Yep. It's called urban planning. Architecture. Transportation planning. It was planned that way. Industry lobbyists are paid to influence that planning. Citizens almost never show up to these planning meetings, even when they are open and advertised. You can participate and hope it changes one day, buy a car, suffer the buses, or move.
in the U.S. that you must first incorporate and go after the peoples money. Never commit a crime against the government or against a corporation unless you want the full weight of the law brought down on your head.
Yeah, that's usually the case. These guys did most likely send domain invoices to rich people too though.
problem existed to this same degree for many decades now?
Some things have become worse, some things have become better, usually over a long period, quick changes are rather rare. I believe the mistake of the current government is that people were led to expect some kind of a massive change, although it was never promised or said in any way. But now they are wanting it. In any case, people don't really know what they want, and the politicians don't either, at least not in terms of a political and social proposal. Everyone wants money, and cares little about anyone else, and so everyone will get a rotten society.
That actually is a very good question. I think it's because people don't have any effective lobby groups; unlike the RIAA/MPAA/etc. people just get to vote, which has become quite meaningless.
If you study the history of rebellions, they were all rather organized. No organization among people means they are accepting, not rebelling. Businesses and money runs the government, and people "just work here", and "just live here", basically doing nothing other than contribute their labor and money to their masters.
Why is it that these guys get their judgement whittled to $10,000 for doing an active crime with victims, while some guy who left a directory full of songs on LimeWire gets stuck with a multi-million dollar
Money buys good lawyers. Good lawyers can make a person innocent or incriminated on demand. Legal battles are like real battles in one respect though -- the result isn't predictable and guaranteed just by using overwhelming force. A low-power, underfinanced, disadvantaged opponent can sometimes be very resourceful. Vietnam won, in the end. The music industry isn't winning, in spite of lawsuits. Microsoft is still winning, though, nobody's managed to circle the wagons quite efficiently yet.
A petrodollar is a United States dollar earned by a country through the sale of petroleum.[1] The term was coined by Ibrahim Oweiss, a professor of economics at Georgetown University, in 1973. Oweiss felt there was a need for a word to describe the situation then occurring in oil producing, OPEC countries which were earning large amounts of money, in dollars, from oil production.
The term should not be confused with petrocurrency which refers to the currencies of petroleum exporting nations. However Canada's currency, the Canadian dollar, is sometimes referred to as a petrodollar in this context, as Canada is the largest oil exporter to use the term "dollar" for its currency.
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Indeed the urban landscape is made for cars, there is no space to use anything else without risking your life generally. There's public transport, what we use in NYC and most big cities.
The batteries are still a problem. The batteries could be solved with eletrical rails. That would be some kind of train or subway. We have those already... And they work FINE.
It goes against the grain of sales and business to make things that help people save. Massive waste and consumption = sales. Efficiency, reuse, no waste = no sales. "Ecological", in business terms, mean convincing the consumer he is ecological. Perhaps reducing the waste some small percentage, while raising prices of course. But never, never eliminating waste, that means eliminating sales. Real ecological, economic and production efficiency will mean a revolution in products, thinking, distribution and types of labor. Reducing 99% of waste, not 5%, is a real change. The no-energy tiny solar drone showed recently was a real example.
I live fifteen minutes walking from my own tiny shop. I have no car. I wonder how many MPG my shoes get and what's the payback rate I get on them after five years. The subway takes me to the movies on Saturday. I wonder how many MPG and five-year payback rates that gets, too.
Oil is cheaper, more efficient, better for the economy, for the country, for jobs, more "American" (whatever that means). Oil might even be more ecological. I cannot fathom what motivates such conclusions. I just wonder if it has anything to do with money, and the the term "petro-dollars", and prices and profits and stuff. And I assume "yes", and I have no friggen clue why, other than my own brain seems to say so.
No, may smart people think greed is a good thing, but it's short term thinkers that screw up the system. Bernie Madoff was greedy, but it didn't work out in the long term now did it?
Not successful? Earning several billion dollars over several decades? Depends on the point of view. Some people will say he was wildly successful. Yes, illegal, dishonest. Immoral to most too. But - how common and acceptable is all that in most businesses? How mainstream and acceptable is dishonest, immoral, abusive business? And "bending the rules", as breaking the law is politely called, is mainstream practice, even for most legal and accounting professionals.
Once people start finding out the *actual* fatality rates of cars, they will start thinking about taking public transport, and the car industry will stop talking about how many people they kill to sell cars.
Subways and trains already transport millions of people with basically no accidents. 100% electric. You don't have to drive. You can read a book and talk on the phone at the same time, while travelling. Their speeds can beat cars easily, and completely safely. They just need more of them. In Tokyo, NYC, and many other cities, you dont really need a car. In spite of all the lobbying the car industry did, to remove all public transportation in almost all cities, unfortunately to great success.
Well it *is* different to just turn a switch and plant stuff on Johnny's pc, rather than begin a big project on what holes and habits he has and how to exploit that to get it done.
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After about a year or two they started going all corporate and away from hackerdom. I cancelled my subscription right away.
Yep. It's called urban planning. Architecture. Transportation planning. It was planned that way. Industry lobbyists are paid to influence that planning. Citizens almost never show up to these planning meetings, even when they are open and advertised. You can participate and hope it changes one day, buy a car, suffer the buses, or move.
in the U.S. that you must first incorporate and go after the peoples money. Never commit a crime against the government or against a corporation unless you want the full weight of the law brought down on your head.
