I honestly don't think it's that big of a deal. Remember, you've got a minimum of 5% tax on most items as well. Here in Ontario, it's 13%. Depending on the pricing, that could affect the rounding, especially when you have multiple items. And it's a maximum difference of $0.02 on the entire transaction.
In addition, it's only for cash transactions. Most of the people I know (myself included) use some form of digital transactions (debit/credit) to pay for things. There are very few locations in Canada that only accept cash.
Actually, it's not unclear. Right in the Mint's website (linked to in the article): "Moreover, pennies can still be used in cash transactions indefinitely with businesses that choose to accept them."
The penny will remain legal tender for as the foreseeable future. As you stated, the only thing happening now is that the mint will no longer be distributing pennies after February 4th, 2013.
It's not mentioned on the website, but I have also heard that if you bring your pennies to the bank on or after Feb 4, they will be collected and returned to the mint where they will be destroyed.
As I said in my original post, I believe this is true up to a point. I agree with you concerning twice the speed limit. If you are going that fast, then yes you are far more dangerous than someone doing 80 or 90 Kph.
Now my only real experience is here in Ontario. Here most drivers on the 400-series highways (similar to interstates) drive between 110 and 120Kph (the official speed limit is 100Kph). In this instance, the drivers going 80 or 90 Kph are more dangerous, from what I've seen. It's even worse if you are driving that slow in the left hand lane (the passing lane). Here is illegal to pass on the right (though people do it and I haven't heard of anyone getting ticketed for it). So the leftmost lane is supposed to be used for passing not driving steadily at 80.
The biggest problem with the way a lot of people try to merge onto a highway is their speed. If they get up to at least 90 before attempting to move over onto the highway, most wouldn't have a problem at that point.
In the city, it's not as big of a deal. Yes it can be annoying to sit behind someone doing 30 (most city streets have a limit of 50). But it's not as dangerous. I tend to drive around 10 over the limit no matter where I am. This is not far from the 5 over that you mention you do.
So I'm not liking to be the guy screaming past you just to wait for that next red light. It's idiotic in my eyes as well. That and I don't like SUVs. I prefer more fuel efficient vehicles.:)
Further I'm not even convinced that speeding is that dangerous, drink/drug driving is far more likely to result in a fatal accident - and I have met people who do just that for fun. It's idiocy but these are just the people who you'd need to deal with...
I firmly believe that (to a point) driving too slow is more dangerous than driving too fast. Most of the people who drive well under the limit are either older and not capable of reacting fast enough or just scared of the vehicle. For the most part, when someone is driving too fast they are paying attention. Usually this is because they are trying to get around the slower moving traffic (ie. the people driving the speed limit). Most of the people I see driving under the limit aren't paying attention at all. They don't even flinch when I honk at them.
For reference, I'm talking about driving 90Kph or less on a 100Kph highway. This is far more dangerous than driving 120Kph on the same highway.
And don't get me started on the people who have no idea the concept of merging onto a highway.
I think cost is really only a factor when starting out. Just like any technology released, the more it's used, the cheaper it becomes.
I would rather have the better technology become the standard (whether it's Blue-Ray, HD-DVD or a combination of both). Whichever one becomes the standard, will be cheap eventually.
Raven has done a lot more than Hexen. Heretic, Heretic II, Hexen II, Soldier of Fortune, Soldier of Fortune 2, Star Trek Voyager Elite Force.
Raven has made a game for every single id software engine since Doom 1. And I've enjoyed them all. I'm all a flutter with anticipation for Q4 because of that fact.
There's a service in my area (Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada) offered by my cable company (Cogeco) called Video-On-Demand. My digital cable receiver basically functions has a vcr. The movie is available for purchase for a 24 hour time period (much like pay per view movies). You can pause it, rewind it, fast forward, etc.
TMN (a movie network) uses the same technology for TMN OnDemand to provide the movies their shows are currently airing. This service is free to any TMN subscriber with digital cable.
How old are your video card drivers? I was getting crash to desktop (with no errors) until I downloaded and installed the lastest catalyst drivers (4.7, I believe) from ATi.
Also make sure you have DirectX 9.0b, the install said it but a lot of people just skip that crap to get to the game faster:)
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I honestly don't think it's that big of a deal. Remember, you've got a minimum of 5% tax on most items as well. Here in Ontario, it's 13%. Depending on the pricing, that could affect the rounding, especially when you have multiple items. And it's a maximum difference of $0.02 on the entire transaction.
