If you had bothered to read even the summary this tax included capital gains and dividends, which is also still income anyway. The guy would have paid through the nose. I'm sure he's cashing in because he can see the writing on the wall. Pay your fair share of what you've taken from the rest of us.
Attracting talent is Bull****. Pay them well enough and they will come.
"Actually, conservatives, not necessarily "Republicans" simply want the federal government to follow the Constitution, limited by the 10th Amendment. That means less government when dealing with stuff like farm subsidies and corporate bailouts, and could mean more government with things specifically spelled out in the Constitution, like national security.
Anything not spelled out in the Constitution as a federal government power is a power belonging to the states... period!"
Except that the constitution isn't a complete document. Much is implied by the way its written and some freedoms were left out as expected during the time of the founding fathers but still referenced by them in other writings or defined by the times. Not to mention the meanings of many of the words in it have changed over the centuries. So you can't follow it as spelled out as the interpretation will vary as the viewpoint of the reader changes unless viewed as when it was written by the founding fathers.
You could get rid of a lot of the stupidity just by getting rid of many of the government restructuring laws passed since the 1940's. ex. War powers, national security acts, etc.
Considering I've been reading reports that the MMS has been completely corrupted by the oil industry for over five years now I'm not surprised but I also don't think they're going to clean house either.
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"...optimistically carries the snakeskin around in his wallet. "
He must still be young, I gave that practice up long ago as futile.
ps. Using real login as I just don't care anymore.
"why should the rest of us suffer from USAs bad laws?"
Because if the USA has it's way, it will, you will all have to suffer from the USA's laws.
"...Operate in an area where it's impossible to patent a file format, such as the EU."
The EU isn't exactly a bunch of angels either.
"Well, moving operations out of a country..."
Great, leaving your largest, smartest, richest, most dynamic open market, seems smart. Not all of us can or would do the same just because a few laws suck.
"When Reagan broke PATCO, A) he had overwhelming support from the public, which was tired of constant strikes and exhorbitant demands, and B) Reagan made sure experienced AC's were in place so safety was maintained."
Um, which overwhelming support are you talking about, the general public or the limited public that used and ran the airlines? Exorbitant demands, they were striking to have the already budgeted money released to upgrade the towers instead of hiding the deficit and relief for jobs that were rapidly being overloaded to the point of failure. How many major plane crashes were there in the U.S. after the controller firings during the 1980's? How many people died? Reagan blew it and like everything else he did never took responsibility for it.
Don't get me started on Reagan, federal highway funds, spending warnings, and the deficit.
"Owning a gun is a right, but you have an obligation to practice that right in a responsible manner."
No you don't, that's why it's called a right and not a privilege.
The court decision is Bullsh*t. Leaving a house unlocked is a temptation but still the perpetrator still has to make the decision to walk through the door. It's on the perpetrator at that stage since he/she doesn't have permission to go in and that's where it becomes wrong. What they should have done was nail the guy for using his wifi as a breaking and entering scenario since he didn't have permission to use it. Kind of like cordless vs cellular phones in the US.
In thirty years of driving through school zones in my city I haven't seen one kid use them. They're all bused or driven in, judging by the traffic crunch before and after school. All school zones do is piss off drivers who don't have kids just trying to get to work/whatever. These are four and six lane roadways that have to slow down to 20 mph from a normal 50 mph, talk about wasted gas and brake material. Never mind the rest of us paid for the cost of expanding the road and putting in the school zones. I know, lets make the parents pay for the zones and every other child protection piece of shit they want and let them face the anger of the working public. How about putting the schools away from the main streets instead of right next door. And remove the bastard who dreamed school zones up.
By the way, any parent neglectful enough to let kids play near heavily used roadways deserves to lose them. Call it "passive eugenics". -- George Carlin.
So instead of actually looking at the road you have to look for cops, lights, whatever trying to driveby snipe you for income/ticket money. Great way to stop accidents guys.
"While true, we do not have the right to hand out our music or games to others for free."
Oh yes you do. The number given away is irrelevant. When you buy something it is yours, period, to do with what you like and that includes giving it away. It's called the right of ownership and it's a very basic right in this country. Never mind the number of wars fought over that right. Stop beating around the bush, this is what it's really about. Remember that original copyright law states giving a limited monopoly to a creator in exchange for getting the creation into society immediately to benefit society not the creator. The monopoly is not longer limited and the benefit to society is muted and the lost resources and research eaten up in court fights is definitely a draw on society.
