Well, let them back up their data for free. They would just have to pay to continue with the service. And the company could deal with it instead of this guy. Assuming this happened so suddenly because the guy was on the edge of a nervous breakdown or somthing. I don't know his reasons.
"Taking the initiative" is the opposite of being reactive. In other words, he didn't wait for a problem to come along so he could solve it, like government typically does. He was being "proactive" not "reactive."
Specifically, Gore was asked by Wolf Blitzer what he brought to the table that Bill Bradley, his opponent, didn't. Gore said that he brought "his vision" and then gave various examples of where he took the initiative in certain matters. http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1 999/03/09/ president.2000/transcript.gore/index.html
Polititians always use action words as abbreviations for what they're saying. "Building a better America," "building a bridge to the 21st century," or whatever. This does not mean that a polititian is out there with the engineers and construction crews.
If money and stress were really the problem, why not sell the service to a company and then offer backups. If only a fraction of the people paid up ($15 for a year?) it would have been worth it and fewer people would have gotten pissed.
This guy can do what he wants, but he handled things badly.
The millitary already has far more violent, deadly weapons.
This solution increases troop safety, giving them less legitamate excuse to respond violently. (Not that I think that will matter too much. If they want to bash some skulls they can always use an agent provocateur)
The only things which would increase violence at this point are weapons which are less deadly since they're more likely to be used.
Getting hit by lightning is never fun... what if you're flying a kite when it happens?
Seriously, though... slow news day? This is the type of stuff they run in the papers when noone's found an interesting way to bleed in the past week, or a bad reason to sue some wealthy corporation.
That's not what the Indian gov. thinks. Ever hearl of the Bhopal chemical disaster? It happened because the Indian Gov. forced Union Carbide to use insufficiently trained Indian workers rather than Carbide's own, better trained employees. http://www.bhopal.com/facts.htm
The purpose of this globalization of labor resources is to pit one labor market against another, forcing wages down. NAFTA actually decreased Mexican wages. It increased profits for American companies using Mexican rather than American labor. The justification polititians use for this is 'we need to keep down inflation' which is just another way of saying 'we need to keep down worker's wages.
Nothing is inevitable. It is in the best interests of 70% of the population to not trade with countries with inadequate labor standards. If you compete with slaves, you become one. The American middle class, vital for democracy, is disappearing. We're becoming like other third world nations with a lot of poor, a few rich, and nothing in between. This isn't isolationist. It's recognizing the consequences of our actions rather than simply bowing to 'inevitability.'
Heck, countries like China don't even recognize American intellectual property. If they won't pay us for our work, why should we pay them for theirs? Shouldn't the American Government represent more than just American corporations?
Considering that Sucralose (Chlorinated sugar) was approved recently based on the notion that it wasn't absorbed by the body and it's now being shown otherwise, I'd say the gov. process of approval has some flaws. I really don't trust it at all.
And why weren't round up ready soy beans put through toxicity testing after Round-Up was applied to them. It stands to reason that they might convert the pesticide into somthing people don't want to eat.
Of course, "the Crazies" and companies should have to follow the same laws. If a nutcase is capable of hurting people via a particular technique, then a company is capable of doing the same (albeit for profit).
For instance, I'd still like to know why the toxicity tests of Monsanto's "Roundup Ready Soybeans" didn't include the application of roundup to the soybeans. Wouldn't that be important.
Rumor has it that the script was written by a random word generator. The remarkable thing about this is that the dialogue was still better than the stuff Lucas wrote for his two most recent "Star Wars" movies.
True, and I'm not arguing with you. Though I would point out that there are a lot more "chemicals" around, so there's a greater chance for an 'incident' with one of them.
Yes, I would also reccomend smudging your face with dirt, not shaving, and mumbling incoherantly to yourself. All these things help to further the image that you do not have anything of value worth robbing.
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Well, let them back up their data for free. They would just have to pay to continue with the service. And the company could deal with it instead of this guy. Assuming this happened so suddenly because the guy was on the edge of a nervous breakdown or somthing. I don't know his reasons.
Worst... Simpsons reference... ever
"Taking the initiative" is the opposite of being reactive. In other words, he didn't wait for a problem to come along so he could solve it, like government typically does. He was being "proactive" not "reactive."
