It's a promise to pay a certain amount of money unless certain actions are taken. Sure, Google would have to pay penalties to get out those contract. But just because the contracts exist doesn't mean that they to run for the full time span.
Probably more important, though, is that there are also contracts are between the mobile providers and Microsoft/Yahoo. Even if Moto delivers a phone configured to default to Google, Verizon or Spring could override that configuration to point to Bing or Yahoo.
First, you evidently didn't click on the "new" sub-category. Nor did you look in the Netbooks section. Nor did you take a trip to your local whitebox reailer. Or even brand name kit like HP in big box stores. It is frequently the case that one can find rebates campaigns going on that brings the cost of a new desktop, monitor, and keyboard to $150 or less.
Second, I think you're missing the forest for the trees. My point is that the technologies that go into smartphones and tablets are largely the same technologies that go into PCs. So long as there is an economy of scale at work for those phones and tablets, that economy of scale will also apply to the PCs. Would SSD secondary storage be so inexpensive in products like the Macbook Air were it not for the massive production of smartphones that has driven the unit cost of SSD chips down? The price of PCs is not going to magically escalate to the point where only a select few rich hobbyists can afford them as long as the tablet/smartphone industry enjoys economies of scale on components that also go into a PC.
At home, I've got an Epson laser printer sitting on the network. At work, I've got a few different HPs and a Dell on the network. At school, there are quite a few different models.
I can't recall the last time, if ever, that I used a USB printer.
VW's TDI engines in a compact (Jetta, Rabbit, etc.) can already come pretty close to hitting the proposed mark. Were they to add some of the non-hybrid technology used in hybrids (regenerative braking, etc.) they could problably put that rating up pretty quickly.
The downside to that approach is cost. As vehicles get more complex, they cost more to make.
But in large part, I don't see why the numbers are not attainable.
As one example, the shape of Toyota's redesign of the Yaris in 2007 was largely a function of work to maximize aerodynamic efficiency.
Sure, you'll find a few vehicles like the VW Bug that have atrocious designs that simply cannot be made aerodynamic. But for the most part all of the major manufacturers have been doing extensive windtunnel testing for at least the past ten years.
Or have you not noticed that fewer and fewer cars on the road have straight lines and pointy corners?
According to Wiki, "light truck" means any vehicle capable of carrying less than 4,000 lbs. Your most popular minivans, SUVs and pickups will fit into that category.
But note that the proposed standard is an average of the entire fleet. So in 2025, for every subcompacts with 100mpg, there could be an SUV with mileage essentially unchanged from today. (This isn't quite true. Each category--cars, light trucks, etc.--has to meet certain improvements within the category.)
It's not a horrible approach. And the best approaches are probably politically unfeasible. If the US raised gas taxes to a level that would capture true costs of using that gas, the market would shit to higher mpg vehicles all on its own. But good luck getting a 100% or 150% federal tax on gasoline and diesel passed.
I wouldn't say a "poor" substitute. The only thing I use a "real" computer for over my iPad is to compile LaTeX files to PDFs. And that is an arbitrary limitation. The only reason I can't do that on my iPad is because of Apple's policy of forbidding apps that contain scripting languages and the like.
By the time my iPad dies and needs to be replaced, I suspect that some Android tablet or the other will be on the market that fills in that hole.
Aside from having specialized boards that mass produced consoles don't have, debug consoles are expensive for two other reasons. The first reason is because of what they do not have: DRM, region coding, etc. "Just" having different binary keys makes the dev consoles worth a whole bunch more. The second reason is because they are priced artificially high because console makers want to arbitrarily limit the market to those devs that will be serious about producing titles.
And I think you're off the mark as to the real test of your hypothesis. The real test is when generic PCs begin to inflate in price relative to tablets, smart phones, etc. So long as tablets and unlocked smart phones cost more than PCs (or the parts to build a PC), I think we can say that your hypothesis is not supported by the empirical evidence.
Apple is selling iPads as fast as they can make them. Xoom and Galaxy aren't anywhere close to denting their sales.
IMO, there are quite a few good reasons to give Apple grief over their Motorola and Samsung lawsuits. But that the allegation that Apple is motivated to bring these suits forward because their products are not able to compete on their own merits in the marketplace is not one of them.
