The issue is the central government's overreach over the past century, and especially over the past twenty years.
The Articles were problematic because it allowed every state to print their own money and could not regulate commerce between states. The constitution found a delicate and perhaps not-perfect balance between the dictatorship of old and the anarchy of the new. Problem is, the federal government is quickly turning into the dictatorship that was previously rejected, one that's worse than the one initially disposed of.
The Framers were human, and not perfect. But they knew their limitations, and understood it and how to work around it. The BIll of Rights aren't even in the constitution. The Framers saw their mistake and corrected it. Imagine if they had been as arrogant and short-sighted as people are today.
At this point, the rest of the constitution is pretty much useless and the ten amendments are now the only thing standing between We the People and tyranny.
You're not thinking big enough. You're thinking about you and how you would benefit from shooting the DHS agent and driving off into the sunset. In fact, you wouldn't.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
The constitution did not specify that congress had the ability to limit the bearing of certain arms, and thus, congress does not have that authority.
In fact, the very limitation of bearing arms is expressedly forbidden by the constitution, the 2nd amendment in fact. Any limitation therefore would be unconstitutional.
The states on the other hand, are free to do as their constitution allows.
The CS and engineering students at Purdue really ought to go demonstrate outside of his office. Maybe if he gets discredited from academia, he can go work in the industry for Microsoft or Oracle.
Politics is partially about popularity. And the GOP is still the most popular conservative party by far. And make no mistake, there are a large amount of Republicans out there that are in fact interested in small government (*ahem* Ron Paul *ahem*). They're just not the dominating faction.
Of course, this is really all a symptom of the two party system. If he doesn't identify as a Republican, he's not going to go anywhere. The Libertarian party, while it exists, isn't exactly the most well-known. And the Tea party is merely a faction within the GOP. It's not exactly its own party.
Some versions of reincarnation allow species crossing. So you aren't necessarily reincarnated as a human next time, but maybe as a bird, or as a fox, or as an ant.
So even if there are more humans on the planet than there ever were at any one time, there are also less of other animals than there used to be.
And even though this is a country "of the people, for the people, and by the people" nowhere does "people" appear in "the United States of America."
I propose we change the name of this country to "the Democratic People's United States of America." Or better yet, to "the United Democratic People's States of America."
For your particular phone, the latest stable Cyanogen Mod will get it to 4.1.1.
My understanding is that they've been much better with the One series. Both the One X and the S can be updated to 4.2.2 using a Cyanogen nightly. HTC is not the fastest at pushing out OS updates, but they seem to be fine when it comes to supporting community projects. I don't really know too much though, as I'm not a part of that community.
By far the largest problem (IMHO) with HTC's phones is the ten different models that are all slightly different. Even with the One series, there was the One S, One V, One X, One XL, and One X+, and the non-One-branded Evo 4G LTE. Getting the various models straight is still incredibly confusing, especially as some phones were only supported on some carriers, and some phones were far inferior versions of others.
It seems the HTC One is intended to solve this problem. They made this as the one phone to rule them all. Every carrier (except Verizon) gets the same phone. There's no confusion over which model is better, or which one supports which radio band.
Both the SD card and the battery are issues, but I think for most (regular) people, the confusion over the product name was what turned them off from HTC in general.
First of all, he's an MP, so the fines are going to be much less than say, a poor nameless student. Second, this may cost him the re-election (or it may not, who knows), in which case the punishment would be much more than simply ~$1000.
There are coder layouts, and typist layouts. Most layouts are for typists. Even DVORAK for one hand is a typist layout. The most used symbols when writing code? Semicolon, period, equals, parenthesis. In some languages, the dollar sign is prevalent too.
The Workman layout is interesting, but the analysis of each key's reach difficulty is a bit off of what I'm used to. And it's not a programmer's layout either.
If I had very specific special needs, I'd go with creating a keyboard layout of my own. Start with a key difficulty analysis like the one done for the Workman layout, and change the values to something suitable for my particular situation. Then assign keys from there. Just remember that in addition to symbols, writing code will make use of certain letter characters more than when typing a document.
Hear that? That's Chuck Norris coming for you for your blasphemy. Because as we all know, Chuck Norris and only Chuck Norris is capable of taking on meteroids with his fists.
And cut all of the tax loopholes for big companies. E.g. if a company makes more than a certain amount (subsidiaries and parent combined), things can't get written off anymore.
How about limiting the number of submissions per individual per time period. A lot of lawyers like to resubmit a patent until it sticks. Limit that, and it'll save the patent examiners a lot of work.
I am generally not in favor of special rules for different areas of technology. Patent law has mostly avoided that. Copyright law has not, and it has turned the copyright statute into a sprawling mess dictated by special interests.
I'm sorry, what? We have design patents already that covers "look and feel." This would be at most, an extension of an existing system.
And copyright law is fairly unified. You may be thinking of trademark law.
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terminated as unfit to serve the public in any capacity.
If they kept doing that, they'd end up with a department with no employees.
Sailboat prices did not slump the same way, in part because apparently sailboaters tend to be more conservative about money - i.e. they're cheap. :)
There's a reason sailboat owners own a sailboat instead of a powerboat: they're too cheap for gas.
I personally find sailing a much more gratifying experience. But I'm probably also cheap.
The issue is the central government's overreach over the past century, and especially over the past twenty years.
The Articles were problematic because it allowed every state to print their own money and could not regulate commerce between states. The constitution found a delicate and perhaps not-perfect balance between the dictatorship of old and the anarchy of the new. Problem is, the federal government is quickly turning into the dictatorship that was previously rejected, one that's worse than the one initially disposed of.
