Anything: the advantage is in not requiring any credit card and still being able to buy/sell on the Internet.
There's some countries where receiving pre-approved credit cards monthly in your inbox isn't the norm.
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There's some countries where receiving pre-approved credit cards monthly in your inbox isn't the norm.
The most important factor to consider if someone wants to change its weight is the diet. Not 'diet' in the sense of restraining yourself from eating, but rather what you eat.
Why we get FAT by Gary Taubes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTUspjZG-wc
Unfortunately for you, I don't think there's a startup idea there. Or perhaps make a specialized restaurant/grocery? It's really hard to find meal ready to eat that aren't full of carbohydrates.
By far the most compelling argument is made by Gary Taubes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTUspjZG-wc
This literary changed my life. By changing ONLY what I eat, I've managed to loose weight. Without any effort! I wasn't fat per se, but man, I feel way better now!
No need to eat "fresh" (salads, fruits...), but you MUST eat fat!
Making money out of it is irrelevant.
Whether or not you can copy a file is a moral question, and this has a higher priority than how to make a business model out of it.
You can't argue about if something is good by checking if you can easily build a business around it.
I will take an extreme example here (just so we get out of the copyright environment): What if I want to make money by kidnapping children? I believe I could make a descent living out of it (especially if I have some kind of law on my side). However this 'business' aspect is never considered, because it doesn't pass the morality check, and thus is irrelevant.
I know it's an extreme example, but this shows there's a hierarchy when we need to determine if something is acceptable. Making money ISN'T among the firsts.
I'm not saying you can't make money without copyrights, but it simply can't be an argument.
What about passion? Sense of accomplishment?
Perhaps the author could make money on book signing, interviews, or even donations. Writing a good story could open doors to writing a movie scenario...
To be honest I don't really care how the authors can get some revenues, nor the programmers.
Data must be free, and this is far more important than how someone can make money on it.
Adult pornography isn't bad unless there's a real rape. I don't see why this wouldn't apply to minors.
Is it bad to take a picture of your chidren in its bath? No. (There's plenty of pictures of baby-me in the tub at my parent's house)
Is it bad to post it on the Internet? No.
Is it bad to wank to a picture of a child? No.
Is it bad to violate a child? Yes, as it his with adults.
In fact I think there's a giant stigma around paedophilia. Somehow, today it's okay to be gay (sexual deviation), but not okay to be a pedophile (another sexual deviation). Unless there's rape or abuse, these people should have the same respect as homosexuals.
"Did they give consent, and did they understand the full implications of that consent? Did they get paid? Did they sign a contract?"
Usually it is the responsability of the parents to support the child and take some decisions for him. They could loose this if they do something to endanger the child, but taking pictures of him without clothes does not constitue a danger in my book. In fact, it's pretty much as harmless as it can be.
"If god had wanted us to run around naked, we would have been born that way"
Take your car and ram into people. You will probably be able to kill the same amount (or even more).
And while you're in your car, contrary to simply using a gun, you can't be stopped by someone else having a gun. Anyone wanting to stop you in a timely manner would have to sacrifice himself by driving into you.
It's easy to point the gun, because its sole purpose is to cause harm (be it in defence or offence), but if someone wants to kill, he can do with or without a firearm.
I now have a cell phone that I use around 10 min per month. I could easily do without it... but everywhere they expect you to have one. I could understand an email address, but a phone number? Why?
2. A bank-run is a good thing. It permits to see which banks have overextended themselves and, ultimately, punishes them (unless you have a government giving them cash through the backdoor...). It's like going to the dentist. Not necessary pleasant on the spot, but it can save you a lot of pain later.
It simply runs on my working computer, on the background. - 5.8 GB - 4 CPUs @ 2.33 ghz
If I ever need to get more power/memory/bandwidth, (which would be a nice problem) then I'll reconsider.
I suppose this is all a question of scale. Is your startup getting 10s, 100s, 1000s visitors a day?
And yes, it is like real money. In fact it's even more like real money then what most people use daily. Bitcoin properties are almost the same as precious metals, making it much more money-like than a fiat currency. (On which we build our bank accounts and, as yet another layer, various credit tools. At the end of the day, you start to be quite far away from "real money".) Now, if such a thing is desirable is another question entirely. Nevertheless, Bitcoin is money.
When I enter a restaurant, I see a price on the menu and this is what I intend to pay. When I order the food, this is my agreement with the restaurant: pay what is asked. The server might be angry at me for not giving any tip, but as with the previous example, I have nothing to do with any contract the restaurant owner and the server might have. He accepted to work for a given salary. I might give a little extra if there's a parade for me or something, but not for just doing your job.
I don't get it... is your added value simply an illusion?
If they can see what you've changed the code, they should be able to see why and how you added value.
How buying a domain for 20k$ is a great thing? Is "megirl" already anchored in the heads of thousands of users, enough to justify this purchase?
IMO, this 20k$ could have been used to do much more important things. New features? Marketing? Or even pay the shareholders!
How giving money to women -because they are women- isn't sexism?
A more honest approach would be to hire the most qualified person, regardless of your current male/female ratio.