Oops, you're right. I was thinking southwest because you have to go all the way south around Blue Diamond to get there. And yes, being illegal certainly doesn't prevent it from happening. I meant you have to go about an hour northwest to where it's legal.
You are totally correct, although I'd still oppose them even if they were still family farmers. If domestic industries can't compete with the rest of the world, there is no reason to tax our citizens, give the money to domestic farmers, protect those farmers with import quotas / tariffs, all of which unjustly transfers wealth and raises food prices to domestic consumers. We don't support other failing industries to the same extent.
By definition any industry that needs a subsidy is a "failed business model," except that it hasn't failed yet because there are government subsidies. (example: US farms - although they would probably not fail, they'd just have to innovate instead of get paid to not grow anything).
Conspiracy theories aside, you're right, the root problem is government interference in the first place. I'm certainly not advocating subsidies for oil here.
A preliminary note: Your analogy is Greek to me; I'm not a programmer.:)
Why waste another dime on trying to extend the supply.
Because that is what the market will voluntarily bear (without government coercion), and the government doesn't know best what fuels I should be using, just like the government doesn't know best who I should marry (gay marriage), what I can put into my body (War on Drugs), and which products I can buy (import/export restrictions & industry subsidies like farms).
We need diverse and varied sources of energy that are renewable. We need to try several things and let the marketplace choose which ones are the best.
This is exactly what is happening right now. There are so many alternative energy companies right now that exist with little to no government funding. Have you heard of the T. Boone Pickens plan? Check it out, it's really interesting. Anyway, my point is simply that the (Federal) Government need not and should not get involved in something outside its Constitutionally-defined scope of power.
Anybody who roots for more oil drilling is just some deluded troglodyte
Your post was pretty good until this ad hominem. I could write a different blanket statement about people against offshore drilling, for example: "All opponents of offshore drilling are environmentalist hippies who shred the Constitution and think the government knows best how to run our lives." It's obviously not true and adds nothing to the discussion. Hopefully I haven't offended you; I'm just trying to have a friendly discussion.
First of all, thirteen cents of every dollar you spend on gasoline goes directly to the Federal Government. That is hardly aiding the petroleum industry.
Second, getting the Federal Government involved in encouraging commuting and public transportation? The results might be as good as our public education system! The real question is why the Federal Government has prohibited offshore drilling for so long when any such law is clearly unconstitutional via the 10th Amendment. It's not the Federal Government's job (assuming you adhere to the Constitution, of course) to use force to make people use a certain kind of energy.
I wish we had some widespread way of verifying a mailing list subscription, or cessation thereof.
Don't RSS feeds accomplish this because people can subscribe and unsubscribe at will? I'm on the mailing list of several missionaries from my church but would much prefer them to just open a blog and let me subscribe via RSS instead of sending me emails. Easier for me (fewer emails to check), easier for them (no need to maintain a large database of contacts & email addresses, many of which are probably out of date.) With RSS feeds, nothing is ever out of date and you can be sure everyone that is supposed to be getting your content actually is getting your content. I guess the only disadvantage of RSS feeds is that one has to be reasonably technologically savvy to even know what they are, let alone use them.
I used Robert Ullery's 9 week running program podcasts to start running again. They're great because although the music is a bit cheesy, they increase very gradually and tell you the intervals of walking/running to help you get started.
I agree with the majority of your comment and I'd like to add on a couple of thoughts. First, not being able to buy things from other countries is a result of government control of commerce (import quotas, tariffs, etc). Eliminate these, and we in the United States would generally see lower prices (especially in food).
While it is true that "if we could buy from any market, we would buy from the cheapest," companies selling their product will sell it at the highest price that consumers are willing to pay. Because most software is differentiated in its market (Photoshop is quite unique), companies (like Adobe) are able to charge a higher price for it. In economics, it basically means that there is some degree of slope on Adobe's demand curve for Photoshop, which means they will charge a higher price than they otherwise would if the product were completely undifferentiated. I believe this is a natural occurrence of the market and does not necessitate government involvement. Do you agree?
Yeah, my experiences have all been similarly flawless with the ethernet cards in all of the computers on which I have run linux, even if they're broadcom. =\ Not really sure why.
Very strange. I had a dell laptop with an intel chipset and wireless card, but mobility radeon x1400 graphics. Once they started opening up, 3d performance was decent and aiglx/compiz fusion worked alright. Suspend-to-ram and resume were the real pains in the butt though.
I never thought about it this way but as someone who favors decriminalization your comparison is very accurate. It's just another way for politicians to look good in the eyes of the uninformed common citizen. "I'm helping to stop piracy" is really similar to "I'm helping to stop people from using drugs." It's just targeting and demonizing a group of people who engage in questionable/unpopular activities, and using force or the threat of force to prevent them from doing their activity. The people will love you for it.
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Oops, you're right. I was thinking southwest because you have to go all the way south around Blue Diamond to get there. And yes, being illegal certainly doesn't prevent it from happening. I meant you have to go about an hour northwest to where it's legal.
Actually, as someone who lives in Vegas, prostitution isn't "legal" here. You have to go about an hour southwest to Pahrump.
You are totally correct, although I'd still oppose them even if they were still family farmers. If domestic industries can't compete with the rest of the world, there is no reason to tax our citizens, give the money to domestic farmers, protect those farmers with import quotas / tariffs, all of which unjustly transfers wealth and raises food prices to domestic consumers. We don't support other failing industries to the same extent.
