Why would you want to build a vehicle with 40+ year old technology?
Oh, I don't know... Because it works? Everything presently flying is 50 year old technology. Even the shuttle is just a complex bottle rocket. And worst of all we still have to burn kerosene. Even the scram jet will burn it in some form. Our knowledge of propulsion and natural forces is extremely limited and progress is very slow. It that department, very little has changed over 100 years. That problem is more due to politics than anything else. Moving fast is nice, But personally I'm more interested in finding alternatives in the area of power plants for the vehicle where progress has been next to nil. That sure isn't coming "sooner than expected". I'd call it way overdue.
Instead of getting bored, they should be getting pissed. They are throwing away an opportunity to overcome a great challenge. Later, they'll be raising their families and not care about such silliness anymore, and of course keep reelecting the same politicians who brought all this upon them because they were promised "foreclosure relief" or victory in Iraq, or they'll either ban or mandate gay marriage, drugs, flag burning, bla bla bla. And the next generation will say something naughty...*sigh* Now I'm bored.
if you punish them with tasers, right? That's how we treat humans anyway. It would be kinda nice if people were rewarded for being good instead. But punishment is a turn-on for authority figures. And it's cheaper. It's that power! Oh yeah!
We get tell the spelling/grammar nazis to go away. Anyway, it also sounds like there could have some relation to Alzheimer's. Of course I'm no geneticist, but it seems to me there would no single gene that control just one single function. Kinda like killing a butterfly in Australia will cause a hurricane in Florida. Too many unknowns. Fixing this gene might help your memory, but it might also make you grow three eyes on your butt. Now there's a lovely thought.
This is a guy who voted for the patriot act (twice!) AND the Iraq war. I don't consider him to be a real lover of freedom. Sounds like political expediency to me.
Only bit I'm unsure of is what criteria to have for the legislative draft...
Word of mouth should be adequate. I don't advertise my services, so I depend on it. Got more work than I can handle sometimes. Heh, Maybe because I'm so cheap.
...we don't want to draft just any mutant for the job.
:-) That's precisely what today's system is handing us. Some of these people are downright scary looking, and I'll place bets that most of them are perverts on a power trip. But apparently that's the way we like it, being virtually effortless and all on our part. Everybody's convinced that the only people available are the ones they see on the TV. I wouldn't trust them to walk my dog (if I had one).
I can say, though that we get what we have because we are at war with each other. You got real freedom lovers that comprise a tiny minority of less than one percent up against a bunch of authoritarian dopes who want to have everyone locked up for spitting on the sidewalk. And we can divide them up as your "liberal" authoritarians fighting the "conservative" ones (not really fighting, that's just show. Well, the people are, but not the politicos.), and both of those sub-groups most assuredly are downright fascist who are in the game strictly for the money and the bennies we are so willing to toss their way. My point is that "we have found the enemy..." We should be keeping them under the Sword of...oh, what's guy's name...damn, hang on a second...Damocles, yeah, that's it. Heh, good ol' wiki. It's an encyclopedia AND a spell checker.
I fully understand what you're getting at, but the burden is on us to seek out the alternatives, not for them to have to spend millions to scream in our ears to get our attention. It is for us to find the quiet, honest ones who don't necessarily really want the job, but would take it as a sense of community service instead of a self enriching career. We must make it clear that we put them there to be our servants, not our masters. I'm all for creating a "draft" of sorts to make serving in the legislature a prerequisite for some occupations, like a lawyer for instance. Kind of like an internship. Make them climb the ladder, first as an aid, then work your way up. If you can win two terms, then you can qualify to take the bar exam. This would also make the idea of term limits a good idea. The US is effectively under a single ruling party now, and term limits do nothing to correct that problem. Mexico is prime example of that. Either way, I don't, and I shouldn't expect them to fix what is essentially our problem.
They take advantage of the gullible nature of most people.
Nothing really new about that. Tried and true it is in everything from politics to advertising. They're the same kind of people. You gotta use what works. In fact right now they're trying to convince us that some guy Osama was behind the the WTC attack. And check it out. All those gullible people still believe it. Conspiracy theory is big business. And very profitable indeed.
Seeing how we elected democrats to fix the problem and they gave us this shit.
