That's only true if you want a job in the federal government, which granted are the overwhelming majority of real jobs in Ottawa.
Even in malls, restaurants, and other service jobs, which are usually representative of the customer preferences, you really don't need any French to be hired.
Also I'm pretty sure they'd have to reopen the constitution to change the legal status of languages in a province. Needless to say nobody wants that.
Isn't Deezer legal or what? Same concept, totally free, plenty of songs available, playlist function and everything you'd expect from an online music service.
Dude, diversity of ideas is not the problem, it's the basic principle behind seasteading. If you really don't like how religion (or whatever) is handled where you currently live, just move a couple kilometers to a more reasonable "nation" or build your own.
1) No natural resources. Or in other words, there's nothing there that anyone wants. You might be able to grow your own food and harvest the necessities from the sea, but you can basically forget about having any exports. This would be a deficit economy just about any way you shake it.
The biggest resource would be the people living there, just like the biggest resource in the US today is Americans (immigrants included, of course). The economy is just not about exporting natural resources anymore.
That's a pretty bad analysis. They're really comparing apples with oranges.
I'm sure the cost of sending a text message is much lower that a nickel, which is its selling price. In fact the incremental cost of one text message is probably non-significant.
But they are not comparing this cost to the cost of Hubble data transmission, they are using the price instead.
Now I'm sure if there was a market for the Hubble data (is there?) they would sell for more than its cost, as is the case with any other good out there.
As long as Microsoft isn't doing something shady to keep Linux out of the Enterprise, they can do whatever they want. Star Trek: Enterprise has been cancelled dude.
We need alternative business models to increase the value of the blogsphere. Anyone got ideas? You may not realize it but you're contributing to one of these alternative models right here!
Rational free market advocates have no problem with socialists* doing their own thing as long as it's voluntary and it's not imposed on those who choose to live differently.
You could opt out by, say, pooling with like-minded individuals to buy a tract of land and then refusing to purchase Bell services. No harm done.
*no offense here; I just take it to mean people who desire communal management of resources
Bell was able to build out their network thanks to their monopoly position for many decades. The network infrastructure, since it was paid for by the excess levies and guaranteed returns allowed under that monopoly, should be nationalized. Two wrongs don't make a right. Imagine where wireless technology would be today if Bell hadn't been regulated all those years!
The scary thing is, there are people who actually believe that crap, and want to force those beliefs on us rather than just opting out of the system and making one of their own. Ooh, I didn't know I could opt out of the current government system! Would you be kind enough to tell me how I can do that?
Yes, and iron is a big factor in this process apparently. When oxygen-filled blood finally reaches the damaged tissues, the liberated iron acts as a super free-radical and wreaks havoc.
Actually, virtually only the brain requires glucose to function, about 150 grams per day. The heart and other organs requires none. If dietary glucose is low enough, organs other than the brain can switch to fat and/or ketones for energy requirement.
So in theory, if all the glucose you ingest/produce is used by your brain, there is none left to nourish tumors.
There is just no risk for the regular brick and mortar shop to sell you something, unless you really look suspicious.
A better analogy would be any company who sells on credit, such as a cell phone carrier. Just like the cell phone company assumes the risk of your not paying your monthly plan, an ebay seller assumes the risks of your canceling your payment or never paying at all, or giving the seller a host of other troubles mentioned by previous posters.
The cell phone company uses credit checks to lower their risk, the ebay seller uses the feedback function. Pretty standard business practice. I'm even surprised sellers don't have more options to inquire about buyers.
I've never succeeded in actually breaking one. Granted after 15 years some buttons are less responsive, but countless drops, beatings, button smashing, etc. haven't gotten through them.
The IRS raises much of the money the Federal government uses to fund the military, subsidize farmers, scientific research, college education (in the form of grants to Universities and subsidized student loans), etc. So how do you go about solving all of the problems such a drastic measure would cause? Force the thousands of college graduates to double or triple the amount they have to spend on their monthly studen loan bill? Force thousands of others to not even go to college because they would not be able to secure loans without the federal Stafford program? Force millions of people to not have access to medical treatment or medication any longer? Leave thousands of troops and billions of dollars of equipment overseas because there would no longer be enough money to bring them home?
How hard is it to download Opera or FF? It takes 5 minutes. Anyone who feels a need to receive more from their browser can get either at virtually no personal cost. Those who continue using IE either don't care or simply don't want to change the browser they've used for years. Forcing IE out of Windows would actually hurt or at least seriously annoy these people.
The bundling angle is really not a valid complaint from competitor browsers anymore.
Linux is more linux-like than Microsoft could ever be... There's a reason Microsoft is the dominant OS : that's what customers want.
Is Microsoft superior to Linux? Nope. Is Microsoft answering the basic needs of millions of customers better than Linux? Obviously.
Has anyone bothered asking customers whether they want IE bundled with Windows? I'm sure not because it's so painfully obvious they do. Alternatives do exist out there, but customers are massively choosing Windows and IE. Respect this.
The tab is a good idea if transaction fees are extremely high compared to the value of the transaction itself. Extending credit on a $0.15 transaction makes sense if you end up saving $0.50 in fees.
