The southern ones are really nutso. I dont know enough about ABC to pass judgment on nutso or not so nutso.
As Christian denominations in the US go, the American Baptist Church is among the most liberal. Their social and religious leanings would be much closer to the ELCA or the UCC than to Southern Baptists, despite the name. And no, I am not an American Baptist but I know quite a few lay and clergy members.
The American Baptist Church is mostly the former Illinois Baptist Church. Most American church denominations split along the North/South lines prior to the Civil War over the slavery issue. Some (Presbyterians, Methodists, etc.) have reconciled. Some have not, and I doubt either the American Baptists or the Southern Baptists would be interested.
You know how a water pump can be driven by an auxiliary electrical motor don't you?
Can be, sure. But we're talking Ford. Water pumps have never been their strong suit. (Owned many a Ford, generally pleased, but water pumps are just not so good. My old dealer had a display case of consumables -- oil, grease, filters, spark plugs, water pumps -- next to the parts department. Someone had a sense of humor.)
How does this system behave in cold weather? Sometimes, I want the car running for a while, either to power the heater or to just warm up the engine before I take it on the road?
I just drove my Uncle's Prius in 10F (~-12C) weather, and it restarts just fine. Given that Ford obviously knows how that works, I'd think there wouldn't be much of a problem. But yeah, if you need the heater, it's gonna run more. The Prius did that, so again, Ford has the advantage of seeing a problem already solved and starting from there. I know I'm more confident in being able to solve a problem if someone else did it first.
I would see such an action as a clear indication that they wish to screw me over with expensive products. I wouldn't buy anything there.
But you probably wouldn't "see" such an action at all. Unless a store is stupid enough to put up a sign saying they interfere with wireless communication deliberately . . . But if they're that stupid, the place probably sucks in plenty of other ways, too.
To you and me and all the other shoppers, Super Target is mostly in a dead zone -- stupid lack of cell towers here. Coincidentally, my nearest Super Target is mostly in a dead zone . ..
That would never be permitted in public stores, people would stop shopping in them or stop buying as much and rush out of the store sooner, destroying whatever advantage the store gets for erecting a "wall of ignorance".
What if there's a family emergency? What if your kid got hurt at school? You simply can't screw with mobile connectivity anymore, it's too important.
Surely there are places in your town with bad network coverage, no? Who's to say the store just isn't one of those places, right? Of course, if you're the store, you don't tell your customers you've specifically chosen building materials that hamper radio transmission in cell phone bands -- it's just a happy coincidence. You don't change your route to work or school just to avoid a valley with poor reception, do you? Likewise, I doubt anyone would change their shopping habits (if they're otherwise happy with the store) just because it seems to be in a dead zone.
That's quite a hack, depriving users of their right to vote...
disenfranchise
verb \dis-in-fran-chz\
Definition of DISENFRANCHISE
transitive verb
: to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
franchise (noun)
2 b. a constitutional or statutory right or pirvilege; especially the right to vote
Has it been fixed? Because I don't see what you're writing about. Or are you referring to apostrophe in "Gawker's"? In American English, an organization, business, etc. is usually considered singular: "IBM has released its annual report." "Xerox's profits are down." "The NRA opposes gun-control legislation."
When they quite literally have you by your life, they can charge whatever they want.
If all your potential customers die because you charged more than they could afford, how much money have you made?
Not everyone's gonna die before reproducing, even with overly expensive health care. That, and you could teach "abstinence only" sex ed to keep the number of births up.
You're an idiot. The entire bill will be repealed if this doesn't pass. I'll tell you what, when you get the US deficit down to manageable levels let's talk single payer. Until then, it's a bad joke and will never happen.
But keep yucking it up - things will not go as you plan, I promise.
Ah, the deficit, who cares? The government can print money. Inflation isn't out of control. Hell, nobody's buying anything now! And how much money just "disappeared" when everybody's house (well, most everybody's houses to some extent) lost a significant chunk if its value? And we do have experience with cutting our way out of a depression -- in 1929-1933. Long story short: it didn't work.
