GDP is completely irrelevant. If 3 people decide to trade. Persons A, B, C, thin air for $100,000, A with B, B with C and C with A, we have traded thin air for $300,000. So we have a GDP of $300,000. However no one earned anything, no one is richer than before, no one in fact had any income.
That's not how GDP works at all. GDP is the (estimated) value of the total worth of a country’s production and services, calculated over the course on one year. It can be calculated in several ways, but the main point you are missing is that net income of A, B and C is zero.
Median household incomes etc. *are* available
I would appreciate if you tell me where.
The main area seems to be tax evasion schemas for surrounding countries, which have daughter or mother companies there
Same in Liechtenstein (remember the Liechtenstein tax evasion scandal of 2008?). That's why numbers provided by both countries are to be taken with a grain of salt, to say the least.
Data is from CIA's world factbook, you can check it yourself. When talking about countries, I assumed we were speaking about GDP (and not GPD as I incorrectly spelled), but even if we are talking about people's income, gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity is indeed the best approximation I can think of for comparing average incomes in different countries like San Marino, where not much data (like median household income, GNI index, etc.) is available. Even though GDP is not equivalent to income, they are related, and given than Liechtenstein's GDP's is not 5% or 10% higher than San Marino's, but about three times higher, unless confronted with more data I think it's safe to conclude that the Liechtensteiners are wealthier than Sammarineses as an average. Of course, wealth can be (and probably is) distributed unequally so that almost nobody have an average income.
BTW I have always been interested in the history and economy of these tiny European countries, and I usually find very little information about the latter, so If you have any more info about the economy of San Marino please share a link or two;) thank you!
the north is the richest region of Europe, and the south is the poorest region of Europe (and yes that includes Rumania in the south and Skandinavia and Swizerland), the richest region/country of the world, San Marino, is an enclave in Italy.
I don't think so. San Marino's GPD per capita is about 55,400 USD (or even as "little" as 36,000 USD according to CIA), while countries such as Luxembourg or Qatar have a GPD per capita of more than 80,000 USD, and some sources claim that Liechtenstein's GPD per capita is more than 140,000 USD. San Marino is a rich country, but by far not the richest.
But who is to say that increasing technology even needs increasing energy consumption?
That's the main point of the article. Currently, as clearly shown by every statistics energy consumption is constantly growing (with a small "pause" during the ongoing crisis depending on the country). The author just states that this energy consumption grow cannot continue for much. He does not say that that means the end of civilization, nor necessarily an economical disaster. On the contrary he says that:
[...] continued energy growth will likely be unnecessary if the human population stabilizes
So he just points, with very good arguments, that "continued growth in energy use becomes physically impossible within conceivable timeframes".
In Spain private copy (and file sharing) is also legal and had always been. Then they introduced the "private copy tax" you speak about, of course not to keep private copy legal, but because it was infeasible to change the law in regards to that, and a way to monetize the situation was needed by the powers that be.
Fortunately, the EU ruled the tax was illegal. And later some members of the SGAE (Spanish RIAA) were arrested for embezzlement of the money obtained by such tax.
I ignore what's the current situation, but given the fact that wikileaks revealed US pressures to the Spanish government to change the copyright laws, I'm assuming these victories won't last long.
The funny thing is that it's portrayed as something positive, when actually the least jobs you need per megawatt the more efficient you are at producing energy.
I worked on the north of Spain (Galicia) for some time as a Chef de partie specialised in selfish. On that region everybody's got strong and often opposing opinions on how selfish is to be cooked, and without feedback it would be impossible to keep the customers happy. Once, I saw a customer left part of his King Crab dish (our speciality), so I asked if everything was OK. At first he hesitated but finally he told me he felt it was a little undercooked. I prepared a new dish and the customer was so happy he became a regular of the place. That's how I met the Japanese guy I talked about before. It is not confrontational: people just ask for what they want politely, and it's definitively not specifically western.
As for the food quality and specially service, I guess it's just a matter of opinion. I tried the best crabs on N.Spain and Southern Norway, not in Japan, but then there are over 150000 restaurants in Tokio alone (10 times more than Paris) and I've only been to 2 , so making such an absolute claim like the one you make seems a little wild to me.
