Comment Re:Then ID would be required (Score 5, Insightful) 1089
I've heard this, but I don't understand this.
Its very easy to understand when you realize that its an obvious lie.
I've heard this, but I don't understand this.
Its very easy to understand when you realize that its an obvious lie.
It would be even harder to commit if you go to vote, and the person at the polls helpfully informs you that you already did.
The very situation you describe here is in fact post-fraud as in already committed instead of as you so dishonestly claim "harder to commit."
Oh, please. I am no friend of the rent-seeking, regulatory-capture taxi cartel, but Uber is unethical as hell.
So go after them for that... instead of an excuse that literally supports evil.
Its as if you are saying "Uber is unethical, therefore I want the very things that makes the existing system evil to triumph over Uber! Go evil!"
That price is for a business medallion is purchased by a company that runs the car 24 hours a day in 3 shifts bringing in $300,000 / yr. or more.
The high price is the price all medallions go for, so what you are saying is that the only folks that can have a cab license are those that run them 24/7.
This line is always trotted out by people who dont understand NYC medallions.
You seemed to have been hinting that less than 100% of taxi's have medallions.
Why not come out and make a direct statement about what you seem to think is wrong with my statements, instead of the bullshit hinting shit you are doing now so that people cant just label you a dishonest fuck and be done with you.
Keep in mind however that only a handful of cities use Medallions.
At least the medallion system, as abhorrent as it is, allows the licenses to be transfered to other individuals. In most other places its even worse than the medallion system where there not only is an artificially limited supply, you've got to also be on the good graces of the local bureaucrat gatekeeper when there is an opening.
Instead you went with... "it doesn't even matter if Uber is exploitive"
The fact that you start throwing around crap ("inflammatory rhetoric!!!!") instead of arguments ("here is some logic...") means that its YOU thats throwing around inflammatory rhetoric. The post with the statement you are calling inflammatory rhetoric what loaded with detailed logic about the viewpoint, while you just spout fucknothings.
"...they should have no problems complying with basic licensing requirements..."
Yep, Statists (like you) dont see this as a problem. The proof is that Statists like you can be quoted as saying "they should have no problems complying."
You just defended evil.
What you describe probably could be done and without inventing anything new or fancy. What it DOES require is money, lots of money. Who is going to pay for all that?
One of the things I have learned over the years is that Californians don't worry about silly things like budgets and how to pay for things, and even less so the consequences involved in budgeting and paying for things.
This is the State that has repeatedly fucked up its energy industry to the point of severe crisis. Seems to be planning to do it yet again.
Other documentation speaks of sectors and considers blocks a hard drive thing.
HDD documentation is irrelevant to the discussion of SSD's.... I'm not butthurt.. you are just ignorant and desperately trying to salvage your display of it without even becoming non-ignorant first. Amazing.
Several logical drive sectors are mapped onto a physical NAND sector.
umm... no...
First, I'm going to assume you are just terminology-ignorant, because NAND comes in BLOCKS composed of PAGES.. so I am going to translate your poor use of "sector" with regards to flash as what you probably really meant.... "page" (if you meant something else, you are even more ignorant... so take this kindness)
A logical drive sector can be mapped to literally any physical page on the flash, and which page a specific logical sector maps to changes over time.
Now why the hell did you open your mouth?
All this is irrelevant. Uranium, is limited in supply, even if it's a large supply. This limit means we will eventually have to stop using it and use something else. So why bother starting?
The sun will one day burn out and not provide solar energy, eventually we will have to stop using it and use something else. So why bother starting?
Do we have a lazy admin at the healm?
A lazy, un-vetted admin, with access to classified emails.
Nothing to see here. Its just the Republicans unfairly attacking the Clintons again.
They went to jail for that. Do you still want an equal response?
I think the AC would prefer that, as a quite shuffle-off to jail doesn't hurt the Party nearly as badly.
Heisenberg may have been here.