Paperwork. You have to fill out more forms when shipping internationally. That and their streamlined shipping process probably doesn't fit in with the extra work/alternate shipping methods.
No they don't. They are extra characters that people don't play. I play Star Wars Galaxies and have about 6 characters. Two of my characters have money, the other ones only have the 250 credits you start with. This does distort the statistics quite a bit and I imagine there are a bunch of other people who do the same thing.
There's one meter per block, at each parking spot there's a sign with a number. A123 or A435, B342, etc. You read your number, go to ANY machine in Montreal, punch in that number and you can put money in your meter. Now this is where they got greedy. They got sick of people using leftover time from previous 'customers' so any time you add money to a specific spot it resets to 0.
So if there is 2 hours on the machine and I want to add an hour (you can only have a max of 3 hours) I will have to pay for the full 3 hours. Furthermore you can not see how much money is left on the meter except by looking at the ticket it prints.
So if you have class and need to add a bit of money to the meter so it'll last till the end of class you have to add the full amount since it will restart.
Now for the mischief. There's nothing stopping you from punching in someone else's number, adding 25 cents and reducing there time to 15 minutes! Essentially guaranteeing a ticket.
So if someone has 3 hours on there meter, and you come by and put in 25 cents it will go to 15 minutes. This can be handy to use against people you don't like or just random strangers with nice cars, etc. Anyways it seems like a big problem.
The only thing I was thinking is that maybe the machine will keep track of the OLD value as well as the new value to prevent this, but it's still screwing over people who want to add money to their own meter.
Finally some good news about my education (Computer Engineering). I graduate in a few months, and for the past four years it has been nothing but doom and gloom (No jobs, and now outsourcing).
I would imagine that many buyers of $500 video cards are the slashdot type. Don't forget, the high end video cards are the flagship product but they aren't the big sellers. They make much more cash from the sub $200 cards (check the financial statements). The high end cards are just for reputation and bragging rights.
It's an extension of the idea of the Light emitting Diode but it doesn't mean we'll have optical computers any time soon. The transistor still runs on current, it only outputs light! That means it can not drive another LET which means fully optical based devices aren't possible.
What this DOES mean however, is smaller devices in the realm of electronic/optical interaction. The basic functionality of this transistor is similar to a small combination of transistors and diodes except that this does it in one device. The device is rather large but it'll probably shrink rather quickly as it's still in the early stages of development.
Medecine needs price controls since demand doesn't change with price. Demand is pretty consistant regardless of price and supply (How much would you pay to save your life..)
"Would you buy a DVD player if you could only playback a movie 500 times and then the $10 motor would wear out, but no motors were sold - only $200 new DVD players? If someone knew this in advance, they would never buy it."
I bought a Panasonic DVD player that died just 2 months after the warranty expired. The motor really was a POS, getting it fixed would cost almost $100 and seeing as new players at the time cost $150 for (now much lower) I decided to try and fix it myself. I opened it up and after some unscrewing and struggling, threw it in the garbage.
Firstly AA and even AAA are far to big for the iPods. Secondly, they don't make 'standard' li-ion batteries, so they'd have to use NiMH instead which doesn't last as long.
If the store has a no quibble policy it's not abuse. Abuse would be if he only needed the drive to burn a bunch of discs for the weekend and then returned it. In this case he's not satisfied with the drive.
Stores that offer this (Futureshop in Canada) do so with the intention that you'll buy a product even if you're not sure that you really want it. After all you can always return it in if you don't like it.. but in the end most people don't return it.
Ok there's not much usefull info in this thread so I'll try to add some:)
Exhibit A: screenshot with dots
You can see the big T shape in the upper middle part of the image.
Exhibit B:...ok that's my only exhibit. Enjoy!
Slashdot Mirror
A lot of time and money went into designing that firmware. You don't place any value on that??
Paperwork. You have to fill out more forms when shipping internationally. That and their streamlined shipping process probably doesn't fit in with the extra work/alternate shipping methods.
My god man, a keyboard can be had for less than $5! Do you know how much a similar dongle would cost?!?!?
You are aware the the you can disable the onboard RAID right??
I believe in this case Line of Sight just means you need to point it at the transmitter, you don't actually have to see it.
bastards...
