It's the same thing in the cable world. Most of the rate-rises on your cable bill aren't from increased "costs" of distribution or just the cable company wanting to raise prices. It's because the channel-owners charge cable companies money per household that receives the channel. This is why we are beginning to see a move by industry giants like Comcast to purchase content, rather than just be content with their distribution system. They did just try to buy disney and they own the golf channel, among others:)
Also, at least in the cable world, the cable companies puts the commercials in. Dish probably injects the commercials too, so Viacom only makes dough off of the fees it charges Dish Network.
Hey, I just checked into the salaries of neurosurgeons and I bet that you didn't have to pay for college. The average going rate for a neurosurgeon in 1998 in L.A. is $483,774. Even a general surgeon makes on average $255,438 according to the federal government. $150k of malpractice insurance is a cost of doing business too, so it's probably a write-off to some degree.
So, in sum, $150,000 is a lot of money to pay per year, but it allows for your dad to continue making a substantial amount of money on top of that. I certainly hope you didn't have to pay for college:)
Sallah: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Junior"? Professor Henry Jones: That's his name. [points to himself] Henry Jones... [points to Indy]...Junior. Indiana Jones: I like "Indiana." Professor Henry Jones: We named the *dog* Indiana. Marcus Brody: May we go home now, please? Sallah: The dog?! You are named after the dog?! Indiana Jones: I've got a lot of fond memories of that dog.
Investors do get paid from microsoft...I remember reading within the last year or two that microsoft started issuing dividends and not just letting the money pile up. But I agree with you in the sense that "free trade" and "capitalist" are powerful words, used to frame the debate in a way that best suits the speaker.
Also, issues like tariffs and taxing imports sound silly at first glance, but they are important on a deeper level for people that want to have a job to get the money to buy more stuff.
After all, employment is much more important than lower prices, every day.
Well, it's not exactly what you are looking for, but in 1886 the Supreme Court used the fourteenth amendment to give corporations the same legal rights as citizens.
With regards to what the founding fathers had in mind vis-a-vis corporations, Thomas Jefferson himself said this:
"I hope we shall... crush in its birth the aristocracy of our
moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our
government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of
our country."
--Thomas Jefferson to George Logan, 1816.
Proof enough for me that they saw this train wreck coming. Also, don't forget that up until the '70s, the tax-rate for rich folks was really high stemming from a post world war ii emphasis on "shared sacrifice." Post WWII, for at least a decade or two, the top tax rate was 90%!!! Interesting, eh? Good luck in your search!
This is why we need a militia instead of a standing army. I realize it's a pipe dream, but we shouldn't send folks off to fight other people's wars just because they (most of 'em) want to be able to afford college. If someone wants to wage war, then they should be willing to fight & possibly die in that war. In this light, conscription sounds good because a senator's son has a chance of going off to war and so this would, in turn, possibly cut down on the number of wars fought (they don't have most of the deferrments they used to via-a-vis the draft).
Conscription, of course, infringes on liberty, whether you are a classical republican or a believer in classical liberalism (what we pretty much are today). I wish we could increase the number of guardspeople and reduce the standing (mercenary) army's numbers...if for no other reason than to not sequester our warriors on bases, away from view.
Speaking of which, I have a problem with the continual removal of the realities of war from the American people. When the dead are repatriated, let all eyes be cast on them and questions asked about the value of the conflict they gave their life to. It seems during this conflict, the sacrifices of soldiers only exist as news briefs and running tallies. This is wrong and is the antithesis of most of the founding fathers' vision for the United States.
"The software companies have gotten fat and lazy. Open Source came at them from left field and they still can't figure out how to honestly fight it. That's why they go crying to the politicians after contributing money to their campaigns.
This is a good point. I think it reflects the general laziness on the part of behemoth corporations with establish streams of revenue. Take Disney for instance. Every time the Mouse's copyright (Steam Boat Willy for goodness sakes!) almost comes up for expiry, another copyright extention gets past. Disney knows it's in hot water, especially lately because it hasn't had a mega-hit since the Lion King.
