Charging $0.00 to a card would be a bad financial move for anyone. Each credit card / charge transaction costs a fee. Effectively running a $0.00 charge to a card would cost the band. The cost is whatever is under their merchant license contract (pennies on the dollar, sometimes considerably higher). This is the reason why you see signs in stores $10 minimum for credit card purchases, etc. They're trying to discourage frivilous charges (mostly among small businesses, larger corporations receive better rates).
call this what you will but it seems like Google's executive board / share holders are going for the throat. Are we beginning to see a trend or is this a wolf in sheep's clothing situation?
this is where we got quite a bit of our everyday tech from. items like cordless tools, heart rate monitors, durable glass... even things like (some specialty) tape and adhesives.
depends. news can be relative... kind of like cars.
this is new news, to some who did not come across the article previously. I think statistic-based news that becomes considerably more dated as the article ages is `not a good post`... but some things slip through the cracks and do add value.
I was just thinking similarly. I live in New Jersey. Surviving is just about only possible through credit. Next stop: boardwalk pizza rewards credit card.
the pressure from shareholders makes this very difficult. Corporations have to guarantee shareholders return on investment. A "large" shareholder might say something like "well this homebrew thing is nice, i don't understand how it helps us make money though. in fact, piracy goes up and we lose money? right? ok, i vote we don't do it, and if you do, i'm pulling my money out of this company."
When the shareholder's reach 51% agreement,.. quite a bit of pressure can be placed on the e-board regardless of what they think is good or not.
but take this into account... the massive amount of publicitly generated by this final episode alone was enough to get me thinking "should I buy this series on dvd/hd-dvd/blu-ray?"...
the point: they just managed to open sales to a wider audience than their dedicated fanbase... those with marginal interest may now go and purchase some new box sets.
also: let's just go ahead and pretend like another console on the market from the same company wouldn't also compete with their flagship product and actually could compete independently in it's own family genre sub-market.
it's ironic how you mention this. my initial reaction was to keep the xbox just as it is and promote your gears of wars and halo series... while on the other hand developing a second console to compete with the wii head on. If any company has the resources for such an endeavour it would be MS.
Product1: MS xbox360 Product2: MS family oriented wii-clone
let's not forget that school is their job until about 24 years of age.
the buildings they go to every day are going to become entrenched in their mind... it's common to think about that environment.
I still remember the exact layout of my grammar school as if it were yesterday, I spent 8 years of my life there and could easily see someone modeling that infrastructure.
This boils down to (in most instances) the fact that the kid is living under rules in this environment, and developing a map allows them to exist in a similar environment under their personal rules (thus making the real one slightly more [or less] tolerable depending on your outlook)./p?
In a moment of amazing forethought:
Asia (read as: Sony) launches the first 2,400 mile HD plasma TV into space (with all the best channels Direct TV has to offer).
followed quickly by equal sized Google ad-satellites.
I'm switching from cable.
Seems like a very costly operation to me. These chips could be used to report back on data on a calm atmosphere and produce recurring feedback if their signal strength is significant enough.
The other case (and more costly operation is) where they are instantly destroyed by say 800mph gas / electricity storms and the best feedback you could hope for is possibly wind sweep pattern / storm strength (useful in its own right but the chips would probably be damaged before suitable data is collected).
So what happens when the insurgents are in a building with a high power antenna and net stumbler and pick up 16 access point SSIDs named "Linksys Soldier"?
before anyone combats the original poster with arguments based on students not being proficient with firearms vs. local police force... I will make the statement and reference the several NYC cases where police firearm accuracy has been sub par (and has consequently proven effective).
I agree that concealed weapons and right to carry laws may not eliminate these tragedies, but could prevent some of them before they occur.
20+ americans dead a tragedy? Or just a good start.
This isn't opportunistic trash. This is mocking the bullshit Americans spew about their constitution and the rights it gives them. Seems to me it gives them the right to shoot each other. I'm kind of amused by the number of people that take offence at this. you are a fucking prick. how's that for a good start?
If you throw a quiet teargas grenade next to a seal, the seal will bat it around for a while, try to eat it several times, and end up getting bored and finding something to kill just be careful it's not a SEAL with an mp5 or that `something to kill` will be whoever tossed the grenade! (ha. ha.)
In other news... inattentive driver accidents are on the rise. In one such incidient the subject was found to be adjusting their glasses to the appropriate level of bling while speeding through an intersection.
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I've fixed this issue in my own coding practices. I strictly use GPLv4.
