The house is controlled by the GOP, because the house drew the new district lines (from the 2010 census). If you look at the popular vote for the house (the number of people who voted for Democrat candidates vs those that voted for Republicans), you might be surprised to learn that MORE people voted for democrats.
Gerrymandering FTW!
when you spill your drink all over it? In my experience, fancy-dancy electronics and liquids don't mi
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I'm a liver transplant (2.5 years now) and I can second all of this. Though my doctors finally allowing me to take generic Prograf has made a huge dent in my monthly drug costs. Also, I'm extremely grateful that I don't have to take Prednisone (as many of the kidney transplant patients do for the the rest of their lives).
Right, because no one in the history of the Wikipedia has ever made up a reference. As I pointed out in my response, I don't really care whether or not he was correct in his post, I was just pointing out that Wikipedia is a great place to get a little bit of information about a subject and a really great place to be easily mislead if someone really wants to.
Also, saying that "he cut and pastes the wikipedia article" doesn't refute my point, it only makes it stronger (and apparent that you are exactly the type of person that needs to be told). DON'T TRUST WIKIPEDIA, READ THE SOURCES. and even at that, only rely on sources that you can really trust... that's a much more difficult task.
Not to antagonize here, but I am amused by someone saying "consider the source" linking to wikipedia to prove their point. (I don't necessarily doubt that Debka is "unabashedly in the hawkish camp of Israeli politics"... it's just the principle.)
It's hard to argue with someone who get's their information from a site that advertises itself as "Preparing Americans for Hyperinflation". So I'm going to step out. Have fun with your gold...
Your comparison is what doesn't make sense. If global warming was actually about warming AND global cooling was a separate but different problem, then fine, I'll give it to you. Hyper inflation is what you are talking about (and what the conservative blogs and papers have been talking about as well for years) and it isn't happening. Moderate inflation isn't a bad thing. And in a depressed economy like ours it's actually a GOOD thing (as it reduces the level of existing debt, something that would be great for pushing us out of this housing mess).
We're more in risk of deflation (hence the global warming example being bunk). Something that is much more difficult to control and much more difficult to recover from. You seem to be mixing things up. I don't think I said that housing prices won't fall. I said that we aren't having noticeable inflation right now and get back to me in a couple years if we do.
If that is truly what they are doing which (I have no evidence to support my next statement) I *HIGHLY* doubt, then sure that would not be an excuse to hike up subscription fees. But, that's not to say that there aren't other legitimate excuses for charging more.
But seriously... They have a copy of every single dvd for each stream (plus any that are out on actual dvd)? That seems so incredibly unlikely
I'm not saying that "inflation" is never a problem, I'm saying that inflation isn't our problem right now. I also never made the claim that they are "speculation" driven, I'm just pointing out that all the inflation concerns that seem to be so prevalent on one side of the political aisle are completely unfounded. Get back to me in a couple years when we actually have an inflation rate worth talking about.
Also, sending me a link to a story about a company that hadn't raised their prices in 3 years, and then getting all crazy about "OMG INFLATION!!!" isn't really doing it for me
I also suppose I misread your original comment... I don't really see all that much difference between 6 dollars now vs 6 dollars over the course you propose, but I would guess that it has everything to do with maintaining margins (which I don't have so much problem with). They're going to do what they need to do to make money. If licenses to stream cost more money and people want to continue to stream, then they're going to charge more
We're talking about streaming movies here... I suppose one could make the argument that they actually own X copies of the movie (where X is the number of active streams allowed). It seems more likely that they only have one digital copy that they use to stream to everyone who wants it.
Except they didn't. Go look up the graphs on it... Go to your store and ACTUALLY measure what was charged three years ago, not what was charged three years ago in your whack-job libertarian brains. Inflation has not been the problem over the last few years. Gold has increased in value because the Glenn Beckers and his (whatever they actually call themselves) ditto-heads have driven the price up with excess demand. That is generally referred to as a bubble, but a rational economist, such as yourself, doesn't actually believe in bubbles.
The gold standard would be a great thing for very few people. and I'd bet dollars to donuts that you aren't actually one of them; you're just one of those being lied to and not seeing it.
When their licensing costs from the studios went from 180Million to 1.8Billion over the course of two years... what did you really expect? How much more gradual could it be?
Where in his post does he claim that wasn't the reason for the switch. It appears to me that that he was just pointing out that this wasn't some new technology... it's just an uncommonly used one.
This is exactly the kind of experience that I have NOT had, and what I am trying to enforce shouldn't be the norm these days. Perhaps I am delusional though. Every single procedure that I have had done, I can't remember a thing past the point where the doctor said "ok, I've given you some . You're going to feel a little tired". I wake up later in a recovery room.
Perhaps I am not the normal case, but I just have trouble believing that multiple doctors performing similar procedures would end up with exactly the same result (me not remembering any of the scope).
However, I will not argue about the prep being terrible.
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The house is controlled by the GOP, because the house drew the new district lines (from the 2010 census). If you look at the popular vote for the house (the number of people who voted for Democrat candidates vs those that voted for Republicans), you might be surprised to learn that MORE people voted for democrats. Gerrymandering FTW!
I don't know if the OP missed this... but isn't that generally included when we talk about "property"?
