Comment Re:Ah yes (Score 1) 201
Sarifs are, in fact, for ease of reading, but point well taken. The justifications are wrong and the people making them are petty assholes.
It's true, seifs are for ease of reading
Sarifs are, in fact, for ease of reading, but point well taken. The justifications are wrong and the people making them are petty assholes.
It's true, seifs are for ease of reading
Everything is gambling now.
Meanwhile, the most preventable of diseases are becoming commonplace.
Yeah, no doubt. But for all the good they do me, right?
I use Bing, and I get Microsoft Rewards points for that. Each month, the points I earn are automatically donated to the Wikimedia Foundation. Just sayin'.
Welllll, a bunch of countries use VAT, where you pay whatever is on the label. In the US, what you pay for a product will depend on where you buy it, despite it having the same price on the tag..
"Use" is relative, unless you mean "figure out how to cancel it."
I don't know. From what I can tell, Tizen seems OK. I just don't know how much "software" you really need in a television.
Hell, I don't like it now!
One reason I can think of is that different states and municipalities impose different rates of sales tax at the register. Multiplying a retail price by 8.75% may not always produce an even, round number.
I don't buy that DST is better. In the winter I'd rather the sun comes up as it does now at 9 am than 10 am. In the summer I'd rather the sun go down at 9 pm than 10 pm. It's still light enough to do things outdoors anyway.
Natural gas is dirt cheap in BC and neighbouring Alberta, at times going negative in price. Many places in BC are already trying to ban natural gas heating.
James Lind discovered citrus cured scurvy without knowing how it worked. Should that knowledge have been suppressed?
II, too, do not know what he means by "innovation." It sounds like standard CEO conference-speak blather to me. How do you "innovate" in gaming when your staff's top priority is clinging desperately to their jobs?
BC Hydro does use diesel generators in a few locations such as on Haida Gwaii. They also have backup diesel in locations at the end of the line, like Prince Rupert.
Also, BC does not have any nuclear generation.
BC Hydro currently imports a lot of power from Washington as it has insufficient generating capacity from installed hydro.
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