Or, to put it in light of a bit of recent history, a lot of Americans are still grumbling at local broadcasters and the FCC because over-the-air TV was working JUST FINE until June 2009, when ALL OF A SUDDEN the rabbit ears weren't enough.
To be fair, there was absolutely no indication in any of the PSAs that rabbit ears might not work. Most people had the expectation that they would be able to receive broadcasts with the addition of a digital box.
Imagine instead a system where an inventor had no control over his invention, with anyone permitted to copy, but if the inventor can show his invention was used, he is entitled to some portion of the profits.
That's why we have patents with licensing. Do you want some sort of arbitration with every single instance of copying?
Sonic drive-ins ran commercials for YEARS before they were local to the Philadelphia area. I guessed that they were trying to drum up interest from potential franchisees. It worked: we've had at least four new locations pop up in just the last four years.
No, Captain Cynic, they're not. In the US, the federal government was given the power to issue them so that inventors could be free to innovate without having to worry about their ideas being stolen as fast as they could be created. Without patents, the rich would actually ALWAYS have the upper hand once they get access to a new product or its design documents. The problem is not with patents themselves, but with the length of time they are in force. The duration is far too long with most things.
In your child-abusing universe, does anything else happen other than child abuse? If so, do you think there may be any other concerns? In your universe, is God merely a universal police man, or super hero?
Did Jesus tell the man he was screwed because he had too much stuff? Or did he tell him to give it all away? Please look up John Huntsman and see what he plans to do with his wealth.
You don't automatically become evil and have to make penance, Roman Catholic-indulgence style, when you become rich. Being rich means that instead of spending time worrying about how you're going to pay your bills, you can think about all the wrong in the world and try to help. The problem is that people are as cynical as you are about philanthropists, yet they think it's the height of "charity" when a government taxes its citizens and then sends the money to whatever regimes it sees fit to support.
Can anyone explain to me what is up with the moderators? Rebut anything I've said if you think it's incorrect-- don't just mod me down because you don't like it.
Opinions. Everyone has them. Can you point out anything those guys did that was worse than the shenanigans Bill Clinton participated in while in the most powerful office in the world? I could easily point out the absurdity of Jimmy Carter being on the list, but I realize that the great good of Habitat for Humanity tempers his incompetence as a leader and belligerent opposition to the state of Israel.
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Name an empire that didn't use gold and silver. Ancient Egypt didn't use currency, but they measured out gold and silver for use in transactions. The Babylonians used gold. The Persians used gold. The Greeks used gold. Of course, everyone since the Romans have used gold. In the Americas, the Aztecs used cocoa beans in addition to gold, but cocoa isn't exactly a necessity.
Gold (or whatever you make your coins out of) has no intrinsic worth - the only reason we value it is because it is scarce and pretty.
The dumbing-down of slashdot has left us with supposed geeks who don't know that gold is vital to electronics.
Given a world famine, try using gold to trade for something when all everyone wants is food. The value of that gold is determined by the demand for it, and if there is no demand...
Oh, we're trotting out the "you can't eat gold" example again. Well, you can't wear food, and you can't eat clothes (except maybe underwear from Spencer's Gifts), you can't drink corn, and you can't live in a water tower. So clean water, food, clothing, and shelter are all important. Not everyone has them. In primitive (and I mean PRIMITIVE) societies, barter works well for this. But unless all you geeks are ready to go stone age, you're still going to want to maintain our technology that makes this particular civilization possible. And that means-- since almost none of us produce food, water, shelter or clothing, we're going to need gold.
And if you think gold will always be in demand, I'd like to point out the example of using shells as money, or any other ancient form of commodity money.
Shells were the ancient version of paper money. They aren't scarce, and have limited utility. If you can't see the great scarcity and utility of gold, then I have some pretty conchs to sell you. I'll give you TWICE the weight of your gold!
Maybe rich Americans give to charity in an attempt to buy their souls back.
You don't automatically become evil and have to make penance, Roman Catholic-indulgence style, when you become rich. Being rich means that instead of spending time worrying about how you're going to pay your bills, you can think about all the wrong in the world and try to help. The problem is that people are as cynical as you are about philanthropists, yet they think it's the height of "charity" when a government taxes its citizens and then sends the money to whatever regimes it sees fit to support.
Opinions. Everyone has them. Can you point out anything those guys did that was worse than the shenanigans Bill Clinton participated in while in the most powerful office in the world?
I could easily point out the absurdity of Jimmy Carter being on the list, but I realize that the great good of Habitat for Humanity tempers his incompetence as a leader and belligerent opposition to the state of Israel.
