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Most walmart antagonizers, like myself, are upset because walmart operates at such a low profit margin that it cannot afford to treat its employees and distributors with respect. The company drives down price (what the consumer pays) while trimming cost (what they pay the vendor) to razor thin margins. On the surface it sounds like everyone wins, but it promotes a model of production where quality suffers and necessitates using the cheapest labor.
For what it is worth, I think people who shop at walmart deserve what they get, but unfortunately I have to live with the consequences as well. Therefore, I do my part to not shop there and encourage others to do so as well.
Not sure if you meant this as a joke, but they clearly refute this claim on their site. However, they do think Bush is bad for the country, but I bet on the political spectrum they see little difference between Bush and Kerry.
It is nice to see, in the midst of a bunch of off topic rants, an actual answer to the question. I'm a regular cyclist and used to do road racing, so I'll admit that I don't find the electric component to be compelling. You confirmed my suspicion that the added weight of the batteries becomes an albatross when the juice is low.
So true. I've become fond of espresso since visiting Italy and finally found a good barista locally. Anytime I mention getting a good cafê someone pipes in about getting jolted by it. What the don't realize is that an espresso is effectively a cup of coffee distilled into a very small cup. The caffein content is the same as the watered down American style coffee. Go figure.
Good point. My current experience is only from the University I work at, but I realize that I don't have an over-arching exposure to academies all over. When I went to school about 8 years ago it was pro-unix and everyone dismissed Microsoft as a curiosity. Another post made a good point about the donations from Microsoft, which naturally have some strings attached.
What University is this? My experience working and attending several in the United States is that they are open source friendly. Based on my cursory understanding of the student's proposal, I would guess it was shot down more because it wasn't pertinent to computer science. Just a guess.
I happen to like traditional homes, but the commentary brings up some good points. Most people don't use a formal dining or living room. A house should be built for the way it is used, but of course there are consequences when it comes to reselling.
Good advice for those who are in college. I started my own business in college and did four internships. When I graduated I kept working on my own business, and by the time I decided to leave it a year or so later, I had plenty of real experience.
I regularly hire people these days and I'm much more impressed by what college students do in internships and their free time than their academic projects.
Dude, it is because you are a Marxist hacker. Your wages are going to the proletariat who needs it more. Once we have implemented the current five year plan, all wages will be properly equal and you will be justly compensated. Ignore the bourgeois swine who advocate that you change jobs for more money.
I would also like to point out that the current president has allocated over 6 billion dollars toward the development of new nuclear weapons. Some of this money may eventually go toward securing the 26,000 existing ones (gasp!), but I'm puzzled by this show of corporate welfare to keep building the damn things.
Thank you for the helpful information. From what I've heard, the best prevention for abuse are family members who visit often. There is probably no better safe guard than a watchful eye from concerned parties. Your point about accidents is well taken, and I wouldn't expect perfection by any means.
In fact, I think one of the problems facing health care in America is that people get trigger happy to sue over mistakes, forgetting that there is no guarantee. I understand seeking justice for willful negligence, but the victim mentality has made medicine a risky business, and we all pay for it.
And to think that today is the day I don't have mod points. Truly great post, man. Out of curiosity, were you working at a public or private hospital? Are there any recommendations you could give for people as they enter into hospital care? Any tell tale signs that your nurse is a mouth-breathing idiot who will kill you by accident?
You out of date belief doesn't constitute an argument. Are you a citizen of your state?
FYI, I have put a fair amount of study into what the founders meant by the electoral college. It was the right decision at the time, but nearly everyone feels the mental dissonance in modern times. It feels like a wagon wheel on a modern car. Some reform is in order.
When is the last time you heard someone declare themselves a citizen of their state or volunteer for their state militia? Times have changed and it doesn't take 60 days for a delegate to deliver the vote from California to DC. The notion of state rights is so arcane that I can't believe people still argue for it anymore.
I don't claim to know all the political issues with capewind, but maybe a good solution is to offer a reasonable energy subsidy for people living in the area where the wind farm is located. This would seem to compensate those who can least afford the energy bill.
I agree. I'm weary of my "scared of the dark" neighbors who flood the neighborhood with light at night. It makes it impossible to appreciate the night stars, in my relatively remote area, and it is a waste of money. I think a nice compromise might be to connect flood lights to motion sensors though.
History, Philosophy, Art, and Literature are all super-important in that respect, and one reason our society has become so dumbed-down and easily manipulated by politicians, the media, and large corporations is that people no longer see value in learning anything other trade-skills that will get them a job and some income as soon as possible
I suspect we have agreeable views on this, but what strikes me is that these things used to be taught in high school. At one time they could be reliably expected in college, but that much isn't even so certain. The net result is that exposure to the humanities are either delayed or missed. It is a real loss.
First off, I've used CD Baby and I'm pretty impressed to see you here posting. Thanks for sharing the insight about what MS is doing. I wish them all the luck and think it will be good for iTunes to have some serious competition. Although the DRM from MS is a clear losing point for customers, it is ultimately good to promote more innovative distribution channels for music. I'm glad it is helping the little guys, like CD Baby.
I suspect the author is considering the broader software market, which still involves a bit of customization for client installations. For example, if you are selling software for 50k to automotive dealerships (a niche market) you probably would yield few online sales.
The problem you raise is not so easy to solve. While it sounds nice to separate content from presentation, in many cases the presentation is part of the content. Take the indentation of poetry for example, or for a more specific example, e. e . cummings. Once you wade into these areas you start talking about marking the text, which is a tricky issue. The Text Encoding Iniative has been hammering out a solution for a decade, but the learning curve is steep.
As much as I think the project is digging themselves into a whole with hard formatting, I can understand why they do it. The alternative is a nasty can of worms.
When people are in their homes behind locked doors I think they can deem themselves fairly safe. I'll grant that it is safer to walk around a lit room than a dark one, but I need no such comforts when sleeping. Most people simply have spent most of their lives bathed in light and freak out in the dark.
I agree. Unfortunately, I don't know what can be done about grown men who are afraid of the dark. In my neighborhood, for example, people leave lamp post lights on overnight. It annoys the hell out of me, because their light makes it into my room at night (in spite of curtains).
I think we need to get people over this notion that they are safer in the light. I'm not sure how, but I see it as a psychological/attitude problem.
We are not lower animals: we are no longer entirely subject to the whims of Mother Nature. At what point do you decide that a person's life is no longer worth preserving, and more to the point, who decides? For many families, the value of their loved ones far exceed the cost to keep them alive for a few more years.
I agree with everything you say here. My only wish would be that the cost of prolonging life would be born by the aged and immediate family, not society at large. As you point out, someone must decide.
My roommate worked on the Hill, so I'll offer this anecdote: While members of congress do have a lot of money, most of it is spent on re-election. They tend to fly coach more often than business class and they use the plain old airplanes like everyone else.
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(subject line reformatted for the non-shouting sort I am)
Most walmart antagonizers, like myself, are upset because walmart operates at such a low profit margin that it cannot afford to treat its employees and distributors with respect. The company drives down price (what the consumer pays) while trimming cost (what they pay the vendor) to razor thin margins. On the surface it sounds like everyone wins, but it promotes a model of production where quality suffers and necessitates using the cheapest labor.
For what it is worth, I think people who shop at walmart deserve what they get, but unfortunately I have to live with the consequences as well. Therefore, I do my part to not shop there and encourage others to do so as well.
Not sure if you meant this as a joke, but they clearly refute this claim on their site. However, they do think Bush is bad for the country, but I bet on the political spectrum they see little difference between Bush and Kerry.
It is nice to see, in the midst of a bunch of off topic rants, an actual answer to the question. I'm a regular cyclist and used to do road racing, so I'll admit that I don't find the electric component to be compelling. You confirmed my suspicion that the added weight of the batteries becomes an albatross when the juice is low.
So true. I've become fond of espresso since visiting Italy and finally found a good barista locally. Anytime I mention getting a good cafê someone pipes in about getting jolted by it. What the don't realize is that an espresso is effectively a cup of coffee distilled into a very small cup. The caffein content is the same as the watered down American style coffee. Go figure.
Good point. My current experience is only from the University I work at, but I realize that I don't have an over-arching exposure to academies all over. When I went to school about 8 years ago it was pro-unix and everyone dismissed Microsoft as a curiosity. Another post made a good point about the donations from Microsoft, which naturally have some strings attached.
What University is this? My experience working and attending several in the United States is that they are open source friendly. Based on my cursory understanding of the student's proposal, I would guess it was shot down more because it wasn't pertinent to computer science. Just a guess.
I happen to like traditional homes, but the commentary brings up some good points. Most people don't use a formal dining or living room. A house should be built for the way it is used, but of course there are consequences when it comes to reselling.
Thank God for Ross Perot, but I agree that it was shame the Bush was elected.
Good advice for those who are in college. I started my own business in college and did four internships. When I graduated I kept working on my own business, and by the time I decided to leave it a year or so later, I had plenty of real experience.
I regularly hire people these days and I'm much more impressed by what college students do in internships and their free time than their academic projects.
Dude, it is because you are a Marxist hacker. Your wages are going to the proletariat who needs it more. Once we have implemented the current five year plan, all wages will be properly equal and you will be justly compensated. Ignore the bourgeois swine who advocate that you change jobs for more money.
