Does this mean if I buy something priced at $1.96, I have to pay $2.00 because I won't be able to make exactly $1.96?
Ideally, no. Your purchase would be $1.95. The US military did this over a decade ago on bases overseas. No pennies, except in the Post Office. Round down or up as appropriate. Seems to work well.
But I closed the browser window as soon as I saw eMusic is a subscription service.
Subscription, yes. But NOT subscription in perpetuity to listen. Once you download the mp3's, that's it. Listen now and forever, on whatever device you choose. When you stop paying eMusic, your stuff does not go away, like all the other subscription music services.
hmm. good question. hitting the ground with it would make craters and atmospheric dust, dropping it in the ocean would make tidal waves.
Easy (yeah, right). You shape it into an elongated slug, strap on a guidance/comm unit & set of steering fins...guide it in once it enter range. Just as we're taking Vietnam era 2000lb MK-84's & 500lb MK-82's, and strapping on the GPS guidance unit and steering fins to make 'smart bombs'.
Then you "pop out" the open standard battery carton -- its a plug n play battery. Then you walk into the station and "trade in" your batteries for charged batteries.
Because, at minimum, you're talking about a hundred pounds or so worth of battery. Hell...changing a standard 12v car battery is more than most people want to do.
I can get Microsoft Office for $20. I work for a very large group that uses Microsoft. In return for selling out to Microsoft, all the employees get the offer to buy a licensed copy of Office for $20.
I have that same deal at work. On the CD case, in big bold letters "Not for resale". So it doesn't matter how big the discount, it would be 'illegal' to resell it, at any price.
enforcer? whoever has control of the route thus the ISP go as far up as need be.
And when the site is hosted in a foreign country, and they tell you to go away...what do you do.
defines? Merriam-Webster?
Describe the definable difference between the opening shot of a porn sequence when the girl still has some clothes on, and a Sears/Macy's/VicSecret underwear ad.
And that is precisely why this is completely unworkable, and cannot achieve the aims of what it is trying to do. Not all "porn" resides on a website that belongs to someone in the porn industry.
I'll grant that this is an important technological step forward, but I don't grant the greater implication: most people don't need to drive trucks.
This is true. However, a lot of people want to drive 'trucks'. And on a further note, a lot of these 'trucks' are merely modern day station wagons. Not a lot of 'truck' in it.
We can tax them based on the size and/or fuel-efficiency of their vehicle
We already do that. Owners of less fuel efficient cars buy more gas, and pay more tax.
The fact the the Gates foundation invests into questionable industries is perfect.
ALL multinational industriess are 'questionable. Every single one. It is near impossible to invest on a large scale without bumping against these corps.
Bill Gates could, if he were REALLY concerned with good works, spend 100 million dollars (That's like a $100 to you and me) and feed them all.
Wrong. Cutting a check for $100M will NOT do it. VArious countries have tried that all over Africa. The result? Food left rotting on the dock, because the local chump in charge of the trucks isn't getting his cut. Simply sending $100M to Somalia/Ethiopia/Chad does nothing except for make a few warlords richer.
How many people are dying because of no health care?
And that is one of the main things the Foundation is trying to address. Fixing some of the less popularized, but still debilitating/deadly illnesses and diseases.
The investment arm and the charitable arm are two distinct entities within the Foundation. The investment arm gathers as much money as possible, and the charitable arm spreads it around where it will (supposedly) do the most good. Neither side has influence over the other.
You think it's easy? Get hired on their board and change the way they do business.
Did you buy any gasoline recently? Had anything delivered by truck? Bought anything in plastic packaging? Used any electricity in the last, oh, 2 minutes?
The pump is a Grundfos hot water recirculating pump. This type of pump is ideal because it is designed for continuous operation and has very small power requirements (~85 watts). This pump is not approved for outdoor use, so a waterproof box had to be constructed from sheet ABS plastic.
And here we have the first potential failure in the chain. Putting it in 'a waterproof box' is not the same as using a pump designed for outdoor use. Condensation inside the box WILL kill it.
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Blind, color blind, text only browsers, more of a hassle, just to name a few.
