A couple of reasons the deal didn't work out:
http://www.businessinsider.com/groupon-google-deal-turn-down-2012-6
Supposedly, a break up fee of $800 million dollars wasn't enough for groupon to want the deal, and Google was afraid of being in antitrust court for years over whether the deal would actually go through. I was also told by a source somewhat close to the matter that Google wanted to groupon to offer a "break up fee" as insurance in case groupon's books weren't on the up and up. Some say that "insurance fee" sealed the fate of the deal as groupon didn't want Google to see their accounting procedures.
Are they trying to pinch pennies in general or just pinch pennies with a server? I guess I am a bit old fashioned, but if they are really trying to pinch pennies then why bother with a home server to run Minecraft? Talk about a first world problem.
Assuming you have a bank account and a credit report, you can't. The info is stored somewhere, which undoubtedly is a computer connected to the internet.
"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."
Obviously, the question is how you determine an enemy.
Religion and science are often at odds with one another mainly in the form of creationism vs. evolution. Can religion and science coexist, and if so, how would you handle the debate?
...and as soon as anyone who keeps and bear arms is part of of a well regulated militia, then you can whine about how all gun control law is illegal. Not the my opinion carries a lot of weight, but I think these rights certainly need to be interpreted, especially as times changes. This right doesn't say anything about the ability to owning or using a musket ball, but we interpret it to mean that. I always like to remind myself that those who wrote approved these rights generally only applied to non-slave, male landowners. Yeah, ontopic is nice.
Just because Republicans voted based on party ideology, doesn't mean it was just "rammed" through. I would suspect that the Republicans didn't vote for it because it would be seen as a "black mark" on their voting record to their constituents. The proper procedures were followed to create the law just like any other law. Republicans had input on it. I didn't say it was bipartisan supported (as we all know that isn't the case). I said they had input. Because they had input rmeans it wasn't "rammed" through. The supreme court, which has Republican majority, who upheld the law. That is our democratic process; majority rules for better or for worse. I am sorry it didn't meet your expectations.
Oh yeah, Jefferson was a mega-gun nut, but then all the founding fathers were in favor of unrestricted civilian gun ownership, since they had just survived a war started when the British began confiscating arms from the colonies engaged in peaceful protest, and won primarily by the effort of civilian militias.
I'm soooo getting on a DHS watch list for this.
Unrestricted might be a little hyperbolic. The constitution didn't even apply to everyone. Yes, yes, I am sure we can dig up some case where slaves were allowed guns, but I'm going to go out on a limb to say that Jefferson wouldn't like that too much.
http://codekata.pragprog.com/
This kata is borrowed from the martial arts and some even goes as far as making kata dojos (http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?KataCatalogue)
I love it when folks say that Democrats "rammed" the health care reform. Fact of the matter is that Health care reform started before Obama was president and had bipartisan input. It took over 3 years from conception to the president signing it into law.
Between June of 2009 and September 2009, there were 31 bipartisan meetings on the health care reform law. I could tell you about it, but why not read/watch for yourself. I think watching is only supported on Windows machines:
http://www.finance.senate.gov/issue/?id=32be19bd-491e-4192-812f-f65215c1ba65
Car safety gets debated (I don't know what you mean by a national debate) all the time. Usually, it doesn't come with a lot of press. Airbag effectiveness is debated still to this day. There are debates over whether seatbelt laws should exist, even many years after they are standard safety features. Anecdotally, It seems to me that advanced safety features occur on higher priced models and then trickle down as price to implement the technology comes down. Hell, look at these new "auto-park" features that are being advertised now.
In general, I think you are illustrating the posters point, precisely. Auto makers generally bare the cost of the resulting mayhem (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=toyota+prius+recall), partly because they are required to. Additionally, you get the voluntary recalls that benefit consumers (and I would argue, the car companies). Because they do, car deaths have been trending down: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year
I think comparing firearm fatalities to car fatalities in this way is like comparing apples and oranges.
