I hear that a lot, but it is too simplistic. Yes, Canada has a single payer health care system, but they didn't bail out a single bank or industry during the last crisis. They also have no qualms about drilling for oil, and their biggest beef with us right now is that we are dithering on whether or not to allow a Canadian company to build an oil pipeline through our country.
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Tim Cook Angrily Rejects Political Proposal Asking for Profits-First Policies
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I hear that a lot, but it is too simplistic. Yes, Canada has a single payer health care system, but they didn't bail out a single bank or industry during the last crisis. They also have no qualms about drilling for oil, and their biggest beef with us right now is that we are dithering on whether or not to allow a Canadian company to build an oil pipeline through our country.
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply MacRumors was editorializing. The person had said NC whatever was giving conservatives everywhere a bad name, and I just wanted to point out the C didn't stand for conservative.
But yes it is incredibly retarded of this person to suggest that just because Apple doesn't have a strict ROI rule means they aren't profitable. No, solar plants on their own don't produce money, but it can contribute to propelling you to be the most valuable brand in the world, which then generates free publicity, which lowers how much you have to spend on advertising and increases how much you bring in.
More than conservatives what angers me though is all the people that contribute to the 2 party system we have in the US. This is basically the worst form of government you could possibly have, having neither the power of a dictatorship nor the representation of a proper demoncracy. Instead we end up with people either ludicrously liberal or conservative with few if any rational minds within the beltway (or basically any state government, either. The two party system has systematically screwed up pretty much every government organization in the US except maybe a few small towns like the one I live in, where we vote for people we know and not for parties or platforms that we hate, but at least they're not quite as bad as the other one.)
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Tim Cook, I salute you for telling those idiots to take a flying leap.
Those idiots.. are from another era.
They are what is wrong with a mentally skewed percentage of the U.S.
Climate change is real, and if more companies do their part to focus not just on profits but their moral obligations as being part of humanity then we would all be better off.
Tim Cook, I salute you for telling those idiots to take a flying leap.
Those idiots.. are from another era.
They are what is wrong with a mentally skewed percentage of the U.S.
Climate change is real, and if more companies do their part to focus not just on profits but their moral obligations as being part of humanity then we would all be better off.
Companies that have explosive growth and then flame-out are better?
If Apple plateaus and remains profitable, that's great for its customers. But, shareholders get all pissy. They want continuous stock growth, which isn't sustainable.
I disagree. Apple is more focused than many other companies. The results prove it.
What's really "ruining everything" is how most companies go about making their money. Many just want to pick low-hanging fruit. Basically' they're lazy and not terribly decent citizens. You can't accuse Apple of either.
I imagine Apple is a bit of a thorn in their sides. Showing them up, and all.
I guess the person from National Center for Public Policy Research or NCPPR doesn't pay any attention to Apple's balance sheets then? If there's one company that does not need to concentrate on profits first it's Apple, because IMO they already do this to an extent with their huge mark ups and deals stopping their products being discounted.
Let me guess you don't have any idea at all what the atmosphere of Venus is like. It has a CO2 concentration of around 97%. On earth the density is about 0.039%.
It is simply foolish to look towards Venus as an indicator of what is happening on earth. The two planets are very different. This is just one very questionable ethical problems of the global warming community, that is grasping at examples that have nothing to do with the problems here on earth.
Beyond that we have yet to see a direct link to the carbon in the atmosphere and the recent temperature shifts.
Cook's response: ++++++
The Moron who walked right into this: +++++++++++++
Why? He marginalized his idiot cause and it will be in the news.
The Moron who walked right into this: +++++++++++++
Why? He marginalized his idiot cause and it will be in the news.
Right here.. https://www.facebook.com/NCPPR
Read it.. they are straight up morons, about pretty much everything.
If someone is eating clean food, breathing clean air and can drink the water then they are right pissed about it.
Haha, actually i did know that, regardless of the extremely obvious fact that it is more extreme on Venus due to it being so hot, that doesn't change the fact that co2 warms up the planet.
Not according to conservatives. Only corporations are people in their eyes and only profits matter, everything else be damned.
Any official head of anything remotely resembling a global warming community has never claimed that runaway climate change will eventually change the atmosphere into something resembling Venus. Only that CO2 is a potent greenhouse gas, and our industry is contributing quite a bit of it to the atmosphere.
The absolute worst case global warming scenario would be an environment somewhat similar to what the Earth had during the Jurassic period, when the CO2 content of the atmosphere was roughly 6 times higher than what it is today.
Had the group examined the overall efficiency of these projects, I might have some respect for them. Their demands were that Apple be required to consider net cost over everything else on a given project. I wasn't trying to champion one type of technology over another. I was having fun with the other post, because it was complete hackery. He went from whether Apple's executives should have the authority to weigh factors other than ROI in their decisions to a rant about the science behind climate change.
Anyway I wanted them to still be able to consider environmental impact, which would mean considering your points about cradle to grave efficiency. The proposal was that they only be able to consider ROI.
It takes real guts to tell an organization to dump their stock if they don't like how they do business. But it was the right thing to say, I'm glad he put these jerkoffs in their place.
Although the larger picture is that someone telling Apple how to make more profits it's about as absurd as it gets. Because yeah, lack of profits is clearly what's been holding Apple back...
Although the larger picture is that someone telling Apple how to make more profits it's about as absurd as it gets. Because yeah, lack of profits is clearly what's been holding Apple back...
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Bravo, Tim Cook!
Because the profits-uber-alles mantra invariably leads to a race to the bottom.
Because the profits-uber-alles mantra invariably leads to a race to the bottom.
You have an incorrect ideology.
The proper ideology you should have is that climate change is caused by humans, due to the greenhouse effect.
If you feel the world's scientists are mistaken, then feel free to publish your data disproving them.
Scientists are waiting to find out if your most awesome theories are true.
Do not fall victim to your ego. Right now, your ego tells you that you are somehow smarter than the world's top scientists.
Are you smarter than the world's top scientists? Do you have critical thinking skills that they do not have?
If you are the genius that you think you are, then prove it to the world.
This is the biggest mistake of libertarianism, that they think they are intelligent.
You guys are the opposite of intelligent, but you don't know that because dumb people do not know that they are dumb and their egos protect them from this view.
Your cite does not support your post. Evidence of trolling.
Please correct what you posted or it'll be reported.
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