I'm working on a research project on myspace, and the biggest hurdle has been data collection. Is there any way you can post it on usenet or a torrent?
Math, the boy-girl ratio in the math department of my school is 14:1, Physics is slightly better at 12:1 . On the other hand, biology and chemistry has a ratio of 1:3 .
Intelligent girls tend to gravitate toward chemistry or biology, why? I don't know, I heard someone suggest it was because chemistry and biology are more team oriented than physics and math.
It could be that the few girls I see in the math department are incapable of joining study groups, as it quickly devolves into a situation that would make sexual harassment lawyers shiver.
Nobody teaches men to like IT either, some fields have lopsided gender ratios. In my math class, the boy-girl ration is 14-1, that is because most of the intelligent girls decided to go into biotechnology engineering. I do not see the problem here.
The +5 suprised me too.
My point is that Apple's business model scales particularly badly. Because they are the sole producers of the Mac computer, even 15% market share would give them unprecedented market power over the rest of the computer industry.
Recently, They dominate almost every sector they enter(Something Microsoft tried and failed to do). Worse, they are willing to integrate all of these diffuse markets to complement each other. They are developing into a trust, the Standard Oil of computing.
If the Apple PC ever gets serious market share, it will attract serious regulatory attention. Its business model opens it to large monopsony power if it ever gets large, and judging by how they've rolled out Fairplay, they seem like they will become a another textbook example of why we need anti-trust law.
I meant that the motivation behind the ruling was anti-trust concerns, actual anti-trust law is rather weak right now. If the government has anti-trust concerns, they usually outsource to state governments or regulatory agencies such as the FCC.
Sim locked phones could be construed as a anti-trust issue, but the matter is not as pressing, because many carriers offer unlocked phones. Not only that, but the barrier of entry for a small wireless company is not as large as one for a cable company.
I thought they could do this the way most sites sell t-shirts, there is some 3rd party firm(Amazon or the like) that they partner with. Amazon puts on their front page "buy a XO" and takes a small cut. At that point, shipping laptops to Amazon for distribution becomes no more difficult then loading containers onto a truck.
I did not say monopoly, I said monopsony(To your credit, I spelled it wrong in the last post). Big difference. Monospony is when there is one buyer, monopoly is when there is one seller.
As a side note, if a industry has a high barrier of entry(I cannot think of a better example then a cable company), Oligopolies(industries with few producers) act essentially the same as Monopolies.
But that was not my point, in the set-top box market, there are only four buyers. This creates a Oligopsony(only a few buyers), because of the cable industry's high barrier to entry, this is very simular to a Monopsony. A monopsony is just as bad if not worse then a monopoly.
The $25(pretend we are dealing with a larger sum of money) is leant to a bio-tech firm. They figure out a new way to plant corn, and make a lot of money, and then repay the investor with quite a bit of interest. Now the investor spends this larger sum of money on things that he likes, and it trickles down.
The average income is $47,750. But the pay scale is based almost entirely on seniority, so most teachers make less than that. Factor in wide regional disparity in teacher salary, and it makes the picture look worse.
There are tens of thousands of teachers who make $35,000 after spending 5-7 years in college with no means to increase their salary other than moving away from their friends and family to a new area with a higher cost of living, or slowly get older as they toil in their shitty unappreciated job.
You have a point, but elections have so many variables that it is hard to tell. I don't mind conservatives, if they are consistent they can be intelligent and reasoned and usually provide something to the debate. I didn't like him because he seemed insincere and opportunistic.
Data shows that capitalist markets produce far more, even if they distribute in a lopsided manner, a poor worker in a capitalist country(one that corrects for monopolies, does not engage in rampant subsidies, keeps corruption down, maintains a monopoly on the use of force, and corrects externalities) has more then someone elsewhere.
Read about specialization of labor, and incentives to produce. Your proposed system would be inefficient, and would require many laws and a police state to enforce.
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Define "Math Studies", because in my university, the girl-boy ratio in the math department is 1:14.
