Every place I've ever lived charged for the convenient water delivery pipes, and the useful disposal pipes. I made the tax argument for not paying my utility bills.
Utility bills for water and sewer are in addition to taxes. Taxes don't fund that service at all.
The government takes a certain total amount of money to fund shared infrastructure in general, and that money needs to come from somewhere.
And that's about 40% of what governments do. No complaints about that.
The other 60% (in the US) is looting and bullying, mostly for the benefit of government officials and government employees. It doesn't serve the public much at all.
Seriously, join civilisation. Things work way better when a country cooperates.
Government in the US doesn't cooperate. Government in the US takes as much as they can and offers little in return (for anyone who works). Government loots and interferes and bullies. And when you tell them to stop, they threaten to take away the very few genuine public services they actually provide.
So somewhat more than $200 then. Maybe a few thousand dollars or more. Still a very limited, smallish amount. Cupertino should earn what Apple pays them and shouldn’t be greedy.
"Cortana, tell Alexa that Master Chief needs reinforcements immediately. Spartans are losing ground and the Amazon Prime distribution center is directly in the Covenant's path."
Maybe Cupertino's value to Apple is around $200. Apple actually builds things that a Billion people value. What does Cupertino do for anyone? What does Cupertino do for Apple?
If it's between an organization that builds things and makes things better for people versus an organization that takes other people's money and offers little or nothing in return, I will choose the former.
ok. But I don’t think they should bother. If you get someone else to take your test for you, then you didn’t learn the material. That's not really the school's problem.
Just delayed until the next quarter. Also, lower revenues are not money "lost". Also, a newer story says it's $170 M, (2% of revenue), not $250M: https://digitimes.com/news/a20...
But it wouldn't be a modern news story without a bunch of exaggeration and misunderstood info, would it? The important thing isn't the correct facts, the important thing is to point and laugh at someone's misfortune. Because news...
If people want to cheat, let them cheat. It's supposed to be about learning, not about entry into some sort of exclusive aristocratic order.
No one will value your institution's credential any higher if you take an extra step to foil cheaters. Most graduates of most institutions are mediocre anyway. You're not going to fool employers into accepting your credentials as the first and last word on someone's capabilities, regardless.
Yeah, exactly. You make up stories where you're the hero and we're the villains, and how everything will magically work out great and it will be utopia for all, if only the villains would stop their villainy. They're so dramatic — heroes trying to save the world!
Meanwhile, here we are in the land of the evil villains. We drive to work and want to keep the money we earn. We use heaters when it's cold and air conditioners when it's warm. And we don't think we should be screamed at or attacked by zealots. We've heard 1000 different stories from people who want to spend money they didn't earn, who demand respect without acting respectable, who would exercise authority without demonstrating virtue, who would wield power without accountability or empathy.
WTF are you talking about? What totalitarianism? What pundits? What kinda cool-aid drinking contest is this?
Leftist command and control totalitarianism. Leftist pundits. No cool-aid (nor any Kool-ade) — Americans don't want to be forced to to drink anything anyone wants to force us to drink (to continue your silly metaphor), especially not from leftists who have made no secret of their hatred for us.
The common thread is people saying no to totalitarianism — whether we believe your stories about the future or we don't.
The climate alarmists decided to ally with politicians and pundits and activists who have been shitting on a substantial fraction of the US population for 50 years. Guess that didn't work out.
Slashdot Mirror
"Waking up" is not science.
"Headlines" are not science.
"An unprecedented 270,000 downloads" is not science.
"A surge of interest" is not science.
It was money they earned, so why wouldn't they keep it?
I think that one is called an "ambulance".
When people who actually work for a living use an ambulance, they get billed for it.
Every place I've ever lived charged for the convenient water delivery pipes, and the useful disposal pipes. I made the tax argument for not paying my utility bills.
Utility bills for water and sewer are in addition to taxes. Taxes don't fund that service at all.
