Land of no sales tax? Umm... when was the last time you bought anything in Michigan. There's a 6% sales tax on everything except food, and then only certain kinds of food are tax-exempt.
M-Net is a non profit, run by an all volunteer staff. Nobody makes any money, the people doing this also have real jobs. They probably don't have the budget to afford a comprehensive backup system. Sure, if you're at a big corp, you can afford it. Not if you're an all-volunteer organization, that is run on donations by it's users.
I used to work for a company that's similar to Mail Boxes Etc. I would recommend you try to find a company that does the same thing, but is not a chain. MBE is hideously expensive, but the non-chains are usually 1/4 to 1/2 as expensive.
Why don't they pick 15 "Well Hated" people and send them all up, see who lasts the longest.
Hmm. Who would they send up? Here's my (mostly random) picks:
1. Bobby Knight
2. John Rocker
3. Shawn Walsh
4. Rae Carruth
5. Carl Everett
6. Dennis Rodman
7. Monica Lewinski
8. O.J.
9. Bill Gates
10. Any Random MPAA or RIAA executive
11. Any member of a so-called "Boy Band"
12. Dr Evil
13. Madonna (deserves to die for her rendition of American Pie)
14. That annoying little girl from the Pepsi commercials
15. (Insert your least favorite/. editor here)
Our school-owned and operated bookstore puts ads into every bag, so every time I buy a book or a pack of gum or a t-shirt, I get a small horde of advertisments. I'm sure the companies that advertise in this method paid for the privlege.
Another example: The school has a licensing agreement with Pepsi, and Sbarro. Do you think it's possible to find any Coca-Cola vending machine on campus? Do the dining halls serve any other pizza than Sbarro? Nope. Advertising on our food, what's next?
It's understandable, because you probably have a Kroger Spy Card (er, um Kroger Plus Card) which tracks your buying habits, the data is probably sold, and in exchange you get a few cents off your Bud.
A:...and now the historic occasion when B here will read the first message retrieved from the capsule.
B: 42
A: ?
B: That's all that's there. The number 42.
I'm certain that I remember seeing Codewarrior for Linux ads at the top of Slashdot not too long ago. I'm equally sure that I've actually seen CodeWarrior for Linux being sold in my local CompUSA.
A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is NOT a non-compete agreement. One says you won't say what you learned. One says you won't work for a compteting company for X amount of time.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." - U.S. Constitution, 10th Ammendment
These rights would presumably include the right to be able to view a disc that you've legally purchased, right? I don't remember ANY state passing a law that says you can't play a DVD that you've bought. Therefore, this ruling is unconstitutional, and should be overruled.
Pepsi owns KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. They also have regional agreements with some Wendy's. Coke has an exclusive deal with McDonalds, Burger King, and regional agreements with non-Pepsi Wendy's regions.
What about a small startup company (started with funds from one person's pocket, no VC's or investors) which cannot afford to get a trademark YET? I know people who have registered a domain name, and have even gone to the County Clerks office to fill out a certificate of Assumed Name (Doing Business As) form, but have not registered their trademark yet because it's too expensive. Should they have to give up their domain, even though they're a registered company?
Most of the in-city driving that I do is done in a Minivan (gak!) I wouldn't drive a minivan if I had a choice, but it's a corporate car so I don't have to pay for gas or anything. Plus it has the two-way installed in it, so I can keep in touch with the office.
Who in their right mind would buy any food product from "Microsoft Burgers"? That's like naming your burger place "Shit Burgers". It just does not have good connotations.
There are some jobs that require drug testing, for a very good reason. One that comes to mind would be Bus/Cab/Limo/Truck driver. Would you really want a stoned hippie to be driving you around town? Would you want a crack fiend driving a 20 ton truck towards you? I think not.
But, if McD's goes completely robotic, you've gotta worry about a drink machine like the Drinkmaster, or whatever it is, by the Cirius Cybernetics Corporation, which can't even make a cup of tea, or Marvin, the insanely sad robot. Can you imagine being served your burger and then hearing the server complain about why the world is so cruel to it?
I tried SuSE 6.4 the other day. Nothing worked right out of the box. It couldn't install the packages I had selected, it wouldn't recognize my network card, and X didn't work. I admit, I'm a bit of a wimp. I went back to my RH 6.1. I want to be able to tinker and get everything just the way I want, but I don't have A) The Time and B) The Talent to do it, so a stock install seems best for me.
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Land of no sales tax? Umm ... when was the last time you bought anything in Michigan. There's a 6% sales tax on everything except food, and then only certain kinds of food are tax-exempt.
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M-Net is a non profit, run by an all volunteer staff. Nobody makes any money, the people doing this also have real jobs. They probably don't have the budget to afford a comprehensive backup system. Sure, if you're at a big corp, you can afford it. Not if you're an all-volunteer organization, that is run on donations by it's users.
