At first thought, i would also say that birth control and education are key. They are indeed important. But Africa is not poor in resources — it's poor in property rights and their enforcement. People don't invest in infrastructure over there because of poor property rights. Consider a farmer who builds irrigation for his field. When some guerrillas run through town or another dictator ascends to power, they may take his hard invesment in his land from him.
Another thing is that people are resources: they can improve the land and produce goods. So birth control, in the current state of affairs, would help lots. But the most benefit would come from strong property rights in poor areas so people can invest in infrastructure and their land without fear of losing it through force.
Nothing in this world is free. There is a cost for everything. The good thing is that we found the cost of privacy breaches. The next step is to compare them to the cost of increasing current security. If it is found that the marginal benefit of having less breaches offsets the marginal cost of increasing security, then action should be taken to follow that course of action until we reach equilibrium.
Privacy costs money. It is not a value that should be pursued no matter the cost; rather, the costs should be weighed with the benefits, and a rational decision must be made based on the information available.
Second: one person buying an insurance policy from a company doesn't raise the premiums for everyone else; if anything, the premiums go down as the overhead fixed costs are spread between more clients. The cost of the insurance policy is determined statistically to cover the cost of the policy.
This is elementary.
Almost all states allow you to use a firearm in self defense, but many, like Florida, do not allow you to fire a warning shot. You will be arrested and charged. If convicted, there's a mandatory 9-year prison term. Dura lex, sed lex.
Once you build muscle, you're set for life. Muscle burns calories just existing, so you get less fat. And there's no such thing as muscle tissue "turning into fat" or "turning flabby." That's just additional fat accumulating, and eventually, if you don't use the muscles, they are slowly consumed by the body for use as energy. Never has muscle tissue "turned into" fat.
You are absolutely and 100% wrong.
1. Empirical evidence shows that women want sex just as much as men want sex.
2. A sex robot would not be a replacement for what men want. Men want food to be cooked and ready when they get home.
3. No real man "puts up" with women just for sex. Real men are chased — and sought after — by women.
They really are disconnected from society. Same with the police. If you've ever ready about or spoken to someone in a police academy, you will know that they encourage recruits to only hang out with other law enforcement officers, to only play in their sports leagues, et cetera; it indoctrinates a "us" vs "the public" mentality that follows the officer for the rest of their life. I don't know if that translates to the situation of the judges, but one can presume that an individual given such immense power, a sizeable paycheque, and so little accountability as a judge soon enough develops little connection to "everyone else."
Many "promotions" and "changes" issues by companies these days are designed to cut costs. You can view it as an euphemism for a demotion. Take it with a smile, because it's a nice way of saying that you're getting demoted instead of fired.
Simple, really. Because property rights allow individuals to move up in the world. Take Africa, for example. They are VERY RICH in natural resources; but there's no property rights. So the farmer who could setup irrigation on his field and feed his/her family won't do it, beacuse as soon as he spends all the time and effort to do that, someone will come and take that away from him/her by force.
There is poverty in Africa because it lacks good property rights.
"Rights" to basic food, shelter, job, and health care create AN ONEROUS RESPONSIBILITY ON PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND ALLOW UNPRODUCTIVE PEOPLE TO LEACH OFF SOCIETY.
Property is sacred because it's the fruit of human labor. It must be protected in order to encourage productive people to produce. I guess they don't cover that in communist-sponsored leftist schools.
Food, shelter, jobs and health care are noble goals indeed, but are best left to CHARITY, to which you are free to contribute. But do NOT use FORCE to force people to GIVE UP the fruits of their labor to others any more than is necessary to protect property rights. Strong property rights enable everyone to succeed, and allow you the CHOICE to contribute to charity.
This is worth less than the trouble to bring it up, but i meant TMobil's 30.8M subscribers comprise 17.8%, while Verizon's 51.9M subscribers comprise 17.3% of the market.
This is very disturbing. Is there any way to opt-out of this? Is the only solution to trade phones with someone else so that they don't know where you are?
