The dimensions of the timber are based on the rough sawn dimensions. Most timber you buy from the store has been subsequently "dressed" or planed to a smooth and more importantly uniform finish.
This is well known to anyone buying timber and has been like this for over a century.
It sounds like Uber charges an up front fixed price fee with a risk margin built in. If the driver takes less time then Uber keeps this margin, however if the driver takes longer is Uber out of pocket? If so this is pretty much like all fixed price work.
I'm from the early days (although I waiting a long time before I created an account) and also read it about once a week.
What's sad is I have not actually found a replacement, I haven't left because there is something better. I wonder if Slashdot's problem is simply that its time has passed. While the sense of community is now lacking, the stories are pretty much the same as always. The comments quality has dropped, simply due to the lack of volume resulting with less on the Right-Hand side of the bell-curve.
I'm not sure there is anything that can be done to reverse it, however I will keep checking in every week. Earlier this year I even dropped in on k5.
His releases about the Australian government spying on the Indonesian President has greatly raised tension between the nations and seen violent protests on the streets.
This is one (of several poorly timed events) that have caused Indonesia to deploy naval assets in the waters between Australia and themselves (again not the sole reason, but a contributing factor).
Give him a medal for something else but a peace prize? How exactly is he helping to bring peace to the world?
By the time it go to this stage, it was much more then just regaining access over some routers. It was a full audit of the network and all devices to find what other backdoors he might have left.
Not sure if you have heard of their gaming appliances.... the Xbox and KINECT.....
End of the day Microsoft have been late to market on some key trends (going back as far as missing the early internet days). However the speed they have been able to catch back up to the market has been astounding. I would include their dedicated gaming tech as an example of this. The question is can they continue to do this in the future?
There is also a lot of Apple comparisons in the comments, and it should be realised that while the Apple share price has grown, they came back from a fairly low base. Ten years ago it was concievable that they were going under.
Microsoft is still a reasonable stock to have in your portfolio, I just wouldn't have it as your only stock.
OK... I've used this 6 times so far and everytime it has worked first time. I like it as a system (although it is confusing for elderly or tech illerate people). Basically you just have to print your own boarding card and then drop your bag on a conveyor belt.
Checking in with bags now takes 2-3 minutes. I am not sure why the jar in the test did not scan, but it was a pity it was done with one sample only (a small object). With a normal sized suit bag it has worked for me first time all 6 times I have tried and most importantly the luggage has been at the other end each time when I arrived.
I worked for a large department store in Australia. During training we were taught that of "shrinkage" (stock missing without a sale), the following was true: - 20% was due to damage of goods - 40% external theft - 40% internal staff theft
Now that was stock and not cash from the tills, so if you add cash to the stock the parent might not be that far off. Plus this was in a large store where you where constantly surrounded by other people.
The issue here is that this law is not normally used to cover the theft of a house (in fact this is the first time it has happened in Australia). Imagine if this was a car, someone buys it (innocently) and uses it for 2 years.
Would you prefer the car back after two years of use, or the value of it when it was stolen?
This is a pretty unusual case and as we know the law is one size fits all.
Not if a reasonable man would have suspected it was stolen. This law protects the innocent, such as this case, someone who purchased a house through a legitimate real estate agent.
If you buy a DVD player from the back of a pub and it turns out to be stolen, then you have to give it back and would be lucky not to be charged with being in reciept of stolen goods.
This does, although I am still not sure how the scammers got hold of the original certificate of title. Here in WA this is still a piece of paper and the settlement agent must have it to complete the transaction.
It can be replaced although it is extremely difficult to do so (trust me, I lost one).
No seriously I think the "bloodless coup" bit was more a statement of disappointment that we did not thin out the political gene pool a bit with a few lynchings.
Quote "The easiest switch would be to go to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office. This switch is easy because not only is OpenOffice.org superior software in every respect...".
