The study does not establish causation, it finds a correlation. Without a control group it is not possible to make the conclusions stated in the article. The hypothesis is stated as a conclusion. Interesting, but flawed.
Encryption doesn't buy freedom, someone (the right someone) decrypting on the other end does. Otherwise you might as well put your message in a can and bury it.
"Depending on the market?" Are you kidding? I have the choice of Comcast cable, AT&T DSL, and Clear wireless. The cable and landline are monopolies granted by the city and state respectively, and the wireless, well, there is nothing that differentiates the "competition" since they are partners with the same prices, features, and towers who paid the federal government for the frequency. I believe my selections are pretty representative.
First, I suppose that is Capitalism with a capital C, as in a government controlled by capital rather than with a lower case which is the economic version that is market driven under a Democratic Republic. Second, you did not have a second point, you reiterated your first point.
All of the entitlements beyond those necessary to maintain a stable society are used to provide stability to the parties in power. Tax law is used to determine whose vote is purchased.
It is the job of our elected officials to manage the budget. It is the job of the politicians to get re-elected, they do it by not doing the job they were elected to do.
And AMD loses all of its customers who consider Dell a competitor. Unless Dell can consume all of AMD's production (or at least as much as AMD is currently producing) this kills the chip side of the business within a few years. Dell would have a problem introducing new products as each one will reduce their chip market.
The studios are likely to make you think that movies like "Gigli" are good, anyone else is unlikely to have access to the clips that show how bad it is until it is out on DVD.
Anonymous and false are entirely different. Creating a false persona is never done for the benefit of those who are deceived - just ask any pedophile who thought he was e-chatting with a 13 year old girl that was really the FBI. The Nigerian internet scams rely on this same deception. Neither deception could be perpetrated by anonymous. There is no persona behind anonymous, those interacting with anonymous know that the individual they are dealing with is not forthcoming and may not be reliable.
30% of your income has a very tenuous connection with 20% of the GDP, but I would conclude you are paying significantly less than your fair share if that is your net tax rate. Unless you can provide a much better connection between these numbers, I conclude that both your logic and math are incorrect. You do not demonstrate any understanding of the data, you simply say the problem is too complex and accuse your opponent of not understanding the data. You are relying on bullying rather than logic to promote your opinions.
Getting the Federal government involved is a stupid idea and you have no idea how complex sales tax is. You cannot collect sales tax by zip code, my zip code includes parts of two counties with different tax rates, you need the street address to know which county and whether the address is in the township or unincorporated - one zip with four different rates. You need a damn good database that is updated every time the town expands into formerly unincorporated areas. There are different rates for different products - milk, cucumbers and electronics have different sales tax rates. Do you see how the permutations are starting to make this ugly? Municipalities are not required to notify anyone who has not paid taxes previously of changes in tax rates, and they can make changes at any time, so the first customer in a new town requires checking on the current tax rate, not what your database said it was in January. Then you need to incorporate the new rates for places you have paid taxes in into your database. At the end of the year (quarterly for some places) you must send the money, and an accounting of the collected taxes to the state and sometimes to the municipalities as well, this means hundreds of checks cut and letter sent each year. This is not trivial, and it is not cheap. A Brick and mortar store that does not ship products has it relatively easy, their rates are based on their location, and they only have to deal with the differing tax rates, if any, for different types of products. No one like PayPal would take on the responsibility for mail order or internet vendors since it would put them in the position for paying penalties for failing to charge the correct amount.
Doesn't your behavior technically qualify as antisocial? Those to whom you do this are merely being asocial, which is the normal social convention on an elevator.
You can buy a $10 (on sale) phone at Target or Walmart that includes the charger and 20 minutes of talk time and costs under $40 per year to keep active. Dumb phones aren't going away. A buddy of mine wouldn't get a cellphone because he said he didn't need one, I tried to convince him to get the phone and carry it with him even if he let the contract expire, it could still dial 911. He finally got one after he slipped and got a compound fracture in his leg while walking. He will never be a candidate for a smartphone.
Also, the dumb phone is handy for drug dealers and adulterers.
The issue is not whether the phone is smart or dumb, but the user. I have a smart phone which I virtually never answer/touch when I am with others in the situations you mention. This unusual behavior elicits a lot of quizzical looks from my companions; I tell them that I prioritize personal contact over all others, I have made a few converts.
How is a government owned infrastructure with middle men a true free market? How can the end user ever profit? Even in your non-corrupt theoretical country those defy economic possibilities.
That teachers are underpaid is one of the most pernicious myths of the last fifty years. At the midpoint of the 20th century, teachers were underpaid, but not under-compensated due to generous retirement benefits. In the sixties and seventies teacher pay caught up to industry and the retirement benefits were retained. The tax codes allow all kinds of deductions, benefits and retirement contributions available only to teachers. The NEA is the largest union in the US, almost twice the size of any other, and the NEA has served its members quite well on the compensation front. Find another employer who will pay you for continuing education and then pay you more for having it even when you can't apply it to your job. Find another employer who will provide pay raises that exceed the rate of inflation every year. If you don't think you are paid enough, I would encourage you to seek another job and figure out how much money you will have after you have contributed to your retirement.
And the radio or airbag taken from the dash of your car isn't worth 10% of the $1200 the dealer charges to replace it, but that doesn't seem to discourage thieves.
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The study does not establish causation, it finds a correlation. Without a control group it is not possible to make the conclusions stated in the article. The hypothesis is stated as a conclusion. Interesting, but flawed.
Encryption doesn't buy freedom, someone (the right someone) decrypting on the other end does. Otherwise you might as well put your message in a can and bury it.
What the hell do these wall plugs attempt to achieve?
They will keep the Internet from leaking all over your carpets.
