Owning a kindle doesn't mean you purchase all your material through Amazon or that Amazon can remove locally synced files from the device. I manage my library with Calibre, and have the wi-fi of the Kindle turned off to conserve more battery.
For starters, there is no official religion in the United States. Many people may be Christian, but to say the "US was supposed to be a christian country" is false. Secondly, there is precedent for capital punishment in the Bible. I don't care one way or another about what the Bible says, but your points are flawed/weak.
You don't want an option to hide white items since they can be used in crafting. You get more quality per armourer scrap/whetstone which is kept when you upgrade to a blue or yellow item. It's also cheaper to start your crafting on white items to get a couple of magic qualities you want on item before you upgrade to rare and use the more expensive currency. Lastly, 5 linked and 6 linked socketed items are really important later on. If you are only looking for rares, you are missing out on a lot of potentially well-linked items.
Problem is, there is absolutely no consistency. I can read a hard/paper back book but I can't read on my Kindle? How often do I need to hear about buckling my seat belt or putting on an oxygen mask in the event we lose cabin pressure? The only portion of the safety spiel I find important is the flight attendants making sure the people in the exit row are physically capable
From my understanding, it's not that the USPS is being required to put today's dollars into a pension plan, but tomorrow's, next weeks, and the dollars 5 years from now in as well. If I recall (correctly?), they are being required to make the next 20 years worth of funding within the next few years.
I think its more like your adviser telling you to put away 10% of every paycheck into a 401k account, but do the next 20 years worth of deposits all within the next 5
If you think the lack of sales tax is the only reason why Amazon is succeeding, you are highly mistaken. I often find much better deals without taking sales tax into account. They offer convenience, they offer a much larger variety, their customer service is excellent (and I don't have to deal with annoying sales people who have no idea what they are talking about), and they don't need to pay $$$ to showcase their goods in a brick and mortar. It's hard to beat their base prices. Unless I need the item today, there is no reason for me to go to a brick and mortar store -- I'll get it in 2 days with Amazon Prime.
If it's too expensive for them to connect to the internet to update their anti-virus, it's too expensive for them to connect to the internet and contract malware. That's where the majority of it is coming from. I don't doubt expense might be part of the reason (running unlicensed/unpatched windows machines or trying to find free software that comes riddled with spyware) but I don't see the connection you are making being the primary reason...
Hey, numbnuts - How would the American government fund a war against Americans, if it caused us to stop paying taxes? Where do you think the U.S. Military's funding comes from, anyway? Magical unicorn farts?
Logistics - they ain't yer strong suit.
With debt? Something that our government is well acquainted with?
I'm for gun rights but it's pointless to cite these stories because you're 22 TIMES more likely to use a gun against someone you know. Throwing more guns into the mix will definitely stop crimes, but you're going to create FAR more inicidents than you stop.
[BEGIN NRA LOGIC] Well, the solution for this is even more guns! Every person should have at least three guns on them at all times. Every child over three should have a handgun also. Babies can use our new "shotgun pacifier." What? Now there's even more gun violence? Ok, let's try ten guns per adult, seven guns per child, and turning every baby stroller into an armored tank. That should keep us safe. [END NRA LOGIC]
Correlation does not indicate causation.
What's the statistics for murder without a gun with regard to people you know and strangers.
Drunk driving is not a "mistake". You chose to get drunk. You chose to drive. You know it's wrong. You know it's dangerous. You know you may kill someone. You choose to do it anyway. That's not a "mistake", that's wilful culpable recklessness.
"mistake: an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc."
Seems pretty cut and dry that drunk driving is a mistake.
I was skeptical when I first read this submission so I did some digging around and found the National Newspapers of Ireland's submission to the Copyright Review Committee here. I'm dumbfounded
The Consultation Paper, at page 48, briefly discusses the issue of linking and goes
on to provide for a proposed amendment to existing copyright legislation to
provide that the offering of a link on a page on the internet is not an infringement
of copyright law. The underlying rationale set out by the Consultation Paper in
this section is misconceived and we do not accept as being based on fact.
