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The only problems that I had compiling it was due to not having the appropriate gnome libraries. The configure script barfed a couple times, so I went to a Gnome mirror, pulled down the latest versions of the packages it wanted, and continued. Other than that, their compile instructions were easy to follow. It took a while to compile, but that wasn't a big issue for me.
Well if they are relying on venture capital funds until their business model does turn a profit, then they do have a point. Not every business is profitable from the start. To make matters worse, where some of these dot coms are located makes basic expenses such as office space very high. In many cases the internet allows them to be located just about anywhere, but they are in the high priced tech areas to attract talent (why not have the basic business staff & headquarters located someplace cheap, and if need by have the techs telecommute?) So not only are they not bringing in much revenue, they are bleeding red ink like a stuck pig due to high expenses. Unless you have a very patient VC, this won't last for long. Given the slide that we've been in for the past year, the VCs aren't being patient.
Is DC == Diner's Club or Debit Card? I've rented from a major rental company using a debit card. I haven't had a credit card in 6 years and I'm glad I don't have one. Too much of a temptation.
They will add lots of nasty late payment fees, suspend usage, and will call you up just about every other day (at least it seemed like it) to harrass you about payment. I know this from experience when my wife decided that my company provided AmEx card would be perfect for her spending sprees.
Many rental car agencies will take debit cards and/or cash. However, they may require a larger deposit or some other extra upfront fees. Travelocity will include a car rental agencies cash and debit card policies. So should any good travel agent. I do know from experience that Alamo and Enterprise will take debit cards.
In my experience, most farmers don't view other farmers as competitors. They are neighbors, sometimes friends, who will often help each other if it's needed. IMHO, anyone that would do that sort of underhanded behavior missed their calling to be a MS employee and should be turned into fertilizer.
A few years ago, it was just the opposite. When I was in high school, I remember people being very upset about subsidized Canadian hogs flooding the market and driving prices down.
Come to think about it, you can probably replace Canada with just about any other country and get a sentiment close to what the farmers in that country feel.
I'm not sure. Like the other poster said, it's probably based on an initial deposit plus whatever they charge for the contents. I don't think it was very much. I'll email my friend and ask.
Not everyone in the city may go to the pro sports games, but the people who do actually get something from the stadium construction.
And I get the 'benefit' of higher taxes. Oh boy!
At least a museum or symphony hall can be educational and cost no where near the amount a new stadium does. If it didn't cost so much it would be funny: politicians drag their feet on funding essential services & infrastructure, but jump at spending millions for entertainment. The schools are crappy, streets, bridges, etc are run down, but by God, everything's better because they have a team to cheer for! No wonder this country is so screwed up.
IMHO, if there are so many people who get fired up over having a team, then they should make the team community property similar to what Green Bay has done. Or at least have the owners & business partners fund a large majority of the construction.
Personally, I'd rather have people be proud of their community because it has good schools, a low amount of crime, clean, etc. In this case, the diversion helps people ignore problems that need fixing. Having a new stadium doesn't help much that much when the city already has at least two sports/entertainment complexes that are hardly used, but not up to 'major-league' standards (ie. not enough skyboxes). IMHO, this is just an example of a pissing contest for politicians & business leaders and they're using the taxpayers to fund it.
Besides, do you really want me to base my opinion on Hollywood fiction (bad fiction at that)? Does LA feel like less of a city because they lost two NFL teams? Do the people of Chicago feel better when the Bulls win a championship and the fans riot? I don't have a problem with sports. But they are just _games_ and if you like a sport, it's more fun to actually play it with your friends/collegues than to watch some overpaid moron do it while you sit and get drunk.
You can't 'hack' a retail outlet and expect to be allowed to shop there in the future. Smart store operators know to '86' troublemakers.
You've got to be kidding. Chains like Wal-Mart or Nordstroms take practically anything back in an effort to maintain customer satisfaction. I think 20/20 had a story about customer service and returns policies a few years ago. Their undercover shopper took a shirt back to Nordstroms that was a brand that they never carried. They got a refund. I've seen a person take a lawnmower that was obviously used all summer back to a Wal-Mart and exchange it for other merchandise. Jeff Foxworthy even had a skit about it:
Customer: I'd like to return this merchandise. It's defective
WM Associate: What's wrong with it sir?
