I thought the claim that somehow the mint was losing money was simplistic or disingenuous. The purpose of money is to create tax revenue. If a penny is used 15 times it has created a penny of tax revenue if you just consider sales tax and there are many others. I don't have stats on average life-cycle but I am sure the penny makes more tax revenue than the cost to create it.
You're assuming the US Mint just stamps coins to generate wealth. It does not.
Um, no. There are lots of ocular problems which are not related to refraction errors.
For instance, macular degeneration is the death of the most sensitive part of the retina. A person's peripheral vision is still intact, but the sharp middle part is gone. It is still possible to read, but you need to be able to magnify as the "high res" receptors in the eye are gone.
There's an election going on here. Whether or not Canada signs is depends greatly upon which party wins. Right now, it's pretty much a (nationwide) three-way tie. But that doesn't mean an even sharing of the seats in parliament, as the NDP are expected to "waste" a lot of votes in Quebec, so it's actually a much closer race between the Liberals and incumbent Conservatives.
The real WTF in this scenario is why does the POS software have access to credit card numbers? A one-way transaction will have all credit card information go directly through the PINpad, without ever being exposed to the controlling PC.
Wouldn't it have made more sense for Snowden to end up in Germany where he can have an eye kept on him, than in Russia where he is free to give any and all intel he has to Putin?
Yes, but it's really going to mess things up for future genealogists that use things like familytreedna.com if this kind of procedure isn't documented.
The media are not getting any more sensational than they used to be. Just rip open your local turn-of-the-century (e.g. 114 years ago) newspaper archives. They used to report on *everything*.
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Dang, another 5-digit beat me to it.
I thought the claim that somehow the mint was losing money was simplistic or disingenuous. The purpose of money is to create tax revenue. If a penny is used 15 times it has created a penny of tax revenue if you just consider sales tax and there are many others. I don't have stats on average life-cycle but I am sure the penny makes more tax revenue than the cost to create it.
You're assuming the US Mint just stamps coins to generate wealth. It does not.
just walk around Gros Morne National Park.
OMG, I think you're in the cubicle next to me!
Um, no. There are lots of ocular problems which are not related to refraction errors.
For instance, macular degeneration is the death of the most sensitive part of the retina. A person's peripheral vision is still intact, but the sharp middle part is gone. It is still possible to read, but you need to be able to magnify as the "high res" receptors in the eye are gone.
I stubbornly still use double spaces after sentences.
It has been discovered that repeatedly dropping a 20 pound sledgehammer on your laptop's keyboard is equally harmful.
There's an election going on here. Whether or not Canada signs is depends greatly upon which party wins. Right now, it's pretty much a (nationwide) three-way tie. But that doesn't mean an even sharing of the seats in parliament, as the NDP are expected to "waste" a lot of votes in Quebec, so it's actually a much closer race between the Liberals and incumbent Conservatives.
I took a homeopathic medicine for dehydration and got better.
C, make, and vi/EMACS.
MB is already far ahead, as they actually transmit power from their dams as DC. https://www.hydro.mb.ca/corpor...
The real WTF in this scenario is why does the POS software have access to credit card numbers? A one-way transaction will have all credit card information go directly through the PINpad, without ever being exposed to the controlling PC.
Mod parent up.
You can stay permanently at home, working on your computer and receiving food deliveries. It's called "house arrest". Why would anybody want that?
You're new here, aren't you?
Yeah, but the passengers are heavier. So I'd say it's a wash.
I'll just continue using my standard password:
'; SELECT * FROM unencrypted_passwords; --
April Fools is still five days away.
Wouldn't it have made more sense for Snowden to end up in Germany where he can have an eye kept on him, than in Russia where he is free to give any and all intel he has to Putin?
Ook. :(
Other than copyright or piracy exactly which US law could you violate while in Australia and then be arrested for upon arrival back in the US?
Sending money to Cuba.
Anybody remember those? They were just about all I read when I was a kid.
Yes, but it's really going to mess things up for future genealogists that use things like familytreedna.com if this kind of procedure isn't documented.
The media are not getting any more sensational than they used to be. Just rip open your local turn-of-the-century (e.g. 114 years ago) newspaper archives. They used to report on *everything*.
Wrapped up like a douche, another boner in the night.
In Bjarne we trust. I should hope he knows what he's talking about.