The illegal immigration law prohibits the use of state driver's licenses after Oct. 1, 2000 unless they contain Social Security numbers as the unique numeric identifier "that can be read visually or by electronic means."
Ah, the key "or by electronic means". Last month I renewed my driver's license and I just checked it. If my SSN is on it it isn't visibly. And I don't recall giving it to them when I renewed.
I live in Upstate New York and cross by land into Canada at least 2-3 times annually. I would much prefer to not have to worry about my passport for those crossings, and this fits that need for me
But will Canada accept it? Last I heard Canada is now requiring passports.
Cause it's America. How did you get wherever you are to show your ID if not by car?
More than half of the US population now live in cities where cars aren't needed so much. In places like New York and Chicago it can actually be faster to take mass transit than drive. And there are delivery services to deliver food and what not.
If it is good enough for DHS, then it should be good enough for air travel into the US, too, since it's good for ground transportation.
Ah, TFA says it "not for international air travel." Then again, it's understandable as passports are still needed to enter most other nations legally.
By knocking 'citizenship' off of the spec, then traveling students who abide by the terms of their visas could travel home more easily on their school holidays.
There's no reason for an international student to have one, they already have their passport. All they need. if they want to drive is a driver's license.
You can still get a liscense without the chip, so I don't really see the point.
But not a passport and whereas I used to be able to drive into Canada with only my driver's license passports are now required to get through a check point. Of course where I live now I can drive across the border without going through a check point.
What's the application though? If it is just border crossings, then do border crossings have the infrastructure to process a contactless card?
Heck the state I live in, Minnesota, has roads crossing the border without border checks at all. And there's plenty of space between them to walk across the border without seeing anyone. In the Northeast like New York the Iroquois have treaty rights to move across the border as does the Tohono O'odham and other tribes in the Southwest.
You mean get paid peanuts don't you? The patent application fees are low, as they should be otherwise inventors with little cash couldn't afford to patent things, and the patent office only runs on the fees it collects. There is no incentive for a patent examiner to take the tyme needed to verify if a patent is warranted if it's going to take a lot of tyme.
The only problem I see with this is that they haven't really invested in the tech side of crowd sourcing.
The problem I see with this is that it's not used for all patents. Actually though, while patents may of been helpful before I think they retard more than help progress. As it is inventors have the First mover advantage. For those without the resources to build an invention, a contract or NDA can be used to take to prospective manufacturers or angle investors.
Pit stops take a long time, and the weight of extra fuel expressed as a fraction of the weight of the whole race car really isn't that significant.
It's not just the extra weight of the fuel though. More fuel means a bigger tank and a heavier tank needs more support. For short distances it may not matter, but then why have a larger tank, but longer ones it does.
Please don't cite private letters, but actual documents with legal standing; thank you.
Private correspondence says what they meant, as do public writings such as the Federalist Papers and various tracts and books such as Thomas Paine's "The Crisis", which he wrote while he served under George Washington's command. Unfortunately too many people twist what the Constitution means so it says what they want it to say, the only way to know what the Founding Fathers meant by something is by reading their writings, pub;ic and private.
I am not American
I apologize then. It's still a good idea to read what the Founding Fathers wrote though to get an idea of what they meant. I don't think you are but if you're French I'd suggest Thomas Paine, in "The Rights Of Man" he passionately defends the French Revolution. Unfortunately people like Teddy Roosevelt called Paine an atheist though he, like Thomas Jefferson and other Founding Fathers, was a Deist.
there is a nice feedback system where the journals for a field are tiered by impact factor (cited/submitted ratio) and important articles are found in and submitted to a few top level journals. It would be unfortunate to see this system break down.
And why is this tier system necessary? Other than for the profits of the publishers that is?
Allowing a denser fuel is "cheating" when the tank volume is limited rather than the weight of the fuel or the energy content of the fuel being limited. Put another way, the tank VOLUME limit only makes sense if everyone is using the same fuel. Fewer pit stops is a clear advantage.
