I wonder how this applies to worriers? Like the people afraid of every possible thing that could wrong. And what part of the brain controls more general fears like the fear of death?
Compare the the exchange rate they charge to convert foreign currency to USD with a card that would charge the conversion fee...that needs to be considered in the cost as well.
Funny that I should get rated troll for speaking the truth. Just a few of their manned failures:
-X30
-X33
-X34
-X38
-Advanced Solid Rocket Motor
-Shuttle C
-National Launch System
-Space Launch Initiative
-Constellation
Anything manned is either the space shuttle or soyuz...both of which are old technology and were essentially achieved 20+ years ago. There hasn't been any progress in manned space vehicles for a long, long time.
I didn't say every project was a failure. They have been successful with unmanned programs. But their attempts at anything manned lately has been a failure.
I have very little support for NASA nowadays. They get some new goal, spend millions/billions on a project, cancel it, and have nothing to show for it. And they repeat this cycle over and over and over. Congress and presidents have certainly contributed to that too.
A better example to the anti-virus subscription is a magazine subscription. You know up front that you are signing up for a one year, two year, or some other subscription time period. As that time period nears an end (usually much sooner) you start to receive notices that you should renew. Even if you paid the initial subscription with a credit card, they don't automatically renew with that card.
Well you are wrong there...there are a lot of magazines that automatically renew/bill your credit card without your permission. They send you a postcard telling you how special you are to be in their automatic renewal program (which you didn't ask for), and then make you call if you don't want them to charge the card. It annoys the heck out of me and this is why I usually don't pay for a magazine with a credit card.
If this is true, and in the US, your friend can sue and easily win as sharing medical data is a HIPPA violation, unless she consented. I believe even then however, the requesing party has to have a ligitimate reason for the medical data; they can't just ask for it for the hell of it.
No you can't sue under HIPPA because the law doesn't include a clause for private right of action. Only the HHS or Justice Department can do an action. One might be able to sue under a state law though. Go government...
I got my first LASIK surgery in 1998 on both eyes. I had worn glasses and contacts my whole life and was tired of them. I was virtually blind without them and my prescription was so strong I always had to special order my contacts. So for me, it was well worth the risks, and I must say it was the best thing I have ever done in my life. Since then I have had 2 other surgeries in one eye and 1 in the other since after my eyes regressed a little after they healed. I see 20/20 and have no trouble other than the ocassional stars/halos around lights at night. If anyone is thinking about doing it the best thing you can do is follow the pre-op and post-op instructions to a T...drops every 30 minutes, lubrication drops constantly, proper vitamins, etc. I think that has a lot to do with how successful it is. Also since I had my surgery done there have been advancements...IntraLase to use the laser to cut the flaps, and wavefront mapping which determines the specific abberations of your eye.
The way I see it, Sony breached a contract. This is easily resolved in court, and anyone who had their contract breached by Sony should go ahead and file an independent lawsuit (not a class action lawsuit). You can hire a local attorney and move forward.
However, since one clicked Disagree/Decline, then they did not enter into any contract. Yet Sony went and installed software anyway. That is trespass and thus the state should be involved since it was illegal activity.
Well the reviewer is just plain wrong about Beyond TV. You CAN bring up the guide while playing live TV, and it is even a transparent guide so you can continue watching. I believe the key is F7. I use a Snapstream Firefly remote so all I do is hit the A key on the remote.
I wonder if he included historial observations in his odds. You know...like the fact we've been here for hundreds of thousands of years without getting wipd out. Or how about that our population is the biggest it has ever been which increases the odds that at least 1 human would survive a meteor impact, etc.
I hadn't been in Best Buy for over 5 years. Last week a power supply went out and had to get a replacement asap so BB was the only option.
During checkout the girl asked me for my phone number and, as I usually do when asked by any store, gave my fax number. Sure enough she said that the number was incorrect which had to mean that they were checking phone numbers against the credit card record.
The last 3 times I have bought anything at Best Buy I have given them my work fax number and they took it.
