since she failed once to put together a national health plan when her own husband was president, I can't see she's more likely to succeed if she was #2 to Obama. She would be more likely to succeed because she'd have a Democrat-controlled Congress.
Great, so the Apple update checking thingy now has two sections(2). One for actual updates, and one below that for -completely unrelated applications- to be peddled onto your machine. Still selected by default. And no way to tell it to stop showing up when it checks for updates.
Canada can try and block Facebook, ala the great firewall of China, but that is about it. Not likely. Canada has the highest per-capita use of Facebook in the world (over 20% of the population), and the third largest Facebook population of any country, after the U.S. (reference)
Just curious about your attitude though. Did I tear down some religious symbol you have been worshiping? Consumerism. The idea that everything must be quid-pro-quo.
I think GP is not used to (a) someone going into a store to do anything other than purchasing something, and (b) the store representatives letting someone do something in their store that doesn't increase their bottom line.
I don't mind the cancellation-fee clause because I recognize that the price of the phone I got is bundled into the contract.
But if they want to change a single word of my contract, or increase any of the fees, I should be given the option to cancel the contract immediately without penalty.
I was pleasantly surprised when I got a call from my cellphone provider offering me a $250 credit if I renewed for another 3-year contract. Normally, signing on to a new provider in Canada, you get a credit about $50/year for a 1-, 2-, or 3-year contract. On top of the $250 credit, I got an additional $150 credit because I bought a Blackberry, and the guy gave me $20 off a holster for it.
Sparing the details, I ended up with a good deal on a new contract and new handset after playing my cards carefully and paying close attention to what was being offered.
Compare this with my previous provider, Rogers. When my contract had expired with them and I went to get a new one, the credit for a new phone was $50 less than if I had been a new subscriber, and they charged me $45 in fees to transfer my number to the new phone. (Last week, my current provider charged me $35 for a similar transfer, but this was offset by the discount). So while my current provider gave me a $420 "loyalty discount", Rogers had given me a $95 "loyalty fee".
So when that contract expired three years ago, I got a new service provider and called Rogers to tell them I was canceling. They told me I should have called them first because they would have given me a better deal. I told them that charging people more when they stay and less when they leave is no way to do business.
So I must say I'm quite pleased with what I've gotten from my current provider.
So, your job was to indoctrinate immigrants to be xenophobes (against poor and the homeless)? How ironic.
A lot of homeless people are mentally ill or unemployable. They're homeless because of bullshit like your ideology that everyone must compete in the free market to survive, and if they can't, that's not anybody's problem but theirs. Very egocentric, and very convenient to dismiss any responsibility.
Most of the immigrants I know are highly involved in social causes, so I guess it's fitting that you felt like you didn't belong. I'm glad you decided to leave Canada.
On that scale, five bucks for a phonecall is totally worth the money. On that note, I don't know if anyone has told you (OP) that we use wild animals as currency here in Canada. Make sure to arrange to have some moose and beavers ready for you when you get here unless you want to walk from the airport.
From your three dimensional perspective there is no "edge" and the only way to perceive one is to step up a dimension and become a four dimensional entity. Or to travel far enough that you return to your origin. (Though debate over this point is the point of TFA)
Sometimes while browsing, I only had the mouse out and I wanted to check a Wikipedia entry on a topic (and where I couldn't simply select some text on the screen and search for it with right-click or the Dictionary ToolTip extension).
So I'd click on the Wikipedia link in my bookmarks and see if I could navigate to it with just my mouse in under six clicks. Depending on the day and the articles on the front page, some topics were easier than others. Sometimes I would simply navigate to the alphabetical listing of articles to get to where I wanted to go.
All this to say, I'm glad that there are people out there more bored than I am who are actually putting energy into studying this.:P
They probably have a special configuration on their own machine which they didn't want to reveal, and simply used a fresh install of MS Word to do the screenshots for the instructions.
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But then, so would Obama.
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I think GP is not used to (a) someone going into a store to do anything other than purchasing something, and (b) the store representatives letting someone do something in their store that doesn't increase their bottom line.
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Well, first this was five years ago and the phones both used different technologies, neither of which was GSM.
