If only the car was manual (I believe you refer to it as a 'stick shift' on the other side of the pond) you wouldn't have had this problem.
Why won't the government ban automatic transmissions? Won't somebody think of the children?!
Ban automatic transmission? Are you nuts? The American traffic economy would come to a screeching halt...
OK a bumpy, sputtering zigzagging halt... but a halt nonetheless. Oh wait, it's already down? OK then why not.
Last year I got a letter from my cellphone provider E-Plus (Germany) saying that if I would choose to opt for getting my monthly statements VIA EMAIL and no longer through the mail on a piece of paper I would get a 5 Euro (yeah FIVE) credit on my next bill. I thought "this can't be right" and started scanning through the fine print.
Turns out, the fineprint states that the electronically transmitted bill is in fact not a legal document, only acts as a representation of cost (for consumer convenience) and in case of a lawsuit can't be used as evidence. What that means is that in case the network decides they want to recalculate that statement and charge me for something I didn't do I have to ask them for a new copy of the bill (which interestingly costs 2.50 Euro per copy + shipping). As we all know, when it comes to disputes about bills and the company in question has to provide me with evidence I can hold against them how well that usually works. So I of course refused to switch my contract to this ridiculous option.
Anyone have similar experiences with anyone billing them? I mean, if you were offered a one time 5 buck discount in exchange for your ability to prove what kind of bill was sent to me in case of a legal dispute, would you do it?
So, the U.S. President's house (White House), his motorcade, and Air Force One aren't paid for by taxes? Idiot.
Well but presidents do something and are influenced by the parliament. A King in a constitutional monarchy basically just sits there and does the fancy stuff while the prime minister and his lackeys have to do all the boring business. Why would someone have to pay for that? Oh right, before they need to make sure everyone knows that the King's family was already rich before it became fashionable.
Actually, as far as I know about the research for a cable solution that is one of the hard-to-solve problems. The force that pulls on the cable because the anchor wants to fly off is so strong that even if you could work out this mechanical energy transfer you'd still lack the ability to manufacture a cable that is strong enough. Isn't that why they started trying weave nano tubes into wires?
Show me one actual democracy in Europe (I know, England doesn't want to be a part of it) and I'll gladly take your cream and slap it on a spotted dick. We all have these fancy democracy-schmemocracy thingamajigs on paper but most of the countries here aren't actually concerned about what's good for their populace. Norway and Sweden may be exceptions but they too have that ridiculous antiquated monarchy crap going on. Every country that raises taxes to pay for some useless shmuck's castle and carriage has my pity.
Sorry but that's too simple. As a governing entity they will always go for the "more control" option since they wouldn't want to take the risks. It's sad but apparently democracies have to be balanced by force. They put their security on the scales and we need to throw in our urge for freedom. Since they've been piling up that security illusion for decades now it's about time someone threw them a heap of freedom. Unfortunately their plan works out very well and the average Joe is too busy playing his consumer puppet role and too convenient with his obedience that they would even see the need to act on situations like this.
Let's not forget passiveness and blind trust in propaganda for potential personal benefit is what brought my country the Nazis and that ended up being everybodies problem. Same here, if we don't stop the security fascists soon we'll all end up wearing uniforms and praising our great protector.
What democratic countries? England? Since when is a monarchy with a storefront election scham a democracy? I'm from Germany and I can only laugh at those who believe we live in democratic societies. The only ones that do it almost right are the Swiss but their referendum approach only works because the country is so small they could actually kick their governments ass.
Just the fact that the Brits monitor their citizens every move and still can't do shit about the crime rate should be enough proof that they're blind, ignorant and just plain stupid if they think this will go on forever. Fortunately your data is pretty safe with the UK government since they ususally lose the data before they can evaluate it.
The governments don't even bother to lie to us anymore it's just plain animosities. Its about time we took back our societies and show these greedy bastards who's boss.
Them's fightin' words... lets give it to them!!!1!^1...
If you don't want the Uni to own your ideas, then don't use their resources to develop them. The same goes for business, if you work for a corporation and use their resources to develop an idea, then they own it.
You might not like it, but our society and legal system prefers those who take the most [financial] risk, not those who are the most creative.
