Well, the copy that is currently the best seller is shown as the "Mass Market Paperback"
The issue was with Amazon recalling an eBook. This is a physical copy, so unless Amazon is going to break into houses to "recall" it most purchases are probably safe in that regard.
I actually had a conversion similar to this recently (discussing the banning of uniformed police at Toronto and how IMHO it just removes a chance for positive interaction between the groups in question).
One of those in the conversation responded "Please try to see the world from a point of view that is not yours".
The irony in that statement is both hilarious and sad. Basically "shut up and accept my view because it's the right one, don't provide your own opinion because it's wrong"
This is how many of these people think. Yes, I can see where they're coming from but that doesn't mean they're 100% right 100% of the time, nor that the world can't have room for two views on the same subject.
Yeah, Trump has his legion of idiot followers, but frankly some of the worst behaviour I've seen is from his opponents that are butt-sore about the election and shocked to high-hell that suddenly they might have 4 years of not being considered special little snowflakes by the current administration.
I remember a news article once coining the term "crybullies", people who pick on others, shout them down, then shut down any intelligent counter-arguments by claiming "oppression" or highlighting only loony-toon opponents/arguments. I have a guess that the next 4 years probably isn't going to work out so well for these people.
There's misinformation, lies, and bold-faced lies.
I don't trust either, but when somebody is willing to lie in spite of obvious and outstanding facts/evidence, it makes me worry not just that they're a liar but that they have some sort of mental condition which puts them out of touch with reality.
A lot of the overhead is also in the shitty systems they use. Just like government agencies, it seems that a lot of them are stuck in archaic and/or specialised systems. When they finally do upgrade, it's a debacle with cost-overruns and screw-ups, which inevitably seems to end up in some other proprietary and soon once-again obsolete system.
In general, it's not the schools running the food booths, and it's certainly not *costing* them anything (at least not around here). Instead, they rent space to Starbucks, McD's, etc etc. It's pretty much the same as a food court in a mall. Those merchants pay staff, do their own cleaning, buy their own supplies etc etc. If anything the Uni may be paying less as they don't need to keep a full cafeteria staff on-hand.
The only costs to the Uni would be in created the space in the first place, and general maintenance/cleaning.
At the worst I would expect this to break even, but in any cases I know of it's somewhat profitable.
4GB of flash is enough to store a bit less than two months of continuous non-silence detected cell phone quality audio. With silence detection in most settings and a more complex/aggressive codec you could easily push a year.
Well, if you used this newer codec for audio storage, you would use a bit under 700MB for a full year's worth of audio (no silence detection). Theoretically that would net you between 5-6 years, and if you had silence detection it might be more like a decade or more...
While I do have a mobile phone on me at most times, I also have said phone in a holster case which is blocking the microphone ports when the device isn't out. I suppose it might still be able to pick up a bit, but given the size of the pinhole mic and the fidelity of voice when I'm recording deliberately, I doubt it'll get much useful.
Realistically, doing so would create a catch-22 lose-lose situation for American corporations.
Don't give information to US authorities from foreign servers: they're violation of US law and you get penalised
DO give away information to US authorities from foreign servers: (often) they're in violation of the privacy/access/etc laws in said foreign country, and they get penalised
I'm not American, and certainly not a fan of some of the international shenanigans perpetrated by US corporations, but allowing a law like this would be a *huge* disadvantage for US companies and possibly even a death sentence for some. As it is, many companies (including many I've worked at) have rules against doing business with US entities that store data outside of the service country, due to laws protecting customer information and privacy. So entities like Amazon, Google, etc are basically on the no-go list for vendors when it comes to any RFP that involves customer info.
The government was arrogant and idiotic for even thinking to try pushing this through the courts. They might as well run a razor across their own throat.
International plans are only useful if they let you receive calls from your domestic number for emergencies.
In almost any case I've seen, grabbing a cheap local SIM is much better. In Asia, you can usually buy one right at the airport (at a special short-term rate only available for tourists, even). It does require an unlocked phone but that's getting simpler these days as well.
It's still going to end up thinner than a thick phone with a case, right
Most rugged cases I've seen haven't decreased any if at all with the new "thinner" phones. They're not being made to thicken phones, but as phones get thinner it can also mean more easily breakable (especially if they get thin to the point of being "bendy") and the cases need to compensate for that.
A singular index seems like a weird thing to have in this case anyways. Wouldn't it be better to have a multi-column index on something like userid+item rather than an index of all items?