But it's not just Disney. If Linux really, and I mean really became a threat to Microsoft it would come down to either Microsoft ceasing to exist as it does now or Linux being made illegal (or tied up in the courts 'till forever). My guess is on the latter. Few people seem to point out (that I see, anyhow) that all this talk about innovation is total crap. Established corporations don't really want to innovate, because that costs money! Why innovate when you can just throw lawyers at threats to your revenue stream? This has been going on since (at least) Edison when he forced all the movie producers to move out to California to evade patents on motion picture equipment.
Linux will just have to do what it does best and no one else really wants to do -- innovate. Innovate damn well, too. Microsoft's $250-something billion market cap. is one heck of a freight train to derail.
Hey, who needs an island? With this you can just sail into international waters AND have a massive pontoon-boat party while you fly your aeroplane.
Also, if you were gonna try and export the plane, what could anyone do? Just fill the gas tank up, punch the throttle and fly to eastern Siberia or somewhere. It's not like the FAA will send up fighters to chase you down. I remember hearing something about how slow they are at doing that.
"Prior to Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative launched in 2001, Mainsoft, which calls itself "the software porting company," was one of only two partners with access to the Windows source code under Microsoft's Windows Interface Source Environment (WISE) program.
heh, looks they should have called it "Underground Network Windows Interface Source Environment."
*ducks*
But seriously, given the fact that folks made off with only 15% of the Windows source, in about six months they'll be such great, write-home-to-mom projects as:
Speaking of "a world of hurt," wouldn't the general reaction to a leak of this kind cause a precipitous fall(big or small) in Microsoft's stock? If was an investor, I would totally short the stock right now, since there will probably be some crazy reaction at just the hint of a leak...probably because people will think it's a bigger deal than it will end up being.
It looks as though at the end of the trading day, MSFT did lose some value. If not short it, then maybe sell it, if only to pick up some deals later...
"During my trial against Microsoft with the FTC, I used SCO UNIX to help manage my paperwork, research and knee-cap assailants to help me win the case.
Now, as Chief Litigant in the SCO vs. The World case, I'm using SCO UNIX in a unique and innovative way. Few software companies would champion or even think of the use of hysterical barrantry in order to solicit increased revenue, but SCO developed this idea virtually overnight. I have helped to refine this idea to make it an art -- enriching me as well as SCO itself.
We have created a new corporate paradigm, where products need not exist, only vague notions of plagarization by other non-corporate entities. Through litigation, intimidation, and of course SCO UNIX, I have helped usher in a new era of corporate dominance over innovation that had threatened to cut off established sources of revenue. Now, businesses the world over will no longer have to engage in R&D or any sort of product development. Lawsuits and aggresive licensing contracts will sustain corporations for the next century or even longer. Longer that is, if SCO UNIX continues to be a great product at a great price."
I use these folks whenever I want to register a domain name. It's a nice, cheap, legal way to protect my whois info from anyone I feel like. And no, I'm not getting anything for saying this, it's just a cool idea and one that I appreciate (and use).
So now they can get legit music if they can't find what they want on kazaa?:) It must be nice to get something with the ~$700/month dorm fees other than closet-sized room and a lumpy mattress.
It doesn't really matter *who* does the study...the results are almost guaranteed to be biased unless the study is comissioned by a truly independent organization and carried out by a truly independent studying group.
"SCO study proves Linux is built on SCOde."
"Linux study proves SCO is build on false-promises and deception"
hmm...SCOde is now the term one can use when describing copyrighted/poorly written code that might have fallen into a software product.
Usage:
"Dude, there's some SCOde in your program. Check out the variable."
"What variable?"
"$SCO_rocks"
"Crap..."
Only British citzens can be referred to as "Sir So-and-So." So, Bill Gates will just be Bill Gates, KBE. Given that he didn't graduate college, it might be nice to finally have some fancy acronyms after his last name:)
Of course, this leaves open the possibility that he can just cross the atlantic, take up British citizenry so he can be called Sir, like Rupert Murdoch or some other media mogul did. I'm sure quite a few people would like that.
