So you are mad that T-mobile fixed your problem but not quick enough for your liking. Think of it this way 90% of the calls can be solved with a simple follow the script solutions having knowledgeable staff handle those problems would be a huge waste of money and I couldn't see many of them sticking around if they did. The next 9% are handled by people with a greater knowledge of what is going on and the final 1% are handled by the guru's, it is the only way to make knowledgeable staff available to their customers a be able to stay in business. Yes it is inconvenient to get bounced around but there is not other way for a customer base that large.
In case you haven't noticed, NASA is the FORMER leader in space and aeronautics. Space access is now a Russian and European affair, and the Chinese are getting in the game. But the US dropped the ball: NASA is just an administration dedicated to sink money down the drain these days...
NASA is still a leader in both, they just don't own a car any more and need a ride to get to space. Mars exploration is the perfect example from 1990 until the present day there have been 20 missions to mars there have only been two successful non-Americana missions. Of the 8 missions currently planned the US is involved in 4 of them twice as many as Europe.
I figured most people would realize this was a joke, with the heavy socialist overtones. Has/. gone so far left that the government controlling all capital is considered a serious statement.
The point is the spoon is as responsible for diabetes as the gun is for murder. A gun can not kill a person by its self it needs a bullet to be loaded into the chamber, the hammer cocked, the gun pointed at the victim, and the trigger pulled for a gun to be involved in a murder. If any of these conditions are not met a gun can not kill another person.
Ummm... lowering taxes is "bad for the United States". How exactly do you backup that comment? I don't think me or any other taxpayer is going to be hurt too badly if you take less money away.
If your own selfish interests are more important than those of your country and your countrymen, there's not much point in arguing with you. Please note that "enlightened self interest" is a right wing debating point, not a fact of life.
Interesting. You stealing my money makes me selfish for not asking you to steal more.
You forgot it's not your money it's money the government has enabled you to make and as such they are entitled to it.
My assumption was that he was talking about tax raises on the wealthy. You can balance a budget by taking in more money or cutting spending, and one party is okay with doing both, while the aforementioned tea party is not.
If you declared a law that everything over 200k a person makes would go to the government it would be about 2 trillion dollars or enough to run the country for less then 2 months going after the rich is nothing more then political showmanship there's just not that much money there. The other consequence of raising taxes on the producers is that those costs are embedded into the products they create or lowering the amount of capital available for investment. Our debt is reaching a critical level so increasing it is not a good solution either. There are two solutions left lowering the federal tax exempt level so that more then 50% of the population will be paying federal taxes, or spending much less. The military is all ready enacting 20% cuts to their budget if other programs did the same we wouldn't have a debt problem. The problem is that we are painted into a corner and the only way out is going to get a little messy.
But is this the right place to draw the line? Assuming the uploader was telling the truth and he got the copy from a street vendor, you're basically excusing poor internal controls and substituting it with the legal system. I'm not saying they should go after the Korean DVD vendor either, but this is like plugging a hole in a dam with your finger and wondering why the leaks aren't stopping.
By the same logic it's my fault if someone breaks into my house and steals my belongings because all I had was a lock and not a security system. Continuing this logic the burglar shouldn't be prosecuted for the crime because burglaries are so prevalent that going after one is just putting your finger in the dam.
For both my 5 year and 10 year reunions my HS friends and I planned on going to the reunion but ended up drinking too much and deciding not to drive. I have always enjoyed the few friends and a lot of beer gatherings much more then large groups where you feel obligated to talk everyone.
But a 15-20% loan is only a good business decision if no other loans can be found, large machinery can usually be financed at a much better rate because it has equity and thus the loaning company will only be taking a risk on the loan amount minus the deprecation of the machinery. The machine value is typically more then the balance after a year or two and forecasting a business for a year or two only has a few risks associated with it typically the market will not fall apart in two years with out any signs.
Yes the best way to do it is to use Credit Cards but to pay them off every month. There is one big reason for this there is much more consumer protection for fraudulent credit card transactions then there are for debit cards. The problem is most of the population doesn't have the discipline to do that and end up caring a balance. I refer to credit cards as plastic loan sharks and hope my children will listen enough to fear caring a balance on them.
A million does not go that far once you figure in all the overhead costs, a team of one senior researcher, and two mid level researchers the the cost would be about 400 dollars an hour. Senior pay ($75/hour) mid-level ($40/hour) overhead wrap rate somewhere between 2.5 and 3. That's a years work with material costs of $200,000.
