What, the Wikipedia entry isn't descriptive enough for you? "In 1992, DAK Industries filed a petition regarding selling the personal properties due to the company getting bankrupt."
Man, I was thinking of that catalog just the other day, trying to remember their name. All I could remember was that they sold generic electronics at brand-name prices was. I'd just seen a commercial for some crappy wireless headphones that immediately reminded me of the DAK catalog. They even used the same sales pitch about not disturbing your spouse. I cut a lot of lawns to buy some of the crap they sold, almost invariably disappointed by the quality of the products. At least I learned a valuable lesson at a young age: don't listen to marketing hype.
Nice try. It's always best to introduce a few mistakes when cheating to create plausible deniability, but deliberately misspelling "than" and failing to capitalize "US" is just too obvious.
I don't play WoW myself, but I hate that people are stupid enough to defend a corporation that's saving a dime off their customers' backs.
"Oh, but it's a defense of BitTorrent, and BitTorrent is my right!!" That may be true, but this is NOT a virtue of BitTorrent; this is Blizzard taking advantage of otherwise ignorant customers (by TFA's own admission) to keep distribution costs low while charging the same obscene monthly subscription fee.
I'm if Windows were configured to act as a seed for itself and other MS software by default, people would be extolling the wisdom and virtues of MS as well. They'd probably praise them for not charging a monthly fee to use Windows thanks, no doubt, to their ability to keep costs low by using P2P distribution.
Oh, I know! You ask them "Who would your friend say was driving?" and both the liar and truth-teller will give you the same answer (the non-driver), then you prosecute the other person!
Yes, trucks weigh a lot more, but how proportional is weight to wear? Which wears out a carpet quicker, 10 kids or 5 adults? What wears out a piece of metal more: bending it once with 50,000 lbs, or bending it 100x with any lesser weight?
The real problem is that cities offer higher crime, worse public schools, more noise, less privacy, worse traffic -- all that and a higher $/sqft to boot. If I wanted to live in a claustrophobia inducing space, listen to all of my neighbors' arguments, enjoy little or no natural surroundings, fight over parking spots, and do my laundry off-site, I'd live at the office.
Cities are great if you're young enough that the social life makes up for it, or rich enough that you can isolate yourself from the downsides, but for pretty much everyone else cities are the worst of what's available.
I guess you could say that "plastic foil does not compute!" Hah! You know, cause it *does* compute, but it also doesn't make sense? Like that one show about the Star Wars: "That does not make sense!!"
"To make our schedule to ship the tablet, we made some design tradeoffs," says Andy Rubin, vice-president for engineering at Google and head of its Android group. "We didn't want to think about what it would take for the same software to run on phones. It would have required a lot of additional resources and extended our schedule beyond what we thought was reasonable. So we took a shortcut."
"Android is an open-source project," he adds. "We have not changed our strategy."
The "foreseeable future" quote is unfortunate, since it implies that they cannot foresee a time when they will release the code, which simply isn't the case.
Since you seem to be seeking painful experiences, it doesn't really matter where you start. In fact, just start from the current episode and watch them all in reverse order.
While you're at it, allow me to suggest some other material you may like, including such classics as "Whisky Made From Diabetics' Urine" and "George Lucas to Resurrect Dead Movie Stars."
Have fun and remember to pick a safe word in advance!
Oh please. Next you'll be saying people should be able to use removable storage, or swap out their batteries without disassembling the phone. You must take us all for fools.
Even assuming these apps were effective (which they're notoriously unreliable), anyone coherent enough to use this app and plan an alternate route is probably okay to drive.
I certainly wasn't there, but I can think of several scenarios that might give the impression that the Red Cross was selling when they really were not:
1) Independent operators who donated a portion of the proceeds to the Red Cross. 2) Independent operators who posed as the Red Cross. 3) The Red Cross themselves with a donation jar which was interpreted as obligatory.
At any rate, the idea that they *were* selling things is not particularly insulting to me. The military provides 3 squares, as they say, and the PX/BX/NEX operate their own vending services, both through machines and "cantinas". It's not like people were going hungry because they couldn't afford a donut, nor was it the case that the Red Cross was out there auctioning off their emergency medical services to the highest bidder.
As a veteran myself, I certainly didn't feel entitled to anything beyond what was in my contract. If the Red Cross or the USO wanted to give me free cookies, I'd be happy to accept them, but if they needed to raise money, that's fine too. Getting pissed because you didn't get free cookies is rather childish IMO.
The Red Cross sold coffee and donuts instead of giving them away to military personnel during World War II. This unfortunate policy came into being because service agencies in Britain helping British military personnel were less well-financed than the American Red Cross. Thus, these agencies were forced to charge British military members for the same items that American service members were getting free from the American Red Cross.
To avoid further embarrassment to the British, who were playing host to thousands of U.S. troops, the U.S. Secretary of War requested that the American Red Cross begin charging American service members for such items as coffee and donuts in its canteens. The Red Cross interpreted this request as a wartime demand and complied so that it could continue aiding U.S. troops. However, the Red Cross sold items at or below cost and never profited a penny from these sales.
Since the end of World War II, the American Red Cross has not charged military personnel -- not in the Korean, Vietnam, or Persian Gulf conflicts, for example. -- http://www.redcross.org
You need to see a psychiatrist or a therapist. Clearly you have time on your hands, and since you live in Europe, you have ready access to healthcare.
It's not that what you're saying is wrong, it's just that we all have to cope with things we can't change. For some it's an innate skill, but for others it's learned. So go learn.
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What, the Wikipedia entry isn't descriptive enough for you? "In 1992, DAK Industries filed a petition regarding selling the personal properties due to the company getting bankrupt."