By the way, you cited Billshrink, and i went there, and the math doesn't add up. I would really like to understand this:
Carrier stats T-Mobile AT&T Wireless Sprint Verizon Wireless
Subscribers 30.8M 71.3M 51.9M 67.2M
Market share 17.8% 25.9% 17.3% 21.5%
How are the subscriber numbers and market-share figures so out-of-whack?
In most european languages, it's easier to say "x decimal places after the comma" than "x decimal places after the period."
I'm reasonably certain that's part of the reason. And i recognize that Americans wanted to distance themselves from the British after their revolt, resulting in somewhat different grammar conventions and spellings, so perhaps the Americans wanted to change this as well? I greatly prefer the decimal point as a decimal point, as opposed to the comma.
Please enlighten us with your brilliance! It's idiots like you who try to put the blame on someone else for YOUR OWN UNACCEPTABLE FEELINGS OR ACTIONS. It's called projection by psychologists. You are a sick individual in need of some serious, serious help.
Hey, i have a great idea. Let's divulge ourselves of ALL accountability and blame our leaders! Then we will feel a lot better about ourselves!
A person is guilty of obstructing governmental administration when he [...] prevents [...] a
public servant from performing an official function, by means of
intimidation, physical force or interference, or by means of any
independently unlawful act
Refusing to publish something under your name is not an independently unlawful act. What we have here is an abuse of power on the part of the police. It's akin to the abuse of police power when they use tasers NOT in self-defense, but to elicit compliance from the subject. In no way do i exaggerate when i look at what this country has become and think, "The horror! The horror!"
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At first thought, i would also say that birth control and education are key. They are indeed important. But Africa is not poor in resources — it's poor in property rights and their enforcement. People don't invest in infrastructure over there because of poor property rights. Consider a farmer who builds irrigation for his field. When some guerrillas run through town or another dictator ascends to power, they may take his hard invesment in his land from him. Another thing is that people are resources: they can improve the land and produce goods. So birth control, in the current state of affairs, would help lots. But the most benefit would come from strong property rights in poor areas so people can invest in infrastructure and their land without fear of losing it through force.
That's bad economics, as you should only pay down debt if the alternate investments do not have a higher return than the interest on the debt.
Nothing in this world is free. There is a cost for everything. The good thing is that we found the cost of privacy breaches. The next step is to compare them to the cost of increasing current security. If it is found that the marginal benefit of having less breaches offsets the marginal cost of increasing security, then action should be taken to follow that course of action until we reach equilibrium.
Privacy costs money. It is not a value that should be pursued no matter the cost; rather, the costs should be weighed with the benefits, and a rational decision must be made based on the information available.
Second: one person buying an insurance policy from a company doesn't raise the premiums for everyone else; if anything, the premiums go down as the overhead fixed costs are spread between more clients. The cost of the insurance policy is determined statistically to cover the cost of the policy.
This is elementary.
Almost all states allow you to use a firearm in self defense, but many, like Florida, do not allow you to fire a warning shot. You will be arrested and charged. If convicted, there's a mandatory 9-year prison term. Dura lex, sed lex.
Once you build muscle, you're set for life. Muscle burns calories just existing, so you get less fat. And there's no such thing as muscle tissue "turning into fat" or "turning flabby." That's just additional fat accumulating, and eventually, if you don't use the muscles, they are slowly consumed by the body for use as energy. Never has muscle tissue "turned into" fat.
China can't "demand" "all" their money "back." They bought US treasury notes, and they have 2, 5, 10, or 30 year maturity dates.
You are absolutely and 100% wrong.
1. Empirical evidence shows that women want sex just as much as men want sex.
2. A sex robot would not be a replacement for what men want. Men want food to be cooked and ready when they get home.
3. No real man "puts up" with women just for sex. Real men are chased — and sought after — by women.
Calling 2400 feet AGL "the upper atmosphere" is like calling Denver residents "space tourists."
