Any system of unregulated digital currency is merely a challange. The minipulation in supply and value conversion into "real money" is just too tempting for exploiters. A look at historical rates demonstrates the volativity. Proceed at your own risk.
You appear to be a Republican. No compassion for the less well informed and trusting. If she does sue, it won't be frivilous law suit. She learned a lesson the hard way. Haven't we all done something stupid in our past?
We are bird breeders having several pairs of Greys. I've heard (hearsay) that Alex died from stress being pressured in learning tasks. Greys have learning abilities beyond other avian species and vary somewhat individually. This should be a lesson for tiger moms and other overly ambitious parents.
If the RNC really wants to sit this out, why waste all that money, time and effort? Better yet, just give Ron Paul a shot, BO wins and continue obstruction and wait 4 years.
It's no different than what guys like George Soros do...
Who ever labled this insightful? Soros does not use bot nets nor deprive the public of any opportunities to invest in anything (analogous to grabbing up tickets to concerts).
If you want a rational debate, don't use broad labels like socialism. Look at specific issues of what government should do - public education, consumer protection, bank regulation, health care, social security etc.
"if the government pays a salary of $100,000 and then collects $30,000 in taxes, you can't say that not paying the salary is a loss of $30,000 in taxes. It's a gain of $70,000 via not paying the salary to begin with."
Only if you assume the government (its citizens) gets nothing of value for the $100k salary Government can perform valuable/necessary services. Our president said that he wants to get rid of non functioning programs and increase needed ones so we can climb out of this economic mess.
As so often said - Past results do not necessarily project into the future. If backlog is down, large projects completed and future orders are canceled, it may be necessary to reduce staff.
Society is too complex for the parties to all represent themselves. Excessive judgments are caused more by ignorant/emotional juries than lawyers. If you want to eliminate lawyers maybe we should also eliminate judges who are lawyers.
In primitive times one could take a dispute to a tribal chief to decide simple property rights. Try to imagine a complex patent or anti trust case tried without professional legal reresentation.
Go to any mental institution and survey the inmates. A higher percentage then even the repubs.will tell you that they are not mentally ill. So, maybe, there is inverse relationship between mental health and one's ability to detect an impairment in his/her mental health.
Modded funny your observation may be, but it's exactly accurate. The question becomes -- do you want the experienced hand in the driver's seat, and the green n00b in the back seat, or do you prefer to be steered by the green n00b and keep the experienced driver in the back seat??
[I don't like either choice, but at least if the green n00b starts off in the observer post, they might learn something BEFORE being called upon to drive.]
The defect in your logic is the assumption that n00b-1 ( Obama) = n00n2 Palin AND the experienced others are likewise =. You also ignore the positions each of them stand for.
Many of the hard-core ebay whiners on its website are practically BEGGING google to open up an auction site, mostly because it will have practically millions as a buyer base overnight.
Google doesn't want the liability. If anything kills eBay it's going to be getting sued by every luxury good maker on the planet. EBay claims they want to ensure authentic goods but is unwilling to take the steps needed to ensure authenticity - namely physical inspection of items and their paper trail. Such physical inspection is completely outside Google's business model so they would be in the same boat eBay is liability-wise.
All that of course assumes Google could take marketshare from eBay where Amazon and Yahoo failed. That's a BIG assumption.
E-Bay just won the case in which the court held (I don't have the cite) that it was not liable for counterfeit goods sold by an unrelated ebay seller.
"explain to me why you are willing to pay astronomical monthly fees for Netflix.."
Come on! The fees are probably less than your cost for gas to the local grocery store and $1 rental 3 or 4 times per month. Also the convenience and their data base makes it an economical alternative for me.
Slashdot Mirror
Brings to mind OJ.
Any system of unregulated digital currency is merely a challange. The minipulation in supply and value conversion into "real money" is just too tempting for exploiters. A look at historical rates demonstrates the volativity. Proceed at your own risk.
You appear to be a Republican. No compassion for the less well informed and trusting. If she does sue, it won't be frivilous law suit. She learned a lesson the hard way. Haven't we all done something stupid in our past?
