Are you new to politics? Blaming the previous guys is a time honored tradition around the world. I've seen politicians blame the previous party that was in government during their third succesive term!! You expect Democrats to stop doing it during the first term??? That would be breaking with centuries of tradition.
I guess it matters if the heating wand up your ass vibrates too. Might be a niche market for men but i'm sure a lot of women would be climbing over each other to get at those.
Isn't that the point he was making? It's open to abuse by unscrupulous operators who _will_ try to screw you? Those type of operators aren't exactly rare. The more complicated and (more to the point) secretive they make everything the more it is open to abuse to the point where they will charge you $350 dollars for something that can be done in 5 minutes with a hammer and anvil.
Some things run by the government need to be staffed for peak, not average loads. If everybody only hired staff according to cost effectiveness (ie average load) then there wouldn't be enough staff to deal with emergencies. If that means that a lot of the time the staff have nothing to do then so be it. Some things are more important than money.
I remember having test gear that had both a touch screen and a keyboard - guess which method people tended to use.
Correct - the keyboard. Reaching up to touch the screen ended up giving you a sore shoulder.
Unless the screen is where you would otherwise have placed your keyboard and mouse then they won't get used. Great idea for specialised devices where that is the case but for general use in computing? The display would have to be set flat into the desk and even then wouldn't one have to reach further forward than one does with a keyboard/mouse causing the old achy breaky shoulder syndrome?
Computers are supposed to make life easier, this would just make it easier to file a worker's comp claim. Hmmm, maybe they are a good idea after all - bring forth hither the touchscreens!!!
I used to think that when i was young and idealistic too but as I grew older and saw the consequences I changed my mind. When voting is compulsory crazy fanatics like the religious right in the US can stack the election. If everybody has to vote their impact is minimised and the true will of the population is gathered. It may seem that taking away the choice to not vote is undemocratic from an idealistic standpoint but true democracy is the will of the people and not the apparent will distorted by the influence of fanatics.
We can't avoid idiots voting but we can minimise the effect of fanatics idiots and the only way to do that is compulsory voting. The reality is that you don't have a functioning democracy when voting is optional; what you have is a government acting in the interests of minority groups that can be herded into the voting booths instead of a government acting in the interests of the majority.
Uneducated voters electing stupid people, into stupid positions, who vote on stupid things, which do not fit the voting electorate.
Isn't that just democracy?
Non-mandatory voting = stupid fanatics herded into polling booths by their stupid shepherds and stacking the election to elect stupid fanatics to enact stupid fanatical policies.
I think I'll take plain old democracy with just stupid people instead of stupid fanatics
And it had nothing to do with the Republican Party being a bunch of greedy megalomanics and everybody was sick of them turning their country into a Fascist state?
Here here! I second bs on that claim. I live in Australia which has both private healthcare and public. If you are using only the public health insurance the only limitation is that you have to use public hospitals when hospitalisation is required. There is NO stipulation as to which GP you use, you just go to the doctor, sign a form and they get paid by the public health scheme - even if you do have private insurance. Everybody gets healthcare, not just people with money. Isn't that the way a compassionate society should behave?
Here's an idea - try fucking reading what the guy you are replying to actually said! While you're at it, try reading something about anti-trust laws and why they exist. You arguments are full of shit.
Indeed, otherwise how would Americans have found out that their tyrannical corporate overlords have been denying them the healthcare that has been freely available in the civilised world for decades?
Does this spell the end of the era where the court jester makes more money than the king? Oh no, how will we cope? Actors may have to settle for a realistic wage if nobody is willing to shell out big money to watch them dance. It's the end of civilisation as we know it!!!
Simple. Had it been licensed as gpl the author wouldn't have had to pay for his own application and any improvements to the code would have been fed back for all to use including the original author. Instead it was closed off and sold for the benefit of a leech. In this case the closed off version was even presented to the public first who then paid money for an inferior version.
The also like drinking your tears and drool while you sleep. It may not have fallen onto you, it may have simply been having a drink with it's girlfriend. Your face IS the local bar you know?
But at least the French revolution finally put an end to the inquisitions and drove the Catholics back into the Vatican. You say it started a reign of terror? What do you think it was supplanting?
Revolutions without weapons?
How about India?
The Phillipines revolution that ousted the US puppet Marcos started without weapons which subsequently resulted in sympathy from the military who defected to the cause (I'm simplifying there I know but you get the picture).
Bolivia ousted their government via peaceful means when the IMF forced them to sell their water to a US company.
