As Netflix offers more TV programming, there may come a tipping point where you don't need Cable TV at all, you could just get all your programming from Netflix. THEN all you need is the broadband service + Netflix. Even though the broadband service might come from Comcast, you don't have to pay the exorbitant rates for the TV channels!
Yeah, they'll just raise internet prices or institute usage caps and overage charges until the cost is about the same whether you have Comcast Cable Television or use Netflix + with a level of Comcast HSI with enough speed and usage allowance to comfortably operate it.
What you could note is that it's not Amazon selling the item, but someone else offering it through Amazon's listing. So Amazon has nothing to do with the price.
Honestly I wouldn't expect a good deal on any liquid item being purchased online simply because shipping becomes much more complicated with heavy, spill-able liquids.
"A consumer version of the Nilsson concept car was showcased a couple of weeks ago by Japanese automaker Nissan which set the official debut for 2014. At this point the name used for the car is the Nissan Nilsson, but several names are taken into consideration like the Nissan Alky, the Lush or the Inebriator."
This happened just yesterday to me at work. My coworkers were talking about movies they used to watch all the time as kids and the topic of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in the fully orchestrated audio recording came up. "Ah, I used to have that on LP when I was little" I said.
Erm, don't you need to *not* show up at a store in order to boycott?
This plan is fail at all levels.
If you're in a store and have demonstrated you have no intention of actually buying anything, you're just loitering. The store would be completely within their right to have you removed by police for trespassing or for being a possible shoplifter. And good luck staying "anonymous" once the police start asking for identification when they get there.
I live in a state where Amazon has a presence so I still have to pay sales tax (8.85%), and generally Amazon's prices are still lower than the brick-and-mortar stores. I always group my orders into $25+ bundles for free shipping, though.
I don't, because it will either be an Adobe plugin, hence slow and a memory hog, or it will be written from scratch, hence not fully compatible and probably slow as well. Add to the mix all the potential security issues with active content in PDF documents. I disable all of it in Adobe Reader, now I'll have to disable it in Firefox as well.
PDFs should be treated like executables or archive files - saved to disk.
Sounds like all your experience with PDF viewing is based on using Adobe's Reader. Third-party readers like Fox-It are much faster to load and not memory hogs like Adobe's reader. Plus not being "fully compatible" is what makes them more secure. By supporting only the more basic core functions of PDFs, not the active content ones, they are not susceptible to the same types of attacks. 90% of the PDFs you get are just formatted pages of text and graphics with hyperlinks in them, so they don't even use the functions that aren't supported by the alternative readers, which is why so many people can switch off Adobe's reader completely to a lighter weight one with no impact on their usage of PDFs, lots of that potentially dangerous stuff in Adobe Reader is simply unneeded in today's world. It's only there because Adobe wanted to branch out from document transporting and make PDF into some alternative cross-platform programming setup to rival a webpage.
I think we're talking about the reactor "pit" as in the floor of the reactor building itself, not the containment vessel. I say that because the summary talks about the radiation readings "in the air above the pit". If we were referring to the containment vessel we'd be discussing radiation readings in the reactor pretty much (and there being lots of radiation there would be no surprise). So contaminated cooling water/sea water they've been throwing into the building is leaking out the bottom and into local water tables it sounds like.
Can't you just have them run your through a metal detector at that point. I'm sure they really will believe you when you tell them "it's not a concealed gun" after that.
No they're not. The subscriber base is transient, and in the case of T-Mobile a sizable chunk of it is there because it's not AT&T. Those people won't stay once its absorbed by the evil empire.
Maybe, maybe not. I'm one of those people happy to be on T-Mobile because they're "not AT&T". There are other reasons, too but since the Warrantless Wiretapping controversy I have been actively boycotting AT&T services, dealing with a 50GB/mo capped cable modem service when I could get unlimited DSL with AT&T (at least for now, I hear they are adding caps, too but they're much higher). Where am I supposed to go for wireless service? With Sprint slowly going down the tubes the only other major wireless carrier is Verizon. For some people, me included, the choice between those two isn't very easy. I like the control over my phone I have with GSM technology. I've only bought one phone on contract when I first got T-Mobile (actually it was Voicestream) wireless service 10 years ago. Since then I've bought new and used handsets off eBay and just swapped my SIM over to start using it. I don't want to go to a company where I have to in effect ask permission to change phones.
