It's nonsensical fear-mongering, nothing more. (That's something of a Slashdot specialty, these days.)
75 liters of urine in an 830,000-liter pool is 90 parts per million. Even at the tripled concentration of the hotel jacuzzi, that's still only 271 parts per million. Choosing a random model (the J-335, which fits five people and has a typical fill capacity of 1,249 liters, that's a grand total of 1.4 cups of pee in the entire jacuzzi, and that's the worst sample they could find, mind you.
It's extremely diluted, to the point where even if you drank the water it would almost certainly have no effect on you.
If this is trying, it's not trying hard enough. The Playstation VR is arguably the best from this generation -- it's certainly far and away the best selling -- and yet it can be bought with camera and motion controllers for $500 list. (And even bought separately, it comes to only $530.) Oculus is still overpriced by about 60% with its new $800 list price.
I haven't used Deutsche Post specifically, but I have seen post office and shipping company employees helping to pack items in multiple other countries, and I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they do the same in Germany. Particularly in the kind of rich neighborhood where somebody who owns this many rare games would be likely to live.
Sorry, but no. Depending upon the work you're doing, curved monitors can in fact be noticeably better on the desktop. Not for *every* purpose for which you might use your desktop, necessarily, but for many purposes.
Yes, there are some things for which it isn't well suited, even on the desktop. For the things that most of us typically use desktops for these days, though (that is, work), curved monitors arguably slightly better.
So you've got to say I'm wrong by repeating what I said with different words, and then tacking on a lengthy ramble about how great one specific desktop monitor is as if I hadn't started my own post off with the words "Curved monitors do make sense for the desktop PC"?
Actually, you *can* opt out of most of it. it's just an unnecessarily tedious process. I've done it myself though, and other than stuff from a handful of local businesses and I think one or two weekly coupon "magazines", I now receive little to no junk mail from companies with which I don't already have a business relationship.
I guess you missed where he clearly stated that it was the post office (specifically, Deutsche Post) which was responsible for the manner in which the packages were taped together, not the sendor *or* the recipient.
FTFA: "When the donor went to send me the next batch of 100 games, he reused my boxes and took them to Deutsche Post for assistance in packaging them up. They ended up taping my two boxes together, and then wrapping the box in thick brown wrapping paper. This was not ideal, but please understand that this was done at the behest of Deutsche Post. The sender was not aware of the possibility that USPS' sorting machines could rip the label off. The postal workers, who ship mail for a living, really should have advised him better."
I'm well aware of that. I'm also well aware that nobody except perhaps the 1%ers and those living in shoe boxes will be sitting close enough or own a TV large enough for that scalability to make a lick of difference.
Oh, it's even better than that. They call themselves "international", but they don't actually have a *single* scheduled international flight at this time. They do have an agreement with Norwegian to start flying from there to Europe, but with only three flights per day. (And Norwegian's website won't even let you select Stewart as a destination or point of departure, yet).
And courtesy of the Bureau of Transportation, as of November 2016 they have only *eight* scheduled flights per day in *total* to any destination, and average just 48 passengers per flight.
Curved monitors do make sense for the desktop PC, where you're sitting very close to the screen. They make no sense whatsoever in the living room, though. You're far too far away for the curve to make any noticeable difference to viewing *other* than making it even harder to avoid reflections. Don't buy one, they're idiotic.
I mean come on, really? They're trying to draw a conclusion from a 27-year period and only sampled a pitiful 250 articles, or just nine articles per year -- and from only three publications at that? What we have here is an analysis of the methodology used to select the incredibly tiny pool of articles surveyed, not anything meaningful relating to the press' coverage of technology as a whole.
No, the cost is small. It's just that the cost of institutionalized bribery (ahem, I mean lobbying) is even smaller, as far as your company is concerned. I'm sure the money your lobbyist threw around was greedily gobbled up by Trump and his cronies, though.
And no, you're being disingenuous: It's stated right in the freaking summary how it will affect the large ones too: They just split their business into multiple distinct 100,000-person "businesses", all of which are owned by Comcast or whomever. These then tell the customers that since you're only doing business with the "tiny company", you aren't entitled to any information on fees, performance or data caps. And that's the real concern here.
Which will change the energy used to recycle it not one iota, because the recycler doesn't employ someone whose job is to grab things off the line and say "This one's already clean, boys!" All you're doing by washing it out before putting it for recycling is wasting some more water and energy -- it will still go through the exact same recycling process as everybody else's unwashed stuff.
...and just renamed itself to "Dongle". They clearly have a love affair with making you carry 12 other boxes so that your phone can be 0.1mm slimmer. Shame you need a bag for all the dongles to achieve it.
I can tell the difference perfectly well. The original author and copyright holder of the piece has been robbed of their ability to make profits from their work by Slashdot, which has also profited from its act. That is the definition of theft: One party has lost something tangible, and the other has gained something tangible. You can pretend otherwise if you like, but this is copyright theft and focusing on pedantics just makes you look stupid and greedy.
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It's nonsensical fear-mongering, nothing more. (That's something of a Slashdot specialty, these days.)
75 liters of urine in an 830,000-liter pool is 90 parts per million. Even at the tripled concentration of the hotel jacuzzi, that's still only 271 parts per million. Choosing a random model (the J-335, which fits five people and has a typical fill capacity of 1,249 liters, that's a grand total of 1.4 cups of pee in the entire jacuzzi, and that's the worst sample they could find, mind you.
