My Phaser 6200 cost $75, and toner is ~$20 on eBay, and lasts me for years with occasional printing. I'd be buying new printers due to clogged inkjet printheads every year or so, and ink for even older models will still be outrageous. No thanks, I'll take my cheap, fast color auto duplex laser any day over an inkjet.
Buy a used commercial color laser (I've had good luck with Xerox Phasers and Lexmark machines) and get a scanner or cheap MFP.
Supplies tend to be far cheaper on slightly older machines as people dump them on eBay when they ugrade, and the printers themselves will usually have absolutely nothing wrong with them. They can also be repaired pretty chealy, since maintenance consumables and parts printers are more common with used machines.
Mostly, look for low page counts when you're getting used machines and you'll be golden.
Many things are worth more for parts than their sum total is worth.
Personally, I think there are a lot of people whose organs would make more useful contributions when removed than the person whose meatbag holds them together.
The problem with the ACA is not in its goal, but in the implementation.
Despite the USSC calling it legitimate, in no way could the Constitution have been originally interpreted to give the Federal government complete authority over any transaction (or in this case to demand a transaction take place) simply on the basis of their taxing authority.
It was passed and upheld in the way it was because that was the easiest way to accomplish the feat, rather than the legitimate way to accomplish the feat. Anyone who supports the ends justifying the means has no right to complain when something they dislike is accomplished the same way (like the ability of the Federal government to ban anything via the taxing authority - e.g. marijuana laws).
Political groups are willing to look the other way way when it's something they support, and scream bloody murder when it's something they don't. Both Republicans and Democrats are guilty of this behavior.
And any of them who are socially conservative or who believe corporations have rights are not actually libertarian, much like Christians for War are not actually Christians.
It's a secret warrant issued by a secret court, binding the recipient to secrecy under pain of imprisonment, and with no way to contest the warrant. And since it's the NSA, you can't even see evidence used against you because it's obviously in regards to national security...even if it isn't.
You mean vocal minority? The most vocal part of any organization will almost assuredly be a minority of that organization. The Tea Party is no different.
Do you judge Christians by the Evangelicals, or liberals by eco-terrorists?
The Republicans realized that the Tea Party (which, again, contained a significant number of former liberals) was actually trying to do what the Republicans SAID they were doing for decades, but not actually doing. This could have been devastating to the Republican party. So the Republican donned the masks of the Tea Party and pretended to be them. Successfully. And some of them are even halfway serious about it.
And that's exactly how the Tea Party hijacked the Republican party. Same thing happened with the Democratic party when the Socialist Party was on the rise.
The Federal government, in each of those cases, picked up a movement started by the States. All those trends would have played out in nearly the same way, albeit perhaps a bit slower. When making drastic social changes, however, "slower" tends to also equate with "more stable." When the changes are slowed down, there are many fewer people who fight against them.
As for those favoring "freedoms," pretty much any Democrat or Republican is also only in favor of certain freedoms: those they personally want. I bet if you count up the freedoms endorsed by Ron Paul, they'd outweigh the number of freedoms endorsed by any typical Republican or Democrat.
Local government is easier to influence, however. Your vote in State and national elections have zero impact when taken on its own. In a local election, you actually stand a chance of making a difference. The problem is when people choose not to attempt making a difference.
You most certainly can negotiate price with physicians, surgeons, and hospitals. People do it all the time, but the vast majority are completely unaware that you can actually save money by negotiating and not paying insurance copays. It can be cheaper to get medical care by negotiating than by having health insurance.
It's also due to the militarization of US police. They view any non-police as the "enemy." They believe themselves to be different and special (note the use of the term "operator" by SWAT units, as if they have any resemblance to a military operator).
SWAT units justify their existence mostly through raiding locations where there is no expectation of a violent response. They also routinely discharge their weapons when there is absolutely no cause, because they're amped up on their own exaggerated expectation of violence being necessary to use even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
The police have no more common sense; they operate on the basis of their own (usually imaginary) sense of superiority. This is why many Americans immediately view police with suspicion, fear, and distrust.
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My Phaser 6200 cost $75, and toner is ~$20 on eBay, and lasts me for years with occasional printing. I'd be buying new printers due to clogged inkjet printheads every year or so, and ink for even older models will still be outrageous. No thanks, I'll take my cheap, fast color auto duplex laser any day over an inkjet.
Buy a used commercial color laser (I've had good luck with Xerox Phasers and Lexmark machines) and get a scanner or cheap MFP.
