So is this the origin of the flood myth?
It can't be, because then there would be no flood myth, but a flood event.
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I had read somewhere that computers don't load up USB drivers when entering safe mode. That could be wrong or outdated information or could be BIOS dependent. Having read that I was quite happy that I had a PS/2 keyboard during the last several weeks while my computer was attempting to commit suicide.
I would gladly spend 3 times the amount of time doing something else waiting for a download than to spend the time watching a movie that has to stop and buffer every couple of seconds.
Come to think of it, I bet Netflix will introduce ads with this deal.
Of course they will. It's Disney. The shows themselves ARE commercials, for the videos, appearances, concerts, movies, etc. of the talentless hacks in the programs.
Goes to show how we see what our mind expects to see. When I first read the article, I thought it said 15 minutes, and that made perfect sense to me. I even thought it was kind of fast, as I figured that licensing would make them wait an hour or two. But then when someone said 15 days is not that fast, I almost replied and told him "no, it's 15 minutes you idiot." Luckily I reread the summary before making a fool of myself. But having done that now...15 days? Really? It's available on my DVR practically without commercials 10 minutes into the program, 20 for an hour episode.
I missed the article where Wikileaks was found guilty in a court of law of distributing classified documents and google is not bringing anything up either. Can you point me to it?
If people are too poor to afford music or entertainment then the proper thing for someone wishing to be charitable is to buy them a legal copy and give it to them.
His taxes did not fund that fire department and there was no fire department covering his area. Houses in his area were covered on an individual basis by a $75 voluntary fee, which they didn't pay.
The companies need to find a new business model or die, just like every other company whose business model was rendered obsolete by new technology.
Why do they need to change their business model? It is successful. Just because someone is technically but not legally able to obtain your product through another means does not mean you are required to change your business model. If they change to the business model that the pirates want, THEN they will die.
If free music was such a great business model, then someone would have started a company that distributed music for free and totally trashed the big media companies. So far, it hasn't happened.
Yes, perhaps the music industry can take notice of how Avast deals with software piracy and similarly tell people that free version of the music they have downloaded is available. They can offer the free version with some of the functionality removed, like the 0s, or maybe the 1s.
No, mine is also a wide angle, and as you say I can see stuff coming that I might not be able to see through the unnecessarily large vehicle next to mine. However, because it is a wide angle, depth perception is distorted and I can't tell how far the vehicle is. I just have to wait for it to go by or disappear from the camera's view. Now what would be awesome is if they could put the camera's output in a little monitor facing in from the back window, where you should be already looking when you are backing up.
I would think it would cost more than that. They also have to figure out how to make it at least somewhat inconspicuous. It is okay for everyone to see your big ugly camera when you are paying extra for it, but when it is government mandated, everybody will have one and so people won't want them to be visible. Most cars still do not have a video screen, either, so they will all have to be upgraded to have one.
This is another example of the skyrocketing price of cars. In 1970, the cost of a new car was about 1/3 of the median household income, and most families only had one car. Now, the cost of a new car is more than 1/2 the median household income, and most families have 2 to 3. I'm surprised people are able to get by. I can make it because I have a 11 year old car, but I know lots of people that have two or more late model vehicles. I guess they are just leveraged to the hilt.
I don't recall him saying that he was driving in the fast lane. Around here, people will still happily tailgate behind you even if there is an open lane to the left.
Clearly this will have the same affect as airbags. ie, people deciding not to use their seatbelt because the airbag will save them. In the same manner, people will depend on this rear view camera instead of looking around their vehicle, which is what they should do.
I HAVE a rearview camera, but I wouldn't use it instead of looking around the vehicle. Besides, rearview cameras are horrible for depth perception. You couldn't use it for parking to make sure you are not going to bump somebody. The only thing I can use it for is if I see something in it, I look behind me to note where it is and how far.
Home Theater in the dash is illegal. Video viewable from the drivers seat is illegal.
Rear view camera would probably be enabled only when you back up. That is how mine works anyway. The rest of the time, the display functions as my radio controls and/or my GPS. And the GPS controls are also not usable while driving. There is an override, so a passenger can use it, but the key sequence of the override is so complicated only a passenger could possibly enter it correctly.
We used to do about $7000 a month, and at the time the merchant rate ended up being about 4%, and that was including the monthly rental on a credit card machine and check truncation services and all the statement and access fees. That ends up being about the equivalent of 2.9% plus the $0.29 fee as most of our transactions were about the $30-$40 range. Now that we are doing a lot less volume, we are paying closer to 7% in total, but the credit card machine is now paid for so that is $30 less a month on the bill.
Merchant services always seem to work out to about the same. They either charge more percentage or more per transaction. But one way or another, they end up pulling about the same amount out of you each month.
Also, in the last couple of years, it has been required that anybody with a merchant account, and that probably is supposed to include paypal merchants, must pass a test proving that they comply with federal regulations regarding the use and storage of consumer credit card data. That certification has been running about $140 a year for us.
