One of the problems with 'libertarians' is they refuse to acknowledge when the government is simply serving the corporations. For example, though I can't know for sure, it would not surprise me in the least if, in their foreign operations (especially the smaller, 'developing' countries), they bribe the local governments to make it more difficult for competing products to enter the country. They can do this by requiring they put up a small factory, easily affordable by Xerox, they'll even get tax breaks to set it up. Nice way to 'localize' the supplies.
Most 'libertarians' are really Confederates, The Plantation is their ideal.
If you can't find a better alternative, then Xerox (in this case) has proven its case and gained a customer.
Or, more likely, Xerox bought legislation to regulate the competition out of existence. That is the true nature of the system. Take every advantage you can. Use the military might of the state if you must. Whatever it takes to capture that customer.
Google and MS and all the other search engines should just threaten to pull out of the EU en mass rather than abide by this rediculous law.
Why? What do they care? It just costs a bit more to operate in Europe. One more layer of shit is not going to kill them. They can make up for it with more advertising and higher rates. Everything's more expensive there anyway. And besides, they are more than accommodating to governments in China and Saudi Arabia, etc.
Capitalism is reactionary, which is the 'natural' way things are done. It operates like any other natural lifeform, and just flows like a river. Any planning involved is pretty near the same as storing nuts for the winter. And the whole socialism thing being stereotyped here is simply state run capitalism in a very closed exclusive market. They have to make deals with the people they can't conquer also. Where capitalist countries practice their slave trade outside their borders, the Soviet/Chinese style 'socialists' maintain the same thing domestically. Ultimately, everything is capitalist. Read the contract. The relevant part says, *Payment due...* Even the most godless commies discuss little else. And I never said central planning was successful. Desires of the flesh preclude the possibility at this point in our evolution.
It's called the riot index, comparing the 'savings' of austerity to the costs of the resulting property damage. Maybe, Finland doesn't want it to go that far.
Socialism never works out quite the way the designers think, because human nature isn't what they believe it to be.
Human nature is precisely the same as animal nature. That's why capitalism 'works' so well. Law of the jungle. No planning, no thinking at all is required. Pay no attention to that smoldering, smelly landfill over there.
That's right. It is just speech. Go tackle the underlings who actually perform the dirty deed. Speech is only words, nothing more. By themselves they do absolutely nothing. Don't blame words for peoples' obedience to them. Make obedience illegal instead.
Sorry, it's all just might makes right. It doesn't matter if it's a country or a public bathroom. You don't have the right to restrict access. Saying "Americans/Brits/French/Russain Only" is no different than saying "Whites Only". We have the right to move where we want. Still searching for a way to enforce that right, fully recognizing that I will die trying. But it is surely not a point worth arguing. Freedom of movement is paramount.
Better a noob than a crook, I say. And fast turnaround reduces corruption also. But to each his own. I'm outnumbered anyway, just gonna have to let it slide.
Funny how we all live in parallel universes and think exactly the same thing. Well, at least that eliminates the need to travel too far from the swamp just to *see the world*... It's all here inside.
Revenue from traffic fines are going down. How are they going to make up for the budget shortfall? I guess they could just average it out and fine Uber for every ticket not written.
You are speculating. Conscientious people are less likely to bungle anything up compared to the grumpy old farts who just want to go home. I say let's take the chance of trying a young honest force that hasn't been jaded against the old corrupt one that is definitely throwing a lot of innocent people into prison and letting a lot of guilty ones go free.
For a job that only lasts three years? That's not even worth arguing for the sake of sophistry.
Gotta do whatever is necessary to keep the idiots away. And I want to make sure they know they are there to serve. Right now the job attracts too many flies. It should damn near be volunteer work. And if we can't get enough 'volunteers', we ought to start drafting them into service. Now, of course nobody has to do any of this, but if they are seriously concerned at all about corruption, they need to consider it. Most of the so-called 'reforms' people talk about are extremely superficial, you could even say it's just *lipstick on a pig*.
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One of the problems with 'libertarians' is they refuse to acknowledge when the government is simply serving the corporations. For example, though I can't know for sure, it would not surprise me in the least if, in their foreign operations (especially the smaller, 'developing' countries), they bribe the local governments to make it more difficult for competing products to enter the country. They can do this by requiring they put up a small factory, easily affordable by Xerox, they'll even get tax breaks to set it up. Nice way to 'localize' the supplies.
Most 'libertarians' are really Confederates, The Plantation is their ideal.
If you can't find a better alternative, then Xerox (in this case) has proven its case and gained a customer.
Or, more likely, Xerox bought legislation to regulate the competition out of existence. That is the true nature of the system. Take every advantage you can. Use the military might of the state if you must. Whatever it takes to capture that customer.
Google and MS and all the other search engines should just threaten to pull out of the EU en mass rather than abide by this rediculous law.
