Facebook was invented by the "younger generation" to sell your information to the highest bidder all the while keeping you enthralled with mindless chatter and farmville.
I think I'd prefer the clueless older generation to the clueful newer generation; the older generation is much clumsier at trying to subvert the internet.
From the viewpoint of the people proposing and supporting the law, if it breaks the Internet, too bad.
In their view, nothing is more important than the principle of them controlling their copyrights. If it takes the destruction of the Internet, so be it.
I imagine if buggy whip manufacturers would have had a better lobby 100+ years ago, they would have lobbied for laws that would have forced motorists to always keep a buggy whip in their car.
Well ladies and gentlemen, record, film, game, and software companies do have better lobbyist. And they're not afraid to use them.
I agree the average person has no idea how the internet works. But wouldn't you expect a judge to ask for advice from an expert before issuing a ruling that on the face of it, is impossible to meet.
There literally is no way to reduce the amount of hydrocarbons fuels we burn for the foreseeable future; at best we can slow the rate of increase by bringing things like nuclear power online.
In fact, don't many of the "oil" companies own Solar companies?
If you take into account state and local income taxes (which varies based on where you live), for the tax bracket you mention, you're not far from the tax rates you mention.
Also, include the SS tax as part of your tax rate, as it is a tax.
Let the case proceed, start moving his "followers" to another account (PhonePhrog or something), and then when he's got them moved, give them the twitter account.
"Because like it or not where you get your degree does matter - a lot. People look at the reputation of your school when it comes to jobs or graduate school."
You're overstating the importance of an undergraduate degree tremendously, The truth is that there are very few schools with the kind of reputation you're talking about. Particularly when the price differential for the private schools is 2X what a state school is for in-state tuition.
For example, if you want an engineering degree, almost every large state run school will give you an equal degree and have an equal reputation.
What separates those who do well and those who don't often comes down to commitment and drive after school.
And don't downplay the effects of debt on students when they graduate. It colors and affects every important decision they make.
The choice to go to high priced schools for undergraduate degrees is most often a vanity and a choice made by kids who are too young to appreciate the mountain of debt they're getting themselves by making the choice.
"can you blame them for taking up these huge loans? "
Actually yes I can.
Its like high school athletes who go to college and think they really are going to play in the NBA, or NFL or MLB when the odds are stacked against them so high.
Or perhaps its up to a responsible adult to tell them the truth. No Johnny, you aren't going to be an NFL QB.
No Jimmy, you're not going to be a professional musician getting a degree.
No Nancy, you're not going to be a astronaut because you're studying astrophysics.
There should be much more grounding thinking on "So what *will* I be doing in 4 years when I get this degree?"
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The total tax rate including federal, FICA, state, local, sales, real estate and nuisance taxes are considerably higher than ever.
Also keep in mind that you're comparing tax rates without considering the effects of inflation on wages.
If you look at the tax rates on someone making $175K in 2011 you have to compare with the tax rates of someone making $30K in wages in 1950.
Plus, people making less than $50K largely pay little or no federal income tax today.
Make the case that this site is contributing to copyright infringement and use SOPA to take it down.
Facebook was invented by the "younger generation" to sell your information to the highest bidder all the while keeping you enthralled with mindless chatter and farmville.
I think I'd prefer the clueless older generation to the clueful newer generation; the older generation is much clumsier at trying to subvert the internet.
From the viewpoint of the people proposing and supporting the law, if it breaks the Internet, too bad.
In their view, nothing is more important than the principle of them controlling their copyrights. If it takes the destruction of the Internet, so be it.
I imagine if buggy whip manufacturers would have had a better lobby 100+ years ago, they would have lobbied for laws that would have forced motorists to always keep a buggy whip in their car.
Well ladies and gentlemen, record, film, game, and software companies do have better lobbyist. And they're not afraid to use them.
We'll send special ships to the center of the earth with large hydrogen bombs that will restart the rotation of the core itself.
This is all documented here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Core
" they can pass it on a day during the Retardican primary votes"
https://plus.google.com/113097276181543898574/posts/WduCuxwpTEv
Rep. Waters is a Democrat.
