1) No you don't double it. There are limits on the exchanges***. The limit is 2, 3, or 5, depending on your plan. For the 1 disc at a time plan, you can only get 2 per month, so you might be surprised when you go to the store on Friday and find out you've already used up your in store exchanges. And with the other 2 plans, you'd only get X-1 on Wednesday and then you'd be done for the exchanges for the month.
***Yes, there are plans that allow unlimited exchanges, but when you consider each of those plans is more than double the base price of the plan, you are actually getting a worse value than you would just signing up for 2 separate accounts.
2) The exchanges aren't free. You pay $3, $3, or $4 for extra to add the service to the 1, 2, and 3 disc at a time plans. Yeah, that's still a great value ($0.80 to $1.50 per rental), but I just want to point out it is something you are paying for. And besides that, you'd probably get a better value by upgrading to the next plan instead. In fact, upgrading a 2 disc plan to a 3 disc plan rather than adding the in store exchange option would not only get you more movies per month, but it would actually be cheaper.
3) How many people get their full allotment of discs, with a new shipment arriving every other day, month after month? I've heard a lot of people say they get movies faster through Netflix than Blockbuster, and we all know how Netflix is with throttling.
Wow. Could you not even be bothered to type "amtrak photo contest" into google? You didn't even have to go to the search results page. The I Feel Lucky button would have sufficed by taking you to this:
They've obviously been running the contest for several years, up to and including 2008. It's not a stretch to figure there is going to be another one in 2009 and he's photographing for it in advance
On the surface of it, yes that one civilian does appear to lose. However, most likely the next civilian who comes along and duplicates your circumstances won't be hassled the way you were. Thus you've sacrificed a bit to help the next person (or multiple people). Now, you may say "what's in it for me". Certainly, nothing is in it for you...except for all the stuff that you WEREN'T hassled about because somebody else before you took their stand. So just think of it as returning the favor.
The rest state of an LCD pixel allows the backlight to shine through. By applying an electric current to the crystals for each pixel, the crystals rearrange in such a way that they block the light from passing through, but the backlight behind it is still on. Thus it consumes more energy to display black than white.
That was true for most CRTs, as the natural color of the screen is black, and it takes extra energy to generate the light to make it a brighter color. Therefore having most pixels be dark saves energy
However, most LCD's behave the exact opposite. LCDs have a backlight, so their natural color is white. It takes energy to make the liquid crystal block out some or all of that backlight, so the more white pixels you have, the more energy you save.
Different safety standards? This vehicle obviously met zero safety standards, so it is irrelevant. At 40MPH, a head on collision compressed the front TWO rows of passenger seating all into about 1 foot of space (if that).
It looks like a volkswagen, therefore it must be a Volkswagen. Because, as we all know, there isn't any chance that the Chinese would make a knockoff that looks like a competitor's product, right?
If you had used an iPhone or iPod touch very much, you would have seen that it has a magnifying glass feature which is used to select your edit point when modifying a block of text. It works quite well, too. It seems to me like the magnifying glass would be a great way to mark your starting and ending selection points.
they are using the strap to hold it in their hand, leaving their fingers free to move more quickly on the buttons.
Huh? I think you might be using the wiimote wrong, becuase holding onto it properly in no way slows down my playing. I can't even imagine how you would hold it in a way that would: 1) enable you to click a button faster 2) still allow you to utilize the motion capabilities 3) not prevent you access to other buttons 4) make it even remotely likely for the wiimote to go flying out of your hand at all, much less with enough force to break the strap
1) They brought back the lifetime subscription a while back. 2) Even when the lifetime subscription was gone, if you had purchased a lifetime on an older model, they were offering the opportunity to transfer your sub to a newer unit.
She failed to respond to the notice to inform the court that she would be unable to attend. While it is certainly understandable, and I'm not trying to condemn her for putting her life and well being ahead of responding to a court notification, I fail to see how the RIAA is at fault here with respect to her illness. They filed a lawsuit, the court set everything up, nobody notified the court of any problem, and when the date came the defendant never showed up in court and no explanation was available at the time. Neither the RIAA nor the court is psychic, so all they can do is follow the law and order a default judgement.
Yes, for those wondering, World Tour has one level where you see a bucket of KFC sitting on the table before the song starts. It's very obvious, but it doesn't take up screen space while the song is playing. It's just there during the introduction. It doesn't provide any inconvenience or annoyance (unless you are the type to get annoyed at the mere idea of product placement, even when done unobtrusively).
If it shows up in a way that it consumes screen real estate (as it sounds like), I agree that would be bad. They'd be better off to continue doing it in a product placement way as they are now (World Tour has one level where you see a bucket of KFC sitting on the table before the song starts).
If that "cured" your RLS, then I'm sorry to inform you that you didn't have RLS. What you said is idiotic. It's like telling someone with a pull hamstring that they are complaining about nothing, because when you pulled your hamstring, all you did was sit down for 10 minutes and it was all better. Just because you have a symptom that sounds like the name of a condition doesn't mean you have that condition.