Why? What do they care? It just costs a bit more to operate in Europe. One more layer of shit is not going to kill them. They can make up for it with more advertising and higher rates. Everything's more expensive there anyway. And besides, they are more than accommodating to governments in China and Saudi Arabia, etc.
Capitalism is reactionary, which is the 'natural' way things are done. It operates like any other natural lifeform, and just flows like a river. Any planning involved is pretty near the same as storing nuts for the winter. And the whole socialism thing being stereotyped here is simply state run capitalism in a very closed exclusive market. They have to make deals with the people they can't conquer also. Where capitalist countries practice their slave trade outside their borders, the Soviet/Chinese style 'socialists' maintain the same thing domestically. Ultimately, everything is capitalist. Read the contract. The relevant part says, *Payment due...* Even the most godless commies discuss little else. And I never said central planning was successful. Desires of the flesh preclude the possibility at this point in our evolution.
It is infringement of our free speech rights. If we don't push back much harder, we are doomed to watching The Rockford Files the rest of our lives
It's called the riot index, comparing the 'savings' of austerity to the costs of the resulting property damage. Maybe, Finland doesn't want it to go that far.
Socialism never works out quite the way the designers think, because human nature isn't what they believe it to be.
Human nature is precisely the same as animal nature. That's why capitalism 'works' so well. Law of the jungle. No planning, no thinking at all is required. Pay no attention to that smoldering, smelly landfill over there.
Yeah, my comfort zone is about 4.5 trillion dollars. Cough it up!
:-) There's an exception to every rule. But if there is a big audience, there will always be big money.
That is the proper way to deal with it. If you assume the worst you will never be disappointed, and rarely surprised.
During that fateful September twenty five years ago. Oh, how I howl at the moon for the politeness and professionalism of CompuServe!
Bet you would get lower insurance rates using the Japanese product also. I guess it all depends on priorities. Quick and dirty, or slow and steady...
Hey! Hold on a second! Is this some tortoise/hare parable thing going on here?
Cool! Legal drugs in spaaaaace!
That's right. It is just speech. Go tackle the underlings who actually perform the dirty deed. Speech is only words, nothing more. By themselves they do absolutely nothing. Don't blame words for peoples' obedience to them. Make obedience illegal instead.
Well, if you're building Hoover Dam or the Golden Gate Bridge, or even the Brooklyn Bridge, you might want to reconsider that thought..
Linux, on the other hand, can get along by just 'evolving' via the natural process of bickering...
Sorry, it's all just might makes right. It doesn't matter if it's a country or a public bathroom. You don't have the right to restrict access. Saying "Americans/Brits/French/Russain Only" is no different than saying "Whites Only". We have the right to move where we want. Still searching for a way to enforce that right, fully recognizing that I will die trying. But it is surely not a point worth arguing. Freedom of movement is paramount.
But they'll be able to buy Oxycontin on the DarkNet and hire FBI agents to kill their ex-girlfriends...
Doesn't that guy in Belize have prior art?
This thing has a weird French Revolution feel to it. I think heads are going to roll.
OH! The ironing! We can stratify anything!
It's not a noob job.
Better a noob than a crook, I say. And fast turnaround reduces corruption also. But to each his own. I'm outnumbered anyway, just gonna have to let it slide.
Funny how we all live in parallel universes and think exactly the same thing. Well, at least that eliminates the need to travel too far from the swamp just to *see the world*... It's all here inside.
Otherwise prices will collapse, and they'll have to burn down another factory to avoid saturating the market even worse!
Besides, more RAM means I can run a bigger Beowulf cluster of virtual machines...
:-) You know.. I've said it a thousand times. Just refer back to our journals, it's all there. Here it is offtopic...
Revenue from traffic fines are going down. How are they going to make up for the budget shortfall? I guess they could just average it out and fine Uber for every ticket not written.
Can we call it an 'invasion' or 'chemical warfare' and do our thing? If the borders can't stop the smog, why should they be able to stop us?
You are speculating. Conscientious people are less likely to bungle anything up compared to the grumpy old farts who just want to go home. I say let's take the chance of trying a young honest force that hasn't been jaded against the old corrupt one that is definitely throwing a lot of innocent people into prison and letting a lot of guilty ones go free.
For a job that only lasts three years? That's not even worth arguing for the sake of sophistry.
Gotta do whatever is necessary to keep the idiots away. And I want to make sure they know they are there to serve. Right now the job attracts too many flies. It should damn near be volunteer work. And if we can't get enough 'volunteers', we ought to start drafting them into service. Now, of course nobody has to do any of this, but if they are seriously concerned at all about corruption, they need to consider it. Most of the so-called 'reforms' people talk about are extremely superficial, you could even say it's just *lipstick on a pig*.