What about matador and sub pop. Neither of them are RIAA affiliates, and both have pretty successfull acts. Interpol sold extremly well last year (and hasn't left for a major), and the Shins are selling extremly well on sub pop (and also not looking to sign with a major, although it'd be hard to pass up the offers of cash they're getting.)
Are resellers really able to undercut apple on installed memory prices? I've been shopping for an iBook, and haven't seen a difference in price whether from apple, fry's, or the university bookstore when configuring different memory prices. Of course, fry's might run a special where they throw in a stick of memory, but that's hardly the same thing.
Everyone knows apple is overcharging for memory. If they charged inline with other manufacturers (which is still gouging imho), I would think that they would increase the number of people ordering with extra ram. It may decrease the margin on the ram, but it would increase the amount of profit on each computer sold.
I know that I've gotten old because I've started salivating over things like vacuum cleaners. The thing I want most right now is a dyson. I also catch myself spending a substantial amount of time looking at washers and dryers in fry's. If I could only pinpoint the moment I stopped being cool.
Usually he uses charcol grills, you just happened to see the one episode where he used gas (it was probably very useful to everyone who normally has a gas grill).
I would like to know exactly how you do your grilling? Generally I fire up the charcol, get my grill nice and hot put the stuff on, cover, and relax, flip, relax, take the food off eat.
I would argue that those hacks are scientific. Alton knew what he needed to make a hotter fire (more air), and knew the physics behind cooking (ceramic is perfect for radiating even heat) and then developed solutions based on that knowledge. That's how every hacker I know works. They generally aren't just pressing random buttons. They are actually approaching things scientifically.
I don't know if he came up with the street car all on his own. If he did, it was pretty dumb. I think he probably just asked for some sort of public transportation to the area and pointed at portland as an example. Then the mayor decided a street car was a great idea. I think extending the rest of the public transit there would be a great idea. Although, I'm not quite sure how you'd work in the monrail to it. The current plans go from north ballard to west seattle, you'd almost have to build another spur on it. I guess it would be kind of cool to have a monorail spur come from downtown, through lake union, up through the u-district and to northgate. Of course that kind of competes with the light rail, and would be so much more expensive that I understand why the mayor tried to push the street car.
The memberships are usually anual. Some of the truly expensive ones are lifetime. They really only make sense if you live in town. My girlfriend and I are both members at EMP in seattle, and it's saved us quite a bit of money. I believe she's a member at a couple of other museums in town (she's studying museum science at UW). They really pay off if you plan on going 3+ times in a year, or really enjoy the members only events. I'll probably spring for the couple membership to this museum.
Well, I'm a member at EMP which is housed in the same building. And it does have privlages. Any time someone comes to visit, I can take them and I don't have to pay. Plus the members only events are quite cool. The biggest part though is the free admission. EMP costs $20 a trip for admission. If you go twice in a year, your membership as paid off. If you buy the couple's pass you only need to make 3 trips.
I will give you the football stadium. That was a bad idea, but the people here did vote for it. However on the streetcar, I'm totally on his side. The land that he owns on south lake union he attempted to donate to the city to build a park. The voters turned it down. So now he wants to develop it. Can't hardly blame him for that.
MTV2 used to be the shit. Now it is mostly just shit. I still enjoy subterranean, but I liked it better when it was 120 minutes. But MTV2 was at it's peak when they simply just played a 4 hour block of music 6 times each day.
There are still lots of indies doing things their way. Saddle Creek, Matador, Sup Pop, Barsuk, etc. are all independent labels doing things much like the way hip-hop emerged in the early 80's. There recording and producing their own records, playing lots of shows, and building good underground following. The difference is, they don't seem to be all that interested in taking it to the next level. And frankly I agree with them. Death Cab for Cutie probably sold 100,000 copies of their latest album. Unlike Velvet Revolver (a band featured on the program) they didn't have a $2 million marketing budget. When you figure in the other costs of producing that album, you're going to need to sell an insane amount of music just to break even. But Death Cab probably recorded their album for less than $10,000. The total budget including the video was probably under a $100,000. It just seems a safer way to go for the artist.
You're simply not thinking. Ever bit of CO2 we release by burning biodiesel is composed of carbon from the algae. All the carbon in the algae comes from CO2 taken from the air. Therefore, you cannot increase the amount of CO2 in the air by using biodiesel. Every bit you release is taken right back out by growing more algae.
Think for a minute. Burning the oil creates CO2. What do the algae eat? CO2. As long as we are constantly growing more algae, it's a closed loop where we take all the CO2 out that we produce. The reason that fossil fuels are bad is that we are introducing CO2 that has been trapped for millions of years.
