You can't raise the threshold high enough to weed out the stupid ideas because a lot of them are popular - the Texas succession petition got 125k. That said, the petition system was never going to be useful in the first place, so at least we're not using anything valuable.
Everybody knows the explosion of the deficit has nothing to do with Obama
No. No they don't. There are a lot of people trying very hard to prevent everybody from understanding the actual problems, and they're doing a pretty good job of it.
Joel Spolsky pointed out the problem with this a few years back: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CamelsandRubberDuckies.html
When your unit production cost is small, you're better off (as much as possible) to adjust the price based on the ability of the consumers to pay and get something out of the poorer ones instead of nothing.
My grandfather always used to tell me that he would die before he ever gave to the Red Cross. When he was in Korea, the Red Cross used to show up and sell soldiers coffee and donuts (at a profit, no less). No money meant no coffee and donuts for you, G.I.
I'm not disparaging their work (I don't know enough to comment on that). I'm just saying that they need to be much more upfront with people about where their money is actually going.
There is truth to one of the rumors, however. During WWII the American Red Cross did indeed charge American servicemen for coffee, doughnuts, and lodging. However, it did so because the U.S. Army asked it to, not because it was determined to make a profit off homesick dogfaces.
That's not the point. You were already allowed to see the image. What it tries to reduce is the ability of someone unrelated to find it n years later. You had to remember to save a copy at the time. Unfortunately, you're probably more likely to do so if it's an interesting picture.
It's not useless, and it's not perfect. Not a terrible idea though.
Sounds great, but the more interesting/risky/incriminating/etc the picture, the more likely it is that someone's going to keep an unencrypted copy around, no?
Nothing happened yet. You will get all of those things eventually because McCain didn't win, die after 3 months in office, and have Palin start WWIII.
Or maybe you won't. But please don't confuse "Obama isn't perfect" or "Obama is flawed" or "Obama has serious problems" with "Obama is worse than the alternative."
Much better than I feel about the production of child pornography, and much worse than I feel about the viewing of what the Moral Guardians' consider "child pornography".
That problem is formatted neatly. Poorly, but neatly. It would be a lot easier as "Three bags, one with 4 apples, one with 3, one with 2, how many are left if you take away 2 of them". If you want to just write the equation you have a responsibility to not be stupid about it - I can't justifiably blame you for writing "131" instead of "11" if I declare "2" to be the multiplication operator, then ask you what 123+8 is.
Enough with the "more Republicans voted for it" crap. Republicans inside and outside of the South opposed it more than their Democratic counterparts. This was the foundation of the modern Republican party - don't confuse it with the 1950's version.
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I will assume since it hasn't come up already that there is some reason Twitter can't just give him back the handle. What is it?
You can't raise the threshold high enough to weed out the stupid ideas because a lot of them are popular - the Texas succession petition got 125k. That said, the petition system was never going to be useful in the first place, so at least we're not using anything valuable.
That's why when I mug somebody in the US, I make sure to shoot them first.
Construction will have to be stopped after they dig too deep and release the Balrog, though.
How long are we going to be using the phrase "worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl"?
The final components will be accidentally dropped Tuesday at the Amarillo Crater...
Well, somebody has to use the Quikster name, might as well be them.
Nobody with any sense complains about embryonic stem cells either, just the people who think humans can be single-celled organisms.
Everybody knows the explosion of the deficit has nothing to do with Obama
No. No they don't. There are a lot of people trying very hard to prevent everybody from understanding the actual problems, and they're doing a pretty good job of it.
Joel Spolsky pointed out the problem with this a few years back: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CamelsandRubberDuckies.html When your unit production cost is small, you're better off (as much as possible) to adjust the price based on the ability of the consumers to pay and get something out of the poorer ones instead of nothing.
My grandfather always used to tell me that he would die before he ever gave to the Red Cross. When he was in Korea, the Red Cross used to show up and sell soldiers coffee and donuts (at a profit, no less). No money meant no coffee and donuts for you, G.I.
I'm not disparaging their work (I don't know enough to comment on that). I'm just saying that they need to be much more upfront with people about where their money is actually going.
Ten seconds on Snopes; http://www.snopes.com/medical/emergent/redcross.asp
There is truth to one of the rumors, however. During WWII the American Red Cross did indeed charge American servicemen for coffee, doughnuts, and lodging. However, it did so because the U.S. Army asked it to, not because it was determined to make a profit off homesick dogfaces.
Woo, 10.5 feet per gallon.
It's not useless, and it's not perfect. Not a terrible idea though.
Sounds great, but the more interesting/risky/incriminating/etc the picture, the more likely it is that someone's going to keep an unencrypted copy around, no?
Romanes eunt domus.
Only in the future would you care about having 60,000 fps, though.
Was there any evidence you could have provided that would have provoked the response "Oh. I guess it's not true after all"?
Nothing happened yet. You will get all of those things eventually because McCain didn't win, die after 3 months in office, and have Palin start WWIII.
Or maybe you won't. But please don't confuse "Obama isn't perfect" or "Obama is flawed" or "Obama has serious problems" with "Obama is worse than the alternative."
No, this does not get you down to a 6000-year old Earth. Sorry.
The funny thing is, you sound exactly like the people who want to impress toxic social morals on their kids.
Clearly, this dispute should be resolved by a poll.
Halloween 2012 presidential poll: Palin 55 Obama 43 Undecided 2
Still wouldn't?
Much better than I feel about the production of child pornography, and much worse than I feel about the viewing of what the Moral Guardians' consider "child pornography".
That problem is formatted neatly. Poorly, but neatly. It would be a lot easier as "Three bags, one with 4 apples, one with 3, one with 2, how many are left if you take away 2 of them". If you want to just write the equation you have a responsibility to not be stupid about it - I can't justifiably blame you for writing "131" instead of "11" if I declare "2" to be the multiplication operator, then ask you what 123+8 is.
Enough with the "more Republicans voted for it" crap. Republicans inside and outside of the South opposed it more than their Democratic counterparts. This was the foundation of the modern Republican party - don't confuse it with the 1950's version.