Ok. I'd think that carrying more weight would make up for fewer pit stops, maybe not enough though.
Being german, i can say that every single part of this post was utter bullshit.
Where am I wrong? And be specific. How old are you, er did you drive 25 years ago? If not perhaps the laws have changed because that's what they were when I spent 3 months in Bamberg in the early 1980s.
Also, Germany actual requires their drivers to be trained; in the U.S. driver's education is usually only required for teens, and is a joke in any event.
I'm not sure how it is in all states in the US but in some no training, driver's ed, is needed even for teens.
If the results of research funded by the public do indeed belong to the public, why should universities and researchers be allowed to patent products coming from that same research.
They shouldn't be awarded patents. Sure they can start a business to make whatever it is. While others could do the same thing the inventor has the First-mover advantage advantage.
I wonder how many scientists are willing to give up intellectual property rights from the fruits of their research?
If they don't want their research to be open accessible then they can pay for the research themselves or get private funding. One of the requirements for public, taxpayer, funding of research should be open access.
Government shouldn't providing loans to businesses. Instead it should reduce if not eliminate taxes and some regulations. Why should a law care business be required to be licensed when they do the same thing a do-it-yourself homeowner does? Are homeowners going to need a license as well? Big and established businesses like these regulations because it reduces their competition.
How come I don't get free corn from all the farm subsidies my taxes go to fund?
Farm subsidies, which the likes of Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill get billions of dollars from, massively distort the market. Early this year by a veto proof margin congress passed a farm bill with almost $300 Billion in subsidies. Subsidies are only supposed to be temperary, to get a business or industry going, or help get through hard tymes after which they are supposed to make their own way. However farm subsides are not only permanent but get bigger every year.
And it's not just the US that gives large farm subsidies, of which very little goes to small farmers, Canada, Europe, and Japan also give large subsidies.
the right way to do something about it is to get the highway department to resurvey the road and if the limit is improper it will be changed.
Sure that's the right thing to do, but it won't be changed. The federal government will withhold highway money from states if the states don't do what the feds tell them to do. An example is when the feds decided to raise the legal drinking age to 21, either the states had to raise the age or they lost money. Or look at the REAL ID, the feds told states they had to issue IDs that followed REAL ID guidelines or they'd loose money, luckily some states told them to shove it. I bet states do the same thing to cities and counties.
From what I've heard, getting a driver's license in Germany is quite a chore;
It's also easier to loose a driver's license in Germany. I don't know how it is now but when I was there the blood/alcohol level was lower there than in the US to be considered drunk. If you got pulled over and was found to be drunk there was a good possibility you'd spend time in gaol, have to wait 6 years I think it was before you could get your license back and you'd have to pay a stiff fine to get it.
We have some of the most inconsiderate and idiotic drivers here in North America. Not me, though!
I'm glad you don't drive while talking on your cellphone. I don't know how it is there now but when I was in Germany it was illegal to have the car radio turned on while driving, so I'd imagine it's illegal to use a cell phone while driving as well.
I suspect that might have a lot to do with the fact that the US government subsidizes the hell out of the gasoline industry to (try to) bring us extra-cheap gasoline.
Both gasoline and petroleum diesel are made from petroleum. Notice I said "petroleum diesel", originally diesel was made from vegetable oil. Mix veg oil with lye to make diesel. However Rudolph Diesel, the designer of the diesel engine, run his engines on straight vegetable oil.
After all, we have two oil men in the white house right now
Diesel contains approximately 30% more energy per volume than gasoline does.
No it doesn't. It contains between 0-10% more energy than gasoline.
"The density of petroleum diesel is about 0.85 kg/l (7.09 lbs/gallon) whereas petrol (gasoline) has a density of about 0.72 kg/l (6.01 lbs/gallon), about 15% less. When burnt, diesel typically releases about 38.6 MJ/l (138,700 BTU per US gallon), whereas gasoline releases 34.9 MJ/l (125,000 BTU per US gallon), 10% lear[2] by energy density, but 45.41 MJ/kg and 48.47 MJ/kg, 6.7% more by specific energy." "Fuel Energy Density" says automotive gasoline has a density of 34.2 MJ/litre whereas automotive diesel has a density of 38.6 MJ/litre.
