All these arguments fail to account for increasing US oil demand. They invariably keep demand fixed at today's demand. So while the US could "become the world's #1 producer by 2017", by 2020 it would probably be consuming everything it produces and be importing again. Provided China left any oil for anyone else by then...
You mean those patented goods? I'm sure another supplier will show up and be legally allowed to sell his product in oh, 20 years or so. But first let's talk about copyright issues on the layout, design and firmware on said chips...
IANAL but not selling to Apple might expose them to anti-trust allegations. Now how can you go after them on anit-trust grounds when they are more than willing to sell to their competitor, adding a sligh premium to cover, er, legal fees and awards and such...
Didn't I read here recently that Apple wanted to get away from Intel entirely and make their own chips? Apparently if you stick a lot of money in a room, within a few short months you end up with a great, bug-free, power sipping CPU design. Not sure it works that way outside the reality distortion field though. Yeah good luck with that.
Correct, if it was Apple the user would be told that he is using the cover wrong, and a new and improved cover would be available for purchase for $399.
Do you really think it's inherently wrong for someone who committed a crime against you remotely
That's the whole point. It's not a crime. At least not in the country where it was comitted. How would you like to be answerable to Chinese law? Or Saudi law, for that matter?
You haven't noticed how the US is extraditing people all over the world for breaking US law even though what they may have been doing was perfectly legal in their country?
Cause happiness have nothing to do with material possessions.
Wrong. Happiness is different for everyone. And some people are perfectly happy with their little toys. Others are unhappy no matter how many trinkets they have. Some people are happy making others miserable. Others are happy making others happy. You can't just pick something and call it happiness and expect everyone to abide by it.
I would like to see them invalidate their copyrights and patents
Invalidate their business license. It's as simple as that. I don't know why it isn't done more often. You mess up in a car and your driver's license is in jeapordy with points, suspension or revocation. Hold businesses accountable for their actions via the licensing system as well. QED.
Government/oligopoly partnerships working as designed. I see no problem here. If you keep complaining we'll just have to give you a little more indoctrination about how great "free markets" are. Of course you have never seen a real free market in your life, but that's besides the point.
Since you have obviously never read Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (no, seeing the movie is not enough and even then this famous quote was in the movie), you are just pretending to be a nerd. To quote a famous whale: Get out.
For not enforcing building codes that could withstand a 6.3 quake, or for failing to make a law to prevent the collapse of the buildings in an obviously seismically active region.
Doctors live 5 years less than the general population, on average. Except for dermatologists, for some reason. So no, studying medicine would not help and in fact would hinder:)
Conversion of the starches in malted grain to sugar is certainly a chemical process: you have to maintain the pH just so, the temperatures just right, to encourage particular kinds of conversion by various enzymes.
Nah, just have to make sure the yeast is alive and happy. You're complicating it more than it needs to be. Yes I agree enzymes are doing the work. I agree there are optimal temperatures and pH and sugar and alcohol concentration. But that's all about making sure the yeast has optimal conditions - yeast being a living organism. Ergo, biology. Try fermenting something with dead yeast and see how far you get...
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All these arguments fail to account for increasing US oil demand. They invariably keep demand fixed at today's demand. So while the US could "become the world's #1 producer by 2017", by 2020 it would probably be consuming everything it produces and be importing again. Provided China left any oil for anyone else by then...
No I don't, but it's nice to know that if I ever need another job I could always work there with a minimum of training.
But first, make foie gras. I hear the goose likes it.
You mean those patented goods? I'm sure another supplier will show up and be legally allowed to sell his product in oh, 20 years or so. But first let's talk about copyright issues on the layout, design and firmware on said chips...
IANAL but not selling to Apple might expose them to anti-trust allegations. Now how can you go after them on anit-trust grounds when they are more than willing to sell to their competitor, adding a sligh premium to cover, er, legal fees and awards and such...
Didn't I read here recently that Apple wanted to get away from Intel entirely and make their own chips? Apparently if you stick a lot of money in a room, within a few short months you end up with a great, bug-free, power sipping CPU design. Not sure it works that way outside the reality distortion field though. Yeah good luck with that.
Correct, if it was Apple the user would be told that he is using the cover wrong, and a new and improved cover would be available for purchase for $399.
when the culprit is shown the door.
But the person who hired him still works at the firm... that's the real "culprit".
The iPhone never was the best selling phone "in the WORLD". Only in the US. Worldwide the iPhone's market share is laughable.
Where you see a walled garden, I see a prison.
Do you really think it's inherently wrong for someone who committed a crime against you remotely
That's the whole point. It's not a crime. At least not in the country where it was comitted. How would you like to be answerable to Chinese law? Or Saudi law, for that matter?
You haven't noticed how the US is extraditing people all over the world for breaking US law even though what they may have been doing was perfectly legal in their country?
Those engineers made sure that anyone discovering the rover would understand the human race. It's all about the penis.
Cause happiness have nothing to do with material possessions.
Wrong. Happiness is different for everyone. And some people are perfectly happy with their little toys. Others are unhappy no matter how many trinkets they have. Some people are happy making others miserable. Others are happy making others happy. You can't just pick something and call it happiness and expect everyone to abide by it.
It's called freedom of speech, and it is the First Amendment in the US Constitution.
Which don't apply in sovereign countries like say, Canada.
I would like to see them invalidate their copyrights and patents
Invalidate their business license. It's as simple as that. I don't know why it isn't done more often. You mess up in a car and your driver's license is in jeapordy with points, suspension or revocation. Hold businesses accountable for their actions via the licensing system as well. QED.
9.8 Metres per second squared should be enough for everybody.
Except breasts and scrotums.
Government/oligopoly partnerships working as designed. I see no problem here. If you keep complaining we'll just have to give you a little more indoctrination about how great "free markets" are. Of course you have never seen a real free market in your life, but that's besides the point.
Best bit is whales are talking to us before we can manage to talk to them. And we think WE are the intelligent ones...
Since you have obviously never read Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (no, seeing the movie is not enough and even then this famous quote was in the movie), you are just pretending to be a nerd. To quote a famous whale: Get out.
Because $110 billion in cash is not enough.
For not enforcing building codes that could withstand a 6.3 quake, or for failing to make a law to prevent the collapse of the buildings in an obviously seismically active region.
Doctors live 5 years less than the general population, on average. Except for dermatologists, for some reason. So no, studying medicine would not help and in fact would hinder :)
Conversion of the starches in malted grain to sugar is certainly a chemical process: you have to maintain the pH just so, the temperatures just right, to encourage particular kinds of conversion by various enzymes.
Nah, just have to make sure the yeast is alive and happy. You're complicating it more than it needs to be. Yes I agree enzymes are doing the work. I agree there are optimal temperatures and pH and sugar and alcohol concentration. But that's all about making sure the yeast has optimal conditions - yeast being a living organism. Ergo, biology. Try fermenting something with dead yeast and see how far you get...
I believe that former Australian cop is trolling us, so he would be first in line for prison!