I put more of a premium on speed too, so I have broadband. But my mom couldn't care less. She does email. $10 a month is more service than she needs.
Don't you understand? Unless you do it the way we tell you you're doing it wrong! And if another country is doing it differently... well, again, there you go... we're wrong!
Look diversity is great and all until it comes down to an agenda I'm pushing. Try to keep some perspective.
Except I didn't have to spend $300 up front for HBO, on top of their monthly subscription. If I cancel HBO, I'm not losing anything. If I cancel the TiVo service, that $300 box just became a big paperweight.
It already is a $300 paperweight. I paid $150 for my Tivo and got a $100 rebate.
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It's pretty sad when you have to cringe every time you hear "... land of the free..."
It's funny but all of this paralells nature so perfectly. You have the folks at the top of the food chain, Banks Mega Corps etc... Killing off the very people they feed off of. When they are done they will die themselves... No Indian is gonna pay some American Bank outrageous fees to manage thier money or accounts. You say well the bank will buy an Indian Co..... etc..... thats true, but again how many Indian's making 5-10grand a year are going to be taking out $200,000+ mortages ?? Loans for $30,000 ford suv's??? Nada Zilch Zip...
They will be, when the dollar revalues to a reasonable level vs [insert country of choice] currency. Really, it's that simple.
There is no inherent reason for us to have this standard of living vs the rest of the world just because we got here first. The sooner they catch up, the sooner we stop standing out. The sooner we stop standing out, the sooner people who aren't sharing that wealth stop targeting us.
Keep in mind that the adjustment might be painful (adaptation always is) but the end result will be a change in the RELATIVE standard of living, not the ABSOLUTE. We'll still live as Kings compared to most previous generations... actually as GODS is more like it.
They don't even provide an e-mail address so you can mail them explaining that they have forgotten to include the sovereign nation of Iraq in their calculations.
Garbage in, well, you know the rest.
His point was that all those guys are on the level of the guy in the balloon chair, not that they didn't exist. Only Scaled Composites was a serious contender.
And HIS point was that with that many competing, there is bound to be some real competition.
you must understand, now is not the time for social experiments regarding the feasibility of >2 parties running for president. Making politcal stances is fine, I mean - I hate Bush and John Kerry is a douche bag (but im voting for him anyways.com), but it's not worth having Bush for another 4 years, because let's face it -- republicans are lemmings that hear nothing else and are much less likely to take independent stances. It's a sad state of affairs we live in now, but we free-minded people must band together a defeat this buffoon monster.
Take your statement. Switch the sides. You have exactly what some other of my friends believe.
You have been taken in the professional wrestling match that the media has presented. They are both 99.99% the same. They also would ALWAYS have you believe "now is the not the time to experiment" because they would prefer to POSSIBLY lose to the other party than DEFINITELY lose to a third.
Make your vote count! Vote Independent. Green, Libertarian, Freedom, WHATEVER!
There's no incentive to innovate under an investment system that rewards people so richly for doing NO work- it's far better to not do any work and invest than it is to innovate.
And yet we are on the cutting edge of both. Your incorrect assumption is that all ideas are worth investing in. 99% are not. Many millions of VC dollars are flushed (cough-dotcom-cough). So when the VC takes a large percentage of your business (come on, not quite 99%, and the founders of google, for example, are hardly homeless) you are paying for the failures of people equally convinced of their ideas. Conversely, and much more likely, when your idea fails and the money (that isn't yours) goes bye-bye that was used to fund your idea, YOU are benefitting from what is taken from the other person. The founders, employees, and all people who profited from the failed venture all have the VCs to thank!
Do the VCs make a lot of money? Sure. But guess what! The better they are at choosing ideas... the better their results will be! If they consistently fail... guess what? They go away.
Innovation requires risk. Risk requires loss. All investment has risk and this is the price the investor pays.
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Similar sentiments sir...
Do you think ANYONE actually knows their multiplication table up to 37?
No more so than an income tax causes income to be underreported. Sure it happens, but overall the revenue is collected. After all, sales tax is already charged! The enforcement doesn't sound anymore difficult than the insane tax code and entire industry based around finding loopholes and checking returns!!
Many many many countries already do this, using things such as a VAT which does it in stages.
I'm not advocating any particular method, but it is quite possible.
Just don't expect any real discussion from either side in the current political system.
And when you get rid of the IRS, these incredibly complicated calculations will be done for 300 million people by the Secretary of the Treasury by himself?
THAT'S THE POINT!
This is a sales tax, as already exists, oh, pretty much everywhere.
