Naturally the travel companies would prefer that people book through their own websites, because they don't have to pay the commission, which is typically around 10% of the price.
It's actually more like 30%, and at my hotel that means you're much less likely to get upgrades and freebies because our revenue is so much lower. Book direct for a lower rate and more perks!
A service like this already exists - debatewise.com. The major differences seem to be that it's a not-for-profit, and by the looks of the google site, a lot better...
Phones are heavily subsidised here as well, but in a much better way - almost every phone is free on an 18 month contract, and most are free on a 12 month contract. I got my N95 8GB, a phone certainly comparable to the iPhone, for free with a $80 equivalent contract, and that includes all taxes and whatever else.
If you do, look for a book called "ML for the working programmer" by Larry Paulson - he's a lecturer at Cambridge University, and he lectured ML to us this year - the book is really good.
I was under the impression that one of the main reasons for silicon valleys success was that californias labour laws prohibit clauses that stop you from working with a competitor when you quit/are fired. I believe it's this that has caused Silicon Valley to flourish places in other states (Bostons Route 128) with similar conditions (minus labour laws) have not done so
What are you even saying? He's not suggesting removing the concept of a penny, just getting rid of the actual coin. If there's a penny of tax on each item you sell, and you sell 1000 items, you don't ship 1000 pennies to the goverment, you just send them a $10 bill. I really don't understand your point...
Not that this makes it better in any way, but I liked how he said
I hadn't noticed when I purchased the CD from Amazon.com that it's protected with DRM software, but if I had looked more closely at the text on the Amazon.com web page I would have known
followed by a picture of the amazon web page in question with [CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD] clearly visible in massive letters.
The real question is, are you, as a human being, actually *entitled* to bitch about how 'hard' your life is made by superfluous issues, while others barely survive?
Only in the good 'ol US of A. At my school, in my final year, I was asked to perform pen-testing of the school network. I found the network admin password, and by some packet-sniffing, the passwords of about 20 senior staff members. I also exposed a number of weaknesses in the schools wifi implementation.
I recieved a pat on the back from the head of IT, and de-brief and congratulations by the headmaster, and a few free bits of kit (such as the old wifi boxes that they'd had to replace).
because no system is 100% secure, and even with a 0.001% failure rate, that means SOMEONE is gonna end up with a HIV-sufferers organ, and that's not an acceptable risk
I've got signed permission from my teacher before performing any pen-testing. Would you pentest at a company before signing a contract with them? No
What it means is that if something breaks, or you do find something, you've covered your back - if a teacher won't sign something, then it's because they don't have your back. If that's the case, don't do it...
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Naturally the travel companies would prefer that people book through their own websites, because they don't have to pay the commission, which is typically around 10% of the price.
It's actually more like 30%, and at my hotel that means you're much less likely to get upgrades and freebies because our revenue is so much lower. Book direct for a lower rate and more perks!
It was radio 5, not radio 1
That'll teach them to Hassle the Hof
A service like this already exists - debatewise.com. The major differences seem to be that it's a not-for-profit, and by the looks of the google site, a lot better...
Phones are heavily subsidised here as well, but in a much better way - almost every phone is free on an 18 month contract, and most are free on a 12 month contract. I got my N95 8GB, a phone certainly comparable to the iPhone, for free with a $80 equivalent contract, and that includes all taxes and whatever else.
Nobody could need more than 640 websites...
If you do, look for a book called "ML for the working programmer" by Larry Paulson - he's a lecturer at Cambridge University, and he lectured ML to us this year - the book is really good.
I was under the impression that one of the main reasons for silicon valleys success was that californias labour laws prohibit clauses that stop you from working with a competitor when you quit/are fired. I believe it's this that has caused Silicon Valley to flourish places in other states (Bostons Route 128) with similar conditions (minus labour laws) have not done so
If Microsoft had released a patch on a Sunday, everyone would have said how completely irresponsible it was to release a patch on a non-working day
What are you even saying? He's not suggesting removing the concept of a penny, just getting rid of the actual coin. If there's a penny of tax on each item you sell, and you sell 1000 items, you don't ship 1000 pennies to the goverment, you just send them a $10 bill. I really don't understand your point...
Can I just clarify, are you suggesting that gun legislation be removed?
If you've ever had a 150 day uptime on a windows box, you're clearly not patching enough
I can run linux on my lilo?
Not that this makes it better in any way, but I liked how he said
I hadn't noticed when I purchased the CD from Amazon.com that it's protected with DRM software, but if I had looked more closely at the text on the Amazon.com web page I would have known
followed by a picture of the amazon web page in question with [CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD] clearly visible in massive letters.
That story is about comment spam, where as this is about people creating spam blogs
In case you still can't see, that makes the two things completely different..
The real question is, are you, as a human being, actually *entitled* to bitch about how 'hard' your life is made by superfluous issues, while others barely survive?
Yes
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Uranium in your car?
You're the one who's written the long article about it, so shouldn't we ask the professional - you tell us!
Only in the good 'ol US of A. At my school, in my final year, I was asked to perform pen-testing of the school network. I found the network admin password, and by some packet-sniffing, the passwords of about 20 senior staff members. I also exposed a number of weaknesses in the schools wifi implementation. I recieved a pat on the back from the head of IT, and de-brief and congratulations by the headmaster, and a few free bits of kit (such as the old wifi boxes that they'd had to replace).
By 'SOMEONE' I mean 'someone who doesn't already suffer from HIV'
because no system is 100% secure, and even with a 0.001% failure rate, that means SOMEONE is gonna end up with a HIV-sufferers organ, and that's not an acceptable risk
I think we should boycott CVS too!
Subversion is the way forward!
Not at all
I've got signed permission from my teacher before performing any pen-testing. Would you pentest at a company before signing a contract with them? No
What it means is that if something breaks, or you do find something, you've covered your back - if a teacher won't sign something, then it's because they don't have your back. If that's the case, don't do it...
May I refer you to the old testament