Had I not dumped my 100 shares of Apple after the dot com crash, I'd be about $22,000 wealthier right now. Of course, I also owned Oracle, Microsoft, EMC... ah, who the hell knows. That's why I only buy index funds now. Of course, those haven't done anything in ten years either. Real estate? Ha! Time to start stuffing cash under my bed. But not dollars!
In case of damage to environment and public property, government must start Class Action Lawsuits on behalf of the people, who the Government is supposed to represent.
In many cases of environmental damage or damage to people/property, the individuals and corporations responsible very easily cause substantially more damage than they could ever pay for or be punished for.
China's suicide rate is 13.9 per 100,000 people, so for this given subset of the population, the suicide rate is considerably lower than average.
The national suicides are not distributed evenly among class and income. For example, a disproportionate number of suicides are rural women drinking pesticide! 9 suicides among 400,000 young, urban factory workers may very well be anomalous.
The statistic you are quoting is for the People's Republic of China, not the ROC where the factory is located. I suspect the Taiwanese suicide rate is lower, but couldn't find any recent stats.
The factories in question are located in the PRC. The Foxconn corporation is headquartered in the ROC.
Many people on the right are trying to brand this event as "Obama's Katrina", just as you suggest should be happening.
Also, Katrina resulted in the deaths of almost 2,000 people and the displacement of hundreds of thousands more, while this spill doesn't even rank in the top 50 oil spills in history.
Yeah, I love that I got moderated troll for quoting Rand Paul. I guess there aren't many libertarians with the courage of their convictions, at least none with mod points today. Frankly, if you think his dad feels any differently, you're naive. Ron Paul is just a much more savvy and experienced politician.
What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, 'I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP.' I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business.
Think about it: most people, if paid as much as a Fortune 500 CEO, would retire after one year.
The personality and attitude that are required to become a Fortune 500 CEO are the reason they keep working and seeking more wealth. Similarly, most lottery winners squander their winnings in a few years. (Source) Basically, people who would retire after one year will never put themselves in the position to be paid as much as a Fortune 500 CEO.
Why was the Google StreetView system collecting this data to begin with?
Google intended to collect SSID and MAC address data from WiFi routers in order to improve their mobile location-based services (i.e., if they know what router you are sending your packets through, they can narrow down where you are). To save time, the engineers working on the Street View code borrowed code from another Google project that was related to WiFi sniffing in some respect. Since this was never going to be publicly released code, they did not bother vetting the code they borrowed from their colleagues; all they knew was that it gave them the war-driving data they wanted. Turns out it also collected a whole bunch more data that they did not care about, but which turned out to be random packets being sent across these routers.
20th century atheists were just more efficient than their historical counterparts. Guns vs. swords and all that. They also had a bigger population to start from, about 10x the population during the Crusades.
I never said that my or any moral code is the optimum for happiness. I never brought up happiness. I said they were codified rules to govern society. Whether you ascribe them to god, Allah, Buddha, Confucius, John Stuart Mill, Ben Franklin, or John Nash, they all serve the same purpose.
I will also point out that there is ample evidence of moral behavior in other primates. Do chimps and gorillas believe in god too?
Do you *really* think that he hasn't diversified at least a little by now?
He hasn't had much chance. Facebook is still a private company after all. Estimates of his net worth are based on his share of Facebook ownership, which is valued at whatever the latest investor valued it at. Unless he has sold more of Facebook (which he hasn't), his worth is theoretical, short of whatever salary he takes (which is probably pretty generous).
If your morals are based on a "Higher Power", why should I follow those rules? Why should the Columbine killers not done what they did?
In fact, if you look at the history of Christianity, you'll note that belief in "morals from a Higher Power" led believers to commit what are some of the most immoral acts in history. Inquisition? Crusades? Are you still going to claim that your "Higher Power" is a reliable source for moral guidance?
Wikipedia will do this to you. I clicked the link for Robert Morris, followed links to read about his first startup, and found their original business plan, which contained this gem in their list of needs, dated 8/24/95:
2. Secure server software ($5000). This does not seem to be an absolute necessity; there are a lot of sites on the web where you can send your credit card number unencrypted, and to date there have been no reports of the numbers being stolen. But catalog companies may *believe* that a secure link is necessary, and spending this $5000 would give Webgen a much more professional look.
"Carbon tax" has a specific meaning that refers to a different policy implementation than "cap and trade". Also, whether or not cap and trade is a tax depends on how permits are issued. Recently proposed regulations have permits being given away, so cap and trade will result in a transfer of wealth from those without enough permits to those with enough permits, and the gov't won't get a cut.
Because morals are just codified rules for the benefit of society. The "higher power" you speak of is just an excuse to give the rules legitimacy. Can an atheist not believe it is immoral to kill? Can the Chinese government, probably the most atheist government in the world, set laws that look a lot like "your morals" without basing them on "your god"?
To be fair, that list lists Canada three times: Canada, New Brunswick, and Quebec are all member states. That lists governments that are French speaking, not just countries. There are 50 major governments in the US, for example, and thousands of minor governments.
I'm far too lazy to look at anything else in the list, but I'm sure there are more "governments within governments" that are recognized separately.
You are too lazy to skim the list and notice the vast majority are countries, but you can pick out a couple of non-country governments in the middle? Bull. Anyway, 25 or so of the 50+ countries on the list have French as an official language.
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What are you talking about? Both phrases show up if you google them, and the results tell me they mean precisely what the AC said they mean!
If that's not the case, and the guy was just an idiot or had too many tacos at lunch and got distracted, then no.
I did not realize that eating too many tacos was so dangerous! We should pass a law to prevent this!
and, um, The Hangover
The Hangover was one of the most critically and commercially successful movies in the last 10 years.
What the hell is "MA"?
