>>No. X was intended to prevent Y. Y occurred -- to the tune of $100M. And it was not an isolated incident. Therefore X fails to prevent Y. In addition, X has lots of deleterious effects, not least of which is stifling competition.
X= A ticket for illegal parking
Y= People still park illegally
Therefore X fails to prevent Y
Now go ahead and replace X and Y for any type of law and crime. By your logic we might as well abolish or laws or regulations because there is still plenty of crime.
Serious question: What would the the least of two evils? Overthrowing a government can lead to a lot of misery. Famine is the first one that comes to mind.
Screw that. They should make it exclusive for as long as day can get away with it. iPhone was exclusive for a year and developers where screaming at the door to let them in.
Offer them Google+ and make it as easy as possible to switch. Makes it seem like the future is in Google+ and that only grandmas use Facebook now a day. Facebook will fuck them as soon as it can.
>>If this story went down exactly as Mike suggests the agent will lose her job or at least her federal law enforcement qualification.
I hope you are right but I'm cynical. Her boss will probably not want to admit that one of his employees is such an incompetent idiot because at the end of the day it is a reflection on him. When an employee screws up it is always the manager's fault.
>> The other solution is to be really, really nice. To be incredibly accommodating. To engender a spirit of goodwill, joviality and kindness such that the flunky wants to help you.
That is not a practical solution. It sounds almost like a bribe. I'm not saying that you should be rude to anybody, but you shouldn't have to kiss somebody's ass just so that they do their jobs. Is a slippery slope. Now you are kissing their asses, latter that will not be enough and the demands for bribes will be the next logical step. No, the line has to be drawn here.
Politeness is fine, more than that and you are kissing their asses.
>>In France, the verb 'work' is travailler. Traditionally this meant literally to toil, a chore, an obligation.
"travailler" comes from Latin, in spanish the same word is "trabajar", notice the resemblance. It literally means "to work" in english. Just saying this because I don't really buy it that "travailler" in French means "to toil".
Broke and programming everyday on a project I'm working on. And with no income for quite some time. I'm down to two sets of pants and some of my clothes have holes. My sneakers certainly have plenty of holes. My office is the local library. Life is great!
>>Alas, America isn’t what it used to be: Insulting the French doesn’t seem to be rewarded by the stock market, and Titan is down about 1% so far today.
I know this may not be appropriate but wow is she cute [1] and hot [2] at the same time. And on top of that she is brilliant, regardless of how her gig with Yahoo! turns out. Which makes her even more attractive.
Is the same thing as people trying to buy a Ferrari. Demand vastly exceeds supply so they will have no problem finding people that will think nothing of spending that amount of money. And frankly speaking $1,500 is not a lot of money. If you are poor or stingy I guess it is but at this point in time they are not targeting cheapskates.
Since we are making anecdotal observations I'll posit that you could significantly increase your IQ if you focused on it. Just like if you wanted to play an instrument. You can increase your playing ability by focusing on it, or more specifically, by practicing. That is how I see IQ, as something that you can get better at by practicing, nothing more, nothing less.
>>6) Voyeurist's refuge: Pay someone with social skills far more developed than yours, have him go out and pick up a woman while you sit back in our couch and watch the spectacle unfold. Not sure how many would consent to a partner wearing glasses while having sex, though.
Maybe. I've been using a Tom-Tom lately and what I've notice is that it sort of turns you into a mindless drone. At least that is how I felt. I can certainly see a thing like Google Glass adversely affecting people by making them too dependent on it. How exactly? I'm not sure.
>>t is also possible that his IQ raised significantly as he got older due to extensive study as it is also possible that his IQ test was simply poorly administered for whatever reason.
Which is why an IQ is useless. If it can rise then it is not really measuring intelligence. Rather it is measuring what you know so far. Which explains why kids from better income families have better IQs.
And yet people treat IQ as a constant. Glad I decided never to let a single number define me. To all you that believe the IQ is important I say ...
