Sorry, Mr. Pottymouth, but you're wrong. What people need is the protection of private property rights. Without that, time preferences are skewed higher, and capital does not accumulate. All the education in the world is worthless without capital.
It's up to the people living in these poor regions to make private property a high priority, so that capital accumulation is possible. As long as they don't, they'll be stuck in their third-world hell.
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." -- H. L. Mencken
I want a hack that will make every key display "any," and customer service operators will be able to remotely activate that hack for morons who can't seem to find that elusive key.;P
I'm in the onboard = bad camp, ever since my onboard sound went kaput a few months ago. I've since attempted to install add-on sound cards, with no success whatsoever. Windows refuses to install the drivers. And yes, I have checked all the BIOS settings, etc. (Side note: who's a guy got to sleep with to get a sound card with real drivers, instead of some kludgey.exe installer file? Of those I tried, only one had good old-fashioned drivers, and it was a cheapo old legacy card with plenty of dust on the box.)
I would have wiped the HD and started clean, then installed a new board or sound card, but this last failure has finally convinced me to switch to a Mac. I'm leaving the box mute as a constant reminder of my frustration while I save up for the expensive (but oh, so pretty) new iMac.
I've never, ever, ever, ever played a game I enjoyed more than Cosmic Encounter. I used to play it with my buddies in college for days. Way too much fun.
I see there's an online version now. I'll have to check it out.
I Absolutely agree. I attended a very prestigious science and engineering school which cost way too much, and I regret it every time I write a student loan payment check.
I believe we should try going back to old-fashioned apprenticeships, wherein a young (wo)man goes to work for someone in the field they wish to persue. They would actually get paid for learning, instead of the opposite. They would also be able to learn if their chosen field was not for them, with very little penalty. The way it stands now, a kid can drop $100K on college, and then start work only to find that the career path they've chosen holds no interest for them.
That hasn't always been the case. For a while, the western world's wars mostly spared civilians. That all ended some time in the 19th century, as in the American Civil War, which saw the deliberate and savage targeting of civilian populations as a tactic.
"That would be a sad day. One of the biggest preventers of wars is fear of casualties and the political damage those casualties do to the government. take that away and we move ever closer to extinction as war becomes to easy and far to impersonal. Making war against another country SHOULD have grave consequences."
Curious... if there are no/low casualties resulting from this politically-correct warfare, how, exactly, will that lead to extinction? We can't have "safe" wars, because it would be too dangerous? I'm confused...
In complete absence of the God foundation, Bastiat's observations still bear fruit. It matters not from where man draws his unalienable and equal rights, so long as it is agreed that man does have claim to them.
Please clarify for me, do you disagree only with Bastiat's opinion on the divine source of those rights, or with the existence of equal rights entirely? Had Bastiat been an atheist and his socialist foes devoutly religious, would his arguments on liberty only then be valid?
Again I would submit that his arguments hold up whether or not you accept his personal opinion of God. No matter from which source we owe our life, our free will necessarily leaves to us "the responsibility of preserving, developing, and perfecting it."
In the end, his thesis, "Law is Justice" is the central argument. I, too, found little use in Bastiat's opinions of God. However, "Law is Justice" rings very true to me, indeed.
So the company is destroying people out of spite, huh? I'm sure that's really high on the priority list of the shareholders.
Tell me this: what is preventing any of those old kids from quitting? Are they literally shackled to their desks? Company holding a gun to their childrens' heads? No.
I absolutely agree that the company is treating their employees like crap. If I worked there, I would leave. What kind of a moron would destroy his marriage and family for a job? I place my family far above any company I've ever worked for.
Welcome to the world. I'm sorry it's so mean and nasty, but that's how it is. Deal with it or don't. Just spare me the whining when you don't have the will to make a voluntary change for the better.
Well, I could tell you about how steel workers have been seriously injured and killed because OSHA forces them to wear steel-toed boots, which are dangerous working on high steel. Apparently, it makes feeling the beams with your toes very difficult...
But really, the Mises.org site is great for finding discussions on all sorts of economic topics, from a free-market perspective. For instance, a search for "OSHA" on their site returns lots of articles and blog entries.
I submit that safety in the workplace is provided by the market itself, rather than through a governmental mandate. The government is very good at claiming credit for good things and avoiding blame for the bad.
