You cannot recall citizens united. What you have to do is amend the constitution to exclude the free speech you do not agree with and allow the government to regulate it. It is the entire reason why the amendment process was put into the constitution- so you didn't have to go around violating it and people's rights when you all the sudden think someone is outdated.

The same thing can be said about lobbyist and term limits. The constitution doesn't allow the government to put limits outside what is already spelled out in it on those who serve in the government. This is done for good reason too. Lobbyist are in the same lines of speech as citizens united.

If your funny bone is that screwed up, sure. But this story is about using an old outdated operating system still being used and having to pay extra for support because it is so old. So please relax before your panties get knotted so tight you have to buy new ones. It's just a joke- a joke about windows the good versions.

I have not heard of any that have completely moved off though. I know a couple are trying and failing at the moment.

If the FAA doesn't have rules on it, they are not or should not be allowed to regulate it. The entire concept of freedom in the US is that we are free to do whatever unless a law stops us or we encroach on others freedoms. It is not that we have to look to some government authority for permission when they have nothing banning or barring it.

At least one court thinks the same too That article will probably explain it better then I can.

think about the effect of a widespread Armed protest movement;

We almost got to find out.Well, not exactly in the sense you were thinking. I know of about 200 people who went to this guy's ranch just to target practice over the few weeks. Well, I don't know all of them, I know people who know them and they told me about them.

There isn't really a viable alternative is why.

Sure linux and OSS is great on your home computer or web-server but it doesn't have the applications like windows does. Sometimes there are comparable applications available but for the most part, off the shelf programs with support is what is needed for most all government agencies larger then a city government.

I'm not saying that cannot change, open software can become just as polished and available but until it does or until the windows software has cross platform support, windows seems to be the only viable options for a working government.

Not any reason. Just any reason based on his participation in any recognized political process- whether that is publicly or privately advocating a position or candidate, donating to some position or candidate, or being a candidate him/herself or voting or not voting.

It's not a matter of taking complaints, it is a matter of being penalized for participating or failing to participate in any political process that is the basis of freedom in the US.

Yes, because what they think is not necessarily what is real. I think Unicorns are neat. See where I'm going?

It's the process not the end result that is most important. If you allow any law to be left undefended, you allow any law to be left undefended. Suppose there is a law that says all traffic not separate by a solid wall median must come to a complete stop when school buses are loading and unloading children unless in designated zones which have a speed limit of 20mph or less. Now suppose everyone but a trucking company supports this law but it makes them late for their deliveries so they pay a governor a lot of campaign contributions and then take the law to court claiming it unconstitutionally impedes their right to travel and participate in commerce.

So if the governor decides not to defend this law because for 500K he became convinced it was unconstitutional, it is gone and likely not to be brought back without a lot of hassle. But if the court says it is unconstitutional, then it is. If they do not, you have a chance to make your case again to the appeals court and maybe even to the supreme court. But you cannot step in for the governor and say wait a minute, this is a good law because children sometimes dart in front of traffic right after exiting school buses. It has to be the state or government doing it.

You mean install the really good edition?

There is even a flash demo if you want to check it out. Just don't use that combo they made a few years ago which took what they thought was the best parts of Windows CE, Windows ME and Windows NT and created Windows CEMeNT (as hard as a rock and dumber than a brick).

That's the big difference. The big corporate sites who would have been negatively impacted by SOPA (Google, e.g.) carried those protests. The fact that blocking the law turned out better for actual people was really just a happy accident.

Unfortunately, a big part of the objection to Rice is the fear of DB becoming even more hostile to the concept of user privacy. Extra space aside, google isn't a particularly viable alternative.

It strikes me that 500 years, practically the blink of an eye, might not be quite sufficient to determine trends on geological scales...

There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of skepticism from the other side of the AGW "debate", for that matter.

So I guess there's no science to be had here, just political dick-waving.

Even though it seems like it sometimes, this is not some third world dictatorship. We only criminally prosecute people who took part in the claimef violation of the law- not someone whos connectiom seems to be innocent of the violation but not likable for whatever reason. To do otherwise goes against ghe entire concept of innocent until proven guilty.

Where, exactly, was that implied, outside of a few AC d-bags that you're not posting a reply to? The point is that Zuck's a dipshit, and his Patrick Starr "problem solving"("Take all the miners, and teach them to code") is imbecilic.