"bankruptcy" That's it, there's the word that indicates you don't know how this nation's finances work. Hint; it's different than they way corporations work.
Holy crap, calm down Captain Hulk! I made a lighthearted remark about the proliferation of airline fees. Didn't "tell a business how much they can or can't charge".
Regulation gives everyone a nice level playing field.
It also ensures that inventiveness is removed from business.
Really? Have you *seen* the proliferation of charges the airlines invented, to boost the bottom line? They must employ the equivalent of Einsteins and Shakespeares of customer ripoff to come up with those.
Yeah, it would be awful if congress were to, say, spend enough time to rationally examine energy policy, and pass laws to encourage responsible nuclear power in addition to renewables.
Here's the point. Moral rules are two-way rules. I am expected to respect your rights, and you to respect mine. As long as we are both capable of understanding our rights and obligations that can work.
However, what if one of us is not mentally capable of understanding this? It would be absurd, in that situation, for one party to be expected to respect the 'rights' of a being who is not capable of understanding that respect or returning it.
Exactly, well put. It is entirely moral for me to torment a retarded child, who can't understand or return respect to me.
A corporation is a legal fiction. Giving it the attributes of a natural person is just bad case law and bad reasoning.
Giving those attributes to a chimpanzee would make no more sense and be no better law. It might satisfy a certain sense of fairness in the context you give it, but the old saw about two wrongs not making a right applies.
You're not really getting it - the answer is much more straightforward. Corporations are people because money.
Yeah, that's perception bias. Compare the nonsensical treatments, like bloodletting, and you'll see they vastly outnumber the ones that coincidentally resemble an actual treatment based on science.
Remember, that "course" you took was free, and you know you get what you pay for.
Oh, nonsense. The Matrix is not an accurate description of this theory, and Plato's metaphor is only coincidentally similar in outline to it.
Your point is like people who say, "the Old Testament forbids the eating of shellfish like shrimp, and we know now that shrimp is high in cholesterol, so that book is an excellent source of dietary wisdom."
Although, in 1995 I was in Prague when the news carried a story about a car being discovered with 6 pounds of enriched Uranium scooting around town. I was pretty alarmed because the people were evidently looking for a buyer.
Well, you know, the life of a repo man is always intense.
As the AC said, that would make you a unicorn. I have never seen an independent consultant who had leverage to retain rights to what was created during the engagement. And as a manager, I would immediately cross you off the list of candidates for such an outrageous demand.
It's funny that you blame "mismanagement" by your superiors for your disinclination to do proper documentation (which is professional negligence on your part).
It's even funnier that you think *you*, by Jeebus, are all that's holding together multiple projects, which will wither on the vine if you left. If you left, and they did, it would be because they weren't very important to the company.
This was "never about people getting health insurance"? It was ALWAYS and ONLY about people getting health insurance. Have you been high the last 6 years?
And it no more makes people "wards of the state" than any other regulation, like federal highway speed limits. It's a proper role for government, but it triggers some type of brain inversion in whackos like you who think it's "tyranny".
Oh, and sorry, I forgot the quotes around "injustice". Because it's imaginary.
But, do rant on. Imagine that I'll read your next reply, even if I don't respond to it.
Congratulations, you managed to find a way to bitch about Obamacare in a thread totally unrelated to it!
I will weep for you as the $95 fine is "forcibly extracted" from your bank account. That is, if you don't have a brain, and don't get insurance. Or get insurance already through your employer.
In fact, one of those is likely the case, and you just picked an opportunity to whine about an injustice that you WILL NOT EXPERIENCE.
I find it extraordinary that you believe engineers have the choice to "shelve their own projects" in any significant frequency, given that nearly all of the perform work for hire, and don't own what they create. And don't say "patents" to me - my name is on a small number of patents, and I have fuck-all say in how those things are used; I didn't even get my dollar for the patent rights!
This is typical straw man garbage. Paying fast food workers a living wage would not require Burger Death to pay more for labor than they get for their burgers. And it won't cost jobs either. Raising the minimum wage always helps the economy - look it up.
The clue that you're off your meds wasn't your assertion that the thieves deserved death because they were ignorant of the cargo, but that you compare us (whoever "we" are) to an ancient city state, an ancient city, two countries, AND ONE FICTIONAL CITY.
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"bankruptcy" That's it, there's the word that indicates you don't know how this nation's finances work. Hint; it's different than they way corporations work.
Well, if you keep your expectations low, I guess you won't be disappointed. Too bad you live that way, though.
Holy crap, calm down Captain Hulk! I made a lighthearted remark about the proliferation of airline fees. Didn't "tell a business how much they can or can't charge".
Unbunch your panties, please.
Regulation gives everyone a nice level playing field.
It also ensures that inventiveness is removed from business.
