I don't know why CVS or Rite Aid would be so bent out of shape about this.
Mostly because they still have to pay a credit-card processing fee. They would far rather you pay for things with a debit card or cash, which is cheaper for them. If you note the companies involved with CurrentC, many of them compete on price so paying the credit card companies 2% or so on the transaction can be their whole margin right there.
Your credit cards don't stop working when your phone does. There is no single point of failure. You just have to go get your cards, for your hypothetical failure.
Uh...yeah. What if your cards are at home and you're 300 miles away with only enough gas in your tank to drive for 200 miles?
It's a worthwhile point. You're putting all of this on your phone. So you're out with friends at a bar and you accidentally spill a beer on your phone. Bzzt! One shorted out phone! Well, let's hope the people at the bar won't mind if you leave your tab open while you go home and get your credit cards. I'm sure they'll trust you to come back and settle your tab.
There's also the battery issue. You may want to think twice about watching that movie on your phone if you're going to need to pay for a cab at your destination. Or, at least, always make sure you have a charge cable with you.
I think the reason "My Woman" has an effect is the generality and the idea of ownership.
My Car. My House. My Dog.
These are things that I own. There are millions of houses, cars, and dogs out there but this one is mine. I own it. My car goes where I tell it to go. For the most part, my house is set up the way I want it to be. My dog does what I want him to do. I am in control. So adding "Woman"--another human being with the same intelligence, wants, needs, and desires--just doesn't sound right in my ear.
Don't get me wrong--if it works for you and the woman in question, more power to you. This is something that has been debated since it became acceptable for men and women to live together without being married. My personal favorite terms was "Posselque" (POSSLQ -- Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters) from the 1970s census.
Years ago, I had this discussion with someone I cared about: "How do we introduce each other to the other people in our lives?"
"Girlfriend"/"Boyfriend" -- It has kind of a high school feel to it. Fine when you're 16. Feels a little off when you're in your late 20s.
"Esso" or "Posselque" -- As you say, a little too clinical.
"Lover" -- implies cheating. A lover is something you have "on the side" from your regular relationship.
"Honey"/"Sweetie" -- Too cute.
We actually settled on "sweetheart" (e.g., "This is Maria, my sweetheart.") It denotes a romantic relationship and isn't too syrupy.
Agreed. There's still plenty of interesting movies out of there.
Some of it is that they aren't necessarily hitting the theaters--or staying very long. Speaking for myself, If I'm going to pay $12 for a movie, it better be a blockbuster. It better be huge, explosive, with lots of action and adventure. Otherwise, I'll wait for it to come out on Redbox, Pay-per-View, or HBO/Showtime/Epix and watch it on my TV.
How, therefore, can it count as "stalking" to install a GPS tracker - Which have a plethora of entirely legitimate uses - in my own cars?
It doesn't--assuming you can show that you installed the GPS tracker primarily for one of those legitimate uses and not to find out where your spouse is.
If you installed it on the car that is primarily used by your spouse and not the car primarily used by you, if you installed it around the time you began to suspect them of infidelity, etc., a judge may end up deciding if you were using it to track your spouse or using it for other reasons and just coincidentally ended up tracking your spouse.
The properly analyzed samples come from only a small number of sites, and all from the surface - there's almost nothing known about what lies beneath.
Uh...there were core samples taken to about 3 meters (a little less than 10 feet) below the surface on Apollos 15, 16, and 17 using a drill, and all of the Apollo missions took samples down to about 70 centimeters (27 inches).
My roomate is Vietnamese. Her friend's husband once remarked about having an "American Breakfast"--bread and cheese. That's what he understood we eat for breakfast here in the states. We were chuckling because, of course, an "American Breakfast" is bacon, eggs, hash browns, toast or biscuits, ham, pancakes, sausage, steak, etc. There's lots of options and some are regional, but bread and cheese, for the most part, aren't on that list.
For lunch, I'd maintain that the "submarine sandwich" is probably sufficiently American. Dinner, I'd probably go with simply prepared meat. I can't think of much for sauces for meat in "traditional" American cuisine except for barbecue.
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Or his comment is just a tie-in to the next Avengers movie.
Maybe he has stock in Disney.
Yup. There isn't any in there. I put the so-called "ice trays" in there and there's still no ice.
I think mine's broken.
I don't know why CVS or Rite Aid would be so bent out of shape about this.
Mostly because they still have to pay a credit-card processing fee. They would far rather you pay for things with a debit card or cash, which is cheaper for them. If you note the companies involved with CurrentC, many of them compete on price so paying the credit card companies 2% or so on the transaction can be their whole margin right there.
Your credit cards don't stop working when your phone does. There is no single point of failure. You just have to go get your cards, for your hypothetical failure.
Uh...yeah. What if your cards are at home and you're 300 miles away with only enough gas in your tank to drive for 200 miles?
