Awesome! Let's have a war tax then, enough to pay for any conflict we get ourselves into.
For extra fairness, only make people pay it if they want to go to war. I would stand behind that.
No they're not. I signed no license agreement when I bought a CD. Neither did you. It's not property either. You have all the right in the world to listen to the CD, just not to copy it. They could LICENSE you the right to make unlimited copies and distribute them, but anything else doesn't NEED their permission.
Great comment. I was also in the Navy and responsible for helo landings on frigates. I'm not sure that the downward thrust from the aircraft here is a good idea. With the winch, there's a constantly contracting connection between the ship and the aircraft, which means that it has no chance of the ship hitting a wave and re-vectoring the thrust from the aircraft sideways.
Like corporations being able to give unlimited anonymous donations to political campaigns?
While I don't like the outcome of this ruling personally, I admit that it seems to be in keeping with the law from what I understand. I don't, however, agree that this particular supreme court has any real deference for precedent.
Depends on whether or not you're in the same lane. Context makes it relatively easy to figure out, but that's one thing that I had to learn from watching truckers do it. In my experience, ZERO non-truckers have ever done that for me.
10th amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
So.... how does this prohibit action by the states with DUI checkpoints through the 14th amendment?
Of course. How do you think corporations got to be so powerful? You just make a public stock sale, have huge numbers of people buy into it (or at least everyone in government), so that EVERYONE has an interest in you continuing to make money. It makes it very easy to convince society that YOUR best interests are THEIR best interests, since when YOU make money, THEY make money.
I can say that I'm not surprised by the positive correlation with drug use. I personally caught the DARE officer in lies about the side effects of drugs, and all it really taught me was that police hold youth in enough contempt to lie to them "for their own good."
That's really not a great thing to teach students.
Good comment! I think you're right, with the exception that I think Matt Smith is perfectly capable of playing intense, like in The Almost People when he gets the psychic question from the Flesh. I just think he doesn't have the opportunities in the script to be darker like Tennant or Eccleston did.
Really? The death of the Doctor didn't do it for you? The Silence? Amy being a Flesh duplicate? Questions of morality brought up by conscious biological tools? Damn, you must be watching a different series than me.
NO! If there's one thing management absolutely CANNOT do, it's select the "best coders". Seriously, one person in particular I can think of keeps getting to be a higher-up in the software design process, then leaves me huge messes to clean up.
Personal budgets are NOT EQUIVALENT to the economy of a currency-producing nation. Imagine if, for example, it was possible to buy so many services on credit that you increased your income? Governments can do that.
Whoa, what? You have a seriously strange view of lots of things.
First, student lending isn't a goldmine for the government, it's a COST due to the low interest rates and other subsidies. And student loans ARE given out by private banks, my first student loan was from a local-ish credit unions. The banks were up until the Obama administration actually SUBSIDIZED TO DO SO.
Second, if the government DIDN'T tax for unemployment benefits, what would you do with unemployed folks who weren't insured? I guarantee you they would start robbing people and stealing to survive if there wasn't any way for them to get a job.
Geez, libertarians around here....
Interestingly, that would be unconstitutional. The founders of the U.S. were well aware that a well informed populace was vital to a democracy, and so provisioned for public education for all.
[citation needed]. I can't tell if this is an honest statement trying to cut through perceived bias on Slashdot, or a masterful troll using Beck's own techniques to defend him; i.e., implying that certain things are true without supporting evidence, then changing the subject.
Sorry, but the math is a bit off. Yes, that's the energy conversion, but keep in mind that the electric motor is about 3x as efficient as a gasoline engine, so the actual cost in terms of actually moving the car around is maybe a third of that.
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Tidal generators would have the same effect on the moon's orbit as windmills have on the wind. I.e., immeasurably small.
Awesome! Let's have a war tax then, enough to pay for any conflict we get ourselves into. For extra fairness, only make people pay it if they want to go to war. I would stand behind that.
No they're not. I signed no license agreement when I bought a CD. Neither did you. It's not property either. You have all the right in the world to listen to the CD, just not to copy it. They could LICENSE you the right to make unlimited copies and distribute them, but anything else doesn't NEED their permission.