But eNygma-x never said he's actually using Google+, so I guess he's just expressing his general opinion on the policy, which is as I understand the point of Slashdot. "Don't use if you don't like it" is, I think, self evident, doesn't says anything about the topic, and sounded to me like an invitation to stop complaining instead of continuing the conversation, and hence my criticism. I never meant to say you think people should remain silent.
A Japanese guy once told me that in Japan, when they go to a restaurant and the food is not cooked the way they like, they just smile, say everything was fine, pay the bill and never come back. Pure and simple, but maybe if they asked for the food to be cooked the way they like, the cook could have done it and it would be better for both.
You could apply the same to yourself: if you don't like our freely provided opinions about the said free service, don't comment on them. But that would be ludicrous as knowing the opinions of people in general, and people who disagree with you in particular, is a great way of improving.
Locking out a targeted account [after failed login attempts]
My grandma ran into her credit union's online banking web site's policy of three strikes and you have to wait from Friday night to Tuesday morning for a branch to be open again. The tone of her voice indicated that this is not a pleasant user experience.
Still a better user experience than getting your account hijacked
And no, Germans don't always get the best doctor in the hospital. That's just ridiculous. What are the other doctors doing all day, nothing?
He said:
You usally get the best your hospital / doctor has to offer.
As I understand he means you get the best *your doctor* has to offer, not the best doctor. Anyway I guess you can choose the doctor you prefer, as it happens in other EU countries (for instance here in Spain)
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Lichtenstein is a very rural country
Only 1.5% of the workforce work on agriculture. That doesn't seem very rural to me.
GDP is completely irrelevant. If 3 people decide to trade. Persons A, B, C, thin air for $100,000, A with B, B with C and C with A, we have traded thin air for $300,000. So we have a GDP of $300,000. However no one earned anything, no one is richer than before, no one in fact had any income.
That's not how GDP works at all. GDP is the (estimated) value of the total worth of a country’s production and services, calculated over the course on one year. It can be calculated in several ways, but the main point you are missing is that net income of A, B and C is zero.
Median household incomes etc. *are* available
I would appreciate if you tell me where.
The main area seems to be tax evasion schemas for surrounding countries, which have daughter or mother companies there
Same in Liechtenstein (remember the Liechtenstein tax evasion scandal of 2008?). That's why numbers provided by both countries are to be taken with a grain of salt, to say the least.
Data is from CIA's world factbook, you can check it yourself. When talking about countries, I assumed we were speaking about GDP (and not GPD as I incorrectly spelled), but even if we are talking about people's income, gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity is indeed the best approximation I can think of for comparing average incomes in different countries like San Marino, where not much data (like median household income, GNI index, etc.) is available. Even though GDP is not equivalent to income, they are related, and given than Liechtenstein's GDP's is not 5% or 10% higher than San Marino's, but about three times higher, unless confronted with more data I think it's safe to conclude that the Liechtensteiners are wealthier than Sammarineses as an average. Of course, wealth can be (and probably is) distributed unequally so that almost nobody have an average income.
;) thank you!
BTW I have always been interested in the history and economy of these tiny European countries, and I usually find very little information about the latter, so If you have any more info about the economy of San Marino please share a link or two
I heard Switzerland is doing quite all-right with four different official languages, and they are a tiny country.
the north is the richest region of Europe, and the south is the poorest region of Europe (and yes that includes Rumania in the south and Skandinavia and Swizerland), the richest region/country of the world, San Marino, is an enclave in Italy.
I don't think so. San Marino's GPD per capita is about 55,400 USD (or even as "little" as 36,000 USD according to CIA), while countries such as Luxembourg or Qatar have a GPD per capita of more than 80,000 USD, and some sources claim that Liechtenstein's GPD per capita is more than 140,000 USD. San Marino is a rich country, but by far not the richest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogy
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Or, like... don't break the law
That may or may not be true, as there have been no trial (apart from one in Spain where there were acquitted).
No court has yet ruled that Rojadirecta broke any laws
Actually a Spanish court ruled that rojadirecta didn't break any -Spanish- law.
