Fyi, earth isn't round. It's actually an elongated ellipsoid that is thicker along equator due to inertia. That is a fact.
In criminal investigations, NOTHING is an actual "established fact" in the same measure. Everything is according to someone testifying. Even post mortem is a testimony of a doctor. All evidence is "likely" to be correct and proper and not planted - it's not certain like certainty that earth is an ellipsoid. As a result, if you attempted to convict someone based on "absolute certainty", you would have a flat zero conviction rate. Convictions are handed on "likely enough to be guilty"-basis.
If I got a euro for every time someone who really thought that got convicted by a jury OF THEIR PEERS, I'd be a very rich man.
Remember, it doesn't have to be absolute proof. It doesn't even have to be proof that will satisfy legal professionals. You're judged by a jury OF YOUR PEERS. People who can be very stupid, and very easily led by both prosecution and defense attorneys.
Just because someone saw someone who looked a lot like you, doesn't mean it's you.
But it does show that you were likely there, which is often enough to convict when coupled with other evidence, none of which would have enough enough on its own.
IF you think China is the only one with interest or capability, you're living in a bubble. A list of countries interested in US defense contractor inside information starts in the Western Europe and Latin America, and ends in Japan. Of these, most have the capability to either pay private criminal organisations to do the job, and several have capability and agencies to do the job themselves (i.e. GB, France, Germany, Russia, Australia, Japan, China, India...).
Just because some countries are painted as more friendly then others by mass media, you shouldn't make a mistake thinking that they don't want to compete when it comes to arms sales.
Not damn likely. These thefts are usually paid-for jobs, done for a client. And clients for such operations are usually ones who want the information for themselves.
Unenforceable but widely applied patent is an extremely powerful tool in big corporations' hands. It can be used as a part of a package to hit smaller companies who simply do not have the resources to debunk such attacks, as a deterrent to competition, as an additional bargaining chip in patent negotiations, etc.
The sheer amount of effort and costs associated debunking the patent against a crack team of lawyers backing it up, and en-masse usage where focusing on these elementary patents takes away from harder aspects of the case are what makes it valuable.
It's worth noting that night cycles, when they are constant are not that much worse then day cycles on a body - the only issue is getting sleep if you live in area that is very noisy during the day, or you have really bad curtains/window blinds that don't darken the room.
It's also very personal, and something that can be taught even if you're naturally lacking this ability. I was strictly a day person till I hit 19 and went to the army (conscription, Finland). After I went to reserves a year later, having pulled countless night watches and drills, I noted that I could sleep essentially anywhere and at any time if I was sleepy. The only problem was cycle, which meant that if I had to pull a night shift, it would take me a few days to adjust (and a few to adjust back). But once you're in the cycle, sleeping is the same, provided no one decides to do something terribly noisy like drilling in the same building. And even then, I can just plug my ears - problem is I won't hear my alarm clock however so I usually avoid that. But sleeping isn't a problem. It's a bit more restless, but you can compensate for it by going to sleep a bit earlier.
But if you're someone not used to it, sleeping during daytime with its extra noisiness and brightness could be a real challenge. I know my mother has extreme issues with sleeping even at night if there are any sounds except for trains (she lives next to a railroad and finds train noise calming). In the end, it's about acclimating yourself to it.
Untick the last part and don't geo your photos? Targeted marketing exists even in gmail, but it's still a private and privileged access info even inside google, and now one outside it can properly link it to me. Quite different from facebook that's become infamous for randomly changing privacy rules and opting people in into new sharing "features", resulting in massive amounts of private information becoming available to general public or at least parties outside facebook.
While I agree with you on a principle, google mail is actually very much private. It's contents aren't made public to anyone, and it's only indexed to provide more accurate ads to you. Contents of my mails don't randomly become available to people outside google in any shape and form (at least as far as I know). As a result, it's usable, even if not for communications that requires extreme amounts of privacy protection from google.
In comparison, facebook has a tendency of randomly excreting private info up for everyone (or at least many parties outside facebook) to see. There is a major difference there.
I'm saying that they had all the current advantages they do have, AND they had much lower salaries AND many of them generally agreed that they had enough. This was a stark difference in attitude in comparison with extremist capitalism of 1920s and one we have today.
Also, it's nice to know that there have been people of opinion that taxes are for the poor in the times mentioned. I have a surprise for you: these people ALWAYS existed, throughout the history of humanity. And in the big picture, they do not matter because it doesn't matter if taxes are 1% or 99% - they'll put the same amount of effort in to dodge them on principle. Same goes for earnings, and if it is enough or should be increased regardless of financial situations.
