Companies will confirm or deny your date of employment, that is it.
Why????
DEFAMATION LAWSUIT!!!!
How does this work?
Glad you asked!
You hire a law firm which specializes in defamation lawsuits. They hire a company which calls your old employer and asks them leading questions about you:
Was she a drunk? Lesbian? Stole pencils? Republican? etc. etc...
Then your lawyer files a defamation lawsuit based on the bullshit that your PHB spewed over the phone..
Result:
You get a few 10s or hundreds of K, your old PHB gets roasted with a blowtorch..
Win Win!
Remember, half the people on/. are like you, the other half are hired by your bosses to post misinformation to keep you in check and in line. These trolls can be recognized by post which say things like:
You are not eligible for unemployment if you do not kiss your companies ass...
The only people who decide what you are eligeble for are at the unemplyment office.
CALL THEM!!!!
God, If, when I was a dumb impressionable kid, I had a nickel for ever time I took some random persons (wrong!!) opinion as fact, rather than ACTUALLY CHECKING with the real authority involved, I'd have like 5 bucks of nickels, plus about 100K in real money.
The saddest part, I guess, is that it is almost impossible to get kids today (no offense meant, seriously, I was one myself once) to listen to advice which empowers them rather than making them
whores and bitches of their employers.
Bah.
Then again,
I
deserve it, cause I never listened to anyone older than me either.
Depends on how much you weigh..
on
Death by Coffee?
·
· Score: 5, Informative
A google search for caffine msds
gives a ORL-HMN LDLO 192 mg/kg.
That means the lowest lethal dose reported in the literature was 192 mg of caffine per 1 kilogram of weight of the victim. I'll let someone else look up plausible values of caffine content in
coffee.
It is certainly possible to kill yourself with caffine, you just need enough of it.
I found a
link
for content of the beans, the values are around 1.3 %. So 100 grams of beans contains 1.3 grams of caffine, or 1300 mg.
Eating 100 g of beans is well over the limit, assuming any of my math is right:)
The technology might be great, but let's look at the quality of life.
High Taxes (income, property, real estate, car, excise).
Lots of gubmint interference
High fees for lic, reg, insurance, title, etc. etc.
PITA to own a gun for self defense.
Outrageous cost of housing
6 months of winter, and the roads are salted so your car will rot out (sheds tear for his decapitated but loved car)
Lots of rudeness and Hate (A house for sale near Boston was set on fire by White neighbors when they discovered the people buying it were Black)
The RMV is staffed by people who actively enjoy being rude and hateful.
So yes, the tech might be great, but there is a LOT more to life (cause when you are on your deathbed, no one says "I wish I had spent more time in MA!:) which can more easily be found in TN, for example...
* They are experts on the verbal and non-verbal language of conducting business transactions.
Agreed, absolutely.
* Every word is crafted carefully to create a precise response from you.
Garp.:)
* They have a mastery of their product that may or may not be obvious. If they say "I'll have to ask engineering" they already know the answer.
Like your other reply asked, could you clarify this? I understand the concept of refering to a higher authority, but I cannot fit that with what you said.
* Often they know vastly more about you than you will ever guess.
If so, they did not get it from my cow-orkers, whom I tell nothing relevant. 8)
* You can assume that they are as good at what they do as you are at what you do.
Yes, but their job is to bend me to their will, whereas my job is to make a working widget..
So I prefer to fight them. Or get more sushi for lunch and dinner.:)
I wish I could meet people like that in a personal
setting...I only know a handfull of salesmen in a work related setting and they all buy me lunch and dinner. (Mmmm Sushi!) In a personal setting it would give me more training for how to resist them in a personal sense...
In a professional sense I am just taking a bribe to buy their widgets for production
Seriously, though, how can his tricks work if you know what he is doing?
What is the mechanism with which he is able to circumvent your logic?
He also speaks at seminars sponsered by
Credit Unions
, (Anyone can join one these days) which is where I met him.. got my (secondhand) book autographed too.
The people who sell you stuff are trained by professionals.
* They are NOT YOUR FREINDS!*
For the sake of your bank account and your sanity, it's worthwhile to educate yourself about the methods that are used, and how to circumvent them.
"
Although only a trained professional can make a diagnosis"
Yes, it's clear from the TomsHardware article that
you do not want to buy a computer from this guy. Just as obvious, penis enlargment products do not work.
At the same time, Toms is slanting some of their article so the guy will seem even worse.
