BA Simon's Rock College PhD Candidate in Political Science (Political Theory) at the University of Massachusetts, studying the development of "the economy" as a historical object.

I'm certainly willing to believe that the Kindle has some value, but were you really throwing books away before? I've never had trouble finding someone to take them off my hands for free, and I have a definite negative gut reaction to the idea of intentionally destroying a book.

Quote: Originally Posted by AlanY My memory of high school Phys. Ed. doesn't involve any education on nutrition or "skills and habits" necessary to keep fit. It was basically a jock-oriented course that involved playing the sport of the month, the vast majority of which (track and...

Quote: Originally Posted by AlanY 4 years of mandatory Phys Ed? That's ridiculous... I would have hated that. PE should really be phased out entirely as a mandatory course. There's no real world job where you need to be good at running, jumping, or putting a ball in a net. But...

Where I live (in MA), the solid waste transfer station (the town dump) will take electronic items for recycling. They charge $5/item.

With all due respect, I don't think this is true. While buyers may not have a choice of which growers within a cooperative they choose to buy from, they do have a choice among cooperatives... not all fair trade beans are sourced from the same growers. Similarly, while fair trade sets a minimum...

^ While this may sometimes be the case, there's no guarantee that it will be. Some non-fair trade coffee may be better than some fair trade coffee, but there's no reason fair trade coffee (such as the Java Hut Roasters coffee I prefer) can't be as good as others. Plus, the fair trade label does...

Quote: Originally Posted by redshifter Thanks to whomever suggested I try free trade organic coffee. It didn't cost more than my standard Italian blends, and tastes soooo good in my French press! Give it a try coffee lovers! (Tom's Organic Sumatra is what I'm enjoying now!!!)...

Quote: Originally Posted by micaela All of my experience has been in Texas & that does not occur here. It sounds illegal Texas is what one side of the debate has succesfully labeled a "right to work" state ( Right-to-work law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). In this case...

The splitter will give you four-speaker stereo; the left front and back speakers will receive the same signal, as will the right front and back speakers. This would results in an odd soundstage for an individual sitting in the middle of the room. For a party, though, this should be pretty...

^x2 Had one of these the other night. Excellent!

Simple but brilliant! I'll try it as soon as I get home.

So, following today's fall update for the xbox, I was excited to be able to stream divx files to my 360. However, I've been using uShare on my Ubuntu box to serve files to my 360, and the -x argument that makes uShare "xbox compliant" seems to block AVI files (as prior to today they were not...

I've never had a rental agency give me trouble about taking the car over the US/Canada border, but you should have written permission from the rental agency when you cross the border. They border agents don't always ask, but if they do ask, and you don't have written permission, they won't let...

It comes down to whether you view her pivot foot as being her right or left foot. If you assume the pivot foot is her right foot, she appears to be spinning counter clockwise, but a left-footed pivot yields the perception of a clockwise spin.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kirosia Awesome, thanks ku! If this and the new batch from Intelly don't pan out, I'm just gonna claim tin tongue and go back to D&D. Maybe this is a stupid question, but have you ever had a cup of coffee that tasted good to you? If you're in an...

Quote: Originally Posted by colonelkernel8 eons ions

I understand the impulse to simply write this woman's complaints off as petty, but it also seems worth considering the possibility that it's the requirements of the exam and residency process that are problematic. It's certainly the case that this process was designed at a time when no one...

PRAT = Pace, Rhythm, and Timing. Usually used to describe a component's ability to communicate the rhythmic aspects of a live performance. In this context, the OP seems to mean the translation of these rhythmic aspects of the music into physical movement on the part of the listener.

Part of the problem, it seems to me (and I'm not software engineer) is that OSX owes its stability, at least in part, to the fact that it only has to support a limited amount of hardware. If Apple opened OSX in the way you're suggesting, I wonder if it would actually be as good a product as it...

At what stage are you getting a mess? I find that after I push out the "puck" of grounds that's left after pressing, a quick rinse and wipe down is all that's required.

Quote: Originally Posted by uzziah it's rather simple: if they had waited, they could be spending that $200 on a nice lap dance Sure... I'm just not sure how that's Apple's fault. Do they have some kind of perceived obligation not to lower the price in order to make sure people...

MS Word for word processing, JEdit for coding, Scrivener for research and note taking...

Sounds like time to get homework/reading done to me.

This is one of those common psychological phenomena that has never made any sense to me. Apparently, anyone who purchased the iPhone prior to the price reduction felt that it was worth what Apple was charging. It's not as though the iPhone was food, or shelter, or some other necessity. So, I...