Why should the moral culpability of a nation be dependent on the moral whims of the masses? If a people-elected government has the power to force companies to stop selling products made by abusing and taking advantage of poor 3rd world citizens, then it might as well.
Unions are the only things preventing big business from employing workers at the same wages and conditions as they do in China. I don't know what you mean by the "legal advantages and protections" unions enjoy, and I could be a wikitard like yourself and say "citation needed", but I prefer to point out that individual employees have absolutely no power when dealing with their employers. Legal protections are necessary to prevent businesses from using shady, unethical, and possibly fraudulent tactics to dissolve unions.
Your lamenting over unions attempting to "monopolize" resources is retarded, considering businesses have historically severely abused their own monopoly over providing compensation to their employees.
Your entire assertion that it's none of our business what corporations do with their amassed profits is nonsequitor. The original poster's argument was that raising the cost of labor does not harm the final product that companies put out. The more businesses cut costs, the more they pocket. The extra money they make essentially drains wealth from the national economy.
From the perspective of societal and consumer good, unions can only help the working class. Depriving the super-friggin'-rich class from being able to buy one more personal jet does not really harm them.
Unions didn't bring down the auto industry. Scapegoating unions as the cause of serious management flaws is a favorite of big business. The real problem was the lack of vision and innovation of the auto companies. GM for example made hefty profits for decades, but rather than invest that into meaningful R&D for future products, they preferred to buy a few more jets for executives. Battery technology is one example of something that has stagnated for decades because of a lack of investment by the giant car companies. Another is the EV1 of the '90s.
I don't know about "cutting off children". Maybe an extremely rich, ultra-proud father will do something like that if his child utterly disappoints the family, but for the most part Asian families are extremely tight-knit, and take very good care of their members for much longer periods of time than Western families.
Are you even aware that the violence committed between couples is split evenly between men and women? I'm sure feminist propaganda would have you believe otherwise, but if you knew anything about social psychology you would be shocked to find out women are perpetrators of severe violence just as often as men.
What a screwed up society we live in where a man is forced to live for over a decade in a jail cell for not giving his worthlessly evil wife millions of dollars for betraying him.
Western society is full of anti-male propaganda and protects women far better than it protects men.
It's despicable and ultimately saddening.
This is a topic I've been thinking about recently.
Unfortunately the government doesn't even understand what the internet is all about, hence their dedication to the whining of the RIAA.
I shudder to think how long it will take politicians to understand what the effects of locking down the cloud will be to innovation.
I would argue that Asian culture is a lot richer than European culture. It's well-known how promiscuous and unfaithful white people (especially white women) are (England is the most promiscuous developed country in the world).
Asians also have higher IQs (and I would argue higher EQs) than whites. Ashkenazi Jews are the only exception, but even then they seem to have relatively low EQs.
So according to you competition in a free market drives competitors out of that market, leading to a stifling of innovation. That goes against the very essence of free market logic. In fact that is such a hare-brained assumption I don't even know where to begin picking it apart.
Phone manufacturers right now don't have to compete with each other. Exclusive contracts help guarantee their bottom line without them having to worry about putting out high-quality products. That's why phones in America are a generation behind the rest of the world. It's also why low-end phones have experienced little to no advancement in features. They're essentially the same now as they were 5 or 6 years ago.
All these "benefits" to the consumer come at the price of inflated monthly bills in which we have to pay the cost of the phone *and then some* to the carrier, with no choice of who provides our voice and data and for how long we want to pay for them.
I'll pay the full price and pay significantly lower monthly fees without a stupid 2 year contract. This means I won't be forced to pay for 2 years of data that I'll rarely use (instead I prefer to use Wi-Fi wherever available).
Um...the Japanese score higher on IQ than whites. Asians in general have higher IQs than Europeans.
Ashkenazi Jews *do* have the highest overall IQs, however this doesn't take into account other measures of intelligence, like "EQ", a relatively recently created measure of one's "emotional quotient".
It's *about time*. Maybe now we'll see Nintendo initiate a price cut on their hardware. But boy, it's really amazing to see how long it's taken for people to limit their spending on video games. They really seem to value their entertainment a lot more than I realized. Perhaps video game entertainment has become so immersive that in the minds of people stressed by the economy and life in general, video game escapism has become almost a necessity. I could be wrong, but I know that for myself they've always provided a great place to retreat while I sorted out my thoughts.
