What's the point of selecting the astronauts 10 years in advance?
They get ten years of fleecing the deluded would-be Martians with a never-ending series of requests for additional training costs and "donations", obviously.
Well.... Twitter and Amazon still aren't viable either.
Twitter isn't a business in any non-insane sense of the word, and Amazon is a business that is based on an eternal "jam tomorrow" model. Apart from blind faith in The Future, there is no reason to invest in either of them, nor this Mars scam.
In my opinion, anyone who volunteers for a one way trip to a barren planet like Mars is certifiably insane, and therefore shouldn't be permitted control over their money to "donate" to this scam.
"I am a fan of Terry Pratchett and he has Alzheimer's, it's like, Oh my god, I may never get another great Discworld novel." he said? Considering how he sadly passed away on March 12th 2015, the chances are that you might well not get another Discworld novel.
It's just vaguely possible that the interview was filmed before March 12th 2015.
The best stories have no "ending". Because a wrapped up sort of endings always feel a bit cliche and thin. But with so many possibilities open, it allows for user/player interpretation.
If you tell your devs to do something they don't want to do they will do a mediocre job, this is true to any kind of development. Only committed people can produce excellent work.
Aren't we a precious fucking snowflake?
Meanwhile, in the real world you do the best work you can all the time. It's called being a professional, and it's what you do when you're being paid above minimum wage to do a task.
If Uber can call their drivers "contractors" what's to prevent everyone using that loophole to ignore minimum wage law?
That's at least part of the point isn't it?. Uber and the people backing them and similar "disruptive" businesses would argue that things like the minimum wage are simply socialistic interference in the free market.
People supporting Uber can't possibly care that much about a mere taxi service, it's more the thin end of a wedge to drive through any government economic interaction whatsoever.
When the man raped the very first woman, he should be caught. It's fault of policeman.
No, it's the fault of the criminal, aided and abetted by Uber's indifference to checking out the bona fides of their employees, sorry, people who happen to use their app to make money from which they receive a commission.
20 EUR is not what you pay for cable service. It's a government tax just for owning a tv receiver, called "tv license". In USA there is no such license, you just pay for the service.
Same here in the UK, the licence fee pays for the BBC. Many of us think of the BBC as a national treasure, but, of course, because it's a state subsidised service, the Tories want to get rid of both the licence fee and eventually the BBC itself.. Because the free market is always best.
Just know that Germany is extremely protectionist on many fronts. For instance, every household has to pay over 20 euro each month to the VERY WELL OFF TV companies whether you want to or not.
I don't suppose there's any state TV or anything for the money is there? No doubt it goes straight in the pockets of unions, lesbians and socialist CEOs.
It's quite hostile to the free market on multiple fronts.
And just look how it's held them back from being the biggest economy in Europe. Oh, wait...
If they are really exploiting their drivers, people would stop driving, right? Which coincidentally is going to be a lot easier than stopping to drive a normal taxi.
So, at least in the US, not only are all cabs shitty and overpriced, but the drivers are basically slaves too?
The more I hear, the more disturbing it gets, and the more Uber is revealed as the disruptive hero of the hour.
Cab companies are fucking brutal when it comes to drivers who don't own their own cars, and provide a strong incentive to work 48-hour shifts in many markets
Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
And you just used the word "Statist" in an apparently unironic manner, thereby disqualifying yourself from any serious further consideration. You could only have done better if you'd normal called taxi users "sheeple" and blamed Obama for the whole thing..
"...they should have no problems complying with basic licensing requirements..."
..such as the requirement of obtaining the $1,000,000 medallions required to operate a cab in Manhattan.
Yep, Statists (like you) dont see this as a problem. The proof is that Statists like you can be quoted as saying "they should have no problems complying."
You just defended evil.
You might like to know that in the rest of the real world (outside the US and specifically Manhattan) taxi drivers are generally not millionaires, and have to work fairly long hours to earn an average wage.
That "basic licensing requirement" has nothing at all to do with safety. Drivers need to be licensed for safety, the company license is government-granted monopoly, pure and simple.
But some people want to government to control all the things, and any excuse will do.
Yes, and some other people don't want the government to control anything. They're called The Rich.
If you're a billionaire, I can understand the argument, assuming you're some sort of Randian libertarian and base your entire world view on selfishness. But as part of the 99.9% it's madness.
Robert Heinlein was an intermittently interesting science fiction author, but a consistently useless guide to real world politics, economics or ethics. He's like Ayn Rand after a couple of tokes.
Just because people in ISIS (or (for some reason) Italian gangsters) are morally warped psychopaths prone to psychotic violence does not necessarily mean they are stupid, or badly educated.
The world is full of clever people who are utter cunts.
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What's the point of selecting the astronauts 10 years in advance?
They get ten years of fleecing the deluded would-be Martians with a never-ending series of requests for additional training costs and "donations", obviously.
Well.... Twitter and Amazon still aren't viable either.
Twitter isn't a business in any non-insane sense of the word, and Amazon is a business that is based on an eternal "jam tomorrow" model. Apart from blind faith in The Future, there is no reason to invest in either of them, nor this Mars scam.
In my opinion, anyone who volunteers for a one way trip to a barren planet like Mars is certifiably insane, and therefore shouldn't be permitted control over their money to "donate" to this scam.
we are tired of decades of horrific cab driving experiences
Those of us with decades of no horrific cab driving experiences fail to see the problem that Uber is allegedly solving.