Toms discovers that Mike does NOT need a business license, and then later in the article makes a big deal that the guy does not have one. Duh!
Still, if you insist on labeling Mike with a psych. eval. based on inadequate data, perhaps you can identify with
this one.
I have seen the inside of several "Family" businesses.
They all share a common trait. The "Family" partners all hate each other with a passion which glows cobalt blue in the dark.
What's even worse, none of the "Family" members feel they can leave to do something else, because it is "Their" business. So they are stuck with people ("Family"!) they have come to despise, hate, and ridicule to other employees (that would be me in this case).
In the long run, it would be less painful, less expensive, and more productive to just mangle your genetalia with some sort of pinching/cutting instrument than to do what you are doing.
I realize that you will not believe me, and that I shall be modded down as a troll for pointing all this out, but 10 years from now, when you and your GF et. al. are at each others throats, you will think back and say to yourself:
That Deacon person, he saw all this before!
I leave you with this link, which I am too lazy/inept to embed.
You will have to remove the extra space after you use leftbutton to copy and middle button to paste in the url bar.
Large "establised" "media" outlets, such as Wired, NYT, "Rooters", etc., etc. need readers to sell either their content or their ads or both. Pushing their bias and ideology is a desireable plus.
Bloggers provide a complete spectrum of viewpoints. They do this usually for free, some of them have a tip jar. Sure, there are some stupid blogs about fur balls under the bed, but I am talking about serious bloggers here.
Here is the key: In many cases, bloggers have pointed out gross errors, plain lies, and other biases in "established" "media", which in the case of NYT has resulted in "corrections", where the NYT web page is changed quietly.
Make no mistake, bloggers are a threat to big "media", to the control and the monopoly on the distribution and spin of information that the "media" has enjoyed for decades.
Expect to see more big "media" outlets assuring you that bloggers are boring/venal/stupid/Republican, steal all their ideas, and put puppies thru blenders*.
Nothing to see here, Citizen, move along.
*bonus points to the first 3 million people who get the "puppy blender" ref.
I will educate you: This fee is collected by the force of the State and given to the BBC. Even
people who never watch the BBC have to pay this money if they posess a television.
Or maybe you are
confusing "Free" as in free with "Free" as in "The State gave me this using my and other people's money, no matter if I like it or not."..
In any case, here is a website where you can pay up your "Free"
If you had engaged a few brain cells, instead of just reading the article (WHICH DOES NOT MENTION MORPHINE) and taking it as gospel, you would have *possibly* come to a few conclusions:
We already have drugs that are capable of eliminating pain while your (heart, just as a trivial example) is transplanted.
Now, obviously, someone has chosen *NOT* to use these readily available medicines on burn patients.
So, we have already shown that not all appropriate medicines are being use.
So what the fark makes you think/claim that morphine is included in "conventional drug therapy"?
Does it say so it that poor excuse of an article?
No, it
does not.
Give thanks to Slick (War on Drugs) Willie and Janet (Crispy Branch Davidians) Reno on the way out.
And find out what you can get over-the-air in your area.
For the first few weeks, you will find yourself sitting down in front of where the tv used to be and reaching for the remote.. Over and over again.
Sort of like the way a dog salivates when it hears the ring of a bell, or the way a rat pushes the bar when the light goes on it its cage..
I really had a lot of good laughs at myself when I saw how strongly I had been conditioned to watch TV every night. I had assumed that I thought for myself, was not a sheep, blah blah...
But when I found my hand reaching for the (missing) remote of its own will, like the unthinking way you would scratch an itch on your ear..
It was funny, in a scary sort of way.
The other thing you will have to get used to is the intense, condescending *ANGER* that a few people will flame you with when you tell them you don't watch TV.
Speaking of which, I see you have been modded down from a 5 to a 2 just in the
time I have been previewing and editing this post
Just the price you have to pay for resisting our TV overlords, I guess.
There is an old cliche, "It is time to shoot the engineers and move into production:
And yes, I AM AN Engineer, and like all engineers, I have the same tendency:---->
Fact of life: Many engineers, given the chance, will keep polishing the
helmet because there is another speck of dust on it.
Real world fact: No product is ever perfect to every customer, and there comes a time when you have to stop farking around, finish up, and ship the product!
The alternative is to bankrupt the company, throw everyone out one the street, screw the shareholders and people who have given you credit to buy all your equipment, and start over!
