Are you using any specific converter for PDF's? The average PDF I move to my Reader looks like crap or I have to go to landscape mode and I haven't had much satisfaction with PDF's.
The only problem I have with my Sony Reader is the proprietary format and the resulting dearth of available content. I use it plenty for books that have been out a few years and the odd recent publishing that shows up available, but if I could get any book I wanted as soon as I had the desire I'd use it a lot more.
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Perhaps we'll get lucky and it will all stay under your comment and thus, easily collapsed.
I seem to remember something about there being a flag in the TV signal that identifies commercials, but my quick search brings up nothing related to that. I did, however, find this nugget on Nielsen's site...
Identifying commercials
Although there are many TV programs, there are even more commercials. Keeping track of what commercials are on TV is another service provided by Nielsen Media Research. Using a special passive TV signal identification technology, commercials on TV stations are continuously monitored and converted into a digital "fingerprint". These fingerprints are then compared to a computer file of fingerprints from thousands of different commercials and automatically identified whenever possible (which is about 95% of the time). The other 5% of the time, videotapes of unmatched commercials are sent to a central office to be viewed and properly credited. This information is used to produce reports detailing when and where TV commercials actually aired.
Disclaimer: personally I like rebates and have never had a problem getting mine filled.
Don't think for a minute that suddenly you're going to get that $50 rebate as a direct discount at the register. The principle behind rebates, whether you like them or not, is that only 10% or less of people are going to actually take the time to fill in and mail the rebate. So 100 people buy a $100 product with a $20 rebate, 10 people send in and the rebate costs the retailer/manufacturer $200. The r/m is not going to pony up more than the $200 they would spend on a rebate program, so if everyone gets a discount at the register instead, it's only going to be a $2 discount. So now, what used to cost the average person $100 is $98, and what used to cost me the rebate-guy $80 is now... $98. Sucks, imho.
No allowance here for the cost of running the rebate programs, but you get my drift (and they're not going to past those savings along to us anyway).
Not sure if you were pointing me to the split meaning of "moot" or just attempting humor, but you learn something new every day and this was mine for the day (see below courtesy dictionary.com).
My intent was "has no practical value". Now, for your repeated/. enjoyment, we will move on to a full-community discussion of what "begging the question" means and how to use it properly in a diatribe...
Usage Note: The adjective moot is originally a legal term going back to the mid-16th century. It derives from the noun moot, in its sense of a hypothetical case argued as an exercise by law students. Consequently, a moot question is one that is arguable or open to debate. But in the mid-19th century people also began to look at the hypothetical side of moot as its essential meaning, and they started to use the word to mean "of no significance or relevance." Thus, a moot point, however debatable, is one that has no practical value. A number of critics have objected to this use, but 59 percent of the Usage Panel accepts it in the sentence The nominee himself chastised the White House for failing to do more to support him, but his concerns became moot when a number of Republicans announced that they, too, would oppose the nomination. When using moot one should be sure that the context makes clear which sense is meant.
Not only that, but for the sake of humanity, MySpace needs to stand up and fight this lawsuit. It would be a real tragedy if they bowed and settled just to avoid the cost of a lengthy court process.
No it's only allowing #1 if your government forces you to use it everywhere you go. That doesn't appear to be the case. You can use it to conveniently verify your identity and age to some entity with which you want to do business, using the provider as an agent third-party. No one says you have to use it.
The point is not that there was a valid expectation, just that there was a likely expectation by the attacker that she was going to put out. The validity of that expectation, however misguided it may have been in the circumstances, is moot but the likelihood of that expectation is what would prompt a mature, intelligent female to not go in the first place. This girl was obviously neither of these, and thus put herself in danger (whether inadvertently or with knowledge) by not properly evaluating the likely expectations of this man she met on the internet.
