Not (entirely) true. Ebay makes MORE money if your products sells for more. It's called Final Value Fee, which
is a percentage of the final price. If you item sells for $1, they get $0.05. If your item sells for $25, they
get $1. They are in fact interested for this practice to continue.
I have 2 kids 3 and 1.5. Boys. And the older they get, the more I find myself behaving like my father
did towards me.
I hated it (most of the time). I thought he was unreasonable (most of the time).
Guess what? Now I totally understand where he was coming from.
Understanding your children does not mean letting them do as they wish because you remember how it sucked for you.
Kids need rules and guidelines. I know I grew up a better man for it.
Second, I swear there is a Stupid Gene that is activated when people have kids, that makes the new parents forget how much it sucked to be a kid. I suspect that people who have more years experience with children who are NOT THEIR OWN are less likely to forget this with their own kids, when they finally do have them. I know I was about 40 when I recognised this "stupid gene activation" as a specific and almost universal problem.
Your brain works differently when you are 40 from when you are 10. Or 20. 60 is also different from 40 and 10.
Your hormone levels are different. You have more life experiences
What I am trying to say, is you perceive the same situation differently as a kid as a parent. You act differently as
a kid and as a parent. What 'sucked' for you as a kid, might be the correct thing to do as a parent.
I've done some things as a kid that I'd be horrified if my child did it.
That being said it's a kid's 'job' to rebel, to push authority, to test boundaries. That's how we grow.
1. Cingular
2. Price (Apple) just crossed from overpriced to are you kidding me? range)
3. Lack of tactile (kinesthetic) feedback while typing. Ever tried one of those virtual keyboards?
Your fingers will rebel about 20 seconds into the experience.
That being said... Looks over function crowd will snap them up. Good luck with the 10million units goal
though.
This is utterly irrelevant. And wrong-headed.
My grandfather has cancer (lymphoma), but none of my relatives has had a heart attack.
Does it mean I should go rant to stop all cardio related research in favor of cancer research?
Any and all research (the usual caveats apply) is good thing.
Umm, you are supporting my point that guns do not belong in the hands of a bunch of random people
(much less on a plane). The point about the antagonist being an Arab (presumably synonymous with 'terrorist')
was made in the parent of my post.
I don't care how much training you have: crazy arab gets a box cutter, I get a.45 == I win. Crazy, but highly-trained,arab has a gun, you have a.45 == you lose.
Please carefully re-read my last sentence:
And this is *precisely* my point - all mega pharmas spend billions on this marketing, instead of putting that money into R&D of new drugs.
This means that there are fewer new, potentially life-saving, drugs in the pipeline. That's harmful to everyone,
not just poor people.
People don't do it because they are dumb (or not always). They do it because they hear, see and
read commercials about Tylenol, Bayer aspirin and other brand names. Great majority of consumers
out there do not have enough knowledge to just look at the active ingredients list.
So they buy whatever is advertised to them, while a lower priced alternative is available.
And this is *precisely* my point - all mega pharmas spend billions on this marketing, instead
of putting that money into R&D of new drugs.
And you think those 'studies' will not be done? How many people still buy Tylenol, when
there is a perfectly good generic acetaminophen bottle sitting right next to it in most pharmacies
for half the cost? (Probably manufactured in the same facility, just with a different label).
Viagra will still sell like hotcakes, even though generic equivalents will be available.
That's where their marketing budget goes.
The only two people who really make money off of ebay is Ebay, and the people who sell books on "how to make money off of ebay" Notice those people rarely ever shop or buy on ebay themselves. Umm, wrong.
I am both a buyer and a seller on ebay. People who sell on ebay and make money are those who sell
something that is not easy (or easier) to find in regular stores. That's ebay's major business,
that's how people perceive ebay, (and that's why express is doomed to fail.)
I sell things on eBay that you are unlikely to find anywhere you shop regularly - world coins in
lots. Unless you go to coin shows, it's very unlikely you'd buy something like this around your
area. Similarly for the things I buy (all my packing materials for instance) it's cheaper than
any store in the area.
Most of sellers on ebay are legitimate, and a few ripoff artists give the others a bad name.
Even if you do not believe what the Bible says, your views and morals that you would like to
think you came up with all by yourself, are shaped by the Bible. (Or prevalent religious book
of choice if you did not grow up in Judeo-Christian Tradition dominated land).
Morals are arbitrary. It may be perfectly moral to do something in one instance that
would be morally reprehensible in another (I'd give examples, but this would open a whole
other can of worms).
