Yes, but an estate can only be responsible for debt up to the value of the estate. You don't owe money if your indigent uncle dies. Under some circumstances they can pursue your assets if they have evidence they were co-owned by the deceased, but that's about it.
Basic economics question: If you make (ie, get from killing creepy things) a lot of item A and sell it on the open market, does the price for item A go up or down? (Answer: up)
Have you tried running XBench on your Mini? A particularly low score in some area might indicate a specific hardware problem. On one of my PCs, one hard disk has slowed incredibly, despite still reading and writing (apparently) correctly.
Indeed, CANDUs seem relatively ignored compared to PBRs. The original design was rather expensive in terms of the amount and purity of heavy water needed, but the advanced design reduces that substantially (although possibly at a cost of making it impossible to use thorium as a fuel.) Unlike PBRs (AFAIK), CANDUs potentially could be used to make weapons grade material, but the safeguards to prevent this don't seem onerous.
The pebble bed reactor in Germany did have a problem, and a radiation leak. One of the "pebbles" (really closer to tennis ball size) got jammed, screwing up the works. The pebbles themselves are also relatively high level radioactive waste, and surrounding each bit of uranium with the pebble material means you have more high level waste for a given amount of nuclear material. The coatings also make reprocessing a more difficult proposition. (The French found that reprocessing was not cost-effective, but if uranium stocks ever dwindled, the economics might change.)
PBRs might still be worth using, but they're not the "magic bullet" of nuclear power.
Yes, pretty high. Assuming more than 10% is unreasonable, and most assume more like 8%. At 10%, you end up with $5,200.
And frankly, $2000 is cheap for a HDTV that big, especially if it was bought a year ago.
At the moment, Best Buy has 52" projection TVs from $1100 to $2600.
But what of it? $2K is a relatively small part of any family's budget, especially for something that a fairly long time. I've spent more than that on cable/internet in the last two years. (And, in the meantime, contributed quite a bit to a 529 plan for each kid.)
Whether the article was politically motivated has nothing to do with the subject matter...
The bugs themselves? No. What we might do about it? Lots of political hanky-panky to go on there. How do we encourage creation of new antibiotics? Tax breaks for big pharms just make Viagra even more profitable. Read about the ridiculous synthetic fuel tax break, where companies are paid multi-millions to spray a coat of diesel on coal. I can see accelerating NIH and NSA grants, but I'm not sure what else you can do.
Indeed. I like to buy large bottles of water and pour them on people talking on cell phones. What right does anyone have to dryness in a movie theatre?
Many also had iPods with microphones and were recording the lecture.
Now *that's* a pointless exercise. You spend an hour in class recording the lecture, compacting it down to where... it takes an hour to review the class.
I can't see taking good notes on a laptop for many classes, just because it's more difficult to create a doodle, unless it also has a tablet-style interface. It's great for text (but needs a quiet keyboard). But shouldn't URLs be passed to students via web pages?
I can put on a bandaid and apply antibiotic ointment, but I don't claim I'm a doctor. I know what hearsay is, but don't claim I'm a lawyer. I framed my basement over the last few weeks, but I won't be building houses any time soon.
There is another way: component video. However, it sounds like the original poster was concerned that the cable was doing conversion, and thus the output might be less than impressive.
Quicktime needs an add-on component for certain types of MPEG-2 video, including stuff grabbed off my ReplayTV. There's no free alternative codec for this, is there?
Having just gotten an iMac Core Duo, I'm rather glad the Mac Mini has poor 3-D graphics; it quells any buyer's remorse.
Your same rationale has been used to let off racists who kill black people, because while it's certainly against the law to kill any person, those jurors thought killing black folk was morally acceptable.
Immoral people will do immoral things. Should moral people not do moral things because of it?
Resale of DRMed music is... a little tricky (which is actually one of my main problems with DRM).
How would you resell it if it *didn't* have DRM? Would you really buy FLACs, mp3s, or OGGs from random private individuals, and expect them to be legal? At least with ITMS, Apple could conceivably set up a transfer mechanism, so you would have some proof of ownership.
What you can say is that the DRM prohibits the creation of such a market.
How would you resell it if it *didn't* have DRM? Would you really buy FLACs, mp3s, or OGGs from random private individuals, and expect them to be legal? At least with ITMS, Apple could conceivably set up a transfer mechanism, so you would have some proof of ownership.
After all, CDs can be resold for reasonable amounts because the printing serves as a pseudo-DRM, an unduplicatable (for most of us) bit which indicates a legal copy.
that their DRM prohibits re-sale, and Apple must include a sale-ability into their DRM
Apple does at least have the EULA provided before you actually "purchase," unlike software where they try to force an EULA agreement after you've already completed the purchase.
I doubt suing would help here, it would really require a change in the law.
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Yes, but an estate can only be responsible for debt up to the value of the estate. You don't owe money if your indigent uncle dies. Under some circumstances they can pursue your assets if they have evidence they were co-owned by the deceased, but that's about it.
I am not a lawyer.
Basic economics question: If you make (ie, get from killing creepy things) a lot of item A and sell it on the open market, does the price for item A go up or down? (Answer: up)
Methinks you meant down here.
Have you tried running XBench on your Mini? A particularly low score in some area might indicate a specific hardware problem. On one of my PCs, one hard disk has slowed incredibly, despite still reading and writing (apparently) correctly.
