I remember a few years ago, 2 the minimum if my memory serves me, that watchmaking is a dead business. Even the us education dept. considered it dead and buried with less than 100 students per year taking it.
today though, with watchmaking (back) on the rise, the supply of workers is much less than the demand.
everything, well most thing at least, is cyclical. we'd expect so called researchers to have much longer timelines in their research than the immeduate ones.
I (try) to be consistent in the things I do or think in life.
I'm sure there are other people in the world too that sticks to an idea or action, when its beneficial to them and when it's not. When that idea goes to their liking or when it does not go to their liking.
It's call having a fucking principle.
but i also have another principle. freedom of speech. as much as I'm annoyed at you for calling me a prick, when all I'm trying to do is contribute to the thread with a point I honestly believe is credible.. I can't say you can't or don't have a right to call me a prick. However in trying to be consistent.. I'll deem you a gutless imperialist.
And don't you dare fucking invoke adam smith. if you've read the wealth of nation, free trade(the basic principle of globalization) is about bringing trade that is beneficial to both/all sides of the trade. not one sided(in other words consistency in an idea). adam smith oft quoted maxim.. promotion of rational self interest comes with a modifier, while not doing any harm to another. he also forewarned about a party having so much power that the trade becomes one sided.
and if you cant get your head out of your ass, nobody in the world is asking the us for a higher standards. they're asking the us to follow it's own often preached standard. im sure you have heard of google, try using it to read on the renmibi issue, bechtel,subsidies, steel tariffs, canada lumber agreements.
How about all those Intel, AMD, Dell etc etc in Malaysia, Taiwan and around the world.
Didn't the lower cost of building all the components there help to decrease the prices of computing, encouraging demand. And wasn't the continuosly lowered cost of infrastructure/equipment an integral part of the computing/technological/information/internet revolution. Which incredibly benefited the US economically. Which provided jobs and increased jobs and increased pay scale during the late 90's and early 2000's.
So in other words:
globalization benificial to us: good globalization detrimental to us: bad
news for ya: globalization works both fucking ways. You think jobs weren't decimated in third world/developing countries when they opened up their markets and have to compete with cheaper US products.
You benefited from it, now its someone else turns.
Or you can ask the US goverment to broke its own agreements and words, and strongarm it way to makes sure the deal is one sided. But don't put your hopes up. God knows it has never done that. And never will. well except maybe for that renmibi thing.. and that textilke subsidy thing..and...
What happens in a Leveraged Buy Out is the firm/s would loan money from the bank, making the FUTURE possesion as collateral. Thus the debt will be sadled by the target firm. Meanwhile the raiders/vultures as they usually called(especially KKR) will strip the company, sell it's asset and then sell the firm. Pocketing profits, while the firm itself pocket the debts, not them. These of course has destroyed companies and unnnecessary slashing jobs.
Lately, their newest tactics is they will loan even more money from banks.. to PAY THEMSELVES as FEES for buying the firm. Pocketing up t hundreds of millions. Guess who's taking the debt..And it's all completely LEGAL.
There's been some rumbling within the EU Adminitration about well reviewing the law. So far its up to nought.
While the EU politician aren't in the pocket of businessman/ corporations unlike "some" paragon of "freedom" and "fair play", it is encredibly beraucratic.
There's 8% free float of MSFT in the market.. which the buyout firms can easily buy. 52% in instituition, this is harder to buy but still institutional managers are'nt going to say no to 15% or 20% premiums. Thats quite enough to override the minority shareholder.
Lest you think 300 billion plus is a big number, the trends these days are for buyout firms to gang together. And getting the money wouldn't be hard.
That said though I'll doubt there's going to be a buyout. (Purely my assumption) Gates and Co certainly will have Class B shares. Class B shares are shares that have higher voting previlege/power than normal shares. E'g GOOG class B shares have 10 times voting power than Class A/normal shares.
while perhaps Tivo has a superior product(which I won't comment eitherway).. the granting of patents to obvious things/concept in the long run would create a monopoly.
Monopolies rarely in the long run, or hect short run, produce products that are inferior or of lesser value.
Or put it in the other way, without the patent, other companies or inventors.. can produce prducts that are better. That's the nature of competition.
What about Bush's administration?Are they going to get something even equal to a wristslap.
As much as I like the idea of blase corporations getting reamed in the hilt..
punishing one party(which is the subservient one) while the main offender(bush) is still scott free.. what exactly is the message that's going to be sent to corporations and business.
