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Re: Yet ANOTHER CIPA- and PharmacyChecker-certified internet pharmacy criminally charged for selling bad, non-Canadian medicines

Shabbir — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 23:35:03 -0000

But honestly, the idea that we have to go to Canada for cheaper meds is often moot. Why? Because if you look at medicine dispensed in the US, 85% of all prescriptions are generic-filled. And generics are often the same or cheaper in the US than they are in Canada.

One example the Partnership for Safe Medicines researched is Crestor. The generic is 20 cents cheaper in the us, even after converting the Canadian dollar to US dollars. It's by no means the only example.

http://www.safemedicines.or...

One you start to realize that many, many drugs are the same or cheaper in America than Canada, the risk of getting a counterfeit because you did business with someone pretending to be Canadian becomes silly. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

Re: Wow: Nastygram from the Brown campaign

Shabbir — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 12:04:16 -0000

I think we all know the source of this apropos quote, "
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.”

Re: Success! When WildCare asked for baby bird nests, the knitting and crochet community said yes!

Shabbir — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:48:15 -0000

This article suggests lion brand was a partner with the WildCare knitting project. I don't believe that is true.

Re: New practice league forming April 3rd for 12 weeks

Shabbir — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:01:02 -0000

Everyone is invited. I actually thought it was at Pacifica archery. You can email the organizer to be sure.

Re: Preparing for an Earthquake

Shabbir — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:24:26 -0000

for a full list of items to get yourself ready, check out our website at totallyunprepared.com. We have an earthquake preparation checklist to make it easy to get ready.

Re: Preparing for an Earthquake

Shabbir — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:14:03 -0000

To get a sense of why you should secure your stuff, check out our "Will It Shake?" videos at www.totallyunprepared.com. We did a Mythbusters style experiment with a winerack and an aquarium.

Re: Pending home sales well above forecast

Shabbir — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:03:49 -0000

People I know currently in the market are reporting getting repeatedly outbid by all-cash offers. Someone or someones (hedge funds?) are out there trying to buy up inventory at the 'bottom" of the market.

Re: Verizon Mifi connects laptops, iPods, whatever to broadband

Shabbir — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:51:47 -0000

You need some sort of "share this" widget on this page.

Re: Making the transition to a Blackberry Curve

Shabbir — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:38:15 -0000

I don't understand. The iPhone has Exchange support, why didn't you choose that? Too expensive for work purchase?

Re: Better to choose form or function for new printer

Shabbir — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:48:22 -0000

Function over form, in this case. If your home office gets into some architectural magazine, go buy the stylish one for the photo shoot.

Re: Which is smarter? An old-old phone or a new-new phone?

Shabbir — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:05:52 -0000

I was going to just solder you up a demultiplexer, but then I realized I don't have any time to do my own projects...

So I called FrillFreePhones for you and asked them if they carry a demultiplexer cable that would take the 25 pin cable and break it out into individual RJ45 lines for wall use.

They do sell a "harmonica adapter", which breaks out the 25 pin cable into individual RJ11 ports that you could plug into several phone lines. There are some limitations:
1. It will only ring on one line (though perhaps the lights would light up?)
2. The hold button won't work.

I also asked, and they don't sell multi-line phones that don't work with multiple RJ11 jacks.

Sorry, that's the best I could do.

Re: Netbooks look increasingly appealing but I’m not sold yet

Shabbir — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:46:54 -0000

The ASUS EEE PC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... is a small form factor portable that misses the boat in a couple of ways.

First, as items get smaller, their network connectedness must rise. The Asus 700 series (what I have) is still wifi at best, with no edge or 3g. Also, as items get smaller, their form factor and flexible operation becomes more important. Can I operate this one handed? No. It's just a really small laptop with a cramped keyboard.

The ASUS has been described as a response to the One Laptop Per Child project boxes, but I disagree. There's no way this competes with those units for durability in the field.

I think this is a really good example of the "straight line innovation" fallacy. "Laptops are getting smaller, let's make the smallest one!" "Portions are getting bigger, let's serve the largest one!" Product usability is a balloon, when you change one part, another part has to change in response to it. The EEE PC palmtop just got smaller without taking into account those other factors.

Re: Netbooks look increasingly appealing but I’m not sold yet

Shabbir — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:47:44 -0000

I've been wrong before. Actually, very wrong many times. But I think Apple's strategy is not to try and break a new category like netbooks, but to make the iPhone so useful you don't need one.

I've been playing with my Asus palmtop for months now and it's unrewarding purely because of the expectations. I expect it to be something it can't be in its form factor. On the other hand the iPhone blows away any previous cellphone I've owned.

Ever since the Newton lesson (not Jobs' mistake), I think people have learned how much user expectation matters in the success of a product. A netbook looks like a smaller laptop, and is doomed to be less pleasing.

Re: Michel Gondry: Be Kind Rewind & Master of Space and Time | Laughing Squid

Shabbir — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:25:06 -0000

I believe you're thinking of the "Wizard of Speed and Time", a homemade film by Mike Jittlov that was an underground favorite in the 80's. He's got a half-built website at http://www.wizworld.com/