But you just can't do that - it would be like trying to copyright the weather. But if I copyright the processes by which I can get a cell to express certain genes by calling it a "language" and an "algorithm", bingo.
Since a court ruled recently that DNA couldn't be patented, now it looks like they're going to make an end run and try to get it copyrighted instead, as part of a "program" to genetically manipulate cells (and their contents). Oh well done.
If you want better cops, you need to pay better salaries to attract more qualified people and pay for more training.
Or make fewer laws, and take some of the current laws off the books so that they are simpler to understand. That way you don't need as many cops since there are fewer criminals.
If you want better roads, you need to pay more maintenance, and for a higher grade of construction.
Yes you should have done this when it was cheap. You're fucked now, aren't you? No one will even lend you money anymore because your bonds are junk. You've painted yourself into a corner. Crumbling infrastructure is your future, just like the 3rd world. Of course you could make more toll roads, but if the government administers it then the money just disappears anyway, and the road still doesn't get maintained.
If you want better schools, you need to pay to repair the buildings, and pay for more and better qualified teachers.
Since when was education the responsibility of a nation?
AFAIK Customs belongs to the feds, not the individual states. Therefore the states would see none of that money. But that's a good thing, they don't know what to do with money anyway.
Eh no - haven't you heard? Every single penny of every type of tax you pay ever only covers 38% of government spending. None of what you mention is "paid for" by you. Not even close. But the solution isn't to tax more, it's to spend less. I can't believe the amount of sheep who scream "rob me rob me yes please rob me some more!" in the name of raising taxes however whenever a tax hike is proposed, though. I guess I'm too old and too cynical now.
If by "paying for it" you mean "paying at least 20 times what it's actually worth, then no, they don't want to pay for it. Paying for some lard ass to taser everyone he sees in the name of policing, or some pot-hole filled monstrosity that's always under repairs in the name of roads, or some zero tolerance school that teaches kids to walk through metal detectors, etc etc etc is not "better".
I think he finally understood why this.xxx preregistration was such a scam.
Also especially because the.info and.biz TLD's are doing so well...
As a side note, I don't get it. I clicked on the button to register the domain, and it took me to another page where I had to fill out another form and enter my CC info yet again. When I clicked register on that page, it took me to yet another page and I had to apply again...
lol. Except there is no such place as "Guachi, Costa Rica". Guachi is something only someone in Costa Rica would understand, it's short for something else: Guachipelín.
Go ahead. They will see exactly how mistreated my dog is... she's had her ovaries and uterus removed, but that doesn't stop her from trying to shine everyone's shoes.
The jews are involved so obviously this is an anti-semetic scandal tantamount to the Holocaust, and both Obama and Sarkozy will be immediately impeached. On the other hand, Helen Thomas must be chuckling to herself.
I already had schools and police and roads and functioning utilities
Private education still exists today. What you wouldn't have is pretend "no child left behind so we will pass even the dumbest kids provided they don't draw on desks and don't set off the metal detectors when coming to school" education. Co-operatives can take care of the rest, without being a giant "I'm a parasite sitting on your face telling you what to do" government. Seriously, people are literally BEGGING to be raped by government, SCREAMING for more taxes and laws. I just wish there was a way to opt out.
It is in no way an examples of buying power being destroyed.
And white is black and day is night. Really some people are willing to go to all sorts of extremes to confront someone else without actually having to engage their brain. OK, you have exactly the same buying power as in 1971. Your US dollar has not lost 98% of its value. In fact, for $35 you can still buy an ounce of gold. For $100K, you can buy a yacht or penthouse apartment in the Bahamas or a new twin engine aircraft. For $5000 you can buy a Cadillac. Everyone who says that prices are far, far outstripping income is lying.
And YOU not being able to double your money every 7 years is on you.
If you could read properly you'd realize I have been able to double my money every 7 years. This works out to 10% a year on average. DESPITE this, I feel a difference in my purchasing power. While yes, I could have gotten lucky and made a higher return by taking more risk, I could have lost more money too. 10% a year for the past 30 years is not to be sneezed at. Except by you.
My buying power has gone up.
Judging by your comments you have no idea what buying power means. Your buying power going up does not mean leaving home and getting a job at McDonalds.
[Peak oil] no, we are not.
OK. Watch what happens in the next 5 years. What, you thought it was going to last forever?
Laminar flow is the most efficient form of flow. The minute you put a kink, a bump, or some uneven surface, you get all sorts of eddies. Laminar flow becomes turbulent flow, and turbulent flow is far less efficient. Of course if you don't understand this analogy then there's no way you'll ever see my point.
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They would if it was PER OFFENSE.
But you just can't do that - it would be like trying to copyright the weather. But if I copyright the processes by which I can get a cell to express certain genes by calling it a "language" and an "algorithm", bingo.
Since a court ruled recently that DNA couldn't be patented, now it looks like they're going to make an end run and try to get it copyrighted instead, as part of a "program" to genetically manipulate cells (and their contents). Oh well done.
If you want better cops, you need to pay better salaries to attract more qualified people and pay for more training.
Or make fewer laws, and take some of the current laws off the books so that they are simpler to understand. That way you don't need as many cops since there are fewer criminals.
