Almost every car is made with two versions. One version for the CARB-legal states (basically California and New England), and one version for the other 44 States which is slightly dirtier.
As example: There are two versions of the Toyota Prius. One that gets ~50 mpg and is ULEV. Another gets ~47 mpg and is SULEV/AT-PZEV. They adjust the timing of the CARB-friendly engine for lower fuel economy but cleaner exhaust, and therefore make available two versions of the same car.
>>>"In principle, the people, have the collective right to impose restrictions and terms and conditions for fair use of all common property."
That's correct. And in the State of New Mexico, the people have chosen *only* to regulate cars used for commercial purposes. Non-commercial cars are not required to register.
That's the law. You may not like it, but that's the way it is.
Many Vista lovers (whether they interface with the female or male port - it matters not) constantly act as if Vista is 100% good. They claim it's the hardware's fault because it's an "old" machine and "duh stoopid" of course Vista will not work. Well. ----- If the machine was *designed for* Vista, and it still runs like a snail on tranquilizers, then it's clearly not the hardware at fault, but Microsoft for creating such a resource-hungry hog (oink oink).
I used a Commodore 64 OS for almost ten years. Then an AmigaOS for another ten.
I'll probably continue using my XP OS for ten as well. I see no reason to "fix" something that isn't broke. If what you have gets the job done, than anything else is just a huge waste of money (like Vista and the $5000 hardware it requires to run decently).
The Constitution is a Law. It's written in black-and-white and should be treated the same way. Otherwise the Law has no meaning if people choose to ignore what it says.
If there's a particular law which seems outdated (example: "two-thirds of other persons"), then it should be removed using the procedures provided (i.e. amendment or constitutional convention) not just randomly ignored in hopes it will go away. ----- The D.C. Gun Ban is another obvious case. I can not lay my hand upon any part of the U.S. Constitution that allows ALL guns to be banned from residents of the District, and yet for the laat ~30 years the courts chose to pretend that such a law exists within the document.
Piss-poor jurisprudence. Constitutional Law has no meaning if it is ignored. It might as well not exist.
(1) People driving large, damaging vehicles also pay more in gasoline taxes because those types of vehicles are gas guzzlers.
(2) "Don't damage the road" is not justification to deny someone's right to travel. Nor is "you are black" justification to enslave a person. Or "you are a pregnant woman" justification to deny the right to get a job. And on and on. Rights can not be taken away for trivial, bullshit reasons.
(3) Horse/buggies actually do quite a bit of damage to roads, so by your reasoning they should be banned until properly registered.
However the Amish Americans are very resourceful at getting their way. That's why they don't have licenses, they do pay property tax, but not income tax, nor social security, nor medicare. They may be "old-fashioned" but they still believe in HUMAN RIGHTS FROM GOD, and no politician is going to convince an Amish American that he has the authority to overrule the creator, or ban them from using the People's Roads. Therefore they don't follow what they consider to be unjust, illegal, unconstitutional laws.
I guess that makes Amish Americans "kooks" too? Oh well; I suspect they don't care what you think.
There are some persons who think they should be able to download 1000 or even 10,000 times more data than what I download, and yet still pay the exact same amount of money.
That's greed.
If you want more, than you should pay more than what other people pay.
And I bet you pay a lot more for those "unlimited minutes" than the $5 a month I pay.
Which is my point in a nutshell: - people who want unlimited gigabytes, should be paying a lot more than what I'm paying for my limited service ($15 a month). That's entirely and completely fair. Take more; pay more.
Just like electrical service, cell service, water service, et cetera, et cetera.
>>>"If ISP's would just build their networks to handle the speeds they sell"
Or better yet, advertise the connection realistically. i.e. If your network can't handle half your users doing 10 megabit video downloads, then sell them as 1 megabit lines instead. Downsize the marketing to reflect actual performance capability.
I have no objections to Overusage Fees (same as cellphone plans work). After all, if you insist upon downloading 15,000 megabyte HD DVD or Blu-ray movies, why shouldn't you pay more than what I pay (the type who prefers 250 meg xvid rips).
15,000 versus 250 megabytes. You SHOULD pay more. Just like a cellphone.
Some fools pay $90 a month in overage charges. I pay $5 a month and use my minutes sparingly. People who use more minutes/gigabytes should pay more than the rest of us pay. That's entirely fair and entirely reasonable (and not the least bit evil). I'd prefer to see overage charges than blocking.
