I see this a lot. It's usually bull. The only thing the customer is always right about is determining whether the customer is happy. The customer is frequently entirely clueless about whether what they think they want is possible, much less feasible, or about the reasons for behavior they didn't expect.
try to work [i]with[/i] the customer
Based on some of his other statements, it seems like the developer would love to work with the customer. Durn shame he can't get in touch with the customer in any way (which you seem to think is a good thing... or is it only being unable to reply to comments that you like?).
except Wal-Mart, McDonalds, and 7-11 _don't_ use a central system. They use regional heirarchies based on physical locations, so that only stores _in_ CA have to keep track of the CA state tax rate, only stores _in_ San Francisco have to track the San Francisco city and county tax rates, etc.
Even if we stipulate that CA taxpayers are subsidizing the federal services which Amazon receives by paying more to the federal government than the state receives from the federal government, how does that translate into an obligation for Amazon to do anything for the CA state government, which you have stipulated does not?
They do it by having each store know the policies relevant to that particular store, not by having corporate headquarters' billing department do all the figuring based on the store's location (which would still be easier than doing it by the online purchaser's location).
It may be. But the question is, is that a tiny amount of force for the reaction mass involved? Remember this is for satellites with solar panels; available energy is not considered to be the limiting factor, because more is coming in, reaction mass is, because it has to be boosted from Earth.
Eh. What else can they compare it to, really? What else is as universal, always-powered, and high-load (even if only sometimes) as a refrigerator? The next best choice would probably be a clock-radio.
Out of curiosity, did you consider trying to haggle with the manager? They may not be able to cut you a deal, but then again they may, and even if they don't they can tell corporate that they lost a sale because the price was too high. (Now, depending how much of that price is markup, there may be nothing to be done at all except shut down the store...)
In all fairness I should admit I would probably not think to try haggling either, but it happened to occur to me while reading your post and it seems like it might be good to try.
The overturned law did not prevent the sale of the data, it only prevented the use of the sold data for certain purposes. The presumption is that a flat ban on the sale of prescription data would not be overturned. The Court did say that a flat ban would probably lend more weight to Vermont's case, but that's hardly definitive.
From what I've read, the innovative aspect of MagSafe is that it's symmetric; you can put the plug either side up and it still works. Fryer cords are apparently (I haven't owned one) keyed, so they have a definite top and bottom.
a right to anonymous political speech, yes. A right to mechanisms by which you can exercise your right to anonymity? Looking at fair use of copyrighted materials as an example, I wouldn't hold my breath.
The same argument applies to any form of proof used in court. Nothing can be proven absolutely; in the end it's all down to whether the evidence is sufficiently convincing to remove that "shadow of a doubt".
Because the music companies have decided it's cheaper to have the cops do the legwork of prosecution. Or else they just think that jail time is going to scare folks more than large fines, which I don't get... if you don't think you're likely to get fined, why would you think you're likely to get jailed?
The quote is overly broad, yes. But the percentage of songs being 'performed' on youtube which are CC-SA licensed is probably, lie the percentage which are old enough to be out of copyright, negligible for the purposes of this discussion.
Though it is reassuring to realize that I can cover "Re: Your Brains" without running afoul of this law. At least until they add a mandatory licensing fee paid to some company that doesn't necessarily have any relationship whatsoever with the copyright holder, much less the artist. You know, like they have for internet radio.
Yes (although they have to sell you a license if you want one, for some legislated amount of money. This is how folks get to make covers of songs). But until now, that hasn't been a criminal action, and pursuing it civilly isn't worth the RIAA's time. Making it criminal makes it the police's job.
Perhaps he means 'an energy density', which I could agree with... a plasma torch cuts what, half an inch? Fine it down to a hundredth of an inch and I bet it'd go through pretty quickly. (might weld itself back together, though. Maybe 1/10th of an inch would be better.)
Dunno. The main time we've seen a saber used against a really thick metal object that I recall is Qui-gon going through a security door on the Trade Federation ship in Phantom Menace... it was far from instantaneous. The Trade Federation's warbots were generally pretty cuttable but also much thinner, and much of their metal must have been hollow tubing to run wires through (unless they have solid bars made of layered metal and ceramic for conductors and insulators).