I wish we knew what Obama got from Columbia, because he wouldn't release those grades. We do know he got less than a 3.3 because he did not graduate with honors. He did do well in law school.
Cap and Trade would have been nice though, it might have actually worked. It worked for Sulfer Dioxide, but I don't expect your kind to use facts or stuff like that.
I don't want to be your kind. Your ideas will stagnate the economy, impoverish already struggling people, and put us into a third-world economy. Government is not the answer, it's the "solutions" looking for a problem. THOSE WELLS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRANSFERRED TO COMPANIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES TO BE USED TO DRILL OIL. THE OIL WILL BE DRILLED, AND OTHERS WILL MAKE US THEIR SLAVES TO GET IT FROM THEM. The people Obama has associated himself with will not be satisfied until their dream of one world government becomes reality.
If W was really an idiot, would it be his fault? Guess what: he's Ivy-league educated, and not an idiot. Why are you calling people names? What is this, preschool?
The rich - they don't care about justice or injustice, just money The poor - they may care but they have no power The oblivious - they're busy watching American Idol and eating pizza The middle class - they're just trying to maintain or looking for work
Your view of society is pretty twisted.
The rich - they understand money and use it to empower them. Sometimes it's for justice, sometimes it's for fun, sometimes it's to do evil. They invest and start businesses to work for them.
The poor - they don't understand money. As soon as they have some, they spend it. They never go anywhere because they blame their situation on others and don't try to save, invest, or do anything different. They don't educate themselves even though there are opportunities.
The middle class - they don't understand money either. They spend it, maybe save a little bit, but never invest it. When they want stuff, they use credit to get it. They never go anywhere because they blame their situation on others and don't try to invest or do anything different. If they start a business, it wears them out because they don't know how to make a business work for them instead of working for their business.
The oblivious: anyone who believes money is evil, or that it's evil when it's concentrated. If anyone really believed that, then they would renounce all possessions and join a cloister so that they could be free of evil.
Hey, did anyone notice oil prices are really high again? Maybe he should hit them with those windfall profits taxes he was talking about three years ago when gasoline was over a dollar lower. Raising taxes on those guys will totally make prices go down. If he doesn't do it, I'm sure he's in the pocket of Big Oil.
Didn't he already pass a consumer protection law that's basically keeping a lot of people from getting credit cards anymore? And he would have signed the cap and trade bill if it actually hadn't been too far left even for Congress to pass. And he used an executive order to stop oil drilling when we desperately need energy prices to go down and to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Left enough?
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Move to the USA. Here, if you try to stop someone from PISSING ON THE FLOOR in a public library, YOU will be arrested for some kind of hate crime.
To be fair, there was absolutely no indication in any of the PSAs that rabbit ears might not work. Most people had the expectation that they would be able to receive broadcasts with the addition of a digital box.
... will they stop their garbage pop-unders on every other site I visit?
That's why we have patents with licensing. Do you want some sort of arbitration with every single instance of copying?
Sonic drive-ins ran commercials for YEARS before they were local to the Philadelphia area. I guessed that they were trying to drum up interest from potential franchisees. It worked: we've had at least four new locations pop up in just the last four years.
I thought that was every online music site's business model. *shrug*
No, Captain Cynic, they're not. In the US, the federal government was given the power to issue them so that inventors could be free to innovate without having to worry about their ideas being stolen as fast as they could be created. Without patents, the rich would actually ALWAYS have the upper hand once they get access to a new product or its design documents. The problem is not with patents themselves, but with the length of time they are in force. The duration is far too long with most things.
In your child-abusing universe, does anything else happen other than child abuse? If so, do you think there may be any other concerns? In your universe, is God merely a universal police man, or super hero?
I'm not sure who you're talking to. Certainly, nothing you've said addresses anything in my post.
Did Jesus tell the man he was screwed because he had too much stuff? Or did he tell him to give it all away? Please look up John Huntsman and see what he plans to do with his wealth.
You don't automatically become evil and have to make penance, Roman Catholic-indulgence style, when you become rich. Being rich means that instead of spending time worrying about how you're going to pay your bills, you can think about all the wrong in the world and try to help. The problem is that people are as cynical as you are about philanthropists, yet they think it's the height of "charity" when a government taxes its citizens and then sends the money to whatever regimes it sees fit to support.
Can anyone explain to me what is up with the moderators? Rebut anything I've said if you think it's incorrect-- don't just mod me down because you don't like it.