I wasn't going to continue this but I'll go ahead and answer some of your questions and that's it.
I'll bet you're registered with a political party, aren't you?
No I'm not. I can't register in my state as independent as there are two independent parties here, however the state does have "No Party Preference" which is how I am registered. I have voted for Democrat, independent (small "i" meaning independent from any party), Libertarian, Reform, and Republican Party candidates. Unlike when you try to intimate that I am "a sucker for groupthink" I look at each candidate's positions on the issues that matter to me and will vote for the one that comes closest to my positions no matter what party they a member of. Or let me put it another way, as I've said here on/. between Obama and McCain I'd vote for Obama if there were no other candidates. Substitute Clinton for Obama though and I'd vote for McCain. I respect McCain but he scares me, Clinton almost terrifies me though. Luckily I can, and will, vote for Bob Barr. And he used to scare me.
You have no idea how wasted that rebuttal was
It was your rebuttal that was incomprehensible. I unlike you believe anonymity is important to democracy whereas you believe government won't do anything bad if it knows what everybody's stances are. I provided examples of when government has abused power yet you still show no skepticism. And you were the one who accused me of not being skeptical.
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The illegal immigration law prohibits the use of state driver's licenses after Oct. 1, 2000 unless they contain Social Security numbers as the unique numeric identifier "that can be read visually or by electronic means."
Ah, the key "or by electronic means". Last month I renewed my driver's license and I just checked it. If my SSN is on it it isn't visibly. And I don't recall giving it to them when I renewed.
Falcon
I live in Upstate New York and cross by land into Canada at least 2-3 times annually. I would much prefer to not have to worry about my passport for those crossings, and this fits that need for me
But will Canada accept it? Last I heard Canada is now requiring passports.
Falcon
Cause it's America. How did you get wherever you are to show your ID if not by car?
More than half of the US population now live in cities where cars aren't needed so much. In places like New York and Chicago it can actually be faster to take mass transit than drive. And there are delivery services to deliver food and what not.
Falcon
Do I get this correctly? People who have no right on a licence to drive can get a drivers licence?
I bet every state, in the US, also issues IDs that are not driver's licenses.
Falcon
If it is good enough for DHS, then it should be good enough for air travel into the US, too, since it's good for ground transportation.
Ah, TFA says it "not for international air travel." Then again, it's understandable as passports are still needed to enter most other nations legally.
By knocking 'citizenship' off of the spec, then traveling students who abide by the terms of their visas could travel home more easily on their school holidays.
There's no reason for an international student to have one, they already have their passport. All they need. if they want to drive is a driver's license.
Falcon
You can still get a liscense without the chip, so I don't really see the point.
But not a passport and whereas I used to be able to drive into Canada with only my driver's license passports are now required to get through a check point. Of course where I live now I can drive across the border without going through a check point.
Falcon
've use my mastercard with RFID chip at the local supermarket. It's really NO more convenient than the magstripe...
My credit card issuer tried RFID chips but dropped them, I guess they didn't see any need for them that made them worthwhile.
Falcon
What's the application though? If it is just border crossings, then do border crossings have the infrastructure to process a contactless card?
Heck the state I live in, Minnesota, has roads crossing the border without border checks at all. And there's plenty of space between them to walk across the border without seeing anyone. In the Northeast like New York the Iroquois have treaty rights to move across the border as does the Tohono O'odham and other tribes in the Southwest.
Falcon
suck at your job
You mean get paid peanuts don't you? The patent application fees are low, as they should be otherwise inventors with little cash couldn't afford to patent things, and the patent office only runs on the fees it collects. There is no incentive for a patent examiner to take the tyme needed to verify if a patent is warranted if it's going to take a lot of tyme.
