I clicked on the link, and then on the "Why Bing" button. Nothing. Is it because I'm using Firefox? I can't find any way to actually search on the bing homepage.
... alone good parents will not make you powerful in a free country
That can be said about anything.
You could have great parents, be smart, energetic, well liked, and still be killed in a hit-and-run accident and left to die by the side of the road. No power for you.
It's possible to become successful (and thus powerful) by overcoming just about any non-lethal adversity, but it's much, much easier to inherit success and the power that comes with success.
That's really the biggest coldwar ideological difference between "Capitalism" and "Communism". It really had nothing to do with money or ownership. It was, "Can I leave the system?"
The US and the "Free World" for the most part let anyone leave. The Soviets and "Iron Curtain" didn't.
There's nothing wrong with VOLUNTARY capitalistic organization. So long as individuals can freely part ways, it's not abusive. Trying to lock people into it rapidly makes it evil.
It works both ways. If I and a group of my friends decide to gang up on you, it's no different from me hiring a group of thugs to gang up on you. You get a beatdown either way.
I don't think that word means what you think it means... How can total volunteerism lead to anything forced, as through fraud or the violation of rights?
Easy. I and a group of my friends, voluntarily gang up on you.
Welcome to government. Many factions fighting each other. Each sees itself as "free", but if you are truly free, you are left out.
All I know was that he was arrested, I didn't hear any followup. In DC, handguns were illegal. Besides, I don't care where you are, shoot a cop and you'll be arrested even if it was an accident. You'll be beat up in jail, then the DA will offer a deal to make it all go away. (If you survive)
Many college newspapers are independent corporate entities from the college they report on. So a multi-million dollar donation to the University would mean squat to the paper. (You've have to buy the head editor a latte or two to get that kind of pull)
When I was in CS at Purdue, there where CS grad students whose undergraduate degrees were in some unrelated field, like basket weaving, who should never have been allowed to touch a keyboard, much less pyrophoric chemicals. From the article linked to by the article. "Less than 5% of [those] who work in a lab have ever worked with t-butyl lithium," and it is unlikely, he continues, that a student would "pick this us up on the undergraduate level."
I know I made enough non-lethal mistakes in high school to take chem lab safety very seriously, but there are people who get to the grad level without doing any real hands on work with dangerous material.
Depends on the state. In Texas, it is (or was in 1988) specifically legal to shoot someone trying to steal your property after dark. The was a case like this when I lived in Austin, the the homeowner wasn't even arrested.
On the other hand, in the early 80's, there was a teacher who didn't come into school one day. He was living in Washington DC, and had reported a burglary at his house. A cop, for whatever reason, tried to climb in an open window, and the teacher shot the cop. Bad judgment all around.
So, before you pull that trigger, consult your lawyer. (:-)
That's exactly right. Try calling your state government and asking them which laws you have the follow. In some instances you'd have pay for copyrighted material to get what the law is.
I've stated this before, and people usually dismiss it saying, "Well, most of the law is specialized, I know all the law that actually applies to me", yet most people don't have a clue about copyright and what fair use is. Most people think that just about any non-commercial use is fair use.
The average citizen has about as much understanding of the law as they do about electricity. "I just flip the switch, and the light comes on. If something goes wrong, I just call someone."
Yep, that's right. For any given problem, the organization created to solve that problem would put itself out of business if the problem was actually solved.
Even if the enemy has the codes, it's too risky that a few bombs will get through, or it's the wrong code. There's no way to test it.
This is similar to the risk of buying a black market Soviet nuclear weapon. The seller gives you the codes to activate it, and runs away. Ok, do you enter those codes in?
From the seller's point of view, it's better if you and the bomb just vaporize, leaving no trail back to him. So if you use the codes he gives you, you are most likely get blown up, nuclear or otherwise. So, you need to dismantle the bomb, verify the components, and rebuild it with your own detonation circuits. It's not like the movies where you'd be able to buy a bomb, and explode it days later in New York.
Consider the alternative to having destruct codes for ICBMs. You've just nuked DC, or LA or New York. The world economy will collapse much worse than 9/11 or the housing meltdown. The country will descend into anarchy, you will be executed when they catch you. Even worse than destroying one of our own cities would be for the bird to fly to it's original destination, like Moscow. WWIII, world destruction, nuclear winter, game over.
As long as we had telemetry link on our soil and Hawaii, we be "safe" from an accidental missile launch directed at our own property. (DC or New York).
It just seems like a Bad Idea(tm) to not be able to destruct or redirect ICBMs in flight.
If you believe the Straight Dope columns, a third party has to pay for it to be legal. So get your buddy to be the producer, director and cameraman, and you can be the screenwriter and star.
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I'll bet that Model 100 boots much faster than any laptop today.
I keep several, although I don't know when they were made. I have some from a PC AT (5 pin DIN connector) and some from a PS/2 (6 pin mini-DIN)
I clicked on the link, and then on the "Why Bing" button. Nothing. Is it because I'm using Firefox? I can't find any way to actually search on the bing homepage.
Because, NOMINALLY, the government is accountable to the people and will not abuse its monopoly.
Abuse will still happen in the short run, and the people will fix things in the long run. But in the long run, we are all dead.
... alone good parents will not make you powerful in a free country
That can be said about anything.
You could have great parents, be smart, energetic, well liked, and still be killed in a hit-and-run accident and left to die by the side of the road. No power for you.
It's possible to become successful (and thus powerful) by overcoming just about any non-lethal adversity, but it's much, much easier to inherit success and the power that comes with success.
