That's better. I was under the impression that cash was for "chumps" as you'd said so figured you mustn't be a chump and thus wouldn't carry any. I mean, nobody is willingly a chump if they can control it.
Personally, I've got a couple of "nice" (read damned expensive) credit cards that I don't actually bother using. I carry a few debit cards, I typically use those. I keep them linked to special accounts with limited amounts of money in them. I have shared banking with my credit union and can just go where I want and use any other branch that's in the same program - which is many/most of them from what I've seen.
I love cash. It's simple. It's effective. I tend to always have some on-hand and keep some stored about my body. I guess that's partially due to a number of unique experiences that I've had or might have had.
That pretty much matches what I remember the last result being. It's not very good though. I mean, almost all the questions are subjective in nature and can have very different answers depending on the situation.
I've gotta get out of this hotel room. I think I might just drive home. Buffalo sucks.
I don't have any social networking accounts. However, I've been doing so since the 1980s with BBS systems. I've met countless people from the internet. I even dated two of them for quite a while. I've had ups, downs, and lived a whole life here in the world wide web and have learned a little and grown a lot. I was a bit older when the internet was created and even older when it went world wide. What a ride, what a ride.
But no... I am capable of making my own friends online and in the real world. I'm pretty outgoing and usually polite in both realms. Usually...
I've just never felt like sharing a bunch of information about me in public on a network specifically designed for that. I do share lots of information about me but I do it on my terms and in select places.
Soon I will be able to jack into the system with a nice planted wireless nub on the top of my head and an ethernet jack in my neck. I actually eagerly await this day and will subject myself to anyone qualified to test it out on me. I'd love to be jacked right into the internet. It would be awesome.
I'm actually a big fan of things like roads, libraries, and police departments. I don't even mind paying my taxes (I wish they were better spent/invested). Hell, I even support a strong social safety net - it stops people from stealing my stuff. I like my stuff. That's why I bought it. We need an educated citizenry that can increase their upward mobility and we need to maintain that while also ensuring that we retain our rights while establishing and maintaining protections for the commons. Most important is the rights of the individual (not the businesses and sure as shit not the government).
The saddest part is that Sanders is closer to my ideals than Paul. I don't like Sander's route, I don't think. But, yeah... Rand's an idiot from what I can see and I agree that he's pandering to the Republicans.
I forgot to link the updated Stockholm Convention decision. It is true that they're trying to get rid of ALL persistent crap - can't blame them. However, DDT is really not that harmful when used properly.
You might want to do your own research. WHO has enabled the use of DDT again. The study done by the crazy chick in the 60s was based on fabricated data. Google is your friend.
So long as it is a lawful and just warrant then I've no problem with this. I used to be able to say that most libertarians aren't crackpots. Such is no longer true. Today, they're mostly Ayn Rand worshiping Republicans who are too ashamed to admit they're neoconservatives and have opted to co-opt the moniker in hopes that nobody notices. It's our fault for not speaking up against them.
I think you should be able to encrypt all you want and that they should be able to get a warrant to try to break that encryption but that you needn't help them to do so. They can have my mangled and unreadable data if they want it. With enough time and money they're allowed to decrypt it too. I can't wait until they do and find out that it's all just a bunch of saved pictures of lolcats and the occasional lolrus.
pleaz to no decrypt my bukkit! my encypted bukkit!!! nooo!!!
No, really. No lolcats but I do have a few lolrus pics saved. For some reason he amuses the hell out of me.
My bad. My sincere apologies. I will say three hail RMS' and donate to EFF immediately. I blame lack of coffee - I'm out in my room and the lobby hasn't made any yet.
Then you go without. Just like a non-driver needn't worry about additional driving license regulations.
Way back in the early 2000s a magazine called eWeek had an article about a different schemata. It was a dongle, a PIN, and a hashed value of certain aspects of your thumb print. Something you have, something you know, and who you are. I thought it was probably a pretty good idea. I generally assume any such transaction is unsafe and act accordingly to minimize my personal risks but that's just me. It would be kind of neat to see something like the above tied into a cell phone.
