If the Supreme Court makes a stupid ruling on this college students will be even more screwed than they are already. "International Editions" of textbooks are usually less than half the cost of a "domestic" edition and have the exact same content most of the time.
That is a good point, its just I've run into that passage copypasted over and over and see people support it over and over so I got a little hasty:). Obviously the government provides things, and it even provides some of them extremely well. Some of the things that it provides likely would not be provided for by the free market in the present (such as manned moon missions). But that is only considering the "seen", not the "unseen". Every dollar the government spends is in the end taxed from citizens (either directly or via inflation).
So we "see" the moon landing, the roads, health care, etc, but there is no way to even consider the "unseen" that we have lost. Furthermore, even assuming a government running at maximum efficiency, we still must consider the deadweight loss from taxation.
There HAS been a case of almost complete privitization of services, even law enforcement. I suggest you look into Medival Iceland, it is an extremely interesting case.
Yes, I realize that a medival society is difficult to compare to an industrial or post industrial society, but it still proves that the government is not always required to provide.
Your argument is a false dilemma; either the government will provide these things, or they will not be provided. It ignores the alternative of other institutions providing them.
More people should be aware of the right to jury nullification. Hilariously mentioning that you are aware of the right to nullify is a good way to get thrown off a jury.
He challenged the postal monopoly when the post office kept jacking up rates, and successfully got them to lower them through honest competition. Read up on him, he was truly an interesting man.
Some credit unions offer this service as well; I'm using Alliant Credit union's eDepositplus and its working great. You just need to donate to a PTA or certain charities to join, not hard at all.
I'm starting to think that these "National Security Reasons" have more to do with the safety of the politicians that would pass the ACTA than the safety of the country itself...
That the main problem is the American press being influenced by the Government trying to create mass hysteria? The Government DOES own quite a large stake in GM.
While you make a good point, the ESRB ratings are not decided or forced by the government -- you don't even need to get an ESRB rating for a game in order to release it, but many retailers want it.
So while the US does have some overly conservative values, for the most part they are not enforced by the law to the extent that they are in Germany.
Since it fostered a community of covert P2P in Japan. Winny's successor, Share, and its successor, Perfect Dark, are both programs that use Freenet-like encryption and ensure anonymity of the user. IIRC the dev only posts new versions on Freenet and Share to begin with.
While the encryption isn't perfect, it is much more secure than torrents; with Share or Perfect Dark you can't even reliably tell who uploaded or downloaded what and when.
It was just someone who didn't like the image. People fake DMCA takedowns all the time if they don't like the content of something, especially on youtube.
Why should we drop all that "mumbo-jumbo"? Economics is the study of human actions such as production, consumption, and most importantly, TRADE, of which this article is about.
I sure as hell wish I could go into a astronomy or physics related article on Slashdot and say that because I don't like what they are studying, it is invalid or untrue. Well, I could, but I wouldn't get modded "Interesting".
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If the Supreme Court makes a stupid ruling on this college students will be even more screwed than they are already. "International Editions" of textbooks are usually less than half the cost of a "domestic" edition and have the exact same content most of the time.
That is a good point, its just I've run into that passage copypasted over and over and see people support it over and over so I got a little hasty :). Obviously the government provides things, and it even provides some of them extremely well. Some of the things that it provides likely would not be provided for by the free market in the present (such as manned moon missions). But that is only considering the "seen", not the "unseen". Every dollar the government spends is in the end taxed from citizens (either directly or via inflation).
So we "see" the moon landing, the roads, health care, etc, but there is no way to even consider the "unseen" that we have lost. Furthermore, even assuming a government running at maximum efficiency, we still must consider the deadweight loss from taxation.
There HAS been a case of almost complete privitization of services, even law enforcement. I suggest you look into Medival Iceland, it is an extremely interesting case.
Yes, I realize that a medival society is difficult to compare to an industrial or post industrial society, but it still proves that the government is not always required to provide.
Your argument is a false dilemma; either the government will provide these things, or they will not be provided. It ignores the alternative of other institutions providing them.
Tu quoque is not a valid argument form.
"Either you will have taxpayer funded police officers providing protection, or you will have no protection at all."
What if I protect it myself? What if I have a neighborhood watch? What if I hire a private security company?
More people should be aware of the right to jury nullification. Hilariously mentioning that you are aware of the right to nullify is a good way to get thrown off a jury.
Whenever someone mentions how essential the postal monopoly is, I love to point them to Lysander Spooner's American Mail Letter company:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Letter_Mail_Company
He challenged the postal monopoly when the post office kept jacking up rates, and successfully got them to lower them through honest competition. Read up on him, he was truly an interesting man.
Some credit unions offer this service as well; I'm using Alliant Credit union's eDepositplus and its working great. You just need to donate to a PTA or certain charities to join, not hard at all.
Well, to be fair to the private sector, modern copyright *is* purely a government construct.
http://consumerist.com/2009/04/216489-paving-stone-in-a-macbook-pro-box-looks-nice-but-wont-run-photoshop.html
Well, not always.
I'm starting to think that these "National Security Reasons" have more to do with the safety of the politicians that would pass the ACTA than the safety of the country itself...
Like they did with Crysis.
That the main problem is the American press being influenced by the Government trying to create mass hysteria? The Government DOES own quite a large stake in GM.
If you take it out of context it would seem that way, but RTFA. Still, this is a very poor summary for that reason.
Agreed, if nothing else that series had a really cool premise.
While you make a good point, the ESRB ratings are not decided or forced by the government -- you don't even need to get an ESRB rating for a game in order to release it, but many retailers want it.
So while the US does have some overly conservative values, for the most part they are not enforced by the law to the extent that they are in Germany.
Userscripts still are quite a bit more clunky on Opera, as is their adblocking option.
Yes, they are both there, but adblock plus and greasemonkey on Firefox are much more functional and easy to use.
Actually even if you leave the US and renounce your citizenship, you still owe taxes for 10 years.
I don't think I've ever heard of someone getting extradited for this, though.
Stuff that splatters.
Since it fostered a community of covert P2P in Japan. Winny's successor, Share, and its successor, Perfect Dark, are both programs that use Freenet-like encryption and ensure anonymity of the user. IIRC the dev only posts new versions on Freenet and Share to begin with.
While the encryption isn't perfect, it is much more secure than torrents; with Share or Perfect Dark you can't even reliably tell who uploaded or downloaded what and when.
What?
A market only assumes that people make rational decisions, not that they have perfect information.
Information is itself a "good".
It was just someone who didn't like the image. People fake DMCA takedowns all the time if they don't like the content of something, especially on youtube.
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/gift/gift.htm
You too can donate some of your income to supplement the almost 3 million donated this year!
What's that, you don't think the government needs any more of your money? Me neither.
Why should we drop all that "mumbo-jumbo"? Economics is the study of human actions such as production, consumption, and most importantly, TRADE, of which this article is about.
I sure as hell wish I could go into a astronomy or physics related article on Slashdot and say that because I don't like what they are studying, it is invalid or untrue. Well, I could, but I wouldn't get modded "Interesting".