Yeah, that's usually the case. These guys did most likely send domain invoices to rich people too though.
problem existed to this same degree for many decades now?
Some things have become worse, some things have become better, usually over a long period, quick changes are rather rare. I believe the mistake of the current government is that people were led to expect some kind of a massive change, although it was never promised or said in any way. But now they are wanting it. In any case, people don't really know what they want, and the politicians don't either, at least not in terms of a political and social proposal. Everyone wants money, and cares little about anyone else, and so everyone will get a rotten society.
That actually is a very good question. I think it's because people don't have any effective lobby groups; unlike the RIAA/MPAA/etc. people just get to vote, which has become quite meaningless.
If you study the history of rebellions, they were all rather organized. No organization among people means they are accepting, not rebelling. Businesses and money runs the government, and people "just work here", and "just live here", basically doing nothing other than contribute their labor and money to their masters.
Why is it that these guys get their judgement whittled to $10,000 for doing an active crime with victims, while some guy who left a directory full of songs on LimeWire gets stuck with a multi-million dollar
Money buys good lawyers. Good lawyers can make a person innocent or incriminated on demand. Legal battles are like real battles in one respect though -- the result isn't predictable and guaranteed just by using overwhelming force. A low-power, underfinanced, disadvantaged opponent can sometimes be very resourceful. Vietnam won, in the end. The music industry isn't winning, in spite of lawsuits. Microsoft is still winning, though, nobody's managed to circle the wagons quite efficiently yet.
Crime pays, very well. -- Is that the conclusion?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrodollar
A petrodollar is a United States dollar earned by a country through the sale of petroleum.[1] The term was coined by Ibrahim Oweiss, a professor of economics at Georgetown University, in 1973. Oweiss felt there was a need for a word to describe the situation then occurring in oil producing, OPEC countries which were earning large amounts of money, in dollars, from oil production. The term should not be confused with petrocurrency which refers to the currencies of petroleum exporting nations. However Canada's currency, the Canadian dollar, is sometimes referred to as a petrodollar in this context, as Canada is the largest oil exporter to use the term "dollar" for its currency.
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Indeed the urban landscape is made for cars, there is no space to use anything else without risking your life generally. There's public transport, what we use in NYC and most big cities.
Perhaps if hybrids offered payback, some number of people who currently don't buy them would?
Indeed I think their point is that hybrids just aren't efficient enough, better solutions are needed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_and_diesel_usage_and_pricing ---
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) - 0.16 USD/Liter- 0.61 USD/Gallon
Denmark - 1.85 USD/Liter - 7.00 USD/Gallon
The batteries are still a problem. The batteries could be solved with eletrical rails. That would be some kind of train or subway. We have those already... And they work FINE.
Did they provide any formulas, equations, spreadsheets, etc for calculating this stuff?
It goes against the grain of sales and business to make things that help people save. Massive waste and consumption = sales. Efficiency, reuse, no waste = no sales. "Ecological", in business terms, mean convincing the consumer he is ecological. Perhaps reducing the waste some small percentage, while raising prices of course. But never, never eliminating waste, that means eliminating sales. Real ecological, economic and production efficiency will mean a revolution in products, thinking, distribution and types of labor. Reducing 99% of waste, not 5%, is a real change. The no-energy tiny solar drone showed recently was a real example.
I live fifteen minutes walking from my own tiny shop. I have no car. I wonder how many MPG my shoes get and what's the payback rate I get on them after five years. The subway takes me to the movies on Saturday. I wonder how many MPG and five-year payback rates that gets, too.
Oil is cheaper, more efficient, better for the economy, for the country, for jobs, more "American" (whatever that means). Oil might even be more ecological. I cannot fathom what motivates such conclusions. I just wonder if it has anything to do with money, and the the term "petro-dollars", and prices and profits and stuff. And I assume "yes", and I have no friggen clue why, other than my own brain seems to say so.
Each department is doing it's job well. Upper management is responsible for overseeing and coordinating departments into a cohesive whole.
Guess who failed?
The guy with less money. According to standing legal and social norms.
No, may smart people think greed is a good thing, but it's short term thinkers that screw up the system. Bernie Madoff was greedy, but it didn't work out in the long term now did it?
Not successful? Earning several billion dollars over several decades? Depends on the point of view. Some people will say he was wildly successful. Yes, illegal, dishonest. Immoral to most too. But - how common and acceptable is all that in most businesses? How mainstream and acceptable is dishonest, immoral, abusive business? And "bending the rules", as breaking the law is politely called, is mainstream practice, even for most legal and accounting professionals.
Sort of like a subway, train or PRT vehicle?
Once people start finding out the *actual* fatality rates of cars, they will start thinking about taking public transport, and the car industry will stop talking about how many people they kill to sell cars.
Subways and trains already transport millions of people with basically no accidents. 100% electric. You don't have to drive. You can read a book and talk on the phone at the same time, while travelling. Their speeds can beat cars easily, and completely safely. They just need more of them. In Tokyo, NYC, and many other cities, you dont really need a car. In spite of all the lobbying the car industry did, to remove all public transportation in almost all cities, unfortunately to great success.
What we need is to setup the p2p internet *hardware*. Cables, mesh networks, wifi. Bypassing several ISP altogether.
Well it *is* different to just turn a switch and plant stuff on Johnny's pc, rather than begin a big project on what holes and habits he has and how to exploit that to get it done.
So, you goin to the dvd swapcorner today?