You need to price food in percentage of income then come back to me on how expensive food is in a third world country vice first world. l will give you a hint the US consumer spends less as percentage of incoeme and fewer hours worked to feed themselves and their family.
Check your facts: Cingular bought ATT and then changed their name to ATT to try and get some of the goodwill that ATT Wireless had. Only problem is they proceeded to implement all of the old Cingular lack of support and draconian rules.
Case in point: I was an ATT custormer on their old network before GSM. Cingular wanted everyone to move to GSM so they could shut down the old network, makes sense right. But they wanted to charge me $36 per line to go to the new network, charge me so they could save money by shutting down the old network and because they would "give" me a new phone they expected to be able to extend my contract. I said hell no. Every six months I would get a Cingular (now ATT) call to move to the new network. 2 years later I moved when they dropped the line charge and gave me a phone without a new contract (Win for me and Win for Cingular).
Good ATT Wireless, as a business customer I could get a refurb phone every six months for twenty bucks. The refurbs were just phones returned by customers that cancelled during the 30 day grace period. No contract extension required. Think the New Cingular/ATT did that. Hell no.
You sir are correct on the problem with the Obama Healthcare Plan. I am a Liberal Democrat and agree completely that we did not do any Healthcare reform, what we did was attempt to change the health care insurance industry. Giving the industry a healthy bonus in the process.
Say what you want about it but the Canadians and Australians have pretty decent universal health care, the horror stories that you hear are anecdotal and for the most part greatly exaggerated. Establish a baseline that everyone gets then allow individuals to purchase private insurance above the baseline.
It makes no sense to tie health care to a job. You do know the reason it is like that in the US goes back to WWII and wage restrictions. Companies couldn't lure valued individuals with salary increases so the figured out they could use health benefits to get around the wage restrictions.
Wrong and wrong again. The automated systems were pioneered by the commercial prisons as a way to reduce staff headcount. The commercial prisons are usually not unionized (right to work states) so that has no play in it.
I agree with about 95% of what you say but you need to remember that the Constitution as originally written limited the rights of the Federal Government not the State or Local Governments. Granted this philosophy has changed and I believe that the 14th Amendment changed some things also.
That being said many times it is the state and local governments that like to trample on our rights (for example many local Police Departments trying to ban taking pictures of them on the job, almost always state and local laws).
Try being the victim of a crime. My daughter was the victim of an internet predator five years ago. The cretin's lawyer used delaying tactics and it took over four years for the case to be finished. My daughter's computer, phone and digital camera were held as evidence for the entire time. Four years are a lifetime for those tech devices. Of course the laws to compensate victims take no consideration of loss of use of a device.
Bluetooth, really and I don't suppose bluetooth uses radio waves? Yeah Yeah I know it is all a scam but really bluetooth is EM and maybe not such a good idea.
Even if there is no danger from your cell phone signal, I am glad the airlines have a prohibition against using cell phones on airplanes. I cannot imagine listening to some businessman seated next to me for four hours while he is conducting business or you talking to Aunt Bessie. It would be worse than the baby in set 27D having a bad day, at least the baby doesn't realize he is disturbing someone.
Whereas you with your damn cell phone just doesn't give a damn.
Actually in the state of Maine there is a use tax on vehicles and other large item that is calculated on the value of the item and has to be paid every year. In reality the state has a little chart that says pay this much if you make this much and everybody pretends that it is accurate.
This is the first argument against this proposal that I believe has some merit (no tinfoil either). How do you enforce the tax without intruding on the privacy of the drivers?
In the sixties and seventies Wisconsin had one of the highest tax burdens of any state in the union but people still were moving into the state, Why because we got value for our money, Great schools, Great universities, Great Roads and a pretty damn good economy. Now all the cheap bastards want to do is cut taxes and reduce services on the backs of the workers.
My father hated the taxes rates but was willing to pay them because of the return he saw. If Walker would concentrate on making the services better no one would give a shit about tax rates.
Wisconsin has a tradition of taking care of its citizens and workers that Walker and his buddies are destroying.
If this is a bad idea what do you propose as an appropriate mechanism to pay for our roads? I am not sure that I like this idea but I don't have a better one. It's easy to bitch about something when you don't have to come up with a better idea. Personally, I get very tired of all the bitching about taxes being high, the marginal rate for taxes is lower that it has ever been and so many people still complain. Our parents and grandparents paid for building the interstates and waging the cold war at the same time and had a robust economy with a much higher percentage tax burden.
Huh, it is perfectly legal to take photos of famous landmarks from any publicly accessible space, at least in the United States. Sure several owners have tried to sue individuals selling the pictures of their buildings but in every case have lost.
The cops might hassle you but be polite and ask them to point out the law you are breaking, they can't and will back off if you are polite. No law passed after 9/11 makes this illegal either.
Quoting 17 USC 120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works (a) Pictorial Representations Permitted. — The copyright in an architectural work that has been constructed does not include the right to prevent the making, distributing, or public display of pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations of the work, if the building in which the work is embodied is located in or ordinarily visible from a public place.