Opinions. Everyone has them. Can you point out anything those guys did that was worse than the shenanigans Bill Clinton participated in while in the most powerful office in the world? I could easily point out the absurdity of Jimmy Carter being on the list, but I realize that the great good of Habitat for Humanity tempers his incompetence as a leader and belligerent opposition to the state of Israel. Reposted due to inappropriate, ironic moderation.
Name an empire that didn't use gold and silver. Ancient Egypt didn't use currency, but they measured out gold and silver for use in transactions. The Babylonians used gold. The Persians used gold. The Greeks used gold. Of course, everyone since the Romans have used gold. In the Americas, the Aztecs used cocoa beans in addition to gold, but cocoa isn't exactly a necessity.
The dumbing-down of slashdot has left us with supposed geeks who don't know that gold is vital to electronics.
Oh, we're trotting out the "you can't eat gold" example again. Well, you can't wear food, and you can't eat clothes (except maybe underwear from Spencer's Gifts), you can't drink corn, and you can't live in a water tower. So clean water, food, clothing, and shelter are all important. Not everyone has them. In primitive (and I mean PRIMITIVE) societies, barter works well for this. But unless all you geeks are ready to go stone age, you're still going to want to maintain our technology that makes this particular civilization possible. And that means-- since almost none of us produce food, water, shelter or clothing, we're going to need gold.
Shells were the ancient version of paper money. They aren't scarce, and have limited utility. If you can't see the great scarcity and utility of gold, then I have some pretty conchs to sell you. I'll give you TWICE the weight of your gold!
You don't automatically become evil and have to make penance, Roman Catholic-indulgence style, when you become rich. Being rich means that instead of spending time worrying about how you're going to pay your bills, you can think about all the wrong in the world and try to help. The problem is that people are as cynical as you are about philanthropists, yet they think it's the height of "charity" when a government taxes its citizens and then sends the money to whatever regimes it sees fit to support.
Opinions. Everyone has them. Can you point out anything those guys did that was worse than the shenanigans Bill Clinton participated in while in the most powerful office in the world? I could easily point out the absurdity of Jimmy Carter being on the list, but I realize that the great good of Habitat for Humanity tempers his incompetence as a leader and belligerent opposition to the state of Israel.
I wish we knew what Obama got from Columbia, because he wouldn't release those grades. We do know he got less than a 3.3 because he did not graduate with honors. He did do well in law school.
I don't want to be your kind. Your ideas will stagnate the economy, impoverish already struggling people, and put us into a third-world economy. Government is not the answer, it's the "solutions" looking for a problem. THOSE WELLS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRANSFERRED TO COMPANIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES TO BE USED TO DRILL OIL. THE OIL WILL BE DRILLED, AND OTHERS WILL MAKE US THEIR SLAVES TO GET IT FROM THEM. The people Obama has associated himself with will not be satisfied until their dream of one world government becomes reality.
What's a pseudo-stutter?
If W was really an idiot, would it be his fault? Guess what: he's Ivy-league educated, and not an idiot. Why are you calling people names? What is this, preschool?
Your view of society is pretty twisted.
The rich - they understand money and use it to empower them. Sometimes it's for justice, sometimes it's for fun, sometimes it's to do evil. They invest and start businesses to work for them.
The poor - they don't understand money. As soon as they have some, they spend it. They never go anywhere because they blame their situation on others and don't try to save, invest, or do anything different. They don't educate themselves even though there are opportunities.
The middle class - they don't understand money either. They spend it, maybe save a little bit, but never invest it. When they want stuff, they use credit to get it. They never go anywhere because they blame their situation on others and don't try to invest or do anything different. If they start a business, it wears them out because they don't know how to make a business work for them instead of working for their business.
The oblivious: anyone who believes money is evil, or that it's evil when it's concentrated. If anyone really believed that, then they would renounce all possessions and join a cloister so that they could be free of evil.
The system that benefits the rich doesn't have anything to do with the Constitution. It's the Federal Reserve System.
Hey, did anyone notice oil prices are really high again? Maybe he should hit them with those windfall profits taxes he was talking about three years ago when gasoline was over a dollar lower. Raising taxes on those guys will totally make prices go down. If he doesn't do it, I'm sure he's in the pocket of Big Oil.
Yeah, Reagan was totally a democrat. Hey, did you happen to notice that a lot of "blue dog Democrats" got voted out of office?
The progressives don't use their voice... they quietly take action in the czars appointed by the President.
Didn't he already pass a consumer protection law that's basically keeping a lot of people from getting credit cards anymore? And he would have signed the cap and trade bill if it actually hadn't been too far left even for Congress to pass. And he used an executive order to stop oil drilling when we desperately need energy prices to go down and to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Left enough?
Racists? Who let Garofalo in here? And what about the black birthers?