Automation and global cheap labour have existed for centuries. The pace of change, it's scope, and the impact of communication and shipping technologies are greater than before.
The IOC didn't hold a gun to NBC and force them to pay all that money. NBC made a bid for the rights to show the Olympics and offered what they thought they could pay. Not saying that the IOC aren't a bunch of greedy bastards. Just that they took bids from all the of greedy networks and NBC happened to win the rights.
Mandatory insurance is not health care reform. Yes I realize that there is more to the ACA than that but really if you want to provide health care for your citizens there are a lot better solutions out there. Unfortunately there is a fear of socialized health care in the US.
From my experience with IBM and HP blades you couldn't pay me enough to touch the HP blades. The only positive experience I had with the HP blades were that they were a nice place to warm up behind in the data centre when I was cold.
Yes but there are some organs that you just can't buy from volunteers. Kidneys work because someone can live with only one. It's a bit more difficult for someone to sell their heart and continue seeing their family.
While I'm all for privacy and the government sticking it's nose out of my business I don't see how this phone really addresses the problem of privacy. The huge problem lately has been the governments sweeping up the meta data. So while your message may go through the system encrypted with this phone it's still going to leave a plain trail for everyone to see.
And placing the servers in Switzerland doesn't fill me with confidence for keeping the data safe either. They certainly caved pretty easily recently when it came to banking information so how fast is the government going to fold when the US wants the information to find terrorists and child molesters instead of tax cheats.
If you are really that concerned about mercury getting into the environment then going after the coal fired power plants would be a better solution first. Or the tar sands in Alberta.
I thought you were going to mention that the disturbing aspect seems to be they don't get weekends off. In order to produce 500 pigs a year they have to work every day.
7 days a week * 52 weeks * 2 pigs a day * 70 % success rate = 510 (rounded up)
Mind you if they get the 80% efficiency it looks like they could take one day a week off.
6 days a week * 52 weeks * 2 pigs a day * 80 % success rate = 500 (rounded up)
Wish I had not commented earlier because I would have modded you up. I hate the omnibus bills brought in by the Harper government especially and wish the practice was outlawed. But then I also think that every vote should be a free vote in parliament so each MP can properly represent those in the riding rather than the party.
Just because you are unhappy with CFLs doesn't mean they should be banned. Many people are happy with them. When I moved into my house 10 years ago I replaced the bulbs with CFLs. Mind you last year I bought a couple of the Cree LED bulbs from Home Depot and think they are great. I think that there's room for both technologies in the current market. Longer term the LED is probably going to take over.
I never said that the industry wasn't making money. Just that I thought they were producing crap. I've only been to the theatre a handful of times in the past decade because of the poor quality of product. But then I want a good story when I see a movie or watch a TV show.
Torrents have completely changed my viewing habits. I try out lots of things and when I find something that I really like I usually buy it. I say usually because there are a few shows from New Zealand that I would have loved to support but I just can't buy in Canada.
It is unfortunate that politicians only look at the next year or two of results in order to get themselves re-elected. (Unless of course they can pull out a big number by extending savings over a decade.) Of course it could be argued that this might be brought about by the voter only looking at the short term and not electing someone who votes for proposals that look beyond the election cycle. But how things currently stand it is a rare politician who will vote to spend money on a program that won't get them votes in order to save money in the longer term.
Didn't Yahoo just reissue some email accounts that were "inactive"? Never assume that email addresses will always belong to one person for ever and ever. For that matter never assume that an email address even corresponds with a person. It could be a group or even nobody. Or a person could give it to their friend (not good when the account is based on a persons' name). Yes, in the case originally brought up it is a single person. But it doesn't mean that there is a one to one relationship between people and accounts.
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Automation and global cheap labour have existed for centuries. The pace of change, it's scope, and the impact of communication and shipping technologies are greater than before.
The IOC didn't hold a gun to NBC and force them to pay all that money. NBC made a bid for the rights to show the Olympics and offered what they thought they could pay. Not saying that the IOC aren't a bunch of greedy bastards. Just that they took bids from all the of greedy networks and NBC happened to win the rights.
