Oddly enough electricity providers in parts of Texas and not completely monopolies. There is still a company that maintains the lines and infrastructure but you buy your electricity from one of several providers who compete with each other on price and plans like "nights or weekends free." So that's great.
However, the phase of the development in which I live only has DSL. Two streets down or over and they also get the option of cable. Not on my street though. Not sure how that happened.
The city has a municipal monopoly on garbage collection
Clinton rattled off a series of discouraging numbers that relate to tech education. The share of female computer-science grads has declined during the last decade, from 21 percent in 2001 to as low as 16 percent, a trend she finds “deeply challenging."
But she isn't concerned about the gender disparity in primary education, which is arguable more important to the health of society, or the vast number of other career fields that are dominated by women. I also note that she did not choose to go into CS herself. Why? Probably because, like many women I know, it didn't interest her as much as the fields she did choose to study: History, International Relations, and Public Health. Clearly she would rather be a politician than a computer scientist. Should we have spent a bunch of resources trying to change her mind? There are many programs out there to get girls interested in STEM. Universities and industry are actively recruiting women. Clearly the real issue isn't being addressed, the questions are: what is the real reason and should it be addressed?
The interesting statistics are not merely how many total employees come from each ethnic background. It is the makeup of the various levels of management from 1st line managers all the way up to Senior VPs.
Parent is likely talking about license tab taxes and gas taxes. In most states in the US it doesn't matter what your financial situation is, you still have to pay the license tax and the gas tax if you want to drive.
1. You put the same requirements on the electronics in this device that you put on pacemakers and nobody will buy it because it will be too expensive. 2. Pacemakers require a battery to work. If you need a pacemaker you don't really have a choice. A gun works just fine without a battery.
FTFA "White House announced it will release a report next week that reviews the adequacy of existing privacy laws"
hahahahahahaha...
So now the White House is concerned about privacy. I feel better already.
I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.
Wow! Now there is a prime example of a total AC fail.
George W. Bush left the White House in January, 2009. So if we use a thing called "arithmetic" we would see that Bush has been out of office for 5 years.
If you got the reference, you would understand that it is a statement from someone who has already done what they can, and is trying to convince the current powers that be to continue what he pushed forward.
Indonesia is a country largely populated by members of a certain religion. Some members of that religion want to kill us. Maybe this is strategic...
George W. Bush: "My boys at the oil and coal companies will give you the best kind of start, and you sure as hell won't stop them now. So let's get going, there's no other choice. God willing, we will prevail, in peace and freedom from fear, and in true health, through the purity and essence of our natural... fluids. God bless you all."
So it's a doomsday device? So we need to preserve our ability to trigger it so we can't be held hostage by other countries like China that produce more greenhouse emissions than we do? We need to actively work to avoid a doomsday gap!
Allowing student loans to be discharged after 5 years would result in massive defaults. The problem is the cost, not the mechanism for paying for it. If tuition were reasonable then this would be less of an issue.
The difference here is that if you earn big bucks you will actually pay back more than it cost to educate you. Thus you would be subsidizing those who can't pay it back.
I hadnt realized that you could pay taxes in excess of what you make / own.
Apparently you hadn't realized you can read the post you are replying to either so I'll repeat my response. If the person doesn't pay taxes towards their education after some reasonable number of years then you turn it into regular debt and turn them over to a collections agency if needed.
Apparently you hadn't realized that you should address the stated concern in your response. The collection agency doesn't just conjure up money from the air. How does sending it to a collections agency solve the problem of the person not having any money to pay it back? I mean other than to make sure that IF the person ever does earn any money most of it will go to the collections agency instead of back into the system.
Furthermore you can also require a cosigner like a parent or spouse and require them to pay if the student doesn't. This is not a difficult problem to solve but you seem awfully determined to think every little nuance is some insurmountable obstacle.
So if you can't come up with a qualified co-signer you still can't go to college? I think the problem is not as simple as you would like it to be.
Even if it's there, they're not going to waste bandwidth on someone not paying the monthly fee for service.
Interesting point, but I guess it depends on the business model. Google spends billions on features that they give away for free in order to gather data about the users. Why wouldn't a car company spend a few cents on bandwidth to gather data?
1. Are you more or less worried about Ford tracking you than you are about Google, Apple, or Nokia?
2. You do not have a choice in all but the most basic Fords. You get the GPS capability whether you have the Nav interface or not. You don't have to pay for the extra convenience features, and you won't get them, but that doesn't mean that Ford doesn't have the capability to monitor the system. By the way it isn't just Ford. GM has had OnStar for quite a while now. It comes in most cars whether you want it or not. In the past the owner could disconnect the OnStar module, but eventually it will be integrated into something else like the combined Radio/Navigation/Environmental control system.
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Oddly enough electricity providers in parts of Texas and not completely monopolies. There is still a company that maintains the lines and infrastructure but you buy your electricity from one of several providers who compete with each other on price and plans like "nights or weekends free." So that's great.
However, the phase of the development in which I live only has DSL. Two streets down or over and they also get the option of cable. Not on my street though. Not sure how that happened.
The city has a municipal monopoly on garbage collection
Regardless of my actual ethnicity or religion, if my last name ended in ...berg I wouldn't go anywhere near Iran.