So while it may be more painful as a developer to run as a restricted user, the pain does have a rather substantial payoff. Hopefully that'll make the pain a bit more bearable.
Test as restricted, yes. Design and build, not so much.
Let's see. To install VMWare (or anything), you need to be an administrator on that machine. If I was an administrator, I wouldn't need VMWare. And getting temp admin status requires a specific reason why. "I need to install VMWare so I can get around your stupid restrictions" is not a valid reason.
This is all new, and will shake out over time. But for now, it is very frustrating.
ACC is not quite that bad (yet). 9 char pwd. We ARE, however, going to the Standard Desktop Configuration (SDC) as of Jan 31. No admin accounts, no Outlook webmail, everything very much locked down. Which is fine for 99% of the poeple out there, but as a developer, I find it a real a real PITA.
"What?? I can't change the clock on the PC? How am I supposed to test this function that generates a string based on the time?" "What? I can't defrag my own harddrive?" "What? I can't create a folder in C:\?"
The SDC is good, but damn...some of us need a little more.
1. Make VMWare Player work on OpenBSD
2. Install OpenBSD on all government desktops and laptops.
3. Users who need a different OS, get an image of it, and run it with VMWare Player.
4. Profit!
Whee! And we can all be driving biodiesel cars next week. Oh please. Do you have any idea how long it would take to convert even one major US Govt department from Windows to [anything else]? This is not your mom's basement.
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Does this mean if I buy something priced at $1.96, I have to pay $2.00 because I won't be able to make exactly $1.96?
Ideally, no. Your purchase would be $1.95. The US military did this over a decade ago on bases overseas. No pennies, except in the Post Office. Round down or up as appropriate.
Seems to work well.
But I closed the browser window as soon as I saw eMusic is a subscription service.
Subscription, yes. But NOT subscription in perpetuity to listen. Once you download the mp3's, that's it. Listen now and forever, on whatever device you choose. When you stop paying eMusic, your stuff does not go away, like all the other subscription music services.
Winners live slightly longer than nominees? Well..seeing as anyone can be nominated, this proves exactly nothing.
I'll bet Tookie Williams skewed the sample a little bit.
unless we want hundred ton slugs of titanium to be the next-gen strategic weapon.
Put big enough wings on it, and you can steer it in just like a 747.
hmm. good question. hitting the ground with it would make craters and atmospheric dust, dropping it in the ocean would make tidal waves.
Easy (yeah, right). You shape it into an elongated slug, strap on a guidance/comm unit & set of steering fins...guide it in once it enter range. Just as we're taking Vietnam era 2000lb MK-84's & 500lb MK-82's, and strapping on the GPS guidance unit and steering fins to make 'smart bombs'.
Then you "pop out" the open standard battery carton -- its a plug n play battery. Then you walk into the station and "trade in" your batteries for charged batteries.
Because, at minimum, you're talking about a hundred pounds or so worth of battery. Hell...changing a standard 12v car battery is more than most people want to do.
Because there are basically 3 alternatives: Windows, Apple, Linux. Only one of these is Free/Free.
I can get Microsoft Office for $20. I work for a very large group that uses Microsoft. In return for selling out to Microsoft, all the employees get the offer to buy a licensed copy of Office for $20.
I have that same deal at work. On the CD case, in big bold letters "Not for resale". So it doesn't matter how big the discount, it would be 'illegal' to resell it, at any price.
enforcer? whoever has control of the route thus the ISP go as far up as need be.
And when the site is hosted in a foreign country, and they tell you to go away...what do you do.
defines? Merriam-Webster?
Describe the definable difference between the opening shot of a porn sequence when the girl still has some clothes on, and a Sears/Macy's/VicSecret underwear ad.
And that is precisely why this is completely unworkable, and cannot achieve the aims of what it is trying to do. Not all "porn" resides on a website that belongs to someone in the porn industry.
they would then REQUIRE any and all illicit sexual content on the web to use .xxx
Just two questions:
Who defines illicit sexual content?
Who is the worldwide enforcer?
Yeah but just think how much CO2 would be produced with all those people huffing and puffing on those bicycles.
