Why don't liberals seem to understand that imposing a tax has a net effect of reducing economic activity?
Because that's a falsehood repeated over and over by the right-wing. There is a mountain of historical data that shows a correlation between high tax rates and GDP growth. Just google "historical tax rates vs GDP growth" The results may surprise you. Increasing taxes on big business actually increases economic activity because you force people to reinvest in their business as opposed to just pocketing the money as income. Yes, unemployment is very high, but that hasn't stopped businesses from being profitable. If the economy is so bad, why are stock indexes back to prerecession levels? The Dow-Jones average is back to where it was at the beginning of 2007. NASDAQ has rebounded as well. S&P500 is back up.
When times are tough, the government does expect "everyone" to make due with less, they expect those can afford to, to make due with less.
You're forgetting the fact that most big-box retailers don't have nearly the same inventory as Amazon and other online retailers. Some products -- like new turntables as I recently found out -- are impossible to buy in a brick and mortar store unless you live in a large metropolitan area because local stores simply do not carry a wide selection.
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Soon after my co-workers started logging into their workstations the cacophony of whining lasted about five minutes... mostly about the new black background color for the toolbar, a striking contrast to the previous white.
People I know, myself included, aren't happy with the change, but that seems to be Google. They tend to change things and users get used to it. But this is a bit different. With no way to change the color of the toolbar -- other than a developer extension or script -- users are stuck with black.
Unless there's some setting that I'm not seeing...
On the other side of the coin does the same hold true for people petitioning the courts to overturn laws they view as unconstitutional? Should we have started giving fines to women's suffrage activists? Civil rights activists?
Fines are not the answer. The correct answer is to just not re-elect those people.
No. They just want a choice in who gets to use their information. Is it fair that a company can keep using my information long after I discontinue use of their product?
In exchange for giving a gift, users get a "gift token" that they can use to buy virtual goods.
As absurd as this patent is, it's also easily worked around.
I am not impressed, It is just a machine that burns oil.
I am not impressed, It is just a big wheel that turns in the river.
I am not impressed, It is just a circuit that performs calculations.
I can only assume they mean "made available" on computers supplied to them. No reason they couldn't already be using this on their own computers. Although, I do wonder what kind of restrictions the IT staff has at the Capitol building.
Indeed. All the asinine policies put in place were done so after they failed to prevent an attack. The no shoes policy and now the scanners were implemented because the TSA failed to screen for the shoe and underwear bomber. The only thing the TSA can accomplish is to force people to find better ways of concealing contraband. I'm surprised we havent had an example of someone storing some explosive in their rectum considering it would be completely undetectable.
"Hey, don't you think it would be nice to turn off the unit to save energy and turn it on before it records a show?"
"Well John, that's a nice idea, but I just can't imagine a use case where that's necessary. Besides, it's not our problem."
the inefficiency of burning something, converting it to electricity, running that through transmission lines, just to dump it into a big resistor at the other end is a bit much.
Is it any more inefficient than using a fleet of trucks to store that something in peoples' homes and burn it there, i.e. oil?
You may be the best programmer in the world, but without studying the things you now consider to be a waste of your time, you do not know how to think or communicate.
No. This is simply wrong. If you're the best programmer in the world you don't need a general education. How can you say he doesn't know how to think or communicate. I thought his question was very well worded and thought out.
You need general education to be able to handle all of the other work-place and meat-space things that are not programming related.
This is absurd. It's amazing how the majority of the world can get along without their 4 year degrees telling them how to behave in the real world!
Also, perhaps you didn't get your BS recently, but let me point out that the cost of 4-year schools is excessive. Perhaps he doesn't have the funds to get a general education.
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The news here is that he lied about it.
Never underestimate the ability of people to hate something that didn't exist a few years ago and they get for free.
That's deficit, not debt. Debt is the accumulated amount we owe due to years of deficit spending throughout the decades, and most recently since 2001.
Why don't liberals seem to understand that imposing a tax has a net effect of reducing economic activity?
