So theoretically, if one wished for a real kick in the pants, breathing roasting coffee vapors would do wonders. Hmmmm.... the coffee bong. (I need to run off and start the patent paperwork now...)
I'm not happy with either of the 2 large parties but I dislike the democrats more because of entitlement and redistribution of income.
Both parties are into redistribution of income. It's simply a matter of who gets the money. As example, take the latest idea of $100 tax refund to help with gas prices. This is effectively a subsidy of the fossil fuel industry -- and I say that as an investor with oil and gas interests in some Canroys. Everytime I get behind a big pickup or SUV, I smile to myself and think about how I'm getting paid way more in dividends than I spend on gas every month because of the single occupant low MPG vehicles America loves.
Also, have you noticed how Bush and Ahmadinejad seem to coordinate their attacks on each other everytime oil slips too much? I watch oil prices a lot and when the price starts dipping too low, you can bet either Ahmadinejad or Bush will do something inflamatory. Consider that Bush's behavior is backed by the US military, an organization supported by tax dollars of course. His actions cause a rise in price/profits for the fossil fuel industry in which he is an investor, and your average Joe transfers a lot of his hard-earned cash to those reaping the benefits of high fuel prices. That sounds like redistribution to me.
Huh -- we're in complete disagreement. I like the second one best. The third has tiny fonts, had to enlarge them right off the bat and when simply surfing, I'd rather keep my hands on the mouse and than fiddle with settings. The first one is just too curvy at the to -- I like the article entry look though. Still, tiny fonts again.
I haven't RTFA. But let's put this in the context of an international shipment. Customs has the right to open anything and look at it. When you ship internationally, you have to declare every single item in the package. Personally, I've received obviously opened internationaly shipped packages. If it crosses the US border, inbound or out, it can be searched.
How do you get past the roadmap page: "Congratulations, you have succesfully completed Steps 1 - 3. On the next page, you will see the "Main Menu," which will serve as your roadmap throughout the rest of the process.... Below is a site map to help you navigate the Main Menu. Click on the Next button below to Continue."
For the life of me, I can't find a "next" button and go set up a brokerage account.
I don't know that I'd call diamonds an "investment" when the price is related in large part to the De Beers monopolistic practices. Should their monopoly fade, so too will diamonds' sparkle as an investment commodity fade. Hmmmm, I think I'll google around now for info on whether diamonds actually offer any sort of return on investment. As an aside, if the diamond is attached to a ring attached to a girl, it's 100% certain to cost you money in the long run... well, in the short run too.
OK, quick googling: no dice. Except this is amusing and interesting. Apparently, without monopoly control, "There are really enough diamonds to give each man, woman and child in the United States a whole cupful." Cite. That doesn't bode well for the time the monopoly falls.
Yeah, and maybe they'll get lucky and someone will donate the necessary time and effort needed to get it to sync to linux boxes instead of it's current windows only capability. Seems to me that they aren't really interested in linux for anything except as a way to cut costs.
I play go at a coffee shop near my office once a week. There's a guy who comes there with this Vaio thing -- I haven't looked at it very closely because it didn't interest me much, but essentially it's a little black brick with a small (6 or 7 inch range) but high resolution screen. It's probably a bit smaller than a 200 page hardback novel. Still, once he props it in an upright position, plugs in something to the upper left (wifi perhaps?) and plugs in a foldable keyboard, it takes up more room than a 12" laptop.
Add in a fresnel lens (think Brazil) to keep from going blind, and I don't see any advantage. And for those who like to keep their hands on the keyboard, using a touch pen is worse than a mouse. I saw a video demonstrating some of the earliest interfaces (early Englebert groundbreaking stuff in the 50s). At first they used a pen but found that people became very tired very quickly when they had to point at the screen with it repetively. With the Sony mentioned above in the propped up position, using the stylus pointer would be very tiring.
The fact is, we have hands of a particular size, visual capabilities of a particular resolution, and pockets too small to fit a device that meets those physical requirements. A pocketable AND usable computer is going to take some big leaps -- for instance glasses that function as high res displays (at reasonable prices, weights, and appearances) and a real break from finger oriented input. Whoever figures out how to free input from dependence on the human hand will make a bundle -- and they should because it isn't going to be an easy feat.
?? What are you saying, Statute of Frauds makes it illegal to break contracts? Statute of Frauds just says that some contracts must be in writing (can't be oral agreements). It isn't illegal to break contracts -- you might end up owing money over the breach but it ain't illegal. Sometimes, it's even advantageous.
Example: Company A agrees to buy 10k widgets from B for $10 each with a provision that if A backs out, they still have to pay $2 for each unbought widget (this represents B's expected profit). 5k widgets into the contract, A finds that C will produce the exact same thing for $6. A should break the contract:
-- B gets $10,000 in damages representing it's profit. It was able to make this without devoting resources so it can make extra money with those resources. B is happy.