I'd have to look more in depth, I would have to say De Beers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers#Diamond_monopoly
Although, you have a point, it probably more specifically should be something like: I challenge you to name one instance in history where a sustained monopoly where government wasn't playing either or both of two roles.
Interestingly enough, to say all religions are made up is probably generalizing too much. There are "revealed" religions and "natural" religions. Most major religions are revealed religions at this point in time. Basically, revealed religions are those in which God/gods reveal themselves, generally through intermediaries. Essentially, revealed religions are those in which someone has to tell you about the religion and how you relate to God/gods. Meanwhile, natural religions involve finding the nature of god by examining the world around us. An awesome book on natural religions and some of the paradoxes that result is Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4583
If you have a few hours to kill, Red Letter Media has an awesome review of Episodes I-III. The review of Episode I is fantastic, and very poignant.
http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/
Yes, there are fireflies that mimic other fireflies in order to eat them: http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2011/smith_ash2/nutrition.htm
And yes, I would consider fireflies land animals, because they spend most of their lives on the ground as larvae: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2006/cahermes/larvae.htm
'I don't understand why just because [SSL is] prevalent, it should be free.'
With logic like this, how could we ever run into problems. Apparently prevalence is the main benchmark of viable patents. Why didn't I realize this before? Calling a lawyer now to patent water...oh, and my genes.
This seems to come up a lot. Apple is overprice, apple is overpriced. Perhaps they are just the "luxury" devices of the computer world.
I feel this applies to cars as well, but I don't see people posting that Lexus' or BMW's are overpriced. A Ford Focus gets me from point A to point B just as well as a Benz, but the perceived quality and status symbol of the Benz helps keep prices high. Hell, I had a Nissan that has gone 235,000 miles at a much lower price than "luxury" cars.
So Apple charges more than other device retailers/manufacturers? Why is this surprising? So does BMW and Lexus compared to Fords and Chevy's.
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Criminals use any tool at their disposal. Computers are just now another tool in the toolbox. I guess it helps to know the trend.
A couple of reasons the deal didn't work out: http://www.businessinsider.com/groupon-google-deal-turn-down-2012-6 Supposedly, a break up fee of $800 million dollars wasn't enough for groupon to want the deal, and Google was afraid of being in antitrust court for years over whether the deal would actually go through. I was also told by a source somewhat close to the matter that Google wanted to groupon to offer a "break up fee" as insurance in case groupon's books weren't on the up and up. Some say that "insurance fee" sealed the fate of the deal as groupon didn't want Google to see their accounting procedures.
Happens all the time. Generally, they say it pays off, but your major does matter. I do tend to agree with you as I think it matters how much it costs the student. Here is one from Georgetown University: http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/whatsitworth-complete.pdf
Sounds great until you need health insurance.
Are they trying to pinch pennies in general or just pinch pennies with a server? I guess I am a bit old fashioned, but if they are really trying to pinch pennies then why bother with a home server to run Minecraft? Talk about a first world problem.
Assuming you have a bank account and a credit report, you can't. The info is stored somewhere, which undoubtedly is a computer connected to the internet.
slashdot or American consumers in general?
"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." Obviously, the question is how you determine an enemy.
Religion and science are often at odds with one another mainly in the form of creationism vs. evolution. Can religion and science coexist, and if so, how would you handle the debate?
...and as soon as anyone who keeps and bear arms is part of of a well regulated militia, then you can whine about how all gun control law is illegal. Not the my opinion carries a lot of weight, but I think these rights certainly need to be interpreted, especially as times changes. This right doesn't say anything about the ability to owning or using a musket ball, but we interpret it to mean that. I always like to remind myself that those who wrote approved these rights generally only applied to non-slave, male landowners. Yeah, ontopic is nice.
Just because Republicans voted based on party ideology, doesn't mean it was just "rammed" through. I would suspect that the Republicans didn't vote for it because it would be seen as a "black mark" on their voting record to their constituents. The proper procedures were followed to create the law just like any other law. Republicans had input on it. I didn't say it was bipartisan supported (as we all know that isn't the case). I said they had input. Because they had input rmeans it wasn't "rammed" through. The supreme court, which has Republican majority, who upheld the law. That is our democratic process; majority rules for better or for worse. I am sorry it didn't meet your expectations.
