You will NEVER solve poverty, as long as poverty is defined as being in the bottom quintile of income, as most Governments and NGOs typically do. You'll ALWAYS have someone at the bottom 20% - and thus always have "poverty". Why? It's a great way to grow Government, increase Government's own reach and power (as long as they're the ones dispensing the largesse), and have something to distract a goodly portion of the remaining 80%.
As far as access to everything, the rich can buy access if they want, but have to use their own resources to do so; the poor have access to anything the Government chooses to give to them, paid for by those same rich. Note that most of the Government poverty programs, and even Government retiree programs, are means tested. Meaning you cannot have access if you're not poor.
There's a definite benefit to Government maintaining the status quo, keeping a large section of the population dependent, and fomenting class warfare. It enhances Government itself, allows Government to claim ever-larger chunks of power "for the benefit of others", and generally enrich those who have chosen to become career bureaucrats. After all - who benefits from lobbyist trips, from very well funded retirement pensions, and big "consulting" payoffs from private enterprise? Those in Government who keep the system rigged.
Increase taxes on anyone who makes above median wages, and have the World Bank redistribute that tax income to those earning below the median. For a cut off the top, of course - we wouldn't want our "altruistic" financial overlords to suffer for their enlightened actions!
Huh. That old thermostat was common in the 40s, 50s, and 60s - and I've not seen or met a single person who couldn't figure it out or didn't already know how to use it. Kind of like a rotary or pushbutton telephone. I guess you have a higher grade of illiterates around you (I'm not sure I'd call it really technology, given it's about as complex as an oven knob).
I have a Honeywell WIFI thermostat ($80) precisely for the ease of programming. Oh, and I can adjust the thermostat (downstairs) when I'm in bed (upstairs), just pull out my phone or tablet. And it's been handy when my plans change, I'll be out on the town longer than I thought, and I can pop open the app, set the temp to a lower hold for the next 5 hours (instead of normally kicking up in the evening like usual). But I manage the temp myself - I wouldn't trust an "auto-learning" unit, and it is set to no updates (why are any needed?)
Plus, it gets the time from the Internet, so I never have to reset it...:)
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Evelyn Beatrice Hall. When you try to silence your critics or those you disagree with, you've already lost the debate. You're the close minded dolt, not the person you're trying to silence.
The biggest barrier to true open hardware is the fact someone has to pay for a tangible good, and that tangible good - hardware - is designed for a specific purpose. The BIOS and bootloaders and such are immaterial, and do not limit you from using a piece of silicon as you desire. The block is silicon that does what you want to do in the first place. And that carries with it costs beyond just software creation.
I'm talking out of my ass; you have no clue what you're saying. Rifles at the time of the American Revolution were muzzle-loading, just like muskets.
Yes, you certainly are talking out of your ass! Breech loading firearms have been around since the 16th century - about 200 years before the US revolutionary war.
200+ years ago the most sophisticated weapon was a rifled cannon, and many were in private hands (and were used in the US revolutionary war). Many were even on private war vessels that regularly tangled with professional Naval vessels, and often won such encounters.
Try to make and sell or modify a car that is not in compliance with the FMVSS. You are prohibited from doing it - and it specifically supercedes local regulations.
What clause of the US Constitution authorizes creation of a Federal Department of Education? If it's not explicitly stated then, per the 10th, it is exclusively the domain of the States or the People - NOT the Federal Government.
There used to be student crosswalk guards. You spent the first week of the quarter being "trained" by an adult - then handed a flag, helmet, vest, and turned loose on a crosswalk.
The law specifically states that it does NOT preempt local law. It simply prevents the use of Federal law to prosecute - State and local laws still stand.
49 CFR 571 which is realized as the FMVSS. Specifically says what localities can and cannot do when it comes to automotive lighting and reflectors. Nothing in there about the power of the purse or civil rights.
Nope. Just a few posts up you'll find the new Federal law specifically exempts itself from superceding local laws. Local law reigns supreme in this case.
The root problem is that crime rates have dramatically declined, yet we have more police than ever before. So we have too many cops with not enough "real" crime to deal with, so they just hassle people instead. People need to understand that more cops leads to more crime, not less, and stop voting for increases in policing,
Not enough "real crime" for the police to work with? In the U.S?
How about getting rid of the mafia? Gangsters in general?
Good luck with that when the mafia writes the laws itself, and sit with impunity, out in the open, in Washington DC...
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You will NEVER solve poverty, as long as poverty is defined as being in the bottom quintile of income, as most Governments and NGOs typically do. You'll ALWAYS have someone at the bottom 20% - and thus always have "poverty". Why? It's a great way to grow Government, increase Government's own reach and power (as long as they're the ones dispensing the largesse), and have something to distract a goodly portion of the remaining 80%.
