When I put my car in for servicing etc I pay for parts and labour, and when I have workmen in at home to do something it's again parts and labour, so where's the difference?
Not quite the same.
the worker gets an hourly wage.
the shop charges an hourly rate to cover wage and overhead
most reliable shops charge a standard and will talk to the you if they think they will go over the standard
you don't have your car serviced and get hit with an extra $50 because the tech cross threaded a lugnut and it took 30 minutes to change it. They are gonna charge you a 1/2 hour up front for the oil change and tire rotation and be done in 20 minutes.
if teachers knew the subject they were teaching and wrote tests based on what they taught, then they could tell if a student knew the material or not. Let the grades reflect the level of effort put into the subject. Instead, we have standardized/normalized/lowered to the LCD test that will allow a brain damaged spider monkey to pass the course.
Some classes just have dry reading material. Some classes, you're required to take and have no interest in the subject. Having big brother watch you to make sure you do the required reading isn't the answer. The student can blankly stare at the pages long enough to "read" the words to promptly forget them. With a little effort from the teacher, a bit of interest can be developed and more will be learned and retained past the end of the page.
but based on the comments, it sounds a whole lot like her US counterpart.
Reagan caught a lot of flack after he left office, but history has been kind to him. Perhaps in a few years Maggie will be seen in a kinder light. Or maybe not. The brits aren't too fond of the eastern european influx that have shown up for free medical.
I think its more of a first world problem. The US and the UK both are screwed over by their cellular carriers. Example, AT&T charges $3.99/minute to use my cell phone in Indonesia. For a $10 sim card with a local number, I got 1000 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data. Calling home on that card, would last about 13 minutes. less than 1/4 of what it cost to use my ATT sim card. Reloads on that card were even cheaper. I've been in the middle of nowhere Kazakhstan talking on my phone, but get a dropped call in the middle of Houston going over a bridge. The big difference I seen is internationally, they have to buy the phone. so EVERYONE sells phones and there is competition. You can buy a cheap block phone for $20 to a nice smart phone for $300 or $400 for the latest.
I must not use google services enough. I use their mail, calendars and iGoogle. I really like igoogle because in a glance, I see the headlines, here, drudge, and various news sources, also see how my stocks have moved.Sure most of that can be replaced with windows gadgets, but with igoogle, Its accessible from anywhere I log in. My computer, my phone, my tablet.
this is not a loss of electrical energy. and for me, 90% of the time the ear buds are there to block the office noise more than listen to the music. I keep it low enough to hear when someone is trying to get my attention. the other 10% is my drive home and my truck stereo isn't that good either.
I recall the same concerns when bluetooth was first put on phones.
Most will just keep the feature turned off until they need/want it. I do the same for NFC, bluetooth, and wifi on my phone.
getting to work earlier for me just means I can work more salary exempt hours that day.
and atleast for me, yeah, I know thats what Im doing. If I only put in 9 hours a day, I would prolly be here at 5 am.
Digital today has the problem of no permanent physical medium to contain it. A book will eventually wear out and need replaced. A CD will eventually become scratched. There is no loss in quality or experience when we are talking about content stored on a drive with a backup in the cloud. its the same experience each and every time no matter how many times its sold, traded, or read. The easy fix is for artistic producers to just keep producing new, original, content that people will want to buy. Gone are the days of $10 for a CD with one song and 12 crap songs that you have to buy to get the one good song. Gone are the days of a $20 book that the spine breaks and is useless for resale after a couple years.
I would be curious to see what kind of damage has been done to the equipment left there for the last 40 years from space debris. Probably none, but it would give us an idea of how equipment and structures would hold up long term.
Quite honestly, it doesn't matter. but lets take a look at history. The cold war was a fine example. You sided with the US or you sided with the USSR. You wanna side with US, you prosper, you side with the USSR, you crumble. One side you got all you want, the other side you get toilet paper on every third wednesday. China sided with the USSR until they crumbled, now they are seeing prosperity. Even Russia is friendly to the US and improving economically. As far as North Korea, sure, they could probably unleash some destruction. They launch something, its tracked once it leaves the ground. Its a long flight from there to the west coast and even further to the east. about the best they can hope for is to hit something local, but that wouldn't be a strike against our capital now would it?
When I get somewhere Im tired. Im brain dead. I want a shower and a drink.
I would rather step up to a desk, hand someone my passport and let them take care of everything. Just tell me what the room number is and hand me the card key. I've checked into dozens of airports and hundreds of hotels around the world.
I have a smart phone, an Ipod touch, and Ipod classic, a GPS, a Nexus 7" tablet, an Omega seamaster watch, why would I possibly start to believe that an iWatch is something useful. My phone does a good job of somethings, but sucks for browsing the web. my ipod touch is good for somethings but doesn't have the storage capacity for a road trip. my GPS is just bigger and more useful than the other devices. My tablet is big enough to browse the web on and easier to reply to emails than on the phone. My watch is all ways ticking away. Every gadget does what it was intended to do well. Another half fast gadget that does everything, but poorly isn't something I need in my life.
