In the same vein, you wouldn't store the Hope Diamond in a padlocked box at home,
Hell yes I would. If you saw my house you would never in a million year think the Hope Diamond was anywhere near it, never mind inside. Security through obscurity? Perhaps. But, sometimes it works.:-)
Can't mod you up as "even more insightful and informative too", 'cause I got no points; but, this is one of the things that, sadly, SO FEW people understand.
Do not mock the invisible hand. If it doesn't respond the way you expect, its likely you have misunderstood your market...
Or, more likely these days, it means that your lobbyists have not done their job of making sure that the "invisible hand" comes with "invisible strings" that you get to pull.
Why charge average when charging max would maximize profits? As for liability... they DO use actuairal tables. As such they CAN show statistically significant differences in accident frequencies/seriousness/etc. As such, I don't think they can be charged with discrimination. On the other hand IANAL...
(Please, no cracks about "lies/damned lies/statistics")
Err... no. Why would they charge the median rate, when charging the highest rate would bring more profit. Remember why insurance companies do their thing in the first place?
Not that I am standing up for insurance companies, but they ARE in business to make money. The "simplest" way to maximize their profits is to use actuarial calculations. That means they will group people based on certain caracteristics. That's just the way it is. The alternative would be to charge everybody the highest rate. Here, Vancouver, BC, they used to charge differently depending not only where you lived, but also where you drove. I don't know what the situation is now, but a few years back, when I lived in a "border town" they they used to ask me where I was going to do most of my driving. Driving mostly in/towards Vancouver was more expensive than driving mostly outside the designated "hot area."
Why is gambling a shady biz? I don't gamble myself, but as long as they don't come to my house and force me to gamble, I don't see the shady part. Tax on those poor at math? Perhaps. But, why shady?
It's a 256MB player. I plug it in to get it recharged, and push on the "set" of the day. I have a bunch of "playlists" that I load onto the player to match the routine of a said day. I mean, with only 256MB one wouldn't want Rammstein to take any useful space on a LSD day. No?
I have one. Let's see: 1. Put earbuds in. 2. Plug the other end of the cable into the MP3 player. 3. Press play 4. Hook it to my t-shirt sleeve and throw it inside. (t-shirt keeps it from bouncing around too much.) 5. Get on the treadmill, and run whatever "programme" I do on a particular day. 6. Get off the treadmil. 7. Search, usualli in vain, for some dry corner of t-shirt to whipe the MP3 player and the earbuds/wires. 8. Unhook from t-shirt and whipe the sweat off. 8. Press stop. 9. Unplug the earbuds and throw them and the player in my gym bag.
Which of the steps above would require the screen?
Have a look here: http://www.commell.com.tw/News/News/News_20031216_ LV-671.htm Look around the site a bit for other models. I saw some up for sale at http://auction.yahoo.co.jp/ for reasonable prices.
ABSOLUTELY!
The other day I needed to get a five port switch and I didn't feel like fighting for a piece of the road with the "Christmas shoppers"; so, I went to a nearby "Future Shop" - it's a Best Buy type shop, and I believe it has actually been bought by Best Buy.
While there I took the time to look around, just in case they miraculously had a "Network DVD" - I stupidly didn't buy one in Softmap last month, and now I regret it. To make a long story short, I was really surprised by the APPALLING quality of most of the units on sale. People were mobbing the staff asking for the, sold out, "Boxing day Special". I saw a model that was one level up from the sold out one and thought that I wouldn't even want to carry that one home if they gave it to me for free. And, according to my firends I am a cheap bastard. (Well, I do like to think of myself as a "value shopper.")
Dude... you almost made me weep. Kakegawa reminded me of Daito, and "Seatopia". While not my favourite onsens, it beats anything around here... I am freezing my butt off here In Canada.
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In the same vein, you wouldn't store the Hope Diamond in a padlocked box at home,
:-)
Hell yes I would. If you saw my house you would never in a million year think the Hope Diamond was anywhere near it, never mind inside. Security through obscurity? Perhaps. But, sometimes it works.
Can't mod you up as "even more insightful and informative too", 'cause I got no points; but, this is one of the things that, sadly, SO FEW people understand.
Do not mock the invisible hand. If it doesn't respond the way you expect, its likely you have misunderstood your market...
Or, more likely these days, it means that your lobbyists have not done their job of making sure that the "invisible hand" comes with "invisible strings" that you get to pull.
Me thinks you're putting way too much faith in the "invisible hand".
Why charge average when charging max would maximize profits? ... they DO use actuairal tables. As such they CAN show statistically significant differences in accident frequencies/seriousness/etc. As such, I don't think they can be charged with discrimination. On the other hand IANAL...
