I'll make it clear for you: The government is already stealing over 70% of my stuff in day to day life, if you count income tax, property, consumption (sales) tax, and taxes on taxes.
While they make it more organized with a paper trail, it still doesn't make it anything less than theft.
You can already pay plenty to have a private security firm defend you.
In addition to the lip service I get from a government, effectively making me pay for it twice, once from a service I didn't ask for or want, and then once again through the service of my choosing.
The thing is you ultra-libertarians suffer exactly the same flaws as really staunch communists. Both of you believe that people are better than they are.
Oh no, I believe in the worst in people, which we already have. I will be more rich than I am now to pay the thugs of my choosing instead of the thugs that you and others would choose for me.
You are naive. Without government "violence" , "theft" and "coercion", there is nothing stopping someone bigger and stronger using violence, theft and coercion to take all of your stuff.
That's a choice I'd like to make for myself, and not one made for me, thank you very much.
And no, you cannot defend yourself, since you're not the most powerful person. There will always be someone bigger and stronger.
You support monopolies on violence and I do not. I'd like competition on price for whoever would be needed to defend me, and not have to pay twice (or more times) for the same level of service.
This is the downfall of these current generation of digital currencies, they aren't anonymous and untraceable enough yet.
Sadly, Glenn Fleishman suggests to resort to the use of violence (recourse in a court system, based on government theft and coercion) in order to seek a "remedy" to these problems, whereas many would rather see people be more careful with their transactions and keeping the government out of them (wherever possible).
How about we ask Keith to ask of his people to quit, and tender his resignation voluntarily? No questions asked.
There, solved that for ya. It would be really easy to lower taxpayer liability by just putting organizations like his on the chopping block, and ending all overseas adventures. Please don't patronize us with your idealistic beliefs in safety -- one could only imagine what D.C. would be like with a Kiev-style protest.
We're asking you nicely now -- and putting it into public discourse. The next time time, I don't know how nicely people will ask. I think it might get ugly.
Good move by the government, and it is a good thing that this is happening sooner rather than later. Yes, taxes suck, yes I want to pay lower taxes, etc, but the wars, drone strikes on brown people, and the Frankenfoods don't pay for themselves.
I think that is the key point. People should also realise that places that are currently green further south may well become desert - this doesn't mean more green it means green further North. It seems to confirm predictions that the "Wheat belt" may move North from the contiguous USA and central Europe to Siberia, Northern Europe, Canada, and eventually possibly Alaska.
It's the blind faith in speculation of things that may happen that just disturb me, and probably should disturb any logical thinking person.
Just like the guy above in Alaska citing anecdotal evidence that the presence of earthworms in mum's garden and the forest line increasing, no one can definitively prove that a localized warming cycle is part of a part of a multi-millennial trend. Since there have only been accurate thermometers measuring data for a couple hundred years, one could easily conclude there is too small of a sample of temperature data being presented. At best, climate change illustrates a trend of a small sample space, and it worst it represents a political bold-faced lie.
Sorry, but the unprovable mays that you present are equally as likely as donkeys flying out of my ass.
Tend to blame the victims. Most modern processed foods are full of inflammatory poisons (HFCS, artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated oils)
Paleo and Atkins work for some, not for others. Blaming people for being fat is like blaming people for being poor and uneducated. Additionally, fast foods today aren't as healthy as they were years before (HFCS, hydrogenated oils, soy, fillers, artificial colorings, and other carcinogenic preserves using benzenes,) no longer using animal fats, and quality foods aren't subsidized while healthcare is. Juice feasting and lots of water works for many , Paleo and Atkins works for some, but have a crouton and you blow up like a blimp from the "carb starving".
The societal equation is wrong. Food is medicine, when used properly.
People who are struggling with this should at least consider the documentaries : "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" and "Forks over Knives" and watch the tons of videos on YouTube that show people transforming their lives and regaining control.
The point of a patent is to gain a limited monopoly on an invention in the marketplace. People invent things, companies do not. The fact remains that unless the employee is sharp witted on legal matters, the employer is going to unconscionably screw them. Sadly, the employee must remain vigilant and not agree to such restrictive nonsense. (and not just in terms of purported ownership, but also in terms of arbitration). Friends don't let friends use the government to solve their problems.
