[quote]2) FedEx can pretty much guarantee that all items start out with a valid barcode, while USPS cannot - they have to be able to handle a large number of envelopes that have nothing but a handwritten address on them: no bar code, no machine printed labels, just hand-printed (or handwritten cursive) labels. That takes quite a bit more processing.[/quote]
Personally, I would be fine if USPS required a bar code on every mail piece. I send several packages a day and hand writing would be a pain. I suppose such a requirement is not practical when most consumer printers are crap and most people don't own a printer at all. I think every mail piece does get a bar code put on it if it wasn't sent with one.
On reflection, your examples don't fit at all. It's like someone builds a road for vehicles, and then everyone uses sets up for picnic *on the road* and getting mad at someone that tries to actually go down that road with a vehicle. This "3am blaring bass" doesn't compare.
A widely accepted mental illness is still a widely accepted mental illness.
I think it's odd that the "players" choose to go somewhere designed to be a game but decide to not actually play the game to the slightest degree at all. If they just want to go to a virtual hangout, isn't a trip to Second Life more appropriate? Isn't that cheaper than paying a monthly fee?
The reason not all flash is an ssd, because in some cases, it's just a chunk rectangular storage. The BIOS isn't necessarily in a file system, nor does it typically have a special drive-like controller or unusual interface circuitry, it's a bare flash chip. Lots of microcontrollers have flash but don't have anything like a drive controller in them, it's just a different type of memory.
It isn't just about someone saying we need their product. It would be like McDonald's saying they're better than their competition, if you haven't noticed, McDonald's doesn't actually say that. The problem here is that one of the worst AV offenders is telling us that they are better than the others. To claim they have high quality, they should at least have some positive qualities.
While the proportion of vetoes to presented bills is low, I think part of your notion of Presidents rarely vetoing bills may in part be because Bush almost didn't veto at all for his first six years, just once. Then that upticked to eight during the last two years of his presidency:
It seems more like you're trying to flame bait people.
I use several Yahoo services, I've forgotten about their directory system that you've brought up. Yellow pages is good, and I switch between them and Google for mapping & directions. I like the formatting of information in their finance section, though Google has the nifty chart applet, so I go between both services there.
I'm sorry I don't fit your homogenized ideal for a nerd, but no, I don't have "sufficient exposure" to Monty Python, nor do I think I want to.
Holy Grail was the only one I thought worth the time, and Flying Circus series was an exercise in beating a dead horse, repeatedly, with different dead horses. The joke is funny for a bit, and once, but they continue to flog it. I much preferred Fawlty Towers, if they do it, they seemed to do a more interesting job of it.
Yes, they can do it now, but it doesn't escape the questionable constitutionally for doing this. But it's also dickish to axe your affiliates over a law that hasn't been passed yet. On the lobbying thing, the affiliates should already have enough incentive to contact their government.
Wrong. You have no theory, not going by the scientific definition. Your statements are a hypothesis, or hypotheses. That means it's not really been tested enough, it basically has as much scientific weight as a personal opinion. A theory means that it's been tested, it's a higher standard.
I would think given how there are laser 3D scanners, they'd just do scans. I just don't see how plaster can do the job nearly as well given how gravity affects both plaster molding and human parts. The mass of the plaster can also affect how it molds a shape.
This is bull shit. Cisco sold the same type of stuff to China.
Is it really such simple hypocrisy? I know that hypocrisy is the universal language of politicians, but weren't there were hearings on the matter of Cisco selling tools of oppression to China? I recall that documents were presented at the hearings showing that those tools weren't just marketed as simple tools but specifically as a means to help the government to oppress the people.
Ah yes, just entering "cisco china hearings" net this as the top item:
On the other hand, the pro-environment groups are just as bad. Sorry guys, but if you expend more coal-driven energy on being green than you would otherwise, you're just hurting yourself.
Sorry, I haven't seen any pro-environment group advocate that more coal-driven energy like you say they do. It almost sounds like you're the one being dishonest here.
I think it's fair to say that every technology has good and bad uses. If we're only worried about the bad uses of a new idea/tool/etc. then even agriculture wouldn't work.
