Here, here! But the US is not, strictly speaking, a democracy, it's a Republic. Democracy implies simple majority rule. We elect representatives that (more or less, usually less) represent their constituents. This protects the minority, except where the POTUS ignores the system, the Consitution, and the other branches and simply does things by "Executive Order' (read Royal Decree). Or when the Majority Leader changes the rules of the Congress, when it's politically expedient:
I always love how shrill this discussion is. Just curious...
Say that we wanted to switch over alternative fuels now, how much could they actually provide in the way of energy? Just curious, how much solar can our cars use? Trains? Trucks, which carry about 50% of the good we all use across the country? Industry? About 7%. Not ready for prime-time.
Here's how to do it: Be innovative, keep the cost down and compete:
Now, the long lines in more socialistic economies to buy anything at all not locally produced- they do exist. Try buying a large screen TV in Venezuela this coming January. You might be able to, if you're a member of the right Party.
US here... I waited in line to buy a ps4, what's your point?
This type of thinking is in error. You're simply trading one master for another, more intransigent one. With the free(er) market in control you get people grabbing for all they can, but you can sue, boycott and compete against the folks in control.
But when the government takes over, it has the power of law and guns behind it. You trade fiscal inertia for political power. So if you don't like the status quo, too bad, it's the law. What are you? A criminal?
So it all seems great if you're a friend of the party in power. But imagine the worst, soul-crushing bureaucracy you can, and imagine that they are picking up the keys to all power you have invested in the government.
Still feel comfortable? This is why being a Libertarian is the only thing that makes sense. It gives all of us the right to live our lives the way we want.
There will always be people that have more wealth, access, and power under any government. That doesn't change when government claims to "fix" things. The only question is how free you are.
I think it really shows that people have to try to add value. The idea that you can show up to a job and merely fulfill the properties of matter is dead. If your job consists of rote tasks, you're in danger of being replaced by a machine. They don't bitch, come in hung over, or need coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
I always hear this garbage from Anti-Corp types. Here's the big takeaway: If a corporation does something bad, you can sue or regulate them out of business. If your government does something bad, they can choose to Ignore the law or pass an exception for themselves. And, btw, who's violating privacy on an scale these days? Uncle Sam.
I guess you can maintain a spurious moral high ground, and allow the US to fight your battles for you, all the while decrying their supposed Colonialism. Go look at the UN funding and see where lion's share of the money, infrastructure and personnel come from.
If you'd actually bothered to read the article, many in the military didn't want it (macines have no judgement). However, the politicians are thrilled with push-button warfare. That way they can avoid those "On behalf of a grateful nation"-letters, and kill with impunity.
I for one, think that lowering the cost of entry to warfare is a bad thing. It should be harder, not easier to start one.
I was just watching Nova's "Secrets of the Sun" last night and they said 2013 was predicted to be solar max. So this agrees well with your diagram. Also, we've had at least 10 years to see the actual effects of AGP, and none of the gloom and doom seems to be panning out. Carl Sagan said extreme predictions require extreme evidence. So far, not happening, IMHO.
Not everyone hates the government. The executives of big companies are actually so fond of them that they even take their government chums out to expensive restaurants and parties on their private yachts.
It's just the poor people who hate the government, because they're all nasty and poor and horrible.
And the middle classes, whose tax money is going on unpopular schemes like wars and helping poor people.
Oh, and the professionals/entrepreneurs, because after years of hard work, sacrifice and risk-taking that will stop many in their tracks, those who do succeed are then considered "rich" and taxed sharply, while the people who are actually rich have enough mobility to avoid those same high taxes, which is why the very high tax rates don't actually raise much money for the government anyway.
The supposition that they are different is in error. The Military-Industrial Complex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex) has now expanded to go beyond aerospace and heavy industry to include Technologies, Big Labor, etc. For a recent example, look at the above and then read about all Org's that voted for Obamacare, then turn around and get waivers for it. The middle class is a giant ATM for Labor and Government. Consumers are the ATM for Big Biz. This is why Government should be smaller, and products should be bought locally if possible.
To me, law enforcement would have a leg to stand on if they were also pushing hard for the right to arrest the management of gun and ammunition manufacturers - Those agents-of-death are way more culpable of abetting in the murder of children than some guy making secret compartments.
More people are kill by lightening than guns. Look it up.
"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light."
sounds a lot like the Big Bang. The Infinitesimal giving rise to the Infinite sounds exactly like the work of a masterful God to me.