Oh, and yes, I have a digital camera even tho every device but my GPS has a camera. they all suck.
if one gets an article published and it has gone thru peer review and peer acceptance it carries the prestige. The problem is, the peer process limits the amount of people looking at it, thinking about it, or working on it. Opening the articles up to be free is gonna open them up to a whole new audience that may have a new concerns. Now the publisher or writer has to spend resources to investigate the concern or lose credibility. As long as it costs something to get a copy of the journal, then readership is limited to those willing to spend the money. A passing interest in a subject may get people searching the web on the subject, but not spending money on a magazine they aren't going to read regularly. Heck, I hardly ever read the ME magazines I get with professional memberships.
temperature and sight are both electro-magnetic energy sensations. taste and smell are both chemical sensations.hearing is mechanical vibrations. touch is a mechanical sensation. balance is a force sensation. All the scientist have done is train the mice to detect levels of electro-magnetic energy that is outside their normal range.
I have programed in a couple languages. Nothing serious, just the exposure. I don't think it really matters what language software is written in, it can be done badly. The problem I see with a lot of software is that the modules aren't re-examined when updates or additions are made. After a while, you get bloated modules that are eventually orphaned in favor of another module as another programmer comes along. or worse, another sub contractor comes along and the tie to the original programmer is completely lost along with the notes from the project.
when they extracted the organic compounds from the sand, did they normalize this against untainted sand from the area? Sand is going to contain some organic compounds naturally from the various marine life. Does their tests differentiate between crude oil compounds and rotting whale blubber compounds or seagull droppings?
I carry cash for most daily purchases. Fuel, groceries, etc go on the card for convenience, and the points. I worked in a convenience store in college. your right, we really didn't care about the customer. a smile and a hello was for the chance at mystery shopper. If you were regular enough that we knew you, it depended on who you were. the local bartenders got the cop perks, in return, we got free pitchers at the local bars. As far as having to put stuff up, that was the next shifts problem when they restocked the cooler, just grab what was left. Really didn't matter.
I doubt any retailers will change prices, but most will charge an extra 3% to 5% to cover themselves.
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When I put my car in for servicing etc I pay for parts and labour, and when I have workmen in at home to do something it's again parts and labour, so where's the difference?
Not quite the same.
the worker gets an hourly wage.
the shop charges an hourly rate to cover wage and overhead
most reliable shops charge a standard and will talk to the you if they think they will go over the standard
you don't have your car serviced and get hit with an extra $50 because the tech cross threaded a lugnut and it took 30 minutes to change it. They are gonna charge you a 1/2 hour up front for the oil change and tire rotation and be done in 20 minutes.
Some classes just have dry reading material. Some classes, you're required to take and have no interest in the subject. Having big brother watch you to make sure you do the required reading isn't the answer. The student can blankly stare at the pages long enough to "read" the words to promptly forget them. With a little effort from the teacher, a bit of interest can be developed and more will be learned and retained past the end of the page.
neither does stainless steel Omega watches.
Reagan caught a lot of flack after he left office, but history has been kind to him. Perhaps in a few years Maggie will be seen in a kinder light. Or maybe not. The brits aren't too fond of the eastern european influx that have shown up for free medical.
I think its more of a first world problem. The US and the UK both are screwed over by their cellular carriers. Example, AT&T charges $3.99/minute to use my cell phone in Indonesia. For a $10 sim card with a local number, I got 1000 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data. Calling home on that card, would last about 13 minutes. less than 1/4 of what it cost to use my ATT sim card. Reloads on that card were even cheaper. I've been in the middle of nowhere Kazakhstan talking on my phone, but get a dropped call in the middle of Houston going over a bridge. The big difference I seen is internationally, they have to buy the phone. so EVERYONE sells phones and there is competition. You can buy a cheap block phone for $20 to a nice smart phone for $300 or $400 for the latest.
I must not use google services enough. I use their mail, calendars and iGoogle. I really like igoogle because in a glance, I see the headlines, here, drudge, and various news sources, also see how my stocks have moved.Sure most of that can be replaced with windows gadgets, but with igoogle, Its accessible from anywhere I log in. My computer, my phone, my tablet.
this is not a loss of electrical energy. and for me, 90% of the time the ear buds are there to block the office noise more than listen to the music. I keep it low enough to hear when someone is trying to get my attention. the other 10% is my drive home and my truck stereo isn't that good either.
