I can see why you would think this, given the "business is bad" meme going around these days.
The fact is that the piece of wood IS 2x4 when it is first cut from green logs. It is then dried (loses some size) and then run through a sizer to make 1.5 x 3.5 boards.
T-Mobile lost the Starbucks contract to AT&T a couple years ago. AT&T wanted it so badly that they were willing to take terms that T-Mobile just wouldn't (wanting to actually keep making money off the service, crazy i know).
Requirements that the contract holder develop a method for people to order coffee from their iPhones was one of the driving forces in the decision. Another one was the required development to support their current "pay for coffee with a SBUX card, get free wifi for a couple hours" offering.
All that development work was/is expensive.
TL:DR Response: The networks at SBUX are all run by AT&T now.
This kind of mentality is why cutting the federal budget is so difficult. Your case could be applied to any program funded by federal dollars (NFA and crosses floating in a cups of urine come to mind).
Oh no! You are not going to cut MY program! Besides its only of the federal budget!
"We should be paying teachers twice what they are now and expecting the very best for it."
I agree. But that is not going to happen until we can get rid of the teachers unions. They ensure that bad teachers do not get fired, and that all teachers are paid the same without regard to talent. Basically the opposite of a meritocracy.
Expecting anything other than mediocrity under those conditions is a denial of reality.
Can't we go back and re-refine the nuclear waste for further use later once we get rid of the stupid "no breeder reactors allowed to prevent proliferation" laws?
I am shocked (well not really) that there are classes at a university where 90% of the students can get an A.
When i went to university, many classes were set such that a predetermined number of students would fail. The first day of class, the professor would state the grade breakdown:
10% : A 20% : B 30% : C 20% : D 20% : F
The percentages may have been a little different, but you get the picture.
I dont see how that is going to happen. Last I checked, your average Indian citizen has been denied the gun ownership civil right.
Well, not counting "black money" bribes to the corrupt government agency that issues permits for gun ownership, but we are talking your "average" citizen who cannot afford such bribes.
Ah, the Wikipedia method.
Enough "independant sources" in collusion can sway history to one side or the other.
Do you think that perhaps that these "independant sources" might be biased, or in collusion?
Barack Obama will be my president, and I reserve the right to criticize all the corrupt, stupid shit he has stated he is going to do.
This is a constitutional republic, not a dictatorship.
I have interviewed 50+ people at my current job in the past 4 years. I would say that that if i could have the following 2 questions truthfully answered with 100% certainty, the process would be much more efficient:
#1 Can you solve technical problems: Yes [ ] No [ ] #2 Can you teach yourself new technology/systems quickly: Yes [ ] No [ ]
I have had to fire people with Doctorates because they dont know (or cant apply) basic software engineering concepts. The best people are the ones that truly enjoy #1 and #2 above.
AT&T has been transitioning all the Starbucks from T-Mobile to their network. The T-Mobile/Starbucks contract ends on January 4, 2009. Up until that point, AT&T must broadcast the tmobile SSID at Starbucks locations.
Because they rolled out the "free access with a cup of coffee" at locations where T-Mobile was still the provider (without asking T-Mobile first or compensating them in any way), T-Mobile sued the pants off of them and forced them to allow roaming and UMA access at Starbucks for another few years for T-Mobile customers. AT&T customers get access to T-Mobile sites as well, except T-Mobile gets some undisclosed sum of roaming fees waived.
Make them as simple as you want. Still not gonna read it.
This may be stupid on my part, but thats just a fact.
For web sites that dont do any authentication of the information i provide, guess what? They arent getting real information out of me. I use my spam e-mail account and all of my PII information will be slightly altered.
Sites where i am actually purchasing something are the real issue, as your CC and address information must be correct. I tend to only go with the well-known sites that dont have a history of abuse when buying on-line.
Troll?
I think not. This is a major problem here at/.
Post anything that the majority of people disagree with (correct or not) and you will end up with bad karma.
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Yearly "Shakedown" for donations? Or it could just be that the Korean government doesn't like the competition.
I can see why you would think this, given the "business is bad" meme going around these days. The fact is that the piece of wood IS 2x4 when it is first cut from green logs. It is then dried (loses some size) and then run through a sizer to make 1.5 x 3.5 boards.
T-Mobile lost the Starbucks contract to AT&T a couple years ago. AT&T wanted it so badly that they were willing to take terms that T-Mobile just wouldn't (wanting to actually keep making money off the service, crazy i know).