It's not the immigrants I dislike. My closest friends were born in Japan, China, and Afghanistan, and I welcome them to the United States.
It's the ones who think "I'm above the law and don't need no stinkin' visa" who annoy me. My other friends followed legal procedure, filled-out all the necessary forms, and became U.S. citizens per the standards laid-out by the People's representatives in Congress.
The illegals did not.
They should be packed into buses, handed the required "request to become citizen" forms, and sent home to follow the *proper* way to enter this country. No man is above the Law of the land, not the U.S. president, not you or me, and certaintly not illegal entrants.
I *love* winter! Snuggle-up next to a warm fire with the gentle hum of a computer nearby & some sci-fi flickering on the telly. Ahhh. Cozy.
It's better than Charlotte NC where I once lived. So darn hot, you can't go outside without feeling like a turkey roast in an oven.
(Besides with the supposed "global warming" coming along, New Hampshire may soon be like Maryland or Jersey - not too hot; not too col; just right.);-)
But as Thomas Jefferson said, "To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have with others the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps."
As for "selectively interpreting" the Constitution?
That's a HORRIBLE idea. It's equivalent to saying we should selectively enforce some laws ("don't drive faster than 65") but not others ("it's okay to steal because we have selectively decided not to enforce that law"). Stupid idea.
- State Legislatures operate as a counter-balance against the D.C. government becoming too dictatorial. For example, California's Legislature refusing to implement the "real id" (or as I say, Spy ID) in its current form is a way to remind the D.C. politicians to stop acting like nationalized tyrants.
If States rights did not exist, we'd all be living like D.C. residents (no medical marijuana allowed, ~$100 a year vehicle tax, universal gun ban, et cetera, et cetera). By allowing States to act independently, we keep at least *some* of our freedoms because the State Legislatures act as a counterweight against power-hungry D.C.
The government exists for the purpose of protecting our rights & returning stolen property, whether it's a car, television, refrigerator, lawnmower, or whatever. Of course it's the job of the sheriff to recover stolen property.
Vice-versa:
The man in New Mexico is 100% correct. The government does Not exist to deny our right to travel. This is why Amish Americans are free to use Pennsylvania roads without license, title, or restriction (though their preferred conveyance is by horse-and-buggy). Likewise we more "modern" americans with our gasoline-fueled vehicles have the same right to travel without restrictions as our Amish-American neighbors.
I've been working as a "1 year contractor" ever since 1999 (I graduated 1997). I have no loyalty whatsoever. This is just a way to collect money for my future retirement.
They may be the creators, but that doesn't give them the right to dictate my thoughts or opinions. In my opinion, Galactica is more like "The Day After" or "Jericho" than the destruction of two buildings that happened September 11, 2001.
It's a matter of scale, and the destruction experienced on Galactica far exceeds anything we've experienced.
British citizens insist I say "series three" when discussing Doctor Who, or "series one" when discussing Torchwood. And that's fair because both are British shows. I respect that. ----- Therefore it seems reasonable that when discussing American or Canadian shows, you use the American/Canadian designations of "season".
Sounds more like the Cold War than 9/11. After all, 9/11 only killed a few people, not billions. See the tv miniseries "The Day After" for a closer comparison to what Galactica represents.
SEASON people. It's called the "third season" in American television. The word "series" refers to the whole package from episode 1 to the grand finale, and therefore:
first series == Galactica second series == Caprica third series == who knows?
>>>>>Some days on rogers I would get faster downloads on dialup. >> >> I totally agree; I'm on Bell where I am and it's awful; ALL of my P2P traffic is capped to 30KiB/s"
How is 30 kibibytes per second equivalent to dialup? 30 kiB/s is 240 kb/s which is a heck of a lot faster than 50 kb/s dialup.
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Almost every car is made with two versions. One version for the CARB-legal states (basically California and New England), and one version for the other 44 States which is slightly dirtier.
As example: There are two versions of the Toyota Prius. One that gets ~50 mpg and is ULEV. Another gets ~47 mpg and is SULEV/AT-PZEV. They adjust the timing of the CARB-friendly engine for lower fuel economy but cleaner exhaust, and therefore make available two versions of the same car.
>>>"In principle, the people, have the collective right to impose restrictions and terms and conditions for fair use of all common property."
