Many of the "hippies" of the Occupy Wall Street movement got degrees in fields that typically pay well, from schools that are respected, in the hopes of getting jobs that paid well. It's a fact of economies that young workers take the brunt of high unemployment. When experienced employees become available, they are hired before inexperienced employees.
Android also preemptively copied iCould, with Google Docs and Google Music, and Amazon preemptively stole the idea of cloud storage, and the ability to cache your media locally.
A good part of it is because the West helped in the creation of the state of Israel, just 30 short years after the Palestinians won their right to statehood for their part in dismantling the Ottoman Empire. Add onto this the West's continued meddling in their governments' affairs, assassinating their democratically elected leaders and installing better puppets, and you have a pretty clear picture of what has caused the radicalization of Islamic beliefs.
If it worked the other way around, with Iran assassinating US presidents in order to install Iran friendly dictators; if Egypt annexed large swaths of the East Cost of the USA to give back to the Native Americans; if the Middle East had their unified Islamic Government the way the EU and US are unified, and then randomly put boots on the ground and military bases throughout America . . . then you might be a radicalized Christian (or whatever your faith is).
I think lessons from the USSR/Afghanistan war should have been evident before the US went into Iraq or Afghanistan. The best part of NATO helping out and not getting knee deep in this conflict is the fact that now the NTC can claim 4 things: They were self-inspired, they are self governed, they are making their country better, and victory. When NATO invades a country with boots on the ground, the people left in power can rarely claim any of these things.
Must be your circles are boring, because mine are getting pretty active. It's a different group of people than I know on Facebook, but I'm getting much more interesting content from it. There are practically no dinner plates and nothing about how many sheets of TP that were used that day. People also seem more open to discussion when they don't think the world is seeing and judging what they're saying. Fewer trolls, more well thought out, more like a 6 person conversation than an Internet forum.
Thank you for that enlightening post! I would also point to the fact that Americans have a lot more circus than just TV, though. Many in the middle class can afford nice cars, homes, running water, electricity, cable TV and Internet, smart phones that have higher monthly costs than water and phone combined, and we still manage to spend significant chunks of money on eating out and other entertainment. Sure, I make 1/1000th of what the CEO's that are getting the huge bonuses are getting, but on the other side the bread and circus is no meager crumb and elephant show.
The public is indeed protesting, and the right people to do so are the ones that are there. It's the people that are being denied this bread and circus. The kids that went to college and can't find jobs in 9.5% unemployment, and the people who let their industry pass them by without continuous re-education in their field. It's also the people that were just unlucky enough to work for CEO's that made bad decisions with golden parachutes. What everyone is ignoring is that the current slow down is entirely oil based. The price of oil and fuel went up, our leaders were saying that if it got too high we'd see a double-dip recession, and that's what we have. When gas costs more than $2.50/gallon the world suffers. People spent their bread and circus money getting to work, and now the baker and lion tamer don't get paid.
Okay, so imagine you're a car dealer... if you have a parking lot full of cars parked at haphazard angles, then you won't be able to fit as many in . . . but if they're all at 30 degrees from the customer service entrance, then you'll fit at least 3 times as many cars into the parking lot and you can use a pair of binoculars to do your inventory.
Did you read the part about it being a part of Google that was ALREADY OFF-SHORED that was the tax shelter? No one's going to move their entire operation away from the worlds largest economy. It's pretty simple: If you want to do business in our economy, you should have to pay the same taxes that all other businesses in our economy pay.
As far as I can tell, they're talking about Euros, which I'm not certain you're aware, would likely have been collected by Google's European operation. I am not an International Tax Accountant, but as a lay person I would say that currency collected in Euros would likely fall under EU or member nation tax policies.
The Kraken has resurfaced from the depths of the abyss, where it's boneless body is impervious to the immense pressure of the deep, only to devour a cruise ship . . . JUST FOR THE BEER!
Especially when you compare their standard of living, health care system, and strength of currency. How horrible it must be to live in Britain. They certainly didn't innovate at all after WWII.
Actually, basic channels for non-HD TV are no longer available over the air. One can get HD channels for free over the air, but it requires an HD TV and an antenna. So, now the poor are required to either purchase a better TV or a set top box to view basic programming. Satellite or cable costs under $100/mo, typically. If one had a pre-existing condition, prior to "Obamacare" one wouldn't be able to get insurance.