Street Fighter Alpha 2 is the best fighting game ever made and it's one of the few fighting games where folks can still get by with button mashing. My friend's wife is interested in the game because she can kick ass and not have to learn anything:)
Plus, Super Akuma's Raging Demon move is arguably one of the coolest fighting game moves in videogamedom.
And, although this is slightly OT, I feel the need to mention that Howard Dean's YIIIEEAAAAA was very similar to Vega's YIIIEEEAAAA.
Two UW Madison Professors announced plans today to help supplement waning global cheese supplies by mining the moon for cheese.
"The moon has a virtually unlimited supply of cheese, most notably the Pepperjackus Mons. This literal hill-of-cheese is an area that is the size of Rhode Island and comprised entirely of pepperjack," said Professor Klaus von Berrywinkle.
Cheese is typically mined in third-world countries with little regard for safety standards or labor laws. Authoritarian regimes usually hold sway over the cheese mines as well and placating them is a full-time priority for many governments.
"Unfortunately, cheddar is in short supply on the moon, but it is feasible that there is a cache of it somewhere that has eluded our che-dar," chortled Professor Eniac van Bumblybum.
The scientists later added that the supply of cheese on the moon would last the Earth thousands of years at the current rate of consumption.
"Although it would last quite awhile at the current rate of consumption, the past has shown that when you remove constraints consumption rises dramtically. I would not be surprised if, given a more efficient method of transportation, all the cheese on the moon would be eaten within 3-5 generations," Berrywinkle portended.
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thanks for elaborating on my point!:)
It's the same thing in the cable world. Most of the rate-rises on your cable bill aren't from increased "costs" of distribution or just the cable company wanting to raise prices. It's because the channel-owners charge cable companies money per household that receives the channel. This is why we are beginning to see a move by industry giants like Comcast to purchase content, rather than just be content with their distribution system. They did just try to buy disney and they own the golf channel, among others:)
Also, at least in the cable world, the cable companies puts the commercials in. Dish probably injects the commercials too, so Viacom only makes dough off of the fees it charges Dish Network.
Hey, I just checked into the salaries of neurosurgeons and I bet that you didn't have to pay for college. The average going rate for a neurosurgeon in 1998 in L.A. is $483,774. Even a general surgeon makes on average $255,438 according to the federal government. $150k of malpractice insurance is a cost of doing business too, so it's probably a write-off to some degree.
So, in sum, $150,000 is a lot of money to pay per year, but it allows for your dad to continue making a substantial amount of money on top of that. I certainly hope you didn't have to pay for college:)
Sallah: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Junior"? ...Junior.
Professor Henry Jones: That's his name. [points to himself] Henry Jones... [points to Indy]
Indiana Jones: I like "Indiana."
Professor Henry Jones: We named the *dog* Indiana.
Marcus Brody: May we go home now, please?
Sallah: The dog?! You are named after the dog?!
Indiana Jones: I've got a lot of fond memories of that dog.
Martian wind + Giant-ass soccer ball filled with scientific instruments + astronaut posing for picture = First action scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark
Yeah, the quote is from Last Crusade, but it seems relavant...
Investors do get paid from microsoft...I remember reading within the last year or two that microsoft started issuing dividends and not just letting the money pile up. But I agree with you in the sense that "free trade" and "capitalist" are powerful words, used to frame the debate in a way that best suits the speaker.
Also, issues like tariffs and taxing imports sound silly at first glance, but they are important on a deeper level for people that want to have a job to get the money to buy more stuff.
After all, employment is much more important than lower prices, every day.
Well, it's not exactly what you are looking for, but in 1886 the Supreme Court used the fourteenth amendment to give corporations the same legal rights as citizens.
You can read about it here.
With regards to what the founding fathers had in mind vis-a-vis corporations, Thomas Jefferson himself said this:
"I hope we shall... crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
--Thomas Jefferson to George Logan, 1816.
