This is one form of agriculture that has avoided mechanization for a long time because of the illegal labor pool. Start throwing farmers in jail and you'll find them willing to either pay reasonable wages or fork over the cash for the equipment. Besides, the illegal immigrants have moved far beyond farms. They've driving packing plant wages to half of what they used to be, make up a large number of construction workers, and are in many other industries. Given the unemployment rates, one would think the Feds would crack down on these employers.:(
I have more of a problem with content & site filters than I do with data caps and tiered price plans. Websites are charged by the network providers based on how much traffic they use, sometimes with a data cap (often reached if the site is slashdotted), so what's wrong with something similar being applied to end users? The bandwidth hogs pay for the ability to be bandwidth hogs and (hopefully) fund infrastructure improvements. It seems reasonable to me to have ISPs (wired or wireless) classified as common carriers and having state public utility commissions watch over them to make sure they aren't screwing customers and are funding infrastructure improvements. They should be treated like all other utilities.
What we should be doing is removing the wage cap on the collection of social security, and have it apply to all income (salary or cap gains or "profit"), while remaining revenue-neutral. That would result in lowering the rate by 40% (I think -- haven't calculated that one in a long time). So huge numbers of taxpayers get a nice break, and the tax system as a whole gets flatter.
But the payroll tax cap also imposes a benefits cap when people start receiving benefits. Do you keep the current policy of what one receives in SS benefits is proportional to what one has paid in or do you cap that and essentially turn it into a welfare program for everyone?
Actually, as far as the income tax is concerned, they are paying more than their percentage of income. The kicker is that the rich have the freedom to choose to determine how much they are taxed. The doctor, dentist, or lawyer can turn away clients to keep income under an arbitrary level. Guys like Buffet can structure their finances so that they are taxed on capital gains instead of 'regular income'.
I agree that jailing "low impact criminals" is too expensive considering what they did. I suggest that we follow Singapore's lead and beat their asses to a bloody pulp with a cane. Then make them do community service.
No, it was improper use of a patented business process. They're using the same reasoning Amazon did in their 1-click lawsuits. I hope Amazon doesn't find out and sue the Cash estate for copying them.
He doesn't have to submit the game to Palm for approval if he doesn't want to. It just won't appear in their on device app store if he doesn't. Their 'web distribution' method would still work ok and wouldn't require any sort of approval.
I also forgot to mention that one thing that may be impacting the amount of wind farms in SD is the amount of hydroelectric power available by the four dams on the Missouri River in SD. IIRC, they already export excess power to other states, so wind power wouldn't be that much of a local benefit, but if the wind companies were able to work with the Corp of Engineers or whoever is in charge of generation at those facilities to feed into those grids, that would be a boon to those companies. Dealing with the various levels of government is probably the biggest stumbling block.
First of all, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia all have GDP output higher than Minnesota (TN isn't far behind), so if you think that they are "not particularly rich states", then neither is MN. Western TN, MS, AL, and parts of AR & LA are as flat as MN, but don't have the amount of wind. SD has wind power companies operating along the Missouri river corridor. Hell, even Hutterite colonies are getting grants to put up wind turbines. You need to get out of MN more.
What I find odd, is that just a few years ago this sort of allergy was unheard off. Now everything has to be labeled whether or not it has peanuts or was made in a place with peanuts.
I'm surprised that SD isn't ranked higher than it is. According those maps, quite a bit of the area near the Missouri river and west of it would be good places for wind generator farms. I suppose they could feed into the same grids that are supplied by the four Corps of Engineer dams that are on the Missouri in that state.
I used to work at a site that archived this sort of data, so I know what types of orbits these things are flying. There already are civilian satellites that are collecting data with sensor packages that are better tailored for environmental monitoring. The computer resources used to declassify & process these images so they would be useful for these scientists is a waste of the agency's time & money when NASA & NOAA are doing the same damn thing.
It would be trivial to run the image data through a program that would average an NxN block of pixels to reduce it to the resolution available from commercial/public sector sources. But what's the point? The satellites that are a part of NASA's Earth Observing System were built for the purpose of monitoring the planet. Not to mention that the light wavelengths that are sufficient for collecting intelligence data may or may not be that useful for generating land cover/sea surface classification maps. Also, why take up valuable satellite and computer resources to track ice floes? If there is free time on those platforms, it is a failure of CIA management to properly schedule them for tasks that are a part of that agency's objectives. There are civilian agencies that are supposed to be doing that stuff. To me, this sounds more like a "feel-good" PR stunt than anything else.
I've been told that's what my cubicle is like a few hours after a lunch with beans and/or cabbage. It's one way to keep people away from asking me annoying questions.
How is paying for network bandwidth access and then being able to use it in any way I want, socialism? All companies making money via their websites (google, ebay, amazon, etc) are paying for network bandwidth and aren't 'exploiting' the ISPs, nor does regulations requiring them to remain open indicate a government take over. The people fighting net neutrality just want to create a new generation of "walled gardens" that their customers are locked into. If that was the model that people preferred, everyone would still be using AOL. If the telecommunications companies want to create services for their customers, that's fine. Charge them for these premium services and leave the people everyone else alone.
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Is Google going to provide links the gift shops at these museums too?
So you're willing to put up with massive numbers of people drawing unemployment benefits and doing nothing with people who are working here illegally?