The amount sent back to each individual is the same. The amount taxed at the register is based on spending. Some people will actual get more back than they are taxed at the register. Some people will get far less.
H&R block disappears in a puff of smoke. (Which is, again, probably why this will never happen.)
There's also the question of whether it's legal for the federal government to levy a sales tax on non-interstate commerce. Hint: the Constitution doesn't give them that authority.
Hint: the original Constitution doesn't give the feds the authority for an income tax either. The 16th ammendment does.
I don't understand why people are against a simpler, progressive, more equitable tax solution. Are you a tax attorney?
Want to boycott a company? Fine. They're better off without you as a customer calling them to complain than they make as a profit for having you as a customer. Even people who boycotted Disney for their pro-gay HR policies admitted it is really hard to tell a child that they can't go to Disneyworld or get the latest Mickey Mouse DVD. The RIAA/MPAA can easily spin sales numbers to say that their losses are not from boycotts, but from piracy.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died for our freedoms (as well as many others throughout the world) throughout this country's history and we can't forgo a talking to a teenager in a mouse suit.
Unfortunately neither of the two major parties will support it because they would rather POTENTIALLY lose to the other, than DEFINITELY lose to a third party.
And thus to me both are different arms of the same GovCorp.
As America already has the greatest wealth disparity in the industrialized world, are you not concerned about a decrease in social mobility and the general situation of the poor from such a tax plan?
An extremely simple alternative to both flat and income tax is to use a national sales tax and then automatically refund money to every single person in the US. IE:
overtax people at the register by an AVERAGE of (let's say, purely arbitrarily) $1K per person. Then refund that to the taxpayers.
The multi-billionaire gets $1,000 back on the $10,000,0000 he paid in taxes.
The working poor gets $1,000 back on the $500 he paid in taxes.
This is ridiculously simply, as progressive as you want it to be (simply fiddle with two numbers, sales tax rate, and refund amount -- higher refund = more progressive). And anyone can immediately look at their income/spending and eyeball their overall tax burden. People with similar incomes and spending habits will always have the SAME tax burden. What a concept!
Of course, it will never happen with the Republicrats in office.
Vote independent!!!
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The claim is mostly inaccurate because it presupposes that the copying individual would otherwise have bought a copy from the publisher. That is occasionally true, but more often false; and when it is false, the claimed loss does not occur.
Yes, but the publisher loses the ability to choose whether they are paid for it's use.
It's irrelevant whether a loss actually occurs. If I don't want people using my software who haven't paid for it, I should be allowed that. "No harm, no foul" is fortunately not part of our legal canon.
The show 9/11 clearly states a point of view(In this case from Moore), dont like it make your own film. And so what , you have the freedom of speech and he has the right to use it. As regards the idea of truth. Are we to assume that all other shows, that night, depict the "truth".
There is no problem. The film can say what it likes, and anyone can say what they like in response. Then someone else responds to the response. That's called political debate and free speech and it goes both ways.
I personally am a little disappointed more people aren't laughing at this film though.
And if you think that "the other side of the story" stands up, go make a documentary showing it (it's not as if you need a huge budget or a big crew). Again, for some reason no-one has...
Also:
If you think anything in Fahrenheit 9/11 is a lie, sue Moore and get rich. I'm sure you'll find plenty of people willing to finance your legal expenses (as long as they don't have to go public). For some reason no-one has...
If this is so wrong, how come Moore or "someone" hasn't sued him? Therefore it must be correct by your "logic".
Well, anyway, one thing that this presidential campaign has shown me is that one of the fundamental difference between Bush supporters and those who oppose him is conformity. With regard to those who accuse others of tinfoilhattism, are they pragmatic spotters of nonsensical troublemakers, or are they conformist sheeple, willing to goosestep for whatever cause the hierarchy tells them to?
Just so we're clear, I had no idea whether you were talking about reps or dems until I read it for the third time. In my opinion anyone who votes for either of the two major GovCorp parties is a "conformist sheeple".
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I put more of a premium on speed too, so I have broadband. But my mom couldn't care less. She does email. $10 a month is more service than she needs.
Don't you understand? Unless you do it the way we tell you you're doing it wrong! And if another country is doing it differently... well, again, there you go... we're wrong!
Look diversity is great and all until it comes down to an agenda I'm pushing. Try to keep some perspective.
Except I didn't have to spend $300 up front for HBO, on top of their monthly subscription. If I cancel HBO, I'm not losing anything. If I cancel the TiVo service, that $300 box just became a big paperweight.