Maybe it isn't illegal for them to have required that information, but I would consider it wrong to be required to hand over enough information for them to control the account. I like the fire metaphor of government, some is needed and quite beneficial, too much and it's destructive. Letting some possibly unaccountable power have that kind of access and control is too much. I'm surprised that it was a Montana city that did this, last I heard, there was a simmering anti-government sentiment there, I know a few people that lived in Bozeman, MT.
I wonder when a private business of any significance will require that you "Friend" the recruiter so they know what you're all about. I imagine that they'd get away with it for a while.
It's not so simple. While being concerned about power inefficiency is fine and dandy, home electronics really aren't as big of an issue in terms of inefficient "carbon" use as you'd think. If it becomes a question of whether to buy a separate Blu-Ray player or put the money towards a more efficiant car, you are better off with the car. Why? Check the engine power ratings. A 200kW engine (roughy 267HP) makes 175W look like a pittance. Your car takes a lot more power than your home electronics, and often produces that power in a less efficient manner than electric power plants do.
There is a risk of premature breakdown, but the cost of the Hubble is such that they've launched several groundbreaking, science advancing telescopes since Hubble, each did their intended job for less than the cost of a servicing mission via the manned shuttle.
Developing robotic servicing capabilities would be interesting, but that may be a ways off yet, and it's hard to design for something that hasn't been established yet, and designing for serviceability might also lead to compromises to the capabilities of the telescope.
That might not be an unfair expectation. Depending on where you get your figures, only 10-30% of Americans leave the country. It doesn't help that it's a little expensive to go overseas, and the US is a large country, driving or riding coast to coast still means you're in the same country, covering the same distance many other places means you've crossed dozens of borders.
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[quote]2) FedEx can pretty much guarantee that all items start out with a valid barcode, while USPS cannot - they have to be able to handle a large number of envelopes that have nothing but a handwritten address on them: no bar code, no machine printed labels, just hand-printed (or handwritten cursive) labels. That takes quite a bit more processing.[/quote]
Personally, I would be fine if USPS required a bar code on every mail piece. I send several packages a day and hand writing would be a pain. I suppose such a requirement is not practical when most consumer printers are crap and most people don't own a printer at all. I think every mail piece does get a bar code put on it if it wasn't sent with one.
If you want to play the end game bit, then you have a problem of supplies. There is only so much food that can be grown up there, and things do break.
On reflection, your examples don't fit at all. It's like someone builds a road for vehicles, and then everyone uses sets up for picnic *on the road* and getting mad at someone that tries to actually go down that road with a vehicle. This "3am blaring bass" doesn't compare.
A widely accepted mental illness is still a widely accepted mental illness.
I think it's odd that the "players" choose to go somewhere designed to be a game but decide to not actually play the game to the slightest degree at all. If they just want to go to a virtual hangout, isn't a trip to Second Life more appropriate? Isn't that cheaper than paying a monthly fee?
The reason not all flash is an ssd, because in some cases, it's just a chunk rectangular storage. The BIOS isn't necessarily in a file system, nor does it typically have a special drive-like controller or unusual interface circuitry, it's a bare flash chip. Lots of microcontrollers have flash but don't have anything like a drive controller in them, it's just a different type of memory.
Inexpensive SSDs tend to be pretty slow, defeating the point of going SSD.
It isn't just about someone saying we need their product. It would be like McDonald's saying they're better than their competition, if you haven't noticed, McDonald's doesn't actually say that. The problem here is that one of the worst AV offenders is telling us that they are better than the others. To claim they have high quality, they should at least have some positive qualities.
Presidents rarely veto things.
While the proportion of vetoes to presented bills is low, I think part of your notion of Presidents rarely vetoing bills may in part be because Bush almost didn't veto at all for his first six years, just once. Then that upticked to eight during the last two years of his presidency:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0801767.html
If you'll note in that chart, previous presidents generally far more prolific in their vetoes.
If anything, Obama's election proves the current mindset of Americans (social welfare for everyone granted by big government.)
Are you one of those people that present Europe as some kind of hell zone?
If working out is a major priority to you, perhaps you should be looking for a less demanding job?
I heard that jobs can be a bit hard to find lately. Something to consider.
It seems more like you're trying to flame bait people.
