I can't even imagine how much money is spent on the mailings. If I fill the form out eletronically, wouldn't it make sense to also give a copy of it to me electronically? Via email maybe?
But don't you think that that is a defensive tactic?Make it inpossible to reach the guy in charge, and people will feel guilty about abusing the ones at the front. So what can you do? You don't want to give crap to some poor shlub trying to make a living. So just bend over and accept it. It goes for telemarketing calls and public transportation. You get a feeling of futility because whatever you take your anger out (telemarketer, subway bench), you're not getting to the ones responsible for your ire.
Who are you to dictate where an artist of publisher or rights owner will make their money? You're just justifying actions. If they want to make money solely from audio tape sales, that's their business. You can't come along and justify an illegal copy by saying that they don't offer the media in a format you can (easily) play.
Sweet. Next time I'm on a cruise ship and need to go to the bathroom, I won't have to scramble to find one if I'm on the poop deck. I can just go right there.
The Sony PRS-505 is $260. Nice unit. Fits in the back pocket of all of my pants.
Programs like calibre and pdf2lrf make putting stuff on it easy. Downloading newspapers in the morning does require connecting to your PC, but if yours is on 24/7 you can schedule downloads for a certain time, then plug the PRS and Calibre will automatically transfer the files over.
Many recipes exist for places like ars technica, major newspaper (subscription and non), and you can write your own Python recipes for your favorite RSS feed. I wrote one and I've never written any Python prior.
I like not having to deal with a small heap of old newspapers on a weekly basis, and being able to change the reading material to suit my mood. In the past I'd be stuck with one paper or book and not feel like reading it, or needing a break from it.
There are many more eInk readers out there than the Kindle. So do some more research. www.mobileread.com is a good resource.
Americans can't drive a few hundred miles and end up in France or Spain, then learn the local dialect because it's fun and helps. Some states have closer access to Mexico. Some can go to French Canada. But even then, English is frequently spoken.
We go to other states the way European go to other countries. It is dictated by the geography and the borders to a large degree. A trip to Europe is expensive and a substantial undertaking.
> are always like 15 cats roaming around the house and it stinks of cat piss, body odor
LOL it sounds like the Apple store in Soho in Manhattan. Well, the body odor part. Smells like a gym locker to the immediate left of the entrance. My guess is that Apple doesn't dare look authoritarian and actually tell someone to take a hike if they're only interested in free web browsing and don't actually plan on buying anything. They have to retain their laid back, hipster, product for the creative type company image.
But that's the point. Most people agree in the belief that lawyers are ruining this country. Hence the jokes about skydiving lawyers.
Just yesterday, at the post office, a guy could not let his 8 year old kid sit on a table (no chairs around and it's tax day, think long lines) because they were afraid of a suit if he injured himself, despite the parent expressing permission.
The mayor of the town came off in a bad light in the summary, but at the end of the guardian article, he does make a good point that predicting earthquakes is seldom accurate. What italy need is buildings that are more able to withstand earthquake forces. But, according to him, after a tragedy, Italy forgets and goes back about its business.
The missed prediction should not be the center of controversy. It should be the effort to start building homes that won't fall down as easily. That will save more lives than predictions, even if a day off, will not save any lives, and will make people suspect and ignore evacuation orders.
And who says Apple didn't arrive at the 30% commission to include credit card fees? No one is going to be mailing in cash, so it was an easily predicted cost.
But the point is, if a clause is not going to be enforced, and you don't want people to get all sensitive about it, remove it from the contract.
I only watched the first 30 seconds or so, but how blatently can you rip Apple off. Having the chief designer (or whatever the title) on a white background talking about the technical challanges. That's the same thing Apple does with their iPod and laptop intro videos.
Then you go into a BestBuy and now all the Windows laptops have the same "demo" with the "Go back to desktop" triangular link in the upper left corner.
It is embarassing how blatantly and clearly PC manufacturers are copying apple in the marketing department (and I'm no Apple fanboy, don't have a single product, except the iPod). But they still haven't figured out to connect those machines to the network so that you can browse the web a bit to test ride the thing. Wouldn't want people reading their email on your product, that would be the worst.
I dunno why your comment has a score of 0. It is a valid point. Will text books drop from over $100 to $10 or $20? Or more realistically by 10 to 20%?
But I don't know that I'd want the Kindle to replace a text book. Those contain many definitions, complex tables, lots of going back and forth, quickly scannin the index, especially before a test. I'm not sure the Kindle would be great in that regard, with the small-ish screen and slow-ish page refresh.
And you expect the government to know all that? They can't even see red flags when someone claims to trade 1 million stock options on an exchange that at most does 200,000 trades in a day. (numbers approximated)
I'll voice a vote of support. Everyone should keep a rolladex of jokes they've heard for at least 10 years (preferably 15) and when they hear a joke that's already in that rolladex (or database, whatever you're into), they should be grumpy about it and tell perfect strangers how they've already heard it before, even if the new take is somewhat funny. Taking claim to already having heard said joke should take precedence over having any enjoyment out of it.
The whole world isn't much safe for adults. What's the gubmint doing about that? Oh yeah, "click it or ticket" and snatching motorists for going 5 over the limit.
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Schumer throws a hissy fit about something every Sunday night. Right on schedule.
What about in addition to the above, you give them false information? Would that expose you to any type of legal risk?
I can't even imagine how much money is spent on the mailings. If I fill the form out eletronically, wouldn't it make sense to also give a copy of it to me electronically? Via email maybe?
