...unregulated capitalism was perfectly capable of committing suicide.
Care to cite an example? Pretty much every single economic collapse of the past was -caused- by a centralized control or manipulation of some sort; not free market capitalism.
...difference between human perception and reality.
I think the point of `universe as hologram' is exactly that there's no reality without perception, which is limited by how many photons hit your detector.
If we make maintaining patents cost prohibitive to a company like IBM, who does that benefit?
How about letting the patent holder determine how much it is worth, and then -they- have to pay a... property tax (or something) on that every year to maintain it. Maybe waive the fee for the first year or two. The catch is that if they say it's worth $1billion, they have to pay tax on -that-. Yet if they say it's worth $1, their tax goes away, but any future lawsuits they initiate concerning the patent would be similarly worthless (ie: ``you're infringing on my $1 patent, pay up!'').
That would eliminate corps sitting on patents and not doing anything with them...
...it's difficult to understand where they're pulling this $100billion figure from.
Would you do data entry? How about for $100/hour? How about for $200/hour? Well, consider that you're doing data entry for 200-300 million patient records, and it takes you 1-3 hours to complete each one... and you get $100 billion dollars:-)
...that's just about enough high paying work for 200k folk for 10 years!
I think folks are concerned about the cyclic nature of said economic development---like Dell relocating to US for cheap manufacturing labor after Poland, etc.
I really don't see why MS can't abstract such things away. Ship 2 versions on the DVD. Install 64bit by default, unless can't, in which case, install 32bit... setup VM or some sort of sandboxing for 32bit (or 64bit) stuff where appropriate.
Really, the users (average non-techy users) of the system don't have to know if it's 32bit or 64bit. They also shouldn't have to care which driver they're downloading (just ship drivers that have 2 binaries [in driver archive], and use whichever is appropriate; simply let the OS decide which one to setup).
Yes. It's not just EEE, I've noticed other netbooks have the horrible horrible placement of right shift key right next to up arrow key. Not buying anymore EEEs until they fix that.
So, borrowing $100 now is not the same as borrowing $100 in the future.
Unless you're `investing' for investing sake; like spending money on make-work projects, 'cause you simply have to throw money away---which a lot of this stimulus will turn into. Ditches and roads/bridges to nowhere... etc.
I've seen how government IT works, and... most of the time, it's a major waste of tax payer money... and they want to throw -more- in that direction!
I think "broadband" in most politician's minds is ``has access to email''---I doubt they're intending for customers to view youtube or download stuff (or play WoW:-)
Maybe clever creatures get too clever for their own good, such as putting brain-good before gene-good. ie: a smart male praying mantis may avoid murderous females.
Imagine if a computer science "journal" based on Hollywood's portrayal of how computers work were being published by the ACM, and you have some idea of how big a problem this is.
Hmm... so you're saying majority of the CS papers out there -don't- do this?
Hmm... my point is that unrealised profits aren't taxed. You can hold $100m worth of stocks that grew to $200m this year, and if you only sold $300k worth, you'd only be taxed on $300k worth.
Most rich folks don't sell everything they "make" every year. Also, estate tax is one time (while unrealised wealth generally compounds year after year).
In any case, it's certainly better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick.
That's only if you assume -income- taxes. If you're super rich like Bill Gates, etc., you only take $100k in income every year (ie: percentage wise, they're paying less tax than anyone earning over $100k). Or consider a buncha CEOs, etc., whose salary is $1... What's there to pay income tax on?
The `poor' folks have to work for a living, which is why income tax applies to them; and income tax is generally much higher than capital gains tax.
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...unregulated capitalism was perfectly capable of committing suicide.
Care to cite an example? Pretty much every single economic collapse of the past was -caused- by a centralized control or manipulation of some sort; not free market capitalism.
...probably would taste like mineral water.
...don't forget naturally carbonated!
...as the radius of the black is smaller than the radius of the universe...
According to relativity, the radius of a black hole is infinite (space is curved, etc.)
...hypothetical universe with five dimensions and shaped like a Pringle...
That just means it's 5D space where angles of all the 5D triangles sum up to less than 180 degrees.
Nobody knows whether the real universe is like that.
...difference between human perception and reality.
I think the point of `universe as hologram' is exactly that there's no reality without perception, which is limited by how many photons hit your detector.
