Our phone number is nothing special, but our group's name starts with the word "Citizen". Every now and then we get calls from old folks wondering where their Ottawa Citizen newspaper is (a particularly amusing example of which I have saved to a sound file), and the other day I got a call from some ESL dude who was wondering about the status of his citizenship application (a clue: you probably sent it to the wrong address).
When I tell them they have the wrong number, they assume that I must know the phone number of the place they're looking for. Sigh again...
my wife and i actually do this ourselves (were american). We farm gold and sell it direct to other players, no middleman, and we're earring about $8/hour tax free each in our spare time.
I'm pretty sure that in most states you'd have to pay tax on that money.
And would you trust a trade union to propose a fair and effective system that in any way ran counter to the special interests of its members?
I've seen unions that are able to squeeze out unnecessarily high benefits for their workers, and I've seen unions that are merely there to keep workers at bay for the employer's benefit.
If the workers own the shop (like in Argentina, as demonstrated in the film "The Take"), then everything--including profits--should be in the best interest of its members.
This does not mean changing the entire economy to Communism; it merely means co-operative corporations.
The RIAA is Paris Hilton for nerds where even the most pointless story that is related to it gets too much coverage.
The difference being that with Paris Hilton, the Paris-ites* are the ones blogging about it, whereas with the RIAA, the parasites are the ones being blogged about.
The P6 segment has been installed for a while, but in a temporary location/configuration that doesn't allow room for its solar panels to rotate (and track the sun).
After the P3/P4 segment was installed (specifically, on the last mission, on which the P5 segment was installed), one of the two wings on the P6 segment was retracted to allow the wings of the P4 segment to rotate.
If you have read any of the articles on STS-117, you would see that the purpose of this mission is to install the S3/S4 segments, retract the second solar wing on the P6 segment, and get the S3/S4 rotating.
In a future mission (ISS assembly step 13.1 if memory serves me right), the P6 segment will be moved to its final resting place at the end of the Port truss structure.
Just because I make sarcastic comments on/. doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about.
Yes, and most of those people should not be going to jail.
All that jail does is make people less able to be a productive member of society when they leave than when they enter. And at $20,000-$100,000 per person per year, too.
If you read some of the more in-depth articles about the Paris Hilton thing (I know, I know...), they say outright that prisons are totally overcrowded, and almost nobody is getting any sort of treatment or 'rehabilitative' programming while inside.
Many California prisoners are sent to out-of-state prisons, and thereby lose connections with their families, who can't afford the time or money to visit them.
In an ironic, broken-windowsish way, sending people to jail can create more jobs (i.e. of guards), whereas (unpaid) community service takes away jobs through unfair competition (prison labour is the new slavery/outsourcing).
Punishing people can be quite a tough political decision.
If it's not real cops and they don't have real warrants wouldn't shooting up their ass come under reasonable force for self-defence?
If there's a bunch of guys busting into your house, and they look like real cops, are you really going to take the chance that they aren't and shoot them all up?
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Our phone number is nothing special, but our group's name starts with the word "Citizen". Every now and then we get calls from old folks wondering where their Ottawa Citizen newspaper is (a particularly amusing example of which I have saved to a sound file), and the other day I got a call from some ESL dude who was wondering about the status of his citizenship application (a clue: you probably sent it to the wrong address).
When I tell them they have the wrong number, they assume that I must know the phone number of the place they're looking for. Sigh again...
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Now all the psychology fanboys are going to be coming onto /. to defend this story!
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I've seen unions that are able to squeeze out unnecessarily high benefits for their workers, and I've seen unions that are merely there to keep workers at bay for the employer's benefit.
If the workers own the shop (like in Argentina, as demonstrated in the film "The Take"), then everything--including profits--should be in the best interest of its members.
This does not mean changing the entire economy to Communism; it merely means co-operative corporations.
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The difference being that with Paris Hilton, the Paris-ites* are the ones blogging about it, whereas with the RIAA, the parasites are the ones being blogged about.
*Attribution to TV's Craig Ferguson
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The stock market was abuzz last week, seeing lots of activity in the rust futures markets.
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Will you be changing your username, then?
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Duh!
They appear spontaneously out of the vacuum of space!
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Depends on whether that includes the Karma bonus modifier...
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*sigh*
/. doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about.
The P6 segment has been installed for a while, but in a temporary location/configuration that doesn't allow room for its solar panels to rotate (and track the sun).
After the P3/P4 segment was installed (specifically, on the last mission, on which the P5 segment was installed), one of the two wings on the P6 segment was retracted to allow the wings of the P4 segment to rotate.
If you have read any of the articles on STS-117, you would see that the purpose of this mission is to install the S3/S4 segments, retract the second solar wing on the P6 segment, and get the S3/S4 rotating.
In a future mission (ISS assembly step 13.1 if memory serves me right), the P6 segment will be moved to its final resting place at the end of the Port truss structure.
Just because I make sarcastic comments on
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A couple summers back, I moved into an apartment with no internet and no tv. I had no job, and my laptop's screen was broken.
It was the best summer of my life: I learned how to cook, read, play piano, build stuff, and take leisurely walks and bike rides.
(Incidentally, one of the books I read was Carl Honoré's book "In Praise of Slow", which is very appropriate to this topic!)
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Yes, but what they're doing on this mission is collapsing one set of solar wings, and installing and unfurling a nearly identical set of wings.
Isn't progress beautiful?
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Or flood the music market with our own copyleft music.
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Yes, and most of those people should not be going to jail.
All that jail does is make people less able to be a productive member of society when they leave than when they enter. And at $20,000-$100,000 per person per year, too.
If you read some of the more in-depth articles about the Paris Hilton thing (I know, I know...), they say outright that prisons are totally overcrowded, and almost nobody is getting any sort of treatment or 'rehabilitative' programming while inside.
Many California prisoners are sent to out-of-state prisons, and thereby lose connections with their families, who can't afford the time or money to visit them.
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In an ironic, broken-windowsish way, sending people to jail can create more jobs (i.e. of guards), whereas (unpaid) community service takes away jobs through unfair competition (prison labour is the new slavery/outsourcing).
Punishing people can be quite a tough political decision.
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Is it just me, or does the role of "judge" in the U.S. look more and more like "administrator"?
One branch down...
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Cue the "I can send messages to the future" posts...
Unless someone went back in time and posted it before this one!
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Aha, then we've come full circle in this discussion, haven't we!
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Sorry, mea culpa.
I meant "similar legislation to the electronics recycling legislation being discussed in TFA."
I guess I didn't read it enough times before posting.
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Only if you Twist and Shout.
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That's very similar to the question the RIAA is dealing with, as you alluded to in your post.
Business models will have to change, and it will result in less profits for the sporting organizations. But they'll fight it off as long as they can.
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Wasn't there a gigantic wind farm proposed for off the coast of Texas a few months back?
In Canada, I believe that Alberta (our version of Texas, if you will) also has similar legislation.
Now if Texas did curbside recycling pickup of paper, plastic and glass, they'd be able to divert a whole lot more trash from the landfills.
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If there's a bunch of guys busting into your house, and they look like real cops, are you really going to take the chance that they aren't and shoot them all up?
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