you made me do something that I try to avoid before commenting, you made me go and read the article. but looking at MIT's site there really is a Yang Shao-Horn. Unless this is just an elaborate ruse.
it might seem incomprehensible, but there have been multiple business cycles in this country (and the world). Some of them dipped into depression. One of them happened in the 1920's (the GP example) another one happened in the 1930 (your example).
Just because you are unaware of something, doesn't mean it didn't happen.
My first thought was "Mytopia = personal utopia" - which I'm sure is what the marketing folks were hoping. My second thought was "great we can't even share utopia anymore, another concept taken to the self-centered extreme". Then I snapped out of it and thought "who cares, if they can make some cash then good for them".
While I generally agree with your sentiment, the relationship between government and business is not as simple as you want it to be. The best way for a government to direct corporate action (except of course for illegal behavior) is to tax unwanted behavior and give tax breaks for desired behavior. Anything else requires lots of mandates and oversight. Then you are just burning tax money that could be used for better purposes - or better yet reducing the tax burden on the taxpayers.
If we assume that anyone (company or individual) that receives some benefit from the government is beholden to the same standards as the government (obviously enforced by the government) then we have just become slaves to the government. Because we all have received benefit from the government.
I should be able to determine the (legal) behavior I will allow in my house, I own it - even though the bank still has claim to it if I don't fulfill my obligation - that's the agreement I made with the bank. By the logic you used if the government was involved in my mortgage, they are involved in all mortgages BTW, then they could determine any and all opinions expressed in my house. Or whether or not I celebrate Christmas or Kwanzaa or Hanukkah or Festivus. And if you live in an apartment, or on campus, you really have no rights at all.
So I'll stick with receiving some benefit from the government while still claiming the right to determine my private behavior in my private space.
And yes Google is a public company, owned by private individuals who can boot the leadership out if they don't like what they are doing. Except of course the leaders are smart enough to keep their hands on enough stock to maintain control. So now the stock holders option is to dump the stock and boycott the product if they don't like it. And eventually (if enough people care) the company will disappear.
My discussion seemed to have drifted, I guess the topic is broader than I thought:)
If you are surprised that he is a vegetarian, then we are justified in killing you.
JK of course, I don't think the bible approves of killing just because you missed the hidden meaning in his words.
However, if you figured out he was a vegetarian and posted that anyway, then we can kill you in self defense of common sense, but only if we don't mean to.
I'm probably picking nits here but the more democratic you are the more direct control the 'people' have over decisions. That is the reason the US is not a democracy. It is a democratically elected republic. In a pure democracy the polls rule, every decision is made by the whim of the people. In our information saturated world, that means that the media determines the outcome. Our fate would then be in the hands of Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh or even more disturbing - Al Sharpton. Personally, I like the idea of a Republic over a Democracy.
Of course, our (the US) elections are strongly influenced by special interests now anyway. But becoming more democratic would make that worse, not better.
how empty the auditorium is. It didn't look like a very big auditorium either. I guess it really didn't matter if Kerry answered the question - no one cares.
Interesting...
The 'mormon bible' that I own is the King James version - the one that most of the Christian world accepts as canon
Not that you accept that as canon either - not that I think you should - to each his own
Even those that aren't seem to hold the seeds for violence if they got real power.
You find what you are looking for in anything you read or watch - if you're looking for violence you will find it.
I think what you've discovered is that people are violent and they will use whatever means they can to justify it.
and yet the posts I was replying to were being jerks outright.
hmmm, wonder what the difference is.
you are right though, in the grand scheme of things none of this matters, so I'm done with this thread.
again - that's why I put the disclaimer in there.
Can't always be here to see the new stories. I have to be productive so I can support my family.
Too bad there isn't anything to indicate that the tag was changed
and again, why are the biggest tools always anonymous? Coward.
What I find staggering is the difference a '!' can make.
Unless someone changed the tag, this has been tagged NOT slashdotliberalwhining.
Typical kneejerk, attack at all costs, even when you dont know what you are talking about reaction
if you don't know what '!' means, get the hell out of slashdot
Bullshit! The only ways into the US that I know are marriage, winning the green card lottery or as an indentured slave. I spent 10 years of my life trying to get into the USA and couldn't.
the message you replied to said 'emmigration', IOW, it is easy to leave the US. Getting in is called 'immigration'
maybe you couldn't get in after 10 years because you don't understand simple concepts.
shouldn't respond to flaimbait, but I guess I'm just foolish that way...
1. not gonna happen - the second amendment was created just for this purpose. Of course the lefties that continually try to gut the second amendment have no idea that this is the purpose of an armed populace.
2. first part - perhaps, but I'm not sure what a retrospective declaration is. Perhaps you meant retroactively. Second part - go get an understanding of presidential terms. You also seem to think that slashdotters make up more than 35% of the voting public, that they all vote, and that they are all Democrats. Weird.
3. not out of the range of possibilities. But I think FISA would survive anyway.
It's fun to see that all paranoids/conspiracy theorists are not right-wing.
Not sure that it is irony...
Jon Stewart et al are very good at what they do. They shoot for comedic effect, they attain it.
Most news sources are not as good, they decide to fill with fake news. I guess they are good at faking it, but that isn't their primary business.
The primary business of the Daily Show (and all of the comedy network) is entertainment, and they make lot's of money at it. Shame on news sources (all of them), kudos to the Daily Show.
Since I barely watch other news stations anymore it must of been
uh, Daily Show is not a news show - even Jon Stewart has said that anyone who watches his show for news is watching the wrong show.
Fun to watch, not news.
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all the best vegetables are made of beef
well.. +2 for informative, thanks for the lead
Nope, that was just Jamie...
you made me do something that I try to avoid before commenting, you made me go and read the article. but looking at MIT's site there really is a Yang Shao-Horn. Unless this is just an elaborate ruse.