The internet is not a right, every person is not entitled to it. That said blocking someone trying to access the internet or any part of it is a violation of their rights (sopa, Great Firewall,...) this is a freedom of expression right. Similarly people have a right to protect themselves but the government shouldn't be passing out guns or mace to everyone. Baring basic needs a government's responsibility to its citizens is to protect their rights not a responsibility give free access to those rights.
500 1 million dollar R&D projects to put it into terms you can grasp. The article states that is what they got this year but the R&D is from many years so it's not that much. If the technology was from the last 10 years the amount stolen would represent 0.05% of the GDP for that period. That high rate can not be sustained and will drop off as the technology is better protected and the knowledge gap lessens.
The billions gambled in Wall Street were backed by the government. In fact, the government you praise bail them out. How many arrests were made in the recent Wall Street scandals?
The government deregulated Wall Street, this is the problem. I don't think anyone is praising the way any of that was (is being) handled. None of that is going to change as long as Corporations can donate unlimited money anonymously to political campaigns.
It will stop when politicians start acting ethical and recusing themselves when issues that big donors favor are up for a vote. Campaign money is not the problem the people granting favors for the campaign money are the problem.
You do realize that any lawyers would get paid on a contingency basis so a large class action suite would have lawyers lining up to get a piece. If the water is polluted for one residence it will be for many and all the lawyers wold have to show is the chemical in the water matches the chemical used in the fracking.
Considering that the crown of their air force is a copy of a plane the US developed in 1961 I doubt that they can clone the most advanced drone we have.
Considering that most of the technology in that drone is probably barely more sophisticated than 1960s aviation tech, and most of the interesting stuff is just software, I suspect they could. It's not as though we're talking about an F-22 here, it's a computer flying a pretty basic aircraft with some satellite comms.
Here are a few things that were on the plane that are modern, the RAM, the exhust design, the inlet design, the materials used for both, the radome design and material, the actual sensors in the cameras and Radar. These are a few of the things that are not software or 1960's tech that if reverse engineered would be a treasure trove of knowledge. The plane was designed not to be seen by radar that tech is still being perfected today.
No, troll, because I think they not have the the technical knowledge and manufacturing ability to "clone" these aircraft, and their friends in China and Russia do.
You are aware, are you not, that Iran gets *most* of its advanced technology from... China and Russia?
As does the US, well, at least from China.
Iran is not Iraq. They have a western standard of living, despite your ignorance of the region.
I can't tell if you are making a joke about iphones being made there or if you seriously think that the Chinese do all the R&D for the US.
Political corruption is as old as politics itself, acting like it's a Chicago invention is just another 'conservative' trying to make a back handed comment about President Obama's legitimacy,
Not his legitimacy, something much more important his moral fiber. It's hard to believe anyone could come up in such a tainted political environment and not be involved or at a minimum be aware of the corruption. This leaves one of three explanations either Obama was part of the corruption (see Michael Obama's raise just after he became a senator), or he knew about the corruption and was complicit because he did nothing to stop it, or he was so foolish that all the corruption swirled around him and he failed to notice it. That is what the Chicago corruption implies that he either in not competent enough do his job do to either his lack of morals or lack of intelligence to see the corruption.
You do know that boarder agents detain them process them and most are eligible for voluntary departure, in some heavily crosses areas a deportation hearing could be arranged. Jail is only for repeat offenders or people that have committed crimes besides illegally crossing the border. There should be consequences for committing a crime even if the person is planning to stop committing the crime, taking their finger prints and putting them in the system then letting them leave is the punishment you are up in arms about.
The problem is that the electric fire will not start right away so if it gets toed to a garage for repairs it could catch fire and torch the cars next to it. If the car is brought home the house could be burnt down along with the people in it. GM and NHTSA's reluctance to even warn owners of the potential danger is criminal if anything had happened. It's not that they are new that is a problem it is that they can catch fire at will after an accident, with a gas car you know that once the car has cooled down there is no fire risk.
The only reason I recognize Pentax is because of their ugly K-r cameras. Who in their right mind thought that bright yellow, red, orange, pinks, or white would grab consumers looking for an entry level camera, nothing says quality like brightly colored plastic.
They don't bribe that's illegal, they give their family members cushy jobs, and make large campaign contributions. Ultimately the only way this deal won't go through is if our elected officials fear that they will lose their job if they side with AT&T. Our politicians long ago forgot about right and wrong and losing their power is the only deterrent.
Why would it cost less? You will need another truck to pick up the compost, more workers to handle the pickup, more space to compost. Do you think they will make back that money from selling compost to farms?