It's because there are so many different numbers to compare, and that these numbers compare very well from generation to generation. You have BA, ERA, OBS, OPS, RBI, Wins, Saves, WHIP, Home Runs, etc. You can also use these individual statistics to predict victories for a team. It's harder to do such a statistical anaylisis on the other sports. Plus, baseball has such a long season and has been around for so long most of the statistical oddities have been worked out.
Of course, if you're ozzie smith you just reach behind your body in mid dive with your bare hand and grab the ball on a weird hop, land, bounce up, and throw the guy out. Still the greatest thing I've ever seen in baseball.
I don't think this in necessairly true. I grew up playing short stop and second base, and diving for ground balls proved extremely useful. While I may be able to run to the spot where the groundball is faster then diving there, I would never be able to stop myself into the correct position to field and get my glove in the right place, diving makes this easier. There are also to added bonuses. If I'm playing second base, and the ball is hit towards the middle, and I don't dive, I have to throw against the momentum of my body towards first base. If I dive, I can use the friction of the ground to slow me quicker and get me back into throwing position. It's the same principal that players use to slide into the base. The second benifit is that if I over compensate or it takes a bad hop, my whole body can be used to block the groundball. I've many times dove for a ball and had it bounce into my chest. If I keep my feet, I only have the small area of my glove to block it.
In the outfield it's a little different, but diving can still be usefull, while it is true that you begin to slow down as soon as you dive, it is also true that you encounter the same slowdown between steps. If you're dive is at the last possible second you may be able to stretch yourself into a position to make a catch that you couldn't have made if you hadn't dove.
There are also other times when you leave your feet to make a catch. The one I used most was to slide (just like I was sliding to a base), so I could run full speed to the place where the ball would drop, and then slow myself quickly enough to make the catch.
I was aware of that. But Starbucks is keeping SBC semi independent. They are keeping their old beans, roasters, and recipes. So I still consider them a different operation.
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What about matador and sub pop. Neither of them are RIAA affiliates, and both have pretty successfull acts. Interpol sold extremly well last year (and hasn't left for a major), and the Shins are selling extremly well on sub pop (and also not looking to sign with a major, although it'd be hard to pass up the offers of cash they're getting.)
Those weren't minimum specs. Those were what Microsoft believed the average computer was going to be.
Are resellers really able to undercut apple on installed memory prices? I've been shopping for an iBook, and haven't seen a difference in price whether from apple, fry's, or the university bookstore when configuring different memory prices. Of course, fry's might run a special where they throw in a stick of memory, but that's hardly the same thing.
Everyone knows apple is overcharging for memory. If they charged inline with other manufacturers (which is still gouging imho), I would think that they would increase the number of people ordering with extra ram. It may decrease the margin on the ram, but it would increase the amount of profit on each computer sold.
Here's a better thing. How about they don't overcharge so much for RAM?
I know that I've gotten old because I've started salivating over things like vacuum cleaners. The thing I want most right now is a dyson. I also catch myself spending a substantial amount of time looking at washers and dryers in fry's. If I could only pinpoint the moment I stopped being cool.
Usually he uses charcol grills, you just happened to see the one episode where he used gas (it was probably very useful to everyone who normally has a gas grill).
I would like to know exactly how you do your grilling? Generally I fire up the charcol, get my grill nice and hot put the stuff on, cover, and relax, flip, relax, take the food off eat.
I would argue that those hacks are scientific. Alton knew what he needed to make a hotter fire (more air), and knew the physics behind cooking (ceramic is perfect for radiating even heat) and then developed solutions based on that knowledge. That's how every hacker I know works. They generally aren't just pressing random buttons. They are actually approaching things scientifically.
I don't know if he came up with the street car all on his own. If he did, it was pretty dumb. I think he probably just asked for some sort of public transportation to the area and pointed at portland as an example. Then the mayor decided a street car was a great idea. I think extending the rest of the public transit there would be a great idea. Although, I'm not quite sure how you'd work in the monrail to it. The current plans go from north ballard to west seattle, you'd almost have to build another spur on it. I guess it would be kind of cool to have a monorail spur come from downtown, through lake union, up through the u-district and to northgate. Of course that kind of competes with the light rail, and would be so much more expensive that I understand why the mayor tried to push the street car.
The memberships are usually anual. Some of the truly expensive ones are lifetime. They really only make sense if you live in town. My girlfriend and I are both members at EMP in seattle, and it's saved us quite a bit of money. I believe she's a member at a couple of other museums in town (she's studying museum science at UW). They really pay off if you plan on going 3+ times in a year, or really enjoy the members only events. I'll probably spring for the couple membership to this museum.