As far as access to everything, the rich can buy access if they want, but have to use their own resources to do so; the poor have access to anything the Government chooses to give to them, paid for by those same rich. Note that most of the Government poverty programs, and even Government retiree programs, are means tested. Meaning you cannot have access if you're not poor.
There's a definite benefit to Government maintaining the status quo, keeping a large section of the population dependent, and fomenting class warfare. It enhances Government itself, allows Government to claim ever-larger chunks of power "for the benefit of others", and generally enrich those who have chosen to become career bureaucrats. After all - who benefits from lobbyist trips, from very well funded retirement pensions, and big "consulting" payoffs from private enterprise? Those in Government who keep the system rigged.
Increase taxes on anyone who makes above median wages, and have the World Bank redistribute that tax income to those earning below the median. For a cut off the top, of course - we wouldn't want our "altruistic" financial overlords to suffer for their enlightened actions!
Huh. That old thermostat was common in the 40s, 50s, and 60s - and I've not seen or met a single person who couldn't figure it out or didn't already know how to use it. Kind of like a rotary or pushbutton telephone. I guess you have a higher grade of illiterates around you (I'm not sure I'd call it really technology, given it's about as complex as an oven knob).
I have a Honeywell WIFI thermostat ($80) precisely for the ease of programming. Oh, and I can adjust the thermostat (downstairs) when I'm in bed (upstairs), just pull out my phone or tablet. And it's been handy when my plans change, I'll be out on the town longer than I thought, and I can pop open the app, set the temp to a lower hold for the next 5 hours (instead of normally kicking up in the evening like usual). But I manage the temp myself - I wouldn't trust an "auto-learning" unit, and it is set to no updates (why are any needed?)
Plus, it gets the time from the Internet, so I never have to reset it... :)
If it was the old, classic, manual thermostat I bet she'd have zero trouble.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Evelyn Beatrice Hall. When you try to silence your critics or those you disagree with, you've already lost the debate. You're the close minded dolt, not the person you're trying to silence.
My Verizon Note 5 seems to work fine in China. I drop my China Mobile SIM into it and it just works.
The biggest barrier to true open hardware is the fact someone has to pay for a tangible good, and that tangible good - hardware - is designed for a specific purpose. The BIOS and bootloaders and such are immaterial, and do not limit you from using a piece of silicon as you desire. The block is silicon that does what you want to do in the first place. And that carries with it costs beyond just software creation.
And we have over 120 people shot in Chicago in the first 10 days of 2016. Over 12 per day... Gun control works!
/sarc
I'm talking out of my ass; you have no clue what you're saying. Rifles at the time of the American Revolution were muzzle-loading, just like muskets.
Yes, you certainly are talking out of your ass! Breech loading firearms have been around since the 16th century - about 200 years before the US revolutionary war.
Don't forget Chicago! They're already over 100 shootings so far for 2016 - averaging about 9 per day...
200+ years ago the most sophisticated weapon was a rifled cannon, and many were in private hands (and were used in the US revolutionary war). Many were even on private war vessels that regularly tangled with professional Naval vessels, and often won such encounters.
Try to make and sell or modify a car that is not in compliance with the FMVSS. You are prohibited from doing it - and it specifically supercedes local regulations.
What clause of the US Constitution authorizes creation of a Federal Department of Education? If it's not explicitly stated then, per the 10th, it is exclusively the domain of the States or the People - NOT the Federal Government.
There used to be student crosswalk guards. You spent the first week of the quarter being "trained" by an adult - then handed a flag, helmet, vest, and turned loose on a crosswalk.
The law specifically states that it does NOT preempt local law. It simply prevents the use of Federal law to prosecute - State and local laws still stand.
49 CFR 571 which is realized as the FMVSS. Specifically says what localities can and cannot do when it comes to automotive lighting and reflectors. Nothing in there about the power of the purse or civil rights.
The reason women always walk home in pairs is so they can go to the bathroom if they have to stop on the way home.
Nope. Just a few posts up you'll find the new Federal law specifically exempts itself from superceding local laws. Local law reigns supreme in this case.
The root problem is that crime rates have dramatically declined, yet we have more police than ever before. So we have too many cops with not enough "real" crime to deal with, so they just hassle people instead. People need to understand that more cops leads to more crime, not less, and stop voting for increases in policing,
Not enough "real crime" for the police to work with? In the U.S? How about getting rid of the mafia? Gangsters in general?
Good luck with that when the mafia writes the laws itself, and sit with impunity, out in the open, in Washington DC...
Why would we torture the ashes of David Bowie with such a sentence?
300,000 is much less (infinitely, actually) than infinity.
Quick math tip: 300,000 infinity.
# Hitler has only got one ball Goering has two but very small Himmler has something similar And poor old Goebbels has no balls at all /#
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Many States already do that. For example, in California, you have to pass a written test every 5 years to buy a firearm.