Except that those with capital are the ones who decide how much you get paid. If you have no capital, you have no opportunity to increase your worth. It's all fine and dandy to say "If you really think you're worth more, go somewhere else." but if the jobs all pay the same amount, you can't go somewhere else. It's also very difficult to start your own business because the established businesses, with their economies of scale, can crush small ones and push them out of the market (see: Wal-mart).
The biggest problem with capitalism is that, for it to truly work, it requires that every party has equal information. This just isn't the case, information requires time to gather, and time costs money. Therefore, those with money get the information and use it to their advantage whenever they can. There's a reason that Harvard grads get the best paying jobs, and it's not because they are the "best and brightest," as they'd have you think they are.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a capitalist, but to assume that it is a perfect system is silly. To abuse a Winston Churchill quote about democracy, "Capitalism is the worst economic system there is, except all the others."
Most churches do quite a bit to help the poor, whether or not they are constituents of the church. The problem lies in the fact that churches are quickly fading (esp. in the developed world) so their donations are dwindling, while, at the same time, the number of poor is increasing. Even if the church is supporting them, generally it's to the tune of a couple meals a week, generally, not enough to raise a family.
There are other mechanisms in place to help the poor, but, due to the abuse of some, it can be difficult for those who truly need help to get it. Sometimes there really is no other alternative.
I'm really looking forward to the state of Wisconsin establishing new programs with the temporary funds that they receive from DirecTV. Then I'm looking forward to my taxes going up because, since the programs are already established, they can't be taken away and they need to be paid for somehow. I do love how receiving "free" money will cost me more money down the road. I loooove paying taxes.
That said, I doubt that this will do any real good. As in the Intel/AMD case, DirecTV has already benefitted so much from their "deceptive practices" that I doubt there will be a penalty large enough to stop them, or prevent others, from doing something similar down the line.
Chase offers a service. There is plenty of competition with Chase in every sector that they are in. As you have pointed out, you don't even have to take part in the biggest sectors. People willingly gave Chase money for the services that they provide.
Finally, people who are stupid enough to routinely carry large balances on their credit cards because they want to live beyond their means deserve to have their money taken from them. Banks tell them exactly how they are going to do it, then do it. There's plenty of information that says it's a bad idea, yet people still cannot manage to give up eating at nice restaurants or buying that new TV.
Even if most people support marijuana law reform, they aren't actually proponents, just not opponents. In both the Obama survey and the Facebook survey, results that seem to show that marijuana law reform has a lot of proponents are skewed because the style of survey trends towards over-representing the young and the vocal. It still remains that most Americans just don't care enough for anything to come of it.
It's not a private journal if others can see it. That's apparently something many people have yet to learn.
PS, with facebook, if your friends install apps, those apps can see anything in your profile. It's just best to assume that nothing is private when sent through wires.
I'm not even talking about it along those lines, although I do admit that was my first thought. Basically, I'm saying that this is a new product, and it has to gain market share merely to become acceptable. Therefore, it is priced at a discount in order to expand into the lawnmower market and give electric lawnmowers credibility. Once that credibility is established, there is no longer a need to discount the product, and prices are normalized.
Think of it like a construction company: A new construction company will underbid everyone else on a contract to the point where there is barely any profit, or sometimes even a loss, in order to establish their name. Once their brand is established, they increase their bid until they are in line with everyone else.
It amazes me that we think as a people that our lives on this planet are somehow more significant than other life forms.
Then it would amaze you that my life is more important than yours, at least to me? I think most people operate under the belief that humans are more important than animals because, well, we evolved.
Here's my list of most importance: Me, my (future)progeny, and my spouse My family and friends People closely sharing my culture, ideals and/or geographic area Human beings in general Animals (especially domesticated animals) Plants
Basically, I'm willing to sacrifice the well-being of any item on the list in favor of what is above it. While I try to expand my horizons, it comes down to this: I'm only as generous as my own well-being allows. I don't care one lick about feeding the kids in Africa if I don't have food in my own gut. And I especially don't care about deforestation if I have to worry about a bear wandering into my backyard and eating me.
