Even to this day, I don't know what the tea parties real message is other than "Don't tax anyone, ever" "Screw the immigrants" and "Hands off my particular entitlement"
Were you actually at any of those civil rights protests in the early years or do you just have the benefit of seeing their crystal clear message through the lens of hindsight?
Just because you don't believe a corporation should be considered a person and given a disproportionately large voice in government (or given any voice in government) does not actually mean that you are anti-corporate. I know I am not anti-corp. I believe corporations are an important part of our economy and our world and I wouldn't want them to go away, but I also don't see any reason to give them the rights of a human being when they don't behave like human beings. They do not have an enlightened sense of self interest. Most don't even have plans beyond 5 years out and many will sell out their own future to make a buck now. Thats fine for a corp but its no way to run a government.
there is a huge gap between being able to pay ones bills and being rich. Here you have a smart, capable well above average person who is unable to make ends meet and is complaining about slipping further into debt when they have just barely reached the age of majority and what you hear is "Why aren't I rich yet"? This person isn't complaining that they aren't rich, they are complaining that they are unable to stay afloat in todays job market.
No it wouldn't, you would just get a new crop of bought and paid for politicians. If you want change, make it so that corporations are not people and cannot petition the government.
There was all this talk about getting rid of lobbyists during the last elections, but that is problematic because lobbying is petitioning the government and it is the right of citizens. However, if corporations are not people and are not given that right most of the problematic lobbying would go away overnight and perhaps lobbying by smaller citizen groups would actually get heard.
Obviously this isn't the only change we should be looking for, but it is one of them.
Just because there isn't one big bad dictator on top? The problems that they are protesting are not so simple, not so obvious, but I suspect most of them would agree that raising taxes of the highest earners, closing corporate tax loopholes and removing the concept of personhood from corporations would be a good start.
Here in massachusetts we just had all the bridges on RT 93 revamped over the course of a month and a half, 2 bridges at a time, 2 weeks each (scheduled for 3 weeks each, but they consistently beat the estimates). The impact on commuters and locals was fairly minimized and even when roads had to be closed from time to time it was never more than a few days at a time. The contract was written with incentives for finishing early and penalties for running late.
If you want something done quickly, you have to make it worth while for the people doing the work. If the state had just gone around asking for the lowest bidder with no other requirements each bridge would have taken over a month to repair and the impact on the communities and the commuters would have been greatly increased. Now, how much that is worth is up for debate, but the fact is, when a project is specced and managed correctly, even state governments can get shit done in short order.
See most of what I have seen on the subject suggested that while people initially use the text to understand what something is, the ultimately associate the icon with the activity, even if the icon isn't very representative. They also get used to the icon being in the same place from use to use and look for the icon the recognize in the place they expect it to be first.
Of course this only happens once they have been using a device for a while and the text is still necessary but there is a reason that icons are useful, at least when they are different enough to identify quickly.
The only organization allowed to declare congresses actions illegal is the supreme court, not a bunch of people on slashdot. If you believe that congress's actions are illegal then you need to bring it up with the supreme court. I suspect they will disagree with you, but I guess its worth a try.
those captured soldiers were uniformed actors of a recognized state, they were lawful combatants and they are granted certain rights under the geneva convention. Non uniformed combatants, which is what terrorists are categorized as, are not given the same set of rights.
You can argue that this guy wasn't a combatant i guess, but you can't compare his treatment to the treatment of uniformed soldiers.
Ah and here is the problem, we are looking at gross revenue. It is a bad thing that Activision brings in on a game than one guy working out of his home office in his spare time. Sure, sometimes that one guy makes something awesome, but then he ends up being one of the most successful games and that is great for him.
Acitivision on the other hand, might make more money selling those $5-10 games but they spent a lot more developing them and their margins might even be lower than some of the one man operations that do actually make good games.
For this to mean anything you really need to look at the net profit.
There is considerable research into a herpes vaccine, I have been seeing articles about it for the past few years. Given the chicken pox vaccine is, what, 15 years old? I don't think its that surprising that herpes is taking a little bit longer, especially when you consider that it doesn't get nearly the funding that HIV does (or probably even chicken pox, which can kill people who get it late in life)
are you suggesting that the people who are covered by this law don't have the right to vote or do you not remember the rallying cry of the Boston Tea Party. It wasn't "No taxes" it was "No taxation without representation." If you are still allowed to vote then the Tea Party reference isn't very appropriate.
Doesn't it have a feature where if you buy something and then get some number of friends to buy it you get it for free? I know thats not Facebook like but it does sound pretty social to me. It is certainly exploiting real world relationships for online marketing which is really all the social web was ever about.
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Even to this day, I don't know what the tea parties real message is other than "Don't tax anyone, ever" "Screw the immigrants" and "Hands off my particular entitlement"
Were you actually at any of those civil rights protests in the early years or do you just have the benefit of seeing their crystal clear message through the lens of hindsight?
How exactly is that unlike the tea party?