And while we are at it, let us look at this timeline:
1400s: Astromony is too hard and takes time, plus the earth is the center of the universe.
1800s: The sun is the center of our solar system. Germs are a figment of your imagination, plus medicine is so hard.
2000s: Of course germs exsist, and with the proper percautions and drugs, are not a problem. Software is so hard. It will be done when it's ready.
2300s: We have the methodology to write bug free software on time and under budget. But those matter-antimatter transporters are so hard...
Just a nit about your post.. Since I once had a SO who worked in a snooty store...
The sales people DO remember their most frequent customers, and the customers are trained by the salesperson to deal only with that salesperson..
There is an *enormous* commision paid to the salespeople on every sale at these kind of stores,
and the old-timer salespeople are VERY territorial about "their" customers.
The salespeople have little black books they carry around with "their" customers home phone #, and they will call customers at home
"Dahhhling, I just got in the most Di-Vine little outfit that would look *fab* on you!, I've just put it aside for you, and it's just your size!"
Imagine trying to get help in such a store. It's hard enough getting help from the clerks if you don't appear to fit the "profile", but rich people sometimes dress like slobs too.
I've accidently discovered the secret to getting service while dressed like a slob.. (And I wouldn't call myself rich)
Basically, be an arrogant yet superficially polite jerk. This includes:
Appear to be bored
Poke gently at the merchandise (as though it might be soiled), while making little sniffs and raising one eyebrow in amused disgust
Make little "tch tch" noises, and sigh occasionaly.
Hold the merchandise at arms length, tip head back slightly, furrow your brows, squint a little and peer at it as though it was a dead badger.
Talk in a loud tone of voice
Aproach the salespeople directly, at high speed, and say "Can you help me please" in a firm and loud tone of voice"
Say "Do you have anything a little nicer than this"
Say "Mmm, this isn't quite, is it."
The end result of all this, in my amazed and incredulous experience, is that I am mistaken for someone incredibly important, while all I am doing is acting self-important.
I think the salespeople in these places respond positivly to contempt and arrogance, and despise timidity, humility, and any
indication that the customer is in awe of their surroundings.
There is a well-documented connection between actual guns and violence
Correct.
It has been repeatedly shown that taking guns away from law-abiding citizens makes them easy targets for violent criminals, who, by definition, do not obey laws, including gun regulation laws.
Just picking an example at random, the University of Arizona is a gun-free zone, which did
nothing to preventthe shooting there.
As a nerd, I feel compelled to point out the recycling of technology
from one use to a completely different one.
This
picture of a old horse drawn wagon wheel shows how the wheel is kept
on the axle by
means of a spike thru the axle itself.
This
picture of the boob shows how the wheel-spoke ornament is held on by a
(smaller) spike that goes thru the nipple itself.
All that is needed now is a small motor which will rotate the ornament
(or wave it back and forth? Maybe have it move to the beat of the music?)
to make the design complete.
They have perfected (maybe they originated) getting the CONSUMER to pay more to get less.
And it works!!!
The most profitable way to sell is to market your product so that the BUYER will feel she/it/he is an exclusive and superior connoisseur.
Rolex Watches, Prada Bags, etc.
Let us look at other companies that have done this:
Volkswagen: Went from selling "Rabbits" to selling the same car "Golf" with updated fenders, using an Ad where two (gay??? WHO CARES!) guys drive around looking for reclining chairs.
Jaguar. Electrics by Lucas, Prince of Darkness. But who cares!! If you have the money for a Jag, you have the money to get it fixed every week!
Mercedes: Teutonic Reliability! A sign you are a CONSUMER of superior and discriminating Taste! The reliability sucks, but see Jag, Above!
Volvo!!!!
Now this one is close to my heart, because a good friend of mine had to buy one to satisfy his pretentious wife.
The damages so far:
New Instrument Cluster
New rear brake rotors, 4 times!
Drill a hole in the side of the Turbocharger to let oil leak out (WTF!!!)
Air conditioner evaporator (cold side)
exploded, filling the car with poisonous R134A.(They finally sold the pile of crap and bought a Lexus RX330)
The Bottom Line:
Marketing Works!!
With the right commercials and the right "positioning" you can sell anything. The value of the product is not important, the reliability is not important.
All that matters is the marketing, where you product is made to seem "Cool", and the Sheep will line up and pay double extra secret additional money to have the PRIVILEGE of owning one.
So Mike Rowe sold out his rights for a pile of cheap disposable consumer electronics, some things that shine and glitter in sunlight, and some worthless training.
