"What is stopping all the small, rural and remote communities from getting together and creating a postal co-operative?"
In a word, "cost." Flying a plane round trip from Anchorage to Adak (2400 miles) to deliver a handful of letters and packages to the roughly 300 people there would be cost prohibitive in the extreme. Say they form a cooperative and split the cost, it's still going to cost them a boatload. Even if the plane makes several stops at other communities along the way, it's still to expensive to do the way the postal service does it now.
The only way to make it work would be to cut back to only one or two deliveries per month.
As for FedEx, go to their website and see what it costs to deliver a 1 lb. box to Adak. Then tell me that's something you'd want to do on a regular basis.
As for food and other goods, that's all brought in by barge which isn't exactly the fastest means of delivery.
I guess you'd like the postal service to take on all the great qualities of other government run opperations, like the DMV. Yes that's a much better way to have the government interact with the public.
In case your sarcasm meter is broken, that was sarcasm.
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I'm a Libertarian actually. But thanks for making an ass of yourself by assuming you know me based off one short comment. Let's see if I can do the same:
Oh God, another NeoProg, and this one with an opinion on everyone's political idologies. It's Bush's fault, too, you know.
With "genius" professors like this at Harvard, I don't feel so bad about my state school education. If I had graduated from Harvard, I'd start to think I got ripped off. Apparently they'll let just about anyone teach there.
Re: The USPS is a Government SERVICE - Lets keep it that way.
"Every US citizen is entitled to have their mailed delivered."
Really? I didn't see that in the Bill of Rights. Yet another example of entitlement thinking. I suppose you think education and health care are other things we're entitled to? Guess what? We're not.
"Congressmen" would be both Senators and Representatives (from both houses of Congress). So Representatives have districts, as do Senators, it's just that Senators call their districts "States."
"Universal Delivery" doesn't mean to your doorstep, it means to your community. If privatized, the mail won't make it to Adak, AK (Google map it) or other very small, very isolated communities. Are the 400 residents of your community really that inconvenienced by haveing to go to the post office? At least they don't have to drive (or fly) to the nearest city.
cracked.com is not the definitive source for history lessons. I can find a website that says G.W. Bush is responsible for 9/11. That doesn't necessarily make it so. I'm sure there's still a handfull of WWII vets out there who would vehemently disagree with your OPINION of what happened.
I'm surprised Mr. Grimshaw could become the managing director for a financial publication without understanding basic economic principles like marginal cost. Seems like that's a key piece of information to have in that position.
"Yes, if I were to post libel here, Techdirt should (and I believe would) be liable. Certainly such cases will eventually wind their way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Then we'll know for sure, but I'd bet money that plaintiffs would prevail."
I'd take that bet. Any amount you want.
"After the phone company has been notified that it is not to place a call to me from you, it can easily prevent you from doing so."
So you notify the phone company AFTER you've been called? Much as Google was notified AFTER the video was posted? See where I'm going with this Teddy? As other's have stated the phone company can't keep you from being called from every phone, just the few numbers you happen to know belong to the offender. Just as Google can't stop every "bad" video from being uploaded. But once notified, they'll take them down. Just like the phone company will block a number after they've been notified. Do you think that after the first time you've been called and harrassed the Board of Directors for his phone company should be convicted of a crime and sentenced to jail time? If not, explain the difference to us.
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You totally ignored what Any Mouse said (and you quoted) concerning the fact that Italy is part of the EU (European Union in case you didn't know but didn't want to look stupid by asking) and just keep babbling on about Italy not being suject to US law. Your assertion that the internet isn't above a nation's law, and "has to survive within each nations [sic] jurisdiction" is patently false. A company doing business on the internet only needs to obey the laws of the country they are incorporated in. If Italy doesn't like it, they can try and ban the website, but then they'll be like China. BTW before you come up with some stupid retort to the last two sentences, Google voluntarily agreed to follow China's laws in order to not be blacklisted.