Customer: Isn't it obvious! This diaper's full of shit. Every damn one in the package has been like that so far!
WM Associate: No problem sir. Let me take that for you... we'll exchange that for a new package...go back and pick one out. Enjoy shopping at Wal-Mart
Even if EVERY/. and computer geek on the planet went out and buy the Cd for the sake of figuring out how to break the CD
Then Charlie would think he was back on his way to country superstardom when the initial sales figured are released. Unfortunately, after the geek sales spike, things would go back down to normal and he'd have to book another gig at a casino or Branson.
Charlie should be happy that he's getting the exposure he is getting via Napster. He's certainly not getting any on most country stations. Napster might actually help him increase the sales of some of his records along with the casino and Branson tour circuit.
From the article, his reasoning is to help maintain the royalty stream for the song writers. That certainly sounds noble, but why do they have to use the royalty system of payment? Do the sound engineers or studio musicians get paid royalties?
they're being fed propaganda by their labels
The Nashville Nazis and Hollywood Hooligans strike again.
Years ago, my college roommate went to the local Coca-Cola distributor and asked for a tap, a heat exchanger, and paid for a cylinder holding the syrup and one w/ the carbonated water. When he got back to the dorm, he drilled holes in his small refrigerator to pass the lines through, mounted the heat exchanger inside (in the freezer I think), and mounted the tap on the side. The fridge was right next to his recliner, so he could get refills of ice cold Dr. Pepper while watching his TV shows. When the cylinders ran out, he took them back to the distributor and paid for some new ones. I think he's still using it after about 10 years and he didn't have to pay for the tap or any of the other equipment. Just the cylinder refills.
The idea of having Coke on tap in the home just sounds like a more consumer friendly version of what my friend and unknown number of bars and restaurants have been doing for years.
The 1978 VW probably gets better gas mileage than most new SUVs and if properly maintained, should pass inspections.
Some old cars can get good fuel economy. I was in Sam's Club the other day and for some reason a 'coffee-table' type book about cars of the 1970s caught my eye. It contained ads, magazine reviews, and other stuff for just about every model of car sold in the US during the 70s. While flipping through it, I came upon an ad for a Datsun B210 hatchback. It had an EPA highway rating of 40mpg. Thirty years later, there are only a few cars that can beat that. My Mistubishi econo box doesn't and most cars I've looked at (w/ the exception of VW diesels) average in the high 20s. Most SUV owners can probably only dream of getting 20mpg.
I would say maybe a few hundred...a couple thousand sounds like it's pushing it. Real estate taxes probably don't come into play since exclusions for not paying them are usually included in the sales pitch. I know what the politicians are getting out of it: bragging rights and kickbacks. I wanted to know what the cities get out of it besides having to pay higher taxes for sports complexes so some barely literate jocks can play ball while the owners rake in skybox loot (then gripe a few years down the road how crappy their facility is and demand the tax payers build a new one) I don't see how they make the city better..safer, more livable. IMHO, they just provide a distraction from the real things that need attention so they can get fixed.
What do these cities really get out of having a major league sports team anyway? Do they actually bring in enough revenue to justify the public spending hundreds of millions of dollars on stadiums or arenas? I don't watch sports on TV and I only go to local games when I get free tickets. The metro area I'm unfortunately in seems to have some sort of inferiority complex when it comes to professional sports. The elected officials & top business leaders seem perfectly willing to prostitute themselves and volunteer tax dollars for the building of a sports facility, but balk at spending money on a court ordered new jail or improve the crappy schools. I guess we're in the bread & circuses phase: don't worry about society crumbling around you, just watch the bouncing ball......
I've heard this before, but I wonder how well it works. The last thing I usually want to do while shopping is to start talking to a complete stranger in the frozen food isle.
I believe a geek friend of mine met the woman that would later become his wife at a dance class. I think he said the instructor paired up the people who didn't have partners and they hit it off. It wasn't salsa (Country), but you are probably correct in that probably any style would work.
That's assuming that he is the type that can make friends easily and can strike up cordial converstations with complete strangers. Many geeks are introverts and are quite possibly intimidated by members of the opposite sex due to fear of rejection, being laughed at, 'you're too smart for me, go away!'*, etc. Many times this can be due to thinking about and over analysing the situation. For these guys, the women have to approach them because they won't.
