ROFL...wow, you're completely fucking clueless. Yes, Ford would have survived but the others would have ceased to exist. There was NO FUCKING CREDIT. PERIOD. The only one who could have funded them was the government. Also Aptera and Tesla couldn't get any fucking credit to buy those operations even if they wanted them. Apparently your head was in the sand the whole fucking time because the news made almost daily reports about the credit crunch.
The reason for the bank failures was deregulation. We ditched Glass-Stegall and to add insult to injury, we let the banks institute bullshit insurance in the form of CDSs. Prior to that we had a very stable banking system (albeit with much more modest profits). And seriously, go fuck yourself. It's easy to sit in your air conditioned house and talk shit about how we should have allowed a depression but when your ass is homeless and your begging for food, you would have a very quick attitude change. Pure capitalism begets massive economic swings. It's very Darwinian but history has shown that people don't like that. They prefer less crazy growth in exchange for greater stability.
If you want to prevent this shit from happening again, fully reinstate Glass-Stegall and outlaw CDSs. Problem solved.
Your problem is you believe in ideology rather than pragmatism. Ideology is great when you're in college but at some point you have to grow the fuck up. This whole country has become utterly obsessed with ideology over the last couple of decades to the point that reason no longer applies.
What does debt have to do with capitalism? There is nothing about debt that precludes capitalism.
Had we let the auto companies fail, what would have been created in its place? Nothing. The expense of setting up a new car company is unbelievably expensive. All we would have gained by letting them fail was the loss of over one million jobs and the death of the American auto industry. I fail to see how that helps capitalism.
You make a point of singling out unions but fail to mention all the banks that were too big to fail and have no unions. Should we have let them fail? By your logic, we should have. But by all accounts we would have entered a full blown depression (ala 1939). Keep in mind we were losing over 700,000 per month at the time. Are you pro capitalism at the cost of a depression? I hate to tell you this but unrestricted capitalism is what caused the problem in the first place. Saving the banks (as disgusting as that feels) is what saved capitalism. The reason social programs like medicare exist is to save capitalism. Study history and you'll understand why.
What most capitalism purists fail to get is that there are no pure systems and that includes the economic system of capitalism. Do you think the stock market is a free market? Not even close. Such things just don't exist.
I'm sorry but I can't provide that since it's proprietary code. However, it's pretty easy to do with aspects. Just research "around advice" and it will be pretty obvious what you need to do from there. Keep in mind that aspects are done via proxies so you need to be sure that you're only aspecting what you need to.
What does Samsung's new 14nm process have to do with Apple, dumbfuck? Nothing. It's not even mentioned in the originating article. Seriously, we you get a few brain cells to rub together, come on back. Until then, go fuck yourself you worthless piece of shit. Merry Christmas.
No one was debating who pulled the trigger. You do realize he had mental issues besides simple asperger's syndrome?
You're retarded if you think you expect crazy people to be responsible for their own behavior.
If he were truly sane, I would have zero issues ascribing guilt to this kid. But he wasn't. Which means society is responsible for this fuck-up. Ignore crazy people at your own peril.
When I was in the Air Force, I was driving a truck out on the flight line and accidentally entered at the incorrect entrance point. This stuff is all just paint on the pavement and it was dark and rainy and I couldn't see well. In about 5 seconds I was pulled over by the SPs (Air Force MPs) and I had a M16 pointed at the back of my head and a knee in my back. These people do not fuck around with security. Keep in mind this was a military airlift command base and we had no nukes or even a simple 500lb bomb.
All AF base flight lines have a sign that says "Use of deadly force authorized" around them.
Iol...I'm not emotionally attached to any company. I own Apple products (MBA) but I also own a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, a Nexus 7, and a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Still think I'm a fanboy, dipshit? I think it's obvious you're the one with emotional issues since you feel the need to defend this practice of making incredibly unoriginal jokes.
It's absolutely true. Yes, they can choose to license the technology but Samsung made no attempt to do so. Apple approached Samsung with licensing terms (that were pricey) and Samsung refused to pay. The inevitable law suit followed. Keep in mind that Samsung would have had a much better negotiating position had the approached Apple prior to using the technology than afterwards.
Honestly, I don't get why people feel sorry for a giant company like Samsung that knows better.
Don't be a fucking moron just because you hate Apple. Apple is enforcing their patents. The law REQUIRES them to do so or risk losing their patents. If you don't like it, change the fucking law. Also, Samsung flat out ripped off a half dozen patents of Apple as decided by a FUCKING JURY. So spare me the bullshit about every time they sue it's a bunch of bullshit.