That's why this deal sucks so much, we're reaching a point where there isn't an alternative. I would hope AT&T being a monopoly in GSM phone service would be enough to stop this deal but the FTC isn't going to look at it with that fine-toothed a comb.
So in other words, a bunch of people decided to donate money to political campaigns and if we group them based on what companies they're employed by or institutions they're affiliated with this is what we get.
The fact the total of all those donations comes up to 1.5 million for Uni. of California doesn't say anything about the intent of those donations. The list is written to suggest the donations are all concerted efforts to make large contributions to a political campaigns in hopes of favors from the administration, when they really might be nothing more than a coincidental shared opinion on who to support amongst a bunch of individual donors. Nobody's boss said "Here's a $1000, donate it to Obama and say it came from you".
I seriously don't want something in my phone that hooks in any way into a payment system whether it digs directly into my checking account..or even a special one.
Cause you know if they added this feature you absolutely would be forced to use it. There would be no way at all of using your iPhone and without entering a preferred bank account and giving Apple explicit permission to use the Near Field payment system.
I was thinking something similar. With all these advances in solar technology I keep hearing about from different groups, all with 3-10 year forecasts to be cheaper than conventional fuels, wouldn't it be cool if they all put aside the normal competitive "all-for-us" mentality of businesses and just got together and worked out a way of using all their new ideas in one product? By pooling their resources and know-how we could already be there.
I'd think everyone would just use their portable devices during the outages and then recharge the devices once power is restored, effectively shifting the load to the on-grid period.
Also, I would not want to be "modded down" in the workplace for my political views. Slashdot people love free speech - as long as it agrees with theirs
Yeah, because you never hear about people being fired because their personal lives "reflect badly" on the company. At least on Slashdot the political views are ones you express here "in the workplace", and you're not being punished for how you live your own life outside of work.
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No, because chances are there is not other cable company for him to go to. Hooray for local government approved monopolies!
As Netflix offers more TV programming, there may come a tipping point where you don't need Cable TV at all, you could just get all your programming from Netflix. THEN all you need is the broadband service + Netflix. Even though the broadband service might come from Comcast, you don't have to pay the exorbitant rates for the TV channels!
Yeah, they'll just raise internet prices or institute usage caps and overage charges until the cost is about the same whether you have Comcast Cable Television or use Netflix + with a level of Comcast HSI with enough speed and usage allowance to comfortably operate it.
What you could note is that it's not Amazon selling the item, but someone else offering it through Amazon's listing.
So Amazon has nothing to do with the price.
Honestly I wouldn't expect a good deal on any liquid item being purchased online simply because shipping becomes much more complicated with heavy, spill-able liquids.
Shit. Mod parent up!
From TFA:
"A consumer version of the Nilsson concept car was showcased a couple of weeks ago by Japanese automaker Nissan which set the official debut for 2014. At this point the name used for the car is the Nissan Nilsson, but several names are taken into consideration like the Nissan Alky, the Lush or the Inebriator."
I'm starting to think this is a joke article now.
Someone doesn't understand the point the previous poster is making.
(Here's a hint: he posted as an Anonymous Coward)
People already complain about how their bimbo boxes are more plastic than metal now.
The agreement is for the entire world, though. How would they enforce it outside the U.S.?
This happened just yesterday to me at work. My coworkers were talking about movies they used to watch all the time as kids and the topic of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in the fully orchestrated audio recording came up. "Ah, I used to have that on LP when I was little" I said.
My supervisor said "What's an LP?"
We'll hear more once he gets his groove on.
Damn you! I saw that same pic once and saved it thinking "This will come in handy someday, on Slashdot most likely".
Erm, don't you need to *not* show up at a store in order to boycott?
This plan is fail at all levels.
If you're in a store and have demonstrated you have no intention of actually buying anything, you're just loitering. The store would be completely within their right to have you removed by police for trespassing or for being a possible shoplifter. And good luck staying "anonymous" once the police start asking for identification when they get there.
I live in a state where Amazon has a presence so I still have to pay sales tax (8.85%), and generally Amazon's prices are still lower than the brick-and-mortar stores. I always group my orders into $25+ bundles for free shipping, though.
PETA should be made to understand that a cure for baldness is worth sacrificing a few mice for.
This would be the same PETA that has it's spokespeople announce they would rather go naked than wear fur?
Somehow I don't think they have a problem with bareness when it comes to animal treatment.
