Point of fact... I had a motherboard die on me unexpectedly, and after replacing it with a similar-but-not-identical mobo (without changing ANY software on the harddrive,) my existing iTunes installation complained that my computer was no longer authorized. (It was almost as though the iTunes software keys its authorization to a particular hardware profile.)
I did exactly what you suggest. In their response, Apple indicated that they don't usually honor deauthorization requests, and that it is YOUR responsibility to remember to de-auth before selling or upgrading hardware. Fortunately, they were made an exception in my case, since I obviously never had an opportunity to de-auth prior to the mobo swap.
The reason we won't put the Hubble at the L2 point is because Bush can't pronounce Lagrange. Ergo, no announcement. Thus, no funding.
Considering that La Grange is a city in Texas (the declared homestead of 2 generations of Bush Presidencies,) I find that there is no 'gravity' to your jest.
...Hmm, perhaps La Grange Texas is the legendary, oft-hypothesized L0 lagrangian point?
>1.21 jiggawatts?! Where am I going to find that much power!?
News flash: Intel to introduce new line of power supplies for use with high wattage radio transmitters, university particle accelerators, electric subway systems, and Tajos core CPUs.
But not flux capacitors? Damn... er, I mean, great scott!
Well, I was a first-time, new-construction home buyer 2 years ago, and all my financier asked for was a pay stub. Perhaps these comments of yours aren't hard-and-fast rules, or perhaps my lender didn't feel the need for that level of due diligence (plausible, given that the mortgagor was the parent company of the builder.)
They verbally inquired about the source of my down payment, but just they took my word for it.
Do not dispose of all bills (and by that I presume you mean anything related to your financial life) after 3 months.
Retirement plan annual summaries should be kept forever. Ditto for annual mortgage summaries (once you've verified they're correct).
No, I meant bills specifically (ie, things that impelled me to give somebody some money.) There are some things that I do keep much longer. 401k annual summaries, for one. However, despite my own behavior it seems to me that, as long as it's correct, the only one that is useful is the most recent one. Why keep them all?
I'm answering this as a part of my own therapy program...
Is there really any sense in keeping bills that long (25 years)? Typically, with a bill you should only keep it long enough to ensure that no problems are going to arise. In my experience, it's pretty rare that (example) the electric company decides that I never sent them a payment, 6 payments ago.
Just keep 3 boxes for bills: * One for warranty-related bills * Two for all other bills Use the "two for all other bills" thusly (call them 'A' and 'B': * After paying a bill, put it at the top of the stack in 'A'. Repeat for 3 months * After 3 months, switch to 'B' using the same scheme. Repeat for 3 months. * After 3 months, throw away the contents of A, and reuse A for the current 3 months. * After 3 months, throw away the contents of B, and reuse B for the current 3 months. * Repeat ad nauseum
As to (US?) federal tax returns, I think the rule is 3 or 7 years, but certainly not 10. Consult www.irs.gov or your tax professional to be sure.
China knows the consequences of going into Taiwan; it would lead to American intervention and probably put an end to Chinese economic development and lucrative trade China does with the United States.
...Or as Roger Waters (post Pink Floyd) once put it: "By the grace of god almighty, and the pressures of the marketplace, the human race has civilized itself." It's a miracle.:)=
I believe the bone of contention here is what would have happened to our quality of web searching, had Microsoft been successful in their (alleged?) bid to buy Google.
...compression increases entropy. Listen to this wav file of a Windows BMP file, and the corresponding wav file for the GIF version. The former has definite periods of high and low tones, but the latter sounds like white noise!
Where I live, your window tint can't be darker than a certain law-defined limit, which police can enforce with the use of a light meter once they pull you over. It'd be great to cruise around with my windows as dark as I want them to be, and then flip a switch when a suspicious cop decides to check me for a violation.:)
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Point of fact... I had a motherboard die on me unexpectedly, and after replacing it with a similar-but-not-identical mobo (without changing ANY software on the harddrive,) my existing iTunes installation complained that my computer was no longer authorized. (It was almost as though the iTunes software keys its authorization to a particular hardware profile.)
