Your description has nothing to do with a "free market". This is a description of an oligopoly. In these markets, there is simply not enough competition to have a competitive market. The "invisible hand" analogy only works with sufficient competition.
The dotcom bust demonstrated that internet advertising was one of the few things that generate revenue on the internet. I suppose that AP just wants its share of that.
Something like the BBC would not really make things any better in the US because it would be unlikely that it would be set up in a way that was independent enough. What is needed is news organizations that have independence from both government and commercial interests. At the moment, I don't have a clue how this could be set up here.
By doing this kind of thing, they screw people who would not have considered buying there product. Some of these people cannot afford to just get something else. This is false advertising and they should be held liable for it.
I think the problem is/was that they should have made making the receiver so inexpensive that it was included with most automobile receivers. They could then have given six months free with every new car.
Additionally, they should have cooperated in receiver design so that any particular receiver could be set up to have received either XM or Sirius (or both).
Doing these things would have made it much easier to sign up and/or remove a service when desired.
It would be Cuban law that determined the legitimacy of the copyright. Since the U.S. does not have formal diplomatic relations with Cuba, then probably is no way of determining this.
The U.S. was the aggressor. If it hadn't tried to invade Cuba, this crisis would have never happened. Cuba's decision to allow the Soviets to put a missile base in Cuba was a result from the Kennedy administrations attempt to destabilize them. The Soviets were putting missiles in Cuba because we had them next door to them in Turkey.
The "grudge" the US right holds towards Cuba has to do with the fact that they hold the belief that because Cuba is next door the US has the right to determine the type of government in Cuba. This is the same "problem" they now have with Venezuela and Bolivia.
I wonder why anyone mods this as insightful. The OLPC was not designed for people who shop at BestBuy. It was designed for children in the third world who often don't have power and rarely have an internet connection. It was designed to be rugged, easily repairable and to be used for years. Netbooks are just the next version of consumer throwaway junk.
You are probably trying to be funny, but they are certainly not unskilled. Moreover, any lack of training they may have would certainly be the fault of the employer.
A wire transfer typically costs $25 outgoing and $12 incoming and you need to know the receiver's bank account # & routing number. I seriously doubt that it is used that much by most people.
You probably mean direct deposit/automated withdrawal. Sometimes, these can be a real pain to cancel once authorized. For a "reputable" vendor, I suppose it is OK, but using a VISA/MC debit card is a lot easier to fix.
Private enterprise will only ever take on a project of this size if the government will pay for it (at a profit!). Almost all major projects have been accomplished only by government initiative. The demand for proits is very short-sighted.
This is massive collection of information of the type that all out of control law enforcement agencies attempt. This is primarily aimed at intimidation, now and maybe in the future. This government (administration) is hostile to any dissent.
Also, consider how you will self censor yourself if you think that the government may confiscate your laptop and keep a copy of all of your documents and emails. This self censorship does not necessarily (and probably rarely) have anything to do with illegal behavoir.
Relate this with the absurd no-fly lists.
Relate this with intimidation of people being hassled for wearing a political tee shirt.
Our culture is being conditioned against dissent. Look at how dissent is looked down upon by the mass media.
The TFA is only one the implementors of these policies. They fully buy into the reasons that they are given for doing it.
This has nothing to do with terrorism. This has to do with the collecting data on those traveling abroad. They would normally warrants to access much of this data.
Anyone who is actually a terrorist, is not going to be caught crossing the border with incriminating information.
Moreover, this is a comment on the morality of the situation. If is necessary to apprehend a criminal (or enemy or whatever you want to call them) then you have the duty to make sure that innocents are not harmed. This is not to say that there will never be accidents in which innocents will be harmed, but dropping bombs when you know there are innocents is clearly immoral. You are no better than the terrorist when you do this.
Not to defend Clinton because he was an ass as well (not in the same league as the Bush administration though), but Clinton had a plan to take out Bin Laden. When they left office, all of the evidence as well as a plan to deal with Bin Laden was passed to the Bush administration. The Bush administration, despite overwhelming evidence against Bin Laden decided to completely ignore him. This should incite inquiries into their competence as well as there motives.
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This is a great way to get Americans to learn a foreign language.
Your description has nothing to do with a "free market". This is a description of an oligopoly. In these markets, there is simply not enough competition to have a competitive market. The "invisible hand" analogy only works with sufficient competition.
The dotcom bust demonstrated that internet advertising was one of the few things that generate revenue on the internet. I suppose that AP just wants its share of that.