The problem begins when credit is extended on larger sums. Then the cost of granting credit gets prohibitively large (e.g. 20% annual rate on 100$) compared to the savings in transaction fees.
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Yeah, as a matter of policy. They could change this tomorrow if they wanted to though. Their official language remains English solely.
That's only true if you want a job in the federal government, which granted are the overwhelming majority of real jobs in Ottawa.
Even in malls, restaurants, and other service jobs, which are usually representative of the customer preferences, you really don't need any French to be hired.
Also I'm pretty sure they'd have to reopen the constitution to change the legal status of languages in a province. Needless to say nobody wants that.
What the hell are you talking about? Only New Brunswick is legally bilingual, all other provinces are English only except Québec which is French only.
See for example the Alberta provincial government website. See any French option?Isn't Deezer legal or what? Same concept, totally free, plenty of songs available, playlist function and everything you'd expect from an online music service.
What is it that I don't get?
Most nerdz actually enjoy spending time tweaking their computers. How do you value this?
Dude, diversity of ideas is not the problem, it's the basic principle behind seasteading. If you really don't like how religion (or whatever) is handled where you currently live, just move a couple kilometers to a more reasonable "nation" or build your own.
The biggest resource would be the people living there, just like the biggest resource in the US today is Americans (immigrants included, of course). The economy is just not about exporting natural resources anymore.
That's a pretty bad analysis. They're really comparing apples with oranges. I'm sure the cost of sending a text message is much lower that a nickel, which is its selling price. In fact the incremental cost of one text message is probably non-significant.
But they are not comparing this cost to the cost of Hubble data transmission, they are using the price instead. Now I'm sure if there was a market for the Hubble data (is there?) they would sell for more than its cost, as is the case with any other good out there.
here's the simulation argument paper : http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html
Unfortunately the links in the nano-pinball story are all dead.
Rational free market advocates have no problem with socialists* doing their own thing as long as it's voluntary and it's not imposed on those who choose to live differently.
You could opt out by, say, pooling with like-minded individuals to buy a tract of land and then refusing to purchase Bell services. No harm done.
*no offense here; I just take it to mean people who desire communal management of resources
Yes, and iron is a big factor in this process apparently. When oxygen-filled blood finally reaches the damaged tissues, the liberated iron acts as a super free-radical and wreaks havoc.
I think the article you're referring to is http://www.newsweek.com/id/35045
Or use Opera which blocks these by itself...
Actually, virtually only the brain requires glucose to function, about 150 grams per day. The heart and other organs requires none. If dietary glucose is low enough, organs other than the brain can switch to fat and/or ketones for energy requirement.
So in theory, if all the glucose you ingest/produce is used by your brain, there is none left to nourish tumors.
Are you saying you and people in general are more demanding of "free" stuff than stuff you actually pay for out of pocket?
There is just no risk for the regular brick and mortar shop to sell you something, unless you really look suspicious.
A better analogy would be any company who sells on credit, such as a cell phone carrier. Just like the cell phone company assumes the risk of your not paying your monthly plan, an ebay seller assumes the risks of your canceling your payment or never paying at all, or giving the seller a host of other troubles mentioned by previous posters.
The cell phone company uses credit checks to lower their risk, the ebay seller uses the feedback function. Pretty standard business practice. I'm even surprised sellers don't have more options to inquire about buyers.
I've never succeeded in actually breaking one. Granted after 15 years some buttons are less responsive, but countless drops, beatings, button smashing, etc. haven't gotten through them.
The IRS raises much of the money the Federal government uses to fund the military, subsidize farmers, scientific research, college education (in the form of grants to Universities and subsidized student loans), etc. So how do you go about solving all of the problems such a drastic measure would cause? Force the thousands of college graduates to double or triple the amount they have to spend on their monthly studen loan bill? Force thousands of others to not even go to college because they would not be able to secure loans without the federal Stafford program? Force millions of people to not have access to medical treatment or medication any longer? Leave thousands of troops and billions of dollars of equipment overseas because there would no longer be enough money to bring them home?
Yes, please. You have my vote!
How hard is it to download Opera or FF? It takes 5 minutes. Anyone who feels a need to receive more from their browser can get either at virtually no personal cost. Those who continue using IE either don't care or simply don't want to change the browser they've used for years. Forcing IE out of Windows would actually hurt or at least seriously annoy these people.
The bundling angle is really not a valid complaint from competitor browsers anymore.
Linux is more linux-like than Microsoft could ever be... There's a reason Microsoft is the dominant OS : that's what customers want.
Is Microsoft superior to Linux? Nope. Is Microsoft answering the basic needs of millions of customers better than Linux? Obviously.
Has anyone bothered asking customers whether they want IE bundled with Windows? I'm sure not because it's so painfully obvious they do. Alternatives do exist out there, but customers are massively choosing Windows and IE. Respect this.
The tab is a good idea if transaction fees are extremely high compared to the value of the transaction itself. Extending credit on a $0.15 transaction makes sense if you end up saving $0.50 in fees.
The problem begins when credit is extended on larger sums. Then the cost of granting credit gets prohibitively large (e.g. 20% annual rate on 100$) compared to the savings in transaction fees.