I traveled overseas a few years back. On my trip, I bought a book. On the copyright notice page it states that this book is only authorized for sale in the country I was visiting. I then flew back to the USA (where this particular edition is not available) with my book. Have I broken a law or violated a copyright?
As I see it, Australian citizens are simply purchasing material at a point of sale within the USA (the VPN's point of presence) and then they are using private means to move the material to their home. I flew. They used a VPN.
If your fleet management unit is operated as a subsidiary (even wholly owned), they could be home based in whatever state they want and license their vehicles there. I know of a couple of construction services companies that license vehicles in either Florida or Texas. They shuffle them around enough so they can claim that the vehicles don't spend a majority of their time in Washington state and ???? Profit!
Has anyone done a careful study to determine if high CEO compensation results in better company performance? The issue of correlation will have to account for the desire of greedy candidates for a CEO job to get on board with a company that is or will generate a lot of cash and profit so as to make a multi-million dollar pay package look justified.
Anecdote: Many years ago*, I read a story about a small California oil company that had been driven into bankruptcy. The CEO had walked (or been canned) and a bankruptcy court judge assigned. As is customary, the judge appointed an interim manager to oversee the company through what was probably going to be a dissolution. But the company was such a basket case (and the potential pay so low), the only person he could find was a friend of his who was a janitor. The janitor proceeded to go through company records, find underperforming assets to sell, reorganize the core organization and bring the company out of the bankruptcy process as a profitable business. All for what was no more than a few times his janitor's salary.
*This predates the birth of the Internet by some years, so I'm having trouble searching for a story on-line. IIRC, it was written up in the WSJ.
sit around and do nothing for the rest of her life.
But that's not likely. Many of these people have friends on other corporate boards who will find a place for them. The whole Yahoo failure will have a positive spin put on it and Mayer will find herself running another company.
If the demise of Yahoo was inevitable, she might do OK with a viable company. The only issue will be why this wasn't recognized in advance and the company dismantled while its parts were worth something. On the other hand, after the last economic downturn, that might have been a fire sale and the smartest move was to keep it limping along until the market got better.
The down side for Mayer will be: If her skill set is winding down sick companies, people will bail when they see her coming to their business.
I'm curious if we'll see new stand-alone TDD/TTY devices
I'm sure we will. Because that way the manufacturers can rely on FDA regulations to keep the market to themselves and jack up prices.
Like the touch pad speech generating devices used by people with ALS which, in theory, could be replaced by a cheap tablet app. But nope. Can't do that because the moment it becomes an assisitive device, the manufacturer has to jump through FDA approval hoops.
Well of course he's wrong. AGW was made up by the United Nations to facilitate wealth transfer to third world nations. China just saw an opportunity and jumped on the bandwagon.
Yet, we have seemingly no interest in freeing the North Korean people
More an issue between South and North Korea. Of course, we'd help our ally. China, on the other hand, doesn't want the regime to collapse. Millions of refugees crossing the border to deal with. Plus, having a mad dog in the back yard might come in handy.
The thing that I think will bring China around is: When the NORKs get a warhead working and manage to fit it onto a missile, Beijing will be a much easier shot than the USA. And Kim Jong-un is crazy enough to try and blackmail China for aid.
... USB ports will that iPhone have? Because right now I'm using all the ports on my phone (including the headphone jack). Are we going to have to carry a USB hub around, with the obligatory tangle of wires?
And this is just one symptom of their problems. Their federal gov't recognizes the problems and takes measures (well thought out or not) to solve them. But the backward locals just block progress.
It's time for the feds to take the local officials who thought up this ban, demote them to Dalits, hand them buckets and shovels and put them in charge of cleaning out the outhouses.
That would be my suggestion. But in reality it would never happen. Because men are 'worth' more than women and are protected by police and prosecutors.
And not just men, but members of conservative groups. You don't hear about many instances where a woman is attacked and her male relatives go after, beat and/or kill her attacker. Because they are a protected elite in that country.
Buy every woman a gun. A panic button isn't going to do them any good because many police there empathize with social conservatives who are doing most of the harassment. Cops either show up late or not at all. Prosecutors reflect the same attitudes and value the life of a male aggressor more than a female victim. So turn the tables on them. Either drag the scumbag men off the street and put them in 'protective custody' or bring the coroners wagon to the scene after a failed attack.
Because collusion between the studios? Netflix needs licenses. And if the content providers get together and agree to stick to one licensing scheme, Netflix has to go along. Otherwise they get nothing.
Why don't some independent studios break away and offer different licensing deals, breaking apart the cartel? Research the influence of organized crime in the motion picture industry.
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I'd say the F-35 pretty much qualifies for being 'on earth'. Most of the time anyway.
That's just a matter of personal taste.
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I traveled overseas a few years back. On my trip, I bought a book. On the copyright notice page it states that this book is only authorized for sale in the country I was visiting. I then flew back to the USA (where this particular edition is not available) with my book. Have I broken a law or violated a copyright?