It's extremely diluted, to the point where even if you drank the water it would almost certainly have no effect on you.
If this is trying, it's not trying hard enough. The Playstation VR is arguably the best from this generation -- it's certainly far and away the best selling -- and yet it can be bought with camera and motion controllers for $500 list. (And even bought separately, it comes to only $530.) Oculus is still overpriced by about 60% with its new $800 list price.
I guess you didn't actually *read* the quote, then.
I haven't used Deutsche Post specifically, but I have seen post office and shipping company employees helping to pack items in multiple other countries, and I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they do the same in Germany. Particularly in the kind of rich neighborhood where somebody who owns this many rare games would be likely to live.
Sorry, but no. Depending upon the work you're doing, curved monitors can in fact be noticeably better on the desktop. Not for *every* purpose for which you might use your desktop, necessarily, but for many purposes.
Yes, there are some things for which it isn't well suited, even on the desktop. For the things that most of us typically use desktops for these days, though (that is, work), curved monitors arguably slightly better.
In your one specific situation, perhaps. In general, it will make the situation worse in more situations than it makes it better.
Two words: Placebo effect.
So you've got to say I'm wrong by repeating what I said with different words, and then tacking on a lengthy ramble about how great one specific desktop monitor is as if I hadn't started my own post off with the words "Curved monitors do make sense for the desktop PC"?
Actually, you *can* opt out of most of it. it's just an unnecessarily tedious process. I've done it myself though, and other than stuff from a handful of local businesses and I think one or two weekly coupon "magazines", I now receive little to no junk mail from companies with which I don't already have a business relationship.
I guess you missed where he clearly stated that it was the post office (specifically, Deutsche Post) which was responsible for the manner in which the packages were taped together, not the sendor *or* the recipient.
FTFA: "When the donor went to send me the next batch of 100 games, he reused my boxes and took them to Deutsche Post for assistance in packaging them up. They ended up taping my two boxes together, and then wrapping the box in thick brown wrapping paper. This was not ideal, but please understand that this was done at the behest of Deutsche Post. The sender was not aware of the possibility that USPS' sorting machines could rip the label off. The postal workers, who ship mail for a living, really should have advised him better."
And you don't seem to understand sarcasm and hyperbole.
And people who think they are for socializing are part of the reason the rest of us avoid the cinema in the first place.
I'm well aware of that. I'm also well aware that nobody except perhaps the 1%ers and those living in shoe boxes will be sitting close enough or own a TV large enough for that scalability to make a lick of difference.
Oh, it's even better than that. They call themselves "international", but they don't actually have a *single* scheduled international flight at this time. They do have an agreement with Norwegian to start flying from there to Europe, but with only three flights per day. (And Norwegian's website won't even let you select Stewart as a destination or point of departure, yet).
And courtesy of the Bureau of Transportation, as of November 2016 they have only *eight* scheduled flights per day in *total* to any destination, and average just 48 passengers per flight.
Curved monitors do make sense for the desktop PC, where you're sitting very close to the screen. They make no sense whatsoever in the living room, though. You're far too far away for the curve to make any noticeable difference to viewing *other* than making it even harder to avoid reflections. Don't buy one, they're idiotic.
I mean come on, really? They're trying to draw a conclusion from a 27-year period and only sampled a pitiful 250 articles, or just nine articles per year -- and from only three publications at that? What we have here is an analysis of the methodology used to select the incredibly tiny pool of articles surveyed, not anything meaningful relating to the press' coverage of technology as a whole.
You get it from CenturyLink, paying them if necessary. Should've been negotiated in your contract; if you failed to do so, that's your fault.
No, the cost is small. It's just that the cost of institutionalized bribery (ahem, I mean lobbying) is even smaller, as far as your company is concerned. I'm sure the money your lobbyist threw around was greedily gobbled up by Trump and his cronies, though.
And no, you're being disingenuous: It's stated right in the freaking summary how it will affect the large ones too: They just split their business into multiple distinct 100,000-person "businesses", all of which are owned by Comcast or whomever. These then tell the customers that since you're only doing business with the "tiny company", you aren't entitled to any information on fees, performance or data caps. And that's the real concern here.
Which will change the energy used to recycle it not one iota, because the recycler doesn't employ someone whose job is to grab things off the line and say "This one's already clean, boys!" All you're doing by washing it out before putting it for recycling is wasting some more water and energy -- it will still go through the exact same recycling process as everybody else's unwashed stuff.
So that's a no to providing a citation, then? Not surprising, they're called anonymous cowards for a reason.
[peer-reviewed citation from reputable, respected source needed, requested, and definitely won't be provided,]
No, true courage would be recommending your customers just switch to Android. ;)
...and just renamed itself to "Dongle". They clearly have a love affair with making you carry 12 other boxes so that your phone can be 0.1mm slimmer. Shame you need a bag for all the dongles to achieve it.
I can tell the difference perfectly well. The original author and copyright holder of the piece has been robbed of their ability to make profits from their work by Slashdot, which has also profited from its act. That is the definition of theft: One party has lost something tangible, and the other has gained something tangible. You can pretend otherwise if you like, but this is copyright theft and focusing on pedantics just makes you look stupid and greedy.