Yes, and a lot of people will buy more than one thing. You have absolutely zero evidence that this would result in any increased revenue for the stores. As for credit cards, obviously this rounding isn't necessary but my guess is that they'd do it anyway for consistency.
With a rounding scheme, the total price would be 12.75 in this example. So, in this case the price increase is a grand total of $.02 cents. Please explain to me how that adds up to a 2 - 3% increase in prices? According to my math, a 2% increase would mean a price increase of ~25 cents.
Also, the rounding can just as easily be in my favor. In fact, I had to modify this example from what I originally had just so the rounding worked in the store's favor.
Just to be clear: the rounding is on the grand total, not each item.
They can still charge *.99 for everything and still have $.99 cent stores. It's just gonna get rounded up when they ring it up. Which, I might add, already happens when tax is added.:)
First, dollar bills are extremely durable. Our currency is traded more frequently than Russian currency and that's why it has a shorter lifespan. The U.S. Treasury goes to great expense to produce it's currency and the testing process is extremely rigorous. They mangle, spindle, wet, and wet the bills, they simulate leaving them out in the sun for a year, etc. They pass these tests easily.
Second, it doesn't matter since the dollar coin has an average life span of 20 years. So even if they trippled the lifespan of the dollar bill, it would still be far short of the coin.
Actually, no. If I go to the grocery store and buy stuff, they have no idea what I will buy or how much I will buy so there's no way for them to guarantee the rounding will be in their favor.
Even if they could do this (and they can't), it makes no difference. Most people throw their pennies into tip and donation jars that seem to grace every counter in America these days.
I completely agree. Round to the nearest nickel and call it a day. You can't buy anything with a penny so its existence pointless.
While we're at it, get rid of the dollar bill. Most people don't realise this, but the government could save over $400 million per year by elliminating it. There's several reasons for this but the big one is that dollar bills have a short life span (about 13 months) and people would switch to dollar coins ($2 useage might increase a little but probably not much). Paper money should only be printed in denominations that have actualy buying power. You can't even buy a cup of coffee anymore with a dollar bill.
"You can coast along and get decent grades by just cramming before exams and not reading any of your textbooks or reading until you really, fully understand everything."
We do a TON of business with them but so does everyone else nowadays. We don't have the leverage we used to have and I think this is why we "overlook" their human rights issues.
Please, unless you go to an ivy league school, Cal Tech, MIT, etc. your degree doesn't mean jack shit. I know WAY too many people who coast through college. It's a joke.
"If we don't feel strongly enough to stop using their cheap labor, we are supporting their government."
Which we won't do because then stuff will have to get made in other coutries where it's more expensive. Personally I'm against the use of what is tantamount to slave labor. However, in this country everything is run by the very rich. I don't have any control in it. Oh wait, that's how it works in every country...
Good plan. So when I say that my fingernail contains God, please don't tell me I'm crazy because that would be forcing your views upon me. Afterall, you can't prove me wrong.
Here's a thought...how about we work with what we know rather than live our lives on shit we don't?
Yes but without religion what magic, er...holy book would I have to reference to use as my basis for all my own rationalizations? The beauty of holy books is that they were written hundreds or thousands of years ago, often poorly interpreted, and then we each get to decide what they mean for ourselves! (Of course the contradicting information in them really helps with that part.) Voila! Instant rationalizations any time you need them! But wait, there's more! If you're smart you can convince other people in your interpretation and they will send you money. Even better...they will give you power over them. You will get to control them and make them do what you want. Heck, they will even kill people who don't believe what you do!
I don't believe in God, but I believe in Satan. It's really the only thing that can explain regligion.
Feel free to mod me down (-1 flamebait). I don't give a fuck.
Your assumption is that Gallileo actually gives them the means to do something that they don't currently have. However, if there ever was a war the first thing the U.S. would do is destroy or jam the Gallileo satellites. I'm not saying that the EU shouldn't have their own system. Hell, go for it. I might use it myself. But don't think that it offers some kind of military asset in regards to a U.S. attack.
I find it amusing that people think that because it's going to be run independently that it is not subject to being shut down. I can promise you that if any european country feels that their Gallileo system is about to be used against them in a terrorist attack, that it will be shut down faster than you can say, "God save the queen!"
