No salting the land you moron. Kodak is only a few miles from my house and I worked there for 26 years. I have friends that still work there so no firing either. Trying to get them to sue anybody for any patent infringement was like pulling teeth. I'm glad they are doing something. I just hope it's not something dumb.
There is a comment on the original article site that clarifies this:
>>I’m surprised, not only that neither party spotted the UCC issue, but also that neither the parties nor the Court of Appeal spotted Federal Reserve Regulation CC that requires banks to credit the full amount of a deposited cashier’s check within one business day (12 CFR 229.10(c)(v)). Banks are liable under the regulation for failure to use ordinary care, 229.38(a), and may refuse credit if there is a factual basis to doubt the check’s collectibility, but a bank may not refuse to immediately credit a cashier’s check on grounds of possible uncollectibility “based on the fact that the check is of a particular class or is deposited by a particular class of persons.” 229.13(e) . Regulation CC supersedes the UCC. 229.41. Comment by Mike Stone>>
So there is a government rule that requires that the money be made available to you within a certain time regardless of whether the bank likes your face. Sounds fair. Banks manage to screw up the good intentions by not telling you the acceptance is "provisional" and never telling you when the check REALLY clears. Do we need a rule covering that as well? Then banks will react by doing something else tricky and certainly not behaving in an honest and straightforward way.
Generally you don't know and they won't tell you. Of course the victim is a moron, but the bank allows these things to go on because they tell you the funds are available before they really find out if the check is good. A check from an overseas bank might take weeks to properly clear. So how long should you wait? I have no idea and banks don't notify you when the check is found to be good; they only say something if it's bad.
If one of these drop-outs could figure out how to nuke Facebook and Twitter, they will be on to something. And I never want to hear about "apps" again. Back to Osmos...
Excellent suggestion! Also need a threat level below green, but not sure what to call it. Maynard G. Krebs level maybe?
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When your program returns an "Error in line 1050" you will find there IS no line 1050!
Is being mobile SO valuable that I would want to watch a movie on a postcard sized screen? And pay a ridiculous amount for the privilege? People, there are really big TVs now.
I'm already paying for internet service at home. Why do I want to pay for it again for my phone? So I can look up things on Google for perfect strangers and show what a nifty phone I have. Sorry, no sale here.
So Wikileaks has carefully read 250000 documents to insure that everything it releases concerns malfeasance by those in power. I don't think so. Normally I would support them, but now it seems that EVERY government secret is evidence of something bad. This just isn't true. They are not carefully releasing evidence for any particular evil plot, but releasing so many items no one can possible digest them in a sensible way. If all secrets are bad, then I want Assange's credit card numbers. And if I can't have them, he must be hiding something...
Listen to the voice of the people! What we need is the average citizen deciding on the merits of research in quantum computing, string theory or evolution. What could possibly go wrong?
Organic farmers around here (upstate NY) absolutely do not use pesticides and the people I've talked to claim large losses in the 30-50% range due to pests and disease. I don't see how they make any money. I have tried growing vegetables for the past few years without pesticides and you get almost nothing. I have to say that the major loss is due to foraging animals (rabbits, birds, etc.), but something like acorn squash will be 90% taken out by beetles passing on a fatal bacterial infection. If I had to make a living growing produce "organically", I would starve.
I live in New York and I'm required to buy car insurance. I believe if I have a mortgage I am required to buy home owners insurance. If I have a car, I must "buy" state inspections. There must be other examples.
Each grain of sand is unique and should be protected. Man should not kill grains of sand in order to selfishly extract their silicon without their permission. We in the SiliVegan organization object to the subjugation of sand for man's commercial use. Each grain has a soul that should be protected. Unless you get one in your eye 'cause that really hurts.
So when they turn around and make the Nano bigger, THAT will also be a major advance in tech? I'm waiting for the iPad to get bigger so there will be a place for your hands to hold onto it without touching the screen.
So in the US this would be equivalent to having about 1000Amp service. I just checked mine and I have 150Amp service to the house and another 100Amps to the detached garage for a total of 250Amps. 100kW seems insane to me.
I brought some Potassium Iodide powder into grade school once (it was prescribed for me). Some kid reported that I used it to throw "acid" at him and I was hauled off to the principal's office. This was cleared up right away. I used it to make free Iodine (cool purple clouds!) by mixing it with glacial acetic acid that my Dad got for me. Today I would be sent to Guantanamo.
I was going to write something about how annoying it is to have all the good tickets to a concert vanish 5 minutes after they go on sale only to have them appear on Stub-Hub etc. at triple the price, but I see it's pointless. I would have to say something about how this isn't FAIR, but no one is going to care about that any more. This is just business, after all! Suppose I came and bought all the gasoline in your neighborhood and then re-sold it for $10/gal. You could always drive to another state to buy gas if you don't like it.
The problem is there are a small number of people who can get rich by gaming the system instead of getting a real job. The slimes!
If Blue Man Group wants to charge $75 a ticket, then OK, but why should a third party make another $200 on top of that for doing NOTHING.
So how far away from my car do I have to be for my phone to work? If the car is off, is the phone disabled? If it is parked outside my office window does it work? If my wife starts the car and drives past me does it work? etc. etc.
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This is what I think of Sony... http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/33
No salting the land you moron. Kodak is only a few miles from my house and I worked there for 26 years. I have friends that still work there so no firing either. Trying to get them to sue anybody for any patent infringement was like pulling teeth. I'm glad they are doing something. I just hope it's not something dumb.
