Well of course results vary from paper to paper. I'm sure we all know that science progresses as general consensus. It's important to follow larger trends, not the day to day experiments.
I just don't know if this data is accurate. The people around me all make around 150-200k, but this graphic makes that out to be exceedingly rare. Yet I know I could do a quick search and find plenty of opportunities in that range.
it's hard to know how to interpret all this data when the sources report such different values. in particular, i really wonder what to make of the fact that the bureau of labor reports median pay that is significantly higher than most of the values for average pay reported by other sources. if this were actually true, it would indicate a very wacky pay distribution.
Please don't make that argument about gun-free zones. In what world can we expect a person bent on mass homicide to respect municipal ordinance? Shooter: "Oh this sign says no guns? Darn, guess I'll abandon my murder spree then."
You're not serious right? Or maybe you just haven't yet explained what you really meant?
The analogy is roughly, 1) gov. makes law 2) markets acts opposite way as law intended 3) consumer requests more laws. "The no gun zone law didn't work, let's make the no gun zone bigger" vs "The local ISP monopoly law backfired, let's let the government invent more rules for ISPs"
I agree. I remember when the iPad came out, people said they weren't anything special, just a big iPod touch. But that seemingly insignificant tweak in size changed everything about use patterns. The difference is like that between a bathtub and a swimming pool.