When some politician firmly stated:
"We will tax all foreigners living abroad!"
http://nexus.umn.edu/Papers/Taxing.html
So he's dumb and unlucky.
Its not clear how he escaped Darwin's wrath with the odds so heavily stacked against him.
So if c/net download.com has infected your PC, how do you recover? Will normal anti-virus or anti-malware undo the damage?
Does it show up in the uninstaller?
The Kindle will let you loan your book to other people. They have to have a kindle (or free kindle software), but the lending feature is available.
No it does not. Only Amazon's books. You are free to load whatever books you want, and Calibre is a great tool to do it.
Do you consider a judge an average person?
I agree the average person has no idea how the internet works. But wouldn't you expect a judge to ask for advice from an expert before issuing a ruling that on the face of it, is impossible to meet.
I don't understand your point.
Every freedom you have "impinges" on someone else's rights. Think about it for a bit.
Why do you think Oil Companies would care?
There literally is no way to reduce the amount of hydrocarbons fuels we burn for the foreseeable future; at best we can slow the rate of increase by bringing things like nuclear power online.
In fact, don't many of the "oil" companies own Solar companies?
http://www.laprogressive.com/the-environment/big-oil-controlled-photovoltaic-industry/
Even T Boone Pickens is a big advocate of Wind energy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Boone_Pickens
With these guys, its not about oil, its about making money. They're covered no matter which way the wind blows (pardon the pun).
If you take into account state and local income taxes (which varies based on where you live), for the tax bracket you mention, you're not far from the tax rates you mention.
Also, include the SS tax as part of your tax rate, as it is a tax.
Depending on how you're measuring it, the 1% income threshold is at roughly $350K per year:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_States
Let the case proceed, start moving his "followers" to another account (PhonePhrog or something), and then when he's got them moved, give them the twitter account.
If you go to Amazon, its listed at $115US for preorder.
It sounds like an excellent read, and I'd pay about 1/10 the price (more or less).
Dr. Giblin is there a place to buy this book at a regular price?
How do you get your PC to even recognize your iPod without the drivers in the iTunes installation?
There are no open source drivers for iPods that I've ever found.
Apple does make the USB drivers for iPods available for download except with iTunes.
Try taking a fresh PC with iTunes never loaded and plug in your iPod/iPad/iPhone. Your PC will look for the driver and never find it.
Then search for a USB driver on Google.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Once you get that driver, I agree there are many bits of software you can use, but I don't believe there are open source drivers for Apple devices.
Read the rest of my solution. College is not a good option for most of these kids getting college loans.
Mod this guy up +1
"Because like it or not where you get your degree does matter - a lot. People look at the reputation of your school when it comes to jobs or graduate school."
You're overstating the importance of an undergraduate degree tremendously, The truth is that there are very few schools with the kind of reputation you're talking about. Particularly when the price differential for the private schools is 2X what a state school is for in-state tuition.
For example, if you want an engineering degree, almost every large state run school will give you an equal degree and have an equal reputation.
What separates those who do well and those who don't often comes down to commitment and drive after school.
And don't downplay the effects of debt on students when they graduate. It colors and affects every important decision they make.
The choice to go to high priced schools for undergraduate degrees is most often a vanity and a choice made by kids who are too young to appreciate the mountain of debt they're getting themselves by making the choice.
"can you blame them for taking up these huge loans? "
Actually yes I can.
Its like high school athletes who go to college and think they really are going to play in the NBA, or NFL or MLB when the odds are stacked against them so high.
Or perhaps its up to a responsible adult to tell them the truth. No Johnny, you aren't going to be an NFL QB.
No Jimmy, you're not going to be a professional musician getting a degree.
No Nancy, you're not going to be a astronaut because you're studying astrophysics.
There should be much more grounding thinking on "So what *will* I be doing in 4 years when I get this degree?"
Amen.
RIght now colleges love student loans because it removes any sort of market control over their pricing.
Raise tuition another $1K per semester? Sure why not? Its just a *little* bit bigger loan for millions of student.
Its not a sustainable model right now.