Sooner or later there will come a time when lobbying and sending letters will do nothing, when protests and rallies are worthless. At that time, the only way to change a politicians mind will be to scramble it with a bullet. We aren't there yet, but its going to happen sooner or later.
I've heard it said that Freedom can only be bought with blood. Really, it isn't a purchase but a rental. How long will it be until the rent is due again?
1. its the table my dealer has all his stuff on. you insert the money and delete a baggie? Dont' try and swipe an extra baggie unless you want a complementary bullet.
2. its like really, really fast man, like a 1/100 of a second or something
3. yeah, they like, sort stuff, even alphabetically sometimes!
4. well, the X is a letter in the English language, so if i had a word that contains an X I kinda have to put it in there. but if it bothers you i could substitute "ecks"
When an pseudonymous poser - err poster - refutes one of the most highly respected physicists on the planet and claims his ideas have logical flaws, it might be a good idea to have some sort of evidence. Otherwise we're just going to assume you are full of shit. Or to put it another way
Very well. Then since you are advocating a wages model for application developers, I will concur with you. We calculate the wages due to app developers and they get that amount for their work. Lets say it cost a million dollars in wages to have a 10 man team develop an application. So, after a million dollars has been paid for that application in the marketplace, we should automatically reduce the price of that application to free. After all, we have now paid the wages of the developers for the time they spent developing the app. They have been paid exactly the same way the person flipping burgers has been paid.
Developers work along an entirely different compensation model. So do commission-only salesmen. Wages are not the only way to make money.
Even app developers realize sometimes people aren't willing to pay a dollar for a piece of shit app. Which is why they change how they do things and release a "free" version supported by ads.
Sounds like a great idea for a steady stream of submissions. Now all you have to do is automate the process. I know, write up a quick program in BASIC.
People make that choice every day. I've had to make that choice before. You obviously have no fucking clue what you are talking about. Medicaid only covers people up to 133% over poverty level. Lets look at poverty levels in the US
Size of Family Unit / Poverty Guideline (annual income)
1 / $ 10,830
2 / $ 14,570
3 / $ 18,310
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At 133%, depending on the state in question, you are no longer eligible for medicaid. so once a family's income reaches $24,352 / year (gross), Medicaid is no longer a sure thing. That's only $2,029 / month. To feed, clothe, house, etc. a family of three.
You need to get off your own high horse and realize there are a lot of people that do not have the luxury of paying cash for a CT - scan. Especially when you consider that the cash cost of a CT scan roughly averages about $900.
So your cash CT-scan which you so arrogantly assume anyone can pay for would take half of a family's monthly income. Oh, and that's not include paying the doctor, taking time off from work (because when you are that poor, you probably don't get sick time). All in all, paying for a simple doctor's visit and a diagnostic test with cash could take up most of a family's monthly income.
Congratulations, you've just made a family homeless!
We need to get a volunteer team of skilled programmers to pirate and port their non-PC games to the PC. Yes I know the games suck, but it would be fun to release out into the PC-gaming world a UBISOFT title that wasn't sold to PC's because of the "piracy".
Its good news, sort of. Of course we still have to deal with the anti-climate change conspiracy theorists who believe that all the scientists in the world are in on a secret conspiracy to falsely convince us there is such a thing as global warming. They will only spin the study as proof that climate change is still a hoax.
On a more rational note, a rise of 1.7 to 2.6 degrees Celsius is still not good. However, it is much better than a rise of between 2 and 4.5 degrees C.
interesting. It seems that the bottled water lobby wanted to declare dehydration a disease that was cured or prevented by their water. The EU decided they were full of shit and said no. Here is the text of the decision
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Sooner or later there will come a time when lobbying and sending letters will do nothing, when protests and rallies are worthless. At that time, the only way to change a politicians mind will be to scramble it with a bullet. We aren't there yet, but its going to happen sooner or later.
I've heard it said that Freedom can only be bought with blood. Really, it isn't a purchase but a rental. How long will it be until the rent is due again?
1. its the table my dealer has all his stuff on. you insert the money and delete a baggie? Dont' try and swipe an extra baggie unless you want a complementary bullet.
2. its like really, really fast man, like a 1/100 of a second or something
3. yeah, they like, sort stuff, even alphabetically sometimes!