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So you are mad that T-mobile fixed your problem but not quick enough for your liking. Think of it this way 90% of the calls can be solved with a simple follow the script solutions having knowledgeable staff handle those problems would be a huge waste of money and I couldn't see many of them sticking around if they did. The next 9% are handled by people with a greater knowledge of what is going on and the final 1% are handled by the guru's, it is the only way to make knowledgeable staff available to their customers a be able to stay in business. Yes it is inconvenient to get bounced around but there is not other way for a customer base that large.
NASA, the world's leader in space and aeronautics
Say what?
In case you haven't noticed, NASA is the FORMER leader in space and aeronautics. Space access is now a Russian and European affair, and the Chinese are getting in the game. But the US dropped the ball: NASA is just an administration dedicated to sink money down the drain these days...
NASA is still a leader in both, they just don't own a car any more and need a ride to get to space. Mars exploration is the perfect example from 1990 until the present day there have been 20 missions to mars there have only been two successful non-Americana missions. Of the 8 missions currently planned the US is involved in 4 of them twice as many as Europe.
I figured most people would realize this was a joke, with the heavy socialist overtones. Has /. gone so far left that the government controlling all capital is considered a serious statement.
The point is the spoon is as responsible for diabetes as the gun is for murder. A gun can not kill a person by its self it needs a bullet to be loaded into the chamber, the hammer cocked, the gun pointed at the victim, and the trigger pulled for a gun to be involved in a murder. If any of these conditions are not met a gun can not kill another person.
Ummm... lowering taxes is "bad for the United States". How exactly do you backup that comment? I don't think me or any other taxpayer is going to be hurt too badly if you take less money away.
If your own selfish interests are more important than those of your country and your countrymen, there's not much point in arguing with you. Please note that "enlightened self interest" is a right wing debating point, not a fact of life.
Interesting. You stealing my money makes me selfish for not asking you to steal more.
You forgot it's not your money it's money the government has enabled you to make and as such they are entitled to it.
My assumption was that he was talking about tax raises on the wealthy. You can balance a budget by taking in more money or cutting spending, and one party is okay with doing both, while the aforementioned tea party is not.
If you declared a law that everything over 200k a person makes would go to the government it would be about 2 trillion dollars or enough to run the country for less then 2 months going after the rich is nothing more then political showmanship there's just not that much money there. The other consequence of raising taxes on the producers is that those costs are embedded into the products they create or lowering the amount of capital available for investment. Our debt is reaching a critical level so increasing it is not a good solution either. There are two solutions left lowering the federal tax exempt level so that more then 50% of the population will be paying federal taxes, or spending much less. The military is all ready enacting 20% cuts to their budget if other programs did the same we wouldn't have a debt problem. The problem is that we are painted into a corner and the only way out is going to get a little messy.
But is this the right place to draw the line? Assuming the uploader was telling the truth and he got the copy from a street vendor, you're basically excusing poor internal controls and substituting it with the legal system. I'm not saying they should go after the Korean DVD vendor either, but this is like plugging a hole in a dam with your finger and wondering why the leaks aren't stopping.
By the same logic it's my fault if someone breaks into my house and steals my belongings because all I had was a lock and not a security system. Continuing this logic the burglar shouldn't be prosecuted for the crime because burglaries are so prevalent that going after one is just putting your finger in the dam.
For both my 5 year and 10 year reunions my HS friends and I planned on going to the reunion but ended up drinking too much and deciding not to drive. I have always enjoyed the few friends and a lot of beer gatherings much more then large groups where you feel obligated to talk everyone.
But a 15-20% loan is only a good business decision if no other loans can be found, large machinery can usually be financed at a much better rate because it has equity and thus the loaning company will only be taking a risk on the loan amount minus the deprecation of the machinery. The machine value is typically more then the balance after a year or two and forecasting a business for a year or two only has a few risks associated with it typically the market will not fall apart in two years with out any signs.
Yes the best way to do it is to use Credit Cards but to pay them off every month. There is one big reason for this there is much more consumer protection for fraudulent credit card transactions then there are for debit cards. The problem is most of the population doesn't have the discipline to do that and end up caring a balance. I refer to credit cards as plastic loan sharks and hope my children will listen enough to fear caring a balance on them.
A million does not go that far once you figure in all the overhead costs, a team of one senior researcher, and two mid level researchers the the cost would be about 400 dollars an hour. Senior pay ($75/hour) mid-level ($40/hour) overhead wrap rate somewhere between 2.5 and 3. That's a years work with material costs of $200,000.
The internet is not a right, every person is not entitled to it. That said blocking someone trying to access the internet or any part of it is a violation of their rights (sopa, Great Firewall, ...) this is a freedom of expression right. Similarly people have a right to protect themselves but the government shouldn't be passing out guns or mace to everyone. Baring basic needs a government's responsibility to its citizens is to protect their rights not a responsibility give free access to those rights.
