Yes, yes, how very cynical of you. As an actual business owner that deals the vast majority of the time in cash and checks, and cringes when someone yanks out a credit card, I can tell you that we do NOT bake credit card processing fees into every purchase, because the margins required to compete are thin. This is an excellent change, because customers can actually see one of the costs.
And the next time it comes time to raise prices on that dozen eggs, perhaps it's 2% instead of 4%, because the CC processing fee won't be baked in, and it will be business as usual.
Bottom line, the fact that it's ILLEGAL for businesses to even inform customers of this, but to keep everyone IGNORANT of the true cost baked in is UTTERLY STUPID AND WRONG. Who the hell paid for the original legislation? The only ones it benefits are the credit card companies.
The trouble isn't finding a phone that has current updates. Everyone could get a Nexus phone from Google and be done with it, but they don't.
The original Samsung Galaxy S phones are capable of handling Android 4.2, thanks to the latest CM nightlies. It isn't the fastest, but surprisingly quite usable, and released in July of 2010.
This is FAR BEYOND what Samsung would deign to support, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with the phone. But because Samsung would rather people buy their new products, they've engineered planned obsolescence through lack of support. And now, because of this unsavory, ridiculous law, manufacturers have both a technical and legislative solution to ensure consumers keep "buying" their phones or whatever else in the future.
But, in practice, most users on a typical Windows system are basically administrators (=root, or close enough - there's always TrustedInstaller etc), and so when UAC produces a token with their original privileges restored, the net effect is the same as sudo. So, when your average user sees a UAC prompt, the end result is the same as when he does sudo whatever.
That is correct for home- and individual users. But users in a corporate (or school) setting should *not* be allowed to elevate to full admin privileges, if at all. Users can still install per-user apps and policies can still restrict which apps can be allowed to start (based on hashes, digital signatures, vendor etc).
And so it comes to this. It's not the fault of Windows, but the ignorance of those configuring the systems. Color me surprised!
If Dailies are optional, please explain what someone that doesn't do them is supposed to do with the VP they collect from heroics, raids, and LFR.
If someone is actively doing raids, the likelihood of needing VP to spend on gear at all right now is pretty low. Even the time required to rep up to the level that unlocks the gear is roughly 2 weeks.
We're in week 6 or 7 of raiding. A second raid opened up recently. Another is opening up today.
I did about 3 weeks of dailies total, and then was able to stop. All of this talk of endless dailies is just nonsense.
But you can have communication that is faster then light very easily lets take a wheel for example. you can observer the wheel from to either side, if I rotate the wheel from one side the other side rotates at the same time FTL communication just occurred I told you I rotated a wheel. Now if said wheel was so big that it went from earth to mars you would have FTL communication meaningfully,
Might be you're trolling, but that's not FTL communication. Forces are exerted on the wheel, the spokes, the rim, to move the other side, which does not happen at anywhere close to the speed of light. Just because it "looks fast", doesn't mean it's FTL.
I know it isn't a perfect solution, but maybe Google will see the potential. And in the meantime, if it turns out to be as hackable as the Nexus phones are, hooray for us.
Being omnivores, the human species is at the top of the food chain most of the time. A shark or bear won't ask your consent if it tries to eat you; I don't see why we should make that concession either.
it isn't as simple as "add 6% to the price" sales tax verys not by just state but county and town and city and districts.. infact any governing body that can charge a tax could effect the cost of goods. and also it verys based on what the good is..
This is very true. Here in my home state of Minnesota, we've got a new set of sales tax rates going into effect tomorrow.
St. Paul (State, County/Transit, City): 7.625%
Minneapolis (State, County/Transit, City, Stadium) : 7.775%
Hennepin County (State, County/Transit, Stadium) : 7.275%
Washington County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
Ramsey County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
Dakota County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
Anoka County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
None of the above (State only) : 6.875%
Blizzard tried something like this with the most recent world event to usher in the new expansion. Player controlled zombies rampant everywhere, infecting other players and NPCs alike. In the end, half of the players enjoyed it. The other half brought some *serious* whining, complaining that they "couldn't get stuff done". Can't please everyone, I guess.
how is that more secure than say an electronic count with a paper trail?
