Where the industry is going seems rather obvious. Take away Unlimited as well as NO-data plan and have everyone pay for a Mediocre data caps that ensure demanding streaming services can't be sued. That would force them to spend money upgrading their networks
$900 is very high. Do they enjoy a government monopoly? Private fire is supposed to allow pricing pressure. Are there very few people in your town?
When the barrier of entry to a market is very high because of the need for large up-front investments (like buying a fire engine and a ladder engine) or because there is long regulatory hurdles (like getting permits to dig in order to lay cable) you don't need a Government enforced monopoly, you enjoy what economists call a "Natural Monopoly"
I mean, after all it's likely that they came from the same sweatshop that make the "real" ones...
The number one reason they hate the counterfeiters is that they exposed their Luxury Brand production scam by doing exactly that and forced them to start producing in countries with strong Labor Laws again
Some clickbait writers have shorter careers than others.
I would click on that just to see how an artists imagines Married life for the morbidly obese Ron Stoppable and Stressed out middle aged soccer mom Kim Stoppable
The GOP has been trying to Help the Poor become self sufficient by.
a) They keep increasing school budges, especially to poor and undeserved areas. WRONG
b) They keep increasing the minimum wage to encourage people to feel productive and appreciated in the labor force as well as be able to afford a living. WRONG
c) Require them to work for free or loose the already paltry safety net that ensures they don't end up hungry and homeless. DING DING DING DING
Long Prison sentence for minor offenses are also a popular program for the GOP to help the poor. People get to learn all kinds of valuable skills in there. They should probably change the name from "State Penitentiary" to "Worker retraining program." The MOTO writes itself: Go in as a petty thief and graduate as a Seasoned Gangster
Solar and wind is very cheap in Developing countries where Electric outages are simply a matter of fact. In the Developed world outages are largely unacceptable and You need Conventional Production overcapacity that can take over and continue running thru extreme weather events that can shut down your solar and wind for days if not weeks. Even The alternative which is large, long term storage such as using pumps to fill a dam, is really just a hydroelectric power-plant that is mostly sitting idle and loosing money. The lesson here is that if you want to really be thorough about the cost of renewable's in the Developed world you have to take in account the price of mitigation for their intermittent nature
Research suggests that aging is actually a species survival strategy from the earliest days of life. Young bacteria fared much better when competing against aging, slowing parents. Without this advantage the young would have difficulty competing with their hardened parents and the species future would be jeopardized as the old continue accumulating genetic damage from environmental factors such as UV rays, which means higher chances of unhealthy offspring
Transfusions are inherently risky with possibilities for life threatening immune reactions or infection by pathogens that went undetected. It is unlikely that Thiel or anyone else is seriously considering using Transfusions as a rejuvenation treatment. There is a lot of promise thou in trying to figure out exactly what about young blood gives this rejuvenating effect. It is entirely possible that the rejuvinating effect could be induced with the use of a drug, one that would most certainly be a blockbuster drug for anyone that can develop it
Do you seriously believe that the girl working at a low-wage service job for $7.25 an hour is not being exploited, doesn't struggle with family life because of the erratic schedules and long shifts, or has better economic prospects than a girl working in the Adult Films industry?! It really is just another way to make income. I don't see anyone calling for a ban on Rodeo Clowns because of the danger to life, a dead end career and the high levels of alcoholism associated with it
Even with its tricks of increasing the pricing of Internet only service so that the "Internet + TV package" looks like a great deal, they still can't keep people subscribed to Cable. A lot of people are simply fed up with the horrible Cable TV experience and simply don't want it at any price. The funny part is that the current proposal by the FCC to open up the CableBox to competition (something the Cable lobby has been fighting tooth-and-nail) would go a long way to improve the experience and possibly save the Cable TV Industry in the long run
You can absolutely listen to their conversations and see their text messages. All you need is to convience a Judge to approve a wiretap order and the Carriers will let you spy to your hearts content. Stop asking companies to provide back-doors to my personal devices that I don't not wish to grant you access to
Freeway speed limits should be 80. Non freeway speeds should be a good 10 MPH over what they are already.
The speed limits take into account the fact that for most days of the year you will not have perfect weather and road conditions. A freeway that is perfectly manageable at 80 on a bright sunny day, can turn into a death trap at that speed with a little rain and low tempreatures
More to the point. Would it be economically feasible. In the US we automate because the costs of Automation is less than labor. However in China Labor is much cheaper. Going towards automation may put China in an economic disadvantage.