The Olympics stopped being about amateur sports a long time ago.
You could argue that just because someone wins that they aren't worthy.
Mandatory insurance is not health care reform. Yes I realize that there is more to the ACA than that but really if you want to provide health care for your citizens there are a lot better solutions out there. Unfortunately there is a fear of socialized health care in the US.
From my experience with IBM and HP blades you couldn't pay me enough to touch the HP blades. The only positive experience I had with the HP blades were that they were a nice place to warm up behind in the data centre when I was cold.
CGI? We can only hope because they will screw the project up so bad that it will never see the light of day.
But if they were already dead then they wouldn't continue to see their family as I mentioned. /s
The other states should implement this with a $15 increase in fee. :)
Yes but there are some organs that you just can't buy from volunteers. Kidneys work because someone can live with only one. It's a bit more difficult for someone to sell their heart and continue seeing their family.
While I'm all for privacy and the government sticking it's nose out of my business I don't see how this phone really addresses the problem of privacy. The huge problem lately has been the governments sweeping up the meta data. So while your message may go through the system encrypted with this phone it's still going to leave a plain trail for everyone to see.
And placing the servers in Switzerland doesn't fill me with confidence for keeping the data safe either. They certainly caved pretty easily recently when it came to banking information so how fast is the government going to fold when the US wants the information to find terrorists and child molesters instead of tax cheats.
If you are really that concerned about mercury getting into the environment then going after the coal fired power plants would be a better solution first. Or the tar sands in Alberta.
I thought you were going to mention that the disturbing aspect seems to be they don't get weekends off. In order to produce 500 pigs a year they have to work every day.
7 days a week * 52 weeks * 2 pigs a day * 70 % success rate = 510 (rounded up)
Mind you if they get the 80% efficiency it looks like they could take one day a week off.
6 days a week * 52 weeks * 2 pigs a day * 80 % success rate = 500 (rounded up)
Wish I had not commented earlier because I would have modded you up. I hate the omnibus bills brought in by the Harper government especially and wish the practice was outlawed. But then I also think that every vote should be a free vote in parliament so each MP can properly represent those in the riding rather than the party.
Just because you are unhappy with CFLs doesn't mean they should be banned. Many people are happy with them. When I moved into my house 10 years ago I replaced the bulbs with CFLs. Mind you last year I bought a couple of the Cree LED bulbs from Home Depot and think they are great. I think that there's room for both technologies in the current market. Longer term the LED is probably going to take over.
I never said that the industry wasn't making money. Just that I thought they were producing crap. I've only been to the theatre a handful of times in the past decade because of the poor quality of product. But then I want a good story when I see a movie or watch a TV show.
Torrents have completely changed my viewing habits. I try out lots of things and when I find something that I really like I usually buy it. I say usually because there are a few shows from New Zealand that I would have loved to support but I just can't buy in Canada.
It is unfortunate that politicians only look at the next year or two of results in order to get themselves re-elected. (Unless of course they can pull out a big number by extending savings over a decade.) Of course it could be argued that this might be brought about by the voter only looking at the short term and not electing someone who votes for proposals that look beyond the election cycle. But how things currently stand it is a rare politician who will vote to spend money on a program that won't get them votes in order to save money in the longer term.
Yes, I think that's the problem. No matter where you view the movie the script and story are still crap.
And all turtles in the nine or ten other dimensions too!
Didn't Yahoo just reissue some email accounts that were "inactive"? Never assume that email addresses will always belong to one person for ever and ever. For that matter never assume that an email address even corresponds with a person. It could be a group or even nobody. Or a person could give it to their friend (not good when the account is based on a persons' name). Yes, in the case originally brought up it is a single person. But it doesn't mean that there is a one to one relationship between people and accounts.
It's stories like these that make me glad that I don't own a car. Well, yet another reason beyond the cost and maintenance hassles.
Your innocence is just so charming.
Well, don't fly because the airlines treat you like cattle and you don't want to be mistaken for an agricultural item yourself.
Everyone forgets about Alfred Russel Wallace.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace
What 6 years of Obama has taught the world is that there really isn't much difference between the parties when it comes to governing.