So when a little girl is grabbed off the street and raped by a terrorist there will be no way the car can be identified even though its plate was at one time picked up by a camera? That's not cricket!
The general interest can tip the other way due to external pressure, however. It isn't just a change of conscience that is making the Swiss change banking privacy laws to help the US collect taxes.
Why would someone pay for something that has no inherent value and can't be returned? Sorry, forcing the general population into accepting that losing proposition so that entertainers make billions rather than the millions they would make off their derivative products if copyright didn't exist does not warrant blanket surveillance and censorship at public expense.
The people using the most bandwidth are obviously using almost all of it outside of 7pm. Kicking 10% of customers off the internet (and let's be honest, there isn't another ISP to take them) is not going to free up 90% of bandwidth at 7 when most of the other customers are maxing their connections. It will help a little, but you probably need 50% of customers terminated before you'd be happy with the speed again.
A normal Comcast connection should be able to transfer over 5000 GB/month. So, no, you're not a heavy user. And people don't have to be pirate captains or operating research labs to use a lot more data than you.
The actual costs are so low that the fixed fee would be same as the current rate. If you start metering people a lot of them will realize they are paying way too much for the amount of internet they use unless ISPs inflate bandwidth cost. Paying $50 for 10GB when your neighbor pays $51 for 500GB will make you switch to a cheaper DSL plan; paying $60 for 10GB while your neighbor pays $500 for 500GB will make you feel like you are frugal and aren't being charged for more than you use.
Providing internet is way more profitable than TV. And cable companies are in a constant losing battle against the networks' demands for higher rates. In the internet age the cable companies will finally take their revenge against hostile networks...and their own subscribers.
They may be wearing push-up bras but those women are mostly just young and gifted. If people weren't so superstitious about cloning all your patients would look like them!
A specialized trash pickup service should indeed be opt-out like sewer. There is nothing inherently social about clearing trash off of private property. And when a service has abandoned the lowest-common-denominator standard it is no longer fit to be socialized. (Please spare us the give-up-your-profession-to-run-against-the-guy-being-paid-to-run-for-office-or-move-to-Somalia bullshit which can be used to browbeat people into passivity about anything. Bribery, activism, anarchism, or just moving a few miles are actual solutions. )
It's not really stupidity, it's that they just don't give a shit because it isn't their money. And getting to hold the shovel at a ground-breaking is so much fun! There are also well-connected local contractors that benefit from any large construction project, and officials earn reelection by helping them to maintain a steady flow of projects.
An amoral doctor motivated solely by money could certainly subject you to a lot of additional inconvenience and drain you of a lot of money while avoiding legal repercussions. This might be against the doctor's interest by affecting his reputation, but the medical market doesn't function ideally. I'll agree that religious people are often insincere, and atheists are often more consciously ethical.
Due to increased productivity per hour there are lot of people that aren't needed by society. They either need to be left to rot on welfare or be exterminated because reducing government and corporate profits by shortening the workweek is unthinkable.
Most Hollywood movies are already collecting 10s of millions upfront for incorporating advertisements. They are entitled to nothing, not even theater receipts.
Legalization would reduce productivity and cause massive government layoffs. Utilitarian arguments are not going to convince capitalists or their government servants to do something that directly conflicts with their personal interests.
That's like saying if you need to save money you should cut your major expenses like food and housing while continuing to build a fancy gun collection. The Constitution envisioned defense handled by militias, not a massive standing imperial army. The military industrial complex propaganda saying that cuts weaken defense is BS: everything besides the nuclear force could be eliminated and our defenses would still be absolute. What's really reduced is the capacity for military adventurism, which has repeatedly revealed itself to be suicidal .
The Yemeni cargo mail bombs were one of the best efforts. AFAIK DHS hasn't implemented plausible measures to prevent future bombings. Guess cargo holds and water systems are too behind-the-scenes to make for good security theater.
What is traditionally called porn is of much less interest to 50% of the population. Not only is it distasteful, but it takes away attention from them (like booze). Seems not unlikely that they will eventually get men thrown in jail on these grounds...and also because the women in porn are being violently sexually exploited and trafficked! (A romantic comedy about an arrogant boyfriend being locked up for watching porn is exactly the kind of thing they can think about while masturbating)
Stuff from China is poor quality and has a high markup. I think the low income portion of the population (that spends almost all its money on rent/transportation/food anyway) wouldn't mind paying a little more if it meant they got factory jobs. Should also help with the government's courageous battle against deflation.
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I should have said "partially suspend". You should be paying 1/3 less towards your retirement
So when a little girl is grabbed off the street and raped by a terrorist there will be no way the car can be identified even though its plate was at one time picked up by a camera? That's not cricket!
Practically the only thing Obama has done in office is to suspend SS payroll deductions...
