Additionally, if the risks/losses associated with supplying increase, then fewer people will start supplying- even while some suppliers may raise prices to compensate.
There is also an upper limit. A supplier sustains losses, prices rise to compensate, and the supplies continue to reach the demand. However, if a supplier sustains too much loss, the supplier may be unable to continue supplying. Basically, a company can go bankrupt (inb4 government bailout for drug trade).
Here in Philadelphia, free wifi is available almost everywhere in the city. The SSID is something like "Free Wireless Philadelphia" and it has at least fair signal quality almost everywhere I've been (aside from inside some buildings, etc).
However, you can NEVER connect to it. The connection ALWAYS fails. I have never met a single person who was able to connect to it.
After doing some testing, I realized that the problem is their receivers. The transmitters are rather powerful and can be picked up by a laptop/tablet almost anywhere. However, good luck getting your laptop/tablet to transmit strong enough for their systems to even hear you.
I am an organ donor. My biggest fear is the fact that I am an organ donor may discourage some doctors from fighting their hardest to keep me alive. Essentially, the fact that a doctor knows I am an organ donor may encourage the doctor to give up on me too soon with the hopes that my organs may save someone else.
So here's my proposition: Keep a patients organ donor status hidden from doctors until after they declare me dead. That would at least balance the playing field.
I would like to see some stats comparing organ donors and non-organ donors- is more "final hour/last ditch effort" treatment given to non-organ donors as opposed to organ donors? Do physicians tend to go to more/less lengths to save an patient if he/she is an organ donor?
Are you referring to a tonfa? A tonfa is like a small baton with an extra handle/grip at 90 degrees from the rest of the baton. It's otherwise known as a night stick. It's basically a standard billy club, except the extra handle is added so it can be used defensively (to protect the forearm) and to make it harder to pull out of the bearer's hand.
There is not way a sword is less of a threat than a night stick.
One of the three high schools in my home school district (of which I graduated) called Central Bucks School District, located 30-50 miles north-ish of Philadelphia, purchased a whole buttload of these jammers a few year back. Central Bucks South, the school in question, is relatively new and spent a huge portion of it's budget on cell phone jammers. Their hopes were to employ them in a per-classroom basis, or even permanently across the whole building.
After receiving the products, they realized how screwed they'd be if they actually used them. Now they sit in a storage closet.
Definitely agreed. At my mother's house, we always had the 3.1 mbps verizon ADSL, which has been fine up until recently when we decided to switch her over to comcast. She now has (only speaking of the internet service) 16 mbps cable broadband. Speed tests show that her speed averages around 14.5 mbps. I mentioned the 250gb cap to her, told her how I set up safeguards so she wouldn't be able to go over it, but that she shouldn't worry because she'll likely never hit it (which is true, she probably won't). After explaining the difference between Mbps (rate) and Gb (total), she said something interesting to me:
"So basically, I'll get penalized if I use the service I'm paying for to it's fullest extent?"
She used an example, citing out cellular plan- "If I have a calling plan for 1000 minutes/month, I don't get penalized if I use 999 minutes in 5 days and then nothing for the remainder of the month, and I certainly don't get penalized for using 800 of the 1000 minutes by the end of the month."
Given that TFA provided sucks, I took the liberty of looking for another one. Here's the straight dope:
- CBS is starting from scratch using the original film negatives, and editing the episodes together precisely as they were when they originally aired between 1987 and 1994. - Visual effects will not be upconverted from videotape, but instead will be recompositioned from the film elements available. - The freshly cut film will be transferred to high definition with 7.1 DTS Master Audio. - Work is being done in conjunction with Denise and Michael Okuda, who are on board as consultants. - Aspect ratio for Blu-ray release is the original aspect ratio as it aired on televsion – 1.33:1 (4:3)
You're also forgetting the source material doesn't even look that great so no amount of messing with it will ever produce a bluray image even as good as most recent films and I doubt there would be much difference even at 720p
I've been following this remastering of TNG for months now. My friend had told me about it, and I was initially concerned about what "remastering" meant.