Charging $0.00 to a card would be a bad financial move for anyone. Each credit card / charge transaction costs a fee.
Effectively running a $0.00 charge to a card would cost the band. The cost is whatever is under their merchant license contract (pennies on the dollar, sometimes considerably higher). This is the reason why you see signs in stores $10 minimum for credit card purchases, etc. They're trying to discourage frivilous charges (mostly among small businesses, larger corporations receive better rates).
call this what you will but it seems like Google's executive board / share holders are going for the throat. Are we beginning to see a trend or is this a wolf in sheep's clothing situation?
this is where we got quite a bit of our everyday tech from. items like cordless tools, heart rate monitors, durable glass... even things like (some specialty) tape and adhesives.
depends. news can be relative... kind of like cars. this is new news, to some who did not come across the article previously. I think statistic-based news that becomes considerably more dated as the article ages is `not a good post`... but some things slip through the cracks and do add value.
in other news Steve Jobs just announced the latest French Flag theme for the iPhone.
Patent System 2.0
I like it.
as a side note: my captcha image word was "stalling". Somehow applicable.
I was just thinking similarly. I live in New Jersey. Surviving is just about only possible through credit. Next stop: boardwalk pizza rewards credit card.
i hate to break this to you, but my patent for patenting patents just passed about 20 minutes ago.
pay up!
the pressure from shareholders makes this very difficult. Corporations have to guarantee shareholders return on investment. A "large" shareholder might say something like "well this homebrew thing is nice, i don't understand how it helps us make money though. in fact, piracy goes up and we lose money? right? ok, i vote we don't do it, and if you do, i'm pulling my money out of this company." When the shareholder's reach 51% agreement,.. quite a bit of pressure can be placed on the e-board regardless of what they think is good or not.
but take this into account... the massive amount of publicitly generated by this final episode alone was enough to get me thinking "should I buy this series on dvd/hd-dvd/blu-ray?"...
the point: they just managed to open sales to a wider audience than their dedicated fanbase... those with marginal interest may now go and purchase some new box sets.
also: let's just go ahead and pretend like another console on the market from the same company wouldn't also compete with their flagship product and actually could compete independently in it's own family genre sub-market.
it's ironic how you mention this. my initial reaction was to keep the xbox just as it is and promote your gears of wars and halo series... while on the other hand developing a second console to compete with the wii head on. If any company has the resources for such an endeavour it would be MS.
Product1: MS xbox360
Product2: MS family oriented wii-clone
You clearly mean direct to blu-ray. Viewable only by the current ps3 owner base. Between 4am and 4pm. Sometimes.
let's not forget that school is their job until about 24 years of age.
the buildings they go to every day are going to become entrenched in their mind... it's common to think about that environment. I still remember the exact layout of my grammar school as if it were yesterday, I spent 8 years of my life there and could easily see someone modeling that infrastructure.
This boils down to (in most instances) the fact that the kid is living under rules in this environment, and developing a map allows them to exist in a similar environment under their personal rules (thus making the real one slightly more [or less] tolerable depending on your outlook)./p?
In a moment of amazing forethought: Asia (read as: Sony) launches the first 2,400 mile HD plasma TV into space (with all the best channels Direct TV has to offer). followed quickly by equal sized Google ad-satellites. I'm switching from cable.
I'm aware. I saw that and thought I'd throw some sarcasm at it... a "more to it than meets the eye" scenario.
This is clearly a philanthropic move with no agenda to push whatsoever. clearly.
Seems like a very costly operation to me. These chips could be used to report back on data on a calm atmosphere and produce recurring feedback if their signal strength is significant enough. The other case (and more costly operation is) where they are instantly destroyed by say 800mph gas / electricity storms and the best feedback you could hope for is possibly wind sweep pattern / storm strength (useful in its own right but the chips would probably be damaged before suitable data is collected).
they would have to make sure to cardboard up the windows first though!
So what happens when the insurgents are in a building with a high power antenna and net stumbler and pick up 16 access point SSIDs named "Linksys Soldier"?
before anyone combats the original poster with arguments based on students not being proficient with firearms vs. local police force... I will make the statement and reference the several NYC cases where police firearm accuracy has been sub par (and has consequently proven effective). I agree that concealed weapons and right to carry laws may not eliminate these tragedies, but could prevent some of them before they occur.
In other news... inattentive driver accidents are on the rise. In one such incidient the subject was found to be adjusting their glasses to the appropriate level of bling while speeding through an intersection.