I early-voted in Jacksonville, FL and had no problems with the machine I used. I did have a problem with the height of the machine as I am 6' 1" and the machine was set for someone about 5' 2". But all that caused was an exaggerated slouch. I believe that the problems are probably user error and ignorance. It's not like they couldn't use paper ballot, because they offer both.
Maybe they should use this on traffic instead of people? This could further deter aggressive driving and road rage. If for, any reason, you drive aggressively it really wouldn't be a false positive. Just trying to re-heat a half-baked idea...
At any rate, I'm always hesitant to hurrah for cameras watching me.
My old company, a DoD contractor, regularly hires kids straight out of school using the carrot-and-stick payscale: they give you a job and lots of promotions, so you always feel like you are moving forward even though you are consistently 10K underpaid. After about 5 years they taper off your yearly pay increase and you plateau, again, 10K under the competition. So you either move on or accept the fact that you make pretty good money (compared to your bartending friends) at a fairly cushy job in a really good environment.
So how does this relate to you? I think you are over qualified and expensive and Google is looking for young engineers who aren't old dogs with their own bag of tricks. While that might not be smart from your point of view, it seems to be their hiring model, as it is with many companies. You're best off forging your own path, creating your own companies, and recruiting those Google guys when they become old and tired themselves.
Now I am a contractor making 6 figures and will quickly recoup that $60K I lost working at an underpaying company, which, by the way, greatly built my resume.
Almost every new north Florida neighborhood with a covenant requires that you plant St. Augustine grass, which is quite a water hog. I just had a house built and have no choice in the matter while I own this home. Unfortunately I've been forced to purchase land in farm country (far from work) in order to have a yard that I want (mostly native species). I'm replacing a mobile home with an ICF structure (Insulated Concrete Form) and plan on using about 70% native species.
But just so it is clear, this is not the norm, nor does the local government or community developers make this feasible.
Yes I would. We (I, inclusive) post them all the time. That's why/. is intriguing: we call each other out.
Hell, there's a fair amount of truth to your original argument, as with the leftist comment. I guess I'm copping out and taking the middle ground of Devil's Advocate.
I can play that game. Which political party wants to legalize the murder of unborn children?
Your answer might be, "But that's not really the case..." and then you can see how a polarizing and moronic assertion can blow reality out of proportion.
People CHOOSE to live outside the cities in the suburbs so that they can have more land, larger houses, smaller # of kids in classrooms, etc. So the city planners aren't to blame. Blame the housing consumers.
And I am one of those consumers, and no I do not complain.
Apparentely you don't understand that uncool is now cool. I remember seeing stores carrying "SPAM" shirts before it became a name for unwanted email. And what was so cool about wearing a SPAM shirt? Dunno, myself... but kids bought them. If they brought back Hypercolor shirts it would be a hit.
Skylab wasn't used after 1974 and reentered in 1979. That makes for a whopping 1 year of use. The ISS wasn't around until 1998, so they used the shuttle in the interim. For reasons that I do not know, NASA favored the shuttle over space stations. Now the U.S. (and the int'l community) have a space station and are scrapping the shuttle anyway.
So talk about what is GOING to happen and don't harp on the past with coulda, shoulda, woulda. Anything else is whining.
Isn't that what the ISS and the other space stations were for?
I said: before the space station even existed
The U.S. didn't always have space stations during the reign of the shuttle, so the answer would be no.
And I wasn't arguing for or against the original idea of having a shuttle. I was merely pointing out that there is more to the shuttle's mission than you credited it.
Each shuttle mission has many facets to it other than lauching satellites. Launching a communication satellite might be the primary task of one mission, but there are dozens other experiments that were performed each shuttle mission before the space station even existed.
So to piggy back on your analogy they aren't just picking up milk. They are checking the oil and tire pressure, getting gas, buying lottery tickets, buying a newspaper, getting a pack of gum, and buying a Slurpee for the ride home. Only the milk makes the news.
So you think illegal immigrants are an invading military threat?
Where in any of the previous posts did you see me write the words "military threat" or anything like it? I stopped reading after your first sentence. You obviously have an agenda and are not up for intellectual debate. Good luck with it. Now, if you'll excuse me I have some taxes to pay.
What did you do to properly earn your right to live and work in the U.S.?
It's not what I did; it's what my great-great-great grandparents did. And they did it legally. Since then, laws have changed, circumstances have changed, and this country has changed. It's not my fault I was born in the U.S. and they weren't. Sure, I understand their plight to want to be here and wilingness to do so illegally. However, there is an obvious LEGAL way to do so, even though it may be slower and more difficult.