Because if the electronic machine you use thinks that you voted for the wrong person, it can "correct it", along with the "paper trail" you generate for you. Or even if it's a simple miscalibration, the "paper trail" still shows that I voted for an incorrect candidate.
If I'm the one filling out the ABSURDLY SIMPLE paper form, which gets scanned, I know that the "paper trail" is less easily tampered with.
Electronic scanning of filled in analog bubbles is vastly superior to ANY touchscreen solution. I don't understand how more people can't grasp this concept.
As another citizen of Minnesota, the parent speaks the truth.
I'm all for free speech, but what these "protesters" were doing was attempting to disrupt the political process and infringing on OTHERS' right to free speech.
If that 13 year old is using Tier 5 armor to own you (assuming pvp), you should probably look into some arena gear and other pvp gear that's *designed* for it, and stop trying to carry on with some pve gear that allows for big juicy crits on you.
I thought about that, too. But, if the antagonist in my little fiction doesn't believe that the person in question really was on the list by accident, he'd likely disbelieve any claims to litigiously sourced wealth made by the person, as well.
Any mod with a sense of humor will mod me Redundant. Careful doing this. I did stuff like this before in the past, and the metamods with no sense of humor eventually got me stripped of my ability to mod.
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Maybe I'm weird, but I listen to my gut feeling that tells me Google is more trustworthy than Microsoft.
That would be the Stockholm Syndrome. It's cool, I like Google, too.
Yes, yes, how very cynical of you. As an actual business owner that deals the vast majority of the time in cash and checks, and cringes when someone yanks out a credit card, I can tell you that we do NOT bake credit card processing fees into every purchase, because the margins required to compete are thin. This is an excellent change, because customers can actually see one of the costs.
And the next time it comes time to raise prices on that dozen eggs, perhaps it's 2% instead of 4%, because the CC processing fee won't be baked in, and it will be business as usual.
Bottom line, the fact that it's ILLEGAL for businesses to even inform customers of this, but to keep everyone IGNORANT of the true cost baked in is UTTERLY STUPID AND WRONG. Who the hell paid for the original legislation? The only ones it benefits are the credit card companies.
The trouble isn't finding a phone that has current updates. Everyone could get a Nexus phone from Google and be done with it, but they don't.
The original Samsung Galaxy S phones are capable of handling Android 4.2, thanks to the latest CM nightlies. It isn't the fastest, but surprisingly quite usable, and released in July of 2010.
This is FAR BEYOND what Samsung would deign to support, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with the phone. But because Samsung would rather people buy their new products, they've engineered planned obsolescence through lack of support. And now, because of this unsavory, ridiculous law, manufacturers have both a technical and legislative solution to ensure consumers keep "buying" their phones or whatever else in the future.
But, in practice, most users on a typical Windows system are basically administrators (=root, or close enough - there's always TrustedInstaller etc), and so when UAC produces a token with their original privileges restored, the net effect is the same as sudo. So, when your average user sees a UAC prompt, the end result is the same as when he does sudo whatever.
That is correct for home- and individual users. But users in a corporate (or school) setting should *not* be allowed to elevate to full admin privileges, if at all. Users can still install per-user apps and policies can still restrict which apps can be allowed to start (based on hashes, digital signatures, vendor etc).
And so it comes to this. It's not the fault of Windows, but the ignorance of those configuring the systems. Color me surprised!
Dailies are not required, they are optional.
Wrong. You've been indoctrinated.
If Dailies are optional, please explain what someone that doesn't do them is supposed to do with the VP they collect from heroics, raids, and LFR.
If someone is actively doing raids, the likelihood of needing VP to spend on gear at all right now is pretty low. Even the time required to rep up to the level that unlocks the gear is roughly 2 weeks.
We're in week 6 or 7 of raiding. A second raid opened up recently. Another is opening up today.
I did about 3 weeks of dailies total, and then was able to stop. All of this talk of endless dailies is just nonsense.