But don't you think that that is a defensive tactic?Make it inpossible to reach the guy in charge, and people will feel guilty about abusing the ones at the front. So what can you do? You don't want to give crap to some poor shlub trying to make a living. So just bend over and accept it. It goes for telemarketing calls and public transportation. You get a feeling of futility because whatever you take your anger out (telemarketer, subway bench), you're not getting to the ones responsible for your ire.
Who are you to dictate where an artist of publisher or rights owner will make their money? You're just justifying actions. If they want to make money solely from audio tape sales, that's their business. You can't come along and justify an illegal copy by saying that they don't offer the media in a format you can (easily) play.
Sweet. Next time I'm on a cruise ship and need to go to the bathroom, I won't have to scramble to find one if I'm on the poop deck. I can just go right there.
ANYONE meaning those that paid for the privilege, or were otherwise given permission from the copyright holder, or owner of the journal.
The Sony PRS-505 is $260. Nice unit. Fits in the back pocket of all of my pants.
Programs like calibre and pdf2lrf make putting stuff on it easy. Downloading newspapers in the morning does require connecting to your PC, but if yours is on 24/7 you can schedule downloads for a certain time, then plug the PRS and Calibre will automatically transfer the files over.
Many recipes exist for places like ars technica, major newspaper (subscription and non), and you can write your own Python recipes for your favorite RSS feed. I wrote one and I've never written any Python prior.
I like not having to deal with a small heap of old newspapers on a weekly basis, and being able to change the reading material to suit my mood. In the past I'd be stuck with one paper or book and not feel like reading it, or needing a break from it.
There are many more eInk readers out there than the Kindle. So do some more research. www.mobileread.com is a good resource.
But if you open all the windows, won't that let the hot sun in and heat the apartment even more?
Pfft, you go to the White House. I'm'a gonna go fly a Blackhawk! Afterall, my taxes paid for it!
Americans can't drive a few hundred miles and end up in France or Spain, then learn the local dialect because it's fun and helps. Some states have closer access to Mexico. Some can go to French Canada. But even then, English is frequently spoken.
We go to other states the way European go to other countries. It is dictated by the geography and the borders to a large degree. A trip to Europe is expensive and a substantial undertaking.
> are always like 15 cats roaming around the house and it stinks of cat piss, body odor
LOL it sounds like the Apple store in Soho in Manhattan. Well, the body odor part. Smells like a gym locker to the immediate left of the entrance. My guess is that Apple doesn't dare look authoritarian and actually tell someone to take a hike if they're only interested in free web browsing and don't actually plan on buying anything. They have to retain their laid back, hipster, product for the creative type company image.
But that's the point. Most people agree in the belief that lawyers are ruining this country. Hence the jokes about skydiving lawyers.
Just yesterday, at the post office, a guy could not let his 8 year old kid sit on a table (no chairs around and it's tax day, think long lines) because they were afraid of a suit if he injured himself, despite the parent expressing permission.
The mayor of the town came off in a bad light in the summary, but at the end of the guardian article, he does make a good point that predicting earthquakes is seldom accurate. What italy need is buildings that are more able to withstand earthquake forces. But, according to him, after a tragedy, Italy forgets and goes back about its business.
The missed prediction should not be the center of controversy. It should be the effort to start building homes that won't fall down as easily. That will save more lives than predictions, even if a day off, will not save any lives, and will make people suspect and ignore evacuation orders.
And who says Apple didn't arrive at the 30% commission to include credit card fees? No one is going to be mailing in cash, so it was an easily predicted cost.
But the point is, if a clause is not going to be enforced, and you don't want people to get all sensitive about it, remove it from the contract.
I only watched the first 30 seconds or so, but how blatently can you rip Apple off. Having the chief designer (or whatever the title) on a white background talking about the technical challanges. That's the same thing Apple does with their iPod and laptop intro videos.
Then you go into a BestBuy and now all the Windows laptops have the same "demo" with the "Go back to desktop" triangular link in the upper left corner.
It is embarassing how blatantly and clearly PC manufacturers are copying apple in the marketing department (and I'm no Apple fanboy, don't have a single product, except the iPod). But they still haven't figured out to connect those machines to the network so that you can browse the web a bit to test ride the thing. Wouldn't want people reading their email on your product, that would be the worst.
I dunno why your comment has a score of 0. It is a valid point. Will text books drop from over $100 to $10 or $20? Or more realistically by 10 to 20%?
But I don't know that I'd want the Kindle to replace a text book. Those contain many definitions, complex tables, lots of going back and forth, quickly scannin the index, especially before a test. I'm not sure the Kindle would be great in that regard, with the small-ish screen and slow-ish page refresh.
And you expect the government to know all that? They can't even see red flags when someone claims to trade 1 million stock options on an exchange that at most does 200,000 trades in a day. (numbers approximated)
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Sounds like you thought this whole thing though pretty thoroughly.
I told you once...
I'd feel sadder about my own existance if I had any recollection at all of a joke from the Onion from 10 years ago.
I'll voice a vote of support. Everyone should keep a rolladex of jokes they've heard for at least 10 years (preferably 15) and when they hear a joke that's already in that rolladex (or database, whatever you're into), they should be grumpy about it and tell perfect strangers how they've already heard it before, even if the new take is somewhat funny. Taking claim to already having heard said joke should take precedence over having any enjoyment out of it.
Do you seriously lack onine news sources to read and places to comment?
The whole world isn't much safe for adults. What's the gubmint doing about that? Oh yeah, "click it or ticket" and snatching motorists for going 5 over the limit.