Values like don't kill, don't steal, be nice to others all come from the Bible, and were
adopted by the rest of humanity over the years (and yes, they existed before the Bible, but
go check out things that were acceptable in the world 3500 before the first 5 books of
the Bible were given out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice
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Not (entirely) true. Ebay makes MORE money if your products sells for more. It's called Final Value Fee, which is a percentage of the final price. If you item sells for $1, they get $0.05. If your item sells for $25, they get $1. They are in fact interested for this practice to continue.
I wonder who thinks armpits are sexier than breasts...
I have 2 kids 3 and 1.5. Boys. And the older they get, the more I find myself behaving like my father did towards me.
I hated it (most of the time). I thought he was unreasonable (most of the time).
Guess what? Now I totally understand where he was coming from.
Understanding your children does not mean letting them do as they wish because you remember how it sucked for you. Kids need rules and guidelines. I know I grew up a better man for it.
Your brain works differently when you are 40 from when you are 10. Or 20. 60 is also different from 40 and 10. Your hormone levels are different. You have more life experiences
What I am trying to say, is you perceive the same situation differently as a kid as a parent. You act differently as a kid and as a parent. What 'sucked' for you as a kid, might be the correct thing to do as a parent. I've done some things as a kid that I'd be horrified if my child did it.
That being said it's a kid's 'job' to rebel, to push authority, to test boundaries. That's how we grow.
And how does this help if your regular computer has a trojan?
You are overqualified.
Umm, Palestine was was never *ON* the map...
1. Cingular
2. Price (Apple) just crossed from overpriced to are you kidding me? range)
3. Lack of tactile (kinesthetic) feedback while typing. Ever tried one of those virtual keyboards? Your fingers will rebel about 20 seconds into the experience.
That being said... Looks over function crowd will snap them up. Good luck with the 10million units goal though.
This is utterly irrelevant. And wrong-headed. My grandfather has cancer (lymphoma), but none of my relatives has had a heart attack. Does it mean I should go rant to stop all cardio related research in favor of cancer research? Any and all research (the usual caveats apply) is good thing.
And some DO become useful, 100% cures (or preventive vaccines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV_vaccine)
Umm, you are supporting my point that guns do not belong in the hands of a bunch of random people (much less on a plane). The point about the antagonist being an Arab (presumably synonymous with 'terrorist') was made in the parent of my post.
If that many people on the airplane have guns, chances are that airplane is going down when the shooting starts. Guns and planes don't mix.
This means that there are fewer new, potentially life-saving, drugs in the pipeline. That's harmful to everyone, not just poor people.
People don't do it because they are dumb (or not always). They do it because they hear, see and read commercials about Tylenol, Bayer aspirin and other brand names. Great majority of consumers out there do not have enough knowledge to just look at the active ingredients list. So they buy whatever is advertised to them, while a lower priced alternative is available. And this is *precisely* my point - all mega pharmas spend billions on this marketing, instead of putting that money into R&D of new drugs.
I'd like to see where you get the 20% altruists to 80% egotists breakdown in the scientific community.
And you think those 'studies' will not be done? How many people still buy Tylenol, when there is a perfectly good generic acetaminophen bottle sitting right next to it in most pharmacies for half the cost? (Probably manufactured in the same facility, just with a different label). Viagra will still sell like hotcakes, even though generic equivalents will be available. That's where their marketing budget goes.
... concentrate on solutions! Gotta develop 'prozac for pedophiles'.
Don't bring McDonalds suit into this discussion. It actually had a lot more merit than this one does. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_Hot_Coffee
I, for one, welcome our new, healthier, robot overlords...
The correct term would be 'Almost Uncirculated'.
It's a function of higher value of commodities as well as decline of US currency.
Even if you do not believe what the Bible says, your views and morals that you would like to think you came up with all by yourself, are shaped by the Bible. (Or prevalent religious book of choice if you did not grow up in Judeo-Christian Tradition dominated land). Morals are arbitrary. It may be perfectly moral to do something in one instance that would be morally reprehensible in another (I'd give examples, but this would open a whole other can of worms). Values like don't kill, don't steal, be nice to others all come from the Bible, and were adopted by the rest of humanity over the years (and yes, they existed before the Bible, but go check out things that were acceptable in the world 3500 before the first 5 books of the Bible were given out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice
But what I guarantee by 2015 is a $7 yogurt.