Amen. Lower taxes often means lower services. I bet Nigeria has fairly low taxes, but I also bet most US companies wouldn't want to move there. Tax brackets are not the only factor affecting business profits, lets not forget that.
Actually, it was a reference to the show "Person of Interest," which is about a state with constant surveillance and a "machine" [predictive algorithm] which can predict human plots based on perfect intelligence. The machine is secret and only a select few know what all the cameras in New York (and around the world) are actually being used for.
This is not cheating, anymore than it is cheating to use your book during an openbook test.
I had a online formal logic course, and on the same website as the course material was a program that would spit out solutions to problems. Is it cheating? Why did they put a calculator on my desk if they don't want me to use it?
Similarly, there was an online course where we were given all of the available material in websites. The test was short in terms of time, and it was cram format, and so scanning through each page manually would be infeasible and the idea was that you would study lots and memorize random factoids. Instead, I made a custom google search that would such the subset of websites the test was based upon.
In school, they call you a cheater. In business, they call you resourceful. If it is cheating, then who is more guilty? I vote the lazy person designing the test.
But laws aren't "supposed" to be for protecting companies. Laws are supposed to serve the people. And that's just the point isn't it. Copyright doesn't serve the people.
Even copyright is supposed to be about promoting progress, hence serving the people...seen as it doesn't really do that, not to mention nobody respects it, it's time to scrap it. That you think it's about protecting profits is telling.
I think a more formal reputation system to use Kickstarter will become necessary (think Ebay).
Similar problems happen with any online transaction. There needs to be some way to ascertain the likelihood that you will get screwed.
Kickstarter should require verified identification for project starters, and there should be a reputation system, where people get to look at the "feedback" of previous projects (i.e. did the project live up to expectations?)
They should have to use a proportional amount of infrastructure in the country where they claim they make their money. Particularly for multinationals, taxes should have less to do with how much they make and more to do on how much of the infrastructure they use in a country.
Actually, why not just eliminate corporate tax altogether, and just charge them to use any local infrastructure. Want employees? Back pay their education and health care. Want to move goods? You pay for the roadways you use. etc.
I would argue that corruption is prevalent in business but that we just don't call it corruption. When a business does something morally despicable for money, they are serving their shareholders.
Buy some legislation? Just serving their profit motive, it's the politicians that are corrupt, amirite?
I don't understand how banks can pass off bank robberies onto customers. Some guy walks in, claims to be me, they believe him and give him all my money and this is my fault??
If you're so scared of terrorists, never leave your house. There is no right to feel safe at the expense of everyone's freedom and privacy. Not only that, but increased cockpit security and civilian awareness of the consequences of plane hijackings is more than enough.
This is so right on point it bears repeating.
So many TSA supporters say, "If you don't like having your rights violated, then don't fly. Travel is not a right." I think a decent response is, as you said, "If you are so terrified of being killed in a terrorist attack, then don't fly. Travel is not a right."
First of all, it might be useful to make the fiber optic cable much longer, to increase the delay. Or would that reduce the number of photons that make it to victor?
Also, if what you suggest is plausible, I wonder how you could calibrate it to know when the future incident occurs. Would there be a difference to an event 2 minutes in the future vs 10 years? I mean, eventually there will be an earthquake. Anyone could tell you that without this device.
Perhaps if you just make the cable really long (wrap it around the earth a few times). Then there is only one "step" and you know how long it takes. Alternatively, is it possible to "store" the photons and intentionally introduce a precisely known time-delay between the photons arriving at victor and victor making a decision?
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Amen. Lower taxes often means lower services. I bet Nigeria has fairly low taxes, but I also bet most US companies wouldn't want to move there. Tax brackets are not the only factor affecting business profits, lets not forget that.
Actually, it was a reference to the show "Person of Interest," which is about a state with constant surveillance and a "machine" [predictive algorithm] which can predict human plots based on perfect intelligence. The machine is secret and only a select few know what all the cameras in New York (and around the world) are actually being used for.
100% Agree.
This is not cheating, anymore than it is cheating to use your book during an openbook test.
I had a online formal logic course, and on the same website as the course material was a program that would spit out solutions to problems. Is it cheating? Why did they put a calculator on my desk if they don't want me to use it?