As for you not carrying a phone, I am not sure why you think that matters. What in the name of hell makes you think you're entitled to access something you'd not use or why would you try to prevent progress because you're unwilling to adapt to a new payment method? It's not like it is going to impact your ability to buy goods. You just won't be able to buy them in the way that you profess to not want to buy them in the first place. Did you whinge when vendors started taking credit cards? If they don't accept your method of payment then move along. You'll be alright.
You know... I've been carrying cash for years and not had a problem. I do have a high value credit card and a debit card and I do usually use those as the former is automatically paid every month and I think they give me some sort of rewards but it gets me much better service than normal and different hotel rooms and the likes. It's a long story but, suffice to say, it's a decent card.
Anyhow, I'm currently on the road - gallivanting or appeasing my wanderlust. I am doing something I do every couple of years which is just grab a car, no destination, and no real return time expected and driving. I go to a new state, hope off the interstate at an interesting exit, and drive until I am bored. Sometimes I sleep in the car but I often get a hotel room. I even leave the country though I probably won't be this time for reasons which should become clear.
Either way, I always carry cash. In fact, I was unable to stock up on the Friday before I left and had to wait until Monday to get enough cash at my credit union. They did ask me to come back later in the day but I declined. I was on a mission. I keep a stack of cash in my pocket at all times - especially when traveling in 'seedy areas.' I make sure to absolutely carry a stack of cash in my pocket when traveling south of the border. I keep a variety of cash in each and every one of my pockets - including the fifth pocket. Each pocket has a different value and different denominations for reasons that should be obvious.
In fact, to be technical, I probably have a sum greater than many people's life savings (ha! implying American have savings) in my hotel room and no - I'm not a drug dealer. In fact, it fits nicely in my gun safe. And no, while I can legally carry my gun I very seldom do. It stays in its safe and goes into hotel rooms with me.
I've been mugged. I've had shit stolen. I've had to pay my 'documentation' fees at a variety of borders. I've even lost large amounts of cash when I used to drink (today's my third year of not drinking - it sucks but I do spend a lot less money).
Hell, at one point I was just coming across the Everglades - I don't know the town's name but it's the smaller highway with lots of alligators on it, and coming into Dade county area. I was mugged there and the thief probably would have done some damage had I not had cash - they were pretty sketched out. I talked to them politely and calmly and gave him my wallet - I took my ID out of it as that's in a separate compartment and took the hidden cash out of that and gave that to him as well. I kept my ID and cards.
He had started the "conversation" with something like, "You're better not have credit cards too or I'm going to kill you." I'm inclined to believe I was not his first victim of the night. He handed me the wallet back after taking my money. At one point he was acting sketchy so I told him to "calm the fuck down, you're acting stupid and going to get caught." The process was politely concluded after what felt like a couple of minutes but was probably less than one.
The thing is, it was a little Jennings.22 and given the misalignment of the slide I don't think it was put together properly so it probably wouldn't have fired. However, he was a mighty big man and I am not a stupid man. He'd have done some serious damage to me. As an aside, it's kind of ridiculous to see a giant man holding a tiny pistol.
Anyhow, I carry cash and prefer it. It has helped in many situations - such as the above. On this particular journey I have a larger amount than normal but that's because I expect I'll buy a couple of cars and have them shipped back. This process is quickest and easiest if you have cash. When you encounter a "puesto de control policial" outside of a random village in southern Mexico you can rest assured they don't accept plastic. (Es no gusta Espanole, mi Espanole es muy mierda."
So, to wrap up this novella - much longer than I expected, I don't see why people don't like cash. What the hell do you do when the power goes out
I've never been normal and no, I'd not drink wine without the end goal of getting intoxicated (though to which degree that would be would vary). Oddly enough, today is the 3rd anniversary of my stopping drinking - very strange to think about. Anyhow, no - as you can probably now guess, I'm neither normal nor would I drink a glass of wine just for the flavor.
