You think that's bad? What about sizing conventions for tires?! "235/65R17" You got both metric and imperial mixed in along with a percentage. How they are ever going to sort that out I have no idea, and this is not even including all the other numbers to match up with a wheel!
I can get Microsoft Office for $20. I work for a very large group that uses Microsoft. In return for selling out to Microsoft, all the employees get the offer to buy a licensed copy of Office for $20.
I have that same deal at work. On the CD case, in big bold letters "Not for resale". So it doesn't matter how big the discount, it would be 'illegal' to resell it, at any price. I suppose we could get around that "Not for resale" stipulation by just giving it away then? IANAL, but it sounds logical to me!
Most efficient food is vegetable mass. Second most efficient is things that live on vegetable mass. Last comes things that eat things that live on vegetable mass.
That does make a whole lot of sense, and certainly explains why we don't eat babies. Otherwise, if it were cost and time efficient, we'd eat babies for breakfast, lunch and dinner! YUM!
Don't think of it as killing abundant birds, but feeding endangered orcas.
You see, the stupid birds get hit by a blade, their body falls to the water. Orcas, rather than hunt for increasingly rare food sources, now can feast on the birds around the wind farms.
It's a win-win-win process. We get free energy, we cull bird populations, and we save orcas. Everyone's happy.
I wonder what the differences would be in this story had this guy been "Muhammed al-Maqmood" instead of Christopher Soghoian?
Probably get the usual terrorist plot stuff I suppose.
Just like that video where a white guy goes on a bridge by himself and starts snapping pictures. Nothing happens, so he leaves and comes back dressed as a sheik, complete with long white robe and head covering. He then proceeds to do the exact same things he did prior without the costume. Within 2 mins he is accosted by security officials and told to leave the bridge.
Does anyone else think "Muhammed al-Maqmood" wouldn't have gotten off so easily?
Au contraire... it's a lot to lose sleep over if you dig deeply into the subject.
Ok, it's a little hard to explain since I'm not an economist, but it goes a little something like this.
If for the sake of an example, the world started trading everything in Euros, rather than the USD. There suddenly wouldn't be a need for any USD by anyone except Americans, and those people who do business directly with the US. Therefore, global demand for the USD will drop. When demand drops, there will be a suddenly increase in supply because countries who currently hold vast amounts of US currency (for currency protection purposes) will suddenly feel there is no worth in holding on to their float (devalued in worth) and try to release it on to the market to shift their holdings to the Euro. Like a seesaw, when one currency goes up, another goes down. So, when countries flood the market with excess USD and demand Euros in it's place, the USD starts to look cheap, and because Euros are in demand, only the highest bidders get it, therefore Euros goes up.
As you can see, if the USD drops in value, the ability for Americans to purchase foreign goods gets more expensive. Since the USD isn't worth as much anymore, so you need to pay more for the same goods. Also, since some goods are now priced in Euros, and the price of a Euro is more expensive, an American would not only have to pay more to buy a Euro, but also have to pay more because the USD is lesser value. Sort of like a double whammy.
Foreign things now cost more, but the American economy isn't growing as fast as the change in the currency, so goods for export aren't bringing in as much money as they used to. It's a vicious cycle until the US economy finds a balance, which is typically going to be at a lower level than it is now. The individual impact would be that suddenly as an American, everything costs more. So unless your salary is able to grow at the same rate the currency is dropping, you'll likely be able to afford less and less, prompting you to cut back on unneccessary purchases. However, if you realize that the US economy is run on people making unneccessary purchases, you will soon see how the economy is going to collaspe on itself.
So by changing the default trading currency it affects the USD and the US economy quite drastically.
I think you can get a better explaination than what I have provided by looking up "currency devaluation".
Economics. Exactly. The US government is actually worried that the world will begin trading gold based in Euros rather than the US dollar. If that were to happen, it is very likely that the US dollar will devalue against all other currencies. Followed closely would be the trading of oil in Euros. Global demand for the US dollar will drop, and the US economy's ability to purchase foreign goods will decrease.
The economic impact from something so simple as changing the default currency for trading commodities is so detrimental to US economics that you can pretty much bet your life that the US government is doing all it can to protect their dollar.
If it were a world vs US war, the world would win by simply cutting off all ties with the US. Simply put, the US's worst enemy is itself.
Don't you think that Supply and Demand works here? I mean, if you want it to be ok to look at, obviously at some point someone had to produce those images.
Also, what consent did those children give for their photos to be used like that? Don't you think they ought to have a say?
Cost of cleaning some plastic lenses? Well, I'll bet it's cheaper than hiring all of the engineers, technicians, maintenance workers, etc. it takes for a conventional coal or petroleum plant. And much cheaper than the staff of a nuclear power plant, especially when you consider how expensive the waste is to 'dispose' of.
