And given that rules are pretty much modeled after what terrorists already tried, they can simply alter their attempts slightly, or come up with some other clever trick, and all the billions that we're spending on the TSA will be completely wasted. So we're completely unprotected, and all the embarrassing stuff people have to go through is for naught.
But do you want it to be perfectly white? May be a good idea in a dim environment, but step out into sunlight and that white paper becomes overtly bright, almost blinding. I have an eInk reader with the new Pearl screen, and it is very much improved, and offers excellent contrast in low light.
Well, they can't list every application they'd use it in. If they mentioned The Economist charts, would someone in turn complain they didn't mention Forbes's pie charts?
You're overthinking it, and adding too much of your own bias and anger into it. It is no different than waiting til the night before to write your essay or study for the test. And in some instances, that pressure to finish something then and there helps many to perform. Transitioning to ipv6 in many cases involves investment in equipment and effort from network and systems people. naturally, it will be delayed until the last possible moment, especially in this economy.
Right, because the most convoluted explanation is the most probable one.
As someone already said, for someone who wants to run some scam on a company with a fake domain, it's trivial to look up the admin/tech contact for their real domain. Why? I don't know, maybe to make it seem to whatever victim that would be bothered to run a whoisthat the domain was registered by the same representative of the actual company.
And even if this were a question from a scammer, given the facts that answers are based on, the info would apply to someone else in a similar situation. The situation being, in my view, a bunch of office types without the faintest idea of the triviality of the registration process, threatening a job that the OP wants to keep. Just ask any email admin, for example, about all the times they had to explain how easily the CEO's email address can be forged and that they don't need to call in the local detectives.
And that's an interesting point. Doesn't rice require a huge amount of water to grow? And all it is is sugar, so not the healthiest food. Maybe they should change the way they grow rice to use less water.
That's the point. A ban on porn will most likely result in people engaging in more intercourse. If you're aware of the AIDS problem and risks, and you're able to relieve your urges in a safe manner, then you're lowering your risk/exposure. But if you can't relieve those urges, then you'll go out to find a partner to help you.
If there's one place that doesn't need a ban on porn, it's Africa.
Don't forget distribution. Any books not sold are the responsibility of the publisher or distributor to buy back. Trying to gauge demand takes effort too. And I'm sure there are many other costs that people unfamiliar with the business are not aware of. What I do know is that serving 300KB files, with no regard for how many copies of each to stock takes no effort at all.
I doubt any OCR scanned books you find on torrent sites have proper formatting for your reader. And that makes a lot of difference. So then you're stuck formatting a 400 page book yourself, to save $10.
And that is if you can find a copy of whatever book you want. It's hard enough to find them on ebook stores as one may have it, and another may not.
It may not justify piracy, but that doesn't mean people won't be doing it. And this is what publishers might be doing to a technology that is responsible for increasing readership. Kinda shooting yourself in the foot.
The prices for ebooks will be the same, if not higher in many instances [1], as the paper versions for something you - can't resell - can't give away - can't lend [2] - might disappear from your device
So you paid $300 to lose some of the weight and increase your consumption of the product, with the publisher having to do little, if anything [3], to get the extra business. Where's the incentive to shell out the money for a Kindle or Sony?
[1] Compare prices on the first Dune ebook versus what the paperback costs on Amazon. [2] I know that Adobe's tech allows you to lend for 2 weeks. Dunno how many devices support that yet. [3] Most books are likely already in digital form.
Oh just imagine all the administrative fees that would flow into city budgets. A bureaucrat's wet dream.
Motorcycle registration fees went up from 14 last year to 42 this year. A 300% increase. Just think how they could jack up defensive driving fees for all those reckless scumbag boy racers whom no one would stand up for.
And that's one of the biggest differences between the US and Europe. People in Europe know and for the most part obey rules of the road, like staying in the right lane, and watching your mirrors if you're in the fast lane.
You could spend 5 miles behind a slow poke in the fast lane and have them not even know you're there because they drive with horse blinds on: looking ahead as if in a daze.
Getting a license in the UK is also a lot more difficult than the US, something along the lines of a week-long process (not completely familiar). When was the last time anyone in the US was required to back up a whole block with their wheel 5 inches from the curb, an take a corner the same way.
Seriously. When does it become the parents' job to attempt to get their kids interested in books, or at least to realize that education is important?
And between the parents and some librarians, who will have the better shot of getting a kid interested in books? Will the librarians even notice kids that leave the library right after finishing their game? They have no incentive really to keep tabs on everyone, and probably busy with other tasks already. Waste of money.