The $500 billion in research compromised doesn't have to come from 2010 it was developed over multiple years and so 3% of GDP is misleading.
500 1 million dollar R&D projects to put it into terms you can grasp. The article states that is what they got this year but the R&D is from many years so it's not that much. If the technology was from the last 10 years the amount stolen would represent 0.05% of the GDP for that period. That high rate can not be sustained and will drop off as the technology is better protected and the knowledge gap lessens.
The billions gambled in Wall Street were backed by the government. In fact, the government you praise bail them out. How many arrests were made in the recent Wall Street scandals?
The government deregulated Wall Street, this is the problem. I don't think anyone is praising the way any of that was (is being) handled. None of that is going to change as long as Corporations can donate unlimited money anonymously to political campaigns.
It will stop when politicians start acting ethical and recusing themselves when issues that big donors favor are up for a vote. Campaign money is not the problem the people granting favors for the campaign money are the problem.
You do realize that any lawyers would get paid on a contingency basis so a large class action suite would have lawyers lining up to get a piece. If the water is polluted for one residence it will be for many and all the lawyers wold have to show is the chemical in the water matches the chemical used in the fracking.
Considering that the crown of their air force is a copy of a plane the US developed in 1961 I doubt that they can clone the most advanced drone we have.
Considering that most of the technology in that drone is probably barely more sophisticated than 1960s aviation tech, and most of the interesting stuff is just software, I suspect they could. It's not as though we're talking about an F-22 here, it's a computer flying a pretty basic aircraft with some satellite comms.
Here are a few things that were on the plane that are modern, the RAM, the exhust design, the inlet design, the materials used for both, the radome design and material, the actual sensors in the cameras and Radar. These are a few of the things that are not software or 1960's tech that if reverse engineered would be a treasure trove of knowledge. The plane was designed not to be seen by radar that tech is still being perfected today.
I am actually in Iran working for an Iranian company, they do indeed have the technical capability to do what they say and probably indeed have.
Quit throwing your yanky flag around like it is your penis.
You do know that the device that they claim brought down the plane was made in Russia.
Because you think they live in caves?
No, troll, because I think they not have the the technical knowledge and manufacturing ability to "clone" these aircraft, and their friends in China and Russia do.
You are aware, are you not, that Iran gets *most* of its advanced technology from... China and Russia?
As does the US, well, at least from China.
Iran is not Iraq. They have a western standard of living, despite your ignorance of the region.
I can't tell if you are making a joke about iphones being made there or if you seriously think that the Chinese do all the R&D for the US.
Political corruption is as old as politics itself, acting like it's a Chicago invention is just another 'conservative' trying to make a back handed comment about President Obama's legitimacy,
Not his legitimacy, something much more important his moral fiber. It's hard to believe anyone could come up in such a tainted political environment and not be involved or at a minimum be aware of the corruption. This leaves one of three explanations either Obama was part of the corruption (see Michael Obama's raise just after he became a senator), or he knew about the corruption and was complicit because he did nothing to stop it, or he was so foolish that all the corruption swirled around him and he failed to notice it. That is what the Chicago corruption implies that he either in not competent enough do his job do to either his lack of morals or lack of intelligence to see the corruption.
You do know that boarder agents detain them process them and most are eligible for voluntary departure, in some heavily crosses areas a deportation hearing could be arranged. Jail is only for repeat offenders or people that have committed crimes besides illegally crossing the border. There should be consequences for committing a crime even if the person is planning to stop committing the crime, taking their finger prints and putting them in the system then letting them leave is the punishment you are up in arms about.
The problem is that the electric fire will not start right away so if it gets toed to a garage for repairs it could catch fire and torch the cars next to it. If the car is brought home the house could be burnt down along with the people in it. GM and NHTSA's reluctance to even warn owners of the potential danger is criminal if anything had happened. It's not that they are new that is a problem it is that they can catch fire at will after an accident, with a gas car you know that once the car has cooled down there is no fire risk.
The only reason I recognize Pentax is because of their ugly K-r cameras. Who in their right mind thought that bright yellow, red, orange, pinks, or white would grab consumers looking for an entry level camera, nothing says quality like brightly colored plastic.
They don't bribe that's illegal, they give their family members cushy jobs, and make large campaign contributions. Ultimately the only way this deal won't go through is if our elected officials fear that they will lose their job if they side with AT&T. Our politicians long ago forgot about right and wrong and losing their power is the only deterrent.
Why would it cost less? You will need another truck to pick up the compost, more workers to handle the pickup, more space to compost. Do you think they will make back that money from selling compost to farms?