I don't, because it will either be an Adobe plugin, hence slow and a memory hog, or it will be written from scratch, hence not fully compatible and probably slow as well. Add to the mix all the potential security issues with active content in PDF documents. I disable all of it in Adobe Reader, now I'll have to disable it in Firefox as well.
PDFs should be treated like executables or archive files - saved to disk.
Sounds like all your experience with PDF viewing is based on using Adobe's Reader. Third-party readers like Fox-It are much faster to load and not memory hogs like Adobe's reader. Plus not being "fully compatible" is what makes them more secure. By supporting only the more basic core functions of PDFs, not the active content ones, they are not susceptible to the same types of attacks. 90% of the PDFs you get are just formatted pages of text and graphics with hyperlinks in them, so they don't even use the functions that aren't supported by the alternative readers, which is why so many people can switch off Adobe's reader completely to a lighter weight one with no impact on their usage of PDFs, lots of that potentially dangerous stuff in Adobe Reader is simply unneeded in today's world. It's only there because Adobe wanted to branch out from document transporting and make PDF into some alternative cross-platform programming setup to rival a webpage.
I think we're talking about the reactor "pit" as in the floor of the reactor building itself, not the containment vessel. I say that because the summary talks about the radiation readings "in the air above the pit". If we were referring to the containment vessel we'd be discussing radiation readings in the reactor pretty much (and there being lots of radiation there would be no surprise). So contaminated cooling water/sea water they've been throwing into the building is leaking out the bottom and into local water tables it sounds like.
I hear the training material for the procedure was a Macarena video.
Can't you just have them run your through a metal detector at that point. I'm sure they really will believe you when you tell them "it's not a concealed gun" after that.
No they're not. The subscriber base is transient, and in the case of T-Mobile a sizable chunk of it is there because it's not AT&T. Those people won't stay once its absorbed by the evil empire.
Maybe, maybe not. I'm one of those people happy to be on T-Mobile because they're "not AT&T". There are other reasons, too but since the Warrantless Wiretapping controversy I have been actively boycotting AT&T services, dealing with a 50GB/mo capped cable modem service when I could get unlimited DSL with AT&T (at least for now, I hear they are adding caps, too but they're much higher). Where am I supposed to go for wireless service? With Sprint slowly going down the tubes the only other major wireless carrier is Verizon. For some people, me included, the choice between those two isn't very easy. I like the control over my phone I have with GSM technology. I've only bought one phone on contract when I first got T-Mobile (actually it was Voicestream) wireless service 10 years ago. Since then I've bought new and used handsets off eBay and just swapped my SIM over to start using it. I don't want to go to a company where I have to in effect ask permission to change phones.
That's why this deal sucks so much, we're reaching a point where there isn't an alternative. I would hope AT&T being a monopoly in GSM phone service would be enough to stop this deal but the FTC isn't going to look at it with that fine-toothed a comb.
So in other words, a bunch of people decided to donate money to political campaigns and if we group them based on what companies they're employed by or institutions they're affiliated with this is what we get.
The fact the total of all those donations comes up to 1.5 million for Uni. of California doesn't say anything about the intent of those donations. The list is written to suggest the donations are all concerted efforts to make large contributions to a political campaigns in hopes of favors from the administration, when they really might be nothing more than a coincidental shared opinion on who to support amongst a bunch of individual donors. Nobody's boss said "Here's a $1000, donate it to Obama and say it came from you".
I say thank God for this!!
I seriously don't want something in my phone that hooks in any way into a payment system whether it digs directly into my checking account..or even a special one.
Cause you know if they added this feature you absolutely would be forced to use it. There would be no way at all of using your iPhone and without entering a preferred bank account and giving Apple explicit permission to use the Near Field payment system.
I was thinking something similar. With all these advances in solar technology I keep hearing about from different groups, all with 3-10 year forecasts to be cheaper than conventional fuels, wouldn't it be cool if they all put aside the normal competitive "all-for-us" mentality of businesses and just got together and worked out a way of using all their new ideas in one product? By pooling their resources and know-how we could already be there.
I'd think everyone would just use their portable devices during the outages and then recharge the devices once power is restored, effectively shifting the load to the on-grid period.
A better question would have been what the service manuals said to do for disassembly for repair.
Also, I would not want to be "modded down" in the workplace for my political views. Slashdot people love free speech - as long as it agrees with theirs
Yeah, because you never hear about people being fired because their personal lives "reflect badly" on the company. At least on Slashdot the political views are ones you express here "in the workplace", and you're not being punished for how you live your own life outside of work.