Just because you don't believe a corporation should be considered a person and given a disproportionately large voice in government (or given any voice in government) does not actually mean that you are anti-corporate. I know I am not anti-corp. I believe corporations are an important part of our economy and our world and I wouldn't want them to go away, but I also don't see any reason to give them the rights of a human being when they don't behave like human beings. They do not have an enlightened sense of self interest. Most don't even have plans beyond 5 years out and many will sell out their own future to make a buck now. Thats fine for a corp but its no way to run a government.
there is a huge gap between being able to pay ones bills and being rich. Here you have a smart, capable well above average person who is unable to make ends meet and is complaining about slipping further into debt when they have just barely reached the age of majority and what you hear is "Why aren't I rich yet"? This person isn't complaining that they aren't rich, they are complaining that they are unable to stay afloat in todays job market.
No it wouldn't, you would just get a new crop of bought and paid for politicians. If you want change, make it so that corporations are not people and cannot petition the government.
There was all this talk about getting rid of lobbyists during the last elections, but that is problematic because lobbying is petitioning the government and it is the right of citizens. However, if corporations are not people and are not given that right most of the problematic lobbying would go away overnight and perhaps lobbying by smaller citizen groups would actually get heard.
Obviously this isn't the only change we should be looking for, but it is one of them.
Just because there isn't one big bad dictator on top? The problems that they are protesting are not so simple, not so obvious, but I suspect most of them would agree that raising taxes of the highest earners, closing corporate tax loopholes and removing the concept of personhood from corporations would be a good start.
It didn't work out that well for Nokia did it? They got some cash but they didn't get the cross licensing agreement they wanted.
bitch slapped by the invisible hand... ouch!
They did do that with the 4... they call it the 4S.
Sounds like somebody wants to redistribute some wealth.
Here in massachusetts we just had all the bridges on RT 93 revamped over the course of a month and a half, 2 bridges at a time, 2 weeks each (scheduled for 3 weeks each, but they consistently beat the estimates). The impact on commuters and locals was fairly minimized and even when roads had to be closed from time to time it was never more than a few days at a time. The contract was written with incentives for finishing early and penalties for running late.
If you want something done quickly, you have to make it worth while for the people doing the work. If the state had just gone around asking for the lowest bidder with no other requirements each bridge would have taken over a month to repair and the impact on the communities and the commuters would have been greatly increased. Now, how much that is worth is up for debate, but the fact is, when a project is specced and managed correctly, even state governments can get shit done in short order.
See most of what I have seen on the subject suggested that while people initially use the text to understand what something is, the ultimately associate the icon with the activity, even if the icon isn't very representative. They also get used to the icon being in the same place from use to use and look for the icon the recognize in the place they expect it to be first.
Of course this only happens once they have been using a device for a while and the text is still necessary but there is a reason that icons are useful, at least when they are different enough to identify quickly.
It also has a better battery life and you can pay a bit more and get a 3G version with GPS. Its not so cut and dry.
if you keep repeating that over and over, maybe you will convince someone you are right.
The only organization allowed to declare congresses actions illegal is the supreme court, not a bunch of people on slashdot. If you believe that congress's actions are illegal then you need to bring it up with the supreme court. I suspect they will disagree with you, but I guess its worth a try.
those captured soldiers were uniformed actors of a recognized state, they were lawful combatants and they are granted certain rights under the geneva convention. Non uniformed combatants, which is what terrorists are categorized as, are not given the same set of rights.
You can argue that this guy wasn't a combatant i guess, but you can't compare his treatment to the treatment of uniformed soldiers.
Ah and here is the problem, we are looking at gross revenue. It is a bad thing that Activision brings in on a game than one guy working out of his home office in his spare time. Sure, sometimes that one guy makes something awesome, but then he ends up being one of the most successful games and that is great for him.
Acitivision on the other hand, might make more money selling those $5-10 games but they spent a lot more developing them and their margins might even be lower than some of the one man operations that do actually make good games.
For this to mean anything you really need to look at the net profit.
HA HA HA!
good joke man.
There is considerable research into a herpes vaccine, I have been seeing articles about it for the past few years. Given the chicken pox vaccine is, what, 15 years old? I don't think its that surprising that herpes is taking a little bit longer, especially when you consider that it doesn't get nearly the funding that HIV does (or probably even chicken pox, which can kill people who get it late in life)
are you suggesting that the people who are covered by this law don't have the right to vote or do you not remember the rallying cry of the Boston Tea Party. It wasn't "No taxes" it was "No taxation without representation." If you are still allowed to vote then the Tea Party reference isn't very appropriate.
Yea, because its not like there was a shit ton of lobbying done by the insurance industry to kill the idea of a single payer system.
But they aren't. Effectively they are giving you a tax break for buying something. They do that all the time.
Doesn't it have a feature where if you buy something and then get some number of friends to buy it you get it for free? I know thats not Facebook like but it does sound pretty social to me. It is certainly exploiting real world relationships for online marketing which is really all the social web was ever about.
Submarine patents in open standards is NEVER the lesser of 2 evils.