But as to the courts striking down the whole thing, not just the insurance mandate -- you're probably right.
I'm not saying he's right or wrong in this matter (the judge seemed to agree with him) but he's one of those guys and he's a state Attorney General for Virginia pushing his conservative agenda to a national level.
Isn't that the exact definition of ad hominem?
Although I'd consider it an attack if someone called me a "conservative," I doubt that Cuccinelli would. And I don't think that accusing someone of "pushing his agenda" is really and attack either. Who doesn't work to further what they believe in? Isn't any politician "one of those guys?" You're in politics for a reason, to advance your own cause, presumably because you think it's the right thing to do.
I'd say this is only ad hominem in the most literal sense of the term, in that it's an observation/judgement about the man.
And because I'm a pedantic, too, I'd like to point out that the US system of weights and measures is officially based on SI units - units like yards and pounds are legally defined by the USA government in terms of SI units.
Due to the imperial-metric mash-up, the sums were so far askew that when Ground Control initiated boosters to secure the pod in orbit, all they succeeded in doing was firing it closer to the planet, where it burnt up in the atmosphere.
When I see the Imperial-Metric confusion shit, I just want to slap the shit out of someone. That waste because some engineers are incapable of using Metric or some vendor just doesn't want to spend the money to modernize their machinery. I know of an aerospace contractor that is using machinery from the 50s - yep, they're constantly being recalibrated and sometimes they don't notice - ooopsie!
And when I see that we, the US, are one of two countries still on Imperial - one is some Third World non-industrial country, I want to barf.
And then, when I have to buy two sets tools to work on a car, I wish for the entire US auto industry to go bankrupt and be replaced with some modern companies.
I love Metric. It makes measurements and calculations much easier - quick! What is the mass of 329 mL of water? You'd need a calculator to do something similar in Imperial.
I'd prefer to slap someone for saying "Imperial vs. Metric" when they're talking about US standards vs the SI -- which one certainly is when talking about the mars spacecraft failure. After all, the US system -- while derived from the Imperial System -- is not the same thing. Quick: how many l in a gal? Well, it depends, doesn't it? Did you mean Imperial gallon or US gallon? How many m^2 in an acre? What's the mass of a ton(ne)? And as I like to point out to people -- because I'm a pedantic nerd like everyone else here -- the US system is a metric system . . . see what I did there? I didn't use a capital "M" or say SI there?
Hmm, the recent report about microbes eating iron on the Titanic makes me wonder if there are aluminum eating microbes? It might not be quick, but think of the terror caused by planes breaking apart in flight in a few years after being infected with and partly digested by those aluminum gobbling microbes. And I'll bet I could smuggle them on a plane even if I were naked!
I suppose you could genetically engineer a line of microbes that could eat an airplane over the course of 100 years -- and that would be kind of cool, don't get me wrong -- or you could smuggle on a line of microbes that could sicken and possibly kill many of the passengers from among many strains available now, no gene splicing required. Or snakes.
Consider the level of testing and analysis that the *very same device* would require if it were labeled "medical equipment" rather than "airport security equipment". Consider also the site and personnel licensing required to operate one (probably akin to that required for a modern xray machine).
Well, a medical device wouldn't be used on this sort of scale, either. So I guess what I'm saying is, we are the test.
On the plus side, perhaps ill effects will show up quickly with this large of a test sample. On the minus side, it might still be too late.
I'd maintain that I couldn't know they were the real deal or not.
Moot point. The prosecution can easily show your intent to house classified documents. And if doing so means you've broken the law, you're in a very bad position (you're in even more trouble if they really are legitimate - and nobody has yet to put forward evidence that showing these documents aren't genuine). Keep in mind that when law enforcement sets up a sing (be it prostitution or bombing a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony), no actual criminal event takes place. But the prosecution can show that the target intended for it to take place and that's enough.
Heh. Heh. He said 'moot'. No law was broken. That's enough. Case closed.
If you've come across "classified" documents through unofficial and unverified channels, then there's a lot of plausible deniability there, right? How could you know that they were truly classified documents?
