I can get a taxi anywhere in the country quite easily, it's not that cheap, but I doubt Uber would be significantly cheaper because at the end of the day some guy has to drive to where I am and pick me up and drive me somewhere else and some other entity will want a cut of the money. Uber are just trying to make themselves the middle man in every taxi transaction, and breaking the law to do so.
Besides it should be fairly obvious that with taxis supply is never going to match demand because sometimes an utterly absurd number of people need taxis, often at the same time in the same place where the streets are already full of people and vehicles. It becomes literally impossible to move, say at a large sporting event.
Nanny state? Is that one that puts 1% of it's population in jail for being naughty? No, wait don't tell me, they have to go to jail because of all the freedom or something.
Parking spaces are artificially scarce too! I could fit my car onto the pavement easily there is it weren't for all this government restriction of my parking rights,
[Taxi] plate holders included an airline pilot, a dentist, investors who lived in Florida and Israel, and estates that had inherited the licenses after the holder died. The problems created by the plate system were mind-boggling. At least 30 per cent of the industryâ(TM)s revenues went to people who did nothing but milk income from their licenses.
What's quite funny is that is probably a lot less than goes to income milkers in other industries.
The laws that artificially limit the supply of taxis start to look quite reasonable when you realise after they are gone all the previous generation taxi drivers are basically destitute, those guys that actually know the city and have done the job long enough that we know they have the temperament for it and do a half decent job.
It's easy macgyver, just stick these wires coming out of the joystick into this car radio that I have attached to a solar panel and press down on the joystick. I think it sends a unicode down arrow or something.
Come on, I see this all the time, Reddit now must be 1000 times bigger than Digg ever was at it's peak. The reason I remember leaving Digg was the fact they had switched to a more populist model, something Reddit did Loooooong ago.
It is worth pointing out that the SNP stood in 58 seats and UKIP stood in 624, so the vote disparity doesn't really tell the whole story, in fact if the SNP stood in as many seats they would probably get more votes, but the same number of seats.
Has there ever been any such thing as a nanny state? I'm certainly not aware of any. It seems to just be a standard canard trotted out as something that we should strive to avoid because "even though there has never been one, we are pretty sure it's bad".
I don't think you understand the tragedy of the commons from your interpretation of it there. What you are describing is straightforward fraud, and it's much more easily dealt with than by saying "well sorry, nobody can have anything".
No one is entitled to their own facts. There's also the tricky problem of wrongheaded groupthink blocking potential action to avoid any potentially catastrophic consequences of people thinking their beliefs are better than real science.
Unless my calculations are wrong the 100m asteroid would yield about 30,000,000 dollars worth of platinum at $10 per oz at a percentage of 1% and assuming a density of 2g/cm^3. So the mission would have to be very cheap.
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Yeah they should be running Windows ten, so many bugs even the exploits won't run.
Besides it should be fairly obvious that with taxis supply is never going to match demand because sometimes an utterly absurd number of people need taxis, often at the same time in the same place where the streets are already full of people and vehicles. It becomes literally impossible to move, say at a large sporting event.
I'm pretty sure travel agents are licenced.
Nanny state? Is that one that puts 1% of it's population in jail for being naughty? No, wait don't tell me, they have to go to jail because of all the freedom or something.
Uber isn't your friend, and they aren't only charging you gas money.
Parking spaces are artificially scarce too! I could fit my car onto the pavement easily there is it weren't for all this government restriction of my parking rights,
[Taxi] plate holders included an airline pilot, a dentist, investors who lived in Florida and Israel, and estates that had inherited the licenses after the holder died. The problems created by the plate system were mind-boggling. At least 30 per cent of the industryâ(TM)s revenues went to people who did nothing but milk income from their licenses.
What's quite funny is that is probably a lot less than goes to income milkers in other industries.
The laws that artificially limit the supply of taxis start to look quite reasonable when you realise after they are gone all the previous generation taxi drivers are basically destitute, those guys that actually know the city and have done the job long enough that we know they have the temperament for it and do a half decent job.
It's easy macgyver, just stick these wires coming out of the joystick into this car radio that I have attached to a solar panel and press down on the joystick. I think it sends a unicode down arrow or something.
Sentence much? I only ask because it doesn't look like it.
Come on, I see this all the time, Reddit now must be 1000 times bigger than Digg ever was at it's peak. The reason I remember leaving Digg was the fact they had switched to a more populist model, something Reddit did Loooooong ago.
See my initial comment that clearly says "get more votes, but the same number of seats". I agree with most of your comment.
Low single digits of an electorate of 46 million is quite significant, evidently your Maths is as weak as your politics.
It is worth pointing out that the SNP stood in 58 seats and UKIP stood in 624, so the vote disparity doesn't really tell the whole story, in fact if the SNP stood in as many seats they would probably get more votes, but the same number of seats.
Almost like suddenly it was a crime to have a hand gun, especially in a public place.
Socialism == USSR == Communism == Bad.
Because they all lead to fascism.
The problem is you can NOT trust people. Ever.
Award for Libertard of the day quote so quickly! We might have a new record. Try going about your day without trusting anyone. EVER!
Has there ever been any such thing as a nanny state? I'm certainly not aware of any. It seems to just be a standard canard trotted out as something that we should strive to avoid because "even though there has never been one, we are pretty sure it's bad".
I don't think you understand the tragedy of the commons from your interpretation of it there. What you are describing is straightforward fraud, and it's much more easily dealt with than by saying "well sorry, nobody can have anything".
Have you considered getting a kindle and a mahjong set?
My premises? I work from home.
No one is entitled to their own facts. There's also the tricky problem of wrongheaded groupthink blocking potential action to avoid any potentially catastrophic consequences of people thinking their beliefs are better than real science.
betray my intellectual integrity
That's brilliant, are you going for Funny today for a change?
The answers for those aren't as wildly divergent between party affiliation and between scientists and the public.
Unless my calculations are wrong the 100m asteroid would yield about 30,000,000 dollars worth of platinum at $10 per oz at a percentage of 1% and assuming a density of 2g/cm^3. So the mission would have to be very cheap.