I just want to think and laugh at how Dems love State rights when they agree with the idea being practiced. (not saying you are a Dem or that I am a Repub)
They are government enforced monopolies on property. But typically it isn't worded that way. You have a government enforced monopoly on your land, car, etc... just like copyrights.
However, that is distinctly different than a government enforced monopoly on an idea or methodology. A patent isn't property; it prevents others from creating property that resembles patented property.
Although it is difficult to distinguish a free market from a free society, some try to make that distinction. For instance, the mere existence of government could be labeled as the removal or granting of freedom to some. It is all perspective. However, there is a attempt to separate free market from freedom. For instance, a sales or income tax, although it has an effect on the market, should not be viewed as infringement on the term free market. As long as the taxes are uniform and show no bias to certain markets.
You are wrong in that it never existed, but it sure hasn't in quite some time. I'm pretty sure people 10,000 years ago were pretty "free market".
You have an issue with today's system with respect to corporations. The concept of having millions of outstanding shares in a single corporation is a rather new idea. It as similar to communism (except everyone owns an EQUAL share in the corporation) as free market capitalism. Instead it is government managed "public" company bullcrap. The exchanges are mandated by a government agency that has no ownership or incentive to help the business to do what they can to drive up their stock price. And if dismantling a company and selling it of in chunks is more valuable, why would you not want it to happen? Those chunks will apparently be more productive and employ just as many or more people.
Meanwhile, large private companies (rare) are much more capable at looking long term. But as usual, the more hands in the pot, the more screwed up and corrupt the corporation becomes. We need to stop vilifying large and public companies and start attacking the reason why the formed in the first place. And it wasn't the "free market".
It isn't within random fluctuation levels. I would assume the tests were run with a large enough sample size to make random fluctuations statistically insignificant. Just that 2% is not a significant change for gaming. If we were in the world of high frequency trading, 2% would be worth billions.
Very true. In a way, they have a perpetual Patent on money. A competing currency would resolve that issue. I think there are some within the Federal Reserve that probably side with a competing currency idea. However, they are in the extreme minority. Most people don't go against the principles behind why they have a job.
The purpose of the Patent is to allow the inventor make a profit without competition. Or to charge the competition for the right to compete. It doesn't have to do with research...directly.
I think the Patent term should relate to the expected depreciation of such idea. For instance, in software, most ideas are old ideas in 1 or 2 years. The Patent term could be 6 months. But in breakthrough algorithms, it could be a 5 year patent. For pharmaceutical evolution, it could be 6 months. But for breakthroughs (cure for cancer?) it could be 10 years.
The US Patent system is a deviation from the free market. It is really one a few things mentioned in the US Constitution that deal with the market. One of the others, and much bigger, is taxation.
So it is no surprise that some/many Economists would disagree with Patents. Those same people probably don't disagree with the copyright system. Patents are government enforced monopolies and copyrights are property...that can be replicated at no (very very little) cost.
I say get rid of Patents. If you have a great idea, obfuscate it as best you can and bring the product or service to market.
The Catholic Church is completely on board with Darwin. I wish people would stop saying Catholics don't believe in evolution or that they take the Bible literally. The Protestant Reformation happened partly because the Catholic Church wasn't following the Bible literally (although they were pretty darn close). Every year since then, they have only drifted further and further from the Bible. Catholicism is becoming more and more a set of principles derived from teaching in the Bible. Growing up and going to Catholic school, I had to read Charlie and Chocolate Factory, but not the Bible.
Having no minimum wage or unemployment benefits solves unemployment. It just creates other problems. People don't want jobs. They want money to live. The definition of "money to live" is just crazy loose today.
Don't supply them enough information to identify you prior to negotiation. State that the negotiated numbers may hinge on your credit report, drug tests, etc...
Actually, you might get rid of all the idiots at work. They would see that they are making less than me and demand to make as much. Then the company can refuse (and he quits) or accept it. Then I will demand more, because I provide 50x more value to the company. So they will have to give me more money or I will leave. And to keep me from leaving, they will fire the worthless guy. Either way, the guy not making as much loses his/her job.
