Mandatory reversible sterilization of all children when they turn 12 years of age. Then let them undergo the procedure for free to reverse it after age 21 if they choose to do so. I will bet you that 90% will prefer to not have kids. Keeping young teens from ruining their lives by having kids is important, teens will hump like rabbits, it's in their nature. Lets not let them ruin their lives because a bunch of backwater uneducated hillbillies wont let the government give out birth control and educated kids in the use of birth control.
So you are going to do forced sterilization because some people don't like birth control ?
If you force something, you take away choice. You are no better than those "backwater uneducated hillbillies" who forbid using birth control. Give them choice, and most of them will do the right thing. Those who don't suffer the consequences by life itself, and serve as a good example for others.
Actually, it might not be as simple as that. For example, what if you don't own the car, but use a service which drives you to the correct location ( similar to how a bus drives you to a certain location ).
Certainly, you are not responsible in the case of the bus, the bus driver is. But what if this bus doesn't have a physical driver, but is driven by an A.I What if the bus only contains minors being driven to school ? Who is responsible then ?
Unless he manages to convince each party that the public key has changed, without the secure connection.
For example, you have JohnA@gmail.com and JohnB@gmail.com , and they have a secure connection through assymetric encryption. I create my own private keys JohnA@gmail.com and JohnB@gmail.com , and corresponding public keys.
I send a mail from JohanB@gmail.Com to JohnA@gmail.com , stating that I've changed my key, and this is the new public key. I do the same from JohanA@gmail.com to JohnB@gmail.com.
Now, I can intercept the connection which will be attempted with the new keys, decrypt them with my new private keys, and resend them using the old public keys. Each party will just receive it and decrypt it using their old keys, while thinking the other person has a new key.
Offcourse, this could be avoided by having a clearly defined system of exchanging new keys preferably with new keys signed and encrypted by the old ones.
Yes, there are advantages to the EU. But's there's also a whole lot done wrong.
I see two problem : - The EU top is power hungry, and wants to expand no matter the cost ( created a United States of Europe ), making them go way too fast, and thus losing a lot of people, and implementing untested laws ( for example the design of the Euro which has a number of flaws ).
- The people in Europe are not very different from each other, both economically and culturally. We simply see things in other ways.
The people of Europe also speaks many different languages, meaning that you always have physical borders.
The current situation is somewhere between seperate nations and a unified Europe, and that's causing a number of problems. What's missing is buy-in from the people : the EU is made in such way that we can't affect the big decisions, so it all looks like a show which no one asked for, just costing a lot of money.
What we need is for the EU to have a government of the people, by the people and for the people. And that's missing now.
Because what fits for many may not fit for all, and certainly doesn't fit for some. Anyone who hasn't checked 'Post Anonymously' , throw the first stone.
So just because you are born there now, you must be evil , so not worthy of a normal life ? Regardless of sides , there are always innocent victims. The ones who can't get out, because they don't have the money or power to get out. They suffer every day, on both sides.
As always, it's not the everyday people who are the problem here, it's those who have power ( on either side ) , and just want to have more of it.
All I'm saying is : Don't spend energy on all those people hating ( you can't change them anyway ), spend it on loving the people you care about. Haters don't deserve your energy.
you are using the word "dangerous" in an odd context. Even the most rabid Democrat on Slashdot lacks the ability to reach through the screen and strangle you. You may have meant "disapproved of", or "likely to be condemned." Possibly even "harshly moderated".
I would have agreed with you many years ago, until I made the unfortunate mistake of clicking a goatse link. It may not be physical strangulation, but as far as psychological damage goes, it's not far off.
Because hate also does damage to the person doing the hating. In other words : because it's not good for you to hate anything : your time is better spend loving those you care about. Just ignore the haters, they are not worth your energy.
As long as the battery is inside the chest, it's going to need to be replaced from time to time ( even if you could recharge it, the battery would deteriorate over time ).
Funny, the wikipedia picture for piezoelectricity even looks like a heart pumping :
The problem is : religion and politics are intermixed. In fact, it's almost impossible to separate them. And this is because to the government, religion is a powerful tool to control everyone.
