What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
Read the comment I replied to... He didn't understand why the percentages didn't add up to a nice 100%. Obviously, because you aren't limited to owning just one of the options.
I have little doubt that is what they did, which is part of why I won't buy from them anymore. It's not just principles... their inventory isn't trustworthy.
I used Newegg for virtually every parts purchase for nine years (and I make or "guide" a lot of purchases, amounting to many thousands of dollars over that period), in part because they were among the first willing to ship internet orders to FPO/APO addresses of military personnel located overseas. I kept using Newegg at home, even when they weren't the cheapest, because of that courtesy when others (like Tiger) simply refused. Newegg also had excellent customer service on those rare occasions when I needed to return an item.
Last year, when upgrading a system, Newegg sent me a defective DDR3 stick. The twin-pack was, I think $23. I swapped the stick to another machine to verify that it was indeed defective. I submitted an RMA request to Newegg, and was shocked when I was told there would be a $2 restocking fee on the return.
Restocking fees are to cover the cost of inventorying and repackaging an item for resale. You can't resell a confirmed-defective item. There is no such thing as a valid restocking fee on a defective-item return. I went back and forth with Newegg for a couple of weeks on this, and they insisted that I would be charged a restocking fee for returning a defective item. I sent in the RMA, and they did indeed charge me for it.
I hope Newegg found that $2 worthwhile. It's the last they have gotten or ever will get from me or the many friends/family/colleagues that come to me for advice. I do find their website makes a great front-end for finding what I want to buy from Amazon or elsewhere, though.
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Wait. weren't these designed for terrestrial observation?
This is answered in the article.
How can we be sure these things are even suitable for deep space imaging?
This is answered in the article.
Do they have the proper stabilization and aiming capabilities?
This is answered in the article.
Will the NRO allow them to be used for their original purpose (earth observation), or would that reveal too much about current capabilities?
This is answered in the article.
If they would allow earth observation, wouldn't NOAA or Dept of Interior or Agriculture be a better candidate agencies? What about Google Earth?
This is answered in the article.
Can they be maintained in space for years and years without service?
This is answered in the article.
Can they be remotely serviced and refueled?
This is answered in the article.
Could you send them to Mars?
OK, now, this is just getting silly.
If you are volunteering to help with the Nexus One project, I'm sure they'll be happy to have you on board.
I'm a normal person and have close to that. Heck, I'm 41 and already pulling in a pension and working now on a second one. What are you doing wrong?
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
Read the comment I replied to... He didn't understand why the percentages didn't add up to a nice 100%. Obviously, because you aren't limited to owning just one of the options.
In breaking news, it is no longer illegal to have both an iPad and an Android tablet.
That must be why "they" want us to change to a different technique.
Somebody mod this up.
So use a browser that doesn't need to be installed on the machine where you lack admin rights...
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
I have little doubt that is what they did, which is part of why I won't buy from them anymore. It's not just principles... their inventory isn't trustworthy.
Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't used them.
Oh, yes. I pointed all that out to multiple people there, in great detail, and they kept coming back at me like the paper-boy in Better Off Dead.
I honestly don't know what they were thinking.
Newegg is not the company it once was.
I used Newegg for virtually every parts purchase for nine years (and I make or "guide" a lot of purchases, amounting to many thousands of dollars over that period), in part because they were among the first willing to ship internet orders to FPO/APO addresses of military personnel located overseas. I kept using Newegg at home, even when they weren't the cheapest, because of that courtesy when others (like Tiger) simply refused. Newegg also had excellent customer service on those rare occasions when I needed to return an item.
Last year, when upgrading a system, Newegg sent me a defective DDR3 stick. The twin-pack was, I think $23. I swapped the stick to another machine to verify that it was indeed defective. I submitted an RMA request to Newegg, and was shocked when I was told there would be a $2 restocking fee on the return.
Restocking fees are to cover the cost of inventorying and repackaging an item for resale. You can't resell a confirmed-defective item. There is no such thing as a valid restocking fee on a defective-item return. I went back and forth with Newegg for a couple of weeks on this, and they insisted that I would be charged a restocking fee for returning a defective item. I sent in the RMA, and they did indeed charge me for it.
I hope Newegg found that $2 worthwhile. It's the last they have gotten or ever will get from me or the many friends/family/colleagues that come to me for advice. I do find their website makes a great front-end for finding what I want to buy from Amazon or elsewhere, though.
I'll admit it the HuffPost piece almost looks like an Onion article, if it makes you feel better.
You mean a media news website like this: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/06/12/man-plays-civilisation-ii_n_1589153.html
Don't be silly. Where would crabs get butter?
Having spent some time in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE and Oman, I can assert that they don't waste a lot of water on frivolous things like showers.
"Secure" is simply a euphemism, and a laughable one at that, for "Microsoft."
But... Google's not evil. They said so!
Oh, I'm familiar with the turn-based variant of Crysis.
Step four: Profit?
What? 14 is legal in Denmark?
I just discovered a use for that old CRT monitor buried in my closet!
Yeah, but does she FLOAT?
Redirect a GPS equipped armored car to your secret criminal location and land it safely. Just like the Iranians did with the drone.
In old movies, criminals used fake "Detour" signs to re-route trucks carrying loot. Criminals are just getting high-tech savvy.
It's a documented and well-known fact that the Iranians did not use forged GPS or other transmitted data to redirect that drone.
They could have sent up a fake "Detour" sign hanging from a balloon, though.