Not THAT much more. You're breathing anyway, right?
I'll grant that this is an important technological step forward, but I don't grant the greater implication: most people don't need to drive trucks.
This is true. However, a lot of people want to drive 'trucks'. And on a further note, a lot of these 'trucks' are merely modern day station wagons. Not a lot of 'truck' in it.
We can tax them based on the size and/or fuel-efficiency of their vehicle
We already do that. Owners of less fuel efficient cars buy more gas, and pay more tax.
Or the Foundation could spend a few extra million bucks to clean up the smokestacks.
The Foundation does not own those smokestacks.
I would rather not have to pay the exorbitant prices for Windows and Office
Then don't.
The fact the the Gates foundation invests into questionable industries is perfect.
ALL multinational industriess are 'questionable. Every single one. It is near impossible to invest on a large scale without bumping against these corps.
Bill Gates could, if he were REALLY concerned with good works, spend 100 million dollars (That's like a $100 to you and me) and feed them all.
Wrong. Cutting a check for $100M will NOT do it. VArious countries have tried that all over Africa. The result? Food left rotting on the dock, because the local chump in charge of the trucks isn't getting his cut.
Simply sending $100M to Somalia/Ethiopia/Chad does nothing except for make a few warlords richer.
How many people are dying because of no health care?
And that is one of the main things the Foundation is trying to address. Fixing some of the less popularized, but still debilitating/deadly illnesses and diseases.
The investment arm and the charitable arm are two distinct entities within the Foundation. The investment arm gathers as much money as possible, and the charitable arm spreads it around where it will (supposedly) do the most good. Neither side has influence over the other.
You think it's easy? Get hired on their board and change the way they do business.
Once an asshole, always an asshole.
Did you buy any gasoline recently? Had anything delivered by truck? Bought anything in plastic packaging? Used any electricity in the last, oh, 2 minutes?
Get off your high horse.
The pump is a Grundfos hot water recirculating pump. This type of pump is ideal because it is designed for continuous operation and has very small power requirements (~85 watts). This pump is not approved for outdoor use, so a waterproof box had to be constructed from sheet ABS plastic.
And here we have the first potential failure in the chain.
Putting it in 'a waterproof box' is not the same as using a pump designed for outdoor use. Condensation inside the box WILL kill it.
Blind, color blind, text only browsers, more of a hassle, just to name a few.
So while it may be more painful as a developer to run as a restricted user, the pain does have a rather substantial payoff. Hopefully that'll make the pain a bit more bearable.
Test as restricted, yes. Design and build, not so much.
well, they never blow up or anything...
The Russians have had their share of accidents.
Why not use a virtual machine?
Let's see. To install VMWare (or anything), you need to be an administrator on that machine. If I was an administrator, I wouldn't need VMWare. And getting temp admin status requires a specific reason why. "I need to install VMWare so I can get around your stupid restrictions" is not a valid reason.
This is all new, and will shake out over time. But for now, it is very frustrating.
ACC is not quite that bad (yet). 9 char pwd. We ARE, however, going to the Standard Desktop Configuration (SDC) as of Jan 31. No admin accounts, no Outlook webmail, everything very much locked down. Which is fine for 99% of the poeple out there, but as a developer, I find it a real a real PITA.
"What?? I can't change the clock on the PC? How am I supposed to test this function that generates a string based on the time?"
"What? I can't defrag my own harddrive?"
"What? I can't create a folder in C:\?"
The SDC is good, but damn...some of us need a little more.
1. Make VMWare Player work on OpenBSD
2. Install OpenBSD on all government desktops and laptops.
3. Users who need a different OS, get an image of it, and run it with VMWare Player.
4. Profit!
Whee! And we can all be driving biodiesel cars next week.
Oh please. Do you have any idea how long it would take to convert even one major US Govt department from Windows to [anything else]? This is not your mom's basement.
And what's wrong with having a private corp launch satellites? The Air Force was merely the first customer. It will not be the only customer.
Looks like the taxpayers just got boondoggled out of roughly double the amount of money it would have taken...
I don't suppose you have any backup for that claim, do you?