I figured someone would bring up Hindenburg. Making the balloon skin out of non-flammable material would be a good way of reducing the likelihood of fire.
Just because McDonalds had made cost-benifit calculations on this doesn't make it any less bullshit. If I slice my thumb off with a sharper than standard steak knife, it shouldn't matter if the steak knife manufacturer discussed this possibility internally or not.
A somewhat more practical device could be a hydrid airship/helicopter. Keep it heavier than air, but use a hydrogen-filled balloon to counter most of the weight and cycle power to carry the rest. Unfortunately, it would still be large, but the helicopter part could be substantially smaller.
Yes, but this is the real world, where might is more important than right. If the USA is destroying your shit, you don't declare war on the USA. You bend over and take it. In this kind of asymmetric power relationship, you don't really have many options.
Your Okian doesn't represent the government, but rather a conglomeration of banks. The banks operate as a sort of pseudo branch of government. A separation of powers in government is normally good, but in this case, this "branch" operates completely under a legally sanctioned plutocratic system. As such, the banks don't represent common people, and don't really have any interest in operating in any sort of fair manner. If Okian is any sort of normal person, with predictable vices, he's going to grow up into a beast, living a lavish lifestyle, giving out favors to solidify his power.
IMHO, it is a good thing for wealth to experience a sort of spoilage over time (although inflation may not be the optimal mechanism for this). Everything in this world is temporary. Life is temporary. Wealth should be temporary as well, and it shouldn't accumulate. Yeah, I know people want to be able to save for retirement, but it's not good for people to die with excess wealth which they weren't able to spend during their lifetime.
I'm more worried of banks not ever crashing than them crashing, seeing as they own pretty much everything. By controlling all currency transactions, they can basically collect a tax on everything traded. This is the real problem with banks.
We just went through a series of bailouts that have cost the US treasury at least $100 billion. Maybe you and I don't pay a dime, but the dime is pretty soon going to be worthless the way things are going.
I was trying to think of the logistics of tracking which artists get paid based on which recordings the venue decides to play, and basically, it's impossible to do with an umbrella organization like SOCAN or Re:Sound. There's no way for SOCAN or Re:Sound to keep tabs on this stuff, so my assumption is that they just plan on cutting a check to the various record corporations. Really, if you wanted to compensate the artists, a "fee-collecting agency" isn't necessary. Pay them directly. This is just a ruse to cash in on other people's work, i.e. theft.
Define doomed. If Greece goes bankrupt and the foreign debts never get paid, are they doomed? The debt will eventually be repudiated and life will go on, somehow. I don't think Germany or France are quite ready to invade Greece to recoup their investments.
You joke, but if there was some kind of contest or brownie points for regular users who find and tag infringing videos, then this could be done a lot cheaper, I think.
Advanced preparations are always underway. That's what our generals do. Plan out future conflicts. Right now, US troops are training in war games to invade Iran, and probably many other countries, including the US.
Let's get this in perspective. Our government is using drones to launching missiles at buildings housing suspected militants and you are worried about the crime of hacking? I'm pretty sure it's a crime to bomb civilians, too.
Yeah. Most people aren't sociopaths. The stores would be much better off with face recognition software and a database of CEO photos, which triggers an alarm.
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That would only be good if everybody did it. Otherwise, it would just be an asshat thing to do.
I figured someone would bring up Hindenburg. Making the balloon skin out of non-flammable material would be a good way of reducing the likelihood of fire.
Just because McDonalds had made cost-benifit calculations on this doesn't make it any less bullshit. If I slice my thumb off with a sharper than standard steak knife, it shouldn't matter if the steak knife manufacturer discussed this possibility internally or not.
A somewhat more practical device could be a hydrid airship/helicopter. Keep it heavier than air, but use a hydrogen-filled balloon to counter most of the weight and cycle power to carry the rest. Unfortunately, it would still be large, but the helicopter part could be substantially smaller.
That would be absurd. You could store an arbitrary amount of electricity up beforehand and run the thing off batteries.
Excellent. I can't wait for all those new Hawaiian islands to be spread around, thanks to the hard work of risk-taking CEOs.
He wrote some cool stuff, like The Boy Who Reversed Himself and Green Futures of Tycho.
Yes, but this is the real world, where might is more important than right. If the USA is destroying your shit, you don't declare war on the USA. You bend over and take it. In this kind of asymmetric power relationship, you don't really have many options.
My bank doesn't trust me with a credit card,
Can't you use a debit card?
Your Okian doesn't represent the government, but rather a conglomeration of banks. The banks operate as a sort of pseudo branch of government. A separation of powers in government is normally good, but in this case, this "branch" operates completely under a legally sanctioned plutocratic system. As such, the banks don't represent common people, and don't really have any interest in operating in any sort of fair manner. If Okian is any sort of normal person, with predictable vices, he's going to grow up into a beast, living a lavish lifestyle, giving out favors to solidify his power.
IMHO, it is a good thing for wealth to experience a sort of spoilage over time (although inflation may not be the optimal mechanism for this). Everything in this world is temporary. Life is temporary. Wealth should be temporary as well, and it shouldn't accumulate. Yeah, I know people want to be able to save for retirement, but it's not good for people to die with excess wealth which they weren't able to spend during their lifetime.
I'm more worried of banks not ever crashing than them crashing, seeing as they own pretty much everything. By controlling all currency transactions, they can basically collect a tax on everything traded. This is the real problem with banks.
We just went through a series of bailouts that have cost the US treasury at least $100 billion. Maybe you and I don't pay a dime, but the dime is pretty soon going to be worthless the way things are going.
Don't blame the city. It's probably the fault of banks charging for electronic bill transfers.
No, he is supposed to say, "We will crush Apple, see them driven before us, and hear the lamentations of their shareholders."
Occupy wall street welcomed? Which mature nations are you referring to?
I was trying to think of the logistics of tracking which artists get paid based on which recordings the venue decides to play, and basically, it's impossible to do with an umbrella organization like SOCAN or Re:Sound. There's no way for SOCAN or Re:Sound to keep tabs on this stuff, so my assumption is that they just plan on cutting a check to the various record corporations. Really, if you wanted to compensate the artists, a "fee-collecting agency" isn't necessary. Pay them directly. This is just a ruse to cash in on other people's work, i.e. theft.
Most people don't mind being an asshole online. Some people revel in it.
Define doomed. If Greece goes bankrupt and the foreign debts never get paid, are they doomed? The debt will eventually be repudiated and life will go on, somehow. I don't think Germany or France are quite ready to invade Greece to recoup their investments.
You joke, but if there was some kind of contest or brownie points for regular users who find and tag infringing videos, then this could be done a lot cheaper, I think.
Advanced preparations are always underway. That's what our generals do. Plan out future conflicts. Right now, US troops are training in war games to invade Iran, and probably many other countries, including the US.
Let's get this in perspective. Our government is using drones to launching missiles at buildings housing suspected militants and you are worried about the crime of hacking? I'm pretty sure it's a crime to bomb civilians, too.
If you need more than 500 email addresses you are doing something illegal.
Isn't the onus on the manufacturer of a drug to prove it is safe before putting it to market, rather than on the citizens to prove it is unsafe?
Yeah. Most people aren't sociopaths. The stores would be much better off with face recognition software and a database of CEO photos, which triggers an alarm.