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So... who uses it and what's it like?

On the other hand, Gordo, I think it's important for peeps to learn to be individuals, etc. Conformity is not necessarily a good thing. OF course, we all just draw the lines between free-thinking and conformity at different places.

Dunno, they got a pretty varied bit of land cuz of its size.

thibodeaux wrote:
TheCatt wrote:And Afghanistan is poor for a reason, lack of natural resources and all.

What resources does Hong Kong have, besides a seaport?

I don't really know.

But it's not an oasis of crappy sand.

Send an instant msg saying he won the XBox.

Evil dictators have big evil armies.

TPRJones wrote:Once the two years is up (or more if they reinlist), they become a citizen. They can vote, they can hold office, and they don't pay taxes anymore.

Are you sure they don't pay taxes in ST?

When I used to run w\ "delinquents," we all knew the goddamned risks & we continued to do so anyhow. The penalty for petty theft & drug dealing could've been unquestioned death & we'd still've done it. Oh, I doubt it. Especially if 100% of people got caught and convicted. On t...

I think I had a thread about this recently... but the SCOTUS is a non-democratic instituion that is supposed to provide balance the will of the people.

Send him a file some how in chat: However, even such utilities are vulnerable to giving away the IP Address of the target system on issuing the Netstat –n command. All one has to do is (Please note that I am using MSN Messenger as an example) : Get the victim to come online. Then use the inbuilt Fi...

Getting the police to subpoena the information from Microsoft?

I like the XBox idea, but does he know his email address? Or did you mean an MSN Messenger IM? (Or his his Hotmail account stored with password/etc?)

Centrino means the following, FYI:

Latop has:
- Intel Pentium M chip (1.3-2.0 Ghz currently)
- Intel chipset (855 I think)
- Integrated 802.11b wireless (or b/g depending on version of Centrino)

TPRJones wrote:Oh, okay. So we agree that the federal government can't police itself worth a damn.

Right, exactly.

We just have different views on how the states would react without a powerful federal government.

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Re-read it, and it's pretty much the same as yours. Nuh uh. You said it wouldn't work. I answered with reasons why I thought it would in answer to the rest of your post (which I did read, as is obvious by my responding to your points). Did you read the rest of mine? No, I was referring to the statm...

I am suprised you didn't say guilty until proven innocent. Also historically speaking overly harsh punishment doesn't work. Hell look at England in the middle ages you could die for stealing didn't stop it. I do get a laugh when people bring up caning since Singapore got it from the British. Why, j...

thibodeaux wrote:
DictionaryDave wrote:Public transportation is more efficient both as to fuel and to the environment

Everybody says that, but I wonder if it's really true.

I don't.

It just isn't as time efficient.

Get rid of insurance, and prices would drop. Dramatically.

I like it, make the owners (shareholders) really be the owners and responsible ones.

Oh, I REALLY like that idea.

Well, the federal government certainly has acted within the realm of the constitution I strongly disagree with this statement. The thing is, only the federal government is in charge of telling the federal government if it's following the rules or not. That's no good, IMO. If the states were doing m...

(How was this not a topic? Or did I miss it?)

Personal belief: Punishment should NOT fit the crime. Punishment should be overly harsh and severe, possibly even cruel or unusual.

You steal $20, you get $100 worth of punishment, etc.

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