They really are disconnected from society. Same with the police. If you've ever ready about or spoken to someone in a police academy, you will know that they encourage recruits to only hang out with other law enforcement officers, to only play in their sports leagues, et cetera; it indoctrinates a "us" vs "the public" mentality that follows the officer for the rest of their life. I don't know if that translates to the situation of the judges, but one can presume that an individual given such immense power, a sizeable paycheque, and so little accountability as a judge soon enough develops little connection to "everyone else."
Change your name, even if only to an alternate spelling/
I used google and the first instance of "downloadable content" was on page FIVE. Please stop posting as a clueless AC.
Can you renew it with an underground detonation?
It's standard procedure to first define an acronym (like DLC) before using it throughout one's text.
Many "promotions" and "changes" issues by companies these days are designed to cut costs. You can view it as an euphemism for a demotion. Take it with a smile, because it's a nice way of saying that you're getting demoted instead of fired.
Great explanation. I'm memorising it.
I think the one word is "immanent"
Simple, really. Because property rights allow individuals to move up in the world. Take Africa, for example. They are VERY RICH in natural resources; but there's no property rights. So the farmer who could setup irrigation on his field and feed his/her family won't do it, beacuse as soon as he spends all the time and effort to do that, someone will come and take that away from him/her by force.
There is poverty in Africa because it lacks good property rights.
"Rights" to basic food, shelter, job, and health care create AN ONEROUS RESPONSIBILITY ON PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND ALLOW UNPRODUCTIVE PEOPLE TO LEACH OFF SOCIETY.
Property is sacred because it's the fruit of human labor. It must be protected in order to encourage productive people to produce. I guess they don't cover that in communist-sponsored leftist schools.
Food, shelter, jobs and health care are noble goals indeed, but are best left to CHARITY, to which you are free to contribute. But do NOT use FORCE to force people to GIVE UP the fruits of their labor to others any more than is necessary to protect property rights. Strong property rights enable everyone to succeed, and allow you the CHOICE to contribute to charity.
This is worth less than the trouble to bring it up, but i meant TMobil's 30.8M subscribers comprise 17.8%, while Verizon's 51.9M subscribers comprise 17.3% of the market.
Why would you read a link for a story whose title ends in a preposition?
This is very disturbing. Is there any way to opt-out of this? Is the only solution to trade phones with someone else so that they don't know where you are?
By the way, you cited Billshrink, and i went there, and the math doesn't add up. I would really like to understand this:
Carrier stats T-Mobile AT&T Wireless Sprint Verizon Wireless
Subscribers 30.8M 71.3M 51.9M 67.2M
Market share 17.8% 25.9% 17.3% 21.5%
How are the subscriber numbers and market-share figures so out-of-whack?
In most european languages, it's easier to say "x decimal places after the comma" than "x decimal places after the period." I'm reasonably certain that's part of the reason. And i recognize that Americans wanted to distance themselves from the British after their revolt, resulting in somewhat different grammar conventions and spellings, so perhaps the Americans wanted to change this as well?
I greatly prefer the decimal point as a decimal point, as opposed to the comma.
4 out of 5 scientists agree that most mobs are caused by individuals walking or running to a common place and acting upon their own volition.
1 of 5 scientsts still believes that one person can magically cause a mob to gather.
You should probably lay off the Harry Potter.
Please enlighten us with your brilliance! It's idiots like you who try to put the blame on someone else for YOUR OWN UNACCEPTABLE FEELINGS OR ACTIONS. It's called projection by psychologists. You are a sick individual in need of some serious, serious help.
Hey, i have a great idea. Let's divulge ourselves of ALL accountability and blame our leaders! Then we will feel a lot better about ourselves!
Victim mentality is taking over.
The fifth protects one's right to not incriminate oneself. Stop thinking about me and pay attention in class!
A person is guilty of obstructing governmental administration when he [...] prevents [...] a public servant from performing an official function, by means of intimidation, physical force or interference, or by means of any independently unlawful act
Refusing to publish something under your name is not an independently unlawful act. What we have here is an abuse of power on the part of the police. It's akin to the abuse of police power when they use tasers NOT in self-defense, but to elicit compliance from the subject. In no way do i exaggerate when i look at what this country has become and think, "The horror! The horror!"