Well there are two alternatives to bust the monopoly. One is for the government to let another bank be allowed to operate without having to adhere to federal banking regulations. The other is for the government to enforce the banking regulations which ought to be enforced for a business like paypal. I suggest number two.
As a small business with a merchant account, I can tell you that the merchant fees with paypal are about the same as what I pay. Now, my merchant also charges some dumb stuff like a statement fee, interchange fees, connection fees and crap like that. I have no way of knowing if paypal also charges that stuff because nobody ever discloses that stuff until after you sign up. But it appears to me that there is no good reason to use paypal, and lots of bad reasons.
I can't see why they are not a bank anyway. They hold people's money and pay interest. They need to be subject to the same rules and regulations, otherwise, they have an unfair advantage over other banks that do the same thing but actually have to abide by the rules.
Similarly the cell phone companies need to be governed by the same rules as the credit card companies, since they allow other companies to bill products and services onto your account, yet the provide you almost zero leverage to dispute an issue with a third party company that issued a charge without your permission.
Maybe the government's angle should be to flood wikileaks with information so that anybody looking would have to spend a ridiculous amount of time to find anytihng useful. Kind of like the internet.
The legal presumption of innocence is not the same as actual innocence.
Not only that, but in most cases, innocent until proven guilty is a fallacy. You can be declared "innocent" by a court of law, but often you can only be found "not guilty" which just means they couldn't prove you did it, but they are still pretty sure you did it and they are not about to call you innocent of the charge. And of course, if the IRS decides you did something wrong, then the burden of proof of your innocence is on you, rather than the burden of proof of your guilt being on them. It is assumed that you are guilty and you have to prove you are not. basically any time a judge decides a case holds enough evidence to go before a court, you are presumed guilty and have to prove your innocence, but most of the time you can't prove you are innocent, they just are unable top prove you are guilty, which is not the same thing from a press or societal point of view. Or legal, as your arrest and lack of conviction will still make you a more interesting person to the police than the average Joe.
Paper magazines send out "your subscription is about to expire" within a few months of starting your subscription. Network Solutions also sends you crap telling you your domain is about to expire. They base this on the hope that when you signed up you didn't keep track of when you signed up and maybe have forgotten how long you signed up for.
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So is this the origin of the flood myth?
It can't be, because then there would be no flood myth, but a flood event.
I had read somewhere that computers don't load up USB drivers when entering safe mode. That could be wrong or outdated information or could be BIOS dependent. Having read that I was quite happy that I had a PS/2 keyboard during the last several weeks while my computer was attempting to commit suicide.
I would gladly spend 3 times the amount of time doing something else waiting for a download than to spend the time watching a movie that has to stop and buffer every couple of seconds.
Come to think of it, I bet Netflix will introduce ads with this deal.
Of course they will. It's Disney. The shows themselves ARE commercials, for the videos, appearances, concerts, movies, etc. of the talentless hacks in the programs.
Goes to show how we see what our mind expects to see. When I first read the article, I thought it said 15 minutes, and that made perfect sense to me. I even thought it was kind of fast, as I figured that licensing would make them wait an hour or two. But then when someone said 15 days is not that fast, I almost replied and told him "no, it's 15 minutes you idiot." Luckily I reread the summary before making a fool of myself. But having done that now...15 days? Really? It's available on my DVR practically without commercials 10 minutes into the program, 20 for an hour episode.
Yeah, like the IP address of my DVR.
I missed the article where Wikileaks was found guilty in a court of law of distributing classified documents and google is not bringing anything up either. Can you point me to it?
If people are too poor to afford music or entertainment then the proper thing for someone wishing to be charitable is to buy them a legal copy and give it to them.
Altruism means being charitable. I don't think the word can apply here, because they are giving away something which is not theirs to give.
His taxes did not fund that fire department and there was no fire department covering his area. Houses in his area were covered on an individual basis by a $75 voluntary fee, which they didn't pay.
The companies need to find a new business model or die, just like every other company whose business model was rendered obsolete by new technology.
Why do they need to change their business model? It is successful. Just because someone is technically but not legally able to obtain your product through another means does not mean you are required to change your business model. If they change to the business model that the pirates want, THEN they will die.
If free music was such a great business model, then someone would have started a company that distributed music for free and totally trashed the big media companies. So far, it hasn't happened.
Yes, perhaps the music industry can take notice of how Avast deals with software piracy and similarly tell people that free version of the music they have downloaded is available. They can offer the free version with some of the functionality removed, like the 0s, or maybe the 1s.
I'm sorry, I should have said "people deciding not to use their seatbelt because they believe the airbag will save them."