Wow, the paranoia factor has really hit Europe. Evidently they think we're ready jump their shit at any moment and it's only the EU that's stopping us. I know our president is a fucking retard but get a grip people. You have no fucking oil so why would we give a shit what you do?
rofl...why the fuck would we attack Europe when there's millions of arabs with oil we can kill?
Seriouly, get your head out of your ass. If anything, we should be more concerned about Europe attacking us rather than the other way around (based on polls on how much we like each other). You dislike us and we like you. At least that's how it plays out according to the polls I read a month ago.
However, if England ever discovers a giant fucking oil field underneath Liverpool or some shit like that, be warned. Mr. Bush wants your black gold and he's more than willing to kill you for it.
The difference between brainwashing and child rearing is simply brain washing is associated with the teaching of anti-social or what society deems as negative ideas. In today's society it's not considered brainwashing to raise a kid under a specific religious doctrine only because people don't generally have a negative connotation of it. This is unfortunate.
The religious groups will argue that it's simple child rearing and that they want their children to have values but the truth is that religion has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with values. Your child can be an atheist and act like a "saint". Their premise is flawed and what they are doing is simply another form of indoctrination, much like what fascists and communists do to their children.
Religion was created as a way to explain things we simply didn't understand and later it became something that was used simply for power and control (even of our own children). It's sad that it's still used in the same way.
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Yes, and a lot of people will buy more than one thing. You have absolutely zero evidence that this would result in any increased revenue for the stores. As for credit cards, obviously this rounding isn't necessary but my guess is that they'd do it anyway for consistency.
Um...no. If I buy 5 items at the grocery store:
.87
milk 2.49
cheese 3.29
crackers 3.19
pop-tarts 2.89
gum
---------------
Total 12.73
G. Total 12.75
With a rounding scheme, the total price would be 12.75 in this example. So, in this case the price increase is a grand total of $.02 cents. Please explain to me how that adds up to a 2 - 3% increase in prices? According to my math, a 2% increase would mean a price increase of ~25 cents.
Also, the rounding can just as easily be in my favor. In fact, I had to modify this example from what I originally had just so the rounding worked in the store's favor.
Just to be clear: the rounding is on the grand total, not each item.
They can still charge *.99 for everything and still have $.99 cent stores. It's just gonna get rounded up when they ring it up. Which, I might add, already happens when tax is added. :)
First, dollar bills are extremely durable. Our currency is traded more frequently than Russian currency and that's why it has a shorter lifespan. The U.S. Treasury goes to great expense to produce it's currency and the testing process is extremely rigorous. They mangle, spindle, wet, and wet the bills, they simulate leaving them out in the sun for a year, etc. They pass these tests easily.
Second, it doesn't matter since the dollar coin has an average life span of 20 years. So even if they trippled the lifespan of the dollar bill, it would still be far short of the coin.
Actually, no. If I go to the grocery store and buy stuff, they have no idea what I will buy or how much I will buy so there's no way for them to guarantee the rounding will be in their favor.
Even if they could do this (and they can't), it makes no difference. Most people throw their pennies into tip and donation jars that seem to grace every counter in America these days.
How does my suggestion of rounding to the nearest nickel, in any way, reduce the governments tax revenue?
I completely agree. Round to the nearest nickel and call it a day. You can't buy anything with a penny so its existence pointless.
While we're at it, get rid of the dollar bill. Most people don't realise this, but the government could save over $400 million per year by elliminating it. There's several reasons for this but the big one is that dollar bills have a short life span (about 13 months) and people would switch to dollar coins ($2 useage might increase a little but probably not much). Paper money should only be printed in denominations that have actualy buying power. You can't even buy a cup of coffee anymore with a dollar bill.
Just an FYI: IntelliJ has a column mode like SlickEdit. Try Alt-Shift-Insert.
The poster implied that Apple has always lead the way. I'm merely showing that he's wrong.
I apologize for saying anything that could be construed as bad about Apple. Please, Apple fanbois, don't hate me...
Fucking retards. You all suck Jobs' cock.
