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  • joecct
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    Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
    There was an interesting column recently in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on a subject Kepler has touched on, briefly, in some of his past posts. The idea that at some point technology will largely eliminate the idea of work, the need people will have for a guaranteed income, and how do we get there.

    It won't happen in the decade, tops, I'll be getting up and heading off to the salt mine in the morning, but posters younger than me will have to struggle with this transition.

    For those interested. http://www.startribune.com/lee-schaf...ome/421479323/
    If we don't make anything, but leave it to machines (which we made), how does civilization advance?

    Under the above scenario, it seems we exist, not live.

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  • SJHovey
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    Re: Completely Unwoven: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 4.0

    There was an interesting column recently in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on a subject Kepler has touched on, briefly, in some of his past posts. The idea that at some point technology will largely eliminate the idea of work, the need people will have for a guaranteed income, and how do we get there.

    It won't happen in the decade, tops, I'll be getting up and heading off to the salt mine in the morning, but posters younger than me will have to struggle with this transition.

    For those interested. http://www.startribune.com/lee-schaf...ome/421479323/

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  • jerphisch
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    Re: Completely Unwoven: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 4.0

    Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
    Agree 100%. If you pay for nosebleeds, you don't get to go sit in a box just because you spot an empty seat.

    Edit: it's not clear from the article, though, if the teenager paid again for his earlier flight or if he changed his existing reservation. If the family paid for 5 total seats ( one on early flight, four on later flight), then I am confused as to what I think....
    This shouldn't be confusing at all. Airline tickets are non-transferable, period. You can't buy a ticket for your wife and then decide to give your mother the seat. If you want a seat for a passenger without a ticket, the only way to get it is to buy them a ticket.

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  • FadeToBlack&Gold
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    Re: Completely Unwoven: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 4.0

    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
    Meh. By the third inning / takeoff, I think it's yours.
    Once you are in the air and the seatbelt sign is off, it is generally OK to switch seats, or move to another open seat, within the same class of service. I see it all the time when there's space in the exit rows.

    That is obviously not what happened here.

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  • joecct
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    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
    You obviously never went to Shea. They'd break your arm for trying to get to the lower deck.
    We had company box seats (mezzanine) at Yankee Stadium. Dad would buy box seats for Shea, though we sat in the RF nosebleeds for the 69 WS.

    Memorial Stadium was very friendly to moving on up.

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  • Kepler
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    Re: Completely Unwoven: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 4.0

    Originally posted by joecct View Post
    Plus a small gratuity to the usher and it's usually not a problem.
    You obviously never went to Shea. They'd break your arm for trying to get to the lower deck.

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  • joecct
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    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
    Meh. By the third inning / takeoff, I think it's yours.
    Plus a small gratuity to the usher and it's usually not a problem.

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  • LynahFan
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    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
    Meh. By the third inning / takeoff, I think it's yours.
    Socialist!

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  • Kepler
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    Re: Completely Unwoven: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 4.0

    Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
    Agree 100%. If you pay for nosebleeds, you don't get to go sit in a box just because you spot an empty seat.
    Meh. By the third inning / takeoff, I think it's yours.

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  • LynahFan
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    Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
    Some of us still call it "steerage" from time to time.

    If the child's boarding pass says "Infant in Arms", that means you did not pay for another seat, so you're expected to hold the kid. While it's technically correct that they paid for the seat for their older son, it's also correct that since he took an earlier flight, and therefore was a "no show" at the gate for their flight, Delta was within their rights to cancel his reservation, and give someone else that seat. It's not overbooking, they just didn't want to hold the kid for 6 hours, to which I say "Tough".

    EDIT: This is a lot like the United story that came out a week or two ago about the couple who tried to "upgrade" themselves to Econ+ on a flight that wasn't full, then whined when they were kicked off the aircraft.

    There's a difference between the assault that happened to the doctor (or "Pee-gate", if you want a Delta example), and passengers who just want to bend the rules. Yes, flying in economy sucks, we all know it. Tough.
    Agree 100%. If you pay for nosebleeds, you don't get to go sit in a box just because you spot an empty seat.

    Edit: it's not clear from the article, though, if the teenager paid again for his earlier flight or if he changed his existing reservation. If the family paid for 5 total seats ( one on early flight, four on later flight), then I am confused as to what I think....
    Last edited by LynahFan; 05-05-2017, 09:14 AM.

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  • FadeToBlack&Gold
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    Re: Completely Unwoven: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 4.0

    Originally posted by joecct View Post
    I believe in the days of the Titanic, economy was called "steerage".

    http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/na...421258184.html
    Some of us still call it "steerage" from time to time.

    If the child's boarding pass says "Infant in Arms", that means you did not pay for another seat, so you're expected to hold the kid. While it's technically correct that they paid for the seat for their older son, it's also correct that since he took an earlier flight, and therefore was a "no show" at the gate for their flight, Delta was within their rights to cancel his reservation, and give someone else that seat. It's not overbooking, they just didn't want to hold the kid for 6 hours, to which I say "Tough".

    EDIT: This is a lot like the United story that came out a week or two ago about the couple who tried to "upgrade" themselves to Econ+ on a flight that wasn't full, then whined when they were kicked off the aircraft.

    There's a difference between the assault that happened to the doctor (or "Pee-gate", if you want a Delta example), and passengers who just want to bend the rules. Yes, flying in economy sucks, we all know it. Tough.
    Last edited by FadeToBlack&Gold; 05-04-2017, 03:12 PM.

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  • joecct
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    Re: Completely Unwoven: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 4.0

    I believe in the days of the Titanic, economy was called "steerage".

    http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/na...421258184.html

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  • joecct
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    The Aussies are a bit peeved at our economy.

    @SportsSunday: "There's something wrong with humanity when you pay someone $20 million to bounce a ball." - @R1CHARDFREEDMAN. #9SportsSunday https://***********/SportsSunday/sta...549056/video/1

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  • dxmnkd316
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    God you're terrible.

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  • FadeToBlack&Gold
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    Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
    Well yes, but I am guessing Joe was trying to make fun of Purdue. Otherwise there's even less of a joke. Or I'm just very confused about the whole thing.
    Purdon't is a STEM school. STEM grads are needed to keep mills/machines running. Kaplan was/is a diploma mill.

    Har har. Get it?

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