If we make maintaining patents cost prohibitive to a company like IBM, who does that benefit?
How about letting the patent holder determine how much it is worth, and then -they- have to pay a... property tax (or something) on that every year to maintain it. Maybe waive the fee for the first year or two. The catch is that if they say it's worth $1billion, they have to pay tax on -that-. Yet if they say it's worth $1, their tax goes away, but any future lawsuits they initiate concerning the patent would be similarly worthless (ie: ``you're infringing on my $1 patent, pay up!'').
That would eliminate corps sitting on patents and not doing anything with them...
And with dropping enrollments, many schools are now running classes for as little as 8 students...
...we're on the hook for another 212,000 paychecks.
So we'll hire another 200k to create a system and automate the writing of said paychecks!
...it's difficult to understand where they're pulling this $100billion figure from.
Would you do data entry? How about for $100/hour? How about for $200/hour? Well, consider that you're doing data entry for 200-300 million patient records, and it takes you 1-3 hours to complete each one... and you get $100 billion dollars :-)
...that's just about enough high paying work for 200k folk for 10 years!
...while the tax base is collapsing...
Maybe they figured out that inflation is equivalent to flat tax, and thus can simply print money to pay for things?
User friendly and sysadmin friendly are two different things.
Exactly! I often deal with folks who think "automation" is a program where you click buttons.
I think folks are concerned about the cyclic nature of said economic development---like Dell relocating to US for cheap manufacturing labor after Poland, etc.
I really don't see why MS can't abstract such things away. Ship 2 versions on the DVD. Install 64bit by default, unless can't, in which case, install 32bit... setup VM or some sort of sandboxing for 32bit (or 64bit) stuff where appropriate.
Really, the users (average non-techy users) of the system don't have to know if it's 32bit or 64bit. They also shouldn't have to care which driver they're downloading (just ship drivers that have 2 binaries [in driver archive], and use whichever is appropriate; simply let the OS decide which one to setup).
Yes. It's not just EEE, I've noticed other netbooks have the horrible horrible placement of right shift key right next to up arrow key. Not buying anymore EEEs until they fix that.
So, borrowing $100 now is not the same as borrowing $100 in the future.
Unless you're `investing' for investing sake; like spending money on make-work projects, 'cause you simply have to throw money away---which a lot of this stimulus will turn into. Ditches and roads/bridges to nowhere... etc.
I've seen how government IT works, and... most of the time, it's a major waste of tax payer money... and they want to throw -more- in that direction!
I think "broadband" in most politician's minds is ``has access to email''---I doubt they're intending for customers to view youtube or download stuff (or play WoW :-)
Putting training wheels on a game isn't the future, it's just a gimmick to try and make a bland game...
...few points of game programming are:
* make a game even an idiot can win.
* idiots have money too.
Maybe clever creatures get too clever for their own good, such as putting brain-good before gene-good. ie: a smart male praying mantis may avoid murderous females.
EBCDIC is still alive! Probably will still be alive in 10-20 years.
Imagine if a computer science "journal" based on Hollywood's portrayal of how computers work were being published by the ACM, and you have some idea of how big a problem this is.
Hmm... so you're saying majority of the CS papers out there -don't- do this?
Computability, Complexity, and Languages, Second Edition: Fundamentals of Theoretical Computer Science by Martin Davis, Ron Sigal, Elaine J. Weyuker
The densest and yet clearest CS book I've ever seen.
Nah, that's a time delayed reflection of ourselves in the future (yes, just like in that startrek episode).
Hmm... my point is that unrealised profits aren't taxed. You can hold $100m worth of stocks that grew to $200m this year, and if you only sold $300k worth, you'd only be taxed on $300k worth.
Most rich folks don't sell everything they "make" every year. Also, estate tax is one time (while unrealised wealth generally compounds year after year).
In any case, it's certainly better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick.
That's only if you assume -income- taxes. If you're super rich like Bill Gates, etc., you only take $100k in income every year (ie: percentage wise, they're paying less tax than anyone earning over $100k). Or consider a buncha CEOs, etc., whose salary is $1... What's there to pay income tax on?
The `poor' folks have to work for a living, which is why income tax applies to them; and income tax is generally much higher than capital gains tax.