" I hope Owens loves his leather and rubber Adidas/Puma amalgamation since at least he actually wears what he is endorsing." That's not the point. The point being other non-superstars will by them simple becasue Owens uses them. I'm going out on a limb here, but I am going to say the vast majority of Adidas wearers are not Owens level of performance. So why buy them? As it turns out, good shoes are very important to a happy retirement. So, buy good shoes. Just don't base your decision on what some whose parameters for buying are different then yours.
It's the same one that Apple fanboys use with the Mac.
Completely forgetting that one is a diverse eco system, and the other is completely vertical You should compare all current version android tables of the current version to iPads
Otherwise it's like when people would say 'Mac is doing better becasue there are less HP computers being sold.
". The only thing that has changes is the world is giving more power to celebrity endorsements as people nope. Celebrity endorsement have always held sway. Whether it's a popular person selling shoes, or tablets, or a popular person selling a new philosophy at the step of the Parthenon. That is one of the most important reason to teach people critical thinking. IT's also why I believe that a parent should deconstruct commercials for children. SO the children learn there are insinuation, and presentation. Not substance.
Metro isn't a disaster. Sorry you can't be bothered to learn it, but it's the best OS they have released, ever.
I can say 'Ever' because I have used them all.
I was a huge Android fanboy. After what I just went through? I will be looking at a windows phone for my next phone. At least keeping it current won't be a stupid cluster fuck.
"and that's where my sim card stays. you seem to miss the point of having a sim card.
Slightly better? no, massively better. Win 8 added 20 fps to my games.
As much as I enjoy the word 'Ersatz', it doesn't apply here. It isn't an inferior substitute, it's an inferior status quo.
No, the are people leveraging the undermined intelligence of the masses. For people actual undermining it, look at anyone cutting schools, and saying things like 'Balance' and 'controversy' when there is neither.
"which was the same as they offered the Bakers union." no, it wasn't.
Maybe the CEO shouldn't have been given a 1.5 Million dollar pay increase? That's 300 dollar per employee in the bakers union. The average pay being 30K a year. That's just ONE of the increases in upper management salary.
This is clearly wall street investors stripping the company for brand resale. IT's pretty much one of two patterns: Go in. Give CEO and management large bonuses or pay increase. Strip employees pay and benefits. Blame unions when they don't come crawling back for crumbs.
Or if people do come back, continue the stripping until no one can afford to work there, then sell. Selling the brands without the overhead means more money for the venture capitalists. You can see it time and time again over the last 60 years. You know whee steel left the country in the 70s? you think union, right? no. Management sold key controlled technologies over seas to Japan. The got there million, closed the plant and blamed the unions.
It's pretty well documented. And union are the fall guys. On the plus side, the CEO got a 300% raise last year. Also, they had already cut a lot of things out of the bakers compensation.
Hostess is being striped with the aid of venture capitalists. Well, the one in America, apparently they will still function in Canada. That right, the ones not in the hands of venture capitalist are making an effort to change management styles.
It will get sold, and then parted and the CEO, the Board and the venture capitalist will make millions.
What problem? people are suppose to work at a company they can't afford to work for? Or the problem that the CEO was given a massive raise and expects there employees to suck it up?
The union didn't stop people from eating Twinkies. Hostess couldn't make what the employees needed, so the employees went on strike.
Management sat on doing the same thing instead of changing. They where aggressive the the Chinese market. Yo know, the market that's starting to love everything American? The weren't aggressive in re-branding to meet with the times.
They only wanted the Union back so the could sell a 'working' pant. After which they employees would have be fired anyways. Not going back to a job you can't afford to be at isn't a crime.
Marijuana is becoming more legal in more places and NOW the go out og business.
Man, bad timing.
really they suffer a branding issue. They weren't aggressive against dispelling the myths, and they need to jump on the retro bandwagon and use 1950 post war packaging
Lets see: I have a machine that washes dishes. One to was cloths. One to Dry Clothes. I have on that tells me when someone one want to communicate I have on the organizes my messages, I have one the automatically turns on what I want to see Most people have a robot that record the shows they want to see.
It's just a case they some people think robots are some far off thing, so when they show up in normal activity they get dismissed.
Not only do they not want to have security they don't want to be held liable when someone gets all the users personal information.
Don't want that law? Fine. You get fined $100,000 or 1% of your revenue(which ever is lower) for each breach, and you must pay each user whose information was compromise 10,000 dollars.
You bet you ASS corporate security would tighten up, and corporation would put pressure on MS to improve their security.
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" I hope Owens loves his leather and rubber Adidas/Puma amalgamation since at least he actually wears what he is endorsing."
That's not the point.
The point being other non-superstars will by them simple becasue Owens uses them. I'm going out on a limb here, but I am going to say the vast majority of Adidas wearers are not Owens level of performance. So why buy them?
As it turns out, good shoes are very important to a happy retirement. So, buy good shoes. Just don't base your decision on what some whose parameters for buying are different then yours.
Fasle dichotomy.
It's the same one that Apple fanboys use with the Mac.
Completely forgetting that one is a diverse eco system, and the other is completely vertical
You should compare all current version android tables of the current version to iPads
Otherwise it's like when people would say 'Mac is doing better becasue there are less HP computers being sold.
