I'll tell you why, because it just isn't worth it. When I went from being a contractor to perm empmloyee of the government my pay was chopped right in half. Sure we have some good bennies, but with everything tallied together I was still doing well as a contractor. When I was a contracter and actually felt well compensated for my time, then I would work as long as the company needed me to. HA! Not for the change they give me now.
The one BIG thing that lured me to the dark side....the one big perk that I couldn't turn down....was the education. Getting ready to make moves (finally) into some newer technology. That's what got me on board.
But maybe now with the way computers have shaped the world, maybe not
so much.
Just because anybody can make games for your console doesn't guarantee
that it will rule the market. A market flooded with second rate games
is what killed the Atari. Check
out Joystic Nation.
Every non vote makes them concerned? I think not. Don't expect somebody running for office to give you much thought if you aren't going to help them get into office. No politician or party is going to give the tiniest of cares to your thoughts or wants if you aren't helping them get into office.
Don't vote. Seems like a good idea in theory anyway. Too bad only about a quarter of the country votes anyway, and the current political process goes on.
Voting is part of the process. Plain and simple. I didn't say that voting was the only way to be vocal.
I said "If you aren't vocal, if you don't let government know what you think and want and if you don't vote, then you turn into a society of the governed."
Get out, protest, be heard, but in the end you have to vote.
You have to vote for your state officials and then vote for the higher offices. Hopefully you were able to elect state reps who actually listen to how you vote in the federal elections.
I'm not saying that by simply voting we can fix the way government currently runs. But it IS one of the things you have to do if you want change.
Not to mention that you can't expect polliticians to pay any attention to you if they know that you aren't going to vote. If you don't vote, then you are of no use to them. They need to get elected to do what they want to do. If you aren't for them, then you are against them. Pretty simple.
But if you are in fact a citizen of the United States, then it's people just like you that have helped to get us into the predicament we are in today. If you aren't vocal, if you don't let government know what you think and want and if you don't vote, then you turn into a society of the governed.
Our leadership turns into "dictators" like you say. Because they know that to be elected they only have to appeal to the very small minority that votes.
That's why Joe Blow American is always feeling screwed. "Why don't the candidates speak to me? Aren't my needs important?" They aren't important to a candidate if he knows you'll be sitting at home with your thumb up your butt come election day.
oh I know it.
Really I'm with you. I think the two (God, universe) to hand in hand. Did one come before the other?....or have both always just been there?
the universe exists because it does. Nothing created it. It's always been there. There is no beginning. It's always been around, always been fluctuating. Just because people can't comprehend something that didn't start or come from somewhere doesn't mean that it can't "always have been."
That's what my dog told me anyway.....
sure it's expanding. But what is it expanding into? What is it filling up? Nothing? How much nothing? aw jeez.......... There goes the smoke out the ears again.
Searched for it on NSI one day, found that it was open. I think I did that on a sunday. Decided on Friday to go get it and it was bought up. Go figure.....
unlike a whole hell of a lot of people in the country believe that you know what's best for you.
Too many people it seems just want to give the government money and be taken care of.
Scary thought.
Heaven forbid we actually have to take care of ourselves.
All this tax cut crap drives nuts. The reason the wealthy get such a large $ amount in tax cuts is because they pay the greatest $ amount in taxes. If everyone gets a percentage of their taxes reduced, it stands to reason that the rich will get a little larger $ amount. Even if they said "ok, across the board everyone gets a 2% tax cut." 2% of 500k in taxes is a lot more than 10k in taxes.
For me what it all boils down to is Gore is for big government and Bush is for giving some power back to the states and making people accountable for their own life. For Christ's sake people, this is America. You make your own way in life, and you should take care of yourself. I look at Gore and I see a future where everyone has health care. sure. fine. Ok. everyone, just give the government your money and you will be taken care of. Sounds like a good plan eh, Comrad?
If I just work the government will give me health care. They'll give me a house. They'll give me food. Work for the good of the country.
I believe in an America where your free to do what you want and that includes take care of your own health care. Invest your own money for retirement.
The choice is simple, vote Gore for big government that will take care of you.
Vote Bush if you want to see some of power and some of the accountablity fall squarely on the states and yourself.
The sad fact is, most of America today is content to be taken care of. For heavens sake, don't make me responsible for myself.
.....is that 18 year olds as a whole don't vote. Sure some do, maybe a lot of them you know, but compared to some of the other demographic groups they really suck when it comes to voting. That's why the politician who wins will be the one who plays to the tune of the soccer moms and the old folks who care about medicare and social security.
I'm not saying all is lost. I'm just saying GET OUT AND VOTE! If we want politicians to listen to us, we have to show them that they are accountable to us.
You know, I seriously doubt that somebody was just standing there and a cop walked up and snatched his hear off of his head.
I was here during the protests in Portland (very low key compared to what I've seen from Philly and Seattle). But you have these nimrods that will walk up to the cops, throw themselves into the cops, and then complain the loudest when the cop throws them to the ground and takes them to jail. "I was just walking down the street!" they claimed. Bullcrap! I saw what went down and it was someone who was trying to get one up on the cops. In my opinion, helping to instigate a riot.
