I don't do social media. I have no interest in in at all. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+. You name it. Google+ almost got me as I have an Android phone, but after repeatedly refusing signup offers to Google+ I find I can do things that used to require it, like review apps on the app store.
So if this became a thing, and I traveled to America, would I be branded a suspect of some kind for refusing to hand over details of accounts that don't exist?
Myer's is a "Bricks and Mortar" store in Australia, with stores in every major city and shopping center. Like most "Bricks and Mortar" stores here, they resisted the growing online shopping phenomenon for far too long. They are the direct opposite to the likes of Amazon.
You can add to this the massive increase in savings rates here over the last few years as a result of the world-wide debt crisis, where Australians in general tightened their belts and stopped spending. It got to the point where if something wasn't "on sale" it simply wouldn't sell at all. The stores that have done well regardless are the low margin high turn-over stores. This is not Myers.
But while Australians might have tightened their belts, there is one time of the year where they will spend more freely. Christmas. This is the big reason that boxing day sales have become huge here. It's really just taking advantage of the herds spending mentality at that time of year. And this year, finally, the belts are starting to loosen more than they have been for a few years now.
So you have this convergence of factors, where Australians are finally loosening their belts, at the time of year where they traditionally spend more freely, with a "Bricks and Mortar" store that is late to the party, and an internet sales portal that has never actually been properly stress tested.
The intended use, assuming it eventuates, is for emergency response work, particularly underground search and rescue. The inclusion of the accelerometer makes it even better.
The ability to set the light to start flashing if it does not register movement or to flash out an "I'm OK are you OK signal" (usually done by sound but difficult to hear with ventilation fans) by just flicking the wrist could be invaluable.
And 500 lumens for any length of time in a small lightweight torch (my maglight is heavy and does 400) could make the search for a body in a drive (pray the day never comes) that little bit quicker and more thorough, especially when wearing a biopack mask with a tendency for moisture to obscure clear vision.
A $12 dollar flashlight from dealextreme won't do that.
I've got one Kickstarter backing under my belt. It's the HexBright project that was featured here on/. and is yet to show a result in terms of a product shipped to me.
The reason I post is the difficulty I had paying the backing money. My bank repeatedly refused to allow the payment to go through (via Amazon) due to prior complaints. They have the Kickstarter payment account blacklisted. This is a mid tier Australian bank and I ended up having to ring them and explain what the payment was for, why I was making it, and to absolve them of all and any responsibility if it went wrong. The matter went though several levels of responsibility within the bank until it reached someone who could authorize the payment.
The same bank doesn't bat an eyelid if I order things direct over the internet straight out of China. But not with Kickstarter.
Take Two may have the suit declared without merit because of extremely small response, in which case the defense lawyers will be unable to collect legal fees. If the suit was declared "without merit", wouldn't the legal counsel opposing Take-Two be required to cover legal fees for all parties concerned rather than simply "not collect"?
players of Unreal Tournament can choose to be on either the red team or the blue team
Aggressive people are more likely to choose to wear red. It tends to happen in any competitive environment, including the workplace. Nothing new here.
You don't need "media files" to test the dvd burner and we all know it.
Yes, we do all know that.
Just as we all know that DVD burners tend to come with various software packages. Just as we all know that those software packages tend to include not just software for burning files to DVD, but also include programs for playing the video files that have made DVD an integral part of our lives.
And if you bothered to read the actual article (yes, I know, this is/. where nobody does that) you would also know that the technician tested one of these software packages by searching for a video file to play. And he found one.
Nobody ever said he was testing the DVD burning functionality. Clearly, he wasn't. And that was clearly stated. But he was doing his job, as one would reasonably expect him to do.
Most lotteries (as opposed to raffles) have less than half the money spent by lottery ticket buyers going into the payout pool.
You're already losing by buying the ticket. Where I live, the money that doesn't make it into the prize pool is given back to the community in the form of funding for events and community institutions. Tickets are sold throughout the country, but all the funding in question is spent in our state. The lottery is run by a government sanctioned state based Lotteries Commission.
I guess that makes me a winner, even though I don't buy tickets.
The two Western Digital hard drives I have sitting on a shelf here, both made in Malaysia, have a date printed on them given as day/month/year. 09/04/07 could be 9th April 2007. Not every country uses month/day/year. Five months lead time is plenty enough for shipping, customs, distribution, purchase, scam return and repurchase.
When I went to buy the Orange Box last night, I was informed by the store owner (it pays to buy from small game stores) that I would need to download a large portion of the game via the internet. Over dialup. This is apparently required to ensure that I'm not pirating it.
Fuck that.
If they don't want to sell me a game, so be it. I'll spend my money elsewhere. I really wish people would stop rewarding companies who do this sort of thing. They don't deserve it.
Umm, until there's scientific backing to the claim, any "popular knowledge" is and remains a myth. Of course, there's nothing particularly scientific about the mythbusters. Given their propensity for "blowing shit up", one could be forgiven for thinking that they're just angling for an excuse to nuke something.
What fraction of those are actually gamers? Enough to sell a few more cards. It's all market share. I buy Nvidia cards bcause of their superior Linux driver support. This will tip the balance considerably. And if they work with the OS community in developement, it should bring about a better product at a lower cost.
What the hell? You're going to cite morals as a reason to reimburse a casino for a loss due to their own negligence?
It's more like a lack of due diligence. Faulty software in a machine on the floor means the machine was not tested after installation. I wonder how often "faulty software" leads to a zero chance of winning. Would a casino trace clients to give them refunds if this happened? Would the clients ever know? Discussing casino's and morals in the same sentence just doesn't sound right.
They are being pursued over the matter. The claim in the linked article that the advertiser reached settlement with the regulators appears to be a fabrication. I can find no reference to back this up.
