They only give you something to fight back with afterwards. If someone mugs you, and you try to shoot them while they are mugging you, you fight for your own gun (bad). If you give them your wallet, then use your gun to mug them back they might fight you for your wallet. Don't know where you are, but shooting muggers might be deemed a bit excessive.
I have two typical suitcases. One is black, one is blue, very generic, very difficult to pick out.
I put a big band of tape around it as I drop it off. Then when I get my suitcase back I take it off. Almost nobody has a nice new black suitcase with a bright yellow stripe of tape running around it.
If they only asked you to return the CPU, and you supplied the CPU. They should honour the warranty. If they asked for the fan and CPU, obviously you must use both.
If they supplied a fan with the CPU, they can have a condition in the warranty that you must use that fan.
I think this is reasonable, they tested and determined that the fan they supply is adequate. They didn't test the others, so why would they put their money behind them?
With cars they can not demand specific brands of motor oil to use, unless they provide the oil to you free of charge.
Too much money
- Garbage answer, a vest is dirt cheap compared to the logistical cost of providing food and water to an overseas soldier for a week.
Food soldiers are disposable
- It is expensive to train and equip solders.
- Bush won't win an election on saving a few bucks in vests when there are a pile of dead soldiers.
- The supply of troops is very limited, they're pulling them from North Korea (a nuclear power) to move them to Iraq.
They're not really bulletproof
- They aren't really bulletproof
- Even if they stop the bullet you may be seriously injured
- Most injuries are not caused by bullets. It's trips/falls accidents and debris/shrapnel. Vests (and helmets) do protect against this stuff.
Making nearly impervious materials is easy. Kevlar doesn't tear, and ceramic plates are relatively light and cheap.
The problem is dissipating the energy. The amount of kinetic energy in a large calibre round is insane. To keep from breaking bones and big serious bruises they dissipate it over a large area, use a large plate, or thick bulky padding. If the dissipation area is too small, you only get a moderate reduction in impact force (for low calibres this is acceptable). For large heavy rounds, you must have a large dissipation area, this necessitates bulky armour.
The simple physics of the problem make it difficult.
The likely reason that it seems like like they weren't getting everything to heat up was heat loss. The two obvious paths, air, and sidewalk have some loss. But radiant heat loss will be quite significant. This is why despite insane amounts of energy being put onto the penny, you were losing insane amounts of energy.
This particular crop is resiliant to a specific pesticide that kills anything else. Apparently he was using that pesticide on his crops. It isn't just that he was using the plant, he was using the patented characteristic of the plant. The patent has to be for something, in this case the patent is for something along the lines of "method to make plant resilient to pesticide XXX". If he doesn't apply pesticide XXX, he isn't using the method and would likley be safe.
Sorry The value of the currency stays the same, the official price may stay the same.
This type of thing creates a black market, where people will sell the currency for less than it's "official" exchange rate. If the official value is wrong, a blackmarket with the right value will be forced to happen.
You can't keep the value of currency higher than it would usually be. You also don't want it unfairly one way or the other.
Money is an abstraction for value, it is a unit that can account for goods, services, time, quality and any other factor.
Currencies only have relative values to each other. This is backed by the goods you can buy. The million platinum pieces don't have a value themself, only that of the underlying good.
$3k/hr sounds stiff. But what did he actually provide? Would a less expensive lawyer been as successfull?
I think certain cases can demonstrate what a difference between a good, great and the best lawyers can have.
Maybe if we had a bit better performance the DMCA wouldn't exist. Maybe OJ would be in jail, who knows. But when it is my ass or $$ on the line, I'd want the best, and the citizens of California deserve it too.
Egyptian girls tend to start looking for husbands very early, so their ideas about a hot date may surprise you
Depending on the age and the culture I think a hot date can be quite a broad brush. In public school (under 12) a hot date could be walking home from school together. At the other extreme it might refer to a multipersonal sexual marathon.
In my experience for middle class individuals in comperable areas it is about the same. The spread is wider in the US. Upper middle class is a bit higher, lower is a bit lower. Now lets attack the myths. #1 Taxes They are nearly 50% in Ontario. http://money.canoe.ca/Columnists/Leather dale/2004/ 05/11/455050.html Note this includes income tax, sales tax, property tax, and the hidden taxes (user fees for government services, sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco, and gas taxes. #2 Lifestyle In my opinion you need somewhere about halfway between the exchange rate and the direct dollar figure assuming comperable areas. $40k US would be about $50k CDN #3 Unemployment I agree basically, Also note different states have different laws. #4 You have to play the game right and have skills, it takes a year or so. But some people may take years. And of course demand occupations or those wtih big money are easier.
