Literally every major scientific paper ever conducted on pure capitalism demonstrates its bottom-feeding, consolidating nature. The most profitable endpoint of every industry is a pure monopoly with absolutely no competition. How is it hard to understand? After breaking up AT&T, over the last 30 years the baby bells have gradually recombined into what they are now. Without FCC and DOJ resistance, nothing stops AT&T from taking over T-Mobile, then Verizon over Sprint, then AT&T or Verizon over the last remaining competitor.
Socialism subjects the powers of the elite to the group. You're obviously misunderstanding what socialism refers to. The choices of society are based off of the will of the group. Fascism subjects individuals to the will of a few leaders.
Fascism is historically a right-wing concept. The more you reduce the influence of government in society, the more powerful corporations become. Without government's trust-busting and regulation powers, corporations run roughshod over competition, merge and buy out their peers until there are monopolies. There is no other conclusion. Every legitimate scientific paper has demonstrated the bottom-feeding, consolidating nature of pure capitalism.
Let's be honest. The only reason you want smaller government is because you want less taxes. Maybe you've convinced yourself otherwise by constructing an elaborate viewpoint based on selective interpretation of historical events, but what it comes down to with you is money. You want to benefit from the vast wealth and resources a controlled and disciplined society provides you with, while avoiding the taxes required to maintain that society. I've seen it so many times identifying your type only requires a few choice words from them.
Just be honest and stop side stepping the issue. Greed is a human trait we all deal with. Pretending you're on some noble crusade to prevent the destruction of society by government overreach, while believing everyone else is brainwashed, is childish. Let's just be serious here. You don't like paying taxes, and that's what it boils down to.
Gee, it's almost as if a reduction in government power would make it even harder for the government to track the thousands upon thousands of giant corporations using innumerable loopholes to avoid taxes.
It's almost as if the Republicans' attempt to decrease funding for the IRS would actually cost the taxpayers *more* money by preventing the IRS from going after tax dodgers.
It's almost as if you're an idiot.
It's 1 gb/s FIXED. 100 mbps mobile. That's not hugely far off from WiMax 1 and LTE. And besides, it has much more to do with the modern implementation of new wireless communication techniques than just speed.
Uh....no. Cable DOCSIS 3 currently maxes out at 160 mbps to one node, which is shared with far more people than a xPON node is. Cable is horribly constrained compared to fiber. GPON shares 2.5 gbit/s among 32 or less; XGPON, an upcoming standard being field tested by Verizon and other telcos, does 10 gbit/s.
Oh man I remember that episode! That was the one that kind of turned me off from the Simpsons. It made me realize how everything in that show portrayed women and intelligent and independent, and men as unreliable fat slobs who leech off of females. What a sad moment that was...
Most of the oil in the Middle East is controlled by a tiny, tiny number of ultra wealthy families. There is horrible inequality there and the oil industry has held back modernization of the countries' economies for decades. Their societies crashing is the inevitable result of rampant inequality and corruption. So far they've avoided it by subsidizing everyone else with super generous social programs and ultra cheap oil. That can't last forever.
Historically battery storage has doubled every 10 years, but now it seems to be accelerating. GM's next-generation Volt (the one after the upcoming one), to be released in 2014 or 15, uses a new lithium ion technology that doubles capacity. I remember reading about a government funded research group working on technology to triple capacity by the latter part of the decade. It's feasible that by the end of the decade battery capacity will finally be large enough, and by the end of 2 decades it most surely will be.
100 million years? Lol... just... in a 100 million years, if humans are even still alive and not existing in some stone-age primitive form, our technology will be so, so advanced... not even a real issue.
That's a retarded argument. The DS is far more easily hacked. Just stick in a slot 2 device filled with games and voila you're done.
Software hacks are time-consuming and risky to users who don't know what they're doing.
And in the end piracy never affected the DS. It still sold tons of units of hardware and games.
The real reason the PSP lost software support is because the PSPGo sucks and hardware sales declined precipitously. Furthermore Westerners hate the cramped analog "nub" and are forced use that cursed D-pad on PS2-quality 3D games.
The few studies that have been done on pirating have found little to no negative effect on game sales. There's a reason the most popular games also happen to be the most pirated ones. A lot of people don't have thousands of dollars to divert solely to games, and by keeping up on the games they *want* to play they remain engaged in the industry and encouraged to buy games later on, when they *do* have capital to spend. Otherwise they'll simply resort to cheaper alternatives, and the games industry will get nothing.
