If so, it's a self-correcting problem. If not, customers must be satisfied with Uber's service and pricing. Either way, there's no reason for anyone besides Uber and Uber's customers to be involved in the decision.

Why should you get a first-class airline seat just because you are rich? Because you're willing to pay the amount it costs. Do you also want to ban eBay auctions? Why should people be able to buy what they want on eBay just because they are the high bidder?

Please cite an instance when this was banned somewhere and it caused good things. Until you do, I will assert that such a ban has never achieved a single positive result anywhere.

That should lure every driver, including drivers who are tired, or distant, or taking a day off, out onto the roads to serve the people who need rides. When people need a ride, that's when you want drivers to have a big incentive to provide them.

If it's too expensive for you, either wait or find another way. Then someone else who needs it more or values it more can get a ride. Why should you get a ride ahead of someone who values a ride more than you?

Different people value their time vs. their money differently. The "price gouging" whine is essentially: my value choices are more important than your value choices because ... have sympathy for me.

And the result is that more people wait a longer time and drivers get paid less. And people who would become drivers to make some easy money driving only at peak times -- in other words, when they are needed most -- don't bother.

People are worse off overall, but sympathy is served.

Uber should create an algorithm to automatically detect when people will start whining to politicians about "price gouging".

Then they can send their extra drivers home -- drivers who would be happy to provide high-priced rides. And they can make riders wait for hours -- riders who would be happy to get a ride now, even if it meant paying a high price. Everyone will be poorly served, but no one will be "price gouging".

That cat is obviously defective. Throw it away and get a new one.

Normal cats bite you when you're being nice to them.

We're looking for _good_ ideas, not still dumber things to do with the money.

I've seen that one. They would be chewing each other in the bathtubs.

Notch should be sure to get an odd number of bisexual teenage girlfriends.

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They are the ones beating the other 10% to death. Duh.

Now build the same dam out of aluminum and repeat the experiment.

If you check it, they charge you $25.

Why do you keep repeating facts? You're interfering with story-time.

Archie Bunker said it best. 'When you get on the plane, the stewardess should hand out pistols. When you land she should collect them.'

Not always. Going to a 1018 grade steel (0.18%) essentially renders the steel non-magnetic (you lose about 97% of the permeability of decent magnetic steel). Not stainless (still low enough carbon to rust easily), but very weak in terms of magnetism. I design and build audio transducers for a living, and work with various grades of magnetic (and non-magnetic) steel daily. Getting much above 0.15% carbon content or annealing the steel, and you lose a lot of the magnetic properties (permeability goes to pot) that allow for easy harvesting.

Using a magnet to sift out your nails is not a surefire approach to keeping them off of beaches.