Actually thats inaccurate, the 0.0115% referred to human electricity usage as a percentage of the energy from the sun entering the atmosphere at any point in time, not the amount IN it, which would be larger again.
Well actually heat IS the reason for wind. Winds
are convection currents.
And as for taking too much, that is simply ridiculous. If you are less lazy than me, you could find 1) the mass of the earths atmosphere 2) the average windspeeds on earth and from that calculate the rough amount of global atmospheric kinetic energy. I am certain, without bothering to do the maths myself, that human electricity use will be a miniscule fraction of that amount of energy.
it's only because of.... artificially protected regions that such *extreme* price differences are maintained.
Indeed. A more accurate way of accounting for such extreme price differences is to say that we allow free movement of trade goods and capital, but we do not allow free movement of the global workforce.
The USA was protectionist from its founding in the late 18th century all the way through the end of World War II. Then we got stupid.
I'd like to point out that until WWII and the devastation of the global economy apart from the US, your protectionism wasn't making you rich. The reason for America's current wealth was the dropping of that protectionism when you had a clear economic advantage over the rest of the world, most of which was quite literally in ruins.
Indeed, the pound coin has not recently been around for very long, as monetary denominations of any worth were printed on paper, so for a few decades there were pound notes that replaced the old coinage. These have been done away with as a pound is now small change. But go back a bit, and there were coins of various types that were worth a pound or thereabouts, such as the sovereign, worth 1 pound and issued 1489, or the guinea, issued 1663, originally worth 1 pound but fluctuating with gold prices.
Also, keep in mind that we don't use straight-up democracy... It's a mixture of many different disciplines. Taxes, health care, and education are socialist ideals.
There is nothing undemocratic about socialism. Democracy is a way of deciding how things get done. Socialism is a way things get done.
Blackadder: There was one thing ma'am, a fine WINE from the far east. A most delicious beverage.
Queenie: Have a taste, boys; tell us what you think.
Sir Walter: It certainly has plenty of nose.
Melchett: Oh yes, this is very familiar.
Blackadder: You'll be delighted to hear there's an inexhaustible supply of the stuff.
It's quite simple. The guy with more money bleeds the other until they're bankrupt, then hikes prices.
Put in very simplistic terms, imagine this:
I challenge you to compete with me in a survival contest. You get left in a hermetically sealed cave with 2 weeks worth of water, food and air. I get in a hermetically sealed cave with 5 years worth of water, food and air. The folk on the outside who get to decide the winner will open up the doors after 6 months.
Good thing is, whichever of us wins gets a cushy job for life afterwards. Want to play that game?
I think you'll find we do produce our own processors... made by Intel and AMD. If they want to leave the market, someone else will make them. It's not like we'd be lost without american companies, we happen to have a more highly educated populace over here than you have in the states. But we DO care about laws, seemingly more than you American folk, and Intel and AMD have lots of law behind them for the making of chips. Plus the initial investment is a bit of a bummer. But please shut the fuck up on your rant about europe fining american companies. It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with america. It is all about companies trading within the european union, breaking european union laws. They break the same laws in america and get away with it. Big deal. This ain't america. They break our laws and make huge profits from european consumers as a result of their illicit activities, they get fined. Why are you annoyed by this?
Your ill conceived arguments have already been dealt with by others in this thread. The only extortion here was by Intel, and that is why they are being fined.
Rubbish. I know for a fact that in Ireland, the end price of Microsoft products was at one point about 50% more than in the US. Taxes cannot in any way account for that.
As much as I like to see anti-competitive practices punished, I'd rather the US regulators would do their job on occasion, not just the EU.
Hear hear. I'm sick of seeing EU bashing on/. in cases where AMERICAN companies complain about unfair practices by other AMERICAN companies. If the American authorities did their job, the EU wouldn't have to take these expensive legal cases, and american consumers would enjoy the same benefits.
He's not trolling. First, the math doesn't add up and they are lying about the percentage from enforcement revenue. Just add MS's and Intels (possible) fines together. Add in all the other companies they go after and it comes up to wayt more than 1.3B Euro. Second, 1% isn't an insignificant amount.
MS's and Intels fines, when considered over the time period of the cases (Usually about 6-10 years) are well below 1.3B per year. So they are not lying about percentages. And 1% is insignificant. Not an insignificant amount of hard cash, but an insignificant percentage-wise source of revenue. Its not a cash cow, the legal cases probably cost a fuckload too.
