rationalbeaver

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by rationalbeaver 17y ago
Most depressing finding: People age 65+ watch more TV than any other demographic. If that's what I'm looking forward to, then I am not retiring. Though it does explain why all TV ads are for drugs...
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by rationalbeaver 17y ago
I remember when I first read "I, Pencil" after hearing a lecture on it. It really presents an incredible way to look at the world which has stuck with me ever since.
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by rationalbeaver 17y ago
As I recall, the issue wasn't just that she downloaded the 24 songs, but that she made them available for download (shared). For that I would tack on an extra $7-$8 per song to account for the (likely) small number of people who downloaded
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by rationalbeaver 17y ago
Take the Michael Jackson way out. Wear creepy white gloves.
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by rationalbeaver 17y ago
The article also mentions a top speed of 90 mph, so I would assume so.
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
While I pretty much agree with you, and the water heater advice is great, I suspect that a decent part of that $300 jump in the winter is because the temperature of the water entering your home during the winter is much colder than it is in
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
According to their actual website, you can set it up so that it feeds the warmed water back into the water heater, rather than straight back into the shower. Apparently there are thermostatic mixing valves that would probably help with your
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
I suppose that 'future earnings' holds a pretty nebulous value. Still, to the writer's point, how long do you think today's children will be working/investing? My bet is that it's more than 5 years. IMO, now would be a good time to start a
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
I've always thought of time as a measurement of change. No change, no time (i.e. if all particles in the universe were frozen in place at absolute zero then there would be no measurable change and time would not exist).
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
It seems that Amazon would agree with that assessment, since they own Audible.com, the web's biggest audio book seller. One would imagine that if they thought the kindle's reading feature would infringe upon/destroy the audio book business,
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
Actually a corporation is, legally, an individual.
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
Actually, I think you'd be surprised how often this happens: 1. New episode of favorite show airs 2. Forget to record. 3. Look on network site, not up yet. 4. Look on Hulu, not there either. 5. Pirate Bay and done.
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
Nope. Clearly Reddit.
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
When I read that bit, all I could think was "Man, there has got to be a better way to do that". Perhaps I'll be inventing a lamb castrator device this weekend...
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
"By extension, many argue that if newspapers had understood they were in the information business, rather than the print business, they would have adapted more quickly and more successfully to the Net." I think this is the key point of the
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
Looks interesting. Keep in mind that this site is probably your best known competition when it comes to baby name charting: http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager I heard about it probably 2 years ago when it first started getting some maj
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
From his blog: "If you are going to trade stocks, you just have to follow one rule and remember one thing. That rule is always have a definite knowledge advantage about the company you are trading, and always remember that every stock tran
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
Close! But nope.
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
I was once involved in an SEO/PPC pitch for a major pizza company (by major I mean one of the top 3 players). One of the issues they wanted addressed was their ranking for the term 'pizza'. This is not something you'd think would be an issu
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
"How can I make something impractical and expensive, yet very tantalizing for the poor this time, instead of geeks?"
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
It seems to me that the group most heavily influenced by the media is actually the media itself.
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
So far the Get Rich Quick crowd seems to have focused their attention on the website marketplace sites like SitePoint, which drives up sale prices for those who are willing to find sites to sell in other (smarter but harder) ways.
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
You know, if there's one thing I'm not a fan of, it's taxes.
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by rationalbeaver 18y ago
Nope.
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by rationalbeaver 19y ago
It was a BBS that first introduced me to the beauty of multiplayer FPS goodness as well as the infamous MUD, Legend of the Red Dragon. My friend and I used to play Doom on a local BBS using a program called MILK. Those were good days.
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by rationalbeaver 19y ago
I know the owner of a moving company. He has a large mansion in the hills of Santa Barbara (with fake-rock landscaped pool, etc.), plus a large ranch in Utah (which he bought after he sold his beach house). Anecdotal, I know.
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by rationalbeaver 19y ago
Worth noting that the iPhone was also made by a company that had never made a phone before. Kinda says something about the companies that do make phones.