We're doomed to a race to the bottom because no amount of government regulation is going to stop corporations from doing everything they can to minimize costs, which incidentally implies paying their workers as little as possible.
One may as well try to hold back water with a sieve.
While sunk costs are often fallacious to consider by themselves, they often do serve as a good heuristic to predicting future costs.
And sometimes, taking into account sunk costs is the only way to realize it will never fly, much like looking back on all you're losses may be the only way you'll ever realize that you've been had by a 419 scammer.
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Not to mention all the employees who are probably going to get laid off as a result when the jailed corporation isn't allowed to settle the payroll.
Um, that "large group of people" happens to be the shareholders, who are rightly excluded from being held liable.
Minimum wage jobs don't stop people from outsourcing to india and china.
Did you shit out an obama?
We're doomed to a race to the bottom because no amount of government regulation is going to stop corporations from doing everything they can to minimize costs, which incidentally implies paying their workers as little as possible.
One may as well try to hold back water with a sieve.
While sunk costs are often fallacious to consider by themselves, they often do serve as a good heuristic to predicting future costs.
And sometimes, taking into account sunk costs is the only way to realize it will never fly, much like looking back on all you're losses may be the only way you'll ever realize that you've been had by a 419 scammer.
Calling it terrorism makes a hell of a lot more sense than a lot of half assed accusations they usually make these days.
Ethics and legality are merely two overlapping circles on the venn diagram of what you can get away with.
It would have helped if our 20-20 hindsight applied before the fact.
Saying "quit your bitching you had alternatives" does nothing to help you when you're deceived.
Prior art up the wazoo means they are still a patent troll.
According to the FDA, soybeans are just as good for protein as steak and eggs.
Why are hanging chads even an issue?
THe fact that the chad is even so fara s hanging is proof that the voter intended to vote that way.
Sure, a constitutional amendment that requires a 2/3 vote by the SAME FUCKERS that are reaping the gains from the corrupt status quo?
Be rich enough to survive a lawsuit long enough to prevail in court.
Like GP said.
If you think Verisign is going to give up that lucrative business, you are crazy.
No but that makes you look like a goof-off.
Gay may be something else, but it's thanks to propaganda that hacker and furry are both a Bad Thing (tm)
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I'm sorry, but the correct term is "median"
Geek card please!
It's more like you admitting you're a furry on the Something Awful site.
The proper definition of a hacker, a person who does interesting things with computers, is completely harmless.
Yet it too has been poisoned by negative connotations by propaganda to the point that only a fool makes it public knowledge.
Except with DRM the nail file being used on the CD is in the hands of a company who has a vested interest in selling it to you again.
That's GGP.
Geek card please.
Well, maybe it's a good thing that the *ex*-RIAA lawyers aren't on the private sector payroll anymore.
Great, the one loophole they're looking for to screw him to the wall.
They'll nail him for giving the password to the mayor!
Boss: Come on now, have a drink
Guard: *drinks*
Boss: You're fired for drinking on the job.
...is if Skype was put up on an eBay auction :)
Throw killer robots into the mix and you've got a plan...