Now that they've been fined by gov't, I wonder if we're likely to see a class-action follow by all the people that've been victims of WU's pandering to fraudsters? One doesn't exclude the other, after all (actually, I'd imagine a regulatory fine might be useful to a lawyer in a class-action).
You effectively can't do a glass-back anymore (which is great for rigidity).
Why not? In most cases phones are glass-backed over top of something else anyhow. However, glass-back on phones is STUPID. Why? Because phones inevitably get dropped, and it's enough of a pain worrying about breaking the screen without this.
So what do most smart people do after buying a new phone? They buy a case or bumper to ensure that the screen and/or glass back don't get destroyed the first time the damn thing falls out of your pocket. It also renders the whole "thinner is better" thing rather stupid for similar reasons, as that "life proof" or "otter box" case is adding a hella whole lot more thickness to the phone than either a headphone jack or thicker battery.
For quite awhile, a lot of people seemed to have the "whatever, deal with it, that's the cost of a 'free' OS upgrade"
Except it was not a free upgrade for many people. More of a "I turned my computer on one day and WTF is this sh** where did my normal windows go and how do I get it back!"
And of course, on new PC's it comes with the cost of the PC, and some people also bought codes to install Win10 on home-built machine (which now anyone has to do if they want windows - as they've shelved Win7/8 - and the 'free' upgrade period is over).
So yeah, people paying hundreds of bucks for software that rams ads down their throat, direct from the manufacturer.
The correct solution would be to apply the fine and terminate any monies owing on existing vehicle financing, as well as possibly refunding monies already paid. After all, those monies and the contract are basically based on fraud and false advertising.
Yeah, but it's a lot easier to offer alternative digital offerings on the internet than it is with something that requires a dedicated physical connection/hardware to customers' house (cable/satellite).
That, and the "piracy" alternative is always there too.
Competition - whether legal or otherwise - can help prevent bad behavior.
There is an implicit admission of guilt in accepting a pardon
Well, he is guilty of releasing classified information. The pardon would be because it was the only way to do so (reporting structure shown to be a fail) and it was in the interest of the people to do so.
Given that el presidente just allowed even more spy powers on his way out the door, Snoden has a snowball's chance in hell of getting a pardon.
In some cases that would happen, but in plenty the managers who think that "HIB=$$$ saved" wouldn't want to work in the countries where said workers come from.
Usually having your expensive equipment explode massively will have a fairly severe financial impact. I'd hope that this sort of thing is something they'd planned for, given the risks in this industry. Even small mistakes = big consequences, and there's a lot of room for unknowns.
The whole "non-permanent" status of posts has been a long-term source of amusement for me. Even when it showed posts as "edited", deleted posts would just disappear.
So an ex of mine had a post about her big drooly bulldog. I can't remember my exact post, but I essentially posted something about my dog. Her husband - who rather dislikes me - pops up and posts something to the effect of "well, you're probably just as stupid and ugly as that dog"
So I delete my post, and suddenly all that's left is her original post, and him replying "you're as ugly and stupid as that dog"
Now, if you're buying it for its 'collectability' shouldn't you feel some responsibility in vetting the vendor's credentials and/or enter in to terms by which you can return the item if you determine its fake?
Well, here's my experience as a non-collector with fraudulent merchandise.
Order DVD set. Price is actually pretty steep but less than some other sellers. Seller guarantees it's "not counterfeit" on their page, of course. DVD set arrives. Nice box, good silkscreening. Play first DVD. First episode subtitle translations are obviously bad fansubs (I've seen the same on online downloads). Second episode actually has scan lines where it was copied from analogue->digital Report counterfeit merchandise to eBay. Ebay says I must get the item certified as a counterfeit by an industry professional, despite the obvious signs, and within a fairly short time frame. As I was living in a shithole town at the time, this was a no-go, so I was out about $60-80 for a cheap piece of garbage which I could just as well have downloaded online.
So even if you're knowledgeable enough to vet something as authentic or otherwise, eBay pretty much makes it as hard as possible to get a return on counterfeit goods (or at least they did last time I dealt with them).
Same deal with fake USB/SD storage devices. Tons of counterfeit, and eBay seems to not give a flying f*** about it.
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Well, the copy that is currently the best seller is shown as the "Mass Market Paperback"
The issue was with Amazon recalling an eBook. This is a physical copy, so unless Amazon is going to break into houses to "recall" it most purchases are probably safe in that regard.