Ever heard a president at the end of a speech ( "God bless America" ) .
The problem with religion is that it can't be questioned. So when someone ( for example a politician ) uses religion for his own gains, the truly religious will follow it, no matter what.
The only way to avoid it would be to ignore religious dogma, and truly try finding it on your own. That's a much harder, but much more useful journey to take.
Your missing something : Linux != Desktop Environment Linux is the kernel.
Ease of use has a lot more with the Desktop Environment ( KDE, GNOME,etc... )
The best comparison would be to compare distro's ( Ubuntu, Mint, Debian ) with Windows. In that sense, there are plenty of distro's which are much easier to use than Windows.
Think about it : if you want to install software on Windows, you need to put in a CD, or search it on internet, download it, start it up, accept the license, etc.. On most popular linux distro's, you just select it in the package manager, click install and it does everything for you. You can't get it any easier than that.
That's all pc's , labtops, tablets, smartphones are. They all serve a different purpose, and so one will never replace the other, it will just complement it.
If you acquire any free games you haven't paid for and are supposed to, that is theft.
Legal Dictionary on "Theft" : the generic term for all crimes in which a person intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the taker's use
In a broad sense it would seem to fit, but I'm not sure about the "takes personal property" : it's not really taken, the original owner still has it.
If I were to develop my own game, based on the an existing game ( just from experience with the game ), I would be creating a free game, and some people might decide to play my free game instead of buying the original. But would it be theft ?
The way you describe it, it would be, because I copied something : I copied the idea . If so, then a whole lot of free games would be illegal.
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Mandatory reversible sterilization of all children when they turn 12 years of age. Then let them undergo the procedure for free to reverse it after age 21 if they choose to do so. I will bet you that 90% will prefer to not have kids. Keeping young teens from ruining their lives by having kids is important, teens will hump like rabbits, it's in their nature. Lets not let them ruin their lives because a bunch of backwater uneducated hillbillies wont let the government give out birth control and educated kids in the use of birth control.
So you are going to do forced sterilization because some people don't like birth control ?
If you force something, you take away choice. You are no better than those "backwater uneducated hillbillies" who forbid using birth control.
Give them choice, and most of them will do the right thing. Those who don't suffer the consequences by life itself, and serve as a good example for others.
Actually, it might not be as simple as that.
For example, what if you don't own the car, but use a service which drives you to the correct location ( similar to how a bus drives you to a certain location ).
Certainly, you are not responsible in the case of the bus, the bus driver is. But what if this bus doesn't have a physical driver, but is driven by an A.I
What if the bus only contains minors being driven to school ? Who is responsible then ?
Unless he manages to convince each party that the public key has changed, without the secure connection.
For example, you have JohnA@gmail.com and JohnB@gmail.com , and they have a secure connection through assymetric encryption.
I create my own private keys JohnA@gmail.com and JohnB@gmail.com , and corresponding public keys.
I send a mail from JohanB@gmail.Com to JohnA@gmail.com , stating that I've changed my key, and this is the new public key.
I do the same from JohanA@gmail.com to JohnB@gmail.com.
Now, I can intercept the connection which will be attempted with the new keys, decrypt them with my new private keys, and resend them using the old public keys.
Each party will just receive it and decrypt it using their old keys, while thinking the other person has a new key.
Offcourse, this could be avoided by having a clearly defined system of exchanging new keys preferably with new keys signed and encrypted by the old ones.
Yes, there are advantages to the EU.
But's there's also a whole lot done wrong.
I see two problem :
- The EU top is power hungry, and wants to expand no matter the cost ( created a United States of Europe ), making them go way too fast, and thus losing a lot of people, and implementing untested laws ( for example the design of the Euro which has a number of flaws ).
- The people in Europe are not very different from each other, both economically and culturally. We simply see things in other ways.
The people of Europe also speaks many different languages, meaning that you always have physical borders.
