What? There is a world outside the US? When did this happen???
Yes anonymous coward, I do know that. I was speaking about corporations within the US. Like all the major telcos and cell phone companies that did just hand over private data when asked - politely or not. Only 1 company asked if they were legally obligated to do so.
Why need to be sly and plant agents? The NSA can just go to whatever corporation and say "We want this" and 9 times out of 10 the corporation will hand over whatever they are asking for without any hassle.
No concrete differences? Well other than abortion rights, health care, tax strategy, foreign policies, education, and separation of church and state you are absolutely right - I can't see a difference. To be honest, it would be hard to find a better example of two fundamentally diametrically opposed female politicians as Clinton and Palin.
And where does that leave the millions that are also spending zero on cable, zero on cell phone bills, and have no computer but STILL can't afford health care? Do you honestly think the poor spend all that money on middle class technology luxuries? Not everyone who can't get coverage is a spoiled middle class brat who doesn't know what a budget is. Yours is a gross oversimplification of the problem.
Bingo. Anyone who will vote for somebody based on their skin color or gender (or any other criteria the person has zero control over) isn't using their brain. Vote on the candidate who represents your views the best.
I know one bitter Clinton supporter who claims she is going to vote for McCain. She can't come up with one valid reason why she is giving her support to Sarah Palin - who is the absolute polar opposite of her views. I just don't get it.
Why not? The ban on liquids, matches, and lighters is pure security theater as well. May as well extend that to other areas.
I mean, if electronic devices could reliably cause enough interference crash planes, why would the 9/11 terrorists have even bothered with box cutters? If it were that easy, I doubt it would be hard to disguise some electronic interference device as some other piece of electronic equipment.
So how easy economics work when you separate it from politics?
And for the record, I would like to put Linux on the Diebold voting machines, and also have the voting machine connected to iTunes so I can listen to smug indie bands while voting. Satisfied?
Think of it this way - if you don't buy 4 $60 games because you can borrow/rent them and burn them onto a $2 DL DVD, you can buy a brand new Xbox when you get the red ring of death. Simple economics.
"I have accepted that people deserve what they vote for.(Those that didn't vote also deserve what they didn't vote for) And everyone else is just screwed.
Did you vote Bush in either of the last 2 elections? (I ask because you don't seem like a Gore or Kerry guy.) If so, do you shoulder the blame for the shape the US is in now??
"How bad is it when a Life long republican that hated the Clinton Years would rather have Hillary than any of the 2 candidates we have now?"
Not surprising at all. Hillary should have been McCain's pick. At least she has an IQ in the double digit range.
By why do you not like McCain now? He is a good little republican lately. I could see you not liking the actual "maverick" McCain of 2000, but now he is lined up squarely behind republican lines... Unless you are a "true" conservative, and not a big-government, big-spending "conservative" like the current administration is, while still claiming to be "conservative".
Just FYI - most of the people in the US dislike the small (but often vocal) population of the "Creationist assholes" over here too. We are not all wankers across the pond.
"Many people say "Ipod" in the same way they say "Kleenex" or "Xeroxing" or "Hoovering". "
And you will notice that while they may be using those terms, the actual product they are using is not a Kleenex brand tissue, a Xerox brand copy machine, or a Hoover brand vacuum. Just because people call the next generations of non-Apple branded MP3 players an "iPod" doesn't mean Apple will always be king, or outselling everyone else indefinitely.
What rights exactly? The 60s hippies had a bunch of love-ins, took total corporate jobs, and then ruined the job market for the rest of us. They can have their damn love-ins back. The hippies had a CHANCE to do something great for society, and all they did was drop acid and get laid. Hooray for them.
It is a Catch-22 situation. People won't vote for a third party in significant numbers until they have a chance. And a third party won't have a chance unless significant numbers vote for them. Did you vote Nader in either of the last two elections? A bunch of people did and absolutely nothing has changed. I am not willing to throw away a vote to change nothing. Voting for a third party will not change anything. It may point out that people are frustrated with the current system, but in and amongst itself won't change a thing. The only way to bring about change is to change the voting laws - until then voting for ideals is just that.
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Yeah. If there is one thing businesses hate, it is CUSTOMERS.
What? There is a world outside the US? When did this happen???
Yes anonymous coward, I do know that. I was speaking about corporations within the US. Like all the major telcos and cell phone companies that did just hand over private data when asked - politely or not. Only 1 company asked if they were legally obligated to do so.
Why need to be sly and plant agents? The NSA can just go to whatever corporation and say "We want this" and 9 times out of 10 the corporation will hand over whatever they are asking for without any hassle.
