Having spoken to people who did the studies, it turns out that more men drive than women, especially 30+ years ago. The companies who did the studies were told that their study would show that women drive better than men, so that the insurance companies could get more money.
They also use speeding tickets as a metric, which as we know is bogus. Speeding tickets have nothing to do with safety and everything to do with lining the city coffers. Also, how many men have cried their way out of a ticket?
Wait - Intellectual Property is Europe's main raw material! I thought all the Intellectual Property was only in the US? Isn't that what they have been telling Congress?
I guess everyones main raw material is Intellectual Property.
So everyones economy runs on artifical scarcity.
Oh, excuse me, the monkeys are flying out of my butt.
Thank you. Yes, there are bad laws, but there are a hell of a lot of good ones, and I guarantee that if we "sunsetted" all of the laws, more good ones would go than bad. You know, those expensive consumer-safety laws? The ones that make it illegal to sell canned goods preserved with formaldihyde?
The laws that would go would be the ones that made it more expensive for big business, because they have lobbyists. The laws that would stay would be the ones that blocked startups and competition, because they don't have lobbyists.
Sorry, you'll have to clean up the inefficiencies another way. Congress is just too corrupt.
If they are looking to reduce sand erosion, perhaps coat the rotors with rubber? Like they do when they make stencils for sandblast-engraving tombstones? Too simple? Yeah, we need hairy choppers.
I just wrote "hairy choppers" and my mind filled with pictures. None of them were good.
This is true, I started a computer repair business in the early 90's, when it was almost profitable. I kept it going for 2 years, but wasn't able to turn a real profit.
It's really easy to do. I went and got a business license from the state capital, and was going the next day.
If you are thinking about a retail business, Illinois doesn't require a wholesaler license, either.
Yes, you can start a business very easily in the US, depending on what you want to sell.
I don't have a problem with Google, but I do have a problem with company mergers and consolidations which stifle competition and create conglomerates which are "too big to fail" especially in regulated industries. A large upfront cost to bring yourself in line with regulations is a startup killer, and therefore consumers and the economy are both harmed when these companies are allowed to aquire or merge (removing competiton). I'm thinking mainly of the food and drug industries, but I'm sure there are more.
In other words, direct consumer harm should not be the only yardstick. Competitive harm should be considered as well, at least for regulated industries (not low-cost industries like tech companies. That's silly.)
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Wikipedia was late, too. I (and many others) had to beg them to join the blackout.
You can pretty much hang the whole thing on that "Reddit" astroturfing organization.
Astroturfing. I don't think that word means what you think it means, AC.
Your response makes me wonder if you know anything of the frontier life, or pre-Civil War medicine.
"as soon as the US was able to tame it, the US suddenly grew."
This is so non-sensical as to be absurd. Taming the frontier is the same as the US growing. And it wasn't instantly, it was several hundred years. Chiping away at Native American territories. Remember those guys?
The wild west concept meant that most men died young, where simple medical issues were not addressed because doctors refused to set up shop, and most people lived in constant fear of the lawlessness that existed.
It wasn't a concept. It was real life. Most men died young from ailments that were incurable at the time. Did you know that Abraham Lincoln died of blood loss caused by his A+ doctors bleeding him?
No, there was plenty of business to do in the frontier. Otherwise, outlaws wouldn't have had anyone to rob. You seem to be entirely ignorant of the facts.
Your analogy is fail. The spell is cancelled. Please try another.
Popular Science had a PR article from World Foods, stating how great it was that they had lowered the quality of the bakeware. It seems that is was really good for making crack cocaine and meth, but now the drug dealers had to go get more expensive labware. (I guess the drug manufacturers never heard of Science and Surplus. Yeah, right!)
I also had a glass explosion a few months prior to reading the article. I put a pyrex saucepan full of water on a burner. Boom! Water and glass everywhere. Luckily, no one was hurt, but flying glass gets in the darnedest places.
Thanks, World Food! You've made our lives that much more dangerous!
You know guys and gals, you could protest HADOPI, and boycott non-cc recordings until they get rid of it?
I guess you really enjoy living dangerously...
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Burn!
Later, Masters of the Universe is about to come on...
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When these copyright laws went into effect, no one knew or cared. Now that people care, things will change.
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They also use speeding tickets as a metric, which as we know is bogus. Speeding tickets have nothing to do with safety and everything to do with lining the city coffers. Also, how many men have cried their way out of a ticket?
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1 out of 196, FTW!
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Holy Cow!
I guess everyones main raw material is Intellectual Property.
So everyones economy runs on artifical scarcity.
Oh, excuse me, the monkeys are flying out of my butt.
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The laws that would go would be the ones that made it more expensive for big business, because they have lobbyists. The laws that would stay would be the ones that blocked startups and competition, because they don't have lobbyists.
Sorry, you'll have to clean up the inefficiencies another way. Congress is just too corrupt.
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Is it just me...
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But they're all named Anonymous Coward.
Thus, your question has no answer. At least no good ones.
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Ya know...
I just wrote "hairy choppers" and my mind filled with pictures. None of them were good.
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It's really easy to do. I went and got a business license from the state capital, and was going the next day.
If you are thinking about a retail business, Illinois doesn't require a wholesaler license, either.
Yes, you can start a business very easily in the US, depending on what you want to sell.
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"The maple kind?"
'Nuff said.
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Consumer harm...
In other words, direct consumer harm should not be the only yardstick. Competitive harm should be considered as well, at least for regulated industries (not low-cost industries like tech companies. That's silly.)
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He doesn't have to make sense. He has the stick and the carrot.
Power corrupts.
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You can pretty much hang the whole thing on that "Reddit" astroturfing organization.
Astroturfing. I don't think that word means what you think it means, AC.
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"as soon as the US was able to tame it, the US suddenly grew."
This is so non-sensical as to be absurd. Taming the frontier is the same as the US growing. And it wasn't instantly, it was several hundred years. Chiping away at Native American territories. Remember those guys?
The wild west concept meant that most men died young, where simple medical issues were not addressed because doctors refused to set up shop, and most people lived in constant fear of the lawlessness that existed.
It wasn't a concept. It was real life. Most men died young from ailments that were incurable at the time. Did you know that Abraham Lincoln died of blood loss caused by his A+ doctors bleeding him?
No, there was plenty of business to do in the frontier. Otherwise, outlaws wouldn't have had anyone to rob. You seem to be entirely ignorant of the facts.
Your analogy is fail. The spell is cancelled. Please try another.
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I want to be governed by people who respect intelligence, not "Joe Sixpack".
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Oh, but there's a policeman, so it's all OK.
The Wild West is every man is his own law, and can end the life of another. Not, "Hey! Someone copied my MP3!!!"
Grow up. Seriously.
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on crack
I also had a glass explosion a few months prior to reading the article. I put a pyrex saucepan full of water on a burner. Boom! Water and glass everywhere. Luckily, no one was hurt, but flying glass gets in the darnedest places.
Thanks, World Food! You've made our lives that much more dangerous!
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Thanks, France.
I guess you really enjoy living dangerously...
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