This is not intended to be a slam at GP, but really, who better to evaluate Walmart than someone who used to work there... and how good is the English of a person likely to be if they can't find a better job than that?
No, they are people who know a lot about Walmart and know that if you're poor, you can find ways to shop that don't shoot you directly in the foot (coupons, buying things on-sale, buying from farmer's markets, buying in bulk, buying cheaper raw foods, etc.)... you know, all the things that responsible people were doing long before there was a Walmart (which is now something that is apparently essential for survival somehow)... and back before everyone moved out of town to live in cheap shit housing developments and started clamoring for Walmarts because there's nowhere to shop.
Walmart fucks EVERYONE, even people who don't shop there. Go watch any of the documentaries on Walmart -- you can look up what's in the movies if you don't take their word for it.
This is not the best article on the subject, but it is common for Walmart to contract for a cheaper version of an item with sometimes an identical model. Another mention would be here, in an article about the Snapper mower guy not wanting to sell to Walmart:
"The Wal-Mart vice president responded with strategy and argument. Snapper is the sort of high-quality nameplate, like Levi Strauss, that Wal-Mart hopes can ultimately make it more Target-like. He suggested that Snapper find a lower-cost contract manufacturer. He suggested producing a separate, lesser-quality line with the Snapper nameplate just for Wal-Mart. Just like Levi did."
Don't see a BIT of irony in either being an open source/impartial observer with the name Proffitt or someone with the name Proffitt assuring us that there's nothing to fear?
Something tells me if you mentioned it to the guy, he wouldn't burst into tears or anything.
Well, the real issue with this is that, in my experience, the apps and settings are the problem, not Windows itself (depending upon whether you consider the registry to be part of the OS or the user settings). I've found that often times nuking the user profile (which is the most obnoxious part to lose) is what solves the problem, not that Windows binaries are corrupted.
No, they sold SUV's because they were profitable. It took them a little while to figure out how to get people to buy them, but they pulled it off. And by profitable, I don't mean they sold well, I mean they cost much less to make than they're sold for.
I trust you realize that at least by the laws as I learned them, you're required to back off to let an overtaking vehicle back in your lane, yeah? Not saying they're allowed to cut you off, but I sometimes have to cut things closer than I'd like because the guy I'm passing suddenly found the gas pedal when he should have coasted a bit, apparently in response to the emasculating feeling of being passed.
Only some of the lines in NYC do this, and in some parts, but they definitely do exist. I can't recall which, but I looked into it the first time I heard of the idea.
Clearly you don't realize that this was done on some lines in Manhattan. Do you even live anywhere near there to make such a snarky post on the subject?
It ordinarily takes a really long time to reboot and solves nothing. Then they keep asking you if it's back yet, not realizing that it takes 5 times as long as they think.
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What number of hours a week did you mean? Can't be 40.
This is not intended to be a slam at GP, but really, who better to evaluate Walmart than someone who used to work there... and how good is the English of a person likely to be if they can't find a better job than that?
No, they are people who know a lot about Walmart and know that if you're poor, you can find ways to shop that don't shoot you directly in the foot (coupons, buying things on-sale, buying from farmer's markets, buying in bulk, buying cheaper raw foods, etc.)... you know, all the things that responsible people were doing long before there was a Walmart (which is now something that is apparently essential for survival somehow)... and back before everyone moved out of town to live in cheap shit housing developments and started clamoring for Walmarts because there's nowhere to shop.
Walmart fucks EVERYONE, even people who don't shop there. Go watch any of the documentaries on Walmart -- you can look up what's in the movies if you don't take their word for it.
Hard to save gas by driving to someplace that is located outside city limits (specifically to avoid paying taxes).
Actually, yes, in some cases they do:
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2007/02/can_this_be_true_of_wal-mart.html
This is not the best article on the subject, but it is common for Walmart to contract for a cheaper version of an item with sometimes an identical model. Another mention would be here, in an article about the Snapper mower guy not wanting to sell to Walmart:
"The Wal-Mart vice president responded with strategy and argument. Snapper is the sort of high-quality nameplate, like Levi Strauss, that Wal-Mart hopes can ultimately make it more Target-like. He suggested that Snapper find a lower-cost contract manufacturer. He suggested producing a separate, lesser-quality line with the Snapper nameplate just for Wal-Mart. Just like Levi did."
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/102/open_snapper.html?page=0%2C3
So they'd get everything they sell from China, but their solar panels from the US?
So you think a Walmart opening in your area is a good thing and that only liberals would criticize it? Why on earth?
Except that you didn't have to shop at the worst retailer possible to buy a cheap food processor.
So are you trying to say Walmart is a decent company and when people criticize them it's spin? Because if so, you're an idiot.
Don't see a BIT of irony in either being an open source/impartial observer with the name Proffitt or someone with the name Proffitt assuring us that there's nothing to fear?
Something tells me if you mentioned it to the guy, he wouldn't burst into tears or anything.
50% is a made up number.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems
You won't find 50% here for MS, except the revenue counting channel, which doesn't count OS' properly that you don't have to buy.
Yeah, because fingerprints all over my desktop screen full time is what I want/need.
Well, the real issue with this is that, in my experience, the apps and settings are the problem, not Windows itself (depending upon whether you consider the registry to be part of the OS or the user settings). I've found that often times nuking the user profile (which is the most obnoxious part to lose) is what solves the problem, not that Windows binaries are corrupted.
Not when the cost of using energy doesn't reflect the actual environmental toll because regulation is lax,
No, they sold SUV's because they were profitable. It took them a little while to figure out how to get people to buy them, but they pulled it off. And by profitable, I don't mean they sold well, I mean they cost much less to make than they're sold for.
Is it somehow cool to intentionally spell grammar wrong? Ignorance is the new intelligence or some such?
I trust you realize that at least by the laws as I learned them, you're required to back off to let an overtaking vehicle back in your lane, yeah? Not saying they're allowed to cut you off, but I sometimes have to cut things closer than I'd like because the guy I'm passing suddenly found the gas pedal when he should have coasted a bit, apparently in response to the emasculating feeling of being passed.
Only some of the lines in NYC do this, and in some parts, but they definitely do exist. I can't recall which, but I looked into it the first time I heard of the idea.
Clearly you don't realize that this was done on some lines in Manhattan. Do you even live anywhere near there to make such a snarky post on the subject?
Many stations in New York are already like that.
Download the SDK (for free). It runs a copy of webOS on Virtualbox. It's the best UI out of any smartphone. RIP.
...but there's an axe on board.
There is plenty of good American beer.
Look at that, not only are you a brilliant economist, but you've solved our NASA problems as well.
It ordinarily takes a really long time to reboot and solves nothing. Then they keep asking you if it's back yet, not realizing that it takes 5 times as long as they think.