Aren't there already laws protecting copyright? Is Congress really responsible for enforcement? This reminds me so much of a child running to mommy every time another kid takes their toy or calls them a name.
EVERY phone made today should come with this feature. Many states have or are soon going to have laws that require using a hands-free set to talk while driving (CA's takes effect July 2008). While the iPhone does work with bluetooth headsets, requiring a driver to take their eyes off the road in order to initiate a call is inexcusable. I personally will not be purchasing an iPhone (although I do want one!) until this feature is added.
The thing I can't believe is that they expect anyone to make any sort of investment as long as there are two formats. Too many of us remember being burned by VHS/Beta. That's one of the reasons CDs were such a huge hit--when the CD came out it was a tremendous improvement PLUS there was no format competition. I won't even consider either format until it is the only format. Until then, I could care less about the details.
Personally, I'm not as concerned with the platform as I am with the document format. MS Office's proprietary binary formats are such a drag. If only they'd use some sort of "open document" format. You know, where the details of the format had been decided upon by a committee of experts, the implementation was human readable, and it wasn't owned by a single corporate entity. One where you wouldn't have to be worried about broken compatibility every time the app was revved, one where any other enterprising developer(s) could create a competing product without having to reverse engineer anything. What a nice world that would be. What are the odds?
During the day, especially during the summer months, demand goes way, way up. Supply is (for the most part) constant. Therefore, the market will bear higher costs during the day. It has nothing to do with the cost of producing the power.
Keep in mind, though, that most residential customers don't currently see this change--their rates are held constant, and they're billed based solely on their total monthly KWh usage. Only TOU customers (mostly C & I, or big users) fall into the changing rate category. Part of this is due to the fact that TOU meters are expensive, and replacing (using SCE as an example) 4,000,000 residential spinning disk meters with TOU meters at $200-1000 per unit is cost prohibitive. Of course, this is all going to change with the advent of AMI (Automated Metering Initiative).
Human beings feeling pain isn't just ok, it's a critical requirement. This story relates the experiences of a family dealing with a child that, due to a rare genetic disorder, is unable to feel pain.
Imagine not having any stimulus to tell you that putting your hand in front of a blow torch is a bad idea. Not accidentally killing yourself becomes a bit of a challenge. Pain is an excellent instructional tool.
I have perchased items that had been imported and might have had a tariff imposed. Students are absolutly second class citizens. It's rediculous how as a 16 year old you can drive a car and pay taxes but can't vote.
Or spell.
I love the fact that they call their Office clone interface "industry-standard look and feel". As MS proved in court, look and feel are not protected by copyright. Am I the only one amused by this?:-)
In England the amount of the fine is directly proportional to your income, by law. Imagine being Bill Gates, getting a $30,000 speeding ticket, then watching the next guy in line get a $200 ticket.
The real shame of the Bush regime isn't all the crap he's pulled during his presidency. The real shame, as demonstrated by this latest attack on our "inalienable rights, " is that it's going to take us at least 20 years to undo the damage. I still can't believe we had the opportunity to say goodbye after the first four years but brought him back for four more.
Pressure from conservative Christian groups in the US, which has a veto over the internet addressing system, led the organisation last year to put off introducing a new ".xxx" domain for pornography on the internet.
This I don't understand. Can somebody help me out? Why wouldn't they want to keep all of the porn sites in one domain, where a very simple filter could eliminate all of it from view? I would think it would be the other way around--the porn companies should be against this as it would make filtering too easy. Do they refuse to admit that there is already tons of pornographic material on the internet, and if they ignore it, it will go away? Perhaps they think giving porn its own domain would legitimize it. Or do they think it will be ineffective if the porn distributors aren't required to use.xxx?
I couldn't agree with your post more! I made the rather unfortunate decision to read the grandparent's bitch page. I had to laugh when I read that one of the reasons he gave up on Apple was that it cost him $292 to repair a 10 year old computer. With every point he made my jaw dropped a little more. Somebody ought to take this guy to an Apple store and show him OS X and iLife on a 20" iMac, then tell him he can get it for $1,700.
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Aren't there already laws protecting copyright? Is Congress really responsible for enforcement? This reminds me so much of a child running to mommy every time another kid takes their toy or calls them a name.
EVERY phone made today should come with this feature. Many states have or are soon going to have laws that require using a hands-free set to talk while driving (CA's takes effect July 2008). While the iPhone does work with bluetooth headsets, requiring a driver to take their eyes off the road in order to initiate a call is inexcusable. I personally will not be purchasing an iPhone (although I do want one!) until this feature is added.