Now, were Apple going after Palm over Newton patents a decade ago, I think you might be able to make such a case. But that allegation over the iPad is just goofy.
Those minor charges? Trespassing in a public parking garage. That's not a whole lot different than sitting on a park bench.
And who decides what counts as a crime? From the link you supplied:
From here, ID laws only get more complicated. In Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, the Supreme Court upheld state laws requiring citizens to disclose their identity to police when officers have reasonable suspicion to believe criminal activity may be taking place. Commonly known as "stop-and-identify" statutes, these laws permit police to arrest criminal suspects who refuse to identify themselves.
In other words you're free not to show ID until such time as the police decide that they have "reasonable suspicion" that you're up to something nefarious and ask to see your ID. From that point on, they can lawfully detain you until you comply.
The charity may wipe all donated computes and install a sit license from scrach. In which case, the OS doesn't matter.
The charity may be selling the computer at auction or in a thrift store. In that case, a legal license of the most recent version of Windows would be best.
The charity may be using it administratively. In that case, it should be running whatever best runs their office apps.
The charity may use it as a dumb terminal putting up a slide show in their lobby. In that case, the OS hardly matters.
I could go on and on. The best thing to do is to ask the charity.
But the theme in the Planet of the Apes movies (and books) was that humanity eventually started using apes as slaves who eventually ended up doing all of the work and then were able to rebel because they were the only ones with any technical skills.
So a human military violently putting down an ape rebellion doesn't really end the saga unless not only are all the mutant apes exterminated but the very technology used to create them is also destroyed.
But, outside of a few sorts of apps that aren't generally run on laptops, existence of USB2 (or USB3), Thunderbolt, or FireWire ports will let you use an external drive of whatever size you like.
He does argue that cutting spending in the way that both parties seem intent on cutting spending will worsen an already weakened economy. But if the economy were stronger, he'd be fine with many of the cuts and, perhaps, suggest additional cuts. It isn't the general idea of spending cuts he's against. Rather he's opposed to diminishing one of the largest inputs to the economy during a time of severe economic contraction.
Imagine a man making the right decision for the wrong reason. For example, when picking out a card with the correct solution to the math problem "2 + 2", this man picks out the card that reads "4" because it has a blue background and it matches the eyes of the woman giving the test.
Was his judgmentment flawed? Sure.
Did he have the right answer? Sure.
Would you trust his informed opinion on matter relating to math? I hope not.
(Not to mention you have to go back further-arguably to the Eisenhower administration-if you want to find a time and place that the US had sound fiscal management. But neither that assessment nor the question of how just how bad the the current predicament for the US is makes much difference to my pedantry over whether the S&P has flawed judgment.)
But the objectivity of the grades has nothing to do with the problem of grade inflation. Professors intent on inflating grades will simply reduce the weight of tests as part of the overall grade and count class participation, homework, etc. more/or/ add a flat number of points across the board to the results of the computer scored tests.
Grade inflation, after all, isn't simple bias. We're not speaking of professors grading up people (or views) that they like and grading down people (or views) that they dislike. Rather we're speaking of professors that systematically give higher grades than they ought for one reason or the other. Some do this for ideological reasons. Others do it because they're tired of fighting students (or parents) that complain. The end result is an 'A' no longer means 'excellence in performance' but is pretty much the default grade for anyone that do a moderate amount of work.
1. Failure to pay taxes. This means the corporation didn't even file. 2. Failure to pay taxes owed. This means that the corporation owed taxes and didn't pay regardless of whether or not they filed.
In most states, the first of these can mean the end of the corporation if the coporation didn't owe any taxes. Imagine a corporation operating at a loss. They owe few, if any, taxes.
The second of these frequently overlaps with the first. But it doesn't have to. It is what gives the state the right to seize assets.
The Secretary of State may administratively dissolve a Massachusetts corporation for failure to file its annual reports or pay its taxes for two consecutive years. The Secretary of State is required to notify the corporation of the administrative dissolution. An administratively dissolved corporation may seek reinstatement by curing the circumstances that led to the dissolution, paying any outstanding corporate excise taxes and related interest or penalties, and filing an application for reinstatement with the Secretary of State.
