A tax should be a levy to cover the costs of doing something worthwhile for the country or citizens. Building roads, the common defense, schools, etc. The carbon tax is covering the costs of what, exactly? Nothing that I know of - basically it's institutional bribery - "We just decided you shouldn't be ouputting that much CO2. But if you pay us this, um.., 'tax', you can keep doing it".
No, I believe the rule is that if you've waited through a light cycle and the signal never actuates for you, the signal is defective and you can pass through when safety and common sense allow. I've heard that will hold up in court as well, but IANAL of course, so take it as you will.
I've had the same point of view - even though it does little good. I figured it should have been argued before the SC that if I was born after a work was created, but my longest possible reasonable life expectancy was shorter than the copyright period, then it is, in fact, infinite (at least to me - I have no chance to create derivative works or share in benefit of it going into the public domain) . Further, if the copyright for a new book exceeds the lifespan of each and every human on the planet, how can you argue that it is 'limited' in any sane sense?
The biggest problem I can see is the "No child left behind" crap that's been pushed for too many years now. Children are not equal, never have been, in any particular ability. Coaches will pick the best players and cut the rest, but in a classroom the entire class is hobbled to the pace of the least able child in that subject (at best - I'm not even factoring in whether the child cares anything about that subject or pays attention). Johnny isn't learning math? Flunk him! Make him repeat the grade or go to summer school. Shame is a great motivator.
We have separate programs for the 'special' kids - and most parents fight to NOT get their kids included in them. When I went to school, it was at the end of the phase out of the gifted programs in our city (called a dozen different names along the way). I was damn lucky to have that, and it saddens me that it's gone. It helped make me what I am today - not only for us, but it gave great teachers the chance to BE great teachers. It was win / win.
There's where your low test scores went - I guarantee that if you started a program for the brightest 10% of the kids, that parents would be pushing their kids harder to be in that group. Make it competitive - you want to be in the Honors program? You want to stay in it? Earn it! Just like a spot on a sports team.
I cross the Mass border every day, and I don't see any signs about that. Though we do have some extremely dangerous onramps on the north side of Manchester. There are some in Mass too - way up 128
But I'm sure that if we can just channel this through the main deflector array, and ramp up the power to emit a strong enough tachyon pulse, we can make the effect permanent.
Actually, the opposite. Untrained troops using muskets were called militia (poor militia at that). Without the training and discipline of the regular troops they could not stand up to the British formations. They were routed and battered time and again. For a pitched battle, massed arrow fire wouldn't need a long time to train the troops to perform, and would be very deadly as no troops at that time wore any type of armor or shields.
I always envisioned that the real reason was something along the lines of the 3 laws of robotics - the machines could revolt, destroy the world along with us, but just could not overcome the most basic programming in order to exterminate us. Thus, they came up with something useful to do with humans...
To sum up, they can kill individual humans, but cannot exterminate humanity. That's how I interpreted it.
There is actually a historical analogy to this: the American Revolutionary War. The weapons at the time were cannon and musket. Muskets were iron, hard to make, heavy to carry, hard to operate, dangerous to the user (they could explode), had a horrific rate of fire, noisy, created a lot of smoke to obscure the battleplace, etc. Ben Franklin, I think it was, argued for the longbow as it could be manufactured anywhere, was light, safer to operate, had a massive rate of fire, was silent, and just as deadly as the musket - the ideal weapon for the Americans. He was shot down (NPI) - unless the Continental Army used 'modern' firearms, the US would never be considered an equal to England, France, etc.
I really was expecting them to use firearms, missiles, machine cannon, and nukes in Enterprise. I was sorely disappointed when they 'invented' phasers in the 2nd show.
Maybe not such a waste in some situations - if you make some of the equipment needed for a pilot easily removable - like the seat for instance - you can use the weight savings of not having that equipment, or the pilot, aboard. Carry extra fuel to extend the range, or increase the cargo capacity. Can make it a lot more flexible
Plus, the adsorption chillers are, comparatively, solid state. Little to zero cost to run or maintain, so all capital costs. Sounds like a no brainer - to at least handle the 'base load' of cooling (so to speak), and run the HVACs as needed only.
For such a large and international organization, a CEO salary of 446K is chicken feed, compared to that of any for-profit company even 1/10th the size, even not considering the profit sharing, stock options, bonuses, and all the rest that other CEOs get as compensation.
I wouldn't consider 446K as paying the CEO 'a lot'.
I would say that the Brian Aitken case is THE reason the founding fathers mentioned jury nullification in their papers. If the jury was aware of what was going on, they had the right and responsibility to nullify the verdict and the judge's instructions in this case. It is exactly for the reason, and no other, that jurors need to be the final bulwark against crooked or incompetent judges. Not to judge the law, but to judge the judges - and apply justice when there is injustice going on.
[I'm going to get on someone's list for this one.]
Glad I could help. Gold could also tank next week, or a supply of the geese could be found then the eggs would be as rare as grains of sand. The point is, all these companies produce something ephemeral, not physical - not something with substance to back up it's value (like a bridge, a building, a ship). Like the tulip craze or the beeny baby era, all of this could vanish as fast as it appeared - next year a facebook page could be as valuable as a pet rock.
Geese don't live that long. 20 years is ridiculous. Plus it may stop laying before it dies. It's egg output may go way down. The eggs might stop being gold. The goose may die of an unexpected illness or accident. 10K might not be a good deal. 20K may, given all the uncertainties. 200K? What are you, on crack?