People that matter are the ones who don't hold extremist views, and encompass a huge majority among the wealthy. And those held different views in 1950s-1970s in comparison to current period on the subject.
You'll also find this to be an urban legend. There were some tax dodgers, sure, but most paid. It was a less selfish era, with known big time CEOs turning down pay raises because, as they put it "I earn enough"/
So, in your opinion we didn't have any major investments and breakthroughs based on these investments during 50s, 60s, and 70s?
Sometimes, someone says something that probably made sense in their heads, but is amazingly, mindboggingly stupid when it does come out. This is one of those moments. What, you think cold war was won without major private investment? You would think that the very base for the boom you mention, the fucking INTERNET would qualify. As would things like technological breakthroughs, or even the fact that most families could afford to hold real, honest to guy vacations on yearly basis instead of shaking about their job during vacation and forsaking their children as it is done now.
Seriously, you must be deeply religious. It requires and incredible amount of double-think in terms of connecting fantasy and reality that only truly religious are capable of to believe that low taxes are a requirement for private sector's major investments.
Fuck, only on the internet in 2011 can uninformed trolls STILL be going with the "tax cuts to the wealthy" classist bullshit.
If you tax the hell out of the biggest corporations and wealthiest individuals, what do you think happens? They just throw up their hands and say "You got me this time government!". No, they maintain their profits by cutting costs, hiring less workers and not giving out raises for the ones they have.
USA glory days of 60sh, 70s and early 80s called alongside no tax breaks for corps, massive financial pressure of cold war and over 90% tax on richest individuals. They'd like to have a word or two with you about real historical facts and the drugs you're doing.
Lagarde is also the politician who has been involved in a huge scandal over offering french troops to Tunisia's ousted dictator Ben Ali to suppress demonstrations.
In other words, she's perfect for the job. She supports dictatorship, systemic oppression of the masses to benefit rich elite and increase of power of private financial institutions at the cost of public ones.
Which is exactly what IMF has always stood for under all the glossy slogans.
Russians Indians Chinese Japanese Italians (ugggh) Danish (uggggggh)
I urge you to try out any World of Warcraft European server that's not majorly english, like Xavius-EU (majorly italian) or any similar one - there are many out there. You'll see that essentially every nationality likes to drive others "out" and make their server/community into their own nice walled garden, while actively hounding any outsider who tries to disturb them.
That's just basic human tribalism. Everyone is guilty of it on base level, even if certain cultures elevate it to be more acceptable then others.
Pretty much this. Another good example is the "green"shutting down of nuclear power plants in Germany. As of writing this, they're building something between 25 and 30 medium and large sized coal plants there as decision was expected, and most power plant building companies are preparing for a massive coal plant building rush in Germany.
I have inside information on this one, as I have close family working for a major multinational burner-based plant building corp.
But the cost to upgrade the power grid to handle the two-way flow exacerbated by the fact that flow into the grid would be extremely powerful when it happens as EVERYONE pumps energy there would be astronomical. We've seen that in Germany with their ill-advised program to fund wind turbines for farmers, that cause brownouts due to stressing the hell out of the grid even after costly upgrades.
Admittedly I'm not too familiar with the USA implementation, but here in Finland the single best return on investment from a single large industrial project has been clocked by Loviisa nuclear power plant, followed by Olkiluoto power plant.
None of the other major industries including metalworking, paper making or consumer electronics/software come anywhere near in terms of return on investment. Nuclear power plants have several TIMES better return on investment. That's with minimal/nonexistent government subsidies (or at least much lower then those of competing projects).
Solar is usually well below rounding error limits due to low efficiency and extreme costs which prevent wide rollouts even with massive subsidies.
Not to forget the sheer amount of toxicity involved in producing panels. It needs a major breakthrough in technology, current materials are simply not good enough yet.
Some countries employ investigative judges, who actively investigate the case themselves, rather then actively limit themselves to what lawyers of each party bring before them (and how).
This system has some issues of its own, such as activism among judges, or easier succumbing to corruption, but it most certainly addresses the case of fair representation far better.
That sounds quite daft. First of all, isn't the whole point of having a VM running applications instead of native approach if not to achieve ease of interoperability? Because N9's harmattan runs fucking circles around fastest androids on the market already while having weaker hardware, and the chief difference is that applications are run natively rather then in VM. So why isn't google working on a proper x86 version of Dalvik VM?
There's also an issue of quality of emulator. I can emulate much faster consoles with unofficial emulators done by enthusiasts. What the hell are google's professionals who have full access to hardware and software doing?
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Fyi, earth isn't round. It's actually an elongated ellipsoid that is thicker along equator due to inertia. That is a fact.
