How does cutting government spending put people back to work? How does taxation reduce the amount of investment into the economy? The government spends every dime it receives, and then some. I'm so tired of this bs about less government spending and taxation helping the economy.
You can argue against big government by saying you don't want the government deciding how the rich (and to some extent, you) get to spend their money... that is logical (if somewhat self-centered and short-sighted). But this argument that taxes somehow hurt the economy by making money 'disappear' has absolutely no basis in reality.
The allies also solved this problem at the end of WW2 with Berlin. The real question is which Brussels will turn out to be "East Berlin"... Flemish or French Brussels?
Just that little detail about no light over one pole or the other...
Nah, if you fly in the Spring or Fall you'll get some light over both... I'd say the real issue with circumnavigating North-South is that you don't get to take advantage of air currents.
Also, when you get near the bottom you'll fall off!
Because there's a human in the loop with keyboards; this is not the case for a processor, except in the very rare case (in terms of the processors time scale) that the user affects what is arriving at the processor. For your analogy to work, a human would have to be inputting each command individually to the processor... and the human would have to correct the processor each time it made a false prediction too.
Just because they can access your location to figure out if you need an alert doesn't mean they can use it to track you as part of a criminal investigation. That's like saying that because the fire department can bust into your house to save you, the police can bust into your house to search it.
Like you, I yearn for the days of yore. Back when men were men, books were made out of paper, and people died from disasters the old fashioned way... surprised.
copyright is about controlling distribution not consumption
Hold on, are you claiming that downloading a movie isn't distribution (not to mention those who seeded as well)?? Consumption would be watching the movie.
I'm pretty sure Eichmann surrendered. Osama greeted his captors with the business end of an AK-47. granted, that's what we wanted him to do, but it wasn't an assassination. We came to capture him, he shot at us, so we shot back. If Obama hadn't picked up a gun, he wouldn't be sleeping with the fishes.
Well, if Samsung sells the processors to Apple for 20 dollars (a number I pulled out of my ass, for arguments sake), that's 140 million dollars in sales in the most recent quarter on iPads alone (nevermind iphones or ipods).
You may call that drop in the bucket if you want, but I don't Samsung is going to.
The point is you can't prove or disprove god. ever.
Perhaps, but non-existence of God is the null hypothesis... People claim that God exists, so if they want to use God as a reason for their actions, then the burden of proof is on them. My only objection to most peoples religious beliefs is that they treat existence of God as the Null.
I am defined as an Atheist not because I don't believe in God, but because others do.
That's rather harsh. Besides, if I were to guess, I would say it would be somewhere with high population density and difficult access to fresh water, where rain collection is/was a big source of potable water. Like, say, Venice.
You can't really measure the size of the movie industry by just looking at the size of the big Hollywood studios. First of all, they hide all their profits, so who knows how much money they REALLY make. Secondly, even if you bought a studio, you wouldn't get the people who actually MAKE the movies, ie actors and directors. Finally, their industry pulls so much weight because of the influence they have over the minds of people all over the world. If the government pisses off Apple, nothing of consequence is lost. However, if a politician pisses off a major studio, the studio could start producing movies/tv shows which bash the hell out of said politician, and millions of people would see it. It's just like bashing a newspaper, except that the studios can call it fiction and avoid defamation suits.
The studios wield power because they control what the general population sees, and to a large extent, thinks. They also have done a fantastic job of Americanizing the world.
Until she dumps you and throws your backup drives out her window that is. Tying the security of your backup to the security of your relationship is an interesting gamble. One day you might find yourself lonely AND data-less.
Unless of course you're one of those people who refers to female friends as "girlfriends", in which case, I hate you.
No offense, but those phrases mean the same thing. It's just that redundancy generally isn't good for employees (exceptions: pilots, doctors/nurses, nuclear plant operators), but is laudable in data storage.
Additionally, they believe that corporations do everything better, because they do it for a profit. They also trust corporations (which, thanks to them, have no oversight) more than the government (which has a lot of oversight, and general accountability to the public). Boggles the mind, but it's true.
Trying to outsmart the market-clearing mechanism in the free market usually never ends well.
Citation needed. Also, "usually never"? So in other words, half the time it works all the time?
The only time there's _ever_ a shortage is when the good in question is being rationed or otherwise isn't being sold at a high enough price.
Citation needed...
And even if that statement IS true, it only applies to free markets. Why does every goddamn thing need to be a "free market"... IP addresses shouldn't be a market at all, they should just be free for everyone. If it MUST be a market, what's wrong with a controlled market? You indicate that interfering with the free market "never ends well". That may be true for the rich guys who own all the addresses, but for the normal person who can't afford an IPv4 address, the free market is the devil, not a savior.
