And your double-snipe was a waste of time. If the other sniper wasn't there, you would have won for the same price with or without your double-snipe.
There's no point in bidding a "reasonable" amount. You should always bid for the win, using the absolute maximum you're willing to pay for the item. Then you can hope you get a bargain. Instead, if you bid for a bargain and hope for a win, you'll lose more often than not.
Instead the point is to get the product at a CHEAPER price than standard
Uh, no. The point is to get a product I want or need at a price I'm willing to pay. That price doesn't have to be cheaper than "standard", it just has to be a price I will pay.
But why doesn't EBay operate like flesh-and-blood auctions?
Because it's not a flesh-and-blood auction. It's a 24 hour per day, seven day per week auction with bids accepted continuously.
You want ebay to be more like a flesh-and-blood auction? OK. Items will only accept bids for a 30-second window, but you don't know in advance when that window will open. Therefore you have to monitor the auction non-stop. If the window opens while you're in the bathroom or at work, too bad.
Non-sensical, right?
Ebay isn't a live auction, so why are you so eager to jam-fit one feature of a live auction into it?
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But as far as the sniper is concerned, she's doing exactly what you're saying: she's finding out immediately if she won or not. Further, when you bid early, you tie your options to the success or failure of that bid and you have to wait until you win or lose before your option expires and you can move on. If you don't bid until the last second, you're not tied up and can move on immediately, even before the auction is over if the opportunity presents itself.
Time to add D-Link to the hardware vendor blacklist. Whenever you're asked by your non-tech friends what hardware they should buy, recommend anything BUT D-Link, and tell them to actively AVOID D-Link.
Yes, you're confused. And, you didn't read the article. The author is pissed because he's running an NTP server intended to be accessed only by Danish networks, and for use by servers, not clients. D-Link products are only marketed to clients, and not just Danish clients.
Of course, this presumes that the product and the producer don't take active steps to deceive the consumer, and presumes a technically-sophisticated consumer capable of analyzing the technology involved. Your idealistic scenario kind of falls flat when it runs into the real world.
I think instead of a yellow background, the print driver could randomly shower the page in a background cloud of tinty yellow dots. That way, you wouldn't be able to pick out the serial number. Bury it in noise.
Save money -- ditch the backpack. The solar cells don't generate enough power to make the unit run significantly longer. Put the money towards larger gell cells - I just bought a 7 amp-hour 12 V cell at the Dayton Hamvention for $15. A realistic size battery and a good charger will cost considerably less than the Voltaic backpack and give you longer run times besides.
But of the circumference of the earth is now smaller because of a large shift in mass, the rotational period will alter
True, but that will have no relevance to the gravational field generated by the earth's mass, which did not change (and is the only thing that matters).
NASA will have to account for the change when communicating with deep space satellites, but that should be the only real apparent effect.
Of course, the folks using the IBM ones are not ever supposed to go down... There's a difference between the machine crashing and the application crashing.
...television, TV, and sporting leagues suing the pants off of them for providing something that the can prove is illegal (like viewing NFL games outside the specified market area).
That's not illegal, it's a violation of the contract the NFL has with the television networks.
Can't send 'em to the dump, due to all the lead in the CRT. A half-dozen monitors will be leaving my basement. Also a Compaq 386sx and 386 (upgraded to a 486DX2 via an Overdrive chip), and I'm sure I'll find some more stuff. Anybody want an original IBM PC async serial card?
We are nowhere near having the kinds of materials required
Better RTFA, and maybe do a little research. We are actually within a factor of two of having materials strong enough; anything after that becomes essentially an engineering problem.
Or this if you've got some money available, or this if you've got a small budget, or this if you're cheap, or this if you're really cheap and don't care if you sound like crap and can't be tuned in.
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There's no point in bidding a "reasonable" amount. You should always bid for the win, using the absolute maximum you're willing to pay for the item. Then you can hope you get a bargain. Instead, if you bid for a bargain and hope for a win, you'll lose more often than not.