This is from a few weeks ago and more careful examination showed that it was a storm in a tea cup. A few people were warned by an individual officer. They were not stopped from taking photos and it is not police policy.
Companies get credits for GST paid. For example if I buy a $110 item ($100 + $10 of GST) I get a $10 GST Credit.
I then sell the item for $150 + $15 GST. This means that overall I only have to send the Tax Department $5. The other $10 of the GST on the sale price has been sent to the Tax department by my supplier.
This ensures that GST only is paid once for each item by the end consumer of that item.
OK... I am not too sure about this. I run my own company as well.
If you are running into the 47% top tax bracket then you are earning at least $50K per year personally, company tax is a flat 30% (in Aus).
Any business related expenses should be paid for by the company and will be 100% tax deductable.
If you are earning more then $1K per week (pre-tax) or $50K per year then you are much better off then someone on the dole.
I don't like the idea of dole bludgers either, however it is interesting to look at how much of our social security goes to the unemployed as compared to the amount that goes to pensioners. However superannuation should start to address this in 20+ years.
To be honest with the record low unemployment rate at the moment and the booming resources market everyone in Australia should be able to find work.
This is a good point and I agree partly with you on it. However after a while proprietary formats can become the standard.
For example I think that Microsoft word format is now pretty much the industries word processor standard. If you email a C.V. out what format do you use? While you could use RTF most people would use word.
Also alot of staff (such as secretaries) are already trained to use microsoft products. The cost of retraining must also be taken into account.
I would much prefer that all data is stored in open formats, however that alone is not enough reason to go with open software solutions.
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The dimensions of the timber are based on the rough sawn dimensions. Most timber you buy from the store has been subsequently "dressed" or planed to a smooth and more importantly uniform finish.
This is well known to anyone buying timber and has been like this for over a century.
In that case, its dodgy
It sounds like Uber charges an up front fixed price fee with a risk margin built in. If the driver takes less time then Uber keeps this margin, however if the driver takes longer is Uber out of pocket? If so this is pretty much like all fixed price work.
Uber could make or lose money on each job.
Do they have to make them flawless? Or just better then the average human driver who is also buggy and unpredictable.
Anyone else wishing Taco would post here and end this once and for all...
I'm from the early days (although I waiting a long time before I created an account) and also read it about once a week.
What's sad is I have not actually found a replacement, I haven't left because there is something better. I wonder if Slashdot's problem is simply that its time has passed. While the sense of community is now lacking, the stories are pretty much the same as always. The comments quality has dropped, simply due to the lack of volume resulting with less on the Right-Hand side of the bell-curve.
I'm not sure there is anything that can be done to reverse it, however I will keep checking in every week. Earlier this year I even dropped in on k5.
The key word here is "peace".
His releases about the Australian government spying on the Indonesian President has greatly raised tension between the nations and seen violent protests on the streets.
This is one (of several poorly timed events) that have caused Indonesia to deploy naval assets in the waters between Australia and themselves (again not the sole reason, but a contributing factor).
Give him a medal for something else but a peace prize? How exactly is he helping to bring peace to the world?
By the time it go to this stage, it was much more then just regaining access over some routers. It was a full audit of the network and all devices to find what other backdoors he might have left.
Not sure if you have heard of their gaming appliances.... the Xbox and KINECT.....
End of the day Microsoft have been late to market on some key trends (going back as far as missing the early internet days). However the speed they have been able to catch back up to the market has been astounding. I would include their dedicated gaming tech as an example of this. The question is can they continue to do this in the future?
There is also a lot of Apple comparisons in the comments, and it should be realised that while the Apple share price has grown, they came back from a fairly low base. Ten years ago it was concievable that they were going under.
Microsoft is still a reasonable stock to have in your portfolio, I just wouldn't have it as your only stock.
OK... I've used this 6 times so far and everytime it has worked first time. I like it as a system (although it is confusing for elderly or tech illerate people). Basically you just have to print your own boarding card and then drop your bag on a conveyor belt.
