The point you're missing, though, is that the embryos that Bush and other religious groups object to using are NOT "aborted humans". They are embryos that are created through in vitro fertilization THAT ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYED ANYWAY (a bunch of embryos are often created for IVF so that a couple will have additional options if initial pregnancy attempts fail). The problem I have with Bush and his religious pals is that they basically just want to stick their heads in the sand and somehow pretend that these embryos won't be destroyed anyway. In fact, I imagine many couples would WANT their extra embryos to be used to advance life-saving techniques, rather than being flushed down the drain.
Unions can create temporary bubbles where you get higher pay than you deserve, but ultimately it hurts you.
Being overpaid doesn't seem to be hurting CEOs. It's so hypocritical for CEOs and other executives to complain about how unions hurt competitiveness, when in reality CEOs have the best union in the world. Corporate boards are so willing to overpay CEOs, even when they could obviously get other good talent for less, because the boards are made up of, surprise, other CEOs. All of these incestuous boards, who should be looking out for shareholders, are really looking out to keep the price of CEOs artificially inflated, because it's in their own best interest.
Exactly. In theory, CEOs are supposed to be wage slaves like the rest of us, and considering their gross pay packages, you would think corporations would be more willing to look elsewhere to save money.
Why aren't they? Because companies are controlled by boards, and boards are made up of, you guessed it, other CEOs. The executive suite in corporate America has become a cabal where grossly weathy individuals realize that "Sure, as I board member I may not be getting the best value for my company by overpaying the CEO, but by doing so I ensure that CEO salaries in general stay ridiculously high."
Yeah, it costs a LOT more. I live in a condo building where our air conditioning works very similar to this - we get cold water pumped to our building by a cold water plant a block away, and the water is run through pipes that have air blown over them. It's supposed to be a 'green building', but my AC bills are sometimes upwards of $150 a month for 1000 sq ft. condo. True, I live in Texas, but my bills were much cooler when I lived in an apartment that had a normal heat pump.
I know others have brought up iCal, but the reason I really love it is that it makes it very easy to sync appointments and todo lists with the web (.Mac) and my cell phone (a Sony Ericsson T616).
I love my cell phone - it's small and simple and has just enough 'extra' features I like (mainly calendar and an alarm), but before I bought my Mac I didn't have a good way to sync the calendar. With iCal and iSync, I just turn on bluetooth on my cellphone, stick it next to my Powerbook, and click sync - by far the most user friendly syncing technology I've used. I think a lot of people who use PDAs, but mainly just use them for appointments, would be surprised how they could ditch the PDA for a cellphone/iCal combination.
But then what about places like New York City or San Francisco? I don't know anyone living in these places that gets 8 megabits per second, but NYC has a population size and density comparable to Seoul. It's NOT the geography in these places that's limiting broadband adoption, but the regulatory problems.
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The point you're missing, though, is that the embryos that Bush and other religious groups object to using are NOT "aborted humans". They are embryos that are created through in vitro fertilization THAT ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYED ANYWAY (a bunch of embryos are often created for IVF so that a couple will have additional options if initial pregnancy attempts fail). The problem I have with Bush and his religious pals is that they basically just want to stick their heads in the sand and somehow pretend that these embryos won't be destroyed anyway. In fact, I imagine many couples would WANT their extra embryos to be used to advance life-saving techniques, rather than being flushed down the drain.
Wow, spoken like a true innovator
Wow, you managed to get in the obligatory anti-Microsoft comment on a story about a coffee can. Now that's innovation.
Unions can create temporary bubbles where you get higher pay than you deserve, but ultimately it hurts you.
Being overpaid doesn't seem to be hurting CEOs. It's so hypocritical for CEOs and other executives to complain about how unions hurt competitiveness, when in reality CEOs have the best union in the world. Corporate boards are so willing to overpay CEOs, even when they could obviously get other good talent for less, because the boards are made up of, surprise, other CEOs. All of these incestuous boards, who should be looking out for shareholders, are really looking out to keep the price of CEOs artificially inflated, because it's in their own best interest.
Exactly. In theory, CEOs are supposed to be wage slaves like the rest of us, and considering their gross pay packages, you would think corporations would be more willing to look elsewhere to save money.
Why aren't they? Because companies are controlled by boards, and boards are made up of, you guessed it, other CEOs. The executive suite in corporate America has become a cabal where grossly weathy individuals realize that "Sure, as I board member I may not be getting the best value for my company by overpaying the CEO, but by doing so I ensure that CEO salaries in general stay ridiculously high."
Yeah, it costs a LOT more. I live in a condo building where our air conditioning works very similar to this - we get cold water pumped to our building by a cold water plant a block away, and the water is run through pipes that have air blown over them. It's supposed to be a 'green building', but my AC bills are sometimes upwards of $150 a month for 1000 sq ft. condo. True, I live in Texas, but my bills were much cooler when I lived in an apartment that had a normal heat pump.
I know others have brought up iCal, but the reason I really love it is that it makes it very easy to sync appointments and todo lists with the web (.Mac) and my cell phone (a Sony Ericsson T616).
I love my cell phone - it's small and simple and has just enough 'extra' features I like (mainly calendar and an alarm), but before I bought my Mac I didn't have a good way to sync the calendar. With iCal and iSync, I just turn on bluetooth on my cellphone, stick it next to my Powerbook, and click sync - by far the most user friendly syncing technology I've used. I think a lot of people who use PDAs, but mainly just use them for appointments, would be surprised how they could ditch the PDA for a cellphone/iCal combination.
But then what about places like New York City or San Francisco? I don't know anyone living in these places that gets 8 megabits per second, but NYC has a population size and density comparable to Seoul. It's NOT the geography in these places that's limiting broadband adoption, but the regulatory problems.