Jihad needs scientists
in [Design]
|
From: Don Bowey on 26 Nov 2006 23:10 On 11/26/06 4:59 PM, in article ekdd8p$906$6(a)blue.rahul.net, "Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote: > In article <e4ba5$4569fea8$4fe7485$23334(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> Ken Smith wrote: >> >>> In article <C18DE6C3.4E65C%dbowey(a)comcast.net>, >>> Don Bowey <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> On 11/25/06 9:31 AM, in article ek9uln$lag$9(a)blue.rahul.net, "Ken Smith" >>>> <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> In article <MPG.1fd11c17f0518b5a989c65(a)news.individual.net>, >>>>> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >>>>> [.....] >>>>> >>>>>> Whether you like it or not, radio is an interstate issue. Perhaps >>>>>> there should be some local control for ultra=-low power, but other >>>>>> than that 50 FCCs would be a nightmare. Can you imagine getting 50 >>>>>> certifications for a piece of gear? >>>>> >>>>> I like radio just fine. >>>>> >>>>> Is radio "interstate commerce" if the broadcast can't be heard in another >>>>> state? If not, I don't think the constitution gives the federal >>>>> government preemptive control. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Since the FCC DOES coordinate and regulate all forms of radio transmission, >>>> what is the purpose of your post? >>>> >>>> Perhaps the problem is with your understanding. >>> >>> >>> No, the question goes to a core issue. A FM station in SanFransisco is >>> not "interstate" but is controlled by the FCC. Under some peoples reading >>> of the constitution, it should not be. >> >> I'm sure you can make a good case for that, however >> it belongs to a reguated class, so it is actually the >> definition of the class that you'd be fighting. It >> gets to be a hairy battle. >> >> OTOH there's also the argument that it affects interstate >> commerce. > > Now to go back to health care. The drugs, the company that makes the > medical equipment, plagues and individual patients may cross borders > making the business of providing healthcare as "interstate" as the FM > radio. This it seems to me would be the basis on which the federal > government could pass laws about it including a NHS. > > I hope to argue that the NHS would be no more unconstitutional than the > FCC is. Apples and Orange.
From: Eeyore on 27 Nov 2006 00:57 Spehro Pefhany wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >Ken Smith wrote: > >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >> > >> [... crack addicts ....] > >> >Well if the Brits want to help them so much...... > >> > >> If it cost $10 a day to keep them off drugs, it is cheaper than putting > >> them in jail. The brits want to help them. This may be the more > >> practical answer even though I don't see how they can keep an addict away > >> from drugs. > > > >Relocation away from the cities could be an answer. > > > >Graham > > Crystal meth is widespread in the US, even in rural areas. > > http://www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/IRJCI/reports/reportsmeth.htm Not so good. Graham
From: Eeyore on 27 Nov 2006 00:58 Ken Smith wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > [...] > >> More properly, you live in a representative democracy which is a > >> Constitutional Monarchy with a hereditary Monarch who is the Head of > >> State. > > > >Titular Head of State. > > Only because she's female? Nope. Graham
From: jasen on 20 Nov 2006 02:27 On 2006-11-19, Don Bowey <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > A TTY keyboard used a current loop, typically 20 mA. When a key was > pressed, the selector bars would fall into notches, mechanically encoding > the opening and closing of the 20 mA. loop to generate the code pulses. > > When receiving, the TTY machine would mechanically decode the series of 20 > mA. pulses and shift the selector bars to set-up the right character to > print. > > This has nothing in common with a modern computer. If you wish to misuse > the terminology you are free to do so, but there is no way you can > rationally support it, technically. SED is STILL, sort of a technical Board > (I think), so it would be nice of you to at least try, the CRT based terminals that replaced the teletype machines, are called "glass tty" by many. the term is now used to mean any TTY-like connection to a computer (especially one runnin unix or similar), be that via an asynchrounous serial link (eg RS232), network connection (eg: telnet session) or , a pseudo-tty like xterm gives, or even the console in character mode. Bye. Jasen
From: Michael A. Terrell on 27 Nov 2006 01:41
Ken Smith wrote: > > In article <4568E61C.7E27585B(a)earthlink.net>, > Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Ken Smith wrote: > >> > >> In article <MPG.1fd11c17f0518b5a989c65(a)news.individual.net>, > >> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: > >> [.....] > >> >Whether you like it or not, radio is an interstate issue. Perhaps > >> >there should be some local control for ultra=-low power, but other > >> >than that 50 FCCs would be a nightmare. Can you imagine getting 50 > >> >certifications for a piece of gear? > >> > >> I like radio just fine. > >> > >> Is radio "interstate commerce" if the broadcast can't be heard in another > >> state? If not, I don't think the constitution gives the federal > >> government preemptive control. > > > > > > You can't keep the signal from crossing the state lines at night. I > >can hear radio stations from Ohio (700 KHz) and Tennessee (650 KHz) at > >night on the standard AM broadcast band. I can hear stations from most > >of the rest of the world on the shortwave bands. Not only is the RF > >spectrum controlled from the federal level, it is controlled under > >international agreement. > > Things like FM and 802.11 can be kept within the bounds of a state. In > that case, it is not "interstate commerce". Explain why WACX TV in Orange City Florida is required to block their signal from radiating out over the Atlantic ocean. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |