The above explanation is way, WAY oversimplified but I can't think of any way to explain it in a detailed fashion with a car analogy.
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The air bags & seat belt will help protect you if you get in an accident, but you can still be injured/killed in an accident if you act too irresponsibly.
In either case I don't think it's relevant; my comment was more an observation of the fact that some people believe the only purpose of companies is to make money for the owners.
That's exactly what the goals of a for-profit company are.
If you're not trying to make money, be a non-profit, or do something as a hobby.
I agree with you about this, but then maybe the game could have multiple advertisers, including competitors. Heck, there's even a possibility they could make more money off it. 2 advertisers each paying 60% of what it would have cost for a single advertiser.
I hate 'regular' ads (e.g. TV commercials), but using real brand names in books, movies, and TV shows, as long as it doesn't become VERY blatant (which I actually think it relatively rarely does, and some of the blatant ads are funny, e.g. Colbert Report), is better IMHO than fake made up brand names. I've always thought it was weird that books seem to be able to use brand names with no problem (e.g. Stephen King's books), but it's much less common in movies/TV, I guess because they expect to be paid for it. Yet SK's use of real brand names is one of the things that makes his towns seem initially more realistic.
You meant $300 install fee, right? (Though I see that for the higher priced ones, they even have the install fee officially listed as waived, like I had read about in other news stories.)
Even if you do have to pay $300 install fee, that's at worst equivalent to 1 year of DSL (using AT&T's price for naked DSL.. The $14.95/month ads require you to have a phone line)⦠then free. Seems like a great deal to me.
If we had Nascar-like service stations every 20 miles along every stretch of road, highway, freeway, and dirt path, everywhere... THEN 100 mile range would work just-fine. Otherwise, no. 200 is a pretty good minimum, assuming fast charging stations proliferating.
*You* must be a professional driver or be a traveling salesman or something. From http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf, 42.3% of people took fewer than 20 minutes to get to work. (You get to 56.5% for fewer than 25). Even if that 20 minutes (remember, that's the maximum) was all freeway time, let's say 21.66 miles. So double that (for return trip) and add some various driving around, and 60 miles covers a huge proportion of people's commutes.
I actually agree with you about the thickness part.. but..
So you would have a smartphone that lasted 2-5 days and could be charged in minutes.
Do you mean with CURRENT battery technology, or what was described here? Even a current phone takes more than "minutes" (what people infer as "a few minutes") to charge all the way.
That's a strange example to use. That absolutely IS about freedom, and is what the ACLU supposedly fights for.
A corporation is a group of people, so if it is spending money, why should it be limited? I also think people's individual contributions shouldn't be limited⦠However, ALL of it, by an individual or by a corporation, should be reported, so you can know who is trying to 'buy' whom.
I don't use Android phones, but different phones use different specially modified versions of Android. It's not like every version of Android is exactly the same.
You can't just go get a random version of Android and run it on any specific phone.
And this is a governmental problem. Why are existing companies allowed to "derail" anyone who wants to compete with them? Obviously, countries such as Japan and Sweden don't have this problem; if some company wants to set up a new ISP service, they just do so, which is why they aren't stuck with dog-slow speeds and insanely-high prices like we Americans are.
They are? They can just tear up the streets to install (duplicated) cable, thus disrupting people's lives, to create a competing ISP?
Because Google is held up as the shining example of what the telcos *could* be providing us... yet in Japan Sony is offering twice the speed for less cost. So maybe Google's offering is not the holy grail of home internet and telcos should be doing better.
Though no other companies that I know of are providing *free* network access (except WiFi in some areas, and I presume a nearby resident could use a bridge to use it as a home network for other devices)..
Free internet at today's average speeds Future-proof your home with free Internet at today's average speeds. You can upgrade to Fiber speeds anytime, with no additional equipment needed. Up to 5Mbps download, 1Mbps upload speed â No data caps â Free service guaranteed for at least 7 years â Includes Network Box $300 construction fee (one time or 12 monthly payments of $25) + taxes and fees
That intrigues me even more than the ultra high speed Internet for which I don't really have any use.
No single banker went to prison for selling phony mortgages.. (though I also put blame on the people who signed UP for the phony mortgages, they should be in debtor's prison.)
Federal authorities are classifying the bombings as a terrorist attack, but it's not clear whether the origin was domestic or foreign, a federal law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said.
