Nope, you don't have to give them money. You also don't have to pay for things that you can take by force. These and many other arrangements are something we've worked out of the years, but they are not inviolable physical laws. We could certainly let civilization fall, it is within our power to do so.
Yes, everything is black and white. Beautiful binary logic. There is either CO2 or there is no CO2. Something is either good or it is bad, in any quantity.
Except water, I don't think I'd like to breathe water. And heat, I don't think I want absolute zero or super heated plasma, I prefer temperatures somewhere in the middle. A temperature that supports fishing and agriculture would be ideal for me.
So you're really paying 29% instead of 20%, which I assume covers duties and the hassle of import. I'd be curious to know if the margins are better on the Oculus in the UK after all of that. The volumes may even be too low to offset the overhead.
I remember when VHS VCRs were $399, but the VHS players were cheaper. Yet few people had players, because the best feature of a VCR is the recording.
A quick web server found an ad in 1985 for a $199 VCR. That's equivalent to $461.63 in 2017. So it's not strange to have a budget of several hundred dollars for a tech gadget. $399 is not remotely outside of a "wife-budget" for a middle class family. And frankly the Oculus is targeted squarely at the affluent and not the middle class.
Enbridge Line 5 in Michigan. The counties in the state have been fighting with the Canadian company on and off for years. http://www.oilandwaterdontmix....
The oil industry becomes less profitable as the tax breaks they have had in the past began to close. All things being equal, expect renewables to get cheaper and fossil fuels to get more expensive just on the tax benefits.
(tax deductions are not a subsidy in the strictest sense of the word)
I wouldn't formally swear an oath to show up to your kid's birthday party, and I think it's weird that you think we all should. If asked, I'll say that I'll try to make it. And you might be the kind of person who will press me for a definitive answer, the answer is: no, I'm not going to your kid's birthday party if you're going to be a twit about it.
My friends have comments on me being loyal and I usually am one of the people they know who is flexible enough to drive hours to another city to pick them up. (sometimes trips have complications)
Really I think every friendship is unique, and each person expresses their care for each other differently. I don't carry a rigid definition of what it means to be a friend. Simply enjoying a person's company can be sufficient. For others a willingness to plan elaborate dinner parties or trips is what it takes. (obviously I don't have too many friends who demand that of me)
If someone wants to spend time with me without any sort of plan. I do have a regular schedule when it comes to going to the local pub, and they can meet up with me at the pub on those nights. They never do, even though the option was open to them for years. I don't take it personally, they have family, children, houses, jobs, etc. I'm certainly not going to claim bullshit like "Doesn't sound like friendship to me" over it.
And there is a huge difference between having young kids, and having older kids. With older kids you do have a lot more flexibility with your time. You may prefer to spend time with your family, that's different. But tweens and teens, you can go to their sports games and that sort of thing. A lot of parents tell me they are too busy, but I know a lot who aren't always busy too.
My job is SW engineer involved in silicon validation. so I work 12-hours/day certain times a year (when Si masks are being made). I think it's fairly demanding, it's not airline pilot or heart surgeon sort of demanding. But in terms of time and lack of predictability of my schedule my job is more demanding than a public school teacher for example.
If you have some massive commute, or a child with disabilities or something like that. Then I totally get that you're busy. But average people are not really so busy they have to "literally carve" time.
If my dishwasher is flooding my kitchen, then I probably shouldn't leave that mess for my wife. But it's always something, if I only went out when every chore was done I would never go out. Sometimes things are critical and force me to change plans, something they are not and I can put them off for a while.
Also, I'm at that age where people in my extended family die and parents get hospitalized. After comforting my Mom because her Aunt died, I don't really feel like going fishing.
I have a life and things to do that require planning in advance.
Me too, but I reserve that kind of planning work and chores. If I'm going to enjoy life, I can't sit down and plan every detail of my life and accommodate your every detail. If having a regimented life is satisfying to you, I guess, but I can't imagine that most human beings would thrive on an highly structured life.
And no, you aren't expected to drop everything. You are free to say "sorry man, I'm busy. maybe some other time". I even ask my friend who never says yes because I know he is probably depressed and it's a good excuse to check on him even if I can safely assume he's going to turn down a last minute offer.
But seriously, how much planning is needed to go to a movie or to the beach? I have friends who plan a 2 hour excursion to the local park several days in advance.
I totally understand that plans need to be done to do something that requires reservations like a ski trip, but people take things to extremes. (although in my case I can do a ski trip on the spur of the moment because I have places I can stay near some of the ski resorts).
It's not that I want to flop on the couch, it's that I have over-committed my resources.
Also, why do we need to make plans to do anything these days? Why can't we just grab drinks whenever. Or go for a hike when the moment strikes us. Want to go fishing Saturday? call me before 10pm the night before, I really don't need a lot of notice to prepare. But if you want to set up a big fishing expedition 2 weeks in advance, well a lot can happen then. I can't say for certain how I will even feel 2 weeks from now.
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Nope, you don't have to give them money. You also don't have to pay for things that you can take by force. These and many other arrangements are something we've worked out of the years, but they are not inviolable physical laws. We could certainly let civilization fall, it is within our power to do so.
Yes, everything is black and white. Beautiful binary logic. There is either CO2 or there is no CO2. Something is either good or it is bad, in any quantity.
Except water, I don't think I'd like to breathe water. And heat, I don't think I want absolute zero or super heated plasma, I prefer temperatures somewhere in the middle. A temperature that supports fishing and agriculture would be ideal for me.
Plus 3-4 billion people. (taking a rough guess as to how many consumers it takes to generate 70% of the world's emissions)
Point being, the responsibility isn't wholly on corporations. But also on the nations of the world, their governments, and the people of the world.
