It's funny how you are essentially saying the cops were in the wrong because they were meating out punnishment for a man who hasn't been found guilty of any crimes yet, but you're unwilling to let the FBI carry out its investigation and let the cops have their day in court before you pronounce your own sentance. It's because of people like you that I'm glad I don't live in a real Democracy.
Yup. Just look at what happened to Walt Disney while he was buying land for Disney World in Florida. As soon as one of the papers leaked that he was the person mysteriously buying up a bunch of land, land prices all over the state shot through the roof.
Spoken like someone with no real-world experience.
Let me guess- you're white, middle-class, and live in a small town?
Haha. Don't I wish that it was really black people that are the ones that are discriminated against in this country. It would sure make things easier for an average joe white guy like me if our society wasn't completely discriminatory against me and people like me.
Show me where SONY says they do this, and how to go about it. Unless you mean you know a guy named Joe Sony who repairs PS2s for free, I find this hard to believe, having dealt with SONY in the past over this issue.
I also know quite a few people who use their PS2 as a DVD player. I know people who use their PCs as a DVD player, too. None of them bought either system because of the DVD-playback capabilities.
I don't recall ever paying for a system with a motion sensor in the controller. Certainly the GameCube didn't have the feature. I mean, I realize you're just an idiot troll, but come on. Even you have to realize the stupidity of that post.
If you offered me a new F-16 at half price it would be a remarkable bargain, but I still couldn't afford it with my combined lifetime earnings., let alone its upkeep.
My hopes and dreams... Dashed to pieces upon the jagged rocks of reality!
I have a problem with it because we already have a branch of governent whose job it is to do exactly what you're describing. Unless I am reading you wrong, you are saying you want to invest the powers of the Judicial branch into the Legislative branch, which is, as I said, maybe the worst idea I have ever heard.
I'd say they would still be useful. After all, if I am going to get shot for 'contributing to the reduction of product output' if I accidentally wander outside the manufactory premises, I'd damn well like to make sure I'm still on the lot when I go to get my lunch.
Seeing as I've yet to see a politician that has any influence whatsoever in Washington and isn't in the pocket of lobyists, special interests, and corporations, yes, they are obviously the same. It just happens that the special interests that you agree with are spending the most money on Democrats and the special interests that you don't agree with are spending the most money on Republicans. If the situation were reversed, I have no problems believing that most Republicans would turn to supporting abortion, stem cell research (which is a misleading statement on your part, by the way. Most Republicans support stem cell research, they oppose embryonic stem cell research. Just like most Dems support wiretapping of suspected terrorists; they oppose wiretapping with no oversight.), and the rest, and most Dems would oppose those and support the opposite. It just so happens that for each respective party, the money is where their loyalties lie at the moment. Neither side has any claim to any sort of moral high ground or personal morality.
Give me some politicians that actually care about what I want out of them, without having to spending thousands or millions to force them to care, then maybe you'll have a point. As it is, I don't see either one of the mainstream parties as anything but conduits for people with money.
Somebody on the left has got to be miffed at the 20k+ Green party voters.
Yeah, goddamn those people voting for whomever they want to! Who do they think they are, not voting for the two identical mainstream parties? You'd think they had the freedom to vote or something!
I half agree with you. The big argument against Big Tabacco (IIRC) was false advertising. I don't think I've ever seen an ad for any sort of firearm, and even if they did exist, I doubt they'd be trying to market to young kids (as I think the tobacco companies were ruled to have done).
The other point is that - while it is certainly true that second-hand smoke is harmful to an extent - the only person getting hurt when you light up is you. Any sane judge could make this distinction.
(DISCLAIMER: I am tired and sick and drugged up on flu medicine and in all likelihood, talking out my ass.)
Again, your analogy and reasoning is flawed. The State doesn't force Ford to pay my insurance, and they don't force insurance companies to raise their premiums because I drive a 'risky' car, or because I'm a bad driver. The car insurance companies do that by themselves as a business tool.
As for Windows being the source of the problem and MS profiting from it... I'd like you to show me how MS is profiting from botnets in any way. Do hackers normally sent a part of their ill-gotten gains to Microsoft with a little note attached: "Thanks for making an OS with security holes!" Nobody is trying to argue that Microsoft is putting out a perfect operating system, but that's really the point. It's no secret to anyone with an internet connection that Windows is insecure. The fault here doesn't lie with Microsoft, it lies with consumers.
I realize that Average Joe Sixpack PC User isn't going to go out and do his homework before buying a new computer from Dell or whoever. I also realize that Linux is simply not an option for most Average Joe Sixpack PC Users. But penalizing MS for this is only a band-aid solution on the real problem, if that. Users will always do stupid things like opening email attachments, following email links and putting their bank info in them, not running antispyware and antivirus software, and so on. Even assuming most/.er's wet dream of an all-Linux utopia, there would still be users who would always login as a superuser, never run a firewall, etc.
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But the ability to speak and write proper English just may be.
It's funny how you are essentially saying the cops were in the wrong because they were meating out punnishment for a man who hasn't been found guilty of any crimes yet, but you're unwilling to let the FBI carry out its investigation and let the cops have their day in court before you pronounce your own sentance. It's because of people like you that I'm glad I don't live in a real Democracy.