Wikileaks puts out a call for people to hold on to The Documents everyone is talking about. You answer the call. You accept Wikileaks' key so that they can start dumping The Documents on your system. And then you're going to claim ignorance?
This is where amateur hour ends. Either go in to this fully acknowledging your own risk or stay away from it.
I'd maintain that I couldn't know they were the real deal or not. I'd just be taking Wikileaks' word for it. And besides, I still wouldn't be the person bound to keep the information secret. US citizens take no oath to protect the secrecy of the government if they don't have some kind of clearance in the first place. I suppose British subjects may have such an obligation under the Official Secrets Act, but that's just what I pieced together from sugar packets.
You can be charged with and imprisoned for illegally obtaining and possessing classified documents.
If you've come across "classified" documents through unofficial and unverified channels, then there's a lot of plausible deniability there, right? How could you know that they were truly classified documents? If they're secret, then their existence -- and their nature -- must be, by definition, secret.
OTOH, distributing classified documents to which you had legitimate access -- and thus knowledge that they were secret -- would be much more prosecutable.
Facebook is going to track your activity. If you post your personal photos and information on a social networking site, it will more than likely be used for reasons other than you intended.
There, now let's all move on.
Even the summary of TFA states that you don't need to be a facebook user to be tracked by their system.
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ABC USA has 1.4 million members
Southern Baptists have 16.3 million members.
The southern ones are really nutso. I dont know enough about ABC to pass judgment on nutso or not so nutso.
As Christian denominations in the US go, the American Baptist Church is among the most liberal. Their social and religious leanings would be much closer to the ELCA or the UCC than to Southern Baptists, despite the name. And no, I am not an American Baptist but I know quite a few lay and clergy members.
See Southern Baptists
ABC USA has 1.4 million members
Southern Baptists have 16.3 million members.
The southern ones are really nutso. I dont know enough about ABC to pass judgment on nutso or not so nutso.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Baptists_in_the_United_States
The American Baptist Church is mostly the former Illinois Baptist Church. Most American church denominations split along the North/South lines prior to the Civil War over the slavery issue. Some (Presbyterians, Methodists, etc.) have reconciled. Some have not, and I doubt either the American Baptists or the Southern Baptists would be interested.
If American baptists are fairly liberal and ecumenical, how do you explaing the Landover baptist church?
Well, for starters, that site is a parody.
You know how a water pump can be driven by an auxiliary electrical motor don't you?
Can be, sure. But we're talking Ford. Water pumps have never been their strong suit. (Owned many a Ford, generally pleased, but water pumps are just not so good. My old dealer had a display case of consumables -- oil, grease, filters, spark plugs, water pumps -- next to the parts department. Someone had a sense of humor.)
You know how fast a big block of metal cools down don't you? ;)
Heats up slowly, too.
How does this system behave in cold weather? Sometimes, I want the car running for a while, either to power the heater or to just warm up the engine before I take it on the road?
I just drove my Uncle's Prius in 10F (~-12C) weather, and it restarts just fine. Given that Ford obviously knows how that works, I'd think there wouldn't be much of a problem. But yeah, if you need the heater, it's gonna run more. The Prius did that, so again, Ford has the advantage of seeing a problem already solved and starting from there. I know I'm more confident in being able to solve a problem if someone else did it first.
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Protip: You haven't got the best price until the salesperson has sheepishly had to ask the manager for authority twice.
Problem is that there are "Pro" salesmen, too. The old "ask my manager" trick . . .
I would see such an action as a clear indication that they wish to screw me over with expensive products. I wouldn't buy anything there.
But you probably wouldn't "see" such an action at all. Unless a store is stupid enough to put up a sign saying they interfere with wireless communication deliberately . . . But if they're that stupid, the place probably sucks in plenty of other ways, too.
To you and me and all the other shoppers, Super Target is mostly in a dead zone -- stupid lack of cell towers here. Coincidentally, my nearest Super Target is mostly in a dead zone . . .
