Because then you're promoting the idea or notion that they will name it "SuperSpeed Broadband3", "Ultra Broadband", and lastly "Super Ultra Mega-Broadband 2 Championship Turbo Edition +Alpha"
Beyond this, the term will just be co-opted by your Telco's marketing drones.
Wasn't it an American telco that "redefined" 4G to include HSPA+ (a 3.5G tech)... yes it was, in fact it was AT&T.
The checking system is so screwed up that most sellers need to treat all checks with suspicion. But credit cards are expensive to process, and Paypal... is Paypal.
You seem to be forgetting the obvious option here... Cash. The only cheques that shouldn't be rejected out of hand are bank cheques (because the bank who issued the cheque is holding the money in escrow). The bank cheque has a serial number you can ring the issuing bank and verify. Personal cheques are to be rejected absolutely, business cheques are to be rejected from all but the most trustworthy of clients.
You know, I can't speak to the rest of this, but the airline industry has been steadily making seats smaller and smaller for a long time now.
The average seat width in the age of the Boeing 707 was 17", today it's 17.5".
Care to compare the average flight prices from the 70's (in adjusted dollars) to now?
Eventually, you reach a point where your seat is smaller than at least half of the population
We actually have the opposite problem, the population's arse size is growing.
A lot of airlines still have larger seats in economy, Singapore have 19" seats on their A330 and A380. The trade off is that flying Singapore costs a fair bit more than say, Air Asia which has 17" seats.
...it strikes me as almost surreal that they are floating the idea that consumers should 'trust them' in their ability to produce this technology safely and bug-free.
Please feel free to name any tech company that can produce bug-free systems. I'll wait.
There's a very big difference between:
"The seat track spring may break causing the seat to move" as Toyota recently recalled on their Yaris and;
"Turning the key may cause the car to go up in flames" as GM recently recalled on almost every car they made.
The Yaris may have a few bugs, but the Holden (GM) is a deathtrap. I mean they recalled the 1.4L Turbo Cruze last year because the electrical supply didn't work when the engine was too cold. FFS, I know it doesn't get that cold in Oz that often but you think someone would have noticed this in testing.
You can rationalize it all you want, but tax "avoidance" really is the same concept as tax evasion.
One is illegal, one is not.
The difference between "avoidance" and "evasion" is a pretty small and fuzzy one.
Tax avoidance should not be confused with tax minimisation which is the reduction of your taxable income via legal means.
flying is as much a luxury as is having an auto
Right, exactly. Another thing that most people in the world don't have.
Damn straight.
I drive a manual and they can take my clutch from under my cold, dead foot.
You can always lookup your flight on one of the seat rating sites ahead of time (try SeatGuru for example). You'll get a map of which seats to avoid, and data on the seat width and pitch for each airliner. You shouldn't have to "not know" what you're getting for your money if you just do 5 minutes of research.
SeatGuru cant tell me whether a gaggle of 6 yr olds will be placed around me.
You can only pick up so much from seat plans and online reviews. Years of flying experience has taught me a few things (I.E. avoid bulkhead seats, that's where kids go) but even that isn't perfect and I still get horror flights.
The biggest tip I can offer for non-frequent fliers is not to be a cunt. Everyone is in the same situation, so if the person behind asks nicely for you not to recline maybe it would be a good thing if you didn't. If you feel civil enough, you might even be able to negotiate with the person behind you and meet half way. I'm continually surprised by people who go into full retard mode the minute they get near an aeroplane and start "enforcing their rights" whatever they think they are, on everyone else.
The last thing you want to do on an aircraft is piss off the person behind you because it brings out the worst passive aggressive behaviour (and a lot of ordinarily rational people will go into "I lose, you lose" mode when pushed) and they've got the entire flight to make your life miserable.
That few degrees makes a big difference to me. I have back problems and am tall, and unfortunately the part of the seat that most people rest their head against pushes out on my shoulders, making even a 1 hour flight a pain session. A slight recline makes a huge difference. I am amazed that the poor ergonomic range of airline seats.
If you have back problems, reclining only makes them worse.
I actually have a lingering lower back issue. Reclining makes your weight go through your lower or mid back. Sitting upright makes your weight thorough your arse and into the chair. By reclining, you're actually making your back problem worse by making it support weight it doesn't need to.
6'4" buddy here.
I always take an aisle seat which gives me the chance to stretch my legs whenever I want too.
If you travel for work, flights are often booked late so you may not have the chance of choosing your seat.
However, I don't mind for short flights (2 hrs). Transantlantic flights (+8hrs) are hell.
Try doing a transpacific flight, 13 hours SYD-LAX plus another 4 hours PER-SYD and another 2-3 hours depending on where I need to go in the US (Perth to Montreal was fun).
The better part about flying from Perth is you have the options of some very good airlines like Cathay and Singapore.
Having a trigger to fire your weapon conveys permission to use said button.
Utter bullshit analogy. As is all games-based reasoning.
Actually it's a good analogy.
Having something does not grant explicit permission to do anything.
My car can easily go over 200 KPH, that ability does not grant me permission to do so when and where I like.
The whole excuse of "because I can" is utter bullshit used by inconsiderate people to justify their crappy behaviour.
The standard sales tax (VAT) in Greece is currently 23% for most things. (It varies, but that's the most common.) That's on top of the punishing property taxes, income taxes, taxes because you left your money sitting in a bank, taxes because it's Monday, etc. I jest, but only a little.
The thing with Greece is not the high tax rates, it's the high rate of tax evasion. They'd probably need half the tax rates they currently have if every person and corporation paid taxes... but you'd need to get rid of the government graft too... erm... good luck with that.
So I'm not sure if Greece is a good comparison to Argentina, I know they have the govt corruption but what's the tax evasion like?
Why do you think we would have assumed that Argentina is different from the rest of the world?
In Argentina, there are better hookers and coke.
Sure. That's why you always see lions and hyenas taking down elephants and hippos.
Lions and hyenas are almost carrion eaters. They will perfer food that is dead (or dying) over having to hunt live prey.
A better example of pack hunters taking down a larger animal would be wolves taking down a moose or ox. Also you have ants that will work together to take down a much larger insect.
However most large predators tend to become selfish (solitary hunters) for evolutionary reasons (competition for food and mates). However to say it had no fear from predators solely due to its size is a bit of a misnomer.
I ride my bike a lot. Unless I'm doing 65 on the freeway, how do they know I'm driving to the grocery store instead of riding my bike? The route is flat and through a residential area, I average 20 MPH there and back in a 25 MPH zone.
Easy, you're going too slow. Your 0-20 KPH time is around 20-30 seconds, you will go through red lights and there will be a large line of their other customers being held up behind you.
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