Uh, no. The point is to get a product I want or need at a price I'm willing to pay. That price doesn't have to be cheaper than "standard", it just has to be a price I will pay.
Because it's not a flesh-and-blood auction. It's a 24 hour per day, seven day per week auction with bids accepted continuously.
You want ebay to be more like a flesh-and-blood auction? OK. Items will only accept bids for a 30-second window, but you don't know in advance when that window will open. Therefore you have to monitor the auction non-stop. If the window opens while you're in the bathroom or at work, too bad.
Non-sensical, right?
Ebay isn't a live auction, so why are you so eager to jam-fit one feature of a live auction into it?
But as far as the sniper is concerned, she's doing exactly what you're saying: she's finding out immediately if she won or not. Further, when you bid early, you tie your options to the success or failure of that bid and you have to wait until you win or lose before your option expires and you can move on. If you don't bid until the last second, you're not tied up and can move on immediately, even before the auction is over if the opportunity presents itself.
Uh, the FBI doesn't have juristiction in Denmark.
Theft of service?
Time to add D-Link to the hardware vendor blacklist. Whenever you're asked by your non-tech friends what hardware they should buy, recommend anything BUT D-Link, and tell them to actively AVOID D-Link.
Yes, you're confused. And, you didn't read the article. The author is pissed because he's running an NTP server intended to be accessed only by Danish networks, and for use by servers, not clients. D-Link products are only marketed to clients, and not just Danish clients.
Also for Windows: Dimension 4 at http://www.thinkman.com.
Also, be sure to let Sony know why you aren't buying their product. And, tell the artist why you won't be purchasing their CDs.
Of course, this presumes that the product and the producer don't take active steps to deceive the consumer, and presumes a technically-sophisticated consumer capable of analyzing the technology involved. Your idealistic scenario kind of falls flat when it runs into the real world.
What other parlours are there? Beauty Parlours. What else? Massage.
No.
I think instead of a yellow background, the print driver could randomly shower the page in a background cloud of tinty yellow dots. That way, you wouldn't be able to pick out the serial number. Bury it in noise.
Save money -- ditch the backpack. The solar cells don't generate enough power to make the unit run significantly longer. Put the money towards larger gell cells - I just bought a 7 amp-hour 12 V cell at the Dayton Hamvention for $15. A realistic size battery and a good charger will cost considerably less than the Voltaic backpack and give you longer run times besides.
I just replaced my Leatherman PST2 (owned about 5 years) with a Victorinox Swisstool CX Plus. Definite improvement.
But of the circumference of the earth is now smaller because of a large shift in mass, the rotational period will alter
True, but that will have no relevance to the gravational field generated by the earth's mass, which did not change (and is the only thing that matters).
NASA will have to account for the change when communicating with deep space satellites, but that should be the only real apparent effect.
Of course, the folks using the IBM ones are not ever supposed to go down...
There's a difference between the machine crashing and the application crashing.
That's not illegal, it's a violation of the contract the NFL has with the television networks.
Were you running it on a USB 2.0 stick or a 1.1 stick?
Just checking.
Epson PX-8.
Uh, because that way they wind up in the landfill, and the lead in the CRT glass leaches out and contaminates ground water.
Can't send 'em to the dump, due to all the lead in the CRT. A half-dozen monitors will be leaving my basement. Also a Compaq 386sx and 386 (upgraded to a 486DX2 via an Overdrive chip), and I'm sure I'll find some more stuff. Anybody want an original IBM PC async serial card?
This is great news.
Better RTFA, and maybe do a little research. We are actually within a factor of two of having materials strong enough; anything after that becomes essentially an engineering problem.
Or this if you've got some money available, or this if you've got a small budget, or this if you're cheap, or this if you're really cheap and don't care if you sound like crap and can't be tuned in.