Supplies tend to be far cheaper on slightly older machines as people dump them on eBay when they ugrade, and the printers themselves will usually have absolutely nothing wrong with them. They can also be repaired pretty chealy, since maintenance consumables and parts printers are more common with used machines.
Mostly, look for low page counts when you're getting used machines and you'll be golden.
Many things are worth more for parts than their sum total is worth.
Personally, I think there are a lot of people whose organs would make more useful contributions when removed than the person whose meatbag holds them together.
Exactly. Lawsuits are too good for them. Burn them at the fucking stake.
There's an entire world outside the US.
You didn't have to get a mortgage.
The problem with the ACA is not in its goal, but in the implementation.
Despite the USSC calling it legitimate, in no way could the Constitution have been originally interpreted to give the Federal government complete authority over any transaction (or in this case to demand a transaction take place) simply on the basis of their taxing authority.
It was passed and upheld in the way it was because that was the easiest way to accomplish the feat, rather than the legitimate way to accomplish the feat. Anyone who supports the ends justifying the means has no right to complain when something they dislike is accomplished the same way (like the ability of the Federal government to ban anything via the taxing authority - e.g. marijuana laws).
Political groups are willing to look the other way way when it's something they support, and scream bloody murder when it's something they don't. Both Republicans and Democrats are guilty of this behavior.
Of course, which is why we still have polio, small pox, measles, mumps, and rubella crippling or killing millions of people a year.
Oh, wait...
You're confusing Type 1 diabetes with Type 2 diabetes.
The virus is a mistranslation, as noted in a comment above regarding Finnish grammar.
There's a comment above about Finnish grammar explaining why the is likely a translation error. The actual source says a virus rather than the virus.
And any of them who are socially conservative or who believe corporations have rights are not actually libertarian, much like Christians for War are not actually Christians.
It's a secret warrant issued by a secret court, binding the recipient to secrecy under pain of imprisonment, and with no way to contest the warrant. And since it's the NSA, you can't even see evidence used against you because it's obviously in regards to national security...even if it isn't.
But there aren't 26 letters in the DNA alphabet. There are 4.
That's because they don't have complete control. Give a single party unlimited power, and that's what they become, left or right.
You mean vocal minority? The most vocal part of any organization will almost assuredly be a minority of that organization. The Tea Party is no different.
Do you judge Christians by the Evangelicals, or liberals by eco-terrorists?
some sarcasm is indeed satire
Note the lack of the word "all" in the quote.
You probably don't get out of your social circle much then. I'm about as socially liberal as you can get.
The Republicans realized that the Tea Party (which, again, contained a significant number of former liberals) was actually trying to do what the Republicans SAID they were doing for decades, but not actually doing. This could have been devastating to the Republican party. So the Republican donned the masks of the Tea Party and pretended to be them. Successfully. And some of them are even halfway serious about it.
And that's exactly how the Tea Party hijacked the Republican party. Same thing happened with the Democratic party when the Socialist Party was on the rise.
The Federal government, in each of those cases, picked up a movement started by the States. All those trends would have played out in nearly the same way, albeit perhaps a bit slower. When making drastic social changes, however, "slower" tends to also equate with "more stable." When the changes are slowed down, there are many fewer people who fight against them.
As for those favoring "freedoms," pretty much any Democrat or Republican is also only in favor of certain freedoms: those they personally want. I bet if you count up the freedoms endorsed by Ron Paul, they'd outweigh the number of freedoms endorsed by any typical Republican or Democrat.
Local government is easier to influence, however. Your vote in State and national elections have zero impact when taken on its own. In a local election, you actually stand a chance of making a difference. The problem is when people choose not to attempt making a difference.
You most certainly can negotiate price with physicians, surgeons, and hospitals. People do it all the time, but the vast majority are completely unaware that you can actually save money by negotiating and not paying insurance copays. It can be cheaper to get medical care by negotiating than by having health insurance.
And this is from first-hand experience.
Because "Enter" is used everywhere else to create a line break in a text box.
It's also due to the militarization of US police. They view any non-police as the "enemy." They believe themselves to be different and special (note the use of the term "operator" by SWAT units, as if they have any resemblance to a military operator).
SWAT units justify their existence mostly through raiding locations where there is no expectation of a violent response. They also routinely discharge their weapons when there is absolutely no cause, because they're amped up on their own exaggerated expectation of violence being necessary to use even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
The police have no more common sense; they operate on the basis of their own (usually imaginary) sense of superiority. This is why many Americans immediately view police with suspicion, fear, and distrust.
Having misconceptions about Christianity puts one into the same category as violent fundamentalists? Interesting point of view there...