Really? Have you *seen* the proliferation of charges the airlines invented, to boost the bottom line? They must employ the equivalent of Einsteins and Shakespeares of customer ripoff to come up with those.
Yeah, it would be awful if congress were to, say, spend enough time to rationally examine energy policy, and pass laws to encourage responsible nuclear power in addition to renewables.
Here's the point. Moral rules are two-way rules. I am expected to respect your rights, and you to respect mine. As long as we are both capable of understanding our rights and obligations that can work.
However, what if one of us is not mentally capable of understanding this? It would be absurd, in that situation, for one party to be expected to respect the 'rights' of a being who is not capable of understanding that respect or returning it.
Exactly, well put. It is entirely moral for me to torment a retarded child, who can't understand or return respect to me.
Thanks for clearing that up!
Pretty much, yes.
A corporation is a legal fiction. Giving it the attributes of a natural person is just bad case law and bad reasoning.
Giving those attributes to a chimpanzee would make no more sense and be no better law. It might satisfy a certain sense of fairness in the context you give it, but the old saw about two wrongs not making a right applies.
You're not really getting it - the answer is much more straightforward. Corporations are people because money.
Ah, but like most rhetorical questions the answer is easy.
Why did you answer a rhetorical question? Hint: that was also rhetorical.
Aw, sorry I made you defensive by making fun of your "course". Take a step up - use Wikipedia.
Yeah, that's perception bias. Compare the nonsensical treatments, like bloodletting, and you'll see they vastly outnumber the ones that coincidentally resemble an actual treatment based on science.
Remember, that "course" you took was free, and you know you get what you pay for.
Actually, "Shrimp contains so little fat of any kind that it will have almost no effect on your cholesterol levels" Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/450300-does-shrimp-contain-good-or-bad-cholesterol/#ixzz2nDByRn8F The point, however, was what people claim with no underlying science.
You puppy!
Oh, nonsense. The Matrix is not an accurate description of this theory, and Plato's metaphor is only coincidentally similar in outline to it.
Your point is like people who say, "the Old Testament forbids the eating of shellfish like shrimp, and we know now that shrimp is high in cholesterol, so that book is an excellent source of dietary wisdom."
Although, in 1995 I was in Prague when the news carried a story about a car being discovered with 6 pounds of enriched Uranium scooting around town. I was pretty alarmed because the people were evidently looking for a buyer.
Well, you know, the life of a repo man is always intense.
There it is - I'm amazed I had to scroll this far down to find what I wanted, a Wolverine reference.
Thanks!
As the AC said, that would make you a unicorn. I have never seen an independent consultant who had leverage to retain rights to what was created during the engagement. And as a manager, I would immediately cross you off the list of candidates for such an outrageous demand.
It's funny that you blame "mismanagement" by your superiors for your disinclination to do proper documentation (which is professional negligence on your part).
It's even funnier that you think *you*, by Jeebus, are all that's holding together multiple projects, which will wither on the vine if you left. If you left, and they did, it would be because they weren't very important to the company.
This was "never about people getting health insurance"? It was ALWAYS and ONLY about people getting health insurance. Have you been high the last 6 years?
And it no more makes people "wards of the state" than any other regulation, like federal highway speed limits. It's a proper role for government, but it triggers some type of brain inversion in whackos like you who think it's "tyranny".
Oh, and sorry, I forgot the quotes around "injustice". Because it's imaginary.
But, do rant on. Imagine that I'll read your next reply, even if I don't respond to it.
Congratulations, you managed to find a way to bitch about Obamacare in a thread totally unrelated to it!
I will weep for you as the $95 fine is "forcibly extracted" from your bank account. That is, if you don't have a brain, and don't get insurance. Or get insurance already through your employer.
In fact, one of those is likely the case, and you just picked an opportunity to whine about an injustice that you WILL NOT EXPERIENCE.
I find it extraordinary that you believe engineers have the choice to "shelve their own projects" in any significant frequency, given that nearly all of the perform work for hire, and don't own what they create. And don't say "patents" to me - my name is on a small number of patents, and I have fuck-all say in how those things are used; I didn't even get my dollar for the patent rights!
Dude, having been in the business for over 30 years, I can tell you... the tech world *IS* the lowest common denominator of our society.
Seriously, you think having code monkey skills make one empathetic, rational, or kind? Guess again.
At least he didn't call them the "Lamestream Media"
This is typical straw man garbage. Paying fast food workers a living wage would not require Burger Death to pay more for labor than they get for their burgers. And it won't cost jobs either. Raising the minimum wage always helps the economy - look it up.
Have you *seen* Ted Nugent lately? He's dead already.
The clue that you're off your meds wasn't your assertion that the thieves deserved death because they were ignorant of the cargo, but that you compare us (whoever "we" are) to an ancient city state, an ancient city, two countries, AND ONE FICTIONAL CITY.