The government takes a certain total amount of money to fund shared infrastructure in general, and that money needs to come from somewhere.
And that's about 40% of what governments do. No complaints about that.
The other 60% (in the US) is looting and bullying, mostly for the benefit of government officials and government employees. It doesn't serve the public much at all.
Seriously, join civilisation. Things work way better when a country cooperates.
Government in the US doesn't cooperate. Government in the US takes as much as they can and offers little in return (for anyone who works). Government loots and interferes and bullies. And when you tell them to stop, they threaten to take away the very few genuine public services they actually provide.
Apple earns their revenue by making things that people value. Governments generally can't say the same.
So somewhat more than $200 then. Maybe a few thousand dollars or more. Still a very limited, smallish amount. Cupertino should earn what Apple pays them and shouldn’t be greedy.
"Cortana, tell Alexa that Master Chief needs reinforcements immediately. Spartans are losing ground and the Amazon Prime distribution center is directly in the Covenant's path."
Maybe Cupertino's value to Apple is around $200. Apple actually builds things that a Billion people value. What does Cupertino do for anyone? What does Cupertino do for Apple?
If it's between an organization that builds things and makes things better for people versus an organization that takes other people's money and offers little or nothing in return, I will choose the former.
One problem with it: What are KODI devices?
Problem for whom? In what way does it impact anyone?
ok. But I don’t think they should bother. If you get someone else to take your test for you, then you didn’t learn the material. That's not really the school's problem.
No one will notice the difference in the graduates.
A similar argument could be used against anti-counterfeiting efforts for money
No it couldn’t. Try it.
Just delayed until the next quarter.
Also, lower revenues are not money "lost".
Also, a newer story says it's $170 M, (2% of revenue), not $250M: https://digitimes.com/news/a20...
But it wouldn't be a modern news story without a bunch of exaggeration and misunderstood info, would it? The important thing isn't the correct facts, the important thing is to point and laugh at someone's misfortune. Because news...
If people want to cheat, let them cheat. It's supposed to be about learning, not about entry into some sort of exclusive aristocratic order.
No one will value your institution's credential any higher if you take an extra step to foil cheaters. Most graduates of most institutions are mediocre anyway. You're not going to fool employers into accepting your credentials as the first and last word on someone's capabilities, regardless.
A billion people should get viruses on their phones because 1 app gets booted from 1 online store?
Anything against the cult is evil. Anything inside the cult is holy.
"Don't be evil" was the young Google. Their new motto is "power corrupts".
If that's the story you want to tell yourself, go ahead. Perhaps someday storytime will finally end.
Yeah, exactly. You make up stories where you're the hero and we're the villains, and how everything will magically work out great and it will be utopia for all, if only the villains would stop their villainy. They're so dramatic — heroes trying to save the world!
Meanwhile, here we are in the land of the evil villains. We drive to work and want to keep the money we earn. We use heaters when it's cold and air conditioners when it's warm. And we don't think we should be screamed at or attacked by zealots. We've heard 1000 different stories from people who want to spend money they didn't earn, who demand respect without acting respectable, who would exercise authority without demonstrating virtue, who would wield power without accountability or empathy.
So it's just no.
WTF are you talking about? What totalitarianism? What pundits? What kinda cool-aid drinking contest is this?
Leftist command and control totalitarianism. Leftist pundits. No cool-aid (nor any Kool-ade) — Americans don't want to be forced to to drink anything anyone wants to force us to drink (to continue your silly metaphor), especially not from leftists who have made no secret of their hatred for us.
The common thread is people saying no to totalitarianism — whether we believe your stories about the future or we don't.
The climate alarmists decided to ally with politicians and pundits and activists who have been shitting on a substantial fraction of the US population for 50 years. Guess that didn't work out.
So not reversible on anything approaching a convenient timescale.
So it's just another exaggeration. How has repeatedly exaggerating worked out for climate change alarmists so far?