I notice that the math and comp-sci departments are smaller and more close-knit, it might create a more hostile envirement?
I'm working on a research project on myspace, and the biggest hurdle has been data collection. Is there any way you can post it on usenet or a torrent?
Intelligent girls tend to gravitate toward chemistry or biology, why? I don't know, I heard someone suggest it was because chemistry and biology are more team oriented than physics and math.
It could be that the few girls I see in the math department are incapable of joining study groups, as it quickly devolves into a situation that would make sexual harassment lawyers shiver.
Nobody teaches men to like IT either, some fields have lopsided gender ratios. In my math class, the boy-girl ration is 14-1, that is because most of the intelligent girls decided to go into biotechnology engineering. I do not see the problem here.
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The +5 suprised me too. My point is that Apple's business model scales particularly badly. Because they are the sole producers of the Mac computer, even 15% market share would give them unprecedented market power over the rest of the computer industry. Recently, They dominate almost every sector they enter(Something Microsoft tried and failed to do). Worse, they are willing to integrate all of these diffuse markets to complement each other. They are developing into a trust, the Standard Oil of computing.
If the Apple PC ever gets serious market share, it will attract serious regulatory attention. Its business model opens it to large monopsony power if it ever gets large, and judging by how they've rolled out Fairplay, they seem like they will become a another textbook example of why we need anti-trust law.
Of course it was designed to destroy the US economy, that makes perfect sense.
I meant that the motivation behind the ruling was anti-trust concerns, actual anti-trust law is rather weak right now. If the government has anti-trust concerns, they usually outsource to state governments or regulatory agencies such as the FCC. Sim locked phones could be construed as a anti-trust issue, but the matter is not as pressing, because many carriers offer unlocked phones. Not only that, but the barrier of entry for a small wireless company is not as large as one for a cable company.
I thought they could do this the way most sites sell t-shirts, there is some 3rd party firm(Amazon or the like) that they partner with. Amazon puts on their front page "buy a XO" and takes a small cut. At that point, shipping laptops to Amazon for distribution becomes no more difficult then loading containers onto a truck.
As a side note, if a industry has a high barrier of entry(I cannot think of a better example then a cable company), Oligopolies(industries with few producers) act essentially the same as Monopolies.
But that was not my point, in the set-top box market, there are only four buyers. This creates a Oligopsony(only a few buyers), because of the cable industry's high barrier to entry, this is very simular to a Monopsony. A monopsony is just as bad if not worse then a monopoly.
Thats true, but most of the time the wage is offset by the higher cost of living.
The $25(pretend we are dealing with a larger sum of money) is leant to a bio-tech firm. They figure out a new way to plant corn, and make a lot of money, and then repay the investor with quite a bit of interest. Now the investor spends this larger sum of money on things that he likes, and it trickles down.
You make it sound as if the CEO's pry money from the peoples hands. Money moves around, get over it.
Ok, fair point. Do not see where the broadcast flag fits into that.
Thats a problem, instead of eliminating capitalism, lets work on fixing that.
There are tens of thousands of teachers who make $35,000 after spending 5-7 years in college with no means to increase their salary other than moving away from their friends and family to a new area with a higher cost of living, or slowly get older as they toil in their shitty unappreciated job.
This system will lead to abject serfdom and governmental tyranny
You have a point, but elections have so many variables that it is hard to tell. I don't mind conservatives, if they are consistent they can be intelligent and reasoned and usually provide something to the debate. I didn't like him because he seemed insincere and opportunistic.
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Thats a nice quote, where did you hear it?
Data shows that capitalist markets produce far more, even if they distribute in a lopsided manner, a poor worker in a capitalist country(one that corrects for monopolies, does not engage in rampant subsidies, keeps corruption down, maintains a monopoly on the use of force, and corrects externalities) has more then someone elsewhere.
Read about specialization of labor, and incentives to produce. Your proposed system would be inefficient, and would require many laws and a police state to enforce.
You are right, I should have been more specific.