His lake is an acre and a half -- over 6,000 square meters, if two meters deep on average, that's over 12,000 cubic meters of water = 12,000,000 liters = 12,000,000 kilograms
The guy had 1.6 kilos of Na, giving us.13ppm if I did my math right.
The government's been requiring almost all IT products including web sites be accessible for years. If you do design for anything government-related, you're used to this by now. And you know how government self-regulation has a habit of leaking out to the country at large.
If you need to make a site accessible quickly, or develop an accessible one from scratch, get InFocus from SSB.
If you got this nasty feeling you weren't being treated right, that's opinion.
A company making repeated false statements about shipping time (several instances of "Your order will be shipped Monday" without even taking the caller's name, and not even shipping then), multiple documented cases of billing for more than the double the quoted shipping price (when confronted, they say "Too bad."), and reneging on advertised discounts ("We offered 20% off? Well we're not doing it now.") is not opinion.
I've read the original posts, and these people were documenting experiences with the company. It's not opinion; It's fact.
There's a reason Pets Warehouse ranks poorly with the NY BBB.
"html is the programming code behind the actual pages being displayed on the web"
False. And next we have:
"...be enjoined from using or selling PETS WAREHOUSE (however spelled...whether...singular or plural... as one word or two, whether used alone or in combination..."
He just said he not only has the right to competitor Pet Warehouse (singular or plural), but also to any business with the word "pet" or "warehouse" in it.
If he owns "pet" and "warehouse" then he's infringing on another trademark Pet Warehouse. Pet Warehouse (not plural) has been recently purchased by Drs. Foster & Smith, a great place to shop for pet supplies, including medicines, vacines, food, books, etc., for almost any type of animal.
I've been following this case for a long time, and the guy is definitely a nuisance, and even the judge appears to be tiring of him.
He claims theferretstore.com was using Pets Warehouse meta tags in its site. It isn't now. Unless he can prove they were, he should get slapped with whatever punitive sanctions the court can do.
Good news here at least. Google is a big company, and after they win this lawsuit they can charge their six to seven digit attorney's fees to this guy! They'll own Pets Warehouse.
The Supreme Court has already ruled that you can't dictate price once you've sold an original copy. This was a case of a book reseller selling a book at a lower price than the original publisher wanted.
But then there's the Metallica method where they put right on the cover something like "Don't pay more than $x for this album or you're getting ripped off!" (which one was that?)
I still say P2P is an easy way to get your money back on all the media and burner levies, especially if you burn lots of CDs for backup and system imaging. You paid for it, so you might as well get the product.
They conspired to raise the prices, and now the consumer is used to those prices so they can keep them there. Incremental increases afther that will be normal and they'll keep making a profit off of their price fixing for years to come.
This judgement is a tiny slap on the wrist, and they will most likely still be making a profit after you subtract the judgement from the money they made and will make with their price fixing.
We need criminal penalties against CEOs when their companies do something illegal. Right now they only have to worry that their stock options will slip a penny or two, but they'll stop doing this when faced with jail time.
The LAST solution to any problem that anyone should ever propose is a tax, and then it should be rejected immediately. Never underestimate the insidious, spreading nature of a tax.
I can already buy a programmable ECU for my car. Then I can just plug in a laptop and reprogram everything on the fly. It's not something I'd trust myself doing, though.
A system of signed "drivers" (engine/steering maps) may be good though just as we have now. Any company could get a certificate showing they know what they're doing and have liability insurance. The car would then warn you about uploading non-certified drivers ("if this fails and gets you into an accident, you're on your own").
Read the rumor rags like mosr.com, etc. Whenever most of them start agreeing a new model will be coming out soon (hints like supply shortages in the chain...), do not buy anything. This just means that for the same money you just spent, you'd have gotten much more sometimes just days later.
NEVER buy just before one of the big Mac expos.
Sounds like it's already been done
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All those calls were faked by the phone company for years so that you'd get pissed off enough to pay $4 more per month to make them stop.
His lake is an acre and a half -- over 6,000 square meters, if two meters deep on average, that's over 12,000 cubic meters of water
.13ppm if I did my math right.
= 12,000,000 liters
= 12,000,000 kilograms
The guy had 1.6 kilos of Na, giving us
And if you'd done any 508 work by hand, you'd know to appreciate the link.
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AC, you might as well yell spam for the thousands of other software recommendations on
The government's been requiring almost all IT products including web sites be accessible for years. If you do design for anything government-related, you're used to this by now. And you know how government self-regulation has a habit of leaking out to the country at large.
