In that case, it's being forced to buy milk full of growth hormones. Or genetically modified foods. All brought to you without proper labeling. But you're right. Most people don't care, as long as it's convenient.
Well, when I'm at a bar, the bartender usually keeps on bringing me more beer when he sees my glass is almost empty until I say "when". I call it "opt out". The system works.
We accept this from almost every industry. Automobiles, appliances, internet services, telephone service, cell phone services(pay to receive calls? You all are nuts to swallow that), and most of all your government. Everybody complains like hell, but they keep on buying the BS.
It was pretty clear from the start that the machine is substandard. Looks like a few mods got burned and are taking it out on me. I would like to run OS X on a Dell with 64GB of RAM though. That would mean something. But it would be "against god's will" or some such garbage.
Our horrible mismanagement and wastefulness would make it appear that way. We're like most natural things and only about 20% efficient. We've hardly begun to scratch the surface of our great wealth and abundance. And we can do it all without choking and poisoning ourselves. Yes, since we do live like savage animals now, so I do recognize a need for control. How to do it without causing harm is still a mystery, but evolution will save the day if we let it happen. In the grand scheme we are but newborns who have just now become able to recognize ourselves in the mirror. For now, run for the hills! Plant some avocado and orange trees, habaneros, and corn for tortillas, and you'll never be happier.
That would seem to be the best way to "regulate" them. In a genuine free market, where newcomers could spring up overnight, the effect would be immediate. In the present system of protected monopolies, as demonstrated in the entertainment industry, it's another story.
It would, if it wasn't for that small issue of line of sight. It's fairly difficult to get those frequencies to pass through the planet, or bounce off the ionosphere. Besides, I would like to keep my electric bill to a reasonable level.
I sincerely hope you are right. But it just makes me wonder if that's not another reason the military is lowering its recruitment standards by allowing more criminals in. Small numbers for sure, but getting bigger. It might be easier to get those types to blindly follow any orders.
By not taking action new, we're condemning a lot MORE people to suffer in the future.
Or we could reduce the suffering by becoming civilized, and properly managing our resources. There's plenty for all and many more. At the same time, we do have to learn to let go. As it turns out, life is indeed eternal.
How do you want to do it? War? Famine? Disease? Drought?
You forgot Soylent Green.
MUm, er...excuse me, um, are you... are you suggesting we should eat my mother? Yeah. Not raw, not raw. We cook her. She'd be delicious with a few french fries, a bit of broccoli and stuffing. Delicious! (smacks his lips) What! Well, actually, I do feel a bit peckish - NO! No, I can't! Look, we'll eat your mum. Then, if you feel a bit guilty about it afterwards, we can dig a grave and you can throw up into it. All right.
To add to that, anyone who argues about the successes of the Vietnamese and Iraqi insurgence completely fail to understand that the government is fighting a limited war for the sake of PR. If it wasn't for the cameras and an "obnoxious" press, they would go for all out genocide as the only possible way to really win. The 2nd amendment might protect you from Sheriff Lobo or Mexican banditos, but the Feds will steamroll right over you.
Just wait till something like this happens with Microsoft's upcoming subscription model for Office, and you get locked out of your documents. Fun times ahead. Be sure to save in ODF...
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Yeah well, trick is to do it without getting a headache. And starting flamewars is how you gets hits. A very effective marketing technique.
...newer breed of cow...
In that case, it's being forced to buy milk full of growth hormones. Or genetically modified foods. All brought to you without proper labeling. But you're right. Most people don't care, as long as it's convenient.
Well, when I'm at a bar, the bartender usually keeps on bringing me more beer when he sees my glass is almost empty until I say "when". I call it "opt out". The system works.
Isn't that a felony?
Well, if you would stop driving on a road covered with nails, you wouldn't have so many blowouts.
We accept this from almost every industry. Automobiles, appliances, internet services, telephone service, cell phone services(pay to receive calls? You all are nuts to swallow that), and most of all your government. Everybody complains like hell, but they keep on buying the BS.
Dweezil?
It was pretty clear from the start that the machine is substandard. Looks like a few mods got burned and are taking it out on me. I would like to run OS X on a Dell with 64GB of RAM though. That would mean something. But it would be "against god's will" or some such garbage.
I don't consider the people who bought these things to be the brightest bulbs in the world.
Hey, wanna buy a watch? It's a genuine ROMEX
Well, for one, most of us would be using these, and IBM would be doing at least well as they already are.
A really huge Big Wheel Trike. Use two small dishes for the back wheels.
Or speaker frames for a boom box sub woofer?
I guess some people still believe the earth is flat. I know a few myself.
Still using XP?
Guess they should have kept the reactor running.
Our horrible mismanagement and wastefulness would make it appear that way. We're like most natural things and only about 20% efficient. We've hardly begun to scratch the surface of our great wealth and abundance. And we can do it all without choking and poisoning ourselves. Yes, since we do live like savage animals now, so I do recognize a need for control. How to do it without causing harm is still a mystery, but evolution will save the day if we let it happen. In the grand scheme we are but newborns who have just now become able to recognize ourselves in the mirror. For now, run for the hills! Plant some avocado and orange trees, habaneros, and corn for tortillas, and you'll never be happier.
That would seem to be the best way to "regulate" them. In a genuine free market, where newcomers could spring up overnight, the effect would be immediate. In the present system of protected monopolies, as demonstrated in the entertainment industry, it's another story.
Wasn't the firehose supposed to deal with this? Must be a leak...
This sounds suspiciously like some kind of P2P thing. I think it should be outlawed :\
It would, if it wasn't for that small issue of line of sight. It's fairly difficult to get those frequencies to pass through the planet, or bounce off the ionosphere. Besides, I would like to keep my electric bill to a reasonable level.
I sincerely hope you are right. But it just makes me wonder if that's not another reason the military is lowering its recruitment standards by allowing more criminals in. Small numbers for sure, but getting bigger. It might be easier to get those types to blindly follow any orders.
By not taking action new, we're condemning a lot MORE people to suffer in the future.
Or we could reduce the suffering by becoming civilized, and properly managing our resources. There's plenty for all and many more. At the same time, we do have to learn to let go. As it turns out, life is indeed eternal.
How do you want to do it? War? Famine? Disease? Drought?
You forgot Soylent Green.
MUm, er...excuse me, um, are you... are you suggesting we should eat my mother?
Yeah. Not raw, not raw. We cook her. She'd be delicious with a few french fries, a bit of broccoli and stuffing. Delicious! (smacks his lips)
What! Well, actually, I do feel a bit peckish - NO! No, I can't!
Look, we'll eat your mum. Then, if you feel a bit guilty about it afterwards, we can dig a grave and you can throw up into it.
All right.
To add to that, anyone who argues about the successes of the Vietnamese and Iraqi insurgence completely fail to understand that the government is fighting a limited war for the sake of PR. If it wasn't for the cameras and an "obnoxious" press, they would go for all out genocide as the only possible way to really win. The 2nd amendment might protect you from Sheriff Lobo or Mexican banditos, but the Feds will steamroll right over you.
The party member is the pervert who drives up and says, "Hey kid, if you touch me right *here*, I'll give you a piece of candy."
The populace is the kid who says, "If I give you a blow job, can I have the whole box?"
Just wait till something like this happens with Microsoft's upcoming subscription model for Office, and you get locked out of your documents. Fun times ahead. Be sure to save in ODF...
*sigh* Another gag lost in space...