But that's ridiculous. You're basically saying "pay a tuition to gain access to the publicly funded pool of information, take whatever knowledge you can from the system and then market your ideas based on that for yourself and never give back". That's even more ridiculous than the college hijacking your ideas. Why would anyone even consider paying taxes for colleges if all they do is give away knowledge that is then exploited with no flow of money back into the system? The college should pay the students with great ideas to patent them and then try to work out ways in which to make money with both sides benefiting. If you have come up with something spectacular while working at your university shouldn't you consider donating to that institution? Just claiming "mine now, you did this while you were here" is a load of bull.
When did humans lose out in significance in favour of corporations?
The second money became more important than people.
Money is an abstract idea that USED TO BE intrinsically connected to our lives and had direct relevance and value. Nowadays (and for decades) money has become a virtual commodity that can be expanded and inflated at will. There is no actual substance behind it anymore and therefore our lives became virtual since they are tied to money.
I'm not saying get rid of the money but we seriously need to clean up and redistribute this system before we are all swallowed, chewed up and pooped out by the money-counting perpetuum mobile that we have allowed to exist for too long.
The question rather is why are they paying at all? When did Knowledge become something monetary? I understand that the infrastructure and education of the personnel conveying this knowledge needs to be secured but the overall goal shouldn't be to make it available to only those who can afford it but to everyone. Unfortunately that's communism as far as the USA are concerned apparently.
This has turned from "we want to make people smarter so the world can become a better place" into "We need to fuck the other guy harder and faster as they can fuck us" so we can run around screaming "I'm first, I'm first" here in the comments we laugh at and insult these people but in the universities we call them "Elites" and worship their ignorance. What a wonderful world.
Who's the victim? People that can't stand the idea that there is someone who rapes children SOMEWHERE in the world so they have to get rid of every incriminating piece of evidence that would suggest the existence of such a person. It's weasely morons with no sense of reality. That's why these cases are held... to get rid of the evidence that the world is a complicated place.
No you need to see a therapist... I'd suggest a hand-drawn psychiatrist and then two years of rehabilitation training in Myiazaki country mental ward. Afterwards you can go back to Hollywood and have Mini Mouse give you a hummer, she's at least mature.
Well, you belong to that group of people that actually use their Mac for some kind of work. Most Mac users I know just bought one because they liked the design and the OS was fool-proof (to me a proof of their foolery).
The people I know who bought Macs are people that don't even know what color calibration is and what difference a matte screen makes to a glossy one. They just don't care. Let me quote my 50yo dad who once said "This Vista is driving me crazy... my next computer will be a Mac".
Maybe I just know the wrong people, I understand they have good OSS support and some of the features are really neat-o but for the average Joe it's just a load of money wasted on design and the Apple logo.
As with the VCR piracy that was said to destroy the entire movie industry decades ago it was the very same deal. People who saw their outdated business in peril convinced officials (that don't use the technology and don't how about it's workings and benefits) to outlaw those who tried to improve how things are done, so they can make more money of prolonging the process of adaption.
I had to make a choice, I think that off-the-shelve hardware argument was bogus and therefore didn't include it. There is too little information about what they meant by that and how it was actually carried out. So they put Dell workstations in there or what?
The implication was on purpose so, well you know the deal, things get a bit interesting around here:P
So far if you guys are to be trusted 2009 will be the year of the "net non-neutral Linux SSD enabled touch optimized wireless HD streaming gesture camera netbook"
Owning a netbook that merely runs a basic version of an operating sytem that the company itself wants to get rid off and as the only reason to chose over a full-scale FOSS option I get an MS version of Google Apps? No thanks, take the Linux computers and spend whatever you're saving on some Tux-savvy teachers.
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If only the car was manual (I believe you refer to it as a 'stick shift' on the other side of the pond) you wouldn't have had this problem. Why won't the government ban automatic transmissions? Won't somebody think of the children?!
Ban automatic transmission? Are you nuts? The American traffic economy would come to a screeching halt ...
... but a halt nonetheless. Oh wait, it's already down? OK then why not.