Selective morality must be grand.
Yup. Just look at what happened to Walt Disney while he was buying land for Disney World in Florida. As soon as one of the papers leaked that he was the person mysteriously buying up a bunch of land, land prices all over the state shot through the roof.
Haha. Don't I wish that it was really black people that are the ones that are discriminated against in this country. It would sure make things easier for an average joe white guy like me if our society wasn't completely discriminatory against me and people like me.
Or more accurately, until the sheep come home. This is a UK story after all ;)
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Show me where SONY says they do this, and how to go about it. Unless you mean you know a guy named Joe Sony who repairs PS2s for free, I find this hard to believe, having dealt with SONY in the past over this issue.
I also know quite a few people who use their PS2 as a DVD player. I know people who use their PCs as a DVD player, too. None of them bought either system because of the DVD-playback capabilities.
I don't recall ever paying for a system with a motion sensor in the controller. Certainly the GameCube didn't have the feature. I mean, I realize you're just an idiot troll, but come on. Even you have to realize the stupidity of that post.
Suffice it to say, there are some people who are very rich.
My hopes and dreams... Dashed to pieces upon the jagged rocks of reality!
Head on, apply directly to the forehead!
Head on, apply directly to the forehead!
Head on, apply directly to the forehead!
Yeah, don't let Emeril Lagasse hear you talk about New Orleans cooking that way!
I think you've missed the entire point of the story.
Chaning the joke entirely makes it not as funny as it was before? STOP THE PRESSES.
Seriously, get over yourself.
I have a problem with it because we already have a branch of governent whose job it is to do exactly what you're describing. Unless I am reading you wrong, you are saying you want to invest the powers of the Judicial branch into the Legislative branch, which is, as I said, maybe the worst idea I have ever heard.
I'd say they would still be useful. After all, if I am going to get shot for 'contributing to the reduction of product output' if I accidentally wander outside the manufactory premises, I'd damn well like to make sure I'm still on the lot when I go to get my lunch.
Finally the Deptartment of Homeland Security is looking into some really dangerous people: upper management!
Our tax dollars hard at work!
Seeing as I've yet to see a politician that has any influence whatsoever in Washington and isn't in the pocket of lobyists, special interests, and corporations, yes, they are obviously the same. It just happens that the special interests that you agree with are spending the most money on Democrats and the special interests that you don't agree with are spending the most money on Republicans. If the situation were reversed, I have no problems believing that most Republicans would turn to supporting abortion, stem cell research (which is a misleading statement on your part, by the way. Most Republicans support stem cell research, they oppose embryonic stem cell research. Just like most Dems support wiretapping of suspected terrorists; they oppose wiretapping with no oversight.), and the rest, and most Dems would oppose those and support the opposite. It just so happens that for each respective party, the money is where their loyalties lie at the moment. Neither side has any claim to any sort of moral high ground or personal morality.
Give me some politicians that actually care about what I want out of them, without having to spending thousands or millions to force them to care, then maybe you'll have a point. As it is, I don't see either one of the mainstream parties as anything but conduits for people with money.
Yeah, goddamn those people voting for whomever they want to! Who do they think they are, not voting for the two identical mainstream parties? You'd think they had the freedom to vote or something!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
That may be the worst idea I have ever heard.
So in other words, Congress tried to pass laws giving themselves more power and Bush maintained the status quo.
I half agree with you. The big argument against Big Tabacco (IIRC) was false advertising. I don't think I've ever seen an ad for any sort of firearm, and even if they did exist, I doubt they'd be trying to market to young kids (as I think the tobacco companies were ruled to have done).
The other point is that - while it is certainly true that second-hand smoke is harmful to an extent - the only person getting hurt when you light up is you. Any sane judge could make this distinction.
(DISCLAIMER: I am tired and sick and drugged up on flu medicine and in all likelihood, talking out my ass.)
Again, your analogy and reasoning is flawed. The State doesn't force Ford to pay my insurance, and they don't force insurance companies to raise their premiums because I drive a 'risky' car, or because I'm a bad driver. The car insurance companies do that by themselves as a business tool.
/.er's wet dream of an all-Linux utopia, there would still be users who would always login as a superuser, never run a firewall, etc.
As for Windows being the source of the problem and MS profiting from it... I'd like you to show me how MS is profiting from botnets in any way. Do hackers normally sent a part of their ill-gotten gains to Microsoft with a little note attached: "Thanks for making an OS with security holes!" Nobody is trying to argue that Microsoft is putting out a perfect operating system, but that's really the point. It's no secret to anyone with an internet connection that Windows is insecure. The fault here doesn't lie with Microsoft, it lies with consumers.
I realize that Average Joe Sixpack PC User isn't going to go out and do his homework before buying a new computer from Dell or whoever. I also realize that Linux is simply not an option for most Average Joe Sixpack PC Users. But penalizing MS for this is only a band-aid solution on the real problem, if that. Users will always do stupid things like opening email attachments, following email links and putting their bank info in them, not running antispyware and antivirus software, and so on. Even assuming most
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