Did we gave a chance to the rest of the world when we upped steel tarrif? Was there any good reason to do it other than to protect our industry? Was it dipomatic?
Your volume argument is quite desperate. Still, it's flawed. Which country is greater in size and in population, China or Japan?
I'm not sure how this well play out for IBM. For all we know, they might have some slick plans of their own and would perfer others to stay out of the fray
Ummmm... you want them to beg for help? When's the last time we give out useful and needed technology to nation that asked(for free, no deals involve)?
Look at our legal mess right now(SCO comes to mind), you think they would trust us? Would you want them to coperate with some US company, who later sold a software patent to another company, which later decides to jack up royalty fee or pull the plug?
Roalities means a lot. Don't forget they are in WTO now. If they don't play by the rules, they will get into unwanted trouble. When it comes to IP issue, bite me used to be a good answer, but it will not work in the forseeable future
Is it just me, or does anyone else think it's kind of weird that everytime someone mentions China's human right record(note: China, not US's oil ally Saudi Arabia), they get mod up instantly.
This must be an old trick to get modded...
For god's sake, all of us know China's human right record. Your daily TV newsprogram mentions it once every week just to make sure no one is missing that particular dose of history(and they would also add China is a communist nation, but they would never mention the actual definition of communism).
For a change, how about tell us something we don't already know, like the progress they are making?
Or we could talk about something you might not be too familiar with, like our own human rights record. Don't forget, we used to be a segregated society, and look how long it took us to get out of that system.
Also, you omitted the overriding reason for the invasion of Iraq: Bush needed to divert the attention of his subjects from his incompetence in economic policy, which was killing millions of American through puverty.
Far better to gloat about how the Iraqis were "liberated" (and gloss over the fact that the subjects of the US imperalism were just as much enslaved as the Iraqis had ever been), than to let people talk about the actual uncertain state of Iraq
Bush was a very lucky thug. He was not a Great Man,but just a long-winded cuthroat at the right place and the right time to beat everybody's record.
your left-winger statment is just dumb. No comment
If I changes the wording a bit here, would it still make sense?
the flagrant abuses of some South American countries that US has perpetrated since the 1950s are inexcusable. The fact that US is even allowed NEAR the United Nations is a gross mockery of justice.
I know I'm evangelizing here, but people need to know that the wealthiset nation in the world is consider by many as more brutal and inhuman than Saddam Hussein's.
But the scary part is we do not have the technology to identify anyone worth a damn... But what the hell, let's screw over a bunch of random people, one of them must has the ability to commit crime, right?
something I learnt in intro level microeconomic class...
basically, the total cost of laying out the infastrusture for certain industry is pretty high. To cover the high cost, a high volume of cutomers are needed. Each customers bring in marginal revenue, but little marginal cost. So enough customers will eventually lower the cost/customer ratio below revenue/customer ratio. If this goal is accomplished, the firm makes a profit, otherwise it's in trouble. The certain level of customers the parent spoke about is when marginal revenue = marginal cost. Note: marginal cost could goes up if the customer base exceed a certain number(let say the network is overloaded), then the firm is forced to expand it's infastructure. In this case marginal cost/customer might become higher than marginal revenue/customer. Such is the case of diseconomic of scale. (lesson: don't make your simcity larger than the equilibrium level!)
Industry that requires large economic of scale to be efficient are explict natural monopoly behaviour. In this case, it seems this behaviour benefit the consumer, as the firm mandates a low cost of their service in exchange for a higher market demand.
Slashdot Mirror
you can create your own experience in that online submition form!
"Why not sue the sun because it's barraging Earth with all these bad rays, "
you don't get the point, don't you?
It's pointless to sue the sun. What can you possibly get out of that? Not even one cent!
maybe she said that because you are ....... overweight
=)
Can you elaborate on that(or provide a link)? I probably missed it when it happened. I'm interested in political mingle =)
well, motor cycle can't carry MP3s!
then just let the stripper seat on your lap stationary
wow, it's match between two 12 years olds. Game on!
who? McBride?
hmmmm... naked chess, I want to watch the females play
Did we gave a chance to the rest of the world when we upped steel tarrif? Was there any good reason to do it other than to protect our industry? Was it dipomatic?
