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on No Place to Call Home: Relatives
Regarding the hikers: Why aren't all hikers required to have tracking beacons?
posted 3 years, 5 months ago
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on Red Light Cameras
Since the introduction of red-light cameras I am much more likely to slam on my brakes when I see the light turn yellow. Each time I'm afraid that this will cause a collision.
posted 3 years, 8 months ago
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on Judge a Book by Its Pixels
I am a life-long technophile and have wanted an e-Ink device since I first read about them years ago. However, I can't bring myself to pay the high price for a Kindle until the following two issues are resolved:
1. I cannot lend or sell my copy of the book. If I read something I really enjoy, I cannot then send the file to my wife or children, even if they also had the same type of device.
2. The price of the eBooks is still entirely too high. The Kindle edition of World War Z is $9.99 on Amazon as I write this, but they're selling the paperback for $10.17 and the hardcover for $14.92. Does it really only cost $5 more to print, ship, stock and store a hardcover book? With $0 manufacturing costs and nearly $0 shipping costs, there is no good reason why the electronic book is so expensive.
posted 4 years ago
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on Not At School
That's what happened at a school which even thought about performing this play. That's powerful voodoo!
posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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on Not At School
Not everything is for everyone. Why should we all be forced to live by this family's "high standards"? I do no speak Spanish, however if I joined a Spanish club I would not expect for everyone to revert to Spanish 101 to cater to my abilities.
This is standard "head in the sand" and "everyone gets a trophy" mentality and it's holding people back so the least of us can stand with the best.
posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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