No one buys Android phones because their apps suck, so Androids are out of question for most people. (And if all you need is a phone, you don't need an Android smartphone anyways, so what exactly is the point of Android if all their apps sucks?)
Meanwhile, there's plenty of upgrade left for iPhones. Web browsing on phones isn't as fast as desktops, and apps and websites are getting more complicated. That's why people get the latest iPhone, because the apps they actually use, are faster.
In this case you are saying that you owe society no matter what you did to earn money because if not for society, you couldn't earn money. But, earning money is not a side affect of society, it is the primary purpose of society to provide order and mechanisms for economic growth. All other benefits of society flow from that.
In your diatribe you never actually refuted the point.
Like we said, the rich benefit more from government than the poor, therefore, they need to pay a higher percentage in taxes.
Keeping the money that you earned and worked for is cheating got news for you pal, the rich made their money because of government.
ALL wealth comes from government. It is because of government that people are rich. Without government, they will be poor. The richer you are, the more dependent you are on government.
Rich people depend on government to make roads so that their customers get their deliveries, they depend on government so that their employees have a high-school education needed to compete, they depend on government to maintain a military to protect their resources, and so on.
Poor people don't need any of that, therefore, they don't need to pay as much for government.
Without government, the rich would be nothing.
This is why we liberals say the richer you are, the more you need to pay taxes. I'm surprised the tax rate isn't 90% for billionaires, as it should be.
You wouldn't be using a computer with a windowing system today if Steve Jobs didn't make it acceptable by normal people.
Wozniak wasn't the one that cared about if kids or untrained adults could use his computer. It was Steve that made it accessible for everyone. Woz made it acceptable for nerds, something every other engineer at the time was doing already.
Again, I repeat, Steve Jobs is directly responsible for your very behavior towards computers.
Incorrect. The purpose of government (and actually, all organizations, from families to nations) is to benefit its members.
Regulation is just a beneficial side effect of that.
Your well being is not the concern of government; that is for you, your family, and/or your friends.
Also incorrect. It is the primary concern of government. Government exists because its purpose is my well being. If it does not benefit me, then it does not need my support, and will cease to exist when it does not maintain my support.
You seem to have an incorrect theory on the purpose of government. Additionally, you fail to gather support for that theory.
Which is it? If you want it so bad for your company, you should pay for it.
Uh no.
Government pays for things that benefits me. It is why I support government.
It is the purpose of government, to make everyone richer.
Government does not exist to serve no one. It is not a theoretical abstract concept. It actually DOES serve a tangible purpose ("immediate services for me me me"), not a theoretical one ("government allows you to benefit through your own free will").
Again, I repeat, the purpose of government is to provide tangible benefits, not theoretical ones.
The libertarian/conservative philosophy is dying off. Everyone's going Big Government with Big Spending Projects these days.
Meanwhile, the REAL reason it's going to happen is because import businesses want it. I actually import goods from China/India, and it takes weeks to deliver. Eliminating this shipping time is absolutely key in a competitive environment.
The days of "Hard-Working-Corporations-Can-Solve-All-Our-Problems" are over.
It is now time for government to solve all our problems.
The US really does need a high-speed freight transportation system with Asia. Right now, shipping to China can take weeks for heavy freight. It really needs to come down to days, maybe even 1 day if we can get a nice 300mph system.
Should be far more energy efficient (->cheaper) than boat as well.
The Pandaraen brewmaster was my favorite hero in Warcraft III, a kick-ass kung-fu panda hero character that split into 3 (earth, wind, fire) mini characters for his special power.
Haven't played WoW in years (boring shit, too much damn walking, not enough fighting) might have to get back into it.
Droids are pretty good devices with keyboards... so maybe google is looking at Motorola for a proper Chromebook device to compete against something like the MacBook Air. (along with Xooms vs. iPads)
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No one buys Android phones because their apps suck, so Androids are out of question for most people. (And if all you need is a phone, you don't need an Android smartphone anyways, so what exactly is the point of Android if all their apps sucks?)
Meanwhile, there's plenty of upgrade left for iPhones. Web browsing on phones isn't as fast as desktops, and apps and websites are getting more complicated. That's why people get the latest iPhone, because the apps they actually use, are faster.
The average democratic constituents don't really need government, which is why they pay zero tax.
It is the rich that need government the most, which is why they pay a higher tax rate.
In this case you are saying that you owe society no matter what you did to earn money because if not for society, you couldn't earn money. But, earning money is not a side affect of society, it is the primary purpose of society to provide order and mechanisms for economic growth. All other benefits of society flow from that.
In your diatribe you never actually refuted the point.
Like we said, the rich benefit more from government than the poor, therefore, they need to pay a higher percentage in taxes.
Wow, That statement alone scares me more than any other socialist diatribe.
Don't worry, you'll get over yourself.
