Why can the US enforce it's own very restrictive copyright laws and extradite people from oh, I don't know, Australia for example, to face criminal copyright infringement charges; only to turn around and then prevent its citizens (real or corporate) to be shielded from other countries' laws?
Because the leaders of Australia went "Oh, go ahead, here he is! We'll even send a police escort with him, and pay for the plane tickets!"
Then you take the taxes paid on the sales in the US. Either way, the figure is important. It could be sold at $35 million as a down payment, with the agency expecting to recoup the investment only if the drug turns out to be viable to bring to market.
Also, if you think the processes for making any drug are exactly the same between research quantity and market quantity, you're sorely mistaken. There's engineering jobs to be had converting those processes from small scale to the large scale, and "manufacturing" (may fall under another category) jobs when the process is implemented. Definitely not a "no jobs created" situation when they get this kind of drug handed to them, but I say not to include that portion in this calculation anyway.
Figure out what they paid in taxes due to sales of that drug, then your argument is more convincing. They could have easily paid $400 million (or more) in taxes, at which point the government has nearly (or completely, then doubly) recouped the investment by this point, but you don't even address that aspect of the situation.
I'm not sure about this, but I'd consider adding the amount paid directly ($35 million, as you state) to the amount collected in tax revenues from the sales of the drug as well. Not the sales taxes, or the income taxes from the jobs created, but the corporate taxes paid, as they directly relate to those sales. That's a more accurate figure of what BMS gave the government.
There's no way the stink is worse than the trash. I live fairly close, and in the whole neighborhood nearby, if the wind is wrong during the summer, it's a fucking nightmare.
I agree with your post but FYI - he did not invent 'jedi'. He transliterated the Japanese 'jidaigeki' - a genre of films like Hidden fortress on which Star Wars is based.
In other words, he took a Japanese word and reformed it into his own word, thus inventing the word 'Jedi'.
Color coding as somebody else suggested is harder - you need to prove to FDA that the color is safe and does not leach from the plastic
...or not, if you just put rubber bands around the ends of the tubes near the connectors, or use some of the many, many dyes already used in hospital settings on some of these connectors.
I've only ever seen infringement to hurt bad games
World of Goo and Machinarium are bad games now? Even if the piracy rates are a quarter of what the publishers say, you're looking at 20% - definitely not insignificant.
It's not absurd, it's restraint on speech. To say that you need a business license to use your free speech rights if that earns you a dollar is just absurd.
It would be absurd - If this were actually a restraint on speech. If she dropped the ads (and thus the profits), she wouldn't have to get a business license, and would still have a blog with full free speech rights.
You know, since this is yet another "antagonize the West" type of action by Iran.
Right, just to clear this up: the fact they've developed their own UAV bomber is purely to spite the 'West' whereas any similar defense technology development by a western nation should never be construed as antagonising the Middle East, let alone Iran. Furthermore, Iran should not by any means be allowed the same fear sodden defense industry that the West so covets and they should simply accept that.
No, it's because we didn't announce that we had the things until a decade after we started using them to maintain their legitimate strategic advantage in battle (just like nearly every other military tech in the last 30 years). They're using this as saber rattling, not as a genuine strategic advantage.
You ought to remember that many countries see the supposed leader of the West, The U.S, as a terrible and amoral aggressor, having willfully used WMDs against civilians (carpet bombing, nuclear weapons), continues to stockpile nuclear weapons munitions while chastising the rest of the world for doing so using trade and political embargoes
As if the number isn't being gradually decreased, used as a bargaining chip to get other nations, one of which has many more nukes than we do, to do the same.
trades big-brother-style protection rackets to arm-bend smaller countries into accepting U.S military bases
Citation please?
has camps in which they not only 'disappear' but spiritually and psychologically humiliate the prisoners using methods not seen since Vietnam (the list goes on)
I don't agree with Guantanamo, but you tank as if no other country has those. I guess they don't, since the public doesn't know about it like we know about Guantanamo.
This is the stuff they see in talk shows on their TVs, read in their opinion columns in their newspapers, talk about in political science classes at high-school, etc...
Funny, we talk about that stuff too, in those same classes.
I'm unclear as to what you think precipitated anti-semitism in the middle east. I mean, you don't seriously think it's the same as the European flavor, do you?
The Middle Easterners hate Israel because of a country that was forcibly shoved into the middle of their land; particularly, one of their holiest sites. I was specifically referring to the Americans and Europeans (mentioned by GP), who largely harbor xenophobic attitudes and find logical justification for them after the fact.
He actually said he hoped the Israeli regime would collapse, something many people across the world (including western Europe and the US) also hope for.
Racism hasn't died out, either. If you think the root cause is the actions of the government, rather than finding a reason to justify a deep-seated hatred, you'd be sorely mistaken.
It could also be construed as a predecessor to the current (U.S.) constitution. "Unless it is already covered by God's laws, humans have the ability to do as they please." Sound familiar? If not, substitute "the federal government" for God and "state government" for humans.
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We just don't have the time needed to build substantial amounts of crude oil from scratch. Hydrogen is flat out easier to make.
Why can the US enforce it's own very restrictive copyright laws and extradite people from oh, I don't know, Australia for example, to face criminal copyright infringement charges; only to turn around and then prevent its citizens (real or corporate) to be shielded from other countries' laws?
Because the leaders of Australia went "Oh, go ahead, here he is! We'll even send a police escort with him, and pay for the plane tickets!"