Man, I was thinking of that catalog just the other day, trying to remember their name. All I could remember was that they sold generic electronics at brand-name prices was. I'd just seen a commercial for some crappy wireless headphones that immediately reminded me of the DAK catalog. They even used the same sales pitch about not disturbing your spouse. I cut a lot of lawns to buy some of the crap they sold, almost invariably disappointed by the quality of the products. At least I learned a valuable lesson at a young age: don't listen to marketing hype.
That's like saying that breaking your arm isn't harmful because I was planning on cutting off your junk.
Nice try. It's always best to introduce a few mistakes when cheating to create plausible deniability, but deliberately misspelling "than" and failing to capitalize "US" is just too obvious.
US wireless providers are to competition what diarrhea is to shit. It may be competition, but it's not particularly healthy.
I don't play WoW myself, but I hate that people are stupid enough to defend a corporation that's saving a dime off their customers' backs.
"Oh, but it's a defense of BitTorrent, and BitTorrent is my right!!" That may be true, but this is NOT a virtue of BitTorrent; this is Blizzard taking advantage of otherwise ignorant customers (by TFA's own admission) to keep distribution costs low while charging the same obscene monthly subscription fee.
I'm if Windows were configured to act as a seed for itself and other MS software by default, people would be extolling the wisdom and virtues of MS as well. They'd probably praise them for not charging a monthly fee to use Windows thanks, no doubt, to their ability to keep costs low by using P2P distribution.
**head a splodes**
Oh, I know! You ask them "Who would your friend say was driving?" and both the liar and truth-teller will give you the same answer (the non-driver), then you prosecute the other person!
Civil lawsuits don't establish innocence or guilt, only liability.
Nice, thanks for the follow up and the link.
Yes, trucks weigh a lot more, but how proportional is weight to wear? Which wears out a carpet quicker, 10 kids or 5 adults? What wears out a piece of metal more: bending it once with 50,000 lbs, or bending it 100x with any lesser weight?
Close and spacious please.
The real problem is that cities offer higher crime, worse public schools, more noise, less privacy, worse traffic -- all that and a higher $/sqft to boot. If I wanted to live in a claustrophobia inducing space, listen to all of my neighbors' arguments, enjoy little or no natural surroundings, fight over parking spots, and do my laundry off-site, I'd live at the office.
Cities are great if you're young enough that the social life makes up for it, or rich enough that you can isolate yourself from the downsides, but for pretty much everyone else cities are the worst of what's available.
Aren't there already federally mandated distance tracking devices in vehicles? I believe they're called "odometers."
That's the phase that pays!
Wow, thanks for that explanation through demonstration.
I guess you could say that "plastic foil does not compute!" Hah! You know, cause it *does* compute, but it also doesn't make sense? Like that one show about the Star Wars: "That does not make sense!!"
He already will.
Hmm, maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any forward looking statements.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
The "foreseeable future" quote is unfortunate, since it implies that they cannot foresee a time when they will release the code, which simply isn't the case.
Since you seem to be seeking painful experiences, it doesn't really matter where you start. In fact, just start from the current episode and watch them all in reverse order.
While you're at it, allow me to suggest some other material you may like, including such classics as "Whisky Made From Diabetics' Urine" and "George Lucas to Resurrect Dead Movie Stars."
Have fun and remember to pick a safe word in advance!
NO PHONE SHOULD BE MADE ENTIRELY OF GLASS.
Oh please. Next you'll be saying people should be able to use removable storage, or swap out their batteries without disassembling the phone. You must take us all for fools.
That's great, but how are you supposed to hear your boss coming?
Meh.
Even assuming these apps were effective (which they're notoriously unreliable), anyone coherent enough to use this app and plan an alternate route is probably okay to drive.
I certainly wasn't there, but I can think of several scenarios that might give the impression that the Red Cross was selling when they really were not:
1) Independent operators who donated a portion of the proceeds to the Red Cross.
2) Independent operators who posed as the Red Cross.
3) The Red Cross themselves with a donation jar which was interpreted as obligatory.
At any rate, the idea that they *were* selling things is not particularly insulting to me. The military provides 3 squares, as they say, and the PX/BX/NEX operate their own vending services, both through machines and "cantinas". It's not like people were going hungry because they couldn't afford a donut, nor was it the case that the Red Cross was out there auctioning off their emergency medical services to the highest bidder.
As a veteran myself, I certainly didn't feel entitled to anything beyond what was in my contract. If the Red Cross or the USO wanted to give me free cookies, I'd be happy to accept them, but if they needed to raise money, that's fine too. Getting pissed because you didn't get free cookies is rather childish IMO.
The Red Cross sold coffee and donuts instead of giving them away to military personnel during World War II.
This unfortunate policy came into being because service agencies in Britain helping British military personnel were less well-financed than the American Red Cross. Thus, these agencies were forced to charge British military members for the same items that American service members were getting free from the American Red Cross.
To avoid further embarrassment to the British, who were playing host to thousands of U.S. troops, the U.S. Secretary of War requested that the American Red Cross begin charging American service members for such items as coffee and donuts in its canteens. The Red Cross interpreted this request as a wartime demand and complied so that it could continue aiding U.S. troops. However, the Red Cross sold items at or below cost and never profited a penny from these sales.
Since the end of World War II, the American Red Cross has not charged military personnel -- not in the Korean, Vietnam, or Persian Gulf conflicts, for example.
-- http://www.redcross.org
You need to see a psychiatrist or a therapist. Clearly you have time on your hands, and since you live in Europe, you have ready access to healthcare.
It's not that what you're saying is wrong, it's just that we all have to cope with things we can't change. For some it's an innate skill, but for others it's learned. So go learn.