Plain view sounds to me like you can see it without the effort of opening things/moving things. I would call the TV Guide on top of my coffee table in plain view. I would not call the ethernet wiring thru my house in plain view (assuming its in the walls).
At any rate, (1) Glock 19 pistol and 'anything computer related' are different ends of the spectrum. And the easy with which this warrent wsa granted is frightening.
I'd say everyone working on Wall Street doesn't produce anything directly.
As far as the little peons that can invest. I'd say thats a very bad idea. These day traders are losing far more then they are winning. Might as well throw your money out the window, or go gambling:) A mutual fund is not a bad idea, but trying to play the game? They simply don't have the time and experince necessary to do it well enough to gain more then they are losing. Most of these investers never see their little piece of the pie; they just lose money.
The dotcoms shouldn't have even appeared in the market. I thik that was due to some geeks thinking they knew a company no one else did and watned to get in on it. Now they've probably lost the money.
Well, there you go, the problem is you're living in OH!:) I did not know that. Well thats something to talk to your state about then.
As far as the electoral college goes. I dont think we should ever get rid of it. It is supposed to be the buffer between all the stupid people and policy makers. yes everyone would love to abolish income tax, but you know what, things would get pretty bad if we did.
Now, does the college need to be cleaned up? Perhaps. I'm sure corruptin has spread there too, but abolished? And leave our fate to the mass of idiots that surround (and greatly outnumber) us? No thank you!
PS - please do not confuse intellignce and wisdom. People may know more 'stuff', but that doesn't mean they can apply it wisely.
Ya, with the internet and the relatation of laws. The people doing the margin buying were middle or possiblly lower class people. Why would people with alot of money already need to borrow to buy stock? From my understanding of it, 'credit' was a relitivly new thing, and people bought alot on credit, including stocks. So your average joe was buying stocks on margin, and of course there was a little dip, and all the average joes got scared (as well asl the wealthy)...but by the time your average joe got worried, the wealthy had already pulled out.
I'm having a hard time understanding where you are going with your post. The violence that goes along with drugs? I think that would be the violence created b/c the drug supply buisness is illegal. I've never heard on the news 'so and so went on a crack indused killing spree today.' I'll grant you i've heard of people ODing on stuff, but that is hardly violence. OTOH i have heard on the news 'shootout over a drug deal gone bad.' Thats the violence caused by making drugs illegal.
It is a shame that people OD on drugs and die, but ya know what, that doesn't really matter at all. I think that all drugs should be legalized, but i also think education in the schools should be continued. That way people have an educatec choice. If they know something builds up in their spinal cord and chooose to do it anyway, well, thats their choice.
Now, should anyone pay for that mistake (except the person making it, of course). No. Take seat belt laws for instance. Its basically a way for the state police to make money. Everyone knows they are at greater risk of being seriously hurt in an accident if they don't ware one. Now, if someone not wearing one got into an accident their insurance should be able to refuse payment of any medical bills. You know the risks, you take the chance, and if you fuck up, you take the fall.
AS far as your concern about gangs and kids smoking. Well i think you must be smoking something if you think gangs are a lesser issue then smoking. A kid smoking can quit, and even if he doesn't for the most part only hurts himself. A kid in a gang is usually involved in robbery or worse, murder. Why you're not as worried about that is beyond me. Besides, most of the kids that smoke to try drugs or drink under age do it simply b/c it IS illegal. Teen drinking is not the problem in Germany or France that it is here, b/c its nothing special there. here its illegal, and breaking the rules and being a 'rebel' is pretty damn cool to kids. Thats why we have so many kids smoking.
About your note. 'Non-harmful/non-addictive' drugs are really not that harmless at all. It seems to me that a chemical made in a test tube and has a name that is 40 characters long couldn't be that good ot put into your body. Our bodies were designed to work in the natural world with natural things. Any drug used for medical purposes should probably be only used as a last resort. Besides there are plenty of legal drugs that are addictive. Sleep aids being the most commonly abused.
Again, if we legalized it, the artifical scarcity would disapper, and the price would drop. It would be alot cheaper, and people won't go to that extreme to do it.
Probably the best thing to do would be legalize all the drugs. Laws forbidding them just create an artifical scarcity, which drives up price, and since its illegel, the dealers of course have a lot of fire power. Eliminate the laws, and the price will drop, and the dealers would have no need for guns. Crazy? Probably not, just look at prohibition.