Democrats aren't the only alternative, you know. In fact they are not an alternative at all. They're part of the party in power, just seen from another point of view. We're still not exercising our rights effectively. There's no reason to start shooting until the ones voted out refuse to leave office.
The past 7 years have shown us that the first two are failures.
The failure is our cross to bear. If we vote them out and they don't leave peacefully, then we have an issue. Until then we can only blame ourselves. You must be pretty young to believe that this has only been going on for seven years. Bush may be the worst of the bunch, but we have done nothing to put him out at night like the dog. And you are about to elect more of the same. Despite what your gallup polls tell you, the folks in DC will come out with at least a 90% approval rating on election day. Your democracy is working as good as you want it to. The system works.
The Digital Freedom Campaign, backed by the EFF, Public Knowledge, and the Consumer Electronics Association, was more muted in its criticism, instead choosing to praise the legislation for launching a "conversation" about copyright reform.
I would hope if anybody was, these people would raising Holy Hell. GAD! Even they are turning into marshmallows. Oh yes, let's have a "conversation"...while the cops are busting down your doors. Jeeze! They becoming as spineless as the "opposition" who promised to end the war. Goddammit! Stand up, you bastards! That's what I give you money for! Otherwise, that's the last dime you'll see from me. If this is reform, then I'm the Queen of England. Oh wait. That would be Elton John.
...I'd much rather have someone who lets the citizens decide for themselves what they want to do with their own money.
They have decided. And you are living in the result. If the citizens want change, they will vote for it. But considering their voting record over the last 40 years, there isn't much hope. The changes most of them want are for the worse. More war, more prisons, more rogues in office and on the beat, anything that will bring home the bacon. The future doesn't look too bright. The decline will continue, and most likely will accelerate. Oh well. As they say in Vegas, "Good luck".
Besides, I'll bet the federal courts strike this law down as being unconstitutional.
And, for some reason you think that will stop them? It's just a goddamn piece of toilet paper to the politicians you elect, and apparently to the people that vote for them. Your money is not backed up by gold (not that it means anything), and much worse, your constitution is not backed up by guns. Quite the opposite now. And these people will be re-elected, further convincing them they have a mandate. Okay well maybe some of the republicans do. If you know what I mean. Do the world a favor. Keep your damn cops on your side of the border. In fact you should be locking many of them up in prison! You people are creating hell on earth. So nice to see you have your priorities in place. You are out of control. I sure wish I had a way of protecting myself. Merely shooting back won't work. We need something a bit more permanent. Have a little respect, and keep your hands to yourself.
...And all of you outside the US have a common enemy. You need to quit fighting each other and put up some feeble effort to stop this kind of crap. BAH! it's hopeless. May as well face it, we're fucked. You're creating a prison planet. Thanks everybody!
(infringing content) Welcome to my nightmare I think you're gonna like it I think you're gonna feel that you belong We sweat laugh and scream here 'cuz life is just a dream here You know inside you feel right at home here Welcome to my nightmare Welcome to my breakdown (/infringing content)
Food and shelter did come mind. But even those only have value to certain species that need them to survive. So I do place higher value on those things than gold. A tree doesn't need shelter. And it only can grow where nutrients and and other conditions are right. But we're talking about a means of exchange. You have something that someone else wants and you make a mutually beneficial exchange. The value is decided by the parties involved. I have no gold, so to me it has no value. If I was a trader or speculator, the story would be different. But for now, it's neither convenient or necessary for my survival. It only becomes valuable if somebody wants to pay more than I did for it. That makes it a matter of speculation. I only care about how many kilos of tortillas or beans or avocados my paper can buy me. Unfortunately those things are decided by the commodity trading wolves on Wall Street and not the farmer that produces them. They are the ones who bring gold into the picture. If I have a ton of gold that I can't sell, then what good is it? I'll take the food.
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Why would you want to build a vehicle with 40+ year old technology?
Oh, I don't know... Because it works? Everything presently flying is 50 year old technology. Even the shuttle is just a complex bottle rocket. And worst of all we still have to burn kerosene. Even the scram jet will burn it in some form. Our knowledge of propulsion and natural forces is extremely limited and progress is very slow. It that department, very little has changed over 100 years. That problem is more due to politics than anything else. Moving fast is nice, But personally I'm more interested in finding alternatives in the area of power plants for the vehicle where progress has been next to nil. That sure isn't coming "sooner than expected". I'd call it way overdue.
