Technically you've only shoplifted if you leave the premises with the item.
Not always. Many jurisdictions have laws regarding "concealment with intent to steal." So be careful if you think it's A-OK to pull that particular stunt just anywhere.
Most Indians speak English so language shouldn't be an issue
Hahaha, if you really think you that then you truly are ignorant about what India is like. I suggest you DO go there and have a rude awakening!
Yes, English is widely spoken in India among the upper classes and highly educated. English use among the general population of India is something like 0.5%. So, I wouldn't say that "most" Indians speak English. Heck, only 30% of India speaks Hindi (the rest being various 'local' languages.)
First, standards of living in other parts of the world will continue to rise. Those people will want (and more importantly be able to afford) more and more U.S. goods.
Why do you think those goods would come from the USA? As long as production costs are lower elsewhere than in the USA, consumer goods will continue to be made in places like China and Indonesia, and perhaps later on, in Africa. People in these areas will be both making and consuming these goods, rather than just building for export.
Essentially what we are looking at is a levelling out of the world economy which will almost inevitably involve a decline in the standard of living in "the West." Another way to put it is that the entire world will be divided into only two classes, the super-rich and the rest of us schlubs, with the distinction of "rich countries" and "poor countries" becoming less apparent.
The original 13 colonies also entered as free nations. Do they also have the right to secede? Wait a sec, as I recall, a few of those 13 states DID try to secede at one point. I seem to remember a bit of a brouhaha over it.
Actually what I do is "Y'know, I don't REALLY need this 25 pack of CD-R's right now. I'm going to drop it wherever I happen to be standing and just leave the store."
If you have reasonably established credit, it's not very hard to find a 9.9% APR credit card. Mine is. I get about 10 offers in the mail per week for the same or slightly better. The 18-21% crowd is for what we like to call the "unwashed masses." Credit cards are great if you pay them off every month. If you have a reasonable interest rate, (6 months), large amount loans ($2k+), bank signature loans are much much better than credit cards.
I concur. Memorex Blacks are very good quality (CD-R) media and can be had fairly cheaply. At my local Fry's they are usually 50-for-$17 (34 cents per.) Never had a problem with Memorex Blacks that I would blame on the media.
Still looking for Good 'N' Cheap DVD-R media. Fry's cheapest generic DVD-R media are something like $32 for 25, but I've had problems burning at 2x with them. (When I burn at 1x the results are always fine.)
You don't think alcohol is that additive? I guess you've never heard of Delirium Tremens.
Both alcohol and tobacco are "hard" drugs as far as I'm concerned.
It's not just when she visits. She is Queen of Canada all the time. She is legally the head of state, though weilds little to no actual political power in Canada.
Please give me just one example of a state that is "democratic" but not "capitalist." I beg you. Leaving aside for a moment that neither a "pure democracy" nor a system of "pure capitalism" have ever once existed on Earth.
Along the same lines, I also think the government should send you an income tax bill once a month, and everyone should be writing a big check equivalent to 3-4 months salary to pay it.
Obviously, the reason they don't do that is because so many people would be unwilling or unable to actually save up the tax money over the course of a year. It's psychological: if you deduct the tax before the average peon actually sees any money, it's much easier for the peon / wage slave to get used to the idea of paying whatever the current tax rate is.
My bank account has a daily ATM withdrawl limit of $300. So you can't exactly clean out my account on a single day. Isn't this true on most other banks?
Wrong. McCartney did do drumming on a few later Beatles tracks (and in one case all of the rest of the instruments as well.) However, there was only one song to my knowledge where Paul actually went back and re-recorded one of Ringo's drum tracks. (This was a song on the white album, I can't recall offhand which one.) Ringo actually quit the band for about a week over that particular incident, and then Paul apologized and they were back together. Ringo was actually important to the Beatles musically, in my opinion, although clearly his style and talent is different that the other Beatles.
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Not always. Many jurisdictions have laws regarding "concealment with intent to steal." So be careful if you think it's A-OK to pull that particular stunt just anywhere.