I'm sure I'm forgetting some stuff. Feel free to point it out; I enjoy discussing this kind of thing:)
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So they're being realistic about their chances of surviving long enough to need to find gas and ammo. Good for them :)
The customer is always right
I see this a lot. It's usually bull. The only thing the customer is always right about is determining whether the customer is happy. The customer is frequently entirely clueless about whether what they think they want is possible, much less feasible, or about the reasons for behavior they didn't expect.
try to work [i]with[/i] the customer
Based on some of his other statements, it seems like the developer would love to work with the customer. Durn shame he can't get in touch with the customer in any way (which you seem to think is a good thing... or is it only being unable to reply to comments that you like?).
except Wal-Mart, McDonalds, and 7-11 _don't_ use a central system. They use regional heirarchies based on physical locations, so that only stores _in_ CA have to keep track of the CA state tax rate, only stores _in_ San Francisco have to track the San Francisco city and county tax rates, etc.
Even if we stipulate that CA taxpayers are subsidizing the federal services which Amazon receives by paying more to the federal government than the state receives from the federal government, how does that translate into an obligation for Amazon to do anything for the CA state government, which you have stipulated does not?
They do it by having each store know the policies relevant to that particular store, not by having corporate headquarters' billing department do all the figuring based on the store's location (which would still be easier than doing it by the online purchaser's location).
Dude, if your kids are going behind your back without the law, they could go behind your back with it.
It may be. But the question is, is that a tiny amount of force for the reaction mass involved? Remember this is for satellites with solar panels; available energy is not considered to be the limiting factor, because more is coming in, reaction mass is, because it has to be boosted from Earth.
Eh. What else can they compare it to, really? What else is as universal, always-powered, and high-load (even if only sometimes) as a refrigerator? The next best choice would probably be a clock-radio.
Shame there's no way linux can use the pluggable windows drivers =(
In all fairness I should admit I would probably not think to try haggling either, but it happened to occur to me while reading your post and it seems like it might be good to try.
The overturned law did not prevent the sale of the data, it only prevented the use of the sold data for certain purposes. The presumption is that a flat ban on the sale of prescription data would not be overturned. The Court did say that a flat ban would probably lend more weight to Vermont's case, but that's hardly definitive.
From what I've read, the innovative aspect of MagSafe is that it's symmetric; you can put the plug either side up and it still works. Fryer cords are apparently (I haven't owned one) keyed, so they have a definite top and bottom.
Didn't say it was productive, just effective.
a right to anonymous political speech, yes. A right to mechanisms by which you can exercise your right to anonymity? Looking at fair use of copyrighted materials as an example, I wouldn't hold my breath.
The same argument applies to any form of proof used in court. Nothing can be proven absolutely; in the end it's all down to whether the evidence is sufficiently convincing to remove that "shadow of a doubt".
you could have 4 impellers, with axes on the sides of a square, and generate lateral thrust from whichever impeller(s) are most appropriate...
I think he meant "Windows software" in the sense of "software compiled to run on Windows"; a lot of folks use Intel's compilers for that.
"Okay, bud, here's the deal. You plead guilty and get 90 days, or we dismiss the charges."
Because the music companies have decided it's cheaper to have the cops do the legwork of prosecution. Or else they just think that jail time is going to scare folks more than large fines, which I don't get... if you don't think you're likely to get fined, why would you think you're likely to get jailed?
The quote is overly broad, yes. But the percentage of songs being 'performed' on youtube which are CC-SA licensed is probably, lie the percentage which are old enough to be out of copyright, negligible for the purposes of this discussion. Though it is reassuring to realize that I can cover "Re: Your Brains" without running afoul of this law. At least until they add a mandatory licensing fee paid to some company that doesn't necessarily have any relationship whatsoever with the copyright holder, much less the artist. You know, like they have for internet radio.
Yes (although they have to sell you a license if you want one, for some legislated amount of money. This is how folks get to make covers of songs). But until now, that hasn't been a criminal action, and pursuing it civilly isn't worth the RIAA's time. Making it criminal makes it the police's job.
Politicians don't have time to get backgrounds in what they're legislating on, it takes too much time to get a background in how to legislate at all.
Hmmm. That might fly... does the wiretapping statute in question specify that there has to be audio involved?
Perhaps he means 'an energy density', which I could agree with... a plasma torch cuts what, half an inch? Fine it down to a hundredth of an inch and I bet it'd go through pretty quickly. (might weld itself back together, though. Maybe 1/10th of an inch would be better.)
Dunno. The main time we've seen a saber used against a really thick metal object that I recall is Qui-gon going through a security door on the Trade Federation ship in Phantom Menace... it was far from instantaneous. The Trade Federation's warbots were generally pretty cuttable but also much thinner, and much of their metal must have been hollow tubing to run wires through (unless they have solid bars made of layered metal and ceramic for conductors and insulators). I'm sure I'm forgetting some stuff. Feel free to point it out; I enjoy discussing this kind of thing :)