I'm not saying the cops should just be allowed to walk around and beat people down. But at the same time, you try being the person who has to keep order.
They are basically in a lose-lose situation here. It's really hard to keep control of a huge mob of protestors without losing control. Flex too much muscle, and people bitch. Let the mob run all over you and destroy property, and people bitch. Been there, done that in the military. Crappy job. That's why I got out of that line of work.
...Although, what I see coming out of this is basically use by recon top units (who tend to carry a bit more advanced equipment than your everyday grunt). Putting this in the hands of your everday soldier will prove (quickly I imagine) to be a bad idea. I bet a high percentage will find it useful in training and the like. Should they ever really get dropped into a combat situation though, I see all those things getting stuck in a pack or cargo pocket never to see the light of day again. Let's hope the field officers and NCO's have enough common sense to know that this stuff, while neat and useful in theory, will never beat a rifle, map and compass.
....I've been using AOL since the late 80's when they were split into AOL (for macs) and PC-Link (for pcs). Somehow, I've managed to dodge every crisis that everyone else's cousin or friend has had.
I think the only problem that I noticed was when the connection #'s were busy for about three weeks when they went to a flat monthly rate.
Anyway, the big problem that I see AOL having is that they really only serve two types of users well.
1. The ones who only load AOL and games onto their pc.
2. The ones who are smart enough to know how they are setting it up when loading it.
When I put the new version on my pc, nothing got deleted. If that is happening though, I hope that AOL gets set straight.
As for all the flames and questions "Why in the hell do you use AOL?" For the price, nobody in my area (Portland) can beat what they offer. May be ditching them soon though, as my reluctance to shell out more for cable modems or megabit weakens.
if God had wanted us to sail around the world he wouldn't have made it flat and put sea monsters in it. That's what they were saying years and years ago. Most people fear the unknown and can't think past our known borders. Anyway, that's my plug on the mars thing.
I don't agree with this whole creating life thing. The bad part is, once somebody figures out how to do it...other people will figure it out shortly. Somebody some where will figure out how to use it so it's profitable to them and then all hell's going to break loose.
Slashdot Mirror
I'll tell you why, because it just isn't worth it. When I went from being a contractor to perm empmloyee of the government my pay was chopped right in half. Sure we have some good bennies, but with everything tallied together I was still doing well as a contractor. When I was a contracter and actually felt well compensated for my time, then I would work as long as the company needed me to. HA! Not for the change they give me now.
The one BIG thing that lured me to the dark side....the one big perk that I couldn't turn down....was the education. Getting ready to make moves (finally) into some newer technology. That's what got me on board.
But maybe now with the way computers have shaped the world, maybe not so much.
Just because anybody can make games for your console doesn't guarantee that it will rule the market. A market flooded with second rate games is what killed the Atari. Check out Joystic Nation.
...the electoral college exists.
Because us common folk aren't smart enough to make such an important decision, like who should be president.
Every non vote makes them concerned? I think not. Don't expect somebody running for office to give you much thought if you aren't going to help them get into office. No politician or party is going to give the tiniest of cares to your thoughts or wants if you aren't helping them get into office.
Don't vote. Seems like a good idea in theory anyway. Too bad only about a quarter of the country votes anyway, and the current political process goes on.
Voting is part of the process. Plain and simple. I didn't say that voting was the only way to be vocal.
I said "If you aren't vocal, if you don't let government know what you think and want and if you don't vote, then you turn into a society of the governed."
Get out, protest, be heard, but in the end you have to vote.
You have to vote for your state officials and then vote for the higher offices. Hopefully you were able to elect state reps who actually listen to how you vote in the federal elections.
I'm not saying that by simply voting we can fix the way government currently runs. But it IS one of the things you have to do if you want change.
Not to mention that you can't expect polliticians to pay any attention to you if they know that you aren't going to vote. If you don't vote, then you are of no use to them. They need to get elected to do what they want to do. If you aren't for them, then you are against them. Pretty simple.
But if you are in fact a citizen of the United States, then it's people just like you that have helped to get us into the predicament we are in today. If you aren't vocal, if you don't let government know what you think and want and if you don't vote, then you turn into a society of the governed.
Our leadership turns into "dictators" like you say. Because they know that to be elected they only have to appeal to the very small minority that votes.
That's why Joe Blow American is always feeling screwed. "Why don't the candidates speak to me? Aren't my needs important?" They aren't important to a candidate if he knows you'll be sitting at home with your thumb up your butt come election day.
oh I know it.
Really I'm with you. I think the two (God, universe) to hand in hand. Did one come before the other?....or have both always just been there?
or you could say "The sun even shines on a dogs ass some days..."
the universe exists because it does. Nothing created it. It's always been there. There is no beginning. It's always been around, always been fluctuating. Just because people can't comprehend something that didn't start or come from somewhere doesn't mean that it can't "always have been."
That's what my dog told me anyway.....
sure it's expanding. But what is it expanding into? What is it filling up? Nothing? How much nothing? aw jeez.......... There goes the smoke out the ears again.
vote john armitage for president!
