But what if that $6 million fine was the result of an extra $60 million profit from selling cheap TVs for people to put in their bathroom/camper/boat/etc?
These fines should be based on some percentage of the profits from the activity in question. And that percentage should be over 100%.
And now that office mate is . . .
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My first officemate didn't know how to set up his computer. He didn't know anything, it appeared. He'd been hired to work on Dig Dug, and he was completely at sea. I had to teach him a lot, including how to program in assembly, how the Atari hardware worked, how to download stuff, how to debug. It was pretty bad.
Has anybody else noticed that Catholicism is quickly becoming the more "accepting/open-minded" branch of Christianity, especially compared to "mainstream Christianity" in the US? Discuss.
You seem to be confusing "mainstream Christianity" with "Idiots screaming on TV". The vast majority of the Christians I know are decent people who hold a wide array of political and social views.
think that the moves to stereo and widescreen for broadcast TV were more significant for most of the public. They are just being brainwashed into 'upgrading' to flat screens with HD as the sweetner.
I do have to say that upgrading to HD television itself was worth it. The difference in picture quality is amazing. The depth of color and picture really does make it seem more 'real' than regular TV. I probably will get an HD DVD player once the dust settles and the early-adopter price premium drops away.
The jump from VHS to DVD bought be a better picture, better durability, much greater convenience, cheaper prices (eventually), more variety, and there was only one format so I didn't have to worry about buying a DVD player only to have it turn into a blinking boat anchor. It cost me the ability to record since I wouldn't shell out for a DVD burner, but I found I didn't miss it all that much.
The jump from DVD to High-Def DVD will buy me a better picture, and that's it. And I get to worry that I'll chose the wrong format and it will be worthless in 2 years. The dual format ones are still too expensive.
So, I wait for the dust to settle before I toss more money into the bottomless technological gizmo pit.
Do they actually think Netflix squished something run by Walmart?
That's like saying the local burger joint is going to crush McDonalds! Sure, Netflix is a big company, but they're nothing compared to the Wally-world behemoth.
The laws of physics have begun exposing all of your private items to the world. In a stunning turn of events, it has been discovered that if you place things on your front lawn with a gigantic sign saying "Look at me!", people can freely see them.
"This is outrageous", screamed Peter P Hysterical on the same forum where he documents every nanosecond of his life. "There's no opt out procedure, there's no whitelisting. It's just everyone looking at all the stuff I've decided to share."
God, responding to inquiries said, "Look, if you don't want people to see your stuff, put it inside. I created walls for a reason."
I live in MD too, and the ones we put outside weren't lighting anything within a few months. The electrician told us that CF bulbs don't like cold at all.
...need to use light bulbs outside, since fluorescents don't tolerate cold well....need a light that turns on and off frequently (like traffic lights), cause that uses a lot MORE energy in a fluorescent....want dimmer switches, since fluorescents don't work with them.
This is just silly. Sure, use the more efficient fluorescents where they make sense, but don't ban all incandescents just because the commercials on HGTV keep telling you it will save the universe.
I got my nickname (see user ID) many years ago. It came from this bizarre Japanese documentary about ducks in downtown Tokyo. I still have no idea how it got attached to ME (I am neither duck-like, nor small), but it somehow did. It wasn't until later that we found out: 1) It is the Japanese word for runt and 2) We had spelled it wrong.
Regardless of all that, I kept the nickname for a while. But I've stopped using it for anything new, and started discouraging its use in conversation. When it was obscure, it was just sort of silly and whimsical. But with the rise in popularity of Anime, and particularly its popularity with pre-teens, it makes me look like some sort of sicko. I'd much rather people think I'm weird for the correct reasons.
I was reading about these particles the other day when I got trapped in an endless Wikipedia link chain. (Damn you and your font of interesting information!) Anyway, I'm mostly including it because I was vastly amused by the nickname they gave the particles.
Number of humans currently on earth, massively rounded up: 10^10.
That means that every person on earth would need to use up seven TRILLION Kg of material to exhaust the moon. Every single person on earth could grab ten tons of moon-material and have no appreciable effect on the Moon's mass or it's effect on the tides.
The moon is a great big dead rock. Moving the pieces of that rock around won't affect anything in the slightest. Sure, we'll probably preserve the Apollo sites, and maybe a few particularly picturesque spots, but the rest of it is a future mining site.
I just remembered that they don't slide down individually. There's a basket they all get into, and THAT slides down the wire. Still sounds like a fun ride, as long as there aren't several tons of rocket fuel about to explode behind you.
I was at Cape Canaveral this past spring, just as a tourist. (Missed Buzz Aldrin signing his book by half an hour, dernit!) We took the better tour that let you see more of the launch pads and the construction sites.
Anyway, the escape system they have right now is a zip line. If something bad is about to happen, the astronauts grab onto the harness and slide down a metal cable. There's a sorta-fire-proof vehicle at the end of the zip line ready to haul ass at a moments notice. Their instructions were to get in the vehicle and take off. Fast. I assume praying would also be involved. The guide said that MIGHT be enough to keep them from becoming BBQ, but not blowing up the craft is still the best strategy.
Getting blown into space on top of a barely controlled explosion is still a pretty dangerous profession. I admire those with the guts to do it.
Then they should be using Snapfish or one of the other photo printing services. Why pay for expensive ink, a temperamental printer, and sub-par quality photo prints when you can get real photos for $0.12 each.
Disclaimer: I am not a Snapfish or HP employee, just a happy customer.
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But what if that $6 million fine was the result of an extra $60 million profit from selling cheap TVs for people to put in their bathroom/camper/boat/etc?
These fines should be based on some percentage of the profits from the activity in question. And that percentage should be over 100%.
