I got rid of my books made of paper. Got very tired of boxing them, moving them, unboxing them, having proper bookshelves and shelving them.
Bought my Kindle and I've never regretted it. By the way, if you have the *slightest* bit of initiative, download the files off your Kindle and strip the DRM off of them. There you go. Books that last forever and can be read on almost any e-reader.
Pure science: sometimes, the truth just hurts. Especially if you've been easily victimized, easily offended, indecisive, fearful, rigid, inhibited, and vulnerable all your life.
And now you've officially made an unsubstantiated leap. According to the study, conservatives are all those things, *as kids*. 20 years later? They've grown up to be just as varied and complex as everyone else.
Let us know when you start practicing pure science instead of using it as a prop for your beliefs.
In Colorado, Xcel just changed their rates. If you use more than 500kwh a month, your rate doubles.
In their defense, it was a government panel that insisted on the rate hike. And when Xcel came back with their proposal, the panel said that it could be increased even further.
Not only is this bad for any business, but now it looks like it's bad for the spread of electric cars.
The concert is a one-time thing. Even if the performer comes back next year, a concert on a particular day at a particular place will never happen again.
Since when does an uneducated, ignorant but strongly opinionated individual knows more about a subject than a publicly recognized expert on a subject who is recognized for making significant contributions to humanity's understanding of a specific subject?
Declining standards in news reporting happened.
Instead of calling up real experts, they would find someone who looks good on TV and could BS well about an opinion.
I didn't assume you couldn't manage money, nor did I imply it. You're putting words in my mouth.
I said, (and I believe proved), that you don't know what cheap is.
And it's not that you weren't right on the specifics, you made claims and didn't even try to back them up. So that anyone with the slightest initiative could do some research and show that you have no idea what you're talking about. If you're not willing to find basic data to show your premise, how good could the rest of your claims be? If I wasn't at work, I'd start looking to see what the costs of living in Spokane is.
And now I'm going to claim you don't know real estate either. The Feds have been artificially been keeping prices high. Expect them to go down even more, I'm predicting 30%.
I don't have the links on me to show how I reached this conclusion, perhaps my previous post will show that I actually do research my proposals.
The *beginning* salary of a grocery store manager is 35k a year. That's just the section manager.
How did you ever get through college without learning how to stretch every penny? I went weeks at a time knowing exactly how much was in my wallet because it didn't change.
"Sure, it's not California, but if we can get a 1/2 reduction in price (totally doable)..."
Hey, our budgets received an enormous amount of money from oil and gas. Now that we get the majority of our power from solar, our budgets are trashed. What do we do?
I know! Heavily tax power generated from solar cells! And solar cell production!
It's the government that's making your energy so expensive.
This is not a method to create energy. It's a method of storing and transferring energy, think of oil as a battery. No one who uses batteries expects 100% efficiency.
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Yeah, because before that, teachers NEVER taught for the test.
Oh the joyous days of pure theory and understanding the subject matter, I'd miss you if you ever existed.
For education to progress, we need standardized testing. Period.
Why is that a great job? I've already Played Diablo I and II. Torchlight is the same game, which makes it BORING.
Durrrr, the market isn't unregulated.
Stop insinuating that it is.
What about self published authors who have to raise the price since their sales are so low?
They're new, no one has heard of them, but they still need to eat and have a roof over their heads.
Which would be important if land bought phones.
The first electric Vehicle came out in the 1830s!
How many centuries have to pass before you admit that it's not going to catch on?
Wow, that sounds super easy. After knowing how to build condenser units, why didn't you just start your own business?
I can't really move DRM'd stuff over to another e-reader can I?
You're not supposed to, but yes you can.
Of course, as a poster on Slashdot, you should already have the technical skills to strip the DRM out of Kindle books.
I got rid of my books made of paper. Got very tired of boxing them, moving them, unboxing them, having proper bookshelves and shelving them.
Bought my Kindle and I've never regretted it. By the way, if you have the *slightest* bit of initiative, download the files off your Kindle and strip the DRM off of them. There you go. Books that last forever and can be read on almost any e-reader.
Pure science: sometimes, the truth just hurts. Especially if you've been easily victimized, easily offended, indecisive, fearful, rigid, inhibited, and vulnerable all your life.