If you want better roads, you need to pay more maintenance, and for a higher grade of construction.
Yes you should have done this when it was cheap. You're fucked now, aren't you? No one will even lend you money anymore because your bonds are junk. You've painted yourself into a corner. Crumbling infrastructure is your future, just like the 3rd world. Of course you could make more toll roads, but if the government administers it then the money just disappears anyway, and the road still doesn't get maintained.
If you want better schools, you need to pay to repair the buildings, and pay for more and better qualified teachers.
Since when was education the responsibility of a nation?
Buddy, my family used to build airports, dams and highways. I know about roads and maintenance of roads. And I know shit work when I see it.
Or you have absolutely no clue how expensive things are.
How can this be? There is no inflation! /sarcasm
AFAIK Customs belongs to the feds, not the individual states. Therefore the states would see none of that money. But that's a good thing, they don't know what to do with money anyway.
Eh no - haven't you heard? Every single penny of every type of tax you pay ever only covers 38% of government spending. None of what you mention is "paid for" by you. Not even close. But the solution isn't to tax more, it's to spend less. I can't believe the amount of sheep who scream "rob me rob me yes please rob me some more!" in the name of raising taxes however whenever a tax hike is proposed, though. I guess I'm too old and too cynical now.
If by "paying for it" you mean "paying at least 20 times what it's actually worth, then no, they don't want to pay for it. Paying for some lard ass to taser everyone he sees in the name of policing, or some pot-hole filled monstrosity that's always under repairs in the name of roads, or some zero tolerance school that teaches kids to walk through metal detectors, etc etc etc is not "better".
it sits on my nightstand mostly unused
You know I hear this often from tablet owners. Tablets have to be the ultimate impulse buy. Very few people actually use them often.
I hope they make their tablets of a higher quality than their laptops.
No if you look at TFA there is a (single) flower. They can eat the flower. /sarcasm
What kind of landlord is going to allow a tenant to cut a hole in a window?
The same kind that would stand in front of this thing and with maniacal laughter exclaim "Fly, my pretties!"
Will it blend?
I think he finally understood why this .xxx preregistration was such a scam.
Also especially because the .info and .biz TLD's are doing so well...
As a side note, I don't get it. I clicked on the button to register the domain, and it took me to another page where I had to fill out another form and enter my CC info yet again. When I clicked register on that page, it took me to yet another page and I had to apply again...
lol. Except there is no such place as "Guachi, Costa Rica". Guachi is something only someone in Costa Rica would understand, it's short for something else: Guachipelín.
Guachi...
Also, reporting you to the SPCA
Go ahead. They will see exactly how mistreated my dog is... she's had her ovaries and uterus removed, but that doesn't stop her from trying to shine everyone's shoes.
Hell I am French Canadian and even *I* hate French Canadians... which is why I live in Costa Rica.
The jews are involved so obviously this is an anti-semetic scandal tantamount to the Holocaust, and both Obama and Sarkozy will be immediately impeached. On the other hand, Helen Thomas must be chuckling to herself.
I have no idea what I'd do with it,
When in doubt, try to hump it. It works for my dog.
I already had schools and police and roads and functioning utilities
Private education still exists today. What you wouldn't have is pretend "no child left behind so we will pass even the dumbest kids provided they don't draw on desks and don't set off the metal detectors when coming to school" education. Co-operatives can take care of the rest, without being a giant "I'm a parasite sitting on your face telling you what to do" government. Seriously, people are literally BEGGING to be raped by government, SCREAMING for more taxes and laws. I just wish there was a way to opt out.
Would it really be so bad if the government could trace all of your transactions, as long as this information would also be made public.
My god, America has turned into a socialist state. And you can't even fucking see it. I give up.
It is in no way an examples of buying power being destroyed.
And white is black and day is night. Really some people are willing to go to all sorts of extremes to confront someone else without actually having to engage their brain. OK, you have exactly the same buying power as in 1971. Your US dollar has not lost 98% of its value. In fact, for $35 you can still buy an ounce of gold. For $100K, you can buy a yacht or penthouse apartment in the Bahamas or a new twin engine aircraft. For $5000 you can buy a Cadillac. Everyone who says that prices are far, far outstripping income is lying.
And YOU not being able to double your money every 7 years is on you.
If you could read properly you'd realize I have been able to double my money every 7 years. This works out to 10% a year on average. DESPITE this, I feel a difference in my purchasing power. While yes, I could have gotten lucky and made a higher return by taking more risk, I could have lost more money too. 10% a year for the past 30 years is not to be sneezed at. Except by you.
My buying power has gone up.
Judging by your comments you have no idea what buying power means. Your buying power going up does not mean leaving home and getting a job at McDonalds.
[Peak oil] no, we are not.
OK. Watch what happens in the next 5 years. What, you thought it was going to last forever?
Laminar flow is the most efficient form of flow. The minute you put a kink, a bump, or some uneven surface, you get all sorts of eddies. Laminar flow becomes turbulent flow, and turbulent flow is far less efficient. Of course if you don't understand this analogy then there's no way you'll ever see my point.