In addition, it's only for cash transactions. Most of the people I know (myself included) use some form of digital transactions (debit/credit) to pay for things. There are very few locations in Canada that only accept cash.
Actually, it's not unclear. Right in the Mint's website (linked to in the article): "Moreover, pennies can still be used in cash transactions indefinitely with businesses that choose to accept them."
The penny will remain legal tender for as the foreseeable future. As you stated, the only thing happening now is that the mint will no longer be distributing pennies after February 4th, 2013.
It's not mentioned on the website, but I have also heard that if you bring your pennies to the bank on or after Feb 4, they will be collected and returned to the mint where they will be destroyed.
It does say almost half on a 32GB tablet. I don't know about your world but 40% is almost half in mine.
As I said in my original post, I believe this is true up to a point. I agree with you concerning twice the speed limit. If you are going that fast, then yes you are far more dangerous than someone doing 80 or 90 Kph.
:)
Now my only real experience is here in Ontario. Here most drivers on the 400-series highways (similar to interstates) drive between 110 and 120Kph (the official speed limit is 100Kph). In this instance, the drivers going 80 or 90 Kph are more dangerous, from what I've seen. It's even worse if you are driving that slow in the left hand lane (the passing lane). Here is illegal to pass on the right (though people do it and I haven't heard of anyone getting ticketed for it). So the leftmost lane is supposed to be used for passing not driving steadily at 80.
The biggest problem with the way a lot of people try to merge onto a highway is their speed. If they get up to at least 90 before attempting to move over onto the highway, most wouldn't have a problem at that point.
In the city, it's not as big of a deal. Yes it can be annoying to sit behind someone doing 30 (most city streets have a limit of 50). But it's not as dangerous. I tend to drive around 10 over the limit no matter where I am. This is not far from the 5 over that you mention you do.
So I'm not liking to be the guy screaming past you just to wait for that next red light. It's idiotic in my eyes as well. That and I don't like SUVs. I prefer more fuel efficient vehicles.
I firmly believe that (to a point) driving too slow is more dangerous than driving too fast. Most of the people who drive well under the limit are either older and not capable of reacting fast enough or just scared of the vehicle. For the most part, when someone is driving too fast they are paying attention. Usually this is because they are trying to get around the slower moving traffic (ie. the people driving the speed limit). Most of the people I see driving under the limit aren't paying attention at all. They don't even flinch when I honk at them.
For reference, I'm talking about driving 90Kph or less on a 100Kph highway. This is far more dangerous than driving 120Kph on the same highway.
And don't get me started on the people who have no idea the concept of merging onto a highway.
I think cost is really only a factor when starting out. Just like any technology released, the more it's used, the cheaper it becomes.
I would rather have the better technology become the standard (whether it's Blue-Ray, HD-DVD or a combination of both). Whichever one becomes the standard, will be cheap eventually.
Raven has done a lot more than Hexen. Heretic, Heretic II, Hexen II, Soldier of Fortune, Soldier of Fortune 2, Star Trek Voyager Elite Force.
Raven has made a game for every single id software engine since Doom 1. And I've enjoyed them all. I'm all a flutter with anticipation for Q4 because of that fact.
There's a service in my area (Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada) offered by my cable company (Cogeco) called Video-On-Demand. My digital cable receiver basically functions has a vcr. The movie is available for purchase for a 24 hour time period (much like pay per view movies). You can pause it, rewind it, fast forward, etc.
TMN (a movie network) uses the same technology for TMN OnDemand to provide the movies their shows are currently airing. This service is free to any TMN subscriber with digital cable.
I would assume it would work similar to this.
kinadian
Well considering the reports that Sony has signed Nvidia to develop the graphics engine for the PS3, I'd say OpenGL is a strong possibility.
From what I've read, it seems that Microsoft signed ATI for Xbox Next because Nvidia kept trying to push OpenGL (something they are very good at).
--kinadian
How old are your video card drivers? I was getting crash to desktop (with no errors) until I downloaded and installed the lastest catalyst drivers (4.7, I believe) from ATi.
:)
Also make sure you have DirectX 9.0b, the install said it but a lot of people just skip that crap to get to the game faster
--Kinadian