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As are Pepsi (mtn dew), Frito Lay (cheetos... wait, arent they Pepsi as well?) and Wizards of the Coast (somehow this has to be pepsi too....)
Unless "own" is referring to the reward that you are going to own (as in, under your possession).
You should take a look at some of the crazy ways we develop/discover our medications. Who honestly thought that sucking on bear bile might be a good idea?
I'm a liver transplant (2.5 years now) and I can second all of this. Though my doctors finally allowing me to take generic Prograf has made a huge dent in my monthly drug costs. Also, I'm extremely grateful that I don't have to take Prednisone (as many of the kidney transplant patients do for the the rest of their lives).
What is with Slashdot and the craptacular headlines lately?
Trying to compete with a certain cable tv news network perhaps...
Right, because no one in the history of the Wikipedia has ever made up a reference. As I pointed out in my response, I don't really care whether or not he was correct in his post, I was just pointing out that Wikipedia is a great place to get a little bit of information about a subject and a really great place to be easily mislead if someone really wants to.
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Also, saying that "he cut and pastes the wikipedia article" doesn't refute my point, it only makes it stronger (and apparent that you are exactly the type of person that needs to be told). DON'T TRUST WIKIPEDIA, READ THE SOURCES. and even at that, only rely on sources that you can really trust... that's a much more difficult task.
Not to antagonize here, but I am amused by someone saying "consider the source" linking to wikipedia to prove their point. (I don't necessarily doubt that Debka is "unabashedly in the hawkish camp of Israeli politics"... it's just the principle.)
It's hard to argue with someone who get's their information from a site that advertises itself as "Preparing Americans for Hyperinflation". So I'm going to step out. Have fun with your gold...
Your comparison is what doesn't make sense. If global warming was actually about warming AND global cooling was a separate but different problem, then fine, I'll give it to you. Hyper inflation is what you are talking about (and what the conservative blogs and papers have been talking about as well for years) and it isn't happening. Moderate inflation isn't a bad thing. And in a depressed economy like ours it's actually a GOOD thing (as it reduces the level of existing debt, something that would be great for pushing us out of this housing mess). We're more in risk of deflation (hence the global warming example being bunk). Something that is much more difficult to control and much more difficult to recover from. You seem to be mixing things up. I don't think I said that housing prices won't fall. I said that we aren't having noticeable inflation right now and get back to me in a couple years if we do.
Your food prices going up because the cost per barrel of oil (to ship it) fluctuating month to month is not inflation.
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If that is truly what they are doing which (I have no evidence to support my next statement) I *HIGHLY* doubt, then sure that would not be an excuse to hike up subscription fees. But, that's not to say that there aren't other legitimate excuses for charging more.
But seriously... They have a copy of every single dvd for each stream (plus any that are out on actual dvd)? That seems so incredibly unlikely
I'm not saying that "inflation" is never a problem, I'm saying that inflation isn't our problem right now. I also never made the claim that they are "speculation" driven, I'm just pointing out that all the inflation concerns that seem to be so prevalent on one side of the political aisle are completely unfounded. Get back to me in a couple years when we actually have an inflation rate worth talking about.
Also, sending me a link to a story about a company that hadn't raised their prices in 3 years, and then getting all crazy about "OMG INFLATION!!!" isn't really doing it for me
I also suppose I misread your original comment... I don't really see all that much difference between 6 dollars now vs 6 dollars over the course you propose, but I would guess that it has everything to do with maintaining margins (which I don't have so much problem with). They're going to do what they need to do to make money. If licenses to stream cost more money and people want to continue to stream, then they're going to charge more
We're talking about streaming movies here... I suppose one could make the argument that they actually own X copies of the movie (where X is the number of active streams allowed). It seems more likely that they only have one digital copy that they use to stream to everyone who wants it.
Except they didn't. Go look up the graphs on it... Go to your store and ACTUALLY measure what was charged three years ago, not what was charged three years ago in your whack-job libertarian brains. Inflation has not been the problem over the last few years. Gold has increased in value because the Glenn Beckers and his (whatever they actually call themselves) ditto-heads have driven the price up with excess demand. That is generally referred to as a bubble, but a rational economist, such as yourself, doesn't actually believe in bubbles. The gold standard would be a great thing for very few people. and I'd bet dollars to donuts that you aren't actually one of them; you're just one of those being lied to and not seeing it.
When their licensing costs from the studios went from 180Million to 1.8Billion over the course of two years... what did you really expect? How much more gradual could it be?
... I suspect foul play!
Where in his post does he claim that wasn't the reason for the switch. It appears to me that that he was just pointing out that this wasn't some new technology... it's just an uncommonly used one.
http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/solardish/dish01.shtml
I thought 'god' was the most common password. Stupid Angelina Jolie...
This is exactly the kind of experience that I have NOT had, and what I am trying to enforce shouldn't be the norm these days. Perhaps I am delusional though. Every single procedure that I have had done, I can't remember a thing past the point where the doctor said "ok, I've given you some . You're going to feel a little tired". I wake up later in a recovery room.
Perhaps I am not the normal case, but I just have trouble believing that multiple doctors performing similar procedures would end up with exactly the same result (me not remembering any of the scope).
However, I will not argue about the prep being terrible.