As someone who has followed the ideals brought forth by Ron Paul in the campaign, and as much as I corroborate in the knowledge that our elected politicians walk regularly over the Constitution, they are attempting and failing to operate appropriately with some liberties and unwritten obligations that may exist that you may have not considered.
I implore you to read this bit by Jefferson: A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless *one* of the high duties of a good citizen, but not *the highest*. The laws of necessity, self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger are the highest obligation.
To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means....
In all these cases, the unwritten laws of necessity, of self-preservation, and of the public safety, control the written laws of meum and tuum.
The insanity is that the country is always in a state of danger and needing to be saved from something; real or imagined. Their shared delusion is that the sky is falling, and when the sky falls it creates more government largess. We need to vote these bums out of office, because we cannot share in their delusions that we are always in a state of danger that requires more expensive self-preservation.
Round and round we go.
When the nation was born it was a great 'experiment' of freedom, liberty, and representation in a time which the majority of people living would be honored to serve their local militia and defend their ideals. This level of stewardship over time has been diluted to the point where more people want to let the government be their nursemaid than to take up for their own.
We've given them so much power that they have gotten carried away with it, and there is no easy way to put the genie back in the bottle.
Most stores have a no-return policy on software because of the problems of piracy, but unfortunately we have to play the role of beta tester/guinea pig only to throw down $60 on a new game that we can't return if we find out it sucks. This is why we sell our used games, and this is why we buy used games.
To the game industry: If the used game market were such a concern then buy back the used games you sell and resell them yourself eliminating the middleman. Show us a little bit of confidence, and eat your own dog food. You created the after market, now you should deal with the consequences.
If you aren't born here you shouldn't be allowed clearances. Being born somewhere else is a conflict of interest that represents far too much risk for secure projects.
You make a great point for the case in the general understanding of the difference between theory and application. Knowing higher level mathematics unto itself is like learning a language that is utterly useless, but when applied to problems can prove to be useful.
There are 5 definitions of science from Merriam-Webster and they all imply gaining knowledge. For the average person there is no direct utility in knowing whether or not there was life on Mars but if we were to apply our own earthly use of science we could classify found bacteria, plants, fossils etc into genus and phylum, and compare the chemical/genetic structures with the hope of greater understanding of them.
Some of the side effects of our space program were materials, fuels and technologies that everyone benefits from. The most an average person can hope to gain are the unintended benefits of greater knowledge as a result of the applications of that knowledge by engineers. Acquiring knowledge of water on Mars is directly tied to the concept of Basic Research.
To answer your final question I think it requires a bit of foresight to think of it not as a "Mars Mission" but as a "Mars Migration and Population Strategy" and ask the following question:
"Is earth ever going to end up like Mars, and how could it happen?"
There are a lot of people out there clinging to these ideas that because of greenhouse gases and such we're "killing our planet". Perhaps they would be satiated by some evidence that what we are or are not doing is tied to it. The idea of terraforming another planet like Mars for any number of reasons (nuclear winter, overpopulation, etc) isn't nearly as far fetched now as it used to be.
There are almost 90 million square miles on Mars that could be thought of as an experimental playground or real estate.
I, for one hope that we send as many Dems into space as possible. Sure, the upfront costs will be expensive, but the long term savings will be tremendous.
You should be more concerned that over 50 million voters (46 percent McCain plus others) still think Obama is a terrorist by association. McCain touched the ideas that most taxpayers have: Who is this guy and is how much is he going to steal from my paycheck (via taxation)?
Almost half the country doesn't believe this guy, and are just waiting (perhaps cautiously optimistic) to see if and how badly he fails.
You do what smart people have always done about it -- give it to them in bite sized morsels, dumbed down enough so that they can understand it in like terms or find some immediately applicable benefit from its use.
No no no. Can't blame neocons for this. Attribute this properly to real social conservatives.
"Work or starve" was common wisdom somewhat attributed to John Smith of Jamestown in the early 1600s in the spirit of the quote: "He who does not work, will not eat."
People with physical and mental disabilities will be unjustly harassed by enforcers who use systems like this.
It's only a matter of time before a lawyer gets a call from someone with a limp, a tremor, a facial tic, or an itch in an unusual place and put the kibosh on the whole system. Hope they have a good legal team.
The punishment doesn't fit the crime. You get real.
If you don't like the mail coming in, you can whitelist your domains and deny all.
Any admin worth their pay knows how to lock down their network. Its dramatic slackers like you who have made spam become the "gateway crime" to homicide.
Spam, even if is tied to the manipulation of stock market prices was unreasonably promoted to the status of a criminal charge. His initial crime should have been a civil crime with financial penalties and perhaps some community service.
The criminal charge just pushed him into greater crimes, and this is one of the few cases I truly believe that the system is more at fault than he is.
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Threatening to release the mosquitoes holds the same equivalence to the use of simulated weapons.
He could be charged with a simulated weapons crime or a terrorist threat.
This means we can massacre all sorts of exotic species for better burgers without fear of wiping them out!
Yay science!
As someone who has followed the ideals brought forth by Ron Paul in the campaign, and as much as I corroborate in the knowledge that our elected politicians walk regularly over the Constitution, they are attempting and failing to operate appropriately with some liberties and unwritten obligations that may exist that you may have not considered.
I implore you to read this bit by Jefferson:
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless *one* of the high duties of a good citizen, but not *the highest*. The laws of necessity, self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger are the highest obligation.
To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means. ...
In all these cases, the unwritten laws of necessity, of self-preservation, and of the public safety, control the written laws of meum and tuum.