Because that's a falsehood repeated over and over by the right-wing. There is a mountain of historical data that shows a correlation between high tax rates and GDP growth. Just google "historical tax rates vs GDP growth" The results may surprise you. Increasing taxes on big business actually increases economic activity because you force people to reinvest in their business as opposed to just pocketing the money as income. Yes, unemployment is very high, but that hasn't stopped businesses from being profitable. If the economy is so bad, why are stock indexes back to prerecession levels? The Dow-Jones average is back to where it was at the beginning of 2007. NASDAQ has rebounded as well. S&P500 is back up.
When times are tough, the government does expect "everyone" to make due with less, they expect those can afford to, to make due with less.
You're forgetting the fact that most big-box retailers don't have nearly the same inventory as Amazon and other online retailers. Some products -- like new turntables as I recently found out -- are impossible to buy in a brick and mortar store unless you live in a large metropolitan area because local stores simply do not carry a wide selection.
Soon after my co-workers started logging into their workstations the cacophony of whining lasted about five minutes... mostly about the new black background color for the toolbar, a striking contrast to the previous white.
People I know, myself included, aren't happy with the change, but that seems to be Google. They tend to change things and users get used to it. But this is a bit different. With no way to change the color of the toolbar -- other than a developer extension or script -- users are stuck with black.
Unless there's some setting that I'm not seeing...
to never sign up for Groupon, in addition to a Sony account.
AutoRun was removed from USB sticks in Windows XP and above.
I'm sure you've never plugged in an unknown USB device, but for the other 99.9% of people, it will probably happen. That doesn't make them idiots.
OS trust definitely is an issue. It's exactly why Microsoft got rid of USB autorun without user permission.
Granted that won't stop users from running programs, opening files, etc., but it's a start.
You bring up a good point. I was thinking of purely service based online products.
On the other side of the coin does the same hold true for people petitioning the courts to overturn laws they view as unconstitutional? Should we have started giving fines to women's suffrage activists? Civil rights activists?
Fines are not the answer. The correct answer is to just not re-elect those people.
Most retailers don't sell them to minors... but what about third party sellers? Small game shops? Ebayers?
No. They just want a choice in who gets to use their information. Is it fair that a company can keep using my information long after I discontinue use of their product?
with some meaningless currency.
In exchange for giving a gift, users get a "gift token" that they can use to buy virtual goods.
As absurd as this patent is, it's also easily worked around.
I am not impressed, It is just a machine that burns oil.
I am not impressed, It is just a big wheel that turns in the river.
I am not impressed, It is just a circuit that performs calculations.
I can only assume they mean "made available" on computers supplied to them. No reason they couldn't already be using this on their own computers. Although, I do wonder what kind of restrictions the IT staff has at the Capitol building.
Hearing what? I can't hear anything.
Indeed. All the asinine policies put in place were done so after they failed to prevent an attack. The no shoes policy and now the scanners were implemented because the TSA failed to screen for the shoe and underwear bomber. The only thing the TSA can accomplish is to force people to find better ways of concealing contraband. I'm surprised we havent had an example of someone storing some explosive in their rectum considering it would be completely undetectable.
Sounds like lazy programming.
"Hey, don't you think it would be nice to turn off the unit to save energy and turn it on before it records a show?"
"Well John, that's a nice idea, but I just can't imagine a use case where that's necessary. Besides, it's not our problem."
the inefficiency of burning something, converting it to electricity, running that through transmission lines, just to dump it into a big resistor at the other end is a bit much.
Is it any more inefficient than using a fleet of trucks to store that something in peoples' homes and burn it there, i.e. oil?
Or perhaps we should make any verbal explanation given to you also legally binding.
You may be the best programmer in the world, but without studying the things you now consider to be a waste of your time, you do not know how to think or communicate.
No. This is simply wrong. If you're the best programmer in the world you don't need a general education. How can you say he doesn't know how to think or communicate. I thought his question was very well worded and thought out.
You need general education to be able to handle all of the other work-place and meat-space things that are not programming related.
This is absurd. It's amazing how the majority of the world can get along without their 4 year degrees telling them how to behave in the real world! Also, perhaps you didn't get your BS recently, but let me point out that the cost of 4-year schools is excessive. Perhaps he doesn't have the funds to get a general education.
Better yet, start out with both. Any errors in the e-voting system will show up immediately.
I was under the impression that it could be observed anywhere from right now to 10,000 years from now. So don't get your hopes up.