EI only covers maternity leave for a short time, maternity 15 weeks, parental 20, and sickness 15. I'd check it out before I knocked up my gf. Hockey is easily the most popular, but so are other sports. You can go to a lot of sports bars and get any sport that is played. European football (soccer) time gets pretty nuts in some areas. Work environments are about the same, but you really have to consider the city attitude, working in different US cities probaly has about as much variation as working across Canada. You forgot coffee, everyone drinks it, and there are coffee shops everywhere (I'm from Ontario remember)
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Termination fee, are these legal?
Could this be considered penalty clause in the contract, and hence invalid (in some areas)?
If you have a cell phone bill, and you don't pay it, I think it is justified that they mark it on your credit record.
If it is a fraudulent claim, file the correction with the credit bureau. The credit bureaus don't want bad data on their records either.
They only give you something to fight back with afterwards.
If someone mugs you, and you try to shoot them while they are mugging you, you fight for your own gun (bad).
If you give them your wallet, then use your gun to mug them back they might fight you for your wallet. Don't know where you are, but shooting muggers might be deemed a bit excessive.
I wouldn't want to try to pull a gun during a mugging.
If you can carry a gun, and the mugger expects it, he'll be watching.
This then turns from a mugging to a fight for my gun.
I have two typical suitcases. One is black, one is blue, very generic, very difficult to pick out.
I put a big band of tape around it as I drop it off. Then when I get my suitcase back I take it off. Almost nobody has a nice new black suitcase with a bright yellow stripe of tape running around it.
I agree that it is the content.
So why waste money on computers?
A video game and a book have about the same cost.
Omit the computer overhead and you can buy way more content for the money.
I loved playing Carmen Sandiego in school, but the educational merit of the game paled in comparison to the world almanac they put in the box with it.
Coal dust is just a fine black dust.
Not many coal miners would argue that it is harmless.
If they only asked you to return the CPU, and you supplied the CPU. They should honour the warranty.
If they asked for the fan and CPU, obviously you must use both.
If they supplied a fan with the CPU, they can have a condition in the warranty that you must use that fan.
I think this is reasonable, they tested and determined that the fan they supply is adequate. They didn't test the others, so why would they put their money behind them?
With cars they can not demand specific brands of motor oil to use, unless they provide the oil to you free of charge.
He doesn't get it
"what's the point of painting this scene when I can take a photo with no loss of resolution"
Yes he might have high res photos, but he misses the entire concept of art.
Myself I have a SLR and a 2 megapixel digital camera. One is for photos, one for snapshots.
Too much money
- Garbage answer, a vest is dirt cheap compared to the logistical cost of providing food and water to an overseas soldier for a week.
Food soldiers are disposable
- It is expensive to train and equip solders.
- Bush won't win an election on saving a few bucks in vests when there are a pile of dead soldiers.
- The supply of troops is very limited, they're pulling them from North Korea (a nuclear power) to move them to Iraq.
They're not really bulletproof
- They aren't really bulletproof
- Even if they stop the bullet you may be seriously injured
- Most injuries are not caused by bullets. It's trips/falls accidents and debris/shrapnel. Vests (and helmets) do protect against this stuff.
Making nearly impervious materials is easy.
Kevlar doesn't tear, and ceramic plates are relatively light and cheap.
The problem is dissipating the energy. The amount of kinetic energy in a large calibre round is insane.
To keep from breaking bones and big serious bruises they dissipate it over a large area, use a large plate, or thick bulky padding. If the dissipation area is too small, you only get a moderate reduction in impact force (for low calibres this is acceptable).
For large heavy rounds, you must have a large dissipation area, this necessitates bulky armour.
The simple physics of the problem make it difficult.
The likely reason that it seems like like they weren't getting everything to heat up was heat loss.
The two obvious paths, air, and sidewalk have some loss. But radiant heat loss will be quite significant. This is why despite insane amounts of energy being put onto the penny, you were losing insane amounts of energy.
Maybe the doctorate isn't in heat transfer.