Now, I do believe myself to be a relatively enlightened person. I donate to charity, I help others when they need it, and I seek to make the world a better place for those around me. However, I only do so because I can afford it. As long as my needs are met, I have no problem worrying about others. When push comes to shove, however, it all goes back to that list.
Seeing as you haven't offed yourself yet, I'd bet that it is the same for you. You only worry about our "infestation" on this globe because you can afford to watch the Matrix or read any number of books espousing the same philosophy. I'd be willing to bet that, with a gun against your head, you'd back down. It's just the way we've been programmed by millions of years of evolution.
Yeah, my best guess is that the lawnmower batteries are being sold at a discount in order to establish the market. As soon as the market is established, the prices for lawnmower batteries will probably slowly increase until they're about on par with laptop batteries.
Congress and many other major corporations. I used to work for Wal-Mart (really, it wasn't so bad, honest!) at the service desk. It was always the loudest people who got what they wanted. While this isn't technically the same, since it's screwing everyone over, then paying the influential loudmouths to shut up, the desired outcome remains.
It's the same as it always has been: the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
He's playing with legos then staying late after work to play modern warfare 2? All I get to do is play stupid games on Facebook and read stories on slashdot.
unlike CDs, which people stopped buying once they could get the individual songs they really wanted.
Is it time for the music industry to attempt to revert back to putting out "complete albums?" If studios went back to creating albums that uses each song as a piece of a whole, rather than disjointed collections of songs that have no relation to each other, would this increase sales? Would today's listeners be receptive to such an album or have we become to "ADD" to be able to handle listening to a whole album?
My first thought was that this may just be at the extremely long end of the tail, but then I looked into a little more and it seems that this are has a very large degree of genetic inbreeding.
This patent isn't about "spam" per say, but rather bulk e-mails. While spam is completely unsolicited, bulk mail may include necessary mailings, such as companies who e-mail your w-2's or something along those lines for tax time. Also, the article suggests using e-mail lists, while many spammers just generate random e-mail addresses. This patent would be much further reaching than just spammers, but rather affect every single company that sends out e-mails to its consumer lists (ie. pretty much every company that you uncheck the box that says "e-mail me with upcoming promotions and events")
In the interest of full disclosure, I work for a company that sends out e-mails with an opt-in list that we maintain tirelessly in order to ensure that we don't get in trouble for spamming.
Obviously there is plenty of monetary motivation to deny AGW, but what is the motivation to fabricate it? I just don't see it. At best you could say that these scientists were duped into believing that AGW was real and, now that they know the "truth," are trying to hide that they were wrong, but this is far from compelling considering the sheer number of scientists involved all trying to dupe each other.
Now where do I shop for a PC? This is a serious question. For all the faults of Dell, I've had nothing but positive experiences with them, and, if nothing else, they at least warranty your computer for a year. Even so, they do seem to be at the end of the line as far as putting out quality product.
I've never had any luck with computers out of a box and I lack the skillset to put a PC together myself. Since the reviews online often are conflicting from site to site (and half of them read more like paid advertisements), I find myself kind of lost at this point. Where can I go to find a quality Windows PC?
PS. Your jokes are all very funny. Quality Windows PCs don't exist, buy a Mac, run Linux. I'm laughing in anticipation so you don't even have to show off your incredible wit.
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Yeah. Regardless if whose account you go with, David Thorne is a straight-up douche bag. I hope I never have the misfortune of being directed to his site again.
I'm glad to know that we have one such as yourself that IS fluent in 16th century Italian. You can spread your wisdom on how to interpret a 450 year old document that was been alternatively been alternately described as a treatise on ruling, a satire, or the most extensive job application ever written. Clearly you know more about this document than the majority of Renaissance scholars who did not actually believe this to be a scholar.
Thanks for being here, friend, I have some essays on the Florentine Republic that that I may need help on in the future.
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Except that those with capital are the ones who decide how much you get paid. If you have no capital, you have no opportunity to increase your worth. It's all fine and dandy to say "If you really think you're worth more, go somewhere else." but if the jobs all pay the same amount, you can't go somewhere else. It's also very difficult to start your own business because the established businesses, with their economies of scale, can crush small ones and push them out of the market (see: Wal-mart).
The biggest problem with capitalism is that, for it to truly work, it requires that every party has equal information. This just isn't the case, information requires time to gather, and time costs money. Therefore, those with money get the information and use it to their advantage whenever they can. There's a reason that Harvard grads get the best paying jobs, and it's not because they are the "best and brightest," as they'd have you think they are.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a capitalist, but to assume that it is a perfect system is silly. To abuse a Winston Churchill quote about democracy, "Capitalism is the worst economic system there is, except all the others."
Most churches do quite a bit to help the poor, whether or not they are constituents of the church. The problem lies in the fact that churches are quickly fading (esp. in the developed world) so their donations are dwindling, while, at the same time, the number of poor is increasing. Even if the church is supporting them, generally it's to the tune of a couple meals a week, generally, not enough to raise a family.
There are other mechanisms in place to help the poor, but, due to the abuse of some, it can be difficult for those who truly need help to get it. Sometimes there really is no other alternative.
How would you get enough people to agree on the tune?
I'm really looking forward to the state of Wisconsin establishing new programs with the temporary funds that they receive from DirecTV. Then I'm looking forward to my taxes going up because, since the programs are already established, they can't be taken away and they need to be paid for somehow. I do love how receiving "free" money will cost me more money down the road. I loooove paying taxes.
That said, I doubt that this will do any real good. As in the Intel/AMD case, DirecTV has already benefitted so much from their "deceptive practices" that I doubt there will be a penalty large enough to stop them, or prevent others, from doing something similar down the line.
Chase offers a service. There is plenty of competition with Chase in every sector that they are in. As you have pointed out, you don't even have to take part in the biggest sectors. People willingly gave Chase money for the services that they provide.
Finally, people who are stupid enough to routinely carry large balances on their credit cards because they want to live beyond their means deserve to have their money taken from them. Banks tell them exactly how they are going to do it, then do it. There's plenty of information that says it's a bad idea, yet people still cannot manage to give up eating at nice restaurants or buying that new TV.
And since it is Chase's money, I don't see a problem with this.
Even if most people support marijuana law reform, they aren't actually proponents, just not opponents. In both the Obama survey and the Facebook survey, results that seem to show that marijuana law reform has a lot of proponents are skewed because the style of survey trends towards over-representing the young and the vocal. It still remains that most Americans just don't care enough for anything to come of it.
It's not a private journal if others can see it. That's apparently something many people have yet to learn.
PS, with facebook, if your friends install apps, those apps can see anything in your profile. It's just best to assume that nothing is private when sent through wires.
Well, at least you weren't arrested for "leaving something that a reasonable person may think is a weapon of mass destruction."
I'm not even talking about it along those lines, although I do admit that was my first thought. Basically, I'm saying that this is a new product, and it has to gain market share merely to become acceptable. Therefore, it is priced at a discount in order to expand into the lawnmower market and give electric lawnmowers credibility. Once that credibility is established, there is no longer a need to discount the product, and prices are normalized.
Think of it like a construction company: A new construction company will underbid everyone else on a contract to the point where there is barely any profit, or sometimes even a loss, in order to establish their name. Once their brand is established, they increase their bid until they are in line with everyone else.
It amazes me that we think as a people that our lives on this planet are somehow more significant than other life forms.
Then it would amaze you that my life is more important than yours, at least to me? I think most people operate under the belief that humans are more important than animals because, well, we evolved.
Here's my list of most importance:
Me, my (future)progeny, and my spouse
My family and friends
People closely sharing my culture, ideals and/or geographic area
Human beings in general
Animals (especially domesticated animals)
Plants
Basically, I'm willing to sacrifice the well-being of any item on the list in favor of what is above it. While I try to expand my horizons, it comes down to this: I'm only as generous as my own well-being allows. I don't care one lick about feeding the kids in Africa if I don't have food in my own gut. And I especially don't care about deforestation if I have to worry about a bear wandering into my backyard and eating me.
