This is because they don't really care about the handful of DIYers who'll buy it, they're after the OEMs. Why devalue their product by seeling it at a realistic price when they can upmark it to silly levels like that other company ?
there's a difference between paying the "non-married" tax for people who CAN'T get married, vs for people who WON'T get married. i'm sure if gays can ever marry, google will stop paying their "non-married" tax. i don't see what the problem is
your reasonning 1- assumes children is the only thing people can contribute to society. How about the guy that decrypted Nazi communications in WW2, and so on ? 2- assumes all children are a good thing. They may all have the potential to be, but in the end, some are clearly not, and not only will not contribute anything to your retirement fund, but will take a faire bit from it, or kill you. 3- does not handle the case of heterosexuals who can't have kids.. same treatment for them, then ? 4- forgets that some or most homosexuals would like to have, or foster, kids, while at the same time plenty of kids are missing parents.
Other than that, it's a very good reasoning, not oversimplified at all...
Don't tell anyone, but I'm a SALES REP for a consultancy that does mainly web dev, and even I know his name... You should be ashamed of yourself.. Leave your geek card at the door on your way out...
My "top-side" fingers don't have much mobility, plus they're used for left and right clicks.
I haven't used it, but for buttons junkies, the Razer Naga (http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/list/categoryID.35208800) seems both less overt-the-top and more ergonomic/practical)
To me, and that's a very personal opinion, tattoos are first a sign of dumbness. They can be beautiful, even impressive, at a point in time. A simple band on a muscled biceps is hot. 10,20,30 years on, it wont be.
Worse, to me again, they kinda smack of the same weak personality that aggressively branded/trendy outfits do, and say "I'm all about the outside", in a "this is my ego clutch" way.
And finally, and maybe that's the root of my whole attitude toward them, they make me feel like there's a foreign body in your body, I ache simply thinking about it (don't get me started on piercings ^^).
I realized I'm being an ass, but that's really how I feel about tattoos, on an emotionnal and intellectual level. There's probably more wrong with me than with the tattoed masses on the issue.
1 archaic a : will have to : must b : will be able to : can 2 a —used to express a command or exhortation b —used in laws, regulations, or directives to express what is mandatory 3 a —used to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future b —used to express simple futurity 4 —used to express determination
Ho ! look at the first line ! But don't take revenge too harshly: you shall not kill !
I'm not sure saying, "yep, we're printing so much money, Gold is rising for a very good reason" would help much ? But please do enlighten me if you think it would, and how. I'm a bit dumb, so don't fear being very pedagogic and detailed ^^
BTW, Gold prices have been rising at approximately the same rate for years and in all currencies. They rose before Bernanke, outside of Bernanke's purview, and in countries that have NOT been printing money and are broadly deflationnary (Japan). I don't see how Bernanke by himself is a problem ? How has the financial crisis, or the bubble before that (which BTW predates Bernanke's tenure), been handled badly from a monetary point of view ? A scapegoat is always fun, but methinks the issues ran a fair bit deeper - or is it higher ?
And to finish, I'm not sure you're right to use "gold" and "commodity" interchangeably. Contrary to commodity metals, industrial use for gold is about 10% of production, the rest is jewellery and reserves... It might be justified to separate gold from real commodities, pricing factors are substantially different (industrial demand on one side, psychological on the other).
Oh, new one. Not understanding something, and/or saying you don't, proves you're an idiot now ? Does anyone else not understand, and/or say so ? Would using the phrase "irrational exuberance" have made a difference, beyond semantics ?
Do you, sir, belong to the other category, the ones who know about everything, and say so ? Those are, indeed, so much more intelligent than those who "don't know"...
Let's not forget using the first name of people you don't know. Good old Ben, nice but a bit dumb, I was telling him how he could solve the world crisis last evening, and he didn't listen... Next, I'll solve the middle east crisis, and move on to the war in afghanistan...
have you considered for a second that he might have known we were in the middle of a bubble, but not wanted to pop it ? Newsflash: people lie all the time.
For once, I think the European solution is not bad: extremely high gas prices (about the same for 1 liter in France as you pay for 1 gallon in the US, except 1 gallon = 4.5 liters). That entices people to buy smaller cars, use them less, use public transport...
The income from those taxes is extremely mis-spent as always, but at least, they encourage the right behaviour.
There's degrees, from less worse to more worse: - internalized bigot: won't act on it, won't talk about it, but will judge left and right - bigot hermit: won't act on it, won't talk about it, but will isolate himself to shield his bigotry - bigot loudmouth: will express himself, not really trying to convince others - bigot proselytist: same, but will try to recruit - bigot warrior: same, and will act on it, in a legal way - bigot terrorist: same, and will act on it in an illegal way
I do agree bigotry could be generalized to many things (I'm sure I a bigotted cook). The French have a term "psychorigide", for such generalized behaviour. My guess is bigotry only applies to major life choices ?
"A bigot is a person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from his or her own, and bigotry is the corresponding state of mind. Bigot is often used as a pejorative term against a person who is obstinately devoted to prejudices even when these views are challenged or proven to be false or not universally applicable or acceptable."