In criminal investigations, NOTHING is an actual "established fact" in the same measure. Everything is according to someone testifying. Even post mortem is a testimony of a doctor. All evidence is "likely" to be correct and proper and not planted - it's not certain like certainty that earth is an ellipsoid.
As a result, if you attempted to convict someone based on "absolute certainty", you would have a flat zero conviction rate. Convictions are handed on "likely enough to be guilty"-basis.
Oh and welcome to the real world.
If I got a euro for every time someone who really thought that got convicted by a jury OF THEIR PEERS, I'd be a very rich man.
Remember, it doesn't have to be absolute proof. It doesn't even have to be proof that will satisfy legal professionals. You're judged by a jury OF YOUR PEERS. People who can be very stupid, and very easily led by both prosecution and defense attorneys.
Just because someone saw someone who looked a lot like you, doesn't mean it's you.
But it does show that you were likely there, which is often enough to convict when coupled with other evidence, none of which would have enough enough on its own.
4. Get sued for patent violation and lose everything?
More like sad.
IF you think China is the only one with interest or capability, you're living in a bubble. A list of countries interested in US defense contractor inside information starts in the Western Europe and Latin America, and ends in Japan. Of these, most have the capability to either pay private criminal organisations to do the job, and several have capability and agencies to do the job themselves (i.e. GB, France, Germany, Russia, Australia, Japan, China, India...).
Just because some countries are painted as more friendly then others by mass media, you shouldn't make a mistake thinking that they don't want to compete when it comes to arms sales.
Not damn likely. These thefts are usually paid-for jobs, done for a client. And clients for such operations are usually ones who want the information for themselves.
Unenforceable but widely applied patent is an extremely powerful tool in big corporations' hands. It can be used as a part of a package to hit smaller companies who simply do not have the resources to debunk such attacks, as a deterrent to competition, as an additional bargaining chip in patent negotiations, etc.
The sheer amount of effort and costs associated debunking the patent against a crack team of lawyers backing it up, and en-masse usage where focusing on these elementary patents takes away from harder aspects of the case are what makes it valuable.
It's worth noting that night cycles, when they are constant are not that much worse then day cycles on a body - the only issue is getting sleep if you live in area that is very noisy during the day, or you have really bad curtains/window blinds that don't darken the room.
It's also very personal, and something that can be taught even if you're naturally lacking this ability. I was strictly a day person till I hit 19 and went to the army (conscription, Finland). After I went to reserves a year later, having pulled countless night watches and drills, I noted that I could sleep essentially anywhere and at any time if I was sleepy. The only problem was cycle, which meant that if I had to pull a night shift, it would take me a few days to adjust (and a few to adjust back). But once you're in the cycle, sleeping is the same, provided no one decides to do something terribly noisy like drilling in the same building. And even then, I can just plug my ears - problem is I won't hear my alarm clock however so I usually avoid that. But sleeping isn't a problem. It's a bit more restless, but you can compensate for it by going to sleep a bit earlier.
But if you're someone not used to it, sleeping during daytime with its extra noisiness and brightness could be a real challenge. I know my mother has extreme issues with sleeping even at night if there are any sounds except for trains (she lives next to a railroad and finds train noise calming). In the end, it's about acclimating yourself to it.
Untick the last part and don't geo your photos? Targeted marketing exists even in gmail, but it's still a private and privileged access info even inside google, and now one outside it can properly link it to me. Quite different from facebook that's become infamous for randomly changing privacy rules and opting people in into new sharing "features", resulting in massive amounts of private information becoming available to general public or at least parties outside facebook.
As a result, this is indeed very ironic.
While I agree with you on a principle, google mail is actually very much private. It's contents aren't made public to anyone, and it's only indexed to provide more accurate ads to you. Contents of my mails don't randomly become available to people outside google in any shape and form (at least as far as I know).
As a result, it's usable, even if not for communications that requires extreme amounts of privacy protection from google.
In comparison, facebook has a tendency of randomly excreting private info up for everyone (or at least many parties outside facebook) to see. There is a major difference there.
I'm saying that they had all the current advantages they do have, AND they had much lower salaries AND many of them generally agreed that they had enough. This was a stark difference in attitude in comparison with extremist capitalism of 1920s and one we have today.
Also, it's nice to know that there have been people of opinion that taxes are for the poor in the times mentioned. I have a surprise for you: these people ALWAYS existed, throughout the history of humanity. And in the big picture, they do not matter because it doesn't matter if taxes are 1% or 99% - they'll put the same amount of effort in to dodge them on principle. Same goes for earnings, and if it is enough or should be increased regardless of financial situations.
People that matter are the ones who don't hold extremist views, and encompass a huge majority among the wealthy. And those held different views in 1950s-1970s in comparison to current period on the subject.