"Depending on the market?" Are you kidding? I have the choice of Comcast cable, AT&T DSL, and Clear wireless. The cable and landline are monopolies granted by the city and state respectively, and the wireless, well, there is nothing that differentiates the "competition" since they are partners with the same prices, features, and towers who paid the federal government for the frequency. I believe my selections are pretty representative.
First, I suppose that is Capitalism with a capital C, as in a government controlled by capital rather than with a lower case which is the economic version that is market driven under a Democratic Republic. Second, you did not have a second point, you reiterated your first point.
That $150 - Amazon marks that up according to the formula, in effect they are charging $195.00.
All of the entitlements beyond those necessary to maintain a stable society are used to provide stability to the parties in power. Tax law is used to determine whose vote is purchased.
It is the job of our elected officials to manage the budget. It is the job of the politicians to get re-elected, they do it by not doing the job they were elected to do.
And AMD loses all of its customers who consider Dell a competitor. Unless Dell can consume all of AMD's production (or at least as much as AMD is currently producing) this kills the chip side of the business within a few years. Dell would have a problem introducing new products as each one will reduce their chip market.
Legally they are not underage prostitutes.
The studios are likely to make you think that movies like "Gigli" are good, anyone else is unlikely to have access to the clips that show how bad it is until it is out on DVD.
Anonymous and false are entirely different. Creating a false persona is never done for the benefit of those who are deceived - just ask any pedophile who thought he was e-chatting with a 13 year old girl that was really the FBI. The Nigerian internet scams rely on this same deception. Neither deception could be perpetrated by anonymous. There is no persona behind anonymous, those interacting with anonymous know that the individual they are dealing with is not forthcoming and may not be reliable.
30% of your income has a very tenuous connection with 20% of the GDP, but I would conclude you are paying significantly less than your fair share if that is your net tax rate. Unless you can provide a much better connection between these numbers, I conclude that both your logic and math are incorrect. You do not demonstrate any understanding of the data, you simply say the problem is too complex and accuse your opponent of not understanding the data. You are relying on bullying rather than logic to promote your opinions.
Getting the Federal government involved is a stupid idea and you have no idea how complex sales tax is. You cannot collect sales tax by zip code, my zip code includes parts of two counties with different tax rates, you need the street address to know which county and whether the address is in the township or unincorporated - one zip with four different rates. You need a damn good database that is updated every time the town expands into formerly unincorporated areas. There are different rates for different products - milk, cucumbers and electronics have different sales tax rates. Do you see how the permutations are starting to make this ugly? Municipalities are not required to notify anyone who has not paid taxes previously of changes in tax rates, and they can make changes at any time, so the first customer in a new town requires checking on the current tax rate, not what your database said it was in January. Then you need to incorporate the new rates for places you have paid taxes in into your database. At the end of the year (quarterly for some places) you must send the money, and an accounting of the collected taxes to the state and sometimes to the municipalities as well, this means hundreds of checks cut and letter sent each year. This is not trivial, and it is not cheap. A Brick and mortar store that does not ship products has it relatively easy, their rates are based on their location, and they only have to deal with the differing tax rates, if any, for different types of products. No one like PayPal would take on the responsibility for mail order or internet vendors since it would put them in the position for paying penalties for failing to charge the correct amount.
Doesn't your behavior technically qualify as antisocial? Those to whom you do this are merely being asocial, which is the normal social convention on an elevator.
You can buy a $10 (on sale) phone at Target or Walmart that includes the charger and 20 minutes of talk time and costs under $40 per year to keep active. Dumb phones aren't going away. A buddy of mine wouldn't get a cellphone because he said he didn't need one, I tried to convince him to get the phone and carry it with him even if he let the contract expire, it could still dial 911. He finally got one after he slipped and got a compound fracture in his leg while walking. He will never be a candidate for a smartphone.
Also, the dumb phone is handy for drug dealers and adulterers.
The issue is not whether the phone is smart or dumb, but the user. I have a smart phone which I virtually never answer/touch when I am with others in the situations you mention. This unusual behavior elicits a lot of quizzical looks from my companions; I tell them that I prioritize personal contact over all others, I have made a few converts.
Species, not race. Race is an artificial and counterproductive distinction within our species based primarily on skin color and hair texture.
And if Darwin is to believed, the code is being entered with monkeys at the keyboards.
Making your kid read a chapter of a school issued textbook requires a light source, not a library or Internet.
How is a government owned infrastructure with middle men a true free market? How can the end user ever profit? Even in your non-corrupt theoretical country those defy economic possibilities.
So he'll sell it as the former, and we'll get the latter,or less.
That teachers are underpaid is one of the most pernicious myths of the last fifty years. At the midpoint of the 20th century, teachers were underpaid, but not under-compensated due to generous retirement benefits. In the sixties and seventies teacher pay caught up to industry and the retirement benefits were retained. The tax codes allow all kinds of deductions, benefits and retirement contributions available only to teachers. The NEA is the largest union in the US, almost twice the size of any other, and the NEA has served its members quite well on the compensation front. Find another employer who will pay you for continuing education and then pay you more for having it even when you can't apply it to your job. Find another employer who will provide pay raises that exceed the rate of inflation every year. If you don't think you are paid enough, I would encourage you to seek another job and figure out how much money you will have after you have contributed to your retirement.
I guess we'll have to start using her Wasilla nickname now: Nutty McNutfucker.
Palin would not object to that epithet nearly so vigorously as McDonald's
"'We do not copy results from any of our competitors. Period. Full stop."
Of course if you don't actually have a search engine, as appears to be the case with Microsoft, then Google isn't a competitor.
And the radio or airbag taken from the dash of your car isn't worth 10% of the $1200 the dealer charges to replace it, but that doesn't seem to discourage thieves.