We're in an era of reputation (look at LinkedIN, and Klout), and the patent system will inevitably revisit the concept of reputation inadvertently. Depending on what political and philosophical angle you are coming from, the whole patent system looks like pure evil, or good in a "screw them before they screw us" sort of way.
Without artificial monopolies, companies would have to depend purely on their product quality, source authenticity, and reputation. Employees should not also be monopolies.
The entire "public is less efficient than private" lie that had been repeated so often that everyone now believes it is just that. A lie. The reality is that private industry is far more efficient at corrupting and side stepping morality issues in the quest for a dollar.
Spooner and his American Letter Mail Company's challenge to the postal monopoly at least brought prices down (temporarily). Competitive pricing is moral. Monopoly under threat of caging is immoral. Any questions?
History is a funny thing, sometimes it even makes people who thinks there are "lies" out there have a nice tasty bite of crow.
IANAL, but I suspect this will get thrown out of court.
This sounds like a frivolous lawsuit, and quite possibly one of the worst examples of people using the government to solve their problems. Shunning, shaming, and publicizing this message problem is the proper solution -- hit them in their sales in the marketplace.
A guess in the right direction. It started with (orig) Shockley, then later Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. It now includes many little rinky-dink start-ups, agencies, and defense contractors mimicking them because they think they're so cool.
Slashdot Mirror
Mod parent up.
...Or maybe we should just torch the founder of the company that decides to unleash this product on the world?
Seriously. Cut this shit out.
I'll make it clear for you: The government is already stealing over 70% of my stuff in day to day life, if you count income tax, property, consumption (sales) tax, and taxes on taxes.
While they make it more organized with a paper trail, it still doesn't make it anything less than theft.
If I'm poor enough I'll have nothing to steal. Which is what government tries to do now anyhow.
It's not my failure to understand that you and your ilk are douchebags trying to enslave us all.
You can already pay plenty to have a private security firm defend you.
In addition to the lip service I get from a government, effectively making me pay for it twice, once from a service I didn't ask for or want, and then once again through the service of my choosing.
The thing is you ultra-libertarians suffer exactly the same flaws as really staunch communists. Both of you believe that people are better than they are.
Oh no, I believe in the worst in people, which we already have. I will be more rich than I am now to pay the thugs of my choosing instead of the thugs that you and others would choose for me.
You are naive. Without government "violence" , "theft" and "coercion", there is nothing stopping someone bigger and stronger using violence, theft and coercion to take all of your stuff.
That's a choice I'd like to make for myself, and not one made for me, thank you very much.
And no, you cannot defend yourself, since you're not the most powerful person. There will always be someone bigger and stronger.
You support monopolies on violence and I do not. I'd like competition on price for whoever would be needed to defend me, and not have to pay twice (or more times) for the same level of service.
This is the downfall of these current generation of digital currencies, they aren't anonymous and untraceable enough yet.
Sadly, Glenn Fleishman suggests to resort to the use of violence (recourse in a court system, based on government theft and coercion) in order to seek a "remedy" to these problems, whereas many would rather see people be more careful with their transactions and keeping the government out of them (wherever possible).
If you're posting often on social media, you're probably not doing much in the way of anything called work.
Walmart left Germany because it was a bad place to do business for Walmart .
Capisce?
Walmart left Germany with its tail between its legs, and what a loss is it for the country!
Your characterization is wrong. Walmart left Germany because it was a bad place to do business.
How about we ask Keith to ask of his people to quit, and tender his resignation voluntarily? No questions asked.
There, solved that for ya. It would be really easy to lower taxpayer liability by just putting organizations like his on the chopping block, and ending all overseas adventures. Please don't patronize us with your idealistic beliefs in safety -- one could only imagine what D.C. would be like with a Kiev-style protest.
We're asking you nicely now -- and putting it into public discourse. The next time time, I don't know how nicely people will ask. I think it might get ugly.
Fish, or it didn't happen!
couldn't they have done the same for Anwar al-Awlaki, another US citizen?
Equal justice under the law is a fallacy. Kinda makes you wonder if the tin foil hat people are right...