Is that enough to be going on with? It does happen.
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Are you new to politics? Blaming the previous guys is a time honored tradition around the world. I've seen politicians blame the previous party that was in government during their third succesive term!! You expect Democrats to stop doing it during the first term??? That would be breaking with centuries of tradition.
I guess it matters if the heating wand up your ass vibrates too. Might be a niche market for men but i'm sure a lot of women would be climbing over each other to get at those.
And who composes an essay so fast that the limiting factor is the physical act of writing?
You can write faster than you can think???? What sort of brain retarding drugs are you taking?
Isn't that the point he was making? It's open to abuse by unscrupulous operators who _will_ try to screw you? Those type of operators aren't exactly rare. The more complicated and (more to the point) secretive they make everything the more it is open to abuse to the point where they will charge you $350 dollars for something that can be done in 5 minutes with a hammer and anvil.
Some things run by the government need to be staffed for peak, not average loads. If everybody only hired staff according to cost effectiveness (ie average load) then there wouldn't be enough staff to deal with emergencies. If that means that a lot of the time the staff have nothing to do then so be it. Some things are more important than money.
Correct - the keyboard. Reaching up to touch the screen ended up giving you a sore shoulder.
Unless the screen is where you would otherwise have placed your keyboard and mouse then they won't get used. Great idea for specialised devices where that is the case but for general use in computing? The display would have to be set flat into the desk and even then wouldn't one have to reach further forward than one does with a keyboard/mouse causing the old achy breaky shoulder syndrome?
Computers are supposed to make life easier, this would just make it easier to file a worker's comp claim. Hmmm, maybe they are a good idea after all - bring forth hither the touchscreens!!!
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Ever heard of Murphy's Law?
When voting is compulsory crazy fanatics like the religious right in the US can stack the election.
oops, typo: that should say "can't stack the election"
We can't avoid idiots voting but we can minimise the effect of fanatics idiots and the only way to do that is compulsory voting. The reality is that you don't have a functioning democracy when voting is optional; what you have is a government acting in the interests of minority groups that can be herded into the voting booths instead of a government acting in the interests of the majority.
Uneducated voters electing stupid people, into stupid positions, who vote on stupid things, which do not fit the voting electorate.
Isn't that just democracy?
Non-mandatory voting = stupid fanatics herded into polling booths by their stupid shepherds and stacking the election to elect stupid fanatics to enact stupid fanatical policies.
I think I'll take plain old democracy with just stupid people instead of stupid fanatics
And it had nothing to do with the Republican Party being a bunch of greedy megalomanics and everybody was sick of them turning their country into a Fascist state?
My guess is that you are on drugs that will never be covered by NHS. I hope you brought enough for everybody.
Here here! I second bs on that claim. I live in Australia which has both private healthcare and public. If you are using only the public health insurance the only limitation is that you have to use public hospitals when hospitalisation is required. There is NO stipulation as to which GP you use, you just go to the doctor, sign a form and they get paid by the public health scheme - even if you do have private insurance. Everybody gets healthcare, not just people with money. Isn't that the way a compassionate society should behave?
Here's an idea - try fucking reading what the guy you are replying to actually said! While you're at it, try reading something about anti-trust laws and why they exist. You arguments are full of shit.
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95% of all statistics are just made up.
Does this spell the end of the era where the court jester makes more money than the king? Oh no, how will we cope? Actors may have to settle for a realistic wage if nobody is willing to shell out big money to watch them dance. It's the end of civilisation as we know it!!!
So this only affects government funding? Phew! Guess buying aborted foetuses to make that Shakey's Pizza shop is still a goer then.
Simple. Had it been licensed as gpl the author wouldn't have had to pay for his own application and any improvements to the code would have been fed back for all to use including the original author. Instead it was closed off and sold for the benefit of a leech. In this case the closed off version was even presented to the public first who then paid money for an inferior version.
I'm going to bookmark this post as a perfect example of why one should use gpl. Thanks.
The also like drinking your tears and drool while you sleep. It may not have fallen onto you, it may have simply been having a drink with it's girlfriend. Your face IS the local bar you know?
wtf has the first amendment got to do with the EU? The first amendment to what?
Revolutions without weapons?
How about India?
The Phillipines revolution that ousted the US puppet Marcos started without weapons which subsequently resulted in sympathy from the military who defected to the cause (I'm simplifying there I know but you get the picture).
Bolivia ousted their government via peaceful means when the IMF forced them to sell their water to a US company.
Is that enough to be going on with? It does happen.