Or you could just add this to a trading machine - fire up six screens to keep your tickers and everything in sight. Three or more monitors is an absolute boon for productivity (though somewhere around 4-6 I'd imagine the marginal benefit starts declining)
Totally - though please also allow me, who doesn't have hordes of tax-lawyers at my beck and call, to also prevent the gov't getting its grubby hands on my hard-earned tax money.
I don't fault the guy. I mean, if terminal lung cancer is as bad as it sounds, I might have pulled the trigger on my own terms too. Who in the hell want's to die an agonizing death when a bullet to the head seems like the cure in comparison?
Assuming the terminal cancer was the reason for his suicide, which is a supposition to begin with. The fact that he was caught up in a tax haven and the IRS was on his back... well, one could imagine it can be a little more nuanced and complicated.
The price of monopoly is upon every occasion the highest which can be got.
Clearly things have changed in the last two hundred years, but the basic precepts of sociology and human behavior remain mostly the same in this regard.
I certainly don't disagree that the service is wonderful boon to the average person -- I use it rather often and am thankful that it's there -- but one still ought to make one wary; as the behemoth that it is becoming, the amount of information/power that they are concentrating, it would be to all our benefits to view them as objectively and unemotionally as possible.
These fucks are too lazy to scan the books for themselves and are bitter that Google is investing the man-power to do so.
Or they may lack the resources to digitize their works in a form that they would prefer.
The truth of the matter is that Google isn't what it used to be and despite the constant repeating of the mantra "Don't be evil" the way it's currently viewed certainly isn't as positive as it was just a few years ago. Having a uni-polar world where google is king is in staunch opposition to the spirit of the free market and, despite what anyone says, is dangerous ground to tread.
WHat the hell is immersion anyway? I never feel like I'm a character in any game- I'm me. I'm playing a game. I don't want to feel more like I'm a pretend character, I want the gameplay mechanics to be more fun to use and the strategy level/difficulty level to be correct. If that's there, I have fun. If its not, trying to make me think I am the character won't help.
Depends on what you're playing, of course. Verisimilitude is something that can keep players involved as the story develops - think more of the 'interactive novel' approach to game-creation rather than the traditional 'do X, Y, Z'
I'd classify Planescape: Torment as a good example of this, particularly because of the quality of the writing within.
I think the crackdown should be on Visa and Mastercard. Think about it; it's illegal to receive stolen goods, or sell stolen property, but the credit card companies are acting as intermediaries for these crooks. And, oh yeah, taking a cut (something like 3 - 5%). If the credit card companies had to take more responsibility for who they granted merchant accounts, under penalty of law, I'll bet these fraudsters would find it a lot harder to operate.
Interesting idea and it seems like it'd have some worth - but considering the power of these industries, it's pretty much just a pipe dream as they won't allow congresscritters to do that.
For combating contrived imminent disaster, nothing beats frantic fear-mongering. How else did we end up with such brillian policy decisions as Patriot Act, the creation of DHS, and the Iraq war.
My understanding is that peer reviewed publications and models suggest that yes, indeed, the Earth is experiencing a warming cycle and the predominating theory is that it's caused by greenhouse gases. The idea of using cap-and-trade as a free-market approach to have capitalism work within reasonable limits seems like an ideal approach, theoretically (where practically remains to be seen).
I always thought Slashdot's community was genuinely pro-science and pro-free-market, so I'm genuinely boggled by all the vitriol that this subject garners.
I doubt they read Slashdot. But what about emailing, snailmail, or call them?
Pretty much what I was thinking.
Really, it's probably best to write a letter to your local paper (assuming you live in Australia) - that's a rather good forum for such topics that really hasn't found a truly similar foothold on the Internet yet contrary to those spelling out the doom of newspapers like many here.
Well, considering that it's one of the oldest cities in the US, not a really big surprise.
[...] "dirtier" than what I am accustomed to in Minneapolis and I definitely didn't feel terribly safe wandering around by myself at night.
Like most places, depends on where you are. Some sections of the Boston Metro area are pretty bad (Roxbury, I'm looking at you) but even in some of the "dingy" areas of the city (where many of the university students live) are actually quite safe and have a good amount of interesting culture and unique qualities you wouldn't find in the midwest or many other US cities.
This report is... interesting. Placing that many turbines in very remote areas is going to be ridiculously expensive to run transmission lines to, and deal with the effects of intermittent addition of energy to the grid. An electrical grid is a temperamental mistress at the best of times. The technology CAN be had, but it's not as simple as just hooking up a turbine to a grid without some real smarts in between. Also, having trained people available to do regular maintenance on such extremely remote sites (and getting replacement parts there) is not gonna be cheap.
They already do this quite regularly with the oldest green source of power you managed to omit: Hydroelectric. There are a great deal of dams within British Columbia and Alaska out in the middle of nowhere - and they've been relatively successful and constant power sources.
A "good" capitalist business should roll with the changes, should cater to their customer, should work with their customer, should take advantage of technology, etc.
A "good" capitalist, or the capitalist that actually wins? As it's certainly not the latter - there's a vast gulf of difference between the two.
It's not "bad" practice, it's fairly common practice. In fact, it'd be rather idiotic to do otherwise, else you want your share price to precipitously fall and be ousted by the board/fired/whatever.