The fact that you insist on thinking and "applauding" that Google's execs are somehow personally liable for this shows that you have a very limited grasp of basic logic. You should see if there's any openings for a judge in Italy. You'd fit right in.
"Lest you think this isn’t a good business model, ask the RIAA why they’ve been doing this for so long and continuing to do so?"
Because the RIAA is run by morons. While they've been suing people for rediculous sums, their profits have steadily dwindled. So no, it's not a good business model. Nice example. Any other stupid comparisons you'd like to throw out there?
Here's a big difference: If drug companies could elliminate side effects they would (and how) and they'd make a bunch more money. Short sighted video game destributors CAN elliminate DRM, but choose not to out of some misguided belief that it will stop unauthorized copies of the game from being used. In both cases if those negatives were gone those distributors would make more money. One can't, and one won't.
Here's a big difference: If drug companies could elliminate side effects they would (and how) and they'd make a bunch more money. Short sighted video game destributors CAN elliminate DRM, but choose not to out of some misguided belief that it will stop unauthorized copies of the game from being used. In both cases if those negatives were gone those distributors would make more money. One can't, and one won't.
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Re: Re: Hack? What hack?
I prefer "caucasian." Or if you must, "honkey."
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Universal Delivery
In a word, "cost." Flying a plane round trip from Anchorage to Adak (2400 miles) to deliver a handful of letters and packages to the roughly 300 people there would be cost prohibitive in the extreme. Say they form a cooperative and split the cost, it's still going to cost them a boatload. Even if the plane makes several stops at other communities along the way, it's still to expensive to do the way the postal service does it now.
The only way to make it work would be to cut back to only one or two deliveries per month.
As for FedEx, go to their website and see what it costs to deliver a 1 lb. box to Adak. Then tell me that's something you'd want to do on a regular basis.
As for food and other goods, that's all brought in by barge which isn't exactly the fastest means of delivery.
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"And you damn kids get off my lawn!"
I guess you'd like the postal service to take on all the great qualities of other government run opperations, like the DMV. Yes that's a much better way to have the government interact with the public.
In case your sarcasm meter is broken, that was sarcasm.
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Re: Re: Re: The USPS is a Government SERVICE - Lets keep it that way.
Oh God, another NeoProg, and this one with an opinion on everyone's political idologies. It's Bush's fault, too, you know.
See how stupid that sounds?
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Ivy League is over rated
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Re: The USPS is a Government SERVICE - Lets keep it that way.
Really? I didn't see that in the Bill of Rights. Yet another example of entitlement thinking. I suppose you think education and health care are other things we're entitled to? Guess what? We're not.
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So quick to bash the US and so quick to forget that the US is what stood between the Nazis and your independence.
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Re: Google Italy Verdict
I'd take that bet. Any amount you want.
"After the phone company has been notified that it is not to place a call to me from you, it can easily prevent you from doing so."
So you notify the phone company AFTER you've been called? Much as Google was notified AFTER the video was posted? See where I'm going with this Teddy? As other's have stated the phone company can't keep you from being called from every phone, just the few numbers you happen to know belong to the offender. Just as Google can't stop every "bad" video from being uploaded. But once notified, they'll take them down. Just like the phone company will block a number after they've been notified. Do you think that after the first time you've been called and harrassed the Board of Directors for his phone company should be convicted of a crime and sentenced to jail time? If not, explain the difference to us.
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Re: Re: Re: the law applies to everyone, even google
The fact that you insist on thinking and "applauding" that Google's execs are somehow personally liable for this shows that you have a very limited grasp of basic logic. You should see if there's any openings for a judge in Italy. You'd fit right in.
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Re: DRM plus prosecution, a leathal combination
Because the RIAA is run by morons. While they've been suing people for rediculous sums, their profits have steadily dwindled. So no, it's not a good business model. Nice example. Any other stupid comparisons you'd like to throw out there?
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Re: Maybe it does work...
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Re: Maybe it does work...
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