Nonsense, you are an empowered individual. You are able to stand up for yourself and demand a fair compensation for your labor. If it isn't fair then you just need to enter the free market for labor and sell your efforts to a higher bidder. You have the power here, not the weak and besieged corporations. . .

Isn't this what the republican party and its agents have told you when they were convincing you to fear labour unions?

Do you really think Netflix is paying for the proportion of the internet that it uses?

"The report from Sandvine, a company that sells Internet traffic-management systems, finds that Netflix use accounts for 33 percent of all downstream traffic in North America during the peak hours between 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. By contrast, Amazon and Hulu only account for 1.8 percent and 1.4 percent of downstream traffic, respectively." http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57546405-93/netflix-gobbles-a-third-of-peak-internet-traffic-in-north-america/

Very simply, netflix's business strategy is to shift the cost of business to other users. They are creating a negative externality. Not surprisingly, what results is exactly what economic theory says will happen; more of the good is produced than would be produced if the producer were paying the full costs of production. This effectively limits the potential for competitors to develop and it discourages netflix from pursuing more efficient means of production (more efficient transmission algorithms).

One might make th e"public good" argument about the internet; however, the marginal cost of adding another 'netflix' (a full competitor) would not be 'effectively zero.' thus, large consumers, like netflix can not treat the internet as a public good. Even though a smaller user, whose marginal cost IS effectively zero, can.

You know, you sound like the kind of high strung nut that should make to choice to not own a gun.

As another older Slashdot reader (47), it depends want I am reading. If I am reading a piece of fiction; or, something that is read in a linear fashion, e-books are ok (but not as good). However, for something that I want to flip back to a section or explanation several times they are just not as good. Further, the "notes" in eBooks are simply not easy to use.

However, the real deal-breaker for me is the price to DRM. I give a lot of my old books away; I give them to friends, family, and co-workers. DRM makes it impossible for me to do that. Further, I do not value an ebook as much as a physical book; therefore, I am not willing to pay as much (or more) for one. As such, I get most of my ebooks form bit-torrent. Yes, there are exceptions; when the price/drm/value is appropriate I will purchase. Otherwise I will just download them.

I suspect the poster you responded to was kidding. Yes, like thousands of others, I am a NRA Life Member and I saw it as kidding.

We all know that any kind of criminal usage, particularly he type mentioned are the rare, and extremely rare, firearms usages. Further, mass shooters have not done their mis-deeds with 38 specials (yes, there is probably an exception out there). Gasoline still hold the title for the tool of most killers in America.

Correct observation, this product has already been discussed on bicycle forums and has been dismissed as not very useful. http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/917472-new-procuct-take-a-look?highlight=hammerhead

When out on a multiday ride in an unfamiliar area I want more than a blinking light. Frequently the GPS picks, plain stupid, route detours. A look at the map or the map screen shows these obvious errors quickly. Even when routing my way back home form an unfamiliar location at night I need more than the hammerhead provides. About the only use for the hammerhead is when riding a, tested and proven, preloaded track. A GPS enabled bicycle speedometer will do the same and more.

Because this thing still requires the smartphone to be present, just mount the smartphone and be done with it. At best it is an interesting gift for the cyclist who has everything. . . just don't let your feelings get hurt when that cyclist 're-gifts' it.

My MBA was also not obsessed with cost-cutting at the expense of future options. However, these people telling you what is included in an MBA program have, for the large part, never completed one. In simple terms, they don't know what they are talking about.

An MBA is not a unique skill, it is the result of a program that involves a refinement of skill-sets.

First off, Manager v. MBA is a false dichotomy. There is no reason a person cannot be both. I am the Directer at a Small High School; I am also an MBA. My duties include management, planning, and teaching.

The MBA is not a piece of magic; it is also not a discrete piece of knowledge. It is both a refinement of the application of knowledge and an opportunity to develop a more structured approach to thinking while retaining the necessary flexibility to consider, and choose from, several good, or bad, alternatives. The development of structured thinking also carries over into scheduling and planning activities.

While the MBA programs discuss strategic thinking and, they do not leave out the process of seeing the tasks through.

As Clausewitz reminds us, "Amateurs talk about strategy, professionals talk about logistics."