It's a bit old but really good. What's cool is that it has a companion web site from 1998, for kids, that is still active. From 1998.. Their companion site is older than Google and still there. (It was how I found the name of the video.) I like Nova.
Too many ways to misinterpret that. The right of the individual is important so long as it doesn't impede on the rights of others. Business rights are pretty low on the list regardless of the rhetoric you hear being spoken about by people who've coopted the Libertarian party. Your rights, your liberties, are equal in value to mine and our rights are, collectively, most important.
I do support taxation, I do support social networks, I do support education, I do support providing people with the tools they need to be intelligent and productive. I, for example, pay every single penny (actually more - I round up) that I'm obligated to pay in my yearly taxes. Because my income is now derived from capital gains, I pay a lower percentage than you pay (though probably a higher total amount). I'd not mind paying more in taxes provided they were being spent wisely.
I support things like a strong social safety net because it keeps poor people from needing to steal my stuff. I'm not altruistic. I'm realistic. Either way, my job would be to represent the constituency and to do as they asked. So, perhaps, "Working for you." We've tossed a few ideas around and not been able to come up with anything definitive. I'm afraid I may have to subject it to research but I'm hoping to avoid the expense and the act would make me feel cheaper as a human being. I'm not sure if I'm saying this well enough but that's how I'd feel, I think.
But your slogan can be misinterpreted very easily as being greed based. I suppose if wanting to keep my rights is greedy then, by all means, I'm greedy. Keep in mind that I want you to keep your rights. It's not just mine that I'm concerned about. If it was then, well, I'd not run for office - I'd run for the hills.
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That's better. I was under the impression that cash was for "chumps" as you'd said so figured you mustn't be a chump and thus wouldn't carry any. I mean, nobody is willingly a chump if they can control it.
Personally, I've got a couple of "nice" (read damned expensive) credit cards that I don't actually bother using. I carry a few debit cards, I typically use those. I keep them linked to special accounts with limited amounts of money in them. I have shared banking with my credit union and can just go where I want and use any other branch that's in the same program - which is many/most of them from what I've seen.
I love cash. It's simple. It's effective. I tend to always have some on-hand and keep some stored about my body. I guess that's partially due to a number of unique experiences that I've had or might have had.
Out of boredom (and because I forgot the last version I took) I took another online version.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/hr...
That pretty much matches what I remember the last result being. It's not very good though. I mean, almost all the questions are subjective in nature and can have very different answers depending on the situation.
I've gotta get out of this hotel room. I think I might just drive home. Buffalo sucks.
I don't have any social networking accounts. However, I've been doing so since the 1980s with BBS systems. I've met countless people from the internet. I even dated two of them for quite a while. I've had ups, downs, and lived a whole life here in the world wide web and have learned a little and grown a lot. I was a bit older when the internet was created and even older when it went world wide. What a ride, what a ride.
But no... I am capable of making my own friends online and in the real world. I'm pretty outgoing and usually polite in both realms. Usually...
I've just never felt like sharing a bunch of information about me in public on a network specifically designed for that. I do share lots of information about me but I do it on my terms and in select places.
Soon I will be able to jack into the system with a nice planted wireless nub on the top of my head and an ethernet jack in my neck. I actually eagerly await this day and will subject myself to anyone qualified to test it out on me. I'd love to be jacked right into the internet. It would be awesome.
Happens where I live every year - multiple times a year.
Above I liked to the WHO directly.
I'm actually a big fan of things like roads, libraries, and police departments. I don't even mind paying my taxes (I wish they were better spent/invested). Hell, I even support a strong social safety net - it stops people from stealing my stuff. I like my stuff. That's why I bought it. We need an educated citizenry that can increase their upward mobility and we need to maintain that while also ensuring that we retain our rights while establishing and maintaining protections for the commons. Most important is the rights of the individual (not the businesses and sure as shit not the government).
The saddest part is that Sanders is closer to my ideals than Paul. I don't like Sander's route, I don't think. But, yeah... Rand's an idiot from what I can see and I agree that he's pandering to the Republicans.