You're missing the vital step of embedding it in cement and dumping it in an active volcano.
Indeed, CANDUs seem relatively ignored compared to PBRs. The original design was rather expensive in terms of the amount and purity of heavy water needed, but the advanced design reduces that substantially (although possibly at a cost of making it impossible to use thorium as a fuel.) Unlike PBRs (AFAIK), CANDUs potentially could be used to make weapons grade material, but the safeguards to prevent this don't seem onerous.
The pebble bed reactor in Germany did have a problem, and a radiation leak. One of the "pebbles" (really closer to tennis ball size) got jammed, screwing up the works. The pebbles themselves are also relatively high level radioactive waste, and surrounding each bit of uranium with the pebble material means you have more high level waste for a given amount of nuclear material. The coatings also make reprocessing a more difficult proposition. (The French found that reprocessing was not cost-effective, but if uranium stocks ever dwindled, the economics might change.)
PBRs might still be worth using, but they're not the "magic bullet" of nuclear power.
a 15% annual return (pretty high...)
Yes, pretty high. Assuming more than 10% is unreasonable, and most assume more like 8%. At 10%, you end up with $5,200.
And frankly, $2000 is cheap for a HDTV that big, especially if it was bought a year ago.
At the moment, Best Buy has 52" projection TVs from $1100 to $2600.
But what of it? $2K is a relatively small part of any family's budget, especially for something that a fairly long time. I've spent more than that on cable/internet in the last two years. (And, in the meantime, contributed quite a bit to a 529 plan for each kid.)
52" TV ~= $2000 = a college education? Where can I sign?
Whether the article was politically motivated has nothing to do with the subject matter...
The bugs themselves? No. What we might do about it? Lots of political hanky-panky to go on there. How do we encourage creation of new antibiotics? Tax breaks for big pharms just make Viagra even more profitable. Read about the ridiculous synthetic fuel tax break, where companies are paid multi-millions to spray a coat of diesel on coal. I can see accelerating NIH and NSA grants, but I'm not sure what else you can do.
Why does your daughter need the radio waves blocked in her room anyway?
Tinfoil hats make her break out in a rash.
Really. Then I guess I'm going to jail for these Linux, firefox, etc. downloads I've done recently.
Unauthorized downloading of copyright material outside the the parameters of fair use is illegal.
Indeed. I like to buy large bottles of water and pour them on people talking on cell phones. What right does anyone have to dryness in a movie theatre?
2) Blocking emergency calls. Doctors on call, first responders, etc.
So wait for the movie to come out on DVD. It takes, what, three months now?
Many also had iPods with microphones and were recording the lecture.
Now *that's* a pointless exercise. You spend an hour in class recording the lecture, compacting it down to where... it takes an hour to review the class.
I can't see taking good notes on a laptop for many classes, just because it's more difficult to create a doodle, unless it also has a tablet-style interface. It's great for text (but needs a quiet keyboard). But shouldn't URLs be passed to students via web pages?
VideoLan plays it fine. I just wanted to make a DVD from it, but iDVD won't permit it as a video clip.
I can put on a bandaid and apply antibiotic ointment, but I don't claim I'm a doctor. I know what hearsay is, but don't claim I'm a lawyer. I framed my basement over the last few weeks, but I won't be building houses any time soon.
There is another way: component video. However, it sounds like the original poster was concerned that the cable was doing conversion, and thus the output might be less than impressive.
Quicktime needs an add-on component for certain types of MPEG-2 video, including stuff grabbed off my ReplayTV. There's no free alternative codec for this, is there?
Having just gotten an iMac Core Duo, I'm rather glad the Mac Mini has poor 3-D graphics; it quells any buyer's remorse.
Your same rationale has been used to let off racists who kill black people, because while it's certainly against the law to kill any person, those jurors thought killing black folk was morally acceptable.
Immoral people will do immoral things. Should moral people not do moral things because of it?
There is one Ultimate Judge. And He will not accept your excuses for acting in an immoral fashion.
What makes you think that a juries job is to ensure that justice is done?
Because that's why we have juries.
You personally should always behave as a moral being. If the law is immoral, you are obliged by morality not to participate in enforcing it.
You don't get to be "just following orders."
Better eat a tripe ration, quick!
Make CD. Rip CD. Make new CDs from ripped, unencumbered music.
That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son. [Aside]That boy is about as sharp as a bowlin' ball.
Resale of DRMed music is... a little tricky (which is actually one of my main problems with DRM).
How would you resell it if it *didn't* have DRM? Would you really buy FLACs, mp3s, or OGGs from random private individuals, and expect them to be legal? At least with ITMS, Apple could conceivably set up a transfer mechanism, so you would have some proof of ownership.
What you can say is that the DRM prohibits the creation of such a market.
How would you resell it if it *didn't* have DRM? Would you really buy FLACs, mp3s, or OGGs from random private individuals, and expect them to be legal? At least with ITMS, Apple could conceivably set up a transfer mechanism, so you would have some proof of ownership.
After all, CDs can be resold for reasonable amounts because the printing serves as a pseudo-DRM, an unduplicatable (for most of us) bit which indicates a legal copy.
that their DRM prohibits re-sale, and Apple must include a sale-ability into their DRM
Apple does at least have the EULA provided before you actually "purchase," unlike software where they try to force an EULA agreement after you've already completed the purchase.
I doubt suing would help here, it would really require a change in the law.