Actually I can already use my laptop "for multiple days in a row without recharging (with sleep mode enabled between sessions of course)". It still has a total battery life of ~6-8hrs but if I only use it an hour or two a day it lasts for days between charges).
If we are thinking of the same case. The person that bought text books out of country and resold them in the US just won at the Supreme Court level. It was ruled that the right of first sale still applied.
I would also look at anything plugged into the desktop that isn't plugged into the notebook (e.g. printer, keyboard, mouse, wired network connection. etc.). It could be one of these devices shorting out the motherboard in some weird way.
Did you go to "Mom and Pop" stores or just the big chain stores?
Of course you will find a larger selection online since they don't need to have a storefront they can "stock" a wider selection of items. Did you also look for the item locally online or did you just go directly to Amazon? Being from a small town I realize that Amazon is the easiest approach when shopping but being from Canada we still have to pay taxes on Amazon purchases (at least in Ontario).
I can tell you one of the reasons you are seeing more alternate browsers (at least chrome) is because of drive by installs and bundling. I am also seeing more alternate browsers in our shop and when there are problems with them I will suggest the users use IE instead (since it still seems to work). Some of them say that they prefer IE but that the other browser just suddenly appeared and they didn't know how to switch back. I have also seen a lot of the name brand computers (Del, Lenovo, Acer, etc.) coming preinstalled with Chrome.
So by your reasoning if the DNT flag is set to off by default this would be a true indicator of what Internet users want? There has to be some default cause one way or the other. Microsoft chose to have the default case be that the DNT flag is set on. I don't know if it is true but I did read some where (could have been in one of the above comments) that Microsoft actually has a popup when IE10 is first run asking for the users preference. If this is the case then I would conclude that the will of the people is being expressed.
Not sure if I'm understanding what your saying but in Windows you can pin any program to the taskbar/start menu. Just find the exe file, right click and select "Pin to..."
I assume your 200 inch vertical surface is a chalk board (unless they have come up with some new tech I haven't heard of) and you say that you get no tactile feedback. I think your using it wrong!
The companies argue they must charge customers to offset royalty costs which are triggered every time a song is played, while the CBC gets around the pay-per-click problem because it is considered a non-profit corporation.
If the companies want to be on equal footing with the CBC all they have to do is set themselves up as non-profit corporations as well. Problem solved!
I find this discussion interesting. Amazon seems to be taking the position that having to collect and pay state taxes will somehow destroy their business. Why then do they seem to be doing ok in Canada. Here, if you purchase something from Amazon.ca you will have to pay GST, PST or HST.
I'm sorry but I just can't let this slide any longer.
The "$10,000 per year in taxes" that are paid is used to pay for a lot more than just medical expenses. Of that $10,000 figure you used it could very well be that less than the $200 that you sent on your yearly doctor visit actually went to the GPs medical contribution. The rest goes to other government services that you may or may not feel are necessary.
To say that "I pay about $200 a year... which is a hell of a lot cheaper than ~$10,000*50+years..." is a very inaccurate statement. For one thing you are comparing a yearly cost to a lifetime cost and secondly the $10,000 figure is pulled out of thin air. I could just as easily say that paying $1000 a year (a rather liberal estimate of my government medical insurance contribution) is a hell of a lot cheaper than the $200*50+ years you pay for your yearly doctor visit. Of course this assumes you will never need any other medical services in your lifetime.
Except its still not set up quite right. I like to have only the addresses that I type show up in the "Awesome" bar. If you set location bar settings to nothing then even typed addresses don't appear. Would it really have been that hard to add a "only typed addresses" (or something similar) option.
Now the only way to turn this feature on is to know that browser.urlbar.default.behavior needs to be set to 32 (what was wrong with the old browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped flag).
I would agree with your argument if the FDA was doing the testing but the drug companies do their own testing. It isn't that hard to "fudge" clinical trials to the drug company's benefit. If the testing was done by a totally independent body then I would agree with limiting the drug companies' liability.
Your assuming that a la carte pricing will keep the channels at the same cost (per channel) that you are currently paying. Instead you will most likely be paying significantly more per channel than you are now. In the long run you may be paying only slightly less in total and will lose the chance to channel surf. Channel surfing has allowed me to find programs that I ended up liking that I would have necessarily thought would appeal to me.
"After doing some research, the government found out that the service would be extremely cheap to run and would give the government huge profits. So, they decided to run Greenlight Inc. themselves."
Looks like they are doing more than selling the service at cost. If the service can make money for the city the profits could (theoretically) help reduce taxes.
the extra money that Bell makes MUST go into upgrading the rest of their network. I am still only able to get dial-up service and because of ancient equipment that Bell uses here can only connect at 26.4k (at best).
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Actually I can already use my laptop "for multiple days in a row without recharging (with sleep mode enabled between sessions of course)". It still has a total battery life of ~6-8hrs but if I only use it an hour or two a day it lasts for days between charges).
If we are thinking of the same case. The person that bought text books out of country and resold them in the US just won at the Supreme Court level. It was ruled that the right of first sale still applied.