$1 billion is a bargain!
Does this only work in hot places? I mean, it can't be installed in places where it snows I suppose.
Well, if your baby girl inherited your genes for attractiveness instead of her mother's, I'd say she's not going to have the problem of males advancing on her. However, if she got her mother's looks, you might want to start looking into sniper school.
Anyone remember Tian An Men Square? I very distinctly remember the words of the Prime Minister's translator: "Not one people died on Tian An Men Square." That mistranslation is a direct quote. That quote led to the moment of my understanding just how fucked the Chinese people are.
These are politicians talking. There are politicians all around the world. Some politicians even said there were WMDs in Iraq.
Politicians are not always a direct representation of those they are in power of.
I think it might be that if they don't properly mix everything, they only get a minor explosion enough to kill themselves but not enough to destroy the airplane. Therefore mission failed, no virgins.
Psst, guys - jewelry is an excellent present, and it doesn't have to be expensive. Your girlfriend/wife would rather have something that you found and thought she'd like, than spending a lot of money on a "precious" gemstone that's tiny. If she's a geeky girl, try hematite - it's magnetic!
Girlfriends like that are rare, which is why they are typically already married/in relationships or generally off the market when guys meet them.
When told of a friend who proposed and got a "yes" answer with a lump of coal in a velvet bag, the common sentiment was that she's a keeper.
Nothing is wrong with a shiny sparkling rock that came out of the earth. In fact, a cubic zirconia has properties that exceed all but the most perfect diamond in terms of colour, dispersion (shiny factor), flaws (it has less). The only factor cubic zirconia loses to a diamond is that it isn't as hard, and that it doesn't have the marketing engine behind it. So unless you are planning on cutting things with your diamond ring, you really don't need to get a diamond to get that "shiny sparkling rock that came out of the earth" look. Basically, according your care of marketing, you want a big shiny cubic zirconia ring.
In reality, people want a diamond because we are conditioned (nay, fooled) to believe that it is valuable. Sadly, there isn't really much anyone can do about it, other than to be informed to know that all husbands will be suckers for buying one, and all wives suckers for wanting one.
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You think that's bad? What about sizing conventions for tires?! "235/65R17" You got both metric and imperial mixed in along with a percentage. How they are ever going to sort that out I have no idea, and this is not even including all the other numbers to match up with a wheel!
I have that same deal at work. On the CD case, in big bold letters "Not for resale". So it doesn't matter how big the discount, it would be 'illegal' to resell it, at any price. I suppose we could get around that "Not for resale" stipulation by just giving it away then? IANAL, but it sounds logical to me!
If I were GWB, or his nuthugger, I would say that is sound logic!
That does make a whole lot of sense, and certainly explains why we don't eat babies. Otherwise, if it were cost and time efficient, we'd eat babies for breakfast, lunch and dinner! YUM!
No. The suit was made from tuna cans.
On the flip side, they don't save you anything on heating if you live in a cold climate. ;)
Don't think of it as killing abundant birds, but feeding endangered orcas.
You see, the stupid birds get hit by a blade, their body falls to the water. Orcas, rather than hunt for increasingly rare food sources, now can feast on the birds around the wind farms.
It's a win-win-win process. We get free energy, we cull bird populations, and we save orcas. Everyone's happy.
The kid must be a Marine.
I wonder what the differences would be in this story had this guy been "Muhammed al-Maqmood" instead of Christopher Soghoian?
Probably get the usual terrorist plot stuff I suppose.
Just like that video where a white guy goes on a bridge by himself and starts snapping pictures. Nothing happens, so he leaves and comes back dressed as a sheik, complete with long white robe and head covering. He then proceeds to do the exact same things he did prior without the costume. Within 2 mins he is accosted by security officials and told to leave the bridge.
Does anyone else think "Muhammed al-Maqmood" wouldn't have gotten off so easily?
Au contraire... it's a lot to lose sleep over if you dig deeply into the subject.
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Ok, it's a little hard to explain since I'm not an economist, but it goes a little something like this.
If for the sake of an example, the world started trading everything in Euros, rather than the USD. There suddenly wouldn't be a need for any USD by anyone except Americans, and those people who do business directly with the US. Therefore, global demand for the USD will drop. When demand drops, there will be a suddenly increase in supply because countries who currently hold vast amounts of US currency (for currency protection purposes) will suddenly feel there is no worth in holding on to their float (devalued in worth) and try to release it on to the market to shift their holdings to the Euro. Like a seesaw, when one currency goes up, another goes down. So, when countries flood the market with excess USD and demand Euros in it's place, the USD starts to look cheap, and because Euros are in demand, only the highest bidders get it, therefore Euros goes up.
