If they can put it off now then they can put it off forever.
They can put it off as long as they've got 54 Republicans in the Senate. Senate Class 3 will have 34 seats up for election in November (24 Republicans, 10 Democrats). Those 24 Republicans are probably puckered up real hard with the fear that Trump will lose their state hard enough to wipe them out.
The Constitution being an absolute, exhaustive list of the powers of the federal government.
Name the article and clause of the Constitution that grants the federal government the power to compel a company to create something for them. Do they have to pay for that creation? Are there any limitations on what they can request and who they can request it from?
If the government had convinced a judge that there is a body buried somewhere in Boston, could the judge have issued a Writ to compel the citizens of Boston to do the Big Dig for free? If one of the people so compelled feels that this is slavery, what is their recourse?
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land
if we don't like what we find, you're going to see some consequences
Just wait until the end of the year when the department has to start showing some results in order to justify its budget. "Yeah... we had a slow start but towards the end we executed 50 pre-terrorists and saved China! Next year give us double the budget and we'll do even better!"
According to the ECG, your left ventricle has severe artifacting, and your right valve is macroblocking. I'm sorry to have to break it to you like this, but you've got about 38 seconds to live.
Bingo, it was decided to do the "Free Upgrade" on the laptop for testing the product to make sure it'd work in Windows 10 (the company is on Windows 7 and will probably be staying there until extended support terminates). The laptop was running 10 Home, which is the OS our customers will likely be running.
Well, not "literally" but I once made the mistake of trying to do a product demonstration on windows 10 without first checking for updates manually ahead of time. Just after I started in it gave me the choice of shutting down immediately to install updates or shut down in 15 minutes. I asked for 15 minutes, and 15 minutes later it cut my demonstration short with no further warning or chances to extend the time.
Capitalism doesn't care if you're man or woman, gay or straight, black or white, KKK or BLM. It only cares what your value is. It is the ONLY true colorblind system in the world.
Now if only we could find rational actors to implement it.
Then perhaps a better solution is something like an energy star rating so that consumers can be informed of how much electricity your product will waste.
Exactly what does that mean 'there is no labour', nobody is willing to work?
It means nobody is willing to hire. Not because of whatever government regulation, but because the "employer" fabricated themselves a windmill then used the electricity to fabricate themselves miners, assemblers, and so on, for the cost of the plastics and metals that went into them.
Do you own your 500foot yacht?
If I had the money for the epoxy and fiberglass I could have robots fabricate one for me.
Your own airplane
If I had the money for the aluminum and jet fuel I could have robots fabricate it for me.
Your own submarine
If I had the money for the metal it could be made.
A new form of entertainment that is unavailable today?
Ah, that's the spirit. Everyone can produce 7 or 8 billion channels of entertainment (it's not like they'd need to employ anyone to make it). Of course, it's all shit.
The only reason jobs are unavailable is government interference with the free market and money and interest rate and debt manipulation.
And the reason for the jobs to be unavailable after automation is because paying $ for the materials plus $ for the labor is more expensive than paying $ for the materials. Robot-assembling robots would significantly change the equation of "would it cost more to get a robot than to hire a person". That's leaving aside whether a well-designed robot would make mistakes on the production line like a distracted human would.
Will this be a problem in my lifetime? I certainly hope not. I suppose I could plan ahead by buying land, but China is already fabricating islands.
Because the people who own the machines will still want to be paid for the things the machines build, and the people who own the resources that the machines build things from will still want to be paid for those resources as well. When labor is eliminated, the price of goods will trend towards the cost of the materials that went into them, not zero.
What happens when "inexpensive" is too expensive? As the cost of labor approaches zero, the cost of goods will approach the cost of raw materials.
If the theory is "companies would never fire all of their employees because then nobody would be able to buy their products and they'd go out of business" then it's instructive to note that the solution to this particular dilemma is to be the first to roboticize and lay off your workforce so that you can sell your products to everyone else's employees, while spending the revenue on roboticizing your raw material pipeline (mines, wells, etc) to minimize raw material costs too. After that, the remainder of the companies must roboticize or go out of business. By then, the CEO that made the original decision has pulled the cord on their golden parachute and likely fled the country.
Capitalism may be better than everything else we've ever tried, but it's looking like we're going to find out why it's the worst.
Vote with your wallet, but we'll be damned before we give you enough information to make an informed choice. If people knew what we were selling, we'd go out of business.
It's long been held that "ex post facto" only considers what the law is at the time the government claims you broke it. That's how the government tends to ban things, by outlawing "possession" rather than sale or creation. If you bought something legally that the government then bans, if you are possessing it then you're breaking the possession law right now, and ex post facto does not apply.
Therefore if you make a copy right now of some item whose copyright term was extended, you're breaking the current law right now.
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They can put it off as long as they've got 54 Republicans in the Senate. Senate Class 3 will have 34 seats up for election in November (24 Republicans, 10 Democrats). Those 24 Republicans are probably puckered up real hard with the fear that Trump will lose their state hard enough to wipe them out.