I would also like to point out that the current president has allocated over 6 billion dollars toward the development of new nuclear weapons. Some of this money may eventually go toward securing the 26,000 existing ones (gasp!), but I'm puzzled by this show of corporate welfare to keep building the damn things.
Thank you for the helpful information. From what I've heard, the best prevention for abuse are family members who visit often. There is probably no better safe guard than a watchful eye from concerned parties. Your point about accidents is well taken, and I wouldn't expect perfection by any means.
In fact, I think one of the problems facing health care in America is that people get trigger happy to sue over mistakes, forgetting that there is no guarantee. I understand seeking justice for willful negligence, but the victim mentality has made medicine a risky business, and we all pay for it.
Again, thanks for the insight.
And to think that today is the day I don't have mod points. Truly great post, man. Out of curiosity, were you working at a public or private hospital? Are there any recommendations you could give for people as they enter into hospital care? Any tell tale signs that your nurse is a mouth-breathing idiot who will kill you by accident?
You out of date belief doesn't constitute an argument. Are you a citizen of your state?
FYI, I have put a fair amount of study into what the founders meant by the electoral college. It was the right decision at the time, but nearly everyone feels the mental dissonance in modern times. It feels like a wagon wheel on a modern car. Some reform is in order.
When is the last time you heard someone declare themselves a citizen of their state or volunteer for their state militia? Times have changed and it doesn't take 60 days for a delegate to deliver the vote from California to DC. The notion of state rights is so arcane that I can't believe people still argue for it anymore.
I don't claim to know all the political issues with capewind, but maybe a good solution is to offer a reasonable energy subsidy for people living in the area where the wind farm is located. This would seem to compensate those who can least afford the energy bill.
I agree. I'm weary of my "scared of the dark" neighbors who flood the neighborhood with light at night. It makes it impossible to appreciate the night stars, in my relatively remote area, and it is a waste of money. I think a nice compromise might be to connect flood lights to motion sensors though.
History, Philosophy, Art, and Literature are all super-important in that respect, and one reason our society has become so dumbed-down and easily manipulated by politicians, the media, and large corporations is that people no longer see value in learning anything other trade-skills that will get them a job and some income as soon as possible
I suspect we have agreeable views on this, but what strikes me is that these things used to be taught in high school. At one time they could be reliably expected in college, but that much isn't even so certain. The net result is that exposure to the humanities are either delayed or missed. It is a real loss.
First off, I've used CD Baby and I'm pretty impressed to see you here posting. Thanks for sharing the insight about what MS is doing. I wish them all the luck and think it will be good for iTunes to have some serious competition. Although the DRM from MS is a clear losing point for customers, it is ultimately good to promote more innovative distribution channels for music. I'm glad it is helping the little guys, like CD Baby.
I suspect the author is considering the broader software market, which still involves a bit of customization for client installations. For example, if you are selling software for 50k to automotive dealerships (a niche market) you probably would yield few online sales.
The problem you raise is not so easy to solve. While it sounds nice to separate content from presentation, in many cases the presentation is part of the content. Take the indentation of poetry for example, or for a more specific example, e. e . cummings. Once you wade into these areas you start talking about marking the text, which is a tricky issue. The Text Encoding Iniative has been hammering out a solution for a decade, but the learning curve is steep.
As much as I think the project is digging themselves into a whole with hard formatting, I can understand why they do it. The alternative is a nasty can of worms.
When people are in their homes behind locked doors I think they can deem themselves fairly safe. I'll grant that it is safer to walk around a lit room than a dark one, but I need no such comforts when sleeping. Most people simply have spent most of their lives bathed in light and freak out in the dark.
I agree. Unfortunately, I don't know what can be done about grown men who are afraid of the dark. In my neighborhood, for example, people leave lamp post lights on overnight. It annoys the hell out of me, because their light makes it into my room at night (in spite of curtains).
I think we need to get people over this notion that they are safer in the light. I'm not sure how, but I see it as a psychological/attitude problem.
We are not lower animals: we are no longer entirely subject to the whims of Mother Nature. At what point do you decide that a person's life is no longer worth preserving, and more to the point, who decides? For many families, the value of their loved ones far exceed the cost to keep them alive for a few more years.
I agree with everything you say here. My only wish would be that the cost of prolonging life would be born by the aged and immediate family, not society at large. As you point out, someone must decide.
My roommate worked on the Hill, so I'll offer this anecdote: While members of congress do have a lot of money, most of it is spent on re-election. They tend to fly coach more often than business class and they use the plain old airplanes like everyone else.