Well I certainly won't be voting for the greens, and here's why:
The Electoral College is an historical, anti-democratic and racist anachronism which needs to be abolished. If you're wondering why it is racist, remember that when it was created, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person to determine representation, yet they couldn't vote. Therefore, slave states had greater representation in the Electoral College-as if counting any human being as a portion of person wasn't insulting enough.
Ok this guy doesn't even know what he is talking about. All blacks can vote, and they can sway the popular vote towards either party. There is no racism here. The electorial college was created not to be racist, but because the founding fathers didn't think citizens were smart enough or informed enough to vote for someone. So they needed some insurance so that the popular person wouldn't necessarily be elected, but the candidate who was supported by the elite and learned would. While I agree the electorial college should be abolished, I don't think it is racist. If anything, it is biased towards the two parties. Third parties don't stand a chance as long as the electorial college exists.
The "war on drugs" is racist and an insult to all Americans. This "war" has incarcerated people of color at a much higher rate than white people. It has resulted in senseless attacks on innocent people and on our Constitution. We have to treat drug addiction as a health problem, not as a crime.
Is there something in African American DNA that forces them to use illegal drugs? If not, then how are anti-drug policies racist? The law says that it is illegal to use drugs, so how exactly are these people innocent? It is an addiction, but did someone force them to take their first hit? And were they unaware it was illegal when they did so? I guess the Greens don't believe in personal responsibility.
Greens have moved beyond a lesser-evil approach to politics as well as to the issues you describe above. I cannot under any circumstances accept nuclear power and genetically modified foods as a healthy alternative. There are such simpler and more sensible ways to approach these issues. We could easily eliminate the need for nuclear power by conserving more energy. We could replace nuclear power-and coal and other dirty forms of producing power-with the abundance of solar energy which shines on our country. Wind turbines, like the one I visited in Nebraska recently, are also part of the solution.
So he ignores the fact that the latest advances in nuclear power make it a safer alternative? So he wants to use windmills and solar power? They aren't economical, efficient enough, don't produce enough power for large-scale needs, and there are many issues to work out. How many birds does a nuclear power plant kill? And talking about conservation? So which is it...freedom and personal choice, or government-mandated energy conservation?
I've LASIK done twice by TLC and it has been well worth it. I was virtually blind before (prescription was 8+ and I had to special order my contacts). After my first surgery my eyesight was 20/10. After my eyes healed it wasn't quite so good (20/30 or so) so I had an enhancement surgery. Then once that healed I have about 20/25. I have the weakest prescription available which I use ocassionally when I just want everything a little clearer (like driving at night). Nowadays they have the Wave stuff which maps your eye - they didn't have when I got mine done.
Churches can be downright mean, especially if you manage to violate the mores of a particular congregation in some heinous fashion such as wearing a short-sleeved shirt or singing off key. Where else do you go where, when you come in, you're asked to stand up in front of a couple of hundred people so they can all get a good look at you?
Sure they can, but as with any stereotyping, there are those who do and those who don't. I am sure there are a lot of unwelcoming churches, but there are just as many, if not more, that are very welcoming. The church I belong to has been aronud for 150 years and yet visitors aren't singled out, nobody cares what you wear, etc. In fact, we've been adding new members so fast we've outgrown our facility in 2 years and are getting ready to spend $6 million to double the floor space. It is really discouraging when I hear about someone visiting one church and having a bad experience and so thus discounting every church.
This is really something local governments need to handle. If there was a local recycling center I would be more than happy to drop my computer off there. But at is stands there is nothing anywhere near here so my only option is to pay to ship it somewhere, which can be quite expensive.
I know this is redundant, but I just had to say...that thing is hideously ugly and creepy. I wouldn't want to be in the same room with it. They need to use it for filming the next horror flick.
I don't think the ipod needs to worry about any competition from this. People buying an ipod aren't going to pay a lot more for a device that is alot heavier, bigger, and plays movies in microsoft's proprietary format. Not to mention I have yet to see microsoft come out with anything that is elegant and easy to use.