I think the perfect example of this phenomenon is the PS3 vs. Xbox 360, Wii, and NDS. The latter two have been pirated for years while the PS3 was foolproof, but the sales of the 360 have trumped the PS3, while the DS has swamped the other two combined. The DS is on its way to break the record for hardware and software units sold *ever* for a standalone gaming unit (maybe it has already?). The Wii has demolished its competition. Arguing that pirates have harmed Nintendo's sales is just greedy, myopic, and ridiculously short-sighted.
tl;dr: Piracy doesn't hurt anyone. Nintendo's whalloping its competition. Not everyone's super rich.
The few studies that have been done on pirating have found little to no negative effect on game sales. There's a reason the most popular games also happen to be the most pirated ones. A lot of people don't have thousands of dollars to divert solely to games, and by keeping up on the games they *want* to play they remain engaged in the industry and encouraged to buy games later on, when they *do* have capital to spend. Otherwise they'll simply resort to cheaper alternatives, and the games industry will get nothing.
I think the perfect example of this phenomenon is the PS3 vs. Xbox 360, Wii, and NDS. The latter two have been pirated for years while the PS3 was foolproof, but the sales of the 360 have trumped the PS3, while the DS has swamped the other two combined. The DS is on its way to break the record for hardware and software units sold *ever* for a standalone gaming unit (maybe it has already?). The Wii has demolished its competition. Arguing that pirates have harmed Nintendo's sales is just greedy, myopic, and ridiculously short-sighted.
tl;dr: Piracy doesn't hurt anyone. Nintendo's whalloping its competition. Not everyone's super rich.
Maybe a really dumb question. Why don't they use normal conductors? Wouldn't something that conducts electricity more efficiently generate much less heat and allow for higher clock cycles?
Uh, no. A free market is a hypothetical concept proposed by Adam Smith, that involves zero barrier to entry, perfect information among consumers and suppliers, and perfect competition. Why don't you read the *whole* wikipedia entry, not just the one that serves your twisted version of reality?
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Literally every major scientific paper ever conducted on pure capitalism demonstrates its bottom-feeding, consolidating nature. The most profitable endpoint of every industry is a pure monopoly with absolutely no competition. How is it hard to understand? After breaking up AT&T, over the last 30 years the baby bells have gradually recombined into what they are now. Without FCC and DOJ resistance, nothing stops AT&T from taking over T-Mobile, then Verizon over Sprint, then AT&T or Verizon over the last remaining competitor.
Socialism subjects the powers of the elite to the group. You're obviously misunderstanding what socialism refers to. The choices of society are based off of the will of the group. Fascism subjects individuals to the will of a few leaders.
Fascism is historically a right-wing concept. The more you reduce the influence of government in society, the more powerful corporations become. Without government's trust-busting and regulation powers, corporations run roughshod over competition, merge and buy out their peers until there are monopolies. There is no other conclusion. Every legitimate scientific paper has demonstrated the bottom-feeding, consolidating nature of pure capitalism.
Let's be honest. The only reason you want smaller government is because you want less taxes. Maybe you've convinced yourself otherwise by constructing an elaborate viewpoint based on selective interpretation of historical events, but what it comes down to with you is money. You want to benefit from the vast wealth and resources a controlled and disciplined society provides you with, while avoiding the taxes required to maintain that society. I've seen it so many times identifying your type only requires a few choice words from them.
Just be honest and stop side stepping the issue. Greed is a human trait we all deal with. Pretending you're on some noble crusade to prevent the destruction of society by government overreach, while believing everyone else is brainwashed, is childish. Let's just be serious here. You don't like paying taxes, and that's what it boils down to.
Gee, it's almost as if a reduction in government power would make it even harder for the government to track the thousands upon thousands of giant corporations using innumerable loopholes to avoid taxes. It's almost as if the Republicans' attempt to decrease funding for the IRS would actually cost the taxpayers *more* money by preventing the IRS from going after tax dodgers. It's almost as if you're an idiot.
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Cops beat down drunken, crazy women all the time.
No they don't. If they did they'd be brought to court and sentenced for abuse.
a sexist
I like how you've changed the word from an adjective into a noun. No dehumanization or prejudice there.
It's 1 gb/s FIXED. 100 mbps mobile. That's not hugely far off from WiMax 1 and LTE. And besides, it has much more to do with the modern implementation of new wireless communication techniques than just speed.
Omg this had me laughing so hard. Thankyou. I was so confused as to why dots were showing up in the sentences.
Holy cow. October 2011? You're FROM THE FUTURE!!!
Uh....no. Cable DOCSIS 3 currently maxes out at 160 mbps to one node, which is shared with far more people than a xPON node is. Cable is horribly constrained compared to fiber. GPON shares 2.5 gbit/s among 32 or less; XGPON, an upcoming standard being field tested by Verizon and other telcos, does 10 gbit/s.
