you mis-understood my statement (or trolling). I was not intending the replicator to replicate money... but pointing out that nothing will have value if it is able to be replicated... therefore making money worthless.
i think it would still lead to hyperinflation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation#Root_causes_of_hyperinflation
Just look at the recent event sin Zimbabwe, where printing money to create wealth for the 'material needs' led to hyperinflation.
You are correct that the electorate is insane. As a result, we get the government that the media and the people with money shove down our throats.
With the media being controlled by the people with money, and with close ties to the government, we can reduce that to "we get the government the people with money want us to get".
I recall some news during the last presidential election which was looking at each hopefuls election funds - and basically divided the funds total by ~$35 to estimate the number of votes that person would get. The more you spend, the more votes you get.
Money = speech, but only for large values of money.
Not really, as small amounts of money equate to small amounts of speech.
look at it another way: 10% of the people hold 90% of the wealth. That same 10% control 90% of how things operate around here...
The law here is very murky, and "aiding in submitting documents" probably isn't a crime. If there was a clear crime comitted here, we'd have heard specifically what it is by now.
They're looking... and it reminds me of this:
If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged. - Cardinal Richelieu*.
They'll find something.
I was part of the Forward Air Controllers continent - his communications crew. We had a tent, a fridge, and TV.
I had a similar experience. A few years ago I was trying to keep contact with a girl while I was away, so gave her a call while on an exercise. During the call she said 'what is that banging noise?'
Thanks. I wasn't sure how that worked, (and was silently hoping i wasn't going to get flamed for not having RTFA or something...)
so cheers!
The lets hope the court in DC does take the cue. I'd like to see the business model change rather than massive lawsuits against P2P.
I acknowledge the business model is changing with the likes of Netflix online, Hulu etc, and i'd like to see progress in that direction - internationally. (many of those services are not available outside the USA).
Does this set a precedent making it harder for the 'Dunlapp, Grub and Weaver' lawsuits?
The RIAA/MPAA, and their advocates are going to be pissed....
The daily show is the modern day court jester.
Samuel Pepys said about his jester: "The King's fool and jester, with the power to mock and revile even the most prominent without penalty" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester#English_royal_court_jesters
There was an entire documentary about this. I'm at work, so I'm not going to go googling for it, but I believe it was called "If Drugs Were Legal", or something to that effect. It talks about pharmaceutical companies making designer drugs that cause specific effects and side effects, allowing the user to tailor their experience to exactly what they want.
Personally, I'm not so sure I'd be willing to take a recreational drug created by a pharmaceutical company, but the market would undoubtedly be massive.
The entire movie appears to be on google video, but not working.
there is a good debate here - around the movie: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9145573810535960472#docid=-3840911425491936015
When the USA has buttsex, it likes to be the daddy.....
How would one even know how much power they use in a year?
I'm guessing somewhere on the power bill each month it tells you your monthly amount, but honestly, does anyone look at that, and keep a running total to see how much they use in a year?
For that matter, does anyone actually LOOK at the bill for anything other than the amount to send in? I have levelized billing and just pay basically the same amount each month, so I don't ever really look at usage. I mean, it is like gasoline, I need it...I just pay for what it costs without hardly looking at it...necessities of life and all.
yes, I do.
If I use more than 500kWh per month I go looking for the leech.
As I understand, there are 1,000s of pages of documents involved in the current Wikileaks releases. I don't have time to review these, so I'd like to see a summary of the interesting (more than "symbolic") material. Can somebody direct me?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=summary+of+wikileaks+cables+news
And what are "cables" anyway? Are they like email messages?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_cables
Also, considering the timing of the unrelated legal assaults against Assange, I assume they are contrived. But as a more appropriate retaliation, couldn't the US gov just publish all the damning material they have on him?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange#Swedish_arrest_warrant_for_alleged_sex_offenses
We are not a clone.
