Incidentally, UK unemployment rate: 4.6% and falling
I have heard that the UK has a more free market style economy than France and Germany (closer to the USA's but not quite). Is that true? I haven't heard much beyond that about their economy so I don't know. But I should probably compare and contrast them.
There is this one small collectibles shop I go to frequently. On average I spend a couple hundred there a month. The owner decided to start giving me an extra 10% discount since I buy so much. Sounds good to me and I'm about to drop a few hundred there tomorow. Not sure how many others get the discount, but if someone gives you enough business it can make sense to give them a little extra to keep their business and show them you appreciate them.
And at the end of the day, who really has to live with the decisions being made on our behalf by 650 unethical millionaires?
Actually, there are several (not sure how many) members of the house (and possibly some senators) whose only source of income is their money from the congressional paycheck. Those (aye, few) are not millionaires.
And this is why I always claim that the less they rape my paycheck to fund this lunacy, the happier I am.
In other words, you're for lower taxes? Sounds like what the Republicans usually say and the Democrats usually hate.
The risk then are people that have 5 or 6 nukes. They are in a "use it or loose it" situation -- game theory states that they, when pressed, should fire their weapons because the consequences of not firing them are the loss of their nuclear deterant and the ability of their antagonist to engage in unlimited nuclear warfare.
One of my roommates up at college had a saying he was fond of. "Fear not he who has 1,000 nukes. Fear he who has 1. For he is most likely to use it." Glad to meet someone else who understands that.
I always wanted a way to broadcast silence at a car that is driving by blaring music...I had imagined an FM transmitter that works on all channels...
Close. All you really need to do is find the channel they are listening to. Not that hard if you know the radio stations in your area. Then, get one of the FM transmitters from radioshack/best buy and tune to their channel. Cost is ~$50 for one that runs off the cigaret lighter. Plug in a tape of silence and play. Most powerful signel will win. Or, better yet, use an iPod with the microphone atachment. Tune to their station and say "This is God. I command you to ". Or maybe start playing polka instead. Lots of fun you can do with what is already out there. Just takes a littlebit of work.
Maybe I'm showing my age bias here, but I just don't see the fire and drive in Middle and High School students to do anything of this magnitude. Most of the students I know would rather visit Mars by playing Doom than actually going there.
I'm 23. I guess I'm close to falling into the group you are talking about. I want off this rock. You'd never know it from talking to me unless the topic came up. Given the chance to work for NASA or go up I'd jump in a heart beat.
As for the fire? It's there. We just need to bring it out. Keep the naysayers from crushing their hope and it will come alive.
Protect "free access to space"?? From what, may I ask? Hostile ETs?? How can any entity "block" free access to space? You put up a rocket with your satelliet on top and off you go. End of story.
Basic way to block freespace. Develope missle capable of reaching orbit. Doesn't even have to have an explosive, just the velocity and mass will be enough. Ram it into a satelite. Kiss satelite goodbye. Access to space denied.
As for space being militarized. It was miltarized 40 years ago. Spy satelites, communications satelites, anti-satelite weapons. Both the US and USSR militarized space. It happened decades ago.
America wants to prevent other countries from having WMDs when America has more WMDs than any other country.
Err.. hate to burst your buble bud. Russia still has more nukes than the USA. BBC LINK Grand total, Russia has more active nukes than we do and nearly double the total number of nukes we have when including stockpiles.
Considering that the romans used crude oil in warfare and mined mercury
The Romans used their mercury mines as penal institutions for criminals, slaves, and other undesirables. The warders were among the first to recognize that there was a high likelihood that the prisoners would become poisoned and spare the keepers the need for formal executions.
You must be talking at least 2000 BC. Pollution has been around for a long time. It's not just from industrialization, but from many other things. I don't know why people are gay. I just read about things and that is one of the ones that was mentioned. I think that was on the BBC but I can't find a link so I can't be sure.
There is a faction that would very much like to define homosexuality as a genetic trait rather than a choice.
There is a third group that claims it is due to hormones/polution of some sort while in the womb. Whether it is a choice, genetics or some form of pollution/hormone problem only time can tell.
But seriously (and no doubt unpopularly), why? Like the US doesn't get enough of the good stuff first, now Sky's giving away one of the few programs we get to premier? Bastards.
Oh bollocks, What does the US get that's better than what you have in the UK? Lost? Surivivor? Fear Factor? Big Brother? There are 4 (sometimes 5) shows I watch a week. SG1, Atlantis, CSI and Battlestar Galactica. Everything else I consider trash at this point. I would much rather have access to the BBC programming than anything else on NBC, CBS (except for CSI), ABC and FOX.