Due to its "One Child Policy" China has a rapidly aging and soon to be declining population. To compound the problem it also has a poor Health Care System and Horrible Environmental Pollution problems that leave much of its aging work-force with chronic and untreated health conditions and diminished productivity. In addition most of its untapped human-resources are rural Subsistence Farmers with no Experience and minimal Education. China's attempt to move from an export based Industrial Economy into a Market Economy only adds to the difficulties. Finally, considering the low levels of current automation in China and adding the aforementioned factors to the formula, China looks like like a bigger target for automation then most Developed Economies
Since you didn't bother reading the article, I will give you the relevant part. Their complaint "builds on two recent Supreme Court precedents (Golan and Eldred), in which the Supremes stated that the only way to reconcile free speech with copyright's ability to restrict who may utter certain words and expressions is fair use and other exemptions to copyright, which means that laws that don't take fair use into account fail to pass constitutional muster."
Most people myself included, get a new VCR because the old one is acting wonky and they still have a large library of tapes, much of it old home movies that they haven't had the time or inclination to transfer to digital. As the equipment gets harder to find and the film on the tapes degrades, eventually I will have to force myself to tacked the mammoth task of converting it all to digital
As a primary communications device, instability in a cell-phone operating system is not a mere nuisance and frustration but can cost people dearly if not available for contacting Emergency Services when needed. A fail safe mode that instructs people to restore to a clean image or have the device checked out is what Apple's IOS has been doing all along and In my belief it is a big part of why Apple's IOS is perceived to be a more stable OS then Android
Having to negotiate Brexit with the E.U as well as about a dozen Free Trade agreements the E.U has with various nations and will no longer apply to the U.K, is going to take all the resources the Government has at its disposal. Having the Foreign Minister play the traditional role and risking the government getting involved in International Politics it can ill afford to pay any attention to, is simply out of the question. Johnson has made it clear thru-out his carer that he disdains International Diplomacy. The role Johnson is most likely going to play is that of a Propaganda Minister, keeping the nations spirits up with his trademark vigor and charisma while insulting and frustrating those in the E.U camp that take a hard-line stance on the negotiations
The U.K has been threatening to leave nearly ever since it joined the E.U. Part of the incentives for staying in was the privileged position the E.U allowed London to play in the Financial Services sector. The pragmatic Merkel would likely want to keep the U.K as close as possible to the E.U however the voices at home arguing for a bigger role for the German banks is growing louder and facing elections next year, it is unclear if she can survive without at least some concessions. This is on top of the many voices in the E.U arguing for a tough stance in the negotiations as to discourage further defections in the bloc. Of course much falls on the position of the presumptive U.K prime minister who at least so far, keeps insisting that the U.K be allowed to place limits on the movement of people, something which is anathema to the East Germany born Merkel
The idea of "honor" in men trying to best each other in the battlefield still resonates strongly with people, even thou that has always been a romanticized version of combat that bares little resemblance to the reality of armed conflict.
The problem with AV software in my eyes is how intrusive they've become, they're worse than viruses in some cases
You install, say, Kaspersky and you immediately get 2 browser plugins installed into Firefox, 3 root certs get dropped into Windows certificate list and kasperskylabs.net scripts get injected into every page you visit, even if you turn the "web shield" off
Not to mention those garbage software "firewalls" that hardly give you any control over anything. Though for instance Avira does it differently, it just takes over Windows Firewall for you and won't even let you turn that "freature" off, so screw you if you configured it by hand.
Just use appropriate browser plugins, Windows Defender, Malwarebytes and common sense.
This is all an attempt at branding and making their product highly visible to the user. its purpose is to make it seem to the user that it absolutely imperative they renew their "subscription service" and are getting good value out of it. As far as anti-virus engines go, MS-defender is consistently ranked towards the bottom of the list and most 3d party engines do a better job of actually catching and cleaning infections, however when they add all these components to their "suites" which needlessly replace other system-components and put in place unnecessary addons, they make the system less secure
Where I am it has been customary to actually give 3 weeks notice. Every time I've left a job I have given that 3 weeks notice, but only because the companies always treated me well.
If they had treated me like crap, I would have been out the moment I heard "you're hired!" from the next place.
It is admirable that there are still companies that treat employees with respect and vice-versa, however in today's workplace this is largely the exception rather than the rule. I am amazed how commonplace is for companies to invoke the term "family" when they talk about how they want their employees to treat them, yet these very same companies treat their employees as tools to be discarded as soon as they have outlived their usefulness
A company cannot fight for right-to-work laws, then be upset when employees exercise their right to not work.
2 weeks notices are a relic of a long gone era when Companies and employees treated each-other with mutual respect. In today's workplace where people find out that they have been laid off and their Unit has been outsourced, thru e-mail and entrance-card credential were revoked it is silly for employees to extend a courtesy that is no longer extended to them
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Where the industry is going seems rather obvious. Take away Unlimited as well as NO-data plan and have everyone pay for a Mediocre data caps that ensure demanding streaming services can't be sued. That would force them to spend money upgrading their networks
$900 is very high. Do they enjoy a government monopoly? Private fire is supposed to allow pricing pressure. Are there very few people in your town?
