No mostly its your own fault for telling everyone everything on Facebook, twitter,etc doesn't anyone talk person to person anymore in a quiet room ? And I don't mean text each other when sitting 2 feet apart!
Monopoly - a company or group having exclusive control over a commodity or service.
Which one of the 400+ cab companies in New York has the monopoly?
Whilst 400+ companies might be a monopoly in the strict sense it is due to regulation and barriers to entry I live in another country where taxi plates could cost as much as a nice house and using your credit card in any cab would incur flat $10 surcharge even if the amount was less getting a cab meant calling a cab company who had subcontracted drivers. If you used cabs often you would learn to get the phone numbers of the drivers in your area and this let you skip quite a few surcharges - sounds like uber in a before the tech for uber existed.
so, do you sell your car when you get tired of the color or no longer like the wheels?
Maybe you should paint the car with one of the very many colors that are available and put some nice wheels on it to match. Sounds like someone doesn't like to get their hands dirty. Maybe Linus isn't for you.
Actually 99% of the population do sell or (wish they could replace) when they tire of some aspect of their car and pay mechanics to get their hands dirty, others like being weekend mechanics while others grew out of it and found other things to keep us busy
Maybe cosmologists will find someone out there to give you the cure or fusion power, However I subscribe to that intelligent lifeforms will look at that post and deem us not sufficiently advanced for first contact
Also Those producers forget the rest of the world a good show may have a niche market in the USA but worldwide there are more people which may appreciate the show 280m in the USA while statistics show that 50% of the worlds population can understand english. Hollywoods stupidity and poor business sense is costing them eyeballs
Additionally very few show producers believe in their work only the money might make quickly. Consider the inventor often inventing for the sake of inventing or working day and night to solve a problem they believe in many of them won't even get or ask for financial support until they get a working prototype. A writer writing for many years on a novel they believe in. Or a programmer believing in their code making a difference
On the other hand a show though gets pitched as an idea to a TV exec with deep pockets if the exec thinks there is an audience he orders a pilot then if the pilot passes orders a series at no point has the original idea generator been taken a risk financially only going by most tv shows a few minutes thinking about what to rehash/reboot. e.g. cop show lets mismatch 2 partners and let that be the dynamic or match a male and a female and watch the story unfold just describes 95% of detective procedurals and movies.
Once the producers have to put there own money in you might find more quality and variety.
you actually NEED a better fighter i.e. a war where you need a fighter plane. WW1 and WW2 rapidly advanced the war machines of the era because they were needed now a fighter is easily shot down by Surface to Air missiles. and are simply not needed Drones are far better fit for purpose these days but its not as cool to pilot drones. Now can someone remember the prototype plane that performed extremely well but was canned due to being so ugly http://www.aviastar.org/air/us... see if you can name it without hovering on the link
If content providers had some sort of person in charge of which ads were on there sites like tv stations and newspapers had in the early days (yes there was a time they considered their reputations) but all they care about is revenue gained and rely on automated scripts to supply appropriate ads for there site from the ad network, this however doesn't work very well. Additionally Organisations like Advertising Standards Bureau (Australia) have no reach on the web and can't enforce ads from other countries to disappear.
Additional reason for Adblock - Children I hate when my kids see an advert on internet or tv as most ads are not appropriate for them and when they inevitably click on them all sorts of crap happens to the computer coupled with the kids screaming, adblock is one thing I gratefully install.
I also submit that Global warming / Climate Change has been ruined by the alarmists overstating there case rather than presenting clear and accurate statistics and claims. Note this has also made science as a whole less believable to joe public.
On the case of the article most humans have difficulty planning to the next pay cheque let alone their retirement and they don't give a crap what happens to the future after they die they are only self interested. So its not that they don't see threats they are either desensitised or simply don't care due to self interest and trying to survive to the next day
Sales up 240 per cent, Lies Damn Lies and Statistics Last year they could have sold 10 records this year 24 thats 240% of last year What are the raw numbers ?
Then why are we putting non-computer experts in charge of computer systems?
A fucking bag of dead kittens would appear to be sufficient.
The governments and big corps will say "but it will be really expensive to fix our problems"
Nepotism explains all the above
Yes its because the relative/friend thats hired to managed to string a few choice words they heard or read of news articles and looks the part. Expensive bit explains the large pay packet. This person would never get a job in private industry IT, who am I kidding nepotism occurs in private industry too,
better example. When I go to the doctor I want one who is actually passionate and talented not one who went merely because his/her parents said it would be a good money earner or social status of "my son/daughter is a doctor" and then memorised the texts without a true understanding of the content.