You forget that over 75% of age eligible people are not eligible due to other factors http://www.missionreadiness.org/2009/ready_willing/

The biggest factor is physical, there are also major issues with education (not meeting standards), and criminality. The physical factor isn't even just the weight. As the report states, even if the overweight candidates were to loose the weight, there are still underlying physical factors that would leave them ineligible for enlistment.

The report I linked to is worth the read. Even if you are not interested in enlistment, it provides a view of America as seen by the bottom 50%.

I am one of the many people in America who planned to do just what you suggest, I planned to join the military to pay for college; however, it turned out that I have one leg 1.5cm shorter than to other. This left me ineligible for enlistment.

I still worked hard and eventually finished my MBA; however, I finished it in my 40s’. As such, I didn’t have it in my youth and I didn’t make the contacts that are needed along the way. As a result, it really is, essentially, worthless.

On a national basis, not only has the nation lost my productive ability (chosen to operate inside of the production possibilities curve); but, working as a security guard and dishwasher, I am paying on the deferred payment program. This means that the nation is not even getting paid back. This story is repeated by people all over America.

If not for a very minor medical issue my life, and my level of productiveness to society, would have been much different. But, no, enlistment is not the ‘simple’ solution to college woes for Americas poor; not until the enlistment standards are matched to the actual MOS.

Same here. This is also the reason I stopped using Safari. Recently I changed the computer in my office and I put all three on the dock: Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. I then waited a few weeks and then considered which I was using. I was using Firefox.

The plugins I use are just not available for the ther two (I play a game called Pardus ony Firefox has any usefull plugins for it).

Also stuck with IE 8 here (and XP). The silly thing is that I frequently need a machine that will run a modern browser for normal business activities.

The company answer is to "just use your personal machine." I see it as a way of unloading another business expense on to the employee.

Sure, once you get into pirated products the game changes. I was speaking of like items. I am very aware of the issue with books. I have a text on my desk, it happens to one of the few respected bi-lingual Economics texts, in the US it costs $97, in China it is 29CNY (about $4.68). It is true, it is on a much lower grade of paper and has no colour; the difference is noticable. However, it is definitly the exceptoin. When you look at licensed books (I was looking for a dictionaly on taobao last night) the price in China is still a bit higher.

Can you find exceptions, yes; but the general rule still holds, For like items, foreign licensed goods are generally more expensive in China (which is why the high end watch stores in San Francisco all have Chinese speaking staff).

What you probably do not understand is that most of th eChinese made export quality goods made in China actually cost significantly more in China. Most people who live in China, and trave out frequently, purchase their Chinese made computers while on trips to the US. Look at the carry-ons that the Chinese have while flying to China.

Just compare apple prices with http://www.apple.com/cn/ In a recent article in China daily it was noted that Chinese made goods at Starbucks cost more in China than in London. The list goes on. It is cheaper to order North Face (real, not low grade fakes) from Amazon and pay the internatoinal shipping than to purchase them in China. Yes, there are very low quality goods that can be purchased for similar prices to much better quality goods found outside of China; however, for similar items, the price is higher in China.

The parent is just another child troll. If you actually lived outside of the US for any length of time, you would know that the US has some of the safest, politest, and most law abiding drivers in the world. Before you say I am wrong, try driving, or even just riding in a taxi, in Africa, Asia, or the Middle East. I have done it; I doubt you have.

As you leave the US you will also discover that true multi-lingual capabilities are rare. Yes, people can understand several dialects; much like you can probably understand and communicate with a Scotsman. Further, with great difficulty you can probably exchange minimal information with some Dutch. This reflects the multi lingual capabilities found around the world. Keep in mind, just this year the Chinese ministry of education released a report that stated that over 40% of Chinese cannot even speak Chinese at an elementary level.

IT is ok to feel good about yourself; but, to publicly state a form of “I am so great because the people around me are so dumb” makes you look foolish. It really is misplaced Hubris.

There is another datacap problem in China; while my peer to peer is unlimited (for all intents and purposes), Google is very limited. Google searches only work about 80% of the time and following links from Google provides a failure in more than 50% of the attempts. In China the government makes a strong effort to push people toward the Baidu and one of the ways is to severely throttle Google.

As much as it would in hindrance to me, Google is better off ignoring the demands of the Chinese government. The, so called, large market is not here because the Chinese government pushes users to the domestic rival. There is no benefit in trying to arrive in an optimal free market solution in a market that is not free.