The people who would normally make their living in these manufacturing jobs are still stuffed.
No amount of sugarcoating can make up for the hard fact that manufacturing jobs are outright lost, leaving the American economy with mostly service jobs. The problem is that the US economy is saturated with service jobs.
But even service jobs are being exported (IT and Medical diagnostics) now. If the job is not bolted down to the floor of a fast food restaurant, companies will try to export that job.
Really, I wonder who even buys the "trickle down" nonsense anymore.
Note that they have had a form of tort reform for medicine in Texas. and it has done nothing to curb the costs of medical care there.
Technically, the insurance companies add no value to the medical care that you receive. They act as a middleman collecting graft from both sides of the deal. Unfortunately, they are such a powerful lobby, that they have a stranglehold on congress (look at Lieberman promising to filibuster the bill - just a couple of years after he said he believed in universal coverage).
So, you have two things. A congress rife with special interests and no political will anywhere to do anything about them, and an unnecessary amoral (if not immoral) business demanding that they make ever increasing profits off the sick and healthy who they have not dropped off the roles yet.
This is why Republicans are so afraid of the public option - that it might actually work. The post office works pretty good for me, so their dire predictions seems pretty shrill. I think that it's unconscionable what they have done by sitting on their hands all these years and suddenly they come up with some pathetic plan involving tort reform that will do nothing for the millions that are uninsured. Not to mention all the Obama haters who are using numerous scare tactics to sway the uninformed. Worse yet, are those healthy people (who have a job and insurance) around who will fiercely tell you and me that there is nothing wrong with the system.
For me, they need to to do something to fix health care, and tweak the legislation down the road as it is needed.
>Requiring a deposit from everyone reporting a balloon in the amt of $100, forfeit only if it turns out there was no balloon there.
I have problems with the deposit angle - it may too expensive for many (even if it was just a deposit), and confusion over supermarket balloons may be an issue. Otherwise your proposal is perhaps the most fair. There are not going to be many people with the resources to locate ten ballons in a few hours.
The balloons are going to be "moored" for a single day (Dec 5). So the contest is definitely designed around cooperation.
>as your daughter chokes down Fluffy, her pet rabbit.
I knew someone who kept chickens for a food source, he also had kids. I asked about the chickens becoming their pets, and the kids eating them. He replied "you don't give them a name."
You can help to convince other OEMs to embrace open platforms, as Netgear has
Whoa, not so fast there cowboy. I would consider this an anomaly at this point from Netgear. I know that I'm not the only one who has been burned by their previous closed source gear with buggy firmware. In fact, that may be the inspiration for this product. People have outright cursed the name Netgear so much so that buying their stuff isn't even an option anymore for many. Just on the negative name recognition alone.
I am not familiar with the specifics of gameboy hardware. But increasingly (like with cellphones) the rom is melded with the cpu and has no external bus exposed. This method worked with the gameboy because it read an external cartridge at some point. Nonetheless, it certainly is an interesting method that certainly would have use elsewhere. He should get some kind of award.
Almost anything that is uploaded to the Kindle store that was based on a public domain work is no longer entirely public domain.
No. It remains in the public domain. Parent poster would be right, and trying to apply a copyright to expired material is a form of copyfraud. Others have tried to re-copyright stuff. A mere digital translation does not a copyright make either (i.e. it's not a creative work, it's algorythmic).
I suppose there is that whole dubious "End User License Agreement" that Amazon has gooed up the Kindle with. But I guess that's why it's called the "Kindle Swindle." The only reason to own a Kindle is if you want to join the class action suit that will eventually follow with this continued nonsense that Amazon seems apt at creating.
The problem is that after the tribbles ate the poisoned grain, they themselves became poisonous. One can only assume that the same would happen with other grain pesticides as well.
It's unfortunate that you got modded as a troll, when even Borlaug himself noted that some of the criticisms are valid. I think the key word here is "sustainability" which wasn't even a consideration back in the sixties during the green revolution, when crude oil and water resources were thought to be able to go on for ever. Then there is the whole issue of quality of diet that you bring up, and the over reliance on a starchy wheat grain with gluten that *is not* digestible by 1-3% of the population
As an aside, there is an interesting piece of fiction that goes into over reliance on one crop - No Blade of Grass.
to do business in the US is now too legally complex and too tax expensive.......That includes making corporate welfare to banks and GM a federal criminal offense as it should be.
In the first paragraph you argue for less governmental interference, but in the next breath you advocate for it?
rekenner: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights?
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The people who would normally make their living in these manufacturing jobs are still stuffed.
No amount of sugarcoating can make up for the hard fact that manufacturing jobs are outright lost, leaving the American economy with mostly service jobs. The problem is that the US economy is saturated with service jobs.
But even service jobs are being exported (IT and Medical diagnostics) now. If the job is not bolted down to the floor of a fast food restaurant, companies will try to export that job.
Really, I wonder who even buys the "trickle down" nonsense anymore.
EA destroys and corrupts whatever it touches. A developer being bought by EA is the kiss of death
But I thought that they bring out the whips and chains first??
Note that they have had a form of tort reform for medicine in Texas. and it has done nothing to curb the costs of medical care there.
