Having worked in numerous fields (probably more than the IT workers who have thus far replied) I can say without a doubt that IT consists of the biggest bunch of slackers I've ever in my life seen. I enjoy it quite a bit, but I'm actually getting to a point where I'm starting to feel a little guilty. But only a little.
Go recheck that link. China's government holds about 23% of the US debt that is held by foreign governments, which is only about 25 percent of the total. At least how I'm reading that wikipedia article. The paragraph in question is a bit dense and not the clearest, mixing various standards and groups and percentages. But I am pretty sure that only a fraction of 25% is held by the Chinese.
You just don't get it, it seems. It's PERFECTLY fair to compare the 1st gen Android to an iPhone because in the store, that's what a customer is gonna do. What they should or shouldn't do is immaterial. I am speaking of behaviour that people actually exhibit.
The quality of discussion around here really has gotten worse over the years, but it's in rather more subtle ways than what people usually suggest.
It might very well be the result of a modbombing that someone threatened a couple of weeks ago. It could be that someone took offense at me calling him out. This is the worst decline I've either witnessed (or shortcoming that I've only now noticed) and it's not just on/. Everywhere I go, people confuse their own tastes with those of the public. They confuse anecdote with data. If it weren't for so much time to kill, I'd take another/. sabbatical.
I think I got my eNV2 a little later than you. Sadly, in the last month before the big price drop at Verizon.
T-Mobile is a non-starter for me, as the coverage in my area is as bad as Verizon claims T-Mobile's is everywhere. Still torn between Android and iPhone. But next summer gives them both plenty of time to release a new model.
My point to PopeRatzo was that all of this blather about whether a product is first gen or third gen was a bunch of noise to the consumer. They will compare the products that are available when they are ready to purchase.
Glad you are happy with your eNV2. I'm not especially impressed. On three different models (two warranty replacements is the first indicator that something is wrong) I've seen horrible reception and bad battery life. Sound quality is subpar. Only the form factor and the great job it does at sending plain texts has kept me from eating the early cancellation fee and moving on.
My brother noticed with an earlier phone (RAZR??) that as the generations moved along, the price was dropped, but so were some good features (to meet the pricepoint). Is this what is going on with the eNV3 you referred to?
Part of "demand" in the economics sense is not just wanting something, but willingness to pay for something. It doesn't matter what people say; if nobody is actually buying a product, there's no demand.
In addition to desire and willingness, ability to pay is also crucial in the economics sense.
So, you're comparing a third-generation iPhone with a first generation Android phone?
From an engineering perspective, that's a fair criticism, but not from a marketing one. When I go into the respective stores, I have a choice between a third gen and a first gen product.
Mostly about my ex-wife and myself, but I'm just one example of a million. What's even worse is this scenario:
Attorney represents clients A and B in two completely unrelated cases. Client A loses due to some boneheaded move by a judge and appeals. He is successful and the judge acts right in his case. Client B walks into the courtroom and the judge bends Client B over without benefit of lube in order to discipline the attorney.
This is why slashdot sucks. So many people who hate the RIAA that they won't give them their due. Kneejerk defense of criminal behaviour. If you knew anything at all, you'd know that some songs on iTMS cost $1.29, so the fine would NOT be $.99 MAX per song but $1.29 MAX per song. If that extra 30 cents is gonna kill you, maybe you oughta steal a loaf of bread instead of stealing from the poor, beleaguered record companies.
Chemo is far more involved than 'just a shot'. That "$65 for 15 minutes of time" is an old metric, fading out in the 80's at the latest. There are two flaws with it in modern times. First, that $65 was probably the billed amount. Very rare is the insurance who actually pays that amount. The allowed reimbursement is probably 25% of that. Second is the time. That's probably for a level II visit, which can take two minutes or it can take two hours. It has to do with the types of questions and problems worked on during a visit.
