Point is that the attorneys have to show something for all the money they're charging in retainers. Kinda like cops and ticket quotas. And if you're some lazy fatcat lawyer in DC... are you going to go after a site with resources to take you to court or are you going to pick on some nickle baggers? (disclaimer: not all attorneys are lazy fatcats... although I would very much like to pursue this area of law once I graduate law school)
point is I *DID* call these places... but of course they denied it. not like they would put a big sign out front saying WE HAVE SARS. my first call to the Police Department yielded no information... and apparently the scare was big enough to cause a general alert at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center.
now before you get off berating me... let me make it clear that THERE WERE CONFIRMED CASES OF SARS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. and yes... the person who originally sent the email belongs in prison. hell I'll help pay for their ticket back to China, so they can be shot and have their organs harvested.
Please tell me where you saw the word "panic" in my post? I was scared... as was about 99% of my Chinese neighborhood... and rightfully so. There were no reports from local newspapers, in fact they never reported the SARS cases in the area... I found out from my same friend who stated that an entire floor of their hospital had been quarantined because of a CDC-CONFIRMED SARS case.
You get a case of SARS two blocks from your house and see how calm you are. I oughta slap you in the face, you idiot.
in the San Gabriel Valley... someone began circulating an email stating that several cases had been found locally and named specific restaurants and markets that had been closed.
The first time I read it I thought it was a hoax, but then a friend who worked at a local hospital called me and told me they were distributing it as a general alert at the hospital.
I ended up going to the Police Department, scared, to find out. Turns out the email was a fraud, and that the PD had been recieving 500 calls a day about it. The establishments mentioned had seen a decrease in business of 50% as a result of some A-HOLE playing a joke. This is similar to what happened in China, I think. I would applaud if they caught the originator and put them in prison.
will actually save lives IMO. hundreds of Americans die every year by mis-filled prescriptions by pharmacists. human nature and the law of odds dictate that this is an inevitability. plus, a big loss for pharmacies is all the pills pharmacists drop on the floor. if it touches the floor, it must be destroyed. this actually amounts to a sizable amount of expensive medication per month. plus you won't get junky pharacists filching or cutting your meds... which has become increasingly common. the mechanical count will prevent their #1 way of getting their fix.
Especially in the City of Mexico (Perfect Translation of "Cuidad de Mexico"). Mainly Koreans in the manufacturing industry and maily Japanese in the salt and mining interests. Mekong is most likely owned by Asian investors doing business in Mexico to take advantage of Mexico's NAFTA trade priviledges.
Will be an economy where retailers will be forced to compete in a true floating market, much like the stock exchanges... and they don't like it. While you can't copyright factual information, you could argue that next week's prices are not facts yet, as they have not taken effect yet... I would liken it more to a business plan. I could say WalMart will sell personal spaceships in 2075, and this would not neccessarily be a fact, but a business plan. As a FatWallet member, I am torn... the Slashdot story forgot to mention that FatWallet is suing these companies for damages and attorney fees as well.
Imagine a monopoly, where comparable goods are offered not only at a significantly lower price, but literally FREE. Yet, this has had negligible impact on MSFT's monopoly. How long would the following monopolies have lasted?
1. Standard Oil in the face of a competitor that gives away oil for free.
2. Coca Cola if Pepsi began giving its product away free.
3. AT&T if another company offered no-strings attached free long-distance.
I would go so far as to hypothesize that MSFT is one of a new kind of monopoly the likes we have never seen before. Not unlike Ebay and Paypal, MSFT has not only created the market, but created all the rules. In order to break the monopoly, you're going to have to get MSFT to change the rules. However, as these companies have more money that god... the only way to do so is by getting the government to exert force.
I don't blame MSFT at all in this. If I were chairman of MSFT I would be doing the exaxt same thing. You have to admit that these are some intelligent men and women, and they've made a whole lot of money for their stockholders. However, I do blame the US Gov't for not taking a more aggressive role in asserting its role as the final arbiter of economic policy in the United States.
if you've got 20-30 songs on there that you hand-selected and transfered to the device, why exactly would you need the lcd? to remember the names of the songs that you already liked enough to dl/rip, catalog and transfer to your mp3 player? track time it not particularly neccessary, as the player would probably be in your pocket most of the time. volume? that would be pretty obvious to the user anyways. the only potential use for an lcd screen IMO would be to gauge battery charge... but we all know how inaccurate most battery indicators are anyways. the only promising aspect of this player is the EQ... but then again how much difference can a tiny software EQ make on those earbud headphones anyways? as for the voice recording, it is not a feature that I would use very much (I hate hearing my voice anyways). With the Creative you're getting a product that has been tried and true, plus many retailers are now listing it at $139.99 after rebate. I'm waiting for my paycheck on Friday to go pick up my MuVo. Can't believe that I paid over $225 for a 64MB RIO just a couple of years ago
What happens when this becomes common practice, and 100 years from now, nobody has seen the original version of the Godfather? The only copy available is the CleanFlicks version that omits all violence and otherwise 'offensive' material? These people are trying to Disney-fy mainstream media. I'm with Scorcesse on this one... if violence offends you, then don't watch the Godfather, go rent The Mighty Ducks.
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if he had've kept your 20 cents and someone found out, he would lose his job on the spot.
* Not applicable in CA.
he's right...
people need to understand that just because someone sends you a letter in the mail or makes you click on an EULA... these are not the words of God.
