They don't "have to" give anything back, but the idea is that they are acting altruistically. They feel that the public has supported their company (via usage, interest in the IPO, jobs, income, etc), that they recipricolly owe something substantial to the consumer.
Read a little Ayn Rand (like Atlas Shrugged) for the concept... Essentially, corporations (whether private or not) derive their status as a legal "person" from implicit trust the public has placed in them. As such, corporations have an obligation to provide service back to the community and to act in a moral fashon... I for one am glad to see that this company is acting in this accord, instead of all of the depravity we have seen as of late.
As a soldier, I can damn well say they are far more than "just enough". You may not hear about it everyday, but they are out there, busting their balls off for you.
Just for a little more than an assertion, here's a litle proof.
As an Intelligence geek for the AF, I feel I should throw my two cents in here.
If you do want to be an intel geek, go officer. They have a pretty awesome responsibility, and plus- you're an officer! (Better pay, more of an opportunity to actually use your critical thinking and analysis skills) The AF Specialty Code (AFSC) for that is 14N (that'll come in handy when talking to a recruiter)
If you want to be enlisted (perish the thought with a college degree!!), here's a brief description of the fields:
1N0 - Briefers. These guys have to know a ton, and do some fairly cool planning stuff. 1N1 - Imagery (what's that blob mean??) 1N2 - Morse-Code... I don't reccommend this job, as it's being phased out, and just lost it's entire signing bonus 1N3 - Linguist - learn to speak Arabic, Chineese, or a plethora of other ("enemy") languages 1N4 - Intel Analyist... I'm not really sure what these guys do, but I'm told it's important! 1N5 - "Electronic Signals Explotation Operative"... This is what I do- basically the study/explotation of RADAR systems:) 1N6 - "Systems Security".... like reading peoples' email and then ratting them out for violating security proceedures?? That's what these people do!
In short, About.com is a great resource to use when thinking about joining the military... There's a lot of "minor" things recruiters leave out, so be sure to do your homework first!
Furthermore, when you're waiting for a clearance, expect to wait a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time. Especially if it's a Top Secret one. Some bases will let you work with an Interim (temporary) clearance, and some won't... If the base you end up at is in the latter category, expect to be waiting over a year, doing nothing related to your job.
Do you? Maybe in a large city you have the option of shopping at several different choices, but in a smaller town, where Walmart has driven out all the competition, you really don't. So, all you end up doing is eroding peoples' privacy and choices, whether they like it or not.
The AF is just beginning to downsize some 16,000 AF jobs. Why, then, would they implement a draft? The whole notion seems so unlinkely as to be incredulous! Here's a good link... and yes, I am in the AF. However being an intel geek, I'm not elegible for the downsizing.
I get the feeling this'll never get read, but really, people need to check their facts before they start crying "wolf!!"
Yeah, that was quite interesting until the site went to heavily reference Steven Greer, and the like of crackpot theories spun by crackpot UFO "believers" out there... http://www.ufowatchdog.com/hall3.html might help you check your facts a bit...
Note, I would love to see UFOs land on Earth, tell everyone "Hey motha-f'ker, I'm heeeeree!!", but these guys are just way to out there to be believeable.
I don't mean to be pedantic, but where do yu get that this report was prepared by Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, Abrams, J. Bush, and Wolfowitz???
From the PDF:
"Thomas Donnelly Principal Author" (pg 3)
and, according to page 90- the only contributers page listed, the contributers are:
Roger Barnett, Mark Lagon, Alvin Bernstein, James Lasswell, Stephen Cambone, I. Lewis Libby, Eliot Cohen, Robert Martinage, Devon Gaffney Cross, Phil Meilinger, Thomas Donnelly, Mackubin Owens, David Epstein, Steve Rosen, Gary Schmitt, David Fautua, Abram Shulsky, Dan Goure, Michael Vickers, Donald Kagan, Barry Watts, Robert Kagan, Paul Wolfowitz, Robert Killebrew, Dov Zakheim, and William Kristol.
Ok, I stand corrected, Wolfowitz is in there, but where is this assinutation that the rest compiled this report? I just don't see this link at all. Are you sure you've checked your facts?
Just do a whois on paypal.com, and you'll quickly find out a number where you can get started. I had a fiasco a couple months back, where I got scammed by a guy claiming to be selling camera lenses for real cheap. Long story short, they will listen, and the matter was resolved within three days.
