The instant stuff is just a pale shadow of the real thing.
Dude, everything in America is a pale shadow of the original. McDonalds != Hamburger Taco Bell != Mexican food Dairy Queen != Ice Cream Pizza Hut != Pizza.... Sure some of it might taste ok, but it's all poor imitations of the original.
Anyone have any ideas what percentage of the population already has access to broadband if they choose to pay for it?
Over 80% of the US lives in a metro area of at least a 100,000 people. This would imply to me that they most likely have access to some kind of broadband. Yeah, more choice is good, but I doubt this will really reach many people that don't already have an option.
BFE Kansas is not going to be covered by this and will still be screwed.
Until I logon while driving to make sure no cops are around when I rob your house, or deal drugs to your kids in front of your house.
Yeah, speeding tickets suck, but cops do have other reasons to exist. I thought the one of the few sets of laws libertarians liked were traffic laws.
I had never heard the phrase before, but I am quite familiar with the concept. Economists call them externalities. In this case, a negative externality. The idea being that the person who makes the decision does not bear the full cost or reap the full benefit of the decision which leads to suboptimal equilibriums.
You do want to encourage people to drive fuel efficient cars though, so throwing out the gas tax and switching to miles driven is a poor idea. Actaul damage to the highway is really one of the major negative externalities here, so vehicle weight should also be taken into account. However, I suspect that there would be a high correlation between vehicle weight and fuel efficency, so the gas tax still works in my opinion.
FTA, the are also trying to punish people for driving during peak hours. Once again, you burn more gas sitting in traffic than not, so the gas tax works well here too.
If their goal is really just to make up for a shortfall in tax revenue, raising the gax tax would do the trick. Perhaps they have some other goal that makes them feel the need to install a new infrastructure.
So the problem is the aren't collecting enough revenue anymore?
Option 1: Raise the gasoline tax, this will continue to reward people for using fuel efficient cars and continue the trend towards them. Yeah, they may need to raise the tax some every year to make up for fuel efficency trends, but so what.
Option 2: Tax tires. This is also a reasonable measure of distance driven. You could base the tax on the estimated lifetime distance of the tires. Plus you get the money up front. Some people may travel out of state to purchase tires, but you could likely get bordering states to collect fees for you or pass similar laws.
Both of these options charge residents for out of state driving, but that is a win for CA.
I doubt that in the end, California will make the jump to track vehicles via GPS. That sounds like quite a bit of overhead when they already have a reasonable infrastructure in place to collect their taxes. Gas taxes will go up.
I don't really pay a whole lot of attention to this stuff, but how often do they announce products before they are in beta either.
It seems to me that they get to work on stuff until it's done and release it as a beta for some end user testing. I'm sure they have their own internal deadlines, but it looks like those deadlines aren't driven by marketing and product launch dates like they are in other companies.
If something isn't done, or isn't done right, I don't think they release it. Compare that to most other companies.
Then you have to have a problem with the Board of Directors not only at HP but most other companies. Which I'm sure you do and so do I, but you can't blame her for playing the hand she was dealt.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
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It's ok, I'm with the Department of Redundancy Department.
There is also the theory that we just wanted to scare the hell out of the soviets.
We also may have wanted to do a test.
In the end, it is likely that all of these reasons played some part. But in order to get the public to play along, the trumpted reason is to save American lives. All of these arguments really would have held up for dropping it on Germany too.
Using the bomb on Germany would really depend on when Hitler kills himself or if somebody else does it for him. If Hitler stays alive and in power, we use the bomb because the impression is that Germany will fight to the last man and take quite a few of us with them. ( This is the logic for using the bomb in the pacific. )
If Hitler is killed by rebels or commits sucide due to his impending doom I think it is unlikely that Germany chooses to fight to the death, and the war in Europe ends in a whimper not a bang.
Some of these I learned when managing waitstaff, later managing IT staff and some from managers I've liked and some from those I didn't.
1) Give credit where credit is due. Don't tell your boss you did things you didn't. Tell your boss who did the work and when someone does a good job make sure your boss knows it. You'll look good because the people you manage look good and your employees will be glad to be acknowledged.
2) Manage expectations. Make sure people know what the should be working on and when it will be due. Don't spring things on people and demand they be done immediately unless you really have to. Don't be the manager that cries wolf.
3) When there is work to be done and everyone else is working, do the work. Assuming you can. If you can't, help do the stuff you can so you free up someone to do it. Don't just complain, lead.
4) Listen. It is likely you employees have some skills and will have something valuable to say. Get their input when something is in their skill set. Don't disregard their input when you get it. If it isn't incorporated, explain why.
5) Stand up for your employees. When they are unnecessarily attacked, defend them. Don't jump on the bandwagon and don't throw them to the wolves. Employees will respect you if they feel you have their back and their interests in mind.
6) Be respectable. If your team doesn't respect you, they won't work for you and they won't stand up for you when you need them to. Be someone you'd respect.
You'll also have to manage up as well as down the ladder, but I'll admit I'm not as good at that. Maybe someone else can help with that.
Assuming the 12 billion figure is correct, let 15 of the other richest people in the world pony up so dough too. It isn't Billy's job to solve all of the world's problems by himself. Sure he will get a tax break, but maybe that is why he gave 750 insteed of 500. You don't make money off a tax break, you just don't lose as much. To argue he did for a tax break doesn't make sense.
How much did Larry give? At least Bill gave and he has given in the past. Hell he is even a democrat.
There are lots of things to bust his balls over, but this is not one of them.
Stand up and applaud the gift, encourage others to give too, then go back to attacking him for his business practices.
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Personally I blame Canada.