It was Catherine Bell for me. What a waste. :-(
And when their pixel turns red they're forced to go to Carousel.
The thing I can't believe is that they expect anyone to make any sort of investment as long as there are two formats. Too many of us remember being burned by VHS/Beta. That's one of the reasons CDs were such a huge hit--when the CD came out it was a tremendous improvement PLUS there was no format competition. I won't even consider either format until it is the only format. Until then, I could care less about the details.
Personally, I'm not as concerned with the platform as I am with the document format. MS Office's proprietary binary formats are such a drag. If only they'd use some sort of "open document" format. You know, where the details of the format had been decided upon by a committee of experts, the implementation was human readable, and it wasn't owned by a single corporate entity. One where you wouldn't have to be worried about broken compatibility every time the app was revved, one where any other enterprising developer(s) could create a competing product without having to reverse engineer anything. What a nice world that would be. What are the odds?
How do you kill that which has no life?
On the face of it, it sure sounds a lot like a CD which I'm pretty sure was around prior to 2004.
During the day, especially during the summer months, demand goes way, way up. Supply is (for the most part) constant. Therefore, the market will bear higher costs during the day. It has nothing to do with the cost of producing the power.
Keep in mind, though, that most residential customers don't currently see this change--their rates are held constant, and they're billed based solely on their total monthly KWh usage. Only TOU customers (mostly C & I, or big users) fall into the changing rate category. Part of this is due to the fact that TOU meters are expensive, and replacing (using SCE as an example) 4,000,000 residential spinning disk meters with TOU meters at $200-1000 per unit is cost prohibitive. Of course, this is all going to change with the advent of AMI (Automated Metering Initiative).
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Take that, number 5D 09 7F B4 60 B8 FB BD D0 2B 6A A3 F2 F6 AB C9!!
Human beings feeling pain isn't just ok, it's a critical requirement. This story relates the experiences of a family dealing with a child that, due to a rare genetic disorder, is unable to feel pain.
Imagine not having any stimulus to tell you that putting your hand in front of a blow torch is a bad idea. Not accidentally killing yourself becomes a bit of a challenge. Pain is an excellent instructional tool.
Why do you think they invented the deflector array? Do I have to think of everything?
To quote Lisa Simpson:
"I know those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me."
I have perchased items that had been imported and might have had a tariff imposed.
Students are absolutly second class citizens.
It's rediculous how as a 16 year old you can drive a car and pay taxes but can't vote.
Or spell.
I love the fact that they call their Office clone interface "industry-standard look and feel". As MS proved in court, look and feel are not protected by copyright. Am I the only one amused by this? :-)
I've heard of malware, and I'm all too familiar with spyware, but what the h-e-double-hockey-sticks is badware?
Yes, I'm too lazy to RTFA. Can you help a brother out?
In England the amount of the fine is directly proportional to your income, by law. Imagine being Bill Gates, getting a $30,000 speeding ticket, then watching the next guy in line get a $200 ticket.
What's that in stone? And can we have a screen measurement in hands, please?
The real shame of the Bush regime isn't all the crap he's pulled during his presidency. The real shame, as demonstrated by this latest attack on our "inalienable rights, " is that it's going to take us at least 20 years to undo the damage. I still can't believe we had the opportunity to say goodbye after the first four years but brought him back for four more.
Maybe it's the top half.
This I don't understand. Can somebody help me out? Why wouldn't they want to keep all of the porn sites in one domain, where a very simple filter could eliminate all of it from view? I would think it would be the other way around--the porn companies should be against this as it would make filtering too easy. Do they refuse to admit that there is already tons of pornographic material on the internet, and if they ignore it, it will go away? Perhaps they think giving porn its own domain would legitimize it. Or do they think it will be ineffective if the porn distributors aren't required to use
I couldn't agree with your post more! I made the rather unfortunate decision to read the grandparent's bitch page. I had to laugh when I read that one of the reasons he gave up on Apple was that it cost him $292 to repair a 10 year old computer. With every point he made my jaw dropped a little more. Somebody ought to take this guy to an Apple store and show him OS X and iLife on a 20" iMac, then tell him he can get it for $1,700.
This won't work until Microsoft has completely changed Windows to be Unix-like.
Why not just buy some flavor of Unix that already has it perfected? A 20 year head-start is difficult to overcome.
Change your fucking cellphone e-mail address, genius.
Feels snappier! :-)