The video wouldn't play properly for me (stutters, after a few minutes stops playing entirely) but are you sure the PIN they take is read from the card and not the keypad?
Where can I find this conclusive physical evidence? Evidence that is only compatible with an evolutionary origin of the universe?
It is impossible for such evidence to exist since you can always say "there was invisible factor X that influenced things". Anything can be made more complicated and there is no upper limit for that. This is why we use Ockham's razor, we just prefer simpler theories (i.e. ones that introduce fewer latent factors). A more complex theory might turn out to be correct later but when the only difference is latent factors (i.e. what we cannot measure (yet)) all of them are functionally equivalent to us and we simply use the razor to pick one. While that choice might be wrong we won't have a higher rate of picking the right ones if we pick them randomly or according to personal preference and a simpler theory is more convenient for working with.
What parts of the bible have "scientific implications"? Keep in mind that any part of the bible can be a lie, does it mention anything like "this is how you can verify this claim:"? I didn't read the less popular parts of the thing but I didn't see much that would be useful for science.
Positive evidence of design in living systems consists of [..] the lack of any known law that can explain the sequence of symbols that carry the "messages,"
Maybe I parsed the sentence wrong because it uses a pretty confusing structure but that looks very far fetched to me. "We don't understand it therefore it's done by an intelligent entity"?
You are a lifelong learner but it gets harder to learn bigger things as you get older. Smaller things will always fit but large changes can overwhelm you.
My parents were members of different confessions (or whatever that's called), the evangelic church didn't mind but the catholic church insisted that both had to be catholics to marry. Now they're both evangelic. From what I heard the rule for the evangelic church is that if one of the two is a member they can get their wedding.
Larger churches charge that tax, smaller churches have to "ask for donations". I heard the Jehovah's Witnesses are pretty aggressive in that regard too.
It's understandable, every organization needs money to operate. Nothing's stopping you from going to the service anyway, they don't want to see your ticket at the entrance but if you want anything performed for you (marriage, burial,...) they'll likely check if you paid the tax because they don't like freeloaders.
Not really. Company of Heroes is rated 16 and it has both. Nazi flags are allowed under certain circumstances but noone's gonna try what falls under them.
You don't get a wedding if you've left the church, not because you're not a follower of the church but because they're not going to offer services like that to someone who doesn't pay for the church. It's their income, it's what they use to pay their employees and buy the materials they need.
If you're registered as a member of an evangelic or catholic church you pay church taxes. I think you inherit that state from your parents by default, you can leave the church though (don't expect the church to like it if you want a church wedding though).
Also you register with the town hall, not the police station.
I think it's not a real monopoly just because noone offers the exact same thing, the free market does not (or at least should not if it's supposed to work in real life) require identical goods. You get a lot of quality differences even in unprotected markets. Some people make better beer, some worse. Some make CDs with better OSes on them, some worse.
Yeah but if MS were to lose the European market (in all ways, including Windows, Office and the XBox 360) that's not just lost sales, that's a fertile ground for competitors to build a large userbase. If Europe couldn't get Windows another OS would establish itself and that other OS would find itself with a userbase of maybe a hundred million people (not sure how many computer users there are in the EU). That's a big market and software vendors won't be able to release only Windows versions of their software if they don't want to lose the EU market. Imagine Linux getting as much support as Windows for consumer-level software, it'd make Linux a much more viable choice for the average home user and destroy Windows's monopoly on home software. MS would lose their iron grip on the PC market and probably see lots of Linux machines being set up in other regions too.
Increasing the price tag on the product doesn't increase profits, otherwise they'd already have done so. The higher the price the lower the sales and above a certain price any further increases decrease the profit. Unless a fine is something like "30% of all sales" it doesn't affect the optimum price and the company would be stupid to change the price of the product in response.
How the hell did the draft even get approved for a war where losing would not be a major threat to the US? Drafting for WW2 made sense since not intervening in the European Theatre of War would most likely lead to the winner mounting an invasion of the US but Vietnam?