"he was asked by someone for access to these systems and refused. We know he knew the guy (his boss' boss) was authorized, because there's written evidence in Childs's own emails to that effect."
I didn't see any references to that in any media. The cities behavior would have made more sense otherwise.
"the owners of the equipment are asking for the password to their own gear"
They are not the owners of the equipment, the public is or their representative -- the currently elected jackass of the week. I would guess that's the mayor. Childs called it right. Childs bosses are under the same policy as Childs and don't have the authority to change it without following standardized procedures from their higher ups and letting Childs know about it and acknowledge the change.
The managements' egos blew it first by firing him not understanding what he had control of. They have access to the hardware and could reset it at any time. Childs was caught in a catch-22 and they knew it. Besides requesting calling his lawyer doesn't mean they'd let him.
"...nor any applicable laws." This makes it clear you DO want to help them, but with constraints."
Except his boss is supposed to know the policy and should have gotten fired himself for violating it. Besides they fired the man first, it was too late for his boss by then.
Essentially we're conscripts in a private army. Even the real military has rules about illegal orders. This is such a bad precedent it's scary. I kept saying when the civil war comes in the eighties, seems a lot closer now. Although most of the peons are sheep anyway and don't realize as a group they could jam this country up badly if need be.
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"Piracy isn't theft"
Piracy is theft, copying ideas isn't. Read Thomas Jefferson's various comments on the subject. Are you done trolling now?
"Income tax is on income, not capital gains"
If you had bothered to read even the summary this tax included capital gains and dividends, which is also still income anyway. The guy would have paid through the nose. I'm sure he's cashing in because he can see the writing on the wall. Pay your fair share of what you've taken from the rest of us.
Attracting talent is Bull****. Pay them well enough and they will come.
Wasn't there a teeny horror flick made in the eighties about the dangers of this already.
Except JFK was ending the intervention in Vietnam. The units were coming back when he was killed.
"Actually, conservatives, not necessarily "Republicans" simply want the federal government to follow the Constitution, limited by the 10th Amendment. That means less government when dealing with stuff like farm subsidies and corporate bailouts, and could mean more government with things specifically spelled out in the Constitution, like national security.
Anything not spelled out in the Constitution as a federal government power is a power belonging to the states... period!"
Except that the constitution isn't a complete document. Much is implied by the way its written and some freedoms were left out as expected during the time of the founding fathers but still referenced by them in other writings or defined by the times. Not to mention the meanings of many of the words in it have changed over the centuries. So you can't follow it as spelled out as the interpretation will vary as the viewpoint of the reader changes unless viewed as when it was written by the founding fathers.
You could get rid of a lot of the stupidity just by getting rid of many of the government restructuring laws passed since the 1940's. ex. War powers, national security acts, etc.
Life isn't as simple as a rule book.
"At 20 percent you get 27.6 m^2 = 5.5 meters (17.23 feet) on a side.
At 10 percent you get 55.2 m^2 = 7.4 (24.3 feet) meters on a side."
Ok, who owns/rents/whatever a house that's less than 25 feet per side in this day and age?
"Or owning slaves."
I thought that's what marriage was. Come on guys, who's the real slave in that scenario?
Considering I've been reading reports that the MMS has been completely corrupted by the oil industry for over five years now I'm not surprised but I also don't think they're going to clean house either.
"...optimistically carries the snakeskin around in his wallet. "
He must still be young, I gave that practice up long ago as futile.
ps. Using real login as I just don't care anymore.
"why should the rest of us suffer from USAs bad laws?"
Because if the USA has it's way, it will, you will all have to suffer from the USA's laws.
"...Operate in an area where it's impossible to patent a file format, such as the EU."
The EU isn't exactly a bunch of angels either.
"Well, moving operations out of a country..."
Great, leaving your largest, smartest, richest, most dynamic open market, seems smart. Not all of us can or would do the same just because a few laws suck.
"When Reagan broke PATCO, A) he had overwhelming support from the public, which was tired of constant strikes and exhorbitant demands, and B) Reagan made sure experienced AC's were in place so safety was maintained."
