galadriel

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by galadriel 14y ago
I also don't allow any app requiring those details (unless they are needed obviously, like VoIP), but I think what most companies want is the unique serial number, so they can keep a track of how many unique devices are used by them. But si
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by galadriel 14y ago
Wait, but two post above you said that government involvement is bad because it will turn emergency rooms to DMV. I thought state of Massachusetts runs the DMV, and hence they would be utterly unqualified to give health care? Am I getting s
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by galadriel 14y ago
Because most of the police force in US in maintained by local government, like cities or counties. Since laws vary from state to state and cities to cities, it is helpful to mention where the incident is taking place. Mentioning NYPD tells
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by galadriel 14y ago
And I would credit /r/askscience for it. They have shown how wonderful banhammer is, with mods that don't hesitate to use it.
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by galadriel 14y ago
Most banks require a Government ID to open an account, and additional IDs when giving out credit card. I don't see how it is different. And I think you can still use cash if you want to.
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by galadriel 14y ago
Where are you getting this stupid 20,000 year figure from? Even with current tech, we can travel at 0.1c easily, that is without any extra effort made in actually travelling outside our solar system. Near-by candidates are within 20ly, so a
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by galadriel 14y ago
Google will never fix the situation on devices it doesn't sells itself, because it cannot. They cannot force manufacturers to provide update, because most consumers don't care. If you want a well updated phone, get a Galaxy Nexus. Apart fro
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by galadriel 14y ago
If experience of India and Pakistan have to show anything, developing Nuclear Weapons is not a big deal, except when there are systematic attack against your infrastructure and scientists by foreign powers. Heck, I would wager that any dece
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by galadriel 15y ago
That's exactly what Marginal cost is, the change in total cost to produce one more copy of the same product.
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by galadriel 15y ago
Well, T-Mobile prepaid has 5 GB data for $30 at their 4G speed. Also includes unlimited SMS and 100 minutes of talk. Pretty decent deal for me.
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by galadriel 15y ago
Because Apple has a billion or so dollars to throw away for getting a factory started that will build the said screens for them. And that all PC Manufacturers are fighting a dog fight for the razor thin margins at end of sale spectrum.
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by galadriel 15y ago
Quite a large number of people pay to pirate, like those who paid for Megaupload, and those who pay for Usenet access. The charge is almost what Netflix charges (~10$ a month), but the selection and quality is much better (for pirated conte
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by galadriel 15y ago
If it is India, you are probably too poor to be literate, or if literate, you have very little time to engage in privilege of reading books. So the answer is I guess, you don't. Pretty much like you don't get (decent) healthcare for poor i
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by galadriel 15y ago
But why stop at taxes then? The same argument can be applied to say, theft. I don't want to steal, but I would not force anyone from stealing. And before you bring in the obvious thing that stealing harms people, so does not paying taxes. N
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by galadriel 15y ago
While I understand your concern about foreign travelers, I think you are a bit naive in defending acts of your border security. It should concern you that these people have absolute authority to perform any search and seizures at their whim
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by galadriel 15y ago
If someone sincerely believes that piracy is theft, then they should simply demand that piracy be equated to theft at all level. This would then imply that piracy would be dealt as any other theft is dealt. This would involve the owner maki
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by galadriel 15y ago
How many suicides would it take before Foxconn is out of business? 1, 10, 1000, .... ? . People already know of dozens or so suicides that have taken place in Foxconn. If people kept on buying stuff regardless, what difference would more su
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by galadriel 15y ago
As a intern, my visa was quite straight forward which involved going to German embassy and getting the visa 2 days later. The trickiest part of getting work visa in Germany is to get a ZAV, but that is waived if you are a guest scientist, w
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by galadriel 15y ago
I thought NIV was usually used with application for EB2 Green card. Is there a NIV category in H1B too?
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by galadriel 15y ago
One way would be to that the companies interview you in your countries. This usually happens with on-campus recruitment. Other way is that you are on some other visa (other than B-1), that does allows you to solicit, give interviews, etc. F
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by galadriel 15y ago
Just guessing without the details of the case, Comet most likely had a license to sell Windows pre-installed on their computer, but not for supplying a recovery disc. Microsoft is well within its right to sell Windows which ever way they li
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by galadriel 15y ago
> This is absurd. I was originally considering moving to the US for my postgraduate studies, however, after speaking with peers I decided against it, as other countries that offer far more favorable visa terms exist. Currently, my leadi
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by galadriel 15y ago
If you are in US, try buying from Microsoft Store. They have a website, and few scattered individual stores. And then there is always Apple.
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by galadriel 15y ago
Most probably he is talking about the fact that proper time for all events in Photon's own frame is zero, i.e. a frame that move with speed of light will notice that all events are instantaneous.
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by galadriel 15y ago
One also has to remember that the direct election of senators happened because virtually every state was selling Senate seat, ala Blagojevich style. 16th amendment passed because people wanted Congress to tax rent, interest and property in
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by galadriel 15y ago
I would be inclined to consider MS Windows had monopoly on market of desktop OS, and that particular market had little government oversight, essentially a free market. And Microsoft did what any rational monopolist would do, use it's monopo
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by galadriel 15y ago
Paypal, but from the seller side. A lot of banking regulations would prevent Paypal from holding money at whim, etc.
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by galadriel 15y ago
A bit off topic, but NPR chrome app is awesome! http://www.npr.org/webapp If anything, new Chrome store design makes things more discover-able than before.
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by galadriel 15y ago
Note that the landing with $10 requires that one has to be from developed world. And there is also a pretty similar procedure to get green card in USA, the EB5 route.
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by galadriel 15y ago
On my Windows laptop, I have configured 1+1 click to act as middle click. It is quite convenient as I move around pointer by touching on finger, and when I want to open the link, I just tap another one, making workflow quite pleasing. Perha

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