Section 6.3 of the Consultation Paper provides that Courts, (although it does not
specify which Courts) are increasingly concluding that a link, by itself, should
never be seen as a publication, reproduction or communication of the content to
which it refers, even where that content is an infringement of copyright. The NNI
takes serious exception to the statement included in the Consultation Paper that
“the fact that links make access to that content straightforward does not change
the reality that a link, by itself, is content neutral.” "
It is the view of NNI that a link to copyright material does constitute
infringement of copyright, and would be so found by the Courts.
Just when you thought people couldn't get any stupider...
The first two points are what kept me away. The third one (task bar across both monitors?) I've actually wanted on occasion. Always wished it was an option.
If you don't mind my asking, what is the issue with it?
Two things:
I wouldn't call GW2 "pvp-based". It's pretty lacking in major features. Secondly, I can't think of anything that pvp-players need to buy from the cash shop. It's the opposite of mandatory
p2w = Pay to Win?
If so, I fail to see how anything in the GW2 shop is "pay to win". Yes GW2 has a cash shop, but that is not intrinsically a bad thing. You are not forced to use it. Heck, you can convert the ingame currency to "gems" which is the cash shop currency and never need to spend a dime.
Perhaps I'm being overly pedantic, but how is what he said racist? It's a comment about government in a particular country, I fail to see how racism comes into it. Apologies for zeroing in on this, but I really dislike the "racism" card as it is thrown around in arguments these days.
I've never bought any Humble Bundles, but when people are saying that this has outsold all the previous ones...is that just in numbers of units sold? If so, I would assume its possible for this bundle to outsell all the old ones in terms of quantity, but can you compare how much money was sent to charity between the different bundles? If this one has a significantly higher amount, that could send a pretty strong message about DRM.
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Owning a kindle doesn't mean you purchase all your material through Amazon or that Amazon can remove locally synced files from the device. I manage my library with Calibre, and have the wi-fi of the Kindle turned off to conserve more battery.
For starters, there is no official religion in the United States. Many people may be Christian, but to say the "US was supposed to be a christian country" is false. Secondly, there is precedent for capital punishment in the Bible. I don't care one way or another about what the Bible says, but your points are flawed/weak.
You don't want an option to hide white items since they can be used in crafting. You get more quality per armourer scrap/whetstone which is kept when you upgrade to a blue or yellow item. It's also cheaper to start your crafting on white items to get a couple of magic qualities you want on item before you upgrade to rare and use the more expensive currency. Lastly, 5 linked and 6 linked socketed items are really important later on. If you are only looking for rares, you are missing out on a lot of potentially well-linked items.
Didn't you see the movie Inception?
Problem is, there is absolutely no consistency. I can read a hard/paper back book but I can't read on my Kindle? How often do I need to hear about buckling my seat belt or putting on an oxygen mask in the event we lose cabin pressure? The only portion of the safety spiel I find important is the flight attendants making sure the people in the exit row are physically capable
Or he is from Australia and a their upside is equivalent to a northern hemisphere downside.
Depends...is your name Robin Hood?
I think you are confusing "legal" with "moral"
From my understanding, it's not that the USPS is being required to put today's dollars into a pension plan, but tomorrow's, next weeks, and the dollars 5 years from now in as well. If I recall (correctly?), they are being required to make the next 20 years worth of funding within the next few years.
I think its more like your adviser telling you to put away 10% of every paycheck into a 401k account, but do the next 20 years worth of deposits all within the next 5
To be fair, in some countries you actually do pay up front at a restaurant for food. Well said otherwise though.
If you think the lack of sales tax is the only reason why Amazon is succeeding, you are highly mistaken. I often find much better deals without taking sales tax into account. They offer convenience, they offer a much larger variety, their customer service is excellent (and I don't have to deal with annoying sales people who have no idea what they are talking about), and they don't need to pay $$$ to showcase their goods in a brick and mortar. It's hard to beat their base prices. Unless I need the item today, there is no reason for me to go to a brick and mortar store -- I'll get it in 2 days with Amazon Prime.