That would never be permitted in public stores, people would stop shopping in them or stop buying as much and rush out of the store sooner, destroying whatever advantage the store gets for erecting a "wall of ignorance".
What if there's a family emergency? What if your kid got hurt at school? You simply can't screw with mobile connectivity anymore, it's too important.
Surely there are places in your town with bad network coverage, no? Who's to say the store just isn't one of those places, right? Of course, if you're the store, you don't tell your customers you've specifically chosen building materials that hamper radio transmission in cell phone bands -- it's just a happy coincidence. You don't change your route to work or school just to avoid a valley with poor reception, do you? Likewise, I doubt anyone would change their shopping habits (if they're otherwise happy with the store) just because it seems to be in a dead zone.
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OMG. Apparently I'm so accustomed to the "Here comes an 'S'" usage I didn't even see it.
OMG, I was so annoyed that I missed it I forgot how to use nested quotes . . .
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OMG. Apparently I'm so accustomed to the "Here comes an 'S'" usage I didn't even see it.
The Gawker hack has completely disenfranchised their users
That's quite a hack, depriving users of their right to vote...
disenfranchise verb \dis-in-fran-chz\ Definition of DISENFRANCHISE transitive verb : to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
franchise (noun)
2 b. a constitutional or statutory right or pirvilege; especially the right to vote
Bold mine, italics not.
Nice use of the apostrophe on a plural form.
Has it been fixed? Because I don't see what you're writing about. Or are you referring to apostrophe in "Gawker's"? In American English, an organization, business, etc. is usually considered singular: "IBM has released its annual report." "Xerox's profits are down." "The NRA opposes gun-control legislation."
When they quite literally have you by your life, they can charge whatever they want.
If all your potential customers die because you charged more than they could afford, how much money have you made?
Not everyone's gonna die before reproducing, even with overly expensive health care. That, and you could teach "abstinence only" sex ed to keep the number of births up.
You're an idiot. The entire bill will be repealed if this doesn't pass. I'll tell you what, when you get the US deficit down to manageable levels let's talk single payer. Until then, it's a bad joke and will never happen.
But keep yucking it up - things will not go as you plan, I promise.
Ah, the deficit, who cares? The government can print money. Inflation isn't out of control. Hell, nobody's buying anything now! And how much money just "disappeared" when everybody's house (well, most everybody's houses to some extent) lost a significant chunk if its value? And we do have experience with cutting our way out of a depression -- in 1929-1933. Long story short: it didn't work.
But as to the courts striking down the whole thing, not just the insurance mandate -- you're probably right.
I'm not saying he's right or wrong in this matter (the judge seemed to agree with him) but he's one of those guys and he's a state Attorney General for Virginia pushing his conservative agenda to a national level.
Isn't that the exact definition of ad hominem?
Although I'd consider it an attack if someone called me a "conservative," I doubt that Cuccinelli would. And I don't think that accusing someone of "pushing his agenda" is really and attack either. Who doesn't work to further what they believe in? Isn't any politician "one of those guys?" You're in politics for a reason, to advance your own cause, presumably because you think it's the right thing to do.
I'd say this is only ad hominem in the most literal sense of the term, in that it's an observation/judgement about the man.
And because I'm a pedantic, too, I'd like to point out that the US system of weights and measures is officially based on SI units - units like yards and pounds are legally defined by the USA government in terms of SI units.
Defined in SI units now, yes . . .
Due to the imperial-metric mash-up, the sums were so far askew that when Ground Control initiated boosters to secure the pod in orbit, all they succeeded in doing was firing it closer to the planet, where it burnt up in the atmosphere.
When I see the Imperial-Metric confusion shit, I just want to slap the shit out of someone. That waste because some engineers are incapable of using Metric or some vendor just doesn't want to spend the money to modernize their machinery. I know of an aerospace contractor that is using machinery from the 50s - yep, they're constantly being recalibrated and sometimes they don't notice - ooopsie!
And when I see that we, the US, are one of two countries still on Imperial - one is some Third World non-industrial country, I want to barf.