Point is that the attorneys have to show something for all the money they're charging in retainers. Kinda like cops and ticket quotas. And if you're some lazy fatcat lawyer in DC... are you going to go after a site with resources to take you to court or are you going to pick on some nickle baggers? (disclaimer: not all attorneys are lazy fatcats... although I would very much like to pursue this area of law once I graduate law school)
point is I *DID* call these places... but of course they denied it. not like they would put a big sign out front saying WE HAVE SARS. my first call to the Police Department yielded no information... and apparently the scare was big enough to cause a general alert at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center.
now before you get off berating me... let me make it clear that THERE WERE CONFIRMED CASES OF SARS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. and yes... the person who originally sent the email belongs in prison. hell I'll help pay for their ticket back to China, so they can be shot and have their organs harvested.
Please tell me where you saw the word "panic" in my post? I was scared... as was about 99% of my Chinese neighborhood... and rightfully so. There were no reports from local newspapers, in fact they never reported the SARS cases in the area... I found out from my same friend who stated that an entire floor of their hospital had been quarantined because of a CDC-CONFIRMED SARS case.
You get a case of SARS two blocks from your house and see how calm you are. I oughta slap you in the face, you idiot.
in the San Gabriel Valley... someone began circulating an email stating that several cases had been found locally and named specific restaurants and markets that had been closed.
The first time I read it I thought it was a hoax, but then a friend who worked at a local hospital called me and told me they were distributing it as a general alert at the hospital.
I ended up going to the Police Department, scared, to find out. Turns out the email was a fraud, and that the PD had been recieving 500 calls a day about it. The establishments mentioned had seen a decrease in business of 50% as a result of some A-HOLE playing a joke. This is similar to what happened in China, I think. I would applaud if they caught the originator and put them in prison.
SECOND EMAIL.
you believe everything AOL spokesmen tell you? if so I have a BETTER THAN EVER AOL 8.0 CD for you.
Has MSFT ever undersold competitors and then jacked up prices as we all phear?
will actually save lives IMO. hundreds of Americans die every year by mis-filled prescriptions by pharmacists. human nature and the law of odds dictate that this is an inevitability. plus, a big loss for pharmacies is all the pills pharmacists drop on the floor. if it touches the floor, it must be destroyed. this actually amounts to a sizable amount of expensive medication per month. plus you won't get junky pharacists filching or cutting your meds... which has become increasingly common. the mechanical count will prevent their #1 way of getting their fix.
Especially in the City of Mexico (Perfect Translation of "Cuidad de Mexico"). Mainly Koreans in the manufacturing industry and maily Japanese in the salt and mining interests. Mekong is most likely owned by Asian investors doing business in Mexico to take advantage of Mexico's NAFTA trade priviledges.
He's going to get to sample Playtex's new line of tampons with NEW PLASTIC APPLICATORS.
Will be an economy where retailers will be forced to compete in a true floating market, much like the stock exchanges... and they don't like it. While you can't copyright factual information, you could argue that next week's prices are not facts yet, as they have not taken effect yet... I would liken it more to a business plan. I could say WalMart will sell personal spaceships in 2075, and this would not neccessarily be a fact, but a business plan. As a FatWallet member, I am torn... the Slashdot story forgot to mention that FatWallet is suing these companies for damages and attorney fees as well.
you won't be able to program your microwave incorrectly without being arrested.
Yea.
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Must be a slow news day.
Imagine a monopoly, where comparable goods are offered not only at a significantly lower price, but literally FREE. Yet, this has had negligible impact on MSFT's monopoly. How long would the following monopolies have lasted?
1. Standard Oil in the face of a competitor that gives away oil for free.
2. Coca Cola if Pepsi began giving its product away free.
3. AT&T if another company offered no-strings attached free long-distance.
I would go so far as to hypothesize that MSFT is one of a new kind of monopoly the likes we have never seen before. Not unlike Ebay and Paypal, MSFT has not only created the market, but created all the rules. In order to break the monopoly, you're going to have to get MSFT to change the rules. However, as these companies have more money that god... the only way to do so is by getting the government to exert force.
I don't blame MSFT at all in this. If I were chairman of MSFT I would be doing the exaxt same thing. You have to admit that these are some intelligent men and women, and they've made a whole lot of money for their stockholders. However, I do blame the US Gov't for not taking a more aggressive role in asserting its role as the final arbiter of economic policy in the United States.
if you've got 20-30 songs on there that you hand-selected and transfered to the device, why exactly would you need the lcd? to remember the names of the songs that you already liked enough to dl/rip, catalog and transfer to your mp3 player? track time it not particularly neccessary, as the player would probably be in your pocket most of the time. volume? that would be pretty obvious to the user anyways. the only potential use for an lcd screen IMO would be to gauge battery charge... but we all know how inaccurate most battery indicators are anyways. the only promising aspect of this player is the EQ... but then again how much difference can a tiny software EQ make on those earbud headphones anyways? as for the voice recording, it is not a feature that I would use very much (I hate hearing my voice anyways). With the Creative you're getting a product that has been tried and true, plus many retailers are now listing it at $139.99 after rebate. I'm waiting for my paycheck on Friday to go pick up my MuVo. Can't believe that I paid over $225 for a 64MB RIO just a couple of years ago
that I'll have to pay everytime I check my email? Imagine the bills for the Evercrack players.
is that the exhaust is so hot, it melts the asphalt off of any underpass that it passes under too slowly.
yea... like I said... those issues you mentioned would never appear in a CleanFlicks movie, would they?
What happens when this becomes common practice, and 100 years from now, nobody has seen the original version of the Godfather? The only copy available is the CleanFlicks version that omits all violence and otherwise 'offensive' material? These people are trying to Disney-fy mainstream media. I'm with Scorcesse on this one... if violence offends you, then don't watch the Godfather, go rent The Mighty Ducks.
i need pictures of jeri curls.