VAT is 20% in the UK. And I believe VAT is usually included in the advertised price.
399 USD =309.84 GBP
+ 20 %
478.80 USD = 371.80 GBP
So you're really paying 29% instead of 20%, which I assume covers duties and the hassle of import. I'd be curious to know if the margins are better on the Oculus in the UK after all of that. The volumes may even be too low to offset the overhead.
I remember when VHS VCRs were $399, but the VHS players were cheaper. Yet few people had players, because the best feature of a VCR is the recording.
A quick web server found an ad in 1985 for a $199 VCR. That's equivalent to $461.63 in 2017. So it's not strange to have a budget of several hundred dollars for a tech gadget. $399 is not remotely outside of a "wife-budget" for a middle class family. And frankly the Oculus is targeted squarely at the affluent and not the middle class.
You need decent VR developed before you can have AR, it's a prerequisite. And AR is the original long-term goal of the Oculus project.
Then Microsoft needs to release MinWin.
Most spills aren't significant in size, unless its in your own back yard.
Enbridge Line 5 in Michigan. The counties in the state have been fighting with the Canadian company on and off for years. http://www.oilandwaterdontmix....
unfortunately the poorly maintained pipelines in my home state are leaking and have contaminated surface water and ground water in some areas.
Some guy is selling them discounted of a pickup truck, slightly used. Cash only please.
The oil industry becomes less profitable as the tax breaks they have had in the past began to close. All things being equal, expect renewables to get cheaper and fossil fuels to get more expensive just on the tax benefits.
(tax deductions are not a subsidy in the strictest sense of the word)
This is proof that the surveillance state is here for your safety.
Time to let any world leader take down the Internet before the hackers do it for us.
I wonder what that is even supposed to mean.
(been fun burning karma on this thread, later guys)
To be blunt, you have some things left to learn if you want to become a man.
You've really ritualized this, haven't you?
I respectfully disagree with your assertions.
By the way I hope you didn't actually breed. The last thing the world needs is the offspring of a jerk like you.
Hooray! I love the internet. I meet such lovely people on it.
I wouldn't formally swear an oath to show up to your kid's birthday party, and I think it's weird that you think we all should. If asked, I'll say that I'll try to make it. And you might be the kind of person who will press me for a definitive answer, the answer is: no, I'm not going to your kid's birthday party if you're going to be a twit about it.
That's an unusual definition of friendship.
My friends have comments on me being loyal and I usually am one of the people they know who is flexible enough to drive hours to another city to pick them up. (sometimes trips have complications)
Really I think every friendship is unique, and each person expresses their care for each other differently. I don't carry a rigid definition of what it means to be a friend. Simply enjoying a person's company can be sufficient. For others a willingness to plan elaborate dinner parties or trips is what it takes. (obviously I don't have too many friends who demand that of me)
If someone wants to spend time with me without any sort of plan. I do have a regular schedule when it comes to going to the local pub, and they can meet up with me at the pub on those nights. They never do, even though the option was open to them for years. I don't take it personally, they have family, children, houses, jobs, etc. I'm certainly not going to claim bullshit like "Doesn't sound like friendship to me" over it.
Literally carve? yikes.
And there is a huge difference between having young kids, and having older kids. With older kids you do have a lot more flexibility with your time. You may prefer to spend time with your family, that's different. But tweens and teens, you can go to their sports games and that sort of thing. A lot of parents tell me they are too busy, but I know a lot who aren't always busy too.
My job is SW engineer involved in silicon validation. so I work 12-hours/day certain times a year (when Si masks are being made). I think it's fairly demanding, it's not airline pilot or heart surgeon sort of demanding. But in terms of time and lack of predictability of my schedule my job is more demanding than a public school teacher for example.
If you have some massive commute, or a child with disabilities or something like that. Then I totally get that you're busy. But average people are not really so busy they have to "literally carve" time.
short answer: Yes.
If my dishwasher is flooding my kitchen, then I probably shouldn't leave that mess for my wife. But it's always something, if I only went out when every chore was done I would never go out. Sometimes things are critical and force me to change plans, something they are not and I can put them off for a while.
Also, I'm at that age where people in my extended family die and parents get hospitalized. After comforting my Mom because her Aunt died, I don't really feel like going fishing.
I have a life and things to do that require planning in advance.
Me too, but I reserve that kind of planning work and chores. If I'm going to enjoy life, I can't sit down and plan every detail of my life and accommodate your every detail. If having a regimented life is satisfying to you, I guess, but I can't imagine that most human beings would thrive on an highly structured life.
And no, you aren't expected to drop everything. You are free to say "sorry man, I'm busy. maybe some other time". I even ask my friend who never says yes because I know he is probably depressed and it's a good excuse to check on him even if I can safely assume he's going to turn down a last minute offer.
But seriously, how much planning is needed to go to a movie or to the beach? I have friends who plan a 2 hour excursion to the local park several days in advance.
I totally understand that plans need to be done to do something that requires reservations like a ski trip, but people take things to extremes. (although in my case I can do a ski trip on the spur of the moment because I have places I can stay near some of the ski resorts).
But what if Apple can make $14.99/mo on you, and the RIAA can sue you and settle for $10k-$100k?
It's not that I want to flop on the couch, it's that I have over-committed my resources.
Also, why do we need to make plans to do anything these days? Why can't we just grab drinks whenever. Or go for a hike when the moment strikes us. Want to go fishing Saturday? call me before 10pm the night before, I really don't need a lot of notice to prepare. But if you want to set up a big fishing expedition 2 weeks in advance, well a lot can happen then. I can't say for certain how I will even feel 2 weeks from now.