This particular crop is resiliant to a specific pesticide that kills anything else.
Apparently he was using that pesticide on his crops.
It isn't just that he was using the plant, he was using the patented characteristic of the plant.
The patent has to be for something, in this case the patent is for something along the lines of "method to make plant resilient to pesticide XXX".
If he doesn't apply pesticide XXX, he isn't using the method and would likley be safe.
Can someone legally harrass a third party in this matter?
For many individuals and companies the cost of complying to such a demand is excessive, the threat of such might be enough to settle a case.
Yes it would be.
The events happened that many years ago, and that many light years away.
A News for Nerds site should get such basic science concepts right.
Sorry
The value of the currency stays the same, the official price may stay the same.
This type of thing creates a black market, where people will sell the currency for less than it's "official" exchange rate.
If the official value is wrong, a blackmarket with the right value will be forced to happen.
Missing 2 points here.
1. Keeping 2 currencies equal would involve making one higher, and one lower then they would freely trade.
2. It doesn't work in a free market, you can't force the value of anything. The only exchange is at the agreed transaction price.
Pick anything you can buy. It is only at that price because the seller can charge that, and the buyer will pay that.
You can't keep the value of currency higher than it would usually be. You also don't want it unfairly one way or the other.
Money is an abstraction for value, it is a unit that can account for goods, services, time, quality and any other factor.
Currencies only have relative values to each other. This is backed by the goods you can buy.
The million platinum pieces don't have a value themself, only that of the underlying good.
Basically you're right.
Realistically there is lots of product in USD to buy. Everything from Oranges to Cars and Internet access and company stock.
Modern currencies with a good sized economy and sufficient goods and a small trade imbalance it is a pretty stable situation.
When you get a small economy or one with few tradable goods, or a huge trade differential, you get problems.
That was really funny.
I couldn't stop laughing.
I guess I need to get out more.
The users already have their money.
The lawyers get paid by MS.
If the lawyers charge $10/hr, or $3k/hr the users that were harmed get the exact same money.
That being said the better lawyers probaly got the users more money than a cheaper lawyer would have.
I do.
The lawyer made much more money for his client then he would have cost them had he lost.
If they had a second rate lawyer, sure he would have been cheaper, but then they might have gotten a fraction of the fine.
$3k/hr sounds stiff. But what did he actually provide?
Would a less expensive lawyer been as successfull?
I think certain cases can demonstrate what a difference between a good, great and the best lawyers can have.
Maybe if we had a bit better performance the DMCA wouldn't exist. Maybe OJ would be in jail, who knows.
But when it is my ass or $$ on the line, I'd want the best, and the citizens of California deserve it too.
Killing HIV in a petri dish is not new, there's quite a few things that do that.
Like air? or sunlight?
Egyptian girls tend to start looking for husbands very early, so their ideas about a hot date may surprise you
Depending on the age and the culture I think a hot date can be quite a broad brush.
In public school (under 12) a hot date could be walking home from school together.
At the other extreme it might refer to a multipersonal sexual marathon.
In my experience for middle class individuals in comperable areas it is about the same. The spread is wider in the US. Upper middle class is a bit higher, lower is a bit lower.r dale/2004/ 05/11/455050.html
Now lets attack the myths.
#1 Taxes
They are nearly 50% in Ontario.
http://money.canoe.ca/Columnists/Leathe
Note this includes income tax, sales tax, property tax, and the hidden taxes (user fees for government services, sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco, and gas taxes.
#2 Lifestyle
In my opinion you need somewhere about halfway between the exchange rate and the direct dollar figure assuming comperable areas. $40k US would be about $50k CDN
#3 Unemployment
I agree basically, Also note different states have different laws.
#4 You have to play the game right and have skills, it takes a year or so. But some people may take years. And of course demand occupations or those wtih big money are easier.
EI only covers maternity leave for a short time, maternity 15 weeks, parental 20, and sickness 15. I'd check it out before I knocked up my gf.
Hockey is easily the most popular, but so are other sports. You can go to a lot of sports bars and get any sport that is played. European football (soccer) time gets pretty nuts in some areas.
Work environments are about the same, but you really have to consider the city attitude, working in different US cities probaly has about as much variation as working across Canada.
You forgot coffee, everyone drinks it, and there are coffee shops everywhere (I'm from Ontario remember)