You're an idiot. Yes, Congress's authority is limited to US currency. That much should have been obvious from the context. However, states and banks are prohibited from issuing currency, and there is a law on the books which prohibits individuals from making currency as well.
The last guy who tried to move in on the government/banks' business of currency control was sent to prison for life for doing it.
No, he was sent to prison for selling his coins far above the market value of silver, and redeeming them below the market value of silver. Not to mention he made them in a way as to try and pass them off as Legal Tender, which they obviously were not.
BitCoins have the possibility of making online transactions simpler, due to it's digital nature. However, the question is, do they improve enough over regular debit and credit card transactions for enough people to switch? Especially considering just about every credit card has pretty good fraud protection and 0 liability. What's the fraud protection on using BitCoins?
Well, there's the advantage in that, pretty much everyone will take legal tender, whereas with bartering, you have to hope you have something I want, and that it's divisible enough. For example, if I want meat, but you only have vegetables, then you and I can't do business unless I agree to take vegetables, or you go out and acquire meat. Furthermore, lets say you had a cow. If I don't want the whole cow, but say, just the ribs, you now have to butcher that cow to pay me, and now the clock is ticking on you to sell the rest of the cow before it goes bad.
Look further into the story. He was selling them for way over the price of silver, and redeeming them for way under the price of silver. Plus, he was also trying to pass them off as legal tender, which they were not.
Read the Fine Summary. It is illegal in the Netherlands.
And I take issue with your idea that banning DPI for the purposes of violating Net Neutrality is bad for consumers. I think it's great for consumers, as it greatly increases competition for those services. Without it, the ISP knows that you can only really use their SMS and VoIP solutions, so there's no incentive to price them competitively or to keep innovating them.
No. Your post is completely wrong and should be discarded. Users had absolutely no fucking hand in what happened. Blaming them is akin to blaming someone for being hit by a drunk driver because they happened to be out that night.
Every year or so I wipe the drive with a fresh XP-CD install, and need to reinstall my favorite programs, but that would be true of any OS, whether it's Mac, Lubuntu, or Chrome.
While I've done that for XP, I've never done that for Linux or OS X.
No, the plan is to make sure that the first round of Honeycomb tablets aren't absolute shit. You and I might be able to tell which ones would be good and which ones would be ass, but most people aren't. And if you flood the market with cheap tablets running Android, many of those people will buy one because they're cheap, have a shitty experience, blame Android, and be lost to the iPad forever.
And you're an idiot who is arguing over semantics. None of the other things listed say they are "mandatory", yet we still believe they are critical functions of Congress. Should one thing simply happen to be not done just because you don't like it?
No, your was stupid. You didn't cite facts at all. You argued semantics. The fact of the matter is that the Post Office is a Constitutionally mandated function of government.
The administrative costs of what thing? The GPS thing? Maybe, but that's not exactly what's being discussed. A simple odometer reading, and tax accordingly, perhaps based on per axle weight shouldn't be that administrative heavy. Perhaps a little more than the gas tax, but not hugely so.
Just like "competition" has kept prices low for internet subscribers?
No, it won't. Those private companies will keep prices the same or higher, while only cherry picking the most profitable routes. The others will either be left to the USPS, or just forgotten about entirely.
No, it's not. Not everything should be run like a business; not everything should be subject to the whims of the "free market". To believe such a thing is to not believe in society.
And if you let UPS and FedEx in, do you think that would change anything? Fuck no. They would keep things at the same price, yet cherry pick the most profitable routes, leaving the rest either to the USPS, or just to rot.
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Uhhh, no. The Treasury is the one that prints the money. So you are wrong.
You're an idiot. Yes, Congress's authority is limited to US currency. That much should have been obvious from the context. However, states and banks are prohibited from issuing currency, and there is a law on the books which prohibits individuals from making currency as well.
The last guy who tried to move in on the government/banks' business of currency control was sent to prison for life for doing it.