We are bird breeders having several pairs of Greys. I've heard (hearsay) that Alex died from stress being pressured in learning tasks. Greys have learning abilities beyond other avian species and vary somewhat individually. This should be a lesson for tiger moms and other overly ambitious parents.
ROFL
We get the government we deserve. Maybe (and I hope not) this is what it will take to turn the pendulum in the opposite directions.
Both parties support the science of statistical sampling, pols and social psychology to influence opinions.
You can vote your frustration and thus support the opposite party.
If the RNC really wants to sit this out, why waste all that money, time and effort? Better yet, just give Ron Paul a shot, BO wins and continue obstruction and wait 4 years.
Not all. Unitarian Universalism has no dogma, does not ignore evidence and encourages independent thought.
It's not a question of FB needing cash. It's striking while the iron's hot.
Say What?
Looks like we've failed to take our meds today.
It's no different than what guys like George Soros do...
Who ever labled this insightful? Soros does not use bot nets nor deprive the public of any opportunities to invest in anything (analogous to grabbing up tickets to concerts).
I don't get it.
If you want a rational debate, don't use broad labels like socialism. Look at specific issues of what government should do - public education, consumer protection, bank regulation, health care, social security etc.
What's good for the individual - SAVE, is bad for the economy - SPEND -stimulate.
"if the government pays a salary of $100,000 and then collects $30,000 in taxes, you can't say that not paying the salary is a loss of $30,000 in taxes. It's a gain of $70,000 via not paying the salary to begin with."
Only if you assume the government (its citizens) gets nothing of value for the $100k salary
Government can perform valuable/necessary services. Our president said that he wants to get rid of non functioning programs and increase needed ones so we can climb out of this economic mess.
I don't see the parent post as insightful.
As so often said - Past results do not necessarily project into the future. If backlog is down, large projects completed and future orders are canceled, it may be necessary to reduce staff.
Society is too complex for the parties to all represent themselves. Excessive judgments are caused more by ignorant/emotional juries than lawyers. If you want to eliminate lawyers maybe we should also eliminate judges who are lawyers.
In primitive times one could take a dispute to a tribal chief to decide simple property rights. Try to imagine a complex patent or anti trust case tried without professional legal reresentation.
Go to any mental institution and survey the inmates. A higher percentage then even the repubs.will tell you that they are not mentally ill. So, maybe, there is inverse relationship between mental health and one's ability to detect an impairment in his/her mental health.
Modded funny your observation may be, but it's exactly accurate. The question becomes -- do you want the experienced hand in the driver's seat, and the green n00b in the back seat, or do you prefer to be steered by the green n00b and keep the experienced driver in the back seat??
[I don't like either choice, but at least if the green n00b starts off in the observer post, they might learn something BEFORE being called upon to drive.]
The defect in your logic is the assumption that n00b-1 ( Obama) = n00n2 Palin AND the experienced others are likewise =. You also ignore the positions each of them stand for.
NAMI check it out. (National Alliance for Mental Illness). Non religious support group.
Many of the hard-core ebay whiners on its website are practically BEGGING google to open up an auction site, mostly because it will have practically millions as a buyer base overnight.
Google doesn't want the liability. If anything kills eBay it's going to be getting sued by every luxury good maker on the planet. EBay claims they want to ensure authentic goods but is unwilling to take the steps needed to ensure authenticity - namely physical inspection of items and their paper trail. Such physical inspection is completely outside Google's business model so they would be in the same boat eBay is liability-wise.
All that of course assumes Google could take marketshare from eBay where Amazon and Yahoo failed. That's a BIG assumption.
E-Bay just won the case in which the court held (I don't have the cite) that it was not liable for counterfeit goods sold by an unrelated ebay seller.
"explain to me why you are willing to pay astronomical monthly fees for Netflix.."
Come on! The fees are probably less than your cost for gas to the local grocery store and $1 rental 3 or 4 times per month. Also the convenience and their data base makes it an economical alternative for me.