Not if you use Neil Postman's distinction for the difference between tools ("good") and technology ("bad"). This difference boils down to being a dividing line in 1954.
Forget phone calls and coffee, the human race survived for millions [sic] of years before either of them came along so you can survive and communicate with your friends withouth them too, give it a try, walk 10 miles to ask your friend if he wants to come to your party on Saturday, go watch 2 people try to kill each other in an arena, and if you're interested in a girl just bonk her over the head with a stick and have your way with her.
Why should human civilization ever make any progress?
The least expensive Google Shopping result that I got for "A4 paper ream" was $8.99 for Hammermill Fore Multipuprose. This comes to about $0.018 per sheet. So the break even point for this ePaper would be 111 1/4 sheets. So your two real cost issues are:
1) The startup up costs of buying the printer: will any thermal transfer printer do, or do I need get a special one for this type of paper?
2) Actual sheet lifetime: is the ePaper durable enough to last the 260 reprints, and will my employees remember not to throw it away.
Actually, I'm sick of people who seriously make the complaint "the cost has to come down" when things like this are still in the research/development phase. This isn't even an actual product and people are on here saying "I won't buy it because I don't know how to do simple arithmetic."
The amicus brief identifies her has the founder of some buddhist organization. They provide a link to her twitter account and point out that it's a verified account.
Check page 8 (page 13 of 24 by Acrobat's numbering).
Film makers need to find the happy medium between "3D gags" and "3D conversion".
The first of the modern 3D movies that saw was Journey to the Center of the Earth; it was full of sight gags (such as Brandon Frasier spitting on the audience). Then I saw Priest, which seemed to lose the 3D effect halfway through the movie (I think this was something akin to how you stop noticing the framing around a widescreen movie on a television). Captain America was better, but a little too close to Priest: there were parts that didn't have any depth but then the next scene would seem to pop out.
Since it scores in the same range as airlines and subscription television, two services that people regularly say they "hate", I think one can easily move to applying the word "hate" to FB.
FDR didn't demand anything; Congress had passed an act which limited the amount of land farmers could use to grow wheat. This act was passed in an attempt to stabilize national wheat prices (whether this was the right way to do it has nothing to do with whether it's constitutional, a distinction that tea baggers often fail to realize). Mr. Fillburn violated this act and grew excess wheat. The Supreme Court decided that the subject law was constitutional as part of Congress's duties in regulating interstate commerce (as specified in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). There was nothing about an individual being "a serf of the state".
The Commerce Clause has been with us for much longer than 70 years. You may not know this since you obviously get all your information from Right Wing Moron Television/Radio, but the Constitution was ratified in June 1788, nearly 223 years ago.
Because of your gross misrepresentation of the facts, and your calling FDR "Fuhrer Roosevelt", I have no choice to but to label you a Beck Idiot. Congratulations.
Comcast has repeatedly been caught, and admitted to, committing offences that would be in violation of net neutrality rules, unfortunately the FCC had previously classified the internet as something that it couldn't regulate so they suffered no penalties.
When given a choice between government control or corporate control, I will always choose government control. The government may be slow or difficult change, but at least the people have the ability to affect change in it's policies. We don't have the same control over corporations, despite what free market zealots claim.
its built on public land, but WE own the infrastructure and can decide what you can do with it.
That is correct. And what's the problem with that? Does the public own all cars parked or driven in public places (like highways, public parking, etc)? After all, you are using public resources just as much as the ISPs are. Of course not. The peoples' rules on who owns what are clear.
The roadway equivalent would be me setting up a private toll booth for anyone wanting to drive on the public roadway that passes in front of my house.
Can you cite the Supreme Court case or are just another one of those idiots that believes anything Glenn Beck says?
And net neutrality isn't about the FCC regulating private websites, it's about the FCC preventing ISPs from stomping on those with competing products and on those that speak out against them. Your misportrayal of the situation marks you as either incredibly uninformed, or a corporate stooge.
By cross promotion, Sparrow1492 does not mean inviting your friends. What he's talking about is getting people who play one of their games to also go play other games. For example, if you play MafiaWars, you will occasionally find axes that you can use in FrontierVille. Or if you play FrontierVille there will be buildings that require parts that you find by playing the other games.
You're misusing the word "know" in the same way that Christians do. "Know" does not mean "have a very strong belief". It means that your belief matches with reality. If I believe that my coworker is sitting behind me and she responds to a question I ask then I know that she's there. If, however, I just have a strong belief that she's there and I hold onto that belief despite the fact that I don't see her when I turn around then I don't know that she's there.
Wrong. Agnostics believe that it is not possible to know if there are any gods while an atheist lacks belief in a god. Look at the roots of agnostic: a- without and gnosis- knowledge. Agnosticism is not "sitting on the fence", it's a specific philosophical position.
If you think that there's no risk of dying in 4th edition then you haven't played it. Healing surges heal you by a 1/4 your max hit points, not to full health, and you only get one second wind per encounter. Any additional healing must come from a healing surge activated by a power. Your total healing is limited to not just the number of healing spells possessed by the healer, but is also limited by your daily surges.
The classes do not play the same. The powers and class features are varied and two characters with the same role, the same class even, will play very differently.
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Not if you use Neil Postman's distinction for the difference between tools ("good") and technology ("bad"). This difference boils down to being a dividing line in 1954.
Forget phone calls and coffee, the human race survived for millions [sic] of years before either of them came along so you can survive and communicate with your friends withouth them too, give it a try, walk 10 miles to ask your friend if he wants to come to your party on Saturday, go watch 2 people try to kill each other in an arena, and if you're interested in a girl just bonk her over the head with a stick and have your way with her.
Why should human civilization ever make any progress?