It's a worthwhile point. You're putting all of this on your phone. So you're out with friends at a bar and you accidentally spill a beer on your phone. Bzzt! One shorted out phone! Well, let's hope the people at the bar won't mind if you leave your tab open while you go home and get your credit cards. I'm sure they'll trust you to come back and settle your tab.
There's also the battery issue. You may want to think twice about watching that movie on your phone if you're going to need to pay for a cab at your destination. Or, at least, always make sure you have a charge cable with you.
But you need a device out so open purse find phone, swipe, authorize and put away.
Gosh, if only you had something like a watch that could do this...
This is a "wet" submarine. It doesn't try to keep water out.
Yeah, that's as funny as a screen door on a submarine.
any foilage[sic] will be a problem.
That's okay. We'll just cut down the trees. They cause pollution, anyway.
I think the reason "My Woman" has an effect is the generality and the idea of ownership.
My Car. My House. My Dog.
These are things that I own. There are millions of houses, cars, and dogs out there but this one is mine. I own it. My car goes where I tell it to go. For the most part, my house is set up the way I want it to be. My dog does what I want him to do. I am in control. So adding "Woman"--another human being with the same intelligence, wants, needs, and desires--just doesn't sound right in my ear.
Don't get me wrong--if it works for you and the woman in question, more power to you. This is something that has been debated since it became acceptable for men and women to live together without being married. My personal favorite terms was "Posselque" (POSSLQ -- Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters) from the 1970s census.
Years ago, I had this discussion with someone I cared about: "How do we introduce each other to the other people in our lives?"
"Honey"/"Sweetie" -- Too cute.
We actually settled on "sweetheart" (e.g., "This is Maria, my sweetheart.") It denotes a romantic relationship and isn't too syrupy.
"No. I'm not."
Agreed. There's still plenty of interesting movies out of there.
Some of it is that they aren't necessarily hitting the theaters--or staying very long. Speaking for myself, If I'm going to pay $12 for a movie, it better be a blockbuster. It better be huge, explosive, with lots of action and adventure. Otherwise, I'll wait for it to come out on Redbox, Pay-per-View, or HBO/Showtime/Epix and watch it on my TV.
I think they have it, but you have to be outside the US to take advantage of it.
She is my woman
Bess, you is my woman now?
"My wife", "My sweetheart", "My girlfriend", "My Significant Other" are okay. But "My woman" has a certain neanderthal sound to it.
How, therefore, can it count as "stalking" to install a GPS tracker - Which have a plethora of entirely legitimate uses - in my own cars?
It doesn't--assuming you can show that you installed the GPS tracker primarily for one of those legitimate uses and not to find out where your spouse is.
If you installed it on the car that is primarily used by your spouse and not the car primarily used by you, if you installed it around the time you began to suspect them of infidelity, etc., a judge may end up deciding if you were using it to track your spouse or using it for other reasons and just coincidentally ended up tracking your spouse.
I gotta admit, that's one of those things I don't get among all of this.
"It's Jennifer's fault for putting valuable stuff on the Internet."
"It's the evil hacker's fault for breaking in."
How about we blame the large corporation that claimed that these things were secure when, in fact, they weren't secure and they had known about the issue for 6 months?
"How'd 'e know that was gonna happen?"
"The lithium-ion battery said so."
Nah...just doesn't have the same panache.
Maybe something in a Roadster?
as Orion has no toilet compartment [...]
Neither did the USS Enterprise and that was a five year mission!
The properly analyzed samples come from only a small number of sites, and all from the surface - there's almost nothing known about what lies beneath.
Uh...there were core samples taken to about 3 meters (a little less than 10 feet) below the surface on Apollos 15, 16, and 17 using a drill, and all of the Apollo missions took samples down to about 70 centimeters (27 inches).
joining Elon in outer space is kind of farfetched.
But suppose you launch an Estes Rocket from your balloon?
The iOS solution is already implemented in the new OS which is on 50%+ of all iDevices after just one week.
I see 47% and holding steady.
My roomate is Vietnamese. Her friend's husband once remarked about having an "American Breakfast"--bread and cheese. That's what he understood we eat for breakfast here in the states. We were chuckling because, of course, an "American Breakfast" is bacon, eggs, hash browns, toast or biscuits, ham, pancakes, sausage, steak, etc. There's lots of options and some are regional, but bread and cheese, for the most part, aren't on that list.
For lunch, I'd maintain that the "submarine sandwich" is probably sufficiently American. Dinner, I'd probably go with simply prepared meat. I can't think of much for sauces for meat in "traditional" American cuisine except for barbecue.
Not only that, but you can always take it to a Tesla Service Center.
Considering Republicans are so against NFC and haven't allowed any bank to invest in this technology
Really?
Every human lately devoid of fur is essentially naked, so there is an immense supply of nakedness.
Indeed--Everyone is naked.
How many people are going to be killed by C++ in the next decade?
4.
I always find the "how many people will be killed" / "how many people have to die before" statements can be answered with this number.