Similarly, there was an online course where we were given all of the available material in websites. The test was short in terms of time, and it was cram format, and so scanning through each page manually would be infeasible and the idea was that you would study lots and memorize random factoids. Instead, I made a custom google search that would such the subset of websites the test was based upon.
In school, they call you a cheater. In business, they call you resourceful. If it is cheating, then who is more guilty? I vote the lazy person designing the test.
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How can you say there is a problem with the law.
Because law is supposed to codify social norms and societal concepts of morality, not the other way around.
But laws aren't "supposed" to be for protecting companies. Laws are supposed to serve the people. And that's just the point isn't it. Copyright doesn't serve the people.
Even copyright is supposed to be about promoting progress, hence serving the people...seen as it doesn't really do that, not to mention nobody respects it, it's time to scrap it. That you think it's about protecting profits is telling.
Isn't that right. If the majority of the population breaks the law, there is a problem with the law.
But can it forge me some armor made of dragon bones? That's what I want to know.
I would level up so fast on that thing.
reader concertina226 asks "Errr... just because he didn't download the pictures, how does this make it okay? He's still accessing child porn! "
*someone sends concertina226 child porn via email, anonymously tips police.*
Prison term + sex offendor registry = fair outcome, amirite?
I think a more formal reputation system to use Kickstarter will become necessary (think Ebay).
Similar problems happen with any online transaction. There needs to be some way to ascertain the likelihood that you will get screwed.
Kickstarter should require verified identification for project starters, and there should be a reputation system, where people get to look at the "feedback" of previous projects (i.e. did the project live up to expectations?)
I was thinking war in Iraq. But sure. Just the Russians.
They should have to use a proportional amount of infrastructure in the country where they claim they make their money. Particularly for multinationals, taxes should have less to do with how much they make and more to do on how much of the infrastructure they use in a country.
Actually, why not just eliminate corporate tax altogether, and just charge them to use any local infrastructure. Want employees? Back pay their education and health care. Want to move goods? You pay for the roadways you use. etc.
You pay where you want to do business.
But even then, how is $74,000 tax on $200 million justifiable. Even after all the funneling.
No kidding.
"Pre-emtive strike? That's unheard of!!! Who does that?!?"
May Fools on you!!!
Why wait a whole year? Gags now on the first of every month!
The US isn't as friendly as you seem to think.
http://killinghope.org/images/interventions_map.png
And that's only addressing military meddling.
But you make my point. It's corruption in government not corruption in business? It's not corruption in business because we expect as much.
Also it's not called bribery. It's called lobbying. Not illegal.
I would argue that corruption is prevalent in business but that we just don't call it corruption. When a business does something morally despicable for money, they are serving their shareholders.
Buy some legislation? Just serving their profit motive, it's the politicians that are corrupt, amirite?
I don't understand how banks can pass off bank robberies onto customers. Some guy walks in, claims to be me, they believe him and give him all my money and this is my fault??
If you're so scared of terrorists, never leave your house. There is no right to feel safe at the expense of everyone's freedom and privacy. Not only that, but increased cockpit security and civilian awareness of the consequences of plane hijackings is more than enough.
This is so right on point it bears repeating.
So many TSA supporters say, "If you don't like having your rights violated, then don't fly. Travel is not a right." I think a decent response is, as you said, "If you are so terrified of being killed in a terrorist attack, then don't fly. Travel is not a right."
I live in Canada and part of me wants to emigrate just because I live so close to America.
Afterall, I can't exactly fly anywhere without having to put up with the TSA.
So true. I've always said that, strategically, the TSA's biggest political mistake was treating the white people as badly as everyone else.
So much win.
But why pay money for training and better employee screening when you could be spending that money on shiny new toys?????
First of all, it might be useful to make the fiber optic cable much longer, to increase the delay. Or would that reduce the number of photons that make it to victor?
Also, if what you suggest is plausible, I wonder how you could calibrate it to know when the future incident occurs. Would there be a difference to an event 2 minutes in the future vs 10 years? I mean, eventually there will be an earthquake. Anyone could tell you that without this device.
Perhaps if you just make the cable really long (wrap it around the earth a few times). Then there is only one "step" and you know how long it takes. Alternatively, is it possible to "store" the photons and intentionally introduce a precisely known time-delay between the photons arriving at victor and victor making a decision?
This also reminds me of the Global Consciousness Project and the reported implication that random number generators became less random hours/day preceding 9-11.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Consciousness_Project