But if FB give their employees bonuses, those employees pay income tax on it. Then when they spend it, they pay VAT. Then the shop that they bought from pays company tax, pays their staff who also pay income tax and then when they spend it there's more VAT again.
So sure FB get off the hook with their corporate tax, but as long as a good chunk of that money is going to local employees, there is still tax being generated.
Criminals don't see you as human, and your life means nothing to them. You are simply a piece of meat to them, and you are getting in the way of what they want.
Well at least that's what the media what you to believe eh? Nothing like fear to make people act irrationally...
No, guns are used to STOP the target. Which looks a lot like "immobilize", but isn't quite.
I did some security training with an ex-cop. His teaching was that a gun isn't used to intimidate, wound, or maim, you only draw your gun if you intend to kill someone.
I think too many cops use guns a their do-as-I-say stick.
You know that not all 1.3 Billion Chinese are poor farmers right? Despite having plenty of poor people, they also have plenty of rich people. China has the 2nd most number of millionaires in the world behind the US, so I'm sure there some market there for this device.
I read the article and entire comments section to find a reason why they are trying to avoid nails. Seems like a lot of effort to avoid spending $50...
So why can't these digital files be adapted to clay, brick or cement construction?
Because there is no need. If you have brick and mortar, and know how to lay them, you can create your own house without outside help (which is pretty much what the developing world already does now).
This is a solution looking for a problem.
The shipping container concept is just as much of a gimmick as this. The cost of housing is not in the frame, it is the foundations/site and the fittings, none of which are solved with contrivances such as these.
And if for some reason you say I like what your advertising, I'll buy one, they then send a guy with the same board around to follow you for an entire month.
This is true for one specific type of advertising, eg Coke doesn't advertise to make you buy a coke right now, it is just keeping the idea of coke as refreshing in the front of your mind. However there are lots of other purposes for ads, one of which is actually getting you to buy specific things. These are the ads that pollute the Internet and are the most annoying.
I think what you guys are missing is that most security cameras have an elevated vantage point so that they can see what people are doing. Often times when cars are around in such a situation, the license plate isn't within proper view of the camera.
We're not talking mom and pop corner store here.
You are missing the point that anyone who cares about security at this level will have number plate recognition cameras all the way up the street to ensure security is maintained.
I worked for a large financial services firm a decade ago. At our purpose-built data centre we had anti tank guards, electric fences, remotely deployed spikes on the roads, and pressure sensors in the footpath to track movement. Do you think a simple number plate capture is a challenge for security operations at this level?
Then I bought a Nexus tablet last year. I saw Google's advertisement about its voice recognition. I tried it and dictated a couple paragraphs of text FLAWLESSLY -- with no training, even got a number of proper names and such correct.
Your experience is different from mine. I worked for a software distributor in the late 90's so had access to pretty much any commercial software on the market. I grabbed a copy of the top of the range product (might have been Dragon - my memory isn't so good) and it was shit.
Fast Forward to 2015 and we have the latest and greatest Android and iOS devices in our house, and although better than 1995, are unusable due to the high error rate.
Maybe you have a good speaking voice, and have the same accent as the software designers, but for me, a non-American native English speaker, voice recognition is still as equally unusable as 20 years ago.
I could never understand how cops are allowed to be fat? I'm from a military background where physical fitness is part of the job requirement. Surely active police should be required to meet similar fitness standards?
So if 50% of voters turnout, the winner only needs 25% of the vote to take office?
So even if 75% of the population don't vote for that candidate, they still win?
He's been consistent on his views for the last 30 years and that is something you just don't see among 99.999999999% of politicians.
GWB didn't change his position either, even when he was obviously wrong, he preferred consistency to honesty. I prefer a leader that can change their view when new information comes to light (Note: this is nothing against this Sanders guy. I'm not American have no idea who he is, I just disagree with the whole idea of "staying the course" even when you've been proven wrong).
The summary's breathless implication that "rich Republican bankers are buying the Presidency" doesn't appear to reflect the facts.
Or maybe you aren't looking at all the facts? I don't know the true story (who does?), but if one candidate receives $1000 from 1000 people, is that more democratic than one person receiving $1million from 1 person?
Who really knows the truth, but one thing we should be able to agree on is that private, unlimited, and undisclosed political donations are not good for democracy.
It's because progressives believe everybody who disagrees with them is either a mindless slave to propaganda and advertising, or a greedy selfish prick trying to maximize their wealth.
That hypothesis doesn't fit with my observations. Although replace "progressives" with "Fox News" and it fits a whole lot better...
I get the point that you're making, but how many representatives can live near enough to their representative to be their neighbor?
If you didn't have a large country, perhaps most of them?
Seriously, the US is so large, it allows representatives to have no contact with the people they represent, and due to multiple layers, those that do have contact are too far removed from the top to have any useful influence.
It may just be that a successful democracy has a maximum limit of size before it ceases to function correctly.
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But if FB give their employees bonuses, those employees pay income tax on it. Then when they spend it, they pay VAT. Then the shop that they bought from pays company tax, pays their staff who also pay income tax and then when they spend it there's more VAT again.
So sure FB get off the hook with their corporate tax, but as long as a good chunk of that money is going to local employees, there is still tax being generated.
Because not every situation a cop faces involves a person going for a gun?
Guns are much better because actually firing on someone requires a lot more thought.
