Well those people are stupid. Technically, not signing the card invalidates the card. It's printed right there under the signature thingie.
Stores accept them anyway because they don't want to lose business, and that's why "please ask for ID" is a kind of security theater.
Also, the signature isn't a security measure. It's a decision marker. Both the card and the receipt are contracts and your signature indicates that you agree to the terms, not that you are who you say you are. Misunderstanding that is why people think that "see ID" is a reasonable thing to put there.
Um.. I think you're thinking of a daisy-wheel printer. "dot matrix" printers are just a little noisier than an inkjet.*
*actually, as we all know, it's a terrifically stupid term, as the inkjet also prints dots in a matrix. And a laser printer could even be classed as dot matrix if you refer to the output rather than the print head.
2 - It allows demographic data collection. right now they pay Nielsen and Scarborough for Demo data. this is expensive and old data (last month, Last quarter). By forcing the use of cable boxes I can gather and monitor demographic data hour by hour and minute by minute. I can tell advertisers that 65,000 people in the #23 market saw their ad. This allows my sales people to pressure the customer (not you, people that BUY ad's are the customer you are the product) to buy more.
What's wrong with (2)? I wish more cable companies would do that. I mean, since I'm not buying the shows, I'd rather like the advertisers to buy the ones I like...
In fact, I'd pay extra just for the "your box votes for the shows you like" feature.
Anyway, what is useless excess, anyway? Suppose you had a pile of gold but no fun little "useless" trinkets to spend it on? What good is your gold then? hmm?
* make sure both surfaces are clean (use a wire brush if needed) * heat both surfaces to just the right temp * allow the solder to wick up into the gap by capillary action
note: might be a good idea to use lead-free solder...
Bush is "on-call" 24 hours, but that does not mean that he's "at work" that whole time. Just because he works from home doesn't mean that everything he does at home is on work-time. Just like every other president.
I was a Bush supporter, but I certainly didn't begrudge Clinton for campaigning for Gore. Now, maybe if he'd accumulated a large pile of accidental pocket-vetos, I'd be a little more upset. (Bush doesn't veto nearly enough, though, so it'd kind of be a relief for a change)
If you have a tube tv, there is nothing that little plastic box is going to do to inches thick tempered glass. That stuff is holding back 15 pounds per square inch *already* and you think twenty flings of a flimsy plastic pointing device is going to do *anything* to it at all?
In the case of diet soda, I's suggest that there is a significant amount of selection bias.
I also submit that the problem is satisfaction. McDonalds et al. just aren't very satisfying meals, so you end up eating more just to feel satisfied. (note: I don't mean the same thing as filling, although in filling-ness per calorie, they don't do so well either)
I think it's very much the same with RPGs. WoW isn't all that satisfying, really, once you've played through the first ten hours. To feel satisfied, you have to play longer and longer sessions, until you find yourself in the position where you're contemplating a five-hour raid and thinking it seems short.
You can go to a steakhouse and get the 96'er and chow down. But you can get a much tastier 7'er for the same price. It's satisfying enough that you'll eat the veggies, too, without resentment, and find yourself quite full without consuming four days worth of Calories in one sitting.
Do you mean "eating a bullet" as in, the bullet enters the body in the traditional manner for food, or that the bullet enters the body in the traditional manner for bullets. The effects on your health are significantly different in each case.
I suspect that in the former case, it would be somewhat filling, and have negligible deleterious effect unless you made a habit of it.
In 1999, client-side image maps were already quite mature, having briefly supplanted the popularity of server-side image maps. Let alone the "trick" of enclosing an image tag in a link tag.
Well, for instance, if it turns out the wind is steady and in only one direction, or varies with the seasons, that would be very useful information to have. Sure, it's one data point, but it's one data point over a long period of time, and one which can be correlated with more indirect methods to calibrate those instruments.
The pressure is too low for more sophisticated methods, even the traditional weather vane and anemometer wouldn't overcome bearing friction except in gale force winds. It and the more exotic methods use almost an order of magnitude more mass than the system in question (the camera was already on the lander, for instance.)
If you're going to send a $420 million lander to a remote place on mars, why not spend the extra buck and get two more pieces of information about that rock?