No, mine is also a wide angle, and as you say I can see stuff coming that I might not be able to see through the unnecessarily large vehicle next to mine. However, because it is a wide angle, depth perception is distorted and I can't tell how far the vehicle is. I just have to wait for it to go by or disappear from the camera's view. Now what would be awesome is if they could put the camera's output in a little monitor facing in from the back window, where you should be already looking when you are backing up.
I would think it would cost more than that. They also have to figure out how to make it at least somewhat inconspicuous. It is okay for everyone to see your big ugly camera when you are paying extra for it, but when it is government mandated, everybody will have one and so people won't want them to be visible. Most cars still do not have a video screen, either, so they will all have to be upgraded to have one.
This is another example of the skyrocketing price of cars. In 1970, the cost of a new car was about 1/3 of the median household income, and most families only had one car. Now, the cost of a new car is more than 1/2 the median household income, and most families have 2 to 3. I'm surprised people are able to get by. I can make it because I have a 11 year old car, but I know lots of people that have two or more late model vehicles. I guess they are just leveraged to the hilt.
I don't recall him saying that he was driving in the fast lane. Around here, people will still happily tailgate behind you even if there is an open lane to the left.
Clearly this will have the same affect as airbags. ie, people deciding not to use their seatbelt because the airbag will save them. In the same manner, people will depend on this rear view camera instead of looking around their vehicle, which is what they should do.
I HAVE a rearview camera, but I wouldn't use it instead of looking around the vehicle. Besides, rearview cameras are horrible for depth perception. You couldn't use it for parking to make sure you are not going to bump somebody. The only thing I can use it for is if I see something in it, I look behind me to note where it is and how far.
Home Theater in the dash is illegal. Video viewable from the drivers seat is illegal.
Rear view camera would probably be enabled only when you back up. That is how mine works anyway. The rest of the time, the display functions as my radio controls and/or my GPS. And the GPS controls are also not usable while driving. There is an override, so a passenger can use it, but the key sequence of the override is so complicated only a passenger could possibly enter it correctly.
We used to do about $7000 a month, and at the time the merchant rate ended up being about 4%, and that was including the monthly rental on a credit card machine and check truncation services and all the statement and access fees. That ends up being about the equivalent of 2.9% plus the $0.29 fee as most of our transactions were about the $30-$40 range. Now that we are doing a lot less volume, we are paying closer to 7% in total, but the credit card machine is now paid for so that is $30 less a month on the bill.
Merchant services always seem to work out to about the same. They either charge more percentage or more per transaction. But one way or another, they end up pulling about the same amount out of you each month.
Also, in the last couple of years, it has been required that anybody with a merchant account, and that probably is supposed to include paypal merchants, must pass a test proving that they comply with federal regulations regarding the use and storage of consumer credit card data. That certification has been running about $140 a year for us.
Well there are two alternatives to bust the monopoly. One is for the government to let another bank be allowed to operate without having to adhere to federal banking regulations. The other is for the government to enforce the banking regulations which ought to be enforced for a business like paypal. I suggest number two.
As a small business with a merchant account, I can tell you that the merchant fees with paypal are about the same as what I pay. Now, my merchant also charges some dumb stuff like a statement fee, interchange fees, connection fees and crap like that. I have no way of knowing if paypal also charges that stuff because nobody ever discloses that stuff until after you sign up. But it appears to me that there is no good reason to use paypal, and lots of bad reasons.
I can't see why they are not a bank anyway. They hold people's money and pay interest. They need to be subject to the same rules and regulations, otherwise, they have an unfair advantage over other banks that do the same thing but actually have to abide by the rules.
Similarly the cell phone companies need to be governed by the same rules as the credit card companies, since they allow other companies to bill products and services onto your account, yet the provide you almost zero leverage to dispute an issue with a third party company that issued a charge without your permission.
Maybe the government's angle should be to flood wikileaks with information so that anybody looking would have to spend a ridiculous amount of time to find anytihng useful. Kind of like the internet.
The legal presumption of innocence is not the same as actual innocence.
Not only that, but in most cases, innocent until proven guilty is a fallacy. You can be declared "innocent" by a court of law, but often you can only be found "not guilty" which just means they couldn't prove you did it, but they are still pretty sure you did it and they are not about to call you innocent of the charge. And of course, if the IRS decides you did something wrong, then the burden of proof of your innocence is on you, rather than the burden of proof of your guilt being on them. It is assumed that you are guilty and you have to prove you are not. basically any time a judge decides a case holds enough evidence to go before a court, you are presumed guilty and have to prove your innocence, but most of the time you can't prove you are innocent, they just are unable top prove you are guilty, which is not the same thing from a press or societal point of view. Or legal, as your arrest and lack of conviction will still make you a more interesting person to the police than the average Joe.
Paper magazines send out "your subscription is about to expire" within a few months of starting your subscription. Network Solutions also sends you crap telling you your domain is about to expire. They base this on the hope that when you signed up you didn't keep track of when you signed up and maybe have forgotten how long you signed up for.