I am not endorsing Romney with this, but the constant claims that he keeps changing his position is just not true. I am one of those few voters that actually look at the candidate instead of voting by team, or voting based on who I think will win so that I can feel like I won. Thus, when I started hearing about Romney's infamous 'flip flopping', I actively went out of my way to find it. I didn't expect it to be hard to find. He is after all a politician. What I found was not Romney flip flopping, but instead was person after person going out of their way to take his comments out of context. I would see articles that would post two consistent statements and declare it proof that Romney was inconsistent.
There are plenty of thing to disagree with Romney about, but the public discussion has been so concentrated on trying to get 'Ah Ha!' moments and trying to (incorrectly) paint him as 'saying whatever his audience wants to here' that any legitimate complaints are being completely overlooked.
The single biggest hurdle is getting past the corruption in the education system. Richard P. Feynman wrote about his experience with being on the State of California's Curriculum Commission. http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm
And on top of that, paper money has had unique serial numbers for a very very long time. So, even if everything went perfect, RFID would not change the traceability of money.
The fact that you think there ever was a time that you had to answer a load ringing device that was interrupting your life shows that you are not looking at this rationally. In fact, it was never a requirement. It is just that most people answered the phone anyway. This did not change with the advent of answering machines.
Also, saying that people have walked out in front of cars while using a phone while pretending that the same thing didn't happen with books is deceitful.
No it isn't. It may be that it could be possible to track it, but banks are not tracking which bills go to which customers, and businesses are not tracking which bills come from which customers.
I don't know. It seems to me that when I was a child in the 70's, every single time the telephone rang, an adult in the house would answer it, even if they had guests. They seemed unable to disconnect themselves even for a few hours.
Around these parts, not only would it not put a dent in the energy used, but it would massively increase the water usage, since you would have to rewash every load of clothes a dozen times before you actually got a set dried without bird crap on it. Of course, if you live in an area without birds, or your personal belief systems encourage wearing clothes with bird crap on them, this would not be an issue.
The problem is that Apple really wants to be an abusive monopoly. They just never seem to be able to get hold of and hang on to the monopoly part. I have always felt that it was because they would pull out the abusive part WAY too soon.
I agree with you in principal. The only issue I have is that this is a newspaper. Change the Analogy to:
A photo of the judge's senator bother going into a hotel room with a prostitute is suspected of having been taken by John Doe at location X. John Doe is not lawfully allowed to be in location X. John Doe delivers that photo to a newspaper who publishes it in their printed paper.
That comment makes absolutely no sense. If that was the intent of the law, then their would be no point in having the law at all. Even in the most repressive governments to ever exist on Earth, everyone has always had the ability to say what they wanted if they were willing to live with the repercussions.
Correct. This is more like a newspaper reporting on an event, and being asked to relieve their sources because the court thinks one of their sources could have done something illegal. Well, it isn't like that. It IS that.
Employers absolutely can fire employee for getting jury duty. They just can't SAY that they are firing you for jury duty. I have never heard of anyone actually getting fired for jury duty, but if an employer wants to, they certainly can do it.
Voting is not a duty. Informed is a duty. Uninformed voting is civic vandalism. It is important to make that distinction because there is currently a trend to encourage people to vote without knowing the issues.
While I can afford to do jury duty today, the first time I was called, I was fresh out on my own. I had a crappy job, and the fact that I had to go to the courthouse instead of work meant that I couldn't afford to eat. If I had been put on a trial that lasted a couple of weeks, I would not have been able to pay my rent.
Jury duty is fine and dandy for those of us with good jobs and flexible schedules. For a lot of people, it is a real financial problem.
I am with you. It should be mandatory that all companies pay for the jury duty. Just as unemployment insurance is a cost of doing business, so should jury duty pay.
Of course there is. Having everything you search on submitted to every external site that you do business with is bad. Whether you are looking for local files concerning your birthday, the erotic letter your wife wrote you, or that letter you wrote to the GBLT suicide hotline, it is none of Amazon's business. Ubuntu tapping your searches for Amazon is not significantly different than if ATT tapped your phone line for Amazon.
Nobody protests Amazon being included in the search bar in Firefox because nobody uses Firefox to search for local data. Local and remote searching should have a good clear line between them. It should take an active effort on the users part to merge them.