That's really the biggest coldwar ideological difference between "Capitalism" and "Communism". It really had nothing to do with money or ownership. It was, "Can I leave the system?"
The US and the "Free World" for the most part let anyone leave. The Soviets and "Iron Curtain" didn't.
There's nothing wrong with VOLUNTARY capitalistic organization. So long as individuals can freely part ways, it's not abusive. Trying to lock people into it rapidly makes it evil.
It works both ways. If I and a group of my friends decide to gang up on you, it's no different from me hiring a group of thugs to gang up on you. You get a beatdown either way.
"so in reality America is more communist than the Chinese."
Yep, That's true. Also in China there are areas that have freer trade than in the US. "Would you like a little melamine with you milk, sir?"
Sometimes it leads to collusion
I don't think that word means what you think it means... How can total volunteerism lead to anything forced, as through fraud or the violation of rights?
Easy. I and a group of my friends, voluntarily gang up on you.
Welcome to government. Many factions fighting each other. Each sees itself as "free", but if you are truly free, you are left out.
In free countries, how did the powerful become powerful? Have they done something you couldn't do?
Mostly, we picked the right parents.
So why the need to force it to happen through a government-backed monopoly?
You mean like Eminent Domain? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_Domain
The US government will take what it wants (but will give you "market value")
Totalitarian regimes will take what they want, and not give you anything.
In the end, you home is still gone.
Poll: Is there any government anywhere that can keep it's hands off your stuff?
he had never heard of a voluntary mandatory system...
That's because he's Australian. Here in the US, filing you tax forms is "Voluntary, but not optional". I swear I wish I were making this up...
Use a digital camera to take a picture of the ground-glass screen before you put the photographic plate in. (Under the black hood)
"God does not play dice with the Universe"
- Albert Einstein
"Albert, stop telling God what He can do."
- Neils Bohr
"God not only plays dice. He sometimes throws them where they can't be seen."
- Stephen Hawking
All I know was that he was arrested, I didn't hear any followup. In DC, handguns were illegal. Besides, I don't care where you are, shoot a cop and you'll be arrested even if it was an accident. You'll be beat up in jail, then the DA will offer a deal to make it all go away. (If you survive)
In some Native American cultures, you have one name before you are an adult, and another after.
Name your kid "John Smith" while in College, and legally change his name to something unique right before graduation.
Many college newspapers are independent corporate entities from the college they report on. So a multi-million dollar donation to the University would mean squat to the paper. (You've have to buy the head editor a latte or two to get that kind of pull)
When I was in CS at Purdue, there where CS grad students whose undergraduate degrees were in some unrelated field, like basket weaving, who should never have been allowed to touch a keyboard, much less pyrophoric chemicals. From the article linked to by the article. "Less than 5% of [those] who work in a lab have ever worked with t-butyl lithium," and it is unlikely, he continues, that a student would "pick this us up on the undergraduate level."
I know I made enough non-lethal mistakes in high school to take chem lab safety very seriously, but there are people who get to the grad level without doing any real hands on work with dangerous material.
White is for Weddings, Black is for Funerals, and Green is for Grass that Grows on the Ground.
Depends on the state. In Texas, it is (or was in 1988) specifically legal to shoot someone trying to steal your property after dark. The was a case like this when I lived in Austin, the the homeowner wasn't even arrested.
On the other hand, in the early 80's, there was a teacher who didn't come into school one day. He was living in Washington DC, and had reported a burglary at his house. A cop, for whatever reason, tried to climb in an open window, and the teacher shot the cop. Bad judgment all around.
So, before you pull that trigger, consult your lawyer. (:-)
That's exactly right. Try calling your state government and asking them which laws you have the follow. In some instances you'd have pay for copyrighted material to get what the law is.
I've stated this before, and people usually dismiss it saying, "Well, most of the law is specialized, I know all the law that actually applies to me", yet most people don't have a clue about copyright and what fair use is. Most people think that just about any non-commercial use is fair use.
The average citizen has about as much understanding of the law as they do about electricity. "I just flip the switch, and the light comes on. If something goes wrong, I just call someone."
Yep, that's right. For any given problem, the organization created to solve that problem would put itself out of business if the problem was actually solved.
Even if the enemy has the codes, it's too risky that a few bombs will get through, or it's the wrong code. There's no way to test it.
This is similar to the risk of buying a black market Soviet nuclear weapon. The seller gives you the codes to activate it, and runs away. Ok, do you enter those codes in?
From the seller's point of view, it's better if you and the bomb just vaporize, leaving no trail back to him. So if you use the codes he gives you, you are most likely get blown up, nuclear or otherwise. So, you need to dismantle the bomb, verify the components, and rebuild it with your own detonation circuits. It's not like the movies where you'd be able to buy a bomb, and explode it days later in New York.
Consider the alternative to having destruct codes for ICBMs. You've just nuked DC, or LA or New York. The world economy will collapse much worse than 9/11 or the housing meltdown. The country will descend into anarchy, you will be executed when they catch you. Even worse than destroying one of our own cities would be for the bird to fly to it's original destination, like Moscow. WWIII, world destruction, nuclear winter, game over.
As long as we had telemetry link on our soil and Hawaii, we be "safe" from an accidental missile launch directed at our own property. (DC or New York).
It just seems like a Bad Idea(tm) to not be able to destruct or redirect ICBMs in flight.
If you believe the Straight Dope columns, a third party has to pay for it to be legal. So get your buddy to be the producer, director and cameraman, and you can be the screenwriter and star.