I would not buy this phone as it is over-priced, and I can do the same thing with a common android smartphone and a little software and hardware tweaking.
You don't understand that spending tax dollars is way different then spending your own dollars.
Doesn't using the phrase "an immigrant would be required to 'live and work' in Detroit for an undetermined length of time" sound a lot like an indentured labour program? It seems awfully familiar to what the Brits did to/in India during the 1800s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_indenture_system)
Actually it's exactly like indentureed servitude and it's been done long before the 1800's.
I suppose it's legal since these folks will be volunteers.
In the United States, the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (VTVPA) of 2000 extended servitude to cover peonage as well as Involuntary Servitude.
invent 'nuclear winter'
Awesome!! Totally forgot about that side affect. Humans can push this clock way back with one of those. Less population, less green house gases (fewer people, means fewer cars/heating/burning/etc..), and a cooler planet should Global Warming take off. Man, this could solve so many problems.
I'm trying to see a down side here.....oh yeah, distruction, loss of life, and reverting much of the world back to the 1800's. Dang. I thought we had a Global solution there.
Well its america, and even worse, florida. The courts already said you can kill whomever you want, you just have to say "he's coming right for us".
If I was in america, and everyone around me was armed and with the above mentality, YOUR GOD DAMN RIGHT I WOULD BE ARMED!
If everyone around you is a violent psychopath (this did occur in america), I would want to be protected personally.
Don't believe the hype of the media. These random actions may appear frequent, but are just sensationalized to bring the world into every living room in America thinking that everyone is out to get them. Then the powers to be can more easily control/tax/litigate the populace.
If proven true in court, this justifies a boycott of Oracle products by all us techies until Oracle produce an open salary audit proving no racial differentials between staff at the same locations. The allegation if true is disgraceful
Hmmmm....Interesting concept. An open salary audit. Let me see. So what you are saying is that all employees for a given job description are equal. Is that correct?
Well, I guess that you would have to make sure that there are measureable metrics to ensure that employee A is doing the same and equal job of employees D, B, F, E, T, C.
Look, what was said, or practiced, is wrong on all fronts. As an employer and a one time employee, it sucks, but it happens all the time. I know for a fact that recruiters look to the mid-west to bring employees to the east/west coast because they have a lesser expectation for salary. Does that make them racist?
Of who owns the airspace above the atmosphere. Understanding that each Country in the world has control over the airspace within it's borders, but what what elevation does that cease? Could you launch a vehicle from international waters taking your own satellites into orbit and beyond the control of anyone? I'm sure it would upset many folks. Resources not being an issue for such an undertaking.
All this revenue that could be pulled by the one time largest shipper in the US, but for some reason, they keep losing billions a year.
Governor Nikki Haley, R-SC, who appointed Scott, is also a fairly prominent South Carolina politician. (After all, she's the governor.) Haley's parents immigrated from India; she isn't descended from slaveowners either.
Debatable. Slavery has existed in India for quite a long time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_India
Assuming that the United States had cornered the global market on slavery is very short sighted.
Its a very sad state in the world that any article - even those who not even talk about global warmning - get dragged into that flame war by the deniers.
I think sarcasm would be more appropriate then denier. You know, humor.
Of course it could also be a reaction to past performances of science chicken little prognostications.
As a 1099, you are not an employee and the company is not responsible for any benefits. So the company can on the fines for the ACA.
I found it easier to start my own company. Yes there are painful trade-offs (wearer of many hats), but if I'm putting sweat equity into something, I'd like to be the beneficiary. I get to dictate direction and scope, and feel so much better about my future.
Another business that can't survive without tax payer money to help keep the costs down on a vehicle that only wealthy folks can afford. Brilliant.
I'd be willing to bet you're one of the ones that wanted to shift healthcare from those that currently don't have it from those that have it leaving those that currently have it not having it due to it's unaffordability.
Ouch, my brain!!
All of these media "giants" became giants because they offered alternatives. Yet, they all think that their business model will be eternal. The studios fought against cassette tape recorders, VCRs, video rentals, streaming TV, MP3s, torrents, iTunes, time shifting. In other words, anything that made it more convenient for viewers to -- you know -- view their content was seen as something horrible. If they had their way, we would adjust our schedules around the 6PM Tuesday timeslot to watch some sitcom. Why do they fight technology so fiercely when they should be embracing it? Find out what people like to do and offer a solution... Or, develop a new way and people will flock to it.
It's not fighting the technology that is the issue, it's about fighting the distribution method that is their business plan. If they could quickly monetize the new distribution methods, they would embrace the change. The problem is that large corporations are not agile enough to adapt quickly enough to the ever changing technological shifts that take place today. They invest billions (along with tax payer funding at times) in an infrastructure that is meant to provide a stream of income to profit from, only to be obsoleted in a shorter time frame then was projected. These large companies can not just change on a dime and expect to stay profitable.
Regulation gives everyone a nice level playing field.
It also ensures that inventiveness is removed from business.
Really? Have you *seen* the proliferation of charges the airlines invented, to boost the bottom line? They must employ the equivalent of Einsteins and Shakespeares of customer ripoff to come up with those.
Yes (or do you mean the govt mandated 9/11 fees?). And it's up to you as the consumer to pick which airline you wish to fly. And who are you to tell a business how much they can or can't charge? The market will determine cost. Stop being a lazy consumer.
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