Also, http://www.who.int/malaria/pub...
I forgot to link the updated Stockholm Convention decision. It is true that they're trying to get rid of ALL persistent crap - can't blame them. However, DDT is really not that harmful when used properly.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre...
Note the "clean bill of health."
Do my own research, indeed.
No, that's a totally different show. Maybe you misread something?
This is why you should stick to the recommended dosage schedule for your psychotropic medications.
You might want to do your own research. WHO has enabled the use of DDT again. The study done by the crazy chick in the 60s was based on fabricated data. Google is your friend.
So long as it is a lawful and just warrant then I've no problem with this. I used to be able to say that most libertarians aren't crackpots. Such is no longer true. Today, they're mostly Ayn Rand worshiping Republicans who are too ashamed to admit they're neoconservatives and have opted to co-opt the moniker in hopes that nobody notices. It's our fault for not speaking up against them.
I think you should be able to encrypt all you want and that they should be able to get a warrant to try to break that encryption but that you needn't help them to do so. They can have my mangled and unreadable data if they want it. With enough time and money they're allowed to decrypt it too. I can't wait until they do and find out that it's all just a bunch of saved pictures of lolcats and the occasional lolrus.
pleaz to no decrypt my bukkit! my encypted bukkit!!! nooo!!!
No, really. No lolcats but I do have a few lolrus pics saved. For some reason he amuses the hell out of me.
And I misread your post. *sighs*
My bad. My sincere apologies. I will say three hail RMS' and donate to EFF immediately. I blame lack of coffee - I'm out in my room and the lobby hasn't made any yet.
Then you go without. Just like a non-driver needn't worry about additional driving license regulations.
Way back in the early 2000s a magazine called eWeek had an article about a different schemata. It was a dongle, a PIN, and a hashed value of certain aspects of your thumb print. Something you have, something you know, and who you are. I thought it was probably a pretty good idea. I generally assume any such transaction is unsafe and act accordingly to minimize my personal risks but that's just me. It would be kind of neat to see something like the above tied into a cell phone.
As for you not carrying a phone, I am not sure why you think that matters. What in the name of hell makes you think you're entitled to access something you'd not use or why would you try to prevent progress because you're unwilling to adapt to a new payment method? It's not like it is going to impact your ability to buy goods. You just won't be able to buy them in the way that you profess to not want to buy them in the first place. Did you whinge when vendors started taking credit cards? If they don't accept your method of payment then move along. You'll be alright.
You know... I've been carrying cash for years and not had a problem. I do have a high value credit card and a debit card and I do usually use those as the former is automatically paid every month and I think they give me some sort of rewards but it gets me much better service than normal and different hotel rooms and the likes. It's a long story but, suffice to say, it's a decent card.
Anyhow, I'm currently on the road - gallivanting or appeasing my wanderlust. I am doing something I do every couple of years which is just grab a car, no destination, and no real return time expected and driving. I go to a new state, hope off the interstate at an interesting exit, and drive until I am bored. Sometimes I sleep in the car but I often get a hotel room. I even leave the country though I probably won't be this time for reasons which should become clear.
Either way, I always carry cash. In fact, I was unable to stock up on the Friday before I left and had to wait until Monday to get enough cash at my credit union. They did ask me to come back later in the day but I declined. I was on a mission. I keep a stack of cash in my pocket at all times - especially when traveling in 'seedy areas.' I make sure to absolutely carry a stack of cash in my pocket when traveling south of the border. I keep a variety of cash in each and every one of my pockets - including the fifth pocket. Each pocket has a different value and different denominations for reasons that should be obvious.
In fact, to be technical, I probably have a sum greater than many people's life savings (ha! implying American have savings) in my hotel room and no - I'm not a drug dealer. In fact, it fits nicely in my gun safe. And no, while I can legally carry my gun I very seldom do. It stays in its safe and goes into hotel rooms with me.
