That is the most pathetic car analogy I've ever seen on a site full of lousy analogies. Does not being able to park your car in the garage magically make it none-functional? I don't think so. I don't even have a garage and my car works just fine.
Should the developer pay because you have some mildly faulty ram?
Other product vendors have to pay if the customer decides they don't like the color of their purchase. So yeah, it's the cost of doing business.
It's understood that computers are complex and not every program will work in every situation, but why do you think the vendor is entitled to the money of someone who for whatever reason can't use your product? It would be a lot to ask to required the vendor to figure out what screwy component is causing problems and to make their product run on everyone's computer, but it's not a lot to expect them to only make money from people who are actually getting the bare minimum that they paid for.
Pretty much everyone knows where to get pirated versions of whatever software they want to run, so I'm pretty sure the only people hurt by not allowing refunds are honest customers.
What I am saying is, if the product performs well in its standard environment, a customer can't ask for money back. You cannot use a phone under water and say it broke.
That's a ridiculous comparison. What is a standard environment for a computer? No one runs a game with no software other than the OS installed. Do you think software companies should be allowed to start dictating to you what other software you're allowed to have installed on our system?
Also it's a terrible comparison because putting a phone in the water can physically damage the phone. No one is saying you should be able to microwave the DVD the game comes on and still be able to get your money back.
Ok, but what's the downside? Computers are complex, and if a customer can't use a program for whatever reason they should be entitled to get their money back. That's how it works for other products, I don't see what makes software special enough that the same rules shouldn't apply.
Why do you think this would be unfair to small software companies? Do you think they have a right to make money by selling software that doesn't work to people with hardware configurations they never got around to testing?
I don't think preventing customers from getting screwed is the same as screwing the company.
We don't have technology to impact a volcano, a large pimple on the face of the Earth, but we have enough power to impact the climate of the ENTIRE Earth
No, we don't have the power to impact the Earths climate. That power comes from the Sun. In order to release the CO2 that enables this, of course we have the power for that because burning fuel is an exothermic reaction. We don't use power doing that, we get power from it.
My understanding is that it's less likely to go boom than in previous explosions. This is because the hotspot now sits under a much thicker crust (the rocky mountains). But as I saw one geologist quoted, "I wouldn't bet on it either way".
Wouldn't that just delay the eruption, but result in a much larger eruption when it finally goes? And how do we know there wasn't a mountain over the hotspot before previous eruptions?
Who cares about what happens to the US? The real problem after a super-volcano eruption is the collapse of global agriculture. That is what could easily cause civilization to collapse.
...but hell, I have always dreamed about living in a post apocalyptic wasteland, could be fun.
Go for it. Do you have any idea how cheap housing is in Detroit? Mad Max never could have imagined living out the apocalypse in a 3 bedroom house for $10,000.
Recording devices? Why should the police care if the suspect had a recording device? But if fear of recording devices is a legitimate concern that warrants a search, certainly electronic devices would be potential recording devices.
Blame the MPAA, they are the ones who want us to believe gross revenue is a meaningful measure of film success.
They are all too happy to crow about the latest crappy film making record gross which of course has nothing to do with the fact that ticket prices have doubled in the past 10 years.
If they want to use gross numbers to inflate their success, I think it's fair game to use the same numbers to call them on their BS.
Why call someone a "denier" if you have clear evidence that they are wrong? IME this tends to be the behaviour of those who have no evidence to refute their critics but can't be wrong for political reasons.
No, just the opposite is true. It's the existence of clear evidence that they are unwilling to acknowledge that makes someone a denier. No matter how much evidence is has been shown to a birther they will not change their tune.
The "birthers" would say the same of themselves. Most irrational people don't think of themselves as irrational, of course that's just another example of them being unable to face reality.
Some of them are different, but when I come across them... let's just say I'm skeptical.
The story isn't entirely clear, but it does say "the technique uses special ink made of carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires". Based on that I would guess the ink may be made of carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires.
You've just got to be careful when the 0% interest period expires. I had a loan that was 0% for the first 18 months and then without warning they started with these ridiculously huge finance charges. Luckily I caught it after the first month so I could pay off my balance without much damage.
And yeah, I know. That's also why automatic payments are bad, but I am quite lazy.
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Saudi Arabia isn't a western democracy. We typically hold countries like the US and Israel that are democracies to a higher standard.
Link please. I'd love to see this list of things that will get your laptop shot when trying to enter the US.
Yeah, Israeli airport security has a reputation for being effective and well applied, but this case sounds more like something the TSA would do.
So? What relevance does any of that have?
Who the hell said anything about Al-Qaeda stickers? All she said is the stickers where arabic.