Uh, what in the world are you talking about? Your example was a small retail store/boutique on a city street -- your description doesn't look to apply.
Do you run a business? It's rarely a smarter business decision to do more work in advance of known pay. Very rarely.
It's part of image and practicality; I don't know the code required for such places (my guess is it differs from state to state, town to town), but I've a close friends who own local businesses and I'd venture they'd tell you that a ramp along with stairs was genuinely worth it. Of course, it may be because there are a good deal of disabled elderly who live in the area so part of it may be local demographics, but certainly that isn't isolated.
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Or you could just add this to a trading machine - fire up six screens to keep your tickers and everything in sight. Three or more monitors is an absolute boon for productivity (though somewhere around 4-6 I'd imagine the marginal benefit starts declining)
Totally - though please also allow me, who doesn't have hordes of tax-lawyers at my beck and call, to also prevent the gov't getting its grubby hands on my hard-earned tax money.
Assuming the terminal cancer was the reason for his suicide, which is a supposition to begin with. The fact that he was caught up in a tax haven and the IRS was on his back ... well, one could imagine it can be a little more nuanced and complicated.
What's with our obsession to praise and reward those who ultimately just take advantage of us?
Paris has a similar system, and from my experience it works rather well.
But of course, that's just anecdotal evidence - get off my damn lawn, you kids.
According to Memory Alpha:
"Shaka, when the walls fell" - failure
So, my guess it's just generic Star Trek geek for 'epic fail'
A few quotes on the subject by Adam Smith:
... is a great enemy to good management.
Monopoly
The price of monopoly is upon every occasion the highest which can be got.
Clearly things have changed in the last two hundred years, but the basic precepts of sociology and human behavior remain mostly the same in this regard.
I certainly don't disagree that the service is wonderful boon to the average person -- I use it rather often and am thankful that it's there -- but one still ought to make one wary; as the behemoth that it is becoming, the amount of information/power that they are concentrating, it would be to all our benefits to view them as objectively and unemotionally as possible.
Or they may lack the resources to digitize their works in a form that they would prefer.
The truth of the matter is that Google isn't what it used to be and despite the constant repeating of the mantra "Don't be evil" the way it's currently viewed certainly isn't as positive as it was just a few years ago. Having a uni-polar world where google is king is in staunch opposition to the spirit of the free market and, despite what anyone says, is dangerous ground to tread.
Depends on what you're playing, of course. Verisimilitude is something that can keep players involved as the story develops - think more of the 'interactive novel' approach to game-creation rather than the traditional 'do X, Y, Z'
I'd classify Planescape: Torment as a good example of this, particularly because of the quality of the writing within.
Interesting idea and it seems like it'd have some worth - but considering the power of these industries, it's pretty much just a pipe dream as they won't allow congresscritters to do that.
My understanding is that peer reviewed publications and models suggest that yes, indeed, the Earth is experiencing a warming cycle and the predominating theory is that it's caused by greenhouse gases. The idea of using cap-and-trade as a free-market approach to have capitalism work within reasonable limits seems like an ideal approach, theoretically (where practically remains to be seen).
I always thought Slashdot's community was genuinely pro-science and pro-free-market, so I'm genuinely boggled by all the vitriol that this subject garners.
And nothing beats an economic boom like rising oceans flooding over cities and farmland. ;)
Pretty much what I was thinking.
Really, it's probably best to write a letter to your local paper (assuming you live in Australia) - that's a rather good forum for such topics that really hasn't found a truly similar foothold on the Internet yet contrary to those spelling out the doom of newspapers like many here.
Welcome to New England.
Phew, if 1981 is very old for you ...
I don't think I'll mention my age, heh.
Well, considering that it's one of the oldest cities in the US, not a really big surprise.
Like most places, depends on where you are. Some sections of the Boston Metro area are pretty bad (Roxbury, I'm looking at you) but even in some of the "dingy" areas of the city (where many of the university students live) are actually quite safe and have a good amount of interesting culture and unique qualities you wouldn't find in the midwest or many other US cities.
They already do this quite regularly with the oldest green source of power you managed to omit: Hydroelectric. There are a great deal of dams within British Columbia and Alaska out in the middle of nowhere - and they've been relatively successful and constant power sources.
A "good" capitalist, or the capitalist that actually wins? As it's certainly not the latter - there's a vast gulf of difference between the two.
Interesting anecdote, though in a way it supports my supposition of its being catholic (the non-capitalized adjective).
What is it with these fans of Senator Bill Frist and them always wanting to sound off about him at the start of every slashdot thread?
Why, are you suggesting that knowledge is catholic?
It's not "bad" practice, it's fairly common practice. In fact, it'd be rather idiotic to do otherwise, else you want your share price to precipitously fall and be ousted by the board/fired/whatever.
Uh, what in the world are you talking about? Your example was a small retail store/boutique on a city street -- your description doesn't look to apply.
It's part of image and practicality; I don't know the code required for such places (my guess is it differs from state to state, town to town), but I've a close friends who own local businesses and I'd venture they'd tell you that a ramp along with stairs was genuinely worth it.
Of course, it may be because there are a good deal of disabled elderly who live in the area so part of it may be local demographics, but certainly that isn't isolated.
Sure, and they can annoy possible customers that may have:
- temporary injuriers
- disabled friends or family
- children in strollers
- etc.
It's a smarter business decision to make those people feel as if they're welcome