Profit is not the issue. How that profit is re-invested, is. Profit is not evil.
What's happening is because of the ongoing uncertainty about WTF are the Obamanistas going to to NEXT, what legislation are they going to SELECTIVELY ENFORCE, what imperial mandates are they going to issue as a result of some MANUFACTURED CRISIS... There's zero incentive to invest.
Investment will get us back to the moon, create jobs, build factories, all of it.
Just look at the financial statements of these evil corporations. They are sitting on their cash, waiting for an administration that doesn't openly advocate how evil business is, and threaten to take all kinds of drastic action...
This is the oldest propaganda trick in the book, that has been used for over a hundred years. The Communists have used this very effectively for the last 40 years or so. When the Democratic party splintered, the Clintonistas re-invented it as the Communist Party of America and re-branded it as "progressive". They tried to sell us this same malarkey about Obama, who is a Marxist at heart - just listen to what he says.
Here are the other popular Communist attack tactics: They (the opposition) are ignorant hayseeds. They are extremists, and dangerous, They are racists, xenophobes,. etc. We are moderate, intelligent enlightened people who only want to improve the human condition.
Truth: People who use these tactics have been responsible for more human suffering than any other sort. Don't fall for it.
BS. Democrats sell themselves as being the benevolent protectors of the little guy, and then they get into power and screw the little guy, all the while smiling and telling them how much they care about them.
Republicans don't sell themselves as wanting "completely free and unregulated markets" either. They write just as many stupid regulations as anybody else.
Yes, but most people judge and ideology by the small percentage of people that make the most noise. On the left, that's the Marxists, on the right it used to be the evangelicals and now it's the libertarians...
On both sides you have people who have adopted the tactic that says "If you don't agree with me 100%, then you are far (right/left) EXTREMIST" - and we all know which side started this particular nonsense. It was the lefties with their endless cries of the R word.
The reality is that the left is just as guilty of crony capitalism as the right, turning this into a left/right issue is EXACTLY how NOT to SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
A significant number of the comments on heavily trafficked news sites are placed by PR forms working for various causes. That's why you often see the same, exact copy on multiple stories appearing quickly after they publish. The PR firms are using tools such as Radian 6 to constantly scan for stories that are relevant to their constituencies, real time alerts come in, quick position meetings are held, and the army of interns and copywriters go at it.
This is not some crazy conspiracy theory, ask anyone in the digital interactive advertising business.
Then there are the OFA trolls, some of which are compensated, and some of which are simply highly passionate people who do it for free. And of course the Aarron Flesar contingent.
The purpose of all of this is to trick the readership into believing that a certain position is more popular than it is. It works, particularly among young people.
PR firms and Ad Agencies are merging these days, and they are big media buyers. Guess who is vying for a share of that media? Yep, you guessed it, the Huffington Post is. By forcing people to give names, she can give preferential treatment and ratings to the paid PR firms who buy advertising on her web sites.
Follow the Money Trail, people, and use some common sense. This has NOTHING do to with anything but PROFIT, and when it comes to greed, both sides in the political debate are equally guilty. The only difference is the left pretends it is against greed....
The Volt, BTW, costs General Motors around $15,000 on each car they sell. That's the net LOSS to GM. What a great business model!! Once the government dumps their stock, and stops FORCING federal agencies to buy these Turkeys, they will go the way of the DeLorean.
In 1910 the electric car had a 40 mile range. In 2013 it's 50, 60 miles under real world conditions. You're telling me we are going to a many thousand fold increase in battery efficiency in 10 years?
This is the same song and dance we were told about Solar and Wind.... in the 1970's. Didn't happen. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
Mitt Romney said the Tesla project failed to create American Jobs.
He was correct.
If you're going to attack people who's views differ from your own, don't put words in their mouths, Okay?
Personally I think the whole idea of the government subsidizing private enterprise is wrong, because sooner or later it will become cronyism, and the money will simply be squandered. It's my money, I pay taxes, I want it spent for everyone's benefit, not the guy who gives money to one party of the other.
"We are still at least 5 to 10 years from an affordable all electric inexpensive family car."
That's what they said in 1910. Exactly this. To the word. In 1910 there was fierce competition between gas and electric. An electric car in 1910 went about 40 miles on a charge. 100 years later, and they are good for 50 miles.
Batteries are not computers, they are not subject to Moore's law. You can't legislate physics, and you can't throw the people's money at a problem and have it be magically solved. I'm sorry to rain on your parade, I would love an electric car, but I am a realist.
Could not agree more, Linux is incredibly easy to administer. All the same basic functions are on both platforms, but with Microsoft you are constantly searching for the right dialog, or where they hid the stupid context menu in THIS version.