How is this modded insightful?
If it's too expensive for them to connect to the internet to update their anti-virus, it's too expensive for them to connect to the internet and contract malware. That's where the majority of it is coming from. I don't doubt expense might be part of the reason (running unlicensed/unpatched windows machines or trying to find free software that comes riddled with spyware) but I don't see the connection you are making being the primary reason...
Hey, numbnuts - How would the American government fund a war against Americans, if it caused us to stop paying taxes? Where do you think the U.S. Military's funding comes from, anyway? Magical unicorn farts?
Logistics - they ain't yer strong suit.
With debt? Something that our government is well acquainted with?
[BEGIN NRA LOGIC] Well, the solution for this is even more guns! Every person should have at least three guns on them at all times. Every child over three should have a handgun also. Babies can use our new "shotgun pacifier." What? Now there's even more gun violence? Ok, let's try ten guns per adult, seven guns per child, and turning every baby stroller into an armored tank. That should keep us safe. [END NRA LOGIC]
Correlation does not indicate causation.
What's the statistics for murder without a gun with regard to people you know and strangers.
Drunk driving is not a "mistake". You chose to get drunk. You chose to drive. You know it's wrong. You know it's dangerous. You know you may kill someone. You choose to do it anyway. That's not a "mistake", that's wilful culpable recklessness.
"mistake: an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc."
Seems pretty cut and dry that drunk driving is a mistake.
The Consultation Paper, at page 48, briefly discusses the issue of linking and goes on to provide for a proposed amendment to existing copyright legislation to provide that the offering of a link on a page on the internet is not an infringement of copyright law. The underlying rationale set out by the Consultation Paper in this section is misconceived and we do not accept as being based on fact.
Section 6.3 of the Consultation Paper provides that Courts, (although it does not specify which Courts) are increasingly concluding that a link, by itself, should never be seen as a publication, reproduction or communication of the content to which it refers, even where that content is an infringement of copyright. The NNI takes serious exception to the statement included in the Consultation Paper that “the fact that links make access to that content straightforward does not change the reality that a link, by itself, is content neutral.” "
It is the view of NNI that a link to copyright material does constitute infringement of copyright, and would be so found by the Courts.
Just when you thought people couldn't get any stupider...
640K ought to be enough for anybody
The first two points are what kept me away. The third one (task bar across both monitors?) I've actually wanted on occasion. Always wished it was an option. If you don't mind my asking, what is the issue with it?
Two things: I wouldn't call GW2 "pvp-based". It's pretty lacking in major features. Secondly, I can't think of anything that pvp-players need to buy from the cash shop. It's the opposite of mandatory
p2w = Pay to Win? If so, I fail to see how anything in the GW2 shop is "pay to win". Yes GW2 has a cash shop, but that is not intrinsically a bad thing. You are not forced to use it. Heck, you can convert the ingame currency to "gems" which is the cash shop currency and never need to spend a dime.
Perhaps I'm being overly pedantic, but how is what he said racist? It's a comment about government in a particular country, I fail to see how racism comes into it. Apologies for zeroing in on this, but I really dislike the "racism" card as it is thrown around in arguments these days.
I've never bought any Humble Bundles, but when people are saying that this has outsold all the previous ones...is that just in numbers of units sold? If so, I would assume its possible for this bundle to outsell all the old ones in terms of quantity, but can you compare how much money was sent to charity between the different bundles? If this one has a significantly higher amount, that could send a pretty strong message about DRM.
Yeah, I suppose that stops him from dialing random numbers and picking up names from answering machines.
There's enough pork in Congress to carry us through these dire times.
Is there anything about the Olympics that isn't corrupt and disgusting?
I think the Olympics committee did a good job revamping their appeals process to appear more legit and transparent.
Oh wait...