Voting works only if you believe your vote gets counted accurately
When the only electable candidates are those chosen by the mainstream media, and controlled by special interests, I would say most emphatically that voting or democracy doesn't "work". Voting machines should be the least of our worries when it comes to the integrity of our political system.
I browse most everything through Google Reader whenever possible. I have all my favorite sites on there and I don't click on anything that doesn't seem interesting. Some of my social news sites only have a link. Most of my other ones have description text included in the feed. I think it's easily the fastest way to get the most information. In your case, it would also be low bandwidth. Plus, I think most readers allow you to view the content offline, though I normally don't use that.
If anything, the heller case proved that onerous regulation of firearms is perfectly alright. We can expect DC to do heap as many laws and regulations as possible. Hardly a win for the constitution if you ask me.
Flip-flopping? It's worse than that. The Federal Reserve pretty much destroyed our economy by causing the housing bubble, dot com bubble, snl crisis, etc etc. Their actions are more than just a bit criminal if you ask me.
The modern state is a relatively recent appearance in the thousands of years we have now. It took quite a while for them to appear. They're only here because people allow them to be. I wouldn't say it's inevitable by any means.
What I mean is organize into whatever political entity you agree with. Currently, you can't organize a political entity outside of the US government. We are all subject to the destructive laws and policies of politicians in Washington.
The Linux model of government is voluntary, not based on force like the US model of government.
You say it's not necessarily a failure of democracy, yet everything you list after that does indeed point to a complete and utter failure. People will never be educated enough to pick a decent government through voting. If you can't trust people to govern themselves, you sure as hell can't trust them to govern others. Doesn't matter whether they are picked through voting.
Sure, under anarchy, there may be someone who comes along and tries to force you to do something. There are quite a few things you can do to protect yourself. Under democracy, there is no question that a government will come by and use force to loot your property. Here, there is nothing you can do about it except choose who gets to steal your crap.
Open source is a much closer model for no government - or, in other words, anarchy. The last few years have been pretty clear to me that democracy doesn't produce government that works in the people's best interest. A linux model for government would allow people to choose how to organize themselves on a voluntary basis. Government, even the democratic version, rests on the application of force. So the two ideals really are mutually exclusive.
I would really like to develop an app for my ipod touch that will allow me to preview music with headphones while creating a playlist and playing it with an rca out from the dock connector. I can easily see apple banning it though, so fuck that.
It's not your spectrum, it's (supposedly) the public's spectrum. That means you have no say in how it should be used.
The public has never had any claim on my couch, therefore your point doesn't make sense.
You might have a point about how things are currently set up. But you're not striking at the root of the issue, which, again, is the concept of public ownership in the first place.
Please forgive me for not being impressed about her anger over taxpayer funded housing. She should be angry at the government for heavily distorting the markets down there. Why should I have to pay for the stupidity of people who choose to live down there?
I have a cheapo uhf/vhf antenna from radio shack with a samsung tuner that works great and picks up all the local HDTV channels. It sure beats paying another monthly bill to the cable company.
A couple years ago, my dad put out our old IBM 8088 pc, with cables, printer, software and everything. It still worked as far as I know. It was gone pretty quickly...
Stupid if you ask me, let the free market do it's thing.
"Letting the free market do its thing" implies giving business owners control over how to operate their business. Allowing this app to continue in their store would be bad business for Apple's gullible customers.
I'm not trying to show you up. I am pointing out how hopeless government security is, which this article is yet another shining example. Just because you fail to see it doesn't make it so. Private security could easily take care of bad neighbors. The police are the last people I would rely on for that.
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When the only electable candidates are those chosen by the mainstream media, and controlled by special interests, I would say most emphatically that voting or democracy doesn't "work". Voting machines should be the least of our worries when it comes to the integrity of our political system.
I browse most everything through Google Reader whenever possible. I have all my favorite sites on there and I don't click on anything that doesn't seem interesting. Some of my social news sites only have a link. Most of my other ones have description text included in the feed. I think it's easily the fastest way to get the most information. In your case, it would also be low bandwidth. Plus, I think most readers allow you to view the content offline, though I normally don't use that.
hehe...