I had just previously tried to watch the original Star Trek series on my shiny-new netflix account, and it was a painful experience. They "remastered" the audio, but only really the music and sound effects were "remastered," so you'd have the slightly-tinny 1960's era sound quality for all the voices, dialogue, etc. but then suddenly a klingon ship comes by and suddenly the only thing you can hear is WHOOOOOSHHHHHHH. Also, they "remastered" the video by replacing the original painted/prop cut-scenes from outside the ship, of other planets, etc. with 3-D models/animations, ranking in quality alongside the blockbuster dancing baby.
Granted, I had my doubts and concerns about TNG being remastered.
However, upon doing some research, they are doing what is, by definition, "remastering." They are returning to the master copies and re-recording them onto new, updated (bluray/dvd) media formats. Fortunately, TNG was filmed in 35mm film, therefore they can easily get 1080p quality out of it. They are not converting the old VHS distributions into bluray, that's retarded.
They are remastering the original series in 1080p from the original 35mm film negatives. The audio will be available in up to 7.1 DTS Master. It will likely be left in 4:3 ratio, so on your widescreen TV you'll either have black bars on the sides, or stretch it out to widescreen. You can likely tell your TV to do either, unless the black bars are made part of the video (I sure hope not).
Melatonin is a non-benzodiazepine because it's not a benzodiazepine, but still a "hypnotic" because it is a hormone which activates the melatonin receptors in the pineal gland of the brain (it's also an antioxidant and some other stuff).
Benzodiazepines are habit-forming and tolerance-building drugs. Ambien/Lunesta are definitely that.
Google+ is just not the same as Facebook and never will be. People don't go there as part of a social popularity contest.
What other point to life is there, other than it being a social popularity contest?
I just don't get all this bashing of Google+ about stuff that its users don't even care about. Next up people will bash Linux for not having as many users as Windows?
Seems likely, given that we live in a world where "Friday" by Rebecca Black has over 24M views on the youtubes.
I showed your post to an MD, who said that while everything you asserted is more or less true, what you failed to assert far outweighs the value of the information you did provide. Melatonin has documented negative interactions with Coumadin, Warfarin, and Aspirin, which are widely prescribed anti-coagulants. Melatonin will also nullify the effects of any corticosteriods you happen to be on. So -- do us all a favor, eh, and don't leave off the bad parts just because you are a fanboi of the good parts.
I never claimed to be an expert. I wasn't aware of those side effects, because they do not apply to me. Additionally, if you want to know more about it, go look it up yourself (visit your local library:P). Also, you should always talk to your doctor before taking new medications (as is written on the package).
While we're nit-picking, I also failed to mention that women who are pregnant shouldn't take Melatonin. Oops.
You incorrectly assume that I am "leaving out the bad parts because I'm a fanboi of the good parts." Those were not my motivations.
Next time, feel free to simply add your additional insight as a reply, leaving out the baseless assumptions and accusations.
Please consider hurricane electric (he.net) - they have been a great contributor to the community (with their irc.lightning.net servers and their free ipv6 tunnels, etc.) and their bandwidth is $1/megabit.
$600/mo for a full cabinet and 100 megabits/s of bandwidth. And it's not some lame fly by night... I highly recommend them.
Please consider hurricane malt liquor - they have been a great contributor to the community (with their availability to low-income families and their free drunk/disorderly charges, etc.) and their bandwidth is $1/megabottle.
$15 for a full case and 6 gallons/minute of bandwidth. And it's not some lame fly by night... I highly recommend them.
Is having the search results censored/forgotten appropriate? No. Are images of charred human flesh appropriate results for searching 'camping Alfaques?' Probably not (anymore, at least).
IMHO, i see this as a problem with inaccurate google search results. When I search for 'New York City,' I don't want photos of 9/11. I want those photos when I search for 'September 11,' 'World Trade Center,' 'New York City 9/11,' etc.
If Google cares to, they should just update so that if you want the photos of the Los Alfaques Disaster, you need to make your query more specific towards that genre of results.
I mean, what if you actually wanted to see photos related to camping in Alfaques? What are you supposed to do, search 'camping Alfaques -bbq' ?
Melatonin is fine and I highly recommend its use, opposed to traditional sleep aids (I use it). Melatonin is a sleep aid, in that it aids you in falling asleep... but it is different from traditional (prescription) sleep aids such as Ambien, in that it is a hormone supplement.
