Comment Re:Proprietary Hardware (Score 1) 151
So when Mark Zuckerberg got funding from venture capitalists he wasn't begging for money he was just borrowing?
So when Mark Zuckerberg got funding from venture capitalists he wasn't begging for money he was just borrowing?
You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done.
+1 pedantic.
Not really - there are many arguments for applications of tariffs, but the best one in this case would be the "terms of trade argument" for a tariff. The US is a large economy, which means it can set tariffs that affect world price. Now, we know that tariffs do distort production and consumption, creating social costs. However, for a sufficiently small tariff, the gains from improved terms of trade can outweigh the efficiency loss. The key is to find the optimum tariff rate.
Quite cold might have been a bit of an overstatement, however it does drop below 0 Celsius with regularity. Additionally the humidity is not really an issue outside of the summer.
South Korea is quite cold in the late fall through winter months. Perhaps they can send it on cruises to Siberia during the rest of the year.
That sounds good.
33.2% of a year sleeping
22.7% of a year working
8.3% of a year complaining about Apple/Google/OpenSource
0.0% of a year having sex
adjusted for
Or at least that Peter Jackson was bussing tables or shaking his fat ass in a g-string.
This is where that "-1 nauseous" moderation would come in useful....
Hello Mr Zaentz's lawyer. Your definition of quite reasonable is apparently very different than what many people would deem quite reasonable. But then again, since you are a different species, I suppose that's understandable.
Interesting that Samsung were the ones to manufacture it.
No no, you see "Apple attorney Harold McElhinny said Apple's product design is far superior to previous tablets, so Apple's patents should not be invalidated by designs that came before." Their product design is far superior you see.
Sheesh. I'm an Apple apologist and this lawsuit makes me blush.
Seagate and Samsung are forming a strategic alliance
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?name=seagate-completes-aquisition-samsungs-hdd-business-pr&vgnextoid=b201b5c033854310VgnVCM1000001a48090aRCRD&locale=en-US&name=seagate-completes-aquisition-samsungs-hdd-business-pr&vgnextrefresh=1&cmpid=lp_press_pr
WD is selling off none of its own R&D - everything they are selling off has been developed by the company they are purchasing. There is no issue of appropriation here.
Insightful? I guess the libertarians have all the mod points today.
Private military contractors are not mercenaries. If they were, they would be called mercenaries. In reality they can't be used to do anything other than DEFEND things.
There are many private interests in Iraq that need protection. There are legal and logistical problems involved in defending them.
So unless you want US forces defending every company building both infrastructure and retail, then private security forces are a helpful addition.
They are literally security guards for high risk targets. THAT IS IT. They cannot legally accept anything other than security contract. They will be booted from the country if they accept anything else. So it is not only legally the only contracts they can accept, but financially the only ones which make sense.
Using companies like Blackwater/Xe is cost efficient over a short-term period (as was demonstrated by using Executive Outcomes in Angola/Sierra Leone). Over a long-term, it is much more efficient to use the US (insert nation) army forces.
Also as to the judge's understanding:
"'You and others who attempt to hack really must understand how serious this is, the creation of that risk the extent of that risk and the cost of putting things right.' "
As others have said - the risk was there whether or not the kid hacked in. He didn't create the risk.
From the article:
"Judge McCreath told him
'This was not just fiddling about in the business records of some tiny business of no great importance and you acquired a great deal of sensitive and confidential information to which you were simply not entitled.'"
I think we can pretty clearly see where the judge's opinion lies.
Work is the crab grass in the lawn of life. -- Schulz