No, I'm sorry, but that's wrong. Diminishing returns only works on real goods, not state-supported monopolies. That's because in a free market the producers are "price-takers" - they accept the price the market sets based on supply and demand. Goods protected by copyright exist in monopoly markets, not free markets. Microsoft owns the monopoly on Vista, and thus are the "price-setter". If they say it's $400, it's $400.
Actually I'd say in a free market the seller (or the buyer) makes an offer at a certain value and someone agrees or doesn't, supply/demand just estimates the value one would find a trading partner at. Same for IP-works, MS made an offer of giving Vista Ultimate for 400$, everyone else can decide to buy or not buy. MS is interested in maximizing their profits so of course they'll have to adjust their price to find an optimum number of buyers at that price. MS might be the only supplier for Vista Ultimate but that doesn't mean everyone automatically buys that, there are competing offers from others out there too.
Also the federal government doesn't even collect property tax.
Hm, that made me notice another problem: Land is local, you know where it is and thus which govt to pay the taxes to. Where is IP located? The country/state the company's headquarters are located in (tax haven)? Wherever it is used/enforced (pay tax to every govt in the world? That could easily end with more than 100% tax!)? Where it was invented (a country the owner might never go to?)?
I'm wondering more about something else: Does property tax really apply to EVERY property you have? So you'd have to pay taxes on your toothbrush, your TV, your furniture,...? If not I don't think the "property" moniker warrants taxation of IP.
Also I'm against those auction systems proposed by liberal (or is that libertarian or conservative or what? Can't tell US politics apart) writers, it's just another form of making more money = more power. Cost is a disincentive whose strength depends on your total capital, 100 000 dollars cost would be enough to seriously fuck most individuals while it wouldn't even scratch a megacorp. Making everything (including the amount of IP you can hold) depend on your income just amplifies the gap between the rich and the poor even more.
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The video wouldn't play properly for me (stutters, after a few minutes stops playing entirely) but are you sure the PIN they take is read from the card and not the keypad?
The bank's secret could just be an RSA key or something similar.
So... They want to deal with starting and flying but not landing? Oh my god, call the DHS!
Where can I find this conclusive physical evidence? Evidence that is only compatible with an evolutionary origin of the universe?
It is impossible for such evidence to exist since you can always say "there was invisible factor X that influenced things". Anything can be made more complicated and there is no upper limit for that. This is why we use Ockham's razor, we just prefer simpler theories (i.e. ones that introduce fewer latent factors). A more complex theory might turn out to be correct later but when the only difference is latent factors (i.e. what we cannot measure (yet)) all of them are functionally equivalent to us and we simply use the razor to pick one. While that choice might be wrong we won't have a higher rate of picking the right ones if we pick them randomly or according to personal preference and a simpler theory is more convenient for working with.
What parts of the bible have "scientific implications"? Keep in mind that any part of the bible can be a lie, does it mention anything like "this is how you can verify this claim:"? I didn't read the less popular parts of the thing but I didn't see much that would be useful for science.
Positive evidence of design in living systems consists of [..] the lack of any known law that can explain the sequence of symbols that carry the "messages,"
Maybe I parsed the sentence wrong because it uses a pretty confusing structure but that looks very far fetched to me. "We don't understand it therefore it's done by an intelligent entity"?
Might be useful if you need diamond dust in space for something and don't want to spend the energy to lift it off the Earth though.
You are a lifelong learner but it gets harder to learn bigger things as you get older. Smaller things will always fit but large changes can overwhelm you.
It's not a lecture on evolution in general, just common misconceptions.
My parents were members of different confessions (or whatever that's called), the evangelic church didn't mind but the catholic church insisted that both had to be catholics to marry. Now they're both evangelic. From what I heard the rule for the evangelic church is that if one of the two is a member they can get their wedding.
Larger churches charge that tax, smaller churches have to "ask for donations". I heard the Jehovah's Witnesses are pretty aggressive in that regard too.
...) they'll likely check if you paid the tax because they don't like freeloaders.
It's understandable, every organization needs money to operate. Nothing's stopping you from going to the service anyway, they don't want to see your ticket at the entrance but if you want anything performed for you (marriage, burial,
Maybe he should have wished you an interesting life too then.
