The current iOS map app is terrible. No searching for businesses (well, no businesses listed), no street view, etc. I used google maps a lot, and the current app offers nothing new while taking giant leaps backward. And no, maps.google.com via mobile safari doesn't work well enough (because mobile safari has sucked hard since the first iPhone).
The *voters* aren't voting. The States are voting via the electors. The methods the electors use to determine their voting decisions (or the states impose upon them by state law) has nothing to do with the ratio of the electors to the size of the state (an entirely separate issue). It would be more illustrative if each state had an equal number of electors.
it arbitrarily gives more weight to the small number of voters from small states
There's nothing arbitrary about that. The states are voting for president (through the electors), not the citizens of the states. When you vote for Federal Senators, they meet in congress with other Senators from other states, equal in representation. They're sort of like ambassadors, except the country they're going to is a mere fiction of a mutual-defense and trade pact. I know this is a shocking concept for most people, but the USA isn't monolithic, it's a collection of states (nations) that function together in a federation for their mutual interest. Sure, it seems like one land, with the states being little more than lines drawn on a map or signs declaring "Welcome to $state" on the highways, but forgetting that the states are semi-independent bodies can lead to an increasingly stronger federal govt that eventually decides to impose its will instead of the will of the states (never mind the citizens).
Attend a rally? All I have to do is listen to the people they vote for... and the tebagger movement's mentors on Fox News to conclude that these people are ignorant.
They might be ignorant (who isn't?), but they're not racist.
But he's fucking BLACK! Why would you want a BLACK muslim president???
Unfortunately, that's still the predominant teabagger mentality. They simply can't see past their own prejudice well enough to realize that we are better off than 4 years ago, and no one (least of all McCain) could have fixed things in one term even if the republicans weren't constantly obstructing everything just to ensure the president's failure out of pure spite. If your post was meant as satire, then well done.
If by "teabagger" you mean the infantile douches playing FPS who kneel on your dead avatar's head, then you may be right. Their comms are filled with racist diatribes.
If, however, you mean a derogatory term for Tea Party members, then you're utterly wrong. Attend a rally, you'll be surprised.
Look! A field full of iron doohickeys! We're rich! Let's build a blacksmith shop right here so we can turn these sculptures into something useful like plows.
A big problem that I see with white collar office workers is that, traditionally, unions have had to be willing to bust the heads of scabs and besiege workplaces with picket lines to survive (among other things). That's fine if you're Teamsters or other blue-collar workers not afraid to break out bricks and baseball bats when needed in a strike.
They should form a guild or professional society. That said, developers are so non-unified that if they did have a union, they would have more scans than a biker with roadburn.
Because when your house is on fire, you want the fire department to be able to enter as quickly as possible. Instead of finding the key to your house somewhere at the station, among hundreds of others, an axe works nicely as a universal door opener.
When my house is made of steel and concrete, it's not on fire. Especially with sprinkler systems to drown carpet/drapes fires.
That only works if the number of candidates stays a constant number. I'm sure they would like to provide only two choices every year, and have pencil-drawn buttons for non R D parties.
Or if the data doesn't need encryption - it just needs backup. For example, I have my photos (kids soccer games, graduations, etc.) on a server at home. I have a script copy it every night to one of my other machines. From there, it goes to a cloud provider. But these don't need any encryption. (I can see how some people might have photos that need encryption due to things like trade secrets, illegal or questionable activities, etc.)
And when the Green Shirt party enters into power, they can find your photos of you not wearing a green shirt which they can use to blackball you (or any other currently innocuous thing which becomes illegal or questionable behavior thirty years from now). Get into the habit of encrypting everything. That way, there won't be any issues (unless encrypting becomes illegal).
The originals have to be preserved throughout the length of the trial(s), so a better option would be to clone them and bring back the clones. But then they'll probably be wiped anyway.
I've stated this before on/. but I'm too lazy to search for it:
There are two morals to that fable. One for children: don't lie or a wolf will eat you because no one will believe you. One for adults: always treat an alarm as real because sometimes it is and a kid might get eaten; also repeat the fable so that fewer false alarms occur.
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if you don't care about employers seeing votes, maybe you care about unions [...] or neighborhood thug.
Mentioned twice for emphasis?
The current iOS map app is terrible. No searching for businesses (well, no businesses listed), no street view, etc. I used google maps a lot, and the current app offers nothing new while taking giant leaps backward. And no, maps.google.com via mobile safari doesn't work well enough (because mobile safari has sucked hard since the first iPhone).
Romney is going to win. My highly accurate personal polling system predicts this to a certainty level of 98.4%.
That's a rectal thermometer.