Clinton rattled off a series of discouraging numbers that relate to tech education. The share of female computer-science grads has declined during the last decade, from 21 percent in 2001 to as low as 16 percent, a trend she finds “deeply challenging."
But she isn't concerned about the gender disparity in primary education, which is arguable more important to the health of society, or the vast number of other career fields that are dominated by women. I also note that she did not choose to go into CS herself. Why? Probably because, like many women I know, it didn't interest her as much as the fields she did choose to study: History, International Relations, and Public Health. Clearly she would rather be a politician than a computer scientist. Should we have spent a bunch of resources trying to change her mind? There are many programs out there to get girls interested in STEM. Universities and industry are actively recruiting women. Clearly the real issue isn't being addressed, the questions are: what is the real reason and should it be addressed?
The interesting statistics are not merely how many total employees come from each ethnic background. It is the makeup of the various levels of management from 1st line managers all the way up to Senior VPs.
There is no such thing as a free market when there are government granted monopolies.
Parent is likely talking about license tab taxes and gas taxes. In most states in the US it doesn't matter what your financial situation is, you still have to pay the license tax and the gas tax if you want to drive.
1. You put the same requirements on the electronics in this device that you put on pacemakers and nobody will buy it because it will be too expensive. 2. Pacemakers require a battery to work. If you need a pacemaker you don't really have a choice. A gun works just fine without a battery.
You mean like people on Slashdot who complain about CISPA, the Patriot Act, DMCA, Trans Pacific Partnership, FISA, etc, etc...
FTFA "White House announced it will release a report next week that reviews the adequacy of existing privacy laws" hahahahahahaha... So now the White House is concerned about privacy. I feel better already.
However, I think the keyword there is "global"; it seems to be pretty prevalent in non-Western countries from what I can gather.
Yes, it's the David Hasselhoff of messaging apps
I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.
Houses in the USA don't have their own water tanks insulating the house plumbing from the mains pressure?
Not generally unless they are on a well. Many have a water heater tank, but it doesn't accumulate pressure.
Wow! Now there is a prime example of a total AC fail.
George W. Bush left the White House in January, 2009. So if we use a thing called "arithmetic" we would see that Bush has been out of office for 5 years.
If you got the reference, you would understand that it is a statement from someone who has already done what they can, and is trying to convince the current powers that be to continue what he pushed forward.
But thanks for playing.
Indonesia is a country largely populated by members of a certain religion. Some members of that religion want to kill us. Maybe this is strategic...
George W. Bush: "My boys at the oil and coal companies will give you the best kind of start, and you sure as hell won't stop them now. So let's get going, there's no other choice. God willing, we will prevail, in peace and freedom from fear, and in true health, through the purity and essence of our natural... fluids. God bless you all."
So it's a doomsday device? So we need to preserve our ability to trigger it so we can't be held hostage by other countries like China that produce more greenhouse emissions than we do? We need to actively work to avoid a doomsday gap!
Allowing student loans to be discharged after 5 years would result in massive defaults. The problem is the cost, not the mechanism for paying for it. If tuition were reasonable then this would be less of an issue.
The difference here is that if you earn big bucks you will actually pay back more than it cost to educate you. Thus you would be subsidizing those who can't pay it back.
I hadnt realized that you could pay taxes in excess of what you make / own.
Apparently you hadn't realized you can read the post you are replying to either so I'll repeat my response. If the person doesn't pay taxes towards their education after some reasonable number of years then you turn it into regular debt and turn them over to a collections agency if needed.
Apparently you hadn't realized that you should address the stated concern in your response. The collection agency doesn't just conjure up money from the air. How does sending it to a collections agency solve the problem of the person not having any money to pay it back? I mean other than to make sure that IF the person ever does earn any money most of it will go to the collections agency instead of back into the system.
Furthermore you can also require a cosigner like a parent or spouse and require them to pay if the student doesn't. This is not a difficult problem to solve but you seem awfully determined to think every little nuance is some insurmountable obstacle.
So if you can't come up with a qualified co-signer you still can't go to college? I think the problem is not as simple as you would like it to be.
Undoing bad moderation
Is there evidence that US pollution is affecting Europe in any significant way? If so, then the EU has every right to demand some remedy.
Don't be lazy, people. Use your own car, public bus, carpool with others, whatever.
What's the difference between what Google is doing and carpooling on a large scale?
Even if it's there, they're not going to waste bandwidth on someone not paying the monthly fee for service.
Interesting point, but I guess it depends on the business model. Google spends billions on features that they give away for free in order to gather data about the users. Why wouldn't a car company spend a few cents on bandwidth to gather data?
Active jammers are generally not legal. But if that's a smaller fine than whatever else you are doing, you may not care.
I think most of the mid to high end cars are going this way. Some even go further and attempt to monitor stuff that has nothing to do with the car.
1. Are you more or less worried about Ford tracking you than you are about Google, Apple, or Nokia?
2. You do not have a choice in all but the most basic Fords. You get the GPS capability whether you have the Nav interface or not. You don't have to pay for the extra convenience features, and you won't get them, but that doesn't mean that Ford doesn't have the capability to monitor the system. By the way it isn't just Ford. GM has had OnStar for quite a while now. It comes in most cars whether you want it or not. In the past the owner could disconnect the OnStar module, but eventually it will be integrated into something else like the combined Radio/Navigation/Environmental control system.