Even worse, A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies. And there is ice and permafrost in Norway, so...
Just because a patent is in the FRAND pool does not mean users are exempt from licensing rates - it's just that rates are typically the same for all users. Apple wants special pricing - and Qualcomm is well within their rights - FRAND and US Patent - to say "no".
Huh. I just plug my headphones into my Galaxy Note 5 (running Android 7.0), and the lock screen pops up with the media player. Press a button and I go. No need to swipe, unlock or anything. Just plug in, press play, and go. Doesn't get much easier than that!
Why do you keep insisting the avian species must self-identify as a chicken? Perhaps zhe wanted to identify as a turkey or duck or goose and crossed the road to be with it's other, self-identified types?
The last time we actually had a REAL budget surplus - not an "on paper for only some of the programs", it was in 1957 under Ike. When all that infrastructure was going in. The Government was running a SURPLUS, excess cash, paying down debt, and building. It's been all the "social do-goodism" since then that's frittered away literally trillions of dollars on nothing.
If we calculated unemployment now like we did the 1930s, you'd see we're still at 23% unemployment. Doubling the current unemployment rate may not be as bad as many think...
As opposed to your fantasy world where competition doesn't exist? Especially since the creation of the base good - an AI - requires essentially zero capital costs? I guess that's why software costs have been ever-spiraling out of control!
When we built all that infrastructure, back in the 1950s, the per-capita Government income was about half of what it is today (adjusted for inflation). The Government is doing a lot less for a lot more money, by any objective measure. Maybe the solution isn't to keep feeding the beast? The bigger it gets, the less efficient it becomes...
Income inequality didn't drive the push towards two incomes - it was inflation and taxation. Adjusting for inflation, per capita the US Federal Government consumes (via direct income taxes) twice a person's income as it did in the late 1950s. It's not income inequality, it is overwhelmingly forced income redistribution (which comprises about 70% of the US Federal Government budget) that has forced the two income household.
Bloomberg, Buffett, Slim, Bezos, Ellison, the Koch brothers - that's 7 of the top 10, all with degrees. Looks like the richest tend to go to university, and tend towards top-notch institutions as well.
Average student loan debt in the US is about $37,000, not too far off what the average US car loan of $30,000. And I see a lot of new cars being purchased by relatively new graduates, especially when it's their "first car" at their first post-collegiate job.
It is also well below the median income of people with a college degree, and the difference between the median high school graduate and the median college graduate is large enough that less than two years of income differential covers for the median college debt - meaning it is still a good investment.
Oh, I fully agree! There's a huge world of difference between India and Spain! But there's also a pretty big economic gulf between Spain and the US, or Spain and Germany. Spain is a first world nation, but it's also about in the bottom 1/3rd of the OECD (source). The US is way ahead, in terms of GDP per capita. Spain isn't as bad as Portugal, but I don't think the average Spaniard would claim their country is anywhere near an economic powerhouse.
Apparently, you're wrong. It's about on-par in terms of consumer debt. But the US has twice the median income in terms of purchasing power parity (equalizing for externalities in the cost of living).
Wiki link I included was in PPP - Purchasing Power Parity. That equalizes most of the differences you want to talk about. And as far as consumer debt goes, the US is about on-par with Spain. So twice the median income, and about the same levels of debt.
The Wikipedia entry uses PPP - Purchasing Parity Power - and accounts for those variables you mention. Disclaimer: American born, having lived and worked in Belgium, Spain, Chile, China, Thailand and the US.
USA is around $43K median income, Spain around $21K. There's a reason people worry about the PIIGS of the EU: Portugal,Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain. They are the countries that are most in danger of failing economically. High debt, high unemployment (Spain 18%, US 4.9%), or both.
Three percent is less than what the bottom 50% pay in income taxes. But I get it - hang the rich over them "only" paying an average of 22% of income (and 28% capital gains tax) since the proletariat pay around 3.5% average for income taxes, and 0% for capital gains taxes. How dare those rich people only pay 7+ times more tax rate (and 50% of all personal taxes paid - income, capital gains, and SS/FICA) even though they only make 20% of all income!
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I admit it - I am a phyllum-ist...
Even worse, A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies. And there is ice and permafrost in Norway, so...
Just because a patent is in the FRAND pool does not mean users are exempt from licensing rates - it's just that rates are typically the same for all users. Apple wants special pricing - and Qualcomm is well within their rights - FRAND and US Patent - to say "no".