If a corporation allows it to be administratively dissolved, the Secretary of State generally does not seek to collect the annual report fees and late fees leading up to the administrative dissolution. Of course, the corporation must pay other taxes and fees that are due and owed to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, (the "MA DOR"), and other governmental agencies, if any.
No, your original point does not stand. In most cases a company has to actively file for bankruptcy to be dissolved for reasons of being bankrupt.
If a company is making money and not paying taxes, dissolving the company in order to render it incapable of legally transacting business other than paying off creditors and disbusing remaining assets to shareholders is a very good way to recover tax moneys as the government tends to be first in the line of creditors.
When faced with such a situation, most companies negotiate with the state and pay up in order to renew their corporate charter.
And, one thing we do know is that the the dissolution was for non-payment of taxes rather than bankruptcy or some other reason as this is a fact stated in the complaint. Moreover, it's a fact easily verifiable through the office of the secretary of state of whatever state FGU was incorporated under. TO be fair, the dissolution might be an "alleged fact" rather than a mere "fact." But no one is alleging that FGU went bankrupt. Bankruptcy would only apply if FGU filed for such.
Corporations that are dissolved by the state do not cease to exist, but once dissoved only have the legal capacity to pay off outstanding debts and disburse assets to shareholders.
The chief shareholder and/or chief creditor of FGU was Bizar.
Consequently, most assets including (but not limited to) the right to publish V&V were assigned to Bizar.
Bizar then formed a sole proprietorship with the name FGU which, as a sole proprietorship run by him, has the right publish whatever he has the right to publish.
If it is true that the clause about right to publish ceasing to exist if FGU the corporation was dissolved is unenforceable, there are many chains of events that end in Bizar having the right to publish V&V. The example above is just one scenario among many plausible scenarios. I do not know if any of the "facts" I presented above are accurate. I'm just laying out a plausible example of how it might be that Bizar believes that he has the right to publish V&V.
At any rate, Bizar will most likely file a response to the complain soon. When he does, his side of the story will be presented.
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You know what a contract is?
It's a promise to pay a certain amount of money unless certain actions are taken. Sure, Google would have to pay penalties to get out those contract. But just because the contracts exist doesn't mean that they to run for the full time span.
Probably more important, though, is that there are also contracts are between the mobile providers and Microsoft/Yahoo. Even if Moto delivers a phone configured to default to Google, Verizon or Spring could override that configuration to point to Bing or Yahoo.
First, you evidently didn't click on the "new" sub-category. Nor did you look in the Netbooks section. Nor did you take a trip to your local whitebox reailer. Or even brand name kit like HP in big box stores. It is frequently the case that one can find rebates campaigns going on that brings the cost of a new desktop, monitor, and keyboard to $150 or less.
Second, I think you're missing the forest for the trees. My point is that the technologies that go into smartphones and tablets are largely the same technologies that go into PCs. So long as there is an economy of scale at work for those phones and tablets, that economy of scale will also apply to the PCs. Would SSD secondary storage be so inexpensive in products like the Macbook Air were it not for the massive production of smartphones that has driven the unit cost of SSD chips down? The price of PCs is not going to magically escalate to the point where only a select few rich hobbyists can afford them as long as the tablet/smartphone industry enjoys economies of scale on components that also go into a PC.
I don't understand where you're going with your first point.
As for the second, PCs cheaper than the Android Optimus V are quite easy to find. Either drop by your local white box builder or visit Tiger Direct.
That was a typo.
I meant, "shift."
At home, I've got an Epson laser printer sitting on the network. At work, I've got a few different HPs and a Dell on the network. At school, there are quite a few different models.
I can't recall the last time, if ever, that I used a USB printer.
VW's TDI engines in a compact (Jetta, Rabbit, etc.) can already come pretty close to hitting the proposed mark. Were they to add some of the non-hybrid technology used in hybrids (regenerative braking, etc.) they could problably put that rating up pretty quickly.
The downside to that approach is cost. As vehicles get more complex, they cost more to make.
But in large part, I don't see why the numbers are not attainable.
As one example, the shape of Toyota's redesign of the Yaris in 2007 was largely a function of work to maximize aerodynamic efficiency.
