6 years? Try the last hundred or so. We've been eroding individual rights and limited government pretty much since the rise of Teddy Roosevelt and his fellow "progressives". Left, Right, Democrat, Republican, it doesn't really matter, since the result's the same in the end.
Besides, the lobbyists are really just a sign of the Constitution's abuse anyways. The only reason their political pull exists is because government believes that it has the right to grant the things the interest groups want. If life, liberty, and property were truly respected, and there were no more handouts of stolen money, eminent domain, or "regulation", where would these lobbyists be? Not in Washington, that's for damn sure.
Well, after Nuremburg and My Lai, you're only supposed to follow the *lawful* orders, but you're not supposed to exercise any discretion as to whether an order is lawful or not.
Wrong. A test subject can't be coerced with money, because he is free to refuse it and walk away. Even if the money is needed for basic necessities, a choice is still being made, and that's one more than Mengele's victims had.
Can't speak for the libertarians (shit, who can? ask 10 of them a question and you'll get 11 different answers). I'm opposed to taxation and most "government" on the simple basis of the fact that I have no choice in the matter. I don't give a shit whether taking money at gunpoint from most of the population "works" or not. Tell me what I'm getting for my money, and maybe I'll buy it.
I despise this sort of domestic spying as much as anyone, but it's getting pretty hard to feel sorry for the American people, considering they've been treading this road for about a century now. The dominant moral and political philosophies have been stating since the beginning of the 20th century how man must be coerced into creating the ideal society, and *now* they have the balls to bitch because the gun's pointed at them? Brother, you asked for it!
That's FreeBSD's release engineering, not "BSD"'s. OpenBSD's -CURRENT works about the same, but their "-STABLE" is an errata branch, getting bugfixes and security updates. New releases are always cut from -CURRENT, so an extra branch for minor releases isn't needed.
Hmmm, I just learned to get used to no color, no longopts, and readable man pages. Crazy, innit? (Although, IMNSHO, zsh kicks the shit out of bash for usability).
I didn't see anything about it in the interview, but it looks like they've made install ISO's available for the various platforms (install42.iso in each directory). Might give it a spin if I can find a machine for it -- I gave 4.1 a try (and even bought a CD set) and was mostly impressed.
The government grants me a monopoly right to my house. If someone else tries to live in it, I can call the police and have them thrown out. I can even shoot them with government permission if they refuse to leave. Does that mean it's not property?
You've got the problem down pat, but your solution boils down to banging your head against a different wall to see if the hurting stops. The philosophies backing the major parties and most of the third parties (except the libertarians, who are philosophically bankrupt) accept that it is sometimes necessary for government to coerce individuals to serve its needs. As long as this is the case, business will be dominated by those who can wheedle the most stolen money and favors into the coffers.
If auto-mount isn't a desirable feature, then why did Pat go to so much trouble to get HAL working for Slack 12? Have to agree about Ubuntu, though. I graduated to FreeBSD some time ago, and never really looked back.
The only Linux book I've found that approaches the usefulness of the *BSD handbooks would have to be "Linux Administration Handbook" by whoever the hell wrote it. Haven't seen the Ubuntu book yet, and I doubt I'd really be interested, judging by the review.
Sadly enough, not in a country with rent control, food stamps, and Medicaid. In a few years we'll probably have "Cable-Aid", helping the poor unfortunate souls with their entertainment budget straight from your pocket and mine.
Call it whatever you want. You had a choice, walked right into it (unless somebody forged your name on the lease), and now want to call down the coercive power of government to fix your fuck-up.
A corporation is merely a group of individuals acting in a common interest. They have about as many First Amendment rights as, say, the RNC or MoveOn.org.
Social Security and Medicare tax have a fixed rate, but stop at a certain amount paid in per year. Makes sense, I suppose, in that the payouts will be the same in the end (although, when you think about it, those paying higher levels of income tax really don't get anything extra for their money either).
Like hell it doesn't matter. One is a decision made voluntarily, the other is made (if made at all, I certainly don't get a say in how much FICA tax I pay) under the threat of force (garnishment, imprisonment, death in a shootout with government agents, etc).One is accepting that human beings are, in fact, human beings, and the other reduces them to the level of a meat cow.
Wireless, more than likely. In my stomping grounds of rural Oklahoma, there's a for-pay service that's already blowing away the cable guys. A bit slower in speed, and BT and other bandwidth intensive stuff gets throttled down (thank goodness for protocol encryption), but really the costs just boil down to finding a really tall building to broadcast from, and installing antenna boxes at houses.
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If you think *any* political movement can solve the philosophical failings in the American people, you're asking for it just as much.
6 years? Try the last hundred or so. We've been eroding individual rights and limited government pretty much since the rise of Teddy Roosevelt and his fellow "progressives". Left, Right, Democrat, Republican, it doesn't really matter, since the result's the same in the end.
