You can't do much pirating with a slow connection, but you can surf the web.
So instead of cutting people off, they should consider cutting their speed to near-unusable speeds, like 128 kilobits per second. That's 16 kilobytes per second.
What are.you talking about? I pirated gigabytes of music over dial-up back in the day, a connection that's a good 3-4 times slower than what you propose. And that's also using a connection that I had to disconnect anytime I wanted to use the phone. With some patience, you could get just about anything with a 24/7 128kpbs connection.
Another thing they could do is stop taking large vehicles by how many axles they have. Because of this, the trucks generally have as few axles as possible, with as much weight as possible on each axle. Get the trucks to have more axles on them with the weight distributed as evenly as possible on each axle, and the amount of damage they do to the roads would be dramatically decreased.
In the end, it really doesn't matter as you're paying the repair and replace the roads one way or another.
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The problem is that so long as you never pay back your debt, you're paying interest on it for eternity. So in your example, you only pay $10 for $100 of clothes that year. The first year you come out a head. In the long term, you lose. Which of course makes sense - the people loaning the money aren't going to do it if there's nothing in it for them.
There's also the ability to share items between characters more easily, not to mention it makes it easy to switch computers and pick up where you left off.
It also makes it easier to stay legit for those that would otherwise be tempted by offline editors and trainers (though there's a lot of cheating scumbags on battle.net).
How do they do that? The high-frequency traders only execute a move when they have a seller and a buyer lined up and they can take a slice by acting as a middleman. They add zero liquidity to the market.
A 40% debt-to-GDP ratio? Have you been living in a cave since the Carter administration?
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Well, the 1080p thing wouldn't be so bad if the DPI wasn't shit. Someone needs to start taking common laptop panels, putting them in a case with a DVI port, and selling them as desktop monitors. 1920x1080 wouldn't be so bad in a 15" or a 17" screen, but it's crap for a 20"+ monitor.
It really amazes me that no one has done this yet.
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The problem I have is that 960 is just not quite wide enough for me. The 16:9 ratio is really kind of awkward. If it was even wider, it would make a good replacement for two standard ratio screens. But it's not quite wide enough for that, so I feel like I need to get two so now I have this stupidly wide 3840 pixel desktop with only 1080 vertical pixels. I need to figure out if I can rig something up to make it a 1920x2160 desktop.
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So let me get this straight - you want a quality screen, but you aren't willing to pay more than about $250 for it? Granted, $250 nowadays buys a lot more monitor than it used to, but at that price you're just getting into the better of the TN panels. If I was you, I'd plan on spending a least $400 for a good monitor.
Also, I consider LED monitors to be highly overrated. True, the high-end ones are gorgeous, but the cheap while LEDs in your sub-$250 monitors generally have worse color than a standard CCFL tube.
Well, at this point it has the compact pick-up market all to itself. Problem is that it's not really much cheaper than larger trucks, even the F150. That, and it hasn't been significantly updated since the late 1990's. I would think that if Ford did something interesting with it, the sales would pick back up. In many ways, it's remarkable that it's lasted as long as it has.
Even using the new EPA rules, the list of the most fuel efficient cars is still full of 80's and early 90's economy cars, as can be seen here. The only modern cars to make the list are hybrids.
First of all, you don't want to be hydroplaning at all, especially not at 70 mph on the freeway. Secondly, if I was hydroplaning I would much rather be in a regular car that's not going to roll over at high speeds like the truck or SUV will when I inevitably lose control of it.
Actually, this is already happening now to some extent with the current regulations. The "profit" on many of the large, luxury SUVs exceeds the MSRP of the base model, small economy car.
Not necessarily. The modern car is designed to absorb the impact with its crumple zones. The old car generally isn't and tends to just plow through whatever it hits. So this is how you end up with the modern car a smushed mess and the older car mostly intact. Of course, if the older car gives it's more likely to give in the passenger compartment and crush the occupants, plus the occupants may not have the benefit of airbags and other safety features, so the sudden stop may still kill or injure them even if the car is still mostly ok.
