I'm not sure, either anymore... I carry my cell phone when I leave the apartment, but certainly not inside, where it just stays on my desk. But my wife, on the other hand, carries hers from room to room to room...
Other people I know won't ever let theirs out of arm's reach for fear of missing something....
Using your hourly billing rate as an opportunity cost only works if you would actually forgo that income if you spent that time doing something other than earning wages. Since most people shop outside of work hours there is no lost wages and so the opportunity cost is much smaller
I think of it as putting a value on my time. Even outside working hours, when I won't lose that income for doing other things, it's still about what my free time is worth. How much value do I put on spending my limited free time doing unpleasant tasks, and what's it worth to spend a little more money to avoid the tasks.
On a salary, the money keeps rolling in on a regular basis. If I squander a bit of it, I'll get more with the next paycheck. If I squander my time, it's gone for ever.
I found the rules on Wikipedia for Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots:
their robot punch at their opponent's robot. If a robot's head is hit with sufficient force at a suitable angle, the head will overextend away from the shoulders, signifying that the other player has won the round
Disabling your opponents ships takes them out of the battle just as effectively as singing them.
So that's why armed forces often have bands and things... I suppose with my horrible singing voice I could sign up as a special singing operator or something and be pretty effective.
There are many common idioms that are used incorrectly in conversation or casual writing. But that doesn't mean they should be used in formal writing, such as an encyclopedia.
So, you're saying there should be no compromise of this principal.
Say something the government doesn't like: Watch List Participate in a protest the government doesn't like: Watch List Buy too many guns or ammo in X period of time: Watch List Visit some country our government doesn't like: Watch List Donate to a charity or organization our government doesn't like: Watch List Use VPN's or TOR or tech to try to keep some privacy: Probably on a Watch List
I'm sure I could expand this list quite a bit were I to put some effort into it. But you get the point.
Uses the Internet: Watch List. Uses a cell phone: Watch List. Uses a credit card: Watch List.
It left junk... Kind of like shooting a bullet at it, really. So...if I shoot a bullet into the air and it lands somewhere, I can stake a claim to it? COOOL!
Don't knock animated dinosaur cursors... I used to work for a company in the 90's, PC-Kwik, that sold a package of cursors, including dinosaur ones. Granted, it wasn't our main product, just something for the sales people to upsell for a few dollars more once they had customers on the phone.
I vote for the old game, Decathlon for inclusion... It fits, serious physical exertion, coordination with all the keys with a result of trying to run faster or jump higher.
I never once succeeded at the pole vaulting game in it...
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How the Pentagon Wasted $10 Billion On Military Projects
That's more reassuring than if the Pentagon wasted that money on personal projects instead of military ones...
I can't tell whether you're kidding
I'm not sure, either anymore... I carry my cell phone when I leave the apartment, but certainly not inside, where it just stays on my desk. But my wife, on the other hand, carries hers from room to room to room...
Other people I know won't ever let theirs out of arm's reach for fear of missing something....
Using your hourly billing rate as an opportunity cost only works if you would actually forgo that income if you spent that time doing something other than earning wages. Since most people shop outside of work hours there is no lost wages and so the opportunity cost is much smaller
I think of it as putting a value on my time. Even outside working hours, when I won't lose that income for doing other things, it's still about what my free time is worth. How much value do I put on spending my limited free time doing unpleasant tasks, and what's it worth to spend a little more money to avoid the tasks.
On a salary, the money keeps rolling in on a regular basis. If I squander a bit of it, I'll get more with the next paycheck. If I squander my time, it's gone for ever.
you may not have your smartphone with you
C'mon, it's the 21st century, no one lives like that anymore, do they?
Yeah, but they didn't have the power to get the word out sooner.
Shouldn't the headline be more like "Homeowner Chooses To Sell New House after Broadband ISP Betrayal".
I found the rules on Wikipedia for Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots:
their robot punch at their opponent's robot. If a robot's head is hit with sufficient force at a suitable angle, the head will overextend away from the shoulders, signifying that the other player has won the round
HSBC Banking Leak Shows Tax Avoidance, Dealings With Criminals
In other words, just another day of business as usual...
Why not work on the diplomacy?
How do you get diplomacy spread around enough congressional districts that enough politicians will vote for it?
Disabling your opponents ships takes them out of the battle just as effectively as singing them.
So that's why armed forces often have bands and things... I suppose with my horrible singing voice I could sign up as a special singing operator or something and be pretty effective.
He made some custom modifications himself...
*principle
What? No compromise?
There are many common idioms that are used incorrectly in conversation or casual writing. But that doesn't mean they should be used in formal writing, such as an encyclopedia.
So, you're saying there should be no compromise of this principal.
Say something the government doesn't like: Watch List
Participate in a protest the government doesn't like: Watch List
Buy too many guns or ammo in X period of time: Watch List
Visit some country our government doesn't like: Watch List
Donate to a charity or organization our government doesn't like: Watch List
Use VPN's or TOR or tech to try to keep some privacy: Probably on a Watch List
I'm sure I could expand this list quite a bit were I to put some effort into it. But you get the point.
Uses the Internet: Watch List.
Uses a cell phone: Watch List.
Uses a credit card: Watch List.
Not on a Watch List: Watch List
It left junk... Kind of like shooting a bullet at it, really. So...if I shoot a bullet into the air and it lands somewhere, I can stake a claim to it? COOOL!
That depends, how many more bullets do you have?
The last thing the world needs is another pissing contest over new territory
It'd be something new instead of the existing pissing contests over existing territory...
Animated dinosaur cursors?
Don't knock animated dinosaur cursors... I used to work for a company in the 90's, PC-Kwik, that sold a package of cursors, including dinosaur ones. Granted, it wasn't our main product, just something for the sales people to upsell for a few dollars more once they had customers on the phone.
That's why there's Bing.
I rent a house
Well, if the shit hits the fan, I can always listen to my vinyl collection.
Where?
The cited examples that he gives lead to a 404 error, so that's not really helping his point.
It would if it was hosted on a Mac OS X server somewhere...
- My floor is NOT sticky
You must not be watching the right movies...
I vote for the old game, Decathlon for inclusion... It fits, serious physical exertion, coordination with all the keys with a result of trying to run faster or jump higher.
I never once succeeded at the pole vaulting game in it...
Does this involve Sting having a knife fight in a space loincloth? Because it should.
Loincloth Sting vs. Sting without the nice brass buttons?
They prove time and time again that they aren't responsible enough to be trusted with other peoples money.
And overall they're still the least irresponsible with it...
the renderings (read "storyboards, not blueprints," but they're also called "plans,"
What about "tapes"? Though I'm surprised they're not more secret, so they won't fall into the wrong hands.
And is there any sort of contingency in case someone steals them?