Sir, I understand you may feel a certain degree of disdain for root vegetables. I would implore you, however, to keep such hateful remarks to yourself when in the company of root vegetables and root vegetable products. Thank you.
At first I thought it was great that we had a rational and logically intact court decision. Then I thought about how said it was that it happens infrequently enough that it is a news item when it does happen. Now I am depressed and need some Baskin Robbins.
Dear sir,
I understand that you have fallen on difficult circumstances. Fortunately I have associates who may help with your situation in exchange for a favour that I require. I am a highly respected minister with the government of Nigeria. Due to complicated circumstances I require assistance in moving a large amount of money from my country. What I require from you is your banking information to move this money into. Afterward, I will take back 90% of that money, with 10% being yours (approximate value of 8.7 million US dollars). Also, I will retrieve your essay. Thank you for your attention to this matter and I look forward to hearing back with your bank account information.
Does it even matter why they aren't taking the money? If the application system is being flooded, that means that the market will potentially be flooded with companies that are required to respect net neutrality. Since they will by default provide a service that is better than the incumbent monopoly, then assuming that it is not a true natural monopoly the market place will become competitive. That can only be good news for consumers and companies that rely on ubiquitous broadband.
In a sense they are pushing for these things by creating a market for those factors of production. It may be that in the end that the market for those factors will be filled by foreign companies who can provide them more efficiently and cheaper. American companies are more than welcome to enter that market -- they certainly have an advantage of being able to supply the factors on-demand, with minimal transportation costs, and free from customs clearance due to their geographic and political proximity. Currently I don't see why Tesla would even consider purchasing their factors of production from an American company for a higher price or at lower quality. Jingoism will only work to the detriment of Tesla.
I don't know, that might annoy me. Maybe if they had another checkbox offering: "Do you want to not see this offer to not see this offer to remove ads?" That way I wouldn't have to see it all the time.
I agree. I personally feel that she is a complete dirtbag and a horrible parent, but the prosecution was way out of line in using such a ridiculous law to prosecute. Unfortunately, she'll be seen as "innocent" now. Really they should have prosecuted her with regular ol' harassment or whatever laws don't use the words "cyber" or "e-" or "tubes" in them and pushed for that maximum sentence.
I'd like to add to that conflict of interest: Bell VoIP, Bell Video Download store, Bell's experimental fiber optic lines that they are thus far refusing to lease.
Maybe the cellular carrier in Canada could have used some of its profits from charging some of the highest prices in the western world [article is a bit dated, but still accurate] for wireless services to hire adequate engineering resources to help their networks function with new technology and allow interoperability. Instead of investing in resources to improve network speed and capacity, they abuse monopoly power to amass profits and engage in rent-seeking behaviour.
I'm not blaming you personally, of course. But saying that a wireless company with significant government-granted monopoly power, grants, and tax cuts is locking in devices because making things work is too hard is a little disingenuous.
I'm not really sure where this Kindle-is-full-of-DRM idea comes from. The Kindle has no DRM, but it does support a file format that can be restricted with DRM. I'm a Kindle 2 user (there are a lot of things I don't like about it, but that's another topic), and I have never put a single DRM-laden format on it. There are free utilities from both Amazon and third parties (I use Stanza) that will convert a host of other formats (PDF -- poorly,.mobi, etc) to Kindle format. There is nothing intrinsic to the device itself that makes it a DRM machine.
A touch off-topic, but here is a pre-print from a JAMIA article discussing the rights a patient should have over their medical information:
The Limits of Free Speech: The PHR Problem
Does a patient have the right to censor or alter their record? Does a healthcare professional have the right to -know- that the record has been modified?
Vibram makes a "shoe" that looks like it's basically a rubber wrap for your feet.
Has anybody had experience using these? They seem to be a good balance between a shoe (not getting cut up by rocks) and barefoot (no padding, flexible sole), but I don't know anybody who has actually used them.
FTFA: "I called customer service several times today; the supervisors there explained that I cannot use the Kindle store but "I can get content onto the machine different ways.""
They did not cut off books he already owns (those are stored locally on the machine). He just can't buy any new books from the Amazon store. He can buy books from other sources, download books from free sources (legitimately or otherwise) and put those on the Kindle -- most formats require conversion using a free utility. A closer analogy would be B&N banning him from the store for whatever reason so he can't buy anything else from them, but they did not take his books back. As far as subscriptions he's paid for, Amazon should probably refund anything he paid for those if they aren't going to allow him access to future issues. Not knowing the full story I can't say if Amazon was right to ban him, but it's really not as big a deal as he makes it sound.
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Sir, I understand you may feel a certain degree of disdain for root vegetables. I would implore you, however, to keep such hateful remarks to yourself when in the company of root vegetables and root vegetable products. Thank you.
Discussion?! I'd be a rich man if I could afford such a luxury!
I'll tell you what I'd do, man: program two chicks at the same time, man.
At first I thought it was great that we had a rational and logically intact court decision. Then I thought about how said it was that it happens infrequently enough that it is a news item when it does happen. Now I am depressed and need some Baskin Robbins.