The current situation is somewhere between seperate nations and a unified Europe, and that's causing a number of problems.
What's missing is buy-in from the people : the EU is made in such way that we can't affect the big decisions, so it all looks like a show which no one asked for, just costing a lot of money.
What we need is for the EU to have a government of the people, by the people and for the people. And that's missing now.
It only happens when it's in the EU's ( not the people's ) best interest.
Not to mention that this seems to actually be a law which serves the people, rather than corporations .
I can't make out whether you are serious or sarcastic.
I hereby invoke Poe's Law.
No.
So Trusted Computing all over again ?
Because what fits for many may not fit for all, and certainly doesn't fit for some.
Anyone who hasn't checked 'Post Anonymously' , throw the first stone.
Aren't you thinking of TIFF ?
So just because you are born there now, you must be evil , so not worthy of a normal life ? Regardless of sides , there are always innocent victims.
The ones who can't get out, because they don't have the money or power to get out.
They suffer every day, on both sides.
As always, it's not the everyday people who are the problem here, it's those who have power ( on either side ) , and just want to have more of it.
Or maybe it was : something in the private sector becoming state-owned ?
Though then it should have been :
state-owned += private sector
All I'm saying is : Don't spend energy on all those people hating ( you can't change them anyway ), spend it on loving the people you care about.
Haters don't deserve your energy.
This explain it better than I possibly can .
you are using the word "dangerous" in an odd context. Even the most rabid Democrat on Slashdot lacks the ability to reach through the screen and strangle you. You may have meant "disapproved of", or "likely to be condemned." Possibly even "harshly moderated".
I would have agreed with you many years ago, until I made the unfortunate mistake of clicking a goatse link.
It may not be physical strangulation, but as far as psychological damage goes, it's not far off.
Because hate also does damage to the person doing the hating.
In other words : because it's not good for you to hate anything : your time is better spend loving those you care about.
Just ignore the haters, they are not worth your energy.
As long as the battery is inside the chest, it's going to need to be replaced from time to time ( even if you could recharge it, the battery would deteriorate over time ).
Funny, the wikipedia picture for piezoelectricity even looks like a heart pumping :
"Reality" only exists in our imagination.
I have a much more important one : compassion.
Always in high demand and in low supply.
The problem is : religion and politics are intermixed. In fact, it's almost impossible to separate them.
And this is because to the government, religion is a powerful tool to control everyone.
Ever heard a president at the end of a speech ( "God bless America" ) .
The problem with religion is that it can't be questioned. So when someone ( for example a politician ) uses religion for his own gains, the truly religious will follow it, no matter what.
The only way to avoid it would be to ignore religious dogma, and truly try finding it on your own. That's a much harder, but much more useful journey to take.
"Ready for operation. Click to enlarge" . :-)
Your missing something : Linux != Desktop Environment
Linux is the kernel.
Ease of use has a lot more with the Desktop Environment ( KDE, GNOME ,etc ... )
The best comparison would be to compare distro's ( Ubuntu, Mint, Debian ) with Windows.
In that sense, there are plenty of distro's which are much easier to use than Windows.
Think about it : if you want to install software on Windows, you need to put in a CD, or search it on internet, download it, start it up, accept the license, etc..
On most popular linux distro's, you just select it in the package manager, click install and it does everything for you. You can't get it any easier than that.
That's all pc's , labtops, tablets, smartphones are.
They all serve a different purpose, and so one will never replace the other, it will just complement it.
If you acquire any free games you haven't paid for and are supposed to, that is theft.
Legal Dictionary on "Theft" :
the generic term for all crimes in which a person intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the taker's use
In a broad sense it would seem to fit, but I'm not sure about the "takes personal property" : it's not really taken, the original owner still has it.
If I were to develop my own game, based on the an existing game ( just from experience with the game ), I would be creating a free game, and some people might decide to play my free game instead of buying the original. But would it be theft ?
The way you describe it, it would be, because I copied something : I copied the idea .
If so, then a whole lot of free games would be illegal.
It's fiction. Whether they count only matters in our imagination.