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I used to work for a company that's similar to Mail Boxes Etc. I would recommend you try to find a company that does the same thing, but is not a chain. MBE is hideously expensive, but the non-chains are usually 1/4 to 1/2 as expensive.
Not being from the UK, and not having watched Big Brother, I can say that I have no idea who "Nasty Nick" is.
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I know a group of people who use the palm (no pun intended) of their hand to describe where they live. They're called "Michiganders."
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Why don't they pick 15 "Well Hated" people and send them all up, see who lasts the longest.
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Hmm. Who would they send up? Here's my (mostly random) picks:
1. Bobby Knight
2. John Rocker
3. Shawn Walsh
4. Rae Carruth
5. Carl Everett
6. Dennis Rodman
7. Monica Lewinski
8. O.J.
9. Bill Gates
10. Any Random MPAA or RIAA executive
11. Any member of a so-called "Boy Band"
12. Dr Evil
13. Madonna (deserves to die for her rendition of American Pie)
14. That annoying little girl from the Pepsi commercials
15. (Insert your least favorite
Hmm, almost like a slashdot poll.
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I think Rocker has already blown up enough. I'm surprised that he's still on a Major League roster.
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Our school-owned and operated bookstore puts ads into every bag, so every time I buy a book or a pack of gum or a t-shirt, I get a small horde of advertisments. I'm sure the companies that advertise in this method paid for the privlege.
Another example: The school has a licensing agreement with Pepsi, and Sbarro. Do you think it's possible to find any Coca-Cola vending machine on campus? Do the dining halls serve any other pizza than Sbarro? Nope. Advertising on our food, what's next?
Does this work if you buy your tickets through a third party eg. Priceline or lowestfares.com?
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(oops, didn't realize how well my .sig fits in with the previous comment)
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It's understandable, because you probably have a Kroger Spy Card (er, um Kroger Plus Card) which tracks your buying habits, the data is probably sold, and in exchange you get a few cents off your Bud.
A: ...and now the historic occasion when B here will read the first message retrieved from the capsule.
B: 42
A: ?
B: That's all that's there. The number 42.
I'm certain that I remember seeing Codewarrior for Linux ads at the top of Slashdot not too long ago. I'm equally sure that I've actually seen CodeWarrior for Linux being sold in my local CompUSA.
A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is NOT a non-compete agreement. One says you won't say what you learned. One says you won't work for a compteting company for X amount of time.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." - U.S. Constitution, 10th Ammendment
These rights would presumably include the right to be able to view a disc that you've legally purchased, right? I don't remember ANY state passing a law that says you can't play a DVD that you've bought. Therefore, this ruling is unconstitutional, and should be overruled.
Pepsi owns KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. They also have regional agreements with some Wendy's. Coke has an exclusive deal with McDonalds, Burger King, and regional agreements with non-Pepsi Wendy's regions.
What about a small startup company (started with funds from one person's pocket, no VC's or investors) which cannot afford to get a trademark YET? I know people who have registered a domain name, and have even gone to the County Clerks office to fill out a certificate of Assumed Name (Doing Business As) form, but have not registered their trademark yet because it's too expensive. Should they have to give up their domain, even though they're a registered company?
Most of the in-city driving that I do is done in a Minivan (gak!) I wouldn't drive a minivan if I had a choice, but it's a corporate car so I don't have to pay for gas or anything. Plus it has the two-way installed in it, so I can keep in touch with the office.
Who in their right mind would buy any food product from "Microsoft Burgers"? That's like naming your burger place "Shit Burgers". It just does not have good connotations.
Why do they make you do time cards in Excel? What's wrong with paper?
I believe Car Talk is WBUR in Boston, not WGBH.
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me is produced by WBEZ chicago.
Does anyone know who produces the Folks Like Us show? Is that syndicated or just local?
There are some jobs that require drug testing, for a very good reason. One that comes to mind would be Bus/Cab/Limo/Truck driver. Would you really want a stoned hippie to be driving you around town? Would you want a crack fiend driving a 20 ton truck towards you? I think not.
But, if McD's goes completely robotic, you've gotta worry about a drink machine like the Drinkmaster, or whatever it is, by the Cirius Cybernetics Corporation, which can't even make a cup of tea, or Marvin, the insanely sad robot. Can you imagine being served your burger and then hearing the server complain about why the world is so cruel to it?
Beat me to it. I was about to make a comment about Marvin.
I tried SuSE 6.4 the other day. Nothing worked right out of the box. It couldn't install the packages I had selected, it wouldn't recognize my network card, and X didn't work. I admit, I'm a bit of a wimp. I went back to my RH 6.1. I want to be able to tinker and get everything just the way I want, but I don't have A) The Time and B) The Talent to do it, so a stock install seems best for me.