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Re:Why Tipping Should (And May) Be Made Illegal on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @08:10PM (#6215351)
If a waiter/waitress does a good job they will be more likely to get a better tip. If a waiter/waitress does a bad job they will get smaller / no tip.

Now, they will not necessarily get a bigger tip or even necessarily get a tip if they do a wonderful job, but it does make some people.

Re:Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @07:49PM (#6215256)
That is a lie though. If I pick up a rock and somebody else does as well and we both use our hands to break off pieces of the rock (private means of production) and trade parts of the broken rocks with each no coercion occurred.

That is technically a capitalist society without coercion.

Re:The SEC Shows Why Bitcoin Is Doomed on Thursday August 08, 2013 @03:51PM (#6181396)
Nothing wrong with tax avoidance, drug dealing and certain other sordid pursuits.
Re:The world is socialist on Monday August 05, 2013 @12:22AM (#6158454)
Depends on whose definition of socialism you are using.
Re:The world is socialist on Monday August 05, 2013 @12:21AM (#6158450)
There could be coops around the world that trade with each other to get everything they need?
Re:It's the 21st century – why are we working so much? on Monday August 05, 2013 @12:18AM (#6158440)
According to this: http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

$1 in 1970 is worth $6.02 in 2013.

I would say it would be difficult to get the same quality as you had in 1970 as health regulations have increased so it would be rather difficult to get an estimate if you could actually get the 1970 cost.

Re:The world is socialist on Sunday August 04, 2013 @05:27PM (#6157171)
>Rand herself received Social Security payments and Medicare benefits

If you pay into it then why would you not take the money? You are being ridiculous.

Re:The world is socialist on Sunday August 04, 2013 @05:26PM (#6157167)
You can have voluntary socialism...
Re:The world is socialist on Sunday August 04, 2013 @05:19PM (#6157142)
Could they not exchange goods with other co-ops?
Re:The world is socialist on Sunday August 04, 2013 @05:14PM (#6157122)
Socialism and capitalism can be occurring at the same time in the same city. If one company was worker controlled and one company was hierarchically controlled then it would be fine. As long as nobody is forcing somebody into a different system both could work together.
Re:Virgin Media store their passwords in plain text on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @06:46PM (#6130624)
Yes it is bad, but its better than storing them in plain text in the database.
Re:Virgin Media store their passwords in plain text on Sunday July 28, 2013 @04:54PM (#6118073)
They could have encrypted them and then decrypt if they want to view them.
Re:PHP.net beta site a new look on Sunday July 28, 2013 @04:53PM (#6118068)
Refresh the page and it should work.
Re:The anti-virus age is over on Monday July 22, 2013 @06:29PM (#6086894)
Off topic, but do you have any books, websites or other recommendations you would suggest for getting into antivirus/malware part of programming?
In the US, the costs really depend on the state. Some states take years upon years and allow many appeals. They also provide lawyers (if you can't afford it). Not to mention keeping the prisoner in death row is more expensive than regular.
Re:House of Lords debates pardon for Alan Turing on Friday July 19, 2013 @07:52PM (#6073678)
>inherit the estate of your dead wife

A well written will would solve that issue.

Re:Twitter hands over data to ID racist users on Sunday July 14, 2013 @11:55PM (#6043630)
I am an American. I knew they had ridiculous laws like this in the UK. I recall hearing about some lady who said something racist on a subway and got arrested. Pretty ridiculous in my opinion.

>The fact that the NSA scandal has become...well such a scandal is that those principals existed to be violated in the first place.

It still would have been pretty big news. The director of national intelligence lied to congress. People likely would have just brushed that under the table (like they are doing now) though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Clapper#False_testimo...

Re:Twitter hands over data to ID racist users on Sunday July 14, 2013 @12:55AM (#6040008)
Were the tweets really so bad that they incited racial hatred?
I would like to see companies prevent sharing, if they want to, without using the government to charge people fines. This seems like a step in that direction, however, changing words won't really cause anybody to stop.