4. well, the X is a letter in the English language, so if i had a word that contains an X I kinda have to put it in there. but if it bothers you i could substitute "ecks"
patent racism.
Yeah, I know bad pun. But it was begging to be said.
patent racism.
yeah, i know, bad pun. but it begged to be said.
When an pseudonymous poser - err poster - refutes one of the most highly respected physicists on the planet and claims his ideas have logical flaws, it might be a good idea to have some sort of evidence. Otherwise we're just going to assume you are full of shit. Or to put it another way
[citation required]
Very well. Then since you are advocating a wages model for application developers, I will concur with you. We calculate the wages due to app developers and they get that amount for their work. Lets say it cost a million dollars in wages to have a 10 man team develop an application. So, after a million dollars has been paid for that application in the marketplace, we should automatically reduce the price of that application to free. After all, we have now paid the wages of the developers for the time they spent developing the app. They have been paid exactly the same way the person flipping burgers has been paid.
Developers work along an entirely different compensation model. So do commission-only salesmen. Wages are not the only way to make money.
Even app developers realize sometimes people aren't willing to pay a dollar for a piece of shit app. Which is why they change how they do things and release a "free" version supported by ads.
Yes in fact I do work for free. Not on my regular job, but I do volunteer work for a couple of charities. I also donate food to the local food bank.
Sounds like a great idea for a steady stream of submissions. Now all you have to do is automate the process. I know, write up a quick program in BASIC.
they are distributing degrees in cereal boxes where he came from. unfortunately, he wasn't able to earn that degree.
The scientists at Caltech don't have faces. They were all destroyed in a series of horrifying Bunsen burner accidents.
gay men?
People make that choice every day. I've had to make that choice before. You obviously have no fucking clue what you are talking about. Medicaid only covers people up to 133% over poverty level. Lets look at poverty levels in the US
Size of Family Unit / Poverty Guideline (annual income)
1 / $ 10,830
2 / $ 14,570
3 / $ 18,310
--------
At 133%, depending on the state in question, you are no longer eligible for medicaid. so once a family's income reaches $24,352 / year (gross), Medicaid is no longer a sure thing. That's only $2,029 / month. To feed, clothe, house, etc. a family of three.
You need to get off your own high horse and realize there are a lot of people that do not have the luxury of paying cash for a CT - scan. Especially when you consider that the cash cost of a CT scan roughly averages about $900.
So your cash CT-scan which you so arrogantly assume anyone can pay for would take half of a family's monthly income. Oh, and that's not include paying the doctor, taking time off from work (because when you are that poor, you probably don't get sick time). All in all, paying for a simple doctor's visit and a diagnostic test with cash could take up most of a family's monthly income.
Congratulations, you've just made a family homeless!
I wonder why there isn't a mod category for cyncical
That's the truth. Why, you can just look at the success of replacing women in certain simple and repetitive actions (NSFW)
A new release will mean tons of tech support calls as customers call in to ask for help with their new ... oh never mind, its linux.
i wish i had mod points for this one +5 funny
We need to get a volunteer team of skilled programmers to pirate and port their non-PC games to the PC. Yes I know the games suck, but it would be fun to release out into the PC-gaming world a UBISOFT title that wasn't sold to PC's because of the "piracy".
Its good news, sort of. Of course we still have to deal with the anti-climate change conspiracy theorists who believe that all the scientists in the world are in on a secret conspiracy to falsely convince us there is such a thing as global warming. They will only spin the study as proof that climate change is still a hoax.
On a more rational note, a rise of 1.7 to 2.6 degrees Celsius is still not good. However, it is much better than a rise of between 2 and 4.5 degrees C.
to see that battery technology is starting to reap the sort of advances that permeate other areas.
but its square root is
I think the Stop Online Pedophiles Act would face stiff opposition from the American Football Coaches Association
Yeah but to most people it would be like mixing Lenin Lemon and Reagan Rocky Road. The two flavors together don't sound appealing at all.
I so wish I had a mod point for this comment +5 Funny for you
interesting. It seems that the bottled water lobby wanted to declare dehydration a disease that was cured or prevented by their water. The EU decided they were full of shit and said no. Here is the text of the decision