Technically, the insurance companies add no value to the medical care that you receive. They act as a middleman collecting graft from both sides of the deal. Unfortunately, they are such a powerful lobby, that they have a stranglehold on congress (look at Lieberman promising to filibuster the bill - just a couple of years after he said he believed in universal coverage).
So, you have two things. A congress rife with special interests and no political will anywhere to do anything about them, and an unnecessary amoral (if not immoral) business demanding that they make ever increasing profits off the sick and healthy who they have not dropped off the roles yet.
This is why Republicans are so afraid of the public option - that it might actually work. The post office works pretty good for me, so their dire predictions seems pretty shrill. I think that it's unconscionable what they have done by sitting on their hands all these years and suddenly they come up with some pathetic plan involving tort reform that will do nothing for the millions that are uninsured. Not to mention all the Obama haters who are using numerous scare tactics to sway the uninformed. Worse yet, are those healthy people (who have a job and insurance) around who will fiercely tell you and me that there is nothing wrong with the system.
For me, they need to to do something to fix health care, and tweak the legislation down the road as it is needed.
I, for one, welcome our newest open source project to the community - Windows 7.
>Requiring a deposit from everyone reporting a balloon in the amt of $100, forfeit only if it turns out there was no balloon there.
I have problems with the deposit angle - it may too expensive for many (even if it was just a deposit), and confusion over supermarket balloons may be an issue. Otherwise your proposal is perhaps the most fair. There are not going to be many people with the resources to locate ten ballons in a few hours.
The balloons are going to be "moored" for a single day (Dec 5). So the contest is definitely designed around cooperation.
>as your daughter chokes down Fluffy, her pet rabbit.
I knew someone who kept chickens for a food source, he also had kids. I asked about the chickens becoming their pets, and the kids eating them. He replied "you don't give them a name."
thanks to political corruption.
And their popular enablers Limbaugh, Fox News et al.
If a chunk of the GOP is against something from the start, it's probably the right thing to do.
Are you sure?? What does Limbaugh or Glenn Beck say about it?
Another international organization awarded Glenn Beck the International Pee Prize, for what he is doing to his pants.
You know Trendnet is a great name. Their stuff just works.
You can help to convince other OEMs to embrace open platforms, as Netgear has
Whoa, not so fast there cowboy. I would consider this an anomaly at this point from Netgear. I know that I'm not the only one who has been burned by their previous closed source gear with buggy firmware. In fact, that may be the inspiration for this product. People have outright cursed the name Netgear so much so that buying their stuff isn't even an option anymore for many. Just on the negative name recognition alone.
I am not familiar with the specifics of gameboy hardware. But increasingly (like with cellphones) the rom is melded with the cpu and has no external bus exposed. This method worked with the gameboy because it read an external cartridge at some point. Nonetheless, it certainly is an interesting method that certainly would have use elsewhere. He should get some kind of award.
Where is the ceremony where the the groom's friends spit on his nerd card, pour vodka on it, and set it on fire??
If they could get rid of the vacuum tubes, Windows could turn on instantly.
Though, to be fair, 50 years isn't quite as long as the average cricket game.
Though, to be fair, with games lasting up to 5 days, it just seems like 50 years.
Almost anything that is uploaded to the Kindle store that was based on a public domain work is no longer entirely public domain.
No. It remains in the public domain. Parent poster would be right, and trying to apply a copyright to expired material is a form of copyfraud. Others have tried to re-copyright stuff. A mere digital translation does not a copyright make either (i.e. it's not a creative work, it's algorythmic).
I suppose there is that whole dubious "End User License Agreement" that Amazon has gooed up the Kindle with. But I guess that's why it's called the "Kindle Swindle." The only reason to own a Kindle is if you want to join the class action suit that will eventually follow with this continued nonsense that Amazon seems apt at creating.
incandescents have the advantage of putting off a lot of heat
Because you need to use your easybake oven??
The problem is that after the tribbles ate the poisoned grain, they themselves became poisonous. One can only assume that the same would happen with other grain pesticides as well.
It's unfortunate that you got modded as a troll, when even Borlaug himself noted that some of the criticisms are valid. I think the key word here is "sustainability" which wasn't even a consideration back in the sixties during the green revolution, when crude oil and water resources were thought to be able to go on for ever. Then there is the whole issue of quality of diet that you bring up, and the over reliance on a starchy wheat grain with gluten that *is not* digestible by 1-3% of the population
As an aside, there is an interesting piece of fiction that goes into over reliance on one crop - No Blade of Grass.
I'm sure the apology caused Alan Turing to halt for a moment.
But if it was caused by a minor shock or a particularly heavy guy sitting on it, the design of the phone should not be such that it would explode.
Wait, isn't the iphone OS based on Darwin?
One of these days due to genetic pressure, there will be no more exploding phones.
Well maybe if they spent more money on the development they wouldn't need so much money into marketing... *sigh*
Yes, but that money for development would go directly to purchasing more whips and chains.
to do business in the US is now too legally complex and too tax expensive.......That includes making corporate welfare to banks and GM a federal criminal offense as it should be.
In the first paragraph you argue for less governmental interference, but in the next breath you advocate for it?
The homeless get a nice raise.
rekenner: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights?