That $500/hr rate is an average over their working hours based on them working X hours a day. They can't make another $500 by working X+1 hours on a particular day, and they won't lose $500 by going home an hour early on a particular day. Call it diminishing returns, or something (it's not exactly, but it's a similar concept).
In other words, spending 4 hours in a queue doesn't equate to 4 hours of lost opportunity unless there is a linear relationship between hours worked and income, which is very rare, especially at higher rates of pay. A window cleaner might be close to linear, up to a limit of when all the windows are clean, a lawyer in a large corporate firm is nowhere near linear, there will be a certain number of hours they need to work, they do that many, or more, they get a fixed salary, they go below that they get fired and get nothing.
So, yes, it's a problem, but it's one they've noticed and considered. It will have to be a very impressive aerodynamic shell to withstand travelling at escape velocity through ground level air pressures, but it's purely an engineering problem, not a physics one.
Not if it's an electric guitar - the pickups would cause drag (conservation of energy - you can't produce sound without reducing the energy of something else).
Do we know how this fine will be paid? In the past, MS has always tried to pay in gift vouchers, as far as I know - will they be allowed to do so this time? The mention of a blocked account would seem to imply cash, but does anyone know for sure?
That only works in areas where people don't move around much. I don't know anyone that can do that in the south east (of England) where I live - there's just too much movement. You can tell someone is from the general area, but chances are they haven't lived in the same town their whole life, so it's impossible to be very precise. I guess it works better with older generations - I know people that have lived in the same house their whole life, but they are definately a minority.
The problem with that definition is that the orbit effects the composition. Titan only has a significant atmosphere because it's cold - were it in the inner solar system it would probably be like Mercury, which you're calling a moon. So something can go from moon to planet just by being futher from the Sun... not an ideal definition.
Their replacements don't work for BofA, they work for some Indian company. That's how outsourcing works - it's completely legal. (Not very wise, but still legal)
Aren't all the problems the same as those that exist for fuel tanks in spacecraft? In which case, they've already been solved in existing craft, so just modify their fuel tanks.
I'm sure spacecraft can measure fuel levels in zero g - would seem odd not to be able to. And you have to suck fuel out in just the same was regardless of if it's going to an engine or another fuel tank.
It's not matter that's an issue, it's energy. Most ecosystems are powered by the sun (via photosynthesis), this ecosystem must be powered by something. I think cave systems are either powered by chemical reactions from volcanic vents, etc, or on biomatter entering the system from outside. They claim this one was completely cut off, so it's probably some chemical thing.
You make a good point - MS is the exact opposite of Sony. In theory, Windows is a crap OS that nobody would ever buy. In practise, they do, though (for completely non-technical reasons).
Something that works both in theory and in practise would be nice...
What are you talking about? When you buy a house, you pay the total cost of manufacture, plus a profit margin. When you buy software you pay a tiny proportion of the production costs. Software companies rarely break even after one sale...
But how is that piracy? You didn't buy windows, you bought a license to use windows. How does it matter how you get it on your computer? (It might say something about it in the EULA, but until it's been tested in court, such clauses should be taken with a bag of salt.)
(Also, I expect you can get updates if you go through some kind of activation procedure with the license key from your legal copy)
I think almost all contries have copyright laws - there are differences in exactly what counts as an infringement and in punishments, but I think basic software piracy is illegal pretty much everywhere. (Except possibly countries that legalise it just to annoy Bush...)
The number of known bugs in a system depends on two things - how good you are at fixing bugs AND how good you are at finding them. Prehaps you've never released code with known bugs because your testing isn't as thorough as other people's.
A cartel is a group that engages in price fixing - I already mentioned price fixing. A cartel is not a monopoly - it has similar consequences, but it's a different thing. With a cartel you have multiple interests to take into account - it's only when those interests coincide that you can have monopoly-like actions.
Movie companies are the only people making movies? Who would have thought it...
A monopoly is ONE company, not an entire industry. Nobody has a monopoly on movies. You might complain that there's price fixing going on, but that has nothing to do with a monopoly.
You can't really have a monopoly on a purely luxury item - well, you can, but it doesn't gain you much. They have to sell them at the correct price, or they simply won't sell.
If you had a monopoly on bread you could charge whatever you liked, because people have to buy bread whatever it costs. With luxury items you can't charge more than the market clearing price if you want to sell everything.
Competition is a method of reaching the market clearing price. An auction is another method. The monopolist working out what that price is and settings the price of the goods to it is another method. They all work equally well because they all result in the same thing - everything getting sold for the highest price possible.
"At Ticketmaster, you are likely to pay through the nose just for the privilege of attending."
And if there are people willing to pay that price, why shouldn't they be sold the tickets? That's how capitalism works - whoever is willing to pay the most gets the goods. The price is determined by how high it can be and still have everything sold. It sounds like an auction is the perfect way to achieve that.
If they charge too much, they'll have tickets left over, which is a waste, so they don't want to do that. If all the tickets are sold then, by definition, they aren't charging too much. More than you can afford does not equate with too much.
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That $500/hr rate is an average over their working hours based on them working X hours a day. They can't make another $500 by working X+1 hours on a particular day, and they won't lose $500 by going home an hour early on a particular day. Call it diminishing returns, or something (it's not exactly, but it's a similar concept).
In other words, spending 4 hours in a queue doesn't equate to 4 hours of lost opportunity unless there is a linear relationship between hours worked and income, which is very rare, especially at higher rates of pay. A window cleaner might be close to linear, up to a limit of when all the windows are clean, a lawyer in a large corporate firm is nowhere near linear, there will be a certain number of hours they need to work, they do that many, or more, they get a fixed salary, they go below that they get fired and get nothing.