And then, when I have to buy two sets tools to work on a car, I wish for the entire US auto industry to go bankrupt and be replaced with some modern companies.
I love Metric. It makes measurements and calculations much easier - quick! What is the mass of 329 mL of water? You'd need a calculator to do something similar in Imperial.
I'd prefer to slap someone for saying "Imperial vs. Metric" when they're talking about US standards vs the SI -- which one certainly is when talking about the mars spacecraft failure. After all, the US system -- while derived from the Imperial System -- is not the same thing. Quick: how many l in a gal? Well, it depends, doesn't it? Did you mean Imperial gallon or US gallon? How many m^2 in an acre? What's the mass of a ton(ne)? And as I like to point out to people -- because I'm a pedantic nerd like everyone else here -- the US system is a metric system . . . see what I did there? I didn't use a capital "M" or say SI there?
Hmm, the recent report about microbes eating iron on the Titanic makes me wonder if there are aluminum eating microbes? It might not be quick, but think of the terror caused by planes breaking apart in flight in a few years after being infected with and partly digested by those aluminum gobbling microbes. And I'll bet I could smuggle them on a plane even if I were naked!
I suppose you could genetically engineer a line of microbes that could eat an airplane over the course of 100 years -- and that would be kind of cool, don't get me wrong -- or you could smuggle on a line of microbes that could sicken and possibly kill many of the passengers from among many strains available now, no gene splicing required. Or snakes.
Consider the level of testing and analysis that the *very same device* would require if it were labeled "medical equipment" rather than "airport security equipment". Consider also the site and personnel licensing required to operate one (probably akin to that required for a modern xray machine).
Well, a medical device wouldn't be used on this sort of scale, either. So I guess what I'm saying is, we are the test.
On the plus side, perhaps ill effects will show up quickly with this large of a test sample. On the minus side, it might still be too late.
I'd maintain that I couldn't know they were the real deal or not.
Moot point. The prosecution can easily show your intent to house classified documents. And if doing so means you've broken the law, you're in a very bad position (you're in even more trouble if they really are legitimate - and nobody has yet to put forward evidence that showing these documents aren't genuine). Keep in mind that when law enforcement sets up a sing (be it prostitution or bombing a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony), no actual criminal event takes place. But the prosecution can show that the target intended for it to take place and that's enough.
Heh. Heh. He said 'moot'. No law was broken. That's enough. Case closed.
If you've come across "classified" documents through unofficial and unverified channels, then there's a lot of plausible deniability there, right? How could you know that they were truly classified documents?
Wikileaks puts out a call for people to hold on to The Documents everyone is talking about. You answer the call. You accept Wikileaks' key so that they can start dumping The Documents on your system. And then you're going to claim ignorance?
This is where amateur hour ends. Either go in to this fully acknowledging your own risk or stay away from it.
I'd maintain that I couldn't know they were the real deal or not. I'd just be taking Wikileaks' word for it. And besides, I still wouldn't be the person bound to keep the information secret. US citizens take no oath to protect the secrecy of the government if they don't have some kind of clearance in the first place. I suppose British subjects may have such an obligation under the Official Secrets Act, but that's just what I pieced together from sugar packets.
You can be charged with and imprisoned for illegally obtaining and possessing classified documents.
If you've come across "classified" documents through unofficial and unverified channels, then there's a lot of plausible deniability there, right? How could you know that they were truly classified documents? If they're secret, then their existence -- and their nature -- must be, by definition, secret.
OTOH, distributing classified documents to which you had legitimate access -- and thus knowledge that they were secret -- would be much more prosecutable.
The terrorists have won.
Why should they get the credit? It's our idiocy and our tax money that brought us to this state.
Saying "The terrorists have won", is shirking responsibility. This is our fault. We did this.
OK, "We lost. To the terrorists."
Facebook is going to track your activity. If you post your personal photos and information on a social networking site, it will more than likely be used for reasons other than you intended. There, now let's all move on.
Even the summary of TFA states that you don't need to be a facebook user to be tracked by their system.