Amazon would have probably sued them for another 10 years if they denied their patent. Patents today seem to have nothing to do with novelty. They are just being filed to extract fees from other entities which are implementing the same common sense solutions.
No but schools are not being forced to teach homeopathy, yet many are being forced to teach creationism. I think that equation one aisle in a whole foods store to an entire museum is a bit of a stretch. And then to turn around and blame the "liberal media" is childish.
Horse shit. The microprocessor was the work of people like Bill Shockley, Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, Jay Last, etc. This guy patented some overly broad concept and tried to use those rights to patent troll.
Way to blame the "mainstream media" man? Listen let me know next time when Whole foods plans on taking my tax dollars to indoctrinate my children in some religious beliefs and get back to me. This article is nothing but a troll.
Why did you try to interject race into this? They have magnet schools here in many states which are public schools where entrance is merit based. These schools are not being with lawsuits. Please go and look at the top schools list in the US News rankings because you have no clue what you are talking about.
Also I did not say that vocation jobs were inferior to college educated jobs. You however seem to imply that. Vocational training in plumbing, construction, drafting, electrician type work, machining, etc would do a lot to help kids in high school more than any of those stupid don't do drugs campaigns. The problem with schools today is two fold. The parents don't care about their kids enough to spend time with them and are using school as a substitute for daycare. The administrators seeing this are busy turning schools into a prison pipeline while making 3-4 times what a teacher makes.
I agree. If anything schools here should be more like schools in Germany where they have strong vocational training programs for people who are not suitable for university education. Also it would be nice if schools worked with students and their parents to steer them towards careers they find interesting instead of trying to force a generic curriculum on everyone.
I think if you pick extreme examples then obviously you will find loopholes because no rights are absolute. For example, I would not expect a Jewish baker to make a cake with a Swastika. However, I don't think it would be reasonable for the Jewish baker to say that he won't bake cakes for Germans or people who are not Jewish because it violates his belief. If he wants to operate like that then he should do so in a private venue like at home, not in a public setting.
You do realize that back in the 1960's that not one of the restaurants in the deep South would have gone bankrupt if they refused service to black people right. I mean I am not able to understand what the hell your problem is with guaranteeing civil rights. Please go and re-read the 14th amendment because you clearly are not able to get it through your head. Now if you want to prevent gays or blacks from entering your private residence that is perfectly fine because that is not a public establishment.
As Eisenhower warned in his farewell address, I hope this news means we have finally heeded his warning and are moving towards dismantling the military industrial complex. All of that money could be used to rebuild the crumbling infrastructure we have right here at home.
The stadium is like 6 months behind schedule and has suffered from numerous accidents including fire damage. I think this is the least of their troubles at the moment.
Yes, but have you ever heard of optical illusions. If you put the defeat text smaller than other surrounding text and banners and you use the persons name, then it is pretty hard to tell.
I think this is great. We just need to get Congress to not reauthorize the Patriot Act and then all this crap can finally get rolled back. Hopefully the TSA can be next.
Net neutrality means that you cannot discriminate against the packets that are being requested. For example, it does not matter I am shipping by UPS, I only pay based on the size and weight. What you are suggesting is that UPS be allowed to open my package and inspect the contents and then charge me based on the value of the contents. Now I bet you will say why don't you use another company, but there are only 3 shipping companies USPS, FedEx, and UPS. If UPS can get away with this practice, I am sure FedEx will do the same.
Somehow you are not able to understand simple facts which conflict with your ideology.
It seems that every state legislature or local municipality is now entertaining the idea of limiting ISP competition and enabling packet discrimination. Can we please label all ISP's as common carriers and eliminate all of these monopoly protections.
I think this is just the first step. If more and more people adopt Waze maybe the police could focus on solving actual crimes instead of waiting around to catch people speeding or arresting people for drug violations.
I mean tax rates not total tax revenues. Obviously there is going to be more tax revenue if the economy expands. I am not sure what that proves. What I am claiming is that tax rates are near all-time lows right now. I think we should tax capital gains as regular income and use the extra money to fund some job training programs.
Wait a minute, if trickle down actually worked why did it not hold after the 8 year period you cited. You do realize that taxes are near all-time lows right now. By your logic, we should be drowning in jobs and wages should be skyrocketing. But of course that is not the case. What you seem to ignore is that productivity has skyrocketed since the 1980's but wages have largely remained stagnant.
The DC circuit court just recently struck the FCC ruling down. Previously the FCC ruling enforced net neutrality so no legislation was needed at the time.
It depends on what state you are in. I know plenty of people making 50-60k who got plans on the exchanges that were plus of minus 10% of what they were paying before.
What the hell are you talking about. The ACA is based on a heritage foundation outline and was implemented in Massachusetts just fine. You are not forced to buy the most expensive plans. In fact the exchange plans are competitive with the general market plans
http://www.pwc.com/us/hix?WT.m...
Furthermore, you are discounting all the people who are benefiting from the expansion of Medicaid in states that chose to allow the expansion.
The law also provides a solution to the pre-existing condition problem. It also allows kids to stay on their parents plan until age 26 which helps out a lot of college kids.
I agree that the law is not perfect, but it sure is a whole lot better than what we had before. You have no facts backing up anything you said. Please stop trying to spread your FUD here.
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Mod parent up, He has hit the nail on the head. This man has perfected the art of litigation.
Amazon would have probably sued them for another 10 years if they denied their patent. Patents today seem to have nothing to do with novelty. They are just being filed to extract fees from other entities which are implementing the same common sense solutions.