Requirements that the contract holder develop a method for people to order coffee from their iPhones was one of the driving forces in the decision. Another one was the required development to support their current "pay for coffee with a SBUX card, get free wifi for a couple hours" offering.
All that development work was/is expensive.
TL:DR Response:
The networks at SBUX are all run by AT&T now.
The HotSpot division of T-Mobile has been gutted.
This kind of mentality is why cutting the federal budget is so difficult. Your case could be applied to any program funded by federal dollars (NFA and crosses floating in a cups of urine come to mind).
Oh no! You are not going to cut MY program! Besides its only of the federal budget!
This stuff adds up.
"We should be paying teachers twice what they are now and expecting the very best for it."
I agree. But that is not going to happen until we can get rid of the teachers unions. They ensure that bad teachers do not get fired, and that all teachers are paid the same without regard to talent. Basically the opposite of a meritocracy.
Expecting anything other than mediocrity under those conditions is a denial of reality.
Can't we go back and re-refine the nuclear waste for further use later once we get rid of the stupid "no breeder reactors allowed to prevent proliferation" laws?
Entitlements cost money, you know.
It's a smart move, really. Go after successful foreign companies with the cash and avoid raising taxes at home.
Think of this as a tariff that is not regulated by the WTO.
I am shocked (well not really) that there are classes at a university where 90% of the students can get an A.
When i went to university, many classes were set such that a predetermined number of students would fail. The first day of class, the professor would state the grade breakdown:
10% : A
20% : B
30% : C
20% : D
20% : F
The percentages may have been a little different, but you get the picture.
Yeah but he was not in the teachers union. Can't have non-union teachers running around out there causing problems.
I dont see how that is going to happen. Last I checked, your average Indian citizen has been denied the gun ownership civil right.
Well, not counting "black money" bribes to the corrupt government agency that issues permits for gun ownership, but we are talking your "average" citizen who cannot afford such bribes.
Ah, the Wikipedia method. Enough "independant sources" in collusion can sway history to one side or the other. Do you think that perhaps that these "independant sources" might be biased, or in collusion?
"Balance is bullshit, truth is paramount."
To whose truth, then, should i subscribe?
All I have to go on is what is reported in the media, and what I can see with my own eyes.
How can you EVER know that what is being reported is the truth?
We dont have them.
As far as you know.
+1 Insightful
Barack Obama will be my president, and I reserve the right to criticize all the corrupt, stupid shit he has stated he is going to do. This is a constitutional republic, not a dictatorship.
Or at a bare minimum we should be talking about the guaranteed Obama/Blagojevich connection.
What did he know, and when did he know it?
I have interviewed 50+ people at my current job in the past 4 years. I would say that that if i could have the following 2 questions truthfully answered with 100% certainty, the process would be much more efficient:
#1 Can you solve technical problems: Yes [ ] No [ ]
#2 Can you teach yourself new technology/systems quickly: Yes [ ] No [ ]
I have had to fire people with Doctorates because they dont know (or cant apply) basic software engineering concepts. The best people are the ones that truly enjoy #1 and #2 above.
Offtopic? Please. This is a well thought out post.
For the love of god, mod points are not "punish viewpoints different than mine" points.
Er, wait. I must be new here.
The year 2000 called, it wants its failed business idea back.
See the "Network Computer" entry on Wikipedia.
AT&T has been transitioning all the Starbucks from T-Mobile to their network. The T-Mobile/Starbucks contract ends on January 4, 2009. Up until that point, AT&T must broadcast the tmobile SSID at Starbucks locations.
Because they rolled out the "free access with a cup of coffee" at locations where T-Mobile was still the provider (without asking T-Mobile first or compensating them in any way), T-Mobile sued the pants off of them and forced them to allow roaming and UMA access at Starbucks for another few years for T-Mobile customers. AT&T customers get access to T-Mobile sites as well, except T-Mobile gets some undisclosed sum of roaming fees waived.
Make them as simple as you want. Still not gonna read it.
This may be stupid on my part, but thats just a fact.
For web sites that dont do any authentication of the information i provide, guess what? They arent getting real information out of me. I use my spam e-mail account and all of my PII information will be slightly altered.
Sites where i am actually purchasing something are the real issue, as your CC and address information must be correct. I tend to only go with the well-known sites that dont have a history of abuse when buying on-line.
Don't be a Cracker.
Troll? I think not. This is a major problem here at /.
Post anything that the majority of people disagree with (correct or not) and you will end up with bad karma.
Seriously.
Its time to look to the future instead of dwelling in the past.
How is this flamebait? I guess the majority view thought police are out in force today.