Came here to say exactly that Harvard is simply recognising what many employers are discovering someone tutored into a high score isn't someone who you really want and this is actually ruining high school and the university entrance system in not just the U.S. but other countries too. Where I am Asians and Indians fill the selective schools and you can watch them when school finishes walk to the tutoring centres that have sprung up nearby en masse
OTOH the lecturer/teacher who gets accused of inappropriate behaviour or the contractor who wants to prove the work was done correctly may want video/location evidence to prove their point of view. Used correctly these can help as cameras are already in workplaces checking on productivity and stupidity, this sounds more helpful to workers in environments they don't control
You might consider it robbery but you didn't have to borrow the money I consider those who expect government handouts to be thieves but no one is arresting them after all they are stealing my hard earned tax dollars
I have seen smart home implementations work very well when designed into a new home with all the required sensors and switches at all the right places. It is usually the retrofit ones that go poorly as the necessary cabling is to hard to install.
As for controlling it from your smartphone unless you have backup with other switches and remotes it will be difficult for those that are not connected e.g. children
Cool features that could be turned on remotely is heating a spa pool so its hot when you arrive home so yes there are very few items that are worth the long distance remote reguarly most like turning off the lights is used when you forgot to do it at home however a few sensors and that is automated too
Care to explain why Cuba is a failure when health care and education are on a much higher level (and much cheaper) than in the USA albeit being under a boycott and other sanctions from the USA the last 70 years?
I don't know, why don't we ask the hundred of thousands of Cubans who fled that paradise and decided to live in Miami instead? Just to be fair and balanced we could also get the opinion of Americans who fled the USA and went to live in Cuba (if you can find one that's not a wanted felon).
Correct me If I'm wrong didn't Castro empty the prisons and send them to Miami and the US just took them in creating a crime wave in Miami and reducing costs for Cuba
Socialism assumes that we will all work just as hard as the next person however this is not the case most people only work just enough to get by. You can see this with most workers once they have some money to spend it is difficult to get them to come to work. until they run out.
Democracy assumes we are all smart and will vote in the best leader however it fails in that most people are dumb and self-serving and vote in the person with the biggest promise.
Capitalism assumes that all people are smart and work hard and will generate wealth but most people are dumb lazy and self-serving.
In all 3 economic/political systems we didn't let Darwinism to work and eliminate weak, stupid, and lazy
Women, for example, may select a career for its monetary benefits, as a way to command their own independence; while men may seek a career for a perception about women being hot under the skirt for doctors, lawyers, and executives. Overwhelmingly, the decision is based in what is interesting.
Interestingly the Chinese economy is reportedly 2% better because of this women in short supply men need to attract them however this is something that has been happening for eons males always tried to show they were bigger, stronger, faster and lately richer or smarter and women wanted these attributes as it would mean their offspring would be protected men could then have their pick, usually the most attractive. Lately women wanting to be independent or increase the quality of male they attract can take steps and go into a career or use the attributes to gain finances until they are attractive to a mate
http://fortune.com/2013/02/15/...
On the doctors lawyer executive this is for the money just ask any construction worker renovating their houses
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Not illegal everywhere but precautions must be taken when doing live work.
Ditto and for $2 you can get a live wire electrical tester $5 will get you a contact-less version
Do any politicians even know what the TPP says?
Translated and summarised
Bend over and take it like a prison bitch unless your really rich in which case you get your choice of prison bitch
No mostly its your own fault for telling everyone everything on Facebook, twitter,etc doesn't anyone talk person to person anymore in a quiet room ? And I don't mean text each other when sitting 2 feet apart!
monopolies like taxis
Monopoly - a company or group having exclusive control over a commodity or service. Which one of the 400+ cab companies in New York has the monopoly?
Whilst 400+ companies might be a monopoly in the strict sense it is due to regulation and barriers to entry I live in another country where taxi plates could cost as much as a nice house and using your credit card in any cab would incur flat $10 surcharge even if the amount was less getting a cab meant calling a cab company who had subcontracted drivers. If you used cabs often you would learn to get the phone numbers of the drivers in your area and this let you skip quite a few surcharges - sounds like uber in a before the tech for uber existed.
He won't buy $50 worth of tools he will spend $500 on his game system though and waste the time rather than maintaining an engine
so, do you sell your car when you get tired of the color or no longer like the wheels?
Maybe you should paint the car with one of the very many colors that are available and put some nice wheels on it to match. Sounds like someone doesn't like to get their hands dirty. Maybe Linus isn't for you.
Actually 99% of the population do sell or (wish they could replace) when they tire of some aspect of their car and pay mechanics to get their hands dirty, others like being weekend mechanics while others grew out of it and found other things to keep us busy
Same with computers an IT products
Maybe cosmologists will find someone out there to give you the cure or fusion power, However I subscribe to that intelligent lifeforms will look at that post and deem us not sufficiently advanced for first contact
Also Those producers forget the rest of the world a good show may have a niche market in the USA but worldwide there are more people which may appreciate the show 280m in the USA while statistics show that 50% of the worlds population can understand english. Hollywoods stupidity and poor business sense is costing them eyeballs
On the other hand a show though gets pitched as an idea to a TV exec with deep pockets if the exec thinks there is an audience he orders a pilot then if the pilot passes orders a series at no point has the original idea generator been taken a risk financially only going by most tv shows a few minutes thinking about what to rehash/reboot. e.g. cop show lets mismatch 2 partners and let that be the dynamic or match a male and a female and watch the story unfold just describes 95% of detective procedurals and movies.
