Isn't this the same type of schmoozing that the early [phone] phreaks used? Obviously not as mission-critical systems, and I'm probably butchering the history of it, but I wouldn't necessarily put "security through familiarity" as a concrete protection from social attack.
I was assured by my Dell rep last week that XP will be available well into next year. I just bought a Dell laptop with XP on it, and I'd like to extend my thanks to Dell and to all the geeks out there for bitching and complaining so that this option was still available for me when I purchased it.
Yes, but with the US dollar trading low these days against everything--including the Canadian Dollar, the Euro, and the metre--you won't need as many square metres to get that many watts.
That tendency for ISPs to rely on only a portion of users being online at any given time makes a good analogy for how the banking (lending) system works. Or vice versa.
We haven't had a Province of Newfoundland for at least a few years. The official, legal name is now "Newfoundland & Labrador". News flash: Just because "Newfoundland" is no longer a province, it doesn't mean that "Newfoundland" is no longer a place.
It's the big fucking island on Canada's East coast.
There's more to pricing than just the price of the dollar.
First of all, the dealer probably purchased that vehicle with USD (or some other currency) when the C$ was at a different price. They might have even locked in to a price a few moths or years ago (I know that in their contracts with the artists the local Blues festival locks in the exchange rate at the signing of the contract, a year in advance, so that they don't have to worry about further fluctuations down the road).
But aside from that, there's also market and distribution costs. When you've got a market a tenth the size of the US spread out as sparsely as in Canada, it costs a lot to distribute, and you have less economy of scale when selling.
Canadian car buyers are also more finicky than US buyers, and won't pay as much as their US customer counterparts. So many cars aren't available in Canada because the profit margin wouldn't be as big. I realize this point goes in the other direction to the price difference you mentioned, but it does go to show that the two markets are noticeably different.
There's also all the vehicle safety testing, which has to be done for every model with Canadian testing regulators, independent from any tests done in other jurisdictions, which adds some more price to vehicles that must be distributed over fewer vehicles than can be done in the US.
There might also be tax implications in there somewhere, too.
Some food for thought, and it may be well that auto dealers are gouging their customers. Book dealers do it. But it's not all greed.
It's an unfortunate situation where you still have to pay out when you are completely in the right. The alternative is paying the cost of dragging his family into the legal battle.
He's essentially saying "look, family, you're worth more to me than the $7500 I spent on legal fees for this."
That's just as honourable in my opinion as his initial actions.
Any jokes about bombs are taken seriously at airports (much to the dismay of compulsive asshats like myself).
I don't see why devices that may resemble bombs should be treated any differently.
Sure it's legal to carry a tangled mess of wires in your carryon, as you can easily open it up and show that there are only wires, no explosives in there. But do you really reasonably expect to get it through security without at least some hassles?
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It'll be a step up from the smiley-ridden current version, which was created collaboratively on Usenet in the early '90s.
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Isn't this the same type of schmoozing that the early [phone] phreaks used? Obviously not as mission-critical systems, and I'm probably butchering the history of it, but I wouldn't necessarily put "security through familiarity" as a concrete protection from social attack.
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On top of that, we Canadians generally can take a joke and laugh at ourselves, too (PP excepted).
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A+++++++!!! Would definitely subpoena their info again!
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For those who prefer audio/video, I suggest the video "Money As Debt", which can be viewed on Google Video.
The animation is cheap, but the meat of it is in the audio, which puts in pretty clear terms where money comes from.
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But, if I become undead, then becoming dead isn't as much of a bother, then, isn't it?
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Luckily the name refers to a different millennium than ME, so you won't get confused.
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That's funny. The presence of cameras didn't stop Conrad Black from committing his crime.
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Nobody at Microsoft is actually allowed to use the number 65,535, lest Steve Ballmer come and rain fiery chairs down upon them.
(Should I have gone with the "MacBeth/Scottish Play" reference instead?)
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If they didn't have a bad experience with Video Professor before, they sure will now!
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Thanks Wikipedia.
Thankipedia.
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Yes, but with the US dollar trading low these days against everything--including the Canadian Dollar, the Euro, and the metre--you won't need as many square metres to get that many watts.
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That tendency for ISPs to rely on only a portion of users being online at any given time makes a good analogy for how the banking (lending) system works. Or vice versa.
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It's the big fucking island on Canada's East coast.
With all the people who talk funny.
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There's more to pricing than just the price of the dollar.
First of all, the dealer probably purchased that vehicle with USD (or some other currency) when the C$ was at a different price. They might have even locked in to a price a few moths or years ago (I know that in their contracts with the artists the local Blues festival locks in the exchange rate at the signing of the contract, a year in advance, so that they don't have to worry about further fluctuations down the road).
But aside from that, there's also market and distribution costs. When you've got a market a tenth the size of the US spread out as sparsely as in Canada, it costs a lot to distribute, and you have less economy of scale when selling.
Canadian car buyers are also more finicky than US buyers, and won't pay as much as their US customer counterparts. So many cars aren't available in Canada because the profit margin wouldn't be as big. I realize this point goes in the other direction to the price difference you mentioned, but it does go to show that the two markets are noticeably different.
There's also all the vehicle safety testing, which has to be done for every model with Canadian testing regulators, independent from any tests done in other jurisdictions, which adds some more price to vehicles that must be distributed over fewer vehicles than can be done in the US.
There might also be tax implications in there somewhere, too.
Some food for thought, and it may be well that auto dealers are gouging their customers. Book dealers do it. But it's not all greed.
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And on top of those two axes, imagine a couple more lines, meeting in a different part of the graph.
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While the high you mentioned was a million billion years ago in market terms, the low of 62 cents was only four years ago.
In four years, the relative value of the Canadian dollar to the US dollar has risen by over 60%.
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It's not how much you spend, it's how you spend it.
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He's essentially saying "look, family, you're worth more to me than the $7500 I spent on legal fees for this."
That's just as honourable in my opinion as his initial actions.
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Any jokes about bombs are taken seriously at airports (much to the dismay of compulsive asshats like myself).
I don't see why devices that may resemble bombs should be treated any differently.
Sure it's legal to carry a tangled mess of wires in your carryon, as you can easily open it up and show that there are only wires, no explosives in there. But do you really reasonably expect to get it through security without at least some hassles?
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