You are correct on the Kindle issue. One of the reasons I bought the Sony.
Here in El Paso County Colorado the only pre-requisite to use the e-content is downloading the appropriate software for managing the DRM, 21 Day checkout, I use the Adobe application but they also have the mobi-books option. Oh yeah, you also have to have a library card but then I have had a card for whatever my local library has been since I was 8 years old. My librarians have always know me on a first name basis, still do even though I use the e-book.
Thank you for your service as a librarian. I still remember the one in my small Wisconsin home town and stop in to say hi whenever I get back.
I agree completely to the idea of a companion e-book. Something like what the movie guys (yeah I know bad, bad, movie guys) tried awhile ago, bundling an electronic license/version with the DVD.
While I agree that it would be nice for e-books to be cheaper why do individuals insist on comparing the price of a newly released e-book to a paperback when most books are released first as hard covers which typically run from 20-30 dollars. Following the same model newly released ebooks at the price of 10 dollars are half the price of the competition.
By the way most libraries have an e-book shelf that you can use to borrow from for the cost of a library card FREE.
Except now I have to go to one of the coasts for my kids to see a shuttle up close and personal. I know those of us in the fly-over states don't count but putting one in Chicago or St. Louis would have made it one hell of a lot easier for the rest of us to see it.
I agree completely. I think if more individuals would pay attention to the education that our public schools provide they would come away impressed. In my opinion we have way too many parents that want to scapegoat the schools for little johnny's lack of discipline.
My only complaint is the loss of courses like driver's ed, gym and practical shop/home economics courses (mostly insurance costs I think), I think even the college bound students would greatly benefit from the re-introduction of these type classes.
No, Cingular bought AT&T, implemented all of the bad Cingular support and business rules then changed their name to AT&T. Actually AT&T wireless was a pretty good company to deal with if you had a business plan with them. I could get an replacement refurbished phone from them for about $30 bucks and no contract pretty much anytime I wanted. The refurbished phone was usually one that someone had returned before the 30 days trial period expired.
If you read the article (yeah I know it's Slashdot) you would find out that these new windows also lower the solar gain reducing the need for cooling in the summer. So the building becomes more efficient in multiple ways.
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You need to price food in percentage of income then come back to me on how expensive food is in a third world country vice first world. l will give you a hint the US consumer spends less as percentage of incoeme and fewer hours worked to feed themselves and their family.
You do know the UN didn't exist in1944.
Check your facts: Cingular bought ATT and then changed their name to ATT to try and get some of the goodwill that ATT Wireless had. Only problem is they proceeded to implement all of the old Cingular lack of support and draconian rules.
Case in point: I was an ATT custormer on their old network before GSM. Cingular wanted everyone to move to GSM so they could shut down the old network, makes sense right. But they wanted to charge me $36 per line to go to the new network, charge me so they could save money by shutting down the old network and because they would "give" me a new phone they expected to be able to extend my contract. I said hell no. Every six months I would get a Cingular (now ATT) call to move to the new network. 2 years later I moved when they dropped the line charge and gave me a phone without a new contract (Win for me and Win for Cingular).
Good ATT Wireless, as a business customer I could get a refurb phone every six months for twenty bucks. The refurbs were just phones returned by customers that cancelled during the 30 day grace period. No contract extension required. Think the New Cingular/ATT did that. Hell no.
You sir are correct on the problem with the Obama Healthcare Plan. I am a Liberal Democrat and agree completely that we did not do any Healthcare reform, what we did was attempt to change the health care insurance industry. Giving the industry a healthy bonus in the process.
Say what you want about it but the Canadians and Australians have pretty decent universal health care, the horror stories that you hear are anecdotal and for the most part greatly exaggerated. Establish a baseline that everyone gets then allow individuals to purchase private insurance above the baseline.
It makes no sense to tie health care to a job. You do know the reason it is like that in the US goes back to WWII and wage restrictions. Companies couldn't lure valued individuals with salary increases so the figured out they could use health benefits to get around the wage restrictions.
You notice I was referring to commercial prisons. Sounds like you are talking about state-run prisons.
Wrong and wrong again. The automated systems were pioneered by the commercial prisons as a way to reduce staff headcount. The commercial prisons are usually not unionized (right to work states) so that has no play in it.
I agree with about 95% of what you say but you need to remember that the Constitution as originally written limited the rights of the Federal Government not the State or Local Governments. Granted this philosophy has changed and I believe that the 14th Amendment changed some things also.
That being said many times it is the state and local governments that like to trample on our rights (for example many local Police Departments trying to ban taking pictures of them on the job, almost always state and local laws).
Try being the victim of a crime. My daughter was the victim of an internet predator five years ago. The cretin's lawyer used delaying tactics and it took over four years for the case to be finished. My daughter's computer, phone and digital camera were held as evidence for the entire time. Four years are a lifetime for those tech devices. Of course the laws to compensate victims take no consideration of loss of use of a device.
Bluetooth, really and I don't suppose bluetooth uses radio waves? Yeah Yeah I know it is all a scam but really bluetooth is EM and maybe not such a good idea.
