Removing corporate personhood would hurt consumers in many ways as well. For instance, if GM makes a faulty product that injures you, if a they're not a person, who do you sue? You'd have to go after every individual, who is not going to have the funds available to pay for your damages anyway. Or, you could sue each individual shareholder.
It's a double-edged sword, but if you learn more about it, you might realize it does more good than harm.
It's not who the money is going to, it's the fact that there are costs associated with a home that continue after you have paid for it. Quite substantial costs, in many cases.
United States Code, Title 1, Section 1, "In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise... the words 'person' and 'whoever' include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals;"
Therefore, in the United States, corporations are people for most purposes.
Heh, actually most of the time when boxes were damaged it was due to the conveyer system. Sometimes you'd get backed up enough, simply because it was physically impossible to keep up. At that point you might get pissed off enough to start throwing things around.
One time it was so bad that two of us were literally trapped inside our trailer, and the only way out was to walk on top of boxes. The boxes that got damaged the most were those that had no packing material in them, or were poorly taped. You can't expect a thin layer of tape to hold together a thin cardboard box holding 50 pounds of whatever. Not to blame the customer, but if you really cared about it, you would have packed it a little better. Accidents happen.
The increase in product being shipped is mostly that to retailers, so FedEx probably sees a very similar increase that UPS does. (I loaded trucks in Indy for a year, and it's mundane enough that you actually read the labels sometimes).
What does personal student information have to do with measured results and performance? University performance statistics are already readily available.
Recently bloggers were part of the forces compelling Trent Lott to resign as Senate majority leader and Dan Rather to apologize to viewers on national television
1. If a mainstream media outlet publishes enough crap that people get fed up and their ratings sink, they'll do something to remedy it.
2. If a blog does the same thing, no one cares, because public outrage has no effect on the blogger's wallet.
Unless it's something you're paying for, you're not going to care that much about it. (directly or indirectly, and yes, even though it's broadcast TV, you are paying for it. (Unless you don't buy any of those products that are giving them money for advertisements.)
If you got laid more often, your brain functions wouldn't work properly. Remember what happened go George in the Seinfield episode where he gave up sex? Just the opposite would happen to you.
I can sell you a deed to a piece of land I don't own, so long as it states that I make no claim to the land in the deed, and you get whatever I have, which may or may not be anything at all. (There actually is a purpose for such things, btw.)
If I sell you some land that I don't own, and don't state otherwise, you can sue me when you find out that someone else owns it instead.
Google needs to decide if it is worth it to privately settle cases like this, or to fight one through and hope that the courts side with them. I imagine they have plenty of lawyers figuring out what the best option for them at this time is.
Sometimes it is more economical for a company to simple deal with the cheapshots and pay them off instead of risking the courts coming down on the other side.
Google's response is to remove any link to their website from their search results. As soon as they see the drastic decline in new visitors, they'll come crawling back.
Well, my whole point was that this defense system is only effective against things that are shot into the air, have a stable trajectory, and are in the air long enough to realize it's something we need to shoot down.
It's so easy to circumvent such a defense system, that it's almost pointless to build it.
Slashdot Mirror
I prefer an obvious bias than one that is hidden under the guise of fair and balanced reporting.
Is anyone else amazed at the number of people here on Slashdot that apparently have never heard of CSM prior to this article?
Learn more about the periodical before your dismiss it based on its title.
Removing corporate personhood would hurt consumers in many ways as well. For instance, if GM makes a faulty product that injures you, if a they're not a person, who do you sue? You'd have to go after every individual, who is not going to have the funds available to pay for your damages anyway. Or, you could sue each individual shareholder.
It's a double-edged sword, but if you learn more about it, you might realize it does more good than harm.
It's not who the money is going to, it's the fact that there are costs associated with a home that continue after you have paid for it. Quite substantial costs, in many cases.
United States Code, Title 1, Section 1, "In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise... the words 'person' and 'whoever' include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals;"
Therefore, in the United States, corporations are people for most purposes.
If it's a settlement, it was done out of court, and the private dealings between citizens should never been made public if they don't want them to be.
When you buy a house, should you still have to pay rent to live in it?
You do, it's called property taxes.
Heh, actually most of the time when boxes were damaged it was due to the conveyer system. Sometimes you'd get backed up enough, simply because it was physically impossible to keep up. At that point you might get pissed off enough to start throwing things around.
One time it was so bad that two of us were literally trapped inside our trailer, and the only way out was to walk on top of boxes. The boxes that got damaged the most were those that had no packing material in them, or were poorly taped. You can't expect a thin layer of tape to hold together a thin cardboard box holding 50 pounds of whatever. Not to blame the customer, but if you really cared about it, you would have packed it a little better. Accidents happen.
The increase in product being shipped is mostly that to retailers, so FedEx probably sees a very similar increase that UPS does. (I loaded trucks in Indy for a year, and it's mundane enough that you actually read the labels sometimes).
Anyone got any more information about what private schools recieve how much federal funding?
What does personal student information have to do with measured results and performance? University performance statistics are already readily available.
The public doesn't pay the bills for news media. The advertisers do.
Advertisers get their money to advertise from the products that the public buys from them.
Recently bloggers were part of the forces compelling Trent Lott to resign as Senate majority leader and Dan Rather to apologize to viewers on national television
Any proof to back that up?
1. If a mainstream media outlet publishes enough crap that people get fed up and their ratings sink, they'll do something to remedy it.
2. If a blog does the same thing, no one cares, because public outrage has no effect on the blogger's wallet.
Unless it's something you're paying for, you're not going to care that much about it. (directly or indirectly, and yes, even though it's broadcast TV, you are paying for it. (Unless you don't buy any of those products that are giving them money for advertisements.)
If you got laid more often, your brain functions wouldn't work properly. Remember what happened go George in the Seinfield episode where he gave up sex? Just the opposite would happen to you.
I can sell you a deed to a piece of land I don't own, so long as it states that I make no claim to the land in the deed, and you get whatever I have, which may or may not be anything at all. (There actually is a purpose for such things, btw.)
If I sell you some land that I don't own, and don't state otherwise, you can sue me when you find out that someone else owns it instead.
I'm not an Apple fan boy
nothing short of fantastic
fantastic product range
That's really all I was getting at. Apparently, I hit some kind of nerve.
I'm not an Apple fan boy
When you use phrases like:
pretty obvious likelyhood
nothing short of fantastic
really has a fantastic product range
best OS out there by miles
You can't help but sound like a fanboy.
You don't need Linux to do it. BartPE works very well for this purpose.
Only one of the top 10 gaining queries for the week ending Nov 8th could be considered remotely related to porn.
Of course, I figure they probably filter the results a little for the Zeitgeist.
Google needs to decide if it is worth it to privately settle cases like this, or to fight one through and hope that the courts side with them. I imagine they have plenty of lawyers figuring out what the best option for them at this time is.
Sometimes it is more economical for a company to simple deal with the cheapshots and pay them off instead of risking the courts coming down on the other side.
Google's response is to remove any link to their website from their search results. As soon as they see the drastic decline in new visitors, they'll come crawling back.
Be nice if the mirror actually had more than the first page....
I was referring to George Bush's attempts to implement Reagan's Star Wars plan.
Well, my whole point was that this defense system is only effective against things that are shot into the air, have a stable trajectory, and are in the air long enough to realize it's something we need to shoot down.
It's so easy to circumvent such a defense system, that it's almost pointless to build it.