That wasn't flame bait.. it's the truth..
Same shit more tax...
No they don't. They are extra characters that people don't play. I play Star Wars Galaxies and have about 6 characters. Two of my characters have money, the other ones only have the 250 credits you start with. This does distort the statistics quite a bit and I imagine there are a bunch of other people who do the same thing.
Yes but then you have to take a day off of work to contest the ticket!
Here's why:
There's one meter per block, at each parking spot there's a sign with a number. A123 or A435, B342, etc. You read your number, go to ANY machine in Montreal, punch in that number and you can put money in your meter. Now this is where they got greedy. They got sick of people using leftover time from previous 'customers' so any time you add money to a specific spot it resets to 0.
So if there is 2 hours on the machine and I want to add an hour (you can only have a max of 3 hours) I will have to pay for the full 3 hours. Furthermore you can not see how much money is left on the meter except by looking at the ticket it prints.
So if you have class and need to add a bit of money to the meter so it'll last till the end of class you have to add the full amount since it will restart.
Now for the mischief. There's nothing stopping you from punching in someone else's number, adding 25 cents and reducing there time to 15 minutes! Essentially guaranteeing a ticket.
So if someone has 3 hours on there meter, and you come by and put in 25 cents it will go to 15 minutes. This can be handy to use against people you don't like or just random strangers with nice cars, etc. Anyways it seems like a big problem.
The only thing I was thinking is that maybe the machine will keep track of the OLD value as well as the new value to prevent this, but it's still screwing over people who want to add money to their own meter.
I find this marvelous!
First they raise my rates $5/month, now they will help their customers get sued!!
Wouldn't the more enlightened country be the one that realizes working like a dog, 50+ hours a week with only a week vacation is not a way to live?
Finally some good news about my education (Computer Engineering). I graduate in a few months, and for the past four years it has been nothing but doom and gloom (No jobs, and now outsourcing).
I would imagine that many buyers of $500 video cards are the slashdot type. Don't forget, the high end video cards are the flagship product but they aren't the big sellers. They make much more cash from the sub $200 cards (check the financial statements). The high end cards are just for reputation and bragging rights.
It's an extension of the idea of the Light emitting Diode but it doesn't mean we'll have optical computers any time soon. The transistor still runs on current, it only outputs light! That means it can not drive another LET which means fully optical based devices aren't possible.
What this DOES mean however, is smaller devices in the realm of electronic/optical interaction. The basic functionality of this transistor is similar to a small combination of transistors and diodes except that this does it in one device. The device is rather large but it'll probably shrink rather quickly as it's still in the early stages of development.
Medecine needs price controls since demand doesn't change with price. Demand is pretty consistant regardless of price and supply (How much would you pay to save your life..)
"Would you buy a DVD player if you could only playback a movie 500 times and then the $10 motor would wear out, but no motors were sold - only $200 new DVD players? If someone knew this in advance, they would never buy it."
I bought a Panasonic DVD player that died just 2 months after the warranty expired. The motor really was a POS, getting it fixed would cost almost $100 and seeing as new players at the time cost $150 for (now much lower) I decided to try and fix it myself. I opened it up and after some unscrewing and struggling, threw it in the garbage.
Can I erase reading that message?
Because they want a solution not people yammering on and disclaimers such as IANACTE (I Am Not A Chinese Telecomunications Engineer)
Firstly AA and even AAA are far to big for the iPods. Secondly, they don't make 'standard' li-ion batteries, so they'd have to use NiMH instead which doesn't last as long.
So when is goatse going to retire?? Please god let it be soon..
After that.. tub girl...
Buy yourself a clue, the same thing is happening here to combat music piracy-> Clicky
If the store has a no quibble policy it's not abuse.
Abuse would be if he only needed the drive to burn a bunch of discs for the weekend and then returned it. In this case he's not satisfied with the drive.
Stores that offer this (Futureshop in Canada) do so with the intention that you'll buy a product even if you're not sure that you really want it. After all you can always return it in if you don't like it.. but in the end most people don't return it.
Ok there's not much usefull info in this thread so I'll try to add some :)
Exhibit A: screenshot with dots ...ok that's my only exhibit. Enjoy!
You can see the big T shape in the upper middle part of the image.
Exhibit B: