After reading the technical paper that the author will be presenting next month I learned that the direction and magnitude of the break on a knuckleball is in fact randomly distributed within a range depending on the pitcher. The pitcher literally doesn't know what the direction or size of the break will be when pitched at a certain speed inside of a larger range than a non-knuckleball pitch.
In fairness to SoupGuru, he wasn't just plain wrong about how it is not the trajectory that is being processed by the batter but indicators as to what the trajectory will be. SoupGuru simply guessed the wrong indicators. From the hitter's perspective, the lack of an identifiable spin on a knuckleball certainly changes the heuristic that they depend on to hit successfully..
After reading the technical paper that the author will be presenting next month I learned that the direction and magnitude of the break on a knuckleball is in fact randomly distributed within a range depending on the pitcher. The pitcher literally doesn't know what the direction or size of the break will be inside of a larger range than a non-knuckleball pitch.
What does this have to do with climate change? How is the US Treasury's current accumulated debt compared to AGW analogous to a "your house is burning down while your neighbor's dog shits on your lawn" scenario?
But I might choose to only watch NBC via the Dish network if Dish provides it without commercials.
BTW, I already have car insurance via a mutual insurer that doesn't advertise; they simply have the best rates; everyone in my state knows it. So, it seems I don't need most of what the advertising industry is selling.
First off, the Costco case applied to goods made inside the US -- not goods made outside the US like this case.
The Costco case was about goods made outside the USA (i.e. Switzerland in the Costco case). It is the reason why the SCOTUS ruled not to overturn the lower courts ruling.
From the Forbes article linked to in the/. summary of the Costco case.
The Supreme Court, in a 4:4 decision, refused to overturn a Ninth Circuit decision limiting the first-sale doctrine to U.S.-produced goods. The decision upholds the right of manufacturers — in this case, Swiss watchmaker Omega — to use copyright laws to prevent U.S. retailers from selling goods they obtained overseas.
Unless the Forbes summary is wrong, I think your comment needs to be reworked in light of these facts.
It seems that this student has quite a legal obstacle to clear in this case. I hope some group takes over his representation to challenge the previous SCOTUS split ruling (assuming the case has merit), as the Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega S.A. Ninth Circuit decision was deleterious to the USA (and possibly world) economy. USA copyright law is a dead weight loss to the USA economy in general; the Costco case extended USA copyright law's application to our detriment.
Where did you hear about this 20% percent retained earnings rule (20% of what?)? I've never heard of it. I would venture a guess that if that was a real GAAP or FASB or IASB or IRS guideline that most if not all publicly traded companies would run afoul of it. It sounds like you are conflating something related to accounting for subsidiaries with an IRS tax rule.
FYI: Berkshire Hathaway is a publicly traded company. I have no clue why you'd think that it is not. It's stock symbols are BRK.A and BRK.B (class A and B shares, respectively). Here is a link to its SEC 10-K for 2011: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2011ar/201110-K.pdf
But even worse, Ravi is also going to have his life ruined by a man who decided to end his own.
No, there is no "even worse". Someone is dead, and it isn't him. There are precious few situations in life in which surviving is a worse fate than dying: Getting deported, or spending 10 years in jail, is not on the short list.
He was found not guilty of contributing to the suicide of Mr. Clementi.
Improvements which aren't valuable enough to do. Most of the grid is not owned by governments, but rather by businesses. One doesn't need political will for this.
This is a naive view of the electric power distribution market. It is almost exclusively a market of regulated regional monopolies with price controls.
My assumption is conditional on the improvements not being performed in the absence of a disaster. That makes it pretty strong. Either the grid is being improved, in which case a disaster is not needed to do it. Or it's not being improved because (this is the assumption) the improvements are not worth the effort or cost. In either case, we don't have the grounds for a disaster helping the US economy and the broken window fallacy applies.
Agreed. If your assumptions hold, the broken window fallacy applies. Your assumptions are reasonable, but not necessarily true. There may be other reasons why improvements are not being made, e.g. perhaps a sunk costs fallacy is preventing meaningful consideration.
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After reading the technical paper that the author will be presenting next month I learned that the direction and magnitude of the break on a knuckleball is in fact randomly distributed within a range depending on the pitcher. The pitcher literally doesn't know what the direction or size of the break will be when pitched at a certain speed inside of a larger range than a non-knuckleball pitch.
In fairness to SoupGuru, he wasn't just plain wrong about how it is not the trajectory that is being processed by the batter but indicators as to what the trajectory will be. SoupGuru simply guessed the wrong indicators. From the hitter's perspective, the lack of an identifiable spin on a knuckleball certainly changes the heuristic that they depend on to hit successfully..
After reading the technical paper that the author will be presenting next month I learned that the direction and magnitude of the break on a knuckleball is in fact randomly distributed within a range depending on the pitcher. The pitcher literally doesn't know what the direction or size of the break will be inside of a larger range than a non-knuckleball pitch.
Possible tactical response: Schedule lots of meetings with the Lawyer until the parents get the message.
Do we really want government policy to be subject to control by lawsuits?
They already are. Have they ever not been?