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You can argue against big government by saying you don't want the government deciding how the rich (and to some extent, you) get to spend their money... that is logical (if somewhat self-centered and short-sighted). But this argument that taxes somehow hurt the economy by making money 'disappear' has absolutely no basis in reality.
The allies also solved this problem at the end of WW2 with Berlin. The real question is which Brussels will turn out to be "East Berlin"... Flemish or French Brussels?
Just that little detail about no light over one pole or the other...
Nah, if you fly in the Spring or Fall you'll get some light over both... I'd say the real issue with circumnavigating North-South is that you don't get to take advantage of air currents.
Also, when you get near the bottom you'll fall off!
No offense, but wouldn't it make more sense to use an electrical (or solar powered, i.e. sail-) boat?
Because there's a human in the loop with keyboards; this is not the case for a processor, except in the very rare case (in terms of the processors time scale) that the user affects what is arriving at the processor. For your analogy to work, a human would have to be inputting each command individually to the processor... and the human would have to correct the processor each time it made a false prediction too.
Just because they can access your location to figure out if you need an alert doesn't mean they can use it to track you as part of a criminal investigation. That's like saying that because the fire department can bust into your house to save you, the police can bust into your house to search it.
Like you, I yearn for the days of yore. Back when men were men, books were made out of paper, and people died from disasters the old fashioned way... surprised.
copyright is about controlling distribution not consumption
Hold on, are you claiming that downloading a movie isn't distribution (not to mention those who seeded as well)?? Consumption would be watching the movie.
Ok, I'll bite... Mountain Dew increases blood pressure via caffeine...
Shit shit shit oSama goddamnit. Now I'm probably on a watch list. Sigh.
I'm pretty sure Eichmann surrendered. Osama greeted his captors with the business end of an AK-47. granted, that's what we wanted him to do, but it wasn't an assassination. We came to capture him, he shot at us, so we shot back. If Obama hadn't picked up a gun, he wouldn't be sleeping with the fishes.
You may call that drop in the bucket if you want, but I don't Samsung is going to.
The point is you can't prove or disprove god. ever.
Perhaps, but non-existence of God is the null hypothesis... People claim that God exists, so if they want to use God as a reason for their actions, then the burden of proof is on them. My only objection to most peoples religious beliefs is that they treat existence of God as the Null.
I am defined as an Atheist not because I don't believe in God, but because others do.
Ah. I am disappointed that even 4 digit Slashdotters fall into the sad group of people that believe Obama started the bailouts, not Bush
That's rather harsh. Besides, if I were to guess, I would say it would be somewhere with high population density and difficult access to fresh water, where rain collection is/was a big source of potable water. Like, say, Venice.
The studios wield power because they control what the general population sees, and to a large extent, thinks. They also have done a fantastic job of Americanizing the world.
Unless of course you're one of those people who refers to female friends as "girlfriends", in which case, I hate you.
No offense, but those phrases mean the same thing. It's just that redundancy generally isn't good for employees (exceptions: pilots, doctors/nurses, nuclear plant operators), but is laudable in data storage.
Long live the Science!
Additionally, they believe that corporations do everything better, because they do it for a profit. They also trust corporations (which, thanks to them, have no oversight) more than the government (which has a lot of oversight, and general accountability to the public). Boggles the mind, but it's true.
So your argument against government is that they're like corporations? So wait, who CAN we trust to provide us services? Nobody?
Trying to outsmart the market-clearing mechanism in the free market usually never ends well.
Citation needed. Also, "usually never"? So in other words, half the time it works all the time?
The only time there's _ever_ a shortage is when the good in question is being rationed or otherwise isn't being sold at a high enough price.
Citation needed...
And even if that statement IS true, it only applies to free markets. Why does every goddamn thing need to be a "free market"... IP addresses shouldn't be a market at all, they should just be free for everyone. If it MUST be a market, what's wrong with a controlled market? You indicate that interfering with the free market "never ends well". That may be true for the rich guys who own all the addresses, but for the normal person who can't afford an IPv4 address, the free market is the devil, not a savior.
Meh, she's at best a 7.
Let's say he was here (UK). They could throw him in gaol and shutter the website for violating the official secrets act.
Yes, but I think your faith in the US is unfounded. If Mr. Wikileaks ever set foot on U.S. soil he would be in for one helluva bad time.
So you're okay with copying money? Really? You don't think that should be a crime?