In my area, even fairly basic health insurance plans start at about $550/mo for a family of 4 with no pre-existing conditions. That's about 25% of the gross income of a couple making minimum wage (we're talking about poor people, right?). With the current economic situation, I wouldn't be surprised if a significant percentage of the population was making minimum wage. In 2014 health insurance companies will have to take even adults with pre-existing conditions, and they'll also have to charge people the same rate, without taking into account their current or past health. "Obamacare" isn't just requiring people to buy health insurance, it's also requiring health insurance companies to accept customers that they'd rather not insure. I'd prefer to have a "Government Option" and I'd be quite likely to buy into it. I believe that it would help keep the insurance companies honest. If private industry is so much more efficient, then it should have no trouble out competing the government option.
Does Google Shopping not display results from multiple sources as well? This search for "White Album" by The Beatles turns up a number of different media from a wide variety of sources. Google Product Search started as "Froogle" back in 2002. Anyone with any kind of web tv could have used it "on a television".
Here on the East Coast we have WAY too many ugly, tree covered mountains that are practically completely filled with this valuable inexpensive resource.
The shareholders are doing the same with the board that paid the outrageous severance packages, they're selling in large numbers. Before long they'll resemble the board of AOL, able to make big decisions about a company that used to be relevant.
No, it just means that you're paying the real price for those middle class services that you receive from people whose jobs we don't deem to be valuable enough to pay a living wage.
Good luck with Verizon's new data limited contract pricing, I for one will be looking at smaller carriers with unlimited data plans when my contract ends. It's not that I use that much data, it's that I won't abide by paying more and getting less.
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Many of the "hippies" of the Occupy Wall Street movement got degrees in fields that typically pay well, from schools that are respected, in the hopes of getting jobs that paid well. It's a fact of economies that young workers take the brunt of high unemployment. When experienced employees become available, they are hired before inexperienced employees.
Android also preemptively copied iCould, with Google Docs and Google Music, and Amazon preemptively stole the idea of cloud storage, and the ability to cache your media locally.
A good part of it is because the West helped in the creation of the state of Israel, just 30 short years after the Palestinians won their right to statehood for their part in dismantling the Ottoman Empire. Add onto this the West's continued meddling in their governments' affairs, assassinating their democratically elected leaders and installing better puppets, and you have a pretty clear picture of what has caused the radicalization of Islamic beliefs.
If it worked the other way around, with Iran assassinating US presidents in order to install Iran friendly dictators; if Egypt annexed large swaths of the East Cost of the USA to give back to the Native Americans; if the Middle East had their unified Islamic Government the way the EU and US are unified, and then randomly put boots on the ground and military bases throughout America . . . then you might be a radicalized Christian (or whatever your faith is).
I think lessons from the USSR/Afghanistan war should have been evident before the US went into Iraq or Afghanistan. The best part of NATO helping out and not getting knee deep in this conflict is the fact that now the NTC can claim 4 things: They were self-inspired, they are self governed, they are making their country better, and victory. When NATO invades a country with boots on the ground, the people left in power can rarely claim any of these things.
Must be your circles are boring, because mine are getting pretty active. It's a different group of people than I know on Facebook, but I'm getting much more interesting content from it. There are practically no dinner plates and nothing about how many sheets of TP that were used that day. People also seem more open to discussion when they don't think the world is seeing and judging what they're saying. Fewer trolls, more well thought out, more like a 6 person conversation than an Internet forum.
Thank you for that enlightening post! I would also point to the fact that Americans have a lot more circus than just TV, though. Many in the middle class can afford nice cars, homes, running water, electricity, cable TV and Internet, smart phones that have higher monthly costs than water and phone combined, and we still manage to spend significant chunks of money on eating out and other entertainment. Sure, I make 1/1000th of what the CEO's that are getting the huge bonuses are getting, but on the other side the bread and circus is no meager crumb and elephant show.
The public is indeed protesting, and the right people to do so are the ones that are there. It's the people that are being denied this bread and circus. The kids that went to college and can't find jobs in 9.5% unemployment, and the people who let their industry pass them by without continuous re-education in their field. It's also the people that were just unlucky enough to work for CEO's that made bad decisions with golden parachutes. What everyone is ignoring is that the current slow down is entirely oil based. The price of oil and fuel went up, our leaders were saying that if it got too high we'd see a double-dip recession, and that's what we have. When gas costs more than $2.50/gallon the world suffers. People spent their bread and circus money getting to work, and now the baker and lion tamer don't get paid.