TJX may have not been in compliance with PCI, but if you left your house door unlocked to go to the corner store real quick, and someone ripped off your jewelty (or whatever you hold dear), you'd still want them punished. And even though you'd have laid some of the blame on yourself and learned a lesson, you'd still want the scumbag thief to face the music of committing the crime.
Right, because the rest of the world isn't structuring their financial environment just like the US. No other country uses credit and credit ratings, computerized history files, complex financial vehicles like CDOs, etc. Iceland, Greece, Portugal and others aren't in a world of hurt right now because of the very same get rich schemes the bankers in the US perpetrated.
But hey, if wearing anti-US filters on your eyes makes you feel superior about the country you live in, then I say live and let live.
He can wear his entire costume, but if he wants to receive services from the job center, he'll also have to wear the same outfit to his actual job interview.
Let's see how quickly he changes religions once he's declined for the first dozen jobs.
I'd generally agree with you, but there is a definite problem with obesity, and I don't know that I'd trust most of the parents out there to know how to feed their kids healthily and in right portions. We made this bed ourselves, now we have to sleep in it. Obviously educating people about carbs and proteins and calories would go a long way, but I don't know that too many people are listening.
So anyone that objects to a certain generalization is assumed to be under that generalization? No wonder none of the gay marriage proposals get passed.
Would you also raise a stink about having to keep checking in with your parole officer after you were released from prison for a felony? These are results of something someone did to get on the wrong side of the rules of the road. Now the law feels it has to take steps to keep tabs on you and your whereabouts; or blood alcohol level. Remember, these are repeat offenders. Sharing the road with a drunk driver is a scary experience.
And besides, how many news stories have there been where someone's license was suspended 20 times for drunk driving, and they ended up plowing down a family of 4? People screaming why the government dropped the ball. Well, they try to institute a system, and people get outraged too.
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And given that rules are pretty much modeled after what terrorists already tried, they can simply alter their attempts slightly, or come up with some other clever trick, and all the billions that we're spending on the TSA will be completely wasted. So we're completely unprotected, and all the embarrassing stuff people have to go through is for naught.
Removable/replacable surfaces. But then you'd complain that it's the text is too blurry and not worth your time.
But do you want it to be perfectly white? May be a good idea in a dim environment, but step out into sunlight and that white paper becomes overtly bright, almost blinding. I have an eInk reader with the new Pearl screen, and it is very much improved, and offers excellent contrast in low light.
Well, they can't list every application they'd use it in. If they mentioned The Economist charts, would someone in turn complain they didn't mention Forbes's pie charts?
You're overthinking it, and adding too much of your own bias and anger into it. It is no different than waiting til the night before to write your essay or study for the test. And in some instances, that pressure to finish something then and there helps many to perform. Transitioning to ipv6 in many cases involves investment in equipment and effort from network and systems people. naturally, it will be delayed until the last possible moment, especially in this economy.
Oy.. obviously responded to the wrong thread. Meant to reply to 'erroneous' (how ironic) in "How do we know..."
Note to /., how about returning a user to the reply page after logging in, instead of the front page.
Right, because the most convoluted explanation is the most probable one.
As someone already said, for someone who wants to run some scam on a company with a fake domain, it's trivial to look up the admin/tech contact for their real domain. Why? I don't know, maybe to make it seem to whatever victim that would be bothered to run a whoisthat the domain was registered by the same representative of the actual company.
And even if this were a question from a scammer, given the facts that answers are based on, the info would apply to someone else in a similar situation. The situation being, in my view, a bunch of office types without the faintest idea of the triviality of the registration process, threatening a job that the OP wants to keep. Just ask any email admin, for example, about all the times they had to explain how easily the CEO's email address can be forged and that they don't need to call in the local detectives.
And that's an interesting point. Doesn't rice require a huge amount of water to grow? And all it is is sugar, so not the healthiest food. Maybe they should change the way they grow rice to use less water.
So where do minority Americans shop? I'd prefer to support US products and companies as well.
That's the point. A ban on porn will most likely result in people engaging in more intercourse. If you're aware of the AIDS problem and risks, and you're able to relieve your urges in a safe manner, then you're lowering your risk/exposure. But if you can't relieve those urges, then you'll go out to find a partner to help you.
If there's one place that doesn't need a ban on porn, it's Africa.