Besides, You're getting Dr. Who right now (among others). Who knows if it will ever be ported across the pond to the US.
Imagine the first virus/spy ware to come along that takes advanted of these "features". After a viruse sends itself out to create enough new drones, it wipes the disk. Alternatively, a piece of spyware might be able to use this to prevent itself from being uninstalled, in addition to installing even more crap on you system.
I'll have it doing a lot more than just playing games in no time!
My first thought when reading this was, could this replace the Motorola 68XXX I used in college? It's more powerful, has multiple cores, but what it needs is accessories like a D/A A/D, serial port and several other things. If they could turn it into a microprocessor, it could really take off at the college level. And since they keep talking about having these in all sorts of embeded devices, that makes a lot of business sense too.
Not only the things they said, but the violence. Tom and Jerry were extremely violent. Most of the Bugs Bunny cartoons included someone being blown up or shot.
Somehow we all managed to watch them and not turn out to be homicidal maniacs. Today, if a cuddly teddy bear trips and lands on his butt that might get banned for promoting the dangerous act of falling on ones rump.
Don't forget Bugs Bunny (repeatedly) dressing up in womans clothing and kissing Elmer Fud. Or the many explosive failures of Wiley E. Coyote.
Would be hard for me to find another link, so few talk about it. Will see what I can do. However, I challenge you to find as well a reasoned argument arguing that there will be a draft that addresses those points it brings up. Simply saying that the army is in trouble does not cut it. Here is one more and This other one appears to be from a decidedly left leaning siteHere is a third
as for:
As for increasing the size of the army, well, the only reason it hasn't happened is because the costs have been pushed down onto individual states by the use of the guard.
Those in the national guard, when pulled into active duty, are on the armys pay roll, not the states. Try again for a reason for not increasing the size of the army. The Congress really does have the controll on the upper limit.
Yeah, my dad too joined up to avoid being drafted and going to Vietnam. In his case he joined the Navy and managed to stay out of their. I agree with you for the rest.
With current technology, there will never be another draft any tiime soon. Here's why. As for me? I'm 23 and in prime condition to be drafted. Although I'd enlist first if we actually got to that point (I've lost count of the number of friends/family I have that are active/retired military [including both parents]).
As for the toll, aparently you missed one thing I mentioned. Congress controls the number of people in each branch of the military. The only way they could even do a significant draft would be to increase the number of active duty personnel in the army. Until Congress increses the number of active duty personnel allowed in the army and the money apportioned for said personnel, a draft isn't even possible. And yes, I do know that the army and marines have missed their recruiting targets for the past three months.
But if we're in such a time of peace, why is our army more taxed than at any time DURING the Cold War?
Because during the cold war the Military recieved adequate funding for what it was required to do and had sufficient personel. After the fall of the Soviet Union congress cut back on the number of personell in the military. (Number of personell in the military is regulated by congress directly, the military has no direct power in the matter). Here is a PDF showing a graph of active duty personnel from 1950-2002. It shows that the Army was cut from close to 800K in the late 80s to around 500K around 1996. Similar cuts occured in the Navy and Marines.
Since then, the military has been assigned to do more with less men. That is why our army is so taxed.
There is a book from the early 80's that talks about this. "Clone Catcher" But the really "creepy" part is this. Any clone you have would be just as sentient as you, and they know that they are just organ banks.
Do it the day after the 2006 elections. That way people have two full years to re-register. Only problem is that each state would have to do this as elections are the responsibility of the state and not the fed.
There is a perfectly logical reason a government should only buy from it's companies of it's nationality. In fact, all governemnts should do this, including the US.
By requiring that the companies you do business with be in your own jurisdiction, you are essentially keeping the money "in house" and keeping the jobs "in house" as well. The state of Indiana recently (last eyar or so) had a bill for this (not sure if it got passed or not). What it essentially does is increase the jobs and keep all money in state. For a federal governent to do it, it keeps the money in the country.
Makes perfect sense for a variety of reasons to do this.
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Incidentally, UK unemployment rate: 4.6% and falling
I have heard that the UK has a more free market style economy than France and Germany (closer to the USA's but not quite). Is that true? I haven't heard much beyond that about their economy so I don't know. But I should probably compare and contrast them.
How we differ from most Americans is that we don't believe that laissez-faire capitalism will solve all our social problems.
I didn't know that the economy was supposed to solve social problems.