Second, I had lost my first cellphone, so even if it DID have a SIM card, there was no switching it over.
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I don't mind the cancellation-fee clause because I recognize that the price of the phone I got is bundled into the contract.
But if they want to change a single word of my contract, or increase any of the fees, I should be given the option to cancel the contract immediately without penalty.
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I was pleasantly surprised when I got a call from my cellphone provider offering me a $250 credit if I renewed for another 3-year contract. Normally, signing on to a new provider in Canada, you get a credit about $50/year for a 1-, 2-, or 3-year contract. On top of the $250 credit, I got an additional $150 credit because I bought a Blackberry, and the guy gave me $20 off a holster for it.
Sparing the details, I ended up with a good deal on a new contract and new handset after playing my cards carefully and paying close attention to what was being offered.
Compare this with my previous provider, Rogers. When my contract had expired with them and I went to get a new one, the credit for a new phone was $50 less than if I had been a new subscriber, and they charged me $45 in fees to transfer my number to the new phone. (Last week, my current provider charged me $35 for a similar transfer, but this was offset by the discount). So while my current provider gave me a $420 "loyalty discount", Rogers had given me a $95 "loyalty fee".
So when that contract expired three years ago, I got a new service provider and called Rogers to tell them I was canceling. They told me I should have called them first because they would have given me a better deal. I told them that charging people more when they stay and less when they leave is no way to do business.
So I must say I'm quite pleased with what I've gotten from my current provider.
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I think the whole point of TFA and the ensuing /. discussion is that this is not the case.
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Alternate technique for never having your battery die on you mid-use.
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So, your job was to indoctrinate immigrants to be xenophobes (against poor and the homeless)? How ironic.
A lot of homeless people are mentally ill or unemployable. They're homeless because of bullshit like your ideology that everyone must compete in the free market to survive, and if they can't, that's not anybody's problem but theirs. Very egocentric, and very convenient to dismiss any responsibility.
Most of the immigrants I know are highly involved in social causes, so I guess it's fitting that you felt like you didn't belong. I'm glad you decided to leave Canada.
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No, the photo is real; it's your monitor that's photoshopped.
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Not to mention the life support system for the blackjack and hookers!
Then again, maybe we don't need to send it to mars...
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Here's my exercise routine:
1. Bike to a gym 30 minutes away.
2. After learning of their membership fees, tell them to go fuck themselves and exit the gym.
3. Bike back another 30 minutes.
Presto! A 1-hour workout for free!
You could also add the following:
4. Buy an ice cream cone with the money saved from not paying for the gym membership.
5. ???
6. Profit!
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Sometimes while browsing, I only had the mouse out and I wanted to check a Wikipedia entry on a topic (and where I couldn't simply select some text on the screen and search for it with right-click or the Dictionary ToolTip extension).
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So I'd click on the Wikipedia link in my bookmarks and see if I could navigate to it with just my mouse in under six clicks. Depending on the day and the articles on the front page, some topics were easier than others. Sometimes I would simply navigate to the alphabetical listing of articles to get to where I wanted to go.
All this to say, I'm glad that there are people out there more bored than I am who are actually putting energy into studying this.
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I actually would be surprised if many of these people had cordless phones. They're paranoid about "wireless", and they're clearly obsessive about it.
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How am I supposed to know whether or not the site I'm linking to has proper authorization from the copyright holders to reproduce that content?
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Does that ruling cover OEM copies?
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I fail to see how a protester claiming Fur or Abortion as murder is any less "abusive and insulting" to the receiving party.
This seems to be a revival of the McLibel case, albeit in criminal law as opposed to civil law.
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Before this announcement: "MS Office 2003 is unable to read this file format (docx). Please upgrade to Office 2007."
After this announcement: "MS Office 2003 is unable to read this file format (odt). Please upgrade to Office 2007."
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Choose your weapon wisely; it's hard to throw an egg back.
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They probably have a special configuration on their own machine which they didn't want to reveal, and simply used a fresh install of MS Word to do the screenshots for the instructions.
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Put tin-foil hats on your cellphones, too!
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