Sure, you'll find a few vehicles like the VW Bug that have atrocious designs that simply cannot be made aerodynamic. But for the most part all of the major manufacturers have been doing extensive windtunnel testing for at least the past ten years.
Or have you not noticed that fewer and fewer cars on the road have straight lines and pointy corners?
According to Wiki, "light truck" means any vehicle capable of carrying less than 4,000 lbs. Your most popular minivans, SUVs and pickups will fit into that category.
But note that the proposed standard is an average of the entire fleet. So in 2025, for every subcompacts with 100mpg, there could be an SUV with mileage essentially unchanged from today. (This isn't quite true. Each category--cars, light trucks, etc.--has to meet certain improvements within the category.)
It's not a horrible approach. And the best approaches are probably politically unfeasible. If the US raised gas taxes to a level that would capture true costs of using that gas, the market would shit to higher mpg vehicles all on its own. But good luck getting a 100% or 150% federal tax on gasoline and diesel passed.
I wouldn't say a "poor" substitute. The only thing I use a "real" computer for over my iPad is to compile LaTeX files to PDFs. And that is an arbitrary limitation. The only reason I can't do that on my iPad is because of Apple's policy of forbidding apps that contain scripting languages and the like.
By the time my iPad dies and needs to be replaced, I suspect that some Android tablet or the other will be on the market that fills in that hole.
Kind of. Sort of. But not really.
Aside from having specialized boards that mass produced consoles don't have, debug consoles are expensive for two other reasons. The first reason is because of what they do not have: DRM, region coding, etc. "Just" having different binary keys makes the dev consoles worth a whole bunch more. The second reason is because they are priced artificially high because console makers want to arbitrarily limit the market to those devs that will be serious about producing titles.
And I think you're off the mark as to the real test of your hypothesis. The real test is when generic PCs begin to inflate in price relative to tablets, smart phones, etc. So long as tablets and unlocked smart phones cost more than PCs (or the parts to build a PC), I think we can say that your hypothesis is not supported by the empirical evidence.
Apple is selling iPads as fast as they can make them. Xoom and Galaxy aren't anywhere close to denting their sales.
IMO, there are quite a few good reasons to give Apple grief over their Motorola and Samsung lawsuits. But that the allegation that Apple is motivated to bring these suits forward because their products are not able to compete on their own merits in the marketplace is not one of them.
Now, were Apple going after Palm over Newton patents a decade ago, I think you might be able to make such a case. But that allegation over the iPad is just goofy.
Those minor charges? Trespassing in a public parking garage. That's not a whole lot different than sitting on a park bench.
And who decides what counts as a crime? From the link you supplied:
In other words you're free not to show ID until such time as the police decide that they have "reasonable suspicion" that you're up to something nefarious and ask to see your ID. From that point on, they can lawfully detain you until you comply.
Failure to identify yourself to a police officer can result in arrest and imprisonment.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43867449/ns/us_news/t/mystery-prisoner-has-utah-jail-authorities-stumped/
But, aside from that, are you serious about Belgium being a totalitarian regime? That's just plain nuts.
How do you figure that? By and large they have the same components. The only piece where they really differ is the case.
The submitter lives in the UK and pounds sterling is his or her native currency.
But feel free to presume ideological reasons if you'd prefer to grind an axe rather than use common sense.
Sure it depends.
The charity may wipe all donated computes and install a sit license from scrach. In which case, the OS doesn't matter.
The charity may be selling the computer at auction or in a thrift store. In that case, a legal license of the most recent version of Windows would be best.
The charity may be using it administratively. In that case, it should be running whatever best runs their office apps.
The charity may use it as a dumb terminal putting up a slide show in their lobby. In that case, the OS hardly matters.
I could go on and on. The best thing to do is to ask the charity.
But the theme in the Planet of the Apes movies (and books) was that humanity eventually started using apes as slaves who eventually ended up doing all of the work and then were able to rebel because they were the only ones with any technical skills.
So a human military violently putting down an ape rebellion doesn't really end the saga unless not only are all the mutant apes exterminated but the very technology used to create them is also destroyed.
But, outside of a few sorts of apps that aren't generally run on laptops, existence of USB2 (or USB3), Thunderbolt, or FireWire ports will let you use an external drive of whatever size you like.