Melatonin is a non-benzodiazepine, while traditional sleep aids are benzodiazepines. Melatonin (N-acetyl-5 methoxytryptamine) is a compound naturally created in the pineal gland of the brain which triggers sleep. This should not be confused with the feeling of being tired, depleted of energy, or "heavy eyes." Traditional sleep aids act more like an anesthetic, actually making you feel tired and/or knocking you out.
Melatonin is non-habit forming, nor does the body develop tolerances for it, as in drugs like Ambien. It's kind of like a "passive" sleep aid, while Ambien/Benadryl/Lunesta/etc would be "active" sleep aids. There's a reason why it is available over-the-counter.
Note- while you can get Melatonin over-the-counter, you'll likely find nothing higher than 1mg doses (sometimes up to 3mg). You CAN, however, get a prescription for it. Then you can get a higher dose (up to 5mg?), in larger quantities (bottle of 40 as opposed to over-the-counter pack of 14ish), and your insurance will likely cover it. Warning- with higher doses, especially if your body is already producing it's own, it may take a while for your body to expel the excess in the morning. This could make you feel groggy, make it hard to wake up, and make it too easy for you to fall back asleep (i.e. while driving). Take it 20-60min before sleep, sleep for at least 8 hours, give yourself 20-60min to wake up before driving.
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Could you/someone just circle/outline this triangle I'm supposed to see in the image, and tinypic it or something?
Additionally, if the risks/losses associated with supplying increase, then fewer people will start supplying- even while some suppliers may raise prices to compensate.
There is also an upper limit. A supplier sustains losses, prices rise to compensate, and the supplies continue to reach the demand. However, if a supplier sustains too much loss, the supplier may be unable to continue supplying. Basically, a company can go bankrupt (inb4 government bailout for drug trade).
This is the first computing advice I've received on the internet which didn't include mixing ammonia and bleach or deleting system32.
Here in Philadelphia, free wifi is available almost everywhere in the city. The SSID is something like "Free Wireless Philadelphia" and it has at least fair signal quality almost everywhere I've been (aside from inside some buildings, etc).
However, you can NEVER connect to it. The connection ALWAYS fails. I have never met a single person who was able to connect to it.
After doing some testing, I realized that the problem is their receivers. The transmitters are rather powerful and can be picked up by a laptop/tablet almost anywhere. However, good luck getting your laptop/tablet to transmit strong enough for their systems to even hear you.
I am an organ donor. My biggest fear is the fact that I am an organ donor may discourage some doctors from fighting their hardest to keep me alive. Essentially, the fact that a doctor knows I am an organ donor may encourage the doctor to give up on me too soon with the hopes that my organs may save someone else.
So here's my proposition: Keep a patients organ donor status hidden from doctors until after they declare me dead. That would at least balance the playing field.
I would like to see some stats comparing organ donors and non-organ donors- is more "final hour/last ditch effort" treatment given to non-organ donors as opposed to organ donors? Do physicians tend to go to more/less lengths to save an patient if he/she is an organ donor?
Well, obviously.
Are you referring to a tonfa? A tonfa is like a small baton with an extra handle/grip at 90 degrees from the rest of the baton. It's otherwise known as a night stick. It's basically a standard billy club, except the extra handle is added so it can be used defensively (to protect the forearm) and to make it harder to pull out of the bearer's hand.
There is not way a sword is less of a threat than a night stick.
One of the three high schools in my home school district (of which I graduated) called Central Bucks School District, located 30-50 miles north-ish of Philadelphia, purchased a whole buttload of these jammers a few year back. Central Bucks South, the school in question, is relatively new and spent a huge portion of it's budget on cell phone jammers. Their hopes were to employ them in a per-classroom basis, or even permanently across the whole building.
After receiving the products, they realized how screwed they'd be if they actually used them. Now they sit in a storage closet.
