According to Visa's merchant rules, they don't preclude merchants from asking for ID; however according to the rules: "merchants cannot make an ID a condition of acceptance," and "merchants cannot refuse to complete a transaction because a cardholder refuses to provide ID". Several states actually prohibit merchants writing cardholders' addresses or phone numbers on sales receipts.
It's also worth pointing out that the signature isn't there solely so that store employees can verify who you are. Instead, your signature on the back of the card also demonstrates that you've agreed to the terms of the contract with the credit card company. If the card isn't signed, then technically you've never entered into a legal agreement with the card issuer and you shouldn't be using the card.
This is less acceptable than taking a kid to the firing range and teaching how to use a gun in real life "to become a man"?? From TFA: "...napalm explosions envelop villages in fire, bodies are hurled through the air, and, when shot, characters collapse to the ground and choke on their own blood, realistic sound effects included".
I'd have to argue that shooting cans and paper targets would have a slightly less traumatic effect on a six year old mind.
I'd add that these guys also appear to be into what they do - they're not being taken advantage of. TFA suggests that when they end their 12 hour shifts, they actually log on to their personal accounts and play for several more hours of their free time! To throw a car analogy out there, this like a mechanic who works on crappy consumer automobiles all day at his job at the garage and when he goes home at night, goes out back to continue wrenching on his personal project car.
I actually had the chance to try some genuine Inupiat bowhead muktuk. It tasted something like a cross between a rubber boot and home heating fuel. It's either a seriously acquired taste or the Inupiat are using "meat" as an excuse to go on exciting whale hunts.
I live up around this area. There seems to be this romantic notion amongst those living in the lower 48 that these "Eskimos" still live in igloos, travel by dogsled and wear seal skin parkas. The truth is, the Inupiat are American citizens in spite of what they might like to think, they live in houses, they eat their KFC, drink their Budwieser, drive their pickup trucks and watch their satellite TV just like anybody else. Their approach to preserving this whale hunting "tradition" has so diverged from its cultural roots that its become a fallacy.
To describe what really happens, they race out after this thing in their power boats and fire at it with a very modern, highly accurate harpoon with an explosive tip. Generally they try to blow a hole in the lungs so the whale starts drowning and then they dispatch it with high powered rifles when it surfaces. After it dies, they tow the carcass back to shore and then they tie a rope or chain around the tail and haul it up onto the beach with ATVs or a pickup truck. They then proceed to dismantle the body using their "traditional" chainsaws, as alluded to in TFA.
Now I'm no hippy or environmentalist, but the whole exercise seems to defeat the spirit of the "preserving the culture" concept. Is it really necessary? I think they do it simply because they're permitted to, I'm sure its a kick to hunt a whale, and they get a shitload of free meat and byproducts out of it.
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Actually, I thought the ad for the BMW Hydrogen 7 after the presentation was interesting. Apparently it can run on either liquid hydrogen or gasoline, crank out 260 hp and go 143 mph. When running on hydrogen it basically emits water vapor. Its nice to see a company stepping up and putting their money where their mouth is and actually producing something like this. In the long term I suspect this may be a more viable solution than conventional hybrid technology.
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All I can say is the presentation didn't look that polished. The dude doing the dog and pony show looked like a bonafide, neck-beard sporting, t-shirt wearing geek. The overly rapid pacing of his speech and lack of inflection on what he was talking about indicates that he probably wasn't a professional marketroid. He also appeared to be intimately familiar with the application which is a giveaway.
I live in northern Canada. During the recent Victoria Day long weekend some friends of mine were out camping and having a good time near a small community with a high population percentage of natives. At some point after it got dark they were approached by a group of around 10 Indians who demanded all their beer or they were going to kick the shit out of them. As my friends were pretty drunk themselves by this point an all out fight ensued. Two of my friends got beaten into unconsciousness, one with a broken jaw and the other with a perforated ear drum.
Although I agree there are some exceptions, and I've met natives that I'm comfortable with calling "First Nations", "drunken lumbering savages" is not an inaccurate description of this minority in general.
If you're thinking I'm basing my opinion purely off of one exceptionally fucked up incident, I could probably recall at least a dozen similar "Indian stories" from around here. I don't consider myself a racist, but damn, don't be naive about what the general attitude is like with these people. There's a reason they're the most over-represented minority in the Canadian corrections system.
