Since these things all tend to be an orgy of piling on the awful cable companies, I thought I'd share my very good experience. I was stuck on TWC's pretty mediocre 20 mb internet for $80/mo, with no realistic alternatives, unless you count centurylink crappy 10mb dsl (ha!). After the merger, I was offered the spectrum plan for $20 *less*, and I am regularly getting 70 mb downstream. The difference is night and day. This is for internet only, no phone or TV, so I can't speak to that part, However, the wording of the summary implies a lot that may not be happening. "Many people paying higher prices." Were they forced to pay higher prices? Maybe the new packages offered more so they were willing to pay more. I didn't have to switch plans, it just would have been stupid not to. Also how many is "many people"? Another (just as correct) way to say "many" is to say "some". Presumably there might also be "many people", like me, who are paying less. New formula = some win, some lose. Am I saying that there isn't gouging, or that the service might be even better? No, I think if we actually had any real competition, I'd probably be getting a lot more for a lot less. But as it stands, compared to what I had before, I have nothing to complain about.
Even if electricity demand were growing very quickly, capacity additions don't have to exceed retirements by much in order to keep the grid functioning.
The time is ripe for such an innovation, Grossman adds, because solar cells have become less expensive than accompanying support structures, wiring and installation. As the cost of the cells themselves continues to decline more quickly than these other costs, they say, the advantages of 3-D systems will grow accordingly.
“Even 10 years ago, this idea wouldn’t have been economically justified because the modules cost so much,” Grossman says. But now, he adds, “the cost for silicon cells is a fraction of the total cost, a trend that will continue downward in the near future.” Currently, up to 65 percent of the cost of photovoltaic (PV) energy is associated with installation, permission for use of land and other components besides the cells themselves.
Too bad what you just said is a load of BS. You should go to church sometime, and get a view from the ground. As someone who has been to a number of churches as I travelled, one common theme I can tell you about is help for the needy.Christians GIVE. They give their money, they give their time. Even the ones who don't have very much will put in a little. When someone in the community is in need, the good people of the parish will be there for them. Even when they don't like you or care for the life choices that put you in your situation, if you truly need help, you can get it at the church.
What they don't like to do is be enablers - perpetuating situations that lead to more poverty and desperation. If you've ever tried to help an addict, you know that you can pour everything you have into that person - all your time, money, and capacity for compassion - and until he has hit his personal crisis point, all you are doing is feeding the beast. Often in such cases, the hardest and most heartbreaking thing of all is to admit that there is nothing you can do.
But... Those who don't want to get their hands dirty, and don't care about the ultimate consequences, love to expand government programs that make it easy for the desperate and dependant to stay that way, completely divorced from any behavioural expectations, passing on their dependant lifestyle to new generations.This is not what a rational person would call a positive outcome. But, this way you get to say that you "helped" the needy, and the best parts are that you did it without having to meet them face to face, and you forced everyone else to pitch in, whether they agree with the ultimate outcome or not. Oh, and you get to demagogue against the "selfish" Christians by pointing out the programs that they do not want to be forced to fund, while obtusely ignoring the good-faith policy arguments they make in support of that position.
Jesus' commandments place personal obligation on people. He did not command governments to confiscate money from one group of people and give it to another. He commanded us to love and serve the poor and needy. And Christians do . We have skin in the game. Come and join us.
You can't have multiple people editing a word document anymore than you can have multiple people driving a car on their way to the office.
To make such a far reaching statement, I assume you've actually tried it, right?
Yes I have. My wife tries to drive the car with me every time we go somewhere. She is entirely undaunted by the fact that it never really works very well.
Employee: Crap, I'm going to be over budget this year. I won't get my bonus. I know, I'll just pirate this expensive instead of paying for it. It's not like they ever audit licenses around here anyway. As long as everything works, the bosses are happy.
Boss: Sorry, you've been doing a great job, but we're downsizing you. Naturally we're doing this just before we have to pay bonuses.
Employee: Well, at least I can make a few bucks reporting these guys to the BSA. It's what they get for pirating software.
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Since these things all tend to be an orgy of piling on the awful cable companies, I thought I'd share my very good experience. I was stuck on TWC's pretty mediocre 20 mb internet for $80/mo, with no realistic alternatives, unless you count centurylink crappy 10mb dsl (ha!). After the merger, I was offered the spectrum plan for $20 *less*, and I am regularly getting 70 mb downstream. The difference is night and day. This is for internet only, no phone or TV, so I can't speak to that part, However, the wording of the summary implies a lot that may not be happening. "Many people paying higher prices." Were they forced to pay higher prices? Maybe the new packages offered more so they were willing to pay more. I didn't have to switch plans, it just would have been stupid not to. Also how many is "many people"? Another (just as correct) way to say "many" is to say "some". Presumably there might also be "many people", like me, who are paying less. New formula = some win, some lose. Am I saying that there isn't gouging, or that the service might be even better? No, I think if we actually had any real competition, I'd probably be getting a lot more for a lot less. But as it stands, compared to what I had before, I have nothing to complain about.
