And the tax to habitual soda drinkers, who enjoy the odd drink from time to time, won't hurt them much. The tax is going to hurt those who drink it to excess, like those who smoke to excess.
That's who the tax is targeted at. The person who drinks a soda at a party isn't going to have obesity or diabetes issues, it's the person who has it for breakfast, dinner, tea and supper.
Also a tax is a way of treating the inevitable outcome. If you wanted people to stop altogether, you'd ban it. Taxing it means that the people who don't drink soda don't have to pay for treating the people who drink it to excess and cause a burden on the medical system as a result.
I would completely support a system like the above. If these people had A) A financial reason to stop or B) More help to quit, then the problem will go away.
Just sit and think about how the HFCS drinks came into being. Someone figured that if they put enough sweetness into their product, people would be incapable of resisting it, because it is a basic need in humans to crave high energy foods, because we are taught to expect an oncoming famine, when food will be scarce. Now that the famine is for all intents and purposes gone, there is absolutely no need to make high energy drinks (unless you are an athlete, and I'm even dubious about their usefulness), and to do so now is just to make people addicted to a product that really is poisonous in the quantities they serve them.
Now we could also take a stand against the alcohol industry... but wait, they're taxed too! Soda is a luxury product, luxury and dangerous to your health in any significant quantity. It should have been taxed everywhere long ago.
Seems to be one of the better ways to go about it these days, like the Witcher 2. Release the game with DRM, but promise that shortly after release a patch and non-DRM version will be out. Makes it less likely to be cracked on day 1. Just a thought.
Wait, how could you play Carmageddon and not consider the makers anything other than childish and alcoholic? You got in a car with spikes, and drove people over? You got BONUS POINTS for killing people in style!
But the average person understands climate, that's like the polar caps melting, right? Sure everyone's an expert on that. Particle Physics on the other hand, I challenge you to walk down the street and ask people what they think particle physics is all about.
Reminds me of one of my first university-level chemistry labs, when instructed to "accurately measure approximately 5g." Took me a moment to work it out.
Samsung is only dependent on iPhone as long as iPhone is a major player. If the Samsung phones take top spot, and Samsung have enough power to no longer need to make components for Apple, then guess who's screwed? What does bewilder me is that yes, Samsung has a contract to manufacture the components now, but how long does that contract last for? What happens when it's time to renew?
I work in Pharma, and our production site was bought by another company some time ago. We agreed to continue to manufacture the old company's products until they could transfer manufacture of them to other sites. It is looking like that transfer might take longer than initially agreed. But, due to the nature of our business, the Irish Medical Board might insist that we continue to manufacture the product for the old company beyond the contractually agreed time, because we can't have a stock-out of the product.
Somehow, I don't think there's a similar enforcement for the iPhone. If Samsung no longer needs/wants to supply Apple when their contract is up, I don't see there being anyone who can force them to continue. iPhone enters a time of shortage, Samsung S3 is out there on the shelves. What happens next would be quite interesting.
I've never seen two children running so fast as when they both want to be first to the teacher to tell on the other. God I hope these corporations don't grow up, or we'll have a scene from Deus Ex. I'm call it now. One of these corps will order a hit on the HQ or R&D site and that'll be the end of this.
Ireland's not so bad, just a little corrupt. We do still have public healthcare and free university. It is quite recoverable. At least we've stopped trying to kill the Queen of England. I'm surprised we didn't get a mention in her jubilee speech. As long as we've got our booze we'll be jus' fine I tells ya. Ahh, good Guinness, my ol' friend.
How secret can it be if we know it happened? What we really have to worry/consider are the things that we never even know happen, not just "don't know their purpose."
If the general community know that this 'secret' spaceplane was up there doing stuff, then you can guarantee that it wasn't doing anything sensitive, though possibly classified. When they do really important and secret things, you can guarantee that we never even know it happened at all.
Also, the 'prestigious research universities' are probably sitting back waiting for the 'best and brightest' to apply, while Stratford and Bridgeport probably have people actively trying to promote and entice students to come and avail of the opportunity.
Care to explain some of this? How do you think I can achieve this in my workplace, where I don't control what Operating system is on my computer? I could chose not to use gmail, reader and chrome browser (the 3 big things I use after search) and switch to other services (losing the @gmail.com address would be difficult at first, I admit) but I don't see how I can avoid Windows, even at home (to play most games).
No, if, in Imaginary Land, everything Microsoft were to disappear tomorrow, we'd feel a much greater loss than if everything Google disappeared. (Shortly after, the world's biggest party would get started)
I've used Google for years, and didn't know this was the reason behind the phone number (beyond being able to get a password reset sent to me by SMS). I've never received any unsolicited calls on my number, so I know it has not been used for marketing.
Today was the first time they asked me to use the number for anything, when using Google checkout for the first time to buy the new Humble Bundle.
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Use Kindle instead, because as we all know, Apple are the ONLY people ever to remove something from their devices without the owner's permission.
And the tax to habitual soda drinkers, who enjoy the odd drink from time to time, won't hurt them much. The tax is going to hurt those who drink it to excess, like those who smoke to excess.
That's who the tax is targeted at. The person who drinks a soda at a party isn't going to have obesity or diabetes issues, it's the person who has it for breakfast, dinner, tea and supper.