You know why this is a publicity stunt?
http://www.usdebtclock.org/ [usdebtclock.org]
$15 trillion.
$50k per citizen
$140k per taxpayer.
What does this have to do with climate change? How is the US Treasury's current accumulated debt compared to AGW analogous to a "your house is burning down while your neighbor's dog shits on your lawn" scenario?
No one is forcing NBC to sell to Dish network.
But I might choose to only watch NBC via the Dish network if Dish provides it without commercials.
BTW, I already have car insurance via a mutual insurer that doesn't advertise; they simply have the best rates; everyone in my state knows it. So, it seems I don't need most of what the advertising industry is selling.
First off, the Costco case applied to goods made inside the US -- not goods made outside the US like this case.
The Costco case was about goods made outside the USA (i.e. Switzerland in the Costco case). It is the reason why the SCOTUS ruled not to overturn the lower courts ruling.
From the Forbes article linked to in the /. summary of the Costco case.
The Supreme Court, in a 4:4 decision, refused to overturn a Ninth Circuit decision limiting the first-sale doctrine to U.S.-produced goods. The decision upholds the right of manufacturers — in this case, Swiss watchmaker Omega — to use copyright laws to prevent U.S. retailers from selling goods they obtained overseas.
Unless the Forbes summary is wrong, I think your comment needs to be reworked in light of these facts.
It seems that this student has quite a legal obstacle to clear in this case. I hope some group takes over his representation to challenge the previous SCOTUS split ruling (assuming the case has merit), as the Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega S.A. Ninth Circuit decision was deleterious to the USA (and possibly world) economy. USA copyright law is a dead weight loss to the USA economy in general; the Costco case extended USA copyright law's application to our detriment.
Thanks for that link.
Network effects can add a positive value to any individual in the network.
Where did you hear about this 20% percent retained earnings rule (20% of what?)? I've never heard of it. I would venture a guess that if that was a real GAAP or FASB or IASB or IRS guideline that most if not all publicly traded companies would run afoul of it. It sounds like you are conflating something related to accounting for subsidiaries with an IRS tax rule.
FYI:
Berkshire Hathaway is a publicly traded company. I have no clue why you'd think that it is not. It's stock symbols are BRK.A and BRK.B (class A and B shares, respectively). Here is a link to its SEC 10-K for 2011:
http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2011ar/201110-K.pdf
What is the minimum?
The sentence hasn't been determined yet. It may be informed by his tampering with evidence and witnesses.
Ravi was found not guilty of contributing to the suicide of Mr. Clementi.
Sure he was an asshole, but I don't think he was actually trying to set out to kill the man, or cause the man to kill himself.
He was found not guilty of contributing to the suicide of Mr. Clementi.
He was found not guilty of contributing to the suicide of Mr. Clementi.
But even worse, Ravi is also going to have his life ruined by a man who decided to end his own.
No, there is no "even worse". Someone is dead, and it isn't him. There are precious few situations in life in which surviving is a worse fate than dying: Getting deported, or spending 10 years in jail, is not on the short list.
He was found not guilty of contributing to the suicide of Mr. Clementi.
My point is his actions certainly contributed strongly to the suicide.
He was not found guilty of contributing to the suicide of Mr. Clementi.
You seemed to miss the fact that the result is still undetermined.
He was found guilty of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and tampering with evidence and witnesses.
He was not charged with contributing to the suicide of Mr. Clementi.
You seem to be discounting the possibility of jury nullification.
Do you think they evaluated Randall's expression and then tried to sue the bank for not depositing 2 cents?
https://xkcd.com/verizon/
"Red Light Runners... Speeders... No Signal Lane Changers"
Those seem, in general, reckless. Just because you can point to some exceptions doesn't make breaking these laws generally safe.
"Breaking the law is always reckless."
You said that. Not me.
"Then they came for me" ...because I was recklessly breaking the law too.
you get a good discussion.
Examples: zerohedge.com
If by good discussion you mean rantings about the most implausible future events, yes.
RMS' ability to "make you want to snuggle up in bed with him."
He does have a teddy-bear-like allure, doesn't he?
Because if you think fixing the infrastructure would improve the economy, then it would make sense to break it first so we can fix it.
This is a leap in logic that I'm not making. It is a non sequitur. It is the essence of the broken window fallacy.
Improvements which aren't valuable enough to do. Most of the grid is not owned by governments, but rather by businesses. One doesn't need political will for this.
This is a naive view of the electric power distribution market. It is almost exclusively a market of regulated regional monopolies with price controls.
My assumption is conditional on the improvements not being performed in the absence of a disaster. That makes it pretty strong. Either the grid is being improved, in which case a disaster is not needed to do it. Or it's not being improved because (this is the assumption) the improvements are not worth the effort or cost. In either case, we don't have the grounds for a disaster helping the US economy and the broken window fallacy applies.
Agreed. If your assumptions hold, the broken window fallacy applies. Your assumptions are reasonable, but not necessarily true. There may be other reasons why improvements are not being made, e.g. perhaps a sunk costs fallacy is preventing meaningful consideration.