RANT
Why would I trust my website to a company who after 20 years can't create a decent FTP server or talk to WebDAV?
END RANT
An IIS webserver has a license cost starting at close to $1,000, add SQL Server (Please don't use SQL EXPRESS to host a website with any traffic you'll be sorry) and you're looking at another $6,000.
Why, then, would I use IIS? Because I have to support Microsoft products or CMS systems that only run there.
So on the one hand, the government stocks up on millions of rounds of lead, hollow point ammo... "For our Safety"... and on the other hand, they want to regulate lead bullets for the rest of us, sparking the ire of the NRA.
I can see the conspiracy theorists going bat shit crazy on this one. Guess I'll head over to ATS
"Freedom of Speech" in the current administration is, in reality, "Freedom of Speech for individuals with CORRECT thoughts and speech ONLY"
That is exactly what the poster meant by bashing the whole "living breathing document" bullshit that sounds very nice but is completely ignored by GREEDY politicians who are craving absolute power.
Now that this line has been crossed, you can bet that when the other party gets in power again, they will cross it too. It's the old "My neighbor's kid stole a candy bar from the store and didn't take it back, so I can commit murder" defense that I hear from liberals almost daily when defending this administration.
Does it run Microsoft Office? Open Office & Google docs do not compare.
My servers all run Unix except for the three that have to support SiteCore. My desktops - all Windows. Why? Office. Office for Mac is kind of sort of the same but not quite.
Just about everything that could be said on this topic has already been said, in some cases eloquently, in others... not so much.
The only thing that hasn't been covered here is:
You KNOW the Safety-Crats will insist on a backup switch for every socket - This will benefit the Electrical Workers Union too:-) As we won't be trusted to change a light bulb in a "dangerous, hot socket".
What I want to know... and I mean really want to know... is where are the idiots who threw hard earned money at this idea on KickStarter? Over a million dollars... for this? Where are these fools with money, I want to retire early and am not counting on SS, ya know?
Further, I propose that the FBI, NSA, etc aren't trying to get around the Constitution because they are stupid. In reality, they are typical organizations, which seek to expand their authority, their budgets, their manpower and their influence. Some pretty smart people in each of these organizations spend a lot of time figuring out ways to accomplish these goals. Is it stupid to try to acquire more power? I would say, "No, it is not."
And isn't is just ironic as hell that the same people who decry evil, greedy corporations -- and declare that the GOVERNMENT is needed to stop them -- fail to realize that the GOVERNMENT is just as evil, and just as greedy?
All large organizations seek to increase in size, increase their power, and control more wealth. Thanks to the activity of a lot of idiots here in the U.S., and a phenomenal marketing campaign on the part of the politicians, we've created a monster federal organization that is now demonstrating how greedy, corrupt, and evil humans in large groups can be. We have exactly what we wished and voted for. Exactly.
Yes, and the IRS would never target people based on incorrect thoughts and speech, it's against the law.
The EPA would never selectively prosecute people based on incorrect thoughts either, because they are all very moral people who are Savior of Mother Gaia.
The word INTENTIONALLY would never be redefined, just ask Bill Clinton (It all depends on the definition of what the word is, is)
Based on these plain and obvious FACTS you are absolutely correct, there is nothing to see here, move along.
All pretty girls will be required to have darkly tinted windows so they won't distract male drivers who might take their focus off the road when passing.
People driving convertibles will be required to conform to a dress code if the top is down or they will get a ticket.
Children under the age of 10 won't be allowed in cars unless their mouth's are taped shut as they might distract the parents driving.
The Department of Correct Political Thought and Speech (Otherwise known as the DHS) will be empowered to hire five million loyal SEIU workers to setup check points at ten mile intervals on all Interstates to verify compliance and check papers. Since China won't loan us the 500 trillion million dollars to pay for this every year, travel will simply be restricted "to keep us all safe"
What a surprise. Just finished a three day workshop for a tablet app for a global, six billion dollar company. Guess what platform they picked to deploy to 45,000 employees? Yep, Windows 8. On Helix.
No I don't work for Microsoft, yes I run a stack of Ubuntu servers.
Seems that Corporate America isn't listening.... Why did they pick Windows 8? Metro. The tablet features. Active Directory integration. Ability to remotely wipe a device. Security. And, believe it or not, ease of use,
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I've been to Western Europe many times and completely disagree with your statements...
Profit is not the issue. How that profit is re-invested, is. Profit is not evil.
