An example of a poor quality argument: your thesis is that the quality of argument is poor but all of your points are about a particular position and never mention the quality of the argument for that position.
"they have a maze of poorly connected systems left over from the hundreds of smaller ISPs and cable providers they bought up over the last decade or two."
Capitalism works by goods being more valuable to consumers than producers, generating productivity.
You are falsely equating cost, price, and value. If I buy something for $2 that cost $1 to make but I got $3 of value out of it, I have not lost $1 but rather I have gained $1 on top of the $1 that the producer gained.
"For an idea of a less arbitrary scale look at the Kelvin scale. On it, "0" is the absolute lowest temperature where matter has absolutely no heat content. "
It's worse than you think. 0K is currently defined as either 273.16 or 273.15 Kelvins less than the triple point of water. Previously it was defined as a mathematical extrapolation of the ideal gas law.
I haven't assumed all click-wheels are horrible at clicking. But no matter how good the scrolling rejection is it is not as good as a button that physically cannot scroll.
Pascal may lose as a language for in the field, but for reasons that make it useful in teaching programming. It has all the pieces you'd want in a language and you can both learn the concepts and make something with them, but in a way that is probably a pain. This leave the student open to the concept that languages have different strengths and to chose languages based on the relevance to the type of problem you are trying to solve.
If you start with a language where it is easy to get a lot of the early work done, you tend to get stuck in a rut with it and want to use it for every problem.
There's no way to distinguish "freely offered" from "everyone knows that's what you have to do to get ahead".
Everyone loves to cry about how "she" could have said no at any time. Well then, he could have said no at any time too. The only way to win is not to play.
A private corporation is free to decrease or increase output in order to find the new optimization point as conditions change, or to pursue new lines of business. The IRS must continue to collect all taxes that Congress requires by law and is prohibited from creating new taxes.
Nursing does not exist in an employment vacuum. Despite those kinds of salaries, nursing is still considered a lower status career than others (for example "doctor"). Employment bias against women leads to their over-representation in lower status jobs unless there is something that reduced demand for those jobs.
"a good portion chose to be home makers" "women have chosen their paths" "huge amount of women choose not to do math, physics, chemistry and computing"
Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
The point is that you cannot just assert that women are choosing as part of the proof that women are choosing. This is the original definition of "begging the question".
"The line is not clear because it's not clear what the public gains from taxi licenses."
It is implausible for the public to individually vet all drivers in all places they might go to judge whether the driver satisfies their levels of responsibility. One of the criteria for a free market is information symmetry. Without the government licensing acting a proxy for establishing a minimum level of care the worst case outcome of a taxi selection are too high for a reasonably free market to form.
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An example of a poor quality argument: your thesis is that the quality of argument is poor but all of your points are about a particular position and never mention the quality of the argument for that position.
Alternate alternate subject line: "Young people unsurprised system is rigged against them", or "Young people decline to yell at clouds"
"they have a maze of poorly connected systems left over from the hundreds of smaller ISPs and cable providers they bought up over the last decade or two."
They may be eaten by a grue. If we're lucky.
Where I come from, ethics includes completing work for which I have been paid in advance and doing so in a timely fashion.
My favorite part where after every update it re-asks whether you want to auto-update.
Capitalism works by goods being more valuable to consumers than producers, generating productivity.
You are falsely equating cost, price, and value. If I buy something for $2 that cost $1 to make but I got $3 of value out of it, I have not lost $1 but rather I have gained $1 on top of the $1 that the producer gained.
The advantage is that I can go through voice mail asynchronously.
"For an idea of a less arbitrary scale look at the Kelvin scale. On it, "0" is the absolute lowest temperature where matter has absolutely no heat content. "
It's worse than you think. 0K is currently defined as either 273.16 or 273.15 Kelvins less than the triple point of water. Previously it was defined as a mathematical extrapolation of the ideal gas law.
"Drill down" is only effective when you know it exists and where to find it.
For discoverability you need a relatively shallow traversal graph with potentially multiple arcs to any node.
I haven't assumed all click-wheels are horrible at clicking. But no matter how good the scrolling rejection is it is not as good as a button that physically cannot scroll.
Pascal may lose as a language for in the field, but for reasons that make it useful in teaching programming. It has all the pieces you'd want in a language and you can both learn the concepts and make something with them, but in a way that is probably a pain. This leave the student open to the concept that languages have different strengths and to chose languages based on the relevance to the type of problem you are trying to solve.
If you start with a language where it is easy to get a lot of the early work done, you tend to get stuck in a rut with it and want to use it for every problem.
You must use additional software, that button does not natively produce button2 events.
Solving a middle click problem by creating a right click problem isn't much of a solution.
"why a scroll wheel will not work for you"
With a clickable scroll wheel it takes effort to avoid scrolling when trying to click
"check out the Logitech Couch Mouse M515"
'This product is no longer available. Continue shopping at Logitech.' http://reviews.logitech.com/70...
"Even if they are offered?"
There's no way to distinguish "freely offered" from "everyone knows that's what you have to do to get ahead".
Everyone loves to cry about how "she" could have said no at any time. Well then, he could have said no at any time too. The only way to win is not to play.
You are afraid of smart devices because of bad experiences with dumb devices?
Back in my day, "zero day" meant that an exploit was known at the time the exploitable version was released, and we liked it!
A private corporation is free to decrease or increase output in order to find the new optimization point as conditions change, or to pursue new lines of business. The IRS must continue to collect all taxes that Congress requires by law and is prohibited from creating new taxes.
Does the amount of work that the IRS is legally required to do reduce when the economy slows?
If they are so bloated why would the contractors have to work overtime? Would that mean they have excess labor?
"the previous administration, with a Republican house and senate, never advanced a bill for it"
The Republican plan was older than that. See Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act of 1993 and Consumer Choice Health Security Act of 1994.
Nursing does not exist in an employment vacuum. Despite those kinds of salaries, nursing is still considered a lower status career than others (for example "doctor"). Employment bias against women leads to their over-representation in lower status jobs unless there is something that reduced demand for those jobs.
"a good portion chose to be home makers"
"women have chosen their paths"
"huge amount of women choose not to do math, physics, chemistry and computing"
Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
The point is that you cannot just assert that women are choosing as part of the proof that women are choosing. This is the original definition of "begging the question".
"The line is not clear because it's not clear what the public gains from taxi licenses."
It is implausible for the public to individually vet all drivers in all places they might go to judge whether the driver satisfies their levels of responsibility. One of the criteria for a free market is information symmetry. Without the government licensing acting a proxy for establishing a minimum level of care the worst case outcome of a taxi selection are too high for a reasonably free market to form.
Do pizzas come topped with passengers now?