Proof enough for me that they saw this train wreck coming. Also, don't forget that up until the '70s, the tax-rate for rich folks was really high stemming from a post world war ii emphasis on "shared sacrifice." Post WWII, for at least a decade or two, the top tax rate was 90%!!! Interesting, eh? Good luck in your search!
---macshune
This is why we need a militia instead of a standing army. I realize it's a pipe dream, but we shouldn't send folks off to fight other people's wars just because they (most of 'em) want to be able to afford college. If someone wants to wage war, then they should be willing to fight & possibly die in that war. In this light, conscription sounds good because a senator's son has a chance of going off to war and so this would, in turn, possibly cut down on the number of wars fought (they don't have most of the deferrments they used to via-a-vis the draft).
Conscription, of course, infringes on liberty, whether you are a classical republican or a believer in classical liberalism (what we pretty much are today). I wish we could increase the number of guardspeople and reduce the standing (mercenary) army's numbers...if for no other reason than to not sequester our warriors on bases, away from view.
Speaking of which, I have a problem with the continual removal of the realities of war from the American people. When the dead are repatriated, let all eyes be cast on them and questions asked about the value of the conflict they gave their life to. It seems during this conflict, the sacrifices of soldiers only exist as news briefs and running tallies. This is wrong and is the antithesis of most of the founding fathers' vision for the United States.
*gets off soapbox*
"The software companies have gotten fat and lazy. Open Source came at them from left field and they still can't figure out how to honestly fight it. That's why they go crying to the politicians after contributing money to their campaigns.
This is a good point. I think it reflects the general laziness on the part of behemoth corporations with establish streams of revenue. Take Disney for instance. Every time the Mouse's copyright (Steam Boat Willy for goodness sakes!) almost comes up for expiry, another copyright extention gets past. Disney knows it's in hot water, especially lately because it hasn't had a mega-hit since the Lion King.
But it's not just Disney. If Linux really, and I mean really became a threat to Microsoft it would come down to either Microsoft ceasing to exist as it does now or Linux being made illegal (or tied up in the courts 'till forever). My guess is on the latter. Few people seem to point out (that I see, anyhow) that all this talk about innovation is total crap. Established corporations don't really want to innovate, because that costs money! Why innovate when you can just throw lawyers at threats to your revenue stream? This has been going on since (at least) Edison when he forced all the movie producers to move out to California to evade patents on motion picture equipment.
Linux will just have to do what it does best and no one else really wants to do -- innovate. Innovate damn well, too. Microsoft's $250-something billion market cap. is one heck of a freight train to derail.
Hey, who needs an island? With this you can just sail into international waters AND have a massive pontoon-boat party while you fly your aeroplane.
Also, if you were gonna try and export the plane, what could anyone do? Just fill the gas tank up, punch the throttle and fly to eastern Siberia or somewhere. It's not like the FAA will send up fighters to chase you down. I remember hearing something about how slow they are at doing that.
"Prior to Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative launched in 2001, Mainsoft, which calls itself "the software porting company," was one of only two partners with access to the Windows source code under Microsoft's Windows Interface Source Environment (WISE) program.
heh, looks they should have called it "Underground Network Windows Interface Source Environment."
*ducks*
But seriously, given the fact that folks made off with only 15% of the Windows source, in about six months they'll be such great, write-home-to-mom projects as:
31337 \/\/1nsock 3.455 fr33 pr0n edition
hax0r c3rtificate handling w/ 178-bit encryption
Any maybe...
1337 Media Player DRM-free F0R3V3R
Interesting. At any rate, if this turns out to be true, I'd bet that MSFT will take a beating tomorrow on some level.
>>what the hell does a curriculum vitae email link make in the Windows source tree??!
Evidence.
Speaking of "a world of hurt," wouldn't the general reaction to a leak of this kind cause a precipitous fall(big or small) in Microsoft's stock? If was an investor, I would totally short the stock right now, since there will probably be some crazy reaction at just the hint of a leak...probably because people will think it's a bigger deal than it will end up being.
It looks as though at the end of the trading day, MSFT did lose some value. If not short it, then maybe sell it, if only to pick up some deals later...