It already is a $300 paperweight. I paid $150 for my Tivo and got a $100 rebate.
It's pretty sad when you have to cringe every time you hear "... land of the free ..."
Just so you know, you don't have to.
Hope this helps.
BTW, I am originally from Europe, and it seems allergies are WAY more common here in North America...
Ah! Another data point correlating cleanliness with allergies!!
When you're dealing with multinational corps for services, socialism lets you get maximum buying power and save money.
Perhaps in the short term. But in the long term you stifle innovation and ultimately lower efficiency.
It's funny but all of this paralells nature so perfectly. You have the folks at the top of the food chain, Banks Mega Corps etc... Killing off the very people they feed off of. When they are done they will die themselves... No Indian is gonna pay some American Bank outrageous fees to manage thier money or accounts. You say well the bank will buy an Indian Co..... etc..... thats true, but again how many Indian's making 5-10grand a year are going to be taking out $200,000+ mortages ?? Loans for $30,000 ford suv's??? Nada Zilch Zip...
They will be, when the dollar revalues to a reasonable level vs [insert country of choice] currency. Really, it's that simple.
There is no inherent reason for us to have this standard of living vs the rest of the world just because we got here first. The sooner they catch up, the sooner we stop standing out. The sooner we stop standing out, the sooner people who aren't sharing that wealth stop targeting us.
Keep in mind that the adjustment might be painful (adaptation always is) but the end result will be a change in the RELATIVE standard of living, not the ABSOLUTE. We'll still live as Kings compared to most previous generations... actually as GODS is more like it.
it is simple, it works, and when you play with someone using it you're buddies for life.
Actually no. If you are doing TFT, you are buddies until the first time they piss you off (or vice-versa).
Of course it became a requsitie when breasts appeared.
I was under the impression breasts had been around for awhile.
They don't even provide an e-mail address so you can mail them explaining that they have forgotten to include the sovereign nation of Iraq in their calculations. Garbage in, well, you know the rest.
Are these particularly effective in Fluidic space?
His point was that all those guys are on the level of the guy in the balloon chair, not that they didn't exist. Only Scaled Composites was a serious contender.
And HIS point was that with that many competing, there is bound to be some real competition.
If that's not enough of a difference for you then fuck off.
Ah, the fresh air of true political dialogue.
you must understand, now is not the time for social experiments regarding the feasibility of >2 parties running for president. Making politcal stances is fine, I mean - I hate Bush and John Kerry is a douche bag (but im voting for him anyways.com), but it's not worth having Bush for another 4 years, because let's face it -- republicans are lemmings that hear nothing else and are much less likely to take independent stances. It's a sad state of affairs we live in now, but we free-minded people must band together a defeat this buffoon monster.
Take your statement. Switch the sides. You have exactly what some other of my friends believe.
You have been taken in the professional wrestling match that the media has presented. They are both 99.99% the same. They also would ALWAYS have you believe "now is the not the time to experiment" because they would prefer to POSSIBLY lose to the other party than DEFINITELY lose to a third.
Make your vote count! Vote Independent. Green, Libertarian, Freedom, WHATEVER!
Vote for real change.
There's no incentive to innovate under an investment system that rewards people so richly for doing NO work- it's far better to not do any work and invest than it is to innovate.
And yet we are on the cutting edge of both. Your incorrect assumption is that all ideas are worth investing in. 99% are not. Many millions of VC dollars are flushed (cough-dotcom-cough). So when the VC takes a large percentage of your business (come on, not quite 99%, and the founders of google, for example, are hardly homeless) you are paying for the failures of people equally convinced of their ideas. Conversely, and much more likely, when your idea fails and the money (that isn't yours) goes bye-bye that was used to fund your idea, YOU are benefitting from what is taken from the other person. The founders, employees, and all people who profited from the failed venture all have the VCs to thank!
Do the VCs make a lot of money? Sure. But guess what! The better they are at choosing ideas... the better their results will be! If they consistently fail... guess what? They go away.
Innovation requires risk. Risk requires loss. All investment has risk and this is the price the investor pays.
Similar sentiments sir...
Do you think ANYONE actually knows their multiplication table up to 37?
Sheesh. Less coffee, more pampers.
No more so than an income tax causes income to be underreported. Sure it happens, but overall the revenue is collected. After all, sales tax is already charged! The enforcement doesn't sound anymore difficult than the insane tax code and entire industry based around finding loopholes and checking returns!!
Many many many countries already do this, using things such as a VAT which does it in stages.
I'm not advocating any particular method, but it is quite possible.
