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Sweet, thanks, I bought a 500GB block. Actually shows that I have 550GB available now. Great deal for a backup server.

I have the Comcast "Performance" plan, which is now 20Mb downstream. Did they double that from 10Mb? I thought I used to be limited to 10Mb, but their bill is completely uninformative, so I have no idea what speed I got when I had signed up for it. edit: also, wtf FIOS? Costs an extra...

Does it say why you received the card? I'd call and follow up on this. Some companies use prepaid cards to pay employees who don't have a bank account. Since you said they got your information from a company you interned at, is there a chance they're reimbursing some expense or making a...

Such a company simply wouldn't offer a group plan. Leaving aside the mandate to do so under health care reform, this would essentially transition away from employer-sponsored plans to individual plans, which strict regulation determining pricing of plans. Yes, there'd also have to be...

From what I recall about that case, the farmer used RoundUp on his land while claiming cross-pollination. Basically, Monsanto's crops are modified so they are resistant to this herbicide. So if it were just a matter of cross-pollination, he'd presumably have continued farming as he did before -...

The regulation sounds ridiculous, but it's actually grounded in solid and robust research findings. People don't have a clear preference for whether they want a 24oz or 32oz soda. They know they're thirsty and they want a coke. So you're a business and you realize that soda costs you pretty...

I think his point was that organic food is more likely to be fresh when you buy it in the store, in part because it just spoils quicker. So fresh food -> tastes better Organic food -> fresher => organic food -> tastes better

Any thoughts about lens.com for contact lenses? They have a $20 for $40 Groupon going on right now.http://www.groupon.com/deals/lens-com-8

They can always take over Zynga.

Any suggestions on tradeskills for a mesmer? I've picked up artificing, which seemed to make sense... and for #2, maybe tailoring or jeweling? FWIW: capping the FPS to 30 fixed the blackscreen issue and makes no noticable difference on my screen. Odd behavior, but hey. edit: on an...

Doh, can't believe I failed to include the card: NVidia GTX 285, newest drivers. Didn't use a driver cleaner, but I'll give that a shot. When I'm not gaming, it runs[email protected]/* <![CDATA[...

So, I started up on Jade Quarry, following the thread title... playing a Gnome Mesmer. One problem I have is that my screen blacks out at times. Sometimes, it recovers - other times I have to close the game from the task manager. I googled and found that it could be an issue with Nvidia...

Your new salary would be independent of your actual health care costs, because the company negotiates a group rate and thus pays the same per employee. However, keep in mind that you'd pay taxes on the additional income, whereas health insurance benefits are tax exempt. So if you got $300/month...

I have the same problem with Boxee. 720p works perfectly, 1080p buffers occasionally. I picked up a 2TB external HDD and connected it to Boxee. Then, I mapped it as a remote drive on my desktop and just save my content there. Now it runs flawlessly... even 1080p 3D content. The same would...

Well, yeah... but 3.5% cash back is pretty much unheard of. Credit cards offer at best 1% with 5% on some categories (usually gas).

Sweet, thanks!

Yeah, Google+ is the wrong tool for feeds. I need to be able to mark shit as read, keep things unread, organize by label... none of that is going to work properly on Google+. Epic fail.

All the way at the top, where you have "All Items," there's a tab for Trends.

Man... I follow so many blogs, tech sites, and even academic journals through Google Reader. I'll check out Feedly, but it looks more like a replacement for Pocket/Instagram? I like the idea of scrolling through my unread news feeds and sending the ones I want to read to Pocket.

Why would they name the successor to the "HTC One X" the "HTC One?" This seems needlessly confusing.

Is anyone particularly happy with their carry-on luggage? I've bought a small one a long time ago, but Lufthansa managed to break it after making me check it... I had a 21'' that was supposed to conform with airline requirements, but when I stuffed it full, it was actually a little too thick...

I currently use wikinvest.com to check the performance of my investments. It shows, over various time horizons (e.g. last week, last month...), my investments' gains, dividends, fees, and my new contributions/withdrawals. It also compares the performance of my account with the Dow and the S&P...

I'm averse to real estate fairly broadly... I'm making money off a company because they're providing a product or service that people are buying. Real estate is a building, and the value is going to go up/down based on how much demand there is to be in a particular area. It feels somewhat more...

I have regular comcast and didn't notice any difference either. Then again, newsgroups with SSL are probably fairly secure. Targeting newsgroup providers makes a lot more sense than targeting downloaders anyway. Unlike torrents, there is actually a central server where everything is hosted.

https://www.tweaknews.eu/?page=subscriptions Then go through this guide to automate everything:http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=120406

I always thought of it as mostly commercial... but as I said, I don't know too much about them. That's certainly true - and the economy overall seems rather closely connected to real estate anyway. I suppose REIDs would be doubling-down on that, if invested in on top of a broad index.

ETFs work like mutual funds, except that shares in the funds are traded on the market. So instead of buying/selling happening once at the end of the trading day, it happens continuously as the market is open. ETFs can have lower fees. With Vanguard, for example, they have the fees of Admiral...

You're not going to max out your connection with this account. It's limited to 10mbit. You definitely shouldn't get less than 5mbit, though. 10mbit gives you about 1.1MB/s... how much are you getting?

Makes a little more sense now.This is a 457(b) plan, which is essentially a municipal government's version of a 401(k) retirement plan. You make contributions to it (this is what it means to defer compensation - you don't get taxed on your contributions), pick among the available investment...

Anytime. You seem to know a lot more about investing than the vast majority of people and the best way to learn more is to just go ahead and do something with your money. That and a willingness to consider feedback and (if necessary) adjust your strategy suggest you'll do just fine. Keep in...

That would presumably depend on your company's deferred compensation program...

As Eomer said, your financial adviser has either mislead you, or failed to disclose properly how fees are assessed. He's almost certainly covering your portfolio fees - that is the fee you pay for having money in your account. This ison topof the management fee for the fund (the 1%) - which...

How fast are you downloading from them? Also, do you have the port set to 563?

Since you've just started, let me recommend you take a look at Vanguard and their index funds and target retirement funds. Their management fees are around 0.1% vs the 0.75 - 1.71% you're paying (depending on which class of shares you have). There are studies showing that actively managed...

NK got away with a lot of shit because China protected them. Something about not interfering in internal matters, because China would rather not have other countries get involved in their own little internal disputes... But it seems even China has hit a breaking point. I'm with RB on this...

They call it "threads" on their subscription page:https://www.tweaknews.eu/?page=subscriptions The 10mbit connection allows for 10 simultaneous connections. 8 if you're on the trial.

Right now, my connection is fairly slow as well, but I usually have no trouble maxing my 10mbit bandwidth.

You're always taxed on marginal income. So let's say you've determined your taxable income. The first $8,700 you make is taxed at 10%. Now let's say you make $9,000 and are now in the 15% tax bracket. This doesn't mean you're entire $9,000 income is now taxed at 15%. Rather, the first $8,700...

This definitely seems to be a problem with US servers and not with newshosting based in the EU. Might want to usehttps://www.tweaknews.eueither as main or backup provider.

That's definitely not a requirement of fiat currency. See the numerous examples of community currencies:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._United_States(they actually exist around the world) All you need is people willing to give up real world (or digital) goods or services in exchange...