The solution is to drop them the moment they throttle you...and never come back...and NEVER COME BACK
Locally, my options are Verizon FiOS, Verizon DSL, Cox Cable, or satellite. I have 25/25 FiOS, for multiple reasons. 1), it is fast and stable, 1) COX sucks major donkeyballs, and 1) the one time I needed repair from Verizon, they were quick and complete.
Good thing I encrypted it... but most people don't know how to do that.
Verizon FiOS routers are installed, by the installer guy, to not be open. However, they use the Verizon version of WEP. My installer, 18 months ago, was really shocked when I informed him that WEP was a completely broken protocol. Most of my neighbors on FiOS, however....
...but I have thrown out a NiCad that was swelling and smelling. Yes, I mean thrown out, from 35,000 ft, somewhere over the North Atlantic. Glad we had a door that opened in.
Incorrect. Many, many sections of the autobahn have speed limits, sometimes varying depending on traffic load. And on roads other than the autobahn, there is always a speed limit.
A store owner knowingly cheating on the final tally has nothing to do with this plan. It may offer him an extra avenue to cheat with, but he's doing it anyway.
...but some retailers will try to charge $3.40 anyways, and blame the difference on "tax" ...there are merchants here (like the gas station nearest my home) where the cashier/owner has a tendency to ring in the wrong prices Question is: Why do you continue to patronize a merchant that knowingly, purposely cheats his customers?
In most cases rounding will go UP by a penny or four, because of the tendency to price things at xxx.99.
If and only if I buy only one item. I buy 3, all ending in 9, and the total transaction ends in 7. Therefore rounding down to the nearest nickel. Whee!! I screwed xCorp out of 2 cents!
If they can set the prices, they can set their own rounding policy. Regardless of if they declare any transaction total ending with 0.01 or 0.02 will be rounded up,
The merchant can declare no such thing. Transactions ending in 1 or 2 round down to the 0. Ending in 6 or 7, down to the 5. Period, end of story. And again, it is for the entire transaction. Over time, your personal purchases average out.
Yes, when I can buy more than one item at a time. The rounding is on the entire transaction. If the customer can buy 3 or more random items at a time, please demonstrate a pricing scheme that would consistently cause the customer to pay an extra $0.02.
Large stores will get a non taxable "profit" from raising to the nearest nickel, small ones probably will get some loss from raising to the lowest nickel.
How so? The entire transaction is rounded up or down, to the nearest nickel. If you buy more than one item, that screws the 1 or 2 cent price fixing scheme.
Late 80's, on european bases. Round up or down to the nearest 5 cent increment. Worked like a charm. The only place pennies were taken was the Post Office.
There are more definitions of 'boss' than 'he who signs the paycheck'.
boss 1 (bôs, bs) n.
1.
a. An employer or a supervisor.
b. One who makes decisions or exercises authority. 2. A professional politician who controls a party or a political machine.
the drones are included in the opening argument because as of now they are the main mains of delivery currently employed
Not so sure about that. Yes, the percentages are increasing drove v manned aircraft (flight hours and bombing missions). But the majority of actual bombing missions? I could be wrong, but gonna have to ask for a citation for that one.
They aren't some kind of "new evil", it just happens theyre pretty much one of the few kinds of evil being *committed right now as we have this discussion* by a country that officially claims to be the champion of human rights and protector(and chief exporter) of democracy. Nice try dodging the argument but you have to try better than that.
I think you miss his point. A 250lb JDAM dropped from a MQ-9 is treated completely differently (in the press) than the exact same 250lb JDAM dropped from an F-16. The only real difference between the two aircraft is where the pilot is sitting. But it is still a human pilot hitting the pickle button.
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The solution is to drop them the moment they throttle you...and never come back...and NEVER COME BACK
Locally, my options are Verizon FiOS, Verizon DSL, Cox Cable, or satellite. I have 25/25 FiOS, for multiple reasons. 1), it is fast and stable, 1) COX sucks major donkeyballs, and 1) the one time I needed repair from Verizon, they were quick and complete.
Good thing I encrypted it ... but most people don't know how to do that.
Verizon FiOS routers are installed, by the installer guy, to not be open.
However, they use the Verizon version of WEP. My installer, 18 months ago, was really shocked when I informed him that WEP was a completely broken protocol. Most of my neighbors on FiOS, however....
...but I have thrown out a NiCad that was swelling and smelling. Yes, I mean thrown out, from 35,000 ft, somewhere over the North Atlantic. Glad we had a door that opened in.
Uh huh. Sure you did.
and there's no speed limits in Germany.