We can call it the gig-abit economy!
The Constitution being an absolute, exhaustive list of the powers of the federal government.
Name the article and clause of the Constitution that grants the federal government the power to compel a company to create something for them. Do they have to pay for that creation? Are there any limitations on what they can request and who they can request it from?
If the government had convinced a judge that there is a body buried somewhere in Boston, could the judge have issued a Writ to compel the citizens of Boston to do the Big Dig for free? If one of the people so compelled feels that this is slavery, what is their recourse?
Sounds like they got the idea from Article 6.
Just wait until the end of the year when the department has to start showing some results in order to justify its budget. "Yeah... we had a slow start but towards the end we executed 50 pre-terrorists and saved China! Next year give us double the budget and we'll do even better!"
According to the ECG, your left ventricle has severe artifacting, and your right valve is macroblocking. I'm sorry to have to break it to you like this, but you've got about 38 seconds to live.
I don't even use Tor and cloudflare pesters me about once a week to prove I'm human.
Bingo, it was decided to do the "Free Upgrade" on the laptop for testing the product to make sure it'd work in Windows 10 (the company is on Windows 7 and will probably be staying there until extended support terminates). The laptop was running 10 Home, which is the OS our customers will likely be running.
Well, not "literally" but I once made the mistake of trying to do a product demonstration on windows 10 without first checking for updates manually ahead of time. Just after I started in it gave me the choice of shutting down immediately to install updates or shut down in 15 minutes. I asked for 15 minutes, and 15 minutes later it cut my demonstration short with no further warning or chances to extend the time.
Like this guy, who had no criminal history prior to driving around shooting people. http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/...
A proper encryption scheme does not rely on the secrecy of the scheme. The FBI almost certainly has the schematics and code. It won't help them.
Now if only we could find rational actors to implement it.
Of course not, don't be silly! Thanks to this verizon app, I'll be able to supervise them at all times!
Then perhaps a better solution is something like an energy star rating so that consumers can be informed of how much electricity your product will waste.
According to this research, Comcast users are from Mars.
It means nobody is willing to hire. Not because of whatever government regulation, but because the "employer" fabricated themselves a windmill then used the electricity to fabricate themselves miners, assemblers, and so on, for the cost of the plastics and metals that went into them.
If I had the money for the epoxy and fiberglass I could have robots fabricate one for me.
If I had the money for the aluminum and jet fuel I could have robots fabricate it for me.
If I had the money for the metal it could be made.
If I...
Ah, that's the spirit. Everyone can produce 7 or 8 billion channels of entertainment (it's not like they'd need to employ anyone to make it). Of course, it's all shit.
And the reason for the jobs to be unavailable after automation is because paying $ for the materials plus $ for the labor is more expensive than paying $ for the materials. Robot-assembling robots would significantly change the equation of "would it cost more to get a robot than to hire a person". That's leaving aside whether a well-designed robot would make mistakes on the production line like a distracted human would.
Will this be a problem in my lifetime? I certainly hope not. I suppose I could plan ahead by buying land, but China is already fabricating islands.
There's an application for this then: tamper-proof chips.
I'm willing to hear the capitalist way to keep a functioning economy when there is no labor. Are you able to tell me?
Sex robots bring a whole new meaning to the term "bug chaser"
why do we need to do anything
Because the people who own the machines will still want to be paid for the things the machines build, and the people who own the resources that the machines build things from will still want to be paid for those resources as well. When labor is eliminated, the price of goods will trend towards the cost of the materials that went into them, not zero.
What happens when "inexpensive" is too expensive? As the cost of labor approaches zero, the cost of goods will approach the cost of raw materials.
If the theory is "companies would never fire all of their employees because then nobody would be able to buy their products and they'd go out of business" then it's instructive to note that the solution to this particular dilemma is to be the first to roboticize and lay off your workforce so that you can sell your products to everyone else's employees, while spending the revenue on roboticizing your raw material pipeline (mines, wells, etc) to minimize raw material costs too. After that, the remainder of the companies must roboticize or go out of business. By then, the CEO that made the original decision has pulled the cord on their golden parachute and likely fled the country.
Capitalism may be better than everything else we've ever tried, but it's looking like we're going to find out why it's the worst.
Vote with your wallet, but we'll be damned before we give you enough information to make an informed choice. If people knew what we were selling, we'd go out of business.
It's long been held that "ex post facto" only considers what the law is at the time the government claims you broke it. That's how the government tends to ban things, by outlawing "possession" rather than sale or creation. If you bought something legally that the government then bans, if you are possessing it then you're breaking the possession law right now, and ex post facto does not apply.
Therefore if you make a copy right now of some item whose copyright term was extended, you're breaking the current law right now.
If you exceed this threshold, you must be a drug dealer or terrorist and will be charged with money laundering then investigated.
If you fail to exceed this threshold, you must be a drug dealer or terrorist and will be charged with money laundering then investigated.
See also: "structuring"
I checked it in but my pull request was rejected :(