Now, I do believe myself to be a relatively enlightened person. I donate to charity, I help others when they need it, and I seek to make the world a better place for those around me. However, I only do so because I can afford it. As long as my needs are met, I have no problem worrying about others. When push comes to shove, however, it all goes back to that list.
Seeing as you haven't offed yourself yet, I'd bet that it is the same for you. You only worry about our "infestation" on this globe because you can afford to watch the Matrix or read any number of books espousing the same philosophy. I'd be willing to bet that, with a gun against your head, you'd back down. It's just the way we've been programmed by millions of years of evolution.
Yeah, my best guess is that the lawnmower batteries are being sold at a discount in order to establish the market. As soon as the market is established, the prices for lawnmower batteries will probably slowly increase until they're about on par with laptop batteries.
Congress and many other major corporations. I used to work for Wal-Mart (really, it wasn't so bad, honest!) at the service desk. It was always the loudest people who got what they wanted. While this isn't technically the same, since it's screwing everyone over, then paying the influential loudmouths to shut up, the desired outcome remains.
It's the same as it always has been: the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
I would say it is a Darwin award even if he already has kids. This prevents him from further polluting the gene pool.
He's playing with legos then staying late after work to play modern warfare 2? All I get to do is play stupid games on Facebook and read stories on slashdot.
unlike CDs, which people stopped buying once they could get the individual songs they really wanted.
Is it time for the music industry to attempt to revert back to putting out "complete albums?" If studios went back to creating albums that uses each song as a piece of a whole, rather than disjointed collections of songs that have no relation to each other, would this increase sales? Would today's listeners be receptive to such an album or have we become to "ADD" to be able to handle listening to a whole album?
My first thought was that this may just be at the extremely long end of the tail, but then I looked into a little more and it seems that this are has a very large degree of genetic inbreeding.
This patent isn't about "spam" per say, but rather bulk e-mails. While spam is completely unsolicited, bulk mail may include necessary mailings, such as companies who e-mail your w-2's or something along those lines for tax time. Also, the article suggests using e-mail lists, while many spammers just generate random e-mail addresses. This patent would be much further reaching than just spammers, but rather affect every single company that sends out e-mails to its consumer lists (ie. pretty much every company that you uncheck the box that says "e-mail me with upcoming promotions and events")
In the interest of full disclosure, I work for a company that sends out e-mails with an opt-in list that we maintain tirelessly in order to ensure that we don't get in trouble for spamming.
Nah, he just multiboxed it and did them all spread over his 16 accounts.
Stick em up! This is a robbery. You there, where's the vault?
Obviously there is plenty of monetary motivation to deny AGW, but what is the motivation to fabricate it? I just don't see it. At best you could say that these scientists were duped into believing that AGW was real and, now that they know the "truth," are trying to hide that they were wrong, but this is far from compelling considering the sheer number of scientists involved all trying to dupe each other.
What am I missing?
Man, moderators, please, vote this guy underrated. Just because he is a coward doesn't mean he's a troll.
Now where do I shop for a PC? This is a serious question. For all the faults of Dell, I've had nothing but positive experiences with them, and, if nothing else, they at least warranty your computer for a year. Even so, they do seem to be at the end of the line as far as putting out quality product.
I've never had any luck with computers out of a box and I lack the skillset to put a PC together myself. Since the reviews online often are conflicting from site to site (and half of them read more like paid advertisements), I find myself kind of lost at this point. Where can I go to find a quality Windows PC?
PS. Your jokes are all very funny. Quality Windows PCs don't exist, buy a Mac, run Linux. I'm laughing in anticipation so you don't even have to show off your incredible wit.
Yeah. Regardless if whose account you go with, David Thorne is a straight-up douche bag. I hope I never have the misfortune of being directed to his site again.
Bah. I'll bite.
I'm glad to know that we have one such as yourself that IS fluent in 16th century Italian. You can spread your wisdom on how to interpret a 450 year old document that was been alternatively been alternately described as a treatise on ruling, a satire, or the most extensive job application ever written. Clearly you know more about this document than the majority of Renaissance scholars who did not actually believe this to be a scholar.
Thanks for being here, friend, I have some essays on the Florentine Republic that that I may need help on in the future.