People are either pro-gay, or come from a more traditional background. Not interesting, like whether you like Coke or not. What is interesting is to watch the herd turn on anyone with an unpopular view. Why do we need people to agree with us? Isn't that a bit of cognitive dissonance? Is the goal to create a society were everyone agrees?
If you eliminated all the CO2, the plants would die. I think you mean limit it to some given level.
I think this whole discussion can be short circuited by the following realization:
DEN_GUY's rule: The amount of crazy shit that comes out of a politician's mouth is inversely proportional to the number of people that it took to get them elected.
Pres. - BS, but not crazy BS Fed Senate - BS mixed with partisan BS (borderline crazy) Federal House of Representatives - All of the above with the occasional crazy shit statement [and...so on down the line]
Which brings us to State Representative...Snake shit crazy with the occasional good idea. This is not one of them.
If you are a Marxist - You have a friend in the White House:
In his own words, From 'Dreams of My Father':
"To avoid being mistaken for a sellout,I chose my friends carefully.The more politically active black students.The foreign students.The Chicanos.The Marxist Professors and the structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets.We smoked cigarettes and wore leather jackets.At night,in the dorms,we discussed neocolonialism,Franz Fanon,Eurocentrism,and patriarchy.When we ground out our cigarettes in the hallway carpet or set our stereos so loud that the walls began to shake,we were resisting bourgeois society's stifling constraints.We weren't indifferent or careless or insecure.We were alienated."
What Capitalist or Center American call soceity "Bourgeois" and "Neo-Colonialism"?! Why that's as American as Apple Pie and the Manifesto!
As a self-identified conservative, I think the mistrust comes because of the Climate Change debate. Vilifying the diverging views by calling them deniers (like Holocaust Deniers), saying that "the science is settled" (science never is) and suggesting ridiculous and nation-crushing ideas as policy, then shouting down and name calling attacks on anyone who doesn't want to starve our children to save "Mother Gaia" is what people are reacting to.
So if what I believe is bunkum, and what the climate change folks believe is science, I have a few questions:
1.) I've read the IPCC report and man actually contributes less greenhouse emissions than livestock. Explain to me again how this isn't another We-hate-Capitalism/Technology/America-movement with a new banner? Go camping for a week and don't buy any food before you go and see how beneficent Mother Nature is. 2.) A scientific theory must be testable to be the current model. Please explain the mechanism to me that causes global warming to be a man-made problem. All the doomsday scenarios are coming out of models that are horribly oversimplified, as a matter of fact, I know at least a few of them don't even take water-vapor into account. Think that might be a gap? 3.) It used to be global warming, now it's Climate Change. Since climate, like the Stock Market is a non-linear, chaotic system, it will ALWAYS be in flux. For this to make any sense at all, please explain to me what the world would look like WITHOUT "Climate Change".
But only because they don't interact with peasants.
Spoken like a true Howell.
I think they're differently moral, they don't want to think about problems that are beneath them and therefore it's OK to trample a few hands every day.
Are you 12 years old? This is the most naive crap I have ever read. People act like someone who has accumulated some wealth tripped and fell in it. Usually, the people who have money stayed home and worked while "the poor" (the very concept is suspect) went out, blew their money on clothes, partying, etc. I say this as someone who was always "poor" until I got my shit together. There are myriad examples of folks from humble means who send their children to college, retire comfortably, etc. But it takes hard work and sacrifice, something our spoiled society seems to have forgotten is a prerequisite for success.
You actually cannot guarantee that all objects are properly released at the language level without GC. Please refer to Meyer's "Object Oriented Software Construction". If it doesn't have GC, it's not OOP. Period.
That being said, I have a Bachelor's in Computer Science from the University of Redlands. I had a VERY traditional CS education (OOP,Algorithms, Compiler Design, etc.). But it seems to me that with the diversity or the IT field, with SysAdmins, Network Admins, DBA's, Middleware Developers, GUI developers, etc. That there should be some concentrations (i.e., BS in Software Development, BS in Network Architecture and Administration). Any one of these occupations is more than rich enough to require 4 years of rigorous study (not the ITT Tech type of bachelor's...apologies to alums of ITT).
We traded running from lions and bear, and the associated stress to running from project deadlines and compiler errors. Apparently the only life constant is stress and fear of failure.
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Agreed, hence us pesky libertarian tea baggers that both established parties bitch about.
Here, here! But the US is not, strictly speaking, a democracy, it's a Republic. Democracy implies simple majority rule. We elect representatives that (more or less, usually less) represent their constituents. This protects the minority, except where the POTUS ignores the system, the Consitution, and the other branches and simply does things by "Executive Order' (read Royal Decree). Or when the Majority Leader changes the rules of the Congress, when it's politically expedient:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/reid-2008-nuclear-option-will-ruin-our-country_768018.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/harry-reid-nuclear-option-100199.html
Then, as First Sandwich so eloquently says, we're all screwed.
