We require vaccination as part of our non-national healthcare system now. Kids must be vaccinated to go to school. Many hospital jobs require vaccinations. The military requires vaccinations. Colleges require vaccinations.
I really don't see the difference. What would be new?
Gloves + rotating grinder = BAD. You don't want a glove to get caught in that, your hand goes with it. Better to be burned by some sparks than to lose a few fingers (at best).
If he doesn't own the company why should he care? And even if he does, isn't good service above gouging people for money? You want these people to come back, after all.
Or if you had been following the story, Putin has been implementing more and more restrictive policies that actually are restricting free speech and harming people's rights. The country is no longer a democracy. The US is really good at backing these kinds of guys too.
Lets see, who do we have here that we've backed...
Pinochet, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Stalin, amongst many others.
And yeah, it isn't illegal. But how far can the consolidation of databases be pushed until it really is an issue? I mean, a Lexis-Nexus search on the law enforcement branch brings up way more than enough information about me to steal my identity. How long until that information begins to trickle down into the hands of someone who would care? How open can the information get? It begins to raise a lot of questions.
A huge government database full of your SSN and other personally identifying information (Lexis-Nexis, anyone?), including relative's names, former names, former SSNs, birthday's you've listed, jobs you've worked at, places you bank with... list goes on and on.
I don't know about you, but having all of that information readily available and consolidated in one place seems like a dangerous thing to me, and would violate my privacy.
Also sounds like maybe the correct solution isn't killing tens of thousands of people and invading a country, when you put it that way.
Gee, I wonder how else we would solve this issue? Oh no! A lifestyle change? Never! Would rather kill a whole bunch of people who just happen to be sitting on some oil than stop driving my Hummer 40 miles to work everyday.
I mean, how can a country even claim to be successful without such obvious necessities?
Actually, it was put into place to balance the states AND give a buffer between the people and who is elected President. The founding fathers intended the House to be the only popularly elected branch on purpose: they didn't trust people.
There is a reason we're not a Democracy. People are dumb. The authors of the Constitution knew that, and put layers of separation in place. It is actually a pretty nice compromise between Aristocracy and Democracy.
"It was... desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the [office of the Presidency]... A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations." - Hamilton, Federalist #68.
Is it bad that I read that and went "Holy crap! New nuance in the Linux task scheduler?" Then i went back to the main page to check, and found you were only joke.
Well, also, many of them weren't actually enemy combatants, but had the same name as one! Or just a close spelling. Or just looked like a terrorist. Speaking of "enemy combatants", what a convenient title! You get to hold whomever you want indefinitely and without charge? With no right to see any form of lawyer and no right to any access to any sort of legal system what-so-ever?
Yay American ideals!
And I would call an few American citizens that blow up some buildings dissidents also.
I would imagine that that is mostly because of conditioning. Women aren't pushed into science like men are. The women in my engineering classes, albeit there are few women in them, usually trounce the rest of the class. I am not saying women are by definition smarter in any way either, I just don't think it would be fair to say women aren't as good at technology or science.
It is still a bit taboo for women to study science, especially engineering.
If you walked in and observed them choking customers on their way out and beating their children, would they be in the right to do that to you on the way out? Obviously you consented because you observed it when you came in. Thus, you are consenting to assault. It doesn't make it legal to do something illegal just because you consent to it, know about it, or others consent to it.
And he wasn't impeached for getting head (which is simply bad PR, not really an impeachable offense), he was impeached in the House for lying under oath about getting head.
BIG difference there. One is a felony, the other is being an asshole.
I'm in the same boat though. It doesn't really seem that there are any UI improvements that would make a switch the Vista worthwhile. I was not happy with the XP interface, and I tried out Vista. It wouldn't run on my three year old laptop. Being a broke college student, I have no interest in dropping a grand so I can have some pretty new UI. But testing it on other computers, I couldn't see any real compelling reason to switch, unless I wanted to have a slightly prettier start menu and have needless, not-even-that-cool looking GUI effects. Those are not killer apps for me. WinFS, the only reason I was excited for Vista, is not there.
