And if my electricity costs were lower, I could afford to hire someone to clean my house. Multiply that by hundreds of households per meter reader, and efficiency gains in our society result in huge job creation.
Right, these things never happen precisely because no one believes they have even the slightest chance of winning in the end. In other countries, where the backing force just isn't as reliable or strong, resistance like this actually happens.
The government is using the threat of violence to make you comply with any law with which you disagree or would otherwise not obey. They would only use the actual violence in the event that you refused to comply. The level of violence would, indeed, escalate as your non compliance escalated. The example you cite is perfect. If you are speeding, the first thing that happens is an officer signals you to pull over. When you fail to do so (continuing non-compliance) they call in more officers. Then swat. Obviously, neither you nor anyone else successfully resists the swat level in this country (not since the civil war, anyway). But the swat does, in fact, get called in to real situations that happen in this country. Force IS used when you don't comply with the law, and it will escalate up to the level of the army if it must.
Not just to breed, but the long term success of your line to breed. I strongly suspect that somewhere down the line you wind up with descendants who gamble away their ability to feed their dependents.
But it could turn out to be an advantage in some mysterious way. People with this particular vulnerability could have some oddly connected advantage in some other domain.
Well, just remember that it's not just short term rates that matter. Your offspring have to be successful too. But you could be right. Personally, I suspect it would be a long term harm. Eventually someone is going to gamble away too much and they won't be able to keep their offspring fed.
The army is just the ultimate backing force for the threat. I can assure you they would be called in after the local FBI office was wiped out (as the FBI would get called in after the local police were wiped out). The fact that the army hasn't had to get involved since the civil war speaks to the success of our system. Yes, actual violence in regulation is rare (though, for example, Madoff was actually physically arrested). Obviously that's the point of having a civilized society, keep the actual violence to a minimum.
Barring the universe turning out to work in a way that violates the laws of thermodynamics, our ever growing population is not going to keep doing that indefinitely.
Your point about it being advantageous could absolutely be true... it could definitely be the case that our genes can't differentiate between stupid gambles and wise gambles, and we're just stuck with the good along with the bad. But maybe not. I certainly know people who take risks but manage to resist the allure of the casino.
The gambling addiction need only provide a very slight reproductive disadvantage. Over time that will mean that people without that genetic makeup will dominate. Obviously, if it were sufficiently severe the effect would be much more immediate, but you have to think about what will happen to our race over the next million years if you want evolution to do its magic.
Heck, in many cases we're talking about the big banks. They hold their own accounts. If they decided to not pay, there's not some other entity the government can ask to hand over the money.
What do you suppose happens if they refuse to comply with federal regulations? No, it won't be the national guard, but if they resisted enough it would eventually be the US Army knocking down their doors.
The casinos are helping evolve our race against addictability. In the long run it will be impossible for a Casino to operate profitably, and that will be a good thing for humanity.
One would hope, though it would not always be true, that there would be an equal number of programs seeing an unnatural downward deflection and issuing buy orders.
The bait is: buy this sony ps3. It will play ps2 games, run other os, and run all kinds of fancy new ps3 games in the future! The switch is: Oh, you can't run shiny new ps3 games unless you surrender your ability to run ps2 and otheros.
The switch is in the changes to promises made at the time of purchase.
I never stated or suggested the conspiracy you accused me of. I think, and it is evident in their research portfolios, that big pharma focuses research on maintenance drugs.
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And if my electricity costs were lower, I could afford to hire someone to clean my house. Multiply that by hundreds of households per meter reader, and efficiency gains in our society result in huge job creation.
They sell your personal details to advertisers. Until we do away with advertising, it's viable, and I'd rate that as viable long term.
Kings 9:21:
And he who shall visit a prostitute found via craigslist shall spend eternity in purgatory.
At least, that's what my version of the bible has.
Right, these things never happen precisely because no one believes they have even the slightest chance of winning in the end. In other countries, where the backing force just isn't as reliable or strong, resistance like this actually happens.
The government is using the threat of violence to make you comply with any law with which you disagree or would otherwise not obey. They would only use the actual violence in the event that you refused to comply. The level of violence would, indeed, escalate as your non compliance escalated. The example you cite is perfect. If you are speeding, the first thing that happens is an officer signals you to pull over. When you fail to do so (continuing non-compliance) they call in more officers. Then swat. Obviously, neither you nor anyone else successfully resists the swat level in this country (not since the civil war, anyway). But the swat does, in fact, get called in to real situations that happen in this country. Force IS used when you don't comply with the law, and it will escalate up to the level of the army if it must.
Not just to breed, but the long term success of your line to breed. I strongly suspect that somewhere down the line you wind up with descendants who gamble away their ability to feed their dependents.
But it could turn out to be an advantage in some mysterious way. People with this particular vulnerability could have some oddly connected advantage in some other domain.
Well, just remember that it's not just short term rates that matter. Your offspring have to be successful too. But you could be right. Personally, I suspect it would be a long term harm. Eventually someone is going to gamble away too much and they won't be able to keep their offspring fed.
The army is just the ultimate backing force for the threat. I can assure you they would be called in after the local FBI office was wiped out (as the FBI would get called in after the local police were wiped out). The fact that the army hasn't had to get involved since the civil war speaks to the success of our system. Yes, actual violence in regulation is rare (though, for example, Madoff was actually physically arrested). Obviously that's the point of having a civilized society, keep the actual violence to a minimum.
Barring the universe turning out to work in a way that violates the laws of thermodynamics, our ever growing population is not going to keep doing that indefinitely.
Your point about it being advantageous could absolutely be true ... it could definitely be the case that our genes can't differentiate between stupid gambles and wise gambles, and we're just stuck with the good along with the bad. But maybe not. I certainly know people who take risks but manage to resist the allure of the casino.
The gambling addiction need only provide a very slight reproductive disadvantage. Over time that will mean that people without that genetic makeup will dominate. Obviously, if it were sufficiently severe the effect would be much more immediate, but you have to think about what will happen to our race over the next million years if you want evolution to do its magic.
Heck, in many cases we're talking about the big banks. They hold their own accounts. If they decided to not pay, there's not some other entity the government can ask to hand over the money.
And yet it has happened thousands of times in our history already, many with actual violence.
How would they enforce such a court order on accounts held overseas? Or money held in cash?
That's the very definition of compliance with federal regulators.
What do you suppose happens if they refuse to comply with federal regulations? No, it won't be the national guard, but if they resisted enough it would eventually be the US Army knocking down their doors.
The casinos are helping evolve our race against addictability. In the long run it will be impossible for a Casino to operate profitably, and that will be a good thing for humanity.
That's not a career, that's a job. And a pretty short-term one given how things are going at AOL.
Really? Can you link to one, I'm curious. I thought BofA was only going to serve that picture to known IP addresses.
Just yesterday I saw a huge ad for careers at AOL. I wondered to myself, who on earth is going to think: wow, a career at AOL!
The profit in buying a declining stock comes in catching the rebound.
One would hope, though it would not always be true, that there would be an equal number of programs seeing an unnatural downward deflection and issuing buy orders.
bait and switch clearly applies. They offered one thing at time of purchase, then changed the terms of the deal years later without offering a refund.
The bait is: buy this sony ps3. It will play ps2 games, run other os, and run all kinds of fancy new ps3 games in the future!
The switch is: Oh, you can't run shiny new ps3 games unless you surrender your ability to run ps2 and otheros.
The switch is in the changes to promises made at the time of purchase.
The point is the choice made.
I never stated or suggested the conspiracy you accused me of. I think, and it is evident in their research portfolios, that big pharma focuses research on maintenance drugs.