I actually had a conversion similar to this recently (discussing the banning of uniformed police at Toronto and how IMHO it just removes a chance for positive interaction between the groups in question).
One of those in the conversation responded "Please try to see the world from a point of view that is not yours".
The irony in that statement is both hilarious and sad. Basically "shut up and accept my view because it's the right one, don't provide your own opinion because it's wrong"
This is how many of these people think. Yes, I can see where they're coming from but that doesn't mean they're 100% right 100% of the time, nor that the world can't have room for two views on the same subject.
Yeah, Trump has his legion of idiot followers, but frankly some of the worst behaviour I've seen is from his opponents that are butt-sore about the election and shocked to high-hell that suddenly they might have 4 years of not being considered special little snowflakes by the current administration.
I remember a news article once coining the term "crybullies", people who pick on others, shout them down, then shut down any intelligent counter-arguments by claiming "oppression" or highlighting only loony-toon opponents/arguments. I have a guess that the next 4 years probably isn't going to work out so well for these people.
There's misinformation, lies, and bold-faced lies.
I don't trust either, but when somebody is willing to lie in spite of obvious and outstanding facts/evidence, it makes me worry not just that they're a liar but that they have some sort of mental condition which puts them out of touch with reality.
A lot of the overhead is also in the shitty systems they use. Just like government agencies, it seems that a lot of them are stuck in archaic and/or specialised systems. When they finally do upgrade, it's a debacle with cost-overruns and screw-ups, which inevitably seems to end up in some other proprietary and soon once-again obsolete system.
In general, it's not the schools running the food booths, and it's certainly not *costing* them anything (at least not around here). Instead, they rent space to Starbucks, McD's, etc etc. It's pretty much the same as a food court in a mall. Those merchants pay staff, do their own cleaning, buy their own supplies etc etc. If anything the Uni may be paying less as they don't need to keep a full cafeteria staff on-hand.
The only costs to the Uni would be in created the space in the first place, and general maintenance/cleaning.
At the worst I would expect this to break even, but in any cases I know of it's somewhat profitable.
4GB of flash is enough to store a bit less than two months of continuous non-silence detected cell phone quality audio. With silence detection in most settings and a more complex/aggressive codec you could easily push a year.
Well, if you used this newer codec for audio storage, you would use a bit under 700MB for a full year's worth of audio (no silence detection). Theoretically that would net you between 5-6 years, and if you had silence detection it might be more like a decade or more...
While I do have a mobile phone on me at most times, I also have said phone in a holster case which is blocking the microphone ports when the device isn't out. I suppose it might still be able to pick up a bit, but given the size of the pinhole mic and the fidelity of voice when I'm recording deliberately, I doubt it'll get much useful.
Realistically, doing so would create a catch-22 lose-lose situation for American corporations.
Don't give information to US authorities from foreign servers: they're violation of US law and you get penalised
DO give away information to US authorities from foreign servers: (often) they're in violation of the privacy/access/etc laws in said foreign country, and they get penalised
I'm not American, and certainly not a fan of some of the international shenanigans perpetrated by US corporations, but allowing a law like this would be a *huge* disadvantage for US companies and possibly even a death sentence for some. As it is, many companies (including many I've worked at) have rules against doing business with US entities that store data outside of the service country, due to laws protecting customer information and privacy. So entities like Amazon, Google, etc are basically on the no-go list for vendors when it comes to any RFP that involves customer info.
The government was arrogant and idiotic for even thinking to try pushing this through the courts. They might as well run a razor across their own throat.
International plans are only useful if they let you receive calls from your domestic number for emergencies.
In almost any case I've seen, grabbing a cheap local SIM is much better. In Asia, you can usually buy one right at the airport (at a special short-term rate only available for tourists, even). It does require an unlocked phone but that's getting simpler these days as well.
It's still going to end up thinner than a thick phone with a case, right
Most rugged cases I've seen haven't decreased any if at all with the new "thinner" phones. They're not being made to thicken phones, but as phones get thinner it can also mean more easily breakable (especially if they get thin to the point of being "bendy") and the cases need to compensate for that.
Ha. Wait until you buy an Asus phone. The aluminium body is nice, but daaaaamn is that bastard slippery!
(good phones though, but do recommend a screen film and gel case to avoid scratching/breakage)
ok, so they get to use the restroom. How about showers?
I'd imagine that after awhile, these Ubers probably don't smell so great.