The National Academy of Sciences did a study that found that even if the U.S. dedicated all U.S. corn and soybean production to producing biofuels, it would only replace 12% of gasoline demand and 6% of diesel demand.
If you can point me to a source where somebody has actually done this, I will agree your point has merit. I don't disagree that this is theoretically possible, its just that the effort required would probably be better spent on more lucrative activities like stealing credit card numbers than cheating at a game.
If I could chip the 360 to do what the XBOX did AND still get my online gaming fix, it would be perfect. You sort of can, especially if you use something like TVersity. Although I agree it doesn't have the high awesome factor of XBMC, I still use it to play my MP3s and videos no problem.
However, I thought all of those were 64 bit anyway, though I could be mistaken
These P4 chips had the EM64T enabled: All P4 6xx models and P4 5x1 models ( 541, 551, 561 etc.). Also, the Celeron D 3x1 and 3x6 models (331, 336, 341, 346 etc.) had EM64T (Extended Memory 64 Technology) on them. These were the first Intel CPUs to have EM64T enabled, and I believe all subsequent models had this technology implemented.
In the early days when everybody used it, ICQ used to be great for looking up chicks local to your area. ICQ has since removed this feature and I don't think any other IM has had this capability since. Oh well, there's always MySpace...
I must be the third guy on the planet who thought Event Horizon was one of the best Sci-Fi movies ever. It was creepy as hell and really demonstrated the point that when it comes to shit outside of our limited space exploration, we really have no clear idea of what exactly we're fucking with. Maybe we're better off not knowing.
The movie was well paced, suspenseful and took place over Neptune, how many movies have done that?
When I was a kid and the show was still being produced, my family went on a tour at Universal Studios. We saw all the "KITTs" parked in a row on one part of the lot. As you say, there were many of them. When I saw that, it sort of shattered the illusion in my 10 year old mind that there was only one Knight Rider.
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According to the specs on this car, it uses 3.6 kg of hydrogen per 100 km.
According to Visa's merchant rules, they don't preclude merchants from asking for ID; however according to the rules: "merchants cannot make an ID a condition of acceptance," and "merchants cannot refuse to complete a transaction because a cardholder refuses to provide ID". Several states actually prohibit merchants writing cardholders' addresses or phone numbers on sales receipts.
It's also worth pointing out that the signature isn't there solely so that store employees can verify who you are. Instead, your signature on the back of the card also demonstrates that you've agreed to the terms of the contract with the credit card company. If the card isn't signed, then technically you've never entered into a legal agreement with the card issuer and you shouldn't be using the card.
I'd have to argue that shooting cans and paper targets would have a slightly less traumatic effect on a six year old mind.
I'd add that these guys also appear to be into what they do - they're not being taken advantage of. TFA suggests that when they end their 12 hour shifts, they actually log on to their personal accounts and play for several more hours of their free time!
To throw a car analogy out there, this like a mechanic who works on crappy consumer automobiles all day at his job at the garage and when he goes home at night, goes out back to continue wrenching on his personal project car.
I actually had the chance to try some genuine Inupiat bowhead muktuk. It tasted something like a cross between a rubber boot and home heating fuel. It's either a seriously acquired taste or the Inupiat are using "meat" as an excuse to go on exciting whale hunts.
I live up around this area. There seems to be this romantic notion amongst those living in the lower 48 that these "Eskimos" still live in igloos, travel by dogsled and wear seal skin parkas. The truth is, the Inupiat are American citizens in spite of what they might like to think, they live in houses, they eat their KFC, drink their Budwieser, drive their pickup trucks and watch their satellite TV just like anybody else.
Their approach to preserving this whale hunting "tradition" has so diverged from its cultural roots that its become a fallacy.
To describe what really happens, they race out after this thing in their power boats and fire at it with a very modern, highly accurate harpoon with an explosive tip. Generally they try to blow a hole in the lungs so the whale starts drowning and then they dispatch it with high powered rifles when it surfaces. After it dies, they tow the carcass back to shore and then they tie a rope or chain around the tail and haul it up onto the beach with ATVs or a pickup truck. They then proceed to dismantle the body using their "traditional" chainsaws, as alluded to in TFA.