Oh yeah, and if that doesn't work, just call 411 and get the number for their office in Omaha, Nebraska.
Great!! I've been looking for a way to convert my drug- er- chemicals production facility into a more viable business model! Sign me up! Just one thing, how much peroxide can one get per tanker stolen from farmers?
So, if the DMCA is the worst thing to happen ever, why don't you folks get off your asses and do something! Seriously, a lot of the people here seem to spend time decrying the DMCA, while still living under its rule... "WAAAAH, but I can't do anything" is what I hear. That's bull. The DMCA is currently under review! Why not post your comments?
It's a lot easier to say that a law should be abolished than to actually get up and try to abolish it. Hell, even the most recent slashdot poll shows how little you people are really willing to comit to ending this law: 51% of people chose a form of the "No" option, and 31% chose the CowboyNeal option. A relavent state motto comes to mind: "Live free or DIE!" In other words, either do what needs to be done, or suffer the consequences... I have no sympathy for those who don't vote, only to bitch about the current administration, and I don't have any sympathy for those who bitch about laws, yet never take any action to end those laws.
Oh, so this comment won't be *entirely* a -1 Troll, check this link out sometime: http://www.copyright.gov/1201/comment_forms/index. html Want to change the law? Want to get your voice heard? Do it! Just remember to be polite, your leters will be taken much more seriously.
That's not true, and even your example proves it. There was a Highway Beautification act passed a long while back that made billboards along highways illegal. It ended up getting repealed. So- someone wanted those bilboards- they were far from "unwanted" advertising.
Wow. That's a great idea. Now all I have to do is find a clothespin to use while I run around Best Buy/Circuit City puncturing the packaging. I'll singlehandledly stop this product!
Yeah, and don't forget the phone number: 727-733-5335...I'm not saying that you should CALL HER AND LET HER KNOW HOW MUCH OF A FUCKING SLIMEBAG BITCH SHE IS, nor would I advocate CALLING HER AND LETTING HER KNOW EXACTLY WHERE SHE CAN STUFF THAT SPAM SHIT, nor would I advocate LETTING HER KNOW THAT WE NOW KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES... I'm just saying, personally, I wouldn't put it past you.
"First, they must lower prices. There is no reason that 90% of the artists out there should be earning more then average Joe"
Clearly you haven't been reading/. for a while now. Otherwise you'd realize that 90% of artists barely break even. The only ones making the multi-millions are the ones who's albums keep going platnum.
Try this or this , or, for futher reading, try doing a search for "music" or "RIAA".
However, I agree, it would be nice if CD prices were lowered to a respectable price. It's ironic how CDs were to replace vynl because they were cheaper to produce, and now we pay more (inflation adjusted) than anyone ever paid for a record.
Actually, there are defacto "NASA Was Here" signs on the moon. The astronauts left several special reflectors (I forget the name) that reflect light straight back at the target, regardless of the angle from which the beam (in the form of a laser) originates. These have been used for years to calculate the distance the moon has been receeding from the Earth year to year. Also, there are beacons that ham radio operators have been using for years to bounce signals off of.... Why is it these conspiracy theorists always ignore this tiny point?
Spoken like a true.com-er-- all about the toys and not one mention of a product. Here's a few questions I have and also what the interviewer should've asked:
What exactly are these businesses? What are the services or products they provide? Of those, which ones are turning a profit?
Sounds to me like a bunch of.com shit... Smoke, mirrors, and speaches.
Slashdot Mirror
They don't "have to" give anything back, but the idea is that they are acting altruistically. They feel that the public has supported their company (via usage, interest in the IPO, jobs, income, etc), that they recipricolly owe something substantial to the consumer.
Read a little Ayn Rand (like Atlas Shrugged) for the concept... Essentially, corporations (whether private or not) derive their status as a legal "person" from implicit trust the public has placed in them. As such, corporations have an obligation to provide service back to the community and to act in a moral fashon... I for one am glad to see that this company is acting in this accord, instead of all of the depravity we have seen as of late.
-jokerghost
As a soldier, I can damn well say they are far more than "just enough". You may not hear about it everyday, but they are out there, busting their balls off for you.
o fh onor/
Just for a little more than an assertion, here's a litle proof.
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/webspecials04/medal
-Jokerghost
As an Intelligence geek for the AF, I feel I should throw my two cents in here.