I'm reasonably certain that your sig has a syntax error. What does your IDE say?
I write my Congress Critter for free hookers and blow, but that doesn't mean I'm going to get it.
But I bet if Congress asked the entertainment industry for hookers and blow they would get them within the hour...
nah, it wouldn't be the first time, that's why they were found guilty of violating anti-trust laws the first time around.
it might seem incomprehensible, but there have been multiple business cycles in this country (and the world). Some of them dipped into depression. One of them happened in the 1920's (the GP example) another one happened in the 1930 (your example). Just because you are unaware of something, doesn't mean it didn't happen.
And then President Obama would get blamed.
Nope, still Bush's fault.
My first thought was "Mytopia = personal utopia" - which I'm sure is what the marketing folks were hoping.
My second thought was "great we can't even share utopia anymore, another concept taken to the self-centered extreme".
Then I snapped out of it and thought "who cares, if they can make some cash then good for them".
While I generally agree with your sentiment, the relationship between government and business is not as simple as you want it to be. The best way for a government to direct corporate action (except of course for illegal behavior) is to tax unwanted behavior and give tax breaks for desired behavior. Anything else requires lots of mandates and oversight. Then you are just burning tax money that could be used for better purposes - or better yet reducing the tax burden on the taxpayers. :)
If we assume that anyone (company or individual) that receives some benefit from the government is beholden to the same standards as the government (obviously enforced by the government) then we have just become slaves to the government. Because we all have received benefit from the government.
I should be able to determine the (legal) behavior I will allow in my house, I own it - even though the bank still has claim to it if I don't fulfill my obligation - that's the agreement I made with the bank. By the logic you used if the government was involved in my mortgage, they are involved in all mortgages BTW, then they could determine any and all opinions expressed in my house. Or whether or not I celebrate Christmas or Kwanzaa or Hanukkah or Festivus. And if you live in an apartment, or on campus, you really have no rights at all.
So I'll stick with receiving some benefit from the government while still claiming the right to determine my private behavior in my private space.
And yes Google is a public company, owned by private individuals who can boot the leadership out if they don't like what they are doing. Except of course the leaders are smart enough to keep their hands on enough stock to maintain control. So now the stock holders option is to dump the stock and boycott the product if they don't like it. And eventually (if enough people care) the company will disappear.
My discussion seemed to have drifted, I guess the topic is broader than I thought
JK of course, I don't think the bible approves of killing just because you missed the hidden meaning in his words.
However, if you figured out he was a vegetarian and posted that anyway, then we can kill you in self defense of common sense, but only if we don't mean to.
I'm probably picking nits here but the more democratic you are the more direct control the 'people' have over decisions. That is the reason the US is not a democracy. It is a democratically elected republic. In a pure democracy the polls rule, every decision is made by the whim of the people. In our information saturated world, that means that the media determines the outcome. Our fate would then be in the hands of Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh or even more disturbing - Al Sharpton. Personally, I like the idea of a Republic over a Democracy.
Of course, our (the US) elections are strongly influenced by special interests now anyway. But becoming more democratic would make that worse, not better.
how empty the auditorium is. It didn't look like a very big auditorium either. I guess it really didn't matter if Kerry answered the question - no one cares.
The 'mormon bible' that I own is the King James version - the one that most of the Christian world accepts as canon
Not that you accept that as canon either - not that I think you should - to each his own
You find what you are looking for in anything you read or watch - if you're looking for violence you will find it.
I think what you've discovered is that people are violent and they will use whatever means they can to justify it.
when we decide to hook one of the internet tubes to our website.
If we can't control the tubes, what has this world come to?
and yet the posts I was replying to were being jerks outright.
hmmm, wonder what the difference is.
you are right though, in the grand scheme of things none of this matters, so I'm done with this thread.
again - that's why I put the disclaimer in there.
Can't always be here to see the new stories. I have to be productive so I can support my family.
Too bad there isn't anything to indicate that the tag was changed
and again, why are the biggest tools always anonymous? Coward.
which is why I put the disclaimer in there.
why are the most pompous and arrogant ones always anonymous? Coward.
The cognitive dissonance here is just staggering.
What I find staggering is the difference a '!' can make.
Unless someone changed the tag, this has been tagged NOT slashdotliberalwhining.
Typical kneejerk, attack at all costs, even when you dont know what you are talking about reaction
if you don't know what '!' means, get the hell out of slashdot
maybe you couldn't get in after 10 years because you don't understand simple concepts.
shouldn't respond to flaimbait, but I guess I'm just foolish that way...
1. not gonna happen - the second amendment was created just for this purpose. Of course the lefties that continually try to gut the second amendment have no idea that this is the purpose of an armed populace.
2. first part - perhaps, but I'm not sure what a retrospective declaration is. Perhaps you meant retroactively. Second part - go get an understanding of presidential terms. You also seem to think that slashdotters make up more than 35% of the voting public, that they all vote, and that they are all Democrats. Weird.
3. not out of the range of possibilities. But I think FISA would survive anyway.
It's fun to see that all paranoids/conspiracy theorists are not right-wing.
Not sure that it is irony...
Jon Stewart et al are very good at what they do. They shoot for comedic effect, they attain it.
Most news sources are not as good, they decide to fill with fake news. I guess they are good at faking it, but that isn't their primary business.
The primary business of the Daily Show (and all of the comedy network) is entertainment, and they make lot's of money at it. Shame on news sources (all of them), kudos to the Daily Show.
uh, Daily Show is not a news show - even Jon Stewart has said that anyone who watches his show for news is watching the wrong show.
Fun to watch, not news.