Re:More Republican Fair-Weather Federalism
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One obvious difference is: Nobody is forced to ask their doctor for pot or euthenasia. Nobody is forced to marry a MOTSS. They'd just be free to do it if they want.
I got the ads GP got, complete with identical catchphrases.
It's funny, I was thinking "What kind of retard would buy milk over the intarweb" and one of the google ads was for my local dairy that delivers. Must've found my zip code in a cookie somewhere. A bit creepy.
Fuck their terms of service. They change constantly, every time I've had a problem (buyer or seller) it seems tilted against me, they have inserted so many fees over the years, they ruined half.com, and as soon as there is a viable alternative I'm gone.
ebay would love for me to sell myself stuff. They get $.25 + 3% + 1.25% + 4% of every transaction. I get 2 feedback points that they generate for free. Heck, if everyone did this ebay'd make a trillion dollars.
And as for breaking rules, every time something rubs me wrong I think of ways around it. They stop irritating me, I'll stop seeking a less painful path.
That is an increasing problem. I've had an even worse variant of it:
Seller sends defective product, drags replacing it out past the 30 day mark (so I can't get my money back no matter what) and then stops dealing with me. I checked the seller feedback and they had lots of mutual retractions, and every negative feedback they received (over a legitimate problem such as mine) was retaliated against with improper negative feedback.
I decided to leave no feedback, didn't want the strike on my record.
I was using a public computer, poking around news headlines. I couldn't believe how offensive nearly every newspapers website was. Dozens of flashing, moving, jittering, vertigo-inducing atrocities. All for local businesses in a state I'll probably never visit. For a frickin AP wire story.
Here's how I see it. I'm not ever going to buy something from an ad. There are people who will buy something from ads. I don't look at ads via blocking software. There are people who don't know/bother about blocking software. These groups largely overlap - willing to buy & don't know/bother.
So I think the model is viable. Somebody looks at the ads, buys the crap, and I get free access with no ads. As long as there are ignorant, lazy, or indifferent people who are willing to click on the monkey and get a free ipod (or whatever they do nowadays) the model will continue to work.
I have great faith in humanity to have these traits.
Have you ever gone through a border crossing? I came back through Mexico once with some prescription drugs and they wouldn't let me declare them. They only looked at my ID because I laid it down on the counter. Nearly everyone (who was white) was waved through. Canadian border was just as bad. Oddly, it was quite an ordeal to get into Canada, but coming back they just waved me through.
I'd say this will make them even less strict. Also, if someone stole your RFID info and came across in a car later linked to a crime you'd be linked to this crime.
For some reason, this isn't enough and legislation was passed to ban all smoking everywhere. The market works in this case, yet fanatics demand still more.
You know why my house hasn't burnt yet with my hundreds of electronic devices?
Because the manufacturers are scared of getting sued for millions of dollars.
If I couldn't sue them they'd use the cheapest underspecced crap you can find, because they'd save money with no risk. Then, the next time I go to buy a toaster, it's a bunch of other manufacturers I don't recognize, and I wind up buying another dangerous appliance from the same manufacturer with a different name.
How is this better? I'm glad corporations are scared of getting sued. Cuts down on radium beverage availability, though.
Everyone dies anyway, so your emotional arguments have no meaning. In fact, if you die young, before you have grandkids etc there are less people dependent on you.
Hospital workers probably prefer to work on young people than old people, so that claim is wrong.
Taxpayers save money. They don't have to pay for all that end-of-life medical care that adds up so relentlessly.
Insurance is much higher than it ever was before this era of ultra-safety-conciousness, before airbags, seatbelt laws, childrestraints, amber alerts, etc. So that's wrong.
People should be paid and thanked for taking risks.
I'd go further, and say that people today are obsessed with safety. At any price. Even if it interferes severely with your life. Many people today would reduce their risk 1% while reducing quality of life 99% and think it worthwhile.
We never wore helmets, ran around blowing stuff up, started countless fires, invented rivalries with the crazy lady and the plant-nursery man, all kinds of things.
I saw a preview of this obsession because my mother was a worrier, and very overprotective. She would buy me a helmet and force me to wear it (which I'd do until I was out of sight) She'd give me long boring lectures about strangers with candy and drug pushers. (oddly nobody ever offered me free drugs. What a rip-off!) Anyway, she would worry and stress and buy all this crap. It didn't make any difference. We all grew up fine, except for the kid who had an undiagnosed heart condition.
It makes me sad to see kids wearing helmets, worried about getting molested by drugged-out terrorists. Hopefully the pendulum swings.
The foam provides insulation. If you removed the foam you could prevent ice from forming, but your liquid o2 would heat up much more rapidly. Probably causing a different problem.
That's what I thought, until I got a passport and started travelling.
When someone asks your citizenship, never say American. Half the time you'll get hassled, extra bs. Just accept the fact you're a US citizen. I didn't believe it after a Canadian Mounty made me feel like an idiot. but he was right.