Hahaha, if you really think you that then you truly are ignorant about what India is like. I suggest you DO go there and have a rude awakening!
Yes, English is widely spoken in India among the upper classes and highly educated. English use among the general population of India is something like 0.5%. So, I wouldn't say that "most" Indians speak English. Heck, only 30% of India speaks Hindi (the rest being various 'local' languages.)
Why do you think those goods would come from the USA? As long as production costs are lower elsewhere than in the USA, consumer goods will continue to be made in places like China and Indonesia, and perhaps later on, in Africa. People in these areas will be both making and consuming these goods, rather than just building for export.
Essentially what we are looking at is a levelling out of the world economy which will almost inevitably involve a decline in the standard of living in "the West." Another way to put it is that the entire world will be divided into only two classes, the super-rich and the rest of us schlubs, with the distinction of "rich countries" and "poor countries" becoming less apparent.
The original 13 colonies also entered as free nations. Do they also have the right to secede? Wait a sec, as I recall, a few of those 13 states DID try to secede at one point. I seem to remember a bit of a brouhaha over it.
Actually what I do is "Y'know, I don't REALLY need this 25 pack of CD-R's right now. I'm going to drop it wherever I happen to be standing and just leave the store."
If you have reasonably established credit, it's not very hard to find a 9.9% APR credit card. Mine is. I get about 10 offers in the mail per week for the same or slightly better. The 18-21% crowd is for what we like to call the "unwashed masses." Credit cards are great if you pay them off every month. If you have a reasonable interest rate, (6 months), large amount loans ($2k+), bank signature loans are much much better than credit cards.
Your opinion is stupid and invalid, you dumbass.
Really? Says who? Can you cite any case law or precedents?
Still looking for Good 'N' Cheap DVD-R media. Fry's cheapest generic DVD-R media are something like $32 for 25, but I've had problems burning at 2x with them. (When I burn at 1x the results are always fine.)
It (heroin) used to be sold over the counter in corner drugstores as a cough remedy.
You don't think alcohol is that additive? I guess you've never heard of Delirium Tremens. Both alcohol and tobacco are "hard" drugs as far as I'm concerned.
I'm at least heartened somewhat that there is a 14-year-old American kid out there somewhere who has heard of fucking Uzbekistan.
The surge in traffic is probably due to the explosive growth in popularity of BitTorrent.
I think the vehicles won't be available in the Red Orchestra mod until UT2004 is released.
It's not just when she visits. She is Queen of Canada all the time. She is legally the head of state, though weilds little to no actual political power in Canada.
Nobody is forcing you to do anything except pay taxes.
Shouts out to all my brothers down on JAH ISLE.
Please give me just one example of a state that is "democratic" but not "capitalist." I beg you. Leaving aside for a moment that neither a "pure democracy" nor a system of "pure capitalism" have ever once existed on Earth.
Then how did they find out about it?
If you were up on real world history you would know that the Kent State shooting happened in May, 1970. Damn hippies.
Obviously, the reason they don't do that is because so many people would be unwilling or unable to actually save up the tax money over the course of a year. It's psychological: if you deduct the tax before the average peon actually sees any money, it's much easier for the peon / wage slave to get used to the idea of paying whatever the current tax rate is.
My bank account has a daily ATM withdrawl limit of $300. So you can't exactly clean out my account on a single day. Isn't this true on most other banks?
I think the main difference is that BitTorrent is actually growing rapidly in popularity, whatever the relative merits of its technical protocol.
Wrong. McCartney did do drumming on a few later Beatles tracks (and in one case all of the rest of the instruments as well.) However, there was only one song to my knowledge where Paul actually went back and re-recorded one of Ringo's drum tracks. (This was a song on the white album, I can't recall offhand which one.) Ringo actually quit the band for about a week over that particular incident, and then Paul apologized and they were back together. Ringo was actually important to the Beatles musically, in my opinion, although clearly his style and talent is different that the other Beatles.
It's an old French Empire term for a salty old (war) campaigner, the idea being that they subsit largely on "grog" (a cheap brew of various alcohols.)