Now I'm no hippy or environmentalist, but the whole exercise seems to defeat the spirit of the "preserving the culture" concept. Is it really necessary? I think they do it simply because they're permitted to, I'm sure its a kick to hunt a whale, and they get a shitload of free meat and byproducts out of it.
Actually, I thought the ad for the BMW Hydrogen 7 after the presentation was interesting. Apparently it can run on either liquid hydrogen or gasoline, crank out 260 hp and go 143 mph. When running on hydrogen it basically emits water vapor. Its nice to see a company stepping up and putting their money where their mouth is and actually producing something like this. In the long term I suspect this may be a more viable solution than conventional hybrid technology.
All I can say is the presentation didn't look that polished. The dude doing the dog and pony show looked like a bonafide, neck-beard sporting, t-shirt wearing geek. The overly rapid pacing of his speech and lack of inflection on what he was talking about indicates that he probably wasn't a professional marketroid. He also appeared to be intimately familiar with the application which is a giveaway.
I live in northern Canada. During the recent Victoria Day long weekend some friends of mine were out camping and having a good time near a small community with a high population percentage of natives. At some point after it got dark they were approached by a group of around 10 Indians who demanded all their beer or they were going to kick the shit out of them. As my friends were pretty drunk themselves by this point an all out fight ensued. Two of my friends got beaten into unconsciousness, one with a broken jaw and the other with a perforated ear drum.
Although I agree there are some exceptions, and I've met natives that I'm comfortable with calling "First Nations", "drunken lumbering savages" is not an inaccurate description of this minority in general.
If you're thinking I'm basing my opinion purely off of one exceptionally fucked up incident, I could probably recall at least a dozen similar "Indian stories" from around here. I don't consider myself a racist, but damn, don't be naive about what the general attitude is like with these people. There's a reason they're the most over-represented minority in the Canadian corrections system.
Can somebody explain what Fedora means by a "Live" distribution?
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The National Academy of Sciences did a study that found that even if the U.S. dedicated all U.S. corn and soybean production to producing biofuels, it would only replace 12% of gasoline demand and 6% of diesel demand.
If you can point me to a source where somebody has actually done this, I will agree your point has merit. I don't disagree that this is theoretically possible, its just that the effort required would probably be better spent on more lucrative activities like stealing credit card numbers than cheating at a game.
There's this game I know that you might enjoy. It's called Pong.
However, I thought all of those were 64 bit anyway, though I could be mistaken
These P4 chips had the EM64T enabled: All P4 6xx models and P4 5x1 models ( 541, 551, 561 etc.). Also, the Celeron D 3x1 and 3x6 models (331, 336, 341, 346 etc.) had EM64T (Extended Memory 64 Technology) on them.
These were the first Intel CPUs to have EM64T enabled, and I believe all subsequent models had this technology implemented.
In order for a vendor to provide Microsoft approved "Certified for Vista" drivers, the company also has to release an x64 version of the driver.
Aww... you left out the one release of Windows where all the bitching and moaning was actually substantiated and nobody adopted it.
Works well with the "Sex With A Mare" poll option.
In the early days when everybody used it, ICQ used to be great for looking up chicks local to your area. ICQ has since removed this feature and I don't think any other IM has had this capability since. Oh well, there's always MySpace...
I met my now hell-beast of an ex on ICQ. Damn you Mirabilis, damn you.
I must be the third guy on the planet who thought Event Horizon was one of the best Sci-Fi movies ever. It was creepy as hell and really demonstrated the point that when it comes to shit outside of our limited space exploration, we really have no clear idea of what exactly we're fucking with. Maybe we're better off not knowing.
The movie was well paced, suspenseful and took place over Neptune, how many movies have done that?
That sounds like a great way to save some money, but what the heck am I supposed to slip the roofie in then?
Like the mighty giant sequoia, Chuck Norris does not get "old". He just gets bigger and tougher.
When I was a kid and the show was still being produced, my family went on a tour at Universal Studios. We saw all the "KITTs" parked in a row on one part of the lot. As you say, there were many of them. When I saw that, it sort of shattered the illusion in my 10 year old mind that there was only one Knight Rider.