Not really. Company of Heroes is rated 16 and it has both. Nazi flags are allowed under certain circumstances but noone's gonna try what falls under them.
You don't get a wedding if you've left the church, not because you're not a follower of the church but because they're not going to offer services like that to someone who doesn't pay for the church. It's their income, it's what they use to pay their employees and buy the materials they need.
If you're registered as a member of an evangelic or catholic church you pay church taxes. I think you inherit that state from your parents by default, you can leave the church though (don't expect the church to like it if you want a church wedding though).
Also you register with the town hall, not the police station.
Interesting, my winter didn't have much snow, only one or two days maybe.
I think it's not a real monopoly just because noone offers the exact same thing, the free market does not (or at least should not if it's supposed to work in real life) require identical goods. You get a lot of quality differences even in unprotected markets. Some people make better beer, some worse. Some make CDs with better OSes on them, some worse.
Yeah but if MS were to lose the European market (in all ways, including Windows, Office and the XBox 360) that's not just lost sales, that's a fertile ground for competitors to build a large userbase. If Europe couldn't get Windows another OS would establish itself and that other OS would find itself with a userbase of maybe a hundred million people (not sure how many computer users there are in the EU). That's a big market and software vendors won't be able to release only Windows versions of their software if they don't want to lose the EU market. Imagine Linux getting as much support as Windows for consumer-level software, it'd make Linux a much more viable choice for the average home user and destroy Windows's monopoly on home software. MS would lose their iron grip on the PC market and probably see lots of Linux machines being set up in other regions too.
IOW, losing the EU would hurt MS everywhere.
Increasing the price tag on the product doesn't increase profits, otherwise they'd already have done so. The higher the price the lower the sales and above a certain price any further increases decrease the profit. Unless a fine is something like "30% of all sales" it doesn't affect the optimum price and the company would be stupid to change the price of the product in response.
The EU wouldn't call Dell or HP, they'd call the bank in charge of MS's accounts or they'd confiscate physical assets MS owns.
Comcast needs to stall as long as it can until it upgrades infrastructure.
Doesn't seem to me like they're planning to do any actual upgrades, just fighting it and hoping it goes away.
How the hell did the draft even get approved for a war where losing would not be a major threat to the US? Drafting for WW2 made sense since not intervening in the European Theatre of War would most likely lead to the winner mounting an invasion of the US but Vietnam?
No, I'm sorry, but that's wrong. Diminishing returns only works on real goods, not state-supported monopolies. That's because in a free market the producers are "price-takers" - they accept the price the market sets based on supply and demand. Goods protected by copyright exist in monopoly markets, not free markets. Microsoft owns the monopoly on Vista, and thus are the "price-setter". If they say it's $400, it's $400.
Actually I'd say in a free market the seller (or the buyer) makes an offer at a certain value and someone agrees or doesn't, supply/demand just estimates the value one would find a trading partner at. Same for IP-works, MS made an offer of giving Vista Ultimate for 400$, everyone else can decide to buy or not buy. MS is interested in maximizing their profits so of course they'll have to adjust their price to find an optimum number of buyers at that price. MS might be the only supplier for Vista Ultimate but that doesn't mean everyone automatically buys that, there are competing offers from others out there too.
Also the federal government doesn't even collect property tax.
Hm, that made me notice another problem: Land is local, you know where it is and thus which govt to pay the taxes to. Where is IP located? The country/state the company's headquarters are located in (tax haven)? Wherever it is used/enforced (pay tax to every govt in the world? That could easily end with more than 100% tax!)? Where it was invented (a country the owner might never go to?)?
I'm wondering more about something else: Does property tax really apply to EVERY property you have? So you'd have to pay taxes on your toothbrush, your TV, your furniture, ...? If not I don't think the "property" moniker warrants taxation of IP.
Also I'm against those auction systems proposed by liberal (or is that libertarian or conservative or what? Can't tell US politics apart) writers, it's just another form of making more money = more power. Cost is a disincentive whose strength depends on your total capital, 100 000 dollars cost would be enough to seriously fuck most individuals while it wouldn't even scratch a megacorp. Making everything (including the amount of IP you can hold) depend on your income just amplifies the gap between the rich and the poor even more.