I would also look at anything plugged into the desktop that isn't plugged into the notebook (e.g. printer, keyboard, mouse, wired network connection. etc.). It could be one of these devices shorting out the motherboard in some weird way.
But what if you only eat the asparagus and ride the bus?
Just to be clarify it is 1000 cubic centimeters = 1 litre = 1kg of water. ;-)
I'm not sure what a sq/cm is.
Did you go to "Mom and Pop" stores or just the big chain stores?
Of course you will find a larger selection online since they don't need to have a storefront they can "stock" a wider selection of items.
Did you also look for the item locally online or did you just go directly to Amazon?
Being from a small town I realize that Amazon is the easiest approach when shopping but being from Canada we still have to pay taxes on Amazon purchases (at least in Ontario).
I can tell you one of the reasons you are seeing more alternate browsers (at least chrome) is because of drive by installs and bundling.
I am also seeing more alternate browsers in our shop and when there are problems with them I will suggest the users use IE instead (since it still seems to work). Some of them say that they prefer IE but that the other browser just suddenly appeared and they didn't know how to switch back.
I have also seen a lot of the name brand computers (Del, Lenovo, Acer, etc.) coming preinstalled with Chrome.
Hate to burst your bubble but the "No. There is another" reference was about Leah (Obiwan to Yoda).
Not the OP but OK I'll bite.
Who decides if the statement is "informative discussion and analysis of policy" or simply an expression of discontent?
So by your reasoning if the DNT flag is set to off by default this would be a true indicator of what Internet users want?
There has to be some default cause one way or the other. Microsoft chose to have the default case be that the DNT flag is set on.
I don't know if it is true but I did read some where (could have been in one of the above comments) that Microsoft actually has a popup when IE10 is first run asking for the users preference. If this is the case then I would conclude that the will of the people is being expressed.
Not sure if I'm understanding what your saying but in Windows you can pin any program to the taskbar/start menu. Just find the exe file, right click and select "Pin to ..."
I assume your 200 inch vertical surface is a chalk board (unless they have come up with some new tech I haven't heard of) and you say that you get no tactile feedback. I think your using it wrong!
The companies argue they must charge customers to offset royalty costs which are triggered every time a song is played, while the CBC gets around the pay-per-click problem because it is considered a non-profit corporation.
If the companies want to be on equal footing with the CBC all they have to do is set themselves up as non-profit corporations as well. Problem solved!
So the moon hasn't change significantly in a billion years? Interesting.
I find this discussion interesting. Amazon seems to be taking the position that having to collect and pay state taxes will somehow destroy their business. Why then do they seem to be doing ok in Canada. Here, if you purchase something from Amazon.ca you will have to pay GST, PST or HST.
I'm sorry but I just can't let this slide any longer. The "$10,000 per year in taxes" that are paid is used to pay for a lot more than just medical expenses. Of that $10,000 figure you used it could very well be that less than the $200 that you sent on your yearly doctor visit actually went to the GPs medical contribution. The rest goes to other government services that you may or may not feel are necessary. To say that "I pay about $200 a year... which is a hell of a lot cheaper than ~$10,000*50+years..." is a very inaccurate statement. For one thing you are comparing a yearly cost to a lifetime cost and secondly the $10,000 figure is pulled out of thin air. I could just as easily say that paying $1000 a year (a rather liberal estimate of my government medical insurance contribution) is a hell of a lot cheaper than the $200*50+ years you pay for your yearly doctor visit. Of course this assumes you will never need any other medical services in your lifetime.
Except its still not set up quite right. I like to have only the addresses that I type show up in the "Awesome" bar. If you set location bar settings to nothing then even typed addresses don't appear. Would it really have been that hard to add a "only typed addresses" (or something similar) option. Now the only way to turn this feature on is to know that browser.urlbar.default.behavior needs to be set to 32 (what was wrong with the old browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped flag).
Find a store (or online retailer) that sells MSI notebooks. Supercom Canada carry the MSI notebooks and have a non-OS version available (VR601).
I would agree with your argument if the FDA was doing the testing but the drug companies do their own testing. It isn't that hard to "fudge" clinical trials to the drug company's benefit. If the testing was done by a totally independent body then I would agree with limiting the drug companies' liability.
Your assuming that a la carte pricing will keep the channels at the same cost (per channel) that you are currently paying. Instead you will most likely be paying significantly more per channel than you are now. In the long run you may be paying only slightly less in total and will lose the chance to channel surf. Channel surfing has allowed me to find programs that I ended up liking that I would have necessarily thought would appeal to me.
Sorry this was from a different article and different Slashdot post.
Looks like they are doing more than selling the service at cost. If the service can make money for the city the profits could (theoretically) help reduce taxes.
the extra money that Bell makes MUST go into upgrading the rest of their network. I am still only able to get dial-up service and because of ancient equipment that Bell uses here can only connect at 26.4k (at best).
or does it sound like someone has been watching too much 24. (Sends in Jack Bauer to investigate.)
Using this logic you would have to admit that any word beginning with an "i" would be a legitimate trade mark claim for Apple to go after.