Well, I suppose now that they know the cameras don't work at catching criminals it won't be much of a deterrent any more.
Yeah, but the moon has less gravity, so light can travel away from it way faster.
Dear sir, I understand that you have fallen on difficult circumstances. Fortunately I have associates who may help with your situation in exchange for a favour that I require. I am a highly respected minister with the government of Nigeria. Due to complicated circumstances I require assistance in moving a large amount of money from my country. What I require from you is your banking information to move this money into. Afterward, I will take back 90% of that money, with 10% being yours (approximate value of 8.7 million US dollars). Also, I will retrieve your essay. Thank you for your attention to this matter and I look forward to hearing back with your bank account information.
Does it even matter why they aren't taking the money? If the application system is being flooded, that means that the market will potentially be flooded with companies that are required to respect net neutrality. Since they will by default provide a service that is better than the incumbent monopoly, then assuming that it is not a true natural monopoly the market place will become competitive. That can only be good news for consumers and companies that rely on ubiquitous broadband.
In a sense they are pushing for these things by creating a market for those factors of production. It may be that in the end that the market for those factors will be filled by foreign companies who can provide them more efficiently and cheaper. American companies are more than welcome to enter that market -- they certainly have an advantage of being able to supply the factors on-demand, with minimal transportation costs, and free from customs clearance due to their geographic and political proximity. Currently I don't see why Tesla would even consider purchasing their factors of production from an American company for a higher price or at lower quality. Jingoism will only work to the detriment of Tesla.
I don't know, that might annoy me. Maybe if they had another checkbox offering: "Do you want to not see this offer to not see this offer to remove ads?" That way I wouldn't have to see it all the time.
So 70% of the time it works every time. Sold.
I don't know. I'm looking at some of those pixels and they don't look quite right. I've also seen a few shops in my day.
Even if the tapes were real, you have no way of knowing if the restored information is genuine or inserted.
I agree. I personally feel that she is a complete dirtbag and a horrible parent, but the prosecution was way out of line in using such a ridiculous law to prosecute. Unfortunately, she'll be seen as "innocent" now. Really they should have prosecuted her with regular ol' harassment or whatever laws don't use the words "cyber" or "e-" or "tubes" in them and pushed for that maximum sentence.
Good call. And TekSavvy, for those fortunate enough to be in their coverage area.
I'm from Tuktoyaktuk, you insensitive clod! :(
(I know, it's not a city)
I'd like to add to that conflict of interest: Bell VoIP, Bell Video Download store, Bell's experimental fiber optic lines that they are thus far refusing to lease.
Maybe the cellular carrier in Canada could have used some of its profits from charging some of the highest prices in the western world [article is a bit dated, but still accurate] for wireless services to hire adequate engineering resources to help their networks function with new technology and allow interoperability. Instead of investing in resources to improve network speed and capacity, they abuse monopoly power to amass profits and engage in rent-seeking behaviour. I'm not blaming you personally, of course. But saying that a wireless company with significant government-granted monopoly power, grants, and tax cuts is locking in devices because making things work is too hard is a little disingenuous.
You can see the Milky Way no problem here. Maybe everybody should move here.
That seems a little more complex than it needs to be. The most effective form of male birth control yet created is a fake name and phone number.
This is incorrect. Both the MIL and CEL indicate that the piece of electrical tape covering the light has fallen off and needs to be replaced.
I'm not really sure where this Kindle-is-full-of-DRM idea comes from. The Kindle has no DRM, but it does support a file format that can be restricted with DRM. I'm a Kindle 2 user (there are a lot of things I don't like about it, but that's another topic), and I have never put a single DRM-laden format on it. There are free utilities from both Amazon and third parties (I use Stanza) that will convert a host of other formats (PDF -- poorly, .mobi, etc) to Kindle format. There is nothing intrinsic to the device itself that makes it a DRM machine.
A touch off-topic, but here is a pre-print from a JAMIA article discussing the rights a patient should have over their medical information: The Limits of Free Speech: The PHR Problem Does a patient have the right to censor or alter their record? Does a healthcare professional have the right to -know- that the record has been modified?
Vibram makes a "shoe" that looks like it's basically a rubber wrap for your feet. Has anybody had experience using these? They seem to be a good balance between a shoe (not getting cut up by rocks) and barefoot (no padding, flexible sole), but I don't know anybody who has actually used them.
FTFA: "I called customer service several times today; the supervisors there explained that I cannot use the Kindle store but "I can get content onto the machine different ways.""
They did not cut off books he already owns (those are stored locally on the machine). He just can't buy any new books from the Amazon store. He can buy books from other sources, download books from free sources (legitimately or otherwise) and put those on the Kindle -- most formats require conversion using a free utility. A closer analogy would be B&N banning him from the store for whatever reason so he can't buy anything else from them, but they did not take his books back.
As far as subscriptions he's paid for, Amazon should probably refund anything he paid for those if they aren't going to allow him access to future issues.
Not knowing the full story I can't say if Amazon was right to ban him, but it's really not as big a deal as he makes it sound.