1) Count how many posts are made each day.
2) "Arrange" for 2.5 as many illegal posts to be made.
3) Remove all the posts from step 2.
4) P- You know.
The irony here is Hillary pursued the "superdelegates" so she could have an Electoral College advantage.
What? There are no "superdelegates" in the Electoral College. Hillary pursued superdelegates to win the primary. Two separate things.
Nevermind, it didn't say what I thought it said
Even if electricity demand were growing very quickly, capacity additions don't have to exceed retirements by much in order to keep the grid functioning.
The time is ripe for such an innovation, Grossman adds, because solar cells have become less expensive than accompanying support structures, wiring and installation. As the cost of the cells themselves continues to decline more quickly than these other costs, they say, the advantages of 3-D systems will grow accordingly.
“Even 10 years ago, this idea wouldn’t have been economically justified because the modules cost so much,” Grossman says. But now, he adds, “the cost for silicon cells is a fraction of the total cost, a trend that will continue downward in the near future.” Currently, up to 65 percent of the cost of photovoltaic (PV) energy is associated with installation, permission for use of land and other components besides the cells themselves.
It is the new HTML5 psychic link automator that reads the mind of the original author. Your browser probably hasn't implemented it yet.
We should expect them not to be trusted, and they should have expected themselves not to be trusted.
But they knew I wouldn't trust them - they expected that - so clearly I cannot drink from the cup in front of me.
You can't really argue that a rag-tag militia can compete with a trained army in these aspects.
That's exactly what General Gage said!
(Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.)
Totally off topic
Quit interrupting.
A word of advice for ya dude, If you drop the soap in the shower don't bend over to pick it up.
He's 62. ewww....
This is exactly the line of reasoning that explains why every government program inevitably gets bigger and bigger.
we need stronger regulation of advertising
Following that line of reasoning leads to jail time for claiming that water leads to dehydration.
Tell me about it.
Too bad what you just said is a load of BS. You should go to church sometime, and get a view from the ground. As someone who has been to a number of churches as I travelled, one common theme I can tell you about is help for the needy.Christians GIVE. They give their money, they give their time. Even the ones who don't have very much will put in a little. When someone in the community is in need, the good people of the parish will be there for them. Even when they don't like you or care for the life choices that put you in your situation, if you truly need help, you can get it at the church.
What they don't like to do is be enablers - perpetuating situations that lead to more poverty and desperation. If you've ever tried to help an addict, you know that you can pour everything you have into that person - all your time, money, and capacity for compassion - and until he has hit his personal crisis point, all you are doing is feeding the beast. Often in such cases, the hardest and most heartbreaking thing of all is to admit that there is nothing you can do.
But... Those who don't want to get their hands dirty, and don't care about the ultimate consequences, love to expand government programs that make it easy for the desperate and dependant to stay that way, completely divorced from any behavioural expectations, passing on their dependant lifestyle to new generations.This is not what a rational person would call a positive outcome. But, this way you get to say that you "helped" the needy, and the best parts are that you did it without having to meet them face to face, and you forced everyone else to pitch in, whether they agree with the ultimate outcome or not. Oh, and you get to demagogue against the "selfish" Christians by pointing out the programs that they do not want to be forced to fund, while obtusely ignoring the good-faith policy arguments they make in support of that position.
Jesus' commandments place personal obligation on people. He did not command governments to confiscate money from one group of people and give it to another. He commanded us to love and serve the poor and needy. And Christians do . We have skin in the game. Come and join us.
You want to move Mars and Venus into Earth orbit?
If we can't afford indulgences, what then? Confess to Al Gore and hug 15 trees as penance?
Also a geek married to an MD. Guess I'm not as much an anomaly as I thought.
There were some back door manuoverings
I cannot believe that that was an accidental phrasing...
At least China is up front about their freedom limitations.
Do you really think that's true?
I would pay an extra 5k to be able to basically ignore the speedbumps they put up incessantly around here.
Although interesting, other scientists are skeptical, pointing out that this is highly speculative research.
Is there any evidence to support the assertion that the other scientists are interesting?
You can't have multiple people editing a word document anymore than you can have multiple people driving a car on their way to the office.
To make such a far reaching statement, I assume you've actually tried it, right?
Yes I have. My wife tries to drive the car with me every time we go somewhere. She is entirely undaunted by the fact that it never really works very well.
Also, if they want segregation, just send the guys over to slashdot.
Even more alternatively:
Employee: Crap, I'm going to be over budget this year. I won't get my bonus. I know, I'll just pirate this expensive instead of paying for it. It's not like they ever audit licenses around here anyway. As long as everything works, the bosses are happy.
Boss: Sorry, you've been doing a great job, but we're downsizing you. Naturally we're doing this just before we have to pay bonuses.
Employee: Well, at least I can make a few bucks reporting these guys to the BSA. It's what they get for pirating software.