I don't see how anyone can follow an economic philosophy whose creator's most famous quote is "In the long run, we're all dead". That plainly states that everything they do is short sighted, and long-term success is not taken into account.
It's hard not to think the huge furor about the bonuses is being whipped up as some sort of distraction
It was a distraction, while the Fed pumps another $1 trillion into circulation:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/18/business/fed.php
Which will either head off deflation (never in history been successful) or cause hyperinflation, while we are worried about 0.1% of AIG's bailout funds.
All just theories in ethics (or thats where I studied it), you have a compatibilist POV with a determinist leaning, which really cant be disproven (is that a word?), unless we are able to find parallel universe where different decisions have been made and we can see the effects those decisions have had on yourself and everyone else.
the thing with nickleback is that you can almost predict what the next chords are going to be, its like they bought a book on "how to write music" and starting recording and selling it as they made it. What Sam Kinison would refer to as "government music"
Sooo, they put a tax on video games and how does that cut down (no pun intended) on knife crime?? Do they use that money to hire more cops to patrol, or do studies on the relationship between gaming and knife crime?? Seems to me like they are just looking for another revenue stream, and vilifying video games usually seems to be an easy target, especially when its being done for the greatest of all causes, for the children.
My head just exploded.
It doesnt make a lot of sense to me either, but wind power has usually had a "not in my backyard" policy follow it around. People are for it, until they have to look at it (or listen to it, I hear they are pretty loud). For example, look up RFK Jr. and his wind farm off Cape Cod debacle. All about wind power, until they decide a good place for it is out in the ocean which is visible to him from his beach mansion, then he uses every connection he has to try and stop it. We have termed this kind of situation in Garage Logic as "windmilling", very similar to the local NPR station in MN being a strong advocate for a light-rail system, but then they find out the plan has the tracks going past their station, and now they are very much against light-rail.
No, my standards are just different, I like to be able to drive fast, I could care less whether I get an extra 15-20 mpg. Especially since the cost of a new car that gets great mileage would not save me enough money to warrant the purchase of that vehicle. I'll stick with my late eighties Japanese sports car with 100,000 miles on it, my last one went to 400k before she blew.
Personally, I call anything > 25 mpg a gas sipper. Yes, their discount cars are garbage, and of course they are going to try and push cars with a bigger profit margin, business exists for profit. My only suggestion to GM would be less plastic and velcro, more solidly made cars that you cant take apart the same way you unbutton a shirt.
Well, you cant really sell clean air. Water on the other hand, some are paying more per gallon of water than per gallon of gas. As far as wind farms go, almost everyone wants them, but no one wants to be near them or have to see them.
Well, people here using this website will be able to figure this out, but all of those people still confused about DTV have no chance of ever understanding this. If this becomes law, I am probably the only one with a wireless router in my apartment building that would not be in violation.
I am guessing the charge is not exactly for XP itself, its the additional work that needs to be done to put XP on a machine that already has Vista on it.
I wish I had mod points for this, I always thought they shouldn't be able to package these multi-purpose little bit of everything bills, it seems their put together on purpose to sneak things by, most legislators are not even able or refuse to read the whole thing before voting on it.
Not trying to argue, but you said "Removal of net neutrality", and AFAIK there are no laws on the books requiring ISPs to treat all traffic equally. All the points you listed are concerns that I would also have, but wouldn't it be easier rather than net neutrality, just get a law on the books that states that "ISPs are not able to assess fees to any party outside of their umbrella of service and ISPs are not allowed to provide hosting services or priority service to any party not included in the previous. 'Umbrella of service' includes anyone subscribed to their internet/data service." My wording may be retarded and/or way off, but as I see it this would be more easily auditable and enforceable than some grand scheme of requiring ISPs to treat all traffic equally and be able to prove that they are doing it to gov't auditors.
Literacy, widespread and universal deployment would benefit the nation (public, private, and individual) much the way the public road system does.
Having broadband != Literate
As far as fee based systems for public services, I see no problem with that, if you don't use the service you shouldn't have to pay for it. I would prefer it if all roads were subject to toll rather than they current system.
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I don't see how anyone can follow an economic philosophy whose creator's most famous quote is "In the long run, we're all dead". That plainly states that everything they do is short sighted, and long-term success is not taken into account.
It was a distraction, while the Fed pumps another $1 trillion into circulation:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/18/business/fed.php
Which will either head off deflation (never in history been successful) or cause hyperinflation, while we are worried about 0.1% of AIG's bailout funds.
All just theories in ethics (or thats where I studied it), you have a compatibilist POV with a determinist leaning, which really cant be disproven (is that a word?), unless we are able to find parallel universe where different decisions have been made and we can see the effects those decisions have had on yourself and everyone else.
"YO DAWG, I heard you like you some free will, so we put some free will in yo free will so you can choose while you choose."
The universe is a libertarian, now time for its inhabitants to follow.
the thing with nickleback is that you can almost predict what the next chords are going to be, its like they bought a book on "how to write music" and starting recording and selling it as they made it. What Sam Kinison would refer to as "government music"
Sooo, they put a tax on video games and how does that cut down (no pun intended) on knife crime?? Do they use that money to hire more cops to patrol, or do studies on the relationship between gaming and knife crime?? Seems to me like they are just looking for another revenue stream, and vilifying video games usually seems to be an easy target, especially when its being done for the greatest of all causes, for the children.
My head just exploded.
Two problems with motorcycles, snow and rain. That is all.
Dont forget bats with exploding lungs due to air pressure.
It doesnt make a lot of sense to me either, but wind power has usually had a "not in my backyard" policy follow it around. People are for it, until they have to look at it (or listen to it, I hear they are pretty loud). For example, look up RFK Jr. and his wind farm off Cape Cod debacle. All about wind power, until they decide a good place for it is out in the ocean which is visible to him from his beach mansion, then he uses every connection he has to try and stop it. We have termed this kind of situation in Garage Logic as "windmilling", very similar to the local NPR station in MN being a strong advocate for a light-rail system, but then they find out the plan has the tracks going past their station, and now they are very much against light-rail.
No, my standards are just different, I like to be able to drive fast, I could care less whether I get an extra 15-20 mpg. Especially since the cost of a new car that gets great mileage would not save me enough money to warrant the purchase of that vehicle. I'll stick with my late eighties Japanese sports car with 100,000 miles on it, my last one went to 400k before she blew.
Personally, I call anything > 25 mpg a gas sipper. Yes, their discount cars are garbage, and of course they are going to try and push cars with a bigger profit margin, business exists for profit. My only suggestion to GM would be less plastic and velcro, more solidly made cars that you cant take apart the same way you unbutton a shirt.
Well, you cant really sell clean air. Water on the other hand, some are paying more per gallon of water than per gallon of gas. As far as wind farms go, almost everyone wants them, but no one wants to be near them or have to see them.
See: CAFE induced gas-sippers that look ugly and are slow
Looks like we have a winner. One interwebz for u.
...that leftist nanny state liberals and right-wing fundamentalist bible-thumpers won't try and ban?
We need to ban milk to, it is a gateway drug. 100% of heroin users have drank milk in their lifetime.
Although these two conditions are often linked.
Well, people here using this website will be able to figure this out, but all of those people still confused about DTV have no chance of ever understanding this. If this becomes law, I am probably the only one with a wireless router in my apartment building that would not be in violation.
But they put Vista on all of them already, its an extra step to put XP on, and that is where the extra charges come from.
I am guessing the charge is not exactly for XP itself, its the additional work that needs to be done to put XP on a machine that already has Vista on it.
I wish I had mod points for this, I always thought they shouldn't be able to package these multi-purpose little bit of everything bills, it seems their put together on purpose to sneak things by, most legislators are not even able or refuse to read the whole thing before voting on it.
Not trying to argue, but you said "Removal of net neutrality", and AFAIK there are no laws on the books requiring ISPs to treat all traffic equally. All the points you listed are concerns that I would also have, but wouldn't it be easier rather than net neutrality, just get a law on the books that states that "ISPs are not able to assess fees to any party outside of their umbrella of service and ISPs are not allowed to provide hosting services or priority service to any party not included in the previous. 'Umbrella of service' includes anyone subscribed to their internet/data service." My wording may be retarded and/or way off, but as I see it this would be more easily auditable and enforceable than some grand scheme of requiring ISPs to treat all traffic equally and be able to prove that they are doing it to gov't auditors.
In what cases have an ISP charged a website for bandwidth that their users (the ISP's users) are accessing?
Having broadband != Literate
As far as fee based systems for public services, I see no problem with that, if you don't use the service you shouldn't have to pay for it. I would prefer it if all roads were subject to toll rather than they current system.