Again, I'm not saying that dealers do or don't make things better for the consumer. I'm saying that the laws on their face exist to serve this purpose - even though today's versions of those laws exist to protect rich, political donating, car dealers.
Interestingly enough, this potentially benefits legitimate BTC speculators.
We see what's going on. We know that BTC is under attack, and we know it's going to drop, and we suspect it's going to rebound. Time for tech-savvy legitimate investors to make a few gambles as well -- if you're the type that's already gambling on BTC.
One of the things about BTC is that, since it's unregulated, you can't just freeze the exchange rate until the storm blows over. Anarchy!
That's the important distinction. Your wallet is your wallet. You online wallet is a pile of money you gave to someone else and hoped that they treated it well.
Money can't leave your actual wallet unless you either transfer it elsewhere or the entire mechanism that secures the blockchain breaks.
Online site FOO may be fooled into releasing money from your "online wallet," but then you've got an issue with whomever you provided your money to.
Unless money is actively being traded, there's little reason to ever have your money on an exchange -- because they all seem about as safe as the Magic The Gathering Online Exchange.:/
Ostensibly these laws exist to stop manufacturers and distributes from cutting out the middle-man. If Ford or Honda can sell directly, they can get rid of the dealerships, and then charge whatever they want for a Ford, since there won't be any competition. They are, on the face, anti-monopoly laws.[The oft-mentioned Texas law does the same thing for theaters - preventing Paramount from eventually owning all the theaters and then stopping showing MGM movies to anyone in the Lone Star State.]
...but we all know it's because car dealers buy politicians, and want to make sure they get their cut of luxury Tesla sales.
Are you coming in on Friday nights or something, or the Sunday before giant conferences?
I go to Vegas pretty much non-stop, and I've never, ever seen that sort of wait.
Vegas might have some particular issues with taxis that I seem to avoid, but the original "400 miles" suggestion seems like a bad time estimate. Even an hour waiting for a taxi, and you still beat driving by at least an hour.
It's just a question what that hour is worth to you, and how much you want to drive, what benefit the car has for you when you're there versus not having one or getting a rental, overall trip costs, blah blah......but time? On a 400 mile trip? No way.
It's not an hour to get a cab at McCarran. And it's WAY less time to get a rental at McCarran from the new rental terminal. Maybe if you're showing up on the busiest day of the year at check-in time, but I've never waited more than 10 minutes, and most quick internet searches reveal the same.
Any insanity on the strip is shared between driving yourself and taking a taxi, so there's no savings there.
Most new slot machines (video and reel) have Linux running under them. Anyone who spends any time in a casino can see the operators opening them for maintenance and seeing them reboot.
Downtown Phoenix to the Las Vegas Strip is about 300 miles on the nose, and just under 5 hours of driving, depending on exactly where in Phoenix you leave from, what time of day you go. [Google pegs it at 4:41 right now.] Even assuming you're a maniac, it's 4:15 or so considering getting gas since you're speeding. A "safe" driver stopping for gas once (or anyone encountering unfortunate traffic) can assume 5 hours. [More or less, depending on where in metro Phoenix you leave from.]
Sky Harbor to McCarran is less than an hour in the air. It's maybe 2:30 from your arrival time at Sky Harbor to your arrival on the strip.
Unless you consider Gate Rape worth 2+ hours of your time, 300 miles seems well within the fly/drive range, and Phoenix->San Diego and Phoenix->LA have the same time/fly/drive requirements at 350/400 miles each.
Trains cost real money to move bags of meat from station to station, and likely cost at least a little more when full, because physics!, and since at a minimum you have to clean up after them, account for their wear and tear, etc.
Not 100% the same, but hardly completely different.
You're always free to sell the physical ticket (as a souvenir or connectable perhaps) - but the service you've purchased (a BART ride, or a ComiCon Entry -- at least the Big Bang Theory one) isn't transferable.
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Scottsdale and Tempe seem good, but Chandler/Gilbert seem pretty glaring omissions.
Nobody cares about the West Side except the stadium area. It's all slowly turning into Metro Center.
In before this topic goes completely off-the-handle racist.
With 7BN living people and 100BN people having ever lived, human death still only at 93%
Do you like to know if people are male or female? Do you use that information?
Guess what, there's more!
Probably not.
So you're sayin' there's a chance...
Is the hub powered?
Again, I'm not saying that dealers do or don't make things better for the consumer. I'm saying that the laws on their face exist to serve this purpose - even though today's versions of those laws exist to protect rich, political donating, car dealers.
Cutting out the middle man is not a crime, its an achievement.
