Yeah, because it isn't like everyone benefits from the freemarket system. Only the Waltons benefit from their stores. Not the millions of poorer people that are able to afford more goods and live better lives because they can afford cheaper goods. I mean, it isn't like you benefit from car companies owning their factories. It isn't like you benefit from computer manufactures creating new machines and innovating for the sake of the dollar.
no, the free market has never helped one poor person. we are so much better off due to socialism. look at all the luxuries we enjoy from that system of government!
You know, you could have educated yourself and find out why the person has those positions rather than blindly bashing them for no reason. But I guess being ignorant is far more productive than actually getting informed.
As for the positions, they are plausable and explainable. no public education? simple, the current system DOES NOT WORK. you assumption that every family buy the education they can afford, well partially correct. there would still be scholarships, donations, church run organizations to ensure every child got educated. the system wouldn't disappear into thin air.
as for the chemical plant, you do realize this is how the country was run before the state messed it up. if someone polluted in your property in the 1800's, you could take them to court and win. pollution was on the decline until the courts reversed position and allowed companies to pollute without punishment.
People may want to deny it, but on demand content like this IS the future. Sure, it has DRM, but most people don't care at all. It is about convenience.
Jobs sees this and he has taken hold of it. the success of the iPod proves it, people will pay a moderate sum and be locked in to propriertary content and players. Not even i really care, i'd rather d/l instantly with iTunes and scour the net for 1/2 hour for a song. Move this into other media formats and Jobs is solitifying the long term future of apple. They can move from just computers and ipods to tvs, dvrs, ect. this is the future and he is making apple the leader of the pack
So if two people, at the same time who live on opposite sides of the country invent a widget, the first one to patent should have exclusive rights to make it?
how is that fair? that doesn't help push for innovation, it hinders it.
Rothbard got it right with his ideas on patents. The whole issue could be avoided with contractual agreements. You agree to take the medicine and not reverse engineer it. Any violation is breaking of contract would be delt with in Civil court. it could be applied to anything that couild be patented.
for me, $.99 isn't bad, it is easier than searching for songs for 1/2 hour. now, they can go screw themselves. i will not pay over that, it should be 1/2 that price.
QC is just getting of the ground, very early into its infacy stage and the government is already trying to kill it. Regulation does nothing but keep the small players off the field and allow the big boys to do so by government monopoly. Regulation is nothing but buying favors for protection, something that people seem to ignore.
NAFTA was nothing about free trade, it was mainly regulation. Why do you think United Auto Workers wanted to impose pollution restrictions on auto plants in Mexico? It wasn't because they care about the health of the Mexican people.
Just as regualation destroys free trade, it will make the internet crawl to a halt. It is only a matter of time before more governments get their hands on it and destroy the free nature of the net. It is only a matter of time. The UN and the EU want to get control of it, you can ensure that it will become highly hampered, even taxed to use to give it to those that can afford it in good socialist fashion.
i mean, anyone who thinks this is legit is too stupid to have the money they are going to lose in the first place. when will people figure out that getting rich is not as easy as responding to an email.
We don't really care what the world opinion is. The United States will never relinquish control of the internets. Ever. They can create all the committees they desire. It isn't going to happen.
it is called the benefits of capitalism. for all those on/. who hate it, it provides us all with better products. MS will be forced to innovate and now google will be forced to push the envelope even farther to get customers to come from MS.
it will provide customers with better products that will be cheaper! We are the winners when companies are at odds with one another.
If i recall correctly, this is actually a company that is trying to sell their taxing product to the several states and they have a good few states lined up. The guy in charge was on a talk show i listen to a few months ago. Basically, they wrote the software to do all the taxing and now they are going and getting the clients (individual states). So once they have enough states they are "in business" so to speak.
I think the fed hasn't implemented some sort of online tax as of yet because they haven't figure out how to. They tax everything they possibly can, internet sales are the next logical step. I think the biggest issues are, if you live in TX and order something from MD, where do you pay sales tax? What if you order something abroad? It is insane to think you would have to pay sales tax for the state you reside and the state you are purchasing from.
Really? How's that connection to the internet working out for you? You might not find yourself with a choice when you consider that a lot of companies have virtual monopolies on communications products (i.e: internet access) in certain areas. Read the article I linked to in my OP and this one for some perspective. Then think about your option if that was the only ISP in town.