I recall the same concerns when bluetooth was first put on phones. Most will just keep the feature turned off until they need/want it. I do the same for NFC, bluetooth, and wifi on my phone.
getting to work earlier for me just means I can work more salary exempt hours that day. and atleast for me, yeah, I know thats what Im doing. If I only put in 9 hours a day, I would prolly be here at 5 am.
Digital today has the problem of no permanent physical medium to contain it. A book will eventually wear out and need replaced. A CD will eventually become scratched. There is no loss in quality or experience when we are talking about content stored on a drive with a backup in the cloud. its the same experience each and every time no matter how many times its sold, traded, or read. The easy fix is for artistic producers to just keep producing new, original, content that people will want to buy. Gone are the days of $10 for a CD with one song and 12 crap songs that you have to buy to get the one good song. Gone are the days of a $20 book that the spine breaks and is useless for resale after a couple years.
I would be curious to see what kind of damage has been done to the equipment left there for the last 40 years from space debris. Probably none, but it would give us an idea of how equipment and structures would hold up long term.
Quite honestly, it doesn't matter. but lets take a look at history. The cold war was a fine example. You sided with the US or you sided with the USSR. You wanna side with US, you prosper, you side with the USSR, you crumble. One side you got all you want, the other side you get toilet paper on every third wednesday. China sided with the USSR until they crumbled, now they are seeing prosperity. Even Russia is friendly to the US and improving economically. As far as North Korea, sure, they could probably unleash some destruction. They launch something, its tracked once it leaves the ground. Its a long flight from there to the west coast and even further to the east. about the best they can hope for is to hit something local, but that wouldn't be a strike against our capital now would it?
When I get somewhere Im tired. Im brain dead. I want a shower and a drink. I would rather step up to a desk, hand someone my passport and let them take care of everything. Just tell me what the room number is and hand me the card key. I've checked into dozens of airports and hundreds of hotels around the world.
I have a smart phone, an Ipod touch, and Ipod classic, a GPS, a Nexus 7" tablet, an Omega seamaster watch, why would I possibly start to believe that an iWatch is something useful. My phone does a good job of somethings, but sucks for browsing the web. my ipod touch is good for somethings but doesn't have the storage capacity for a road trip. my GPS is just bigger and more useful than the other devices. My tablet is big enough to browse the web on and easier to reply to emails than on the phone. My watch is all ways ticking away. Every gadget does what it was intended to do well. Another half fast gadget that does everything, but poorly isn't something I need in my life. Oh, and yes, I have a digital camera even tho every device but my GPS has a camera. they all suck.
remember these are the people who wanted to ban dihydrogen monoxide...
if one gets an article published and it has gone thru peer review and peer acceptance it carries the prestige. The problem is, the peer process limits the amount of people looking at it, thinking about it, or working on it. Opening the articles up to be free is gonna open them up to a whole new audience that may have a new concerns. Now the publisher or writer has to spend resources to investigate the concern or lose credibility. As long as it costs something to get a copy of the journal, then readership is limited to those willing to spend the money. A passing interest in a subject may get people searching the web on the subject, but not spending money on a magazine they aren't going to read regularly. Heck, I hardly ever read the ME magazines I get with professional memberships.
Insects can't stand alcohol, I'll drink more when I'm out... just keeping up my insect defenses..
temperature and sight are both electro-magnetic energy sensations. taste and smell are both chemical sensations.hearing is mechanical vibrations. touch is a mechanical sensation. balance is a force sensation. All the scientist have done is train the mice to detect levels of electro-magnetic energy that is outside their normal range.
I have programed in a couple languages. Nothing serious, just the exposure. I don't think it really matters what language software is written in, it can be done badly. The problem I see with a lot of software is that the modules aren't re-examined when updates or additions are made. After a while, you get bloated modules that are eventually orphaned in favor of another module as another programmer comes along. or worse, another sub contractor comes along and the tie to the original programmer is completely lost along with the notes from the project.
Will there be a law against this faster than it can be implemented?
when they extracted the organic compounds from the sand, did they normalize this against untainted sand from the area? Sand is going to contain some organic compounds naturally from the various marine life. Does their tests differentiate between crude oil compounds and rotting whale blubber compounds or seagull droppings?
I carry cash for most daily purchases. Fuel, groceries, etc go on the card for convenience, and the points. I worked in a convenience store in college. your right, we really didn't care about the customer. a smile and a hello was for the chance at mystery shopper. If you were regular enough that we knew you, it depended on who you were. the local bartenders got the cop perks, in return, we got free pitchers at the local bars. As far as having to put stuff up, that was the next shifts problem when they restocked the cooler, just grab what was left. Really didn't matter. I doubt any retailers will change prices, but most will charge an extra 3% to 5% to cover themselves.
kinda like how quickly fax machine spam stopped?
I'm doing my part to contribute to the heat death of the universe. Just be patient.
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