OP doesn't realize that this isn't even true (Guardians of the Galaxy won for long form dramatic presentation). These people can't even fail correctly.
"the fact that the community surrounding the Hugo awards voted No Awards as opposed to allowing some of the few sad puppy nominations to potentially win"
_Guardians of the Galaxy_ won Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form.
Justin Bieber is a very popular singer, but has never won a Grammy. The path between "things people like to consume" and "thing people think are good" is not so straight.
There are other authors that I happily pay money to read which I would not say are very good. There are authors which I generally think are very good but have produced specific works which I don't think are good.
While generally correct, the problem is that people are trying to apply the characteristics of a market in equilibrium to the case where there is an explicit shock. If a new equilibrium is achieved, then the price shift is obvious; if the market reverts to the old equilibrium after the removal of the shock then it is not so clear that you have induced supply in an efficient manner.
The Puppies groups got a lot of objectively poor writing nominated. That writing got included in the packet that is made available to all voters to ensure that the voters can read all of the material before casting their vote. Everyone got to see the poor quality of the works they were offering.
The trains are full and can remain so as long as tickets are cheaper than flying.
Capacity is hard to increase because: a) Amtrak require a law to be passed to acquire additional equipment; b) In addition, Amtrak must pay for it's own infrastructure which requires yet another law to be passed; c) Some infrastructure requirements are just hard to get done, like Hudson river tunnels.
Prices cannot be fixed because that is damned dirty socialism.
The police chief did not say that the student's comment was defamation, let alone that it was a felony because it was defamation. damicatz's claim was that the police chief should be fired for saying that defamation was a felony, which the police chief did not say.
The combination of their claim that it is too hard to make the full circle available combined with the fact that their competition is capable of doing it signals that Motorola has inferior capabilities. What else is not as good?
"Furthermore, the police chief's statement that this amounted to a felony is pure BS."
It was a false claim that the teacher had committed a sex offense. Such a claim would be enough to prevent the teacher from getting another teaching job.
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"none of Vox Day's nominations won an award. "
OP doesn't realize that this isn't even true (Guardians of the Galaxy won for long form dramatic presentation). These people can't even fail correctly.
"the fact that the community surrounding the Hugo awards voted No Awards as opposed to allowing some of the few sad puppy nominations to potentially win"
_Guardians of the Galaxy_ won Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form.
Justin Bieber is a very popular singer, but has never won a Grammy. The path between "things people like to consume" and "thing people think are good" is not so straight.
There are other authors that I happily pay money to read which I would not say are very good. There are authors which I generally think are very good but have produced specific works which I don't think are good.
While generally correct, the problem is that people are trying to apply the characteristics of a market in equilibrium to the case where there is an explicit shock. If a new equilibrium is achieved, then the price shift is obvious; if the market reverts to the old equilibrium after the removal of the shock then it is not so clear that you have induced supply in an efficient manner.
"The problem is that definitively this year politics took over from both side."
There is still no evidence that anyone other that the Puppies were politically motivated.
"To fight this, they did the unforgivable sin of nominating some good works (such as one of the Dresden Files novels) for a Hugo."
The Hugo for Best novel was in fact awarded this year. It just went to another novel.
Write well.
The Puppies groups got a lot of objectively poor writing nominated. That writing got included in the packet that is made available to all voters to ensure that the voters can read all of the material before casting their vote. Everyone got to see the poor quality of the works they were offering.
I have learned to never spend less than $100 on
I think you can still get a good mouse for under that, though.
It's a derivative work.
In the US crapping in the entrance would then be protected as parody.
Jupiter was invented by a little old lady from Ekaterinburg.
"the first craft to ever reach Mars"
Mars 2 reached the surface 1 week earlier.
Mariner 9 reached orbit 2 1/2 weeks earlier.
"Emirates is owned by the same people that own the oil pumps"
Emirates is owned by Dubai. Les than 2% of the Dubai GDP is from oil and gas.
Supply and demand.
The trains are full and can remain so as long as tickets are cheaper than flying.
Capacity is hard to increase because: a) Amtrak require a law to be passed to acquire additional equipment; b) In addition, Amtrak must pay for it's own infrastructure which requires yet another law to be passed; c) Some infrastructure requirements are just hard to get done, like Hudson river tunnels.
Prices cannot be fixed because that is damned dirty socialism.
" the monthly cost of the plan is the same as it was before."
-1, factually incorrect
"Skipping video frames instead of pausing is bloody annoying."
For isochronous content it is necessary, which is the situation lkcl is talking about.
"There are very few rich people who stop trying to become even richer. "
And Donald Trump is already an example of this. he was born rich, yet works anyway.
They caught Ted Kennedy. Mission accomplished.
The have hard statistical evidence that most likely terrorists are white Christians, but that would jeopardize their funding.
The no-fly list targeted Ted Kennedy and Dave Nelson, which is not consisted with either the terrorist or the Muslim portions of the theory.
The police chief did not say that the student's comment was defamation, let alone that it was a felony because it was defamation. damicatz's claim was that the police chief should be fired for saying that defamation was a felony, which the police chief did not say.
"Why is this a bad thing?"
The combination of their claim that it is too hard to make the full circle available combined with the fact that their competition is capable of doing it signals that Motorola has inferior capabilities. What else is not as good?
The student is the plaintiff.
"Furthermore, the police chief's statement that this amounted to a felony is pure BS."
It was a false claim that the teacher had committed a sex offense. Such a claim would be enough to prevent the teacher from getting another teaching job.
The teacher is in a position of authority, therefore whether there is actual consent is ambiguous.
No one has claimed that defamation is a felony. The student is the *plaintiff* in the defamation case.
"What's the correct plural of octopus, by the way?
Your mom's sex life? ;-)