I notice you still didn't point out, except in reference to administering chemo, where you had to pay for getting a shot. A shot would refer to allergy shots, vaccinations, possibly some pain injections, but chemo is, AFAIK, different. (I've never worked in oncology, so I'm not sure, but this is my understanding.) Were you charged for materials? Probably. But why not? Only under communism is all value derived from worker input. In the real world, things have value, and must be paid for. If the oncologist could not charge for the drugs, that "$65 for 15 minutes" would probably be at least an order of magnitude higher.
You seem to have a lay or patient's understanding of the process, and really don't know what goes on behind the scenes. I can't fault you for that, as physicians have spent millenia pretending that they practice near mystical rituals that the average person cannot and should not understand. They have only themselves to blame. And yes, there are many docs who are incredible assholes and greedy cocksuckers. I've probably met far more than you have, and it's one of the big reasons I no longer work in that industry.
But to slander an entire profession due to a misunderstanding of the economics and running across a few bad apples does no service to anyone.
FWIW, I could continue to try to explain some of this, as I see that despite the wall of text, there are a few things I've left out. But if you'd rather just continue being angry, I can spit venom as well. Given the choice, I think we'd both be better off with the former.
Yes, California is not the entirety of the US, and your experiences are atypical. I know people in CA have a hard time understanding that there is a rather large and diverse country east of Yuma.
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With that many processing cycles available, why can't they be?
Having worked in numerous fields (probably more than the IT workers who have thus far replied) I can say without a doubt that IT consists of the biggest bunch of slackers I've ever in my life seen. I enjoy it quite a bit, but I'm actually getting to a point where I'm starting to feel a little guilty. But only a little.
How fast will this lifeboat be traveling? If this lifeboat is to be escaping a black hole.. it'd have to be moving pretty fast.
Is it an African lifeboat or a European lifeboat?
Go recheck that link. China's government holds about 23% of the US debt that is held by foreign governments, which is only about 25 percent of the total. At least how I'm reading that wikipedia article. The paragraph in question is a bit dense and not the clearest, mixing various standards and groups and percentages. But I am pretty sure that only a fraction of 25% is held by the Chinese.
IOW, piss on 'em now rather than later.
Not that much smaller than the sleeper berth in a truck. Or as my brother referred to it when he saw one "a prison cell on wheels".
You just don't get it, it seems. It's PERFECTLY fair to compare the 1st gen Android to an iPhone because in the store, that's what a customer is gonna do. What they should or shouldn't do is immaterial. I am speaking of behaviour that people actually exhibit.
The quality of discussion around here really has gotten worse over the years, but it's in rather more subtle ways than what people usually suggest.
It might very well be the result of a modbombing that someone threatened a couple of weeks ago. It could be that someone took offense at me calling him out. This is the worst decline I've either witnessed (or shortcoming that I've only now noticed) and it's not just on /. Everywhere I go, people confuse their own tastes with those of the public. They confuse anecdote with data. If it weren't for so much time to kill, I'd take another /. sabbatical.
I think I got my eNV2 a little later than you. Sadly, in the last month before the big price drop at Verizon.
T-Mobile is a non-starter for me, as the coverage in my area is as bad as Verizon claims T-Mobile's is everywhere. Still torn between Android and iPhone. But next summer gives them both plenty of time to release a new model.
My point to PopeRatzo was that all of this blather about whether a product is first gen or third gen was a bunch of noise to the consumer. They will compare the products that are available when they are ready to purchase.
Glad you are happy with your eNV2. I'm not especially impressed. On three different models (two warranty replacements is the first indicator that something is wrong) I've seen horrible reception and bad battery life. Sound quality is subpar. Only the form factor and the great job it does at sending plain texts has kept me from eating the early cancellation fee and moving on.
My brother noticed with an earlier phone (RAZR??) that as the generations moved along, the price was dropped, but so were some good features (to meet the pricepoint). Is this what is going on with the eNV3 you referred to?
I figured the hoi polloi would miss the snark, but I had higher expectations from you...
Probably, because that's what "demand" implies?
Part of "demand" in the economics sense is not just wanting something, but willingness to pay for something. It doesn't matter what people say; if nobody is actually buying a product, there's no demand.