Your volume argument is quite desperate. Still, it's flawed. Which country is greater in size and in population, China or Japan?
4 letters, more than yours
S C O X
the MATRIX has us
run for the exit(Canada)!
if you are lucky, you may end up with an elvish companion
"it" might not be a female though
I'm not sure how this well play out for IBM. For all we know, they might have some slick plans of their own and would perfer others to stay out of the fray
Google can be use by terrorism. It can be used to locate source to purchase WMD. We must defend land of the free.
Ummmm... you want them to beg for help? When's the last time we give out useful and needed technology to nation that asked(for free, no deals involve)?
Look at our legal mess right now(SCO comes to mind), you think they would trust us? Would you want them to coperate with some US company, who later sold a software patent to another company, which later decides to jack up royalty fee or pull the plug?
Roalities means a lot. Don't forget they are in WTO now. If they don't play by the rules, they will get into unwanted trouble. When it comes to IP issue, bite me used to be a good answer, but it will not work in the forseeable future
Is it just me, or does anyone else think it's kind of weird that everytime someone mentions China's human right record(note: China, not US's oil ally Saudi Arabia), they get mod up instantly.
This must be an old trick to get modded...
For god's sake, all of us know China's human right record. Your daily TV newsprogram mentions it once every week just to make sure no one is missing that particular dose of history(and they would also add China is a communist nation, but they would never mention the actual definition of communism).
For a change, how about tell us something we don't already know, like the progress they are making?
Or we could talk about something you might not be too familiar with, like our own human rights record. Don't forget, we used to be a segregated society, and look how long it took us to get out of that system.
You know what's creepy? Check this out:
Also, you omitted the overriding reason for the invasion of Iraq: Bush needed to divert the attention of his subjects from his incompetence in economic policy, which was killing millions of American through puverty.
Far better to gloat about how the Iraqis were "liberated" (and gloss over the fact that the subjects of the US imperalism were just as much enslaved as the Iraqis had ever been), than to let people talk about the actual uncertain state of Iraq
Bush was a very lucky thug. He was not a Great Man,but just a long-winded cuthroat at the right place and the right time to beat everybody's record.
your left-winger statment is just dumb. No comment
If I changes the wording a bit here, would it still make sense?
the flagrant abuses of some South American countries that US has perpetrated since the 1950s are inexcusable. The fact that US is even allowed NEAR the United Nations is a gross mockery of justice.
I know I'm evangelizing here, but people need to know that the wealthiset nation in the world is consider by many as more brutal and inhuman than Saddam Hussein's.
Iraq?
Our troops need music right?
greed
and maybe, just maybe, the "against us" database will feed info to voting machines in future elections
Minority Report might not be far off...
But the scary part is we do not have the technology to identify anyone worth a damn... But what the hell, let's screw over a bunch of random people, one of them must has the ability to commit crime, right?
something I learnt in intro level microeconomic class...
basically, the total cost of laying out the infastrusture for certain industry is pretty high. To cover the high cost, a high volume of cutomers are needed. Each customers bring in marginal revenue, but little marginal cost. So enough customers will eventually lower the cost/customer ratio below revenue/customer ratio. If this goal is accomplished, the firm makes a profit, otherwise it's in trouble. The certain level of customers the parent spoke about is when marginal revenue = marginal cost. Note: marginal cost could goes up if the customer base exceed a certain number(let say the network is overloaded), then the firm is forced to expand it's infastructure. In this case marginal cost/customer might become higher than marginal revenue/customer. Such is the case of diseconomic of scale. (lesson: don't make your simcity larger than the equilibrium level!)
Industry that requires large economic of scale to be efficient are explict natural monopoly behaviour. In this case, it seems this behaviour benefit the consumer, as the firm mandates a low cost of their service in exchange for a higher market demand.
okay, my comments comes from the fact that when a Diablo character killed another character, it gets the victim's ear =)
whoever modded my previous post down is an idiot