This is actually relevant to the SmartCar, since it doesn't have space for large crumple zones and instead relies on a rigid frame to protect the occupants. This actually makes it a lot more like an older car than a newer car. In a crash with another vehicle, it relies heavily on the other car's crumple zones to cushion the impact. That's why a collision between a SmartCar and an older car can be pretty ugly.
There's no denying that jets do generate economic activity. But there are so many better things that the government could be spending money on if they wanted to stimulate the economy. Washing machines is silly enough. Corporate jets is just ridiculous. Why should everyone pay for something that for the most part, only benefits a few in any significant mannerl?
As for Obama, I'm pretty sure he didn't know what he signed. Or at the very least, he didn't think about what the consequences would be.
Well, you can at least try to be fair here. 70,000,000/700 = 100,000 "really nice" washing machines. So how many people does the purchase of 100,000 washing machines support? Designers, assembly workers, transport, retail stores, etc. How does that compare to a single jet? Not to mention 100,000 households now have a really nice washing machine, probably benefiting around 300,000 people just from that. Meanwhile, the jet benefits what, maybe a dozen rich executives?
The money spent on a B-2 doesn't evaporate into the ether. It becomes paychecks, purchases of materials (from alloys to paper clips), stock dividends for retirement funds and so on. Those paychecks pay mortgages, rent, car payments, groceries, trips to Disney World, condoms, computers....
Well, the money spent on a power plant doesn't likewise evaporate into ether. You get all of the above, plus 200 megawatts of electricity everyone can benefit from. Even the cruise ship gets you a potential vacation getaway. So I'll take the power plant or the cruise ship over the bomber.
I've taken apart a few desktop LCDs. Most have a "snap together" type of casing that is not meant to be taken apart. Usually I can't get them apart without marring the case in some way (so always start at the bottom where it won't be visible) and snapping some of the plastic latches. The ones that are held together with screws and come apart nicely are the rare exception.
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What are.you talking about? I pirated gigabytes of music over dial-up back in the day, a connection that's a good 3-4 times slower than what you propose. And that's also using a connection that I had to disconnect anytime I wanted to use the phone. With some patience, you could get just about anything with a 24/7 128kpbs connection.
Having to push around a bunch of batteries can be a bigger pain in the ass than just dealing with the power cord for any decent sized yard.
I'm surprised they didn't roll out AAAA a while back, as in "We rate this better than the shit we've been rating AAA as of lately."
Another thing they could do is stop taking large vehicles by how many axles they have. Because of this, the trucks generally have as few axles as possible, with as much weight as possible on each axle. Get the trucks to have more axles on them with the weight distributed as evenly as possible on each axle, and the amount of damage they do to the roads would be dramatically decreased.
In the end, it really doesn't matter as you're paying the repair and replace the roads one way or another.
The problem is that so long as you never pay back your debt, you're paying interest on it for eternity. So in your example, you only pay $10 for $100 of clothes that year. The first year you come out a head. In the long term, you lose. Which of course makes sense - the people loaning the money aren't going to do it if there's nothing in it for them.
There's also the ability to share items between characters more easily, not to mention it makes it easy to switch computers and pick up where you left off.
It also makes it easier to stay legit for those that would otherwise be tempted by offline editors and trainers (though there's a lot of cheating scumbags on battle.net).
How do they do that? The high-frequency traders only execute a move when they have a seller and a buyer lined up and they can take a slice by acting as a middleman. They add zero liquidity to the market.
It likely is if you happen to connect over IPv6...
A 40% debt-to-GDP ratio? Have you been living in a cave since the Carter administration?
Well, the 1080p thing wouldn't be so bad if the DPI wasn't shit. Someone needs to start taking common laptop panels, putting them in a case with a DVI port, and selling them as desktop monitors. 1920x1080 wouldn't be so bad in a 15" or a 17" screen, but it's crap for a 20"+ monitor.
It really amazes me that no one has done this yet.
