How is this trademark infringement any more than calling, say, your Photoshop plugin a "Foo plugin for Photoshop?" or a Windows program "Little_Professor's Tiny Whiteboard for Windows?"
Well, the alien who obtains employment through ID theft isn't going to be claiming a federal refund with his/her stolen SSN, although it's plausible that employers who know they're hiring an illegal are simply pocketing the witholdings instead of sending them to the government. Even if they claim 99 exemptions on the W4, Social Security and Medicare are still going to be witheld for someone who is never going to be taking a payout from either system.
Not data, I know, but at least a plausible scenario. Certainly more plausible than the IRS a) happening to audit the person whose SSN was stolen and b) not realizing upon said audit what actually happened.
Actually, the innovation was that some packing company realized they could replace their skilled butchers with an assembly line of low-wage unskilled workers who were each taught to perform a single cut.
CFLs were double-digit expensive in the '90s too. Now I can get a 4-pack at Home Depot for $1.67 (albeit subsidized by the power company to the tune of $4 or so).
Wondering if you've read Rules of Play, by Salen and Zimmerman. Really opened up my thinking about what games and fun are and how to create them within a game.
So this is something like approximate to the largest natural gas tanker in the world releasing it's entire load into the air once every 4 days for many years to come.
There are plenty of non-union productions - check craigslist's crew gigs in any major metro. However, they pay for shit and/or are run by shady people who abscond with the work and don't pay anybody. Which tells you something about why the unions exist.
Shenanigans. We have a toddler that doesn't bathe every day, a 1.5 gpm showerhead and a decrepit water heater good only for 10 minutes of grownup showering, never wash less than a full load, and a reasonably efficient dishwasher, with 3,300 gallons a month of usage in the winter when nothing is being watered.
Most jurisdictions I'm aware of do not allow a creditor to seize your primary residence unless they themselves have a financial interest in it (mortgage lender) or that creditor is a tax authority.
The article linked in the summary (and again here for convenience) describes the school network admin's pattern of internet postings bragging about his methods for a long time, including a promotional video for the software company (which is now decrying his actions as 'vigilantism') where he is interviewed extolling the virtues of the remote webcam activation features for theft recovery.
Failed analogies. In both cases there is a fixed amount of stuff (money, houses) and ownership of it changes. If you hack my bank account and put a bunch of money in yours while leaving all the money in mine, you're closer. Note that in this modified analogy I have very little reason to mind what you've done, although the bank certainly does.
as a condition of doing this voluntary work, they have to shred their ability to maintain a social life.
I served three days on a criminal trial once, and my friends and family still recognized me at the end of it. In fact, I was even allowed to go home and interact with (nearly) whomever I chose outside of normal business hours.
Also, you're ignoring the payoff of jury duty/service that if you are ever charged with a crime, you get to have a jury of your peers determine your innocence or guilt.
When dedicated boardgamers say Monopoly is "dreadful," they are referring to a few specific structural problems with the game: a) The limited opportunity for players to meaningfully influence the outcome of the game through their decisions (auction bids and house purchase timing is pretty much it) b) The very limited number of winning strategies (buy orange and build like crazy is pretty much it) c) the outcome is clear long before the win conditions are met, which makes for a dreadfully boring endgame.
There are plenty of good economic boardgames, but Monopoly isn't one of them.
PS - nobody else here is talking about video games.
Plus, of course, opposing his proposed income tax cut on the grounds that the "surplus" that Clinton had achieved wasn't REALLY a surplus would have made the Democrats and the Media look bad....
Wasn't that Al Gore's "Lock Box" campaign promise?
Have you ever seen a McDonald's closed for anything other than remodeling or expansion? I haven't.
One in my town had its zoning amended to shut down the drive thru (lots of accidents from people leaving onto a busy road), and went under 6 months or so later.
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How is this trademark infringement any more than calling, say, your Photoshop plugin a "Foo plugin for Photoshop?" or a Windows program "Little_Professor's Tiny Whiteboard for Windows?"
Not data, I know, but at least a plausible scenario. Certainly more plausible than the IRS a) happening to audit the person whose SSN was stolen and b) not realizing upon said audit what actually happened.
So you're in favor of repealing the laws against fraud and false advertising?
Actually, the innovation was that some packing company realized they could replace their skilled butchers with an assembly line of low-wage unskilled workers who were each taught to perform a single cut.
Not when you're a drone pilot.
CFLs were double-digit expensive in the '90s too. Now I can get a 4-pack at Home Depot for $1.67 (albeit subsidized by the power company to the tune of $4 or so).
You're heading into mad scientist territory, although in your case it's more like mad social scientist. Best of luck.
Wondering if you've read Rules of Play, by Salen and Zimmerman. Really opened up my thinking about what games and fun are and how to create them within a game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_people
So this is something like approximate to the largest natural gas tanker in the world releasing it's entire load into the air once every 4 days for many years to come.
How is that different from a screenwriter?
There are plenty of non-union productions - check craigslist's crew gigs in any major metro. However, they pay for shit and/or are run by shady people who abscond with the work and don't pay anybody. Which tells you something about why the unions exist.
Shenanigans. We have a toddler that doesn't bathe every day, a 1.5 gpm showerhead and a decrepit water heater good only for 10 minutes of grownup showering, never wash less than a full load, and a reasonably efficient dishwasher, with 3,300 gallons a month of usage in the winter when nothing is being watered.
Most jurisdictions I'm aware of do not allow a creditor to seize your primary residence unless they themselves have a financial interest in it (mortgage lender) or that creditor is a tax authority.
I find that fairly damning.
Failed analogies. In both cases there is a fixed amount of stuff (money, houses) and ownership of it changes. If you hack my bank account and put a bunch of money in yours while leaving all the money in mine, you're closer. Note that in this modified analogy I have very little reason to mind what you've done, although the bank certainly does.
What about LBJ?
you mean getsharepod.com
I served three days on a criminal trial once, and my friends and family still recognized me at the end of it. In fact, I was even allowed to go home and interact with (nearly) whomever I chose outside of normal business hours.
Also, you're ignoring the payoff of jury duty/service that if you are ever charged with a crime, you get to have a jury of your peers determine your innocence or guilt.
a) The limited opportunity for players to meaningfully influence the outcome of the game through their decisions (auction bids and house purchase timing is pretty much it)
b) The very limited number of winning strategies (buy orange and build like crazy is pretty much it)
c) the outcome is clear long before the win conditions are met, which makes for a dreadfully boring endgame.
There are plenty of good economic boardgames, but Monopoly isn't one of them.
PS - nobody else here is talking about video games.
Wasn't that Al Gore's "Lock Box" campaign promise?
When you get an unexpected tax bill for thousands of dollars in March, you'll appreciate the other system a lot more. Believe me.
One in my town had its zoning amended to shut down the drive thru (lots of accidents from people leaving onto a busy road), and went under 6 months or so later.
There were still two, the first one was just in really, really small pieces, some of them transmuted.
People who use microwaves to raise bread dough at a controlled temperature (well, the temp hold/probe thing).