Unsure of their options.. the one's they'll take is quite likely the ones that are detrimental to people.
Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self
August 1, 2006 | Issue 4231
WASHINGTON, DCIn a decisive 10 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers. Enlarge Image
President Bush announces announcement of the new power-granting announcement.
"As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president is to support and serve the president," Bush said during a televised address from the East Room of the White House shortly after signing his executive order. "I promise the American people that I will not abuse this new power, unless it becomes necessary to grant myself the power to do so at a later time."
The Presidential Empowerment Act, which the president hand-drafted on his own Oval Office stationery and promptly signed into law, provides Bush with full authority to permit himself to authorize increased jurisdiction over the three branches of the federal government, provided that the president considers it in his best interest to do so.
"In a time of war, the president must have the power he needs to make the tough decisions, including, if need be, the decision to grant himself even more power," Bush said. "To do otherwise would be playing into the hands of our enemies."
Added Bush: "And it's all under due process of the law as I see it."
"The president can grant himself the power to interpret new laws however he sees fit, then use that power to interpret a law in such a manner that in turn grants him increased power."
Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez
In addition, the president reserves the right to overturn any decision to allow himself to increase his power by using a line-item veto, which in turn may only be overruled by the president.
Senior administration officials lauded Bush's decision, saying that current presidential powers over presidential power were "far too limited."
"Previously, the president only had the power to petition Congress to allow him to grant himself the power to grant more power to himself," Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez said shortly after the ceremony. "Now, the president can grant himself the power to interpret new laws however he sees fit, then use that power to interpret a law in such a manner that in turn grants him increased power."
In addition, a proviso in the 12th provision of the new law permits Bush the authority to waive the need for any presidential authorization of power in a case concerning national security, although legal experts suggest it would be little exercised.
Despite the president's new powers, the role of Congress and the Supreme Court has not been overlooked. Under the new law, both enjoy the newly broadened ability to grant the president the authority to increase his presidential powers.
"The only thing we can do now is withhold our ability to grant him more authority to grant himself more powerunless he authorizes himself to strip us of that power."
Sen. Harry Reid (DNV)
"This gives the president the tools he needs to ensure that the president has all the necessary tools to expedite what needs to be done, unfettered by presidential restrictions on himself," said Rep. John Cornyn (R-TX). "It's long overdue."
Though public response to the new law has been limited, there has been an unfavorable reaction among Democrats, who are calling for restrictions on Bush's power to allow himself to grant the president more powers that would restrict the powers of Congress.
"This is a clear case of President Bush having carte blanche to grant himself complete discretion to enact laws to increase his power," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said. "The only thing we can do now is withhold our ability to grant him more authority to grant himself more power."
"Unless he authorizes himself to strip us of that power," Reid added.
Despite criticism, Bush took his first official action under the new law Tuesday, signing an ex
A good business is beyond just direct and immediate cashflow/revenues of one/a particular products.
A good business builds goodwill The extra services by google builds goodwill.
Sure right now its mostly appeals to advanced/experienced net users.. but advanced/experienced net users we're also the first movers/adopters of Google(search)
As you may have heard AOL is currently in the process of gold and platinum extraction from the lands of the Golde's estate.
We hear at Shark, Shark and Partners represent the Golde's estate. The estate firmly believe that the gold and platinum belong to people/s that have been victims of spam. Certainly not AOL.
with that in mind the estate would like to invite the public to be in a "treasure hunt". Unfortunately, due to obvious reasons, this cannot be open to all publics.
Hence we have selested a lucky few to be in the treasure hunt. Only 400 has been invited.
Please reply to this e-mail to accept.
A processing fee of 20'000 will be required from each participant.
Yours truly.
Darl M.
P.s.. It's very sunny here in Chad. Hope to be vacationing with you next year here.
P.s.. A processing fee of 20'000 will be required from each participant. We are sure this ceratinly will be a drop
If you're asking for an organiztion where everyone has "equal" say that's just running for disaster.
There's a valid and powerful reason for hierachy and divison of power(yeah, yeah I know it can get corrupted and all, that does not detract from my point!), because if everyone can go on willy nilly and do whatever they want, then what's to ensure something or heck anything get's done. It's get thing done.
Anyways OP's analogy is flawed, when is in a OS project everyone has equal say?
The project manager certainly has more say than a contributor, and there's nothing wrong with that.
