... is that it's okay for Americans to go up to signs that are in imperial, rip them down, and replace them with ones that are in metric?

I mean, if it's really supposed to be entirely voluntary.... isn't that what that means?

Of course, conversely, they could rip down any metric signage that they see and replace them with imperial too...

I'm seeing a rather glaring problem with this notion of "voluntary" as it applies to what kinds of units the country uses.

When Canada was switching to metric, dual signage was common. The km/h value was shown first, and the mph was shown in a smaller (but still quite readable) font below it. Usage of "km/h" or "mph" was explicit, to ensure there was no ambiguity.

This transition period lasted for quite some time, and after a while, the signs were ultimately replaced with speed limits listing strictly in km/h (and often the "km/h" was no longer present as well).

Personally, I'd only agree to a contract plan that can guarantee that all of the rates and fees that I am paying will remain as they are, and not grow or be added to for the duration of the contract.

And fwiw... I actually do go to the trouble of getting this information when I sign up for a contract, and if I don't see it in the terms of service, I will get it in writing from a manager.

How does plastic get produced by osmosis?

What natural process produced them?

As opposed to materials created by a process which only can occur by manmade intervention.

Technically, yes. But practically, no

Downloading isn't stealing.

Did you reply to the wrong post or something? Who was saying that it is?

Unless the initial contract states that they can add surcharges onto a customer's plan at their option, then it seems to me that one can just call them up and cancel. End of story. Calling it a "surcharge" is irrelevant to the fact that they would have actually changed their cell phone plan without prior approval by applying that surcharge onto the phone bill when it was not previously there and was not part of what one had originally agreed to pay.

If one agreed to a contract that explicitly allows them to add a surcharge onto the bill at any time, without any prior agreement on what that surcharge would be... that's just... unfortunate.

Perhaps... but the insinuation was that reprap prints, in the present tense, a whole printer.

It fails to do so on two counts, which I enumerated above.

The same forces that are moving the sun through space are also acting on the earth itself. So, no.

Uh... no. STTNG was definitely *NOT* before the Internet.

It was, however, before Eternal September.

But wouldn't people who can afford luxury cars also be less likely to be concerned about the price of the gasoline in the first place?

I realize this is going to be far from universally true, but one of the major reasons to go with an electric car is because it's cheaper to run than a gas-powered vehicle. That advantage sort of shoots itself in the foot when the vehicle itself costs a significant premium above what a person who is likely to be concerned about fuel economy is able or willing to pay.

First all, reprap doesn't print a printer. It prints a kit which you can assemble into a printer. Sure a kit can be useful, but it's not the same thing as printing an actual usable printer.

Secondly, reprap prints only the plastic parts of the printer,but misses out on the electronics and few metal components which are actually required to make a complete functional device, and which must be purchased separately.

Indeed... and it wasn't until the price actually *DID* come down that people really started buying them in any quantity.