The USSR collapsed because, in Gorbachev, they had a leader that had drank the Kool Aid. Unlike the previous thugs and tyrants, he actually believed communism could survive free speech, that it could survive without oppression.
It's more likely because of Muslim immigrants. When they lost Algeria as a colony back in the 50's (?), they magnanimously gave everyone there French citizenship.
Read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. Very early 1900's were pretty friggin' unregulated capitalism. It takes place in the meat packing district (of Chicago, I think) and the publication of this novel pretty much led to the establishment of the Food and Drug Administration. The last chapter has the main character attending a Communist Party meeting and "seeing the light" (Sinclair was a major league commie).
Purely unregulated economies dont' work. But there's more to a society than the economy.
Car companies make money by selling cars. Toyota developed the reputation for having reliable cars. They sell more cars because of that reputation.
Also, many (probably most) people don't buy GM/Ford replacement parts. They buy NAPA, etc.
In new technology like this, they could make a killing on after-sale upgrades if they design the car right. "Hey, we've got a new ultracap design that holds its charge much better than the one in your car. Here's a limited time offer for replacements."
200 a month is 2400 a year. Instead of spending 100k on a solar power system, I could put it in a friggin *savings* account and make over 4000 a year. Buy an S&P index fund, and in 30 years you'll be waaay ahead.
And that's not even considering you're going to have maintenance/repair costs over those 30 years.
Make it a strong hollow sphere. The interior would be a vacuum. Make the average density a little below 1 kg per cubic meter, and it'll reenter until the air gets thick enough, then it'll float.
Their wealth was in the land. How did they take the land with them when they left, Sherlock?
The morons that took over the farms did idiotic crap like pull irrigation pipe out of the ground to sell for scrap metal. That's what screwed up the country.
WTF, look at Somalia. The *entire* economy of Somalia is based on money sent back for Somalians working in the US.
Move. My house is well under $200K and would be worth over a million in "San Diego, LA or Frisco". I could easily make the payments ($400/mo, another $400/mo for property tax/insurance) making $20 an hour. But that would involve you moving to Texas, so I'm sure that's right out.
BTW, I'm also sick and tired of subsidizing your left-coast home interest deduction.
They've tried that. It's called communism. In case you haven't been keeping up on current events, it didn't work out so well.
Or do you think a government bureaucrat is more efficient than one in a business?
A government leader doesn't have any incentive to spend money wisely. Seriously. Or haven't you noticed that 7 trillion dollar national debt? A business leader spending money irresponsibly like that would be in federal prison or at the very list fired by the owner(s).
What about when public safety is involved? Are you OK with Firestone tire company paying people who had a tire explode at 70 mph to keep them quiet? Personally, I think companies that pull that crap should be nailed to the wall.
Four billion years ago the earth was hit by a really big rock. This caused the moon to form and the earth to have a crust thin enough to allow plate tectonics, which comes in handy if you want a long-term way for CO2 emitted by volcanoes to get back underground. If that hadn't happened, Earth would be just like Venus. No need to blame Exxon.
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Played with an automatic, not a revolver.
Hell, I'm gonna grant your greatest wish. I'm gonna show you a world without sin.
The USSR collapsed because, in Gorbachev, they had a leader that had drank the Kool Aid. Unlike the previous thugs and tyrants, he actually believed communism could survive free speech, that it could survive without oppression.
It's more likely because of Muslim immigrants. When they lost Algeria as a colony back in the 50's (?), they magnanimously gave everyone there French citizenship.
Read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. Very early 1900's were pretty friggin' unregulated capitalism. It takes place in the meat packing district (of Chicago, I think) and the publication of this novel pretty much led to the establishment of the Food and Drug Administration. The last chapter has the main character attending a Communist Party meeting and "seeing the light" (Sinclair was a major league commie).
Purely unregulated economies dont' work. But there's more to a society than the economy.
Watt the hell are you talking about? I think you need to go ohm.
Did you see Joule as the guest judge on American Idol?
Car companies make money by selling cars. Toyota developed the reputation for having reliable cars. They sell more cars because of that reputation.
Also, many (probably most) people don't buy GM/Ford replacement parts. They buy NAPA, etc.
In new technology like this, they could make a killing on after-sale upgrades if they design the car right. "Hey, we've got a new ultracap design that holds its charge much better than the one in your car. Here's a limited time offer for replacements."
You just run that OS on a virtual machine . . .
Here in Texas the fear of getting caught is not nearly as large as the fear of getting shot.
You need to learn about the time value of money.
200 a month is 2400 a year. Instead of spending 100k on a solar power system, I could put it in a friggin *savings* account and make over 4000 a year. Buy an S&P index fund, and in 30 years you'll be waaay ahead.
And that's not even considering you're going to have maintenance/repair costs over those 30 years.
The problem is, if the sniper has a line of sight with *you*, he may not necessarily have line of sight with the robot.
Make it a strong hollow sphere. The interior would be a vacuum. Make the average density a little below 1 kg per cubic meter, and it'll reenter until the air gets thick enough, then it'll float.
Fox are canines, just like racoon dogs. It's not like they're skinning Fido.
No, you need to be married to a woman who is happy with what *she* has.
Their wealth was in the land. How did they take the land with them when they left, Sherlock?
The morons that took over the farms did idiotic crap like pull irrigation pipe out of the ground to sell for scrap metal. That's what screwed up the country.
WTF, look at Somalia. The *entire* economy of Somalia is based on money sent back for Somalians working in the US.
Move. My house is well under $200K and would be worth over a million in "San Diego, LA or Frisco". I could easily make the payments ($400/mo, another $400/mo for property tax/insurance) making $20 an hour. But that would involve you moving to Texas, so I'm sure that's right out.
BTW, I'm also sick and tired of subsidizing your left-coast home interest deduction.
They've tried that. It's called communism. In case you haven't been keeping up on current events, it didn't work out so well.
Or do you think a government bureaucrat is more efficient than one in a business?
A government leader doesn't have any incentive to spend money wisely. Seriously. Or haven't you noticed that 7 trillion dollar national debt? A business leader spending money irresponsibly like that would be in federal prison or at the very list fired by the owner(s).
Women like gold. Women have a monopoly on a desired commodity. That is why gold has value. That's pretty much why *anything* has value.
What about when public safety is involved? Are you OK with Firestone tire company paying people who had a tire explode at 70 mph to keep them quiet? Personally, I think companies that pull that crap should be nailed to the wall.
Since you're on Slashdot, unless you have nimble legs, you'll probably want hands :)
Four billion years ago the earth was hit by a really big rock. This caused the moon to form and the earth to have a crust thin enough to allow plate tectonics, which comes in handy if you want a long-term way for CO2 emitted by volcanoes to get back underground. If that hadn't happened, Earth would be just like Venus. No need to blame Exxon.
Can it run DreamStripper? :)
You mean how the tobacco companies don't exist as companies anymore? That lawsuit was paid for by smokers, not tobacco companies.
One word: eBay.
A better solution would be have Blue Ray on one side, HD on the other.
Just stick a wire up through the seat and run the other end to a spark plug cable. Knew somebody who did that to someone as a practical joke.