There is a comment on the original article site that clarifies this: >>I’m surprised, not only that neither party spotted the UCC issue, but also that neither the parties nor the Court of Appeal spotted Federal Reserve Regulation CC that requires banks to credit the full amount of a deposited cashier’s check within one business day (12 CFR 229.10(c)(v)). Banks are liable under the regulation for failure to use ordinary care, 229.38(a), and may refuse credit if there is a factual basis to doubt the check’s collectibility, but a bank may not refuse to immediately credit a cashier’s check on grounds of possible uncollectibility “based on the fact that the check is of a particular class or is deposited by a particular class of persons.” 229.13(e) . Regulation CC supersedes the UCC. 229.41. Comment by Mike Stone>> So there is a government rule that requires that the money be made available to you within a certain time regardless of whether the bank likes your face. Sounds fair. Banks manage to screw up the good intentions by not telling you the acceptance is "provisional" and never telling you when the check REALLY clears. Do we need a rule covering that as well? Then banks will react by doing something else tricky and certainly not behaving in an honest and straightforward way.
Generally you don't know and they won't tell you. Of course the victim is a moron, but the bank allows these things to go on because they tell you the funds are available before they really find out if the check is good. A check from an overseas bank might take weeks to properly clear. So how long should you wait? I have no idea and banks don't notify you when the check is found to be good; they only say something if it's bad.
If one of these drop-outs could figure out how to nuke Facebook and Twitter, they will be on to something. And I never want to hear about "apps" again. Back to Osmos...
Excellent suggestion! Also need a threat level below green, but not sure what to call it. Maynard G. Krebs level maybe? -- When your program returns an "Error in line 1050" you will find there IS no line 1050!
When you set it to green it explodes.
There's always the threat of a hanging chad to worry about with those punch cards
Is being mobile SO valuable that I would want to watch a movie on a postcard sized screen? And pay a ridiculous amount for the privilege? People, there are really big TVs now. I'm already paying for internet service at home. Why do I want to pay for it again for my phone? So I can look up things on Google for perfect strangers and show what a nifty phone I have. Sorry, no sale here.
So Wikileaks has carefully read 250000 documents to insure that everything it releases concerns malfeasance by those in power. I don't think so. Normally I would support them, but now it seems that EVERY government secret is evidence of something bad. This just isn't true. They are not carefully releasing evidence for any particular evil plot, but releasing so many items no one can possible digest them in a sensible way. If all secrets are bad, then I want Assange's credit card numbers. And if I can't have them, he must be hiding something...
Listen to the voice of the people! What we need is the average citizen deciding on the merits of research in quantum computing, string theory or evolution. What could possibly go wrong?
It's sort of missing the oxygen part, if you care about that kind of thing.
That article is from 2003.
Organic farmers around here (upstate NY) absolutely do not use pesticides and the people I've talked to claim large losses in the 30-50% range due to pests and disease. I don't see how they make any money. I have tried growing vegetables for the past few years without pesticides and you get almost nothing. I have to say that the major loss is due to foraging animals (rabbits, birds, etc.), but something like acorn squash will be 90% taken out by beetles passing on a fatal bacterial infection. If I had to make a living growing produce "organically", I would starve.
I live in New York and I'm required to buy car insurance. I believe if I have a mortgage I am required to buy home owners insurance. If I have a car, I must "buy" state inspections. There must be other examples.
Excellent Electrical Engineering pun! You advance to the next round.
The earth is only 4000 years old so that can't possibly be true.
Each grain of sand is unique and should be protected. Man should not kill grains of sand in order to selfishly extract their silicon without their permission. We in the SiliVegan organization object to the subjugation of sand for man's commercial use. Each grain has a soul that should be protected. Unless you get one in your eye 'cause that really hurts.
So when they turn around and make the Nano bigger, THAT will also be a major advance in tech? I'm waiting for the iPad to get bigger so there will be a place for your hands to hold onto it without touching the screen.
So in the US this would be equivalent to having about 1000Amp service. I just checked mine and I have 150Amp service to the house and another 100Amps to the detached garage for a total of 250Amps. 100kW seems insane to me.
Since when was the internet created to be used by children?
I brought some Potassium Iodide powder into grade school once (it was prescribed for me). Some kid reported that I used it to throw "acid" at him and I was hauled off to the principal's office. This was cleared up right away. I used it to make free Iodine (cool purple clouds!) by mixing it with glacial acetic acid that my Dad got for me. Today I would be sent to Guantanamo.
Yes, but bringing plutonium to school would get you an A for Show and Tell.
I was going to write something about how annoying it is to have all the good tickets to a concert vanish 5 minutes after they go on sale only to have them appear on Stub-Hub etc. at triple the price, but I see it's pointless. I would have to say something about how this isn't FAIR, but no one is going to care about that any more. This is just business, after all! Suppose I came and bought all the gasoline in your neighborhood and then re-sold it for $10/gal. You could always drive to another state to buy gas if you don't like it. The problem is there are a small number of people who can get rich by gaming the system instead of getting a real job. The slimes! If Blue Man Group wants to charge $75 a ticket, then OK, but why should a third party make another $200 on top of that for doing NOTHING.
So how far away from my car do I have to be for my phone to work? If the car is off, is the phone disabled? If it is parked outside my office window does it work? If my wife starts the car and drives past me does it work? etc. etc.