And as much as I love OS and the prevailing spirit here.. can we stop granting aticles based on it just using/bots favourite flavor of the weak?
The mainstream user will still use Virus & Worms Installer(tm) and the tech inclined will still be using Firefox.
I've been using it since version 6, (yes they have adbar, so what) and I love the easy way you could finetune and change the whole browser just by looking at the.ini files and some simple tutorials.
That being said, I find the newer version to be buggier, and I get this feeling that they're trying to "hide" the inner workings. Dumbing downs, I love it so much.
And in principle I agree that an individual AND organization can support political parties or candidates they like, be it orally, physically or financial wise.
What's troubling however is that, this this 'rights' is being literally abused, not to 'support' but rather 'buy' a candidate or party.
Really i can't see how does an organization or business paying, yes paying, 100k to Republican and then another 100k on democrats can signify 'support'. Thats just covering the grounds.
I support the right to support political 'units', I don't support 'legalized bribing'.
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I remember a few years ago, 2 the minimum if my memory serves me, that watchmaking is a dead business. Even the us education dept. considered it dead and buried with less than 100 students per year taking it.
today though, with watchmaking (back) on the rise, the supply of workers is much less than the demand.
everything, well most thing at least, is cyclical. we'd expect so called researchers to have much longer timelines in their research than the immeduate ones.
I (try) to be consistent in the things I do or think in life.
I'm sure there are other people in the world too that sticks to an idea or action, when its beneficial to them and when it's not. When that idea goes to their liking or when it does not go to their liking.
It's call having a fucking principle.
but i also have another principle. freedom of speech. as much as I'm annoyed at you for calling me a prick, when all I'm trying to do is contribute to the thread with a point I honestly believe is credible.. I can't say you can't or don't have a right to call me a prick. However in trying to be consistent.. I'll deem you a gutless imperialist.
And don't you dare fucking invoke adam smith. if you've read the wealth of nation, free trade(the basic principle of globalization) is about bringing trade that is beneficial to both/all sides of the trade. not one sided(in other words consistency in an idea). adam smith oft quoted maxim.. promotion of rational self interest comes with a modifier, while not doing any harm to another. he also forewarned about a party having so much power that the trade becomes one sided.
and if you cant get your head out of your ass, nobody in the world is asking the us for a higher standards. they're asking the us to follow it's own often preached standard. im sure you have heard of google, try using it to read on the renmibi issue, bechtel,subsidies, steel tariffs, canada lumber agreements.
and maybe "reread" adam smith.
How about all those Intel, AMD, Dell etc etc in Malaysia, Taiwan and around the world.
Didn't the lower cost of building all the components there help to decrease the prices of computing, encouraging demand. And wasn't the continuosly lowered cost of infrastructure/equipment an integral part of the computing/technological/information/internet revolution. Which incredibly benefited the US economically. Which provided jobs and increased jobs and increased pay scale during the late 90's and early 2000's.
So in other words:
globalization benificial to us: good
globalization detrimental to us: bad
news for ya: globalization works both fucking ways. You think jobs weren't decimated in third world/developing countries when they opened up their markets and have to compete with cheaper US products.
You benefited from it, now its someone else turns.
Or you can ask the US goverment to broke its own agreements and words, and strongarm it way to makes sure the deal is one sided. But don't put your hopes up. God knows it has never done that. And never will. well except maybe for that renmibi thing.. and that textilke subsidy thing..and...
waiting for Flamebait+7 and Troll+7
Now I don't like answering my own post.. never mind the replies or moderation.
and in 2 or 3 years of being a sldotter.. these is my first time to do it.
I WAS MAKING A JOKE>JOKE. JOke.
While I totally agree that sometimes the (some of the) OS community is up to zealot like level on everthing oS..
and actually hindering the development of OS from development view and practical social view.
And we need to tame that sometimes.
However the answer to zealotry is not total "pragmatism".
To the buyout firms that is.
What happens in a Leveraged Buy Out is the firm/s would loan money from the bank, making the FUTURE possesion as collateral. Thus the debt will be sadled by the target firm. Meanwhile the raiders/vultures as they usually called(especially KKR) will strip the company, sell it's asset and then sell the firm. Pocketing profits, while the firm itself pocket the debts, not them. These of course has destroyed companies and unnnecessary slashing jobs.