I use several Yahoo services, I've forgotten about their directory system that you've brought up. Yellow pages is good, and I switch between them and Google for mapping & directions. I like the formatting of information in their finance section, though Google has the nifty chart applet, so I go between both services there.
I'm sorry I don't fit your homogenized ideal for a nerd, but no, I don't have "sufficient exposure" to Monty Python, nor do I think I want to.
Holy Grail was the only one I thought worth the time, and Flying Circus series was an exercise in beating a dead horse, repeatedly, with different dead horses. The joke is funny for a bit, and once, but they continue to flog it. I much preferred Fawlty Towers, if they do it, they seemed to do a more interesting job of it.
Yes, they can do it now, but it doesn't escape the questionable constitutionally for doing this. But it's also dickish to axe your affiliates over a law that hasn't been passed yet. On the lobbying thing, the affiliates should already have enough incentive to contact their government.
My theory
Wrong. You have no theory, not going by the scientific definition. Your statements are a hypothesis, or hypotheses. That means it's not really been tested enough, it basically has as much scientific weight as a personal opinion. A theory means that it's been tested, it's a higher standard.
I would think given how there are laser 3D scanners, they'd just do scans. I just don't see how plaster can do the job nearly as well given how gravity affects both plaster molding and human parts. The mass of the plaster can also affect how it molds a shape.
This is bull shit. Cisco sold the same type of stuff to China.
Is it really such simple hypocrisy? I know that hypocrisy is the universal language of politicians, but weren't there were hearings on the matter of Cisco selling tools of oppression to China? I recall that documents were presented at the hearings showing that those tools weren't just marketed as simple tools but specifically as a means to help the government to oppress the people.
Ah yes, just entering "cisco china hearings" net this as the top item:
http://www.hunterstrat.com/news/microsoft-cisco-snub-congress-china-hearing/
On the other hand, the pro-environment groups are just as bad. Sorry guys, but if you expend more coal-driven energy on being green than you would otherwise, you're just hurting yourself.
Sorry, I haven't seen any pro-environment group advocate that more coal-driven energy like you say they do. It almost sounds like you're the one being dishonest here.
[quote]You need to learn to read between the layers a little.[/quote]
Delicious mixed metaphors. Return tomorrow, I'll be Bach.
I think it's fair to say that every technology has good and bad uses. If we're only worried about the bad uses of a new idea/tool/etc. then even agriculture wouldn't work.
Really, it's harder to enjoy the older game systems because they are all SD.
Distant objects that might be important to game play that were splotches in the past have a defined shape. Except for the Wii. Still SD.
Maybe it isn't illegal for them to have required that information, but I would consider it wrong to be required to hand over enough information for them to control the account. I like the fire metaphor of government, some is needed and quite beneficial, too much and it's destructive. Letting some possibly unaccountable power have that kind of access and control is too much. I'm surprised that it was a Montana city that did this, last I heard, there was a simmering anti-government sentiment there, I know a few people that lived in Bozeman, MT.
I wonder when a private business of any significance will require that you "Friend" the recruiter so they know what you're all about. I imagine that they'd get away with it for a while.
Still, I think that Solitaire is probably the most played game on the PC.
It's not so simple. While being concerned about power inefficiency is fine and dandy, home electronics really aren't as big of an issue in terms of inefficient "carbon" use as you'd think. If it becomes a question of whether to buy a separate Blu-Ray player or put the money towards a more efficiant car, you are better off with the car. Why? Check the engine power ratings. A 200kW engine (roughy 267HP) makes 175W look like a pittance. Your car takes a lot more power than your home electronics, and often produces that power in a less efficient manner than electric power plants do.
There is a risk of premature breakdown, but the cost of the Hubble is such that they've launched several groundbreaking, science advancing telescopes since Hubble, each did their intended job for less than the cost of a servicing mission via the manned shuttle.
Developing robotic servicing capabilities would be interesting, but that may be a ways off yet, and it's hard to design for something that hasn't been established yet, and designing for serviceability might also lead to compromises to the capabilities of the telescope.
That might not be an unfair expectation. Depending on where you get your figures, only 10-30% of Americans leave the country. It doesn't help that it's a little expensive to go overseas, and the US is a large country, driving or riding coast to coast still means you're in the same country, covering the same distance many other places means you've crossed dozens of borders.