I think the teacher's union would have more credibility if teachers were ever fired for poor performance. If there appeared to be any kind of performance-based accountability, the public might not care about this.
Market share it may gain them, but profitability it will not.
The PC market has segmented in such a way that most people accurately judge PC clones as being equivalent and simply compare specs to price.
If HP comes into the market with "elite"-priced PCs, the American consumer will do the same thing they have done with tablets that didn't offer cost savings - they'll say "For that price I can get an iphone/ipad/imac/macbook". Why pay more for technical support, which you have to spend time and frustration using, when you can just buy something that (consumer perception says) doesn't need technical support?
Finding new ways to raise cash is critical once you've stepped down the socialism/welfare state path.
When the balance between those who contribute to the system more than they drain and those who drain more than they contribute starts to tip, the citizenry feels it in their wallets.
TFA talks about loss of control over margins at Best Buy. Apple Stores are known to have some of the highest margins in retail. Their success demonstrate that people are willing to pay high margins for products if they feel they're getting good service for it--which is certainly not the Best Buy experience.
Well, yes and no (IMO). Most Apple devices are not purchased at their brick and mortar stores.
Best Buy has simply cornered the market on turning salespeople - who used to provide a valuable service, in helping consumers find the right product for them - into upsellers, BS-slingers, and unhelpful, annoying gnats you have to wade through to simply look at product.
Just try to buy a television - you have to fight through aggressive pitches for a mount, then for the snake-oil monster cables, the snake-oil monster power supply, the all-profit extended warranty, the hilariously priced home installation....
The last time I was in a Best Buy was when a certain tablet was released. I had to fend off two aggressive attempts by the zitfarm serving me to complement my $200 tablet with a $200 pair of headphones.
One of the primary benefits of buying things from Amazon, etc., is that you don't have to deal with retail staff.
Actually, hourly wages paid are comparable to what is paid by other auto manufacturers. Substitute a 401k and traditional health benefits for the diamond encrusted collective bargaining packages like Nissan, Toyota et al have done and viola - it's actually affordable to make things in America again.
There is a renaissance of manufacturing going on in the American south. Look at all the foreign auto makers that have built factories there. Wages are affordable for the company, there are no union entanglements like those which have ravaged Detroit, areas where good paying jobs are few and far between receive them - everyone wins.
It's about time we did something to address our growing energy needs.
Now if we can get politicians to quit treating building more oil refining capacity as a political football, we might take another meaningful step toward energy independence.
Unfortunately for him, entering text with a keyboard was my idea (and I have a few friends who remember me saying it) so he owes me royalties for that patent petition!
I am amused that, between a summary including "Bull****" yesterday and this one with "money-sucking leeches", Slashdot has abandoned even the thinnest pretense of giving an impartial treatment to each story in the summary.
The "information" posted to Facebook and Twitter is of such low quality, I can't imagine wanting this to comprise most search results. I can just imagine searching for a topic and seeing a million inane posts where people take pictures of their dinner plates or write things that start with "OMG!"
I think this is a major factor - people know where to find information now without having to ask Google. They know about Amazon, they know about Wikipedia, they know about their favorite news sites.
Google has its use, but people aren't having to use Google to find everything the way they used to.
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I think the teacher's union would have more credibility if teachers were ever fired for poor performance. If there appeared to be any kind of performance-based accountability, the public might not care about this.
None of these cellphone companies are appreciably different from the others, especially if you eliminate data plans from consideration.
Hi there, I believe this is your baby I found mixed in with this cinereous soapy water.
This strategy is DOA.
Not entirely. It will not be as profitable, but it could get a very large chunk of a specific market share.
Senior citizens and complete and total morons.
So, it should offer AOL integration as well?
Market share it may gain them, but profitability it will not.
The PC market has segmented in such a way that most people accurately judge PC clones as being equivalent and simply compare specs to price.