Falcon
The only problem I see with this is that they haven't really invested in the tech side of crowd sourcing.
The problem I see with this is that it's not used for all patents. Actually though, while patents may of been helpful before I think they retard more than help progress. As it is inventors have the First mover advantage. For those without the resources to build an invention, a contract or NDA can be used to take to prospective manufacturers or angle investors.
Falcon
Pit stops take a long time, and the weight of extra fuel expressed as a fraction of the weight of the whole race car really isn't that significant.
It's not just the extra weight of the fuel though. More fuel means a bigger tank and a heavier tank needs more support. For short distances it may not matter, but then why have a larger tank, but longer ones it does.
Falcon
Please don't cite private letters, but actual documents with legal standing; thank you.
Private correspondence says what they meant, as do public writings such as the Federalist Papers and various tracts and books such as Thomas Paine's "The Crisis", which he wrote while he served under George Washington's command. Unfortunately too many people twist what the Constitution means so it says what they want it to say, the only way to know what the Founding Fathers meant by something is by reading their writings, pub;ic and private.
I am not American
I apologize then. It's still a good idea to read what the Founding Fathers wrote though to get an idea of what they meant. I don't think you are but if you're French I'd suggest Thomas Paine, in "The Rights Of Man" he passionately defends the French Revolution. Unfortunately people like Teddy Roosevelt called Paine an atheist though he, like Thomas Jefferson and other Founding Fathers, was a Deist.
Falcon
there is a nice feedback system where the journals for a field are tiered by impact factor (cited/submitted ratio) and important articles are found in and submitted to a few top level journals. It would be unfortunate to see this system break down.
And why is this tier system necessary? Other than for the profits of the publishers that is?
Falcon
Carrying more fuel also has one big positive: fewer pit stops.
And a big disadvantage, more weight. Then the question is is whether fewer pit stops out weight slower speeds. This I have idea as to the answer.
Falcon
Allowing a denser fuel is "cheating" when the tank volume is limited rather than the weight of the fuel or the energy content of the fuel being limited. Put another way, the tank VOLUME limit only makes sense if everyone is using the same fuel. Fewer pit stops is a clear advantage.
Ok. I'd think that carrying more weight would make up for fewer pit stops, maybe not enough though.
Falcon
Being german, i can say that every single part of this post was utter bullshit.
Where am I wrong? And be specific. How old are you, er did you drive 25 years ago? If not perhaps the laws have changed because that's what they were when I spent 3 months in Bamberg in the early 1980s.
Falcon
You can't speed on a highway with no speed limit.
Sure you can speed on a road with no speed limit.
Also, Germany actual requires their drivers to be trained; in the U.S. driver's education is usually only required for teens, and is a joke in any event.
I'm not sure how it is in all states in the US but in some no training, driver's ed, is needed even for teens.
Falcon
If the results of research funded by the public do indeed belong to the public, why should universities and researchers be allowed to patent products coming from that same research.
They shouldn't be awarded patents. Sure they can start a business to make whatever it is. While others could do the same thing the inventor has the First-mover advantage advantage.
I wonder how many scientists are willing to give up intellectual property rights from the fruits of their research?
If they don't want their research to be open accessible then they can pay for the research themselves or get private funding. One of the requirements for public, taxpayer, funding of research should be open access.
Falcon
Government shouldn't providing loans to businesses. Instead it should reduce if not eliminate taxes and some regulations. Why should a law care business be required to be licensed when they do the same thing a do-it-yourself homeowner does? Are homeowners going to need a license as well? Big and established businesses like these regulations because it reduces their competition.
How come I don't get free corn from all the farm subsidies my taxes go to fund?
Farm subsidies, which the likes of Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill get billions of dollars from, massively distort the market. Early this year by a veto proof margin congress passed a farm bill with almost $300 Billion in subsidies. Subsidies are only supposed to be temperary, to get a business or industry going, or help get through hard tymes after which they are supposed to make their own way. However farm subsides are not only permanent but get bigger every year.