Had I not dumped my 100 shares of Apple after the dot com crash, I'd be about $22,000 wealthier right now. Of course, I also owned Oracle, Microsoft, EMC... ah, who the hell knows. That's why I only buy index funds now. Of course, those haven't done anything in ten years either. Real estate? Ha! Time to start stuffing cash under my bed. But not dollars!
In case of damage to environment and public property, government must start Class Action Lawsuits on behalf of the people, who the Government is supposed to represent.
In many cases of environmental damage or damage to people/property, the individuals and corporations responsible very easily cause substantially more damage than they could ever pay for or be punished for.
This doesn't work with iGoogle yet. Boo.
Also, I'd rather they make encrypted search an account setting or a cookie setting instead of requiring you to go to a separate URL.
China's suicide rate is 13.9 per 100,000 people, so for this given subset of the population, the suicide rate is considerably lower than average.
The national suicides are not distributed evenly among class and income. For example, a disproportionate number of suicides are rural women drinking pesticide! 9 suicides among 400,000 young, urban factory workers may very well be anomalous.
The statistic you are quoting is for the People's Republic of China, not the ROC where the factory is located. I suspect the Taiwanese suicide rate is lower, but couldn't find any recent stats.
The factories in question are located in the PRC. The Foxconn corporation is headquartered in the ROC.
Many people on the right are trying to brand this event as "Obama's Katrina", just as you suggest should be happening.
Also, Katrina resulted in the deaths of almost 2,000 people and the displacement of hundreds of thousands more, while this spill doesn't even rank in the top 50 oil spills in history.
Rand = troll, that sort of thing?
Yeah, I love that I got moderated troll for quoting Rand Paul. I guess there aren't many libertarians with the courage of their convictions, at least none with mod points today. Frankly, if you think his dad feels any differently, you're naive. Ron Paul is just a much more savvy and experienced politician.
Lameness Filter is stupid. I have to add a bunch of regular characters to add "code characters" to a technical page? LAME.
Are you calling the lameness filter lame? Call Alanis Morissette!
What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, 'I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP.' I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business.
Think about it: most people, if paid as much as a Fortune 500 CEO, would retire after one year.
The personality and attitude that are required to become a Fortune 500 CEO are the reason they keep working and seeking more wealth. Similarly, most lottery winners squander their winnings in a few years. (Source) Basically, people who would retire after one year will never put themselves in the position to be paid as much as a Fortune 500 CEO.
Why was the Google StreetView system collecting this data to begin with?
Google intended to collect SSID and MAC address data from WiFi routers in order to improve their mobile location-based services (i.e., if they know what router you are sending your packets through, they can narrow down where you are). To save time, the engineers working on the Street View code borrowed code from another Google project that was related to WiFi sniffing in some respect. Since this was never going to be publicly released code, they did not bother vetting the code they borrowed from their colleagues; all they knew was that it gave them the war-driving data they wanted. Turns out it also collected a whole bunch more data that they did not care about, but which turned out to be random packets being sent across these routers.
20th century atheists were just more efficient than their historical counterparts. Guns vs. swords and all that. They also had a bigger population to start from, about 10x the population during the Crusades.
I never said that my or any moral code is the optimum for happiness. I never brought up happiness. I said they were codified rules to govern society. Whether you ascribe them to god, Allah, Buddha, Confucius, John Stuart Mill, Ben Franklin, or John Nash, they all serve the same purpose.
I will also point out that there is ample evidence of moral behavior in other primates. Do chimps and gorillas believe in god too?
I often have a log when using my smartphone these days. Well, not with my iPhone.
It's already started! Yay!
Do you *really* think that he hasn't diversified at least a little by now?
He hasn't had much chance. Facebook is still a private company after all. Estimates of his net worth are based on his share of Facebook ownership, which is valued at whatever the latest investor valued it at. Unless he has sold more of Facebook (which he hasn't), his worth is theoretical, short of whatever salary he takes (which is probably pretty generous).
If your morals are based on a "Higher Power", why should I follow those rules? Why should the Columbine killers not done what they did?
In fact, if you look at the history of Christianity, you'll note that belief in "morals from a Higher Power" led believers to commit what are some of the most immoral acts in history. Inquisition? Crusades? Are you still going to claim that your "Higher Power" is a reliable source for moral guidance?
2. Secure server software ($5000). This does not seem to be an absolute necessity; there are a lot of sites on the web where you can send your credit card number unencrypted, and to date there have been no reports of the numbers being stolen. But catalog companies may *believe* that a secure link is necessary, and spending this $5000 would give Webgen a much more professional look.
"Carbon tax" has a specific meaning that refers to a different policy implementation than "cap and trade". Also, whether or not cap and trade is a tax depends on how permits are issued. Recently proposed regulations have permits being given away, so cap and trade will result in a transfer of wealth from those without enough permits to those with enough permits, and the gov't won't get a cut.
Because morals are just codified rules for the benefit of society. The "higher power" you speak of is just an excuse to give the rules legitimacy. Can an atheist not believe it is immoral to kill? Can the Chinese government, probably the most atheist government in the world, set laws that look a lot like "your morals" without basing them on "your god"?
To be fair, that list lists Canada three times: Canada, New Brunswick, and Quebec are all member states. That lists governments that are French speaking, not just countries. There are 50 major governments in the US, for example, and thousands of minor governments.
I'm far too lazy to look at anything else in the list, but I'm sure there are more "governments within governments" that are recognized separately.
You are too lazy to skim the list and notice the vast majority are countries, but you can pick out a couple of non-country governments in the middle? Bull. Anyway, 25 or so of the 50+ countries on the list have French as an official language.
Bad news for your mate's software, there are many more countries that consider themselves French-speaking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_internationale_de_la_Francophonie