Whatever their religion at any point in time, people are entitled to it. They may change it, but due to internal evolution, not external coercion.
religions are (fairly flexible) value systems, bigotry is a state of mind that rejects and antagonizes differing worldviews (which most religions do find a way to accommodate).
religion applies a value system to oneself, bigotry wants to force it onto others. One is respectable, the other is despicable.
"catholics live here" also has nothing in common with "bigots live here", and, strangely, that never-seen "insult" seems so outlandish that it's not even believable (sorry for your attempt at martyrdom). I view religion, as well as race and sexual orientation, as an integral and intractable part of one's being. Bigotry is not, and thus is a valid insult. There are bigots of all religions (including no religion), and I have no problems with them being called out and ridiculed for it. Dirtying their property in the process is not nice, but it doesn't resonate nearly as much as starting another religious war, race riot, or stonewall.
Marriage is available to heterosexual couples of mixed religions, to divorcees, even to murderers and priests of all religions. It is civil, not religious.
My second point was a question, about various social items strongly linked to official marriage, which are good examples of why full marriage for all is useful and just. I'm not attributing any stereotypes to anyone, just asking. that's what the "?" means ^^ Regarding children, when 1 parent dies, the other has the right and duty to take care of them. One of the consequences of marriage.
because marriage is a civil union, which carries above all rights and obligations defined by secular law ? do you want social security coverage, health care, tenants right, inheritance, children's care... to be overseen by churches' rules ?
Oh wait, YOU probably do... most people don't though
comparing "jews live here" to "bigots live here" is a very bad rethoric on your part. Jew is a race and a religion. Bigot is a state of mind. If you don't see the difference, I can't really help you; nobody can.
Even the current pope failed with that "martyrdom" PR strategy (he tried to use it to complain about the church being harassed about pedophilia).
I'd link it to the incredible percentage of IT projects that end up canceled, over-budget, or partial/total failures. Unless Grey workers do nothing at all to keep up-to-date technically, and start working very short hours, I don't see how their experience can be easily dismissed... unless it's actually perceived as a drawback.
There's also the question of whether older workers leave because they want to, or because they have to. I've seen a lot of burn-out, mainly due, again, to the immaturity of industry practices.
And it's deeply entrenched. Do computer technicians command as much money as plumbers, yet ?
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This is because they don't really care about the handful of DIYers who'll buy it, they're after the OEMs. Why devalue their product by seeling it at a realistic price when they can upmark it to silly levels like that other company ?
there's a difference between paying the "non-married" tax for people who CAN'T get married, vs for people who WON'T get married.
i'm sure if gays can ever marry, google will stop paying their "non-married" tax.
i don't see what the problem is
your reasonning
1- assumes children is the only thing people can contribute to society. How about the guy that decrypted Nazi communications in WW2, and so on ?
2- assumes all children are a good thing. They may all have the potential to be, but in the end, some are clearly not, and not only will not contribute anything to your retirement fund, but will take a faire bit from it, or kill you.
3- does not handle the case of heterosexuals who can't have kids.. same treatment for them, then ?
4- forgets that some or most homosexuals would like to have, or foster, kids, while at the same time plenty of kids are missing parents.
Other than that, it's a very good reasoning, not oversimplified at all...
Don't tell anyone, but I'm a SALES REP for a consultancy that does mainly web dev, and even I know his name... You should be ashamed of yourself.. Leave your geek card at the door on your way out...
My "top-side" fingers don't have much mobility, plus they're used for left and right clicks.
I haven't used it, but for buttons junkies, the Razer Naga (http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/list/categoryID.35208800) seems both less overt-the-top and more ergonomic/practical)
To me, and that's a very personal opinion, tattoos are first a sign of dumbness. They can be beautiful, even impressive, at a point in time. A simple band on a muscled biceps is hot. 10,20,30 years on, it wont be.
Worse, to me again, they kinda smack of the same weak personality that aggressively branded/trendy outfits do, and say "I'm all about the outside", in a "this is my ego clutch" way.
And finally, and maybe that's the root of my whole attitude toward them, they make me feel like there's a foreign body in your body, I ache simply thinking about it (don't get me started on piercings ^^).
I realized I'm being an ass, but that's really how I feel about tattoos, on an emotionnal and intellectual level. There's probably more wrong with me than with the tattoed masses on the issue.
plus parent is wrong: (from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shall)
1 archaic a : will have to : must b : will be able to : can
2 a —used to express a command or exhortation b —used in laws, regulations, or directives to express what is mandatory
3 a —used to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future b —used to express simple futurity
4 —used to express determination
Ho ! look at the first line ! But don't take revenge too harshly: you shall not kill !
I'm not sure saying, "yep, we're printing so much money, Gold is rising for a very good reason" would help much ? But please do enlighten me if you think it would, and how. I'm a bit dumb, so don't fear being very pedagogic and detailed ^^
BTW, Gold prices have been rising at approximately the same rate for years and in all currencies. They rose before Bernanke, outside of Bernanke's purview, and in countries that have NOT been printing money and are broadly deflationnary (Japan). I don't see how Bernanke by himself is a problem ? How has the financial crisis, or the bubble before that (which BTW predates Bernanke's tenure), been handled badly from a monetary point of view ? A scapegoat is always fun, but methinks the issues ran a fair bit deeper - or is it higher ?