And do you realize, thanks to GOVERNMENT these companies have these monopolies? They grant the companies these monopolies, THAT is the reason you get limited access to them. But thankfully, I have a wide array of options to choose from. I could get FIOS, DSL, Cable, or even Dialup if I like, if there was a company "censoring" me. So your point is really moot. There are a wide variety of options to choose from. No company is censoring what I say. If one did, I would choose an alterative! Quite simple, I have no alternative to the government that is holding me.
What has our government forced you to do at gunpoint? And who do you think is really more accountable? The private company with a board of directors and shareholders or the Government that governs with the consent of the Governed who can vote their asses out of office the minute they see fit. Please give me a list of companies that can force me to do anything? Microsoft? They can't force me to do anything, Walmart? I am not forced to go into their stores. Verizon who I have my cell phone with, they can't force me to do anything, I can use another provider if i wish. If you don't think the government forces you to do anything at gunpoint, I ask you, what happens when you don't pay your taxes? what happens if you don't follow silly traffic laws like buckling your seat belt? what happens if you jay-walk in an empty street?
You must have a strange view of society if you think the government doens't force you to do things, but corporations do.
Corporations won't stay in business if they don't provide a product they can sell and have people use. Your argument has no basis to it. If a corporation has no product and has no government granted monopoly (people are free to compete), they will never, EVER provide a product they cannot sell to stay in business.
I would never buy something that censored me. I am not forced to, where the government forces you at gunpoint at the threat of violence.
Plus you further erode responsibility for the parents. Why govern your child when the state will for you! If you fail and your child becomes a junkie, it is not your fault, it is the states! No one is to blame.
Just when you think it is only the republicans attempting to legislate morality you have democrats trying to usurp them. Sad really. Plus you are correct again, the private "blackmarket" sale of games will only sky rocket.
And hello to a fellow anarchocapitalist Mises fan!
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Yeah, because it isn't like everyone benefits from the freemarket system. Only the Waltons benefit from their stores. Not the millions of poorer people that are able to afford more goods and live better lives because they can afford cheaper goods. I mean, it isn't like you benefit from car companies owning their factories. It isn't like you benefit from computer manufactures creating new machines and innovating for the sake of the dollar.
no, the free market has never helped one poor person. we are so much better off due to socialism. look at all the luxuries we enjoy from that system of government!
they have made 2 retractions in 8 years. seems to be a pretty good record to me.
You know, you could have educated yourself and find out why the person has those positions rather than blindly bashing them for no reason. But I guess being ignorant is far more productive than actually getting informed.
As for the positions, they are plausable and explainable. no public education? simple, the current system DOES NOT WORK. you assumption that every family buy the education they can afford, well partially correct. there would still be scholarships, donations, church run organizations to ensure every child got educated. the system wouldn't disappear into thin air.
as for the chemical plant, you do realize this is how the country was run before the state messed it up. if someone polluted in your property in the 1800's, you could take them to court and win. pollution was on the decline until the courts reversed position and allowed companies to pollute without punishment.
but hey, being ignorant is easy.
People may want to deny it, but on demand content like this IS the future. Sure, it has DRM, but most people don't care at all. It is about convenience.
Jobs sees this and he has taken hold of it. the success of the iPod proves it, people will pay a moderate sum and be locked in to propriertary content and players. Not even i really care, i'd rather d/l instantly with iTunes and scour the net for 1/2 hour for a song. Move this into other media formats and Jobs is solitifying the long term future of apple. They can move from just computers and ipods to tvs, dvrs, ect. this is the future and he is making apple the leader of the pack
I want ads! Oh wait
So if two people, at the same time who live on opposite sides of the country invent a widget, the first one to patent should have exclusive rights to make it?
how is that fair? that doesn't help push for innovation, it hinders it.
Rothbard got it right with his ideas on patents. The whole issue could be avoided with contractual agreements. You agree to take the medicine and not reverse engineer it. Any violation is breaking of contract would be delt with in Civil court. it could be applied to anything that couild be patented.
One company can patent something, sit on the patent and do nothing with it? How is that "innovation"?
The whole system all needs to go.
for me, $.99 isn't bad, it is easier than searching for songs for 1/2 hour. now, they can go screw themselves. i will not pay over that, it should be 1/2 that price.
QC is just getting of the ground, very early into its infacy stage and the government is already trying to kill it. Regulation does nothing but keep the small players off the field and allow the big boys to do so by government monopoly. Regulation is nothing but buying favors for protection, something that people seem to ignore.