As I see it, Australian citizens are simply purchasing material at a point of sale within the USA (the VPN's point of presence) and then they are using private means to move the material to their home. I flew. They used a VPN.
qualify for residency
If your fleet management unit is operated as a subsidiary (even wholly owned), they could be home based in whatever state they want and license their vehicles there. I know of a couple of construction services companies that license vehicles in either Florida or Texas. They shuffle them around enough so they can claim that the vehicles don't spend a majority of their time in Washington state and ???? Profit!
Has anyone done a careful study to determine if high CEO compensation results in better company performance? The issue of correlation will have to account for the desire of greedy candidates for a CEO job to get on board with a company that is or will generate a lot of cash and profit so as to make a multi-million dollar pay package look justified.
Anecdote: Many years ago*, I read a story about a small California oil company that had been driven into bankruptcy. The CEO had walked (or been canned) and a bankruptcy court judge assigned. As is customary, the judge appointed an interim manager to oversee the company through what was probably going to be a dissolution. But the company was such a basket case (and the potential pay so low), the only person he could find was a friend of his who was a janitor. The janitor proceeded to go through company records, find underperforming assets to sell, reorganize the core organization and bring the company out of the bankruptcy process as a profitable business. All for what was no more than a few times his janitor's salary.
*This predates the birth of the Internet by some years, so I'm having trouble searching for a story on-line. IIRC, it was written up in the WSJ.
sit around and do nothing for the rest of her life.
But that's not likely. Many of these people have friends on other corporate boards who will find a place for them. The whole Yahoo failure will have a positive spin put on it and Mayer will find herself running another company.
If the demise of Yahoo was inevitable, she might do OK with a viable company. The only issue will be why this wasn't recognized in advance and the company dismantled while its parts were worth something. On the other hand, after the last economic downturn, that might have been a fire sale and the smartest move was to keep it limping along until the market got better.
The down side for Mayer will be: If her skill set is winding down sick companies, people will bail when they see her coming to their business.
I'm curious if we'll see new stand-alone TDD/TTY devices
I'm sure we will. Because that way the manufacturers can rely on FDA regulations to keep the market to themselves and jack up prices.
Like the touch pad speech generating devices used by people with ALS which, in theory, could be replaced by a cheap tablet app. But nope. Can't do that because the moment it becomes an assisitive device, the manufacturer has to jump through FDA approval hoops.
Nope. Because then we can't shoot them.
and it can be desert rather than current cropland.
But now you are taking the habitat of the endangered desert tortoise.
I would have thought that the continuous stream of "Update to Windows 10" nag popups would keep the display alive.
Higher frequencies (VHF and UHF) are also conducive to tropospheric ducting.
AGW is made up by the Chinese to control the US
Well of course he's wrong. AGW was made up by the United Nations to facilitate wealth transfer to third world nations. China just saw an opportunity and jumped on the bandwagon.
I am not sure how that would work here in the US where the nearest ocean is over 1000 miles away.
Border Blasters. 1000 miles isn't a big problem if your regulatory agency is corrupt and you can pump out a megawatt of rf power.
Abby Normal?
Yet, we have seemingly no interest in freeing the North Korean people
More an issue between South and North Korea. Of course, we'd help our ally. China, on the other hand, doesn't want the regime to collapse. Millions of refugees crossing the border to deal with. Plus, having a mad dog in the back yard might come in handy.
The thing that I think will bring China around is: When the NORKs get a warhead working and manage to fit it onto a missile, Beijing will be a much easier shot than the USA. And Kim Jong-un is crazy enough to try and blackmail China for aid.
And this is just one symptom of their problems. Their federal gov't recognizes the problems and takes measures (well thought out or not) to solve them. But the backward locals just block progress.
It's time for the feds to take the local officials who thought up this ban, demote them to Dalits, hand them buckets and shovels and put them in charge of cleaning out the outhouses.
That would be my suggestion. But in reality it would never happen. Because men are 'worth' more than women and are protected by police and prosecutors.
And not just men, but members of conservative groups. You don't hear about many instances where a woman is attacked and her male relatives go after, beat and/or kill her attacker. Because they are a protected elite in that country.
That's odd. Why is that crane running itself? And why is it piling all the fuel rods in one big critical ma.......
every mugger and/or rapist has a gun, too.
India maintains firearms ban for (non law enforcement) men. Get caught with a gun as a man and risk being arrested and/or shot on sight.
Buy every woman a gun. A panic button isn't going to do them any good because many police there empathize with social conservatives who are doing most of the harassment. Cops either show up late or not at all. Prosecutors reflect the same attitudes and value the life of a male aggressor more than a female victim. So turn the tables on them. Either drag the scumbag men off the street and put them in 'protective custody' or bring the coroners wagon to the scene after a failed attack.
Then just don't sell exclusive licenses.
Because collusion between the studios? Netflix needs licenses. And if the content providers get together and agree to stick to one licensing scheme, Netflix has to go along. Otherwise they get nothing.
Why don't some independent studios break away and offer different licensing deals, breaking apart the cartel? Research the influence of organized crime in the motion picture industry.