Oh yeah, Jefferson was a mega-gun nut, but then all the founding fathers were in favor of unrestricted civilian gun ownership, since they had just survived a war started when the British began confiscating arms from the colonies engaged in peaceful protest, and won primarily by the effort of civilian militias.
I'm soooo getting on a DHS watch list for this.
Unrestricted might be a little hyperbolic. The constitution didn't even apply to everyone. Yes, yes, I am sure we can dig up some case where slaves were allowed guns, but I'm going to go out on a limb to say that Jefferson wouldn't like that too much.
Or for more confusion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
http://codekata.pragprog.com/ This kata is borrowed from the martial arts and some even goes as far as making kata dojos (http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?KataCatalogue)
I love it when folks say that Democrats "rammed" the health care reform. Fact of the matter is that Health care reform started before Obama was president and had bipartisan input. It took over 3 years from conception to the president signing it into law. Between June of 2009 and September 2009, there were 31 bipartisan meetings on the health care reform law. I could tell you about it, but why not read/watch for yourself. I think watching is only supported on Windows machines: http://www.finance.senate.gov/issue/?id=32be19bd-491e-4192-812f-f65215c1ba65
Car safety gets debated (I don't know what you mean by a national debate) all the time. Usually, it doesn't come with a lot of press. Airbag effectiveness is debated still to this day. There are debates over whether seatbelt laws should exist, even many years after they are standard safety features. Anecdotally, It seems to me that advanced safety features occur on higher priced models and then trickle down as price to implement the technology comes down. Hell, look at these new "auto-park" features that are being advertised now. In general, I think you are illustrating the posters point, precisely. Auto makers generally bare the cost of the resulting mayhem (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=toyota+prius+recall), partly because they are required to. Additionally, you get the voluntary recalls that benefit consumers (and I would argue, the car companies). Because they do, car deaths have been trending down: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year I think comparing firearm fatalities to car fatalities in this way is like comparing apples and oranges.
I'd have to look more in depth, I would have to say De Beers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers#Diamond_monopoly Although, you have a point, it probably more specifically should be something like: I challenge you to name one instance in history where a sustained monopoly where government wasn't playing either or both of two roles.
Interestingly enough, to say all religions are made up is probably generalizing too much. There are "revealed" religions and "natural" religions. Most major religions are revealed religions at this point in time. Basically, revealed religions are those in which God/gods reveal themselves, generally through intermediaries. Essentially, revealed religions are those in which someone has to tell you about the religion and how you relate to God/gods. Meanwhile, natural religions involve finding the nature of god by examining the world around us. An awesome book on natural religions and some of the paradoxes that result is Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4583
realized TheCarp used the same quote above.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it! -- Upton Sinclair http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OWL7AzvHo
If you have a few hours to kill, Red Letter Media has an awesome review of Episodes I-III. The review of Episode I is fantastic, and very poignant. http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/
Yes, there are fireflies that mimic other fireflies in order to eat them:
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2011/smith_ash2/nutrition.htm
And yes, I would consider fireflies land animals, because they spend most of their lives on the ground as larvae:
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2006/cahermes/larvae.htm
'I don't understand why just because [SSL is] prevalent, it should be free.' With logic like this, how could we ever run into problems. Apparently prevalence is the main benchmark of viable patents. Why didn't I realize this before? Calling a lawyer now to patent water...oh, and my genes.
This seems to come up a lot. Apple is overprice, apple is overpriced. Perhaps they are just the "luxury" devices of the computer world. I feel this applies to cars as well, but I don't see people posting that Lexus' or BMW's are overpriced. A Ford Focus gets me from point A to point B just as well as a Benz, but the perceived quality and status symbol of the Benz helps keep prices high. Hell, I had a Nissan that has gone 235,000 miles at a much lower price than "luxury" cars. So Apple charges more than other device retailers/manufacturers? Why is this surprising? So does BMW and Lexus compared to Fords and Chevy's.