For whatever reason many, such as yourself, particularly "conservatives" fail to realized that both unions and companies engage in "collective bargaining." A company is a collection of people providing capital, a union is a collection of people providing labor. Strikes, work halts, layoffs, furloughs etc are all the same arm of different groups (using your market influence). Collective groups exercising their power to get better terms.
If you don't think union's represent the interest's of a labor provider you are ignorant of both the statistical evidence https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2... (there are a multitude of papers detailing the correlation between union power and increased wages) and basic economics http://www.investopedia.com/te...
You don't think they can track your personal car? You do realize they have camera's that read license plates in a large number of intersections? I laugh at your naivety and belief that you avoid being tracked wherever you go.
If you are adding the time value of money, with one of the factors, you need to add the time value of money to all the factors. I don't think it would change the answer much but make the margins a little closer.
Your hypothesis was a valid one to initially have. Something like "People won't work if they have a safety net to sponge off of" The problem is that theory has been statically proven false, not only that, the opposite has been proven true. " People work more if they have a safety net to sponge off of when they need to"
Sunk cost and social inertia. Maintance is a small reoccurring fee. Closing a critical service incurs a onetime large cost. Which is cheaper paying $10000 every day for the next 10 years or paying $10,000,000 once, right now? Now which ones has the easier approval process? Those answers differ.
I like this example. I don't know if they can or not. However, I don't think they should be able to. They should, however, be able to compel the manufacture of the safe to help them. "Self incrimination" and all.
I picture it more like the accused having 10 keys, 9 don't work, but the government compelling them to tell them which key works. I don't like it. Additionally, even if it has been legally validated, I don't like the idea of a person being compelled to provide information against themselves. Have Apple or Google crack it, not a problem to me, I draw the line at forcing an individual to provide information or material support against themselves.
I actually have no problem at all with the government trying to get the information, heck even compelling a third party to crack the phone. I do have a problem with them compelling someone to provide information against themselves or provide information they could have forgotten.
Very successfully. They hire intelligent people with a variety of backgrounds and train them how to program. New hire training was I think 6 weeks for people with a C.S. background and 16 weeks for non-cs individuals. There are some* dev positions with esoteric considerations that would really require a C.S. degree. Most however can be filled by a smart person with who understands the basics of programming. I would also like to point out Bloomberg has been turning profit at about 2.5 million per developer per year for the last 20 years.
I share your cynicism about the idea that the true cause was an "aggressive work culture" but the same time this was a human being. You, the person hiding behind the screen and the AC title. Don't be an a-hole. Joseph probably had depression, you have a-hole disease.
I would take that trade myself and gladly get more vacation But on the other you are also comparing a mostly monolithic nation with a very large variance in georgrphic productivity. Comparing Germany to New York would probably be a more reasonable comparison. I would be glad to see those numbers.
European's also have a much lower GDP per person. Anecdotally because they spend much more time doing the work an American does in a fraction of the time.
A lawsuit is less significant to Samsung than the bad PR from the above scenario. Yes that bad PR would be more costly than the already bad pr + lawsuit + recall costs.
It is not saved by people. It is stolen by people. Taxes are part of the fundamental contract we abide by to have a functional society. You don't want to pay taxes? Flee your country. Cant find a tax free nation that is not a hell hole? That's because a tax free nation can not function properly and the more people like you who fail to realize the beneficial economics of scale a government provides, the more likely the nation is to fail. So yes please do flee, else pay your damn taxes; if not we will gleefully toss you in jail for violating the basic covenants required of those who choose to voluntarily live in civilization.
Rural dwellers do NOT subsidize Urban residents. There is nothing rural communities provide that the cities can not buy on international markets for a fraction of the price it costs to subsidize the boonies. It has come to the point where the civilization has come to realize that the country folk are an albatross we no longer feel like carrying.
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Not much to say other than you have the definition of free market wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market
in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government
For whatever reason many, such as yourself, particularly "conservatives" fail to realized that both unions and companies engage in "collective bargaining." A company is a collection of people providing capital, a union is a collection of people providing labor. Strikes, work halts, layoffs, furloughs etc are all the same arm of different groups (using your market influence). Collective groups exercising their power to get better terms.
If you don't think union's represent the interest's of a labor provider you are ignorant of both the statistical evidence https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2... (there are a multitude of papers detailing the correlation between union power and increased wages) and basic economics http://www.investopedia.com/te...
They already put them on stilts during construction. We just need bigger stilts.