The problem I have is that 960 is just not quite wide enough for me. The 16:9 ratio is really kind of awkward. If it was even wider, it would make a good replacement for two standard ratio screens. But it's not quite wide enough for that, so I feel like I need to get two so now I have this stupidly wide 3840 pixel desktop with only 1080 vertical pixels. I need to figure out if I can rig something up to make it a 1920x2160 desktop.
So let me get this straight - you want a quality screen, but you aren't willing to pay more than about $250 for it? Granted, $250 nowadays buys a lot more monitor than it used to, but at that price you're just getting into the better of the TN panels. If I was you, I'd plan on spending a least $400 for a good monitor.
Also, I consider LED monitors to be highly overrated. True, the high-end ones are gorgeous, but the cheap while LEDs in your sub-$250 monitors generally have worse color than a standard CCFL tube.
Well, at this point it has the compact pick-up market all to itself. Problem is that it's not really much cheaper than larger trucks, even the F150. That, and it hasn't been significantly updated since the late 1990's. I would think that if Ford did something interesting with it, the sales would pick back up. In many ways, it's remarkable that it's lasted as long as it has.
Even so, there are no small or mid-sized pickups available with a diesel engine nowadays.
Even using the new EPA rules, the list of the most fuel efficient cars is still full of 80's and early 90's economy cars, as can be seen here. The only modern cars to make the list are hybrids.
"hydroplane home at 70mph on the freeway" ???
First of all, you don't want to be hydroplaning at all, especially not at 70 mph on the freeway. Secondly, if I was hydroplaning I would much rather be in a regular car that's not going to roll over at high speeds like the truck or SUV will when I inevitably lose control of it.
Actually, this is already happening now to some extent with the current regulations. The "profit" on many of the large, luxury SUVs exceeds the MSRP of the base model, small economy car.
Not necessarily. The modern car is designed to absorb the impact with its crumple zones. The old car generally isn't and tends to just plow through whatever it hits. So this is how you end up with the modern car a smushed mess and the older car mostly intact. Of course, if the older car gives it's more likely to give in the passenger compartment and crush the occupants, plus the occupants may not have the benefit of airbags and other safety features, so the sudden stop may still kill or injure them even if the car is still mostly ok.
This is actually relevant to the SmartCar, since it doesn't have space for large crumple zones and instead relies on a rigid frame to protect the occupants. This actually makes it a lot more like an older car than a newer car. In a crash with another vehicle, it relies heavily on the other car's crumple zones to cushion the impact. That's why a collision between a SmartCar and an older car can be pretty ugly.
There's no denying that jets do generate economic activity. But there are so many better things that the government could be spending money on if they wanted to stimulate the economy. Washing machines is silly enough. Corporate jets is just ridiculous. Why should everyone pay for something that for the most part, only benefits a few in any significant mannerl?
As for Obama, I'm pretty sure he didn't know what he signed. Or at the very least, he didn't think about what the consequences would be.
Well, you can at least try to be fair here. 70,000,000/700 = 100,000 "really nice" washing machines. So how many people does the purchase of 100,000 washing machines support? Designers, assembly workers, transport, retail stores, etc. How does that compare to a single jet? Not to mention 100,000 households now have a really nice washing machine, probably benefiting around 300,000 people just from that. Meanwhile, the jet benefits what, maybe a dozen rich executives?
The Mitsubisihi Eclipse dates back from the late 80's....
Well, the money spent on a power plant doesn't likewise evaporate into ether. You get all of the above, plus 200 megawatts of electricity everyone can benefit from. Even the cruise ship gets you a potential vacation getaway. So I'll take the power plant or the cruise ship over the bomber.
I've taken apart a few desktop LCDs. Most have a "snap together" type of casing that is not meant to be taken apart. Usually I can't get them apart without marring the case in some way (so always start at the bottom where it won't be visible) and snapping some of the plastic latches. The ones that are held together with screws and come apart nicely are the rare exception.
If your goal is to generate bitcoins, a fast GPU will smoke the Core i5.