Just don't expect any real discussion from either side in the current political system.
And when you get rid of the IRS, these incredibly complicated calculations will be done for 300 million people by the Secretary of the Treasury by himself?
THAT'S THE POINT!
This is a sales tax, as already exists, oh, pretty much everywhere.
The amount sent back to each individual is the same.
The amount taxed at the register is based on spending.
Some people will actual get more back than they are taxed at the register.
Some people will get far less.
H&R block disappears in a puff of smoke. (Which is, again, probably why this will never happen.)
There's also the question of whether it's legal for the federal government to levy a sales tax on non-interstate commerce. Hint: the Constitution doesn't give them that authority.
Hint: the original Constitution doesn't give the feds the authority for an income tax either. The 16th ammendment does.
I don't understand why people are against a simpler, progressive, more equitable tax solution. Are you a tax attorney?
Want to boycott a company? Fine. They're better off without you as a customer calling them to complain than they make as a profit for having you as a customer. Even people who boycotted Disney for their pro-gay HR policies admitted it is really hard to tell a child that they can't go to Disneyworld or get the latest Mickey Mouse DVD. The RIAA/MPAA can easily spin sales numbers to say that their losses are not from boycotts, but from piracy.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died for our freedoms (as well as many others throughout the world) throughout this country's history and we can't forgo a talking to a teenager in a mouse suit.
I am sad.
Instant runoff is wonderful.
Check it out.
Unfortunately neither of the two major parties will support it because they would rather POTENTIALLY lose to the other, than DEFINITELY lose to a third party.
And thus to me both are different arms of the same GovCorp.
As America already has the greatest wealth disparity in the industrialized world, are you not concerned about a decrease in social mobility and the general situation of the poor from such a tax plan?
An extremely simple alternative to both flat and income tax is to use a national sales tax and then automatically refund money to every single person in the US. IE: overtax people at the register by an AVERAGE of (let's say, purely arbitrarily) $1K per person. Then refund that to the taxpayers.
The multi-billionaire gets $1,000 back on the $10,000,0000 he paid in taxes.
The working poor gets $1,000 back on the $500 he paid in taxes.
This is ridiculously simply, as progressive as you want it to be (simply fiddle with two numbers, sales tax rate, and refund amount -- higher refund = more progressive). And anyone can immediately look at their income/spending and eyeball their overall tax burden. People with similar incomes and spending habits will always have the SAME tax burden. What a concept!
Of course, it will never happen with the Republicrats in office.
Vote independent!!!
The claim is mostly inaccurate because it presupposes that the copying individual would otherwise have bought a copy from the publisher. That is occasionally true, but more often false; and when it is false, the claimed loss does not occur.
Yes, but the publisher loses the ability to choose whether they are paid for it's use.
It's irrelevant whether a loss actually occurs. If I don't want people using my software who haven't paid for it, I should be allowed that. "No harm, no foul" is fortunately not part of our legal canon.
Those of us who are more nuanced prefer to call the two major parties "the Statist Party" and "the statist party."
Yeah... but which is which?!?
The show 9/11 clearly states a point of view(In this case from Moore), dont like it make your own film. And so what , you have the freedom of speech and he has the right to use it. As regards the idea of truth. Are we to assume that all other shows, that night, depict the "truth".
There is no problem. The film can say what it likes, and anyone can say what they like in response. Then someone else responds to the response. That's called political debate and free speech and it goes both ways.
I personally am a little disappointed more people aren't laughing at this film though.
And if you think that "the other side of the story" stands up, go make a documentary showing it (it's not as if you need a huge budget or a big crew). Again, for some reason no-one has...
Actually, at least two are:
here
and here
Also: If you think anything in Fahrenheit 9/11 is a lie, sue Moore and get rich. I'm sure you'll find plenty of people willing to finance your legal expenses (as long as they don't have to go public). For some reason no-one has...
If this is so wrong, how come Moore or "someone" hasn't sued him? Therefore it must be correct by your "logic".
Politics is sad nowadays. I'm voting indy.
Well, anyway, one thing that this presidential campaign has shown me is that one of the fundamental difference between Bush supporters and those who oppose him is conformity. With regard to those who accuse others of tinfoilhattism, are they pragmatic spotters of nonsensical troublemakers, or are they conformist sheeple, willing to goosestep for whatever cause the hierarchy tells them to?
Just so we're clear, I had no idea whether you were talking about reps or dems until I read it for the third time. In my opinion anyone who votes for either of the two major GovCorp parties is a "conformist sheeple".
Vote Independent!!!