I've been mugged. I've had shit stolen. I've had to pay my 'documentation' fees at a variety of borders. I've even lost large amounts of cash when I used to drink (today's my third year of not drinking - it sucks but I do spend a lot less money).
Hell, at one point I was just coming across the Everglades - I don't know the town's name but it's the smaller highway with lots of alligators on it, and coming into Dade county area. I was mugged there and the thief probably would have done some damage had I not had cash - they were pretty sketched out. I talked to them politely and calmly and gave him my wallet - I took my ID out of it as that's in a separate compartment and took the hidden cash out of that and gave that to him as well. I kept my ID and cards.
He had started the "conversation" with something like, "You're better not have credit cards too or I'm going to kill you." I'm inclined to believe I was not his first victim of the night. He handed me the wallet back after taking my money. At one point he was acting sketchy so I told him to "calm the fuck down, you're acting stupid and going to get caught." The process was politely concluded after what felt like a couple of minutes but was probably less than one.
The thing is, it was a little Jennings .22 and given the misalignment of the slide I don't think it was put together properly so it probably wouldn't have fired. However, he was a mighty big man and I am not a stupid man. He'd have done some serious damage to me. As an aside, it's kind of ridiculous to see a giant man holding a tiny pistol.
Anyhow, I carry cash and prefer it. It has helped in many situations - such as the above. On this particular journey I have a larger amount than normal but that's because I expect I'll buy a couple of cars and have them shipped back. This process is quickest and easiest if you have cash. When you encounter a "puesto de control policial" outside of a random village in southern Mexico you can rest assured they don't accept plastic. (Es no gusta Espanole, mi Espanole es muy mierda."
So, to wrap up this novella - much longer than I expected, I don't see why people don't like cash. What the hell do you do when the power goes out
It's a lightbulb as far as I recall. I think it's still possible to use it but it isn't enabled by default or something along those lines.
I've never been normal and no, I'd not drink wine without the end goal of getting intoxicated (though to which degree that would be would vary). Oddly enough, today is the 3rd anniversary of my stopping drinking - very strange to think about. Anyhow, no - as you can probably now guess, I'm neither normal nor would I drink a glass of wine just for the flavor.
It's a bit old but really good. What's cool is that it has a companion web site from 1998, for kids, that is still active. From 1998.. Their companion site is older than Google and still there. (It was how I found the name of the video.) I like Nova.
That makes sense, thanks.
I see you forgot build-essential, would you like some help with that?
Too many ways to misinterpret that. The right of the individual is important so long as it doesn't impede on the rights of others. Business rights are pretty low on the list regardless of the rhetoric you hear being spoken about by people who've coopted the Libertarian party. Your rights, your liberties, are equal in value to mine and our rights are, collectively, most important.
I do support taxation, I do support social networks, I do support education, I do support providing people with the tools they need to be intelligent and productive. I, for example, pay every single penny (actually more - I round up) that I'm obligated to pay in my yearly taxes. Because my income is now derived from capital gains, I pay a lower percentage than you pay (though probably a higher total amount). I'd not mind paying more in taxes provided they were being spent wisely.
I support things like a strong social safety net because it keeps poor people from needing to steal my stuff. I'm not altruistic. I'm realistic. Either way, my job would be to represent the constituency and to do as they asked. So, perhaps, "Working for you." We've tossed a few ideas around and not been able to come up with anything definitive. I'm afraid I may have to subject it to research but I'm hoping to avoid the expense and the act would make me feel cheaper as a human being. I'm not sure if I'm saying this well enough but that's how I'd feel, I think.
But your slogan can be misinterpreted very easily as being greed based. I suppose if wanting to keep my rights is greedy then, by all means, I'm greedy. Keep in mind that I want you to keep your rights. It's not just mine that I'm concerned about. If it was then, well, I'd not run for office - I'd run for the hills.
It was Nova.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Enjoy.
God no. That looks awful. I watched the trailer.
I'll go try to find it - this could take a minute so I'll post this as they have no damned edit ability.