I always love how shrill this discussion is. Just curious...
Say that we wanted to switch over alternative fuels now, how much could they actually provide in the way of energy? Just curious, how much solar can our cars use? Trains? Trucks, which carry about 50% of the good we all use across the country? Industry? About 7%. Not ready for prime-time.
Here's how to do it: Be innovative, keep the cost down and compete:
http://thezeroenergyhome.com/
Now, the long lines in more socialistic economies to buy anything at all not locally produced- they do exist. Try buying a large screen TV in Venezuela this coming January. You might be able to, if you're a member of the right Party.
US here... I waited in line to buy a ps4, what's your point?
This type of thinking is in error. You're simply trading one master for another, more intransigent one. With the free(er) market in control you get people grabbing for all they can, but you can sue, boycott and compete against the folks in control.
But when the government takes over, it has the power of law and guns behind it. You trade fiscal inertia for political power. So if you don't like the status quo, too bad, it's the law. What are you? A criminal?
So it all seems great if you're a friend of the party in power. But imagine the worst, soul-crushing bureaucracy you can, and imagine that they are picking up the keys to all power you have invested in the government.
Still feel comfortable? This is why being a Libertarian is the only thing that makes sense. It gives all of us the right to live our lives the way we want.
There will always be people that have more wealth, access, and power under any government. That doesn't change when government claims to "fix" things. The only question is how free you are.
Looks user friendly.
I think it really shows that people have to try to add value. The idea that you can show up to a job and merely fulfill the properties of matter is dead. If your job consists of rote tasks, you're in danger of being replaced by a machine. They don't bitch, come in hung over, or need coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
I always hear this garbage from Anti-Corp types. Here's the big takeaway: If a corporation does something bad, you can sue or regulate them out of business. If your government does something bad, they can choose to Ignore the law or pass an exception for themselves. And, btw, who's violating privacy on an scale these days? Uncle Sam.
I guess you can maintain a spurious moral high ground, and allow the US to fight your battles for you, all the while decrying their supposed Colonialism. Go look at the UN funding and see where lion's share of the money, infrastructure and personnel come from.
If you'd actually bothered to read the article, many in the military didn't want it (macines have no judgement). However, the politicians are thrilled with push-button warfare. That way they can avoid those "On behalf of a grateful nation"-letters, and kill with impunity.
I for one, think that lowering the cost of entry to warfare is a bad thing. It should be harder, not easier to start one.
I was just watching Nova's "Secrets of the Sun" last night and they said 2013 was predicted to be solar max. So this agrees well with your diagram. Also, we've had at least 10 years to see the actual effects of AGP, and none of the gloom and doom seems to be panning out. Carl Sagan said extreme predictions require extreme evidence. So far, not happening, IMHO.
Not everyone hates the government. The executives of big companies are actually so fond of them that they even take their government chums out to expensive restaurants and parties on their private yachts.
It's just the poor people who hate the government, because they're all nasty and poor and horrible.
And the middle classes, whose tax money is going on unpopular schemes like wars and helping poor people.
Oh, and the professionals/entrepreneurs, because after years of hard work, sacrifice and risk-taking that will stop many in their tracks, those who do succeed are then considered "rich" and taxed sharply, while the people who are actually rich have enough mobility to avoid those same high taxes, which is why the very high tax rates don't actually raise much money for the government anyway.
The supposition that they are different is in error. The Military-Industrial Complex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex) has now expanded to go beyond aerospace and heavy industry to include Technologies, Big Labor, etc. For a recent example, look at the above and then read about all Org's that voted for Obamacare, then turn around and get waivers for it. The middle class is a giant ATM for Labor and Government. Consumers are the ATM for Big Biz. This is why Government should be smaller, and products should be bought locally if possible.
To me, law enforcement would have a leg to stand on if they were also pushing hard for the right to arrest the management of gun and ammunition manufacturers - Those agents-of-death are way more culpable of abetting in the murder of children than some guy making secret compartments.
More people are kill by lightening than guns. Look it up.
And none of this means you can't believe in Evolution. Because nowhere in the Bible, that I am aware of, does it say that nothing an change.
Maybe I am crazy, but
"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light."
sounds a lot like the Big Bang. The Infinitesimal giving rise to the Infinite sounds exactly like the work of a masterful God to me.