Allow me to introduce you to the comment above where I made it clear that I was being sarcastic. I will, in the future, attempt to be more obvious with my feeble attempts at humor.:)
Excellent points all around. Crazy thing is this guy is not a "hard core conservative" by any stretch (though he's not necessarily a fan of liberals/democrats). He basically says "I'm okay with that, that's fine with me" about the things being done, with an occasional "if it helps prevent terrorism" thrown in for good measure.
My point to him is that we must be vigilant over even these supposed "small things", that over the years these "small things" will add up to something and sooner or later the gov't will do something that he's not okay with, and he'll have a majore "WTF just happened?" moment as if it hadn't been slowly ocurring over all these years.
My neighbor has head-in-sand mentality. He believes that (a) since he doesn't commit crimes, the gov't will not surveil him, and (b) since he doesn't commit crimes, even if they do surveil him he doesn't care, and (c) if he ever does commit a crime, then the gov't can surveil him, with or without a warrant, since he deserves it. Now that the gov't has collected his phone records without a warrant (we live in BellSouth territory), I wonder if it will change his mind?
They are also suing because they claim Google is violating their constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech. That's complete bs, if I remember correctly the first amendment starts "Congress shall make no law".
I hope the developers of that project have read this part of the Macromedia Flash EULA and have correspondingly not done any side-by-side testing or comparisons.
You shall not use the Software to develop any software or other technology having the same primary function as the Software, including but not limited to using the Software in any development or test procedure that seeks to develop like software or other technology, or to determine if such software or other technology performs in a similar manner as the Software.
Soon after 9/11 I was asked by local government personnel (as webmaster of my local R/C flying club's site) to take down certain pictures of members' planes in flight that showed our city's power plant in the background. The reason I was given - I have the email - was that they didn't want potential terrorists to realize that bomb-laden R/C planes could be flown into the power plant from our field.
Cause, you know, that's how they do things, with toy planes and M-80's and stuff.
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I'm guessing that the vast majority of the people who live in the area are unaware of the existence of the range.
"were" unaware of the existence of the range.
Are you using any specific converter for PDF's? The average PDF I move to my Reader looks like crap or I have to go to landscape mode and I haven't had much satisfaction with PDF's.
The only problem I have with my Sony Reader is the proprietary format and the resulting dearth of available content. I use it plenty for books that have been out a few years and the odd recent publishing that shows up available, but if I could get any book I wanted as soon as I had the desire I'd use it a lot more.
Perhaps we'll get lucky and it will all stay under your comment and thus, easily collapsed.
... because my very earnest mother, who, by the way, just served us nine pickles, is starting to get a little fscking frazzled.
This just shows that the Networks are, indeed, as has been noted, over and over, clueless.
This just shows that the Advertisers understand that anyone who can skip commercials will skip commercials.
I seem to remember something about there being a flag in the TV signal that identifies commercials, but my quick search brings up nothing related to that. I did, however, find this nugget on Nielsen's site...
http://www.NielsenMedia.com/WhatRatingsMean
...it will likely be dead on arrival.
Disclaimer: personally I like rebates and have never had a problem getting mine filled.
... $98. Sucks, imho.
Don't think for a minute that suddenly you're going to get that $50 rebate as a direct discount at the register. The principle behind rebates, whether you like them or not, is that only 10% or less of people are going to actually take the time to fill in and mail the rebate. So 100 people buy a $100 product with a $20 rebate, 10 people send in and the rebate costs the retailer/manufacturer $200. The r/m is not going to pony up more than the $200 they would spend on a rebate program, so if everyone gets a discount at the register instead, it's only going to be a $2 discount. So now, what used to cost the average person $100 is $98, and what used to cost me the rebate-guy $80 is now
No allowance here for the cost of running the rebate programs, but you get my drift (and they're not going to past those savings along to us anyway).
Not sure if you were pointing me to the split meaning of "moot" or just attempting humor, but you learn something new every day and this was mine for the day (see below courtesy dictionary.com).
/. enjoyment, we will move on to a full-community discussion of what "begging the question" means and how to use it properly in a diatribe...