No, he was sent to prison for selling his coins far above the market value of silver, and redeeming them below the market value of silver. Not to mention he made them in a way as to try and pass them off as Legal Tender, which they obviously were not.
BitCoins have the possibility of making online transactions simpler, due to it's digital nature. However, the question is, do they improve enough over regular debit and credit card transactions for enough people to switch? Especially considering just about every credit card has pretty good fraud protection and 0 liability. What's the fraud protection on using BitCoins?
All of the other powers there are denied to others, why would this one be any different?
So you admit you have no more argument? That you were completely and utterly defeated?
Well, there's the advantage in that, pretty much everyone will take legal tender, whereas with bartering, you have to hope you have something I want, and that it's divisible enough. For example, if I want meat, but you only have vegetables, then you and I can't do business unless I agree to take vegetables, or you go out and acquire meat. Furthermore, lets say you had a cow. If I don't want the whole cow, but say, just the ribs, you now have to butcher that cow to pay me, and now the clock is ticking on you to sell the rest of the cow before it goes bad.
Look further into the story. He was selling them for way over the price of silver, and redeeming them for way under the price of silver. Plus, he was also trying to pass them off as legal tender, which they were not.
Read the Fine Summary. It is illegal in the Netherlands.
And I take issue with your idea that banning DPI for the purposes of violating Net Neutrality is bad for consumers. I think it's great for consumers, as it greatly increases competition for those services. Without it, the ISP knows that you can only really use their SMS and VoIP solutions, so there's no incentive to price them competitively or to keep innovating them.
No. Your post is completely wrong and should be discarded. Users had absolutely no fucking hand in what happened. Blaming them is akin to blaming someone for being hit by a drunk driver because they happened to be out that night.
So when a company fails to deliver something they promised, and even puts user information in jeopardy, they should not have to make restitution?
I hope you enjoy the rule of corporate overlords. With an attitude like that, that's where you're going to end up.
Every year or so I wipe the drive with a fresh XP-CD install, and need to reinstall my favorite programs, but that would be true of any OS, whether it's Mac, Lubuntu, or Chrome.
While I've done that for XP, I've never done that for Linux or OS X.
No, the plan is to make sure that the first round of Honeycomb tablets aren't absolute shit. You and I might be able to tell which ones would be good and which ones would be ass, but most people aren't. And if you flood the market with cheap tablets running Android, many of those people will buy one because they're cheap, have a shitty experience, blame Android, and be lost to the iPad forever.
I think it's just the opposite: Exactly what they needed to make sure that high quality tablets were the ones out the door first.
And those who live in areas where Comcast has no competition?
And you're an idiot who is arguing over semantics. None of the other things listed say they are "mandatory", yet we still believe they are critical functions of Congress. Should one thing simply happen to be not done just because you don't like it?
No, your was stupid. You didn't cite facts at all. You argued semantics. The fact of the matter is that the Post Office is a Constitutionally mandated function of government.
No, you were putting up a straw man argument. Arguing semantics is a straw man.
The administrative costs of what thing? The GPS thing? Maybe, but that's not exactly what's being discussed. A simple odometer reading, and tax accordingly, perhaps based on per axle weight shouldn't be that administrative heavy. Perhaps a little more than the gas tax, but not hugely so.
Aren't we supposed to be "capitalists" that praise "the market" when it flushes out old, outdated, inefficient "products"?
No.
Just like "competition" has kept prices low for internet subscribers?
No, it won't. Those private companies will keep prices the same or higher, while only cherry picking the most profitable routes. The others will either be left to the USPS, or just forgotten about entirely.
No, it's not. Not everything should be run like a business; not everything should be subject to the whims of the "free market". To believe such a thing is to not believe in society.
And if you let UPS and FedEx in, do you think that would change anything? Fuck no. They would keep things at the same price, yet cherry pick the most profitable routes, leaving the rest either to the USPS, or just to rot.
Again, retarded argument. By that nature, they don't have to establish a Cabinet either.
Well, since you're arguing that the Founding Fathers had this divine wisdom, did that somehow cease to exist when they came up with the Post Office?