Exactly where is it written that we already have these so-called freedoms? Is it in the Constitution's preamble? I might have missed them there.
The reason we "worship" the Constitution is that it is what binds the government. Far from just dictating how our government is run, it limits that government's influence on our lives. Something that is more important than we realize.
While name-calling does hurt people's feelings and tends to muck up arguments because everyone becomes too defensive to argue about anything other than whose mom did what with who, what did him calling you a hippy liberal have to do his arguement? m*a=f, you hippy liberal!! doesn't disprove anything.
So basically damned if you do, damned if you don't? IANAP, but I imagine "too much" and "too little" to be fairly subjective, depending on the kid, the parent, the environment, the kid's companions, and numerous other factors. How can a human being make perfect choices? Becoming a parent doesn't open you to omniscience or even good advice. I've seen a sig around here that I've found pretty insightful. "You make good decisions based on experience. You get experience from making bad decisions." Punishment to the way to return to the balance after indulging your kid too often. If you are on a balance beam and wobbling to the right, then the only way not to fall (fail) is lean left.
You realize that they can't say anything else, especially on TV. Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (the laws that govern the conduct of the military) binds the officers and since that worked out so well, they made DoD Directive 1344.10 which extends it to all members of the military. They can't say anything else.
We trusted that he and the greatest minds he could call on would guide us on the right path. That is what he is there for, right? Now don't get cynical on me, ideally that is how it is supposed to work. How is it wrong to have faith in the process?
I play WOW and I don't think there is anything more annoying than a high lvl char asking where Darn (a major city) is. Especially when they have better gear than I do.
Who is going to do the dirty work? There is still an audience. One video camera will render this nonsense moot. Personally, I would prefer the complete video that a private citizen would most likely post opposed to the "talking points" the media would feed us.
This argument has been coming up: "It is the schools' responsibility to see that the children learn." This is incorrect! It is the schools' responsibility to teach. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. A kid who spends all his time on myspace in computer class would fail it and have to take it again. If he doesn't he is one of three things.
1) He didn't need to go through the class in the first place, 2)copied somebody else, or 3) found a better way to learn it (better way for him).
If he does fail it, what does he learn? Spending too much time on myspace gets you in trouble, especially if there is work to be done. What employer or taxpayer wouldn't want a kid to learn that? Basic time management isn't an instinct. Yeah, maybe he has a learning disability. That is something teachers should work to identify and provide workarounds for. Of course, there is the teacher too. If they have a bad teacher then what? I have no answer for that and I suspect that is where the system breaks down. Grades should be a student's incentive to study harder, not a measurement of a teacher's performance. How else to measure a teacher though?
Again, I get the feeling that I'm missing something. The entry implies that cement is added to the concrete to endow certain properties. Alumina cement added chemical resistances to concrete, in fact it was invented to offer sulfate resistance. (Yes, I'm pulling that straight from the article) Further research I did, found this which makes direct comparision to Portland cement.
Umm... I hunted "alumina cement" down on Wikipedia, which states : Applications - in construction concretes, rapid strength development is achieved, even at low temperatures (truncated for clarity) Is that not the correct entry?
Please. What is human? Is it how I look? Are amputees not human? Is it how I think? Is a guy smoking some marijuana more or less human than the coffee addict? Is someone who goes insane still a person? Your rant is senseless because "human" is undefined. You aren't comfortable with some of the branchings humanity is taking. Nothing wrong with that. Would you legislate it? That would be a problem.
I realize that the original suggestion was made by a comic, but stop and think about the consequences. If people like this are a result of nature, wouldn't the abnormality present itself in offspring? Only worse? Yes, you could implement gender segregation, but how long would that stop 4 states worth of amoral, determined, horny, psychopaths?
Ouch, you hit the nail on the head. I am disturbed by what you seem to be implying though. I got from what you said 'Resistance is futile, roll over or run.' How can we effect change if we cannot put fear aside? Corrupt systems will destroy the first whistle-blower and the second and the third. Does that mean they/we shouldn't stand up? No.
Okay. I have no issue with your statement that public channels aren't secure. I do have a problem with your assertion that someone is watching us right now. What gain is there in such wide scale monitoring? The $X.00 that you pay for internet, is it really enough to be worth reading all your emails? Even with a filter to catch what "they" consider relevant, someone is going to have to read it. How many customers does your ISP have? Hundreds? Greater than a thousand customers? Imagine the volume of email those customers produce. How many salaries paid to read that amount of mail? Just so you don't switch services? I find that unlikely. Just as I find the chances of me being monitored right now unlikely. Someone could be watching me right now, but I am only one voice in a discordant choir of millions. What are the chances?
Exactly! Somewhere a manager said "We need a game for little girls." Work ensued. Now we have an awesome game. Bill Gates saying that VP is for little girls was a factual statement, not an assault on people's manhoods. So why the outrage?
This conflict would remain between two private entities in international territory, and I doubt that any other nation would bat an eye at the conflict. The RIAA wouldn't even need to call the fiber provider.
Ahh, but it isn't international waters anymore. Recall that England extended its waters out from 3 miles to 12 miles, encompassing Sealand. Maybe England would take exception to a private force harassing English citizens, irregardless to how nutty those citizens may be.
