You don't need a background check to drive a car.
You don't even need to have insurance or a license or even be a citizen.
You need even fewer credentials to vote in many states
Purchasers of firearms have to endure NICS or the state equivalent where if you fail the state police investigate.
Considering that the automobile is a greater threat to life than any legal firearm in the US and takes life every day how come no one is outraged about the lack of vehicle legislation?
Face it, the FBI was too busy destroying evidence that would put Hillary in jail to both to investigate.
What does not often get a lot of discussion is that if you are reliant on someone can be persuaded by an ad on social media maybe there is a problem with your platform?
It is far cheaper to create cartoons than it is to pay actors.
Seem apropos for the cheesy escapism that dominates cinema in the US.
"CGI has fully ruined car crashes. Because how can you be impressed with them now? When you watch them in the '70s, it was real cars, real metal, real blasts. They're really doing it and risking their lives. But I knew CGI was gonna start taking over." - Quentin Tarantino
M$ and BillWG seem to have made out okay despite the DOJ's attempts to prosecute them for all of the anti-trust, anti-competitive activity and the piracy they commited to build Windows and Office.
They showed the rest of tech how to buy your way out of a lawsuit with the DOJ.
Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.
- Bill Gates
It is already common knowledge that the PRC gets access to bleeding edge US technology by pumping its citizens through higher ed. and into R&D of major firms. It would also be naive to think that the PRC would not miss a back door opportunity since it manufactures most communications and computing equipment of not all of it.
This is why the concern over Huawei and ZTE is puzzling as many/all mobiles are already made in the PRC, why would these be any different.
It has also been shown before that the PRC or jsut about anyone with the right numbers can buy their way through to getting anything they want from the US government. One need only look at the quagmire created by Hillary Clinton selling rubber stamp approval and access as SOS.
“Countries have the right to development, but they should view their own interests in the broader context. And refrain from pursuing their own interests at the expense of others.” - Xi Jinping
Black cab drivers have to learn the knowledge often committing up to 3 years driving around London to learn streets and locations.
Uber drivers use a nav...
I think the Fed has some smart people but you would think they would know that fines do not work.
The people that made the decision to commit the fraud do not pay them.
The bank just beats the stock holders and then takes this as a loss.
If they want it to matter they need to put bankers in jail and hand out 10 year industry bans for the ones that escape jail.
This would kick them where it counts.
“The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from it’s profits or so dependant on it’s favors, that there will be no opposition from that class.”
- Rothschild Brothers of London, 1863
One wonders how India would ban a cryptocurrancy?
Most are decentralized, buyers and sellers can trade in other currencies and then convert.
Miners operate by proxy.
>CEOs are often valued for their capacity to slowly drop a distressed business. This sometimes allows for a buy-out and restructuring, which helps pay off >creditors. It also avoids a sudden implosion and massive job loss all-at-once, instead giving job cuts, bankruptcy, and potential rescue. Often the delay in job >loss helps employees prepare their finances and get back on the job market.
So the lawsuit at TRU was so the execs could get their 16MM in bonuses to slow the teardown of the company?
What about the layoffs at GE? A corporation making record profits and benefiting from enough loopholes so they have not had to pay taxes in almost a decade?
What would make more sense is to layoff the executives as they make so much compared to they people who actually do anything.
>There are CEOs who move from company to company specifically to perform these corporate teardowns.
I'd believe there are executives that go from company to company to cause company teardowns.
One thinks of Carly Fiorina and Don Capellas regarding this statement.
Yes, but all that is not what is going on. When your friends in the board room are setting your performance goals so low (and of course you return the favor) that even when the company is in bankruptcy you are entitled to your performance bonuses. Since the 90's and the rise of the Bonus culture layoffs and outsourcing are often tied to hikes in executive compensation. This is one of the concerns with the current tax bill, That tax savings gifted to corporations will not lead to more hiring but rather to further heights of executive compensation because it has happened already. Even when they are not used to make room in the budget for exec compensation layoffs are often a sign of poor management. The first to go are often the people in the know as they have the performance and skill sets desired by competitors. It is often the political animals that do best at the expense of the stock holder and customer.
Interesting, seems almost reasonable except there are hundreds if not thousands of real world cases where executives used lay offs to meet goals and justify performance bonuses.
Also some studies show that layoffs are tied to executive compensation. Study Finds CEO Salaries Increase With Layoffs
GE is probably making some room in the budget for even bigger bonuses for execs.
Not paying any taxes was not leaving enough in the kitty.
No worries, however, all of those laid off can find jobs in solar, if they want to see if the PRC is willing to pick them up.
This kind of thing was bound to happen as studios became more data aware and carriers became content holders.
This is especially bad for Canadians as we already pay a fee on media that goes to compensate the content management and maybe even content producers that is supposed to allow personal backup.
It smells like Bubba's Clipper chip.
You know, I know and even they know it will be compromised, not if but when.
Who does one sue when the damn thing is used by other than appropriate authorities?
