Smiths invisible hand has been appropriated by others (abused) and expanded (to your meaning above). My point was that his original description and meaning has been lost.
So why does this only infect Windows? Are Linux and Mac users smarter? Are all Facebook users incredibly stupid? Do only Linux and Mac users realize that it's stupid to type in your password for some random software? Are only Windows users smart enough to remember their administrator passwords? Does god hate Windows? Do the people who write trojans hold a particularly low opinion of Windows users? Are they trying to educate Windows users? Is that possible? I know a few Windows users and they don't seem that stupid. Some of my best friends use Windows but they don't have a clue about this "administrator" stuff. Should we try to explain it to them our just charge them money to clean up their computers? I think that after that whole thing with the Greeks and Trojans that people should be on to them by now... I mean its been like thousands of years. I really don't want to believe that Windows users are stupid, I'd rather blame Microsoft. Mac and Linux don't seem to have these problems with Greeks and Trojans and stupid users...
I believe that Adam Smith's "invisible hand" originally referred to the tendency of companies based in a particular country to favor doing business in that country thus strengthening their home country. Of course, now companies have no loyalty to any country so they will roam anywhere to get the cheapest prices to maximize their profits. There is no more "invisible hand". It's all an open race to the bottom.
What makes you think that Amazon S3 or any other service will "definitely not be shut down"? All the MPAA/RIAA and their government goon squad need is a certain level of paranoia that you are storing something that they don't like and "all your fella data here belong us".
Your "expert" Linux friend must be clueless. Wireless cards are either fully supported automatically (most of the current ones) or are old obsolete hardware which deserves to die. BTW, who even has a "wireless card" anymore? Every laptop made in the past 5+ years has built in WiFi. Tell your cheap, clueless friend to spend $20 on a nice shiny new b/g/n wireless card. His life will so much better he may even get out of the basement.
I certainly don't want to have to purchase another overpriced data subscription for my tablet when I already have a data plan for my phone that I can tether as a WiFi hotspot. Besides, I only use my tablet at home and work where I already have WiFi. I guess I could take it to the coffee shop and browse the net with the other hipsters but they have WiFi too.
Solyndra built it's factory in California. The electric car factory is also in the US (although the company that built this factory in the US also has factories in other countries... a fact which Fox and friends have exploited to lie about the US factory).
So who cares? There aren't enough of those people to matter.
True. It's only the top 1% (or 0.1%) but they do control most of the assets and income in the country.
Besides, this is already pretty well covered by our tax code, perks provided solely to you get taxed as income.
If more jobs stay local and more manufacturing is kept on shore you can siphon ALL the profit down a rat hole and still earn more tax revenue taxing the earnings or workers, property, sales, etc, all from the increased jobs created.
You can't hide corporate earnings forever. Sooner or later someone spends the money and some other person puts it in his pocket.
I think you are profoundly naive about the way the US tax system really works. It's all about sheltering income in corporations and having those corporations buy things for the bosses. You can hide corporate earnings forever and you can spend them on a surprising number of legal "business expenses" and a lot more marginally legal expenses. Our much heralded "small businessmen" are masters at exploiting and stretching loopholes in the tax code for personal gain.
One anecdote to illustrate: The owners of a successful small business which runs vacation rentals in the mountains (and pays their workers poorly) take a 4 month vacation in Mexico and rent a villa at $23,000 a week. They can deduct this because they added a few web pages listing their new beach rentals (these are non-exclusive rentals which are copied from other rental agencies who are in the business in Mexico).
"Green" energy is sustainable:
- Clean energy is competitive with other types of energy
- Clean energy creates three times more jobs than fossil fuels
- Clean energy improves grid reliability
- Clean energy investment has surpassed investments in fossil fuels
- Investments in clean energy are cost effective
- Fossil fuels have gotten 75 times more subsidies than clean energy
However, it's an interesting counter-point to the commenters who regularly comment(and get modded up to 11) "How about MS fix security in Windows instead of taking down botnets/shipping antivirus etc.).
We can now say "How about MS fix security in Windows AND OFFICE" in our rants.
It is interesting that these same arguments (Chinese workers at Foxcon are better off) were used to justify slavery in the US for many years before the Civil War. Abuse of rights is abuse of rights.
Here in America, we import loads of cheap food from China. It has lead TWICE to dog food recalls. We now have loads of illegal pesticides being found in our juices due to illegal imports. We continue to ignore what is going on as republicans have a massive hold on America. But good to see that the rest of the west cares about their citizens.
The Republicans are the party of "get rid of regulation and the market will take care of it". This is what happens when you weaken regulation. You get contaminated food, air and water and the "market" does not take care of it... people get sick and die. Nice to see that some places actually care about public health.
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You could try "+1 Funny".
I think you missed my point.
Try reading this Wikipedia section slowly:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand#Abusing_Smith.E2.80.99s_statement_of_an_invisible_hand
Smiths invisible hand has been appropriated by others (abused) and expanded (to your meaning above). My point was that his original description and meaning has been lost.