This is one form of agriculture that has avoided mechanization for a long time because of the illegal labor pool. Start throwing farmers in jail and you'll find them willing to either pay reasonable wages or fork over the cash for the equipment. Besides, the illegal immigrants have moved far beyond farms. They've driving packing plant wages to half of what they used to be, make up a large number of construction workers, and are in many other industries. Given the unemployment rates, one would think the Feds would crack down on these employers. :(
So does every cop on patrol, unless you really mean "fully automatic" weapons.
I have more of a problem with content & site filters than I do with data caps and tiered price plans. Websites are charged by the network providers based on how much traffic they use, sometimes with a data cap (often reached if the site is slashdotted), so what's wrong with something similar being applied to end users? The bandwidth hogs pay for the ability to be bandwidth hogs and (hopefully) fund infrastructure improvements. It seems reasonable to me to have ISPs (wired or wireless) classified as common carriers and having state public utility commissions watch over them to make sure they aren't screwing customers and are funding infrastructure improvements. They should be treated like all other utilities.
But the payroll tax cap also imposes a benefits cap when people start receiving benefits. Do you keep the current policy of what one receives in SS benefits is proportional to what one has paid in or do you cap that and essentially turn it into a welfare program for everyone?
Actually, as far as the income tax is concerned, they are paying more than their percentage of income. The kicker is that the rich have the freedom to choose to determine how much they are taxed. The doctor, dentist, or lawyer can turn away clients to keep income under an arbitrary level. Guys like Buffet can structure their finances so that they are taxed on capital gains instead of 'regular income'.
Or all Iranian government personnel will now be "working from home".
I agree that jailing "low impact criminals" is too expensive considering what they did. I suggest that we follow Singapore's lead and beat their asses to a bloody pulp with a cane. Then make them do community service.
Usually because they don't have the luxury of being away from their job for that long.
No, it was improper use of a patented business process. They're using the same reasoning Amazon did in their 1-click lawsuits. I hope Amazon doesn't find out and sue the Cash estate for copying them.
He doesn't have to submit the game to Palm for approval if he doesn't want to. It just won't appear in their on device app store if he doesn't. Their 'web distribution' method would still work ok and wouldn't require any sort of approval.
Of course you should. Don't those abnormally large earlobes creep you out?
Really? Those areas must be very bad since the country average is worse than Detroit. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html UK: 2034/100K http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Detroit,_Michigan Detroit: 1924/100K.
I also forgot to mention that one thing that may be impacting the amount of wind farms in SD is the amount of hydroelectric power available by the four dams on the Missouri River in SD. IIRC, they already export excess power to other states, so wind power wouldn't be that much of a local benefit, but if the wind companies were able to work with the Corp of Engineers or whoever is in charge of generation at those facilities to feed into those grids, that would be a boon to those companies. Dealing with the various levels of government is probably the biggest stumbling block.
First of all, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia all have GDP output higher than Minnesota (TN isn't far behind), so if you think that they are "not particularly rich states", then neither is MN. Western TN, MS, AL, and parts of AR & LA are as flat as MN, but don't have the amount of wind. SD has wind power companies operating along the Missouri river corridor. Hell, even Hutterite colonies are getting grants to put up wind turbines. You need to get out of MN more.
I knew it!
What I find odd, is that just a few years ago this sort of allergy was unheard off. Now everything has to be labeled whether or not it has peanuts or was made in a place with peanuts.
I'm surprised that SD isn't ranked higher than it is. According those maps, quite a bit of the area near the Missouri river and west of it would be good places for wind generator farms. I suppose they could feed into the same grids that are supplied by the four Corps of Engineer dams that are on the Missouri in that state.
I used to work at a site that archived this sort of data, so I know what types of orbits these things are flying. There already are civilian satellites that are collecting data with sensor packages that are better tailored for environmental monitoring. The computer resources used to declassify & process these images so they would be useful for these scientists is a waste of the agency's time & money when NASA & NOAA are doing the same damn thing.
It would be trivial to run the image data through a program that would average an NxN block of pixels to reduce it to the resolution available from commercial/public sector sources. But what's the point? The satellites that are a part of NASA's Earth Observing System were built for the purpose of monitoring the planet. Not to mention that the light wavelengths that are sufficient for collecting intelligence data may or may not be that useful for generating land cover/sea surface classification maps. Also, why take up valuable satellite and computer resources to track ice floes? If there is free time on those platforms, it is a failure of CIA management to properly schedule them for tasks that are a part of that agency's objectives. There are civilian agencies that are supposed to be doing that stuff. To me, this sounds more like a "feel-good" PR stunt than anything else.
mine will eat roaches and spiders that it finds inside the apartment.
I've been told that's what my cubicle is like a few hours after a lunch with beans and/or cabbage. It's one way to keep people away from asking me annoying questions.
How is paying for network bandwidth access and then being able to use it in any way I want, socialism? All companies making money via their websites (google, ebay, amazon, etc) are paying for network bandwidth and aren't 'exploiting' the ISPs, nor does regulations requiring them to remain open indicate a government take over. The people fighting net neutrality just want to create a new generation of "walled gardens" that their customers are locked into. If that was the model that people preferred, everyone would still be using AOL. If the telecommunications companies want to create services for their customers, that's fine. Charge them for these premium services and leave the people everyone else alone.