The prosecutors involved in this malicious, illegal prosecution "just so happen" to be lifelong Democrats. The "Bush DOJ" had nothing to do with it.
Really who gives a shit. Do you still think there's a discernible difference between either party when it gets to a federal governance level? I'm tired of all the Democrat vs. Republican bullshit I see every day on/. They are all career politicians who have sold their souls to the highest corporate bidder. America is fucked until it develops a true multi-party democracy where people have to actually THINK about the policies they are voting for, not the party they vote for cause their dad and granddad did too. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, we are fucked until it happens too, given America's current place in the global order.
Stevens is way too wealthy and politically connected to be punished for any crime.
Indeed
Some of the factors claimed to play into his decision were the facts that Stevens is 85 (unlikely to be able to serve much jail time), no longer a sitting Senator, and that any movement forward on this case would be tainted.
Standard plea. Works well in most cases, whether white collar millions embezzling shithead, paedophile danger to any child within 50 miles, etc. etc.
As for whether or not he's innocent or not is irrelevant at this point.
Bullshit. that is the single most important thing.
He never got a fair trial. And without a fair trial, the justice system cannot prove something one way or another. He'll probably be remembered by the public as a guilty bastard, and never manage anything else for the remainder of his life. He's permanently retired now, which is the worst part that would have come from the conviction. Not the fine or the trip to Club Fed.
He's gonna be remembered as someone who didn't get a fair trial, and was therefore let off, despite being a corrupt SOB, and let live out his remaining years sitting on the large pile of cash he has accumulated over the years.
He's a politician, for Christs sake. Duly elected by GOD, with incidental help from voters. You think you have a right to ask him about his business dealings? Who the hell exactly do you think you are?
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If the Atlantic Conveyor fails, instant ice age in europe. Compare the latitude of the major european cities with the same latitudes in the US.
Hey stop comparing us europeans with alaskans.
Should this teacher not be sued for identity theft?
Actually thats inaccurate, the 0.0115% referred to human electricity usage as a percentage of the energy from the sun entering the atmosphere at any point in time, not the amount IN it, which would be larger again.
I did say I was lazy didn't I? thankfully someone else calculated something similar already further down. It was about 0.0115%.
Well actually heat IS the reason for wind. Winds are convection currents. And as for taking too much, that is simply ridiculous. If you are less lazy than me, you could find 1) the mass of the earths atmosphere 2) the average windspeeds on earth and from that calculate the rough amount of global atmospheric kinetic energy. I am certain, without bothering to do the maths myself, that human electricity use will be a miniscule fraction of that amount of energy.
it's only because of .... artificially protected regions that such *extreme* price differences are maintained.
Indeed. A more accurate way of accounting for such extreme price differences is to say that we allow free movement of trade goods and capital, but we do not allow free movement of the global workforce.
The USA was protectionist from its founding in the late 18th century all the way through the end of World War II. Then we got stupid.
I'd like to point out that until WWII and the devastation of the global economy apart from the US, your protectionism wasn't making you rich. The reason for America's current wealth was the dropping of that protectionism when you had a clear economic advantage over the rest of the world, most of which was quite literally in ruins.
You drive to work at an average speed of 72mph? Or do you just walk really slowly?
Indeed, the pound coin has not recently been around for very long, as monetary denominations of any worth were printed on paper, so for a few decades there were pound notes that replaced the old coinage. These have been done away with as a pound is now small change. But go back a bit, and there were coins of various types that were worth a pound or thereabouts, such as the sovereign, worth 1 pound and issued 1489, or the guinea, issued 1663, originally worth 1 pound but fluctuating with gold prices.
You owe me a new keyboard :(
Maybe because European voters don't trust a pan-european political party funded by the US military?
Glad to see I'm not the only one who was bothered by it.
Also, keep in mind that we don't use straight-up democracy... It's a mixture of many different disciplines. Taxes, health care, and education are socialist ideals.
There is nothing undemocratic about socialism. Democracy is a way of deciding how things get done. Socialism is a way things get done.
Blackadder: There was one thing ma'am, a fine WINE from the far east. A most delicious beverage.
Queenie: Have a taste, boys; tell us what you think.
Sir Walter: It certainly has plenty of nose.
Melchett: Oh yes, this is very familiar.