Lately, their newest tactics is they will loan even more money from banks.. to PAY THEMSELVES as FEES for buying the firm. Pocketing up t hundreds of millions. Guess who's taking the debt..And it's all completely LEGAL.
There's been some rumbling within the EU Adminitration about well reviewing the law. So far its up to nought.
While the EU politician aren't in the pocket of businessman/ corporations unlike "some" paragon of "freedom" and "fair play", it is encredibly beraucratic.
There's 8% free float of MSFT in the market.. which the buyout firms can easily buy. 52% in instituition, this is harder to buy but still institutional managers are'nt going to say no to 15% or 20% premiums. Thats quite enough to override the minority shareholder.
Lest you think 300 billion plus is a big number, the trends these days are for buyout firms to gang together. And getting the money wouldn't be hard.
That said though I'll doubt there's going to be a buyout. (Purely my assumption) Gates and Co certainly will have Class B shares. Class B shares are shares that have higher voting previlege/power than normal shares. E'g GOOG class B shares have 10 times voting power than Class A/normal shares.
but.. but.. but.. that cell can turn into a living breathing human being.
while perhaps Tivo has a superior product(which I won't comment eitherway).. the granting of patents to obvious things/concept in the long run would create a monopoly.
Monopolies rarely in the long run, or hect short run, produce products that are inferior or of lesser value.
Or put it in the other way, without the patent, other companies or inventors.. can produce prducts that are better. That's the nature of competition.
So, the telecoms are gonna be held culpeable.
What about Bush's administration?Are they going to get something even equal to a wristslap.
As much as I like the idea of blase corporations getting reamed in the hilt..
punishing one party(which is the subservient one) while the main offender(bush) is still scott free.. what exactly is the message that's going to be sent to corporations and business.
Unsure of their options.. the one's they'll take is quite likely the ones that are detrimental to people.
I noticed you posting as AC.
Which is either..
1)you don't have an account
or
2)you're afraid of being modded down to hell by the apple fanboys.
One wonder's which one is it.
Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self
August 1, 2006 | Issue 4231
WASHINGTON, DCIn a decisive 10 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers.
Enlarge Image
President Bush announces announcement of the new power-granting announcement.
"As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president is to support and serve the president," Bush said during a televised address from the East Room of the White House shortly after signing his executive order. "I promise the American people that I will not abuse this new power, unless it becomes necessary to grant myself the power to do so at a later time."
The Presidential Empowerment Act, which the president hand-drafted on his own Oval Office stationery and promptly signed into law, provides Bush with full authority to permit himself to authorize increased jurisdiction over the three branches of the federal government, provided that the president considers it in his best interest to do so.
"In a time of war, the president must have the power he needs to make the tough decisions, including, if need be, the decision to grant himself even more power," Bush said. "To do otherwise would be playing into the hands of our enemies."
Added Bush: "And it's all under due process of the law as I see it."
"The president can grant himself the power to interpret new laws however he sees fit, then use that power to interpret a law in such a manner that in turn grants him increased power."
Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez
In addition, the president reserves the right to overturn any decision to allow himself to increase his power by using a line-item veto, which in turn may only be overruled by the president.
Senior administration officials lauded Bush's decision, saying that current presidential powers over presidential power were "far too limited."
"Previously, the president only had the power to petition Congress to allow him to grant himself the power to grant more power to himself," Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez said shortly after the ceremony. "Now, the president can grant himself the power to interpret new laws however he sees fit, then use that power to interpret a law in such a manner that in turn grants him increased power."
In addition, a proviso in the 12th provision of the new law permits Bush the authority to waive the need for any presidential authorization of power in a case concerning national security, although legal experts suggest it would be little exercised.
Despite the president's new powers, the role of Congress and the Supreme Court has not been overlooked. Under the new law, both enjoy the newly broadened ability to grant the president the authority to increase his presidential powers.
"The only thing we can do now is withhold our ability to grant him more authority to grant himself more powerunless he authorizes himself to strip us of that power."
Sen. Harry Reid (DNV)
"This gives the president the tools he needs to ensure that the president has all the necessary tools to expedite what needs to be done, unfettered by presidential restrictions on himself," said Rep. John Cornyn (R-TX). "It's long overdue."
Though public response to the new law has been limited, there has been an unfavorable reaction among Democrats, who are calling for restrictions on Bush's power to allow himself to grant the president more powers that would restrict the powers of Congress.