And to finish, I'm not sure you're right to use "gold" and "commodity" interchangeably. Contrary to commodity metals, industrial use for gold is about 10% of production, the rest is jewellery and reserves... It might be justified to separate gold from real commodities, pricing factors are substantially different (industrial demand on one side, psychological on the other).
Source: http://goldprice.org/gold-price-history.html
Oh, new one. Not understanding something, and/or saying you don't, proves you're an idiot now ? Does anyone else not understand, and/or say so ? Would using the phrase "irrational exuberance" have made a difference, beyond semantics ?
Do you, sir, belong to the other category, the ones who know about everything, and say so ? Those are, indeed, so much more intelligent than those who "don't know"...
Let's not forget using the first name of people you don't know. Good old Ben, nice but a bit dumb, I was telling him how he could solve the world crisis last evening, and he didn't listen... Next, I'll solve the middle east crisis, and move on to the war in afghanistan...
have you considered for a second that he might have known we were in the middle of a bubble, but not wanted to pop it ? Newsflash: people lie all the time.
For once, I think the European solution is not bad: extremely high gas prices (about the same for 1 liter in France as you pay for 1 gallon in the US, except 1 gallon = 4.5 liters). That entices people to buy smaller cars, use them less, use public transport...
The income from those taxes is extremely mis-spent as always, but at least, they encourage the right behaviour.
There's degrees, from less worse to more worse:
- internalized bigot: won't act on it, won't talk about it, but will judge left and right
- bigot hermit: won't act on it, won't talk about it, but will isolate himself to shield his bigotry
- bigot loudmouth: will express himself, not really trying to convince others
- bigot proselytist: same, but will try to recruit
- bigot warrior: same, and will act on it, in a legal way
- bigot terrorist: same, and will act on it in an illegal way
I do agree bigotry could be generalized to many things (I'm sure I a bigotted cook). The French have a term "psychorigide", for such generalized behaviour. My guess is bigotry only applies to major life choices ?
"A bigot is a person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from his or her own, and bigotry is the corresponding state of mind. Bigot is often used as a pejorative term against a person who is obstinately devoted to prejudices even when these views are challenged or proven to be false or not universally applicable or acceptable."
Whatever their religion at any point in time, people are entitled to it. They may change it, but due to internal evolution, not external coercion.
People are never entitled to bigotry.
religions are (fairly flexible) value systems, bigotry is a state of mind that rejects and antagonizes differing worldviews (which most religions do find a way to accommodate).
religion applies a value system to oneself, bigotry wants to force it onto others. One is respectable, the other is despicable.
"catholics live here" also has nothing in common with "bigots live here", and, strangely, that never-seen "insult" seems so outlandish that it's not even believable (sorry for your attempt at martyrdom). I view religion, as well as race and sexual orientation, as an integral and intractable part of one's being. Bigotry is not, and thus is a valid insult. There are bigots of all religions (including no religion), and I have no problems with them being called out and ridiculed for it. Dirtying their property in the process is not nice, but it doesn't resonate nearly as much as starting another religious war, race riot, or stonewall.
Marriage is available to heterosexual couples of mixed religions, to divorcees, even to murderers and priests of all religions. It is civil, not religious.
My second point was a question, about various social items strongly linked to official marriage, which are good examples of why full marriage for all is useful and just. I'm not attributing any stereotypes to anyone, just asking. that's what the "?" means ^^ Regarding children, when 1 parent dies, the other has the right and duty to take care of them. One of the consequences of marriage.
you need to brush up on your definition of ad hominem. there's a huge difference between being insulted for being a bigot, or a catholic.
because marriage is a civil union, which carries above all rights and obligations defined by secular law ? do you want social security coverage, health care, tenants right, inheritance, children's care... to be overseen by churches' rules ?
Oh wait, YOU probably do... most people don't though
comparing "jews live here" to "bigots live here" is a very bad rethoric on your part. Jew is a race and a religion. Bigot is a state of mind. If you don't see the difference, I can't really help you; nobody can.
Even the current pope failed with that "martyrdom" PR strategy (he tried to use it to complain about the church being harassed about pedophilia).
'coz his wife and priest where at this side when the sheet circulated.
I don't understand why there's not more CCTV in the corridors of government, where a lot more crimes are being committed than on most CCTVed streets.
if your car artificially limited the roads you can take, the destinations you can go to, the gasoline you can use, would you change cars ?
Capitalism wants the opposite of communism.
oh, wait...
I'd link it to the incredible percentage of IT projects that end up canceled, over-budget, or partial/total failures. Unless Grey workers do nothing at all to keep up-to-date technically, and start working very short hours, I don't see how their experience can be easily dismissed... unless it's actually perceived as a drawback.
There's also the question of whether older workers leave because they want to, or because they have to. I've seen a lot of burn-out, mainly due, again, to the immaturity of industry practices.
And it's deeply entrenched. Do computer technicians command as much money as plumbers, yet ?