OK a bumpy, sputtering zigzagging halt
Last year I got a letter from my cellphone provider E-Plus (Germany) saying that if I would choose to opt for getting my monthly statements VIA EMAIL and no longer through the mail on a piece of paper I would get a 5 Euro (yeah FIVE) credit on my next bill. I thought "this can't be right" and started scanning through the fine print.
Turns out, the fineprint states that the electronically transmitted bill is in fact not a legal document, only acts as a representation of cost (for consumer convenience) and in case of a lawsuit can't be used as evidence. What that means is that in case the network decides they want to recalculate that statement and charge me for something I didn't do I have to ask them for a new copy of the bill (which interestingly costs 2.50 Euro per copy + shipping). As we all know, when it comes to disputes about bills and the company in question has to provide me with evidence I can hold against them how well that usually works. So I of course refused to switch my contract to this ridiculous option.
Anyone have similar experiences with anyone billing them? I mean, if you were offered a one time 5 buck discount in exchange for your ability to prove what kind of bill was sent to me in case of a legal dispute, would you do it?
Commencing with money making phase.
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Charging for lazors
I wear my sunglasses in the shade
OLPC with without Sugar
it's Delicious
The morning dawns and Sun rises
n: Profit!
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So, the U.S. President's house (White House), his motorcade, and Air Force One aren't paid for by taxes? Idiot.
Well but presidents do something and are influenced by the parliament. A King in a constitutional monarchy basically just sits there and does the fancy stuff while the prime minister and his lackeys have to do all the boring business. Why would someone have to pay for that? Oh right, before they need to make sure everyone knows that the King's family was already rich before it became fashionable.
And afterwards the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Seven Samurai, The Uncut Frost/Nixon interviews and every Episode of Seinfeld ever made.
*DING* *crackling speaker* "First floor: Radiation, Vacuum and Anti-Gravity Masturbation"
Actually, as far as I know about the research for a cable solution that is one of the hard-to-solve problems. The force that pulls on the cable because the anchor wants to fly off is so strong that even if you could work out this mechanical energy transfer you'd still lack the ability to manufacture a cable that is strong enough. Isn't that why they started trying weave nano tubes into wires?
Show me one actual democracy in Europe (I know, England doesn't want to be a part of it) and I'll gladly take your cream and slap it on a spotted dick. We all have these fancy democracy-schmemocracy thingamajigs on paper but most of the countries here aren't actually concerned about what's good for their populace. Norway and Sweden may be exceptions but they too have that ridiculous antiquated monarchy crap going on. Every country that raises taxes to pay for some useless shmuck's castle and carriage has my pity.
Sorry but that's too simple. As a governing entity they will always go for the "more control" option since they wouldn't want to take the risks. It's sad but apparently democracies have to be balanced by force. They put their security on the scales and we need to throw in our urge for freedom. Since they've been piling up that security illusion for decades now it's about time someone threw them a heap of freedom. Unfortunately their plan works out very well and the average Joe is too busy playing his consumer puppet role and too convenient with his obedience that they would even see the need to act on situations like this.
Let's not forget passiveness and blind trust in propaganda for potential personal benefit is what brought my country the Nazis and that ended up being everybodies problem. Same here, if we don't stop the security fascists soon we'll all end up wearing uniforms and praising our great protector.
What democratic countries? England? Since when is a monarchy with a storefront election scham a democracy? I'm from Germany and I can only laugh at those who believe we live in democratic societies. The only ones that do it almost right are the Swiss but their referendum approach only works because the country is so small they could actually kick their governments ass.
Just the fact that the Brits monitor their citizens every move and still can't do shit about the crime rate should be enough proof that they're blind, ignorant and just plain stupid if they think this will go on forever. Fortunately your data is pretty safe with the UK government since they ususally lose the data before they can evaluate it.
The governments don't even bother to lie to us anymore it's just plain animosities. Its about time we took back our societies and show these greedy bastards who's boss.
... lets give it to them!!!1!^1...
... where is everybody going? F$%"& cowards.
Them's fightin' words
Hey
If you don't want the Uni to own your ideas, then don't use their resources to develop them. The same goes for business, if you work for a corporation and use their resources to develop an idea, then they own it.
You might not like it, but our society and legal system prefers those who take the most [financial] risk, not those who are the most creative.
