I think the difference here is that this is a government owned company, rather than the government itself. For infrastructure needs, I think this makes more sense than a government granted monopoly since the company officers are accountable to the owners, which is the government and people they serve, instead of some distant faceless shareholders.
Personally I think most utilities should be Co-ops where the owners are the people being provided service. The only place where I see free markets working for utilities is in large urban areas where the compact footprint makes deploying service worthwhile and potentially profitable. In rural areas I have visited, Co-ops deliver better service because the big companies are focused on the urban areas.
This line of thinking is more of this Atlas Shrugged nonsense. As long as there is a reasonable profit, business will continue. After all, the government taxes other assets (such as the land/building) and companies have not decided to shutter their business or relocate en masse.
Dilbert: What makes your product better? Salesguy: Well, our keyboard is so simple it only has one button, and we press it for you at the factory. Dilbert: What happens when I press the button? Salesguy: Woa, Woa, Woa, - I'm getting in over my head here.
Quick and fast are easier to discriminate than "fast" and "fat".
Consider the following iterative algorithm...
"That is a fast car" - is translated to That is a fat car *Context filter - strict vs slang - replace fat with phat* *Context filter - apply ghetto style - replace "That" with "Dat"* *Context filter - apply ghetto style - replace "is" with "be"* *Context filter - apply ghetto style - replace "a" with "one"* That be one phat car.
We'll probably see medical jargon appearing in our software now.
"Windows has detected a malignant usb program. The prognosis is that you have a 85% chance that your personal data will be on a Russian server in 10 minutes. Immediate curative treatment in the form of Knowledge Base #A345-BB321 is required. Press Yes to accept the DNR and proceed with the treatment."
The only role federal government can play here legally is to put out the wild fires using helicopters and airplanes.
As a Floridian, I don't want my tax money to pay for firefighting in the west. I think the western states should be able to take care of that on their own. Why does the federal government need to get involved? Just let nature take its course.
If you look at the universe as having one frame of reference (which it doesn't) then you would simply add the 6MY to the 5MY to mean that the stars formed 11MY ago.
Astronomers refer to events as happening relative to when we observe them, so 5MY ago, those stars' first light would have reached Earth.
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I think the difference here is that this is a government owned company, rather than the government itself. For infrastructure needs, I think this makes more sense than a government granted monopoly since the company officers are accountable to the owners, which is the government and people they serve, instead of some distant faceless shareholders.
Personally I think most utilities should be Co-ops where the owners are the people being provided service. The only place where I see free markets working for utilities is in large urban areas where the compact footprint makes deploying service worthwhile and potentially profitable. In rural areas I have visited, Co-ops deliver better service because the big companies are focused on the urban areas.
Google Earth in all classrooms!
all we can do is to try and restrict export to these countrie
We import these sensors - most are made in Asia.
This line of thinking is more of this Atlas Shrugged nonsense. As long as there is a reasonable profit, business will continue. After all, the government taxes other assets (such as the land/building) and companies have not decided to shutter their business or relocate en masse.
In a very remote (expensive) location.
The term "Common Carrier" originated back in the day when the government was seeking to regulate the railroads.
I've been using Qt for this purpose for years.
Reminds me of a Dilbert...
Dilbert: What makes your product better?
Salesguy: Well, our keyboard is so simple it only has one button, and we press it for you at the factory.
Dilbert: What happens when I press the button?
Salesguy: Woa, Woa, Woa, - I'm getting in over my head here.
Quick and fast are easier to discriminate than "fast" and "fat".
Consider the following iterative algorithm...
"That is a fast car" - is translated to
That is a fat car *Context filter - strict vs slang - replace fat with phat*
*Context filter - apply ghetto style - replace "That" with "Dat"*
*Context filter - apply ghetto style - replace "is" with "be"*
*Context filter - apply ghetto style - replace "a" with "one"*
That be one phat car.
We'll probably see medical jargon appearing in our software now.
"Windows has detected a malignant usb program. The prognosis is that you have a 85% chance that your personal data will be on a Russian server in 10 minutes. Immediate curative treatment in the form of Knowledge Base #A345-BB321 is required. Press Yes to accept the DNR and proceed with the treatment."
Note that there will be no "Cancel" option.
Considering that 3800 joules is the force
Not force, energy.
Returns while the device is under warranty?
Once this camera technology makes it to the porn industry, they will use it to shoot people's moons.
This will no doubt be the rising tide that lifts all boats, from a "lighting people's undersides" perspective.
So protesters are criminals now?
Volume!
Moderation is not censorship. The content is still there and viewable at the lowest setting, for those that are interested in seeing "it all".
Just because you have the right to speak, that does not compel met to listen.
"Hey is for Horses" usually followed up by the retort "I guess your mother is a cow" to indicate the recipient's displeasure with the correction.
Great. A repository of opines on dead links.
Yes - as "Current Events"
No need to move. We have been adapting since before WWII.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiltsville
The only role federal government can play here legally is to put out the wild fires using helicopters and airplanes.
As a Floridian, I don't want my tax money to pay for firefighting in the west. I think the western states should be able to take care of that on their own. Why does the federal government need to get involved? Just let nature take its course.
If you look at the universe as having one frame of reference (which it doesn't) then you would simply add the 6MY to the 5MY to mean that the stars formed 11MY ago.
Astronomers refer to events as happening relative to when we observe them, so 5MY ago, those stars' first light would have reached Earth.
Physics 101
Earthquakes have no effect under water?!?
Unless that culture results in lower birthrates, then the killing, raping, misogynistic homophobic culture is better - in an evolutionary sense.
This is why this law to ban 3D gun blueprints is silly, 3D printed guns are not that good, it is probably better, cheaper and easier buy a real gun
For now...