To the fuckhead moderator the modded me down as "Troll"...do you have any idea what trolling is you fucking moron? No? Didn't think so.
"But the bottom line is that Apple is again leading the way with the adoption of technologies like EFI and ExpressCard [expresscard.org]."
Like they did with preemptive multitasking? Oh wait...they didn't.
Apple fabois are so transparent.
"You can coast along and get decent grades by just cramming before exams and not reading any of your textbooks or reading until you really, fully understand everything."
Not at Cal Tech or MIT. You'll wash out.
Yeah, I'm sure the CYA approach goes over great with the Big Guy.
We do a TON of business with them but so does everyone else nowadays. We don't have the leverage we used to have and I think this is why we "overlook" their human rights issues.
Yeah, cuz U.S. degrees mean so much...
Please, unless you go to an ivy league school, Cal Tech, MIT, etc. your degree doesn't mean jack shit. I know WAY too many people who coast through college. It's a joke.
"If we don't feel strongly enough to stop using their cheap labor, we are supporting their government."
Which we won't do because then stuff will have to get made in other coutries where it's more expensive. Personally I'm against the use of what is tantamount to slave labor. However, in this country everything is run by the very rich. I don't have any control in it. Oh wait, that's how it works in every country...
Nobody gives a shit about the tuner. Where is the fucking Poqueno and Invisa???
Good plan. So when I say that my fingernail contains God, please don't tell me I'm crazy because that would be forcing your views upon me. Afterall, you can't prove me wrong.
Here's a thought...how about we work with what we know rather than live our lives on shit we don't?
Yes but without religion what magic, er...holy book would I have to reference to use as my basis for all my own rationalizations? The beauty of holy books is that they were written hundreds or thousands of years ago, often poorly interpreted, and then we each get to decide what they mean for ourselves! (Of course the contradicting information in them really helps with that part.) Voila! Instant rationalizations any time you need them! But wait, there's more! If you're smart you can convince other people in your interpretation and they will send you money. Even better...they will give you power over them. You will get to control them and make them do what you want. Heck, they will even kill people who don't believe what you do!
I don't believe in God, but I believe in Satan. It's really the only thing that can explain regligion.
Feel free to mod me down (-1 flamebait). I don't give a fuck.
Your assumption is that Gallileo actually gives them the means to do something that they don't currently have. However, if there ever was a war the first thing the U.S. would do is destroy or jam the Gallileo satellites. I'm not saying that the EU shouldn't have their own system. Hell, go for it. I might use it myself. But don't think that it offers some kind of military asset in regards to a U.S. attack.
I find it amusing that people think that because it's going to be run independently that it is not subject to being shut down. I can promise you that if any european country feels that their Gallileo system is about to be used against them in a terrorist attack, that it will be shut down faster than you can say, "God save the queen!"
Wow, the paranoia factor has really hit Europe. Evidently they think we're ready jump their shit at any moment and it's only the EU that's stopping us. I know our president is a fucking retard but get a grip people. You have no fucking oil so why would we give a shit what you do?
rofl...why the fuck would we attack Europe when there's millions of arabs with oil we can kill?
Seriouly, get your head out of your ass. If anything, we should be more concerned about Europe attacking us rather than the other way around (based on polls on how much we like each other). You dislike us and we like you. At least that's how it plays out according to the polls I read a month ago.
However, if England ever discovers a giant fucking oil field underneath Liverpool or some shit like that, be warned. Mr. Bush wants your black gold and he's more than willing to kill you for it.
The difference between brainwashing and child rearing is simply brain washing is associated with the teaching of anti-social or what society deems as negative ideas. In today's society it's not considered brainwashing to raise a kid under a specific religious doctrine only because people don't generally have a negative connotation of it. This is unfortunate.
The religious groups will argue that it's simple child rearing and that they want their children to have values but the truth is that religion has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with values. Your child can be an atheist and act like a "saint". Their premise is flawed and what they are doing is simply another form of indoctrination, much like what fascists and communists do to their children.
Religion was created as a way to explain things we simply didn't understand and later it became something that was used simply for power and control (even of our own children). It's sad that it's still used in the same way.
What proof do you have of them never refusing to sign a warrant?