These things cost $400* each, so it's not exactly a cost effective tool. You can get a used laptop with built-in wireless for quite a bet less than that. There's one on ebay for $90 closing in four hours at the time of this writing, in fact.
*G1G1 price. I know they were alleged to be paying for additional laptops for impoverished children in foreign countries, but that seems really difficult for an outside party to audit, to me.
It does disappoint me that Negroponte doesn't want to think of the laptops as a product, though. They have some interesting features and selling them would have allowed them to grow the economies of scale necessary for the charity goals to be achieved.
In order for Barrack Obama to shatter that stereotype, it would have to be true that the stereotype wasn't already shattered by pretty much every other black there is just going about their daily lives.
However, it is evident that if it were possible for Barrack to shatter that stereotype, conditions would have to be such that the stereotype had the unfortunate circumstance of also being true.
So it's actually a pretty condescending thing to say about blacks that they would need some public figure to "dispel" a stereotype.
I'm not sure what stereotypes Obama would be capable of dispelling. Perhaps ones involving black democratic politicians who are aloof enough for a stereotype to form without sufficient direct experience to contradict it. But is Obama aloof?
Yes, the tips are fast. But the issue is not the speed per se, but whether they can be avoided. Since the rotational speed is lower, they are simply not fast enough for persistence-of-vision to make them invisible (to humans. I suppose studies would need to be done as to bird persistence of vision...)
Also, the time in between blades to pass through the gap depends solely on rotational speed, not tip velocity. That's what people mean when they say they turn "slowly."
It depends on how you model the danger. Is the problem birds hitting the blades (bird velocity causes the actual damage to bird) or blades slicing through the birds.
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If sex for you involves a wire brush, a propane torch, and liquid tin, you've probably got some issues that need to be addressed.
Well those people are stupid. Technically, not signing the card invalidates the card. It's printed right there under the signature thingie.
Stores accept them anyway because they don't want to lose business, and that's why "please ask for ID" is a kind of security theater.
Also, the signature isn't a security measure. It's a decision marker. Both the card and the receipt are contracts and your signature indicates that you agree to the terms, not that you are who you say you are. Misunderstanding that is why people think that "see ID" is a reasonable thing to put there.
No you wouldn't. You'd think it was hot, just like we do here in the States.
Um.. I think you're thinking of a daisy-wheel printer. "dot matrix" printers are just a little noisier than an inkjet.*
*actually, as we all know, it's a terrifically stupid term, as the inkjet also prints dots in a matrix. And a laser printer could even be classed as dot matrix if you refer to the output rather than the print head.
"impact printer" is probably a much better term.
Pennies are only legal tender to satisfy debts not to exceed 25 cents. Beyond that, the recipient has the option to refuse.
So, whomever he brought those pennies to must've had a giant sense of humor to accept 'em.
In fact, I'd pay extra just for the "your box votes for the shows you like" feature.
Oh they make them. But you can't use one in a house with children. The pixelated edges are sharp and dangerous.
Ahh, a commie? on slashdot? rare.
Anyway, what is useless excess, anyway? Suppose you had a pile of gold but no fun little "useless" trinkets to spend it on? What good is your gold then? hmm?
It's just like working with electronics, in fact.
* make sure both surfaces are clean (use a wire brush if needed)
* heat both surfaces to just the right temp
* allow the solder to wick up into the gap by capillary action
note: might be a good idea to use lead-free solder...
Bush is "on-call" 24 hours, but that does not mean that he's "at work" that whole time. Just because he works from home doesn't mean that everything he does at home is on work-time. Just like every other president.
I was a Bush supporter, but I certainly didn't begrudge Clinton for campaigning for Gore. Now, maybe if he'd accumulated a large pile of accidental pocket-vetos, I'd be a little more upset. (Bush doesn't veto nearly enough, though, so it'd kind of be a relief for a change)
Well, if you have a loaded photon torpedo launcher in the first act, it had better be fired before the end of the third!
If you have a tube tv, there is nothing that little plastic box is going to do to inches thick tempered glass. That stuff is holding back 15 pounds per square inch *already* and you think twenty flings of a flimsy plastic pointing device is going to do *anything* to it at all?
correlation != causality.
In the case of diet soda, I's suggest that there is a significant amount of selection bias.