Checking in with bags now takes 2-3 minutes. I am not sure why the jar in the test did not scan, but it was a pity it was done with one sample only (a small object). With a normal sized suit bag it has worked for me first time all 6 times I have tried and most importantly the luggage has been at the other end each time when I arrived.
Even in Aus we have more then one provider.....
I worked for a large department store in Australia. During training we were taught that of "shrinkage" (stock missing without a sale), the following was true:
- 20% was due to damage of goods
- 40% external theft
- 40% internal staff theft
Now that was stock and not cash from the tills, so if you add cash to the stock the parent might not be that far off. Plus this was in a large store where you where constantly surrounded by other people.
The issue here is that this law is not normally used to cover the theft of a house (in fact this is the first time it has happened in Australia). Imagine if this was a car, someone buys it (innocently) and uses it for 2 years.
Would you prefer the car back after two years of use, or the value of it when it was stolen?
This is a pretty unusual case and as we know the law is one size fits all.
Not if a reasonable man would have suspected it was stolen. This law protects the innocent, such as this case, someone who purchased a house through a legitimate real estate agent.
If you buy a DVD player from the back of a pub and it turns out to be stolen, then you have to give it back and would be lucky not to be charged with being in reciept of stolen goods.
This does, although I am still not sure how the scammers got hold of the original certificate of title. Here in WA this is still a piece of paper and the settlement agent must have it to complete the transaction.
It can be replaced although it is extremely difficult to do so (trust me, I lost one).
All smothering.....
No seriously I think the "bloodless coup" bit was more a statement of disappointment that we did not thin out the political gene pool a bit with a few lynchings.
While I like to think of myself as being a open minded as the next person, I do not believe that equality should extended to the head of government.
Right now I am sure the other countries are laughing at our choice for PM.
We appointed a wranger, that right a red head as our prime minister! What she is female? That irrelevant, a red head did you hear!
:)
Good point
Quote "The easiest switch would be to go to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office. This switch is easy because not only is OpenOffice.org superior software in every respect ...".
Looks like a nice impartial artice.
This is from a few weeks ago and more careful examination showed that it was a storm in a tea cup. A few people were warned by an individual officer. They were not stopped from taking photos and it is not police policy.
It was simply one police office making a comment.
It must be a slow news week.
No.
Companies get credits for GST paid. For example if I buy a $110 item ($100 + $10 of GST) I get a $10 GST Credit.
I then sell the item for $150 + $15 GST. This means that overall I only have to send the Tax Department $5. The other $10 of the GST on the sale price has been sent to the Tax department by my supplier.
This ensures that GST only is paid once for each item by the end consumer of that item.
OK... I am not too sure about this. I run my own company as well.
If you are running into the 47% top tax bracket then you are earning at least $50K per year personally, company tax is a flat 30% (in Aus).
Any business related expenses should be paid for by the company and will be 100% tax deductable.
If you are earning more then $1K per week (pre-tax) or $50K per year then you are much better off then someone on the dole.
I don't like the idea of dole bludgers either, however it is interesting to look at how much of our social security goes to the unemployed as compared to the amount that goes to pensioners. However superannuation should start to address this in 20+ years.
To be honest with the record low unemployment rate at the moment and the booming resources market everyone in Australia should be able to find work.
No, but I can see companies that need to crunch large datasets installing this to do their own processing at night.
What happens when I swap between my home computer (normal mouse) and my laptop (touchpad)?
This is a good point and I agree partly with you on it. However after a while proprietary formats can become the standard.
For example I think that Microsoft word format is now pretty much the industries word processor standard. If you email a C.V. out what format do you use? While you could use RTF most people would use word.
Also alot of staff (such as secretaries) are already trained to use microsoft products. The cost of retraining must also be taken into account.
I would much prefer that all data is stored in open formats, however that alone is not enough reason to go with open software solutions.