Have you ever considered that he is making a ridiculous point on purpose? I mean the whole argument about "carbon footprint" complaint is silly. We're not talking carbon footprint, we are talking formerly sequestered Carbon being released as CO2. If we are strictly measuring Carbon footprints, then he is actually correct. Exercising increases our carbon footprint, substantially.
It isn't the money that is the problem, it is that the money is not coming from the people who can vote for a candidate. Simply changing WHERE the money can come from will solve the problem better than reducing total of the money.
I have a simple campaign finance reform proposal: Only people (i.e. citizens) who can vote for a candidate or a ballot initiative can donate to them. Period. Everyone else can form a PAC and have the PAC can run their own campaign. Non-Person Entities are forbidden from donating to candidates directly, and must form registered PAC to campaign for any cause. They (PACs) can run their own campaigns directly. Non-Person PACs must have complete and open books, including all donations and donors. This includes both Corporate, Special Interest and Union PACs.
Often better than calculations. It works, because of the assumptions often needed to do calculations are wrong. I've seen a guy spend an inordinate amount of time doing calculations and what not, and then have things still not work. go back make more calculations and wash rinse repeat. He didn't understand the problem.
Meanwhile an old timer looked and figured out the issue and had it fixed in about ten minutes.
Granted, this is just a single example, and not every case is like this.
You are only partially correct. A slave is a product, but since it is involuntary on the part of the slave (usually), then there is a violation of civil rights. Same goes with Murder as a service. But... strawman attacks are nothing new. Weaksauce.
The wildcard is labor, which is rewarded in Deflationary currency markets, and exceptionally cheaper than in inflationary currency. Because my labor's reward extends to the future (via Savings). In inflationary currencies, it is better to spend now, an pay later, while in deflationary currencies, it is better to spend later not now. So those that learn to fix things themselves(labor) earn money by not spending anything on replacement.
I'm less worried about private citizens taking photos of private property than I am about Government taking photos of private property, all other things being equal. The fact that government is scared of the citizenry and is passing laws against them is very troubling to me. We should be scared of this type of legislation as it does not bode well for us commoners.
Inflationary Currencies occur when printing/minting currency exceeds the demand for new currency. Deflationary Currencies occur when there is not enough printing/minting for the demand for new currency.
In this case, BC is deflationary because the number of BC available is defined by math as being finite. At some point, there will be no more BC to mine. At that point the Deflationary process will depend entirely upon the economy (via pent up demand for BC). Hotter economy will cause rapid deflationary pressure, while slower economy will cause slower deflationary pressure.
At this point in the game, if you were to "invest" in BC, over time, provided everything else keeps working, your BC will gain in value over time. Over the long haul, the 10 BC you buy today, will still be 10BC in 50 years, it is just that you will be able to buy substantially more with the BC you have then, compared to now.
Look at it this way, 10BC today can buy an Xbox ($299 +tax) (roughly) In ten years, 10BC might be able to buy Xbox 2048, A super-duper HD tv, an expensive dinner and a gold ring for your hunny. In 20 years, 10BC might be able to buy a car In 50 years, 10 BC might be able to buy a nice house.
Deflation has an interesting effect on economies as well. Fixing something becomes cheaper than buying it. Putting off buying something, allows you to save, and buy two of the same thing later. We would have no need for Social Security in deflationary economy, all you would need to do is save when you were young, and not spend it, and when you get older, you'll have more value for your earnings (from your younger, more productive years).
It would change our entire economy, and how we view things.
I'm sorry, is that a legitimate question because you don't know, or are you being a douche bag looking for an excuse to not like something by going 100% straw-man? Oh, you're an AC so... you're a douche bag. Actually that is insulting to douche bags.
In deflationary currencies, you want to hold onto the currency until you NEED to spend it. It promotes savings without the need of a bank. Banks on the otherhand have an incentive to be a place where one saves coins so they can loan them out. In a perfect deflationary economy, loaning currency will result in net increase in value for the Bank, even without interest, as the deflation becomes the interest. I put 10 BC into the bank for it to hold. The bank loans out 10 BC to a person, who only receives 9.99 BC (.01 service fee to the bank). As the currency deflates, the work needed to return the full 10BC back to the bank increases (sweat equity), so that the person who was loaned the 10 BC, has to work harder to pay it off, just as it is with interest, however, the SYSTEM is void of manipulation and so the rate of deflation is semi-predictable over a very long time.