That's correct. And in the State of New Mexico, the people have chosen *only* to regulate cars used for commercial purposes. Non-commercial cars are not required to register.
That's the law.
You may not like it,
but that's the way it is.
That post should be modded "insightful".
Many Vista lovers (whether they interface with the female or male port - it matters not) constantly act as if Vista is 100% good. They claim it's the hardware's fault because it's an "old" machine and "duh stoopid" of course Vista will not work. Well. ----- If the machine was *designed for* Vista, and it still runs like a snail on tranquilizers, then it's clearly not the hardware at fault, but Microsoft for creating such a resource-hungry hog (oink oink).
I used a Commodore 64 OS for almost ten years.
Then an AmigaOS for another ten.
I'll probably continue using my XP OS for ten as well. I see no reason to "fix" something that isn't broke. If what you have gets the job done, than anything else is just a huge waste of money (like Vista and the $5000 hardware it requires to run decently).
I don't.
The Constitution is a Law. It's written in black-and-white and should be treated the same way. Otherwise the Law has no meaning if people choose to ignore what it says.
If there's a particular law which seems outdated (example: "two-thirds of other persons"), then it should be removed using the procedures provided (i.e. amendment or constitutional convention) not just randomly ignored in hopes it will go away. ----- The D.C. Gun Ban is another obvious case. I can not lay my hand upon any part of the U.S. Constitution that allows ALL guns to be banned from residents of the District, and yet for the laat ~30 years the courts chose to pretend that such a law exists within the document.
Piss-poor jurisprudence. Constitutional Law has no meaning if it is ignored. It might as well not exist.
(1) People driving large, damaging vehicles also pay more in gasoline taxes because those types of vehicles are gas guzzlers.
(2) "Don't damage the road" is not justification to deny someone's right to travel. Nor is "you are black" justification to enslave a person. Or "you are a pregnant woman" justification to deny the right to get a job. And on and on. Rights can not be taken away for trivial, bullshit reasons.
(3) Horse/buggies actually do quite a bit of damage to roads, so by your reasoning they should be banned until properly registered.
However the Amish Americans are very resourceful at getting their way. That's why they don't have licenses, they do pay property tax, but not income tax, nor social security, nor medicare. They may be "old-fashioned" but they still believe in HUMAN RIGHTS FROM GOD, and no politician is going to convince an Amish American that he has the authority to overrule the creator, or ban them from using the People's Roads. Therefore they don't follow what they consider to be unjust, illegal, unconstitutional laws.
I guess that makes Amish Americans "kooks" too?
Oh well; I suspect they don't care what you think.
P.S.
There are some persons who think they should be able to download 1000 or even 10,000 times more data than what I download, and yet still pay the exact same amount of money.
That's greed.
If you want more, than you should pay more than what other people pay.
And I bet you pay a lot more for those "unlimited minutes" than the $5 a month I pay.
Which is my point in a nutshell: - people who want unlimited gigabytes, should be paying a lot more than what I'm paying for my limited service ($15 a month). That's entirely and completely fair. Take more; pay more.
Just like electrical service, cell service, water service, et cetera, et cetera.
>>>"If ISP's would just build their networks to handle the speeds they sell"
Or better yet, advertise the connection realistically. i.e. If your network can't handle half your users doing 10 megabit video downloads, then sell them as 1 megabit lines instead. Downsize the marketing to reflect actual performance capability.
I have no objections to Overusage Fees (same as cellphone plans work). After all, if you insist upon downloading 15,000 megabyte HD DVD or Blu-ray movies, why shouldn't you pay more than what I pay (the type who prefers 250 meg xvid rips).
15,000 versus 250 megabytes.
You SHOULD pay more.
Just like a cellphone.
Some fools pay $90 a month in overage charges. I pay $5 a month and use my minutes sparingly. People who use more minutes/gigabytes should pay more than the rest of us pay. That's entirely fair and entirely reasonable (and not the least bit evil). I'd prefer to see overage charges than blocking.
If you think the books are boring (black and white and contain long equations),
wait until you get on your JOB. Engineering education works perfectly; it prepares you for the boredom ahead of you.
I object.
It's not the immigrants I dislike. My closest friends were born in Japan, China, and Afghanistan, and I welcome them to the United States.
