Just give them a fake. I use the office operator number. They'll never bother to sort it all through. And there thousands of people where I work. I think I'm mostly hidden.
They have no choice, really, when it comes to pricing. The whole business plan of those companies (the Big Box stores) is to maximise store traffic. They need thousands of people wandering around the place buying tonnes of mechandise. If they increase prices and drive out the bargain hunters, they are....ahem...fucked.
The next time I go into Best Buys (or Future Shop in Canada; they are the same company) I am going to try an act like a Barry or a Buzz and see what kind of interest I get.
It seems that the publishing of this info is going to hurt Best Buy the most. If they were to target their *devil* customers and kept it on the lo-down, maybe nobody would have noticed. Having it on/. has got to be a bad deal for them.
Thanks for the idea about getting a rebate (although I still hate them) and then returning the product. That's a great plan. I'll be sure to try it out this weekend.
In french the symbol is written after the digits. i.e:
English: $25
French: 25$
I'm really indiferent to it in most cases. I suppose it is easier to understand when reading the french way. I say that because the symbols apppear in the order you'd say them aloud.
This is an interesting question, and I hope a lively discussion. I think one thing is perfectly clear and that is that oil is a finite resource and something must be done in order to shift reliance from oil. I don't think nuclear is the step. It just costs too much money. I understand that energy is 'clean' and efficient once the reactor is running, but the costs at startup are astronomical and maintainance is lethal. The government in Ontario recently felt that when trying to modernize their Nuclear power plant in Pickering. The cost for overhaul for $4B. This is not chump change. I think, perhaps, the solution to the energy crisis that s coming (and it IS coming) may not be invented yet. In fact, I suspect that the West (its not only America that loves oil) will have to invent their way out of the problem. Although I think that the clout wielded by the oil barons will stall this development for years to come.
Does anybody know of any 'big-scale' implementation of T-Bird? I use it at home sparingly since I find I use more and more web based email and a real decent email client is just not needed. I know Outlook (and others) has countless corporate implementations, and I am wondering if T-Bird has been used similarly. If so, how does it hold up? Anybody?
Dude,
Haven't you heard? Its OK to covet big business and increase massive profits for the rich in America. Just as long as you promise that dudes can't marry one another.
But seriously. AOL is big and bulky and people are starting to become aware that the need for it is not really all that great. I suppose much of it comes from the fact that the internet has been readily available to the public for long enough that there is a comfort level. AOL was really made to help people that were tech-ignorant access the inet content. This is less and less the case. Even the tech-ignorant now have kids who have grown up and spent their whole life (practically) with internet access and have become,in many cases, quite savvy.
Its not that Americans are dumb, idiotic or stupid. However, there seems to be a real belief that their personal belifs need to be codified in law at the expense of any dissenters. This is essentially the aim of the Moral Majority. It seems that most Americans do not realise that living your life according to a moral code does not require everyone else to live by it. America is supposed to be the land of the free, but it is taking some mis-steps. Its as though many folks are frightened that their way of life will be lost if it is not preserved in law. What nees to be preserved in law is their right to live anyway they wish (provided it does not harm others).
So, what exactly is wrong with Kerry's plan to get troops from other countries to help?
The international community is not on good terms with the US right now and the current quagmire that is Iraq is not something most governemnts are going to want to join up and enter. Just because the American president wants to "internationalise" an effort, does not make ita sure thing. Kerry is the hands-down choice of the rest of the world but he will not entice other countries to send troops to Iraq.
I don't know. I'm one of those 'undecided'. My major issues are the environment and economic prosperity. Bush has failed miserably in these areas, but I have seen little promise in Kerry on these fronts. To be honest, I just don't know. I expect I would vote Nader, but I can't where I live.
As an undecided, perhaps we can start the discussion off with you. What issues are important to you and what do you expect to be resolved are revisted by the government in the next four years? The answers to such question ought to help you become a 'decided'.
I think the is a part in Crime and Punishment (but it may be another Dostoyevsky (sp?)) where Jesus comes back and the church effectively kills him because his ideas are different than theirs. It's much like you describe where even a divine pronouncement of evolution would not be enough. It isn't what they beleive is just that they do believe.