How many large schools don't have football programs? There is a reason why the answer is low. Athletics is a major marketing tool. MAJOR. You many not agree, but you can't argue why a vast majority of people in the eastern US know about Cal but not Berkeley. (yes, I know they are the same school). Who in California knows about Lehigh or Colgate and their excellent academic programs? That is why they have 2-5k students.
Actually, it is more like the Tennessee football program makes $35m in profit. And then it pays for all the other sports (20 more?), including scholarships, traveling expenses, coaches, trainers, tutors, etc... Then they usually make debt payments on facilities that attract more talent. Then they report the final figure of -$3.98m.
I could have it wrong. There are some schools that rake in $70m in football profit. Then profit $30 after expenses. Then to be "non-profit" the remainder goes toward capital within the athletic department. Most SEC/B1G/Pac12 schools have self sufficient athletic departments. And they actually contribute to the academics through national exposure (marketing) as well all kinds of scholarship money which must be paid for by the athletic program to the school by NCAA rule.
Interstate Commerce regulation is constitutional. But how does minimum wage classify as Interstate Commerce? If I create a ponzi scheme in Pennsylvania and only have Pennsylvania customers and deal solely in Pennsylvania. Who do you think will intervene?
This isn't racism; it is namism. Nowhere in the process is race ever part of the equation. If people named "Shaquille" are 5x more like to commit crimes, then that is a stereotype of the name "Shaquille"...a namist conclusion.
Our facination or eagerness to link things to skin color is really counterproductive and ignores the real issue. IMO, names bring about stereotypes moreso than skin color. It spans gender, language, and race. What would you think the first time you saw someone with the last name "Hitler"?
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I just want to think and laugh at how Dems love State rights when they agree with the idea being practiced. (not saying you are a Dem or that I am a Repub)
Since when did "first class" become the worst? Around when women starting wearing negative sized dresses?
In the beginning, they were self sufficient too. (outside of the establishment of post roads)
What about the "Right to Abolish Government" API? It paraphrases legalese...
Mail doesn't need to be delivered more than once a week. 10 years, yes. Today? No.
and pays for the rust bucket with seats made of plywood
They are government enforced monopolies on property. But typically it isn't worded that way. You have a government enforced monopoly on your land, car, etc... just like copyrights.
However, that is distinctly different than a government enforced monopoly on an idea or methodology. A patent isn't property; it prevents others from creating property that resembles patented property.
Although it is difficult to distinguish a free market from a free society, some try to make that distinction. For instance, the mere existence of government could be labeled as the removal or granting of freedom to some. It is all perspective. However, there is a attempt to separate free market from freedom. For instance, a sales or income tax, although it has an effect on the market, should not be viewed as infringement on the term free market. As long as the taxes are uniform and show no bias to certain markets.
You are wrong in that it never existed, but it sure hasn't in quite some time. I'm pretty sure people 10,000 years ago were pretty "free market".
You have an issue with today's system with respect to corporations. The concept of having millions of outstanding shares in a single corporation is a rather new idea. It as similar to communism (except everyone owns an EQUAL share in the corporation) as free market capitalism. Instead it is government managed "public" company bullcrap. The exchanges are mandated by a government agency that has no ownership or incentive to help the business to do what they can to drive up their stock price. And if dismantling a company and selling it of in chunks is more valuable, why would you not want it to happen? Those chunks will apparently be more productive and employ just as many or more people.
Meanwhile, large private companies (rare) are much more capable at looking long term. But as usual, the more hands in the pot, the more screwed up and corrupt the corporation becomes. We need to stop vilifying large and public companies and start attacking the reason why the formed in the first place. And it wasn't the "free market".
It isn't within random fluctuation levels. I would assume the tests were run with a large enough sample size to make random fluctuations statistically insignificant. Just that 2% is not a significant change for gaming. If we were in the world of high frequency trading, 2% would be worth billions.
Is KDE 4.10 really faster than KDE1 and KDE2 on the same system?