Right now, BC are not predictable, other than we know that it is deflationary currency, which explains the fluctuations in value. However the trend will always be towards more value per BC. The problem with deflationary currencies is how to handle fractional values of wholes. Until this part is solved, BC is going to be more experiment than functional currency.
People are sick of the current currencies because they are realizing the currencies are FIAT only. BitCoins are also FIAT currency, but unlike national currencies, are limited resource (deflationary). AND with most other currencies being inflationary, BitCoins will only INCREASE in value, especially as they become more popular (FIAT) for normal trading (buying/selling items).
My only concern is how does BitCoin handle fractions of coins? Is it built into the protocol and if so, how.
When I die, the value to me doesn't die with me. The value to me stays with me until the value to me goes away. If I build a monument to me, that lasts a long long time, that money, buys that monument, and thus is important to me, even if I am dead.
I cannot see beyond Sheol, but I know there is something beyond it, even if it isn't what I expect. This is why we have a "last will". I dare you to die, without a will, especially if you have substantial wealth accumulated during your lifetime. If you have a will, you have expressed your view as to the value of your stuff to you, after you die.
No "goods" or "services" should be illegal. Period. Restricted, perhaps. Taxed, open for debate. Controlled, possibly. But never ever made illegal. Even the most toxic/harmful materials have uses that aren't "evil" (tm)*. The moment you make them "illegal", the ones that have the most utility become black markets and crime sprouts up to support those markets. Just ask the US how Prohibition worked out, or.. gasp.. the "war on drugs".
Yes, I am Libertarian, but I don't do drugs, don't care to do drugs. I've seen the harm they do, and quite frankly, not worth it. My point is, you cannot protect people by forcing them into a life of crime. It creates more crimes and solves nothing.
This is why, smaller towns and cities out to just build out the physical plant for fiber to the house. Build an COLO facility and then... auction the facilitie's rack space to service providers. Then, with automatic switching capabilities in networking equipment, assign the end node to the proper service provider, and let the service providers create the services they want to provide, package them up, and sell it.
Physical Plant (i.e. last mile) is hard to duplicate, so don't. Make it part of the city's infrastructure, like water and sewer.
Depreciation schedule is set by IRS regulations, not by businesses. If businesses could, they would depreciate the equipment as fast as they could, as that would lower their taxes. Which is why the IRS is involved in deciding how to depriciate equipment. If a business could depreciate equipment faster, they could, at least in theory, replace it sooner, and that would be good for the economy.
All taxes are regressive. Taxes are a necissary evil (they truly are evil), not something that we should used to "reward or punish" people we like or don't like. Taxes should be a minimum required to provide government provided services efficiently.
Great for them... and us! Eventually, we all will have lifetime bans on Hollywood crap and be forced to use alternatives that don't punish us for consuming. Let them cut us off, and help us get off the Teet of Big Hollywood. I wonder what would happen when they don't have any more customers, because nobody can get to their product.
Also, I wonder what will happen when Hollywood busts itself for all the piracy that happens inside it?
Needs of the many can be satisfied by totalitarianism, or do you not get that? Liberty is about understanding that Needs of the one (liberty) is the goal for all. If we dont' care about the Liberty of one, we cannot care about the liberty of anyone else.
The proper role of governance is to protect the liberties of the minorites, not mob rule of the majority. Most (D)s and (R)s don't understand or agree with this, not fully any way.
RINO, if anything. Last I heard "independant". Most (R)s think he is a liberal (D) masquerading as a Conservative. Basically, New Yorkers like the meddlesome intrusions into personal responsibilty... as long as it affects everyone else. Bloomberg is dancing that dance right now. and getting away with it.
The Americans I'm personally most worried about are the left wingnuts that think that Government is the arbiter of their morals, like Bloomberg's assault on soda, or the do gooders that want to ban happy meals and shit like that. Because, when they win (and they are winning) they will want to control everything. But Liberals love to poke fun at (R) types for their issues on Abortion (stay out of my womb), they are completely silent when their side wants to control everything else.
And they are so fucked up, that some liberals are trying to ban smoking (all kinds) while at the same time trying to legalize marijuana. How are they going to smoke pot when smoking is illegal?
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It will, if instead of or addition to crystals keeping time, it is using the Atomic clock radio signal.
Which is why the Boards of Directors and all the three letter jobs should be held accountable when a company defrauds the shareholders and public.
I vote present.