The *voters* aren't voting. The States are voting via the electors. The methods the electors use to determine their voting decisions (or the states impose upon them by state law) has nothing to do with the ratio of the electors to the size of the state (an entirely separate issue). It would be more illustrative if each state had an equal number of electors.
In short, the foreign, particularly European, view can be summarised as "too many Iraqs, not enough Kosovos".
Well, they're the ones with Eastern Europe. Maybe they should make a few more Kosovos, then everything will be back on track.
it arbitrarily gives more weight to the small number of voters from small states
There's nothing arbitrary about that. The states are voting for president (through the electors), not the citizens of the states. When you vote for Federal Senators, they meet in congress with other Senators from other states, equal in representation. They're sort of like ambassadors, except the country they're going to is a mere fiction of a mutual-defense and trade pact. I know this is a shocking concept for most people, but the USA isn't monolithic, it's a collection of states (nations) that function together in a federation for their mutual interest. Sure, it seems like one land, with the states being little more than lines drawn on a map or signs declaring "Welcome to $state" on the highways, but forgetting that the states are semi-independent bodies can lead to an increasingly stronger federal govt that eventually decides to impose its will instead of the will of the states (never mind the citizens).
Attend a rally? All I have to do is listen to the people they vote for... and the tebagger movement's mentors on Fox News to conclude that these people are ignorant.
They might be ignorant (who isn't?), but they're not racist.
The USS America is a pretty big boat.
Ship. Boats are for fishing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_America_(CV-66)
Also, it's been decommissioned and scuttled, so the USS America isn't a ship anymore either.
But he's fucking BLACK! Why would you want a BLACK muslim president???
Unfortunately, that's still the predominant teabagger mentality. They simply can't see past their own prejudice well enough to realize that we are better off than 4 years ago, and no one (least of all McCain) could have fixed things in one term even if the republicans weren't constantly obstructing everything just to ensure the president's failure out of pure spite. If your post was meant as satire, then well done.
If by "teabagger" you mean the infantile douches playing FPS who kneel on your dead avatar's head, then you may be right. Their comms are filled with racist diatribes.
If, however, you mean a derogatory term for Tea Party members, then you're utterly wrong. Attend a rally, you'll be surprised.
Except he believes it should be a state-by-state series of programs, not a federal one. Difference is in who has control.
Look! A field full of iron doohickeys! We're rich! Let's build a blacksmith shop right here so we can turn these sculptures into something useful like plows.
...or your money back, guaranteed!
A big problem that I see with white collar office workers is that, traditionally, unions have had to be willing to bust the heads of scabs and besiege workplaces with picket lines to survive (among other things). That's fine if you're Teamsters or other blue-collar workers not afraid to break out bricks and baseball bats when needed in a strike.
Attempted murder is never fine. Scabs gotta eat.
They should form a guild or professional society. That said, developers are so non-unified that if they did have a union, they would have more scans than a biker with roadburn.
I found reams of the same information via Google too.
Even medieval towns with really massive stone walls burned down regularly
You mean the things that were mostly wood and thatch with stone veneer? Of course they burned down!
What is "Woosh"?
Internet memes for $400, please, Alex.
Because when your house is on fire, you want the fire department to be able to enter as quickly as possible. Instead of finding the key to your house somewhere at the station, among hundreds of others, an axe works nicely as a universal door opener.
When my house is made of steel and concrete, it's not on fire. Especially with sprinkler systems to drown carpet/drapes fires.
Only because they have Hulk Hands TM on their desks.
If I can confirm to another person what I voted, I can sell my vote (or be coerced into voting a certain way).
That only works if the number of candidates stays a constant number. I'm sure they would like to provide only two choices every year, and have pencil-drawn buttons for non R D parties.
Or if the data doesn't need encryption - it just needs backup. For example, I have my photos (kids soccer games, graduations, etc.) on a server at home. I have a script copy it every night to one of my other machines. From there, it goes to a cloud provider. But these don't need any encryption. (I can see how some people might have photos that need encryption due to things like trade secrets, illegal or questionable activities, etc.)
And when the Green Shirt party enters into power, they can find your photos of you not wearing a green shirt which they can use to blackball you (or any other currently innocuous thing which becomes illegal or questionable behavior thirty years from now). Get into the habit of encrypting everything. That way, there won't be any issues (unless encrypting becomes illegal).
The originals have to be preserved throughout the length of the trial(s), so a better option would be to clone them and bring back the clones. But then they'll probably be wiped anyway.
I've stated this before on /. but I'm too lazy to search for it:
There are two morals to that fable. One for children: don't lie or a wolf will eat you because no one will believe you. One for adults: always treat an alarm as real because sometimes it is and a kid might get eaten; also repeat the fable so that fewer false alarms occur.
humans benefit
You don't have to convince me twice. I'm building a dam in my backyard stream tomorrow!