Blackadder: You'll be delighted to hear there's an inexhaustible supply of the stuff.
It's quite simple. The guy with more money bleeds the other until they're bankrupt, then hikes prices. Put in very simplistic terms, imagine this: I challenge you to compete with me in a survival contest. You get left in a hermetically sealed cave with 2 weeks worth of water, food and air. I get in a hermetically sealed cave with 5 years worth of water, food and air. The folk on the outside who get to decide the winner will open up the doors after 6 months. Good thing is, whichever of us wins gets a cushy job for life afterwards. Want to play that game?
I think you'll find we do produce our own processors... made by Intel and AMD. If they want to leave the market, someone else will make them. It's not like we'd be lost without american companies, we happen to have a more highly educated populace over here than you have in the states. But we DO care about laws, seemingly more than you American folk, and Intel and AMD have lots of law behind them for the making of chips. Plus the initial investment is a bit of a bummer. But please shut the fuck up on your rant about europe fining american companies. It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with america. It is all about companies trading within the european union, breaking european union laws. They break the same laws in america and get away with it. Big deal. This ain't america. They break our laws and make huge profits from european consumers as a result of their illicit activities, they get fined. Why are you annoyed by this?
Your ill conceived arguments have already been dealt with by others in this thread. The only extortion here was by Intel, and that is why they are being fined.
Rubbish. I know for a fact that in Ireland, the end price of Microsoft products was at one point about 50% more than in the US. Taxes cannot in any way account for that.
As much as I like to see anti-competitive practices punished, I'd rather the US regulators would do their job on occasion, not just the EU.
Hear hear. I'm sick of seeing EU bashing on /. in cases where AMERICAN companies complain about unfair practices by other AMERICAN companies. If the American authorities did their job, the EU wouldn't have to take these expensive legal cases, and american consumers would enjoy the same benefits.
Abuse of monopoly in a market of 500 million people. So they got fined 2 euro per person they ripped off. We're talking small change.
He's not trolling. First, the math doesn't add up and they are lying about the percentage from enforcement revenue. Just add MS's and Intels (possible) fines together. Add in all the other companies they go after and it comes up to wayt more than 1.3B Euro. Second, 1% isn't an insignificant amount.
MS's and Intels fines, when considered over the time period of the cases (Usually about 6-10 years) are well below 1.3B per year. So they are not lying about percentages. And 1% is insignificant. Not an insignificant amount of hard cash, but an insignificant percentage-wise source of revenue. Its not a cash cow, the legal cases probably cost a fuckload too.
Utter rubbish. The US would not try to start a serious trade war with the EU. And traffic can easily be re-routed.
The prosecutors involved in this malicious, illegal prosecution "just so happen" to be lifelong Democrats. The "Bush DOJ" had nothing to do with it.
Really who gives a shit. Do you still think there's a discernible difference between either party when it gets to a federal governance level? I'm tired of all the Democrat vs. Republican bullshit I see every day on /. They are all career politicians who have sold their souls to the highest corporate bidder. America is fucked until it develops a true multi-party democracy where people have to actually THINK about the policies they are voting for, not the party they vote for cause their dad and granddad did too. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, we are fucked until it happens too, given America's current place in the global order.
Stevens is way too wealthy and politically connected to be punished for any crime.
Indeed
Some of the factors claimed to play into his decision were the facts that Stevens is 85 (unlikely to be able to serve much jail time), no longer a sitting Senator, and that any movement forward on this case would be tainted.
Standard plea. Works well in most cases, whether white collar millions embezzling shithead, paedophile danger to any child within 50 miles, etc. etc.
As for whether or not he's innocent or not is irrelevant at this point.
Bullshit. that is the single most important thing.
He never got a fair trial. And without a fair trial, the justice system cannot prove something one way or another. He'll probably be remembered by the public as a guilty bastard, and never manage anything else for the remainder of his life. He's permanently retired now, which is the worst part that would have come from the conviction. Not the fine or the trip to Club Fed.
He's gonna be remembered as someone who didn't get a fair trial, and was therefore let off, despite being a corrupt SOB, and let live out his remaining years sitting on the large pile of cash he has accumulated over the years.
He's a politician, for Christs sake. Duly elected by GOD, with incidental help from voters. You think you have a right to ask him about his business dealings? Who the hell exactly do you think you are?