I suggest you go read up on how the operators of London's Black Cabs are tested, and what they have to do to get their licence.
And then ask some Londoner's whether they think this fêted test is really worth paying for.
It is as long as you don't want to go Sarf of the River. It is a curious fact that ALL black cab drivers live in Essex.
"I am a fan of Terry Pratchett and he has Alzheimer's, it's like, Oh my god, I may never get another great Discworld novel." he said? Considering how he sadly passed away on March 12th 2015, the chances are that you might well not get another Discworld novel.
It's just vaguely possible that the interview was filmed before March 12th 2015.
The best stories have no "ending". Because a wrapped up sort of endings always feel a bit cliche and thin. But with so many possibilities open, it allows for user/player interpretation.
Nice try Gabe.
Wow. Epic Slashdot it's-2015-and-still-no-unicode-support fail. :(
(Those were supposed to be small-caps, as per Death, pointing out that Death is a pretty nice guy, at least. Fail!)
I CAN ALSO SPEAK IN ORDINARY CAPITAL LETTERS IF THAT MAKES YOU ANY HAPPIER.
If you tell your devs to do something they don't want to do they will do a mediocre job, this is true to any kind of development. Only committed people can produce excellent work.
Aren't we a precious fucking snowflake?
Meanwhile, in the real world you do the best work you can all the time. It's called being a professional, and it's what you do when you're being paid above minimum wage to do a task.
Can't respect someone as overweight as he is. If you don't respect your body enough to take care of it, I can't be bothered either.
Boy did you pick the wrong forum to post that.
I'm a gametard
You fell into his cunning trap there.
Starting a debate on whether modern or period instruments are better is the musical equivalent of doing an Ask Slashdot: what is the best text editor?
If Uber can call their drivers "contractors" what's to prevent everyone using that loophole to ignore minimum wage law?
That's at least part of the point isn't it?. Uber and the people backing them and similar "disruptive" businesses would argue that things like the minimum wage are simply socialistic interference in the free market.
People supporting Uber can't possibly care that much about a mere taxi service, it's more the thin end of a wedge to drive through any government economic interaction whatsoever.
When the man raped the very first woman, he should be caught. It's fault of policeman.
No, it's the fault of the criminal, aided and abetted by Uber's indifference to checking out the bona fides of their employees, sorry, people who happen to use their app to make money from which they receive a commission.
And if you think Germany has a screwed up cable system, I assure you, it's nowhere near as bad as in the United States.
You are wrong, learn a bit about the subject first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
20 EUR is not what you pay for cable service. It's a government tax just for owning a tv receiver, called "tv license". In USA there is no such license, you just pay for the service.
Same here in the UK, the licence fee pays for the BBC. Many of us think of the BBC as a national treasure, but, of course, because it's a state subsidised service, the Tories want to get rid of both the licence fee and eventually the BBC itself.. Because the free market is always best.
*cough* Sky is shit *cough*.
*cough* Virgin is shit *cough*.
*cough* BT is shit *cough*.
Just know that Germany is extremely protectionist on many fronts. For instance, every household has to pay over 20 euro each month to the VERY WELL OFF TV companies whether you want to or not.
I don't suppose there's any state TV or anything for the money is there? No doubt it goes straight in the pockets of unions, lesbians and socialist CEOs.
It's quite hostile to the free market on multiple fronts.
And just look how it's held them back from being the biggest economy in Europe. Oh, wait...
If they are really exploiting their drivers, people would stop driving, right? Which coincidentally is going to be a lot easier than stopping to drive a normal taxi.
So, at least in the US, not only are all cabs shitty and overpriced, but the drivers are basically slaves too?
The more I hear, the more disturbing it gets, and the more Uber is revealed as the disruptive hero of the hour.
Cab companies are fucking brutal when it comes to drivers who don't own their own cars, and provide a strong incentive to work 48-hour shifts in many markets
Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
And Uber saved me from all that.
I have been cheated by nearly every cab driver I've ever used
Yeah, sure you have. And brave little Uber came to your rescue.
Do you work for their marketing agency or something?
You just defended evil.
And you just used the word "Statist" in an apparently unironic manner, thereby disqualifying yourself from any serious further consideration. You could only have done better if you'd normal called taxi users "sheeple" and blamed Obama for the whole thing..
"...they should have no problems complying with basic licensing requirements..."
You might like to know that in the rest of the real world (outside the US and specifically Manhattan) taxi drivers are generally not millionaires, and have to work fairly long hours to earn an average wage.
That "basic licensing requirement" has nothing at all to do with safety. Drivers need to be licensed for safety, the company license is government-granted monopoly, pure and simple.
But some people want to government to control all the things, and any excuse will do.
Yes, and some other people don't want the government to control anything. They're called The Rich.
If you're a billionaire, I can understand the argument, assuming you're some sort of Randian libertarian and base your entire world view on selfishness. But as part of the 99.9% it's madness.
Robert Heinlein was an intermittently interesting science fiction author, but a consistently useless guide to real world politics, economics or ethics. He's like Ayn Rand after a couple of tokes.
The world is full of clever people who are utter cunts.
German rap music is HUGE right now
Holy fucking Christ, just when you thought life couldn't get any worse...