As for liability
(Please, no cracks about "lies/damned lies/statistics")
Err ... no. Why would they charge the median rate, when charging the highest rate would bring more profit. Remember why insurance companies do their thing in the first place?
(Yes, I know technically you are right.)
Not that I am standing up for insurance companies, but they ARE in business to make money. The "simplest" way to maximize their profits is to use actuarial calculations. That means they will group people based on certain caracteristics. That's just the way it is. The alternative would be to charge everybody the highest rate.
Here, Vancouver, BC, they used to charge differently depending not only where you lived, but also where you drove. I don't know what the situation is now, but a few years back, when I lived in a "border town" they they used to ask me where I was going to do most of my driving. Driving mostly in/towards Vancouver was more expensive than driving mostly outside the designated "hot area."
Why is gambling a shady biz? I don't gamble myself, but as long as they don't come to my house and force me to gamble, I don't see the shady part.
Tax on those poor at math? Perhaps. But, why shady?
Two wrongs=right?? To each his own I guess.
For a nice example see here ftp://ftp.team.net/ktud/pictures/Citroen_2cv/2cv1. jpg
It's a 256MB player. I plug it in to get it recharged, and push on the "set" of the day. I have a bunch of "playlists" that I load onto the player to match the routine of a said day. I mean, with only 256MB one wouldn't want Rammstein to take any useful space on a LSD day. No?
I have one. Let's see:
1. Put earbuds in.
2. Plug the other end of the cable into the MP3 player.
3. Press play
4. Hook it to my t-shirt sleeve and throw it inside. (t-shirt keeps it from bouncing around too much.)
5. Get on the treadmill, and run whatever "programme" I do on a particular day.
6. Get off the treadmil.
7. Search, usualli in vain, for some dry corner of t-shirt to whipe the MP3 player and the earbuds/wires.
8. Unhook from t-shirt and whipe the sweat off.
8. Press stop.
9. Unplug the earbuds and throw them and the player in my gym bag.
Which of the steps above would require the screen?
Err ... slashdotter with friends? That would imply we have some kind of social life.
:-)
You must be new here.
For example, if your laptop has composite in :p ?sID=850f57d9dcecfd14eedecbda29891c4d¤cy=CAD &products_id=1791&sID=850f57d9dcecfd14eedecbda2989 1c4d
http://www.mittoni.com.au/catalog/product_info.ph
Also:
http://www.computergear.com/rollupkeyboard.html
You also need your favourite mouse, and you're set.
Change your contract to a lower speed, hence cheaper one? :-)
I have a generous neighbour whose pipe I use for my big ISO downloads.
Maybe he read, and took to heart, your signature. ;-)
IANAL, nor form the US, but wouldn't "within its jurisdiction" be of importance in this case?
Have a look here: http://www.commell.com.tw/News/News/News_20031216_ LV-671.htm
Look around the site a bit for other models.
I saw some up for sale at http://auction.yahoo.co.jp/ for reasonable prices.
Unless, of course, the "pirates" have access to some private nets where they do the bulk of the top level transfers. No?
Assuming, of course, the article is not mostly BS ..."ohhh, ahhh look at me, I am a reporter who has access to the upper echelons of the "bad" guys".
Hitman ... a geek; so, 350lbs would be all fat. Could probably not even walk up to the reporter's door. The Glock becomes a necessity. No? :-)
ABSOLUTELY!
The other day I needed to get a five port switch and I didn't feel like fighting for a piece of the road with the "Christmas shoppers"; so, I went to a nearby "Future Shop" - it's a Best Buy type shop, and I believe it has actually been bought by Best Buy.
While there I took the time to look around, just in case they miraculously had a "Network DVD" - I stupidly didn't buy one in Softmap last month, and now I regret it. To make a long story short, I was really surprised by the APPALLING quality of most of the units on sale. People were mobbing the staff asking for the, sold out, "Boxing day Special". I saw a model that was one level up from the sold out one and thought that I wouldn't even want to carry that one home if they gave it to me for free. And, according to my firends I am a cheap bastard. (Well, I do like to think of myself as a "value shopper.")
Oh yes, NHK the paragon of jurnalistic integrity ... http://sg.news.yahoo.com/041220/1/3pdfi.html. :-)
Yeah, I read your sig, I even used to drive nearby your Uni on my way back from Costco - have a friend who used to live in Machida.
Dude ... you almost made me weep. Kakegawa reminded me of Daito, and "Seatopia". While not my favourite onsens, it beats anything around here ... I am freezing my butt off here In Canada.
Got some news for you, just like the Internet[1] TV shows are different from the real life.
;-)
I just moved back to Canada after 14 years in Japan, and I mostly agree with the parent.
[1] In spite of what you mighr have been lead to believe, NOT everything you see on the Internet is true. Really.