Google has purchased the rights to the old FreeBSD logo to replace the infamous GOOGLE logo.
NAFTA was nothing about free trade, it was mainly regulation. Why do you think United Auto Workers wanted to impose pollution restrictions on auto plants in Mexico? It wasn't because they care about the health of the Mexican people.
Whoever has the most money to buy legislation protecting themselves. My bet is the music/film industry will purchase the right to sue.
Just as regualation destroys free trade, it will make the internet crawl to a halt. It is only a matter of time before more governments get their hands on it and destroy the free nature of the net. It is only a matter of time. The UN and the EU want to get control of it, you can ensure that it will become highly hampered, even taxed to use to give it to those that can afford it in good socialist fashion.
it makes it faster by 1ghz, just from the carbon fiber alone
i mean, anyone who thinks this is legit is too stupid to have the money they are going to lose in the first place. when will people figure out that getting rich is not as easy as responding to an email.
http://www.google.com/apis/maps/, hopefully it will be out in release sometime soon, along with a free geocoder from google.
We don't really care what the world opinion is. The United States will never relinquish control of the internets. Ever. They can create all the committees they desire. It isn't going to happen.
it is called the benefits of capitalism. for all those on /. who hate it, it provides us all with better products. MS will be forced to innovate and now google will be forced to push the envelope even farther to get customers to come from MS.
it will provide customers with better products that will be cheaper! We are the winners when companies are at odds with one another.
If i recall correctly, this is actually a company that is trying to sell their taxing product to the several states and they have a good few states lined up. The guy in charge was on a talk show i listen to a few months ago. Basically, they wrote the software to do all the taxing and now they are going and getting the clients (individual states). So once they have enough states they are "in business" so to speak.
I think the fed hasn't implemented some sort of online tax as of yet because they haven't figure out how to. They tax everything they possibly can, internet sales are the next logical step. I think the biggest issues are, if you live in TX and order something from MD, where do you pay sales tax? What if you order something abroad? It is insane to think you would have to pay sales tax for the state you reside and the state you are purchasing from.
But if you can dream it, they can tax it.
Really? How's that connection to the internet working out for you? You might not find yourself with a choice when you consider that a lot of companies have virtual monopolies on communications products (i.e: internet access) in certain areas. Read the article I linked to in my OP and this one for some perspective. Then think about your option if that was the only ISP in town.
And do you realize, thanks to GOVERNMENT these companies have these monopolies? They grant the companies these monopolies, THAT is the reason you get limited access to them. But thankfully, I have a wide array of options to choose from. I could get FIOS, DSL, Cable, or even Dialup if I like, if there was a company "censoring" me. So your point is really moot. There are a wide variety of options to choose from. No company is censoring what I say. If one did, I would choose an alterative! Quite simple, I have no alternative to the government that is holding me.
What has our government forced you to do at gunpoint? And who do you think is really more accountable? The private company with a board of directors and shareholders or the Government that governs with the consent of the Governed who can vote their asses out of office the minute they see fit.
Please give me a list of companies that can force me to do anything? Microsoft? They can't force me to do anything, Walmart? I am not forced to go into their stores. Verizon who I have my cell phone with, they can't force me to do anything, I can use another provider if i wish. If you don't think the government forces you to do anything at gunpoint, I ask you, what happens when you don't pay your taxes? what happens if you don't follow silly traffic laws like buckling your seat belt? what happens if you jay-walk in an empty street?
You must have a strange view of society if you think the government doens't force you to do things, but corporations do.
Sigh.
Corporations won't stay in business if they don't provide a product they can sell and have people use. Your argument has no basis to it. If a corporation has no product and has no government granted monopoly (people are free to compete), they will never, EVER provide a product they cannot sell to stay in business.
I would never buy something that censored me. I am not forced to, where the government forces you at gunpoint at the threat of violence.
Gov't giving out free wifi. As soon as they own the channels, they have the easy ability to censor it.
Plus you further erode responsibility for the parents. Why govern your child when the state will for you! If you fail and your child becomes a junkie, it is not your fault, it is the states! No one is to blame.
Just when you think it is only the republicans attempting to legislate morality you have democrats trying to usurp them. Sad really. Plus you are correct again, the private "blackmarket" sale of games will only sky rocket.
And hello to a fellow anarchocapitalist Mises fan!