And don't give me that "Statue of Liberty isn't worth crap any more" B.S. The U.S. isn't keeping people from immigrating, it just has a process that isn't being followed properly.
And even after they get here illegally they still face hardships that you wouldn't know anything about, despite many of them being created by your sort of attitude.
I do mission work 2 months a year every other year, mainly in Africa. My heart has been broken many times by seeing humans and animals both brutally starved and murdered by hostile governments. Seeing that has fortified my view that there has to be order in immigration. Civilization takes generations to build, and if every poor soul that wanted a chance to better himself was allowed immediately in the U.S., there would be no civilization for them to enjoy in the future. There has to be a slow healing before there is a cure. You offer only a bandage to a mortal wound. I see the larger scale of humanity, and you see only the individual.
The Berlin Wall was designed to both keep inside people in and outside people out. The border was doubly impenetrable and crossing it was extremely restrictive. This is not the idea behind the U.S./Mexico border. It is not nearly as restrictive; foreigners may come and go with registration, and do so on a regular basis. The idea is to maintain order and accountability in this country.
If it were commonplace for Mexicans (and other nationalities in question) to be here legally and people still feared them, then that is clearly xenophobia. However, there is a great proportion of foreigners who are here illegally. I would say that xenophobia exists in the U.S. because there are so many illegal aliens.
I argue that securing our border will decrease xenophobia, because that will give greater assurance that they followed the rules and will be accountable for their actions while visiting! Then if they go through the process of applying for citizenship, they will have properly earned their right to live and work in the U.S.
And if millions of people login to view cameras to watch our borders, then great! I'm looking forward to seeing the programs that people write to track the motion in the pictures and auto dial the 800 number.
Not only is it promoting xenophobia, but it also encourages/trains American citizens to spy on others.
The 'xenophobia' outcry is merely a distraction. The problem is people are not following the rules, and the rules are not being properly enforced. Xenophobia is just a cop out.
As for spying, it would seem that crossing a national border is hardly a private act. If I were to be admitted into the U.K., I'd have to have my passport handy. That's a public act. Sitting on my couch in the buck and watching TV is a private act. Talking on my telephone is a private act (assuming I violate no laws and do not threaten national security). Walking into a fast food restaurant is another example of a public act.
If you have ever watched COPS, then you, by your definition, are spying on others.
I had the same argument with some of my high school classmates back in 1994. Then my dumbass teacher agreed with them. BTW I lived in Titusville, so you'd think everyone would know better.
Or maybe it was Sinclair. I was too young. At any rate, the C=64 was the first computer that I was able to use on my own. It was the portable case that had the small 6 inch screen, integrated 1541 drive and weighed 1000 lbs.
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I early-voted in Jacksonville, FL and had no problems with the machine I used. I did have a problem with the height of the machine as I am 6' 1" and the machine was set for someone about 5' 2". But all that caused was an exaggerated slouch. I believe that the problems are probably user error and ignorance. It's not like they couldn't use paper ballot, because they offer both.
Maybe they should use this on traffic instead of people? This could further deter aggressive driving and road rage. If for, any reason, you drive aggressively it really wouldn't be a false positive. Just trying to re-heat a half-baked idea...
At any rate, I'm always hesitant to hurrah for cameras watching me.
My old company, a DoD contractor, regularly hires kids straight out of school using the carrot-and-stick payscale: they give you a job and lots of promotions, so you always feel like you are moving forward even though you are consistently 10K underpaid. After about 5 years they taper off your yearly pay increase and you plateau, again, 10K under the competition. So you either move on or accept the fact that you make pretty good money (compared to your bartending friends) at a fairly cushy job in a really good environment.
So how does this relate to you? I think you are over qualified and expensive and Google is looking for young engineers who aren't old dogs with their own bag of tricks. While that might not be smart from your point of view, it seems to be their hiring model, as it is with many companies. You're best off forging your own path, creating your own companies, and recruiting those Google guys when they become old and tired themselves.
Now I am a contractor making 6 figures and will quickly recoup that $60K I lost working at an underpaying company, which, by the way, greatly built my resume.
Yeah, well it worked for East Germany... oops. Bad example.
Almost every new north Florida neighborhood with a covenant requires that you plant St. Augustine grass, which is quite a water hog. I just had a house built and have no choice in the matter while I own this home. Unfortunately I've been forced to purchase land in farm country (far from work) in order to have a yard that I want (mostly native species). I'm replacing a mobile home with an ICF structure (Insulated Concrete Form) and plan on using about 70% native species.
But just so it is clear, this is not the norm, nor does the local government or community developers make this feasible.