And now you've officially made an unsubstantiated leap. According to the study, conservatives are all those things, *as kids*. 20 years later? They've grown up to be just as varied and complex as everyone else.
Let us know when you start practicing pure science instead of using it as a prop for your beliefs.
Your bar for acceptable energy sources is unfeasibly high. You've also ruled out Solar and Wind when you start fretting about toxic materials.
In Colorado, Xcel just changed their rates. If you use more than 500kwh a month, your rate doubles.
In their defense, it was a government panel that insisted on the rate hike. And when Xcel came back with their proposal, the panel said that it could be increased even further.
Not only is this bad for any business, but now it looks like it's bad for the spread of electric cars.
Because once you get the popular girls doing it, the rest of school follows.
High school never ends.
There will always be more X-boxes later.
The concert is a one-time thing. Even if the performer comes back next year, a concert on a particular day at a particular place will never happen again.
"The US is the only country that has used nuclear weapons on a civilian population."
So what?
Is there a list of ways of wiping out a civilian population that's better than using nukes?
Welcome to humanity at war. It's not pretty, it's meant to end things.
It sounds like you didn't pay for the laptop with your own money.
When you do, then you can dismiss people's complaints about high prices.
I would be stunned if a Computer Scientist created pure AI from nothing but theory and math formulas.
Reverse engineer the human brain first, which would require knowing and understanding how all the parts work. Then re-creating that in digital form.
Not only is that the path we're on now, it's the *easiest* path.
Really? I'm already using up 1.5 TB of data across 3 drives. No backup.
Get two of these, mirror them, and I get more space and a backup system.
Plus, if the data density has increased, they'll transfer data faster too.
"Great way to make sure nobody uses it until it expires."
Correction, nobody *honest* would use it.
Since when does an uneducated, ignorant but strongly opinionated individual knows more about a subject than a publicly recognized expert on a subject who is recognized for making significant contributions to humanity's understanding of a specific subject?
Declining standards in news reporting happened.
Instead of calling up real experts, they would find someone who looks good on TV and could BS well about an opinion.
I didn't assume you couldn't manage money, nor did I imply it. You're putting words in my mouth.
I said, (and I believe proved), that you don't know what cheap is.
And it's not that you weren't right on the specifics, you made claims and didn't even try to back them up. So that anyone with the slightest initiative could do some research and show that you have no idea what you're talking about. If you're not willing to find basic data to show your premise, how good could the rest of your claims be? If I wasn't at work, I'd start looking to see what the costs of living in Spokane is.
And now I'm going to claim you don't know real estate either. The Feds have been artificially been keeping prices high. Expect them to go down even more, I'm predicting 30%.
I don't have the links on me to show how I reached this conclusion, perhaps my previous post will show that I actually do research my proposals.
I don't think you know what Cheap is.
A quick search in Denver county came up with 77 Three bedroom, 2 bathroom houses between 100-150k. Lets do 120k.
1000$ a year in taxes for such a place is *high* around here. We're now at 800$ a month with taxes at 6% mortgage interest with zero down.
500$ a month in groceries seems doable for a 4 person family where only one is working. Total of 1300$ a month.
200$ a month for water and power. 1500$
300$ a month for an affordable used car. 1800$
Figure 2000$ a year For clothes for everyone.
Put aside your own money for health care. HMOs and such are rip-offs. Find a doctor who will do cash only.
It's doable.
And according to this: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_a_grocery_store_manager_make
The *beginning* salary of a grocery store manager is 35k a year. That's just the section manager.
How did you ever get through college without learning how to stretch every penny? I went weeks at a time knowing exactly how much was in my wallet because it didn't change.
"Sure, it's not California, but if we can get a 1/2 reduction in price (totally doable)..."
Hey, our budgets received an enormous amount of money from oil and gas. Now that we get the majority of our power from solar, our budgets are trashed. What do we do?
I know! Heavily tax power generated from solar cells! And solar cell production!
It's the government that's making your energy so expensive.
911? THREE buttons?
What is this? 1950's technology?
Correct.
This is not a method to create energy. It's a method of storing and transferring energy, think of oil as a battery. No one who uses batteries expects 100% efficiency.