How dare you knock the Priceline Negotiator. I only have one thing to say about that...
No concrete differences? Well other than abortion rights, health care, tax strategy, foreign policies, education, and separation of church and state you are absolutely right - I can't see a difference.
To be honest, it would be hard to find a better example of two fundamentally diametrically opposed female politicians as Clinton and Palin.
And where does that leave the millions that are also spending zero on cable, zero on cell phone bills, and have no computer but STILL can't afford health care? Do you honestly think the poor spend all that money on middle class technology luxuries? Not everyone who can't get coverage is a spoiled middle class brat who doesn't know what a budget is. Yours is a gross oversimplification of the problem.
Bingo. Anyone who will vote for somebody based on their skin color or gender (or any other criteria the person has zero control over) isn't using their brain. Vote on the candidate who represents your views the best.
I know one bitter Clinton supporter who claims she is going to vote for McCain. She can't come up with one valid reason why she is giving her support to Sarah Palin - who is the absolute polar opposite of her views. I just don't get it.
Why not? The ban on liquids, matches, and lighters is pure security theater as well. May as well extend that to other areas.
I mean, if electronic devices could reliably cause enough interference crash planes, why would the 9/11 terrorists have even bothered with box cutters? If it were that easy, I doubt it would be hard to disguise some electronic interference device as some other piece of electronic equipment.
Microsoft will be lucky if they sell 7 legitimate copies of any OS in China. By some accounts 90% or more of software in China is counterfeit.
Yeah, Microsoft needs luck. Good luck Windows, gaining more market share than Linux or OS X.
So how easy economics work when you separate it from politics?
And for the record, I would like to put Linux on the Diebold voting machines, and also have the voting machine connected to iTunes so I can listen to smug indie bands while voting. Satisfied?
Think of it this way - if you don't buy 4 $60 games because you can borrow/rent them and burn them onto a $2 DL DVD, you can buy a brand new Xbox when you get the red ring of death. Simple economics.
Sure. It's called "pot". I'll send you the number of my dealer.
200 hours? big deal.
Average amount of hours wasted reading Slashdot at work in a year : 5,000,000
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"I have accepted that people deserve what they vote for.(Those that didn't vote also deserve what they didn't vote for) And everyone else is just screwed.
Did you vote Bush in either of the last 2 elections? (I ask because you don't seem like a Gore or Kerry guy.) If so, do you shoulder the blame for the shape the US is in now??
"How bad is it when a Life long republican that hated the Clinton Years would rather have Hillary than any of the 2 candidates we have now?"
Not surprising at all. Hillary should have been McCain's pick. At least she has an IQ in the double digit range.
By why do you not like McCain now? He is a good little republican lately. I could see you not liking the actual "maverick" McCain of 2000, but now he is lined up squarely behind republican lines... Unless you are a "true" conservative, and not a big-government, big-spending "conservative" like the current administration is, while still claiming to be "conservative".
Just FYI - most of the people in the US dislike the small (but often vocal) population of the "Creationist assholes" over here too. We are not all wankers across the pond.
Well, at least you admit he WILL win. Getting over the denial is the first step towards recovery.
He should have stuck with the Steve Dallas Big Three - Buicks, Blondes, and Buckley.
They just figured you could cut your dinner with a box cutter.
"Many people say "Ipod" in the same way they say "Kleenex" or "Xeroxing" or "Hoovering". "
And you will notice that while they may be using those terms, the actual product they are using is not a Kleenex brand tissue, a Xerox brand copy machine, or a Hoover brand vacuum. Just because people call the next generations of non-Apple branded MP3 players an "iPod" doesn't mean Apple will always be king, or outselling everyone else indefinitely.
Hardly. I dropped acid and got laid too, I just didn't pretend I was changing society for the better.
What rights exactly? The 60s hippies had a bunch of love-ins, took total corporate jobs, and then ruined the job market for the rest of us. They can have their damn love-ins back. The hippies had a CHANCE to do something great for society, and all they did was drop acid and get laid. Hooray for them.
It is a Catch-22 situation. People won't vote for a third party in significant numbers until they have a chance. And a third party won't have a chance unless significant numbers vote for them. Did you vote Nader in either of the last two elections? A bunch of people did and absolutely nothing has changed. I am not willing to throw away a vote to change nothing. Voting for a third party will not change anything. It may point out that people are frustrated with the current system, but in and amongst itself won't change a thing. The only way to bring about change is to change the voting laws - until then voting for ideals is just that.