* - actually happened to me in a club. The woman asked where I worked, and that was the response I got....so much for wanting nice intelligent guys. I should have pretended to be a dumb jerk, but I'm not a good actor/liar either.
Look at any of the results from this search at Google. Probably not much different than any other dating service, but it would have the added expense and hassel of foreign travel and bringing a foreign national into the country. But, they probably don't have the inherent(sp?) head-up-ass bitchiness that many Am. women posses and are probably better educated.
Otherwise, just pour all your energy into your work and ignore the opposite sex. Your computers don't complain when you get home late from work and are in general easier to deal with.
Note: I met my wife during a summer job as the maintenance dept for a small town while in high school. She was laying out trying to get a tan in the back yard and her dog attacked me as I walked by on the sidewalk on the way to mow the park. We broke up soon after she moved away and I was in college. Years later, she called me for my 25th birthday and we soon got back together. I jumped at the chance because she was the only woman to have ever had anything to do with me. Unfortunately, I assumed she was the same as she was in HS, and there's been lots of rough spots ever since. I didn't realize how prophetic a co-workers words 'You are 25, enjoy it. Life goes to hell from here on out' would be. I should have chosen option #2.
The union leaders & the pols they buy off are certainly better off because of it, so they will tell you yes. IMHO, it's not any different than if a CEO buys one.
while the standard of living went way up, primarily due to cheap credit
That's a real good way of increasing your standard of living...go into debt. Every so often I tune into Dave Ramsey on the radio. It's funny. It is common for the show to get a call where the guy's household income is 100K+, but he's broke ($10s of thousands on credit cards, leased cars, etc) w/ no savings. The host will offer him a few free clues (cut up the cards, get rid of the leased cars/SUV and get a cheap MOT, plow the money into reducing other debt, etc). At other times there will be a husband & wife who probably make $25-30K a year calling in because they're happy they saved $6K+ within that year to pay everything off but the house.
What's the difference? IMHO, priorities and the emphasis on the 'status' received by the stuff you own. Unfortunately, that stuff ends up owning you.
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The only problems that I had compiling it was due to not having the appropriate gnome libraries. The configure script barfed a couple times, so I went to a Gnome mirror, pulled down the latest versions of the packages it wanted, and continued. Other than that, their compile instructions were easy to follow. It took a while to compile, but that wasn't a big issue for me.
Well if they are relying on venture capital funds until their business model does turn a profit, then they do have a point. Not every business is profitable from the start. To make matters worse, where some of these dot coms are located makes basic expenses such as office space very high. In many cases the internet allows them to be located just about anywhere, but they are in the high priced tech areas to attract talent (why not have the basic business staff & headquarters located someplace cheap, and if need by have the techs telecommute?) So not only are they not bringing in much revenue, they are bleeding red ink like a stuck pig due to high expenses. Unless you have a very patient VC, this won't last for long. Given the slide that we've been in for the past year, the VCs aren't being patient.
Is DC == Diner's Club or Debit Card? I've rented from a major rental company using a debit card. I haven't had a credit card in 6 years and I'm glad I don't have one. Too much of a temptation.
They will add lots of nasty late payment fees, suspend usage, and will call you up just about every other day (at least it seemed like it) to harrass you about payment. I know this from experience when my wife decided that my company provided AmEx card would be perfect for her spending sprees.
Many rental car agencies will take debit cards and/or cash. However, they may require a larger deposit or some other extra upfront fees. Travelocity will include a car rental agencies cash and debit card policies. So should any good travel agent. I do know from experience that Alamo and Enterprise will take debit cards.
In my experience, most farmers don't view other farmers as competitors. They are neighbors, sometimes friends, who will often help each other if it's needed. IMHO, anyone that would do that sort of underhanded behavior missed their calling to be a MS employee and should be turned into fertilizer.
A few years ago, it was just the opposite. When I was in high school, I remember people being very upset about subsidized Canadian hogs flooding the market and driving prices down.
Come to think about it, you can probably replace Canada with just about any other country and get a sentiment close to what the farmers in that country feel.
