It is not that hard to change trains. I have taken far more on a train that I could in any car I own. Sure it was not just me, but 5 peoples luggage is a lot of stuff.
They are faster than air travel if you include the need to arrive early and the frequent cancellations of flights. Car travel sucks. you can't drink, you can't read, you can't do much of anything. Better yet would be to stop subsidizing roads so much and have better public transit in all forms. Let those who damage the roads pay for them, the shipping companies.
"Unlimited". They claim 5GB but I have broken that before and not heard anything. Even then 100MB is nothing against a 5GB allowance. Slashdot was an American site last I checked; has this changed? My real answer is that most users in developing countries rely on computer cafes and those have better connections. If you can only afford dial up you can often not afford a computer of your own.
I know poor folks in the position you are talking about, some are there by bad decisions others by bad circumstances. The latter group suffer with the public transit, the former eat poorly.
I have been returning bottles for food money poor. You buy a bag of rice, a bag of dried beans. Veggies are cheap frozen, mixed bags are sub $1/pound, so get those as your budget allows. If you can scrap together another $1 you buy some taco seasoning mixes or hot sauce. This will feed you for a long time and be very healthy.
When did cheap downloads become available? $0.99/song is the same as buying a CD, actually worse. The CD at least came with some stuff to put on the shelf.
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This one right now is from july 90, the one I was typing the other comment on is from 88. I also have one of the inferior lexmark made ones from 94.
Unlike your computer that keyboard is probably still working. Typed on a model M older than many Slashdot posters.
My thyroid is messed up too. Not an apologist, just a realist. Even if it kills me, Nuclear kills far less people than coal.
It is not that hard to change trains. I have taken far more on a train that I could in any car I own. Sure it was not just me, but 5 peoples luggage is a lot of stuff.
One is gas the other is diesel. One of those fuels is a lot more energy per unit volume.
I can take a train there, I can change trains if need be and a train can haul many tons. Most importantly, I can have a beer while doing all this.
That is only a few thousand caps.
They are faster than air travel if you include the need to arrive early and the frequent cancellations of flights. Car travel sucks. you can't drink, you can't read, you can't do much of anything. Better yet would be to stop subsidizing roads so much and have better public transit in all forms. Let those who damage the roads pay for them, the shipping companies.
This is why I have already started stockpiling bottle caps.
The technology sure has. In 1968 would never have flown them without the roof.
We can't all waste money like the military. Maybe if they wasted a little less we could though.
How much are you offering for this?
I already survived the rain from Chernobyl, lets add another one to the score.
But this mythical small company might not be able to afford such expensive products.
Note, that was sarcasm.
You're doing it wrong. This is not a legitimate need, this is folks doing it wrong.
It takes a few minutes on a linux netbook. I think any company can afford 15 minutes and a $250 netbook.
"Unlimited". They claim 5GB but I have broken that before and not heard anything. Even then 100MB is nothing against a 5GB allowance. Slashdot was an American site last I checked; has this changed? My real answer is that most users in developing countries rely on computer cafes and those have better connections. If you can only afford dial up you can often not afford a computer of your own.
Since they are measured in MB and this is 2011 no one cares. My phone has 16GB of storage.
You need to lighten up dude, you are always Negative Nancy around here.
Sounds like driving it would suck. Could never feel the road.
Choice is the whole point. Learn the one you like, people can install the libs and run your KDE app on their gnome desktop or the other way around.
I had a full time job and college, I used it.
I know poor folks in the position you are talking about, some are there by bad decisions others by bad circumstances. The latter group suffer with the public transit, the former eat poorly.
And they have no public transportation?
No other methods of transportation?
No legs and feet?
You can take the bus to a grocery store, I have done that when I was poor.
I have been returning bottles for food money poor. You buy a bag of rice, a bag of dried beans. Veggies are cheap frozen, mixed bags are sub $1/pound, so get those as your budget allows. If you can scrap together another $1 you buy some taco seasoning mixes or hot sauce. This will feed you for a long time and be very healthy.
Because that is a unique ID per Phone not per User. Pandora accounts are unique to users, not phones.
Please tell me you are not involved in any sort of development.
Thanks for the information. Looks like I was wrong. I still claim the pill method to be way more fun.
When did cheap downloads become available?
$0.99/song is the same as buying a CD, actually worse. The CD at least came with some stuff to put on the shelf.