No but schools are not being forced to teach homeopathy, yet many are being forced to teach creationism. I think that equation one aisle in a whole foods store to an entire museum is a bit of a stretch. And then to turn around and blame the "liberal media" is childish.
Horse shit. The microprocessor was the work of people like Bill Shockley, Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, Jay Last, etc. This guy patented some overly broad concept and tried to use those rights to patent troll.
Way to blame the "mainstream media" man? Listen let me know next time when Whole foods plans on taking my tax dollars to indoctrinate my children in some religious beliefs and get back to me. This article is nothing but a troll.
Why did you try to interject race into this? They have magnet schools here in many states which are public schools where entrance is merit based. These schools are not being with lawsuits. Please go and look at the top schools list in the US News rankings because you have no clue what you are talking about. Also I did not say that vocation jobs were inferior to college educated jobs. You however seem to imply that. Vocational training in plumbing, construction, drafting, electrician type work, machining, etc would do a lot to help kids in high school more than any of those stupid don't do drugs campaigns. The problem with schools today is two fold. The parents don't care about their kids enough to spend time with them and are using school as a substitute for daycare. The administrators seeing this are busy turning schools into a prison pipeline while making 3-4 times what a teacher makes.
I agree. If anything schools here should be more like schools in Germany where they have strong vocational training programs for people who are not suitable for university education. Also it would be nice if schools worked with students and their parents to steer them towards careers they find interesting instead of trying to force a generic curriculum on everyone.
I think if you pick extreme examples then obviously you will find loopholes because no rights are absolute. For example, I would not expect a Jewish baker to make a cake with a Swastika. However, I don't think it would be reasonable for the Jewish baker to say that he won't bake cakes for Germans or people who are not Jewish because it violates his belief. If he wants to operate like that then he should do so in a private venue like at home, not in a public setting.
You do realize that back in the 1960's that not one of the restaurants in the deep South would have gone bankrupt if they refused service to black people right. I mean I am not able to understand what the hell your problem is with guaranteeing civil rights. Please go and re-read the 14th amendment because you clearly are not able to get it through your head. Now if you want to prevent gays or blacks from entering your private residence that is perfectly fine because that is not a public establishment.
Yes, but that does not include the veterans benefits and health care when you say "defense spending".
Well then please explain why is Edward Snowden so respected while Julian Assange is hated here. (For the record I support what both of them did)
As Eisenhower warned in his farewell address, I hope this news means we have finally heeded his warning and are moving towards dismantling the military industrial complex. All of that money could be used to rebuild the crumbling infrastructure we have right here at home.
The stadium is like 6 months behind schedule and has suffered from numerous accidents including fire damage. I think this is the least of their troubles at the moment.
Yes, but have you ever heard of optical illusions. If you put the defeat text smaller than other surrounding text and banners and you use the persons name, then it is pretty hard to tell.
I think this is great. We just need to get Congress to not reauthorize the Patriot Act and then all this crap can finally get rolled back. Hopefully the TSA can be next.
Net neutrality means that you cannot discriminate against the packets that are being requested. For example, it does not matter I am shipping by UPS, I only pay based on the size and weight. What you are suggesting is that UPS be allowed to open my package and inspect the contents and then charge me based on the value of the contents. Now I bet you will say why don't you use another company, but there are only 3 shipping companies USPS, FedEx, and UPS. If UPS can get away with this practice, I am sure FedEx will do the same. Somehow you are not able to understand simple facts which conflict with your ideology.
It seems that every state legislature or local municipality is now entertaining the idea of limiting ISP competition and enabling packet discrimination. Can we please label all ISP's as common carriers and eliminate all of these monopoly protections.
I think this is just the first step. If more and more people adopt Waze maybe the police could focus on solving actual crimes instead of waiting around to catch people speeding or arresting people for drug violations.
I mean tax rates not total tax revenues. Obviously there is going to be more tax revenue if the economy expands. I am not sure what that proves. What I am claiming is that tax rates are near all-time lows right now. I think we should tax capital gains as regular income and use the extra money to fund some job training programs.
Mod parent up. He seems to have actually decent facts instead of general trends without explanations.
Wait a minute, if trickle down actually worked why did it not hold after the 8 year period you cited. You do realize that taxes are near all-time lows right now. By your logic, we should be drowning in jobs and wages should be skyrocketing. But of course that is not the case. What you seem to ignore is that productivity has skyrocketed since the 1980's but wages have largely remained stagnant.
The DC circuit court just recently struck the FCC ruling down. Previously the FCC ruling enforced net neutrality so no legislation was needed at the time.
It depends on what state you are in. I know plenty of people making 50-60k who got plans on the exchanges that were plus of minus 10% of what they were paying before.
You could have kept your employer plan through COBRA. Why did you not do it?
What the hell are you talking about. The ACA is based on a heritage foundation outline and was implemented in Massachusetts just fine. You are not forced to buy the most expensive plans. In fact the exchange plans are competitive with the general market plans http://www.pwc.com/us/hix?WT.m... Furthermore, you are discounting all the people who are benefiting from the expansion of Medicaid in states that chose to allow the expansion. The law also provides a solution to the pre-existing condition problem. It also allows kids to stay on their parents plan until age 26 which helps out a lot of college kids. I agree that the law is not perfect, but it sure is a whole lot better than what we had before. You have no facts backing up anything you said. Please stop trying to spread your FUD here.