I'm not sure. Like the other poster said, it's probably based on an initial deposit plus whatever they charge for the contents. I don't think it was very much. I'll email my friend and ask.
Not everyone in the city may go to the pro sports games, but the people who do actually get something from the stadium construction.
And I get the 'benefit' of higher taxes. Oh boy!
At least a museum or symphony hall can be educational and cost no where near the amount a new stadium does. If it didn't cost so much it would be funny: politicians drag their feet on funding essential services & infrastructure, but jump at spending millions for entertainment. The schools are crappy, streets, bridges, etc are run down, but by God, everything's better because they have a team to cheer for! No wonder this country is so screwed up.
IMHO, if there are so many people who get fired up over having a team, then they should make the team community property similar to what Green Bay has done. Or at least have the owners & business partners fund a large majority of the construction.
Personally, I'd rather have people be proud of their community because it has good schools, a low amount of crime, clean, etc. In this case, the diversion helps people ignore problems that need fixing. Having a new stadium doesn't help much that much when the city already has at least two sports/entertainment complexes that are hardly used, but not up to 'major-league' standards (ie. not enough skyboxes). IMHO, this is just an example of a pissing contest for politicians & business leaders and they're using the taxpayers to fund it.
Besides, do you really want me to base my opinion on Hollywood fiction (bad fiction at that)? Does LA feel like less of a city because they lost two NFL teams? Do the people of Chicago feel better when the Bulls win a championship and the fans riot? I don't have a problem with sports. But they are just _games_ and if you like a sport, it's more fun to actually play it with your friends/collegues than to watch some overpaid moron do it while you sit and get drunk.
You can't 'hack' a retail outlet and expect to be allowed to shop there in the future. Smart store operators know to '86' troublemakers.
You've got to be kidding. Chains like Wal-Mart or Nordstroms take practically anything back in an effort to maintain customer satisfaction. I think 20/20 had a story about customer service and returns policies a few years ago. Their undercover shopper took a shirt back to Nordstroms that was a brand that they never carried. They got a refund. I've seen a person take a lawnmower that was obviously used all summer back to a Wal-Mart and exchange it for other merchandise. Jeff Foxworthy even had a skit about it:
Even if EVERY /. and computer geek on the planet went out and buy the Cd for the sake of figuring out how to break the CD
Then Charlie would think he was back on his way to country superstardom when the initial sales figured are released. Unfortunately, after the geek sales spike, things would go back down to normal and he'd have to book another gig at a casino or Branson.
Charlie should be happy that he's getting the exposure he is getting via Napster. He's certainly not getting any on most country stations. Napster might actually help him increase the sales of some of his records along with the casino and Branson tour circuit.
From the article, his reasoning is to help maintain the royalty stream for the song writers. That certainly sounds noble, but why do they have to use the royalty system of payment? Do the sound engineers or studio musicians get paid royalties?
they're being fed propaganda by their labels
The Nashville Nazis and Hollywood Hooligans strike again.
Years ago, my college roommate went to the local Coca-Cola distributor and asked for a tap, a heat exchanger, and paid for a cylinder holding the syrup and one w/ the carbonated water. When he got back to the dorm, he drilled holes in his small refrigerator to pass the lines through, mounted the heat exchanger inside (in the freezer I think), and mounted the tap on the side. The fridge was right next to his recliner, so he could get refills of ice cold Dr. Pepper while watching his TV shows. When the cylinders ran out, he took them back to the distributor and paid for some new ones. I think he's still using it after about 10 years and he didn't have to pay for the tap or any of the other equipment. Just the cylinder refills.
The idea of having Coke on tap in the home just sounds like a more consumer friendly version of what my friend and unknown number of bars and restaurants have been doing for years.
The 1978 VW probably gets better gas mileage than most new SUVs and if properly maintained, should pass inspections.
Some old cars can get good fuel economy. I was in Sam's Club the other day and for some reason a 'coffee-table' type book about cars of the 1970s caught my eye. It contained ads, magazine reviews, and other stuff for just about every model of car sold in the US during the 70s. While flipping through it, I came upon an ad for a Datsun B210 hatchback. It had an EPA highway rating of 40mpg. Thirty years later, there are only a few cars that can beat that. My Mistubishi econo box doesn't and most cars I've looked at (w/ the exception of VW diesels) average in the high 20s. Most SUV owners can probably only dream of getting 20mpg.