"This is a clear case of President Bush having carte blanche to grant himself complete discretion to enact laws to increase his power," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said. "The only thing we can do now is withhold our ability to grant him more authority to grant himself more power."
"Unless he authorizes himself to strip us of that power," Reid added.
Despite criticism, Bush took his first official action under the new law Tuesday, signing an ex
Probaly will evolve, if not already happening, into online gang warfare's first.
A good business is beyond just direct and immediate cashflow/revenues of one/a particular products.
A good business builds goodwill The extra services by google builds goodwill.
Sure right now its mostly appeals to advanced/experienced net users.. but advanced/experienced net users we're also the first movers/adopters of Google(search)
As you may have heard AOL is currently in the process of gold and platinum extraction from the lands of the Golde's estate.
We hear at Shark, Shark and Partners represent the Golde's estate. The estate firmly believe that the gold and platinum belong to people/s that have been victims of spam. Certainly not AOL.
with that in mind the estate would like to invite the public to be in a "treasure hunt". Unfortunately, due to obvious reasons, this cannot be open to all publics.
Hence we have selested a lucky few to be in the treasure hunt.
Only 400 has been invited.
Please reply to this e-mail to accept.
A processing fee of 20'000 will be required from each participant.
Yours truly.
Darl M.
P.s.. It's very sunny here in Chad. Hope to be vacationing with you next year here.
P.s.. A processing fee of 20'000 will be required from each participant. We are sure this ceratinly will be a drop
mind people rejecting evolution.
as long as they're consistent.
In the event of a bird flu outbreak in humans, they should not ever take a vaccine or medicine for it.
There win-win.
One of my fav of all times.
:)
And I think it would be great as a MMO.
and since we're on the subject a MMORPG for Disciple would be great too. From a lowly acolyte, "evolving" into the lords of demons
Larva tested, puppa approved..
what..
what we need to know is how much 1 type cross section with one another.
/. like crazy, trying to desperately be NOT terrible)
Example : Obsessive Pornhounds(typical behaviour: spends inordinate times in usenet, loves tenta..)
or Manhunter Shopper(typical behaviour : posts on craiglists under 10 different profiles, e/n queen at somethingcrappy or somethinsomething)
or perhaps Newbie Basketcase (typical behaviour: reloads
or heck maybe Newbie Pornhounds or Basketcase Omnivore..
Purely in the name of research of course.
Technological Solution to a Sociological Problem.
Yeah, as history shown us that works.
If you're asking for an organiztion where everyone has "equal" say that's just running for disaster.
/bots favourite flavor of the weak?
There's a valid and powerful reason for hierachy and divison of power(yeah, yeah I know it can get corrupted and all, that does not detract from my point!), because if everyone can go on willy nilly and do whatever they want, then what's to ensure something or heck anything get's done. It's get thing done.
Anyways OP's analogy is flawed, when is in a OS project everyone has equal say?
The project manager certainly has more say than a contributor, and there's nothing wrong with that.
And as much as I love OS and the prevailing spirit here.. can we stop granting aticles based on it just using
If I trust someone and let them have free access to my house, there's a chance one day they'll swipe every thing from it and load into a truck..
just because something is some kind of "new" technology does not mean any different..
use common sense and intelligence.
And yet, it will still be underrated as hell.
.ini files and some simple tutorials.
The mainstream user will still use Virus & Worms Installer(tm) and the tech inclined will still be using Firefox.
I've been using it since version 6, (yes they have adbar, so what) and I love the easy way you could finetune and change the whole browser just by looking at the
That being said, I find the newer version to be buggier, and I get this feeling that they're trying to "hide" the inner workings. Dumbing downs, I love it so much.
I'm liberal like hell too.
And in principle I agree that an individual AND organization can support political parties or candidates they like, be it orally, physically or financial wise.
What's troubling however is that, this this 'rights' is being literally abused, not to 'support' but rather 'buy' a candidate or party.
Really i can't see how does an organization or business paying, yes paying, 100k to Republican and then another 100k on democrats can signify 'support'. Thats just covering the grounds.
I support the right to support political 'units', I don't support 'legalized bribing'.
Why does every other article seems hellbent on rehashing this 'copyright crap' issue?
Yeah its important, but again and again and again?
Now, before I'm modded flamebait or troll, as I'm sure people would already state, who cares if there's precedents of duping?
The industry didn't die, hell its not even barely sick.
First thing first..
how hard will it be to hack fleshlight into it?