Howard Stern is the reason I stayed with XM.
Yes I would. We (I, inclusive) post them all the time. That's why /. is intriguing: we call each other out.
Hell, there's a fair amount of truth to your original argument, as with the leftist comment. I guess I'm copping out and taking the middle ground of Devil's Advocate.
I can play that game. Which political party wants to legalize the murder of unborn children?
Your answer might be, "But that's not really the case..." and then you can see how a polarizing and moronic assertion can blow reality out of proportion.
Yeah, and the same under Clinton with salsa. But if you prepare it just right, it has more nutritional value than ketchup. Thanks for the FUD!
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As are the views of the large majority of their professors.
People CHOOSE to live outside the cities in the suburbs so that they can have more land, larger houses, smaller # of kids in classrooms, etc. So the city planners aren't to blame. Blame the housing consumers.
And I am one of those consumers, and no I do not complain.
Apparentely you don't understand that uncool is now cool. I remember seeing stores carrying "SPAM" shirts before it became a name for unwanted email. And what was so cool about wearing a SPAM shirt? Dunno, myself... but kids bought them. If they brought back Hypercolor shirts it would be a hit.
I assume you are talking about Al Gore? If so, you are absolutely correct... he has always watching since he created the Intar-web.
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That's not sarcasm, it's old men holding each others cox! You want sarcasm? Watch Seinfeld.
Skylab wasn't used after 1974 and reentered in 1979. That makes for a whopping 1 year of use. The ISS wasn't around until 1998, so they used the shuttle in the interim. For reasons that I do not know, NASA favored the shuttle over space stations. Now the U.S. (and the int'l community) have a space station and are scrapping the shuttle anyway.
So talk about what is GOING to happen and don't harp on the past with coulda, shoulda, woulda. Anything else is whining.
I said: before the space station even existed
The U.S. didn't always have space stations during the reign of the shuttle, so the answer would be no.And I wasn't arguing for or against the original idea of having a shuttle. I was merely pointing out that there is more to the shuttle's mission than you credited it.
Each shuttle mission has many facets to it other than lauching satellites. Launching a communication satellite might be the primary task of one mission, but there are dozens other experiments that were performed each shuttle mission before the space station even existed.
So to piggy back on your analogy they aren't just picking up milk. They are checking the oil and tire pressure, getting gas, buying lottery tickets, buying a newspaper, getting a pack of gum, and buying a Slurpee for the ride home. Only the milk makes the news.
And don't give me that "Statue of Liberty isn't worth crap any more" B.S. The U.S. isn't keeping people from immigrating, it just has a process that isn't being followed properly. I do mission work 2 months a year every other year, mainly in Africa. My heart has been broken many times by seeing humans and animals both brutally starved and murdered by hostile governments. Seeing that has fortified my view that there has to be order in immigration. Civilization takes generations to build, and if every poor soul that wanted a chance to better himself was allowed immediately in the U.S., there would be no civilization for them to enjoy in the future. There has to be a slow healing before there is a cure. You offer only a bandage to a mortal wound. I see the larger scale of humanity, and you see only the individual.
If it were commonplace for Mexicans (and other nationalities in question) to be here legally and people still feared them, then that is clearly xenophobia. However, there is a great proportion of foreigners who are here illegally. I would say that xenophobia exists in the U.S. because there are so many illegal aliens.
I argue that securing our border will decrease xenophobia, because that will give greater assurance that they followed the rules and will be accountable for their actions while visiting! Then if they go through the process of applying for citizenship, they will have properly earned their right to live and work in the U.S.
And if millions of people login to view cameras to watch our borders, then great! I'm looking forward to seeing the programs that people write to track the motion in the pictures and auto dial the 800 number.
As for spying, it would seem that crossing a national border is hardly a private act. If I were to be admitted into the U.K., I'd have to have my passport handy. That's a public act. Sitting on my couch in the buck and watching TV is a private act. Talking on my telephone is a private act (assuming I violate no laws and do not threaten national security). Walking into a fast food restaurant is another example of a public act.
If you have ever watched COPS, then you, by your definition, are spying on others.
I had the same argument with some of my high school classmates back in 1994. Then my dumbass teacher agreed with them. BTW I lived in Titusville, so you'd think everyone would know better.
Or maybe it was Sinclair. I was too young. At any rate, the C=64 was the first computer that I was able to use on my own. It was the portable case that had the small 6 inch screen, integrated 1541 drive and weighed 1000 lbs.
My Dad had a ZX-80 and ZX-81. It had a cassete drive and he let me play some cat and mouse game on it. This was some time in the early 80s.