As you can see, if the USD drops in value, the ability for Americans to purchase foreign goods gets more expensive. Since the USD isn't worth as much anymore, so you need to pay more for the same goods. Also, since some goods are now priced in Euros, and the price of a Euro is more expensive, an American would not only have to pay more to buy a Euro, but also have to pay more because the USD is lesser value. Sort of like a double whammy.
Foreign things now cost more, but the American economy isn't growing as fast as the change in the currency, so goods for export aren't bringing in as much money as they used to. It's a vicious cycle until the US economy finds a balance, which is typically going to be at a lower level than it is now. The individual impact would be that suddenly as an American, everything costs more. So unless your salary is able to grow at the same rate the currency is dropping, you'll likely be able to afford less and less, prompting you to cut back on unneccessary purchases. However, if you realize that the US economy is run on people making unneccessary purchases, you will soon see how the economy is going to collaspe on itself.
So by changing the default trading currency it affects the USD and the US economy quite drastically.
I think you can get a better explaination than what I have provided by looking up "currency devaluation".
Here's a link: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/clinedavies/essay1.h
Economics. Exactly. The US government is actually worried that the world will begin trading gold based in Euros rather than the US dollar. If that were to happen, it is very likely that the US dollar will devalue against all other currencies. Followed closely would be the trading of oil in Euros. Global demand for the US dollar will drop, and the US economy's ability to purchase foreign goods will decrease.
The economic impact from something so simple as changing the default currency for trading commodities is so detrimental to US economics that you can pretty much bet your life that the US government is doing all it can to protect their dollar.
If it were a world vs US war, the world would win by simply cutting off all ties with the US. Simply put, the US's worst enemy is itself.
Don't you think that Supply and Demand works here? I mean, if you want it to be ok to look at, obviously at some point someone had to produce those images.
Also, what consent did those children give for their photos to be used like that? Don't you think they ought to have a say?
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh...
Come on... Bill Gates does not cover four square miles...
We all know Bill Gates doesn't cover four square miles. But do you know who does? That's right! Yo' Mamma!
Ooooh... BURN!!!!
Now where's my Cash Money?!
Cost of cleaning some plastic lenses? Well, I'll bet it's cheaper than hiring all of the engineers, technicians, maintenance workers, etc. it takes for a conventional coal or petroleum plant. And much cheaper than the staff of a nuclear power plant, especially when you consider how expensive the waste is to 'dispose' of.
$1 billion is a bargain!
Does this only work in hot places? I mean, it can't be installed in places where it snows I suppose.
What? You've never heard of the were-car?
Well, if your baby girl inherited your genes for attractiveness instead of her mother's, I'd say she's not going to have the problem of males advancing on her. However, if she got her mother's looks, you might want to start looking into sniper school.
These are politicians talking. There are politicians all around the world. Some politicians even said there were WMDs in Iraq.
Politicians are not always a direct representation of those they are in power of.
"hybrid head"? What's that? Like you're getting bald spots, or a receding hairline?
I think it might be that if they don't properly mix everything, they only get a minor explosion enough to kill themselves but not enough to destroy the airplane. Therefore mission failed, no virgins.
Oooohhhh Buuuurrrrnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!
He said LATER!!!!
Psst, guys - jewelry is an excellent present, and it doesn't have to be expensive. Your girlfriend/wife would rather have something that you found and thought she'd like, than spending a lot of money on a "precious" gemstone that's tiny. If she's a geeky girl, try hematite - it's magnetic!
Girlfriends like that are rare, which is why they are typically already married/in relationships or generally off the market when guys meet them.
When told of a friend who proposed and got a "yes" answer with a lump of coal in a velvet bag, the common sentiment was that she's a keeper.
Nothing is wrong with a shiny sparkling rock that came out of the earth. In fact, a cubic zirconia has properties that exceed all but the most perfect diamond in terms of colour, dispersion (shiny factor), flaws (it has less). The only factor cubic zirconia loses to a diamond is that it isn't as hard, and that it doesn't have the marketing engine behind it. So unless you are planning on cutting things with your diamond ring, you really don't need to get a diamond to get that "shiny sparkling rock that came out of the earth" look. Basically, according your care of marketing, you want a big shiny cubic zirconia ring.
In reality, people want a diamond because we are conditioned (nay, fooled) to believe that it is valuable. Sadly, there isn't really much anyone can do about it, other than to be informed to know that all husbands will be suckers for buying one, and all wives suckers for wanting one.
Sure you want a diamond. But if you really looked beyond the clever marketing, it's actually just a piece of rock.
They aren't rare, there's nothing particularly special about them. It's just a common piece of rock.
If people didn't go to a gemologist, I bet that they would have a hard time telling the difference between diamonds and cubic zirconia.
It makes me laugh when a group of women suddenly surround a newly engaged woman, "Oooh look... shiny!"