No, not the waiting in line model. I mean that copyrights should be extendable in perpetuity as long as they are renewed by application every ten years or so by payment of a small fee. That way Disney can keep Mickey without locking up hundreds of thousands of other properties which should go into the public domain.
Apple follows the "ivory tower" model - you'll never see their PC sales go beyond that 5% because they just don't have what it takes to compete in the real world.
I know, right? In the real world, companies just don't make $10 billion in quarterly profits. Fuckin Apple and their little fantasy world.
This is all you need to know about Gates' ability to peer into the future: In the mid '90s I saw a stack of his books for sale with a sticker on the cover which said NOW REVISED TO INCLUDE THE INTERNET.
Do you actually believe it is morally OK for corporations to seek loopholes....
Yes. A corporation exists to take advantage of every legal method at its disposal to make its shareholders more money. You don't like it? Close the god damn "loopholes".
Now imagine if the Department of Defense instead went out and spent their time trying to raise the money they need from private benefactors, rather than this silly attempt at shaming the government into giving them more stolen money. It wouldn't matter how many people don't want to fund them; if they find enough money, even if it comes from just one benefactor, they could go forward with buying guns and stuff.
I get nervous driving a new car which costs in the neighborhood of $20K. I can't imagine the stress of flying a billion-dollar aircraft. If you have a major problem and are about to punch out, does the thought that you are about to burn a BILLION DOLLARS cross your mind?
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This namby-pamby fixation on safety would never have happened if Ronald Reagan were still alive.
Curt Schilling: 216 MLB wins
Sean Connery: 0 MLB wins
No, not the waiting in line model. I mean that copyrights should be extendable in perpetuity as long as they are renewed by application every ten years or so by payment of a small fee. That way Disney can keep Mickey without locking up hundreds of thousands of other properties which should go into the public domain.
Apple follows the "ivory tower" model - you'll never see their PC sales go beyond that 5% because they just don't have what it takes to compete in the real world.
I know, right? In the real world, companies just don't make $10 billion in quarterly profits. Fuckin Apple and their little fantasy world.
Building an Enterprise without a warp drive would be like building a Titanic powered by galley slaves.
How many can I sign you up for?
The NT legislature is working right now on a law to make even seeing CP illegal.
If we are still going to be good at something, should it really have to involve killing others?
Sure. I mean, it's illegal to kill yourself in many corners of this earth.
Why is everybody trying to make me wave my hands in the air or lift my forearms off the desk to drag my fingers across a screen?
Yeah... North Korea? I'm going to have to go ahead and ask you to fire your missiles so they pass over Poland first, okay? That'd be great....
The last bastion for climate dissenters is cash. Only when that runs out will they will have no cover.
Oh yeah, it was when you needed to prove you owned a horse before you could buy an automobile.
This is all you need to know about Gates' ability to peer into the future: In the mid '90s I saw a stack of his books for sale with a sticker on the cover which said NOW REVISED TO INCLUDE THE INTERNET.
If you're located in a given community (country, state, county, town), pay the damn taxes there....
Define 'located'.
Does geeknet, Inc. pay accountants to minimize their tax burden?
Name a corporation that doesn't.
Do you actually believe it is morally OK for corporations to seek loopholes....
Yes. A corporation exists to take advantage of every legal method at its disposal to make its shareholders more money. You don't like it? Close the god damn "loopholes".
employee dorms to prevent honey trap operations.
Apple-issued spouses to prevent honey pot operations.
But if it is it ain't happening at anything like the rate that would justify dismantling civilization over...
Rates change. Tipping points happen. Feedback loops tighten. If we are lucky, we will get to dismantle our civilization ourselves.
There are always unproductive employees.
No lie. At my company, about half of the employees have below average productivity.
As a grad-student that just defended I say,
$10 for streaming this? Grad-Students aren't made of money.
You can get the alternate version at the link in my sig for free.
... I'm working for the Horticulture department, which isn't in any danger of getting cut.
True that. In academia there are a surplus of hors to support.
Liberals wouldn't know what to do in Africa anyway.
Conservatives would know what to do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H2W1lK7P-I
"And then a miracle occurs" makes a good punchline but lousy science.
Now imagine if the Department of Defense instead went out and spent their time trying to raise the money they need from private benefactors, rather than this silly attempt at shaming the government into giving them more stolen money. It wouldn't matter how many people don't want to fund them; if they find enough money, even if it comes from just one benefactor, they could go forward with buying guns and stuff.
I get nervous driving a new car which costs in the neighborhood of $20K. I can't imagine the stress of flying a billion-dollar aircraft. If you have a major problem and are about to punch out, does the thought that you are about to burn a BILLION DOLLARS cross your mind?