Physically, no. Economically? Yes.
Well who else is going to reverse the polarity on the deflector shield?
Huh. I just plug my headphones into my Galaxy Note 5 (running Android 7.0), and the lock screen pops up with the media player. Press a button and I go. No need to swipe, unlock or anything. Just plug in, press play, and go. Doesn't get much easier than that!
Why do you keep insisting the avian species must self-identify as a chicken? Perhaps zhe wanted to identify as a turkey or duck or goose and crossed the road to be with it's other, self-identified types?
The last time we actually had a REAL budget surplus - not an "on paper for only some of the programs", it was in 1957 under Ike. When all that infrastructure was going in. The Government was running a SURPLUS, excess cash, paying down debt, and building. It's been all the "social do-goodism" since then that's frittered away literally trillions of dollars on nothing.
If we calculated unemployment now like we did the 1930s, you'd see we're still at 23% unemployment. Doubling the current unemployment rate may not be as bad as many think...
As opposed to your fantasy world where competition doesn't exist? Especially since the creation of the base good - an AI - requires essentially zero capital costs? I guess that's why software costs have been ever-spiraling out of control!
When we built all that infrastructure, back in the 1950s, the per-capita Government income was about half of what it is today (adjusted for inflation). The Government is doing a lot less for a lot more money, by any objective measure. Maybe the solution isn't to keep feeding the beast? The bigger it gets, the less efficient it becomes...
Income inequality didn't drive the push towards two incomes - it was inflation and taxation. Adjusting for inflation, per capita the US Federal Government consumes (via direct income taxes) twice a person's income as it did in the late 1950s. It's not income inequality, it is overwhelmingly forced income redistribution (which comprises about 70% of the US Federal Government budget) that has forced the two income household.
Wait, using an adapter for an electrical connection? Tesla better look out, Apple will sue them!
Jolt Cola. All the caffiene and TWICE the sugar!
You have to be joking! Next thing you're going to expect is they worry about profitability!
Bloomberg, Buffett, Slim, Bezos, Ellison, the Koch brothers - that's 7 of the top 10, all with degrees. Looks like the richest tend to go to university, and tend towards top-notch institutions as well.
Average student loan debt in the US is about $37,000, not too far off what the average US car loan of $30,000. And I see a lot of new cars being purchased by relatively new graduates, especially when it's their "first car" at their first post-collegiate job.
It is also well below the median income of people with a college degree, and the difference between the median high school graduate and the median college graduate is large enough that less than two years of income differential covers for the median college debt - meaning it is still a good investment.
Oh, I fully agree! There's a huge world of difference between India and Spain! But there's also a pretty big economic gulf between Spain and the US, or Spain and Germany. Spain is a first world nation, but it's also about in the bottom 1/3rd of the OECD (source). The US is way ahead, in terms of GDP per capita. Spain isn't as bad as Portugal, but I don't think the average Spaniard would claim their country is anywhere near an economic powerhouse.
Nah, Pelosi and Schumer won't still run the Democrat party, they'll be dead by then...
Apparently, you're wrong. It's about on-par in terms of consumer debt. But the US has twice the median income in terms of purchasing power parity (equalizing for externalities in the cost of living).
Wiki link I included was in PPP - Purchasing Power Parity. That equalizes most of the differences you want to talk about. And as far as consumer debt goes, the US is about on-par with Spain. So twice the median income, and about the same levels of debt.
The Wikipedia entry uses PPP - Purchasing Parity Power - and accounts for those variables you mention. Disclaimer: American born, having lived and worked in Belgium, Spain, Chile, China, Thailand and the US.
USA is around $43K median income, Spain around $21K. There's a reason people worry about the PIIGS of the EU: Portugal,Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain. They are the countries that are most in danger of failing economically. High debt, high unemployment (Spain 18%, US 4.9%), or both.
Trump's 2005 tax return leaked. Seriously, are you going fill Rachel Maddow on this?
Three percent is less than what the bottom 50% pay in income taxes. But I get it - hang the rich over them "only" paying an average of 22% of income (and 28% capital gains tax) since the proletariat pay around 3.5% average for income taxes, and 0% for capital gains taxes. How dare those rich people only pay 7+ times more tax rate (and 50% of all personal taxes paid - income, capital gains, and SS/FICA) even though they only make 20% of all income!