>> If it's invested, it's not just sitting around, like you could go down to the bank and withdraw it.
If it's investments in regular old stocks and bonds, then yes, these are considered "near liquid" assess you basically could go (sell and) withdraw your money during normal business hours. http://www.investopedia.com/te...
Last time I set it up, Android Play didn't need a CC. (Or maybe I set one up and then deleted it to make sure I never accidentally bought anything.)
I am, however, starting to consider getting a "throwaway CC" like I use throwaway email addresses. Enough places want a CC, and I would be nice to have an account where I know that ANY charges on it are unwanted (and should be challenged/reversed).
>> why does it matter to the story that they were programmers?
As we move toward Idiocracy, programmers and other people who understand algebra and can use spreadsheets will be considered geniuses. We're halfway there now.
>> neither of those sources are doing anything good
Failure ahead for Obama in Baltimore, then? However, note that the "nerds" research only covers 2010-2013: that's BEFORE the consent decree went in. In other words, if they can show it's STILL going on...
>> more likely helping to cover things up rather than expose them
Admittedly, that's half the attraction of a consent decree to a local police department. The Feds come in but no one gets sued.
Isn't Seattle already under a "consent decree"? (That's basically when the Feds descend on a police force - ala Ferguson - because they want to clean it up.) http://www.seattletimes.com/se...
>> various deals with record labels to sell music through the iTunes store
You just reminded me that I haven't purchased music since about 1998, so for me, there's no monopoly to worry about. And with Songza, Spotify, Pandora and radio streaming + tools to convert streams to mp3, it doesn't seem likely that I will for the next ten years or so.
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Mod parent up, except for the bit about "call them up."
After my (largely broke) father passed away in California I had about twelve health care providers after me (as power of attorney then as estate administrator) for about $300K of my father's medical bills. Instead, I spent about $2K (of his remaining "small estate" - look it up) on a good attorney and walked away paying NOTHING.
If you need to fight back, my advice is to never do anything over the phone, or in email. Always communicate by paper letter, certified if necessary, with signatures and official letterhead.
>> "The software industry has pretty much decided what information patients should receive, and to my knowledge, they have not had any stakeholder input..."
Um...yeah. I'm sure it was a bunch of developers who decided one night to pound a bunch of Mountain Dew and then set up a billing system for a bunch of multi-billion dollar hospital groups that contained hundreds of thousands of items that magically skirt around insurance limits and pre-negotiated fees, then tack on expensive and low-value items, and follow it all up by adding on mysterious charges from other providers months after the original procedures happened.
Somehow you failed to tell us whether you are planning to use this: 1) like a mobile device, with access only to cloud services 2) like a thin client, where you VPN into your "real desktop" sitting safe at home or work (If "both", pick #2).
>> Home users will receive updates as they come out
Are you sure that option isn't already on? It seems that a couple of my older Windows boxes already spend most of their cycles on downloading, processing (scanning) and installing countless updates.
>> Ribbon was most likely introduced simply to distinguish the look and feel from free Office apps, particularly Open/LibreOffice. That's right, I think it's more marketing gimmick than UI innovation
Not exactly, but you're close. To use the ribbon, you have to freely license it from Microsoft...and promise that you won't use it in an Office clone. So...it's an IP shield as much as it's a UI paradigm.
I'd just be happy with an announcement that the online Office 365 apps would finally get the features they need to quit making them toys (and forcing everyone to download docs to local Office apps anyway).
Second to that would be an option in Office 365 to default to "yes, when I opened the document, put me in f***ing editing mode by default." Hell, call it the "Google Docs" mode if you want.
>> Astronomy students need a hook to be intersted in science?
General education, basketweaving and social science majors hoping to dink through a 100-level science elective on their way to an $20K annual salary need a hook to be interested in science.
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>> If it's invested, it's not just sitting around, like you could go down to the bank and withdraw it.
If it's investments in regular old stocks and bonds, then yes, these are considered "near liquid" assess you basically could go (sell and) withdraw your money during normal business hours.
http://www.investopedia.com/te...
What % of web searches consist of:
1) Google for XXX
2) View overview of XXX pulled from Wikipedia
3) Click on Google ad
If only they could figure out a way to capture even a full percentage point of that revenue stream...
>> What tricks do you use to keep yourself on task?
None - I'm a frequent commenter on SlashDot.
>> Amazon...Amazon...Amazon...
Is someone just pissed they didn't get hired?
>> Orbital tracking indicated the re-entry took place at 2:20 UTC
"...or about 11 hours ago."
Where's my $5K?