If HP comes into the market with "elite"-priced PCs, the American consumer will do the same thing they have done with tablets that didn't offer cost savings - they'll say "For that price I can get an iphone/ipad/imac/macbook". Why pay more for technical support, which you have to spend time and frustration using, when you can just buy something that (consumer perception says) doesn't need technical support?
This strategy is DOA.
If you ask me, these computers are all giving us cancer too... of course, the corporatist plutocrats don't want you to know that.
Back to pencils and paper in the classroom, if it were up to me...
Finding new ways to raise cash is critical once you've stepped down the socialism/welfare state path.
When the balance between those who contribute to the system more than they drain and those who drain more than they contribute starts to tip, the citizenry feels it in their wallets.
Taking builk testing responsibilities off developers so they can work on more important stuff.
TFA talks about loss of control over margins at Best Buy. Apple Stores are known to have some of the highest margins in retail. Their success demonstrate that people are willing to pay high margins for products if they feel they're getting good service for it--which is certainly not the Best Buy experience.
Well, yes and no (IMO). Most Apple devices are not purchased at their brick and mortar stores.
Best Buy has simply cornered the market on turning salespeople - who used to provide a valuable service, in helping consumers find the right product for them - into upsellers, BS-slingers, and unhelpful, annoying gnats you have to wade through to simply look at product.
Just try to buy a television - you have to fight through aggressive pitches for a mount, then for the snake-oil monster cables, the snake-oil monster power supply, the all-profit extended warranty, the hilariously priced home installation....
The last time I was in a Best Buy was when a certain tablet was released. I had to fend off two aggressive attempts by the zitfarm serving me to complement my $200 tablet with a $200 pair of headphones.
One of the primary benefits of buying things from Amazon, etc., is that you don't have to deal with retail staff.
More like 80-90 degrees. Variety is the spice of life!
I believe France is the only country that currently reprocesses spent nuclear fuel. Another environmentalist hangup.
Actually, hourly wages paid are comparable to what is paid by other auto manufacturers. Substitute a 401k and traditional health benefits for the diamond encrusted collective bargaining packages like Nissan, Toyota et al have done and viola - it's actually affordable to make things in America again.
Thank you, President Carter. Rather than address the problem we should just all put on a sweater?
From Minneapolis I sneer at you and say, I wouldn't trade my down comforter and mild summers for all the mosquitos in Mississippi. :)
I know - we'll build some more of those windmills, and finance some solar panel companies with dubious business plans!
I know that the planned disposal facility at Yucca Mountain has been delayed by environmentalists for a long time.
Asking honestly: what do they feel the problem was with a disposal site that is 5 miles underground, and under the Nevada Test Site no less?
There is a renaissance of manufacturing going on in the American south. Look at all the foreign auto makers that have built factories there. Wages are affordable for the company, there are no union entanglements like those which have ravaged Detroit, areas where good paying jobs are few and far between receive them - everyone wins.
It's about time we did something to address our growing energy needs.
Now if we can get politicians to quit treating building more oil refining capacity as a political football, we might take another meaningful step toward energy independence.
What about your cellphone?
Stamp it out just to be sure?
Earlier today we had "money sucking leeches" in a summary, and yesterday a quote was called "bull****" in a summary.
Slashdot is becoming pretty cartoonish.
Unfortunately for him, entering text with a keyboard was my idea (and I have a few friends who remember me saying it) so he owes me royalties for that patent petition!
But are the facts incorrect, that 66% of AT&T's sales are iPhones?
I am amused that, between a summary including "Bull****" yesterday and this one with "money-sucking leeches", Slashdot has abandoned even the thinnest pretense of giving an impartial treatment to each story in the summary.
Yeah, I think a mix is appropriate.
The "information" posted to Facebook and Twitter is of such low quality, I can't imagine wanting this to comprise most search results. I can just imagine searching for a topic and seeing a million inane posts where people take pictures of their dinner plates or write things that start with "OMG!"
I think this is a major factor - people know where to find information now without having to ask Google. They know about Amazon, they know about Wikipedia, they know about their favorite news sites.
Google has its use, but people aren't having to use Google to find everything the way they used to.