Definitely agreed. At my mother's house, we always had the 3.1 mbps verizon ADSL, which has been fine up until recently when we decided to switch her over to comcast. She now has (only speaking of the internet service) 16 mbps cable broadband. Speed tests show that her speed averages around 14.5 mbps. I mentioned the 250gb cap to her, told her how I set up safeguards so she wouldn't be able to go over it, but that she shouldn't worry because she'll likely never hit it (which is true, she probably won't).
After explaining the difference between Mbps (rate) and Gb (total), she said something interesting to me:
"So basically, I'll get penalized if I use the service I'm paying for to it's fullest extent?"
She used an example, citing out cellular plan- "If I have a calling plan for 1000 minutes/month, I don't get penalized if I use 999 minutes in 5 days and then nothing for the remainder of the month, and I certainly don't get penalized for using 800 of the 1000 minutes by the end of the month."
Given that TFA provided sucks, I took the liberty of looking for another one. Here's the straight dope:
- CBS is starting from scratch using the original film negatives, and editing the episodes together precisely as they were when they originally aired between 1987 and 1994.
- Visual effects will not be upconverted from videotape, but instead will be recompositioned from the film elements available.
- The freshly cut film will be transferred to high definition with 7.1 DTS Master Audio.
- Work is being done in conjunction with Denise and Michael Okuda, who are on board as consultants.
- Aspect ratio for Blu-ray release is the original aspect ratio as it aired on televsion – 1.33:1 (4:3)
Source
Additionally, see TNG Remastered Process & FAQ
You're also forgetting the source material doesn't even look that great so no amount of messing with it will ever produce a bluray image even as good as most recent films and I doubt there would be much difference even at 720p
I've been following this remastering of TNG for months now. My friend had told me about it, and I was initially concerned about what "remastering" meant.
I had just previously tried to watch the original Star Trek series on my shiny-new netflix account, and it was a painful experience. They "remastered" the audio, but only really the music and sound effects were "remastered," so you'd have the slightly-tinny 1960's era sound quality for all the voices, dialogue, etc. but then suddenly a klingon ship comes by and suddenly the only thing you can hear is WHOOOOOSHHHHHHH. Also, they "remastered" the video by replacing the original painted/prop cut-scenes from outside the ship, of other planets, etc. with 3-D models/animations, ranking in quality alongside the blockbuster dancing baby.
Granted, I had my doubts and concerns about TNG being remastered.
However, upon doing some research, they are doing what is, by definition, "remastering." They are returning to the master copies and re-recording them onto new, updated (bluray/dvd) media formats. Fortunately, TNG was filmed in 35mm film, therefore they can easily get 1080p quality out of it. They are not converting the old VHS distributions into bluray, that's retarded.
They are remastering the original series in 1080p from the original 35mm film negatives. The audio will be available in up to 7.1 DTS Master. It will likely be left in 4:3 ratio, so on your widescreen TV you'll either have black bars on the sides, or stretch it out to widescreen. You can likely tell your TV to do either, unless the black bars are made part of the video (I sure hope not).
Myspace has money?
Yes, however...
The UN's maintained percentage of total world power X is a limit approaching 0.
Power elitists win, everyone else loses.
I don't see how this affects me.
Sincerely,
John Smith
Power Elitist, BS/MS, Certified
Cheese Pizza
You Twip!
(I'll be surprised if anyone gets this joke)
Careful with that terminology -- Ambien, Lunesta, and other "Z-drugs" are commonly referred to as "non-benzodiazepines"
Incorrect. Ambien and Lunesta are actually atypical benzo's. They are not referred to as non-benzodiazepines.
Ambien = Zolpidem = Atypical benzodiazepine
Lunesta = Eszopiclone = Atypical benzodiazepine
Melatonin is a non-benzodiazepine because it's not a benzodiazepine, but still a "hypnotic" because it is a hormone which activates the melatonin receptors in the pineal gland of the brain (it's also an antioxidant and some other stuff).
Benzodiazepines are habit-forming and tolerance-building drugs. Ambien/Lunesta are definitely that.
'Apparently it has nothing to do with network management. It's a tool to get more revenue from developers and customers.'
Cellular provider gouges customers and developers with data plan caps and pricing. News at 11.
Slashdot is not one person, there are many people with many ideas.
There's just you and one other person (who can type REALLY fast).