So why does this only infect Windows? Are Linux and Mac users smarter? Are all Facebook users incredibly stupid? Do only Linux and Mac users realize that it's stupid to type in your password for some random software? Are only Windows users smart enough to remember their administrator passwords? Does god hate Windows? Do the people who write trojans hold a particularly low opinion of Windows users? Are they trying to educate Windows users? Is that possible? I know a few Windows users and they don't seem that stupid. Some of my best friends use Windows but they don't have a clue about this "administrator" stuff. Should we try to explain it to them our just charge them money to clean up their computers? I think that after that whole thing with the Greeks and Trojans that people should be on to them by now... I mean its been like thousands of years. I really don't want to believe that Windows users are stupid, I'd rather blame Microsoft. Mac and Linux don't seem to have these problems with Greeks and Trojans and stupid users...
Another reason I'm glad I don't use Facebook or Windows.
... and to the East.
I believe that Adam Smith's "invisible hand" originally referred to the tendency of companies based in a particular country to favor doing business in that country thus strengthening their home country. Of course, now companies have no loyalty to any country so they will roam anywhere to get the cheapest prices to maximize their profits. There is no more "invisible hand". It's all an open race to the bottom.
What makes you think that Amazon S3 or any other service will "definitely not be shut down"?
All the MPAA/RIAA and their government goon squad need is a certain level of paranoia that you are storing something that they don't like and "all your fella data here belong us".
I think that is what I said. If you have a supported wifi card (most current cards) then you're good. If not, get a new card.
Ableton looks like it's for Windows and Mac only... no wonder you had problems getting it to run on Linux.
Insensitive clod...
I have sigs turned off so I don't have to read all that drivel over and over.
I keep trying to use Chrome but it keeps crashing on me. I always have the latest and greatest version but it isn't very stable (YMMV).
IE 6 forever!
Your "expert" Linux friend must be clueless.
Wireless cards are either fully supported automatically (most of the current ones) or are old obsolete hardware which deserves to die.
BTW, who even has a "wireless card" anymore? Every laptop made in the past 5+ years has built in WiFi.
Tell your cheap, clueless friend to spend $20 on a nice shiny new b/g/n wireless card. His life will so much better he may even get out of the basement.
I certainly don't want to have to purchase another overpriced data subscription for my tablet when I already have a data plan for my phone that I can tether as a WiFi hotspot. Besides, I only use my tablet at home and work where I already have WiFi. I guess I could take it to the coffee shop and browse the net with the other hipsters but they have WiFi too.
Solyndra built it's factory in California.
The electric car factory is also in the US (although the company that built this factory in the US also has factories in other countries... a fact which Fox and friends have exploited to lie about the US factory).
So who cares?
There aren't enough of those people to matter.
True. It's only the top 1% (or 0.1%) but they do control most of the assets and income in the country.
Besides, this is already pretty well covered by our tax code, perks provided solely to you get taxed as income.
If more jobs stay local and more manufacturing is kept on shore you can siphon ALL the profit down a rat hole
and still earn more tax revenue taxing the earnings or workers, property, sales, etc, all from the increased
jobs created.
You can't hide corporate earnings forever. Sooner or later someone spends the money and some other person
puts it in his pocket.
I think you are profoundly naive about the way the US tax system really works.
It's all about sheltering income in corporations and having those corporations buy things for the bosses. You can hide corporate earnings forever and you can spend them on a surprising number of legal "business expenses" and a lot more marginally legal expenses.
Our much heralded "small businessmen" are masters at exploiting and stretching loopholes in the tax code for personal gain.
One anecdote to illustrate: The owners of a successful small business which runs vacation rentals in the mountains (and pays their workers poorly) take a 4 month vacation in Mexico and rent a villa at $23,000 a week. They can deduct this because they added a few web pages listing their new beach rentals (these are non-exclusive rentals which are copied from other rental agencies who are in the business in Mexico).
"Green" energy is sustainable:
- Clean energy is competitive with other types of energy
- Clean energy creates three times more jobs than fossil fuels
- Clean energy improves grid reliability
- Clean energy investment has surpassed investments in fossil fuels
- Investments in clean energy are cost effective
- Fossil fuels have gotten 75 times more subsidies than clean energy
For more details on these points:
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/28/453122/fact-sheet-6-things-you-should-know-about-the-value-of-renewable-energy/
However, it's an interesting counter-point to the commenters who regularly comment(and get modded up to 11) "How about MS fix security in Windows instead of taking down botnets/shipping antivirus etc.).
We can now say "How about MS fix security in Windows AND OFFICE" in our rants.
This should be fun.
I'll bring the popcorn.
Or ... Microsoft could just fix their software.
I live at 6500 ft.
Food tastes great!
It is interesting that these same arguments (Chinese workers at Foxcon are better off) were used to justify slavery in the US for many years before the Civil War.
Abuse of rights is abuse of rights.
In the US the more expensive business hotels all charge for wifi. Cheap hotels don't. I guess they figure you'll put it on the expense account.
I think the complaint was that Facebook was the ONLY option.
In your analogy... Why would you have a problem if you could ONLY vote at Walmart?
Here in America, we import loads of cheap food from China. It has lead TWICE to dog food recalls. We now have loads of illegal pesticides being found in our juices due to illegal imports. We continue to ignore what is going on as republicans have a massive hold on America. But good to see that the rest of the west cares about their citizens.
The Republicans are the party of "get rid of regulation and the market will take care of it". This is what happens when you weaken regulation. You get contaminated food, air and water and the "market" does not take care of it... people get sick and die.
Nice to see that some places actually care about public health.