I don't think so. There isn't enough space on the disk to store a unique key for every PS3. Then again, the way PS3 sales are going, the list might not be that long.
Even if you use fire-resistant construction materials, you still have the problem of all the flammable materials inside the building. Stuff like polyurethane, also known as "solid gasoline", is widely used in furniture. A similar problem happened with warships in World War II. You'd think a steel ship would be fire-proof, but it was discovered that after all of the equipment and fittings were installed, there was enough flammable material to support catastrophic fires.
So is emigrating from Mexico to the United States without a visa.
I've seen large corporations intentionally violate labor laws on a regular basis. Many corporate executives consider them to be mere suggestions, that only need to be obeyed when the corporation is presented with a serious threat of legal action.
Their behavior may have been stupid, but it's your responsibility, as the operator of a motor vehicle, to drive at a safe (slow) speed, pay attention to your surroundings, and to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians. Right-of-way is not decided by mass.
I see far too many drivers zipping through parking lots at unsafe speeds.
Remember that pedestrians can be children, old people, people with disabilities, etc. You can't assume that their senses, reflexes and motor abilities are the same as those of a healthy adult.
Some of it was accidental, like the expended rocket stages that exploded well after being shutdown due to something igniting the residual propellants in the tanks.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
It's a sham. Scientology only became a "religion" because they were looking for a way to shield themselves from the federal government, especially the Food & Drug Administration. The FDA goes after medical quacks and frauds like L. Ron Hubbard, Dianetics and the e-meter.
Scientology is nothing more than an organized crime syndicate that preys on the weak, brainwashes them, and steals their money.
It isn't a new problem. Consumer credit contracts and insurance policies used to be terrible for the amount of impenetrable language and user-hostile terms. Don't fool yourself, most courts enforced those contracts, even if they were very one-sided. Legislation and regulatory action were required to eliminate the worst abuses.
Walking, if it is even practical, costs time. There are limits to how far you can adjust the thermostat before you have to deal with adverse effects on the people inside. There's no free lunch.
It may cost less in the long run, but there are substantial up-front costs to redesign processes and upgrade or replace hardware. You have to do an economic analysis to determine whether the changes are effective and affordable. Everything has a cost.
I've read that the manufacturers use subsidized advertising to fix prices. They wont subsidize the retailer's ads if their products are listed in the ad at a discounted price.
There are also many physicians who don't listen to their patients, since they know better and the patient is, by definition, an idiot. Their patients should just shut-up, pay the bill and get the hell out of the office before they waste any more of the physician's valuable time.
The retail stores may be looking at it as a loss leader. Get the customer in the store and sell him accessories and other stuff that has a better profit margin. I knew that margins on consoles were very small, but I thought that they were better on the games.
why the HELL do we need a reason to reduce carbon emissions, waste-per-person and tree felling?
Because we have limited resources. If we are going to spend a billion dollars, either directly or indirectly, on "improving the environment", we should make sure that the expenditure is effective and efficient at reaching our goals. This is a common problem in policy making. The list of things that would be "nice to do" is endless, and the associated demand for funding is infinite. We also have to be watchful for unintended consequences.
Look up the "Club of Rome" and its infamous "Limits to Growth". I'm not sure that I would describe myself as a "conservative Republican", but I'm deeply suspicious of so-called environmentalists and scientists who repeatedly predict imminent doom and disaster. They usually have a thinly disguised political and social agenda that they attempt to justify with flawed and misleading science. They are more concerned about ideology and politics than genuine science. Their press releases are often full of misleading statistics, facts taken out of context, unsupported conjecture, and outright fabrications. Ask them for cites for their "facts" and expect to get hostility or silence. Many people, disillusioned with traditional religion, have chosen to become "true believers" in more modern social and political movements.
I was a bit amazed at all the responses telling me how to do it with Internet Explorer or Firefox, even after I twice said that it didn't work with Safari.
One of the problems with RTFM these days is that often there is no FM. You can spend $500 on a software package and just receive a CD with an installer and release notes.
Besides with google, it lists the most popular URLs for various Yahoo services, not just "http://www.yahoo.com". So I can select Yahoo Mail with one click.
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I don't think so. There isn't enough space on the disk to store a unique key for every PS3. Then again, the way PS3 sales are going, the list might not be that long.
Even if you use fire-resistant construction materials, you still have the problem of all the flammable materials inside the building. Stuff like polyurethane, also known as "solid gasoline", is widely used in furniture. A similar problem happened with warships in World War II. You'd think a steel ship would be fire-proof, but it was discovered that after all of the equipment and fittings were installed, there was enough flammable material to support catastrophic fires.
I've seen large corporations intentionally violate labor laws on a regular basis. Many corporate executives consider them to be mere suggestions, that only need to be obeyed when the corporation is presented with a serious threat of legal action.
Bullshit. I take "drugs" every day, and I'm not violating any laws.
I see far too many drivers zipping through parking lots at unsafe speeds. Remember that pedestrians can be children, old people, people with disabilities, etc. You can't assume that their senses, reflexes and motor abilities are the same as those of a healthy adult.
Some of it was accidental, like the expended rocket stages that exploded well after being shutdown due to something igniting the residual propellants in the tanks.
Scientology is nothing more than an organized crime syndicate that preys on the weak, brainwashes them, and steals their money.
I think the chances of that are infinitesimal. Where there are soldiers and women, babies soon arrive.
I don't see a problem, as long as they don't release any individually identifiable data.
It isn't a new problem. Consumer credit contracts and insurance policies used to be terrible for the amount of impenetrable language and user-hostile terms. Don't fool yourself, most courts enforced those contracts, even if they were very one-sided. Legislation and regulatory action were required to eliminate the worst abuses.
Walking, if it is even practical, costs time. There are limits to how far you can adjust the thermostat before you have to deal with adverse effects on the people inside. There's no free lunch.
It may cost less in the long run, but there are substantial up-front costs to redesign processes and upgrade or replace hardware. You have to do an economic analysis to determine whether the changes are effective and affordable. Everything has a cost.
I'm in Maryland. According to iTrackr, the PS3 is in-stock at 16 of the 24 local stores that they monitor. The Nintendo Wii is in-stock at 0 of 24.
You should read Darrell Huff's How to Lie with Statistics and take another look at that plot.
See Mark Twain's example of the dangers of extrapolation.
Maybe not for a grocery store that does huge volume. I don't think many retail stores would survive on such low margins.
I've read that the manufacturers use subsidized advertising to fix prices. They wont subsidize the retailer's ads if their products are listed in the ad at a discounted price.
There are also many physicians who don't listen to their patients, since they know better and the patient is, by definition, an idiot. Their patients should just shut-up, pay the bill and get the hell out of the office before they waste any more of the physician's valuable time.
The retail stores may be looking at it as a loss leader. Get the customer in the store and sell him accessories and other stuff that has a better profit margin. I knew that margins on consoles were very small, but I thought that they were better on the games.
For many software vendors, everyone get the same installation media, regardless of whether it's a full version, upgrade, or special license.
Because we have limited resources. If we are going to spend a billion dollars, either directly or indirectly, on "improving the environment", we should make sure that the expenditure is effective and efficient at reaching our goals. This is a common problem in policy making. The list of things that would be "nice to do" is endless, and the associated demand for funding is infinite. We also have to be watchful for unintended consequences.
Look up the "Club of Rome" and its infamous "Limits to Growth". I'm not sure that I would describe myself as a "conservative Republican", but I'm deeply suspicious of so-called environmentalists and scientists who repeatedly predict imminent doom and disaster. They usually have a thinly disguised political and social agenda that they attempt to justify with flawed and misleading science. They are more concerned about ideology and politics than genuine science. Their press releases are often full of misleading statistics, facts taken out of context, unsupported conjecture, and outright fabrications. Ask them for cites for their "facts" and expect to get hostility or silence. Many people, disillusioned with traditional religion, have chosen to become "true believers" in more modern social and political movements.
One of the problems with RTFM these days is that often there is no FM. You can spend $500 on a software package and just receive a CD with an installer and release notes.
Besides with google, it lists the most popular URLs for various Yahoo services, not just "http://www.yahoo.com". So I can select Yahoo Mail with one click.