Besides, the lobbyists are really just a sign of the Constitution's abuse anyways. The only reason their political pull exists is because government believes that it has the right to grant the things the interest groups want. If life, liberty, and property were truly respected, and there were no more handouts of stolen money, eminent domain, or "regulation", where would these lobbyists be? Not in Washington, that's for damn sure.
Well, after Nuremburg and My Lai, you're only supposed to follow the *lawful* orders, but you're not supposed to exercise any discretion as to whether an order is lawful or not.
Wrong. A test subject can't be coerced with money, because he is free to refuse it and walk away. Even if the money is needed for basic necessities, a choice is still being made, and that's one more than Mengele's victims had.
Can't speak for the libertarians (shit, who can? ask 10 of them a question and you'll get 11 different answers). I'm opposed to taxation and most "government" on the simple basis of the fact that I have no choice in the matter. I don't give a shit whether taking money at gunpoint from most of the population "works" or not. Tell me what I'm getting for my money, and maybe I'll buy it.
I despise this sort of domestic spying as much as anyone, but it's getting pretty hard to feel sorry for the American people, considering they've been treading this road for about a century now. The dominant moral and political philosophies have been stating since the beginning of the 20th century how man must be coerced into creating the ideal society, and *now* they have the balls to bitch because the gun's pointed at them? Brother, you asked for it!
Physician, heal thyself.
That's FreeBSD's release engineering, not "BSD"'s. OpenBSD's -CURRENT works about the same, but their "-STABLE" is an errata branch, getting bugfixes and security updates. New releases are always cut from -CURRENT, so an extra branch for minor releases isn't needed.
Hmmm, I just learned to get used to no color, no longopts, and readable man pages. Crazy, innit? (Although, IMNSHO, zsh kicks the shit out of bash for usability).
I didn't see anything about it in the interview, but it looks like they've made install ISO's available for the various platforms (install42.iso in each directory). Might give it a spin if I can find a machine for it -- I gave 4.1 a try (and even bought a CD set) and was mostly impressed.
The government grants me a monopoly right to my house. If someone else tries to live in it, I can call the police and have them thrown out. I can even shoot them with government permission if they refuse to leave. Does that mean it's not property?
You've got the problem down pat, but your solution boils down to banging your head against a different wall to see if the hurting stops. The philosophies backing the major parties and most of the third parties (except the libertarians, who are philosophically bankrupt) accept that it is sometimes necessary for government to coerce individuals to serve its needs. As long as this is the case, business will be dominated by those who can wheedle the most stolen money and favors into the coffers.
If auto-mount isn't a desirable feature, then why did Pat go to so much trouble to get HAL working for Slack 12? Have to agree about Ubuntu, though. I graduated to FreeBSD some time ago, and never really looked back.
The only Linux book I've found that approaches the usefulness of the *BSD handbooks would have to be "Linux Administration Handbook" by whoever the hell wrote it. Haven't seen the Ubuntu book yet, and I doubt I'd really be interested, judging by the review.
If the poor are so important to you, pay for their upkeep out of your own pocket, and stop trying to reach into mine.
Sadly enough, not in a country with rent control, food stamps, and Medicaid. In a few years we'll probably have "Cable-Aid", helping the poor unfortunate souls with their entertainment budget straight from your pocket and mine.
Call it whatever you want. You had a choice, walked right into it (unless somebody forged your name on the lease), and now want to call down the coercive power of government to fix your fuck-up.
A corporation is merely a group of individuals acting in a common interest. They have about as many First Amendment rights as, say, the RNC or MoveOn.org.
Social Security and Medicare tax have a fixed rate, but stop at a certain amount paid in per year. Makes sense, I suppose, in that the payouts will be the same in the end (although, when you think about it, those paying higher levels of income tax really don't get anything extra for their money either).
Like hell it doesn't matter. One is a decision made voluntarily, the other is made (if made at all, I certainly don't get a say in how much FICA tax I pay) under the threat of force (garnishment, imprisonment, death in a shootout with government agents, etc).One is accepting that human beings are, in fact, human beings, and the other reduces them to the level of a meat cow.
It really puts the Democratic Congress's desire to push an Armenian Genocide resolution in perspective...
Wireless, more than likely. In my stomping grounds of rural Oklahoma, there's a for-pay service that's already blowing away the cable guys. A bit slower in speed, and BT and other bandwidth intensive stuff gets throttled down (thank goodness for protocol encryption), but really the costs just boil down to finding a really tall building to broadcast from, and installing antenna boxes at houses.
Well, the randomly blamed for random societal ills sounds about right. Maybe the rest, too.
Well, corporations are to 2007 what Jews were to 1933....