He does argue that cutting spending in the way that both parties seem intent on cutting spending will worsen an already weakened economy. But if the economy were stronger, he'd be fine with many of the cuts and, perhaps, suggest additional cuts. It isn't the general idea of spending cuts he's against. Rather he's opposed to diminishing one of the largest inputs to the economy during a time of severe economic contraction.
Imagine a man making the right decision for the wrong reason. For example, when picking out a card with the correct solution to the math problem "2 + 2", this man picks out the card that reads "4" because it has a blue background and it matches the eyes of the woman giving the test.
Was his judgmentment flawed? Sure.
Did he have the right answer? Sure.
Would you trust his informed opinion on matter relating to math? I hope not.
(Not to mention you have to go back further-arguably to the Eisenhower administration-if you want to find a time and place that the US had sound fiscal management. But neither that assessment nor the question of how just how bad the the current predicament for the US is makes much difference to my pedantry over whether the S&P has flawed judgment.)
But the objectivity of the grades has nothing to do with the problem of grade inflation. Professors intent on inflating grades will simply reduce the weight of tests as part of the overall grade and count class participation, homework, etc. more /or/ add a flat number of points across the board to the results of the computer scored tests.
Grade inflation, after all, isn't simple bias. We're not speaking of professors grading up people (or views) that they like and grading down people (or views) that they dislike. Rather we're speaking of professors that systematically give higher grades than they ought for one reason or the other. Some do this for ideological reasons. Others do it because they're tired of fighting students (or parents) that complain. The end result is an 'A' no longer means 'excellence in performance' but is pretty much the default grade for anyone that do a moderate amount of work.
Two different issues there:
1. Failure to pay taxes. This means the corporation didn't even file.
2. Failure to pay taxes owed. This means that the corporation owed taxes and didn't pay regardless of whether or not they filed.
In most states, the first of these can mean the end of the corporation if the coporation didn't owe any taxes. Imagine a corporation operating at a loss. They owe few, if any, taxes.
The second of these frequently overlaps with the first. But it doesn't have to. It is what gives the state the right to seize assets.
But, in both cases, laws will vary from state to state. As an example, consider what happens in the state of Massachusetts: http://www.sheehan.com/publications/articles/What-Happens-When-a-Massachusetts-Corporation-is-Dissolved-_176.aspx
Does that clear things up sufficiently?
No, your original point does not stand. In most cases a company has to actively file for bankruptcy to be dissolved for reasons of being bankrupt.
If a company is making money and not paying taxes, dissolving the company in order to render it incapable of legally transacting business other than paying off creditors and disbusing remaining assets to shareholders is a very good way to recover tax moneys as the government tends to be first in the line of creditors.
When faced with such a situation, most companies negotiate with the state and pay up in order to renew their corporate charter.
And, one thing we do know is that the the dissolution was for non-payment of taxes rather than bankruptcy or some other reason as this is a fact stated in the complaint. Moreover, it's a fact easily verifiable through the office of the secretary of state of whatever state FGU was incorporated under. TO be fair, the dissolution might be an "alleged fact" rather than a mere "fact." But no one is alleging that FGU went bankrupt. Bankruptcy would only apply if FGU filed for such.
I'm not certain that bankruptcy laws matter in this case.
TFA stated that the corporation was dissolved due to nonpayment of taxes. That's not the same thing as bankruptcy.
Corporations that are dissolved by the state do not cease to exist, but once dissoved only have the legal capacity to pay off outstanding debts and disburse assets to shareholders.
The chief shareholder and/or chief creditor of FGU was Bizar.
Consequently, most assets including (but not limited to) the right to publish V&V were assigned to Bizar.
Bizar then formed a sole proprietorship with the name FGU which, as a sole proprietorship run by him, has the right publish whatever he has the right to publish.
If it is true that the clause about right to publish ceasing to exist if FGU the corporation was dissolved is unenforceable, there are many chains of events that end in Bizar having the right to publish V&V. The example above is just one scenario among many plausible scenarios. I do not know if any of the "facts" I presented above are accurate. I'm just laying out a plausible example of how it might be that Bizar believes that he has the right to publish V&V.
At any rate, Bizar will most likely file a response to the complain soon. When he does, his side of the story will be presented.