Someone quick . . . get a patent table salt . . .and method of neat suitcase packing.
Don't for get to patent the part about putting a storage device developed with this technology in a computer.
Okay, so imagine you're a car dealer... if you have a parking lot full of cars parked at haphazard angles, then you won't be able to fit as many in . . . but if they're all at 30 degrees from the customer service entrance, then you'll fit at least 3 times as many cars into the parking lot and you can use a pair of binoculars to do your inventory.
Did you read the part about it being a part of Google that was ALREADY OFF-SHORED that was the tax shelter? No one's going to move their entire operation away from the worlds largest economy. It's pretty simple: If you want to do business in our economy, you should have to pay the same taxes that all other businesses in our economy pay.
As far as I can tell, they're talking about Euros, which I'm not certain you're aware, would likely have been collected by Google's European operation. I am not an International Tax Accountant, but as a lay person I would say that currency collected in Euros would likely fall under EU or member nation tax policies.
My agnosticism is thus proved! The real Jesus Christ is an Anonymous Coward.
People sue the government all the time:
Google Sued the US Government
ACLU Sues the NSA for domestic spying
Suits against the Federal Government are handled in The US Court of Federal Claims
The Kraken has resurfaced from the depths of the abyss, where it's boneless body is impervious to the immense pressure of the deep, only to devour a cruise ship . . . JUST FOR THE BEER!
Especially when you compare their standard of living, health care system, and strength of currency. How horrible it must be to live in Britain. They certainly didn't innovate at all after WWII.
These are the folks who brought you a music player without volume controls. Why would you be surprised by a camera without a shutter button?
It's actually the fact that they removed the volume button on a previous device that makes it ironic that they find a second use for it now.
Wait, this is /. Do you mean to tell me someone actually read the article and they didn't even apologize for it?
The USPTO believes in letting people fight it out in court when it comes to ambiguous software patents.
Have you ever met any Theater Professors? I'm not certain, but I believe that they are usually known for their Drama!
Actually, basic channels for non-HD TV are no longer available over the air. One can get HD channels for free over the air, but it requires an HD TV and an antenna. So, now the poor are required to either purchase a better TV or a set top box to view basic programming. Satellite or cable costs under $100/mo, typically. If one had a pre-existing condition, prior to "Obamacare" one wouldn't be able to get insurance.
In my area, even fairly basic health insurance plans start at about $550/mo for a family of 4 with no pre-existing conditions. That's about 25% of the gross income of a couple making minimum wage (we're talking about poor people, right?). With the current economic situation, I wouldn't be surprised if a significant percentage of the population was making minimum wage. In 2014 health insurance companies will have to take even adults with pre-existing conditions, and they'll also have to charge people the same rate, without taking into account their current or past health. "Obamacare" isn't just requiring people to buy health insurance, it's also requiring health insurance companies to accept customers that they'd rather not insure. I'd prefer to have a "Government Option" and I'd be quite likely to buy into it. I believe that it would help keep the insurance companies honest. If private industry is so much more efficient, then it should have no trouble out competing the government option.
Does Google Shopping not display results from multiple sources as well? This search for "White Album" by The Beatles turns up a number of different media from a wide variety of sources. Google Product Search started as "Froogle" back in 2002. Anyone with any kind of web tv could have used it "on a television".
Here on the East Coast we have WAY too many ugly, tree covered mountains that are practically completely filled with this valuable inexpensive resource.
The shareholders are doing the same with the board that paid the outrageous severance packages, they're selling in large numbers. Before long they'll resemble the board of AOL, able to make big decisions about a company that used to be relevant.
No, it just means that you're paying the real price for those middle class services that you receive from people whose jobs we don't deem to be valuable enough to pay a living wage.
By that time NBC/Universal will look like TimeWarner once AOL was done with it. It won't be worth much either.
Good luck with Verizon's new data limited contract pricing, I for one will be looking at smaller carriers with unlimited data plans when my contract ends. It's not that I use that much data, it's that I won't abide by paying more and getting less.
Then you'd be the victim of the mistake.