Searched for it on NSI one day, found that it was open. I think I did that on a sunday. Decided on Friday to go get it and it was bought up. Go figure.....
unlike a whole hell of a lot of people in the country believe that you know what's best for you.
Too many people it seems just want to give the government money and be taken care of.
Scary thought.
Heaven forbid we actually have to take care of ourselves.
All this tax cut crap drives nuts. The reason the wealthy get such a large $ amount in tax cuts is because they pay the greatest $ amount in taxes. If everyone gets a percentage of their taxes reduced, it stands to reason that the rich will get a little larger $ amount. Even if they said "ok, across the board everyone gets a 2% tax cut." 2% of 500k in taxes is a lot more than 10k in taxes.
For me what it all boils down to is Gore is for big government and Bush is for giving some power back to the states and making people accountable for their own life. For Christ's sake people, this is America. You make your own way in life, and you should take care of yourself. I look at Gore and I see a future where everyone has health care. sure. fine. Ok. everyone, just give the government your money and you will be taken care of. Sounds like a good plan eh, Comrad?
If I just work the government will give me health care. They'll give me a house. They'll give me food. Work for the good of the country.
I believe in an America where your free to do what you want and that includes take care of your own health care. Invest your own money for retirement.
The choice is simple, vote Gore for big government that will take care of you.
Vote Bush if you want to see some of power and some of the accountablity fall squarely on the states and yourself.
The sad fact is, most of America today is content to be taken care of. For heavens sake, don't make me responsible for myself.
dang, and I thought my dreams were weird.
.....is that 18 year olds as a whole don't vote. Sure some do, maybe a lot of them you know, but compared to some of the other demographic groups they really suck when it comes to voting. That's why the politician who wins will be the one who plays to the tune of the soccer moms and the old folks who care about medicare and social security.
I'm not saying all is lost. I'm just saying GET OUT AND VOTE! If we want politicians to listen to us, we have to show them that they are accountable to us.
Do your part.
overlay the entire earth with a giant grid. Let people buy different grid coord. for money and wherever it lands, that person gets all the cash!
Just like a giant game of Cow Pie Bingo! You know where they section off a football field, turn the cow loose.......nevermind.
You know, I seriously doubt that somebody was just standing there and a cop walked up and snatched his hear off of his head.
I was here during the protests in Portland (very low key compared to what I've seen from Philly and Seattle). But you have these nimrods that will walk up to the cops, throw themselves into the cops, and then complain the loudest when the cop throws them to the ground and takes them to jail. "I was just walking down the street!" they claimed. Bullcrap! I saw what went down and it was someone who was trying to get one up on the cops. In my opinion, helping to instigate a riot.
I'm not saying the cops should just be allowed to walk around and beat people down. But at the same time, you try being the person who has to keep order.
They are basically in a lose-lose situation here. It's really hard to keep control of a huge mob of protestors without losing control. Flex too much muscle, and people bitch. Let the mob run all over you and destroy property, and people bitch. Been there, done that in the military. Crappy job. That's why I got out of that line of work.
...Although, what I see coming out of this is basically use by recon top units (who tend to carry a bit more advanced equipment than your everyday grunt). Putting this in the hands of your everday soldier will prove (quickly I imagine) to be a bad idea. I bet a high percentage will find it useful in training and the like. Should they ever really get dropped into a combat situation though, I see all those things getting stuck in a pack or cargo pocket never to see the light of day again. Let's hope the field officers and NCO's have enough common sense to know that this stuff, while neat and useful in theory, will never beat a rifle, map and compass.
-semper fi
We get the pleasure of watching Berkeley Square.
Hopefully Code Rush will come out on video soon.
very interesting though.
"By rubbing my carpeted feet on the ground, I will create a static electricity bolt........is it hot in here?!"
....I've been using AOL since the late 80's
when they were split into AOL (for macs) and
PC-Link (for pcs). Somehow, I've managed to
dodge every crisis that everyone else's cousin or
friend has had.
I think the only problem that I noticed was when
the connection #'s were busy for about three
weeks when they went to a flat monthly rate.
Anyway, the big problem that I see AOL having is
that they really only serve two types of users
well.
1. The ones who only load AOL and games onto
their pc.
2. The ones who are smart enough to know how they
are setting it up when loading it.
When I put the new version on my pc, nothing got
deleted. If that is happening though, I hope that
AOL gets set straight.
As for all the flames and questions "Why in the
hell do you use AOL?"
For the price, nobody in my area (Portland) can
beat what they offer. May be ditching them soon
though, as my reluctance to shell out more for
cable modems or megabit weakens.
The flash......
if God had wanted us to sail around the world
he wouldn't have made it flat and put sea monsters
in it. That's what they were saying years and
years ago. Most people fear the unknown and
can't think past our known borders. Anyway, that's
my plug on the mars thing.
I don't agree with this whole creating life thing.
The bad part is, once somebody figures out how to
do it...other people will figure it out shortly.
Somebody some where will figure out how to use it
so it's profitable to them and then all hell's
going to break loose.