For some strange reason no one here seems to understand how cheap bandwidth really is to the large ISPs, or how much profit they make every year.
We're talking about record profits during a global recession.
100 mbit symmetrical was standard in other countries 5 years ago, and you're arguing in favor of Bell's alleged congestion and exaflood warnings.
It's sad really.
Considering users in places like Sweden, Japan, and South Korea have experienced unimpeded 100mbit connections for *years*, I really doubt Bell would experience negative ROIs from upgrading their network.
Why would prices have to go up when ISPs with little to no competition are making record profits during a huge recession? ISPs like Time Warner are actually *decreasing* their annual investment into their network.
Strange, I didn't know ISPs were struggling to afford network upgrades.
Oh wait, most of them are making record profits during the greatest recession since the 1930s, and face little to no competition in most of their areas of service.
Oh wait, their annual network investment has been decreasing year after year despite increases in profits.
Oh wait, they have never proved there is actually any real congestion on the network.
Oh wait, bandwidth costs have been steadily decreasing year after year.
Oh wait, international backbone utilization has actually dropped or remained flat over the last decade.
Oh wait, you're full of lies and can go screw yourself.
Have a nice day!
You're not particularly aware of cultures outside the West are you?
I'm not trying to insult you. It's just surprising to me.
People in Japan do smile, something you'd become aware of if you ever visited Japan or met some traveling abroad. But the most common theme among Eastern cultures is introversion and stability, manifested by a general lack of excessive grinning and laughing. It's not that they don't laugh or smile. They just don't do it nearly as often as in the West.
I'm Asian myself. I've been in Japan, India, Korea, etc. I do recognize these patterns, which you can also read about in any behavioral journal worth their 2 cents.
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Even researchers should have basic ethics. Research like this can only harm society in the long run.
In Asia, especially China, wifes/girlfriends do not leave you, especially not over money. A bit of a nonsequitor, so carry on!
Why should the moral culpability of a nation be dependent on the moral whims of the masses? If a people-elected government has the power to force companies to stop selling products made by abusing and taking advantage of poor 3rd world citizens, then it might as well.
Unions are the only things preventing big business from employing workers at the same wages and conditions as they do in China. I don't know what you mean by the "legal advantages and protections" unions enjoy, and I could be a wikitard like yourself and say "citation needed", but I prefer to point out that individual employees have absolutely no power when dealing with their employers. Legal protections are necessary to prevent businesses from using shady, unethical, and possibly fraudulent tactics to dissolve unions. Your lamenting over unions attempting to "monopolize" resources is retarded, considering businesses have historically severely abused their own monopoly over providing compensation to their employees. Your entire assertion that it's none of our business what corporations do with their amassed profits is nonsequitor. The original poster's argument was that raising the cost of labor does not harm the final product that companies put out. The more businesses cut costs, the more they pocket. The extra money they make essentially drains wealth from the national economy. From the perspective of societal and consumer good, unions can only help the working class. Depriving the super-friggin'-rich class from being able to buy one more personal jet does not really harm them.
Unions didn't bring down the auto industry. Scapegoating unions as the cause of serious management flaws is a favorite of big business. The real problem was the lack of vision and innovation of the auto companies. GM for example made hefty profits for decades, but rather than invest that into meaningful R&D for future products, they preferred to buy a few more jets for executives. Battery technology is one example of something that has stagnated for decades because of a lack of investment by the giant car companies. Another is the EV1 of the '90s.
I don't know about "cutting off children". Maybe an extremely rich, ultra-proud father will do something like that if his child utterly disappoints the family, but for the most part Asian families are extremely tight-knit, and take very good care of their members for much longer periods of time than Western families.
Are you even aware that the violence committed between couples is split evenly between men and women? I'm sure feminist propaganda would have you believe otherwise, but if you knew anything about social psychology you would be shocked to find out women are perpetrators of severe violence just as often as men.
What a screwed up society we live in where a man is forced to live for over a decade in a jail cell for not giving his worthlessly evil wife millions of dollars for betraying him. Western society is full of anti-male propaganda and protects women far better than it protects men. It's despicable and ultimately saddening.