You're right. 2000% would be a mere $20. Hardly enough to compensate for all the pain caused by downloading a file.
By definition any industry that needs a subsidy is a "failed business model," except that it hasn't failed yet because there are government subsidies. (example: US farms - although they would probably not fail, they'd just have to innovate instead of get paid to not grow anything).
A penalty is fine, but a 2000% penalty? The percentages aren't that high on anything else...
Conspiracy theories aside, you're right, the root problem is government interference in the first place. I'm certainly not advocating subsidies for oil here.
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What I want to know is why Massachusetts is complaining about and interfering with a conference happening in my hometown, Las Vegas.
Why waste another dime on trying to extend the supply.
Because that is what the market will voluntarily bear (without government coercion), and the government doesn't know best what fuels I should be using, just like the government doesn't know best who I should marry (gay marriage), what I can put into my body (War on Drugs), and which products I can buy (import/export restrictions & industry subsidies like farms).
We need diverse and varied sources of energy that are renewable. We need to try several things and let the marketplace choose which ones are the best.
This is exactly what is happening right now. There are so many alternative energy companies right now that exist with little to no government funding. Have you heard of the T. Boone Pickens plan? Check it out, it's really interesting. Anyway, my point is simply that the (Federal) Government need not and should not get involved in something outside its Constitutionally-defined scope of power.
Anybody who roots for more oil drilling is just some deluded troglodyte
Your post was pretty good until this ad hominem. I could write a different blanket statement about people against offshore drilling, for example: "All opponents of offshore drilling are environmentalist hippies who shred the Constitution and think the government knows best how to run our lives." It's obviously not true and adds nothing to the discussion. Hopefully I haven't offended you; I'm just trying to have a friendly discussion.
First of all, thirteen cents of every dollar you spend on gasoline goes directly to the Federal Government. That is hardly aiding the petroleum industry.
Second, getting the Federal Government involved in encouraging commuting and public transportation? The results might be as good as our public education system! The real question is why the Federal Government has prohibited offshore drilling for so long when any such law is clearly unconstitutional via the 10th Amendment. It's not the Federal Government's job (assuming you adhere to the Constitution, of course) to use force to make people use a certain kind of energy.
NASA has twittered
God help us.
I wish we had some widespread way of verifying a mailing list subscription, or cessation thereof.
Don't RSS feeds accomplish this because people can subscribe and unsubscribe at will? I'm on the mailing list of several missionaries from my church but would much prefer them to just open a blog and let me subscribe via RSS instead of sending me emails. Easier for me (fewer emails to check), easier for them (no need to maintain a large database of contacts & email addresses, many of which are probably out of date.) With RSS feeds, nothing is ever out of date and you can be sure everyone that is supposed to be getting your content actually is getting your content. I guess the only disadvantage of RSS feeds is that one has to be reasonably technologically savvy to even know what they are, let alone use them.
Exactly. Additionally, as soon as they get their hands on Apache (since it's not GPL) they'll screw it up and make it awful, just like with Hotmail.
Score:3, Informative. ha ha ha
I used Robert Ullery's 9 week running program podcasts to start running again. They're great because although the music is a bit cheesy, they increase very gradually and tell you the intervals of walking/running to help you get started.
I agree with the majority of your comment and I'd like to add on a couple of thoughts. First, not being able to buy things from other countries is a result of government control of commerce (import quotas, tariffs, etc). Eliminate these, and we in the United States would generally see lower prices (especially in food).
While it is true that "if we could buy from any market, we would buy from the cheapest," companies selling their product will sell it at the highest price that consumers are willing to pay. Because most software is differentiated in its market (Photoshop is quite unique), companies (like Adobe) are able to charge a higher price for it. In economics, it basically means that there is some degree of slope on Adobe's demand curve for Photoshop, which means they will charge a higher price than they otherwise would if the product were completely undifferentiated. I believe this is a natural occurrence of the market and does not necessitate government involvement. Do you agree?
Yeah, my experiences have all been similarly flawless with the ethernet cards in all of the computers on which I have run linux, even if they're broadcom. =\ Not really sure why.
Very strange. I had a dell laptop with an intel chipset and wireless card, but mobility radeon x1400 graphics. Once they started opening up, 3d performance was decent and aiglx/compiz fusion worked alright. Suspend-to-ram and resume were the real pains in the butt though.
Sounds just like my experience with ATI and fglrx.
You should have bought intel. Really. I made the same mistake 2.5 years ago with ATI.
Yeah those criminals infringing on other people's rights by growing pot in their yards deserve to be in prison.
If the companies can't survive without each other, what's the harm in letting them merge?
There's little harm because nobody I know even uses satellite radio anymore. Direct iPod/mp3 player connection is far better.
I never thought about it this way but as someone who favors decriminalization your comparison is very accurate. It's just another way for politicians to look good in the eyes of the uninformed common citizen. "I'm helping to stop piracy" is really similar to "I'm helping to stop people from using drugs." It's just targeting and demonizing a group of people who engage in questionable/unpopular activities, and using force or the threat of force to prevent them from doing their activity. The people will love you for it.
Yeah, no problems with my intel card. Talk to broadcom if you're having problems; canonical can't do anything about it.