A singular index seems like a weird thing to have in this case anyways. Wouldn't it be better to have a multi-column index on something like userid+item rather than an index of all items?
Now that they've been fined by gov't, I wonder if we're likely to see a class-action follow by all the people that've been victims of WU's pandering to fraudsters? One doesn't exclude the other, after all (actually, I'd imagine a regulatory fine might be useful to a lawyer in a class-action).
You effectively can't do a glass-back anymore (which is great for rigidity).
Why not? In most cases phones are glass-backed over top of something else anyhow.
However, glass-back on phones is STUPID. Why? Because phones inevitably get dropped, and it's enough of a pain worrying about breaking the screen without this.
So what do most smart people do after buying a new phone? They buy a case or bumper to ensure that the screen and/or glass back don't get destroyed the first time the damn thing falls out of your pocket. It also renders the whole "thinner is better" thing rather stupid for similar reasons, as that "life proof" or "otter box" case is adding a hella whole lot more thickness to the phone than either a headphone jack or thicker battery.
For quite awhile, a lot of people seemed to have the "whatever, deal with it, that's the cost of a 'free' OS upgrade"
Except it was not a free upgrade for many people. More of a "I turned my computer on one day and WTF is this sh** where did my normal windows go and how do I get it back!"
And of course, on new PC's it comes with the cost of the PC, and some people also bought codes to install Win10 on home-built machine (which now anyone has to do if they want windows - as they've shelved Win7/8 - and the 'free' upgrade period is over).
So yeah, people paying hundreds of bucks for software that rams ads down their throat, direct from the manufacturer.
The correct solution would be to apply the fine and terminate any monies owing on existing vehicle financing, as well as possibly refunding monies already paid. After all, those monies and the contract are basically based on fraud and false advertising.
Yeah, but it's a lot easier to offer alternative digital offerings on the internet than it is with something that requires a dedicated physical connection/hardware to customers' house (cable/satellite).
That, and the "piracy" alternative is always there too.
Competition - whether legal or otherwise - can help prevent bad behavior.
There is an implicit admission of guilt in accepting a pardon
Well, he is guilty of releasing classified information. The pardon would be because it was the only way to do so (reporting structure shown to be a fail) and it was in the interest of the people to do so.
Given that el presidente just allowed even more spy powers on his way out the door, Snoden has a snowball's chance in hell of getting a pardon.
In some cases that would happen, but in plenty the managers who think that "HIB=$$$ saved" wouldn't want to work in the countries where said workers come from.
Usually having your expensive equipment explode massively will have a fairly severe financial impact. I'd hope that this sort of thing is something they'd planned for, given the risks in this industry. Even small mistakes = big consequences, and there's a lot of room for unknowns.
The whole "non-permanent" status of posts has been a long-term source of amusement for me. Even when it showed posts as "edited", deleted posts would just disappear.
So an ex of mine had a post about her big drooly bulldog. I can't remember my exact post, but I essentially posted something about my dog. Her husband - who rather dislikes me - pops up and posts something to the effect of
"well, you're probably just as stupid and ugly as that dog"
So I delete my post, and suddenly all that's left is her original post, and him replying "you're as ugly and stupid as that dog"
Good times :-)
Now, if you're buying it for its 'collectability' shouldn't you feel some responsibility in vetting the vendor's credentials and/or enter in to terms by which you can return the item if you determine its fake?
Well, here's my experience as a non-collector with fraudulent merchandise.
Order DVD set. Price is actually pretty steep but less than some other sellers. Seller guarantees it's "not counterfeit" on their page, of course.
DVD set arrives. Nice box, good silkscreening.
Play first DVD. First episode subtitle translations are obviously bad fansubs (I've seen the same on online downloads). Second episode actually has scan lines where it was copied from analogue->digital
Report counterfeit merchandise to eBay.
Ebay says I must get the item certified as a counterfeit by an industry professional, despite the obvious signs, and within a fairly short time frame. As I was living in a shithole town at the time, this was a no-go, so I was out about $60-80 for a cheap piece of garbage which I could just as well have downloaded online.
So even if you're knowledgeable enough to vet something as authentic or otherwise, eBay pretty much makes it as hard as possible to get a return on counterfeit goods (or at least they did last time I dealt with them).
Same deal with fake USB/SD storage devices. Tons of counterfeit, and eBay seems to not give a flying f*** about it.
The upside for the cops is that they also get to sit and testify against the bastards and (hopefully) see them get sentenced for it.