And it's not just the US that gives large farm subsidies, of which very little goes to small farmers, Canada, Europe, and Japan also give large subsidies.
Falocn
Why isn't all government (i.e. taxpayer) funded research public?
Because of greed!
Falcon
the right way to do something about it is to get the highway department to resurvey the road and if the limit is improper it will be changed.
Sure that's the right thing to do, but it won't be changed. The federal government will withhold highway money from states if the states don't do what the feds tell them to do. An example is when the feds decided to raise the legal drinking age to 21, either the states had to raise the age or they lost money. Or look at the REAL ID, the feds told states they had to issue IDs that followed REAL ID guidelines or they'd loose money, luckily some states told them to shove it. I bet states do the same thing to cities and counties.
Falcon
From what I've heard, getting a driver's license in Germany is quite a chore;
It's also easier to loose a driver's license in Germany. I don't know how it is now but when I was there the blood/alcohol level was lower there than in the US to be considered drunk. If you got pulled over and was found to be drunk there was a good possibility you'd spend time in gaol, have to wait 6 years I think it was before you could get your license back and you'd have to pay a stiff fine to get it.
We have some of the most inconsiderate and idiotic drivers here in North America. Not me, though!
I'm glad you don't drive while talking on your cellphone. I don't know how it is there now but when I was in Germany it was illegal to have the car radio turned on while driving, so I'd imagine it's illegal to use a cell phone while driving as well.
Falcon
I suspect that might have a lot to do with the fact that the US government subsidizes the hell out of the gasoline industry to (try to) bring us extra-cheap gasoline.
Both gasoline and petroleum diesel are made from petroleum. Notice I said "petroleum diesel", originally diesel was made from vegetable oil. Mix veg oil with lye to make diesel. However Rudolph Diesel, the designer of the diesel engine, run his engines on straight vegetable oil.
After all, we have two oil men in the white house right now
And a woman. Condoleezza Rice used to be a director on the board of Chevron. Well she's not really in the White House. Neither is the Vice President, his residence is the Naval Observatory.
Falcon
Diesel contains approximately 30% more energy per volume than gasoline does.
No it doesn't. It contains between 0-10% more energy than gasoline.
"The density of petroleum diesel is about 0.85 kg/l (7.09 lbs/gallon) whereas petrol (gasoline) has a density of about 0.72 kg/l (6.01 lbs/gallon), about 15% less. When burnt, diesel typically releases about 38.6 MJ/l (138,700 BTU per US gallon), whereas gasoline releases 34.9 MJ/l (125,000 BTU per US gallon), 10% lear[2] by energy density, but 45.41 MJ/kg and 48.47 MJ/kg, 6.7% more by specific energy." "Fuel Energy Density" says automotive gasoline has a density of 34.2 MJ/litre whereas automotive diesel has a density of 38.6 MJ/litre.
Falcon
I wasn't going to continue this but I'll go ahead and answer some of your questions and that's it.
I'll bet you're registered with a political party, aren't you?
No I'm not. I can't register in my state as independent as there are two independent parties here, however the state does have "No Party Preference" which is how I am registered. I have voted for Democrat, independent (small "i" meaning independent from any party), Libertarian, Reform, and Republican Party candidates. Unlike when you try to intimate that I am "a sucker for groupthink" I look at each candidate's positions on the issues that matter to me and will vote for the one that comes closest to my positions no matter what party they a member of. Or let me put it another way, as I've said here on /. between Obama and McCain I'd vote for Obama if there were no other candidates. Substitute Clinton for Obama though and I'd vote for McCain. I respect McCain but he scares me, Clinton almost terrifies me though. Luckily I can, and will, vote for Bob Barr. And he used to scare me.
You have no idea how wasted that rebuttal was
It was your rebuttal that was incomprehensible. I unlike you believe anonymity is important to democracy whereas you believe government won't do anything bad if it knows what everybody's stances are. I provided examples of when government has abused power yet you still show no skepticism. And you were the one who accused me of not being skeptical.
Bye.
Falcon