I also submit that the problem is satisfaction. McDonalds et al. just aren't very satisfying meals, so you end up eating more just to feel satisfied. (note: I don't mean the same thing as filling, although in filling-ness per calorie, they don't do so well either)
I think it's very much the same with RPGs. WoW isn't all that satisfying, really, once you've played through the first ten hours. To feel satisfied, you have to play longer and longer sessions, until you find yourself in the position where you're contemplating a five-hour raid and thinking it seems short.
You can go to a steakhouse and get the 96'er and chow down. But you can get a much tastier 7'er for the same price. It's satisfying enough that you'll eat the veggies, too, without resentment, and find yourself quite full without consuming four days worth of Calories in one sitting.
Do you mean "eating a bullet" as in, the bullet enters the body in the traditional manner for food, or that the bullet enters the body in the traditional manner for bullets. The effects on your health are significantly different in each case.
I suspect that in the former case, it would be somewhat filling, and have negligible deleterious effect unless you made a habit of it.
In 1999, client-side image maps were already quite mature, having briefly supplanted the popularity of server-side image maps. Let alone the "trick" of enclosing an image tag in a link tag.
Or $100 less and go by motor-coach. And still arrive in half the time.
One expects rail to be an inferior choice to air for personal travel, but why the heck should it also be in every way inferior to a freakin' bus?
Well, for instance, if it turns out the wind is steady and in only one direction, or varies with the seasons, that would be very useful information to have. Sure, it's one data point, but it's one data point over a long period of time, and one which can be correlated with more indirect methods to calibrate those instruments.
The pressure is too low for more sophisticated methods, even the traditional weather vane and anemometer wouldn't overcome bearing friction except in gale force winds. It and the more exotic methods use almost an order of magnitude more mass than the system in question (the camera was already on the lander, for instance.)
If you're going to send a $420 million lander to a remote place on mars, why not spend the extra buck and get two more pieces of information about that rock?
These things cost $400* each, so it's not exactly a cost effective tool. You can get a used laptop with built-in wireless for quite a bet less than that. There's one on ebay for $90 closing in four hours at the time of this writing, in fact.
*G1G1 price. I know they were alleged to be paying for additional laptops for impoverished children in foreign countries, but that seems really difficult for an outside party to audit, to me.
It does disappoint me that Negroponte doesn't want to think of the laptops as a product, though. They have some interesting features and selling them would have allowed them to grow the economies of scale necessary for the charity goals to be achieved.
If you accept the premise that the rights are granted by the bill of rights, you've already given away the farm.
In order for Barrack Obama to shatter that stereotype, it would have to be true that the stereotype wasn't already shattered by pretty much every other black there is just going about their daily lives.
However, it is evident that if it were possible for Barrack to shatter that stereotype, conditions would have to be such that the stereotype had the unfortunate circumstance of also being true.
So it's actually a pretty condescending thing to say about blacks that they would need some public figure to "dispel" a stereotype.
I'm not sure what stereotypes Obama would be capable of dispelling. Perhaps ones involving black democratic politicians who are aloof enough for a stereotype to form without sufficient direct experience to contradict it. But is Obama aloof?
How can china have only 7% of the world output when I can barely even find things that don't say "Made in China" any more?
I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just wondering how the real numbers can be so very off from my (and many others') practical experience.
windmill != wind turbine
Yes, the tips are fast. But the issue is not the speed per se, but whether they can be avoided. Since the rotational speed is lower, they are simply not fast enough for persistence-of-vision to make them invisible (to humans. I suppose studies would need to be done as to bird persistence of vision...)
Also, the time in between blades to pass through the gap depends solely on rotational speed, not tip velocity. That's what people mean when they say they turn "slowly."
It depends on how you model the danger. Is the problem birds hitting the blades (bird velocity causes the actual damage to bird) or blades slicing through the birds.
"The bird cuisinart effect is largely debunked."
Not debunked. Solved. Early wind turbines were small and very fast. Too fast for birds.
Wait.. zero tolerance? As in, they don't even allow orange juice consumption because it has the same alcohol content as "non-alcoholic" beer?
Or, as in, they don't allow anyone at all to drive because human blood has a minimum amount of alcohol in it, even in teetotalers.