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Exactly where is it written that we already have these so-called freedoms? Is it in the Constitution's preamble? I might have missed them there. The reason we "worship" the Constitution is that it is what binds the government. Far from just dictating how our government is run, it limits that government's influence on our lives. Something that is more important than we realize.
Yeah, I got the same results. Pretty definitely fixed.
While name-calling does hurt people's feelings and tends to muck up arguments because everyone becomes too defensive to argue about anything other than whose mom did what with who, what did him calling you a hippy liberal have to do his arguement? m*a=f, you hippy liberal!! doesn't disprove anything.
So basically damned if you do, damned if you don't? IANAP, but I imagine "too much" and "too little" to be fairly subjective, depending on the kid, the parent, the environment, the kid's companions, and numerous other factors. How can a human being make perfect choices? Becoming a parent doesn't open you to omniscience or even good advice. I've seen a sig around here that I've found pretty insightful. "You make good decisions based on experience. You get experience from making bad decisions." Punishment to the way to return to the balance after indulging your kid too often. If you are on a balance beam and wobbling to the right, then the only way not to fall (fail) is lean left.
You realize that they can't say anything else, especially on TV. Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (the laws that govern the conduct of the military) binds the officers and since that worked out so well, they made DoD Directive 1344.10 which extends it to all members of the military. They can't say anything else.
No, not swimming! Look up! Thousands of worlds await our mistakes. LOL
I thought you were trying to imply something crude. I was all, "Vulture why would he call it his vulture?"
We trusted that he and the greatest minds he could call on would guide us on the right path. That is what he is there for, right? Now don't get cynical on me, ideally that is how it is supposed to work. How is it wrong to have faith in the process?
I play WOW and I don't think there is anything more annoying than a high lvl char asking where Darn (a major city) is. Especially when they have better gear than I do.
Sry, thought it was the presidential election debate.
Who is going to do the dirty work? There is still an audience. One video camera will render this nonsense moot. Personally, I would prefer the complete video that a private citizen would most likely post opposed to the "talking points" the media would feed us.
1) He didn't need to go through the class in the first place,
2)copied somebody else, or
3) found a better way to learn it (better way for him).
If he does fail it, what does he learn? Spending too much time on myspace gets you in trouble, especially if there is work to be done. What employer or taxpayer wouldn't want a kid to learn that? Basic time management isn't an instinct. Yeah, maybe he has a learning disability. That is something teachers should work to identify and provide workarounds for. Of course, there is the teacher too. If they have a bad teacher then what? I have no answer for that and I suspect that is where the system breaks down. Grades should be a student's incentive to study harder, not a measurement of a teacher's performance. How else to measure a teacher though?
LOL, so you would build a wall with it!! K, thanks for the clarification, sometimes I'm just dense.
Again, I get the feeling that I'm missing something. The entry implies that cement is added to the concrete to endow certain properties. Alumina cement added chemical resistances to concrete, in fact it was invented to offer sulfate resistance. (Yes, I'm pulling that straight from the article) Further research I did, found this which makes direct comparision to Portland cement.
Umm... I hunted "alumina cement" down on Wikipedia, which states : Applications - in construction concretes, rapid strength development is achieved, even at low temperatures (truncated for clarity) Is that not the correct entry?
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Please. What is human? Is it how I look? Are amputees not human? Is it how I think? Is a guy smoking some marijuana more or less human than the coffee addict? Is someone who goes insane still a person? Your rant is senseless because "human" is undefined. You aren't comfortable with some of the branchings humanity is taking. Nothing wrong with that. Would you legislate it? That would be a problem.
Which was the point. ;)
I realize that the original suggestion was made by a comic, but stop and think about the consequences. If people like this are a result of nature, wouldn't the abnormality present itself in offspring? Only worse? Yes, you could implement gender segregation, but how long would that stop 4 states worth of amoral, determined, horny, psychopaths?
And you didn't start taping and logging these calls because...?
Ouch, you hit the nail on the head. I am disturbed by what you seem to be implying though. I got from what you said 'Resistance is futile, roll over or run.' How can we effect change if we cannot put fear aside? Corrupt systems will destroy the first whistle-blower and the second and the third. Does that mean they/we shouldn't stand up? No.
Ironically, my organization's filter blocked your link. :)
Okay. I have no issue with your statement that public channels aren't secure. I do have a problem with your assertion that someone is watching us right now. What gain is there in such wide scale monitoring? The $X.00 that you pay for internet, is it really enough to be worth reading all your emails? Even with a filter to catch what "they" consider relevant, someone is going to have to read it. How many customers does your ISP have? Hundreds? Greater than a thousand customers? Imagine the volume of email those customers produce. How many salaries paid to read that amount of mail? Just so you don't switch services? I find that unlikely. Just as I find the chances of me being monitored right now unlikely. Someone could be watching me right now, but I am only one voice in a discordant choir of millions. What are the chances?
Exactly! Somewhere a manager said "We need a game for little girls." Work ensued. Now we have an awesome game. Bill Gates saying that VP is for little girls was a factual statement, not an assault on people's manhoods. So why the outrage?
Ahh, but it isn't international waters anymore. Recall that England extended its waters out from 3 miles to 12 miles, encompassing Sealand. Maybe England would take exception to a private force harassing English citizens, irregardless to how nutty those citizens may be.