So then I tried Kubuntu on my laptop, looking for a XP replacement with actual changes to the UI that meant something, and I found it. This environment (for me) is FAR more productive than XP or Vista could ever be. I was their target market, unsatisfied with XP and looking for an upgrade, and they let me slip through the cracks. Not that I really care, I found Linux and will probably never go back to Windows. Nice job, Microsoft.
I don't know when the last time you used Linux was, but I've been using it on and off for a couple years and recently made the full fledged jump into Ubuntu. The only time I ever NEEDED to use the command line was to set up the drivers for my wifi card, which is not supported in the kernel yet. Admittedly, Linux may need a geek to do the initial setup (which was entirely painless except for the aforementioned wifi card). The only other reasons I've used the command line were to geek around inside of my system, things a normal user wouldn't be doing anyway. The only reason I use the command line in Linux more than in Windows is because it is an actual tool in Linux, as opposed to an inefficient mess of a wanna-be terminal.
Synaptec makes it much easier to install programs than on a windows system. Just search for what you need and click apply: then it is installed and set up. Easy as pie.
And I feel like you are missing my point. The ACLU fights for civil liberties, and if they don't believe one is being infringed because they agree with a particular interpretation of the amendment, then why would they sue? The ACLU doesn't blindly go about slapping law suits on things they aren't interested in. The ACLU, in other cases of equal protection, first amendment rights, and due process, did not agree with the way the Constitution was being interpreted.
It seems as though you are suggesting that the ACLU should not form opinions of its own and just blindly fight for zero government control over a person. This wouldn't make sense.
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We require vaccination as part of our non-national healthcare system now. Kids must be vaccinated to go to school. Many hospital jobs require vaccinations. The military requires vaccinations. Colleges require vaccinations.
I really don't see the difference. What would be new?
And I'll be driving two H2s at once. One is remote controlled.
But that may actually lower the recidivism rate and maybe actually help some criminals live a life that isn't in and out of prisons.
Sir, your idea is heretical and un-American!
If we help criminals than the prisons may not be constantly full, thus not making money. Who would want that?
Gentoo/Kubuntu/Ubuntu/DSL/RHL don't do that, that makes me right all along! :-)
Gloves + rotating grinder = BAD. You don't want a glove to get caught in that, your hand goes with it. Better to be burned by some sparks than to lose a few fingers (at best).
Oh that one made my day, props to you!
If he doesn't own the company why should he care? And even if he does, isn't good service above gouging people for money? You want these people to come back, after all.
Whoa! So Microsoft is the admin of my box now?
News to me!
Green laser pointers are much more powerful and allow for the "trace" of the laser to be seen. They are very useful for star pointing, etc.
You don't want one shined in your eye though.
Especially when flying a helicopter.
Or if you had been following the story, Putin has been implementing more and more restrictive policies that actually are restricting free speech and harming people's rights. The country is no longer a democracy. The US is really good at backing these kinds of guys too.
Lets see, who do we have here that we've backed...
Pinochet, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Stalin, amongst many others.
I know!
And yeah, it isn't illegal. But how far can the consolidation of databases be pushed until it really is an issue? I mean, a Lexis-Nexus search on the law enforcement branch brings up way more than enough information about me to steal my identity. How long until that information begins to trickle down into the hands of someone who would care? How open can the information get? It begins to raise a lot of questions.
Privacy.
A huge government database full of your SSN and other personally identifying information (Lexis-Nexis, anyone?), including relative's names, former names, former SSNs, birthday's you've listed, jobs you've worked at, places you bank with... list goes on and on.
I don't know about you, but having all of that information readily available and consolidated in one place seems like a dangerous thing to me, and would violate my privacy.
Also sounds like maybe the correct solution isn't killing tens of thousands of people and invading a country, when you put it that way.
Gee, I wonder how else we would solve this issue? Oh no! A lifestyle change? Never! Would rather kill a whole bunch of people who just happen to be sitting on some oil than stop driving my Hummer 40 miles to work everyday.
I mean, how can a country even claim to be successful without such obvious necessities?
Actually, it was put into place to balance the states AND give a buffer between the people and who is elected President. The founding fathers intended the House to be the only popularly elected branch on purpose: they didn't trust people.
... desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the [office of the Presidency] ... A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations." - Hamilton, Federalist #68.
There is a reason we're not a Democracy. People are dumb. The authors of the Constitution knew that, and put layers of separation in place. It is actually a pretty nice compromise between Aristocracy and Democracy.
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Is it bad that I read that and went "Holy crap! New nuance in the Linux task scheduler?" Then i went back to the main page to check, and found you were only joke.
Not funny.
Well, also, many of them weren't actually enemy combatants, but had the same name as one! Or just a close spelling. Or just looked like a terrorist. Speaking of "enemy combatants", what a convenient title! You get to hold whomever you want indefinitely and without charge? With no right to see any form of lawyer and no right to any access to any sort of legal system what-so-ever?
Yay American ideals!
And I would call an few American citizens that blow up some buildings dissidents also.
You sir, have the strangest definition of religion I have ever seen.
Political models != religion.
Economic models != religion.
However, OS choice == religion.
I would imagine that that is mostly because of conditioning. Women aren't pushed into science like men are. The women in my engineering classes, albeit there are few women in them, usually trounce the rest of the class. I am not saying women are by definition smarter in any way either, I just don't think it would be fair to say women aren't as good at technology or science.
It is still a bit taboo for women to study science, especially engineering.
If you walked in and observed them choking customers on their way out and beating their children, would they be in the right to do that to you on the way out? Obviously you consented because you observed it when you came in. Thus, you are consenting to assault. It doesn't make it legal to do something illegal just because you consent to it, know about it, or others consent to it.
Breaking a criminal law or statute it a crime.
Breaking a civil law or statute is a civil infraction, or one of several other names that is not a crime.
Violation of the Fourth is not a criminal law, thus, it is not a crime.
Bush wanting to pull out to invade Iran come next election cycle?
And he wasn't impeached for getting head (which is simply bad PR, not really an impeachable offense), he was impeached in the House for lying under oath about getting head.
BIG difference there. One is a felony, the other is being an asshole.
I'm in the same boat though. It doesn't really seem that there are any UI improvements that would make a switch the Vista worthwhile. I was not happy with the XP interface, and I tried out Vista. It wouldn't run on my three year old laptop. Being a broke college student, I have no interest in dropping a grand so I can have some pretty new UI. But testing it on other computers, I couldn't see any real compelling reason to switch, unless I wanted to have a slightly prettier start menu and have needless, not-even-that-cool looking GUI effects. Those are not killer apps for me. WinFS, the only reason I was excited for Vista, is not there.
So then I tried Kubuntu on my laptop, looking for a XP replacement with actual changes to the UI that meant something, and I found it. This environment (for me) is FAR more productive than XP or Vista could ever be. I was their target market, unsatisfied with XP and looking for an upgrade, and they let me slip through the cracks. Not that I really care, I found Linux and will probably never go back to Windows. Nice job, Microsoft.
I don't know when the last time you used Linux was, but I've been using it on and off for a couple years and recently made the full fledged jump into Ubuntu. The only time I ever NEEDED to use the command line was to set up the drivers for my wifi card, which is not supported in the kernel yet. Admittedly, Linux may need a geek to do the initial setup (which was entirely painless except for the aforementioned wifi card). The only other reasons I've used the command line were to geek around inside of my system, things a normal user wouldn't be doing anyway. The only reason I use the command line in Linux more than in Windows is because it is an actual tool in Linux, as opposed to an inefficient mess of a wanna-be terminal. Synaptec makes it much easier to install programs than on a windows system. Just search for what you need and click apply: then it is installed and set up. Easy as pie.
And I feel like you are missing my point. The ACLU fights for civil liberties, and if they don't believe one is being infringed because they agree with a particular interpretation of the amendment, then why would they sue? The ACLU doesn't blindly go about slapping law suits on things they aren't interested in. The ACLU, in other cases of equal protection, first amendment rights, and due process, did not agree with the way the Constitution was being interpreted.
It seems as though you are suggesting that the ACLU should not form opinions of its own and just blindly fight for zero government control over a person. This wouldn't make sense.