"What will you do, where will you hide, when the man ib black is on the inside" - Drs. 4 Bob
When IBM introduced the IBM PC, built with the Intel 8088 microprocessor, they needed an operating system. Seeking an 8088-compatible build of CP/M, IBM initially approached Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (possibly believing that Microsoft owned CP/M due to the Microsoft Z-80 SoftCard, which allowed CP/M to run on an Apple II. IBM was sent to Digital Research, and a meeting was set up. However, the initial negotiations for the use of CP/M broke down; Digital Research wished to sell CP/M on a royalty basis, while IBM sought a single license, and to change the name to "PC DOS". Digital Research founder Gary Kildall refused, and IBM withdrew.
IBM again approached Bill Gates. Gates in turn approached Seattle Computer Products. There, programmer Tim Paterson had developed a variant of CP/M-80, intended as an internal product for testing SCP's new 16-bit Intel 8086 CPU card for the S-100 bus. The system was initially named QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), before being made commercially available as 86-DOS. Microsoft purchased 86-DOS, allegedly for $50,000. This became Microsoft Disk Operating System, MS-DOS, introduced in 1981.
When it comes to business the courts have a poor track record.
Look at cases like the DOJ vs. M$, the whole antitrust trial and the penalty was a joke with M$ getting off with a slap on the wrist.
How much does it actually cost to buy a judge anyway?
What "innovation" for the most part foreign students are a drag on education resources.
It is easier for a foreign national to get a seat in a university and is many cases the US taxpayer subsidies this through various programs only available to foreign nationals and if the foreign student qualifies they also gain benefits from Affirmative Action.
Along with the US taxpayer foreign governments often assist their citizens in how to game the US educational system.
As well as taking care of their own at the expense of US citizens more importantly they get access to cutting edge research.
Foreign enrollment also drives up the cost of education since citizen cannot pay they can fill that seat with a will subsidized foreign student.
NASA patting itself on the back.
Paying out giant bonuses, buying Russian rockets to actually do anything useful and occasionally smashing stuff into the ground or the ocean is not a formula for cost savings.
Face it, wholesale outsourcing of space would have never gotten the US to the moon.
"There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough." - Elon Musk
Slashdot Mirror
You don't need a background check to drive a car.
You don't even need to have insurance or a license or even be a citizen.
You need even fewer credentials to vote in many states
Purchasers of firearms have to endure NICS or the state equivalent where if you fail the state police investigate. Considering that the automobile is a greater threat to life than any legal firearm in the US and takes life every day how come no one is outraged about the lack of vehicle legislation?
Face it, the FBI was too busy destroying evidence that would put Hillary in jail to both to investigate.
What does not often get a lot of discussion is that if you are reliant on someone can be persuaded by an ad on social media maybe there is a problem with your platform?
It is far cheaper to create cartoons than it is to pay actors.
Seem apropos for the cheesy escapism that dominates cinema in the US.
"CGI has fully ruined car crashes. Because how can you be impressed with them now?
When you watch them in the '70s, it was real cars, real metal, real blasts.
They're really doing it and risking their lives.
But I knew CGI was gonna start taking over." - Quentin Tarantino
M$ and BillWG seem to have made out okay despite the DOJ's attempts to prosecute them for all of the anti-trust, anti-competitive activity and the piracy they commited to build Windows and Office.
They showed the rest of tech how to buy your way out of a lawsuit with the DOJ.
Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information. - Bill Gates
It is already common knowledge that the PRC gets access to bleeding edge US technology by pumping its citizens through higher ed. and into R&D of major firms. It would also be naive to think that the PRC would not miss a back door opportunity since it manufactures most communications and computing equipment of not all of it.
This is why the concern over Huawei and ZTE is puzzling as many/all mobiles are already made in the PRC, why would these be any different. It has also been shown before that the PRC or jsut about anyone with the right numbers can buy their way through to getting anything they want from the US government. One need only look at the quagmire created by Hillary Clinton selling rubber stamp approval and access as SOS.
“Countries have the right to development, but they should view their own interests in the broader context. And refrain from pursuing their own interests at the expense of others.” - Xi Jinping
Black cab drivers have to learn the knowledge often committing up to 3 years driving around London to learn streets and locations.
Uber drivers use a nav...
I think the Fed has some smart people but you would think they would know that fines do not work.
The people that made the decision to commit the fraud do not pay them.
The bank just beats the stock holders and then takes this as a loss.
If they want it to matter they need to put bankers in jail and hand out 10 year industry bans for the ones that escape jail.
This would kick them where it counts.
“The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from it’s profits or so dependant on it’s favors, that there will be no opposition from that class.” - Rothschild Brothers of London, 1863
One wonders how India would ban a cryptocurrancy?
Most are decentralized, buyers and sellers can trade in other currencies and then convert.
Miners operate by proxy.
Doesn't this already happen?
Also, politics, it seems as if YouTube see one side as misbehavior more than the other.
If SpaceX has anything to do with it they will be rich and Chinese.