The Framers were human, and not perfect. But they knew their limitations, and understood it and how to work around it. The BIll of Rights aren't even in the constitution. The Framers saw their mistake and corrected it. Imagine if they had been as arrogant and short-sighted as people are today.
At this point, the rest of the constitution is pretty much useless and the ten amendments are now the only thing standing between We the People and tyranny.
You're not thinking big enough. You're thinking about you and how you would benefit from shooting the DHS agent and driving off into the sunset. In fact, you wouldn't.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
That is what guns are for.
The constitution did not specify that congress had the ability to limit the bearing of certain arms, and thus, congress does not have that authority.
In fact, the very limitation of bearing arms is expressedly forbidden by the constitution, the 2nd amendment in fact. Any limitation therefore would be unconstitutional.
The states on the other hand, are free to do as their constitution allows.
Funny enough, they fall into both categories.
Ministry of Peace indeed.
Especially shame on Eugene Spafford
The CS and engineering students at Purdue really ought to go demonstrate outside of his office. Maybe if he gets discredited from academia, he can go work in the industry for Microsoft or Oracle.
He's a bit like Steve Jobs in that respect, only without a vision.
FTFY.
If you build it, they will come. The problem is that Ballmer doesn't have a cluse as to what he should build.
Politics is partially about popularity. And the GOP is still the most popular conservative party by far. And make no mistake, there are a large amount of Republicans out there that are in fact interested in small government (*ahem* Ron Paul *ahem*). They're just not the dominating faction.
Of course, this is really all a symptom of the two party system. If he doesn't identify as a Republican, he's not going to go anywhere. The Libertarian party, while it exists, isn't exactly the most well-known. And the Tea party is merely a faction within the GOP. It's not exactly its own party.
And you'll need windows the see the cloud.
Wait, why again would this lead to him filling in numbers to complete a magic square?
Some versions of reincarnation allow species crossing. So you aren't necessarily reincarnated as a human next time, but maybe as a bird, or as a fox, or as an ant.
So even if there are more humans on the planet than there ever were at any one time, there are also less of other animals than there used to be.
Before that, check to see if the power cord's still plugged in.
The Charms bar came up
I'll bet the problem arose because they thought it was strange.
It's possible the slashdot editors believe the Korean peninsula to still be a part of the Japanese Empire.
And even though this is a country "of the people, for the people, and by the people" nowhere does "people" appear in "the United States of America."
I propose we change the name of this country to "the Democratic People's United States of America." Or better yet, to "the United Democratic People's States of America."
For your particular phone, the latest stable Cyanogen Mod will get it to 4.1.1.
My understanding is that they've been much better with the One series. Both the One X and the S can be updated to 4.2.2 using a Cyanogen nightly. HTC is not the fastest at pushing out OS updates, but they seem to be fine when it comes to supporting community projects. I don't really know too much though, as I'm not a part of that community.
By far the largest problem (IMHO) with HTC's phones is the ten different models that are all slightly different. Even with the One series, there was the One S, One V, One X, One XL, and One X+, and the non-One-branded Evo 4G LTE. Getting the various models straight is still incredibly confusing, especially as some phones were only supported on some carriers, and some phones were far inferior versions of others.
It seems the HTC One is intended to solve this problem. They made this as the one phone to rule them all. Every carrier (except Verizon) gets the same phone. There's no confusion over which model is better, or which one supports which radio band.
Both the SD card and the battery are issues, but I think for most (regular) people, the confusion over the product name was what turned them off from HTC in general.
Stop using plastic. There are alternatives, like say, cash.
First of all, he's an MP, so the fines are going to be much less than say, a poor nameless student. Second, this may cost him the re-election (or it may not, who knows), in which case the punishment would be much more than simply ~$1000.
There are coder layouts, and typist layouts. Most layouts are for typists. Even DVORAK for one hand is a typist layout. The most used symbols when writing code? Semicolon, period, equals, parenthesis. In some languages, the dollar sign is prevalent too.
The Workman layout is interesting, but the analysis of each key's reach difficulty is a bit off of what I'm used to. And it's not a programmer's layout either.
If I had very specific special needs, I'd go with creating a keyboard layout of my own. Start with a key difficulty analysis like the one done for the Workman layout, and change the values to something suitable for my particular situation. Then assign keys from there. Just remember that in addition to symbols, writing code will make use of certain letter characters more than when typing a document.
Hear that? That's Chuck Norris coming for you for your blasphemy. Because as we all know, Chuck Norris and only Chuck Norris is capable of taking on meteroids with his fists.
And cut all of the tax loopholes for big companies. E.g. if a company makes more than a certain amount (subsidiaries and parent combined), things can't get written off anymore.
How about limiting the number of submissions per individual per time period. A lot of lawyers like to resubmit a patent until it sticks. Limit that, and it'll save the patent examiners a lot of work.
I am generally not in favor of special rules for different areas of technology. Patent law has mostly avoided that. Copyright law has not, and it has turned the copyright statute into a sprawling mess dictated by special interests.
I'm sorry, what? We have design patents already that covers "look and feel." This would be at most, an extension of an existing system.
And copyright law is fairly unified. You may be thinking of trademark law.
Yeah, but those same companies are hire the politicans on their way out the door, sit them behind a desk and let them collect paychecks indefinitely.
It's a revolving door. And the middle class, the majority of the taxpayers, are the ones getting spun in circles and flung away.