If it is a situation where, if I handled it myself, I would be in harm's way, it is an emergency situation. If it is a street hazard, it is an emergency situation.
I have in the past called the "business line" for the police about something as simple as a car broken down and blocking a residential street. I was directed to call the emergency line. I've been told the same for reporting a carpet roll on the side of the road.
If my phone is stolen, I might well call the 'business line' first. And I'm almost certain to get redirected to the emergency line. Even more so if I report that I've got the phone located to a searchable area. The police do not want you to handle situations like this yourself. (See earlier comments by others about getting yourself shot...)
Then you're an ass, and you deserve to be the one waiting on hold while someone robs your house because selfish twats just like you are tying up the lines about next door's party is a bit loud.
You amuse me, sir. If the emergency services are so hard hit, then it is I who will be on hold. As will ANYONE calling in, for any reason. Do you perhaps imagine that the emergency operators do not transfer people to appropriate parties (police, fire, etc) once they identify the call? Do you then imagine that a "someone is killing my husband" call would not get priority over a "rescue my cat" call? Perhaps you simply have never called the emergency lines, for fear of looking like "an ass who deserves to be on hold".
Continuing that line, consider this: Emergency services are a priority item for government, not the least because of how cost effective they are. Need for those systems is determined by use of those systems. If you are having to wait to get to an emergency operator now, "only calling in with it is a matter of life or death" reduces perceived demand for the system. Which results in budget cuts, and reduced capacity.
It's asses like me that make sure that twats like you can call in when you actually need an ambulance. My world doesn't require infinite resources but it does demand adequate ones.
I can understand problems with trying to cite a web source. Things like Wikipedia, you'd have to refer to a page in the history; the content is always being changed.... and vandalized.
My objection to the author would be more along the lines of "why didn't you look up the sources used by wikipedia? Where IS the research?" As Wikipedia has a policy against original research, anything reliable on it is by definition at least second-hand. Is there a reason besides laziness that the author would not have indicated at least the sources given by wikipedia, if he could not do the research himself?
Assuming she didn't declare bankruptcy, the estate would be reduced by the amount of the debt. If the estate could not cover the debt, it would be declared insolvent. Here's one answer with respect to credit card debt.
Beyond that, the reasonable extension is "the estate declares bankrupcy". Not even moths-in-the-wallet. Unless there was some contract specifically including the inheritors (as in the case of credit card debt on a joint account), I believe the debt is not inheritable.
That's what police/operator phone lines are for: to report situations for which police assistance is needed. If the emergency operator lines aren't up to you phoning in your "damn phone was stolen", as well as those "life-threatening situations" during normal operations, the system is already broken.
Perhaps you don't think it worthwhile highlighting that as a problem, but I do.
So yes, I'll report my phone being stolen, or someone's dog is wandering across the freeway, or the neighbors party is keeping me up at 3am. And if the system can't handle it, fix the system. And in a county-wide crisis maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to call for an ambulance when I need one.
That is the only way we can make our voices heard... DO NOT BUY FROM THEM loudly.
There, fixed it for ya. A boycott only works if both the general public and the boycott target know that you're doing it. If it doesn't significantly impact their sales (and the 30 albums you aren't buying this year ain't gonna cut it), it won't change their behavior.
A Ford Pinto blowing up is not news. A Ford Pinto blowing up with a kitten inside is.
If Apple then hires someone to write that very app, then puts their "in house" version on the apple store, what are the odds that the earlier developer is going to be able to afford to sue?
I like the idea of open source textbooks. I really do. But I think that it's a solution that would need to be started 3-4 years ahead of when you want to actually put it into place.
CA, though, is in dire straits now. I think it highly unlikely that the time scale available is actually going to work.
Perhaps, though, you could give us some more information about elementary/highschool book procurement: In your experience...
How far in advance (weeks, months?) do you have to order dead tree books currently, to have them available?
Are online copies of the same editions available? (Thinking of this as a method of gaining "inexpensive" replacements for wear-and-tear, vs getting an entirely new set of books.)
You still subject to the same lobbying efforts that Richard Feynman complained about some 40 years ago?
I've never seen a book come delivered on the understanding I don't pass it on to anyone else once I'm done with it.
That only applies if your definition of a book is the paper copy in your hands. The fact you're using a comparison shows that you have encountered (e)books that, in fact, you could not pass on.
But... even the paper copies might fall, if we don't mind our rights.