What's happening is because of the ongoing uncertainty about WTF are the Obamanistas going to to NEXT, what legislation are they going to SELECTIVELY ENFORCE, what imperial mandates are they going to issue as a result of some MANUFACTURED CRISIS... There's zero incentive to invest.
Investment will get us back to the moon, create jobs, build factories, all of it.
Just look at the financial statements of these evil corporations. They are sitting on their cash, waiting for an administration that doesn't openly advocate how evil business is, and threaten to take all kinds of drastic action...
This is the oldest propaganda trick in the book, that has been used for over a hundred years. The Communists have used this very effectively for the last 40 years or so. When the Democratic party splintered, the Clintonistas re-invented it as the Communist Party of America and re-branded it as "progressive". They tried to sell us this same malarkey about Obama, who is a Marxist at heart - just listen to what he says.
Here are the other popular Communist attack tactics: They (the opposition) are ignorant hayseeds. They are extremists, and dangerous, They are racists, xenophobes,. etc. We are moderate, intelligent enlightened people who only want to improve the human condition.
Truth: People who use these tactics have been responsible for more human suffering than any other sort. Don't fall for it.
BS. Democrats sell themselves as being the benevolent protectors of the little guy, and then they get into power and screw the little guy, all the while smiling and telling them how much they care about them.
Republicans don't sell themselves as wanting "completely free and unregulated markets" either. They write just as many stupid regulations as anybody else.
I think you need to travel abroad - and you'll discover that we have it pretty darn good here.
Yes, but most people judge and ideology by the small percentage of people that make the most noise. On the left, that's the Marxists, on the right it used to be the evangelicals and now it's the libertarians...
On both sides you have people who have adopted the tactic that says "If you don't agree with me 100%, then you are far (right/left) EXTREMIST" - and we all know which side started this particular nonsense. It was the lefties with their endless cries of the R word.
The reality is that the left is just as guilty of crony capitalism as the right, turning this into a left/right issue is EXACTLY how NOT to SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
A significant number of the comments on heavily trafficked news sites are placed by PR forms working for various causes. That's why you often see the same, exact copy on multiple stories appearing quickly after they publish. The PR firms are using tools such as Radian 6 to constantly scan for stories that are relevant to their constituencies, real time alerts come in, quick position meetings are held, and the army of interns and copywriters go at it.
This is not some crazy conspiracy theory, ask anyone in the digital interactive advertising business.
Then there are the OFA trolls, some of which are compensated, and some of which are simply highly passionate people who do it for free. And of course the Aarron Flesar contingent.
The purpose of all of this is to trick the readership into believing that a certain position is more popular than it is. It works, particularly among young people.
PR firms and Ad Agencies are merging these days, and they are big media buyers. Guess who is vying for a share of that media? Yep, you guessed it, the Huffington Post is. By forcing people to give names, she can give preferential treatment and ratings to the paid PR firms who buy advertising on her web sites.
Follow the Money Trail, people, and use some common sense. This has NOTHING do to with anything but PROFIT, and when it comes to greed, both sides in the political debate are equally guilty. The only difference is the left pretends it is against greed....
The Volt, BTW, costs General Motors around $15,000 on each car they sell. That's the net LOSS to GM. What a great business model!! Once the government dumps their stock, and stops FORCING federal agencies to buy these Turkeys, they will go the way of the DeLorean.
Based on what?
In 1910 the electric car had a 40 mile range. In 2013 it's 50, 60 miles under real world conditions. You're telling me we are going to a many thousand fold increase in battery efficiency in 10 years?
This is the same song and dance we were told about Solar and Wind.... in the 1970's. Didn't happen. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
Mitt Romney said the Tesla project failed to create American Jobs.
He was correct.
If you're going to attack people who's views differ from your own, don't put words in their mouths, Okay?
Personally I think the whole idea of the government subsidizing private enterprise is wrong, because sooner or later it will become cronyism, and the money will simply be squandered. It's my money, I pay taxes, I want it spent for everyone's benefit, not the guy who gives money to one party of the other.
"We are still at least 5 to 10 years from an affordable all electric inexpensive family car."
That's what they said in 1910. Exactly this. To the word. In 1910 there was fierce competition between gas and electric. An electric car in 1910 went about 40 miles on a charge. 100 years later, and they are good for 50 miles.
Batteries are not computers, they are not subject to Moore's law. You can't legislate physics, and you can't throw the people's money at a problem and have it be magically solved. I'm sorry to rain on your parade, I would love an electric car, but I am a realist.
Could not agree more, Linux is incredibly easy to administer. All the same basic functions are on both platforms, but with Microsoft you are constantly searching for the right dialog, or where they hid the stupid context menu in THIS version.