The instant stuff is just a pale shadow of the real thing.
Dude, everything in America is a pale shadow of the original.
McDonalds != Hamburger
Taco Bell != Mexican food
Dairy Queen != Ice Cream
Pizza Hut != Pizza....
Sure some of it might taste ok, but it's all poor imitations of the original.
Over 80% of the US lives in a metro area of at least a 100,000 people. This would imply to me that they most likely have access to some kind of broadband. Yeah, more choice is good, but I doubt this will really reach many people that don't already have an option.
BFE Kansas is not going to be covered by this and will still be screwed.
Until I logon while driving to make sure no cops are around when I rob your house, or deal drugs to your kids in front of your house. Yeah, speeding tickets suck, but cops do have other reasons to exist. I thought the one of the few sets of laws libertarians liked were traffic laws.
You do want to encourage people to drive fuel efficient cars though, so throwing out the gas tax and switching to miles driven is a poor idea. Actaul damage to the highway is really one of the major negative externalities here, so vehicle weight should also be taken into account. However, I suspect that there would be a high correlation between vehicle weight and fuel efficency, so the gas tax still works in my opinion.
FTA, the are also trying to punish people for driving during peak hours. Once again, you burn more gas sitting in traffic than not, so the gas tax works well here too.
If their goal is really just to make up for a shortfall in tax revenue, raising the gax tax would do the trick. Perhaps they have some other goal that makes them feel the need to install a new infrastructure.
Until you screw up and run out of gas some day away from you tank. Then you get four years worth of tax all at once.
So the problem is the aren't collecting enough revenue anymore? Option 1: Raise the gasoline tax, this will continue to reward people for using fuel efficient cars and continue the trend towards them. Yeah, they may need to raise the tax some every year to make up for fuel efficency trends, but so what. Option 2: Tax tires. This is also a reasonable measure of distance driven. You could base the tax on the estimated lifetime distance of the tires. Plus you get the money up front. Some people may travel out of state to purchase tires, but you could likely get bordering states to collect fees for you or pass similar laws. Both of these options charge residents for out of state driving, but that is a win for CA. I doubt that in the end, California will make the jump to track vehicles via GPS. That sounds like quite a bit of overhead when they already have a reasonable infrastructure in place to collect their taxes. Gas taxes will go up.
I'm looking forward to a claim that MS stole features from Open Office. Heh.
No, but they did steal some from WordPerfect.
I don't really pay a whole lot of attention to this stuff, but how often do they announce products before they are in beta either.
It seems to me that they get to work on stuff until it's done and release it as a beta for some end user testing. I'm sure they have their own internal deadlines, but it looks like those deadlines aren't driven by marketing and product launch dates like they are in other companies.
If something isn't done, or isn't done right, I don't think they release it. Compare that to most other companies.
Then you have to have a problem with the Board of Directors not only at HP but most other companies. Which I'm sure you do and so do I, but you can't blame her for playing the hand she was dealt.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
It's ok, I'm with the Department of Redundancy Department.
So? You can make a raid array out of anything
Not out of expensive disks
It's trying to warn you not to go to New Jersey.
Finally hope for serial masturbators everywhere.
There is also the theory that we just wanted to scare the hell out of the soviets.
We also may have wanted to do a test.
In the end, it is likely that all of these reasons played some part. But in order to get the public to play along, the trumpted reason is to save American lives. All of these arguments really would have held up for dropping it on Germany too.
Using the bomb on Germany would really depend on when Hitler kills himself or if somebody else does it for him. If Hitler stays alive and in power, we use the bomb because the impression is that Germany will fight to the last man and take quite a few of us with them. ( This is the logic for using the bomb in the pacific. )
If Hitler is killed by rebels or commits sucide due to his impending doom I think it is unlikely that Germany chooses to fight to the death, and the war in Europe ends in a whimper not a bang.
Don't bother going into the vampire industry these days. It sucks.
He'll get back to you yesterday.
Is it realistic to think that they can target a microwave strong enough from Earth onto the sail at that distance? That is some impressive trageting.
You keep using that word, I do not think it means, what you think it means.
Go ahead, but from what I hear, you'll regret it next Tuesday.
I'm a robot you insensitive clod!
1) Give credit where credit is due. Don't tell your boss you did things you didn't. Tell your boss who did the work and when someone does a good job make sure your boss knows it. You'll look good because the people you manage look good and your employees will be glad to be acknowledged.
2) Manage expectations. Make sure people know what the should be working on and when it will be due. Don't spring things on people and demand they be done immediately unless you really have to. Don't be the manager that cries wolf.
3) When there is work to be done and everyone else is working, do the work. Assuming you can. If you can't, help do the stuff you can so you free up someone to do it. Don't just complain, lead.
4) Listen. It is likely you employees have some skills and will have something valuable to say. Get their input when something is in their skill set. Don't disregard their input when you get it. If it isn't incorporated, explain why.
5) Stand up for your employees. When they are unnecessarily attacked, defend them. Don't jump on the bandwagon and don't throw them to the wolves. Employees will respect you if they feel you have their back and their interests in mind.
6) Be respectable. If your team doesn't respect you, they won't work for you and they won't stand up for you when you need them to. Be someone you'd respect.
You'll also have to manage up as well as down the ladder, but I'll admit I'm not as good at that. Maybe someone else can help with that.
Oh come on, I did a search for 'me too' on google groups and it only found 4,270,000 results. Stop your whining.
How much did Larry give? At least Bill gave and he has given in the past. Hell he is even a democrat.
There are lots of things to bust his balls over, but this is not one of them.
Stand up and applaud the gift, encourage others to give too, then go back to attacking him for his business practices.