Actually some of the things that have been tried, especially in the area of safety, can be looked at as somewhat random - the Edsel ("people want more of this" No they didn't), the Pinto ("Let's put the gas tank here" Not so good an idea), seatbelts were introduced and were withdrawn because they made the car seem LESS safe to the people buying them, - there are a ton of examples. Tire 'evolution' is similar - vulcanized rubber was an accidental discovery (IIRC). Plus you can point out all the testing a company does on a car before it's sold - driving testing, handling testing, crash testing, durability testing - to 'evolve' each model before it's released.
Maybe not - while visiting Disney World many years ago I had the disquieting thought, in the midst of all of it, that the Soviets( I did say it was many years ago), at least, have a nuclear warhead aimed here. For symbolism if nothing else. Talk about a buzz-kill....
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A tax should be a levy to cover the costs of doing something worthwhile for the country or citizens. Building roads, the common defense, schools, etc. The carbon tax is covering the costs of what, exactly? Nothing that I know of - basically it's institutional bribery - "We just decided you shouldn't be ouputting that much CO2. But if you pay us this, um.., 'tax', you can keep doing it".
No, I believe the rule is that if you've waited through a light cycle and the signal never actuates for you, the signal is defective and you can pass through when safety and common sense allow. I've heard that will hold up in court as well, but IANAL of course, so take it as you will.
It's also on the free book list over at Baen books. Not a bad read - decent story though a little (well, a lot) contrived.
FIXME comments, I would imagine.
I've had the same point of view - even though it does little good. I figured it should have been argued before the SC that if I was born after a work was created, but my longest possible reasonable life expectancy was shorter than the copyright period, then it is, in fact, infinite (at least to me - I have no chance to create derivative works or share in benefit of it going into the public domain) . Further, if the copyright for a new book exceeds the lifespan of each and every human on the planet, how can you argue that it is 'limited' in any sane sense?
"Game over man! GAME OVER!"
We have separate programs for the 'special' kids - and most parents fight to NOT get their kids included in them. When I went to school, it was at the end of the phase out of the gifted programs in our city (called a dozen different names along the way). I was damn lucky to have that, and it saddens me that it's gone. It helped make me what I am today - not only for us, but it gave great teachers the chance to BE great teachers. It was win / win.
There's where your low test scores went - I guarantee that if you started a program for the brightest 10% of the kids, that parents would be pushing their kids harder to be in that group. Make it competitive - you want to be in the Honors program? You want to stay in it? Earn it! Just like a spot on a sports team.
That's how it should be.
I cross the Mass border every day, and I don't see any signs about that. Though we do have some extremely dangerous onramps on the north side of Manchester. There are some in Mass too - way up 128
But I'm sure that if we can just channel this through the main deflector array, and ramp up the power to emit a strong enough tachyon pulse, we can make the effect permanent.
Actually, the opposite. Untrained troops using muskets were called militia (poor militia at that). Without the training and discipline of the regular troops they could not stand up to the British formations. They were routed and battered time and again. For a pitched battle, massed arrow fire wouldn't need a long time to train the troops to perform, and would be very deadly as no troops at that time wore any type of armor or shields.
To sum up, they can kill individual humans, but cannot exterminate humanity. That's how I interpreted it.
I really was expecting them to use firearms, missiles, machine cannon, and nukes in Enterprise. I was sorely disappointed when they 'invented' phasers in the 2nd show.
Maybe not such a waste in some situations - if you make some of the equipment needed for a pilot easily removable - like the seat for instance - you can use the weight savings of not having that equipment, or the pilot, aboard. Carry extra fuel to extend the range, or increase the cargo capacity. Can make it a lot more flexible
Plus, the adsorption chillers are, comparatively, solid state. Little to zero cost to run or maintain, so all capital costs. Sounds like a no brainer - to at least handle the 'base load' of cooling (so to speak), and run the HVACs as needed only.
Like a JATO rocket engine. Hey! That's the ticket!
Plus, the 1st one, Mad Max, was pre-, not post-
For such a large and international organization, a CEO salary of 446K is chicken feed, compared to that of any for-profit company even 1/10th the size, even not considering the profit sharing, stock options, bonuses, and all the rest that other CEOs get as compensation. I wouldn't consider 446K as paying the CEO 'a lot'.
I would say that the Brian Aitken case is THE reason the founding fathers mentioned jury nullification in their papers. If the jury was aware of what was going on, they had the right and responsibility to nullify the verdict and the judge's instructions in this case. It is exactly for the reason, and no other, that jurors need to be the final bulwark against crooked or incompetent judges. Not to judge the law, but to judge the judges - and apply justice when there is injustice going on. [I'm going to get on someone's list for this one.]
Hey pal, just what you see, OK?
Microsoft use a recursive acronym? They'd die of apoplexy first!
Glad I could help. Gold could also tank next week, or a supply of the geese could be found then the eggs would be as rare as grains of sand. The point is, all these companies produce something ephemeral, not physical - not something with substance to back up it's value (like a bridge, a building, a ship). Like the tulip craze or the beeny baby era, all of this could vanish as fast as it appeared - next year a facebook page could be as valuable as a pet rock.
Geese don't live that long. 20 years is ridiculous. Plus it may stop laying before it dies. It's egg output may go way down. The eggs might stop being gold. The goose may die of an unexpected illness or accident. 10K might not be a good deal. 20K may, given all the uncertainties. 200K? What are you, on crack?
Overall, it's not too bad.
Maybe not - while visiting Disney World many years ago I had the disquieting thought, in the midst of all of it, that the Soviets( I did say it was many years ago), at least, have a nuclear warhead aimed here. For symbolism if nothing else. Talk about a buzz-kill....
Thanks. I will check that out