Not to your mortal coil, it's not.
But you can have communication that is faster then light very easily lets take a wheel for example. you can observer the wheel from to either side, if I rotate the wheel from one side the other side rotates at the same time FTL communication just occurred I told you I rotated a wheel. Now if said wheel was so big that it went from earth to mars you would have FTL communication meaningfully,
Might be you're trolling, but that's not FTL communication. Forces are exerted on the wheel, the spokes, the rim, to move the other side, which does not happen at anywhere close to the speed of light. Just because it "looks fast", doesn't mean it's FTL.
Well some of the folks at Google I/O have been dutifully hacking away at these, which were in the goody bags.
I know it isn't a perfect solution, but maybe Google will see the potential. And in the meantime, if it turns out to be as hackable as the Nexus phones are, hooray for us.
Jobs especially was a giant hippy back then, or has the origin story changed?
You can't take the Book of Jobs literally. Think of it more as a parable.
And meanwhile, these seeds are about as healthy as dioxin.
Citation, please.
When we get robocalls at work, I always press 1 the instant it starts the robospeech to "speak with a live salesperson". Then I put them on hold.
I would appreciate one if you still have invites. cptgrudge (atat) gmail Thanks!
Being omnivores, the human species is at the top of the food chain most of the time. A shark or bear won't ask your consent if it tries to eat you; I don't see why we should make that concession either.
Right. In the fictional roadways, people in the right lane are going under the speed limit.
In reality, the people with the most contempt for the speed limit are the ones that are using the "passing lane".
it isn't as simple as "add 6% to the price" sales tax verys not by just state but county and town and city and districts.. infact any governing body that can charge a tax could effect the cost of goods. and also it verys based on what the good is..
This is very true. Here in my home state of Minnesota, we've got a new set of sales tax rates going into effect tomorrow.
St. Paul (State, County/Transit, City): 7.625%
Minneapolis (State, County/Transit, City, Stadium) : 7.775%
Hennepin County (State, County/Transit, Stadium) : 7.275%
Washington County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
Ramsey County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
Dakota County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
Anoka County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
None of the above (State only) : 6.875%
Now multiply that by 50 states.
I second this. The soundtrack is fantastic.
I lost 2 good players to that zombie crap. Both went right back to guild wars.
Ha! You had me there for a moment.
Blizzard tried something like this with the most recent world event to usher in the new expansion. Player controlled zombies rampant everywhere, infecting other players and NPCs alike. In the end, half of the players enjoyed it. The other half brought some *serious* whining, complaining that they "couldn't get stuff done". Can't please everyone, I guess.
how is that more secure than say an electronic count with a paper trail?
Because if the electronic machine you use thinks that you voted for the wrong person, it can "correct it", along with the "paper trail" you generate for you. Or even if it's a simple miscalibration, the "paper trail" still shows that I voted for an incorrect candidate.
If I'm the one filling out the ABSURDLY SIMPLE paper form, which gets scanned, I know that the "paper trail" is less easily tampered with.
Electronic scanning of filled in analog bubbles is vastly superior to ANY touchscreen solution. I don't understand how more people can't grasp this concept.
As another citizen of Minnesota, the parent speaks the truth. I'm all for free speech, but what these "protesters" were doing was attempting to disrupt the political process and infringing on OTHERS' right to free speech.
If that 13 year old is using Tier 5 armor to own you (assuming pvp), you should probably look into some arena gear and other pvp gear that's *designed* for it, and stop trying to carry on with some pve gear that allows for big juicy crits on you.
I thought about that, too. But, if the antagonist in my little fiction doesn't believe that the person in question really was on the list by accident, he'd likely disbelieve any claims to litigiously sourced wealth made by the person, as well.
This is government you're dealing with. It will never happen.
"But, but, I sued the state and won! Look, here's my legal documents! I'm not a sexual predator, honest!"
"Yeah, sure.. Time to organize the community to hassle you until you leave. Enjoy being a hermit you sick pervert."
Seems to me that would be about the purest form of CYA. Taking actions that account for our known shortcomings.