Hell, when I lived in Nigeria, I had to pay more than that for 12 prositutes.
You would not get my domain name out of me without prying it out of my cold dead hands.
Do you have any idea on the multiple steps needed
to make any particular alloy of steel?
No?
Do you know how to check the ore for sulfur?
How about too much Phophorus?
No again?
Do you know when and why to add lime?
Hmmmm????
Lets try an easy one: What are the alloying elements in 4140 Steel? No looking it up online, after all, this is unskilled knowledge!!!!!
How about the time and temperature schedule for heat treating 6061 alloy Aluminium to the T5 State???
So, you have no knowledge about metals at all, other than that they are (sometimes) shiny?
So where do you get off denigrating the skills of people who can do something which you have no idea how to even start?
Of all the things I loath, the arrogance of people who call a task they could not do if I held a blowtorch to their genitalia and their life depended on it "Unskilled" is near the top of the list.
Slashdot Mirror
Companies do not "give you a reference"
Companies will confirm or deny your date of employment, that is it.
Why????
DEFAMATION LAWSUIT!!!!
How does this work?
Glad you asked!
You hire a law firm which specializes in defamation lawsuits. They hire a company which calls your old employer and asks them leading questions about you:
Was she a drunk? Lesbian? Stole pencils? Republican? etc. etc...
Then your lawyer files a defamation lawsuit based on the bullshit that your PHB spewed over the phone..
Result:
You get a few 10s or hundreds of K, your old PHB gets roasted with a blowtorch..
Win Win!
Remember, half the people on /. are like you, the other half are hired by your bosses to post misinformation to keep you in check and in line. These trolls can be recognized by post which say things like:
You are not eligible for unemployment if you do not kiss your companies ass...
The only people who decide what you are eligeble for are at the unemplyment office.
CALL THEM!!!!
God, If, when I was a dumb impressionable kid, I had a nickel for ever time I took some random persons (wrong!!) opinion as fact, rather than ACTUALLY CHECKING with the real authority involved, I'd have like 5 bucks of nickels, plus about 100K in real money.
The saddest part, I guess, is that it is almost impossible to get kids today (no offense meant, seriously, I was one myself once) to listen to advice which empowers them rather than making them whores and bitches of their employers.
Bah.
Then again, I deserve it, cause I never listened to anyone older than me either.
That means the lowest lethal dose reported in the literature was 192 mg of caffine per 1 kilogram of weight of the victim. I'll let someone else look up plausible values of caffine content in coffee.
It is certainly possible to kill yourself with caffine, you just need enough of it.
I found a link for content of the beans, the values are around 1.3 %. So 100 grams of beans contains 1.3 grams of caffine, or 1300 mg.
Eating 100 g of beans is well over the limit, assuming any of my math is right :)
The technology might be great, but let's look at the quality of life.
High Taxes (income, property, real estate, car, excise).
Lots of gubmint interference
High fees for lic, reg, insurance, title, etc. etc.
PITA to own a gun for self defense.
Outrageous cost of housing
6 months of winter, and the roads are salted so your car will rot out (sheds tear for his decapitated but loved car)
Lots of rudeness and Hate (A house for sale near Boston was set on fire by White neighbors when they discovered the people buying it were Black)
The RMV is staffed by people who actively enjoy being rude and hateful.
So yes, the tech might be great, but there is a LOT more to life (cause when you are on your deathbed, no one says "I wish I had spent more time in MA!:) which can more easily be found in TN, for example...
Agreed, absolutely.
* Every word is crafted carefully to create a precise response from you.
Garp. :)
* They have a mastery of their product that may or may not be obvious. If they say "I'll have to ask engineering" they already know the answer.
Like your other reply asked, could you clarify this? I understand the concept of refering to a higher authority, but I cannot fit that with what you said.
* Often they know vastly more about you than you will ever guess.
If so, they did not get it from my cow-orkers, whom I tell nothing relevant. 8)
* You can assume that they are as good at what they do as you are at what you do.
Yes, but their job is to bend me to their will, whereas my job is to make a working widget..
So I prefer to fight them. Or get more sushi for lunch and dinner. :)
In a professional sense I am just taking a bribe to buy their widgets for production
Seriously, though, how can his tricks work if you know what he is doing?
What is the mechanism with which he is able to circumvent your logic?