Damn kid's been doin' 900s since '99
It has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Instead of getting bored, they should be getting pissed. They are throwing away an opportunity to overcome a great challenge. Later, they'll be raising their families and not care about such silliness anymore, and of course keep reelecting the same politicians who brought all this upon them because they were promised "foreclosure relief" or victory in Iraq, or they'll either ban or mandate gay marriage, drugs, flag burning, bla bla bla. And the next generation will say something naughty...*sigh* Now I'm bored.
if you punish them with tasers, right? That's how we treat humans anyway. It would be kinda nice if people were rewarded for being good instead. But punishment is a turn-on for authority figures. And it's cheaper. It's that power! Oh yeah!
Goodbye, Mr. Anderton
...many former clients of spammers "move on".
That spamming is reduced when they have fewer clients?! Who'da thunk? Betcha nobody expected that.
I already have have drugs delivered to my door. That's good enough for me. Can we call these things "narcorobots"?
We get tell the spelling/grammar nazis to go away. Anyway, it also sounds like there could have some relation to Alzheimer's. Of course I'm no geneticist, but it seems to me there would no single gene that control just one single function. Kinda like killing a butterfly in Australia will cause a hurricane in Florida. Too many unknowns. Fixing this gene might help your memory, but it might also make you grow three eyes on your butt. Now there's a lovely thought.
Some might tell you there's too few R2 receptors.
This is a guy who voted for the patriot act (twice!) AND the Iraq war. I don't consider him to be a real lover of freedom. Sounds like political expediency to me.
Only bit I'm unsure of is what criteria to have for the legislative draft...
...we don't want to draft just any mutant for the job.
:-) That's precisely what today's system is handing us. Some of these people are downright scary looking, and I'll place bets that most of them are perverts on a power trip. But apparently that's the way we like it, being virtually effortless and all on our part. Everybody's convinced that the only people available are the ones they see on the TV. I wouldn't trust them to walk my dog (if I had one).
Word of mouth should be adequate. I don't advertise my services, so I depend on it. Got more work than I can handle sometimes. Heh, Maybe because I'm so cheap.
I can say, though that we get what we have because we are at war with each other. You got real freedom lovers that comprise a tiny minority of less than one percent up against a bunch of authoritarian dopes who want to have everyone locked up for spitting on the sidewalk. And we can divide them up as your "liberal" authoritarians fighting the "conservative" ones (not really fighting, that's just show. Well, the people are, but not the politicos.), and both of those sub-groups most assuredly are downright fascist who are in the game strictly for the money and the bennies we are so willing to toss their way. My point is that "we have found the enemy..." We should be keeping them under the Sword of...oh, what's guy's name...damn, hang on a second...Damocles, yeah, that's it. Heh, good ol' wiki. It's an encyclopedia AND a spell checker.
Chaaa! by its very definition. Why would anybody expect anything else?
I fully understand what you're getting at, but the burden is on us to seek out the alternatives, not for them to have to spend millions to scream in our ears to get our attention. It is for us to find the quiet, honest ones who don't necessarily really want the job, but would take it as a sense of community service instead of a self enriching career. We must make it clear that we put them there to be our servants, not our masters. I'm all for creating a "draft" of sorts to make serving in the legislature a prerequisite for some occupations, like a lawyer for instance. Kind of like an internship. Make them climb the ladder, first as an aid, then work your way up. If you can win two terms, then you can qualify to take the bar exam. This would also make the idea of term limits a good idea. The US is effectively under a single ruling party now, and term limits do nothing to correct that problem. Mexico is prime example of that. Either way, I don't, and I shouldn't expect them to fix what is essentially our problem.
They take advantage of the gullible nature of most people.
Nothing really new about that. Tried and true it is in everything from politics to advertising. They're the same kind of people. You gotta use what works. In fact right now they're trying to convince us that some guy Osama was behind the the WTC attack. And check it out. All those gullible people still believe it. Conspiracy theory is big business. And very profitable indeed.