I did exactly what you suggest. In their response, Apple indicated that they don't usually honor deauthorization requests, and that it is YOUR responsibility to remember to de-auth before selling or upgrading hardware. Fortunately, they were made an exception in my case, since I obviously never had an opportunity to de-auth prior to the mobo swap.
Does that mean they were (wait for it...) existentialists?
I don't think we have to worry, so long as we don't make rubber pants their size.
"Si in googlis non est, ergo non est."
Right. But the author's point is that libris and gratis are not orthogonal, where software is concerned.
But not flux capacitors? Damn... er, I mean, great scott!
I got plenty of karma. Burn, baby.. burn! :)=
Well, I was a first-time, new-construction home buyer 2 years ago, and all my financier asked for was a pay stub. Perhaps these comments of yours aren't hard-and-fast rules, or perhaps my lender didn't feel the need for that level of due diligence (plausible, given that the mortgagor was the parent company of the builder.)
They verbally inquired about the source of my down payment, but just they took my word for it.
No, I meant bills specifically (ie, things that impelled me to give somebody some money.) There are some things that I do keep much longer. 401k annual summaries, for one. However, despite my own behavior it seems to me that, as long as it's correct, the only one that is useful is the most recent one. Why keep them all?
I'm answering this as a part of my own therapy program...
Is there really any sense in keeping bills that long (25 years)? Typically, with a bill you should only keep it long enough to ensure that no problems are going to arise. In my experience, it's pretty rare that (example) the electric company decides that I never sent them a payment, 6 payments ago.
Just keep 3 boxes for bills:
* One for warranty-related bills
* Two for all other bills
Use the "two for all other bills" thusly (call them 'A' and 'B':
* After paying a bill, put it at the top of the stack in 'A'. Repeat for 3 months
* After 3 months, switch to 'B' using the same scheme. Repeat for 3 months.
* After 3 months, throw away the contents of A, and reuse A for the current 3 months.
* After 3 months, throw away the contents of B, and reuse B for the current 3 months.
* Repeat ad nauseum
As to (US?) federal tax returns, I think the rule is 3 or 7 years, but certainly not 10. Consult www.irs.gov or your tax professional to be sure.
Yes, but don't forget to rebalance that tree every so often.
All but dead? I never knew it was alive!
I believe the bone of contention here is what would have happened to our quality of web searching, had Microsoft been successful in their (alleged?) bid to buy Google.
I especially like the experiment "Women Were Designed For Homemaking".
Regarding the "lower center of gravity" portion of his argument... he's obviously never met my wife.
When USB first started showing up on motherboards, me and some colleagues started calling it the "Unused Serial Bus".
Of course, in more recent times we've had to revise our tongue-in-cheek acronym expansion to "Ubiquitous Serial Bus".
...compression increases entropy. Listen to this wav file of a Windows BMP file, and the corresponding wav file for the GIF version. The former has definite periods of high and low tones, but the latter sounds like white noise!
Ah, but once they've improved that tint range, we'll be able to make that post with impunity. :)
Where I live, your window tint can't be darker than a certain law-defined limit, which police can enforce with the use of a light meter once they pull you over. It'd be great to cruise around with my windows as dark as I want them to be, and then flip a switch when a suspicious cop decides to check me for a violation. :)
Oooh look at me... my penis size is inversely proportional to my Slashdot ID number.
...That sounds about right to me. ;)
;)
So, my UID is inversely proportional to my penis size you say?
I think you intended that as an insult, but you ended up being complimentary, and should I say, accurate.
I've also put you on my friends list so that your low-digitness can rub off on me.
:)
Damn, I guess now I have to continue to be aloof and mysterious, so as to not disabuse you of the idea that a low uid correlates well to being cool.
As a 3-digit id /.er, what do you recommend that I should do to achieve such bliss?
So now I have to ask...
"How much cable could a Cable Con con if a Cable Con could con cable?"
Ah, but it also takes the P to make the C. Chicken and Egg.