This is a topic I've been thinking about recently. Unfortunately the government doesn't even understand what the internet is all about, hence their dedication to the whining of the RIAA. I shudder to think how long it will take politicians to understand what the effects of locking down the cloud will be to innovation.
It would be much more useful if this technology could be retrofitted onto older buildings.
I would argue that Asian culture is a lot richer than European culture. It's well-known how promiscuous and unfaithful white people (especially white women) are (England is the most promiscuous developed country in the world). Asians also have higher IQs (and I would argue higher EQs) than whites. Ashkenazi Jews are the only exception, but even then they seem to have relatively low EQs.
So according to you competition in a free market drives competitors out of that market, leading to a stifling of innovation. That goes against the very essence of free market logic. In fact that is such a hare-brained assumption I don't even know where to begin picking it apart. Phone manufacturers right now don't have to compete with each other. Exclusive contracts help guarantee their bottom line without them having to worry about putting out high-quality products. That's why phones in America are a generation behind the rest of the world. It's also why low-end phones have experienced little to no advancement in features. They're essentially the same now as they were 5 or 6 years ago. All these "benefits" to the consumer come at the price of inflated monthly bills in which we have to pay the cost of the phone *and then some* to the carrier, with no choice of who provides our voice and data and for how long we want to pay for them.
I'll pay the full price and pay significantly lower monthly fees without a stupid 2 year contract. This means I won't be forced to pay for 2 years of data that I'll rarely use (instead I prefer to use Wi-Fi wherever available).
That's why it should be renamed Rad-X. No one has dibs on the name, right?
Um...the Japanese score higher on IQ than whites. Asians in general have higher IQs than Europeans. Ashkenazi Jews *do* have the highest overall IQs, however this doesn't take into account other measures of intelligence, like "EQ", a relatively recently created measure of one's "emotional quotient".
It's *about time*. Maybe now we'll see Nintendo initiate a price cut on their hardware. But boy, it's really amazing to see how long it's taken for people to limit their spending on video games. They really seem to value their entertainment a lot more than I realized. Perhaps video game entertainment has become so immersive that in the minds of people stressed by the economy and life in general, video game escapism has become almost a necessity. I could be wrong, but I know that for myself they've always provided a great place to retreat while I sorted out my thoughts.
Their actual cost is probably more in the range of $0.005 to $.01 per GBYTE. $0.05/Gb is way, way too marked up.
A small community ISP does not have nearly the economy of scale as a giant incumbent, especially when someone like Bell *owns the friggin' backbone*.
Some estimates put their costs at $1/month/subscriber. No one but the ISPs know their actual costs though.
For some strange reason no one here seems to understand how cheap bandwidth really is to the large ISPs, or how much profit they make every year. We're talking about record profits during a global recession. 100 mbit symmetrical was standard in other countries 5 years ago, and you're arguing in favor of Bell's alleged congestion and exaflood warnings. It's sad really.
Considering users in places like Sweden, Japan, and South Korea have experienced unimpeded 100mbit connections for *years*, I really doubt Bell would experience negative ROIs from upgrading their network.
Why would prices have to go up when ISPs with little to no competition are making record profits during a huge recession? ISPs like Time Warner are actually *decreasing* their annual investment into their network.
Strange, I didn't know ISPs were struggling to afford network upgrades. Oh wait, most of them are making record profits during the greatest recession since the 1930s, and face little to no competition in most of their areas of service. Oh wait, their annual network investment has been decreasing year after year despite increases in profits. Oh wait, they have never proved there is actually any real congestion on the network. Oh wait, bandwidth costs have been steadily decreasing year after year. Oh wait, international backbone utilization has actually dropped or remained flat over the last decade. Oh wait, you're full of lies and can go screw yourself. Have a nice day!
Interesting? You're assuming we're all computer geeks. Wait a minute...
You're not particularly aware of cultures outside the West are you? I'm not trying to insult you. It's just surprising to me. People in Japan do smile, something you'd become aware of if you ever visited Japan or met some traveling abroad. But the most common theme among Eastern cultures is introversion and stability, manifested by a general lack of excessive grinning and laughing. It's not that they don't laugh or smile. They just don't do it nearly as often as in the West. I'm Asian myself. I've been in Japan, India, Korea, etc. I do recognize these patterns, which you can also read about in any behavioral journal worth their 2 cents.