If you want to see the hostnames of all systems under yankees.com
Portscanning is not illegal either, nor is noticing vulnerabilities. If i looked around a house, and noted which doors and windows were opened would i be guilty of a crime? Is that enough by itself to even suspect me? No.
I reguarlly portscan machines. Why? B/c an ip i don't know trying to connect to a service i may or may not offer. I know all the ips of people that have a legit reason to connect. I also like to learn about just what is out there on the net besides web sites.
Which is why i believe it was purposfuly made harder for ordanary people to trade (day traders). Those curbs were put up just after the great depression to prevent another crash by people not knowing what they are doing losing alot of money, nad of paniccing, believing fud, etc. They corrected a mistake which caused the great depression. Why they would want to risk it again is beyond me. no one seems to learn from the past...
No, the market only makes rich peopl richer. Most of the new traders are in the upper middle class; they really don't need to advance like people futher down do.
Police are supposed to have warrents for SPECIFIC things. A warrent doesn't give them the right to search for anything and everything that might be illegal. As far as letting them in for any reason; well thast stupid, they should only be let in if they have a warrent. Otherwise they have no buisness being there.
I don't understand why i should allow someone to go over my things with a fine tooth comb if i haven't done anything wrong. Invasion of privacy is not a nice feeling to endure. Just b/c i want to keep my private stuff private does not mean i'm guilty of anything. If the warrent were not there, we'd have random searchs for no reason. So why is it wrong to invoke a defense against things like that? All you're saying when you want themt o have a warrent is 'you had better have a good reason for seaching me.' And i don't see anything wrong with that.
Well, i didn't find out until too late that therew as only one. And being out of state for college kinda rules that out for me. Besides, i wouldn't get elected, i would try to actually fix things, and that would only piss people off:)
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Plain view sounds to me like you can see it without the effort of opening things/moving things. I would call the TV Guide on top of my coffee table in plain view. I would not call the ethernet wiring thru my house in plain view (assuming its in the walls).
At any rate, (1) Glock 19 pistol and 'anything computer related' are different ends of the spectrum. And the easy with which this warrent wsa granted is frightening.
I'd say everyone working on Wall Street doesn't produce anything directly.
:) A mutual fund is not a bad idea, but trying to play the game? They simply don't have the time and experince necessary to do it well enough to gain more then they are losing. Most of these investers never see their little piece of the pie; they just lose money.
As far as the little peons that can invest. I'd say thats a very bad idea. These day traders are losing far more then they are winning. Might as well throw your money out the window, or go gambling
The dotcoms shouldn't have even appeared in the market. I thik that was due to some geeks thinking they knew a company no one else did and watned to get in on it. Now they've probably lost the money.
Well, there you go, the problem is you're living in OH! :) I did not know that. Well thats something to talk to your state about then.
As far as the electoral college goes. I dont think we should ever get rid of it. It is supposed to be the buffer between all the stupid people and policy makers. yes everyone would love to abolish income tax, but you know what, things would get pretty bad if we did.
Now, does the college need to be cleaned up? Perhaps. I'm sure corruptin has spread there too, but abolished? And leave our fate to the mass of idiots that surround (and greatly outnumber) us? No thank you!
PS - please do not confuse intellignce and wisdom. People may know more 'stuff', but that doesn't mean they can apply it wisely.
Ya, with the internet and the relatation of laws. The people doing the margin buying were middle or possiblly lower class people. Why would people with alot of money already need to borrow to buy stock? From my understanding of it, 'credit' was a relitivly new thing, and people bought alot on credit, including stocks. So your average joe was buying stocks on margin, and of course there was a little dip, and all the average joes got scared (as well asl the wealthy)...but by the time your average joe got worried, the wealthy had already pulled out.
I'm having a hard time understanding where you are going with your post. The violence that goes along with drugs? I think that would be the violence created b/c the drug supply buisness is illegal. I've never heard on the news 'so and so went on a crack indused killing spree today.' I'll grant you i've heard of people ODing on stuff, but that is hardly violence. OTOH i have heard on the news 'shootout over a drug deal gone bad.' Thats the violence caused by making drugs illegal.
It is a shame that people OD on drugs and die, but ya know what, that doesn't really matter at all. I think that all drugs should be legalized, but i also think education in the schools should be continued. That way people have an educatec choice. If they know something builds up in their spinal cord and chooose to do it anyway, well, thats their choice.