That was such a Charlie Brown response, I was laughing for a good minute. Pure awesomeness.
You wrote a 10 page essay in response to a well-known slashdot troll/sociopath. Waste of time buddy...
God you're a moron. Your worship of the Gilded Age is indicative of sociopathic tendencies. Go see a psychiatrist you bloviating idiot.
Oh man I remember that episode! That was the one that kind of turned me off from the Simpsons. It made me realize how everything in that show portrayed women and intelligent and independent, and men as unreliable fat slobs who leech off of females. What a sad moment that was...
If we go by purely IQ, Orientals have higher average IQs than whites. What do you say to that?
Most of the oil in the Middle East is controlled by a tiny, tiny number of ultra wealthy families. There is horrible inequality there and the oil industry has held back modernization of the countries' economies for decades. Their societies crashing is the inevitable result of rampant inequality and corruption. So far they've avoided it by subsidizing everyone else with super generous social programs and ultra cheap oil. That can't last forever.
Historically battery storage has doubled every 10 years, but now it seems to be accelerating. GM's next-generation Volt (the one after the upcoming one), to be released in 2014 or 15, uses a new lithium ion technology that doubles capacity. I remember reading about a government funded research group working on technology to triple capacity by the latter part of the decade. It's feasible that by the end of the decade battery capacity will finally be large enough, and by the end of 2 decades it most surely will be.
100 million years? Lol... just... in a 100 million years, if humans are even still alive and not existing in some stone-age primitive form, our technology will be so, so advanced... not even a real issue.
That's a retarded argument. The DS is far more easily hacked. Just stick in a slot 2 device filled with games and voila you're done. Software hacks are time-consuming and risky to users who don't know what they're doing. And in the end piracy never affected the DS. It still sold tons of units of hardware and games.
The real reason the PSP lost software support is because the PSPGo sucks and hardware sales declined precipitously. Furthermore Westerners hate the cramped analog "nub" and are forced use that cursed D-pad on PS2-quality 3D games.
The few studies that have been done on pirating have found little to no negative effect on game sales. There's a reason the most popular games also happen to be the most pirated ones. A lot of people don't have thousands of dollars to divert solely to games, and by keeping up on the games they *want* to play they remain engaged in the industry and encouraged to buy games later on, when they *do* have capital to spend. Otherwise they'll simply resort to cheaper alternatives, and the games industry will get nothing.
I think the perfect example of this phenomenon is the PS3 vs. Xbox 360, Wii, and NDS. The latter two have been pirated for years while the PS3 was foolproof, but the sales of the 360 have trumped the PS3, while the DS has swamped the other two combined. The DS is on its way to break the record for hardware and software units sold *ever* for a standalone gaming unit (maybe it has already?). The Wii has demolished its competition. Arguing that pirates have harmed Nintendo's sales is just greedy, myopic, and ridiculously short-sighted.
tl;dr: Piracy doesn't hurt anyone. Nintendo's whalloping its competition. Not everyone's super rich.
The few studies that have been done on pirating have found little to no negative effect on game sales. There's a reason the most popular games also happen to be the most pirated ones. A lot of people don't have thousands of dollars to divert solely to games, and by keeping up on the games they *want* to play they remain engaged in the industry and encouraged to buy games later on, when they *do* have capital to spend. Otherwise they'll simply resort to cheaper alternatives, and the games industry will get nothing.
I think the perfect example of this phenomenon is the PS3 vs. Xbox 360, Wii, and NDS. The latter two have been pirated for years while the PS3 was foolproof, but the sales of the 360 have trumped the PS3, while the DS has swamped the other two combined. The DS is on its way to break the record for hardware and software units sold *ever* for a standalone gaming unit (maybe it has already?). The Wii has demolished its competition. Arguing that pirates have harmed Nintendo's sales is just greedy, myopic, and ridiculously short-sighted.
tl;dr: Piracy doesn't hurt anyone. Nintendo's whalloping its competition. Not everyone's super rich.
Maybe a really dumb question. Why don't they use normal conductors? Wouldn't something that conducts electricity more efficiently generate much less heat and allow for higher clock cycles?
Spun don't bother with these guys. They're just internet trolls.
Stop being such a pedant. Jeez. Spun makes very valid points and you ignore them b/c you can't over yourself.
Uh, no. A free market is a hypothetical concept proposed by Adam Smith, that involves zero barrier to entry, perfect information among consumers and suppliers, and perfect competition. Why don't you read the *whole* wikipedia entry, not just the one that serves your twisted version of reality?