It's remarkable how many people are completely clueless about patents and, more specifically, Apple.
Your hate is completely misplaced. Don't hate Apple (or anyone else) for enforcing their patents. Hate the patent system if you don't like it. Keep in mind that the patent system requires Apple to protect their patents or risk losing them.
Seriously people...please stop introducing Apple into every fucking conversation. The whole "they'll sue you for this and that" thing is getting really fucking old. It's not original. Yes, we know they are litigious. Get over it and move on with your life.
Oh bullshit. I've actually been to other countries and I have yet to go to one where you don't have people who aren't in violent disagreement with other people. There's nothing about Americans that makes them magically more this way than any other. People are people. The only difference between the US and other countries is that we give crazy levels of news coverage for these differences. It's good business airing grievances.
I understand your argument for safeties but I still have seen no evidence that they actually work to reduce accidental shootings. In fact a GAO report says that the only safeties that would reduce accidental shootings are: child-proof safeties, and loaded chamber indicators. The former option simply doesn't exist (the closest thing is an internal lock but that's not the same thing), and the latter does and is required in the state of California. So of the two options that are valid, neither is a generic safety lever. You can view the report here:
At the end of the day, I only care about numbers and have little interest in speculation. Speculation gets people killed. To be fair, this subject needs more research but what research exists doesn't make safeties look so hot.
I don't know how the numbers would work out but my point was to simply refute the idea that guns are somehow special and therefore shootings can never be accidental.
So, if I'm properly trained and don't aim my gun at people and keep my finger out of the trigger guard until I'm aiming at something I want to destroy then what is the safety doing for me? If I'm following proper procedures, then there's no risk of an unintentional shooting anyway.
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My bad...thanks for the correction.
ROFL...wow, you're completely fucking clueless. Yes, Ford would have survived but the others would have ceased to exist. There was NO FUCKING CREDIT. PERIOD. The only one who could have funded them was the government. Also Aptera and Tesla couldn't get any fucking credit to buy those operations even if they wanted them. Apparently your head was in the sand the whole fucking time because the news made almost daily reports about the credit crunch.
The reason for the bank failures was deregulation. We ditched Glass-Stegall and to add insult to injury, we let the banks institute bullshit insurance in the form of CDSs. Prior to that we had a very stable banking system (albeit with much more modest profits). And seriously, go fuck yourself. It's easy to sit in your air conditioned house and talk shit about how we should have allowed a depression but when your ass is homeless and your begging for food, you would have a very quick attitude change. Pure capitalism begets massive economic swings. It's very Darwinian but history has shown that people don't like that. They prefer less crazy growth in exchange for greater stability.
If you want to prevent this shit from happening again, fully reinstate Glass-Stegall and outlaw CDSs. Problem solved.
Your problem is you believe in ideology rather than pragmatism. Ideology is great when you're in college but at some point you have to grow the fuck up. This whole country has become utterly obsessed with ideology over the last couple of decades to the point that reason no longer applies.
What does debt have to do with capitalism? There is nothing about debt that precludes capitalism.
Had we let the auto companies fail, what would have been created in its place? Nothing. The expense of setting up a new car company is unbelievably expensive. All we would have gained by letting them fail was the loss of over one million jobs and the death of the American auto industry. I fail to see how that helps capitalism.
You make a point of singling out unions but fail to mention all the banks that were too big to fail and have no unions. Should we have let them fail? By your logic, we should have. But by all accounts we would have entered a full blown depression (ala 1939). Keep in mind we were losing over 700,000 per month at the time. Are you pro capitalism at the cost of a depression? I hate to tell you this but unrestricted capitalism is what caused the problem in the first place. Saving the banks (as disgusting as that feels) is what saved capitalism. The reason social programs like medicare exist is to save capitalism. Study history and you'll understand why.
What most capitalism purists fail to get is that there are no pure systems and that includes the economic system of capitalism. Do you think the stock market is a free market? Not even close. Such things just don't exist.
How exactly are we destroying capitalism?
How is the iPhone crap?
Keep in mind that if it weren't for the iPhone, you'd probably still be using some piece of shit Samsung flip-phone right now.
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A good mechanical switch keyboard is the best thing you can do for your typing speed.