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I wonder how this applies to worriers? Like the people afraid of every possible thing that could wrong. And what part of the brain controls more general fears like the fear of death?
Compare the the exchange rate they charge to convert foreign currency to USD with a card that would charge the conversion fee...that needs to be considered in the cost as well.
Funny that I should get rated troll for speaking the truth. Just a few of their manned failures:
-X30
-X33
-X34
-X38
-Advanced Solid Rocket Motor
-Shuttle C
-National Launch System
-Space Launch Initiative
-Constellation
Anything manned is either the space shuttle or soyuz...both of which are old technology and were essentially achieved 20+ years ago. There hasn't been any progress in manned space vehicles for a long, long time.
I didn't say every project was a failure. They have been successful with unmanned programs. But their attempts at anything manned lately has been a failure.
I have very little support for NASA nowadays. They get some new goal, spend millions/billions on a project, cancel it, and have nothing to show for it. And they repeat this cycle over and over and over. Congress and presidents have certainly contributed to that too.
I thought bind 9 was a rewrite from scratch? They did such a crappy job, they have to do it again for 10?
Well you are wrong there...there are a lot of magazines that automatically renew/bill your credit card without your permission. They send you a postcard telling you how special you are to be in their automatic renewal program (which you didn't ask for), and then make you call if you don't want them to charge the card. It annoys the heck out of me and this is why I usually don't pay for a magazine with a credit card.
The line that chokes up firefox is from http://c.fsdn.com/sd/idlecore-tidied.css?T_2_5_0_258b
.comment div.title {
background:#FFFFFF none repeat scroll 0 0 !important;
} If that line is deleted (like with firebug), everything looks fine.
You can take a male Betta fish and put a mirror next to its tank and watch it try to attack itself over and over
The article said the project was pulled back and will be looked at - that doesn't necessarily mean cancellation
If this is true, and in the US, your friend can sue and easily win as sharing medical data is a HIPPA violation, unless she consented. I believe even then however, the requesing party has to have a ligitimate reason for the medical data; they can't just ask for it for the hell of it.
No you can't sue under HIPPA because the law doesn't include a clause for private right of action. Only the HHS or Justice Department can do an action. One might be able to sue under a state law though. Go government...
I got my first LASIK surgery in 1998 on both eyes. I had worn glasses and contacts my whole life and was tired of them. I was virtually blind without them and my prescription was so strong I always had to special order my contacts. So for me, it was well worth the risks, and I must say it was the best thing I have ever done in my life. Since then I have had 2 other surgeries in one eye and 1 in the other since after my eyes regressed a little after they healed. I see 20/20 and have no trouble other than the ocassional stars/halos around lights at night. If anyone is thinking about doing it the best thing you can do is follow the pre-op and post-op instructions to a T...drops every 30 minutes, lubrication drops constantly, proper vitamins, etc. I think that has a lot to do with how successful it is. Also since I had my surgery done there have been advancements...IntraLase to use the laser to cut the flaps, and wavefront mapping which determines the specific abberations of your eye.
However, since one clicked Disagree/Decline, then they did not enter into any contract. Yet Sony went and installed software anyway. That is trespass and thus the state should be involved since it was illegal activity.
Well the reviewer is just plain wrong about Beyond TV. You CAN bring up the guide while playing live TV, and it is even a transparent guide so you can continue watching. I believe the key is F7. I use a Snapstream Firefly remote so all I do is hit the A key on the remote.
I wonder if he included historial observations in his odds. You know...like the fact we've been here for hundreds of thousands of years without getting wipd out. Or how about that our population is the biggest it has ever been which increases the odds that at least 1 human would survive a meteor impact, etc.
During checkout the girl asked me for my phone number and, as I usually do when asked by any store, gave my fax number. Sure enough she said that the number was incorrect which had to mean that they were checking phone numbers against the credit card record.