You say that as if American cops don't have a long history of shooting unarmed civilians...
Well if you include the time between 1939 and 1945, then yes the Germans authorities did kill a lot more people ;)
Criminals don't see you as human, and your life means nothing to them. You are simply a piece of meat to them, and you are getting in the way of what they want.
Well at least that's what the media what you to believe eh? Nothing like fear to make people act irrationally...
You don't have to wonder because we have actual examples of police forces in civilised countries who don't carry side arms...
No, guns are used to STOP the target. Which looks a lot like "immobilize", but isn't quite.
I did some security training with an ex-cop. His teaching was that a gun isn't used to intimidate, wound, or maim, you only draw your gun if you intend to kill someone.
I think too many cops use guns a their do-as-I-say stick.
Yeah, NOT TRUSTWORTHY AT ALL and therefore unqualified to be President.
If all previous examples are anything to go by, then it actually makes her perfectly qualified...
You know that not all 1.3 Billion Chinese are poor farmers right? Despite having plenty of poor people, they also have plenty of rich people. China has the 2nd most number of millionaires in the world behind the US, so I'm sure there some market there for this device.
I read the article and entire comments section to find a reason why they are trying to avoid nails. Seems like a lot of effort to avoid spending $50...
So why can't these digital files be adapted to clay, brick or cement construction?
Because there is no need. If you have brick and mortar, and know how to lay them, you can create your own house without outside help (which is pretty much what the developing world already does now).
This is a solution looking for a problem.
The shipping container concept is just as much of a gimmick as this. The cost of housing is not in the frame, it is the foundations/site and the fittings, none of which are solved with contrivances such as these.
Cooling is way easier than heating.
That explains why humans had Aircon millions of years before they discovered fire...
And if for some reason you say I like what your advertising, I'll buy one, they then send a guy with the same board around to follow you for an entire month.
This is true for one specific type of advertising, eg Coke doesn't advertise to make you buy a coke right now, it is just keeping the idea of coke as refreshing in the front of your mind. However there are lots of other purposes for ads, one of which is actually getting you to buy specific things. These are the ads that pollute the Internet and are the most annoying.
I think what you guys are missing is that most security cameras have an elevated vantage point so that they can see what people are doing. Often times when cars are around in such a situation, the license plate isn't within proper view of the camera.
We're not talking mom and pop corner store here.
You are missing the point that anyone who cares about security at this level will have number plate recognition cameras all the way up the street to ensure security is maintained.
I worked for a large financial services firm a decade ago. At our purpose-built data centre we had anti tank guards, electric fences, remotely deployed spikes on the roads, and pressure sensors in the footpath to track movement. Do you think a simple number plate capture is a challenge for security operations at this level?
Cheap Cameras do not always capture plates well.
FTFY. Anyone who is actually interested in capturing number plates can get a suitable camera for the task, just ask your local LE.
The concept was called federalism and the workings were described in a document called the US Constitution.
The Constitution was written before Nation states became the standard model. Perhaps this document is outdated and needs updating?
Then I bought a Nexus tablet last year. I saw Google's advertisement about its voice recognition. I tried it and dictated a couple paragraphs of text FLAWLESSLY -- with no training, even got a number of proper names and such correct.
Your experience is different from mine. I worked for a software distributor in the late 90's so had access to pretty much any commercial software on the market. I grabbed a copy of the top of the range product (might have been Dragon - my memory isn't so good) and it was shit.
Fast Forward to 2015 and we have the latest and greatest Android and iOS devices in our house, and although better than 1995, are unusable due to the high error rate.
Maybe you have a good speaking voice, and have the same accent as the software designers, but for me, a non-American native English speaker, voice recognition is still as equally unusable as 20 years ago.
I could never understand how cops are allowed to be fat? I'm from a military background where physical fitness is part of the job requirement. Surely active police should be required to meet similar fitness standards?
So if 50% of voters turnout, the winner only needs 25% of the vote to take office?
So even if 75% of the population don't vote for that candidate, they still win?
He's been consistent on his views for the last 30 years and that is something you just don't see among 99.999999999% of politicians.
GWB didn't change his position either, even when he was obviously wrong, he preferred consistency to honesty. I prefer a leader that can change their view when new information comes to light (Note: this is nothing against this Sanders guy. I'm not American have no idea who he is, I just disagree with the whole idea of "staying the course" even when you've been proven wrong).
The summary's breathless implication that "rich Republican bankers are buying the Presidency" doesn't appear to reflect the facts.
Or maybe you aren't looking at all the facts? I don't know the true story (who does?), but if one candidate receives $1000 from 1000 people, is that more democratic than one person receiving $1million from 1 person?
Who really knows the truth, but one thing we should be able to agree on is that private, unlimited, and undisclosed political donations are not good for democracy.
It's because progressives believe everybody who disagrees with them is either a mindless slave to propaganda and advertising, or a greedy selfish prick trying to maximize their wealth.
That hypothesis doesn't fit with my observations. Although replace "progressives" with "Fox News" and it fits a whole lot better...
I get the point that you're making, but how many representatives can live near enough to their representative to be their neighbor?
If you didn't have a large country, perhaps most of them?
Seriously, the US is so large, it allows representatives to have no contact with the people they represent, and due to multiple layers, those that do have contact are too far removed from the top to have any useful influence. It may just be that a successful democracy has a maximum limit of size before it ceases to function correctly.