The insanity is that the country is always in a state of danger and needing to be saved from something; real or imagined. Their shared delusion is that the sky is falling, and when the sky falls it creates more government largess. We need to vote these bums out of office, because we cannot share in their delusions that we are always in a state of danger that requires more expensive self-preservation.
Round and round we go.
When the nation was born it was a great 'experiment' of freedom, liberty, and representation in a time which the majority of people living would be honored to serve their local militia and defend their ideals. This level of stewardship over time has been diluted to the point where more people want to let the government be their nursemaid than to take up for their own.
We've given them so much power that they have gotten carried away with it, and there is no easy way to put the genie back in the bottle.
Many of us have already boycotted Apple for far less significant reasons.
The people have spoken and (for plenty of reasons)
the majority have sent a clear message:
"We don't want Vista."
On the same exact hardware everything runs faster on XP. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
Most stores have a no-return policy on software because of the problems of piracy, but unfortunately we have to play the role of beta tester /guinea pig only to throw down $60 on a new game that we can't return if we find out it sucks. This is why we sell our used games, and this is why we buy used games.
To the game industry: If the used game market were such a concern then buy back the used games you sell and resell them yourself eliminating the middleman. Show us a little bit of confidence, and eat your own dog food. You created the after market, now you should deal with the consequences.
If you aren't born here you shouldn't be allowed clearances. Being born somewhere else is a conflict of interest that represents far too much risk for secure projects.
You make a great point for the case in the general understanding of the difference between theory and application. Knowing higher level mathematics unto itself is like learning a language that is utterly useless, but when applied to problems can prove to be useful.
There are 5 definitions of science from Merriam-Webster and they all imply gaining knowledge. For the average person there is no direct utility in knowing whether or not there was life on Mars but if we were to apply our own earthly use of science we could classify found bacteria, plants, fossils etc into genus and phylum, and compare the chemical/genetic structures with the hope of greater understanding of them.
Some of the side effects of our space program were materials, fuels and technologies that everyone benefits from. The most an average person can hope to gain are the unintended benefits of greater knowledge as a result of the applications of that knowledge by engineers. Acquiring knowledge of water on Mars is directly tied to the concept of Basic Research.
To answer your final question I think it requires a bit of foresight to think of it not as a "Mars Mission" but as a "Mars Migration and Population Strategy" and ask the following question:
"Is earth ever going to end up like Mars, and how could it happen?"
There are a lot of people out there clinging to these ideas that because of greenhouse gases and such we're "killing our planet". Perhaps they would be satiated by some evidence that what we are or are not doing is tied to it. The idea of terraforming another planet like Mars for any number of reasons (nuclear winter, overpopulation, etc) isn't nearly as far fetched now as it used to be.
There are almost 90 million square miles on Mars that could be thought of as an experimental playground or real estate.
My desktop doesn't have nearly as much vendor lock-in as an Apple iPhone and the carrier(s) they currently see fit to mandate approved use on.
In case you didn't realize it...Google *is* the platform. The hardware will transmogrify around Google.
I, for one hope that we send as many Dems into space as possible. Sure, the upfront costs will be expensive, but the long term savings will be tremendous.
Which WoW realm are you on?
You should be more concerned that over 50 million voters (46 percent McCain plus others) still think Obama is a terrorist by association. McCain touched the ideas that most taxpayers have: Who is this guy and is how much is he going to steal from my paycheck (via taxation)?
Almost half the country doesn't believe this guy, and are just waiting (perhaps cautiously optimistic) to see if and how badly he fails.
The most logical reason is that adding another holiday effects the stability of the economy and the GNP.
http://www.financialcalendar.com/freestuff/patterns.htm
Now get back to work. ;)
%40 of Americans don't pay taxes.
Eat crow.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/228/
You do what smart people have always done about it -- give it to them in bite sized morsels, dumbed down enough so that they can understand it in like terms or find some immediately applicable benefit from its use.
He is a liberal. That's never been contested.
No no no. Can't blame neocons for this. Attribute this properly to real social conservatives.
"Work or starve" was common wisdom somewhat attributed to John Smith of Jamestown in the early 1600s in the spirit of the quote: "He who does not work, will not eat."
Creationist vodka? Yum.
I'm for Absolut Creation.
Sorry, but I already have another entangling allian...er..I mean agreement with Microsoft that preempts Blizzard's...
So my RAM is neither mine nor yours to give.
Ignorance of a contract is a good enough excuse until the lawyers arrive.
Not at all. He already had the Hillary voters disenchanted with Obama (feminists, emasculated men, and closet Democrat racists).
He brought her in to win the conservatives, for real Republicans (not neo-cons) see McCain as a closet Democrat.
I, for one, will not be drinking any Microsoft branded melon liqueur.
Shred. Shred. Shred.
Deny. Deny. Deny.
People with physical and mental disabilities will be unjustly harassed by enforcers who use systems like this.
It's only a matter of time before a lawyer gets a call from someone with a limp, a tremor, a facial tic, or an itch in an unusual place and put the kibosh on the whole system. Hope they have a good legal team.
The punishment doesn't fit the crime. You get real.
If you don't like the mail coming in, you can whitelist your domains and deny all.
Any admin worth their pay knows how to lock down their network. Its dramatic slackers like you who have made spam become the "gateway crime" to homicide.
Spam, even if is tied to the manipulation of stock market prices was unreasonably promoted to the status of a criminal charge. His initial crime should have been a civil crime with financial penalties and perhaps some community service.
The criminal charge just pushed him into greater crimes, and this is one of the few cases I truly believe that the system is more at fault than he is.