Last time I set it up, Android Play didn't need a CC. (Or maybe I set one up and then deleted it to make sure I never accidentally bought anything.)
I am, however, starting to consider getting a "throwaway CC" like I use throwaway email addresses. Enough places want a CC, and I would be nice to have an account where I know that ANY charges on it are unwanted (and should be challenged/reversed).
>> why does it matter to the story that they were programmers?
As we move toward Idiocracy, programmers and other people who understand algebra and can use spreadsheets will be considered geniuses. We're halfway there now.
>> neither of those sources are doing anything good
Failure ahead for Obama in Baltimore, then? However, note that the "nerds" research only covers 2010-2013: that's BEFORE the consent decree went in. In other words, if they can show it's STILL going on...
>> more likely helping to cover things up rather than expose them
Admittedly, that's half the attraction of a consent decree to a local police department. The Feds come in but no one gets sued.
Isn't Seattle already under a "consent decree"? (That's basically when the Feds descend on a police force - ala Ferguson - because they want to clean it up.)
http://www.seattletimes.com/se...
And isn't there already a full body - with it's own web site - monitoring it?
http://www.seattlemonitor.com/
>> various deals with record labels to sell music through the iTunes store
You just reminded me that I haven't purchased music since about 1998, so for me, there's no monopoly to worry about. And with Songza, Spotify, Pandora and radio streaming + tools to convert streams to mp3, it doesn't seem likely that I will for the next ten years or so.
Mod parent up, except for the bit about "call them up."
After my (largely broke) father passed away in California I had about twelve health care providers after me (as power of attorney then as estate administrator) for about $300K of my father's medical bills. Instead, I spent about $2K (of his remaining "small estate" - look it up) on a good attorney and walked away paying NOTHING.
If you need to fight back, my advice is to never do anything over the phone, or in email. Always communicate by paper letter, certified if necessary, with signatures and official letterhead.
>> "The software industry has pretty much decided what information patients should receive, and to my knowledge, they have not had any stakeholder input..."
Um...yeah. I'm sure it was a bunch of developers who decided one night to pound a bunch of Mountain Dew and then set up a billing system for a bunch of multi-billion dollar hospital groups that contained hundreds of thousands of items that magically skirt around insurance limits and pre-negotiated fees, then tack on expensive and low-value items, and follow it all up by adding on mysterious charges from other providers months after the original procedures happened.
>> I forget the scifi movie I saw with these things.
It was called "Maximum Overdrive." :)
Somehow you failed to tell us whether you are planning to use this:
1) like a mobile device, with access only to cloud services
2) like a thin client, where you VPN into your "real desktop" sitting safe at home or work
(If "both", pick #2).
>> Home users will receive updates as they come out
Are you sure that option isn't already on? It seems that a couple of my older Windows boxes already spend most of their cycles on downloading, processing (scanning) and installing countless updates.
>> Do you keep a bunch of one-gallon jugs next to your desk?
At the homeless-packed library near my office you'd fit right in.
Every week I seem to see a slight variation on:
"Is learning %s worth it?"
"What is value of learning %s vs. %s?"
"Would you learn %s to switch jobs?"
I'm beginning to think this Dice account is just an autopost with a random list of possible values.
Here's the source:
https://github.com/hephaest0s/...
What's next - a tutorial on how to press the power button?
>> "I had never seen a nerve like that," said Wayne Vogl
I'm guessing he doesn't spend much time with Japanese tentacle...
>> anomalous thrust/acceleration
Must have been a Trekkie that posted this. There would be no ST:TNG without a Federation shit-tonne of anomalies to investigate.
>> Ribbon was most likely introduced simply to distinguish the look and feel from free Office apps, particularly Open/LibreOffice. That's right, I think it's more marketing gimmick than UI innovation
Not exactly, but you're close. To use the ribbon, you have to freely license it from Microsoft...and promise that you won't use it in an Office clone. So...it's an IP shield as much as it's a UI paradigm.
I'd just be happy with an announcement that the online Office 365 apps would finally get the features they need to quit making them toys (and forcing everyone to download docs to local Office apps anyway).
Second to that would be an option in Office 365 to default to "yes, when I opened the document, put me in f***ing editing mode by default." Hell, call it the "Google Docs" mode if you want.
>> Astronomy students need a hook to be intersted in science?
General education, basketweaving and social science majors hoping to dink through a 100-level science elective on their way to an $20K annual salary need a hook to be interested in science.
There - fixed that for you!
>> Are you calling Luke Skywalker a nerd?
No, Mark Hamill is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...