Once the producers have to put there own money in you might find more quality and variety.
The mathematician says 4
The engineer after using his slide rule answers 4.00000 within acceptable margin of error
the accountant says "what would you like it to be ?"
economists are just accountants with bigger numbers
you actually NEED a better fighter i.e. a war where you need a fighter plane. WW1 and WW2 rapidly advanced the war machines of the era because they were needed now a fighter is easily shot down by Surface to Air missiles. and are simply not needed Drones are far better fit for purpose these days but its not as cool to pilot drones. Now can someone remember the prototype plane that performed extremely well but was canned due to being so ugly http://www.aviastar.org/air/us... see if you can name it without hovering on the link
Loan repayments
Additional reason for Adblock - Children I hate when my kids see an advert on internet or tv as most ads are not appropriate for them and when they inevitably click on them all sorts of crap happens to the computer coupled with the kids screaming, adblock is one thing I gratefully install.
On the case of the article most humans have difficulty planning to the next pay cheque let alone their retirement and they don't give a crap what happens to the future after they die they are only self interested. So its not that they don't see threats they are either desensitised or simply don't care due to self interest and trying to survive to the next day
Sales up 240 per cent, Lies Damn Lies and Statistics Last year they could have sold 10 records this year 24 thats 240% of last year What are the raw numbers ?
Then why are we putting non-computer experts in charge of computer systems?
A fucking bag of dead kittens would appear to be sufficient.
The governments and big corps will say "but it will be really expensive to fix our problems"
Nepotism explains all the above
Yes its because the relative/friend thats hired to managed to string a few choice words they heard or read of news articles and looks the part. Expensive bit explains the large pay packet. This person would never get a job in private industry IT, who am I kidding nepotism occurs in private industry too,
better example. When I go to the doctor I want one who is actually passionate and talented not one who went merely because his/her parents said it would be a good money earner or social status of "my son/daughter is a doctor" and then memorised the texts without a true understanding of the content.
Came here to say exactly that Harvard is simply recognising what many employers are discovering someone tutored into a high score isn't someone who you really want and this is actually ruining high school and the university entrance system in not just the U.S. but other countries too. Where I am Asians and Indians fill the selective schools and you can watch them when school finishes walk to the tutoring centres that have sprung up nearby en masse
OTOH the lecturer/teacher who gets accused of inappropriate behaviour or the contractor who wants to prove the work was done correctly may want video/location evidence to prove their point of view. Used correctly these can help as cameras are already in workplaces checking on productivity and stupidity, this sounds more helpful to workers in environments they don't control
You might consider it robbery but you didn't have to borrow the money I consider those who expect government handouts to be thieves but no one is arresting them after all they are stealing my hard earned tax dollars
As for controlling it from your smartphone unless you have backup with other switches and remotes it will be difficult for those that are not connected e.g. children
Cool features that could be turned on remotely is heating a spa pool so its hot when you arrive home so yes there are very few items that are worth the long distance remote reguarly most like turning off the lights is used when you forgot to do it at home however a few sensors and that is automated too
Care to explain why Cuba is a failure when health care and education are on a much higher level (and much cheaper) than in the USA albeit being under a boycott and other sanctions from the USA the last 70 years?
I don't know, why don't we ask the hundred of thousands of Cubans who fled that paradise and decided to live in Miami instead? Just to be fair and balanced we could also get the opinion of Americans who fled the USA and went to live in Cuba (if you can find one that's not a wanted felon).
Correct me If I'm wrong didn't Castro empty the prisons and send them to Miami and the US just took them in creating a crime wave in Miami and reducing costs for Cuba
Democracy assumes we are all smart and will vote in the best leader however it fails in that most people are dumb and self-serving and vote in the person with the biggest promise.
Capitalism assumes that all people are smart and work hard and will generate wealth but most people are dumb lazy and self-serving.
In all 3 economic/political systems we didn't let Darwinism to work and eliminate weak, stupid, and lazy
Women, for example, may select a career for its monetary benefits, as a way to command their own independence; while men may seek a career for a perception about women being hot under the skirt for doctors, lawyers, and executives. Overwhelmingly, the decision is based in what is interesting.
Interestingly the Chinese economy is reportedly 2% better because of this women in short supply men need to attract them however this is something that has been happening for eons males always tried to show they were bigger, stronger, faster and lately richer or smarter and women wanted these attributes as it would mean their offspring would be protected men could then have their pick, usually the most attractive. Lately women wanting to be independent or increase the quality of male they attract can take steps and go into a career or use the attributes to gain finances until they are attractive to a mate http://fortune.com/2013/02/15/... On the doctors lawyer executive this is for the money just ask any construction worker renovating their houses