I regret to hear that you brushed off Bastiat simply for his mentioning of God a few times. Are his observations made any more credible in absence of that word? Substitute "Cthulhu" if it pleases you, but don't throw out the baby with the bath water...
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It's up to the people living in these poor regions to make private property a high priority, so that capital accumulation is possible. As long as they don't, they'll be stuck in their third-world hell.
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." -- H. L. Mencken
I want a hack that will make every key display "any," and customer service operators will be able to remotely activate that hack for morons who can't seem to find that elusive key. ;P
My impression of the typical /. moderator: reinforced.
LOL
Nasa just released the results of their collision experiment:
Tempel: 1
Impactor: 0
US Taxpayers: -$300,000,000
You rock. Thanks.
I would have wiped the HD and started clean, then installed a new board or sound card, but this last failure has finally convinced me to switch to a Mac. I'm leaving the box mute as a constant reminder of my frustration while I save up for the expensive (but oh, so pretty) new iMac.
I mean...
Nevermind.
Yeah, no kidding... just like that stupid internet. I really liked it until I saw Tubgirl on it. ;P
I'm confused... Why are those old guys wearing suits to play D&D?
Wasn't that the ship's name in Cabin Boy?
I see there's an online version now. I'll have to check it out.
I Absolutely agree. I attended a very prestigious science and engineering school which cost way too much, and I regret it every time I write a student loan payment check.
I believe we should try going back to old-fashioned apprenticeships, wherein a young (wo)man goes to work for someone in the field they wish to persue. They would actually get paid for learning, instead of the opposite. They would also be able to learn if their chosen field was not for them, with very little penalty. The way it stands now, a kid can drop $100K on college, and then start work only to find that the career path they've chosen holds no interest for them.
I highly recommend reading a great article on this subject by Gary North: Why the Job Market Is Slanted in Favor of College Graduates . See if it doesn't challenge some of your opinions on the value of a college education...
Speaking of internet penises... what's up with the naked lady in the upper left corner of the K-Meleon logo? LOL
All of that pretty much eliminates the central point of the original argument, does it not?
That hasn't always been the case. For a while, the western world's wars mostly spared civilians. That all ended some time in the 19th century, as in the American Civil War, which saw the deliberate and savage targeting of civilian populations as a tactic.
Curious... if there are no/low casualties resulting from this politically-correct warfare, how, exactly, will that lead to extinction? We can't have "safe" wars, because it would be too dangerous? I'm confused...
Just better vision... not sight. ;P
"That's fried rice, you plick!"
'kakke on me?
Please clarify for me, do you disagree only with Bastiat's opinion on the divine source of those rights, or with the existence of equal rights entirely? Had Bastiat been an atheist and his socialist foes devoutly religious, would his arguments on liberty only then be valid?
Again I would submit that his arguments hold up whether or not you accept his personal opinion of God. No matter from which source we owe our life, our free will necessarily leaves to us "the responsibility of preserving, developing, and perfecting it."
In the end, his thesis, "Law is Justice" is the central argument. I, too, found little use in Bastiat's opinions of God. However, "Law is Justice" rings very true to me, indeed.
So the company is destroying people out of spite, huh? I'm sure that's really high on the priority list of the shareholders.
Tell me this: what is preventing any of those old kids from quitting? Are they literally shackled to their desks? Company holding a gun to their childrens' heads? No.
I absolutely agree that the company is treating their employees like crap. If I worked there, I would leave. What kind of a moron would destroy his marriage and family for a job? I place my family far above any company I've ever worked for.
Welcome to the world. I'm sorry it's so mean and nasty, but that's how it is. Deal with it or don't. Just spare me the whining when you don't have the will to make a voluntary change for the better.
But really, the Mises.org site is great for finding discussions on all sorts of economic topics, from a free-market perspective. For instance, a search for "OSHA" on their site returns lots of articles and blog entries.
I submit that safety in the workplace is provided by the market itself, rather than through a governmental mandate. The government is very good at claiming credit for good things and avoiding blame for the bad.
I regret to hear that you brushed off Bastiat simply for his mentioning of God a few times. Are his observations made any more credible in absence of that word? Substitute "Cthulhu" if it pleases you, but don't throw out the baby with the bath water...
Also check out Frederick Bastiat's The Law.
The fact that stuff like that is not offered in government schools should lead one to wonder about the purpose of said schools.
Mod parent up.