Um, which overwhelming support are you talking about, the general public or the limited public that used and ran the airlines? Exorbitant demands, they were striking to have the already budgeted money released to upgrade the towers instead of hiding the deficit and relief for jobs that were rapidly being overloaded to the point of failure. How many major plane crashes were there in the U.S. after the controller firings during the 1980's? How many people died? Reagan blew it and like everything else he did never took responsibility for it.
Don't get me started on Reagan, federal highway funds, spending warnings, and the deficit.
"Owning a gun is a right, but you have an obligation to practice that right in a responsible manner."
No you don't, that's why it's called a right and not a privilege.
The court decision is Bullsh*t. Leaving a house unlocked is a temptation but still the perpetrator still has to make the decision to walk through the door. It's on the perpetrator at that stage since he/she doesn't have permission to go in and that's where it becomes wrong. What they should have done was nail the guy for using his wifi as a breaking and entering scenario since he didn't have permission to use it. Kind of like cordless vs cellular phones in the US.
When the speed limits make sense then maybe it will be worth legislating them, hasn't happened yet.
In thirty years of driving through school zones in my city I haven't seen one kid use them. They're all bused or driven in, judging by the traffic crunch before and after school. All school zones do is piss off drivers who don't have kids just trying to get to work/whatever. These are four and six lane roadways that have to slow down to 20 mph from a normal 50 mph, talk about wasted gas and brake material. Never mind the rest of us paid for the cost of expanding the road and putting in the school zones. I know, lets make the parents pay for the zones and every other child protection piece of shit they want and let them face the anger of the working public. How about putting the schools away from the main streets instead of right next door. And remove the bastard who dreamed school zones up.
By the way, any parent neglectful enough to let kids play near heavily used roadways deserves to lose them. Call it "passive eugenics". -- George Carlin.
So instead of actually looking at the road you have to look for cops, lights, whatever trying to driveby snipe you for income/ticket money. Great way to stop accidents guys.
So it has nothing to do with right/wrong but simple laziness, what a government.
"...postponed so that the murder wouldn't influence the decision, the *exact* *opposite* of what you suggest."
Then maybe they should have murdered them all. Laws definitely will change when facing a violent uprising.
"Otherwise, I'm not better than some 2bit school selling degrees."
Well, actually, better or not, you are just a more expensive school selling degrees. So why the draconian shit again?
"While true, we do not have the right to hand out our music or games to others for free."
Oh yes you do. The number given away is irrelevant. When you buy something it is yours, period, to do with what you like and that includes giving it away. It's called the right of ownership and it's a very basic right in this country. Never mind the number of wars fought over that right. Stop beating around the bush, this is what it's really about. Remember that original copyright law states giving a limited monopoly to a creator in exchange for getting the creation into society immediately to benefit society not the creator. The monopoly is not longer limited and the benefit to society is muted and the lost resources and research eaten up in court fights is definitely a draw on society.
"he was asked by someone for access to these systems and refused. We know he knew the guy (his boss' boss) was authorized, because there's written evidence in Childs's own emails to that effect."
I didn't see any references to that in any media. The cities behavior would have made more sense otherwise.
"the owners of the equipment are asking for the password to their own gear"
They are not the owners of the equipment, the public is or their representative -- the currently elected jackass of the week. I would guess that's the mayor. Childs called it right. Childs bosses are under the same policy as Childs and don't have the authority to change it without following standardized procedures from their higher ups and letting Childs know about it and acknowledge the change.
"not to try to prevent the damage from being done, but to prevent the idiots who cause problems from passing the responsibility off to us."
That also doesn't always work especially when under duress.
The managements' egos blew it first by firing him not understanding what he had control of. They have access to the hardware and could reset it at any time. Childs was caught in a catch-22 and they knew it. Besides requesting calling his lawyer doesn't mean they'd let him.
"...nor any applicable laws." This makes it clear you DO want to help them, but with constraints."
Except his boss is supposed to know the policy and should have gotten fired himself for violating it. Besides they fired the man first, it was too late for his boss by then.
Essentially we're conscripts in a private army. Even the real military has rules about illegal orders. This is such a bad precedent it's scary. I kept saying when the civil war comes in the eighties, seems a lot closer now. Although most of the peons are sheep anyway and don't realize as a group they could jam this country up badly if need be.