You don't think they can track your personal car? You do realize they have camera's that read license plates in a large number of intersections? I laugh at your naivety and belief that you avoid being tracked wherever you go.
"'They are free to write articles but freedom of the press doesn't suddenly obliviate their illegalities"
Long story short. In some cases. It looks like neither you nor I are qualified to comment on the nuance.
If you are adding the time value of money, with one of the factors, you need to add the time value of money to all the factors. I don't think it would change the answer much but make the margins a little closer.
Don't be a fool. Study after study has discredited similar claptrap from the right.
OMG We must drug test all recipeiants of welfare because they are spending it on drugs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/us/no-savings-found-in-florida-welfare-drug-tests.html
OMG welfare recipiants must be required to be actively applying for job
http://www.cbpp.org/research/p...
Your hypothesis was a valid one to initially have. Something like "People won't work if they have a safety net to sponge off of" The problem is that theory has been statically proven false, not only that, the opposite has been proven true. " People work more if they have a safety net to sponge off of when they need to"
I don't know anyone who pays for ANY of that besides amazon prime, any prime is not for the TV.
Sunk cost and social inertia. Maintance is a small reoccurring fee. Closing a critical service incurs a onetime large cost. Which is cheaper paying $10000 every day for the next 10 years or paying $10,000,000 once, right now? Now which ones has the easier approval process? Those answers differ.
I like this example. I don't know if they can or not. However, I don't think they should be able to. They should, however, be able to compel the manufacture of the safe to help them. "Self incrimination" and all.
I picture it more like the accused having 10 keys, 9 don't work, but the government compelling them to tell them which key works. I don't like it. Additionally, even if it has been legally validated, I don't like the idea of a person being compelled to provide information against themselves. Have Apple or Google crack it, not a problem to me, I draw the line at forcing an individual to provide information or material support against themselves.
I actually have no problem at all with the government trying to get the information, heck even compelling a third party to crack the phone. I do have a problem with them compelling someone to provide information against themselves or provide information they could have forgotten.
Very successfully. They hire intelligent people with a variety of backgrounds and train them how to program. New hire training was I think 6 weeks for people with a C.S. background and 16 weeks for non-cs individuals. There are some* dev positions with esoteric considerations that would really require a C.S. degree. Most however can be filled by a smart person with who understands the basics of programming. I would also like to point out Bloomberg has been turning profit at about 2.5 million per developer per year for the last 20 years.
I share your cynicism about the idea that the true cause was an "aggressive work culture" but the same time this was a human being. You, the person hiding behind the screen and the AC title. Don't be an a-hole. Joseph probably had depression, you have a-hole disease.
I would take that trade myself and gladly get more vacation But on the other you are also comparing a mostly monolithic nation with a very large variance in georgrphic productivity. Comparing Germany to New York would probably be a more reasonable comparison. I would be glad to see those numbers.
European's also have a much lower GDP per person. Anecdotally because they spend much more time doing the work an American does in a fraction of the time.
No recommend points, but the above two comments are the most informed in this thread.
A lawsuit is less significant to Samsung than the bad PR from the above scenario. Yes that bad PR would be more costly than the already bad pr + lawsuit + recall costs.
For Newtonian physics wouldn't the expansion have to be 2c for the light to lose ground if both objects were traveling equal but opposite directions?
By threatening patent lawsuits in frivolous situations. Its a different kind of troll but still a troll.
Do you think lithium ion batteries will ever be able to economically provide grid scale frequency regulation? If so what timelines?
Do you think lithium ion batteries will ever be able to economically provide grid scale peak/valley stabilization? If so what timelines?
If not what tech do you see filling that gap and any timelines?
It is not saved by people. It is stolen by people. Taxes are part of the fundamental contract we abide by to have a functional society. You don't want to pay taxes? Flee your country. Cant find a tax free nation that is not a hell hole? That's because a tax free nation can not function properly and the more people like you who fail to realize the beneficial economics of scale a government provides, the more likely the nation is to fail. So yes please do flee, else pay your damn taxes; if not we will gleefully toss you in jail for violating the basic covenants required of those who choose to voluntarily live in civilization.
Rural dwellers do NOT subsidize Urban residents. There is nothing rural communities provide that the cities can not buy on international markets for a fraction of the price it costs to subsidize the boonies. It has come to the point where the civilization has come to realize that the country folk are an albatross we no longer feel like carrying.
You don't. Those funds come from the cities themselves.
We can buy it from the 3rd world countries around the world for cheaper than what it costs to subsidize the albatrosses that are rural communities.