". The only thing that has changes is the world is giving more power to celebrity endorsements as people
nope. Celebrity endorsement have always held sway.
Whether it's a popular person selling shoes, or tablets, or a popular person selling a new philosophy at the step of the Parthenon.
That is one of the most important reason to teach people critical thinking.
IT's also why I believe that a parent should deconstruct commercials for children. SO the children learn there are insinuation, and presentation. Not substance.
Metro isn't a disaster. Sorry you can't be bothered to learn it, but it's the best OS they have released, ever.
I can say 'Ever' because I have used them all.
I was a huge Android fanboy. After what I just went through? I will be looking at a windows phone for my next phone.
At least keeping it current won't be a stupid cluster fuck.
"and that's where my sim card stays.
you seem to miss the point of having a sim card.
Slightly better? no, massively better. Win 8 added 20 fps to my games.
As much as I enjoy the word 'Ersatz', it doesn't apply here. It isn't an inferior substitute, it's an inferior status quo.
No, the are people leveraging the undermined intelligence of the masses.
For people actual undermining it, look at anyone cutting schools, and saying things like 'Balance' and 'controversy' when there is neither.
douche, not dooshe.
And yes, NBS, and others, are still living in the 'compete for time and spectrum' world.
Sadly.
The same morons who didn't get their children vaccinated becasue they heard lies about vaccines on the Oprah show.
Becasue Slashdot has shed the last of it's Nerd pretense and now is just another media site spiraling around the drain?
who is responsible for the deaths a disease of many children.
You read that right: Children are dead becasue of her.
ha, nice. +1 funny..and correct.
"which was the same as they offered the Bakers union."
no, it wasn't.
Maybe the CEO shouldn't have been given a 1.5 Million dollar pay increase? That's 300 dollar per employee in the bakers union. The average pay being 30K a year.
That's just ONE of the increases in upper management salary.
This is clearly wall street investors stripping the company for brand resale.
IT's pretty much one of two patterns:
Go in.
Give CEO and management large bonuses or pay increase.
Strip employees pay and benefits.
Blame unions when they don't come crawling back for crumbs.
Or if people do come back, continue the stripping until no one can afford to work there, then sell.
Selling the brands without the overhead means more money for the venture capitalists.
You can see it time and time again over the last 60 years.
You know whee steel left the country in the 70s? you think union, right? no. Management sold key controlled technologies over seas to Japan. The got there million, closed the plant and blamed the unions.
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American are fat because american eat to much. Hostess didn't sneak into peoples house and put twinkies on their night stand.
It's very unhealthy. Sugar and all.
Doesn't mean you can't indulge in moderation.
Yeah. loosing weight is just a math and will power issue.
Twinkies shelf life is 25 days.
If by 'Rocks' mean tastes like a horrid imitation.
I would rather by the few nickles more and get something of quality.
It's pretty well documented.
And union are the fall guys.
On the plus side, the CEO got a 300% raise last year.
Also, they had already cut a lot of things out of the bakers compensation.
Hostess is being striped with the aid of venture capitalists.
Well, the one in America, apparently they will still function in Canada.
That right, the ones not in the hands of venture capitalist are making an effort to change management styles.
It will get sold, and then parted and the CEO, the Board and the venture capitalist will make millions.
Animal Shortening.
so
Lard or Suet.
If hostess was addictive, they wouldn't have a problem.
And thus, you underscore the real issue in america.
You would rather it a poor imitation to save 75 cents,rather then opt for quality.
What problem? people are suppose to work at a company they can't afford to work for?
Or the problem that the CEO was given a massive raise and expects there employees to suck it up?
Not the unions.
The union didn't stop people from eating Twinkies.
Hostess couldn't make what the employees needed, so the employees went on strike.
Management sat on doing the same thing instead of changing.
They where aggressive the the Chinese market. Yo know, the market that's starting to love everything American?
The weren't aggressive in re-branding to meet with the times.
They only wanted the Union back so the could sell a 'working' pant. After which they employees would have be fired anyways.
Not going back to a job you can't afford to be at isn't a crime.
Marijuana is becoming more legal in more places and NOW the go out og business.
Man, bad timing.
really they suffer a branding issue.
They weren't aggressive against dispelling the myths, and they need to jump on the retro bandwagon and use 1950 post war packaging
Frozen Twinkie, slized
Chocolate fondue
most of us do.
Lets see:
I have a machine that washes dishes.
One to was cloths.
One to Dry Clothes.
I have on that tells me when someone one want to communicate
I have on the organizes my messages,
I have one the automatically turns on what I want to see
Most people have a robot that record the shows they want to see.
It's just a case they some people think robots are some far off thing, so when they show up in normal activity they get dismissed.
" absent liability laws around cyber attacks "
Not only do they not want to have security they don't want to be held liable when someone gets all the users personal information.
Don't want that law? Fine.
You get fined $100,000 or 1% of your revenue(which ever is lower) for each breach, and you must pay each user whose information was compromise 10,000 dollars.
You bet you ASS corporate security would tighten up, and corporation would put pressure on MS to improve their security.
Becasue you have talked to them? Or becasue you are a lazy do nothing and just put headlines into your own preconceived context?