Now, should anyone pay for that mistake (except the person making it, of course). No. Take seat belt laws for instance. Its basically a way for the state police to make money. Everyone knows they are at greater risk of being seriously hurt in an accident if they don't ware one. Now, if someone not wearing one got into an accident their insurance should be able to refuse payment of any medical bills. You know the risks, you take the chance, and if you fuck up, you take the fall.
AS far as your concern about gangs and kids smoking. Well i think you must be smoking something if you think gangs are a lesser issue then smoking. A kid smoking can quit, and even if he doesn't for the most part only hurts himself. A kid in a gang is usually involved in robbery or worse, murder. Why you're not as worried about that is beyond me. Besides, most of the kids that smoke to try drugs or drink under age do it simply b/c it IS illegal. Teen drinking is not the problem in Germany or France that it is here, b/c its nothing special there. here its illegal, and breaking the rules and being a 'rebel' is pretty damn cool to kids. Thats why we have so many kids smoking.
About your note. 'Non-harmful/non-addictive' drugs are really not that harmless at all. It seems to me that a chemical made in a test tube and has a name that is 40 characters long couldn't be that good ot put into your body. Our bodies were designed to work in the natural world with natural things. Any drug used for medical purposes should probably be only used as a last resort. Besides there are plenty of legal drugs that are addictive. Sleep aids being the most commonly abused.
well that would be a pretty large assumption. Does anyone have stats comparing on equal terms (eg, per 100,000 people)?
Thats a very interesting idea..i like it.
Again, if we legalized it, the artifical scarcity would disapper, and the price would drop. It would be alot cheaper, and people won't go to that extreme to do it.
However, we still have a high rate compared to the rest of the world.
How does our population compare to the rest of the world?
Probably the best thing to do would be legalize all the drugs. Laws forbidding them just create an artifical scarcity, which drives up price, and since its illegel, the dealers of course have a lot of fire power. Eliminate the laws, and the price will drop, and the dealers would have no need for guns. Crazy? Probably not, just look at prohibition.
If elected supreme dictator i would take care of it for sure. :)
Nothing, i won't be using napster once they try to assess a charge.
Oh, so just b/c i'm the first thing they see, i'm under heavy suspection. How about investing the crime scene first, and see if that would lead to me?
If you want to see the hostnames of all systems under yankees.com
Portscanning is not illegal either, nor is noticing vulnerabilities. If i looked around a house, and noted which doors and windows were opened would i be guilty of a crime? Is that enough by itself to even suspect me? No.
I reguarlly portscan machines. Why? B/c an ip i don't know trying to connect to a service i may or may not offer. I know all the ips of people that have a legit reason to connect. I also like to learn about just what is out there on the net besides web sites.
By your definition, there is absolutely no way to make money.
Not true, you could get off your ass and get a real job.
Which is why i believe it was purposfuly made harder for ordanary people to trade (day traders). Those curbs were put up just after the great depression to prevent another crash by people not knowing what they are doing losing alot of money, nad of paniccing, believing fud, etc. They corrected a mistake which caused the great depression. Why they would want to risk it again is beyond me. no one seems to learn from the past...
Food and clothing are already tax excempt. Notice that candy does not count as food.
But that person himself is NOT producing anything.
No, the market only makes rich peopl richer. Most of the new traders are in the upper middle class; they really don't need to advance like people futher down do.
Police are supposed to have warrents for SPECIFIC things. A warrent doesn't give them the right to search for anything and everything that might be illegal. As far as letting them in for any reason; well thast stupid, they should only be let in if they have a warrent. Otherwise they have no buisness being there.
Opps, i meant guilty until proven innocent. Doh.
Anyway.
I don't understand why i should allow someone to go over my things with a fine tooth comb if i haven't done anything wrong. Invasion of privacy is not a nice feeling to endure. Just b/c i want to keep my private stuff private does not mean i'm guilty of anything. If the warrent were not there, we'd have random searchs for no reason. So why is it wrong to invoke a defense against things like that? All you're saying when you want themt o have a warrent is 'you had better have a good reason for seaching me.' And i don't see anything wrong with that.
But then to confiscate stuff on me? No i don't think thats the right way to proceed. This guilty until proven innocent needs to stop.
How nice of the police to make it wrong to help someone...this is why i tend to think they do more harm then good.
Well, i didn't find out until too late that therew as only one. And being out of state for college kinda rules that out for me. Besides, i wouldn't get elected, i would try to actually fix things, and that would only piss people off :)