In addition to desire and willingness, ability to pay is also crucial in the economics sense.
So, you're comparing a third-generation iPhone with a first generation Android phone?
From an engineering perspective, that's a fair criticism, but not from a marketing one. When I go into the respective stores, I have a choice between a third gen and a first gen product.
Does the TSA come to my house every morning, or does my wife get to strip search me?
Well, your wife already strip searches me after you leave for work.
Unobtanium is gotten from Big Blue Men not Little Green Men. (BTW, it comes from a group of Big Blue Men, not the Blue Man Group.)
Mostly about my ex-wife and myself, but I'm just one example of a million. What's even worse is this scenario:
Attorney represents clients A and B in two completely unrelated cases. Client A loses due to some boneheaded move by a judge and appeals. He is successful and the judge acts right in his case. Client B walks into the courtroom and the judge bends Client B over without benefit of lube in order to discipline the attorney.
If a 10 over cost $300 you were in a workzone or a school zone and you should have been fined twice as much.
And you state this based on what expertise in the law of 50 states and countless territories? (Or, heaven forbid, foreign countries.)
And for those who say 'copyright law is wrong boo hoo hoo': TOUGH. That is the law. You break it, you pay for it.
Or, you break it, you pay for it, and you attack the law in court and public opinion to get it changed. See: Martin Luther King.
This is why slashdot sucks. So many people who hate the RIAA that they won't give them their due. Kneejerk defense of criminal behaviour. If you knew anything at all, you'd know that some songs on iTMS cost $1.29, so the fine would NOT be $.99 MAX per song but $1.29 MAX per song. If that extra 30 cents is gonna kill you, maybe you oughta steal a loaf of bread instead of stealing from the poor, beleaguered record companies.
Until you prevail, return to the lower court, and the judge finds some more devious way to rip your nuts off. This is everyday stuff here.
I know your ignorant so I forgive you.
Ditto.
Chemo is far more involved than 'just a shot'. That "$65 for 15 minutes of time" is an old metric, fading out in the 80's at the latest. There are two flaws with it in modern times. First, that $65 was probably the billed amount. Very rare is the insurance who actually pays that amount. The allowed reimbursement is probably 25% of that. Second is the time. That's probably for a level II visit, which can take two minutes or it can take two hours. It has to do with the types of questions and problems worked on during a visit.
I notice you still didn't point out, except in reference to administering chemo, where you had to pay for getting a shot. A shot would refer to allergy shots, vaccinations, possibly some pain injections, but chemo is, AFAIK, different. (I've never worked in oncology, so I'm not sure, but this is my understanding.) Were you charged for materials? Probably. But why not? Only under communism is all value derived from worker input. In the real world, things have value, and must be paid for. If the oncologist could not charge for the drugs, that "$65 for 15 minutes" would probably be at least an order of magnitude higher.
You seem to have a lay or patient's understanding of the process, and really don't know what goes on behind the scenes. I can't fault you for that, as physicians have spent millenia pretending that they practice near mystical rituals that the average person cannot and should not understand. They have only themselves to blame. And yes, there are many docs who are incredible assholes and greedy cocksuckers. I've probably met far more than you have, and it's one of the big reasons I no longer work in that industry.
But to slander an entire profession due to a misunderstanding of the economics and running across a few bad apples does no service to anyone.
FWIW, I could continue to try to explain some of this, as I see that despite the wall of text, there are a few things I've left out. But if you'd rather just continue being angry, I can spit venom as well. Given the choice, I think we'd both be better off with the former.
It's worked for me for 10 years here.
Sure, but basic computer skills will still get you a job paying $30K per year even with very little thinking skills.
Which is very relevant to the OP's kindergarten class.
Is Moloch the new name for 'ex-wife'? Because feeding that is the only thing keeping me from having a decent standard of living.
Yes, California is not the entirety of the US, and your experiences are atypical. I know people in CA have a hard time understanding that there is a rather large and diverse country east of Yuma.
And your anecdote means??? Oh, yeah, slightly more than nothing. VERY slightly more...