-- C gets a contract and has work, C is happy.
-- A saves $2/widget ($6 to C + $2 to B = $8/widget). A is happy and life would be worse for everyone if A just continued with its contract.
Here's an example why breaking contracts isn't always bad. In fact, everyone made out.
Looking at the wikipedia article I linked above, it looks like 40-50 years at current rate to replace the dome (look at "2004-present activity" section). One nice thing is that there is a high res picture on wikipedia of the formation as opposed to CNN's thumbnail shots about 2/3 the size of their ads. A picture 3000 pixels wide is way more enjoyable than one 75 or 80 pixels wide -- you'd think CNN could foot the bill for an extra kb or so and post real pictures.
The eruption caused a massive debris avalanche, reducing its summit from 9,677 feet (2,950 m) to 8,364 feet (2,550 m) in elevation. Cite. The mountain lost 1313 ft in its 1980 eruption. The article mentions the rock is rising 4-5 ft per day, and is 300 ft tall. It has 1003 ft to go, or about 250 days, assuming it continues at the same rate -- an unlikely assumption however because to replace the cone, it would need to not only rise to its former height, it would have to fill in the mile wide crater as well.
In my lifetime (I'm 37), I drove cross country three times -- all of them before I hit 25 years old. 95% of my driving is now within 20 miles of my home round trip. 99.9% of the remainder is within 180 miles (round trip) from my home. I can take Amtrack for the occaisional trip to Seattle and avoid all parking issues, plus get to enjoy reading stuff on the way. I don't actually get any joy out of driving anymore -- it's boring -- I'd rather fly and rent a car. A car with a 100 mile range would completely meet my needs. For those rare times I'd need increased range, there are alternatives (even car rental is likely a cost effective option). If you ask most people, I'm willing to bet that cross country driving isn't a major influence in their purchasing decisions.
I have vonage. Faxes work fine. In 4 months of service, I had only one day with difficulty (solved by temporarily setting my fax to "overseas" mode). I'm not a heavy fax user, but it is a steady 2-5 (combined in/out) per weekday.
1) it is a top 4 spammer who speaks Russian.
2) in the top 4 spammers are two Russians and one Ukranian
3) the top two spammers have decided to avoid bluehost customers
Assuming Ukranian guy speaks Russian, if the bottom 2 of the top 4 include only one Russian speaker, then he's your guy. At worst, you narrow it down to two people.
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Given the implications of your comment, I hope you have boned up on the reasons why coffee is better than women.
So theoretically, if one wished for a real kick in the pants, breathing roasting coffee vapors would do wonders. Hmmmm .... the coffee bong. (I need to run off and start the patent paperwork now ...)
Perhaps You should consider conspiring with a Logician and Grammarian.
Farscape: John Creighton, in the Indiana Jones of space cowboys sense.
Don't forget divorce. There's lots of options.
Also, have you noticed how Bush and Ahmadinejad seem to coordinate their attacks on each other everytime oil slips too much? I watch oil prices a lot and when the price starts dipping too low, you can bet either Ahmadinejad or Bush will do something inflamatory. Consider that Bush's behavior is backed by the US military, an organization supported by tax dollars of course. His actions cause a rise in price/profits for the fossil fuel industry in which he is an investor, and your average Joe transfers a lot of his hard-earned cash to those reaping the benefits of high fuel prices. That sounds like redistribution to me.
as tired a saying as it is: I wish I had mod points. That's a "+5 brilliant" post.
Huh -- we're in complete disagreement. I like the second one best. The third has tiny fonts, had to enlarge them right off the bat and when simply surfing, I'd rather keep my hands on the mouse and than fiddle with settings. The first one is just too curvy at the to -- I like the article entry look though. Still, tiny fonts again.
I haven't RTFA. But let's put this in the context of an international shipment. Customs has the right to open anything and look at it. When you ship internationally, you have to declare every single item in the package. Personally, I've received obviously opened internationaly shipped packages. If it crosses the US border, inbound or out, it can be searched.
How do you get past the roadmap page: "Congratulations, you have succesfully completed Steps 1 - 3. On the next page, you will see the "Main Menu," which will serve as your roadmap throughout the rest of the process.... Below is a site map to help you navigate the Main Menu. Click on the Next button below to Continue."
For the life of me, I can't find a "next" button and go set up a brokerage account.
A direct link to frownonthis.html is in order.
You better lay off smoking that rope for a spell.
I don't know that I'd call diamonds an "investment" when the price is related in large part to the De Beers monopolistic practices. Should their monopoly fade, so too will diamonds' sparkle as an investment commodity fade. Hmmmm, I think I'll google around now for info on whether diamonds actually offer any sort of return on investment. As an aside, if the diamond is attached to a ring attached to a girl, it's 100% certain to cost you money in the long run ... well, in the short run too.