That is the most pathetic car analogy I've ever seen on a site full of lousy analogies. Does not being able to park your car in the garage magically make it none-functional? I don't think so. I don't even have a garage and my car works just fine.
Should the developer pay because you have some mildly faulty ram?
Other product vendors have to pay if the customer decides they don't like the color of their purchase. So yeah, it's the cost of doing business.
It's understood that computers are complex and not every program will work in every situation, but why do you think the vendor is entitled to the money of someone who for whatever reason can't use your product? It would be a lot to ask to required the vendor to figure out what screwy component is causing problems and to make their product run on everyone's computer, but it's not a lot to expect them to only make money from people who are actually getting the bare minimum that they paid for.
Pretty much everyone knows where to get pirated versions of whatever software they want to run, so I'm pretty sure the only people hurt by not allowing refunds are honest customers.
What I am saying is, if the product performs well in its standard environment, a customer can't ask for money back. You cannot use a phone under water and say it broke.
That's a ridiculous comparison. What is a standard environment for a computer? No one runs a game with no software other than the OS installed. Do you think software companies should be allowed to start dictating to you what other software you're allowed to have installed on our system?
Also it's a terrible comparison because putting a phone in the water can physically damage the phone. No one is saying you should be able to microwave the DVD the game comes on and still be able to get your money back.
Ok, but what's the downside? Computers are complex, and if a customer can't use a program for whatever reason they should be entitled to get their money back. That's how it works for other products, I don't see what makes software special enough that the same rules shouldn't apply.
Why do you think this would be unfair to small software companies? Do you think they have a right to make money by selling software that doesn't work to people with hardware configurations they never got around to testing?
I don't think preventing customers from getting screwed is the same as screwing the company.
Any really damning stuff would not be in emails to begin with. Cheney learned a lot during his time in the Nixon White House.
We don't have technology to impact a volcano, a large pimple on the face of the Earth, but we have enough power to impact the climate of the ENTIRE Earth
No, we don't have the power to impact the Earths climate. That power comes from the Sun. In order to release the CO2 that enables this, of course we have the power for that because burning fuel is an exothermic reaction. We don't use power doing that, we get power from it.
My understanding is that it's less likely to go boom than in previous explosions. This is because the hotspot now sits under a much thicker crust (the rocky mountains). But as I saw one geologist quoted, "I wouldn't bet on it either way".
Wouldn't that just delay the eruption, but result in a much larger eruption when it finally goes? And how do we know there wasn't a mountain over the hotspot before previous eruptions?
Who cares about what happens to the US? The real problem after a super-volcano eruption is the collapse of global agriculture. That is what could easily cause civilization to collapse.
...but hell, I have always dreamed about living in a post apocalyptic wasteland, could be fun.
Go for it. Do you have any idea how cheap housing is in Detroit? Mad Max never could have imagined living out the apocalypse in a 3 bedroom house for $10,000.
You're right but that's not a very convincing example. If having to drink beer instead of wine is a hardship, I can't wait to see what's 10x worse!
Recording devices? Why should the police care if the suspect had a recording device? But if fear of recording devices is a legitimate concern that warrants a search, certainly electronic devices would be potential recording devices.
Blame the MPAA, they are the ones who want us to believe gross revenue is a meaningful measure of film success.
They are all too happy to crow about the latest crappy film making record gross which of course has nothing to do with the fact that ticket prices have doubled in the past 10 years.
If they want to use gross numbers to inflate their success, I think it's fair game to use the same numbers to call them on their BS.
Why call someone a "denier" if you have clear evidence that they are wrong? IME this tends to be the behaviour of those who have no evidence to refute their critics but can't be wrong for political reasons.
No, just the opposite is true. It's the existence of clear evidence that they are unwilling to acknowledge that makes someone a denier. No matter how much evidence is has been shown to a birther they will not change their tune.
The "birthers" would say the same of themselves. Most irrational people don't think of themselves as irrational, of course that's just another example of them being unable to face reality.
Some of them are different, but when I come across them... let's just say I'm skeptical.
Hey now, don't hate the playa, hate the game. I agree with you completely though, I though that was a pretty clear attempt at humor.
Would be neat if this could be used in combination with e-ink to make a self powered sheets of e-paper.
The story isn't entirely clear, but it does say "the technique uses special ink made of carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires". Based on that I would guess the ink may be made of carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires.
There's a reason you can get old CRT monitors so cheap. No one wants those big clunky things.
You've just got to be careful when the 0% interest period expires. I had a loan that was 0% for the first 18 months and then without warning they started with these ridiculously huge finance charges. Luckily I caught it after the first month so I could pay off my balance without much damage.
And yeah, I know. That's also why automatic payments are bad, but I am quite lazy.