In related news, the FBI served 20,000 warrants at Google
headquarters.
First Gygax, then Clarke. Who will be geek number three?
Stallman had better keep an eye out for ninjas.
So, what was it like to work with Bill Gates?
[rim shot]
I always announce "I modify this contract by scratching out every line".
When I click agree they have agreed to my modified contract.
Yes it is, and since the GGP made the positive assertion that there is no God, the burden of proof is on them.
You seem to be confusing "mainstream Christianity" with "Idiots screaming on TV". The vast majority of the Christians I know are decent people who hold a wide array of political and social views.
The jump from VHS to DVD bought be a better picture, better durability, much greater convenience, cheaper prices (eventually), more variety, and there was only one format so I didn't have to worry about buying a DVD player only to have it turn into a blinking boat anchor. It cost me the ability to record since I wouldn't shell out for a DVD burner, but I found I didn't miss it all that much.
The jump from DVD to High-Def DVD will buy me a better picture, and that's it. And I get to worry that I'll chose the wrong format and it will be worthless in 2 years. The dual format ones are still too expensive.
So, I wait for the dust to settle before I toss more money into the bottomless technological gizmo pit.
Do they actually think Netflix squished something run by Walmart?
That's like saying the local burger joint is going to crush McDonalds! Sure, Netflix is a big company, but they're nothing compared to the Wally-world behemoth.
The laws of physics have begun exposing all of your private items to the world. In a stunning turn of events, it has been discovered that if you place things on your front lawn with a gigantic sign saying "Look at me!", people can freely see them.
"This is outrageous", screamed Peter P Hysterical on the same forum where he documents every nanosecond of his life. "There's no opt out procedure, there's no whitelisting. It's just everyone looking at all the stuff I've decided to share."
God, responding to inquiries said, "Look, if you don't want people to see your stuff, put it inside. I created walls for a reason."
I live in MD too, and the ones we put outside weren't lighting anything
within a few months. The electrician told us that CF bulbs don't like
cold at all.
...need to use light bulbs outside, since fluorescents don't ...need a light that turns on and off frequently (like traffic ...want dimmer switches, since fluorescents don't work with them.
tolerate cold well.
lights), cause that uses a lot MORE energy in a fluorescent.
This is just silly. Sure, use the more efficient fluorescents
where they make sense, but don't ban all incandescents just because
the commercials on HGTV keep telling you it will save the universe.
Give this man a consulting job!!!
Nintendo, are you listening?
I got my nickname (see user ID) many years ago. It came from this bizarre Japanese documentary about ducks in downtown Tokyo. I still have no idea how it got attached to ME (I am neither duck-like, nor small), but it somehow did. It wasn't until later that we found out: 1) It is the Japanese word for runt and 2) We had spelled it wrong.
Regardless of all that, I kept the nickname for a while. But I've stopped using it for anything new, and started discouraging its use in conversation. When it was obscure, it was just sort of silly and whimsical. But with the rise in popularity of Anime, and particularly its popularity with pre-teens, it makes me look like some sort of sicko. I'd much rather people think I'm weird for the correct reasons.
Quick! Somebody get a gigantic bowl of drawn butter!
I was reading about these particles the other day when I got trapped
in an endless Wikipedia link chain. (Damn you and your font of
interesting information!) Anyway, I'm mostly including it because I
was vastly amused by the nickname they gave the particles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_my_god_particle
Mass of the Moon: 7.3477×10^22 Kg according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon.
Number of humans currently on earth, massively rounded up: 10^10.
That means that every person on earth would need to use up
seven TRILLION Kg of material to exhaust the moon. Every single
person on earth could grab ten tons of moon-material and have no
appreciable effect on the Moon's mass or it's effect on the tides.
Where in the world did you get the idea that there is little
visible life in the Grand Canyon?
http://digital-desert.com/grand-canyon/wildlife.html
The moon is a great big dead rock. Moving the pieces of that
rock around won't affect anything in the slightest. Sure, we'll
probably preserve the Apollo sites, and maybe a few particularly
picturesque spots, but the rest of it is a future mining site.
Correcting myself.
I just remembered that they don't slide down individually. There's a
basket they all get into, and THAT slides down the wire. Still sounds
like a fun ride, as long as there aren't several tons of rocket fuel
about to explode behind you.
I was at Cape Canaveral this past spring, just as a tourist. (Missed
Buzz Aldrin signing his book by half an hour, dernit!) We took the better
tour that let you see more of the launch pads and the construction sites.
Anyway, the escape system they have right now is a zip line. If something
bad is about to happen, the astronauts grab onto the harness and slide down
a metal cable. There's a sorta-fire-proof vehicle at the end of the zip line
ready to haul ass at a moments notice. Their instructions were to get in the
vehicle and take off. Fast. I assume praying would also be involved. The
guide said that MIGHT be enough to keep them from becoming BBQ, but not blowing
up the craft is still the best strategy.
Getting blown into space on top of a barely controlled explosion is still a
pretty dangerous profession. I admire those with the guts to do it.
"The" intellectual property lawyer?
It's been just one person causing all this pain?
Convincing a group of annoyed stubborn beasts to go where you want them to go, even thought they know they are going to get fleeced or made into stew.
Sounds like politics to me.
The second promotes freedom more. The first promotes safety more.
It is a myth that freedom is ALWAYS better than safety. The two
need to be balanced wisely.
Then they should be using Snapfish or one of the other photo printing services. Why pay for expensive ink, a temperamental printer, and sub-par quality photo prints when you can get real photos for $0.12 each.
Disclaimer: I am not a Snapfish or HP employee, just a happy customer.