Incorrect. Many, many sections of the autobahn have speed limits, sometimes varying depending on traffic load. And on roads other than the autobahn, there is always a speed limit.
Electric/hybrid vehicles should pay less per mile as they do less damage to the roads.
So who should pay less per mile? A Prius or a conventional Civic?
A store owner knowingly cheating on the final tally has nothing to do with this plan. It may offer him an extra avenue to cheat with, but he's doing it anyway.
...but some retailers will try to charge $3.40 anyways, and blame the difference on "tax"
...there are merchants here (like the gas station nearest my home) where the cashier/owner has a tendency to ring in the wrong prices
Question is: Why do you continue to patronize a merchant that knowingly, purposely cheats his customers?
In most cases rounding will go UP by a penny or four, because of the tendency to price things at xxx.99.
If and only if I buy only one item. I buy 3, all ending in 9, and the total transaction ends in 7. Therefore rounding down to the nearest nickel. Whee!! I screwed xCorp out of 2 cents!
Late 80's, possibly 1990. I was at Ramstein AB when they did it.
If they can set the prices, they can set their own rounding policy. Regardless of if they declare any transaction total ending with 0.01 or 0.02 will be rounded up,
The merchant can declare no such thing. Transactions ending in 1 or 2 round down to the 0. Ending in 6 or 7, down to the 5. Period, end of story.
And again, it is for the entire transaction. Over time, your personal purchases average out.
Not when the merchant sets the price.
Yes, when I can buy more than one item at a time. The rounding is on the entire transaction.
If the customer can buy 3 or more random items at a time, please demonstrate a pricing scheme that would consistently cause the customer to pay an extra $0.02.
Large stores will get a non taxable "profit" from raising to the nearest nickel, small ones probably will get some loss from raising to the lowest nickel.
How so? The entire transaction is rounded up or down, to the nearest nickel. If you buy more than one item, that screws the 1 or 2 cent price fixing scheme.
Neither. To the *nearest* 5 cent increment, be it up or down.
,1.01, 1.02 = $1.00
Let's assume the transaction is right around $1:
0.98, 0.99, 1.00
1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07 = $1.05
1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 = $1.10
It ends up working pretty evenly.
Late 80's, on european bases. Round up or down to the nearest 5 cent increment. Worked like a charm. The only place pennies were taken was the Post Office.
I dunno, I'm having trouble coming up with a life better than that.
Yes, it is pretty damn good. The movie ( Identity ) could be a little better, though.
Madrid - Plaza Mayor. Kissing random Spanish women.
Well...it was fun, until I grew up and got a life.
Now, I'm sitting here talking to you fools, and watching a movie with the spouse.
There are more definitions of 'boss' than 'he who signs the paycheck'.
boss 1 (bôs, bs)
n.
1.
a. An employer or a supervisor.
b. One who makes decisions or exercises authority.
2. A professional politician who controls a party or a political machine.
Make a screwup this major, and this is what you get.
The rules were written for audio. Not inexpensive consumer grade video taken from your personal helicopter.
The reviews for this at Amazon say don't waste your money. The few good reviews seem to be from people who have not put it together yet.
Case in point: I have never before heard anyone use "roid" as slang for anything other than...
"roid" is also used a shorthand for steroids. As in 'roid rage'.
But yes...shorthand for asteroid? That's just wrong.
Pro tip: If you build something you want to keep, just epoxy the bricks together.
Blasphemy!
Still, my main issue is with all the dead collateral labeled as enemy combatants and dogs, even when theyre clearly civilian casualties.
Agreed. Civilian casualties, accidental, intentional or misidentified, has been an issue forever.
the drones are included in the opening argument because as of now they are the main mains of delivery currently employed
Not so sure about that. Yes, the percentages are increasing drove v manned aircraft (flight hours and bombing missions). But the majority of actual bombing missions? I could be wrong, but gonna have to ask for a citation for that one.
They are the main ones we hear about, though.
pickle button?
is that some kind of vlassic humor or something?
No, that's the (long term) military slang for the button on the stick that releases the bomb. Generally, it is a red button.
They aren't some kind of "new evil", it just happens theyre pretty much one of the few kinds of evil being *committed right now as we have this discussion* by a country that officially claims to be the champion of human rights and protector(and chief exporter) of democracy. Nice try dodging the argument but you have to try better than that.
I think you miss his point.
A 250lb JDAM dropped from a MQ-9 is treated completely differently (in the press) than the exact same 250lb JDAM dropped from an F-16.
The only real difference between the two aircraft is where the pilot is sitting. But it is still a human pilot hitting the pickle button.