The pharma industry is a poor example - the R&D process is predicated on the patent. The business model is predicated on the patent process.
How's this for a counter argument? Medicines were developed once apin a time to CURE DISEASES, not to turn a profit. Noone is going to develop the next erection drug without a patent, but the next polio cure (say cancer or aids) would still be developed without patents. It's called caring for humanity, even altruism. You should take a look at it somtime.
The economic model does not have all the right answers. It doesn't even have all the answers.
Monkeyboy4
Cable TV has gone up in price by 200% since they were 'deregulated' and its not as though the cable companies are hurting for a profit. ,br> Companies have a social contract with thier stockholders and thier employees and they USE customers until we stop letting them
Blocking add sends a signal to companies (when they do the research) that people are not willing to put up with the BS
WE ARE THE MARKET. When market forces impct companies, its us acting in concert, or at least similarly. I say its fair game
LOTR was a great series of movies, and a pretty honest retelling of the books. I think that is why people earlier mentioned Jackson as a hopeful name to connect with this
The issue with bad renditions of books is exemplified in some of Chrichton's movies - Timeline changes the relationship between key characters, drops characters, re-interprets the science involved in the sci-fi, adds an unnecessary love plot, etc.
If they have Ender macking out with Petra, I'd be pissed (and disgusted. They are supposed to be pre-pubescent!!)
MOnkyboy
IF the university owns the apts then they can do whatever they want (eg no pets, No alcohol, guest policy etc)
No. They can't demand virgin sacrifices, they can't require vandalism, and they can't require anything else that is against the LAW.
The FCC will have an interest in this because spectrum is thier turf. They will either tell the university it can go ahead, but the university must obey some shady, non-public guidelines (I don't trust little Powell very much) OR the FCC will say "you cannot regulate the scpectrum"
Any argument about appliances would fall short, IMO, because hotplates and other appliances that are verbotten are restricted for safety reasons (at least, when I was in college some 10 years ago - they may be more autocratic nowadays)
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The pharma industry is a poor example - the R&D process is predicated on the patent. The business model is predicated on the patent process. How's this for a counter argument? Medicines were developed once apin a time to CURE DISEASES, not to turn a profit. Noone is going to develop the next erection drug without a patent, but the next polio cure (say cancer or aids) would still be developed without patents. It's called caring for humanity, even altruism. You should take a look at it somtime. The economic model does not have all the right answers. It doesn't even have all the answers. Monkeyboy4
cable TV doesn't cost as much???
Cable TV has gone up in price by 200% since they were 'deregulated' and its not as though the cable companies are hurting for a profit.
,br> Companies have a social contract with thier stockholders and thier employees and they USE customers until we stop letting them
Blocking add sends a signal to companies (when they do the research) that people are not willing to put up with the BS
WE ARE THE MARKET. When market forces impct companies, its us acting in concert, or at least similarly. I say its fair game
LOTR was a great series of movies, and a pretty honest retelling of the books. I think that is why people earlier mentioned Jackson as a hopeful name to connect with this The issue with bad renditions of books is exemplified in some of Chrichton's movies - Timeline changes the relationship between key characters, drops characters, re-interprets the science involved in the sci-fi, adds an unnecessary love plot, etc. If they have Ender macking out with Petra, I'd be pissed (and disgusted. They are supposed to be pre-pubescent!!) MOnkyboy
rampant assholery
Does Pepto take care of that?
Monkeyboy
IF the university owns the apts then they can do whatever they want (eg no pets, No alcohol, guest policy etc)
No. They can't demand virgin sacrifices, they can't require vandalism, and they can't require anything else that is against the LAW.
The FCC will have an interest in this because spectrum is thier turf. They will either tell the university it can go ahead, but the university must obey some shady, non-public guidelines (I don't trust little Powell very much) OR the FCC will say "you cannot regulate the scpectrum"
Any argument about appliances would fall short, IMO, because hotplates and other appliances that are verbotten are restricted for safety reasons (at least, when I was in college some 10 years ago - they may be more autocratic nowadays)