Good move by the government, and it is a good thing that this is happening sooner rather than later. Yes, taxes suck, yes I want to pay lower taxes, etc, but the wars, drone strikes on brown people, and the Frankenfoods don't pay for themselves.
There, FTFY.
Libertarian types trying to sponge off the taxes of hard working tax payers via tax evasion
Statist socialist types trying to sponge off hard working capitalists via government strong arming with prison and fines.
There, FTFY.
I think that is the key point. People should also realise that places that are currently green further south may well become desert - this doesn't mean more green it means green further North. It seems to confirm predictions that the "Wheat belt" may move North from the contiguous USA and central Europe to Siberia, Northern Europe, Canada, and eventually possibly Alaska.
It's the blind faith in speculation of things that may happen that just disturb me, and probably should disturb any logical thinking person.
Just like the guy above in Alaska citing anecdotal evidence that the presence of earthworms in mum's garden and the forest line increasing, no one can definitively prove that a localized warming cycle is part of a part of a multi-millennial trend. Since there have only been accurate thermometers measuring data for a couple hundred years, one could easily conclude there is too small of a sample of temperature data being presented. At best, climate change illustrates a trend of a small sample space, and it worst it represents a political bold-faced lie.
Sorry, but the unprovable mays that you present are equally as likely as donkeys flying out of my ass.
https://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Fat_Sick_Nearly_Dead/70173634?locale=en-US
Tend to blame the victims. Most modern processed foods are full of inflammatory poisons (HFCS, artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated oils)
Paleo and Atkins work for some, not for others. Blaming people for being fat is like blaming people for being poor and uneducated.
Additionally, fast foods today aren't as healthy as they were years before (HFCS, hydrogenated oils, soy, fillers, artificial colorings, and other carcinogenic preserves using benzenes,) no longer using animal fats, and quality foods aren't subsidized while healthcare is. Juice feasting and lots of water works for many , Paleo and Atkins works for some, but have a crouton and you blow up like a blimp from the "carb starving".
The societal equation is wrong. Food is medicine, when used properly.
People who are struggling with this should at least consider the documentaries : "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" and "Forks over Knives" and watch the tons of videos on YouTube that show people transforming their lives and regaining control.
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/216/2/236.full.pdf+html
People wouldn't be sick as often, exposing healthy people to the germs of their coworker's rugrats.
It's been 20 years and employers still want most IT and dev people on-site and with their thumb on the back of their necks.
The point of a patent is to gain a limited monopoly on an invention in the marketplace. People invent things, companies do not.
The fact remains that unless the employee is sharp witted on legal matters, the employer is going to unconscionably screw them.
Sadly, the employee must remain vigilant and not agree to such restrictive nonsense. (and not just in terms of purported ownership, but also in terms of arbitration). Friends don't let friends use the government to solve their problems.
We're in an era of reputation (look at LinkedIN, and Klout), and the patent system will inevitably revisit the concept of reputation inadvertently.
Depending on what political and philosophical angle you are coming from, the whole patent system looks like pure evil, or good in a "screw them before they screw us" sort of way.
Without artificial monopolies, companies would have to depend purely on their product quality, source authenticity, and reputation.
Employees should not also be monopolies.
http://www.modelint.com/download.html
Executable UML The Models are the Code:
Elevator Case Study
http://www.amazon.com/Executable-UML-A-Case-Study/dp/0970804407
The entire "public is less efficient than private" lie that had been repeated so often that everyone now believes it is just that. A lie. The reality is that private industry is far more efficient at corrupting and side stepping morality issues in the quest for a dollar.
Spooner and his American Letter Mail Company's challenge to the postal monopoly at least brought prices down (temporarily). Competitive pricing is moral. Monopoly under threat of caging is immoral. Any questions?
History is a funny thing, sometimes it even makes people who thinks there are "lies" out there have a nice tasty bite of crow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Letter_Mail_Company
IANAL, but I suspect this will get thrown out of court.
This sounds like a frivolous lawsuit, and quite possibly one of the worst examples of people using the government to solve their problems. Shunning, shaming, and publicizing this message problem is the proper solution -- hit them in their sales in the marketplace.
A guess in the right direction. It started with (orig) Shockley, then later Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.
It now includes many little rinky-dink start-ups, agencies, and defense contractors mimicking them because they think they're so cool.