Very true. In a way, they have a perpetual Patent on money. A competing currency would resolve that issue. I think there are some within the Federal Reserve that probably side with a competing currency idea. However, they are in the extreme minority. Most people don't go against the principles behind why they have a job.
The purpose of the Patent is to allow the inventor make a profit without competition. Or to charge the competition for the right to compete. It doesn't have to do with research...directly.
I think the Patent term should relate to the expected depreciation of such idea. For instance, in software, most ideas are old ideas in 1 or 2 years. The Patent term could be 6 months. But in breakthrough algorithms, it could be a 5 year patent. For pharmaceutical evolution, it could be 6 months. But for breakthroughs (cure for cancer?) it could be 10 years.
The US Patent system is a deviation from the free market. It is really one a few things mentioned in the US Constitution that deal with the market. One of the others, and much bigger, is taxation.
So it is no surprise that some/many Economists would disagree with Patents. Those same people probably don't disagree with the copyright system. Patents are government enforced monopolies and copyrights are property...that can be replicated at no (very very little) cost.
I say get rid of Patents. If you have a great idea, obfuscate it as best you can and bring the product or service to market.
The Catholic Church is completely on board with Darwin. I wish people would stop saying Catholics don't believe in evolution or that they take the Bible literally. The Protestant Reformation happened partly because the Catholic Church wasn't following the Bible literally (although they were pretty darn close). Every year since then, they have only drifted further and further from the Bible. Catholicism is becoming more and more a set of principles derived from teaching in the Bible. Growing up and going to Catholic school, I had to read Charlie and Chocolate Factory, but not the Bible.
Having no minimum wage or unemployment benefits solves unemployment. It just creates other problems. People don't want jobs. They want money to live. The definition of "money to live" is just crazy loose today.
It would be interesting. Then everyone would KNOW that Romney and Buffet pay WAY MORE taxes than their secretaries.
Don't supply them enough information to identify you prior to negotiation. State that the negotiated numbers may hinge on your credit report, drug tests, etc...
Actually, you might get rid of all the idiots at work. They would see that they are making less than me and demand to make as much. Then the company can refuse (and he quits) or accept it. Then I will demand more, because I provide 50x more value to the company. So they will have to give me more money or I will leave. And to keep me from leaving, they will fire the worthless guy. Either way, the guy not making as much loses his/her job.
How many large schools don't have football programs? There is a reason why the answer is low. Athletics is a major marketing tool. MAJOR. You many not agree, but you can't argue why a vast majority of people in the eastern US know about Cal but not Berkeley. (yes, I know they are the same school). Who in California knows about Lehigh or Colgate and their excellent academic programs? That is why they have 2-5k students.
Actually, it is more like the Tennessee football program makes $35m in profit. And then it pays for all the other sports (20 more?), including scholarships, traveling expenses, coaches, trainers, tutors, etc... Then they usually make debt payments on facilities that attract more talent. Then they report the final figure of -$3.98m.
I could have it wrong. There are some schools that rake in $70m in football profit. Then profit $30 after expenses. Then to be "non-profit" the remainder goes toward capital within the athletic department. Most SEC/B1G/Pac12 schools have self sufficient athletic departments. And they actually contribute to the academics through national exposure (marketing) as well all kinds of scholarship money which must be paid for by the athletic program to the school by NCAA rule.
But those folks don't generate far more money than they make.
Interstate Commerce regulation is constitutional. But how does minimum wage classify as Interstate Commerce? If I create a ponzi scheme in Pennsylvania and only have Pennsylvania customers and deal solely in Pennsylvania. Who do you think will intervene?
Well...he would help everybody by not helping anybody.
It is on mine too; but not my Windows system used for work..
This isn't racism; it is namism. Nowhere in the process is race ever part of the equation. If people named "Shaquille" are 5x more like to commit crimes, then that is a stereotype of the name "Shaquille"...a namist conclusion.
Our facination or eagerness to link things to skin color is really counterproductive and ignores the real issue. IMO, names bring about stereotypes moreso than skin color. It spans gender, language, and race. What would you think the first time you saw someone with the last name "Hitler"?