Then you'd better hope we get more justices like the dissenters... Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Antonin Scalia, dissented in the case... (FTFA)
Bah. Pointing out the irony of the Apple 1984 ad is prior art. Hell, if I were a slashdot subscriber, I could probably dredge up several many-year old references posted by myself, and I don't even read most other posts!:-)
a) I gave you money unsolicited, for your cause. I only give when I can, and want to. Almost NEVER is it due to a solicitation or campaign.
b) Please don't send me unsolicited materials, you are wasting your (our) money and I resent that a portion of my donation is being churned back into solicitations and not the original purpose.
c) Don't sell my name to other charities. I know, it is a fund raiser (maybe?) but I will NOT respond to their solicitations. They are wasting their money sending me pleas...
d) Please remove my name from your list when I ask, (usually the "c" listers, but sometimes the "a" lister too!). If I go thru the trouble of asking to be removed, I will REALLY not EVER donate to that organization.
e) Just because the return address on my envelope doesn't match the address on the check I am still just one person. Please don't harvest this extra info into your database and SEND ME TWO of everything! What a double waste of money.
f) It would be nice if you sent the tax-deduction acknowledgment letter, but just once at the end of the year is fine.
BTW - I do check the efficacy of your charity before I give.
I don't mean to be dickish about this, but there are more good causes than I can support, so this is just part of how I chose which to give to.
In short, your CRM software should allow you to check the "hey this guy will give us money if we DON'T bug him" box.
Who actually got the money from the fine... Somehow I doubt the court cut a check to the RIAA for 100 Euros. More likely it just disappeared into the local government coffers.
That's the cool thing about a bunch of petty "crimes" for which fines are levied. Another revenue stream for the government... to help pay for enforcement of petty little laws...
Technically speaking, I can give most folks a sub-orbital flight with my bare hands... as long as there is something I can grab (that won't pull off during the "launch").
And not your "notes"... he just wants to know where you live and how much you spent at Amazon... to make sure you paid your local "use" tax.
You have paid, right?
Do you have any right to ask Amazon to delete your "history"? Probably not any more than you have the right to ask your doctor to erase bad things from your medical charts...
I can see how the square jaw would make you think of Batman, but if you take into account the hair cut and overall body build, you should be thinking more along the lines of Fred Flintstone, in drag.
on average US taxpayers pay $10/month for everything that NASA does.
Number of US tax payers is about
138 Million... NASA Budget is 18.7 $B(2010). So mathematically the average is closer to $130 per taxpayer...
But the way the system is set up you might be close, e.g. the average Joe paying $10 and a few rich guys paying a heck of a lot more (and then there is the issue that the government simply spends more money than they have, just to complicate things.)
There aren't that many and all but a hand full were just opened in years that start with "20" (e.g. there are only 5 that opened in "19xx" and they are all "199x"...)
Sounds like a perfect way to help thwart global warming!
As a bonus, if it turns out global cooling becomes a problem, we can build coal powered plant on shore, hook it up to the power cables, turn the fans north and run the fans backwards to blow all the cold air back to the north pole!
My "old-ish" eyes can still see hi-res screens just fine (actually one of the reasons I have put off getting the LASER eye-job... I would love to see distance again without glasses, but I usually sit in front of a screen)
My Mid-80's dad also wants an Nx1200 screen... because it divides evenly into a crisp Mx600 screen for the non-jaggy "big-print" version screen.
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I take it you don't like the decision?
Then you'd better hope we get more justices like the dissenters... Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Antonin Scalia, dissented in the case... (FTFA)
Bah. Pointing out the irony of the Apple 1984 ad is prior art. Hell, if I were a slashdot subscriber, I could probably dredge up several many-year old references posted by myself, and I don't even read most other posts! :-)
Telling Americans to do something because Europe's been doing it is a lot like telling a 5-year-old not to go near the cookie jar.