I would say maybe a few hundred...a couple thousand sounds like it's pushing it. Real estate taxes probably don't come into play since exclusions for not paying them are usually included in the sales pitch. I know what the politicians are getting out of it: bragging rights and kickbacks. I wanted to know what the cities get out of it besides having to pay higher taxes for sports complexes so some barely literate jocks can play ball while the owners rake in skybox loot (then gripe a few years down the road how crappy their facility is and demand the tax payers build a new one) I don't see how they make the city better..safer, more livable. IMHO, they just provide a distraction from the real things that need attention so they can get fixed.
What do these cities really get out of having a major league sports team anyway? Do they actually bring in enough revenue to justify the public spending hundreds of millions of dollars on stadiums or arenas? I don't watch sports on TV and I only go to local games when I get free tickets. The metro area I'm unfortunately in seems to have some sort of inferiority complex when it comes to professional sports. The elected officials & top business leaders seem perfectly willing to prostitute themselves and volunteer tax dollars for the building of a sports facility, but balk at spending money on a court ordered new jail or improve the crappy schools. I guess we're in the bread & circuses phase: don't worry about society crumbling around you, just watch the bouncing ball......
I've heard this before, but I wonder how well it works. The last thing I usually want to do while shopping is to start talking to a complete stranger in the frozen food isle.
I believe a geek friend of mine met the woman that would later become his wife at a dance class. I think he said the instructor paired up the people who didn't have partners and they hit it off. It wasn't salsa (Country), but you are probably correct in that probably any style would work.
That's assuming that he is the type that can make friends easily and can strike up cordial converstations with complete strangers. Many geeks are introverts and are quite possibly intimidated by members of the opposite sex due to fear of rejection, being laughed at, 'you're too smart for me, go away!'*, etc. Many times this can be due to thinking about and over analysing the situation. For these guys, the women have to approach them because they won't.
* - actually happened to me in a club. The woman asked where I worked, and that was the response I got....so much for wanting nice intelligent guys. I should have pretended to be a dumb jerk, but I'm not a good actor/liar either.
Look at any of the results from this search at Google. Probably not much different than any other dating service, but it would have the added expense and hassel of foreign travel and bringing a foreign national into the country. But, they probably don't have the inherent(sp?) head-up-ass bitchiness that many Am. women posses and are probably better educated.
Otherwise, just pour all your energy into your work and ignore the opposite sex. Your computers don't complain when you get home late from work and are in general easier to deal with.
Note: I met my wife during a summer job as the maintenance dept for a small town while in high school. She was laying out trying to get a tan in the back yard and her dog attacked me as I walked by on the sidewalk on the way to mow the park. We broke up soon after she moved away and I was in college. Years later, she called me for my 25th birthday and we soon got back together. I jumped at the chance because she was the only woman to have ever had anything to do with me. Unfortunately, I assumed she was the same as she was in HS, and there's been lots of rough spots ever since. I didn't realize how prophetic a co-workers words 'You are 25, enjoy it. Life goes to hell from here on out' would be. I should have chosen option #2.
I wonder if it's something that they all actually know but are afraid to state publically for fear of being branded male oppressor pigs or something.
It's not politically correct in the current climate, so I'm sure that's a part of it.
"Work or die" is the main motivational lever.
Since when hasn't this been the case for human existence?
The union leaders & the pols they buy off are certainly better off because of it, so they will tell you yes. IMHO, it's not any different than if a CEO buys one.
while the standard of living went way up, primarily due to cheap credit
That's a real good way of increasing your standard of living...go into debt. Every so often I tune into Dave Ramsey on the radio. It's funny. It is common for the show to get a call where the guy's household income is 100K+, but he's broke ($10s of thousands on credit cards, leased cars, etc) w/ no savings. The host will offer him a few free clues (cut up the cards, get rid of the leased cars/SUV and get a cheap MOT, plow the money into reducing other debt, etc). At other times there will be a husband & wife who probably make $25-30K a year calling in because they're happy they saved $6K+ within that year to pay everything off but the house.
What's the difference? IMHO, priorities and the emphasis on the 'status' received by the stuff you own. Unfortunately, that stuff ends up owning you.