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I am not endorsing Romney with this, but the constant claims that he keeps changing his position is just not true. I am one of those few voters that actually look at the candidate instead of voting by team, or voting based on who I think will win so that I can feel like I won. Thus, when I started hearing about Romney's infamous 'flip flopping', I actively went out of my way to find it. I didn't expect it to be hard to find. He is after all a politician. What I found was not Romney flip flopping, but instead was person after person going out of their way to take his comments out of context. I would see articles that would post two consistent statements and declare it proof that Romney was inconsistent. There are plenty of thing to disagree with Romney about, but the public discussion has been so concentrated on trying to get 'Ah Ha!' moments and trying to (incorrectly) paint him as 'saying whatever his audience wants to here' that any legitimate complaints are being completely overlooked.
The single biggest hurdle is getting past the corruption in the education system. Richard P. Feynman wrote about his experience with being on the State of California's Curriculum Commission. http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm
And on top of that, paper money has had unique serial numbers for a very very long time. So, even if everything went perfect, RFID would not change the traceability of money.
The fact that you think there ever was a time that you had to answer a load ringing device that was interrupting your life shows that you are not looking at this rationally. In fact, it was never a requirement. It is just that most people answered the phone anyway. This did not change with the advent of answering machines.
Also, saying that people have walked out in front of cars while using a phone while pretending that the same thing didn't happen with books is deceitful.
The same could be said for every credit card. At worst, you could say that Google is as bad as other existing credit card providers.
No it isn't. It may be that it could be possible to track it, but banks are not tracking which bills go to which customers, and businesses are not tracking which bills come from which customers.
The fact that there is an Android incarnation shows the strength of Linux.
I don't know. It seems to me that when I was a child in the 70's, every single time the telephone rang, an adult in the house would answer it, even if they had guests. They seemed unable to disconnect themselves even for a few hours.
Around these parts, not only would it not put a dent in the energy used, but it would massively increase the water usage, since you would have to rewash every load of clothes a dozen times before you actually got a set dried without bird crap on it. Of course, if you live in an area without birds, or your personal belief systems encourage wearing clothes with bird crap on them, this would not be an issue.
Not really. Because of the way real estate is sold, anything that isn't on the standard check list is pretty much a loss on the value of a home.
Don't throw a rock at me for saying this, but... At the very least it was a copyright violation.
Apple has always wanted to be an abusive monopoly. Their problem is that they keep jumping into the abusive part before they get to the monopoly part.
The problem is that Apple really wants to be an abusive monopoly. They just never seem to be able to get hold of and hang on to the monopoly part. I have always felt that it was because they would pull out the abusive part WAY too soon.
I agree with you in principal. The only issue I have is that this is a newspaper. Change the Analogy to: A photo of the judge's senator bother going into a hotel room with a prostitute is suspected of having been taken by John Doe at location X. John Doe is not lawfully allowed to be in location X. John Doe delivers that photo to a newspaper who publishes it in their printed paper.
That comment makes absolutely no sense. If that was the intent of the law, then their would be no point in having the law at all. Even in the most repressive governments to ever exist on Earth, everyone has always had the ability to say what they wanted if they were willing to live with the repercussions.
Correct. This is more like a newspaper reporting on an event, and being asked to relieve their sources because the court thinks one of their sources could have done something illegal. Well, it isn't like that. It IS that.
Nobody forces you to vote.
Employers absolutely can fire employee for getting jury duty. They just can't SAY that they are firing you for jury duty. I have never heard of anyone actually getting fired for jury duty, but if an employer wants to, they certainly can do it.
Voting is not a duty. Informed is a duty. Uninformed voting is civic vandalism. It is important to make that distinction because there is currently a trend to encourage people to vote without knowing the issues.
While I can afford to do jury duty today, the first time I was called, I was fresh out on my own. I had a crappy job, and the fact that I had to go to the courthouse instead of work meant that I couldn't afford to eat. If I had been put on a trial that lasted a couple of weeks, I would not have been able to pay my rent.
Jury duty is fine and dandy for those of us with good jobs and flexible schedules. For a lot of people, it is a real financial problem.
I am with you. It should be mandatory that all companies pay for the jury duty. Just as unemployment insurance is a cost of doing business, so should jury duty pay.
What you said is funny. I suspect that through no fault of yours, most people will not get why it is funny. That makes it both funnier, and very sad.
Of course there is. Having everything you search on submitted to every external site that you do business with is bad. Whether you are looking for local files concerning your birthday, the erotic letter your wife wrote you, or that letter you wrote to the GBLT suicide hotline, it is none of Amazon's business. Ubuntu tapping your searches for Amazon is not significantly different than if ATT tapped your phone line for Amazon.
Nobody protests Amazon being included in the search bar in Firefox because nobody uses Firefox to search for local data. Local and remote searching should have a good clear line between them. It should take an active effort on the users part to merge them.
Disney already did a Star Wars attraction.
Oh, Miley Cyrus will be playing something.