That will never happen. I know that's what's supposed to happen - but we all know that management will never take any responsibility for anything. They will just pass the buck to some poor para legal who is being paid barely minimum wage every single time.
Isn't the point though that Ford are confident enough in the update process that they can let users do it themselves? A recall implies that there is such a serious issue that a class action law suit would be more expensive than doing the recall?
Would help if there weren't so many left wing nut jobs (read: Republicans) telling the world that abortion is murder, and religious fools (read: The Vatican) that contraception is a sin.
... it's the illegal cabs, who are far more likely to rob/rape/otherwise damage their rides than the black cabs. Who will of course not be using cameras.
The pervading feeling outside the States is to appease the Americans at all costs. Why? Because there is a feeling that Americans are the worst when it comes to nepotism - that if one company is slighted, then the others will up sticks and leave. And then politicians get involved and it all goes to hell in a hand basket. Why else would England keep kowtowing to Americans demands to fight in wars they have nothing to do with? Don't believe me? I still remember Dubyah pointing out to the countries who didn't join them in fighting Saddam what they lost out on economically.
When you have the strongest economy in the world, everyone else wants a piece of your pie. And America is selling that pie, one piece at a time every time something gets off shored or outsourced to India or some other second world country. England has been doing it just as much - and consequently they don't manufacture much any more either. Sheffield is a ghost town compared to when it produced arguably the best steel in Europe, possibly the world.
I guess Americans don't read the news - you only have to look at the troubles in the Eurozone (e.g. Greece, Italy and Spain) and do more than listen to Fox News to realise it's the American banking system that's at fault. It was the American banks who were selling the Greeks credit-default swaps, and then betting that they would fail.
As to how to stop the banks from lobbying - keep the Liberal Party or NDP in power. Steve "I'm-a-left-wing-nutjob" Harper is already on record a little while ago saying he wanted to soften the regulations for Canadian banks (I think 2008 - right before the American economy tanked - but I could be wrong on that). Fortunately he only had a minority government back then can couldn't push the changes through. So what has Canada gone and done now? Oh that's right, given him a majority. *sigh* Never mind. I suspect the banks here have been lobbying for changes.
As I understand it, the Canadian economy went through a lot of pain back in the 80's - which included very tough banking regulations. When you have something as critical as the banking sector propping up the economy (and as it turns out, the world's economy) tough regulations should be in place. We have tough regulations controlling electricity and it's generation, we have tough regulations controlling pharmaceuticals (the purity of them at least - and preferably their viability to ensure they do what the drugs companies say they do) - so why not the banking sector? Most people these days have mortgages, most people have savings of some kind - or at the very least can't get paid unless the have some way to bank their pay cheque.
A good chunk of what America has been providing to the world is banking -- our economic instability has damaged our reputation.
It would help if the knee jerk reaction to banking regulations wasn't to launch scathing attacks on the person suggesting it. You only have to look at the Canadian banking sector and their banking regulations to realise its the way to a stable economy. Sure it's not sexy, or extremely profitable - but it is profitable and the Canadian economy has benefited greatly in the current climate.
The other thing most Americans don't seem to realise is many outside of America are angry with Americans because they have wrecked foreign economies too - and America doesn't seem to be at all apologetic about it either.
Have a standing arrangement with your lawyer - send him a letter every month with instructions that the letter is only to be opened in the event of your death and to destroy the previous month's letter. The letter of course contains all the passwords and a list of people the list of passwords is to be given to. He'll probably charge you a monthly fee for the service.
If that's too expensive, I'm sure a PO Box is cheaper, and leave the key with your spouse/siblings.
The problem with #3 is that there is a finite number of fields - and worse there will come a point when all new fields are created and instantly filled with a robot/piece of software.
This is excellent. It will force a fundamental reorganization of society. "From each according to ability, to each according to need" will become a workable proposition.
There's a couple of problems with the above:
1) Money is not distributed according to ability. It is and always has been (with a few very notable exceptions) distributed according to the wealthiest parents. It's why death taxes were introduced. 2) The rich won't give up the money without a fight. Unfortunately they have a lot of money to use to fight with - a lot more than you or I.
That said - I wish it would happen in my lifetime too.