Tearing down a house? He just meant more distributed light.. (My idea:) Maybe something slightly like Christmas tree lights, with a bunch of very small but bright LEDs, spread out over a wall or ceiling.
Do you really mean 1000 watt bulbs? Or was that a typo? I have a 300 watt halogen torchiere lamp, though comparatively I don't use it much, even though it's the only light in one room. (Will probably replace it.. it'd be great if you could get a LED that would replace the little cylinder-type halogen bulbs.. maybe you can, I haven't looked.)
BTW, 7 hours usage.. may want to look at your diet.. just kidding.
Energy Star is a scam, plain and simple. A RICO scam, at that.
As someone else pointed out, from the article:
There is no fee for applying for Energy Star certification, nor for using the label. In fact the tests in themselves do not specify pass or fail results, but instead simply quantify performance and lifespan. It's the EPA that decides the benchmarks.
I admit this is somewhat FAQ-ish, but do LED "bulbs" work well in bathrooms too? The humidity is another concern, plus of course bathroom lights are ones turned on and off more often than many other lights. (I have used CFLs in bathroom lights, thought that's not recommended.. some have gone bad, but it seems like the current batch I have has worked better there.)
Though the city my new house is in gives a rebate for up to 6 LED bulbs, so I'll get 6 at some point.
Well, you didn't also say it had to be available at the same *time* as it was via other means. Since you were amenable to time limited DRM-encumbered rentals, if you just "wait a year", it will be available. I mean if you *really* wanted it at the time, you could just get HBO for the months the show was on, then cancel (like tons of people used to do for The Sopranos).
That's how I've seen most HBO shows, just rented on DVD from netflix after it was released. I know lots of people keep saying everything on TV (or movies) is crap, etc., but I think there's enough good stuff to EASILY just delay until it is available and watch other things in the meantime.
Actually, at the moment I'm not a netflix subscriber at all, but I easily filled my 500 limit queue (even though I admit I'll never watch most of it), by using it as a "this sounds interesting" list.
If it were truly commercial free (and yes, I don't mean skipping ads like Tivoing, as I mentioned in another post), and worked with a TiVo, I'd pay for a descrambler.
Get a TiVo or other DVR. Voila, no "standard" ads.
Though semi-ironically, the On Demand has "standard" ads (and non-fastforwardable on some shows but not all), but doesn't have the bugs, and some shows have FAR fewer ads than the regular broadcast. If I am watching something from On Demand with nonskippable ads, I either record it to my other recorder and skip ads later, or watch something else and pay attention to the orig show in PIP for when the ads finish.
I do that mostly when I recorded the SD version & watch the HD version on On Demand. Relatively rarely, but I have been playing with it lately. Most everything I just skip the standard ads by Tivoing everything. I say standard ads because there are the bugs that show up. The bugs don't show up on the On Demand ones.
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Executive:corporation::car:airbags/seat belt
The air bags & seat belt will help protect you if you get in an accident, but you can still be injured/killed in an accident if you act too irresponsibly.
That's exactly what the goals of a for-profit company are.
If you're not trying to make money, be a non-profit, or do something as a hobby.
I agree with you about this, but then maybe the game could have multiple advertisers, including competitors. Heck, there's even a possibility they could make more money off it. 2 advertisers each paying 60% of what it would have cost for a single advertiser.
I hate 'regular' ads (e.g. TV commercials), but using real brand names in books, movies, and TV shows, as long as it doesn't become VERY blatant (which I actually think it relatively rarely does, and some of the blatant ads are funny, e.g. Colbert Report), is better IMHO than fake made up brand names. I've always thought it was weird that books seem to be able to use brand names with no problem (e.g. Stephen King's books), but it's much less common in movies/TV, I guess because they expect to be paid for it. Yet SK's use of real brand names is one of the things that makes his towns seem initially more realistic.
You meant $300 install fee, right? (Though I see that for the higher priced ones, they even have the install fee officially listed as waived, like I had read about in other news stories.)
Even if you do have to pay $300 install fee, that's at worst equivalent to 1 year of DSL (using AT&T's price for naked DSL.. The $14.95/month ads require you to have a phone line)⦠then free. Seems like a great deal to me.
*You* must be a professional driver or be a traveling salesman or something. From http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf, 42.3% of people took fewer than 20 minutes to get to work. (You get to 56.5% for fewer than 25). Even if that 20 minutes (remember, that's the maximum) was all freeway time, let's say 21.66 miles. So double that (for return trip) and add some various driving around, and 60 miles covers a huge proportion of people's commutes.
I actually agree with you about the thickness part.. but..
Do you mean with CURRENT battery technology, or what was described here? Even a current phone takes more than "minutes" (what people infer as "a few minutes") to charge all the way.
That's a strange example to use. That absolutely IS about freedom, and is what the ACLU supposedly fights for.
A corporation is a group of people, so if it is spending money, why should it be limited? I also think people's individual contributions shouldn't be limited⦠However, ALL of it, by an individual or by a corporation, should be reported, so you can know who is trying to 'buy' whom.
I don't use Windows, but even CNET videos (very un-geeky) describe how to reenable the Start menu.
I don't use Android phones, but different phones use different specially modified versions of Android. It's not like every version of Android is exactly the same.
You can't just go get a random version of Android and run it on any specific phone.
They are? They can just tear up the streets to install (duplicated) cable, thus disrupting people's lives, to create a competing ISP?
One could still go to a library to file it though, right?
Though no other companies that I know of are providing *free* network access (except WiFi in some areas, and I presume a nearby resident could use a bridge to use it as a home network for other devices)..
from https://fiber.google.com/about/
That intrigues me even more than the ultra high speed Internet for which I don't really have any use.
No single banker went to prison for selling phony mortgages.. (though I also put blame on the people who signed UP for the phony mortgages, they should be in debtor's prison.)
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions/index.html
Serious question: Does the body repair the wiring (myelin sheath) at ALL by itself?
Is this just eating the insulation faster than it can regrow, or does it not regrow at all?
Tearing down a house? He just meant more distributed light.. (My idea:) Maybe something slightly like Christmas tree lights, with a bunch of very small but bright LEDs, spread out over a wall or ceiling.
Do you really mean 1000 watt bulbs? Or was that a typo? I have a 300 watt halogen torchiere lamp, though comparatively I don't use it much, even though it's the only light in one room. (Will probably replace it.. it'd be great if you could get a LED that would replace the little cylinder-type halogen bulbs.. maybe you can, I haven't looked.)
BTW, 7 hours usage.. may want to look at your diet.. just kidding.
As someone else pointed out, from the article:
How is that a scam?
I admit this is somewhat FAQ-ish, but do LED "bulbs" work well in bathrooms too? The humidity is another concern, plus of course bathroom lights are ones turned on and off more often than many other lights. (I have used CFLs in bathroom lights, thought that's not recommended.. some have gone bad, but it seems like the current batch I have has worked better there.)
Though the city my new house is in gives a rebate for up to 6 LED bulbs, so I'll get 6 at some point.
I think it was "Animals". Note, I was describing a *dud* episode .
I think it "sort of" works that way, but note that that was my "at worst" comparison.
Well, you didn't also say it had to be available at the same *time* as it was via other means. Since you were amenable to time limited DRM-encumbered rentals, if you just "wait a year", it will be available. I mean if you *really* wanted it at the time, you could just get HBO for the months the show was on, then cancel (like tons of people used to do for The Sopranos).
That's how I've seen most HBO shows, just rented on DVD from netflix after it was released. I know lots of people keep saying everything on TV (or movies) is crap, etc., but I think there's enough good stuff to EASILY just delay until it is available and watch other things in the meantime.
Actually, at the moment I'm not a netflix subscriber at all, but I easily filled my 500 limit queue (even though I admit I'll never watch most of it), by using it as a "this sounds interesting" list.
If it were truly commercial free (and yes, I don't mean skipping ads like Tivoing, as I mentioned in another post), and worked with a TiVo, I'd pay for a descrambler.
Get a TiVo or other DVR. Voila, no "standard" ads.
Though semi-ironically, the On Demand has "standard" ads (and non-fastforwardable on some shows but not all), but doesn't have the bugs, and some shows have FAR fewer ads than the regular broadcast. If I am watching something from On Demand with nonskippable ads, I either record it to my other recorder and skip ads later, or watch something else and pay attention to the orig show in PIP for when the ads finish.
I do that mostly when I recorded the SD version & watch the HD version on On Demand. Relatively rarely, but I have been playing with it lately. Most everything I just skip the standard ads by Tivoing everything. I say standard ads because there are the bugs that show up. The bugs don't show up on the On Demand ones.
How do you not have what you want already, with pay by show episodes on iTunes & Amazon, etc.?
(I personally think all of them are far too expensive per episode, if you're someone who watches a lot of TV, like I am.)