Except it has been compiled very selectively. There are many apocryphal books of gospel that have been 'decreed' heresy without much explanation as to why. and these books give a very different view of the proto-christian community in Palestine at the time of Jesus.
Having said that, the argument you make is a little misleading in other ways. The creationism part of the bible is in the Old Testament which is the "Jewish" part of the bible and was written before the ministry of Jesus.
I could not RTFA, the thing is/.ed already. However, I wonder if the move with SuSE is an attempt to move into some bigger European markets. SuSE is the de facto linux standard over there (as opposed to RHEL in NA) and I wonder if Dell is trying to squeeze into some business operations on the continent.
I believe that all domains, even those in the US, should end in.us.
What would be the point in that? Are you suggesting that domains in Canada and France (for example) should end with.us? I hope you mean that only sites in the US should be using.us
Maybe american sites should adopt.us and we can get rid of all amibiguity. There will be amazon.com.us, amazon.ca, amazon.co.uk. Then everybody will know where the heck they are looking.
I have never played the original release of SWG. I'm not a big fan of the online RPGs. But I understand why they are so popular. I have a couple of questions about this though.
1) If the expansion allows you to move around in space, what the hell were people doing before this? Was the original game restricted to one planet?
2) If you bought the first, do you have to buy the upgrade? If you don't have the upgrade can you still play?
RHEL is my choice for mission critical boxes. It doesn't support some of the more windows-like features out of the box (mp3, etc.) but it is rock solid and stable and that's all I need for a server.
This is not a flame or a troll: I am wondering is you have considered OpenBSD for servers. It is the most stable OS I have ever encountered. And secure. I'm just curious. RHEL is a great release and will no doubt cover your needs perfectly.
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Just give them a fake. I use the office operator number. They'll never bother to sort it all through. And there thousands of people where I work. I think I'm mostly hidden.
They have no choice, really, when it comes to pricing. The whole business plan of those companies (the Big Box stores) is to maximise store traffic. They need thousands of people wandering around the place buying tonnes of mechandise. If they increase prices and drive out the bargain hunters, they are....ahem...fucked.
The next time I go into Best Buys (or Future Shop in Canada; they are the same company) I am going to try an act like a Barry or a Buzz and see what kind of interest I get.
/. has got to be a bad deal for them.
It seems that the publishing of this info is going to hurt Best Buy the most. If they were to target their *devil* customers and kept it on the lo-down, maybe nobody would have noticed. Having it on
Thanks for the idea about getting a rebate (although I still hate them) and then returning the product. That's a great plan. I'll be sure to try it out this weekend.
In french the symbol is written after the digits. i.e:
English: $25
French: 25$
I'm really indiferent to it in most cases. I suppose it is easier to understand when reading the french way. I say that because the symbols apppear in the order you'd say them aloud.
"Twenty-five dollars" = 25$.
Because they knew it would be a waste of time.
This is an interesting question, and I hope a lively discussion. I think one thing is perfectly clear and that is that oil is a finite resource and something must be done in order to shift reliance from oil. I don't think nuclear is the step. It just costs too much money. I understand that energy is 'clean' and efficient once the reactor is running, but the costs at startup are astronomical and maintainance is lethal. The government in Ontario recently felt that when trying to modernize their Nuclear power plant in Pickering. The cost for overhaul for $4B. This is not chump change. I think, perhaps, the solution to the energy crisis that s coming (and it IS coming) may not be invented yet. In fact, I suspect that the West (its not only America that loves oil) will have to invent their way out of the problem. Although I think that the clout wielded by the oil barons will stall this development for years to come.
Does anybody know of any 'big-scale' implementation of T-Bird? I use it at home sparingly since I find I use more and more web based email and a real decent email client is just not needed. I know Outlook (and others) has countless corporate implementations, and I am wondering if T-Bird has been used similarly. If so, how does it hold up? Anybody?
Dude, Haven't you heard? Its OK to covet big business and increase massive profits for the rich in America. Just as long as you promise that dudes can't marry one another.