The problem with having more time to enjoy stuff is you need more money to do it. The best way I've found of saving money is taking on weekend shifts - less free time *AND* I'm making more money. Even if I get a day back during the week, I was still spending less.
The problem is that eventually you won't even be able to get a part time job - and then you won't even be able to afford the house in 5 years. It is one problem I believe that the free market can never solve.
I suggest you read your own reference. As you're too lazy to click your own links, let me do that for you:
"The term empire derives from the Latin imperium (power, authority). Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples (ethnic groups) united and ruled either by a monarch (emperor, empress) or an oligarchy." (emphasis mine)
The USA is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples - there's no doubt about that. It's not ruled over by a monarch, emperor or empress. Is it ruled over by an oligarchy? Lets click that link again and we get:
"Oligarchy (from Greek , oligarkhía) is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with an elite class distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, commercial, and/or military legitimacy."
We (ie anyone outside the USA) see many of the characteristics of the above in all your presidents - especially in modern times. OK, so they aren't royalty (NB the and/or at the end of the sentence). But it is certainly true that if political candidate A has more money that candidate B, the chances are they will win. Family ties are less important, but you only have to look at the Kennedy's to see that it still has power. Commercial ties in the States right now are probably the most important, simply because they 'donate' so much in 'campaign contributions' (read: bribes). Military legitimacy isn't an issue as the President is the Commander in Chief.
The upshot - you have an oligarchy, you just don't realise it. Ergo - you have an Empire.
As for reparations, just wait. The reparations only started *after* the empires crumbled. Just wait till the USA is no longer the empire it is now, and then the reparations will start.
How is this lambasting someone? It's public information. This information is available already as you say via other broadcast media. With the exception of accounts getting hacked, surely this ensures a degree of unbiased information. How is that a bad thing?
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That will never happen. I know that's what's supposed to happen - but we all know that management will never take any responsibility for anything. They will just pass the buck to some poor para legal who is being paid barely minimum wage every single time.
Better yet - steal the club and fit it to the other otherwise identical car.
Isn't the point though that Ford are confident enough in the update process that they can let users do it themselves? A recall implies that there is such a serious issue that a class action law suit would be more expensive than doing the recall?
Would help if there weren't so many left wing nut jobs (read: Republicans) telling the world that abortion is murder, and religious fools (read: The Vatican) that contraception is a sin.
Time to learn how to use Tor I guess.
Good luck with that.
... it's the illegal cabs, who are far more likely to rob/rape/otherwise damage their rides than the black cabs. Who will of course not be using cameras.
You're American aren't you?
The pervading feeling outside the States is to appease the Americans at all costs. Why? Because there is a feeling that Americans are the worst when it comes to nepotism - that if one company is slighted, then the others will up sticks and leave. And then politicians get involved and it all goes to hell in a hand basket. Why else would England keep kowtowing to Americans demands to fight in wars they have nothing to do with? Don't believe me? I still remember Dubyah pointing out to the countries who didn't join them in fighting Saddam what they lost out on economically.
When you have the strongest economy in the world, everyone else wants a piece of your pie. And America is selling that pie, one piece at a time every time something gets off shored or outsourced to India or some other second world country. England has been doing it just as much - and consequently they don't manufacture much any more either. Sheffield is a ghost town compared to when it produced arguably the best steel in Europe, possibly the world.
It'll never happen because someone in the Republican Party will bitch about regulations, and how it's killing business/innovation etc.
And then they get vilified for being protectionist and anti-American.
I guess Americans don't read the news - you only have to look at the troubles in the Eurozone (e.g. Greece, Italy and Spain) and do more than listen to Fox News to realise it's the American banking system that's at fault. It was the American banks who were selling the Greeks credit-default swaps, and then betting that they would fail.
As to how to stop the banks from lobbying - keep the Liberal Party or NDP in power. Steve "I'm-a-left-wing-nutjob" Harper is already on record a little while ago saying he wanted to soften the regulations for Canadian banks (I think 2008 - right before the American economy tanked - but I could be wrong on that). Fortunately he only had a minority government back then can couldn't push the changes through. So what has Canada gone and done now? Oh that's right, given him a majority. *sigh* Never mind. I suspect the banks here have been lobbying for changes.