Something like the BBC would not really make things any better in the US because it would be unlikely that it would be set up in a way that was independent enough. What is needed is news organizations that have independence from both government and commercial interests. At the moment, I don't have a clue how this could be set up here.
AIDS and Herpes are both "really bad" but their not equal.
you "misunderestimate" the potential of the phone companies to do malice
By doing this kind of thing, they screw people who would not have considered buying there product. Some of these people cannot afford to just get something else. This is false advertising and they should be held liable for it.
I think the problem is/was that they should have made making the receiver so inexpensive that it was included with most automobile receivers. They could then have given six months free with every new car.
Additionally, they should have cooperated in receiver design so that any particular receiver could be set up to have received either XM or Sirius (or both).
Doing these things would have made it much easier to sign up and/or remove a service when desired.
Radio is not free. You pay for it with your time and by being brainwashed.
Put it another way, you are the product and the advertiser is the customer.
This is not correct, Martian signals require a special rabbit ears type antennae, as demonstrated in this photo.
the palm pre uses the webos (i.e. the one they're keeping)
It would be Cuban law that determined the legitimacy of the copyright. Since the U.S. does not have formal diplomatic relations with Cuba, then probably is no way of determining this.
The U.S. was the aggressor. If it hadn't tried to invade Cuba, this crisis would have never happened. Cuba's decision to allow the Soviets to put a missile base in Cuba was a result from the Kennedy administrations attempt to destabilize them. The Soviets were putting missiles in Cuba because we had them next door to them in Turkey.
The "grudge" the US right holds towards Cuba has to do with the fact that they hold the belief that because Cuba is next door the US has the right to determine the type of government in Cuba. This is the same "problem" they now have with Venezuela and Bolivia.
I wonder why anyone mods this as insightful. The OLPC was not designed for people who shop at BestBuy. It was designed for children in the third world who often don't have power and rarely have an internet connection. It was designed to be rugged, easily repairable and to be used for years. Netbooks are just the next version of consumer throwaway junk.
Are you an 11 year old living in a third world country. If not, who gives a shit.
You are probably trying to be funny, but they are certainly not unskilled. Moreover, any lack of training they may have would certainly be the fault of the employer.
A wire transfer typically costs $25 outgoing and $12 incoming and you need to know the receiver's bank account # & routing number. I seriously doubt that it is used that much by most people.
You probably mean direct deposit/automated withdrawal. Sometimes, these can be a real pain to cancel once authorized. For a "reputable" vendor, I suppose it is OK, but using a VISA/MC debit card is a lot easier to fix.
Private enterprise will only ever take on a project of this size if the government will pay for it (at a profit!). Almost all major projects have been accomplished only by government initiative. The demand for proits is very short-sighted.
If so, millions of shoppers will be committing suicide.
I don't think that craters in Nevada can be considered heavenly. ;)
This is massive collection of information of the type that all out of control law enforcement agencies attempt. This is primarily aimed at intimidation, now and maybe in the future. This government (administration) is hostile to any dissent.
Also, consider how you will self censor yourself if you think that the government may confiscate your laptop and keep a copy of all of your documents and emails. This self censorship does not necessarily (and probably rarely) have anything to do with illegal behavoir.
Relate this with the absurd no-fly lists.
Relate this with intimidation of people being hassled for wearing a political tee shirt.
Our culture is being conditioned against dissent. Look at how dissent is looked down upon by the mass media.
The TFA is only one the implementors of these policies. They fully buy into the reasons that they are given for doing it.
This has nothing to do with terrorism. This has to do with the collecting data on those traveling abroad. They would normally warrants to access much of this data.
Anyone who is actually a terrorist, is not going to be caught crossing the border with incriminating information.
Just because this right was revoked, it does not mean that the revocation was legitimate.
There is really no legitimate reason for these searches.
This is simply an attempt to intimidate and spy on Americans as well as others.
Note this is not a comment on the actions of individual soldiers, but a comment on the administration and their policies.
Moreover, this is a comment on the morality of the situation. If is necessary to apprehend a criminal (or enemy or whatever you want to call them) then you have the duty to make sure that innocents are not harmed. This is not to say that there will never be accidents in which innocents will be harmed, but dropping bombs when you know there are innocents is clearly immoral. You are no better than the terrorist when you do this.
Not to defend Clinton because he was an ass as well (not in the same league as the Bush administration though), but Clinton had a plan to take out Bin Laden. When they left office, all of the evidence as well as a plan to deal with Bin Laden was passed to the Bush administration. The Bush administration, despite overwhelming evidence against Bin Laden decided to completely ignore him. This should incite inquiries into their competence as well as there motives.