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Except in most cases this is not true. The ordinance allowing the cameras provides for an administrative hearing by a "judge" employed by the company. Who, I am sure does not take into account that if he finds too many people innocent he will not have a job. Second, if this is so wonderful for public safety why aren't the installing governments running it? What's next privitized police?(For any one who thinks this might be a good idea check out how well the parking meter sale in Chicago is going)
There was all that controversy over that Japanese fetish game so this may be a reaction to that. The Japanese hetai publishers blocked all links that were not from Japan right after that.
Unfortunately, the legislature has placed a limit on it. So many would argue that we have recognized that unlimited copyright is bad. The problem is that the limit is not tied to any result that can be quantified.
So according to your thinking no "expert" should ever defer to anyone else because...? As for the contribution, he has an interesting site that looks at economics in a way that is different. It is generally enjoyable and with a few notable exceptions has thoughtful comments. Yours was not one of the thoughtful ones.
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Exactly how is this article whining? Yes the cash advance companies do charge interest like that and they do get a lot of complainnts. So what exactly is your point?
The analogy of stealing a card doesn't really work, but just for fun lets use it. What he want to criminalize is a person who parks his car in a public garage. upon returning he comes across a care with the same license plate same year make and model that his key works in. He then takes the car home. The next day he is charged with a felony because he took the wrong car. How likly is it that if you were sitting on a jury you would find him guilty?
Possibly, consumers should all chip in for a nice vacation for Mr Mandelson so he can fairly consider our arguments as well. I am sure he must be a very busy person since he had no time to consider the matter before his last vacation.
I like the loaves and fishes example. As for asking strangers if you can use something of their's: It is not rude if it is done politely. The proper response is also a polite yes or no. An explanation is optional and is generally based on the level of connection, stranger vs. a friend. This is called etiquette and there are entire books of it available.
I think this could be applied to most of the service industries. The outlook has become that the business has a right to make a profit and so anything it does to make more money is justified. Newspapers Airlines and other limited access businesses no longer cater to their customer base but view it as something from which to extract money. Profit becomes something they are entitled to not something they have to earn.
The basic problem with the web as a source is the ability to verify the information. Unless you are doing a short term paper, links can disappear, be modified or removed before they can be verified. This is one reason most semester projects require more than just websites for support. (Note: that is not even getting into whether the info is true of not.)
None of the Educational Institutions I have worked at allows professors to give an F for cheating without a review. They have also had an appeals process. In the case of using a source like Wikipedia the professor can simply say that this is not an acceptable source in the instructions. If the student uses it anyway they can be graded down. Since many schools have the professors submit grades online it may be that the special grade is put in to trigger an automatic review whereas they cannot tell what a grade of F is for by itself.
I don't think anyone has figured out how to use the internet to their advantage. Newspapers in particular. It has been pointed out that much of the problem that papers have is caused by the costs of acquisitions they made because it was assumed that "communications" would always be in demand. So the holding corporations bought TV stations, other papers etc. (The Chicago Tribune as an example.) When they started having money problems they eliminated all the features that made the assets unique to streamline costs. Once they did that I had no greater incentive to read the Tribune over the LA Times or watch NBC local news over CNN. A major problem is that the businesses that may come to replace them will not immediately start to make money and it seems if you do not make a profit your first or second quarter your attempt is branded a failure and investment money and credit dry up. This means replacement attempts are extremely low cost and I think this draws out the process.
Google maps isn't a self sustaining business because it isn't a business. It is part of Google as a whole. The way you are talking charging less than cost for milk to get people into a Grocery store should be illegal because it makes the dairy case unprofitable. Dumping occurs when the industry receives a subsidy from the government to cover its costs and sells the product at below its production value. Not to mention it is hard to see how not charging for maps kills the market. The market is still there it is just not profitable.
There is also the problem that most areas have no place for it. It is difficult to use on a sidewalk, not really safe on the street and you have nowhere to leave it when it is not being used. It may be an incredable invention, but not useful for it originally intended use(mass transportation)
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