If anything, the heller case proved that onerous regulation of firearms is perfectly alright. We can expect DC to do heap as many laws and regulations as possible. Hardly a win for the constitution if you ask me.
Flip-flopping? It's worse than that. The Federal Reserve pretty much destroyed our economy by causing the housing bubble, dot com bubble, snl crisis, etc etc. Their actions are more than just a bit criminal if you ask me.
The modern state is a relatively recent appearance in the thousands of years we have now. It took quite a while for them to appear. They're only here because people allow them to be. I wouldn't say it's inevitable by any means.
Sure, that could happen. Without a central power structure (state) already in place, I find it unlikely.
What I mean is organize into whatever political entity you agree with. Currently, you can't organize a political entity outside of the US government. We are all subject to the destructive laws and policies of politicians in Washington.
The Linux model of government is voluntary, not based on force like the US model of government.
You say it's not necessarily a failure of democracy, yet everything you list after that does indeed point to a complete and utter failure. People will never be educated enough to pick a decent government through voting. If you can't trust people to govern themselves, you sure as hell can't trust them to govern others. Doesn't matter whether they are picked through voting.
Sure, under anarchy, there may be someone who comes along and tries to force you to do something. There are quite a few things you can do to protect yourself. Under democracy, there is no question that a government will come by and use force to loot your property. Here, there is nothing you can do about it except choose who gets to steal your crap.
Open source is a much closer model for no government - or, in other words, anarchy. The last few years have been pretty clear to me that democracy doesn't produce government that works in the people's best interest. A linux model for government would allow people to choose how to organize themselves on a voluntary basis. Government, even the democratic version, rests on the application of force. So the two ideals really are mutually exclusive.
Thanks for the info. That's unfortunate for what I was hoping the device could do. Oh well...
I don't know, I haven't looked into it enough yet. It would be really nice if there wasn't. If anyone who reads this knows, please respond.
yep, precisely. would be nice to not have to lug the laptop around...
I would really like to develop an app for my ipod touch that will allow me to preview music with headphones while creating a playlist and playing it with an rca out from the dock connector. I can easily see apple banning it though, so fuck that.
It's not your spectrum, it's (supposedly) the public's spectrum. That means you have no say in how it should be used.
The public has never had any claim on my couch, therefore your point doesn't make sense.
You might have a point about how things are currently set up. But you're not striking at the root of the issue, which, again, is the concept of public ownership in the first place.
Public ownership of the spectrum should have never existed in the first place. The sooner people realize this the better things will be for everyone.
Btw, my couch is my property too.
If you don't want to pay that much for a txt message than don't. It's that simple. Freedom to choose, isn't it great?
"The reason for that is quite evident: pensions are not enough for sufficient living."
People are also working 40% or more of their lives to support the political class.
Also, Robert Higgs beat her to it over 10 years ago.
Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government
Please forgive me for not being impressed about her anger over taxpayer funded housing. She should be angry at the government for heavily distorting the markets down there. Why should I have to pay for the stupidity of people who choose to live down there?
I have a cheapo uhf/vhf antenna from radio shack with a samsung tuner that works great and picks up all the local HDTV channels. It sure beats paying another monthly bill to the cable company.
A couple years ago, my dad put out our old IBM 8088 pc, with cables, printer, software and everything. It still worked as far as I know. It was gone pretty quickly...
"Letting the free market do its thing" implies giving business owners control over how to operate their business. Allowing this app to continue in their store would be bad business for Apple's gullible customers.
If so, I'll give you $2000 for your iPhone. Email me your bank account info and I'll transfer the money asap.
I'm not trying to show you up. I am pointing out how hopeless government security is, which this article is yet another shining example. Just because you fail to see it doesn't make it so. Private security could easily take care of bad neighbors. The police are the last people I would rely on for that.