:)
If you do want to be an intel geek, go officer. They have a pretty awesome responsibility, and plus- you're an officer! (Better pay, more of an opportunity to actually use your critical thinking and analysis skills) The AF Specialty Code (AFSC) for that is 14N (that'll come in handy when talking to a recruiter)
If you want to be enlisted (perish the thought with a college degree!!), here's a brief description of the fields:
1N0 - Briefers. These guys have to know a ton, and do some fairly cool planning stuff.
1N1 - Imagery (what's that blob mean??)
1N2 - Morse-Code... I don't reccommend this job, as it's being phased out, and just lost it's entire signing bonus
1N3 - Linguist - learn to speak Arabic, Chineese, or a plethora of other ("enemy") languages
1N4 - Intel Analyist... I'm not really sure what these guys do, but I'm told it's important!
1N5 - "Electronic Signals Explotation Operative"... This is what I do- basically the study/explotation of RADAR systems
1N6 - "Systems Security".... like reading peoples' email and then ratting them out for violating security proceedures?? That's what these people do!
In short, About.com is a great resource to use when thinking about joining the military... There's a lot of "minor" things recruiters leave out, so be sure to do your homework first!
Furthermore, when you're waiting for a clearance, expect to wait a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time. Especially if it's a Top Secret one. Some bases will let you work with an Interim (temporary) clearance, and some won't... If the base you end up at is in the latter category, expect to be waiting over a year, doing nothing related to your job.
-Jokerghost
Do you? Maybe in a large city you have the option of shopping at several different choices, but in a smaller town, where Walmart has driven out all the competition, you really don't. So, all you end up doing is eroding peoples' privacy and choices, whether they like it or not.
-jokerghost
The AF is just beginning to downsize some 16,000 AF jobs. Why, then, would they implement a draft? The whole notion seems so unlinkely as to be incredulous! Here's a good link... and yes, I am in the AF. However being an intel geek, I'm not elegible for the downsizing.
I get the feeling this'll never get read, but really, people need to check their facts before they start crying "wolf!!"
-jokerghost
Yeah, that was quite interesting until the site went to heavily reference Steven Greer, and the like of crackpot theories spun by crackpot UFO "believers" out there... http://www.ufowatchdog.com/hall3.html might help you check your facts a bit...
Note, I would love to see UFOs land on Earth, tell everyone "Hey motha-f'ker, I'm heeeeree!!", but these guys are just way to out there to be believeable.
-jokerghost
I don't mean to be pedantic, but where do yu get that this report was prepared by Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, Abrams, J. Bush, and Wolfowitz???
From the PDF:
"Thomas Donnelly
Principal Author" (pg 3)
and, according to page 90- the only contributers page listed, the contributers are:
Roger Barnett, Mark Lagon, Alvin Bernstein, James Lasswell, Stephen Cambone, I. Lewis Libby, Eliot Cohen, Robert Martinage, Devon Gaffney Cross, Phil Meilinger, Thomas Donnelly, Mackubin Owens, David Epstein, Steve Rosen, Gary Schmitt, David Fautua, Abram Shulsky, Dan Goure, Michael Vickers, Donald Kagan, Barry Watts, Robert Kagan, Paul Wolfowitz, Robert Killebrew, Dov Zakheim, and William Kristol.
Ok, I stand corrected, Wolfowitz is in there, but where is this assinutation that the rest compiled this report? I just don't see this link at all. Are you sure you've checked your facts?
>How can you tell a mathematician from an engineer?
A mathematician drives my taxi, but can tell me exactly it will take to get to my destination.
Pascal's Wager "probabisitically" explains this? Riiiiiiiiight. Are you sure you know what the hell you're talking about?
t ml
Read the following before you make another illogical, appeal to authority, point:
http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/wager.h
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/
-jokerghost
Just do a whois on paypal.com, and you'll quickly find out a number where you can get started. I had a fiasco a couple months back, where I got scammed by a guy claiming to be selling camera lenses for real cheap. Long story short, they will listen, and the matter was resolved within three days.
Oh yeah, and if that doesn't work, just call 411 and get the number for their office in Omaha, Nebraska.
-jokerghost
Brand new, from Microsoft!
Using copywritten "open source" Sphinter Software you can now surf the net, while you preform a core dump!
Just don't try to upload to the system.
-jokerghost
Electrons can also be "entangled" so that interacting with one also affects the other, no matter how far apart they are.
