Poorly worded, but not absolutely backwards. In the context of personal rights, the constitution doesn't grant anything, it simply makes statements about things that the government cannot do (just read the bill of rights if that still sounds stupid, it says stuff like 'the right of blah shall not be infringed' not stuff like 'the government can give money to religious groups but only in the context of community blah').
I needed to get the intake manifold gasket on my car replaced. I knew exactly what the problem was (the car even blinked the codes out to me, I didn't have to buy or borrow a scan tool; I did have to diagnose what was causing the code, but the high idle shortened the list quite a bit), but properly taking the manifold off(and all the stuff that bolts to it...), properly seating the gasket and torquing the manifold back down without warping it seemed pretty involved to me, so I took it to a mechanic.
I'm not sure I'm prepared to compare that process to plugging in a piece into the only spot it will fit, oriented the only way it will fit. I see your point, I'm just not sure that the procedural knowledge required to work on each type of equipment is comparable.
Do you think Apple is losing money on the extended warranties?
(They could still be worth it; spending $250 now may well make a lot more sense than facing the possibility of spending $500 tomorrow; the point is that Apple sells them because they are profitable for Apple, so on the balance, they aren't profitable for Apple customers.)
You are incorrect. The lives of the Chinese in this situation could very well be improved by working in the factory. But that isn't why you are incorrect. You are incorrect because specialization and cost reductions are the very things that have given us the amazing level of material wealth that we enjoy, not the things that will take it away. What we are seeing is a long term leveling off highly disparate conditions (basically, America circa 1950 had a lot of economic momentum and enjoyed an absurdly high average level of education relative to much of the world) that popped into existence because of special circumstances, not some end-game decay of the economy.
If you truly believed that more expensive goods were better for everybody, you would farm your own food by hand and cut firewood by hand for your energy, as there really isn't any way to make those jobs harder.
If you don't feel you are getting your money's worth from the annual fee, you should consider switching to one of the hundreds (thousands?) of cards available without an annual fee.
The Lenovo 3000 (their first 'consumer' notebook) line does not really reflect the ThinkPad heritage, and as far as I can tell, the intent of the IdeaPad is to make a similarly consumer oriented notebook, but to leave out all of the clunky that they built into the 3000s (mediocre speakers, boring-as-possible design, etc.), so don't be surprised if this offering falls short of ThinkPad-based expectations.
I doubt they will be selling them at a loss in the U.S., so it won't quite be a subsidy.
I imagine the reason is that euro-holders and their euros are more soon parted than dollar-holders and their dollars, at least in the realm of electronics (plus VAT, but euro prices are almost always higher than the exchange rate would suggest, even after accounting for VAT).
If death isn't on the line, a game shouldn't need a costume. Also, pretending to be a ninja is certainly dumber than learning something about actually being a ninja (or whatever else it is you are pretending to be...).
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Intel puts microphones in Pentiums and AMD puts them in their video cards. Texas Instruments puts them in transistors.
Monsanto puts them in corn!
Poorly worded, but not absolutely backwards. In the context of personal rights, the constitution doesn't grant anything, it simply makes statements about things that the government cannot do (just read the bill of rights if that still sounds stupid, it says stuff like 'the right of blah shall not be infringed' not stuff like 'the government can give money to religious groups but only in the context of community blah').
I needed to get the intake manifold gasket on my car replaced. I knew exactly what the problem was (the car even blinked the codes out to me, I didn't have to buy or borrow a scan tool; I did have to diagnose what was causing the code, but the high idle shortened the list quite a bit), but properly taking the manifold off(and all the stuff that bolts to it...), properly seating the gasket and torquing the manifold back down without warping it seemed pretty involved to me, so I took it to a mechanic.
I'm not sure I'm prepared to compare that process to plugging in a piece into the only spot it will fit, oriented the only way it will fit. I see your point, I'm just not sure that the procedural knowledge required to work on each type of equipment is comparable.
Do you think Apple is losing money on the extended warranties?
(They could still be worth it; spending $250 now may well make a lot more sense than facing the possibility of spending $500 tomorrow; the point is that Apple sells them because they are profitable for Apple, so on the balance, they aren't profitable for Apple customers.)
The constitution doesn't grant anything. It enjoins the government from taking certain actions.
All the water on Earth is essentially recycled urine at this point.
You are incorrect. The lives of the Chinese in this situation could very well be improved by working in the factory. But that isn't why you are incorrect. You are incorrect because specialization and cost reductions are the very things that have given us the amazing level of material wealth that we enjoy, not the things that will take it away. What we are seeing is a long term leveling off highly disparate conditions (basically, America circa 1950 had a lot of economic momentum and enjoyed an absurdly high average level of education relative to much of the world) that popped into existence because of special circumstances, not some end-game decay of the economy.
If you truly believed that more expensive goods were better for everybody, you would farm your own food by hand and cut firewood by hand for your energy, as there really isn't any way to make those jobs harder.
You really think costs are lower in Europe? Really?
I mean, they probably are in Eastern Europe, but not in Germany/France/U.K./etc.
It is pretty clear from the context that he is talking about the annual fee he pays to use a credit card, not a merchant account.
Clearly you think you make more money by doing business with the CC companies (or you would stop!), so why bother complaining about it?
If you don't feel you are getting your money's worth from the annual fee, you should consider switching to one of the hundreds (thousands?) of cards available without an annual fee.
There is a joke in there somewhere about you aptly demonstrating your similarity to a rock.
You should look into what shit is made out of.
Actually, you can ask all you want.
Or just do some petty crime so you get to spend some quality time in county -- the course is free, and apparently not an elective.
Zing!
The Lenovo 3000 (their first 'consumer' notebook) line does not really reflect the ThinkPad heritage, and as far as I can tell, the intent of the IdeaPad is to make a similarly consumer oriented notebook, but to leave out all of the clunky that they built into the 3000s (mediocre speakers, boring-as-possible design, etc.), so don't be surprised if this offering falls short of ThinkPad-based expectations.
You can switch out "end up paying" for "are perfectly willing to pay"...
I doubt they will be selling them at a loss in the U.S., so it won't quite be a subsidy.
I imagine the reason is that euro-holders and their euros are more soon parted than dollar-holders and their dollars, at least in the realm of electronics (plus VAT, but euro prices are almost always higher than the exchange rate would suggest, even after accounting for VAT).
They are merely stupid.
If death isn't on the line, a game shouldn't need a costume. Also, pretending to be a ninja is certainly dumber than learning something about actually being a ninja (or whatever else it is you are pretending to be...).
Presumably it takes a certain amount of blood to fill the filter. Blood that won't be in the patients body.
Until they add real dying, LARPing will remain incredibly stupid.
Yes, that is exactly what I meant. The rant that I responded to was in response to a comment I made about *insubstantial* numbers of shares...
So you grow all of your own food and don't rely on trucking for any of your other needs?
Color me impressed. Who ships computers by rickshaw?
Why do you think the sidewalks would be brown?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_dioxide
You should build clocks. They would be awesome.
"Does it keep good time?"
"Well, it keeps pretty good time, I managed to get pretty close to a second on Sunday, so I stopped improving it."
"Do you have any ideas for improving it?"
"I don't care about improving it."
Are the usually surprised by the roll of tape, or are they jaded and find it rather pedestrian?