You really think that authors are raking it in on textbooks? You're right only in part.
There are perhaps four big publishers for textbooks in the US (I've seen Thomson, McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, and Houghton-Mifflin mentioned). School boards have to choose from a limited selection, from a limited number of publishers. They don't have an option to commission books; the prices the established houses charge are geared to be somewhat less than THAT, at least.
So... commission your own book to be written. Fairly expensive. Now who you going to get to print it, in the quantities you need? Only a handful of publishing houses that big, and they offer books at a cost somewhat less expensive than that of commissioning your own. Oh, and because they print the same books to OTHER districts as well, they get economies of scale in offering you a book that's being published for some other school.
Colleges, well, reduce the print runs, first. Add in that the college book store is a money maker for the college (and so adds their own markup).
The GP didn't mention the account returning an error. I would assume that the parent tried it after the account was closed (due to spams like the GP's), rather than that something more complex had been tried.
I mean, you could log in on a hotmail account at a public library or internet cafe. Why bother hacking some other server with a complex and less informative way to handle things when anonymity is readily available?
When your gold watch a) doubles as a tetris game b) has a USB port or gameboy cartridge interface c) when you can convince the nerd behind the counter that your brass-coated potmetal watch is a solid gold authentic antique worth 500$ on EBay...
lack of taking ships with the use of force and the lack of raping.
What with the all-male crews on commercial ships these days, piracy-for-ship-ransom just isn't as much fun as grabbing some overcrowded boat of economic refugees. But hey, with that kind of money, the ladies would be much more... compliant.
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Isn't that like complaining to Apple about their iPhone lock-in?
The first thing I would do is preview my posts. So many errors because the typo made a legitimate word...
I beg your pardon, sir.
If it is a situation where, if I handled it myself, I would be in harm's way, it is an emergency situation. If it is a street hazard, it is an emergency situation.
I have in the past called the "business line" for the police about something as simple as a car broken down and blocking a residential street. I was directed to call the emergency line. I've been told the same for reporting a carpet roll on the side of the road.
If my phone is stolen, I might well call the 'business line' first. And I'm almost certain to get redirected to the emergency line. Even more so if I report that I've got the phone located to a searchable area. The police do not want you to handle situations like this yourself. (See earlier comments by others about getting yourself shot...)
Then you're an ass, and you deserve to be the one waiting on hold while someone robs your house because selfish twats just like you are tying up the lines about next door's party is a bit loud.
You amuse me, sir. If the emergency services are so hard hit, then it is I who will be on hold. As will ANYONE calling in, for any reason. Do you perhaps imagine that the emergency operators do not transfer people to appropriate parties (police, fire, etc) once they identify the call? Do you then imagine that a "someone is killing my husband" call would not get priority over a "rescue my cat" call? Perhaps you simply have never called the emergency lines, for fear of looking like "an ass who deserves to be on hold".
Continuing that line, consider this: Emergency services are a priority item for government, not the least because of how cost effective they are. Need for those systems is determined by use of those systems. If you are having to wait to get to an emergency operator now, "only calling in with it is a matter of life or death" reduces perceived demand for the system. Which results in budget cuts, and reduced capacity.
It's asses like me that make sure that twats like you can call in when you actually need an ambulance. My world doesn't require infinite resources but it does demand adequate ones.
I can understand problems with trying to cite a web source. Things like Wikipedia, you'd have to refer to a page in the history; the content is always being changed. ... and vandalized.
My objection to the author would be more along the lines of "why didn't you look up the sources used by wikipedia? Where IS the research?" As Wikipedia has a policy against original research, anything reliable on it is by definition at least second-hand. Is there a reason besides laziness that the author would not have indicated at least the sources given by wikipedia, if he could not do the research himself?
Fortunately, relguj9, your remark was uncalledfor.
Otherwise, we would have ended up with a stack overflow and reality as-we-know-it would have gone to Tumbolia!
Don't be silly. There are plenty of un-wiped laptops on Ebay!
IANAL. Let's say that first, shall we?
Assuming she didn't declare bankruptcy, the estate would be reduced by the amount of the debt. If the estate could not cover the debt, it would be declared insolvent. Here's one answer with respect to credit card debt.
Beyond that, the reasonable extension is "the estate declares bankrupcy". Not even moths-in-the-wallet. Unless there was some contract specifically including the inheritors (as in the case of credit card debt on a joint account), I believe the debt is not inheritable.
Depends on how they're packaged.
That's what police/operator phone lines are for: to report situations for which police assistance is needed. If the emergency operator lines aren't up to you phoning in your "damn phone was stolen", as well as those "life-threatening situations" during normal operations, the system is already broken.
Perhaps you don't think it worthwhile highlighting that as a problem, but I do.
So yes, I'll report my phone being stolen, or someone's dog is wandering across the freeway, or the neighbors party is keeping me up at 3am. And if the system can't handle it, fix the system. And in a county-wide crisis maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to call for an ambulance when I need one.
Nope, he'd use Skynet...
He might not just have a macbook. He could have his own Android with him.
Would you REALLY want to face some geek's GIMP?
That is the only way we can make our voices heard... DO NOT BUY FROM THEM loudly.
There, fixed it for ya. A boycott only works if both the general public and the boycott target know that you're doing it. If it doesn't significantly impact their sales (and the 30 albums you aren't buying this year ain't gonna cut it), it won't change their behavior.
A Ford Pinto blowing up is not news. A Ford Pinto blowing up with a kitten inside is.
In the old days, you could get tarred and feathered for that!
So here's the real question:
If Apple then hires someone to write that very app, then puts their "in house" version on the apple store, what are the odds that the earlier developer is going to be able to afford to sue?
I'm ready for the loss of the sun!
Hate ta take the wind out of your sails, but...
Pigs find truffles by smell; I can't imagine that they couldn't do much the same with acorns.
And a broken digital watch doesn't tell the correct time - or any time - without batteries.
You might take up Quantum Mechanics Analogies, intstead: Due to quantum fluctuations, a Fox News article from an alternate reality got posted ....
If you're going to patent a time machine, you might as well make it US Patent #1.
I like the idea of open source textbooks. I really do. But I think that it's a solution that would need to be started 3-4 years ahead of when you want to actually put it into place.
CA, though, is in dire straits now. I think it highly unlikely that the time scale available is actually going to work.
Perhaps, though, you could give us some more information about elementary/highschool book procurement: In your experience...
How far in advance (weeks, months?) do you have to order dead tree books currently, to have them available?
Are online copies of the same editions available? (Thinking of this as a method of gaining "inexpensive" replacements for wear-and-tear, vs getting an entirely new set of books.)
You still subject to the same lobbying efforts that Richard Feynman complained about some 40 years ago?
I've never seen a book come delivered on the understanding I don't pass it on to anyone else once I'm done with it.
That only applies if your definition of a book is the paper copy in your hands. The fact you're using a comparison shows that you have encountered (e)books that, in fact, you could not pass on.
But... even the paper copies might fall, if we don't mind our rights.
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You really think that authors are raking it in on textbooks? You're right only in part.
There are perhaps four big publishers for textbooks in the US (I've seen Thomson, McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, and Houghton-Mifflin mentioned). School boards have to choose from a limited selection, from a limited number of publishers. They don't have an option to commission books; the prices the established houses charge are geared to be somewhat less than THAT, at least.
So... commission your own book to be written. Fairly expensive. Now who you going to get to print it, in the quantities you need? Only a handful of publishing houses that big, and they offer books at a cost somewhat less expensive than that of commissioning your own. Oh, and because they print the same books to OTHER districts as well, they get economies of scale in offering you a book that's being published for some other school.
Colleges, well, reduce the print runs, first. Add in that the college book store is a money maker for the college (and so adds their own markup).
Here is an essay on the topic...
Even with all the clues you gave, I was unable to identify what world you are talking about.
Better yet, Imagine the humans of (early) 1942 posing a credible threat to aliens with the equivalent of 1994 technology!
The GP didn't mention the account returning an error. I would assume that the parent tried it after the account was closed (due to spams like the GP's), rather than that something more complex had been tried.
I mean, you could log in on a hotmail account at a public library or internet cafe. Why bother hacking some other server with a complex and less informative way to handle things when anonymity is readily available?
When will they buy my gold watch?
When your gold watch
a) doubles as a tetris game
b) has a USB port or gameboy cartridge interface
c) when you can convince the nerd behind the counter that your brass-coated potmetal watch is a solid gold authentic antique worth 500$ on EBay...
lack of taking ships with the use of force and the lack of raping.
What with the all-male crews on commercial ships these days, piracy-for-ship-ransom just isn't as much fun as grabbing some overcrowded boat of economic refugees. But hey, with that kind of money, the ladies would be much more ... compliant.