You changed your definition of A and B half way through. You started of talking about individuals, then you were talking about everyone.
(Bob smokes) and (Bob doesn't have (and hasn't had) lung cancer) implies (smoking hasn't given Bob lung cancer)
That is completely true. However, this is complete rubbish:
(Bob smokes) and (Bob doesn't have (and hasn't had) lung cancer) implies (smoking doesn't give people lung cancer)
After the implies, the subject has become "all people" rather than just "Bob" which it was before the implies.
A & !B => !(A => B) is completely true. It follows directly from the definition of implies.
At least read the summary:
"and be cased in an aerodynamic shell"
So, yes, it's a problem, but it's one they've noticed and considered. It will have to be a very impressive aerodynamic shell to withstand travelling at escape velocity through ground level air pressures, but it's purely an engineering problem, not a physics one.
You were lucky - I got in trouble for telling a substitute teacher than Mercury comes before Mars, not the other way around...
Not if it's an electric guitar - the pickups would cause drag (conservation of energy - you can't produce sound without reducing the energy of something else).
Do we know how this fine will be paid? In the past, MS has always tried to pay in gift vouchers, as far as I know - will they be allowed to do so this time? The mention of a blocked account would seem to imply cash, but does anyone know for sure?
DNF is related to Vista. They're probably the 2 most famous currently delayed pieces of software in the world. That's a relation.
That only works in areas where people don't move around much. I don't know anyone that can do that in the south east (of England) where I live - there's just too much movement. You can tell someone is from the general area, but chances are they haven't lived in the same town their whole life, so it's impossible to be very precise. I guess it works better with older generations - I know people that have lived in the same house their whole life, but they are definately a minority.
That definition would include most of the asteriod belt, and even micrometeoriods (sp?).
The problem with that definition is that the orbit effects the composition. Titan only has a significant atmosphere because it's cold - were it in the inner solar system it would probably be like Mercury, which you're calling a moon. So something can go from moon to planet just by being futher from the Sun... not an ideal definition.
Their replacements don't work for BofA, they work for some Indian company. That's how outsourcing works - it's completely legal. (Not very wise, but still legal)
Aren't all the problems the same as those that exist for fuel tanks in spacecraft? In which case, they've already been solved in existing craft, so just modify their fuel tanks.
I'm sure spacecraft can measure fuel levels in zero g - would seem odd not to be able to. And you have to suck fuel out in just the same was regardless of if it's going to an engine or another fuel tank.
It's not matter that's an issue, it's energy. Most ecosystems are powered by the sun (via photosynthesis), this ecosystem must be powered by something. I think cave systems are either powered by chemical reactions from volcanic vents, etc, or on biomatter entering the system from outside. They claim this one was completely cut off, so it's probably some chemical thing.
"Aside from better picture quality, the reason to upgrade is...
That's right, nothing."
And your point is? It's "High Definition" video, it's intended purpose is to improve picture quality. If you want it to make toast, buy a toaster.
You can question how many people want HD video, but don't expect it to have any benefits other than what it's designed for.
You make a good point - MS is the exact opposite of Sony. In theory, Windows is a crap OS that nobody would ever buy. In practise, they do, though (for completely non-technical reasons).
Something that works both in theory and in practise would be nice...
What are you talking about? When you buy a house, you pay the total cost of manufacture, plus a profit margin. When you buy software you pay a tiny proportion of the production costs. Software companies rarely break even after one sale...
But how is that piracy? You didn't buy windows, you bought a license to use windows. How does it matter how you get it on your computer? (It might say something about it in the EULA, but until it's been tested in court, such clauses should be taken with a bag of salt.)
(Also, I expect you can get updates if you go through some kind of activation procedure with the license key from your legal copy)
I think almost all contries have copyright laws - there are differences in exactly what counts as an infringement and in punishments, but I think basic software piracy is illegal pretty much everywhere. (Except possibly countries that legalise it just to annoy Bush...)
The number of known bugs in a system depends on two things - how good you are at fixing bugs AND how good you are at finding them. Prehaps you've never released code with known bugs because your testing isn't as thorough as other people's.
A cartel is a group that engages in price fixing - I already mentioned price fixing. A cartel is not a monopoly - it has similar consequences, but it's a different thing. With a cartel you have multiple interests to take into account - it's only when those interests coincide that you can have monopoly-like actions.
Movie companies are the only people making movies? Who would have thought it...
A monopoly is ONE company, not an entire industry. Nobody has a monopoly on movies. You might complain that there's price fixing going on, but that has nothing to do with a monopoly.
He didn't do a CS A-level, he did an ICT A-level. Completely different things. CS is about computers, ICT is about MS Office.
Compared to concert tickets, bread is extremely inelastic. It was just an example...
You can't really have a monopoly on a purely luxury item - well, you can, but it doesn't gain you much. They have to sell them at the correct price, or they simply won't sell.
If you had a monopoly on bread you could charge whatever you liked, because people have to buy bread whatever it costs. With luxury items you can't charge more than the market clearing price if you want to sell everything.
Competition is a method of reaching the market clearing price. An auction is another method. The monopolist working out what that price is and settings the price of the goods to it is another method. They all work equally well because they all result in the same thing - everything getting sold for the highest price possible.
"At Ticketmaster, you are likely to pay through the nose just for the privilege of attending."
And if there are people willing to pay that price, why shouldn't they be sold the tickets? That's how capitalism works - whoever is willing to pay the most gets the goods. The price is determined by how high it can be and still have everything sold. It sounds like an auction is the perfect way to achieve that.
If they charge too much, they'll have tickets left over, which is a waste, so they don't want to do that. If all the tickets are sold then, by definition, they aren't charging too much. More than you can afford does not equate with too much.