Immigration enforcement agents have a lot of time on their hands now that the southern border has been de facto dissolved.
The general interest can tip the other way due to external pressure, however. It isn't just a change of conscience that is making the Swiss change banking privacy laws to help the US collect taxes.
Why would someone pay for something that has no inherent value and can't be returned? Sorry, forcing the general population into accepting that losing proposition so that entertainers make billions rather than the millions they would make off their derivative products if copyright didn't exist does not warrant blanket surveillance and censorship at public expense.
The people using the most bandwidth are obviously using almost all of it outside of 7pm. Kicking 10% of customers off the internet (and let's be honest, there isn't another ISP to take them) is not going to free up 90% of bandwidth at 7 when most of the other customers are maxing their connections. It will help a little, but you probably need 50% of customers terminated before you'd be happy with the speed again.
A normal Comcast connection should be able to transfer over 5000 GB/month. So, no, you're not a heavy user. And people don't have to be pirate captains or operating research labs to use a lot more data than you.
The actual costs are so low that the fixed fee would be same as the current rate. If you start metering people a lot of them will realize they are paying way too much for the amount of internet they use unless ISPs inflate bandwidth cost. Paying $50 for 10GB when your neighbor pays $51 for 500GB will make you switch to a cheaper DSL plan; paying $60 for 10GB while your neighbor pays $500 for 500GB will make you feel like you are frugal and aren't being charged for more than you use.
Providing internet is way more profitable than TV. And cable companies are in a constant losing battle against the networks' demands for higher rates. In the internet age the cable companies will finally take their revenge against hostile networks...and their own subscribers.
They may be wearing push-up bras but those women are mostly just young and gifted. If people weren't so superstitious about cloning all your patients would look like them!
A specialized trash pickup service should indeed be opt-out like sewer. There is nothing inherently social about clearing trash off of private property. And when a service has abandoned the lowest-common-denominator standard it is no longer fit to be socialized. (Please spare us the give-up-your-profession-to-run-against-the-guy-being-paid-to-run-for-office-or-move-to-Somalia bullshit which can be used to browbeat people into passivity about anything. Bribery, activism, anarchism, or just moving a few miles are actual solutions. )
It's not really stupidity, it's that they just don't give a shit because it isn't their money. And getting to hold the shovel at a ground-breaking is so much fun! There are also well-connected local contractors that benefit from any large construction project, and officials earn reelection by helping them to maintain a steady flow of projects.
An amoral doctor motivated solely by money could certainly subject you to a lot of additional inconvenience and drain you of a lot of money while avoiding legal repercussions. This might be against the doctor's interest by affecting his reputation, but the medical market doesn't function ideally. I'll agree that religious people are often insincere, and atheists are often more consciously ethical.
Due to increased productivity per hour there are lot of people that aren't needed by society. They either need to be left to rot on welfare or be exterminated because reducing government and corporate profits by shortening the workweek is unthinkable.
Candidates do what they are told or they are not allowed to run.
Most Hollywood movies are already collecting 10s of millions upfront for incorporating advertisements. They are entitled to nothing, not even theater receipts.
Legalization would reduce productivity and cause massive government layoffs. Utilitarian arguments are not going to convince capitalists or their government servants to do something that directly conflicts with their personal interests.
In a small country like South Korea which has a hostile neighbor with 9 million trained soldiers I think most men would rather learn to fight
That's like saying if you need to save money you should cut your major expenses like food and housing while continuing to build a fancy gun collection. The Constitution envisioned defense handled by militias, not a massive standing imperial army. The military industrial complex propaganda saying that cuts weaken defense is BS: everything besides the nuclear force could be eliminated and our defenses would still be absolute. What's really reduced is the capacity for military adventurism, which has repeatedly revealed itself to be suicidal .
You'll have to be patient though, since a lot of those kids will spend years in grad school and/or traveling.
The Yemeni cargo mail bombs were one of the best efforts. AFAIK DHS hasn't implemented plausible measures to prevent future bombings. Guess cargo holds and water systems are too behind-the-scenes to make for good security theater.
It doesn't erode your privacy any more just because these are cheaper and more efficient.
1+1=1
What is traditionally called porn is of much less interest to 50% of the population. Not only is it distasteful, but it takes away attention from them (like booze). Seems not unlikely that they will eventually get men thrown in jail on these grounds...and also because the women in porn are being violently sexually exploited and trafficked! (A romantic comedy about an arrogant boyfriend being locked up for watching porn is exactly the kind of thing they can think about while masturbating)
Stuff from China is poor quality and has a high markup. I think the low income portion of the population (that spends almost all its money on rent/transportation/food anyway) wouldn't mind paying a little more if it meant they got factory jobs. Should also help with the government's courageous battle against deflation.