My intent was "has no practical value". Now, for your repeated
Usage Note: The adjective moot is originally a legal term going back to the mid-16th century. It derives from the noun moot, in its sense of a hypothetical case argued as an exercise by law students. Consequently, a moot question is one that is arguable or open to debate. But in the mid-19th century people also began to look at the hypothetical side of moot as its essential meaning, and they started to use the word to mean "of no significance or relevance." Thus, a moot point, however debatable, is one that has no practical value. A number of critics have objected to this use, but 59 percent of the Usage Panel accepts it in the sentence The nominee himself chastised the White House for failing to do more to support him, but his concerns became moot when a number of Republicans announced that they, too, would oppose the nomination. When using moot one should be sure that the context makes clear which sense is meant.
Not only that, but for the sake of humanity, MySpace needs to stand up and fight this lawsuit. It would be a real tragedy if they bowed and settled just to avoid the cost of a lengthy court process.
No it's only allowing #1 if your government forces you to use it everywhere you go. That doesn't appear to be the case. You can use it to conveniently verify your identity and age to some entity with which you want to do business, using the provider as an agent third-party. No one says you have to use it.
The point is not that there was a valid expectation, just that there was a likely expectation by the attacker that she was going to put out. The validity of that expectation, however misguided it may have been in the circumstances, is moot but the likelihood of that expectation is what would prompt a mature, intelligent female to not go in the first place. This girl was obviously neither of these, and thus put herself in danger (whether inadvertently or with knowledge) by not properly evaluating the likely expectations of this man she met on the internet.
Allow me to introduce you to the comment above where I made it clear that I was being sarcastic. I will, in the future, attempt to be more obvious with my feeble attempts at humor. :)
Sounds like you have N.A.D.D..
If they can make $25 mil with just 21 employees, think how much they could make if they hired 500 employees?
Excellent points all around. Crazy thing is this guy is not a "hard core conservative" by any stretch (though he's not necessarily a fan of liberals/democrats). He basically says "I'm okay with that, that's fine with me" about the things being done, with an occasional "if it helps prevent terrorism" thrown in for good measure.
My point to him is that we must be vigilant over even these supposed "small things", that over the years these "small things" will add up to something and sooner or later the gov't will do something that he's not okay with, and he'll have a majore "WTF just happened?" moment as if it hadn't been slowly ocurring over all these years.
He scoffs. I nod. We both go back to work.
My neighbor has head-in-sand mentality. He believes that (a) since he doesn't commit crimes, the gov't will not surveil him, and (b) since he doesn't commit crimes, even if they do surveil him he doesn't care, and (c) if he ever does commit a crime, then the gov't can surveil him, with or without a warrant, since he deserves it. Now that the gov't has collected his phone records without a warrant (we live in BellSouth territory), I wonder if it will change his mind?
I did the phone setup this morning around 8.30am. The confirmation code they sent to my phone at that time just arrived at 3.45pm.
They are also suing because they claim Google is violating their constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech. That's complete bs, if I remember correctly the first amendment starts "Congress shall make no law".
I prefer my MoFo's of the Honky variety.
"lots of fun for the whole trailer park"
I hope the developers of that project have read this part of the Macromedia Flash EULA and have correspondingly not done any side-by-side testing or comparisons.
You shall not use the Software to develop any software or other technology having the same primary function as the Software, including but not limited to using the Software in any development or test procedure that seeks to develop like software or other technology, or to determine if such software or other technology performs in a similar manner as the Software.
More of the same...
Soon after 9/11 I was asked by local government personnel (as webmaster of my local R/C flying club's site) to take down certain pictures of members' planes in flight that showed our city's power plant in the background. The reason I was given - I have the email - was that they didn't want potential terrorists to realize that bomb-laden R/C planes could be flown into the power plant from our field.
Cause, you know, that's how they do things, with toy planes and M-80's and stuff.
So what's the shuttle equivalent of "trip over power cord as you walk out of cube, yanking laptop off desk and bouncing it off chair and onto floor."?
Muchas appreciation for the info.