Then you take the taxes paid on the sales in the US. Either way, the figure is important. It could be sold at $35 million as a down payment, with the agency expecting to recoup the investment only if the drug turns out to be viable to bring to market.
Also, if you think the processes for making any drug are exactly the same between research quantity and market quantity, you're sorely mistaken. There's engineering jobs to be had converting those processes from small scale to the large scale, and "manufacturing" (may fall under another category) jobs when the process is implemented. Definitely not a "no jobs created" situation when they get this kind of drug handed to them, but I say not to include that portion in this calculation anyway.
Figure out what they paid in taxes due to sales of that drug, then your argument is more convincing. They could have easily paid $400 million (or more) in taxes, at which point the government has nearly (or completely, then doubly) recouped the investment by this point, but you don't even address that aspect of the situation.
I'm not sure about this, but I'd consider adding the amount paid directly ($35 million, as you state) to the amount collected in tax revenues from the sales of the drug as well. Not the sales taxes, or the income taxes from the jobs created, but the corporate taxes paid, as they directly relate to those sales. That's a more accurate figure of what BMS gave the government.
They're over an hour from East Brunswick, so unfortunately, that isn't the source of this particular stench.
There's no way the stink is worse than the trash. I live fairly close, and in the whole neighborhood nearby, if the wind is wrong during the summer, it's a fucking nightmare.
And Lucas even invented the word.
I agree with your post but FYI - he did not invent 'jedi'. He transliterated the Japanese 'jidaigeki' - a genre of films like Hidden fortress on which Star Wars is based.
In other words, he took a Japanese word and reformed it into his own word, thus inventing the word 'Jedi'.
Color coding as somebody else suggested is harder - you need to prove to FDA that the color is safe and does not leach from the plastic
...or not, if you just put rubber bands around the ends of the tubes near the connectors, or use some of the many, many dyes already used in hospital settings on some of these connectors.
Agreed. I have a 970cxi that's still working great, a decade later.
No, the best idea is to fix both systems, so nobody is in a prison for a life sentence when not incarcerated.
Yeah, let's make it so kids know that school is just as much of a prison as their future job! That'll get them motivated!
Do you think a space ship would even survive hitting a gas cloud at near light speed?
I've only ever seen infringement to hurt bad games
World of Goo and Machinarium are bad games now? Even if the piracy rates are a quarter of what the publishers say, you're looking at 20% - definitely not insignificant.
Yes. Every income-generating business does.
It's not absurd, it's restraint on speech. To say that you need a business license to use your free speech rights if that earns you a dollar is just absurd.
It would be absurd - If this were actually a restraint on speech. If she dropped the ads (and thus the profits), she wouldn't have to get a business license, and would still have a blog with full free speech rights.
Right, just to clear this up: the fact they've developed their own UAV bomber is purely to spite the 'West' whereas any similar defense technology development by a western nation should never be construed as antagonising the Middle East, let alone Iran. Furthermore, Iran should not by any means be allowed the same fear sodden defense industry that the West so covets and they should simply accept that.
No, it's because we didn't announce that we had the things until a decade after we started using them to maintain their legitimate strategic advantage in battle (just like nearly every other military tech in the last 30 years). They're using this as saber rattling, not as a genuine strategic advantage.
You ought to remember that many countries see the supposed leader of the West, The U.S, as a terrible and amoral aggressor, having willfully used WMDs against civilians (carpet bombing, nuclear weapons), continues to stockpile nuclear weapons munitions while chastising the rest of the world for doing so using trade and political embargoes
As if the number isn't being gradually decreased, used as a bargaining chip to get other nations, one of which has many more nukes than we do, to do the same.
trades big-brother-style protection rackets to arm-bend smaller countries into accepting U.S military bases
Citation please?
has camps in which they not only 'disappear' but spiritually and psychologically humiliate the prisoners using methods not seen since Vietnam (the list goes on)
I don't agree with Guantanamo, but you tank as if no other country has those. I guess they don't, since the public doesn't know about it like we know about Guantanamo.
This is the stuff they see in talk shows on their TVs, read in their opinion columns in their newspapers, talk about in political science classes at high-school, etc...
Funny, we talk about that stuff too, in those same classes.
I think this falls under "Stuff that Matters".
You know, since this is yet another "antagonize the West" type of action by Iran.
I'm unclear as to what you think precipitated anti-semitism in the middle east. I mean, you don't seriously think it's the same as the European flavor, do you?
The Middle Easterners hate Israel because of a country that was forcibly shoved into the middle of their land; particularly, one of their holiest sites. I was specifically referring to the Americans and Europeans (mentioned by GP), who largely harbor xenophobic attitudes and find logical justification for them after the fact.
He actually said he hoped the Israeli regime would collapse, something many people across the world (including western Europe and the US) also hope for.
Racism hasn't died out, either. If you think the root cause is the actions of the government, rather than finding a reason to justify a deep-seated hatred, you'd be sorely mistaken.
Messing with Iran was in response to Soviet expansionism.
When there's about 7 vendors, with one or two laptops per vendor, when each vendor has 7+ models, isn't exactly a common thing.
Not when you need hookers for lots and lots of people, and they're the high class type.
It could also be construed as a predecessor to the current (U.S.) constitution. "Unless it is already covered by God's laws, humans have the ability to do as they please." Sound familiar? If not, substitute "the federal government" for God and "state government" for humans.
...but you can take this code and put it on your jailbroken iPhone/iPad yourself, which you can't do with their binary nearly as easily.
MXM is a rarity.