Well, I'm a member at EMP which is housed in the same building. And it does have privlages. Any time someone comes to visit, I can take them and I don't have to pay. Plus the members only events are quite cool. The biggest part though is the free admission. EMP costs $20 a trip for admission. If you go twice in a year, your membership as paid off. If you buy the couple's pass you only need to make 3 trips.
I will give you the football stadium. That was a bad idea, but the people here did vote for it. However on the streetcar, I'm totally on his side. The land that he owns on south lake union he attempted to donate to the city to build a park. The voters turned it down. So now he wants to develop it. Can't hardly blame him for that.
MTV2 used to be the shit. Now it is mostly just shit. I still enjoy subterranean, but I liked it better when it was 120 minutes. But MTV2 was at it's peak when they simply just played a 4 hour block of music 6 times each day.
There are still lots of indies doing things their way. Saddle Creek, Matador, Sup Pop, Barsuk, etc. are all independent labels doing things much like the way hip-hop emerged in the early 80's. There recording and producing their own records, playing lots of shows, and building good underground following. The difference is, they don't seem to be all that interested in taking it to the next level. And frankly I agree with them. Death Cab for Cutie probably sold 100,000 copies of their latest album. Unlike Velvet Revolver (a band featured on the program) they didn't have a $2 million marketing budget. When you figure in the other costs of producing that album, you're going to need to sell an insane amount of music just to break even. But Death Cab probably recorded their album for less than $10,000. The total budget including the video was probably under a $100,000. It just seems a safer way to go for the artist.
I take offense to Donna Summer. I may not like her, but Georgio Moroder (the guy behind her) was an absolute genius.
Nomad Jukebox... archos... both were out long before the ipod.
Not really. There is a double zero. The ball lands on that the house always wins, to that means your odd's are always less than 50%.
But there is the problem of how you power your car from those solar panels. The move to biodiesel requires less changing of the infastructure.
Logan's run is a great movie. They're even remaking it (not that it needs to be).
You're simply not thinking. Ever bit of CO2 we release by burning biodiesel is composed of carbon from the algae. All the carbon in the algae comes from CO2 taken from the air. Therefore, you cannot increase the amount of CO2 in the air by using biodiesel. Every bit you release is taken right back out by growing more algae.
Think for a minute. Burning the oil creates CO2. What do the algae eat? CO2. As long as we are constantly growing more algae, it's a closed loop where we take all the CO2 out that we produce. The reason that fossil fuels are bad is that we are introducing CO2 that has been trapped for millions of years.
E=mc^2. No one complains about the sun violating the first law.
It's because there are so many different numbers to compare, and that these numbers compare very well from generation to generation. You have BA, ERA, OBS, OPS, RBI, Wins, Saves, WHIP, Home Runs, etc. You can also use these individual statistics to predict victories for a team. It's harder to do such a statistical anaylisis on the other sports. Plus, baseball has such a long season and has been around for so long most of the statistical oddities have been worked out.
Of course, if you're ozzie smith you just reach behind your body in mid dive with your bare hand and grab the ball on a weird hop, land, bounce up, and throw the guy out. Still the greatest thing I've ever seen in baseball.
I don't think this in necessairly true. I grew up playing short stop and second base, and diving for ground balls proved extremely useful. While I may be able to run to the spot where the groundball is faster then diving there, I would never be able to stop myself into the correct position to field and get my glove in the right place, diving makes this easier. There are also to added bonuses. If I'm playing second base, and the ball is hit towards the middle, and I don't dive, I have to throw against the momentum of my body towards first base. If I dive, I can use the friction of the ground to slow me quicker and get me back into throwing position. It's the same principal that players use to slide into the base. The second benifit is that if I over compensate or it takes a bad hop, my whole body can be used to block the groundball. I've many times dove for a ball and had it bounce into my chest. If I keep my feet, I only have the small area of my glove to block it.
In the outfield it's a little different, but diving can still be usefull, while it is true that you begin to slow down as soon as you dive, it is also true that you encounter the same slowdown between steps. If you're dive is at the last possible second you may be able to stretch yourself into a position to make a catch that you couldn't have made if you hadn't dove.
There are also other times when you leave your feet to make a catch. The one I used most was to slide (just like I was sliding to a base), so I could run full speed to the place where the ball would drop, and then slow myself quickly enough to make the catch.
I was aware of that. But Starbucks is keeping SBC semi independent. They are keeping their old beans, roasters, and recipes. So I still consider them a different operation.