Google+ is just not the same as Facebook and never will be. People don't go there as part of a social popularity contest.
What other point to life is there, other than it being a social popularity contest?
I just don't get all this bashing of Google+ about stuff that its users don't even care about. Next up people will bash Linux for not having as many users as Windows?
Seems likely, given that we live in a world where "Friday" by Rebecca Black has over 24M views on the youtubes.
I showed your post to an MD, who said that while everything you asserted is more or less true, what you failed to assert far outweighs the value of the information you did provide. Melatonin has documented negative interactions with Coumadin, Warfarin, and Aspirin, which are widely prescribed anti-coagulants. Melatonin will also nullify the effects of any corticosteriods you happen to be on. So -- do us all a favor, eh, and don't leave off the bad parts just because you are a fanboi of the good parts.
I never claimed to be an expert. I wasn't aware of those side effects, because they do not apply to me. Additionally, if you want to know more about it, go look it up yourself (visit your local library :P). Also, you should always talk to your doctor before taking new medications (as is written on the package).
While we're nit-picking, I also failed to mention that women who are pregnant shouldn't take Melatonin. Oops.
You incorrectly assume that I am "leaving out the bad parts because I'm a fanboi of the good parts." Those were not my motivations.
Next time, feel free to simply add your additional insight as a reply, leaving out the baseless assumptions and accusations.
Please consider hurricane electric (he.net) - they have been a great contributor to the community (with their irc.lightning.net servers and their free ipv6 tunnels, etc.) and their bandwidth is $1/megabit.
$600/mo for a full cabinet and 100 megabits/s of bandwidth. And it's not some lame fly by night ... I highly recommend them.
Please consider hurricane malt liquor - they have been a great contributor to the community (with their availability to low-income families and their free drunk/disorderly charges, etc.) and their bandwidth is $1/megabottle.
$15 for a full case and 6 gallons/minute of bandwidth. And it's not some lame fly by night ... I highly recommend them.
FTFY
camping Alfaques -bbq
Is having the search results censored/forgotten appropriate? No.
Are images of charred human flesh appropriate results for searching 'camping Alfaques?' Probably not (anymore, at least).
IMHO, i see this as a problem with inaccurate google search results. When I search for 'New York City,' I don't want photos of 9/11. I want those photos when I search for 'September 11,' 'World Trade Center,' 'New York City 9/11,' etc.
If Google cares to, they should just update so that if you want the photos of the Los Alfaques Disaster, you need to make your query more specific towards that genre of results.
I mean, what if you actually wanted to see photos related to camping in Alfaques? What are you supposed to do, search 'camping Alfaques -bbq' ?
Melatonin is fine and I highly recommend its use, opposed to traditional sleep aids (I use it). Melatonin is a sleep aid, in that it aids you in falling asleep... but it is different from traditional (prescription) sleep aids such as Ambien, in that it is a hormone supplement.
Melatonin is a non-benzodiazepine, while traditional sleep aids are benzodiazepines. Melatonin (N-acetyl-5 methoxytryptamine) is a compound naturally created in the pineal gland of the brain which triggers sleep. This should not be confused with the feeling of being tired, depleted of energy, or "heavy eyes." Traditional sleep aids act more like an anesthetic, actually making you feel tired and/or knocking you out.
Melatonin is non-habit forming, nor does the body develop tolerances for it, as in drugs like Ambien. It's kind of like a "passive" sleep aid, while Ambien/Benadryl/Lunesta/etc would be "active" sleep aids. There's a reason why it is available over-the-counter.
Note- while you can get Melatonin over-the-counter, you'll likely find nothing higher than 1mg doses (sometimes up to 3mg). You CAN, however, get a prescription for it. Then you can get a higher dose (up to 5mg?), in larger quantities (bottle of 40 as opposed to over-the-counter pack of 14ish), and your insurance will likely cover it.
Warning- with higher doses, especially if your body is already producing it's own, it may take a while for your body to expel the excess in the morning. This could make you feel groggy, make it hard to wake up, and make it too easy for you to fall back asleep (i.e. while driving). Take it 20-60min before sleep, sleep for at least 8 hours, give yourself 20-60min to wake up before driving.
Hope this helps! :o]