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I wish I had mod points. +1.
"What income? He had x bitcoin 5 years ago, he has x bitcoin today. No bitcoins incoming, there was no income."
It's called capital gains tax. It's a real thing. It applies here because Bitcoin isn't money. Never has been, never will be.
Just wait until the kids find these, and fill the lock mechanism with super glue. Now what are you going to do. Cut it?
I see a port for a headphone jack. Just say'in ...
I don't do social media. I have no interest in in at all. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+. You name it. Google+ almost got me as I have an Android phone, but after repeatedly refusing signup offers to Google+ I find I can do things that used to require it, like review apps on the app store.
So if this became a thing, and I traveled to America, would I be branded a suspect of some kind for refusing to hand over details of accounts that don't exist?
The /. summary says "... if you work at Goldman Sachs in NYC and you want to tie up a woman and then have sex with her ..."
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/. editing?
The linked article says "... If you work at Goldman Sachs in a major US city and you want to be tied up by a woman and then have sex with her
That's a substantial difference. Who changed what, and when? Is that poor
uBlock doesn't appear to be affected on Forbes. Read articles, see no ads.
A little bit of context might help here.
Myer's is a "Bricks and Mortar" store in Australia, with stores in every major city and shopping center. Like most "Bricks and Mortar" stores here, they resisted the growing online shopping phenomenon for far too long. They are the direct opposite to the likes of Amazon.
You can add to this the massive increase in savings rates here over the last few years as a result of the world-wide debt crisis, where Australians in general tightened their belts and stopped spending. It got to the point where if something wasn't "on sale" it simply wouldn't sell at all. The stores that have done well regardless are the low margin high turn-over stores. This is not Myers.
But while Australians might have tightened their belts, there is one time of the year where they will spend more freely. Christmas. This is the big reason that boxing day sales have become huge here. It's really just taking advantage of the herds spending mentality at that time of year. And this year, finally, the belts are starting to loosen more than they have been for a few years now.
So you have this convergence of factors, where Australians are finally loosening their belts, at the time of year where they traditionally spend more freely, with a "Bricks and Mortar" store that is late to the party, and an internet sales portal that has never actually been properly stress tested.
It could be a hack, but I kind of doubt it.
I wonder which would be cheaper ...
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/07/12/20/0429200/toshiba-builds-ultra-small-nuclear-reactor
I'd rather save my batteries TYVM. And getting them charged free would then become a real perk.
The intended use, assuming it eventuates, is for emergency response work, particularly underground search and rescue. The inclusion of the accelerometer makes it even better.
The ability to set the light to start flashing if it does not register movement or to flash out an "I'm OK are you OK signal" (usually done by sound but difficult to hear with ventilation fans) by just flicking the wrist could be invaluable.
And 500 lumens for any length of time in a small lightweight torch (my maglight is heavy and does 400) could make the search for a body in a drive (pray the day never comes) that little bit quicker and more thorough, especially when wearing a biopack mask with a tendency for moisture to obscure clear vision.
A $12 dollar flashlight from dealextreme won't do that.
I've got one Kickstarter backing under my belt. It's the HexBright project that was featured here on /. and is yet to show a result in terms of a product shipped to me.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/527051507/hexbright-an-open-source-light
The reason I post is the difficulty I had paying the backing money. My bank repeatedly refused to allow the payment to go through (via Amazon) due to prior complaints. They have the Kickstarter payment account blacklisted. This is a mid tier Australian bank and I ended up having to ring them and explain what the payment was for, why I was making it, and to absolve them of all and any responsibility if it went wrong. The matter went though several levels of responsibility within the bank until it reached someone who could authorize the payment.
The same bank doesn't bat an eyelid if I order things direct over the internet straight out of China. But not with Kickstarter.
Aggressive people are more likely to choose to wear red. It tends to happen in any competitive environment, including the workplace. Nothing new here.
Yes, we do all know that.
Just as we all know that DVD burners tend to come with various software packages. Just as we all know that those software packages tend to include not just software for burning files to DVD, but also include programs for playing the video files that have made DVD an integral part of our lives.
And if you bothered to read the actual article (yes, I know, this is
Nobody ever said he was testing the DVD burning functionality. Clearly, he wasn't. And that was clearly stated. But he was doing his job, as one would reasonably expect him to do.
I guess that makes me a winner, even though I don't buy tickets.
The two Western Digital hard drives I have sitting on a shelf here, both made in Malaysia, have a date printed on them given as day/month/year. 09/04/07 could be 9th April 2007. Not every country uses month/day/year. Five months lead time is plenty enough for shipping, customs, distribution, purchase, scam return and repurchase.
Just so you know, Sony lost the case in the first instance, but won on appeal.
When I went to buy the Orange Box last night, I was informed by the store owner (it pays to buy from small game stores) that I would need to download a large portion of the game via the internet. Over dialup. This is apparently required to ensure that I'm not pirating it.
Fuck that.
If they don't want to sell me a game, so be it. I'll spend my money elsewhere. I really wish people would stop rewarding companies who do this sort of thing. They don't deserve it.
For a country with Nigeria's natural resources, there's now a third way. You just shout out "Hey China, we got oil!"
... it is wise to learn the lessons of history. Especially since history has a habit of repeating itself.They are being pursued over the matter. The claim in the linked article that the advertiser reached settlement with the regulators appears to be a fabrication. I can find no reference to back this up.
/ 792088/fromItemId/2332, dated 12th July 2007, includes the advertiser as party to current proceedings.
The ACCC news release found at http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId
I don't see cash going away any time soon.
Give it time and it will. Governments lose a lot of potential tax money to the cash economy.