As I understand it, the Canadian economy went through a lot of pain back in the 80's - which included very tough banking regulations. When you have something as critical as the banking sector propping up the economy (and as it turns out, the world's economy) tough regulations should be in place. We have tough regulations controlling electricity and it's generation, we have tough regulations controlling pharmaceuticals (the purity of them at least - and preferably their viability to ensure they do what the drugs companies say they do) - so why not the banking sector? Most people these days have mortgages, most people have savings of some kind - or at the very least can't get paid unless the have some way to bank their pay cheque.
A good chunk of what America has been providing to the world is banking -- our economic instability has damaged our reputation.
It would help if the knee jerk reaction to banking regulations wasn't to launch scathing attacks on the person suggesting it. You only have to look at the Canadian banking sector and their banking regulations to realise its the way to a stable economy. Sure it's not sexy, or extremely profitable - but it is profitable and the Canadian economy has benefited greatly in the current climate.
The other thing most Americans don't seem to realise is many outside of America are angry with Americans because they have wrecked foreign economies too - and America doesn't seem to be at all apologetic about it either.
Have you visited the Occupy people in various parts of the world? This is exactly what they are doing and advocating.
Have a standing arrangement with your lawyer - send him a letter every month with instructions that the letter is only to be opened in the event of your death and to destroy the previous month's letter. The letter of course contains all the passwords and a list of people the list of passwords is to be given to. He'll probably charge you a monthly fee for the service.
If that's too expensive, I'm sure a PO Box is cheaper, and leave the key with your spouse/siblings.
By programming a spreadsheet, do you mean fill in a bunch of formulas and perhaps record some macros to take the repetition out of their work?
The problem with #3 is that there is a finite number of fields - and worse there will come a point when all new fields are created and instantly filled with a robot/piece of software.
This is excellent. It will force a fundamental reorganization of society. "From each according to ability, to each according to need" will become a workable proposition.
There's a couple of problems with the above:
1) Money is not distributed according to ability. It is and always has been (with a few very notable exceptions) distributed according to the wealthiest parents. It's why death taxes were introduced.
2) The rich won't give up the money without a fight. Unfortunately they have a lot of money to use to fight with - a lot more than you or I.
That said - I wish it would happen in my lifetime too.
which is a pretty stupid thing to do just to make one person obscenely rich.
That's already happened. Ever heard of the Koch Brothers? Ok - that's several people - but you get my point
The problem with having more time to enjoy stuff is you need more money to do it. The best way I've found of saving money is taking on weekend shifts - less free time *AND* I'm making more money. Even if I get a day back during the week, I was still spending less.
The problem is that eventually you won't even be able to get a part time job - and then you won't even be able to afford the house in 5 years. It is one problem I believe that the free market can never solve.
And they've only just figured this out now?
You're funny. Have you seen what the French are doing to the Muslim way of life?
I suggest you read your own reference. As you're too lazy to click your own links, let me do that for you:
"The term empire derives from the Latin imperium (power, authority). Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples (ethnic groups) united and ruled either by a monarch (emperor, empress) or an oligarchy."
(emphasis mine)
The USA is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples - there's no doubt about that. It's not ruled over by a monarch, emperor or empress. Is it ruled over by an oligarchy? Lets click that link again and we get:
"Oligarchy (from Greek , oligarkhía) is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with an elite class distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, commercial, and/or military legitimacy."
We (ie anyone outside the USA) see many of the characteristics of the above in all your presidents - especially in modern times. OK, so they aren't royalty (NB the and/or at the end of the sentence). But it is certainly true that if political candidate A has more money that candidate B, the chances are they will win. Family ties are less important, but you only have to look at the Kennedy's to see that it still has power. Commercial ties in the States right now are probably the most important, simply because they 'donate' so much in 'campaign contributions' (read: bribes). Military legitimacy isn't an issue as the President is the Commander in Chief.
The upshot - you have an oligarchy, you just don't realise it. Ergo - you have an Empire.
As for reparations, just wait. The reparations only started *after* the empires crumbled. Just wait till the USA is no longer the empire it is now, and then the reparations will start.
Of course, this makes the EU all the more irritating to Euro-sceptics in the UK...
You say that like it's a bad thing ...
How is this lambasting someone? It's public information. This information is available already as you say via other broadcast media. With the exception of accounts getting hacked, surely this ensures a degree of unbiased information. How is that a bad thing?