When the barrier of entry to a market is very high because of the need for large up-front investments (like buying a fire engine and a ladder engine) or because there is long regulatory hurdles (like getting permits to dig in order to lay cable) you don't need a Government enforced monopoly, you enjoy what economists call a "Natural Monopoly"
That is, does it require a live eyeball that has not been forcibly removed from its socket?
"Research has shown that post-mortem eyes can be used for biometric identification for hours or days after death, despite the decay that occurs"
Although I suspect that if you are missing an eye or just plain dead, your phones security is probably the last of your worries
I don't think you need to get very fancy... I would think a laser or extremely bright light bought from eBay would similarly blind a human "sensor".
It is in fact very capable of doing so and for that reason it is illegal to point it at aircraft
I mean, after all it's likely that they came from the same sweatshop that make the "real" ones...
The number one reason they hate the counterfeiters is that they exposed their Luxury Brand production scam by doing exactly that and forced them to start producing in countries with strong Labor Laws again
Some clickbait writers have shorter careers than others.
I would click on that just to see how an artists imagines Married life for the morbidly obese Ron Stoppable and Stressed out middle aged soccer mom Kim Stoppable
a) They keep increasing school budges, especially to poor and undeserved areas. WRONG
b) They keep increasing the minimum wage to encourage people to feel productive and appreciated in the labor force as well as be able to afford a living. WRONG
c) Require them to work for free or loose the already paltry safety net that ensures they don't end up hungry and homeless. DING DING DING DING
Long Prison sentence for minor offenses are also a popular program for the GOP to help the poor. People get to learn all kinds of valuable skills in there. They should probably change the name from "State Penitentiary" to "Worker retraining program." The MOTO writes itself: Go in as a petty thief and graduate as a Seasoned Gangster
I know more then a few unfortunate souls with their TV's in the Retina Burning, Vomit Inducing DEMO mode
Solar and wind is very cheap in Developing countries where Electric outages are simply a matter of fact. In the Developed world outages are largely unacceptable and You need Conventional Production overcapacity that can take over and continue running thru extreme weather events that can shut down your solar and wind for days if not weeks. Even The alternative which is large, long term storage such as using pumps to fill a dam, is really just a hydroelectric power-plant that is mostly sitting idle and loosing money. The lesson here is that if you want to really be thorough about the cost of renewable's in the Developed world you have to take in account the price of mitigation for their intermittent nature
Research suggests that aging is actually a species survival strategy from the earliest days of life. Young bacteria fared much better when competing against aging, slowing parents. Without this advantage the young would have difficulty competing with their hardened parents and the species future would be jeopardized as the old continue accumulating genetic damage from environmental factors such as UV rays, which means higher chances of unhealthy offspring
Transfusions are inherently risky with possibilities for life threatening immune reactions or infection by pathogens that went undetected. It is unlikely that Thiel or anyone else is seriously considering using Transfusions as a rejuvenation treatment. There is a lot of promise thou in trying to figure out exactly what about young blood gives this rejuvenating effect. It is entirely possible that the rejuvinating effect could be induced with the use of a drug, one that would most certainly be a blockbuster drug for anyone that can develop it
Do you seriously believe that the girl working at a low-wage service job for $7.25 an hour is not being exploited, doesn't struggle with family life because of the erratic schedules and long shifts, or has better economic prospects than a girl working in the Adult Films industry?! It really is just another way to make income. I don't see anyone calling for a ban on Rodeo Clowns because of the danger to life, a dead end career and the high levels of alcoholism associated with it
Even with its tricks of increasing the pricing of Internet only service so that the "Internet + TV package" looks like a great deal, they still can't keep people subscribed to Cable. A lot of people are simply fed up with the horrible Cable TV experience and simply don't want it at any price. The funny part is that the current proposal by the FCC to open up the CableBox to competition (something the Cable lobby has been fighting tooth-and-nail) would go a long way to improve the experience and possibly save the Cable TV Industry in the long run
You can absolutely listen to their conversations and see their text messages. All you need is to convience a Judge to approve a wiretap order and the Carriers will let you spy to your hearts content. Stop asking companies to provide back-doors to my personal devices that I don't not wish to grant you access to
Freeway speed limits should be 80. Non freeway speeds should be a good 10 MPH over what they are already.
The speed limits take into account the fact that for most days of the year you will not have perfect weather and road conditions. A freeway that is perfectly manageable at 80 on a bright sunny day, can turn into a death trap at that speed with a little rain and low tempreatures
More to the point. Would it be economically feasible. In the US we automate because the costs of Automation is less than labor. However in China Labor is much cheaper. Going towards automation may put China in an economic disadvantage.