Also a tax is a way of treating the inevitable outcome. If you wanted people to stop altogether, you'd ban it. Taxing it means that the people who don't drink soda don't have to pay for treating the people who drink it to excess and cause a burden on the medical system as a result.
I would completely support a system like the above. If these people had A) A financial reason to stop or B) More help to quit, then the problem will go away.
Just sit and think about how the HFCS drinks came into being. Someone figured that if they put enough sweetness into their product, people would be incapable of resisting it, because it is a basic need in humans to crave high energy foods, because we are taught to expect an oncoming famine, when food will be scarce. Now that the famine is for all intents and purposes gone, there is absolutely no need to make high energy drinks (unless you are an athlete, and I'm even dubious about their usefulness), and to do so now is just to make people addicted to a product that really is poisonous in the quantities they serve them.
Now we could also take a stand against the alcohol industry ... but wait, they're taxed too! Soda is a luxury product, luxury and dangerous to your health in any significant quantity. It should have been taxed everywhere long ago.
Seems to be one of the better ways to go about it these days, like the Witcher 2. Release the game with DRM, but promise that shortly after release a patch and non-DRM version will be out. Makes it less likely to be cracked on day 1. Just a thought.
Wait, how could you play Carmageddon and not consider the makers anything other than childish and alcoholic? You got in a car with spikes, and drove people over? You got BONUS POINTS for killing people in style!
But the average person understands climate, that's like the polar caps melting, right? Sure everyone's an expert on that. Particle Physics on the other hand, I challenge you to walk down the street and ask people what they think particle physics is all about.
There is the root of the problem. We poke fun at them, instead of sharp sticks.
Reminds me of one of my first university-level chemistry labs, when instructed to "accurately measure approximately 5g." Took me a moment to work it out.
Samsung is only dependent on iPhone as long as iPhone is a major player. If the Samsung phones take top spot, and Samsung have enough power to no longer need to make components for Apple, then guess who's screwed? What does bewilder me is that yes, Samsung has a contract to manufacture the components now, but how long does that contract last for? What happens when it's time to renew?
I work in Pharma, and our production site was bought by another company some time ago. We agreed to continue to manufacture the old company's products until they could transfer manufacture of them to other sites. It is looking like that transfer might take longer than initially agreed. But, due to the nature of our business, the Irish Medical Board might insist that we continue to manufacture the product for the old company beyond the contractually agreed time, because we can't have a stock-out of the product.
Somehow, I don't think there's a similar enforcement for the iPhone. If Samsung no longer needs/wants to supply Apple when their contract is up, I don't see there being anyone who can force them to continue. iPhone enters a time of shortage, Samsung S3 is out there on the shelves. What happens next would be quite interesting.
I think it has something to do with analogue single-lens reflex. I'm not sure. I was quite as lost as you after that point.
I've never seen two children running so fast as when they both want to be first to the teacher to tell on the other. God I hope these corporations don't grow up, or we'll have a scene from Deus Ex. I'm call it now. One of these corps will order a hit on the HQ or R&D site and that'll be the end of this.
Ireland's not so bad, just a little corrupt. We do still have public healthcare and free university. It is quite recoverable. At least we've stopped trying to kill the Queen of England. I'm surprised we didn't get a mention in her jubilee speech. As long as we've got our booze we'll be jus' fine I tells ya. Ahh, good Guinness, my ol' friend.
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Download rate for MyCleanPC is up in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
It really wouldn't have taken a lot of effort to add "Lobbyists lie about the state of the educational system to keep getting funding."
Summary ended early.
How secret can it be if we know it happened? What we really have to worry/consider are the things that we never even know happen, not just "don't know their purpose."
If the general community know that this 'secret' spaceplane was up there doing stuff, then you can guarantee that it wasn't doing anything sensitive, though possibly classified. When they do really important and secret things, you can guarantee that we never even know it happened at all.
Needs a speaker attachment playing "Ride of the Valkyries"
Also, the 'prestigious research universities' are probably sitting back waiting for the 'best and brightest' to apply, while Stratford and Bridgeport probably have people actively trying to promote and entice students to come and avail of the opportunity.
Mod parent paradoxically.
They don't give out cake for fake science.
Explain the Pegasus then.
Okay, there's only one way to settle this once and for all. BRB
And to run Crysis.
Care to explain some of this? How do you think I can achieve this in my workplace, where I don't control what Operating system is on my computer? I could chose not to use gmail, reader and chrome browser (the 3 big things I use after search) and switch to other services (losing the @gmail.com address would be difficult at first, I admit) but I don't see how I can avoid Windows, even at home (to play most games).
No, if, in Imaginary Land, everything Microsoft were to disappear tomorrow, we'd feel a much greater loss than if everything Google disappeared. (Shortly after, the world's biggest party would get started)
I've used Google for years, and didn't know this was the reason behind the phone number (beyond being able to get a password reset sent to me by SMS). I've never received any unsolicited calls on my number, so I know it has not been used for marketing.
Today was the first time they asked me to use the number for anything, when using Google checkout for the first time to buy the new Humble Bundle.
I'm concerned with the implication that white = bright, dark = dumb. I thought we'd moved away from such racist views.