There is no such thing as an American citizenship.
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Nothing is being forced down anyone's throat.
It's funny, I was thinking "What kind of retard would buy milk over the intarweb" and one of the google ads was for my local dairy that delivers. Must've found my zip code in a cookie somewhere. A bit creepy.
ebay would love for me to sell myself stuff. They get $.25 + 3% + 1.25% + 4% of every transaction. I get 2 feedback points that they generate for free. Heck, if everyone did this ebay'd make a trillion dollars.
And as for breaking rules, every time something rubs me wrong I think of ways around it. They stop irritating me, I'll stop seeking a less painful path.
Disks are cheap. It's a helpful feature, looking for rarely-listed items to see if there is any market, get an idea of price.
I already have 2 paypal accounts since they charge a percentage of every transaction on my cc-enabled one.
Thank you for the advice.
Seller sends defective product, drags replacing it out past the 30 day mark (so I can't get my money back no matter what) and then stops dealing with me. I checked the seller feedback and they had lots of mutual retractions, and every negative feedback they received (over a legitimate problem such as mine) was retaliated against with improper negative feedback.
I decided to leave no feedback, didn't want the strike on my record.
Scratched my head a minute wondering what the mod abuse was.
Should've saved one for you.
Is it the free ipod ad? The fake search engine?
Seriously, I wonder how much they want. That'd be a sweet domain.
According to their discography they have 20 albums, not counting promos and singles.
Same time iTunes hatched.
I think it's safe to say nobody knew it would be #1 by such a ridiculous mile.
Interesting, according to this IQ scores are normalized to produce a nice bell curve.
50% below average, assuming normal distribution. I don't know if there is normal distribution for "intelegance"
You don't need to ban people for blocking ads either, and you probably don't need a horribly inverted TOS.
I wish places like livejournal would learn from people like you.
I was using a public computer, poking around news headlines. I couldn't believe how offensive nearly every newspapers website was. Dozens of flashing, moving, jittering, vertigo-inducing atrocities. All for local businesses in a state I'll probably never visit. For a frickin AP wire story.
What an insult.
Interesting. I clicked on your 'fixed' url, and wound up on lavasoft's adaware.
So I think the model is viable. Somebody looks at the ads, buys the crap, and I get free access with no ads. As long as there are ignorant, lazy, or indifferent people who are willing to click on the monkey and get a free ipod (or whatever they do nowadays) the model will continue to work.
I have great faith in humanity to have these traits.
I'd say this will make them even less strict. Also, if someone stole your RFID info and came across in a car later linked to a crime you'd be linked to this crime.
A quick search turned up 8,733 here
For some reason, this isn't enough and legislation was passed to ban all smoking everywhere. The market works in this case, yet fanatics demand still more.
in there instead of pressing return.
Millions of eyeballs will thank you.
Because the manufacturers are scared of getting sued for millions of dollars.
If I couldn't sue them they'd use the cheapest underspecced crap you can find, because they'd save money with no risk. Then, the next time I go to buy a toaster, it's a bunch of other manufacturers I don't recognize, and I wind up buying another dangerous appliance from the same manufacturer with a different name.
How is this better? I'm glad corporations are scared of getting sued. Cuts down on radium beverage availability, though.
Everyone dies anyway, so your emotional arguments have no meaning. In fact, if you die young, before you have grandkids etc there are less people dependent on you.
Hospital workers probably prefer to work on young people than old people, so that claim is wrong.
Taxpayers save money. They don't have to pay for all that end-of-life medical care that adds up so relentlessly.
Insurance is much higher than it ever was before this era of ultra-safety-conciousness, before airbags, seatbelt laws, childrestraints, amber alerts, etc. So that's wrong.
People should be paid and thanked for taking risks.
I'd go further, and say that people today are obsessed with safety. At any price. Even if it interferes severely with your life. Many people today would reduce their risk 1% while reducing quality of life 99% and think it worthwhile.
We never wore helmets, ran around blowing stuff up, started countless fires, invented rivalries with the crazy lady and the plant-nursery man, all kinds of things.
I saw a preview of this obsession because my mother was a worrier, and very overprotective. She would buy me a helmet and force me to wear it (which I'd do until I was out of sight) She'd give me long boring lectures about strangers with candy and drug pushers. (oddly nobody ever offered me free drugs. What a rip-off!) Anyway, she would worry and stress and buy all this crap. It didn't make any difference. We all grew up fine, except for the kid who had an undiagnosed heart condition.
It makes me sad to see kids wearing helmets, worried about getting molested by drugged-out terrorists. Hopefully the pendulum swings.
The foam provides insulation. If you removed the foam you could prevent ice from forming, but your liquid o2 would heat up much more rapidly. Probably causing a different problem.
When someone asks your citizenship, never say American. Half the time you'll get hassled, extra bs. Just accept the fact you're a US citizen. I didn't believe it after a Canadian Mounty made me feel like an idiot. but he was right.
There is no such thing as an American citizenship.