OK, quick googling: no dice. Except this is amusing and interesting. Apparently, without monopoly control, "There are really enough diamonds to give each man, woman and child in the United States a whole cupful." Cite. That doesn't bode well for the time the monopoly falls.
Yeah, and maybe they'll get lucky and someone will donate the necessary time and effort needed to get it to sync to linux boxes instead of it's current windows only capability. Seems to me that they aren't really interested in linux for anything except as a way to cut costs.
I play go at a coffee shop near my office once a week. There's a guy who comes there with this Vaio thing -- I haven't looked at it very closely because it didn't interest me much, but essentially it's a little black brick with a small (6 or 7 inch range) but high resolution screen. It's probably a bit smaller than a 200 page hardback novel. Still, once he props it in an upright position, plugs in something to the upper left (wifi perhaps?) and plugs in a foldable keyboard, it takes up more room than a 12" laptop.
Add in a fresnel lens (think Brazil) to keep from going blind, and I don't see any advantage. And for those who like to keep their hands on the keyboard, using a touch pen is worse than a mouse. I saw a video demonstrating some of the earliest interfaces (early Englebert groundbreaking stuff in the 50s). At first they used a pen but found that people became very tired very quickly when they had to point at the screen with it repetively. With the Sony mentioned above in the propped up position, using the stylus pointer would be very tiring.
The fact is, we have hands of a particular size, visual capabilities of a particular resolution, and pockets too small to fit a device that meets those physical requirements. A pocketable AND usable computer is going to take some big leaps -- for instance glasses that function as high res displays (at reasonable prices, weights, and appearances) and a real break from finger oriented input. Whoever figures out how to free input from dependence on the human hand will make a bundle -- and they should because it isn't going to be an easy feat.
What the heck? It's "ridiculous"? Their kidding me!
Oops -- I meant rediculous of course.
What a redeculous question -- to think slashdotters might need help writing.
Link appreciated. I just got the service manuals for my iBook and Powerbook.
?? What are you saying, Statute of Frauds makes it illegal to break contracts? Statute of Frauds just says that some contracts must be in writing (can't be oral agreements). It isn't illegal to break contracts -- you might end up owing money over the breach but it ain't illegal. Sometimes, it's even advantageous.
Example: Company A agrees to buy 10k widgets from B for $10 each with a provision that if A backs out, they still have to pay $2 for each unbought widget (this represents B's expected profit). 5k widgets into the contract, A finds that C will produce the exact same thing for $6. A should break the contract:
-- B gets $10,000 in damages representing it's profit. It was able to make this without devoting resources so it can make extra money with those resources. B is happy.
-- C gets a contract and has work, C is happy.
-- A saves $2/widget ($6 to C + $2 to B = $8/widget). A is happy and life would be worse for everyone if A just continued with its contract.
Here's an example why breaking contracts isn't always bad. In fact, everyone made out.
Looking at the wikipedia article I linked above, it looks like 40-50 years at current rate to replace the dome (look at "2004-present activity" section). One nice thing is that there is a high res picture on wikipedia of the formation as opposed to CNN's thumbnail shots about 2/3 the size of their ads. A picture 3000 pixels wide is way more enjoyable than one 75 or 80 pixels wide -- you'd think CNN could foot the bill for an extra kb or so and post real pictures.
The eruption caused a massive debris avalanche, reducing its summit from 9,677 feet (2,950 m) to 8,364 feet (2,550 m) in elevation. Cite. The mountain lost 1313 ft in its 1980 eruption. The article mentions the rock is rising 4-5 ft per day, and is 300 ft tall. It has 1003 ft to go, or about 250 days, assuming it continues at the same rate -- an unlikely assumption however because to replace the cone, it would need to not only rise to its former height, it would have to fill in the mile wide crater as well.
In my lifetime (I'm 37), I drove cross country three times -- all of them before I hit 25 years old. 95% of my driving is now within 20 miles of my home round trip. 99.9% of the remainder is within 180 miles (round trip) from my home. I can take Amtrack for the occaisional trip to Seattle and avoid all parking issues, plus get to enjoy reading stuff on the way. I don't actually get any joy out of driving anymore -- it's boring -- I'd rather fly and rent a car. A car with a 100 mile range would completely meet my needs. For those rare times I'd need increased range, there are alternatives (even car rental is likely a cost effective option). If you ask most people, I'm willing to bet that cross country driving isn't a major influence in their purchasing decisions.
I have vonage. Faxes work fine. In 4 months of service, I had only one day with difficulty (solved by temporarily setting my fax to "overseas" mode). I'm not a heavy fax user, but it is a steady 2-5 (combined in/out) per weekday.
There may be enough clues in the article.
1) it is a top 4 spammer who speaks Russian.
2) in the top 4 spammers are two Russians and one Ukranian
3) the top two spammers have decided to avoid bluehost customers
Assuming Ukranian guy speaks Russian, if the bottom 2 of the top 4 include only one Russian speaker, then he's your guy. At worst, you narrow it down to two people.