Sooo.... where's my fucking ansible?!?!
-jokerghost
Great!! I've been looking for a way to convert my drug- er- chemicals production facility into a more viable business model! Sign me up! Just one thing, how much peroxide can one get per tanker stolen from farmers?
-jokerghost
So, if the DMCA is the worst thing to happen ever, why don't you folks get off your asses and do something! Seriously, a lot of the people here seem to spend time decrying the DMCA, while still living under its rule... "WAAAAH, but I can't do anything" is what I hear. That's bull. The DMCA is currently under review! Why not post your comments?
. html Want to change the law? Want to get your voice heard? Do it! Just remember to be polite, your leters will be taken much more seriously.
It's a lot easier to say that a law should be abolished than to actually get up and try to abolish it. Hell, even the most recent slashdot poll shows how little you people are really willing to comit to ending this law: 51% of people chose a form of the "No" option, and 31% chose the CowboyNeal option. A relavent state motto comes to mind: "Live free or DIE!" In other words, either do what needs to be done, or suffer the consequences... I have no sympathy for those who don't vote, only to bitch about the current administration, and I don't have any sympathy for those who bitch about laws, yet never take any action to end those laws.
Oh, so this comment won't be *entirely* a -1 Troll, check this link out sometime: http://www.copyright.gov/1201/comment_forms/index
-jokerghost
Live free or DIE!
That's not true, and even your example proves it. There was a Highway Beautification act passed a long while back that made billboards along highways illegal. It ended up getting repealed. So- someone wanted those bilboards- they were far from "unwanted" advertising.
-jokerghost
Wow. That's a great idea. Now all I have to do is find a clothespin to use while I run around Best Buy/Circuit City puncturing the packaging. I'll singlehandledly stop this product!
-jokerghost
Yeah, and don't forget to call collect... IN FACT! Let her know how much you *could've* saved by using 1-800-COLLECT, which, of course, you did not.
-jokerghost
9. If caught, you go to jail for mail fraud.
-jokerghost
Yeah, and don't forget the phone number: 727-733-5335 ...I'm not saying that you should CALL HER AND LET HER KNOW HOW MUCH OF A FUCKING SLIMEBAG BITCH SHE IS, nor would I advocate CALLING HER AND LETTING HER KNOW EXACTLY WHERE SHE CAN STUFF THAT SPAM SHIT, nor would I advocate LETTING HER KNOW THAT WE NOW KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES... I'm just saying, personally, I wouldn't put it past you.
-jokerghost
That's Panopticon there, stud.
-jokerghost
"First, they must lower prices. There is no reason that 90% of the artists out there should be earning more then average Joe"
/. for a while now. Otherwise you'd realize that 90% of artists barely break even. The only ones making the multi-millions are the ones who's albums keep going platnum.
Clearly you haven't been reading
Try this or this , or, for futher reading, try doing a search for "music" or "RIAA".
However, I agree, it would be nice if CD prices were lowered to a respectable price. It's ironic how CDs were to replace vynl because they were cheaper to produce, and now we pay more (inflation adjusted) than anyone ever paid for a record.
-jokerghost
If a gator in your backyard chews out the broadband cable, you might be a redneck.
If you think AOL means alligators, [new] o'leans, and lil' buba, you might be a redneck.
If you think ISP means Interbred Sisters Posing (nude), you might just be a redneck.
If you "uplink" so that you can get a better "data stream", you just might be a redneck.
I'll take Utah over Louisana any day.
-jokerghost
Scrambled egg: 5 minutes
Bacon: 20 minutes
Asteriod: 5 hours on high, serves 10-15
-jokerghost
Actually, there are defacto "NASA Was Here" signs on the moon. The astronauts left several special reflectors (I forget the name) that reflect light straight back at the target, regardless of the angle from which the beam (in the form of a laser) originates. These have been used for years to calculate the distance the moon has been receeding from the Earth year to year. Also, there are beacons that ham radio operators have been using for years to bounce signals off of.... Why is it these conspiracy theorists always ignore this tiny point?
-jokerghost
Spoken like a true .com-er-- all about the toys and not one mention of a product. Here's a few questions I have and also what the interviewer should've asked:
.com shit... Smoke, mirrors, and speaches.
What exactly are these businesses? What are the services or products they provide? Of those, which ones are turning a profit?
Sounds to me like a bunch of
mod me down and never know the truth.
-jokerghost