I'm sorry but I can't provide that since it's proprietary code. However, it's pretty easy to do with aspects. Just research "around advice" and it will be pretty obvious what you need to do from there. Keep in mind that aspects are done via proxies so you need to be sure that you're only aspecting what you need to.
What does Samsung's new 14nm process have to do with Apple, dumbfuck? Nothing. It's not even mentioned in the originating article. Seriously, we you get a few brain cells to rub together, come on back. Until then, go fuck yourself you worthless piece of shit. Merry Christmas.
Go fuck yourself clueless bitch: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57491406-37/2010-apple-license-offer-to-samsung-$30-per-smartphone-$40-per-tablet/
I wonder how the creationists would explain this suicidal behavior. I remember hearing God hates suicide.
No one was debating who pulled the trigger. You do realize he had mental issues besides simple asperger's syndrome?
You're retarded if you think you expect crazy people to be responsible for their own behavior.
If he were truly sane, I would have zero issues ascribing guilt to this kid. But he wasn't. Which means society is responsible for this fuck-up. Ignore crazy people at your own peril.
When I was in the Air Force, I was driving a truck out on the flight line and accidentally entered at the incorrect entrance point. This stuff is all just paint on the pavement and it was dark and rainy and I couldn't see well. In about 5 seconds I was pulled over by the SPs (Air Force MPs) and I had a M16 pointed at the back of my head and a knee in my back. These people do not fuck around with security. Keep in mind this was a military airlift command base and we had no nukes or even a simple 500lb bomb.
All AF base flight lines have a sign that says "Use of deadly force authorized" around them.
Source?
I don't see how they wouldn't want this for themselves.
Iol...I'm not emotionally attached to any company. I own Apple products (MBA) but I also own a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, a Nexus 7, and a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Still think I'm a fanboy, dipshit? I think it's obvious you're the one with emotional issues since you feel the need to defend this practice of making incredibly unoriginal jokes.
It's absolutely true. Yes, they can choose to license the technology but Samsung made no attempt to do so. Apple approached Samsung with licensing terms (that were pricey) and Samsung refused to pay. The inevitable law suit followed. Keep in mind that Samsung would have had a much better negotiating position had the approached Apple prior to using the technology than afterwards.
Honestly, I don't get why people feel sorry for a giant company like Samsung that knows better.
Actually it does apply to patents. I have no idea where you get your info from.
Don't be a fucking moron just because you hate Apple. Apple is enforcing their patents. The law REQUIRES them to do so or risk losing their patents. If you don't like it, change the fucking law. Also, Samsung flat out ripped off a half dozen patents of Apple as decided by a FUCKING JURY. So spare me the bullshit about every time they sue it's a bunch of bullshit.
It's remarkable how many people are completely clueless about patents and, more specifically, Apple.
Your hate is completely misplaced. Don't hate Apple (or anyone else) for enforcing their patents. Hate the patent system if you don't like it. Keep in mind that the patent system requires Apple to protect their patents or risk losing them.
Poor baby want a cookie?
Seriously people...please stop introducing Apple into every fucking conversation. The whole "they'll sue you for this and that" thing is getting really fucking old. It's not original. Yes, we know they are litigious. Get over it and move on with your life.
I do a similar thing using aspects to make sure context information is logged whenever errors/exceptions occur.
Oh bullshit. I've actually been to other countries and I have yet to go to one where you don't have people who aren't in violent disagreement with other people. There's nothing about Americans that makes them magically more this way than any other. People are people. The only difference between the US and other countries is that we give crazy levels of news coverage for these differences. It's good business airing grievances.
I understand your argument for safeties but I still have seen no evidence that they actually work to reduce accidental shootings. In fact a GAO report says that the only safeties that would reduce accidental shootings are: child-proof safeties, and loaded chamber indicators. The former option simply doesn't exist (the closest thing is an internal lock but that's not the same thing), and the latter does and is required in the state of California. So of the two options that are valid, neither is a generic safety lever. You can view the report here:
http://161.203.16.4/d20t9/143619.pdf
At the end of the day, I only care about numbers and have little interest in speculation. Speculation gets people killed. To be fair, this subject needs more research but what research exists doesn't make safeties look so hot.
I don't know how the numbers would work out but my point was to simply refute the idea that guns are somehow special and therefore shootings can never be accidental.
So, if I'm properly trained and don't aim my gun at people and keep my finger out of the trigger guard until I'm aiming at something I want to destroy then what is the safety doing for me? If I'm following proper procedures, then there's no risk of an unintentional shooting anyway.