I'm sure they were fired. That's how scapegoating works. You tell them about the problem, they ignore you, it fails as you said it would, they fire you.
MS is putting their flagship on the line for the belief that what's a little odd now will grow on people. And from my perspective, there's a strange appeal to a Windows operating system like RT. It's impervious to viruses, its fast, its simple, and you can't break it. Its everything a tablet OS should be. So while we're talking about putting Windows 8.1 Pro on all the tablets, we're missing the point. People fight with their computers - that's always to be expected. They don't have the patience to fight with their phones and tablets. RT is essentially a version of Windows that holds your hand and keeps you out of bad areas and away from creeps. I think there's a lot of value in that
We all have this super power. It's called, "Making-Everyone-Hate-You". Working on compromises can trigger the power, as can doing the right thing in general. The real test of strength is how you respond to the resulting vitriol. Do you cave under pressure, or do you continue to do what you believe in and demonstrate integrity?
I did not know that. If we had a Direct Democracy, there wouldn't be a debate on this issue. The ACA would never have come to pass. I suspect those advocating or promoting the idea of majority rule would not like it in practice...
Why bother with debate if that's your outlook? If you have the majority, what you say goes. "Might makes right" as they say. Granted, such a thing would be a lot simpler, but a pure democracy is an example of the Rule of Man rather than the Rule of Law.
We have a Representative Democracy. This introduces a lot of irritating procedural moments like this one, but its not for nothing. Look at the past, the majority has been wrong a lot. Our system is designed to deal with that. There are a lot of flaws with our system, and its fine if you prefer a Direct Democracy, but don't lie and tell us that it is what we have.
You people speak as though the government is held hostage by a league of super-villains. The House is part of the government, not some hostile alien force. I don't like what's happening here, but until the people they represent change their minds and vote otherwise they are playing the game by the book.
Seriously, think about it. With what crime could you charge them in anything other than a politically motivated kangaroo court?
I suppose you take issue with the "all arms" part. Yeah... a dictatorship of the majority wouldn't have that problem for sure. I'm almost tempted to want something like that. It would be like China... you'd still have a congress and a President, but all debate would be behind closed doors and the only thing we'd see is a bunch of guys convening periodically to formalize their decision. No more highly charged political races, no more partisan bullshit...
Yeah. And I've never seen a functional representative democracy in which a majority vote can be overridden by simply putting the whole government on hold until the minority gets its way. It's a childish, undemocratic waste of resources.
I'm not liking this either, but I have a problem with this statement. I mean, the alternative is what? Forcing the minority controlled House to rubber stamp what the majority is putting out? Force them to comply with whatever the President wants? Force them to move in lock step with the majority controlled Senate? Hell I guess you can call that democracy, if you mean the proto-democratic definition. What we have is so much more than that.
Also, these bombs are packed with conventional explosives as part of their multi-stage triggering mechanism. If you didn't want them falling into the wrong hands, there's a less messy way of insuring that than triggering the atomic detonation over random places.
You're wrong, but there is admittedly more to it. In addition to forcing the Japanese to surrender, the bombs were used to keep the Soviets out. They were imminently prepared for a ground invasion by August, and the use of the weapons was authorized by the author of our first containment policy President Harry Truman.
Not existing doesn't bother me, its the dying part I'm afraid of. That said, if it were my job to identify less horrible ways to die than by nuke, I'd be employed for life.
With that in mind, I wonder what top secret close calls Russia suffered during those days... If their nuclear program was anything like their space program I'm sure they had a few.
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I'm sure they were fired. That's how scapegoating works. You tell them about the problem, they ignore you, it fails as you said it would, they fire you.
MS is putting their flagship on the line for the belief that what's a little odd now will grow on people. And from my perspective, there's a strange appeal to a Windows operating system like RT. It's impervious to viruses, its fast, its simple, and you can't break it. Its everything a tablet OS should be. So while we're talking about putting Windows 8.1 Pro on all the tablets, we're missing the point. People fight with their computers - that's always to be expected. They don't have the patience to fight with their phones and tablets. RT is essentially a version of Windows that holds your hand and keeps you out of bad areas and away from creeps. I think there's a lot of value in that
I have one too. Its great, but the battery is worthless. I hope the Surface Pro 2 is better.
