Jews will have long since have converted to Buddhism or intermarried with others, that they are a regarded as a mysterious ancient people like the Druids or Manicheans. "Long since"? It's a century, not a millenium.
100 years means five generations, tops, although it's closer to three when you consider that already many urbanites don't have children until they're 30 or so.
They're comparing usage based on visits to their website. Not only that, but they're comparing uptake of Vista in 2007 to XP in 2001. As a percentage.
I can't help but feel that a lot has changed over that time to make that method of comparison completely irrelevant, both in terms of MS's operations (like how Vista follows a fairly strong OS that has had years to take root, compared with XP, which followed Windows Me, which sucked in every possible way) and in terms of the overall PC market (like how Macs are much more competitive, and how Linux has matured, but mostly how so many hardware and software has been developed for Windows XP).
Hey, don't deride their culture just because it's different. We should cherish foreign cultures, and be thankful that having an international event like the Olympics is being held in a non-Western country, so that we can be exposed to these fascinating local customs!
The answer to that is in String Theory. You see, in 11-dimensional space-time, the entire universe folds over itself, leaving the seemingly paradoxical knots you mention as the only trace.
A 2 am post about a drug to replace sleep, now isn't that ironic! No, it isn't:
ironic (comparative more ironic, superlative most ironic) Adjective
1. Both coincidental and contradictory in a humorous or poignant and extremely improbable way.
an in-flight fire on an airliner is pretty serious, especially if there is no nearby place to land (e.g. halfway between California and Hawaii). No place to land, sure, but plenty of water to put out the fire!
Your username couldn't possibly be more ironic. His user name is "Reality Master 101". The "101", I assume, implies it is a basic level reality course that doesn't have time get into nuances such as truth or history.
Last I heard, Wal-Mart's business model was to restock their stores based on demand, not based on whether some magazine recommends their products. I don't think people who shop at Wal-Mart are all that concerned about quality or performance, so much as price and 'does it work'.
The last batch sold out, so chances are they'll sell it again, and again, until demand starts to falter or until they can no longer profit from them.
Semaphore addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a semaphore tower over other faster, cheaper, more stable systems. Because the only other option in town is Comcast?
If there's sensitive information on the drive, you have every right to want it back If there's sensitive information on the drive, and it's not securely encrypted, then it is vulnerable as soon as you send it in--whether or not you plan on getting it back.
He is as is required by trademark law, defending his trademark in order to prevent it becoming generic. Indeed. If these jokes became generic, just imagine the damage that could be done--not just to Chuck Norris, but to society:
- Dustin Diamond counted to infinity--twice - Steve Urkel is the reason why Waldo is hiding - When the boogeyman goes to sleep at night, he checks his closet for Billy Crystal
Oh the humanity!
There is only one man who can stop this terror--Chuck Norris.
I hope I don't have to say out loud what a game reseller would possibly have around that makes lots of profit when the consoles don't. Hookers and blow might make a lot of profit, but can be pretty risky from a long-term business perspective. Wouldn't it be easier if he just sold games and accessories to make up the profit?
I don't know the reference, so I don't know what you mean by "at a loss". If, in this Best Buy situation, "loss" means below cost, then that would not be a valid precedent, since MSRP is definitely above cost.
Quotes for 1GB DRAM modules have fallen to US$16 in the second half of December while prices for two 2GB modules are likely to drop to less than US$60 in the first quarter of 2008. Based on this scenario, the cost for 4GB RAM will account for less than 6% of a US$1,000-cost notebook. This is much lower than the 10% of the overall system cost as seen in the past, memory makers added
That's why they're doing it--to increase demand for it, which the chip makers hope will increase the price.
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100 years means five generations, tops, although it's closer to three when you consider that already many urbanites don't have children until they're 30 or so.
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Assuming the summary is correct...
They're comparing usage based on visits to their website. Not only that, but they're comparing uptake of Vista in 2007 to XP in 2001. As a percentage.
I can't help but feel that a lot has changed over that time to make that method of comparison completely irrelevant, both in terms of MS's operations (like how Vista follows a fairly strong OS that has had years to take root, compared with XP, which followed Windows Me, which sucked in every possible way) and in terms of the overall PC market (like how Macs are much more competitive, and how Linux has matured, but mostly how so many hardware and software has been developed for Windows XP).
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Hey, don't deride their culture just because it's different. We should cherish foreign cultures, and be thankful that having an international event like the Olympics is being held in a non-Western country, so that we can be exposed to these fascinating local customs!
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The answer to that is in String Theory. You see, in 11-dimensional space-time, the entire universe folds over itself, leaving the seemingly paradoxical knots you mention as the only trace.
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Well if you're going to make that argument, Jebediah, why don't you just live in a bloddy tent and not worry about any modern devices?
Far less expensive and stressful than just buying cheap stuff that will break.
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Quickly, indeed. How improbable is that?
Of course, since their site is down, I guess we'll never know!
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I was going to reply with "well if they didn't and the price were higher, people wouldn't go for it", but then I remembered ringtones.
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It really enhances the anger experience.
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Last I heard, Wal-Mart's business model was to restock their stores based on demand, not based on whether some magazine recommends their products. I don't think people who shop at Wal-Mart are all that concerned about quality or performance, so much as price and 'does it work'.
The last batch sold out, so chances are they'll sell it again, and again, until demand starts to falter or until they can no longer profit from them.
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No, it's actually a single song, one third of which was downloaded illegally before it corrupted your iPod's hard disk.
The $40,000 is the damages from the RIAA lawsuit for downloading 1/3 of a song.
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Then you should have invented a better patent system.
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And the money for it has to come from somewhere--not just FBI coffers...
"These prison escapee photos brought to you by McDonald's. Have you had your "break" today?"
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Indeed. I will never buy anything from Fake Apple again!
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...and likely much further, to the dawn of boasting and storytelling itself. "Grog so tough he kill woolly mammoth with one club swing""When Grog want to floss teeth, Grog use whisker of sabertooth tiger--still on tiger!"
"Grog not paint pictures on cave wall--Grog paint movies"
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- Dustin Diamond counted to infinity--twice
- Steve Urkel is the reason why Waldo is hiding
- When the boogeyman goes to sleep at night, he checks his closet for Billy Crystal
Oh the humanity!
There is only one man who can stop this terror--Chuck Norris.
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(jokes hastily pulled from chucknorrisfacts.com)
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Jeez. All that hard work, someone should sue them for having a misleading name!
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Whoop. Never mind.
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I don't know the reference, so I don't know what you mean by "at a loss". If, in this Best Buy situation, "loss" means below cost, then that would not be a valid precedent, since MSRP is definitely above cost.
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That's why they're doing it--to increase demand for it, which the chip makers hope will increase the price.
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