Don't forget distribution. Any books not sold are the responsibility of the publisher or distributor to buy back. Trying to gauge demand takes effort too. And I'm sure there are many other costs that people unfamiliar with the business are not aware of. What I do know is that serving 300KB files, with no regard for how many copies of each to stock takes no effort at all.
That, and freely available classics. At least to supplement reading new bestsellers. But the end result would be lower sales.
I doubt any OCR scanned books you find on torrent sites have proper formatting for your reader. And that makes a lot of difference. So then you're stuck formatting a 400 page book yourself, to save $10.
And that is if you can find a copy of whatever book you want. It's hard enough to find them on ebook stores as one may have it, and another may not.
It may not justify piracy, but that doesn't mean people won't be doing it. And this is what publishers might be doing to a technology that is responsible for increasing readership. Kinda shooting yourself in the foot.
The prices for ebooks will be the same, if not higher in many instances [1], as the paper versions for something you
- can't resell
- can't give away
- can't lend [2]
- might disappear from your device
So you paid $300 to lose some of the weight and increase your consumption of the product, with the publisher having to do little, if anything [3], to get the extra business. Where's the incentive to shell out the money for a Kindle or Sony?
[1] Compare prices on the first Dune ebook versus what the paperback costs on Amazon.
[2] I know that Adobe's tech allows you to lend for 2 weeks. Dunno how many devices support that yet.
[3] Most books are likely already in digital form.
Oh just imagine all the administrative fees that would flow into city budgets. A bureaucrat's wet dream.
Motorcycle registration fees went up from 14 last year to 42 this year. A 300% increase. Just think how they could jack up defensive driving fees for all those reckless scumbag boy racers whom no one would stand up for.
And that's one of the biggest differences between the US and Europe. People in Europe know and for the most part obey rules of the road, like staying in the right lane, and watching your mirrors if you're in the fast lane.
You could spend 5 miles behind a slow poke in the fast lane and have them not even know you're there because they drive with horse blinds on: looking ahead as if in a daze.
Getting a license in the UK is also a lot more difficult than the US, something along the lines of a week-long process (not completely familiar). When was the last time anyone in the US was required to back up a whole block with their wheel 5 inches from the curb, an take a corner the same way.
Seriously. When does it become the parents' job to attempt to get their kids interested in books, or at least to realize that education is important?
And between the parents and some librarians, who will have the better shot of getting a kid interested in books? Will the librarians even notice kids that leave the library right after finishing their game? They have no incentive really to keep tabs on everyone, and probably busy with other tasks already. Waste of money.
With the worsening comprehension of the language, I'm not sure that most people would recognize a difference.
TJX may have not been in compliance with PCI, but if you left your house door unlocked to go to the corner store real quick, and someone ripped off your jewelty (or whatever you hold dear), you'd still want them punished. And even though you'd have laid some of the blame on yourself and learned a lesson, you'd still want the scumbag thief to face the music of committing the crime.
Right, because the rest of the world isn't structuring their financial environment just like the US. No other country uses credit and credit ratings, computerized history files, complex financial vehicles like CDOs, etc. Iceland, Greece, Portugal and others aren't in a world of hurt right now because of the very same get rich schemes the bankers in the US perpetrated.
But hey, if wearing anti-US filters on your eyes makes you feel superior about the country you live in, then I say live and let live.
He can wear his entire costume, but if he wants to receive services from the job center, he'll also have to wear the same outfit to his actual job interview.
Let's see how quickly he changes religions once he's declined for the first dozen jobs.
I'd generally agree with you, but there is a definite problem with obesity, and I don't know that I'd trust most of the parents out there to know how to feed their kids healthily and in right portions. We made this bed ourselves, now we have to sleep in it. Obviously educating people about carbs and proteins and calories would go a long way, but I don't know that too many people are listening.
So anyone that objects to a certain generalization is assumed to be under that generalization? No wonder none of the gay marriage proposals get passed.
Depite all that, they still try to stand up and deliver, with their heads held high.
Would you also raise a stink about having to keep checking in with your parole officer after you were released from prison for a felony? These are results of something someone did to get on the wrong side of the rules of the road. Now the law feels it has to take steps to keep tabs on you and your whereabouts; or blood alcohol level. Remember, these are repeat offenders. Sharing the road with a drunk driver is a scary experience.
And besides, how many news stories have there been where someone's license was suspended 20 times for drunk driving, and they ended up plowing down a family of 4? People screaming why the government dropped the ball. Well, they try to institute a system, and people get outraged too.