Just imagine the FUD/lawsuits/etc when, for some reason, Linux starts running on natively on NTFS.
David Boies
"During my trial against Microsoft with the FTC, I used SCO UNIX to help manage my paperwork, research and knee-cap assailants to help me win the case.
Now, as Chief Litigant in the SCO vs. The World case, I'm using SCO UNIX in a unique and innovative way. Few software companies would champion or even think of the use of hysterical barrantry in order to solicit increased revenue, but SCO developed this idea virtually overnight. I have helped to refine this idea to make it an art -- enriching me as well as SCO itself.
We have created a new corporate paradigm, where products need not exist, only vague notions of plagarization by other non-corporate entities. Through litigation, intimidation, and of course SCO UNIX, I have helped usher in a new era of corporate dominance over innovation that had threatened to cut off established sources of revenue. Now, businesses the world over will no longer have to engage in R&D or any sort of product development. Lawsuits and aggresive licensing contracts will sustain corporations for the next century or even longer. Longer that is, if SCO UNIX continues to be a great product at a great price."
I use these folks whenever I want to register a domain name. It's a nice, cheap, legal way to protect my whois info from anyone I feel like. And no, I'm not getting anything for saying this, it's just a cool idea and one that I appreciate (and use).
So now they can get legit music if they can't find what they want on kazaa?:) It must be nice to get something with the ~$700/month dorm fees other than closet-sized room and a lumpy mattress.
Or use the webserver, Roxen?
It doesn't really matter *who* does the study...the results are almost guaranteed to be biased unless the study is comissioned by a truly independent organization and carried out by a truly independent studying group.
"SCO study proves Linux is built on SCOde."
"Linux study proves SCO is build on false-promises and deception"
hmm...SCOde is now the term one can use when describing copyrighted/poorly written code that might have fallen into a software product.
Usage:
"Dude, there's some SCOde in your program. Check out the variable."
"What variable?"
"$SCO_rocks"
"Crap..."
Only British citzens can be referred to as "Sir So-and-So." So, Bill Gates will just be Bill Gates, KBE. Given that he didn't graduate college, it might be nice to finally have some fancy acronyms after his last name:)
Of course, this leaves open the possibility that he can just cross the atlantic, take up British citizenry so he can be called Sir, like Rupert Murdoch or some other media mogul did. I'm sure quite a few people would like that.
*sob**sob* stop making fun of me! *sniff*
Street Fighter Alpha 2 is the best fighting game ever made and it's one of the few fighting games where folks can still get by with button mashing. My friend's wife is interested in the game because she can kick ass and not have to learn anything:)
Plus, Super Akuma's Raging Demon move is arguably one of the coolest fighting game moves in videogamedom.
And, although this is slightly OT, I feel the need to mention that Howard Dean's YIIIEEAAAAA was very similar to Vega's YIIIEEEAAAA.
Two UW Madison Professors announced plans today to help supplement waning global cheese supplies by mining the moon for cheese.
"The moon has a virtually unlimited supply of cheese, most notably the Pepperjackus Mons. This literal hill-of-cheese is an area that is the size of Rhode Island and comprised entirely of pepperjack," said Professor Klaus von Berrywinkle.
Cheese is typically mined in third-world countries with little regard for safety standards or labor laws. Authoritarian regimes usually hold sway over the cheese mines as well and placating them is a full-time priority for many governments.
"Unfortunately, cheddar is in short supply on the moon, but it is feasible that there is a cache of it somewhere that has eluded our che-dar," chortled Professor Eniac van Bumblybum.
The scientists later added that the supply of cheese on the moon would last the Earth thousands of years at the current rate of consumption.
"Although it would last quite awhile at the current rate of consumption, the past has shown that when you remove constraints consumption rises dramtically. I would not be surprised if, given a more efficient method of transportation, all the cheese on the moon would be eaten within 3-5 generations," Berrywinkle portended.
If inhaling Helium-1 makes my voice high, Helium-2 makes it higher, how high will Helium-3 make it?