As stated by the AC below me...
Perhaps you don't know what ostensibly means... ...since it frames my entire comment.
I'm not sure you actually understand the concepts you are talking about.
I don't think you read my post.
These laws exist ostensibly to prevent (among other things) monopolies. Ostensibly: Outwardly, superficially, allegedly, supposedly, purportedly...
Interestingly enough, this potentially benefits legitimate BTC speculators.
We see what's going on. We know that BTC is under attack, and we know it's going to drop, and we suspect it's going to rebound. Time for tech-savvy legitimate investors to make a few gambles as well -- if you're the type that's already gambling on BTC.
One of the things about BTC is that, since it's unregulated, you can't just freeze the exchange rate until the storm blows over. Anarchy!
That's the important distinction. Your wallet is your wallet. You online wallet is a pile of money you gave to someone else and hoped that they treated it well.
Money can't leave your actual wallet unless you either transfer it elsewhere or the entire mechanism that secures the blockchain breaks.
Online site FOO may be fooled into releasing money from your "online wallet," but then you've got an issue with whomever you provided your money to.
Unless money is actively being traded, there's little reason to ever have your money on an exchange -- because they all seem about as safe as the Magic The Gathering Online Exchange. :/
Ostensibly these laws exist to stop manufacturers and distributes from cutting out the middle-man. If Ford or Honda can sell directly, they can get rid of the dealerships, and then charge whatever they want for a Ford, since there won't be any competition. They are, on the face, anti-monopoly laws. [The oft-mentioned Texas law does the same thing for theaters - preventing Paramount from eventually owning all the theaters and then stopping showing MGM movies to anyone in the Lone Star State.]
Next time I'll stick in a 'murica! to make it more obvious.
He's invited to play lead bass on my new record.
Yeah, but the will of God totally flowed through the dozens of bible book authors and editors hands, until the perfection that is the KJB came to be.
The star is notable for the very small amount of iron it contains (abstract). The lead researcher, Stefan Keller, said..
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Are you coming in on Friday nights or something, or the Sunday before giant conferences?
I go to Vegas pretty much non-stop, and I've never, ever seen that sort of wait.
Vegas might have some particular issues with taxis that I seem to avoid, but the original "400 miles" suggestion seems like a bad time estimate. Even an hour waiting for a taxi, and you still beat driving by at least an hour.
It's just a question what that hour is worth to you, and how much you want to drive, what benefit the car has for you when you're there versus not having one or getting a rental, overall trip costs, blah blah... ...but time? On a 400 mile trip? No way.
It's not an hour to get a cab at McCarran. And it's WAY less time to get a rental at McCarran from the new rental terminal. Maybe if you're showing up on the busiest day of the year at check-in time, but I've never waited more than 10 minutes, and most quick internet searches reveal the same.
Any insanity on the strip is shared between driving yourself and taking a taxi, so there's no savings there.
I can echo this.
Most new slot machines (video and reel) have Linux running under them. Anyone who spends any time in a casino can see the operators opening them for maintenance and seeing them reboot.
I think 400 miles might be a stretch.
Downtown Phoenix to the Las Vegas Strip is about 300 miles on the nose, and just under 5 hours of driving, depending on exactly where in Phoenix you leave from, what time of day you go. [Google pegs it at 4:41 right now.] Even assuming you're a maniac, it's 4:15 or so considering getting gas since you're speeding. A "safe" driver stopping for gas once (or anyone encountering unfortunate traffic) can assume 5 hours. [More or less, depending on where in metro Phoenix you leave from.]
Sky Harbor to McCarran is less than an hour in the air. It's maybe 2:30 from your arrival time at Sky Harbor to your arrival on the strip.
Unless you consider Gate Rape worth 2+ hours of your time, 300 miles seems well within the fly/drive range, and Phoenix->San Diego and Phoenix->LA have the same time/fly/drive requirements at 350/400 miles each.
Trains cost real money to move bags of meat from station to station, and likely cost at least a little more when full, because physics!, and since at a minimum you have to clean up after them, account for their wear and tear, etc.
Not 100% the same, but hardly completely different.
You're always free to sell the physical ticket (as a souvenir or connectable perhaps) - but the service you've purchased (a BART ride, or a ComiCon Entry -- at least the Big Bang Theory one) isn't transferable.
Lighten up, Francis.
I mean I'd rather not look up at night and see a strip mining operations on the moon.
I think seeing strip-mining on the moon before I die might be the greatest thing I could have ever imaged.
Due to the landmark case Finders v Keepers, I'm pretty sure NASA owns the moon.