Problem is that if you don't buy these goods, the government will regard that and all unspent money as taxable income.
Um, It's not like the perfect system...
It's like the perfect, straight up system that you have in the States. Nobody expects election fraud there. Even now. Bush won, fair and square ~
Seeing how we elected democrats to fix the problem and they gave us this shit.
Democrats aren't the only alternative, you know. In fact they are not an alternative at all. They're part of the party in power, just seen from another point of view. We're still not exercising our rights effectively. There's no reason to start shooting until the ones voted out refuse to leave office.
The past 7 years have shown us that the first two are failures.
The failure is our cross to bear. If we vote them out and they don't leave peacefully, then we have an issue. Until then we can only blame ourselves. You must be pretty young to believe that this has only been going on for seven years. Bush may be the worst of the bunch, but we have done nothing to put him out at night like the dog. And you are about to elect more of the same. Despite what your gallup polls tell you, the folks in DC will come out with at least a 90% approval rating on election day. Your democracy is working as good as you want it to. The system works.
The Digital Freedom Campaign, backed by the EFF, Public Knowledge, and the Consumer Electronics Association, was more muted in its criticism, instead choosing to praise the legislation for launching a "conversation" about copyright reform.
I would hope if anybody was, these people would raising Holy Hell. GAD! Even they are turning into marshmallows. Oh yes, let's have a "conversation"...while the cops are busting down your doors. Jeeze! They becoming as spineless as the "opposition" who promised to end the war. Goddammit! Stand up, you bastards! That's what I give you money for! Otherwise, that's the last dime you'll see from me. If this is reform, then I'm the Queen of England. Oh wait. That would be Elton John.
...I'd much rather have someone who lets the citizens decide for themselves what they want to do with their own money.
They have decided. And you are living in the result. If the citizens want change, they will vote for it. But considering their voting record over the last 40 years, there isn't much hope. The changes most of them want are for the worse. More war, more prisons, more rogues in office and on the beat, anything that will bring home the bacon. The future doesn't look too bright. The decline will continue, and most likely will accelerate. Oh well. As they say in Vegas, "Good luck".
Besides, I'll bet the federal courts strike this law down as being unconstitutional.
And, for some reason you think that will stop them? It's just a goddamn piece of toilet paper to the politicians you elect, and apparently to the people that vote for them. Your money is not backed up by gold (not that it means anything), and much worse, your constitution is not backed up by guns. Quite the opposite now. And these people will be re-elected, further convincing them they have a mandate. Okay well maybe some of the republicans do. If you know what I mean. Do the world a favor. Keep your damn cops on your side of the border. In fact you should be locking many of them up in prison! You people are creating hell on earth. So nice to see you have your priorities in place. You are out of control. I sure wish I had a way of protecting myself. Merely shooting back won't work. We need something a bit more permanent. Have a little respect, and keep your hands to yourself.
...And all of you outside the US have a common enemy. You need to quit fighting each other and put up some feeble effort to stop this kind of crap. BAH! it's hopeless. May as well face it, we're fucked. You're creating a prison planet. Thanks everybody!
(infringing content)
Welcome to my nightmare
I think you're gonna like it
I think you're gonna feel that you belong
We sweat laugh and scream here
'cuz life is just a dream here
You know inside you feel right at home here
Welcome to my nightmare
Welcome to my breakdown
(/infringing content)
What a lovely concept. How long until they outlaw the things I remember? FREAKS!
Food and shelter did come mind. But even those only have value to certain species that need them to survive. So I do place higher value on those things than gold. A tree doesn't need shelter. And it only can grow where nutrients and and other conditions are right. But we're talking about a means of exchange. You have something that someone else wants and you make a mutually beneficial exchange. The value is decided by the parties involved. I have no gold, so to me it has no value. If I was a trader or speculator, the story would be different. But for now, it's neither convenient or necessary for my survival. It only becomes valuable if somebody wants to pay more than I did for it. That makes it a matter of speculation. I only care about how many kilos of tortillas or beans or avocados my paper can buy me. Unfortunately those things are decided by the commodity trading wolves on Wall Street and not the farmer that produces them. They are the ones who bring gold into the picture. If I have a ton of gold that I can't sell, then what good is it? I'll take the food.