As for which is better:
France's unemployment rate: 10.1%
Germany's unemployment rate: 12.7
USA's unemployment rate: 5.1% and falling
There is this one small collectibles shop I go to frequently. On average I spend a couple hundred there a month. The owner decided to start giving me an extra 10% discount since I buy so much. Sounds good to me and I'm about to drop a few hundred there tomorow. Not sure how many others get the discount, but if someone gives you enough business it can make sense to give them a little extra to keep their business and show them you appreciate them.
http://www.google.xxx?
And at the end of the day, who really has to live with the decisions being made on our behalf by 650 unethical millionaires?
Actually, there are several (not sure how many) members of the house (and possibly some senators) whose only source of income is their money from the congressional paycheck. Those (aye, few) are not millionaires.
And this is why I always claim that the less they rape my paycheck to fund this lunacy, the happier I am.
In other words, you're for lower taxes? Sounds like what the Republicans usually say and the Democrats usually hate.
The risk then are people that have 5 or 6 nukes. They are in a "use it or loose it" situation -- game theory states that they, when pressed, should fire their weapons because the consequences of not firing them are the loss of their nuclear deterant and the ability of their antagonist to engage in unlimited nuclear warfare.
One of my roommates up at college had a saying he was fond of. "Fear not he who has 1,000 nukes. Fear he who has 1. For he is most likely to use it." Glad to meet someone else who understands that.
I always wanted a way to broadcast silence at a car that is driving by blaring music...I had imagined an FM transmitter that works on all channels...
Close. All you really need to do is find the channel they are listening to. Not that hard if you know the radio stations in your area. Then, get one of the FM transmitters from radioshack/best buy and tune to their channel. Cost is ~$50 for one that runs off the cigaret lighter. Plug in a tape of silence and play. Most powerful signel will win. Or, better yet, use an iPod with the microphone atachment. Tune to their station and say "This is God. I command you to ". Or maybe start playing polka instead. Lots of fun you can do with what is already out there. Just takes a littlebit of work.
Maybe I'm showing my age bias here, but I just don't see the fire and drive in Middle and High School students to do anything of this magnitude. Most of the students I know would rather visit Mars by playing Doom than actually going there.
I'm 23. I guess I'm close to falling into the group you are talking about. I want off this rock. You'd never know it from talking to me unless the topic came up. Given the chance to work for NASA or go up I'd jump in a heart beat.
As for the fire? It's there. We just need to bring it out. Keep the naysayers from crushing their hope and it will come alive.
Protect "free access to space"?? From what, may I ask? Hostile ETs?? How can any entity "block" free access to space? You put up a rocket with your satelliet on top and off you go. End of story.
Basic way to block freespace. Develope missle capable of reaching orbit. Doesn't even have to have an explosive, just the velocity and mass will be enough. Ram it into a satelite. Kiss satelite goodbye. Access to space denied.
As for space being militarized. It was miltarized 40 years ago. Spy satelites, communications satelites, anti-satelite weapons. Both the US and USSR militarized space. It happened decades ago.
America wants to prevent other countries from having WMDs when America has more WMDs than any other country.
Err.. hate to burst your buble bud. Russia still has more nukes than the USA. BBC LINK Grand total, Russia has more active nukes than we do and nearly double the total number of nukes we have when including stockpiles.
Considering that the romans used crude oil in warfare and mined mercury
The Romans used their mercury mines as penal institutions for criminals, slaves, and other undesirables. The warders were among the first to recognize that there was a high likelihood that the prisoners would become poisoned and spare the keepers the need for formal executions.
You must be talking at least 2000 BC. Pollution has been around for a long time. It's not just from industrialization, but from many other things. I don't know why people are gay. I just read about things and that is one of the ones that was mentioned. I think that was on the BBC but I can't find a link so I can't be sure.
There is a faction that would very much like to define homosexuality as a genetic trait rather than a choice.
There is a third group that claims it is due to hormones/polution of some sort while in the womb. Whether it is a choice, genetics or some form of pollution/hormone problem only time can tell.
But seriously (and no doubt unpopularly), why? Like the US doesn't get enough of the good stuff first, now Sky's giving away one of the few programs we get to premier? Bastards.
Oh bollocks, What does the US get that's better than what you have in the UK? Lost? Surivivor? Fear Factor? Big Brother? There are 4 (sometimes 5) shows I watch a week. SG1, Atlantis, CSI and Battlestar Galactica. Everything else I consider trash at this point. I would much rather have access to the BBC programming than anything else on NBC, CBS (except for CSI), ABC and FOX.
