The state protected monopoly is a part of the cost. So they get $3B to install it then $50-$100/mo from hundreds of thousands of houses for decades. It may cost them more than $3B to install it.
I'm not quite sure why blackmail is illegal. The gathering of the information may have broken laws so I'm not arguing that. But if you find out information on someone why would it be illegal to sell your promise of silence?
We had issues with Post Katrina ET's because many of the technicians were displaced after Katrina and they lost institutional knowledge. The Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) was not installed within the tolerances and we had problems for the rest of the program with leaking hydrogen gas from this connection which caused quite a few scrubbed launches.
The problem is that humans don't all respond the same. Let's say I wanted to introduce a new drug called peanuts. Well it's a good cheap source of protein for many people. It has some bad side effects for a small percentage and it kills an even smaller percentage.
Because when you create money out of nothing and give it to banks for free they get to use the money first which steals real wealth from everyone else. House prices are based on interest rates. Right now home ownership is very low and yet home prices are rising.
I was stuck doing animation using my CAD software (Creo) today and I was bitching the whole time. I wish I knew someone where I work that could do it. I'm sure it would have taken 1/10th the time and ended up much better quality.
This! I don't know how many times I've been asked to take a couple days or weeks and help teach someone how to design and engineer mechanical thing. It's only taken me 30 years of life long learning so let me just boil that down for you. Specialization is what makes the modern world possible. This guy needs to focus on what he is good at.
All employers pay less than what the employee produces otherwise you would be out of business. What the employee gets is an assurance they are getting paid at the end of the pay period regardless of sales, they get all of the capital (building, equipment, etc). The owners carry the majority of the risk since it's their capital at stake.
"It's a statement that I would suffer an even greater loss by going without broadband entirely."
So you are better off making this voluntary exchange exactly like I said. The fact you only have one provider is not a function of the market but political.
Just because you regret a decision doesn't mean that at the time it wasn't voluntary. Lock in is not force. If you buy something that requires a certain expendable item to function you know you are dependent on it being available. I'd like to be able to buy parts for my 20 year old lawn mower but the manufacturer refuses to support it anymore.
Food, lodging, and medicine are certainly voluntary. You can. Jose to be homeless or live in the wilderness and live off the land. It just so happens that voluntary exchange has made us so wealthy nobody even thinks it's an option.
That is a point so many people fail to grasp. In a voluntary exchange overall wealth is increased. People exchange something they want less for something they want more. A purchase is not an even exchange of wealth.
Think of all the medical, legal, insurance, etc costs could be saved if people lived more puritanical lives? The reason people are a bit happy with this is that for decades they have been taxed and punished to keep people from experiencing the repercussions for their behavior.
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The state protected monopoly is a part of the cost. So they get $3B to install it then $50-$100/mo from hundreds of thousands of houses for decades. It may cost them more than $3B to install it.
You do realize nature has already figured out how to give mamalian infants propper nutition?
Good info. I stand corrected.
What is interesting is a few years earlier they could legally have sex. Then for a couple of years it's a felony. Then it's legal again.
Why is offering someone a job poaching?
I agree it's immoral but there is a lot of immoral stuff that is legal. Take cheating on your spouce for one.
I'm not quite sure why blackmail is illegal. The gathering of the information may have broken laws so I'm not arguing that. But if you find out information on someone why would it be illegal to sell your promise of silence?
We had issues with Post Katrina ET's because many of the technicians were displaced after Katrina and they lost institutional knowledge. The Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) was not installed within the tolerances and we had problems for the rest of the program with leaking hydrogen gas from this connection which caused quite a few scrubbed launches.
http://llis.nasa.gov/lesson/60...
The problem is that humans don't all respond the same. Let's say I wanted to introduce a new drug called peanuts. Well it's a good cheap source of protein for many people. It has some bad side effects for a small percentage and it kills an even smaller percentage.
Let's take these two statements.
You can't build a 3000 km wall across the US southern border.
You can't build a system to clean up the garbage patch with a circumference of 3000 km.
It's interesting that people will agree with only one.
Because when you create money out of nothing and give it to banks for free they get to use the money first which steals real wealth from everyone else. House prices are based on interest rates. Right now home ownership is very low and yet home prices are rising.
Once the firehose is turned on Wall St will be swimming in cash. Main Street not so much.
How is this a market? It's a state mandated exchange like Obamacare.
I can design and build mechanical things in CAD very quickly. It just sucks as an animation tool.
I was stuck doing animation using my CAD software (Creo) today and I was bitching the whole time. I wish I knew someone where I work that could do it. I'm sure it would have taken 1/10th the time and ended up much better quality.
This! I don't know how many times I've been asked to take a couple days or weeks and help teach someone how to design and engineer mechanical thing. It's only taken me 30 years of life long learning so let me just boil that down for you. Specialization is what makes the modern world possible. This guy needs to focus on what he is good at.
No. People chose to put up with what their employer asks.
One print head doesn't cost $2k?
All employers pay less than what the employee produces otherwise you would be out of business. What the employee gets is an assurance they are getting paid at the end of the pay period regardless of sales, they get all of the capital (building, equipment, etc). The owners carry the majority of the risk since it's their capital at stake.
Only because the state claims the monopoly ownership of unused land. Again not a function of the market.
"It's a statement that I would suffer an even greater loss by going without broadband entirely."
So you are better off making this voluntary exchange exactly like I said. The fact you only have one provider is not a function of the market but political.
Just because you regret a decision doesn't mean that at the time it wasn't voluntary. Lock in is not force. If you buy something that requires a certain expendable item to function you know you are dependent on it being available. I'd like to be able to buy parts for my 20 year old lawn mower but the manufacturer refuses to support it anymore.
Food, lodging, and medicine are certainly voluntary. You can. Jose to be homeless or live in the wilderness and live off the land. It just so happens that voluntary exchange has made us so wealthy nobody even thinks it's an option.
The use of force or threat of force means it is not voluntary.
That is a point so many people fail to grasp. In a voluntary exchange overall wealth is increased. People exchange something they want less for something they want more. A purchase is not an even exchange of wealth.
Think of all the medical, legal, insurance, etc costs could be saved if people lived more puritanical lives? The reason people are a bit happy with this is that for decades they have been taxed and punished to keep people from experiencing the repercussions for their behavior.