It's the ones who think "I'm above the law and don't need no stinkin' visa" who annoy me. My other friends followed legal procedure, filled-out all the necessary forms, and became U.S. citizens per the standards laid-out by the People's representatives in Congress.
The illegals did not.
They should be packed into buses, handed the required "request to become citizen" forms, and sent home to follow the *proper* way to enter this country. No man is above the Law of the land, not the U.S. president, not you or me, and certaintly not illegal entrants.
I *love* winter! Snuggle-up next to a warm fire with the gentle hum of a computer nearby & some sci-fi flickering on the telly. Ahhh. Cozy.
;-)
It's better than Charlotte NC where I once lived.
So darn hot, you can't go outside without
feeling like a turkey roast in an oven.
(Besides with the supposed "global warming" coming along, New Hampshire may soon be like Maryland or Jersey - not too hot; not too col; just right.)
But as Thomas Jefferson said, "To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have with others the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps."
As for "selectively interpreting" the Constitution?
That's a HORRIBLE idea. It's equivalent to saying we should selectively enforce some laws ("don't drive faster than 65") but not others ("it's okay to steal because we have selectively decided not to enforce that law"). Stupid idea.
You seem to have missed the main point:
- State Legislatures operate as a counter-balance against the D.C. government becoming too dictatorial. For example, California's Legislature refusing to implement the "real id" (or as I say, Spy ID) in its current form is a way to remind the D.C. politicians to stop acting like nationalized tyrants.
If States rights did not exist, we'd all be living like D.C. residents (no medical marijuana allowed, ~$100 a year vehicle tax, universal gun ban, et cetera, et cetera). By allowing States to act independently, we keep at least *some* of our freedoms because the State Legislatures act as a counterweight against power-hungry D.C.
Well of course.
The government exists for the purpose of protecting our rights & returning stolen property, whether it's a car, television, refrigerator, lawnmower, or whatever. Of course it's the job of the sheriff to recover stolen property.
Vice-versa:
The man in New Mexico is 100% correct. The government does Not exist to deny our right to travel. This is why Amish Americans are free to use Pennsylvania roads without license, title, or restriction (though their preferred conveyance is by horse-and-buggy). Likewise we more "modern" americans with our gasoline-fueled vehicles have the same right to travel without restrictions as our Amish-American neighbors.
Precisely. Newton didn't care that the Catholic Church became angry when he said the earth is Not the center of the universe.
He just spoke the truth and passed on the knowledge to anyone who would listen.
This "race" will likely include Honda Civic and Toyota Prius hybrids.
As you said, nothing too terribly exciting.
I've been working as a "1 year contractor" ever since 1999 (I graduated 1997). I have no loyalty whatsoever. This is just a way to collect money for my future retirement.
They may be the creators, but that doesn't give them the right to dictate my thoughts or opinions. In my opinion, Galactica is more like "The Day After" or "Jericho" than the destruction of two buildings that happened September 11, 2001.
It's a matter of scale, and the destruction experienced on Galactica far exceeds anything we've experienced.
Well.
British citizens insist I say "series three" when discussing Doctor Who, or "series one" when discussing Torchwood. And that's fair because both are British shows. I respect that. ----- Therefore it seems reasonable that when discussing American or Canadian shows, you use the American/Canadian designations of "season".
Respect flows both ways.
Sounds more like the Cold War than 9/11. After all, 9/11 only killed a few people, not billions. See the tv miniseries "The Day After" for a closer comparison to what Galactica represents.
SEASON people. It's called the "third season" in American television. The word "series" refers to the whole package from episode 1 to the grand finale, and therefore:
first series == Galactica
second series == Caprica
third series == who knows?
Where's the 9-11 connection? I don't see it.
I see lots of connections to WW1 and 2 however.
Agreed. Not adding a spoiler warning is pisspoor netiquette. "What's the matter with ya boy? Were ya raised in a barn? Mind your manners."
Also
CAPRICA is old news. I've known about this prequel for at least two years now, since it was originally announced mid-season 2.
>>>>>Some days on rogers I would get faster downloads on dialup.
>>
>> I totally agree; I'm on Bell where I am and it's awful; ALL of my P2P traffic is capped to 30KiB/s"
How is 30 kibibytes per second equivalent to dialup? 30 kiB/s is 240 kb/s which is a heck of a lot faster than 50 kb/s dialup.