Counterexample on speeding: Somebody going 40 in a 25 MPH zone is more likely to hit people because they won't be able to dodge as well. Also, that changes the impact energies from probably not lethal to probably lethal.
Counter to your counter... Some one driving well below the speed they think is reasonable is more likely to be distracted and not paying attention to the road. Texting is much more common on city streets then on highways, for example.
But I'm also breathing that air, is that OK? And I rented that room, so isn't the air mine?
You have to return each breath before you leave.
...this is new?
Look up Standard Oil, Andrew Carnegie, etc etc.
They never cared if anyone noticed...
Victimless crimes? Are you joking?
Nope. We are educating you. Specifically on what a straw man is.
Try telling the guy who was just killed by a speeding driver
All vehicle deaths are not the result of speeding. All speeding does not cause vehicle deaths. Generally it is speeding AND
or the kid that just got shot during a drug deal
Yep. Shooting people would not be a crime if it was not a drug deal. There have also been office shootings. Offices should be illegal.
or the teenager that died from alcohol poisoning
A woman in a radio station contest died from water poisoning. This is more a case of reckless behavior summoning Darwin.
or the guy who's losing money because people would rather steal his stuff than pay for it
You can not "lose" money you never have. You sell bread. I do not buy your bread. Did you lose money? You sell bread. I look at your bread and go home and make my own bread. Did you lose money? However, in "defense" of the people you are talking about, I have been losing a lot of privacy rights... I used to have them, but I no longer do.
I'm not sure why all you systemd haters feel the need to say "If I wanted Windows, I'd run Windows". I don't know the technical details...
"Well, there is your problem."
I think that last one is the big one. Early on in development, some people raised some concerns. They were told "Your Wrong! "Trust us!" and "You are just afraid of change." That combined with the fact that the lead's last project, Pulse Audio, was a nightmare for a very long time leavs us with no confidence at all that this will be handeled well.
Actually router/firewall + fileserver makes perfect sense in home setting.
Becasue no home users have any valuable data... By the way, can I get your router IP address please?
Texas doesn't specifically tax ISPs, it just doesn't give them a 100% exemption from the standard sales tax paid on all purchases.
I don't specifically murder people. I just don't give people a 100% exemption from the standard shoot them dead if they're in front of me.
If all the people you are shooting voted for that, more power to ya. But Texas sales tax vs income tax is one thing both parties OVERWHELMINGLY support.
Instead, we've got to get rid of the loopholes.
One of those loopholes is for states with no income tax, but a VAT on all spending. (This is known to subsidise inventment and saving) From that point of view, the desire is to eliminate the loophole allowing that spending to be untaxed.
I also agree that it would be a dumb idea for the states to tax the Internet as a money-making device (there's not that much money in it unless you do some ridiculous tax like by the megabyte; it would be easier just to raise the income tax by 0.25% or something like that).
Texas, one of the states that taxes Internet access, does not have a state income tax. All state revinue comes from sales tax. (However it includes services as well) We also like it that way, and any politicinas that mention state income tax are shown the door very quickly.
Work is the crab grass in the lawn of life. -- Schulz