The last 3 times I have bought anything at Best Buy I have given them my work fax number and they took it.
The Electoral College is an historical, anti-democratic and racist anachronism which needs to be abolished. If you're wondering why it is racist, remember that when it was created, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person to determine representation, yet they couldn't vote. Therefore, slave states had greater representation in the Electoral College-as if counting any human being as a portion of person wasn't insulting enough.
Ok this guy doesn't even know what he is talking about. All blacks can vote, and they can sway the popular vote towards either party. There is no racism here. The electorial college was created not to be racist, but because the founding fathers didn't think citizens were smart enough or informed enough to vote for someone. So they needed some insurance so that the popular person wouldn't necessarily be elected, but the candidate who was supported by the elite and learned would. While I agree the electorial college should be abolished, I don't think it is racist. If anything, it is biased towards the two parties. Third parties don't stand a chance as long as the electorial college exists.
The "war on drugs" is racist and an insult to all Americans. This "war" has incarcerated people of color at a much higher rate than white people. It has resulted in senseless attacks on innocent people and on our Constitution. We have to treat drug addiction as a health problem, not as a crime.
Is there something in African American DNA that forces them to use illegal drugs? If not, then how are anti-drug policies racist? The law says that it is illegal to use drugs, so how exactly are these people innocent? It is an addiction, but did someone force them to take their first hit? And were they unaware it was illegal when they did so? I guess the Greens don't believe in personal responsibility.
Greens have moved beyond a lesser-evil approach to politics as well as to the issues you describe above. I cannot under any circumstances accept nuclear power and genetically modified foods as a healthy alternative. There are such simpler and more sensible ways to approach these issues. We could easily eliminate the need for nuclear power by conserving more energy. We could replace nuclear power-and coal and other dirty forms of producing power-with the abundance of solar energy which shines on our country. Wind turbines, like the one I visited in Nebraska recently, are also part of the solution.
So he ignores the fact that the latest advances in nuclear power make it a safer alternative? So he wants to use windmills and solar power? They aren't economical, efficient enough, don't produce enough power for large-scale needs, and there are many issues to work out. How many birds does a nuclear power plant kill? And talking about conservation? So which is it...freedom and personal choice, or government-mandated energy conservation?
I've LASIK done twice by TLC and it has been well worth it. I was virtually blind before (prescription was 8+ and I had to special order my contacts). After my first surgery my eyesight was 20/10. After my eyes healed it wasn't quite so good (20/30 or so) so I had an enhancement surgery. Then once that healed I have about 20/25. I have the weakest prescription available which I use ocassionally when I just want everything a little clearer (like driving at night). Nowadays they have the Wave stuff which maps your eye - they didn't have when I got mine done.
Sure they can, but as with any stereotyping, there are those who do and those who don't. I am sure there are a lot of unwelcoming churches, but there are just as many, if not more, that are very welcoming. The church I belong to has been aronud for 150 years and yet visitors aren't singled out, nobody cares what you wear, etc. In fact, we've been adding new members so fast we've outgrown our facility in 2 years and are getting ready to spend $6 million to double the floor space. It is really discouraging when I hear about someone visiting one church and having a bad experience and so thus discounting every church.
This is really something local governments need to handle. If there was a local recycling center I would be more than happy to drop my computer off there. But at is stands there is nothing anywhere near here so my only option is to pay to ship it somewhere, which can be quite expensive.
I know this is redundant, but I just had to say...that thing is hideously ugly and creepy. I wouldn't want to be in the same room with it. They need to use it for filming the next horror flick.
Yes I would agree...Microsoft mice are pretty good, and I like their keyboards too. But the rest of their stuff has room for improvement...
I don't think the ipod needs to worry about any competition from this. People buying an ipod aren't going to pay a lot more for a device that is alot heavier, bigger, and plays movies in microsoft's proprietary format. Not to mention I have yet to see microsoft come out with anything that is elegant and easy to use.
I wonder if it has dawned on him that he just destroyed $600 of perfectly good money.