Oh, and I wanted to also illustrate my point - before our latest computer refresh cycle, from power-on to useable desktop took me 12+ minutes, the last time I bothered to time it.
I work for a large company where the time savings of daily startup/shutdown, multiplied by tens of thousands of employees who use a company computer on a daily basis, would equate to tens of millions of dollars a year of time savings (very conservative estimate.) All of this for a very modest initial investment (it's not a new component, just a slightly more expensive existing one.)
If you could explain to me how I can make this business case to short-sighted idiots, I could probably get promoted to upper management. Sadly I haven't been able to (yet.)
Dimensionally identical to the original, but will only go 200mph instead of 500mph. I'm sure they could source an engine(s) to make it go the original 500mph if they wanted to.
The only question I have is "how do I profit from the knowledge that there is another loan bubble?"
It seems you could short equities in for-profit colleges, but they don't represent the bulk of the debt (at least I don't think so.) As far as student loans themselves are concerned, aren't most of them backed directly by the gov't? In other words there's no Fannie/Freddie that I could short sell.
I'm sure some savvy investors have also thought of this - does anyone have any sage insight for me?
Guns are arbitrarily cheap and getting cheaper. The action of pointing them at a person is arbitrarily easy. The action is motivated by basic human curiosity.
How is any sort of enforcement ever going to stop this behavior?
Shouldn't they be looking at a different solution here?
I think if you were referring to a smaller eastward-facing edge of a feature of Antarctica, you should refer to it as that feature's edge (e.g. the "eastern edge of some Antarctic peninsula.") Referring to the eastern edge as belonging to Antarctica itself is misleading, for reasons already stated.
Our eyes have more dynamic range than a camera does. The dark area appears dark because it is much darker than the lighted area, so the dynamic range of the camera is "used up" adjusting for the range of the lighted area. Thus, anything below the low end of the adjusted range just looks black. Notice how you can't see many stars in the background, either.
How do you propose that people pay for games online, but not have DRM involved somehow? How does the provider know that the person downloading the game has paid for it, without some form of DRM (like a simple login)?
Your analogy is fail, because if you're smart, you will still get your teeth cleaned every 6 months in lieu of a root canal. Just because we don't like it doesn't mean that it shouldn't happen.
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what's a tele-co?
Oh, and I wanted to also illustrate my point - before our latest computer refresh cycle, from power-on to useable desktop took me 12+ minutes, the last time I bothered to time it.
I work for a large company where the time savings of daily startup/shutdown, multiplied by tens of thousands of employees who use a company computer on a daily basis, would equate to tens of millions of dollars a year of time savings (very conservative estimate.) All of this for a very modest initial investment (it's not a new component, just a slightly more expensive existing one.)
If you could explain to me how I can make this business case to short-sighted idiots, I could probably get promoted to upper management. Sadly I haven't been able to (yet.)
Dimensionally identical to the original, but will only go 200mph instead of 500mph. I'm sure they could source an engine(s) to make it go the original 500mph if they wanted to.
The only question I have is "how do I profit from the knowledge that there is another loan bubble?"
It seems you could short equities in for-profit colleges, but they don't represent the bulk of the debt (at least I don't think so.) As far as student loans themselves are concerned, aren't most of them backed directly by the gov't? In other words there's no Fannie/Freddie that I could short sell.
I'm sure some savvy investors have also thought of this - does anyone have any sage insight for me?
No way in hell I'm gonna give up my cheap shit, just so some millions of people can breathe fresh air.
I wish!
Why would you want to reject a cheese? This makes no sense.
This new technology is an affront to our traditional three-parent conception model!
That's not how pig latin works.
Guns are arbitrarily cheap and getting cheaper. The action of pointing them at a person is arbitrarily easy. The action is motivated by basic human curiosity.
How is any sort of enforcement ever going to stop this behavior?
Shouldn't they be looking at a different solution here?
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Please mod down in advance, thanks.
Ah, the GitRoll...
The title of your post is spot on here.
So if I have a single appliance that uses between 15A and 20A, I shouldn't plug it into my 20A circuit? Huh? How am I supposed to use my vacuum?
No, only if the pitch was a sinker.
I agree with you, but in reality it's even more asinine. In your example, replace 8 with 9.5, 12 with 15. That's closer to what actually happens.
That's my roundabout way of agreeing with your point.
I think if you were referring to a smaller eastward-facing edge of a feature of Antarctica, you should refer to it as that feature's edge (e.g. the "eastern edge of some Antarctic peninsula.") Referring to the eastern edge as belonging to Antarctica itself is misleading, for reasons already stated.
This is a terrible terrible joke but it still made me laugh.
Our eyes have more dynamic range than a camera does. The dark area appears dark because it is much darker than the lighted area, so the dynamic range of the camera is "used up" adjusting for the range of the lighted area. Thus, anything below the low end of the adjusted range just looks black. Notice how you can't see many stars in the background, either.
Unfortunately, they are going to find where we hide all of our dead Californians.
A lens cover would not be compatible with the Apple Aesthetic (TM)
This post was going to contain something insightful and funny, but because I'm using an approximate computer, it contains neither.
How do you propose that people pay for games online, but not have DRM involved somehow? How does the provider know that the person downloading the game has paid for it, without some form of DRM (like a simple login)?
Your analogy is fail, because if you're smart, you will still get your teeth cleaned every 6 months in lieu of a root canal. Just because we don't like it doesn't mean that it shouldn't happen.
What is "is," and why is it based on national electronic ID cards? I think it (is) should be "it" instead of "is."