Even if there is no danger from your cell phone signal, I am glad the airlines have a prohibition against using cell phones on airplanes. I cannot imagine listening to some businessman seated next to me for four hours while he is conducting business or you talking to Aunt Bessie. It would be worse than the baby in set 27D having a bad day, at least the baby doesn't realize he is disturbing someone.
Whereas you with your damn cell phone just doesn't give a damn.
Actually in the state of Maine there is a use tax on vehicles and other large item that is calculated on the value of the item and has to be paid every year. In reality the state has a little chart that says pay this much if you make this much and everybody pretends that it is accurate.
Well, usually making a helicopter quieter reduces its performance. Possibly why this one had problems.
This is the first argument against this proposal that I believe has some merit (no tinfoil either). How do you enforce the tax without intruding on the privacy of the drivers?
In the sixties and seventies Wisconsin had one of the highest tax burdens of any state in the union but people still were moving into the state, Why because we got value for our money, Great schools, Great universities, Great Roads and a pretty damn good economy. Now all the cheap bastards want to do is cut taxes and reduce services on the backs of the workers.
My father hated the taxes rates but was willing to pay them because of the return he saw. If Walker would concentrate on making the services better no one would give a shit about tax rates.
Wisconsin has a tradition of taking care of its citizens and workers that Walker and his buddies are destroying.
If this is a bad idea what do you propose as an appropriate mechanism to pay for our roads? I am not sure that I like this idea but I don't have a better one. It's easy to bitch about something when you don't have to come up with a better idea. Personally, I get very tired of all the bitching about taxes being high, the marginal rate for taxes is lower that it has ever been and so many people still complain. Our parents and grandparents paid for building the interstates and waging the cold war at the same time and had a robust economy with a much higher percentage tax burden.
Time to quit bitching and pay for what we want.
Taxes are the price of civilization.
Huh, it is perfectly legal to take photos of famous landmarks from any publicly accessible space, at least in the United States. Sure several owners have tried to sue individuals selling the pictures of their buildings but in every case have lost.
The cops might hassle you but be polite and ask them to point out the law you are breaking, they can't and will back off if you are polite. No law passed after 9/11 makes this illegal either.
Quoting 17 USC 120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works
(a) Pictorial Representations Permitted. — The copyright in an architectural work that has been constructed does not include the right to prevent the making, distributing, or public display of pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations of the work, if the building in which the work is embodied is located in or ordinarily visible from a public place.
You are correct on the Kindle issue. One of the reasons I bought the Sony.
Here in El Paso County Colorado the only pre-requisite to use the e-content is downloading the appropriate software for managing the DRM, 21 Day checkout, I use the Adobe application but they also have the mobi-books option. Oh yeah, you also have to have a library card but then I have had a card for whatever my local library has been since I was 8 years old. My librarians have always know me on a first name basis, still do even though I use the e-book.
Thank you for your service as a librarian. I still remember the one in my small Wisconsin home town and stop in to say hi whenever I get back.
I agree completely to the idea of a companion e-book. Something like what the movie guys (yeah I know bad, bad, movie guys) tried awhile ago, bundling an electronic license/version with the DVD.
While I agree that it would be nice for e-books to be cheaper why do individuals insist on comparing the price of a newly released e-book to a paperback when most books are released first as hard covers which typically run from 20-30 dollars. Following the same model newly released ebooks at the price of 10 dollars are half the price of the competition.
By the way most libraries have an e-book shelf that you can use to borrow from for the cost of a library card FREE.
Except now I have to go to one of the coasts for my kids to see a shuttle up close and personal. I know those of us in the fly-over states don't count but putting one in Chicago or St. Louis would have made it one hell of a lot easier for the rest of us to see it.
Three on the east coast. Give me a break.
I agree completely. I think if more individuals would pay attention to the education that our public schools provide they would come away impressed. In my opinion we have way too many parents that want to scapegoat the schools for little johnny's lack of discipline.
My only complaint is the loss of courses like driver's ed, gym and practical shop/home economics courses (mostly insurance costs I think), I think even the college bound students would greatly benefit from the re-introduction of these type classes.
Make it simpler. If you can't vote in an election you can't contribute to anyone in the election.
Corporations and Unions can't vote so no contributing.
PACs don't vote not contributing.
You don't live in Wisconsin, no contributing to elections in Wisconsin.
No, Cingular bought AT&T, implemented all of the bad Cingular support and business rules then changed their name to AT&T. Actually AT&T wireless was a pretty good company to deal with if you had a business plan with them. I could get an replacement refurbished phone from them for about $30 bucks and no contract pretty much anytime I wanted. The refurbished phone was usually one that someone had returned before the 30 days trial period expired.
Cingular sucks! AT&T Wireless wasn't bad.
If you read the article (yeah I know it's Slashdot) you would find out that these new windows also lower the solar gain reducing the need for cooling in the summer. So the building becomes more efficient in multiple ways.
Unless you are a legislative aide or representative trying to do research before voting on a bill