The least expensive Google Shopping result that I got for "A4 paper ream" was $8.99 for Hammermill Fore Multipuprose. This comes to about $0.018 per sheet. So the break even point for this ePaper would be 111 1/4 sheets. So your two real cost issues are:
1) The startup up costs of buying the printer: will any thermal transfer printer do, or do I need get a special one for this type of paper?
2) Actual sheet lifetime: is the ePaper durable enough to last the 260 reprints, and will my employees remember not to throw it away.
Actually, I'm sick of people who seriously make the complaint "the cost has to come down" when things like this are still in the research/development phase. This isn't even an actual product and people are on here saying "I won't buy it because I don't know how to do simple arithmetic."
What did he say about her? I think there needs to be a retwitting campaign (plus postings to other social networking sites).
This assumes that she filed the complaint that started the proceedings and the prosecution isn't just doing it on their own.
The amicus brief identifies her has the founder of some buddhist organization. They provide a link to her twitter account and point out that it's a verified account.
Check page 8 (page 13 of 24 by Acrobat's numbering).
Film makers need to find the happy medium between "3D gags" and "3D conversion". The first of the modern 3D movies that saw was Journey to the Center of the Earth; it was full of sight gags (such as Brandon Frasier spitting on the audience). Then I saw Priest, which seemed to lose the 3D effect halfway through the movie (I think this was something akin to how you stop noticing the framing around a widescreen movie on a television). Captain America was better, but a little too close to Priest: there were parts that didn't have any depth but then the next scene would seem to pop out.
Since it scores in the same range as airlines and subscription television, two services that people regularly say they "hate", I think one can easily move to applying the word "hate" to FB.
I thought it was a miming simulation.
Oops, my apologies.
You grossly misstate the facts of this case.
FDR didn't demand anything; Congress had passed an act which limited the amount of land farmers could use to grow wheat. This act was passed in an attempt to stabilize national wheat prices (whether this was the right way to do it has nothing to do with whether it's constitutional, a distinction that tea baggers often fail to realize). Mr. Fillburn violated this act and grew excess wheat. The Supreme Court decided that the subject law was constitutional as part of Congress's duties in regulating interstate commerce (as specified in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). There was nothing about an individual being "a serf of the state".
The Commerce Clause has been with us for much longer than 70 years. You may not know this since you obviously get all your information from Right Wing Moron Television/Radio, but the Constitution was ratified in June 1788, nearly 223 years ago.
Because of your gross misrepresentation of the facts, and your calling FDR "Fuhrer Roosevelt", I have no choice to but to label you a Beck Idiot. Congratulations.
Comcast has repeatedly been caught, and admitted to, committing offences that would be in violation of net neutrality rules, unfortunately the FCC had previously classified the internet as something that it couldn't regulate so they suffered no penalties.
When given a choice between government control or corporate control, I will always choose government control. The government may be slow or difficult change, but at least the people have the ability to affect change in it's policies. We don't have the same control over corporations, despite what free market zealots claim.
its built on public land, but WE own the infrastructure and can decide what you can do with it.
That is correct. And what's the problem with that? Does the public own all cars parked or driven in public places (like highways, public parking, etc)? After all, you are using public resources just as much as the ISPs are. Of course not. The peoples' rules on who owns what are clear.
The roadway equivalent would be me setting up a private toll booth for anyone wanting to drive on the public roadway that passes in front of my house.
Can you cite the Supreme Court case or are just another one of those idiots that believes anything Glenn Beck says?
And net neutrality isn't about the FCC regulating private websites, it's about the FCC preventing ISPs from stomping on those with competing products and on those that speak out against them. Your misportrayal of the situation marks you as either incredibly uninformed, or a corporate stooge.
That's quite the interesting alternate reality that you're living in.
... "go about 4 miles after the paved road ends and turn left at the crick."
When you start describing your address with muscle ailments, you're in serious trouble.
The only sport I recognize is weasel stomping.
By cross promotion, Sparrow1492 does not mean inviting your friends. What he's talking about is getting people who play one of their games to also go play other games. For example, if you play MafiaWars, you will occasionally find axes that you can use in FrontierVille. Or if you play FrontierVille there will be buildings that require parts that you find by playing the other games.
How do I tell the people at Kars for Kids that their jingle makes me want to run kids over with my kar?
You're misusing the word "know" in the same way that Christians do. "Know" does not mean "have a very strong belief". It means that your belief matches with reality. If I believe that my coworker is sitting behind me and she responds to a question I ask then I know that she's there. If, however, I just have a strong belief that she's there and I hold onto that belief despite the fact that I don't see her when I turn around then I don't know that she's there.
Wrong. Agnostics believe that it is not possible to know if there are any gods while an atheist lacks belief in a god. Look at the roots of agnostic: a- without and gnosis- knowledge. Agnosticism is not "sitting on the fence", it's a specific philosophical position.
I think it has more to do with the fact that the banks enjoy charging large fees for things that cost them less.
I refuse to start any low-carb diet that doesn't allow me to eat a pound of pasta every day.
I don't thinking ripping people off is one of the fundamental principles of the Internet.
It will be voted on by Stephen Colbert, John Hodgman, and a homeless guy from Chicago.
No, you see that "whom" is still a word for all low-intensity purposes.
If you think that there's no risk of dying in 4th edition then you haven't played it. Healing surges heal you by a 1/4 your max hit points, not to full health, and you only get one second wind per encounter. Any additional healing must come from a healing surge activated by a power. Your total healing is limited to not just the number of healing spells possessed by the healer, but is also limited by your daily surges.
The classes do not play the same. The powers and class features are varied and two characters with the same role, the same class even, will play very differently.