But that's ridiculous. You're basically saying "pay a tuition to gain access to the publicly funded pool of information, take whatever knowledge you can from the system and then market your ideas based on that for yourself and never give back". That's even more ridiculous than the college hijacking your ideas. Why would anyone even consider paying taxes for colleges if all they do is give away knowledge that is then exploited with no flow of money back into the system? The college should pay the students with great ideas to patent them and then try to work out ways in which to make money with both sides benefiting. If you have come up with something spectacular while working at your university shouldn't you consider donating to that institution? Just claiming "mine now, you did this while you were here" is a load of bull.
When did humans lose out in significance in favour of corporations?
The second money became more important than people.
Money is an abstract idea that USED TO BE intrinsically connected to our lives and had direct relevance and value. Nowadays (and for decades) money has become a virtual commodity that can be expanded and inflated at will. There is no actual substance behind it anymore and therefore our lives became virtual since they are tied to money.
I'm not saying get rid of the money but we seriously need to clean up and redistribute this system before we are all swallowed, chewed up and pooped out by the money-counting perpetuum mobile that we have allowed to exist for too long.
The question rather is why are they paying at all? When did Knowledge become something monetary? I understand that the infrastructure and education of the personnel conveying this knowledge needs to be secured but the overall goal shouldn't be to make it available to only those who can afford it but to everyone. Unfortunately that's communism as far as the USA are concerned apparently.
This has turned from "we want to make people smarter so the world can become a better place" into "We need to fuck the other guy harder and faster as they can fuck us" so we can run around screaming "I'm first, I'm first" here in the comments we laugh at and insult these people but in the universities we call them "Elites" and worship their ignorance. What a wonderful world.
Who's the victim? People that can't stand the idea that there is someone who rapes children SOMEWHERE in the world so they have to get rid of every incriminating piece of evidence that would suggest the existence of such a person. It's weasely morons with no sense of reality. That's why these cases are held ... to get rid of the evidence that the world is a complicated place.
No you need to see a therapist ... I'd suggest a hand-drawn psychiatrist and then two years of rehabilitation training in Myiazaki country mental ward. Afterwards you can go back to Hollywood and have Mini Mouse give you a hummer, she's at least mature.
Isn't that the Zeitgeist of today? Persecuting people for looking light they might or abstractly could commit a crime?!
Now that's just a tad too nerdy even for me. I didn't even know there were Mac applications called Reason and Logic. Well done.
Well, you belong to that group of people that actually use their Mac for some kind of work. Most Mac users I know just bought one because they liked the design and the OS was fool-proof (to me a proof of their foolery).
... my next computer will be a Mac".
The people I know who bought Macs are people that don't even know what color calibration is and what difference a matte screen makes to a glossy one. They just don't care. Let me quote my 50yo dad who once said "This Vista is driving me crazy
Maybe I just know the wrong people, I understand they have good OSS support and some of the features are really neat-o but for the average Joe it's just a load of money wasted on design and the Apple logo.
People that buy Apple products don't care about logic or reason in any case.
People that boycott stuff would never buy from Apple for reasons of logic.
Mutually exclusive.
As with the VCR piracy that was said to destroy the entire movie industry decades ago it was the very same deal. People who saw their outdated business in peril convinced officials (that don't use the technology and don't how about it's workings and benefits) to outlaw those who tried to improve how things are done, so they can make more money of prolonging the process of adaption.
Cleanse, purge, repeat.
I had to make a choice, I think that off-the-shelve hardware argument was bogus and therefore didn't include it. There is too little information about what they meant by that and how it was actually carried out. So they put Dell workstations in there or what?
:P
The implication was on purpose so, well you know the deal, things get a bit interesting around here
Could we stop this 2009 year of the ... please?
So far if you guys are to be trusted 2009 will be the year of the "net non-neutral Linux SSD enabled touch optimized wireless HD streaming gesture camera netbook"
Owning a netbook that merely runs a basic version of an operating sytem that the company itself wants to get rid off and as the only reason to chose over a full-scale FOSS option I get an MS version of Google Apps? No thanks, take the Linux computers and spend whatever you're saving on some Tux-savvy teachers.
makes me a sad panda. :\
Actually, you know what, I'm not even sad but the law makes me look like I am.
Great, now I'm actually sad.