People are either pro-gay, or come from a more traditional background. Not interesting, like whether you like Coke or not. What is interesting is to watch the herd turn on anyone with an unpopular view. Why do we need people to agree with us? Isn't that a bit of cognitive dissonance? Is the goal to create a society were everyone agrees?
If you eliminated all the CO2, the plants would die. I think you mean limit it to some given level.
I think this whole discussion can be short circuited by the following realization:
DEN_GUY's rule: The amount of crazy shit that comes out of a politician's mouth is inversely proportional to the number of people that it took to get them elected.
Pres. - BS, but not crazy BS
Fed Senate - BS mixed with partisan BS (borderline crazy)
Federal House of Representatives - All of the above with the occasional crazy shit statement
[and...so on down the line]
Which brings us to State Representative...Snake shit crazy with the occasional good idea. This is not one of them.
If you are a Marxist - You have a friend in the White House:
In his own words, From 'Dreams of My Father':
"To avoid being mistaken for a sellout,I chose my friends carefully.The more politically active black students.The foreign students.The Chicanos.The Marxist Professors and the structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets.We smoked cigarettes and wore leather jackets.At night,in the dorms,we discussed neocolonialism,Franz Fanon,Eurocentrism,and patriarchy.When we ground out our cigarettes in the hallway carpet or set our stereos so loud that the walls began to shake,we were resisting bourgeois society's stifling constraints.We weren't indifferent or careless or insecure.We were alienated."
What Capitalist or Center American call soceity "Bourgeois" and "Neo-Colonialism"?! Why that's as American as Apple Pie and the Manifesto!
As a self-identified conservative, I think the mistrust comes because of the Climate Change debate. Vilifying the diverging views by calling them deniers (like Holocaust Deniers), saying that "the science is settled" (science never is) and suggesting ridiculous and nation-crushing ideas as policy, then shouting down and name calling attacks on anyone who doesn't want to starve our children to save "Mother Gaia" is what people are reacting to.
So if what I believe is bunkum, and what the climate change folks believe is science, I have a few questions:
1.) I've read the IPCC report and man actually contributes less greenhouse emissions than livestock. Explain to me again how this isn't another We-hate-Capitalism/Technology/America-movement with a new banner? Go camping for a week and don't buy any food before you go and see how beneficent Mother Nature is.
2.) A scientific theory must be testable to be the current model. Please explain the mechanism to me that causes global warming to be a man-made problem. All the doomsday scenarios are coming out of models that are horribly oversimplified, as a matter of fact, I know at least a few of them don't even take water-vapor into account. Think that might be a gap?
3.) It used to be global warming, now it's Climate Change. Since climate, like the Stock Market is a non-linear, chaotic system, it will ALWAYS be in flux. For this to make any sense at all, please explain to me what the world would look like WITHOUT "Climate Change".
Thanks.
But only because they don't interact with peasants.
Spoken like a true Howell.
I think they're differently moral, they don't want to think about problems that are beneath them and therefore it's OK to trample a few hands every day.
Are you 12 years old? This is the most naive crap I have ever read. People act like someone who has accumulated some wealth tripped and fell in it. Usually, the people who have money stayed home and worked while "the poor" (the very concept is suspect) went out, blew their money on clothes, partying, etc. I say this as someone who was always "poor" until I got my shit together. There are myriad examples of folks from humble means who send their children to college, retire comfortably, etc. But it takes hard work and sacrifice, something our spoiled society seems to have forgotten is a prerequisite for success.
Fucktards.
Those were the days....when it took 30 minutes to load a porn site
I used to download 16 parts and have uudecode it just to get a porn pic...
You actually cannot guarantee that all objects are properly released at the language level without GC. Please refer to Meyer's "Object Oriented Software Construction". If it doesn't have GC, it's not OOP. Period.
Yeah, but after that, how many time did it GO DOWN vs. Microsoft? My guess is that THAT stat wouldn't be quite so favorable ;-)
That being said, I have a Bachelor's in Computer Science from the University of Redlands. I had a VERY traditional CS education (OOP,Algorithms, Compiler Design, etc.). But it seems to me that with the diversity or the IT field, with SysAdmins, Network Admins, DBA's, Middleware Developers, GUI developers, etc. That there should be some concentrations (i.e., BS in Software Development, BS in Network Architecture and Administration). Any one of these occupations is more than rich enough to require 4 years of rigorous study (not the ITT Tech type of bachelor's...apologies to alums of ITT).
We traded running from lions and bear, and the associated stress to running from project deadlines and compiler errors. Apparently the only life constant is stress and fear of failure.