Taxing Breathing sounds like something Obama would suggest ... for the rich. Because you cannot punish the rich enough in Obama's world.
Have you ever considered that he is making a ridiculous point on purpose? I mean the whole argument about "carbon footprint" complaint is silly. We're not talking carbon footprint, we are talking formerly sequestered Carbon being released as CO2. If we are strictly measuring Carbon footprints, then he is actually correct. Exercising increases our carbon footprint, substantially.
It isn't the money that is the problem, it is that the money is not coming from the people who can vote for a candidate. Simply changing WHERE the money can come from will solve the problem better than reducing total of the money.
I have a simple campaign finance reform proposal: Only people (i.e. citizens) who can vote for a candidate or a ballot initiative can donate to them. Period. Everyone else can form a PAC and have the PAC can run their own campaign. Non-Person Entities are forbidden from donating to candidates directly, and must form registered PAC to campaign for any cause. They (PACs) can run their own campaigns directly. Non-Person PACs must have complete and open books, including all donations and donors. This includes both Corporate, Special Interest and Union PACs.
Often better than calculations. It works, because of the assumptions often needed to do calculations are wrong. I've seen a guy spend an inordinate amount of time doing calculations and what not, and then have things still not work. go back make more calculations and wash rinse repeat. He didn't understand the problem.
Meanwhile an old timer looked and figured out the issue and had it fixed in about ten minutes.
Granted, this is just a single example, and not every case is like this.
You are only partially correct. A slave is a product, but since it is involuntary on the part of the slave (usually), then there is a violation of civil rights. Same goes with Murder as a service. But ... strawman attacks are nothing new. Weaksauce.
The wildcard is labor, which is rewarded in Deflationary currency markets, and exceptionally cheaper than in inflationary currency. Because my labor's reward extends to the future (via Savings). In inflationary currencies, it is better to spend now, an pay later, while in deflationary currencies, it is better to spend later not now. So those that learn to fix things themselves(labor) earn money by not spending anything on replacement.
I'm less worried about private citizens taking photos of private property than I am about Government taking photos of private property, all other things being equal. The fact that government is scared of the citizenry and is passing laws against them is very troubling to me. We should be scared of this type of legislation as it does not bode well for us commoners.
Inflationary Currencies occur when printing/minting currency exceeds the demand for new currency.
Deflationary Currencies occur when there is not enough printing/minting for the demand for new currency.
In this case, BC is deflationary because the number of BC available is defined by math as being finite. At some point, there will be no more BC to mine. At that point the Deflationary process will depend entirely upon the economy (via pent up demand for BC). Hotter economy will cause rapid deflationary pressure, while slower economy will cause slower deflationary pressure.
At this point in the game, if you were to "invest" in BC, over time, provided everything else keeps working, your BC will gain in value over time. Over the long haul, the 10 BC you buy today, will still be 10BC in 50 years, it is just that you will be able to buy substantially more with the BC you have then, compared to now.
Look at it this way, 10BC today can buy an Xbox ($299 +tax) (roughly)
In ten years, 10BC might be able to buy Xbox 2048, A super-duper HD tv, an expensive dinner and a gold ring for your hunny.
In 20 years, 10BC might be able to buy a car
In 50 years, 10 BC might be able to buy a nice house.
Deflation has an interesting effect on economies as well. Fixing something becomes cheaper than buying it. Putting off buying something, allows you to save, and buy two of the same thing later. We would have no need for Social Security in deflationary economy, all you would need to do is save when you were young, and not spend it, and when you get older, you'll have more value for your earnings (from your younger, more productive years).
It would change our entire economy, and how we view things.
Good to know. Because that is going to be needed eventually.
I'm sorry, is that a legitimate question because you don't know, or are you being a douche bag looking for an excuse to not like something by going 100% straw-man? Oh, you're an AC so ... you're a douche bag. Actually that is insulting to douche bags.
No.
In deflationary currencies, you want to hold onto the currency until you NEED to spend it. It promotes savings without the need of a bank. Banks on the otherhand have an incentive to be a place where one saves coins so they can loan them out. In a perfect deflationary economy, loaning currency will result in net increase in value for the Bank, even without interest, as the deflation becomes the interest. I put 10 BC into the bank for it to hold. The bank loans out 10 BC to a person, who only receives 9.99 BC (.01 service fee to the bank). As the currency deflates, the work needed to return the full 10BC back to the bank increases (sweat equity), so that the person who was loaned the 10 BC, has to work harder to pay it off, just as it is with interest, however, the SYSTEM is void of manipulation and so the rate of deflation is semi-predictable over a very long time.