I think you meant something more like:
Telling Americans to do something because Europe's been doing it is a lot like saying "But mom! All the cool kids ARE jumping off the bridge!"
a) I gave you money unsolicited, for your cause. I only give when I can, and want to. Almost NEVER is it due to a solicitation or campaign.
b) Please don't send me unsolicited materials, you are wasting your (our) money and I resent that a portion of my donation is being churned back into solicitations and not the original purpose.
c) Don't sell my name to other charities. I know, it is a fund raiser (maybe?) but I will NOT respond to their solicitations. They are wasting their money sending me pleas...
d) Please remove my name from your list when I ask, (usually the "c" listers, but sometimes the "a" lister too!). If I go thru the trouble of asking to be removed, I will REALLY not EVER donate to that organization.
e) Just because the return address on my envelope doesn't match the address on the check I am still just one person. Please don't harvest this extra info into your database and SEND ME TWO of everything! What a double waste of money.
f) It would be nice if you sent the tax-deduction acknowledgment letter, but just once at the end of the year is fine.
BTW - I do check the efficacy of your charity before I give.
I don't mean to be dickish about this, but there are more good causes than I can support, so this is just part of how I chose which to give to.
In short, your CRM software should allow you to check the "hey this guy will give us money if we DON'T bug him" box.
Who actually got the money from the fine... Somehow I doubt the court cut a check to the RIAA for 100 Euros. More likely it just disappeared into the local government coffers. That's the cool thing about a bunch of petty "crimes" for which fines are levied. Another revenue stream for the government... to help pay for enforcement of petty little laws...
If one parks a car this way, is it possible to un-park it?
Technically speaking, I can give most folks a sub-orbital flight with my bare hands... as long as there is something I can grab (that won't pull off during the "launch").
And not your "notes"... he just wants to know where you live and how much you spent at Amazon... to make sure you paid your local "use" tax.
You have paid, right?
Do you have any right to ask Amazon to delete your "history"? Probably not any more than you have the right to ask your doctor to erase bad things from your medical charts...
You might care about Discovery and History.
There are quite a few channels on AMC11 that you might care about...
Um, your favorite IPTV headend still gets ITS programming from satellite... still the cheapest way to get distributed (if not delivered).
I don't get it - why "scrape" at all? Google has a real search API, do they not?
I can see how the square jaw would make you think of Batman, but if you take into account the hair cut and overall body build, you should be thinking more along the lines of Fred Flintstone, in drag.
There are certain people for whom much of what THEY say YOU should do, does not apply to THEM. He is one of THOSE people.
Frankly, he is welcome to his opinion, and may even be right, on this issue. In a sane world I would just say, So what?
Unfortunately he is in a position to "do something" about it.
And if being a "distraction" isn't enough, soon you'll hear "all those electronic devices aren't good for the environment"...
About half of the people in the world think they know what is better for you than you do.
oops - sorry about the month/year thing. I guess with the recent passing of April 15 I had "annual" on my mind...
All is good.
on average US taxpayers pay $10/month for everything that NASA does.
Number of US tax payers is about 138 Million... NASA Budget is 18.7 $B(2010). So mathematically the average is closer to $130 per taxpayer...
But the way the system is set up you might be close, e.g. the average Joe paying $10 and a few rich guys paying a heck of a lot more (and then there is the issue that the government simply spends more money than they have, just to complicate things.)
Here is a list of offshore wind farms
There aren't that many and all but a hand full were just opened in years that start with "20" (e.g. there are only 5 that opened in "19xx" and they are all "199x"...)
disturb spiritual sun greetings
Sounds like a perfect way to help thwart global warming!
As a bonus, if it turns out global cooling becomes a problem, we can build coal powered plant on shore, hook it up to the power cables, turn the fans north and run the fans backwards to blow all the cold air back to the north pole!
Win win win
Where's Waldo? Now Where's Wendy!
found some!
US made laptops -- Got a link?
letters... the lag was incredibly high
Yeah, a mail based FPS would be a bitch, but some folks have had luck with turn-based strategy games.
Hitler at the Nürnberg party rally
With the right sub-titles that could be a really funny speech!
If you go all the way to Paris to see it, you might be disappointed. It is behind 3 inches of plastic and 20 feet of oriental tourists.
Meh... maybe I am jaded, but half of these more than give you the gist of what it is... being in front of it adds nothing.
My "old-ish" eyes can still see hi-res screens just fine (actually one of the reasons I have put off getting the LASER eye-job... I would love to see distance again without glasses, but I usually sit in front of a screen)
My Mid-80's dad also wants an Nx1200 screen... because it divides evenly into a crisp Mx600 screen for the non-jaggy "big-print" version screen.