1 999/03/09/ president.2000/transcript.gore/index.html
Specifically, Gore was asked by Wolf Blitzer what he brought to the table that Bill Bradley, his opponent, didn't. Gore said that he brought "his vision" and then gave various examples of where he took the initiative in certain matters.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/
Polititians always use action words as abbreviations for what they're saying. "Building a better America," "building a bridge to the 21st century," or whatever. This does not mean that a polititian is out there with the engineers and construction crews.
If money and stress were really the problem, why not sell the service to a company and then offer backups. If only a fraction of the people paid up ($15 for a year?) it would have been worth it and fewer people would have gotten pissed.
This guy can do what he wants, but he handled things badly.
The millitary already has far more violent, deadly weapons.
This solution increases troop safety, giving them less legitamate excuse to respond violently. (Not that I think that will matter too much. If they want to bash some skulls they can always use an agent provocateur)
The only things which would increase violence at this point are weapons which are less deadly since they're more likely to be used.
Getting hit by lightning is never fun ... what if you're flying a kite when it happens?
Seriously, though... slow news day? This is the type of stuff they run in the papers when noone's found an interesting way to bleed in the past week, or a bad reason to sue some wealthy corporation.
Thanks for Karma pimping me dude.
If I had mod points on an extra account, I would mod you up as insightful. *grin*
Yup. And have you ever noticed that Darth Sidious looks like Joseph Liberman?
But it's not open. It's proprietary. And Diebold is tight with the Republican party.
registering to read news is GAY
"not that there's anything wrong with that"
Say what you want about cigarettes, I never wanted to strangle Joe Camel. Clippy on the other hand...
That's not what the Indian gov. thinks. Ever hearl of the Bhopal chemical disaster? It happened because the Indian Gov. forced Union Carbide to use insufficiently trained Indian workers rather than Carbide's own, better trained employees. http://www.bhopal.com/facts.htm
The purpose of this globalization of labor resources is to pit one labor market against another, forcing wages down. NAFTA actually decreased Mexican wages. It increased profits for American companies using Mexican rather than American labor. The justification polititians use for this is 'we need to keep down inflation' which is just another way of saying 'we need to keep down worker's wages.
Nothing is inevitable. It is in the best interests of 70% of the population to not trade with countries with inadequate labor standards. If you compete with slaves, you become one.
The American middle class, vital for democracy, is disappearing. We're becoming like other third world nations with a lot of poor, a few rich, and nothing in between. This isn't isolationist. It's recognizing the consequences of our actions rather than simply bowing to 'inevitability.'
Heck, countries like China don't even recognize American intellectual property. If they won't pay us for our work, why should we pay them for theirs? Shouldn't the American Government represent more than just American corporations?
I tried running a packet sniffer on tht service. They smelled like ketchup.
no, wait. I guess that's called a franchise.
I don't know the mechanism behind it, but yes.
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Considering that Sucralose (Chlorinated sugar) was approved recently based on the notion that it wasn't absorbed by the body and it's now being shown otherwise, I'd say the gov. process of approval has some flaws. I really don't trust it at all.
And why weren't round up ready soy beans put through toxicity testing after Round-Up was applied to them. It stands to reason that they might convert the pesticide into somthing people don't want to eat.
Of course, "the Crazies" and companies should have to follow the same laws. If a nutcase is capable of hurting people via a particular technique, then a company is capable of doing the same (albeit for profit).
For instance, I'd still like to know why the toxicity tests of Monsanto's "Roundup Ready Soybeans" didn't include the application of roundup to the soybeans. Wouldn't that be important.
How about "most privatly funded"...
As opposed to government funded.
Well, clitoris enlargement then.
Hell, viagra works on women too. Ya never know.
Rumor has it that the script was written by a random word generator. The remarkable thing about this is that the dialogue was still better than the stuff Lucas wrote for his two most recent "Star Wars" movies.
... isn't moderation supposed to equal 100%?
True, and I'm not arguing with you. Though I would point out that there are a lot more "chemicals" around, so there's a greater chance for an 'incident' with one of them.
But remember the original question. What are they good for.
In other words, it's not the size of your prime number, it's how you use it that counts.
And we will send them Jodie Foster, and they will send her back with a message saying "no no. We wanted Natalie Portman."
Yes, I would also reccomend smudging your face with dirt, not shaving, and mumbling incoherantly to yourself. All these things help to further the image that you do not have anything of value worth robbing.
Such chuckling will henceforth be refered to as " the Ieshan effect"