Right now, BC are not predictable, other than we know that it is deflationary currency, which explains the fluctuations in value. However the trend will always be towards more value per BC. The problem with deflationary currencies is how to handle fractional values of wholes. Until this part is solved, BC is going to be more experiment than functional currency.
People are sick of the current currencies because they are realizing the currencies are FIAT only. BitCoins are also FIAT currency, but unlike national currencies, are limited resource (deflationary). AND with most other currencies being inflationary, BitCoins will only INCREASE in value, especially as they become more popular (FIAT) for normal trading (buying/selling items).
My only concern is how does BitCoin handle fractions of coins? Is it built into the protocol and if so, how.
When I die, the value to me doesn't die with me. The value to me stays with me until the value to me goes away. If I build a monument to me, that lasts a long long time, that money, buys that monument, and thus is important to me, even if I am dead.
I cannot see beyond Sheol, but I know there is something beyond it, even if it isn't what I expect. This is why we have a "last will". I dare you to die, without a will, especially if you have substantial wealth accumulated during your lifetime. If you have a will, you have expressed your view as to the value of your stuff to you, after you die.
No "goods" or "services" should be illegal. Period. Restricted, perhaps. Taxed, open for debate. Controlled, possibly. But never ever made illegal. Even the most toxic/harmful materials have uses that aren't "evil" (tm)*. The moment you make them "illegal", the ones that have the most utility become black markets and crime sprouts up to support those markets. Just ask the US how Prohibition worked out, or .. gasp .. the "war on drugs".
Yes, I am Libertarian, but I don't do drugs, don't care to do drugs. I've seen the harm they do, and quite frankly, not worth it. My point is, you cannot protect people by forcing them into a life of crime. It creates more crimes and solves nothing.
This is why, smaller towns and cities out to just build out the physical plant for fiber to the house. Build an COLO facility and then ... auction the facilitie's rack space to service providers. Then, with automatic switching capabilities in networking equipment, assign the end node to the proper service provider, and let the service providers create the services they want to provide, package them up, and sell it.
Physical Plant (i.e. last mile) is hard to duplicate, so don't. Make it part of the city's infrastructure, like water and sewer.
Depreciation schedule is set by IRS regulations, not by businesses. If businesses could, they would depreciate the equipment as fast as they could, as that would lower their taxes. Which is why the IRS is involved in deciding how to depriciate equipment. If a business could depreciate equipment faster, they could, at least in theory, replace it sooner, and that would be good for the economy.
All taxes are regressive. Taxes are a necissary evil (they truly are evil), not something that we should used to "reward or punish" people we like or don't like. Taxes should be a minimum required to provide government provided services efficiently.
Oh to be gullable again and believe that Government can fix everything!
Great for them ... and us! Eventually, we all will have lifetime bans on Hollywood crap and be forced to use alternatives that don't punish us for consuming. Let them cut us off, and help us get off the Teet of Big Hollywood. I wonder what would happen when they don't have any more customers, because nobody can get to their product.
Also, I wonder what will happen when Hollywood busts itself for all the piracy that happens inside it?
Needs of the many can be satisfied by totalitarianism, or do you not get that? Liberty is about understanding that Needs of the one (liberty) is the goal for all. If we dont' care about the Liberty of one, we cannot care about the liberty of anyone else.
The proper role of governance is to protect the liberties of the minorites, not mob rule of the majority. Most (D)s and (R)s don't understand or agree with this, not fully any way.
RINO, if anything. Last I heard "independant". Most (R)s think he is a liberal (D) masquerading as a Conservative. Basically, New Yorkers like the meddlesome intrusions into personal responsibilty ... as long as it affects everyone else. Bloomberg is dancing that dance right now. and getting away with it.
The Raspberry Pi was encased in a 3D printed design created on a Mac?
The Americans I'm personally most worried about are the left wingnuts that think that Government is the arbiter of their morals, like Bloomberg's assault on soda, or the do gooders that want to ban happy meals and shit like that. Because, when they win (and they are winning) they will want to control everything. But Liberals love to poke fun at (R) types for their issues on Abortion (stay out of my womb), they are completely silent when their side wants to control everything else.
And they are so fucked up, that some liberals are trying to ban smoking (all kinds) while at the same time trying to legalize marijuana. How are they going to smoke pot when smoking is illegal?