Also, they were already acquitted in Spain.
I've got a lot of things to hide, only they are not illegal.
I actually did install Linux to prevent video games. It doesn't work: you still have slashdot to prevent any kind of work to be done.
and of course in back instead of front
Canards still exist, for instance the Eurofighter has a fully articulated horizontal stabilizer on the front.
I don't trust common sense since earth is not flat
But who is to say that increasing technology even needs increasing energy consumption?
That's the main point of the article. Currently, as clearly shown by every statistics energy consumption is constantly growing (with a small "pause" during the ongoing crisis depending on the country). The author just states that this energy consumption grow cannot continue for much. He does not say that that means the end of civilization, nor necessarily an economical disaster. On the contrary he says that:
[...] continued energy growth will likely be unnecessary if the human population stabilizes
So he just points, with very good arguments, that "continued growth in energy use becomes physically impossible within conceivable timeframes".
In Spain private copy (and file sharing) is also legal and had always been. Then they introduced the "private copy tax" you speak about, of course not to keep private copy legal, but because it was infeasible to change the law in regards to that, and a way to monetize the situation was needed by the powers that be.
Fortunately, the EU ruled the tax was illegal. And later some members of the SGAE (Spanish RIAA) were arrested for embezzlement of the money obtained by such tax.
I ignore what's the current situation, but given the fact that wikileaks revealed US pressures to the Spanish government to change the copyright laws, I'm assuming these victories won't last long.
Arduino is NOT a microcontroller, but a DIY prototyping platform (which of course includes a microcontroller)
The funny thing is that it's portrayed as something positive, when actually the least jobs you need per megawatt the more efficient you are at producing energy.
Bigger brains does not mean smarter people (RTFA) and IQ tests are pseudoscientific crap that are not proved to measure anything.
I worked on the north of Spain (Galicia) for some time as a Chef de partie specialised in selfish. On that region everybody's got strong and often opposing opinions on how selfish is to be cooked, and without feedback it would be impossible to keep the customers happy. Once, I saw a customer left part of his King Crab dish (our speciality), so I asked if everything was OK. At first he hesitated but finally he told me he felt it was a little undercooked. I prepared a new dish and the customer was so happy he became a regular of the place. That's how I met the Japanese guy I talked about before.
It is not confrontational: people just ask for what they want politely, and it's definitively not specifically western.
As for the food quality and specially service, I guess it's just a matter of opinion. I tried the best crabs on N.Spain and Southern Norway, not in Japan, but then there are over 150000 restaurants in Tokio alone (10 times more than Paris) and I've only been to 2 , so making such an absolute claim like the one you make seems a little wild to me.
But eNygma-x never said he's actually using Google+, so I guess he's just expressing his general opinion on the policy, which is as I understand the point of Slashdot. "Don't use if you don't like it" is, I think, self evident, doesn't says anything about the topic, and sounded to me like an invitation to stop complaining instead of continuing the conversation, and hence my criticism. I never meant to say you think people should remain silent.
A Japanese guy once told me that in Japan, when they go to a restaurant and the food is not cooked the way they like, they just smile, say everything was fine, pay the bill and never come back. Pure and simple, but maybe if they asked for the food to be cooked the way they like, the cook could have done it and it would be better for both.
You could apply the same to yourself: if you don't like our freely provided opinions about the said free service, don't comment on them. But that would be ludicrous as knowing the opinions of people in general, and people who disagree with you in particular, is a great way of improving.
And 1914
You know France actually won WWI, right?
Locking out a targeted account [after failed login attempts]
My grandma ran into her credit union's online banking web site's policy of three strikes and you have to wait from Friday night to Tuesday morning for a branch to be open again. The tone of her voice indicated that this is not a pleasant user experience.
Still a better user experience than getting your account hijacked
And no, Germans don't always get the best doctor in the hospital. That's just ridiculous. What are the other doctors doing all day, nothing?
He said:
You usally get the best your hospital / doctor has to offer.
As I understand he means you get the best *your doctor* has to offer, not the best doctor. Anyway I guess you can choose the doctor you prefer, as it happens in other EU countries (for instance here in Spain)