But seriously. AOL is big and bulky and people are starting to become aware that the need for it is not really all that great. I suppose much of it comes from the fact that the internet has been readily available to the public for long enough that there is a comfort level. AOL was really made to help people that were tech-ignorant access the inet content. This is less and less the case. Even the tech-ignorant now have kids who have grown up and spent their whole life (practically) with internet access and have become,in many cases, quite savvy.
Its not that Americans are dumb, idiotic or stupid. However, there seems to be a real belief that their personal belifs need to be codified in law at the expense of any dissenters. This is essentially the aim of the Moral Majority. It seems that most Americans do not realise that living your life according to a moral code does not require everyone else to live by it. America is supposed to be the land of the free, but it is taking some mis-steps. Its as though many folks are frightened that their way of life will be lost if it is not preserved in law. What nees to be preserved in law is their right to live anyway they wish (provided it does not harm others).
If you American drive the Baldwins into Canada there will be hell to pay!
What about Doom3 benchmarks?
So, what exactly is wrong with Kerry's plan to get troops from other countries to help?
The international community is not on good terms with the US right now and the current quagmire that is Iraq is not something most governemnts are going to want to join up and enter. Just because the American president wants to "internationalise" an effort, does not make ita sure thing. Kerry is the hands-down choice of the rest of the world but he will not entice other countries to send troops to Iraq.
I have never seen Kerry's 'Economic Plan' explained like this. Do you have a source? I'm not being a smart-ass or flamer. I'm genuinely curious.
I don't know. I'm one of those 'undecided'. My major issues are the environment and economic prosperity. Bush has failed miserably in these areas, but I have seen little promise in Kerry on these fronts. To be honest, I just don't know. I expect I would vote Nader, but I can't where I live.
As an undecided, perhaps we can start the discussion off with you. What issues are important to you and what do you expect to be resolved are revisted by the government in the next four years? The answers to such question ought to help you become a 'decided'.
Bush, huh? May I ask why? And please try to keep to the issues, and not a knee-jerk 'Cuz Kerry is a bitch'-like answer.
I think the is a part in Crime and Punishment (but it may be another Dostoyevsky (sp?)) where Jesus comes back and the church effectively kills him because his ideas are different than theirs. It's much like you describe where even a divine pronouncement of evolution would not be enough. It isn't what they beleive is just that they do believe.
Except it has been compiled very selectively. There are many apocryphal books of gospel that have been 'decreed' heresy without much explanation as to why. and these books give a very different view of the proto-christian community in Palestine at the time of Jesus.
Having said that, the argument you make is a little misleading in other ways. The creationism part of the bible is in the Old Testament which is the "Jewish" part of the bible and was written before the ministry of Jesus.
I could not RTFA, the thing is /.ed already. However, I wonder if the move with SuSE is an attempt to move into some bigger European markets. SuSE is the de facto linux standard over there (as opposed to RHEL in NA) and I wonder if Dell is trying to squeeze into some business operations on the continent.
I believe that all domains, even those in the US, should end in .us.
.us? I hope you mean that only sites in the US should be using .us
What would be the point in that? Are you suggesting that domains in Canada and France (for example) should end with
Europe in French is: "Europe". They could probably figure what .eu was for.
Maybe american sites should adopt .us and we can get rid of all amibiguity. There will be amazon.com.us, amazon.ca, amazon.co.uk. Then everybody will know where the heck they are looking.
I have never played the original release of SWG. I'm not a big fan of the online RPGs. But I understand why they are so popular. I have a couple of questions about this though.
1) If the expansion allows you to move around in space, what the hell were people doing before this? Was the original game restricted to one planet?
2) If you bought the first, do you have to buy the upgrade? If you don't have the upgrade can you still play?
Yeah, RPMs are pretty nice. But I will nevr give up OpenBSD for my firewall, even without RPM support.
RHEL is my choice for mission critical boxes. It doesn't support some of the more windows-like features out of the box (mp3, etc.) but it is rock solid and stable and that's all I need for a server. This is not a flame or a troll: I am wondering is you have considered OpenBSD for servers. It is the most stable OS I have ever encountered. And secure. I'm just curious. RHEL is a great release and will no doubt cover your needs perfectly.