Great comment. I was also in the Navy and responsible for helo landings on frigates. I'm not sure that the downward thrust from the aircraft here is a good idea. With the winch, there's a constantly contracting connection between the ship and the aircraft, which means that it has no chance of the ship hitting a wave and re-vectoring the thrust from the aircraft sideways.
Like corporations being able to give unlimited anonymous donations to political campaigns? While I don't like the outcome of this ruling personally, I admit that it seems to be in keeping with the law from what I understand. I don't, however, agree that this particular supreme court has any real deference for precedent.
Depends on whether or not you're in the same lane. Context makes it relatively easy to figure out, but that's one thing that I had to learn from watching truckers do it. In my experience, ZERO non-truckers have ever done that for me.
10th amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
So.... how does this prohibit action by the states with DUI checkpoints through the 14th amendment?
Of course. How do you think corporations got to be so powerful? You just make a public stock sale, have huge numbers of people buy into it (or at least everyone in government), so that EVERYONE has an interest in you continuing to make money. It makes it very easy to convince society that YOUR best interests are THEIR best interests, since when YOU make money, THEY make money.
I admire people willing to stand up for their principles even at the possible cost of their jobs.
I can say that I'm not surprised by the positive correlation with drug use. I personally caught the DARE officer in lies about the side effects of drugs, and all it really taught me was that police hold youth in enough contempt to lie to them "for their own good." That's really not a great thing to teach students.
Good comment! I think you're right, with the exception that I think Matt Smith is perfectly capable of playing intense, like in The Almost People when he gets the psychic question from the Flesh. I just think he doesn't have the opportunities in the script to be darker like Tennant or Eccleston did.
You will absolutely LOVE the initial season six two-parter. I've seen all of the episodes from 2005 onward, and I think they're my favorites so far.
Did you miss the part in S6E01 where he was killed?
I never got that. Is he or is he not now a plastic duplicate? And if not, how does he have the 2000 years of memory that the plastic duplicate got?
Really? The death of the Doctor didn't do it for you? The Silence? Amy being a Flesh duplicate? Questions of morality brought up by conscious biological tools? Damn, you must be watching a different series than me.
No, atheism is the LACK of theism, i.e. the lack of belief in a god / some gods. It is not the hard opposite, i.e. belief in no god.
NO! If there's one thing management absolutely CANNOT do, it's select the "best coders". Seriously, one person in particular I can think of keeps getting to be a higher-up in the software design process, then leaves me huge messes to clean up.
Personal budgets are NOT EQUIVALENT to the economy of a currency-producing nation. Imagine if, for example, it was possible to buy so many services on credit that you increased your income? Governments can do that.
Whoa, what? You have a seriously strange view of lots of things. First, student lending isn't a goldmine for the government, it's a COST due to the low interest rates and other subsidies. And student loans ARE given out by private banks, my first student loan was from a local-ish credit unions. The banks were up until the Obama administration actually SUBSIDIZED TO DO SO. Second, if the government DIDN'T tax for unemployment benefits, what would you do with unemployed folks who weren't insured? I guarantee you they would start robbing people and stealing to survive if there wasn't any way for them to get a job. Geez, libertarians around here....
Interestingly, that would be unconstitutional. The founders of the U.S. were well aware that a well informed populace was vital to a democracy, and so provisioned for public education for all.
It's called "the State Lotto". Well, not a stupidity tax, just a "can't do statistics" tax.
You joke, but have you ever heard of Ghettopoly? Seems like someone beat you to the punch.
[citation needed]. I can't tell if this is an honest statement trying to cut through perceived bias on Slashdot, or a masterful troll using Beck's own techniques to defend him; i.e., implying that certain things are true without supporting evidence, then changing the subject.
Sorry, but the math is a bit off. Yes, that's the energy conversion, but keep in mind that the electric motor is about 3x as efficient as a gasoline engine, so the actual cost in terms of actually moving the car around is maybe a third of that.
As a former sailor, I think the actual answer is "Our guns are bigger." :)