anything but unfiltered Pall Malls. And for many years now, right on the package, Brown & Williamson have promised to kill me. But I am eighty-two. Thanks a lot, you dirty rats. The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon." - Kurt Vonnegut
Are you suggesting that the automated system has a subject bias, and announces some FOIA documents but not others based on political criteria?
Other than that, there are rules which prevent personal gain ("may not...receive political contributions") or run for partisan office. Anyone who doesn't accept that can simply quit.
The Hatch Act only applies to people. An automated Twitter feed is not a person.
"The primary interaction surface of a phone is the screen. ... bezels are mostly a waste of space as far as a user is concerned"
It seems you don't know what a telephone is. The primary means of user interaction is a speaker and microphone. A bezel is the best place for at least one of those.
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What's up with that? Is Musk creating a new line of solar cash machines? Funny acronym.
"Does this mean the US is now the Weiner Republic?"
I know there's a joke about inflation there somewhere.
So, going outside less extends your life.
/. users - because living in a room in your mom's basement should be even safer!
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The number of available channels, and the infrastructure to support the increased bandwidth (think HD, too) has also gone up faster than inflation.
For national presidential elections, that's entirely up to the states, which are given the Constitutional authority to "appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors..." The Constitution doesn't even require a direct vote for President, a state could chose to have its own congress appoint Electors, it it so chose.
"People will want this because of the convenience."
The convenience vs. using a credit/cash card which doesn't depend on batteries, which is both smaller and lighter than a phone, is accepted in many more places than a vendor unique RFID payment "solution," and comes with long established and legally enforced protections against abuse? Or simply carrying cash, which takes almost no space, weighs next to nothing, and is accepted everywhere?
We're done. You didn't bother leaning even a minimum about networking.
No sense going any further until you learn more about networking. NAT does not imply a stateful firewall, they're two completely different things.
"Every router I've seen shipped has a default password, and a stateful firewall ENABLED BY DEFAULT."
Your limited experience is not a suitable basis for drawing a valid conclusion.
Oh, great. With IPV6, instead of only devices which punch their way through a NAT gateway using UPnP, every IOT device can be on the Internet. I'm sure that will help things tremendously. Unless, of course, you expect the same users who won't even change default passwords to learn about and configure firewalls.
When the EULA screen pops up, I just put a post-it note over the text they provide, which says "By clicking ACCEPT, I can do any damn thing I want with the computer I just bought. Microsoft can go to hell." Then I click ACCEPT. Onerous contracts of adhesion work the same both ways.
There can be no legitimate EULA for a Tesla. EULAs operate on the principle of a licensing contract which allows the user to copy copyrighted software. When you buy a car, the software is already there, the user isn't copying anything. No different than buying a book or a CD. Even the copying of software during upgrades is done by the manufacturer and not the user, so again no need for the user to license the software in any way.
"Trump has said a lot of stupid shit, but I've not heard him yet say he was against racial or gender equality."
Whereas Clinton has openly and unabashedly worked and voted to take away people's civil rights, specifically those detailed in the 2nd Amendment.
LOL. Quoting Huffpost and a fantasy writer to attack Breitbart. You're really, really lazy, because that's obvious, extremely easy, and involves no work on your part. Hell, you didn't even bother to preview and fix the punctuation marks in the stuff you copy/pasted.
BTW, you made a mistake with your link to dailycaller, which you were obviously too lazy to read, let alone quote, since it doesn't support your argument at all.
ITYM January 20th.