You are obviously showing your ignorance. Just because you never heard of RLS before a few years back doesn't make it a made up condition. There have been numerous studies on the condition going back to the 1600s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_legs_syndrome#History
Yeah, but I think paying for antivirus software (and the likely yearly subscriptions) when there isn't even evidence of any viruses actually existing seems to me to be like paying for car insurance before you've bought a car or got your license. Should we also be vaccinating our bodies against theoretical illnesses that haven't even been discovered yet?
But like I said in another post, the sword cuts both way. If it allows him to slash crap without fear of nasty consequences, then it allows him to slash good stuff without fear of consequences. If congress passes a bill that provides funding, but it includes conditions to ensure that the funding isn't used improperly (and the only reason it passes was because those conditions were in place), the president could line-item veto out the conditions. Thus you essentially trick congress into voting for something they wouldn't have voted for.
Line item veto is the legislative equivalent to taking things out of context. How would you like if the cops accused you of murder then "line item vetoed" the word "not" out of your statement "I did not kill him"
Do you think President So-and-so would get reelected after that?
Well, if he's too incompetent to make a big public spectacle over the fact that the legislature put their vacation needs over the needs of the fuzzy puppies, then I guess not. If a president won't stand up for himself, then he deserves what he gets.
And if the media won't give any attention to his side of the story, then the media is essentially lying, but they could lie about anything, so they could just as well lie and say he has a puppy slaughtering factory in the white house basement.
You do realize that sword cuts both ways. You see it as a benefit in such a circumstance, but it can be used the opposite way. Say there is a bill to provide funding for some project. A bunch of senators say "that's a good idea, but I won't vote for it unless you add stipulations on exactly how the money gets used". So the stipulations get added, it passes the senate, then the president line item vetos the stipulations right back out.
First, he never said that the unit of his choice was "hours". But even if it were, then yes you should get paid the same....IF YOU GET HIRED. Of course, if someone can accomplish the same by writing a script in an hour, than any sensible person should hire than other person instead of you. But if someone is stupid enough to hire you to do it given the alternatives, then you should be paid accordingly.
It's just like if I put brand new siding on my house, and then a week later I'm an idiot and pay another company to come out and put on brand siding again. The second company never accomplished anything productive, but I was the idiot, so they should still get paid.
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1) No you don't double it. There are limits on the exchanges***. The limit is 2, 3, or 5, depending on your plan. For the 1 disc at a time plan, you can only get 2 per month, so you might be surprised when you go to the store on Friday and find out you've already used up your in store exchanges. And with the other 2 plans, you'd only get X-1 on Wednesday and then you'd be done for the exchanges for the month.
***Yes, there are plans that allow unlimited exchanges, but when you consider each of those plans is more than double the base price of the plan, you are actually getting a worse value than you would just signing up for 2 separate accounts.
2) The exchanges aren't free. You pay $3, $3, or $4 for extra to add the service to the 1, 2, and 3 disc at a time plans. Yeah, that's still a great value ($0.80 to $1.50 per rental), but I just want to point out it is something you are paying for. And besides that, you'd probably get a better value by upgrading to the next plan instead. In fact, upgrading a 2 disc plan to a 3 disc plan rather than adding the in store exchange option would not only get you more movies per month, but it would actually be cheaper.
3) How many people get their full allotment of discs, with a new shipment arriving every other day, month after month? I've heard a lot of people say they get movies faster through Netflix than Blockbuster, and we all know how Netflix is with throttling.
Wow. Could you not even be bothered to type "amtrak photo contest" into google? You didn't even have to go to the search results page. The I Feel Lucky button would have sufficed by taking you to this:
"Picture Our Train" 2009 Wall Calendar Photo Contest
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/Hot_Deals_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1093554057903&ssid=224
They've obviously been running the contest for several years, up to and including 2008. It's not a stretch to figure there is going to be another one in 2009 and he's photographing for it in advance
On the surface of it, yes that one civilian does appear to lose. However, most likely the next civilian who comes along and duplicates your circumstances won't be hassled the way you were. Thus you've sacrificed a bit to help the next person (or multiple people). Now, you may say "what's in it for me". Certainly, nothing is in it for you...except for all the stuff that you WEREN'T hassled about because somebody else before you took their stand. So just think of it as returning the favor.
Funny. 80ppi is about what my monitor runs at and it looks fine. In fact, it's about what most monitors run at.
The rest state of an LCD pixel allows the backlight to shine through. By applying an electric current to the crystals for each pixel, the crystals rearrange in such a way that they block the light from passing through, but the backlight behind it is still on. Thus it consumes more energy to display black than white.
That was true for most CRTs, as the natural color of the screen is black, and it takes extra energy to generate the light to make it a brighter color. Therefore having most pixels be dark saves energy
However, most LCD's behave the exact opposite. LCDs have a backlight, so their natural color is white. It takes energy to make the liquid crystal block out some or all of that backlight, so the more white pixels you have, the more energy you save.
Different safety standards? This vehicle obviously met zero safety standards, so it is irrelevant. At 40MPH, a head on collision compressed the front TWO rows of passenger seating all into about 1 foot of space (if that).