Mainly rich.
>CEOs are often valued for their capacity to slowly drop a distressed business. This sometimes allows for a buy-out and restructuring, which helps pay off >creditors. It also avoids a sudden implosion and massive job loss all-at-once, instead giving job cuts, bankruptcy, and potential rescue. Often the delay in job >loss helps employees prepare their finances and get back on the job market.
So the lawsuit at TRU was so the execs could get their 16MM in bonuses to slow the teardown of the company?
What about the layoffs at GE? A corporation making record profits and benefiting from enough loopholes so they have not had to pay taxes in almost a decade? What would make more sense is to layoff the executives as they make so much compared to they people who actually do anything.
>There are CEOs who move from company to company specifically to perform these corporate teardowns. I'd believe there are executives that go from company to company to cause company teardowns.
One thinks of Carly Fiorina and Don Capellas regarding this statement.
Yes, but all that is not what is going on. When your friends in the board room are setting your performance goals so low (and of course you return the favor) that even when the company is in bankruptcy you are entitled to your performance bonuses. Since the 90's and the rise of the Bonus culture layoffs and outsourcing are often tied to hikes in executive compensation. This is one of the concerns with the current tax bill, That tax savings gifted to corporations will not lead to more hiring but rather to further heights of executive compensation because it has happened already. Even when they are not used to make room in the budget for exec compensation layoffs are often a sign of poor management. The first to go are often the people in the know as they have the performance and skill sets desired by competitors. It is often the political animals that do best at the expense of the stock holder and customer.
Interesting, seems almost reasonable except there are hundreds if not thousands of real world cases where executives used lay offs to meet goals and justify performance bonuses.
Also some studies show that layoffs are tied to executive compensation.
Study Finds CEO Salaries Increase With Layoffs
GE is probably making some room in the budget for even bigger bonuses for execs.
Not paying any taxes was not leaving enough in the kitty.
No worries, however, all of those laid off can find jobs in solar, if they want to see if the PRC is willing to pick them up.
This kind of thing was bound to happen as studios became more data aware and carriers became content holders.
This is especially bad for Canadians as we already pay a fee on media that goes to compensate the content management and maybe even content producers that is supposed to allow personal backup.
In Orwell's 1984 Winston had a television that listened to his voice.
How bad could it really be?
It smells like Bubba's Clipper chip.
You know, I know and even they know it will be compromised, not if but when.
Who does one sue when the damn thing is used by other than appropriate authorities?
"What will you do, where will you hide, when the man ib black is on the inside" - Drs. 4 Bob
When IBM introduced the IBM PC, built with the Intel 8088 microprocessor, they needed an operating system. Seeking an 8088-compatible build of CP/M, IBM initially approached Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (possibly believing that Microsoft owned CP/M due to the Microsoft Z-80 SoftCard, which allowed CP/M to run on an Apple II. IBM was sent to Digital Research, and a meeting was set up. However, the initial negotiations for the use of CP/M broke down; Digital Research wished to sell CP/M on a royalty basis, while IBM sought a single license, and to change the name to "PC DOS". Digital Research founder Gary Kildall refused, and IBM withdrew.
IBM again approached Bill Gates. Gates in turn approached Seattle Computer Products. There, programmer Tim Paterson had developed a variant of CP/M-80, intended as an internal product for testing SCP's new 16-bit Intel 8086 CPU card for the S-100 bus. The system was initially named QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), before being made commercially available as 86-DOS. Microsoft purchased 86-DOS, allegedly for $50,000. This became Microsoft Disk Operating System, MS-DOS, introduced in 1981.
Wikipedia-DOS
This is on purpose, its a political tactic along the same lines as mixing Women's Rights and abortion.
If Elon were Satoshi Bitcoin would still not be making any profit.
Anyone remember the whole "browser as an interface" fiasco from the 90's?
This evokes that, or maybe just ChromeOS.
When it comes to business the courts have a poor track record.
Look at cases like the DOJ vs. M$, the whole antitrust trial and the penalty was a joke with M$ getting off with a slap on the wrist.
How much does it actually cost to buy a judge anyway?
What "innovation" for the most part foreign students are a drag on education resources. It is easier for a foreign national to get a seat in a university and is many cases the US taxpayer subsidies this through various programs only available to foreign nationals and if the foreign student qualifies they also gain benefits from Affirmative Action. Along with the US taxpayer foreign governments often assist their citizens in how to game the US educational system. As well as taking care of their own at the expense of US citizens more importantly they get access to cutting edge research. Foreign enrollment also drives up the cost of education since citizen cannot pay they can fill that seat with a will subsidized foreign student.
NASA patting itself on the back.
Paying out giant bonuses, buying Russian rockets to actually do anything useful and occasionally smashing stuff into the ground or the ocean is not a formula for cost savings.
Face it, wholesale outsourcing of space would have never gotten the US to the moon.
"There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough." - Elon Musk
Laid off and replaced with incompetent but cheap visa workers.