You don't count your business expenses as a tax deduction?
Sucks to be you.
Seriously.
The US hasn't won a war on their own since the 1800's.
And without Russia, the world would be speaking German right now.
Well, you don't have to, when the US and their allies have your back.
I don't understand your point.
Are you implying that his country needs the US to defend them?
Keeping the money that you earned and worked for is cheating
got news for you pal, the rich made their money because of government.
ALL wealth comes from government. It is because of government that people are rich. Without government, they will be poor. The richer you are, the more dependent you are on government.
Rich people depend on government to make roads so that their customers get their deliveries, they depend on government so that their employees have a high-school education needed to compete, they depend on government to maintain a military to protect their resources, and so on.
Poor people don't need any of that, therefore, they don't need to pay as much for government.
Without government, the rich would be nothing.
This is why we liberals say the richer you are, the more you need to pay taxes. I'm surprised the tax rate isn't 90% for billionaires, as it should be.
You wouldn't be using a computer with a windowing system today if Steve Jobs didn't make it acceptable by normal people.
Wozniak wasn't the one that cared about if kids or untrained adults could use his computer. It was Steve that made it accessible for everyone. Woz made it acceptable for nerds, something every other engineer at the time was doing already.
Again, I repeat, Steve Jobs is directly responsible for your very behavior towards computers.
That's weird, I believe Woz made the world better.
hardly.
Woz isn't a creative designer. He's an engineer.
It was designer Steve Jobs that focused on the systematic problems of computer usage that changed the world.
Explain?
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiency_in_transportation
Class 1 Railroad = 341 BTU per short ton mile
Domestic Waterborne = 510 BTU per short ton mile
Yes, tangible benefits for you and the expense of someone else.
And your point is?
I'm sure that everyone would like the government to spend 20 billion dollars on something that would benefit them and perhaps a few others.
only 20 billion? government spends TRILLIONS for my benefit.
The purpose of government is regulation.
Incorrect. The purpose of government (and actually, all organizations, from families to nations) is to benefit its members.
Regulation is just a beneficial side effect of that.
Your well being is not the concern of government; that is for you, your family, and/or your friends.
Also incorrect. It is the primary concern of government. Government exists because its purpose is my well being. If it does not benefit me, then it does not need my support, and will cease to exist when it does not maintain my support.
You seem to have an incorrect theory on the purpose of government. Additionally, you fail to gather support for that theory.
Which is it? If you want it so bad for your company, you should pay for it.
Uh no.
Government pays for things that benefits me. It is why I support government.
It is the purpose of government, to make everyone richer.
Government does not exist to serve no one. It is not a theoretical abstract concept. It actually DOES serve a tangible purpose ("immediate services for me me me"), not a theoretical one ("government allows you to benefit through your own free will").
Again, I repeat, the purpose of government is to provide tangible benefits, not theoretical ones.
I plan to write congress if this doesn't get the green light.
Every corporation in America is going to want this, from individual importers/exporters to Wal Mart.
This is inevitable due to globalization.
On the one hand, I'm worried about the environmental damage that such an endeavor would do.
It's far more beneficial for the environment to remove a global water-based shipping system.
Rail is far more energy efficient.
Boats are probably the single largest source of global pollution.
The libertarian/conservative philosophy is dying off. Everyone's going Big Government with Big Spending Projects these days.
Meanwhile, the REAL reason it's going to happen is because import businesses want it. I actually import goods from China/India, and it takes weeks to deliver. Eliminating this shipping time is absolutely key in a competitive environment.
The days of "Hard-Working-Corporations-Can-Solve-All-Our-Problems" are over.
It is now time for government to solve all our problems.
The US really does need a high-speed freight transportation system with Asia. Right now, shipping to China can take weeks for heavy freight. It really needs to come down to days, maybe even 1 day if we can get a nice 300mph system.
Should be far more energy efficient (->cheaper) than boat as well.
Can we at least pummel the guy that's doing the Total Recall remake?
Yah it's done. unplug it.
No hot chicks = no users.
The only people using it are a bunch of nerds.
No reason for anyone to use Google+ as a social site.
The Pandaraen brewmaster was my favorite hero in Warcraft III, a kick-ass kung-fu panda hero character that split into 3 (earth, wind, fire) mini characters for his special power.
Haven't played WoW in years (boring shit, too much damn walking, not enough fighting) might have to get back into it.
Droids are pretty good devices with keyboards... so maybe google is looking at Motorola for a proper Chromebook device to compete against something like the MacBook Air. (along with Xooms vs. iPads)
DOES NOT COMPUTE.
No apps for it.
We don't buy computers to have specs. We buy computers to do work.
iPad is so far ahead of everything it's not even funny. We use it as a Point-of-sale terminal, for example. Can't do that on a Tab.
kinda like the article summary