You'll also find this to be an urban legend. There were some tax dodgers, sure, but most paid. It was a less selfish era, with known big time CEOs turning down pay raises because, as they put it "I earn enough"/
So, in your opinion we didn't have any major investments and breakthroughs based on these investments during 50s, 60s, and 70s?
Sometimes, someone says something that probably made sense in their heads, but is amazingly, mindboggingly stupid when it does come out. This is one of those moments. What, you think cold war was won without major private investment? You would think that the very base for the boom you mention, the fucking INTERNET would qualify. As would things like technological breakthroughs, or even the fact that most families could afford to hold real, honest to guy vacations on yearly basis instead of shaking about their job during vacation and forsaking their children as it is done now.
Seriously, you must be deeply religious. It requires and incredible amount of double-think in terms of connecting fantasy and reality that only truly religious are capable of to believe that low taxes are a requirement for private sector's major investments.
Fuck, only on the internet in 2011 can uninformed trolls STILL be going with the "tax cuts to the wealthy" classist bullshit.
If you tax the hell out of the biggest corporations and wealthiest individuals, what do you think happens? They just throw up their hands and say "You got me this time government!". No, they maintain their profits by cutting costs, hiring less workers and not giving out raises for the ones they have.
USA glory days of 60sh, 70s and early 80s called alongside no tax breaks for corps, massive financial pressure of cold war and over 90% tax on richest individuals. They'd like to have a word or two with you about real historical facts and the drugs you're doing.
Lagarde is also the politician who has been involved in a huge scandal over offering french troops to Tunisia's ousted dictator Ben Ali to suppress demonstrations.
In other words, she's perfect for the job. She supports dictatorship, systemic oppression of the masses to benefit rich elite and increase of power of private financial institutions at the cost of public ones.
Which is exactly what IMF has always stood for under all the glossy slogans.
So I take you've never met:
Russians
Indians
Chinese
Japanese
Italians (ugggh)
Danish (uggggggh)
I urge you to try out any World of Warcraft European server that's not majorly english, like Xavius-EU (majorly italian) or any similar one - there are many out there. You'll see that essentially every nationality likes to drive others "out" and make their server/community into their own nice walled garden, while actively hounding any outsider who tries to disturb them.
That's just basic human tribalism. Everyone is guilty of it on base level, even if certain cultures elevate it to be more acceptable then others.
If I were them, I'd advertise on it and open a whole lot of bordellos and make it a capital of paid sex and porn. "Your orgasms, with two T's!"
Some people like the mistress of the house. Some like the daughter. Some like the stable boy. And some...
Pretty much this. Another good example is the "green"shutting down of nuclear power plants in Germany. As of writing this, they're building something between 25 and 30 medium and large sized coal plants there as decision was expected, and most power plant building companies are preparing for a massive coal plant building rush in Germany.
I have inside information on this one, as I have close family working for a major multinational burner-based plant building corp.
But the cost to upgrade the power grid to handle the two-way flow exacerbated by the fact that flow into the grid would be extremely powerful when it happens as EVERYONE pumps energy there would be astronomical. We've seen that in Germany with their ill-advised program to fund wind turbines for farmers, that cause brownouts due to stressing the hell out of the grid even after costly upgrades.
Admittedly I'm not too familiar with the USA implementation, but here in Finland the single best return on investment from a single large industrial project has been clocked by Loviisa nuclear power plant, followed by Olkiluoto power plant.
None of the other major industries including metalworking, paper making or consumer electronics/software come anywhere near in terms of return on investment. Nuclear power plants have several TIMES better return on investment. That's with minimal/nonexistent government subsidies (or at least much lower then those of competing projects).
Solar is usually well below rounding error limits due to low efficiency and extreme costs which prevent wide rollouts even with massive subsidies.
Not to forget the sheer amount of toxicity involved in producing panels. It needs a major breakthrough in technology, current materials are simply not good enough yet.
Some countries employ investigative judges, who actively investigate the case themselves, rather then actively limit themselves to what lawyers of each party bring before them (and how).
This system has some issues of its own, such as activism among judges, or easier succumbing to corruption, but it most certainly addresses the case of fair representation far better.
That sounds quite daft. First of all, isn't the whole point of having a VM running applications instead of native approach if not to achieve ease of interoperability? Because N9's harmattan runs fucking circles around fastest androids on the market already while having weaker hardware, and the chief difference is that applications are run natively rather then in VM. So why isn't google working on a proper x86 version of Dalvik VM?
There's also an issue of quality of emulator. I can emulate much faster consoles with unofficial emulators done by enthusiasts. What the hell are google's professionals who have full access to hardware and software doing?