It looks like a volkswagen, therefore it must be a Volkswagen. Because, as we all know, there isn't any chance that the Chinese would make a knockoff that looks like a competitor's product, right?
Deathtrap? I think after watching these videos, most people will agree you are being a bit generous.
http://www.break.com/index/failed-chinese-crash-test.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWy_fASSiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVwmuQqN46g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEeqxq7EtQU
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/22/brilliance-bs6s-adac-crash-test-is-anything-but/
http://www.leftlanenews.com/chinese-sedan-flunks-german-crash-test-with-video.html
If you had used an iPhone or iPod touch very much, you would have seen that it has a magnifying glass feature which is used to select your edit point when modifying a block of text. It works quite well, too. It seems to me like the magnifying glass would be a great way to mark your starting and ending selection points.
They do better than just take notes. They record the whole thing on DVD.
Huh? I think you might be using the wiimote wrong, becuase holding onto it properly in no way slows down my playing. I can't even imagine how you would hold it in a way that would:
1) enable you to click a button faster
2) still allow you to utilize the motion capabilities
3) not prevent you access to other buttons
4) make it even remotely likely for the wiimote to go flying out of your hand at all, much less with enough force to break the strap
1) They brought back the lifetime subscription a while back.
2) Even when the lifetime subscription was gone, if you had purchased a lifetime on an older model, they were offering the opportunity to transfer your sub to a newer unit.
She failed to respond to the notice to inform the court that she would be unable to attend. While it is certainly understandable, and I'm not trying to condemn her for putting her life and well being ahead of responding to a court notification, I fail to see how the RIAA is at fault here with respect to her illness. They filed a lawsuit, the court set everything up, nobody notified the court of any problem, and when the date came the defendant never showed up in court and no explanation was available at the time. Neither the RIAA nor the court is psychic, so all they can do is follow the law and order a default judgement.
I haven't played 3 yet. What did they do there?
Yes, for those wondering, World Tour has one level where you see a bucket of KFC sitting on the table before the song starts. It's very obvious, but it doesn't take up screen space while the song is playing. It's just there during the introduction. It doesn't provide any inconvenience or annoyance (unless you are the type to get annoyed at the mere idea of product placement, even when done unobtrusively).
If it shows up in a way that it consumes screen real estate (as it sounds like), I agree that would be bad. They'd be better off to continue doing it in a product placement way as they are now (World Tour has one level where you see a bucket of KFC sitting on the table before the song starts).
If that "cured" your RLS, then I'm sorry to inform you that you didn't have RLS. What you said is idiotic. It's like telling someone with a pull hamstring that they are complaining about nothing, because when you pulled your hamstring, all you did was sit down for 10 minutes and it was all better. Just because you have a symptom that sounds like the name of a condition doesn't mean you have that condition.
You are obviously showing your ignorance. Just because you never heard of RLS before a few years back doesn't make it a made up condition. There have been numerous studies on the condition going back to the 1600s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_legs_syndrome#History
Not yet been invented != Not yet been named and publicized
Yeah, but I think paying for antivirus software (and the likely yearly subscriptions) when there isn't even evidence of any viruses actually existing seems to me to be like paying for car insurance before you've bought a car or got your license. Should we also be vaccinating our bodies against theoretical illnesses that haven't even been discovered yet?
But like I said in another post, the sword cuts both way. If it allows him to slash crap without fear of nasty consequences, then it allows him to slash good stuff without fear of consequences. If congress passes a bill that provides funding, but it includes conditions to ensure that the funding isn't used improperly (and the only reason it passes was because those conditions were in place), the president could line-item veto out the conditions. Thus you essentially trick congress into voting for something they wouldn't have voted for.
Line item veto is the legislative equivalent to taking things out of context. How would you like if the cops accused you of murder then "line item vetoed" the word "not" out of your statement "I did not kill him"
Well, if he's too incompetent to make a big public spectacle over the fact that the legislature put their vacation needs over the needs of the fuzzy puppies, then I guess not. If a president won't stand up for himself, then he deserves what he gets.
And if the media won't give any attention to his side of the story, then the media is essentially lying, but they could lie about anything, so they could just as well lie and say he has a puppy slaughtering factory in the white house basement.
You do realize that sword cuts both ways. You see it as a benefit in such a circumstance, but it can be used the opposite way. Say there is a bill to provide funding for some project. A bunch of senators say "that's a good idea, but I won't vote for it unless you add stipulations on exactly how the money gets used". So the stipulations get added, it passes the senate, then the president line item vetos the stipulations right back out.
Oops...I meant to say you should get paid the same hourly rate
First, he never said that the unit of his choice was "hours". But even if it were, then yes you should get paid the same....IF YOU GET HIRED. Of course, if someone can accomplish the same by writing a script in an hour, than any sensible person should hire than other person instead of you. But if someone is stupid enough to hire you to do it given the alternatives, then you should be paid accordingly.
It's just like if I put brand new siding on my house, and then a week later I'm an idiot and pay another company to come out and put on brand siding again. The second company never accomplished anything productive, but I was the idiot, so they should still get paid.