Due to its "One Child Policy" China has a rapidly aging and soon to be declining population. To compound the problem it also has a poor Health Care System and Horrible Environmental Pollution problems that leave much of its aging work-force with chronic and untreated health conditions and diminished productivity. In addition most of its untapped human-resources are rural Subsistence Farmers with no Experience and minimal Education. China's attempt to move from an export based Industrial Economy into a Market Economy only adds to the difficulties. Finally, considering the low levels of current automation in China and adding the aforementioned factors to the formula, China looks like like a bigger target for automation then most Developed Economies
Since you didn't bother reading the article, I will give you the relevant part. Their complaint "builds on two recent Supreme Court precedents (Golan and Eldred), in which the Supremes stated that the only way to reconcile free speech with copyright's ability to restrict who may utter certain words and expressions is fair use and other exemptions to copyright, which means that laws that don't take fair use into account fail to pass constitutional muster."
Most people myself included, get a new VCR because the old one is acting wonky and they still have a large library of tapes, much of it old home movies that they haven't had the time or inclination to transfer to digital. As the equipment gets harder to find and the film on the tapes degrades, eventually I will have to force myself to tacked the mammoth task of converting it all to digital
As a primary communications device, instability in a cell-phone operating system is not a mere nuisance and frustration but can cost people dearly if not available for contacting Emergency Services when needed. A fail safe mode that instructs people to restore to a clean image or have the device checked out is what Apple's IOS has been doing all along and In my belief it is a big part of why Apple's IOS is perceived to be a more stable OS then Android
Having to negotiate Brexit with the E.U as well as about a dozen Free Trade agreements the E.U has with various nations and will no longer apply to the U.K, is going to take all the resources the Government has at its disposal. Having the Foreign Minister play the traditional role and risking the government getting involved in International Politics it can ill afford to pay any attention to, is simply out of the question. Johnson has made it clear thru-out his carer that he disdains International Diplomacy. The role Johnson is most likely going to play is that of a Propaganda Minister, keeping the nations spirits up with his trademark vigor and charisma while insulting and frustrating those in the E.U camp that take a hard-line stance on the negotiations
The U.K has been threatening to leave nearly ever since it joined the E.U. Part of the incentives for staying in was the privileged position the E.U allowed London to play in the Financial Services sector. The pragmatic Merkel would likely want to keep the U.K as close as possible to the E.U however the voices at home arguing for a bigger role for the German banks is growing louder and facing elections next year, it is unclear if she can survive without at least some concessions. This is on top of the many voices in the E.U arguing for a tough stance in the negotiations as to discourage further defections in the bloc. Of course much falls on the position of the presumptive U.K prime minister who at least so far, keeps insisting that the U.K be allowed to place limits on the movement of people, something which is anathema to the East Germany born Merkel
The idea of "honor" in men trying to best each other in the battlefield still resonates strongly with people, even thou that has always been a romanticized version of combat that bares little resemblance to the reality of armed conflict.
The problem with AV software in my eyes is how intrusive they've become, they're worse than viruses in some cases
You install, say, Kaspersky and you immediately get 2 browser plugins installed into Firefox, 3 root certs get dropped into Windows certificate list and kasperskylabs.net scripts get injected into every page you visit, even if you turn the "web shield" off Not to mention those garbage software "firewalls" that hardly give you any control over anything. Though for instance Avira does it differently, it just takes over Windows Firewall for you and won't even let you turn that "freature" off, so screw you if you configured it by hand.
Just use appropriate browser plugins, Windows Defender, Malwarebytes and common sense.
This is all an attempt at branding and making their product highly visible to the user. its purpose is to make it seem to the user that it absolutely imperative they renew their "subscription service" and are getting good value out of it. As far as anti-virus engines go, MS-defender is consistently ranked towards the bottom of the list and most 3d party engines do a better job of actually catching and cleaning infections, however when they add all these components to their "suites" which needlessly replace other system-components and put in place unnecessary addons, they make the system less secure
Where I am it has been customary to actually give 3 weeks notice. Every time I've left a job I have given that 3 weeks notice, but only because the companies always treated me well.
If they had treated me like crap, I would have been out the moment I heard "you're hired!" from the next place.
It is admirable that there are still companies that treat employees with respect and vice-versa, however in today's workplace this is largely the exception rather than the rule. I am amazed how commonplace is for companies to invoke the term "family" when they talk about how they want their employees to treat them, yet these very same companies treat their employees as tools to be discarded as soon as they have outlived their usefulness
A company cannot fight for right-to-work laws, then be upset when employees exercise their right to not work.
2 weeks notices are a relic of a long gone era when Companies and employees treated each-other with mutual respect. In today's workplace where people find out that they have been laid off and their Unit has been outsourced, thru e-mail and entrance-card credential were revoked it is silly for employees to extend a courtesy that is no longer extended to them