I agree they should release Windows for free. Its the ecosystem they should want to built up and profit from. Selling the OS is so last decade.
Lighten up. It's obviously a joke. "Precious bodily fluids" is a reference to the Dr. Strangelove movie.
It will not affect them, only their voters.
Our representatives live in an entirely separate world.
Oooh! Like Johnson.
It's been demoted to make way for a hyperspace freeway.
See also: Weasel Words.
We all have this super power. It's called, "Making-Everyone-Hate-You". Working on compromises can trigger the power, as can doing the right thing in general. The real test of strength is how you respond to the resulting vitriol. Do you cave under pressure, or do you continue to do what you believe in and demonstrate integrity?
"Stupidity" controls are fine on a phone, but that sucks on a PC.
I did not know that. If we had a Direct Democracy, there wouldn't be a debate on this issue. The ACA would never have come to pass. I suspect those advocating or promoting the idea of majority rule would not like it in practice...
Why bother with debate if that's your outlook? If you have the majority, what you say goes. "Might makes right" as they say. Granted, such a thing would be a lot simpler, but a pure democracy is an example of the Rule of Man rather than the Rule of Law.
We have a Representative Democracy. This introduces a lot of irritating procedural moments like this one, but its not for nothing. Look at the past, the majority has been wrong a lot. Our system is designed to deal with that. There are a lot of flaws with our system, and its fine if you prefer a Direct Democracy, but don't lie and tell us that it is what we have.
You people speak as though the government is held hostage by a league of super-villains. The House is part of the government, not some hostile alien force. I don't like what's happening here, but until the people they represent change their minds and vote otherwise they are playing the game by the book.
Seriously, think about it. With what crime could you charge them in anything other than a politically motivated kangaroo court?
You do realise that the House could stop ANY law it doesn't like in this way, right?
Yes! and they are empowered to do so when ever they have a problem. Why do you imagine we have a House and a Senate?
I suppose you take issue with the "all arms" part. Yeah... a dictatorship of the majority wouldn't have that problem for sure. I'm almost tempted to want something like that. It would be like China... you'd still have a congress and a President, but all debate would be behind closed doors and the only thing we'd see is a bunch of guys convening periodically to formalize their decision. No more highly charged political races, no more partisan bullshit...
You gotta admit though, mob rule would be so much simpler. You'd know the score right away, and there would be no questions as to who has final say.
Yeah. And I've never seen a functional representative democracy in which a majority vote can be overridden by simply putting the whole government on hold until the minority gets its way. It's a childish, undemocratic waste of resources.
I'm not liking this either, but I have a problem with this statement. I mean, the alternative is what? Forcing the minority controlled House to rubber stamp what the majority is putting out? Force them to comply with whatever the President wants? Force them to move in lock step with the majority controlled Senate? Hell I guess you can call that democracy, if you mean the proto-democratic definition. What we have is so much more than that.
Who's voting this down? Come on moderators, the guy speaks the truth and you know it.
Phew... for a second there I thought you'd mention Arkansas. Hurray for the Natural State, where our unofficial motto is, "Thank God for Mississippi."
Perhaps in the future, all unregulated exchange of data online will be called piracy.
Also, these bombs are packed with conventional explosives as part of their multi-stage triggering mechanism. If you didn't want them falling into the wrong hands, there's a less messy way of insuring that than triggering the atomic detonation over random places.
You're wrong, but there is admittedly more to it. In addition to forcing the Japanese to surrender, the bombs were used to keep the Soviets out. They were imminently prepared for a ground invasion by August, and the use of the weapons was authorized by the author of our first containment policy President Harry Truman.
Not existing doesn't bother me, its the dying part I'm afraid of. That said, if it were my job to identify less horrible ways to die than by nuke, I'd be employed for life.
With that in mind, I wonder what top secret close calls Russia suffered during those days... If their nuclear program was anything like their space program I'm sure they had a few.