RANT
Why would I trust my website to a company who after 20 years can't create a decent FTP server or talk to WebDAV?
END RANT
There's another aspect to this argument...
An Apache webserver has a license cost of ZERO.
An IIS webserver has a license cost starting at close to $1,000, add SQL Server (Please don't use SQL EXPRESS to host a website with any traffic you'll be sorry) and you're looking at another $6,000.
Why, then, would I use IIS? Because I have to support Microsoft products or CMS systems that only run there.
DUH!!!
So on the one hand, the government stocks up on millions of rounds of lead, hollow point ammo... "For our Safety"... and on the other hand, they want to regulate lead bullets for the rest of us, sparking the ire of the NRA.
I can see the conspiracy theorists going bat shit crazy on this one. Guess I'll head over to ATS
"Freedom of Speech" in the current administration is, in reality, "Freedom of Speech for individuals with CORRECT thoughts and speech ONLY"
That is exactly what the poster meant by bashing the whole "living breathing document" bullshit that sounds very nice but is completely ignored by GREEDY politicians who are craving absolute power.
Now that this line has been crossed, you can bet that when the other party gets in power again, they will cross it too. It's the old "My neighbor's kid stole a candy bar from the store and didn't take it back, so I can commit murder" defense that I hear from liberals almost daily when defending this administration.
Does it run Microsoft Office? Open Office & Google docs do not compare.
My servers all run Unix except for the three that have to support SiteCore. My desktops - all Windows. Why? Office. Office for Mac is kind of sort of the same but not quite.
You are exactly right and the Linux folks will never, ever understand this.
Add shipping and your above the Home Depot Price...
Just about everything that could be said on this topic has already been said, in some cases eloquently, in others... not so much.
:-) As we won't be trusted to change a light bulb in a "dangerous, hot socket".
The only thing that hasn't been covered here is:
You KNOW the Safety-Crats will insist on a backup switch for every socket - This will benefit the Electrical Workers Union too
What I want to know... and I mean really want to know... is where are the idiots who threw hard earned money at this idea on KickStarter? Over a million dollars... for this? Where are these fools with money, I want to retire early and am not counting on SS, ya know?
Further, I propose that the FBI, NSA, etc aren't trying to get around the Constitution because they are stupid. In reality, they are typical organizations, which seek to expand their authority, their budgets, their manpower and their influence. Some pretty smart people in each of these organizations spend a lot of time figuring out ways to accomplish these goals. Is it stupid to try to acquire more power? I would say, "No, it is not."
And isn't is just ironic as hell that the same people who decry evil, greedy corporations -- and declare that the GOVERNMENT is needed to stop them -- fail to realize that the GOVERNMENT is just as evil, and just as greedy?
All large organizations seek to increase in size, increase their power, and control more wealth. Thanks to the activity of a lot of idiots here in the U.S., and a phenomenal marketing campaign on the part of the politicians, we've created a monster federal organization that is now demonstrating how greedy, corrupt, and evil humans in large groups can be. We have exactly what we wished and voted for. Exactly.
Yes, and the IRS would never target people based on incorrect thoughts and speech, it's against the law.
The EPA would never selectively prosecute people based on incorrect thoughts either, because they are all very moral people who are Savior of Mother Gaia.
The word INTENTIONALLY would never be redefined, just ask Bill Clinton (It all depends on the definition of what the word is, is)
Based on these plain and obvious FACTS you are absolutely correct, there is nothing to see here, move along.
Read the UK papers and you'll discover that you are badly misinformed.
We can all see where this is going.
All pretty girls will be required to have darkly tinted windows so they won't distract male drivers who might take their focus off the road when passing.
People driving convertibles will be required to conform to a dress code if the top is down or they will get a ticket.
Children under the age of 10 won't be allowed in cars unless their mouth's are taped shut as they might distract the parents driving.
The Department of Correct Political Thought and Speech (Otherwise known as the DHS) will be empowered to hire five million loyal SEIU workers to setup check points at ten mile intervals on all Interstates to verify compliance and check papers. Since China won't loan us the 500 trillion million dollars to pay for this every year, travel will simply be restricted "to keep us all safe"
What a surprise. Just finished a three day workshop for a tablet app for a global, six billion dollar company. Guess what platform they picked to deploy to 45,000 employees? Yep, Windows 8. On Helix.
No I don't work for Microsoft, yes I run a stack of Ubuntu servers.
Seems that Corporate America isn't listening.... Why did they pick Windows 8? Metro. The tablet features. Active Directory integration. Ability to remotely wipe a device. Security. And, believe it or not, ease of use,
They evaluated iOS, Android, and Linux.