Besides, You're getting Dr. Who right now (among others). Who knows if it will ever be ported across the pond to the US.
lots of fun to be had with this I think..
Imagine the first virus/spy ware to come along that takes advanted of these "features". After a viruse sends itself out to create enough new drones, it wipes the disk. Alternatively, a piece of spyware might be able to use this to prevent itself from being uninstalled, in addition to installing even more crap on you system.
I'll have it doing a lot more than just playing games in no time!
My first thought when reading this was, could this replace the Motorola 68XXX I used in college? It's more powerful, has multiple cores, but what it needs is accessories like a D/A A/D, serial port and several other things. If they could turn it into a microprocessor, it could really take off at the college level. And since they keep talking about having these in all sorts of embeded devices, that makes a lot of business sense too.
Not only the things they said, but the violence. Tom and Jerry were extremely violent. Most of the Bugs Bunny cartoons included someone being blown up or shot.
Somehow we all managed to watch them and not turn out to be homicidal maniacs. Today, if a cuddly teddy bear trips and lands on his butt that might get banned for promoting the dangerous act of falling on ones rump.
Don't forget Bugs Bunny (repeatedly) dressing up in womans clothing and kissing Elmer Fud. Or the many explosive failures of Wiley E. Coyote.
Of Course Computer Science isn't real engineering. That's why they came up with Comptuer Engineering! Unfortunately, that's my major.
Don't feel so bad. I'd like 1 boy and 3 girls. Now I find out I have to become a nurse in order to get that.
Would be hard for me to find another link, so few talk about it. Will see what I can do. However, I challenge you to find as well a reasoned argument arguing that there will be a draft that addresses those points it brings up. Simply saying that the army is in trouble does not cut it. Here is one more and This other one appears to be from a decidedly left leaning site Here is a third
as for: As for increasing the size of the army, well, the only reason it hasn't happened is because the costs have been pushed down onto individual states by the use of the guard.
Those in the national guard, when pulled into active duty, are on the armys pay roll, not the states. Try again for a reason for not increasing the size of the army. The Congress really does have the controll on the upper limit.
Yeah, my dad too joined up to avoid being drafted and going to Vietnam. In his case he joined the Navy and managed to stay out of their. I agree with you for the rest.
With current technology, there will never be another draft any tiime soon. Here's why. As for me? I'm 23 and in prime condition to be drafted. Although I'd enlist first if we actually got to that point (I've lost count of the number of friends/family I have that are active/retired military [including both parents]).
As for the toll, aparently you missed one thing I mentioned. Congress controls the number of people in each branch of the military. The only way they could even do a significant draft would be to increase the number of active duty personnel in the army. Until Congress increses the number of active duty personnel allowed in the army and the money apportioned for said personnel, a draft isn't even possible. And yes, I do know that the army and marines have missed their recruiting targets for the past three months.
But if we're in such a time of peace, why is our army more taxed than at any time DURING the Cold War?
Because during the cold war the Military recieved adequate funding for what it was required to do and had sufficient personel. After the fall of the Soviet Union congress cut back on the number of personell in the military. (Number of personell in the military is regulated by congress directly, the military has no direct power in the matter). Here is a PDF showing a graph of active duty personnel from 1950-2002. It shows that the Army was cut from close to 800K in the late 80s to around 500K around 1996. Similar cuts occured in the Navy and Marines.
Since then, the military has been assigned to do more with less men. That is why our army is so taxed.
Could someone host his p2p lecture as worldwide video conferencing thing? I quite interested in what it all was about
Relase it via bittorrent. Nothing like using a P2P network to prove the point.
There is a book from the early 80's that talks about this. "Clone Catcher" But the really "creepy" part is this. Any clone you have would be just as sentient as you, and they know that they are just organ banks.
Do it the day after the 2006 elections. That way people have two full years to re-register. Only problem is that each state would have to do this as elections are the responsibility of the state and not the fed.
There is a perfectly logical reason a government should only buy from it's companies of it's nationality. In fact, all governemnts should do this, including the US.
By requiring that the companies you do business with be in your own jurisdiction, you are essentially keeping the money "in house" and keeping the jobs "in house" as well. The state of Indiana recently (last eyar or so) had a bill for this (not sure if it got passed or not). What it essentially does is increase the jobs and keep all money in state. For a federal governent to do it, it keeps the money in the country.
Makes perfect sense for a variety of reasons to do this.