If you need to make a site accessible quickly, or develop an accessible one from scratch, get InFocus from SSB.
3001 -- exchanging personal information by touch of the palm.
Has he thought of everything?
If you got this nasty feeling you weren't being treated right, that's opinion.
A company making repeated false statements about shipping time (several instances of "Your order will be shipped Monday" without even taking the caller's name, and not even shipping then), multiple documented cases of billing for more than the double the quoted shipping price (when confronted, they say "Too bad."), and reneging on advertised discounts ("We offered 20% off? Well we're not doing it now.") is not opinion.
I've read the original posts, and these people were documenting experiences with the company. It's not opinion; It's fact.
There's a reason Pets Warehouse ranks poorly with the NY BBB.
It appears people are always comparing $6,000 digital cameras to 35mm film, for which a good pro kit can be found for (IIRC) around $2,000.
Can we compare the quality of a $6000 digital kit to a $6,000 120mm Hasselblad kit?
I think you are using a warped version of a George Carlin bit: "Fuck Mickey Mouse. Fuck him with a big rubber dick!"
"html is the programming code behind the actual pages being displayed on the web"
False. And next we have:
"...be enjoined from using or selling PETS WAREHOUSE (however spelled...whether...singular or plural... as one word or two, whether used alone or in combination..."
He just said he not only has the right to competitor Pet Warehouse (singular or plural), but also to any business with the word "pet" or "warehouse" in it.
Nobody like or link to your site, making your listing on Google way far down...
But wait! His site is #1 so why is he complaining? Probably because most of the following hits are about his BS lawsuits.
"Pets Warehouse" BAD
"Pet Warehouse" GOOD
Pet Warehouse should sue Novak for the damage he's doing to their name simply by association.
It was about facts, complaints about poor service and possibly fraudulent billing with respect to shipping charges IIRC.
If he owns "pet" and "warehouse" then he's infringing on another trademark Pet Warehouse. Pet Warehouse (not plural) has been recently purchased by Drs. Foster & Smith, a great place to shop for pet supplies, including medicines, vacines, food, books, etc., for almost any type of animal.
If even 1/10th of active slashdotters posted something, the moderators would be overwhelmed.
I've been following this case for a long time, and the guy is definitely a nuisance, and even the judge appears to be tiring of him.
He claims theferretstore.com was using Pets Warehouse meta tags in its site. It isn't now. Unless he can prove they were, he should get slapped with whatever punitive sanctions the court can do.
Good news here at least. Google is a big company, and after they win this lawsuit they can charge their six to seven digit attorney's fees to this guy! They'll own Pets Warehouse.
Einstuerzende Neubauten provide true value to the customer above and beyond what P2P can give, and all prices are reasonable.
The Supreme Court has already ruled that you can't dictate price once you've sold an original copy. This was a case of a book reseller selling a book at a lower price than the original publisher wanted.
But then there's the Metallica method where they put right on the cover something like "Don't pay more than $x for this album or you're getting ripped off!" (which one was that?)
I still say P2P is an easy way to get your money back on all the media and burner levies, especially if you burn lots of CDs for backup and system imaging. You paid for it, so you might as well get the product.
We know that's not $75M/RIAA cost for CDs to equal about 80 million CDs. That's going to be $75M/$14 for 5.3 million CDs.
I'm sure they mean the cost that Wal-Mart pays.
Has anyone in the RIAA taken ECON 101? This is one of the reasons that businesses have sales.
They conspired to raise the prices, and now the consumer is used to those prices so they can keep them there. Incremental increases afther that will be normal and they'll keep making a profit off of their price fixing for years to come.
This judgement is a tiny slap on the wrist, and they will most likely still be making a profit after you subtract the judgement from the money they made and will make with their price fixing.
We need criminal penalties against CEOs when their companies do something illegal. Right now they only have to worry that their stock options will slip a penny or two, but they'll stop doing this when faced with jail time.
The LAST solution to any problem that anyone should ever propose is a tax, and then it should be rejected immediately. Never underestimate the insidious, spreading nature of a tax.
A system of signed "drivers" (engine/steering maps) may be good though just as we have now. Any company could get a certificate showing they know what they're doing and have liability insurance. The car would then warn you about uploading non-certified drivers ("if this fails and gets you into an accident, you're on your own").
Read the rumor rags like mosr.com, etc. Whenever most of them start agreeing a new model will be coming out soon (hints like supply shortages in the chain...), do not buy anything. This just means that for the same money you just spent, you'd have gotten much more sometimes just days later.
NEVER buy just before one of the big Mac expos.
in Michael Crighton's "Sphere"