Don't get taken every time
He also speaks at seminars sponsered by Credit Unions , (Anyone can join one these days) which is where I met him.. got my (secondhand) book autographed too.
The people who sell you stuff are trained by professionals.
* They are NOT YOUR FREINDS!*
For the sake of your bank account and your sanity, it's worthwhile to educate yourself about the methods that are used, and how to circumvent them.
Did you (or the moderators) even read the article you linked to?
To quote your article
" Although only a trained professional can make a diagnosis"
Yes, it's clear from the TomsHardware article that you do not want to buy a computer from this guy. Just as obvious, penis enlargment products do not work.
At the same time, Toms is slanting some of their article so the guy will seem even worse.
Toms discovers that Mike does NOT need a business license, and then later in the article makes a big deal that the guy does not have one. Duh!
Still, if you insist on labeling Mike with a psych. eval. based on inadequate data, perhaps you can identify with this one.
They all share a common trait. The "Family" partners all hate each other with a passion which glows cobalt blue in the dark.
What's even worse, none of the "Family" members feel they can leave to do something else, because it is "Their" business. So they are stuck with people ("Family"!) they have come to despise, hate, and ridicule to other employees (that would be me in this case).
In the long run, it would be less painful, less expensive, and more productive to just mangle your genetalia with some sort of pinching/cutting instrument than to do what you are doing.
I realize that you will not believe me, and that I shall be modded down as a troll for pointing all this out, but 10 years from now, when you and your GF et. al. are at each others throats, you will think back and say to yourself:
That Deacon person, he saw all this before!
I leave you with this link, which I am too lazy/inept to embed.
You will have to remove the extra space after you use leftbutton to copy and middle button to paste in the url bar.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Diction ary&va=cassandra&x=0&y=0
Large "establised" "media" outlets, such as Wired, NYT, "Rooters", etc., etc. need readers to sell either their content or their ads or both. Pushing their bias and ideology is a desireable plus.
Bloggers provide a complete spectrum of viewpoints. They do this usually for free, some of them have a tip jar. Sure, there are some stupid blogs about fur balls under the bed, but I am talking about serious bloggers here.
Here is the key: In many cases, bloggers have pointed out gross errors, plain lies, and other biases in "established" "media", which in the case of NYT has resulted in "corrections", where the NYT web page is changed quietly.
Make no mistake, bloggers are a threat to big "media", to the control and the monopoly on the distribution and spin of information that the "media" has enjoyed for decades.
Expect to see more big "media" outlets assuring you that bloggers are boring/venal/stupid/Republican, steal all their ideas, and put puppies thru blenders*.
Nothing to see here, Citizen, move along.
*bonus points to the first 3 million people who get the "puppy blender" ref.
We have the joys of a comprehensive advert free broadcasting....And it's all free!
Maybe you have not heard of the 121 (In April) pound
BBC Television License fee .
I will educate you: This fee is collected by the force of the State and given to the BBC. Even people who never watch the BBC have to pay this money if they posess a television.
Or maybe you are confusing "Free" as in free with "Free" as in "The State gave me this using my and other people's money, no matter if I like it or not."..
In any case, here is a website where you can pay up your "Free"
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk
If you had engaged a few brain cells, instead of just reading the article (WHICH DOES NOT MENTION MORPHINE) and taking it as gospel, you would have *possibly* come to a few conclusions:
We already have drugs that are capable of eliminating pain while your (heart, just as a trivial example) is transplanted.
Now, obviously, someone has chosen *NOT* to use these readily available medicines on burn patients.
So, we have already shown that not all appropriate medicines are being use.
So what the fark makes you think/claim that morphine is included in "conventional drug therapy"?
Does it say so it that poor excuse of an article?
No, it does not.
Give thanks to Slick (War on Drugs) Willie and Janet (Crispy Branch Davidians) Reno on the way out.
Bah.
Actually, after you get over the extended and intense withdrawl, it will be great.
If you want to wean yourself off slower, you can go to http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx
And find out what you can get over-the-air in your area.
For the first few weeks, you will find yourself sitting down in front of where the tv used to be and reaching for the remote.. Over and over again.
Sort of like the way a dog salivates when it hears the ring of a bell, or the way a rat pushes the bar when the light goes on it its cage..
I really had a lot of good laughs at myself when I saw how strongly I had been conditioned to watch TV every night. I had assumed that I thought for myself, was not a sheep, blah blah...
But when I found my hand reaching for the (missing) remote of its own will, like the unthinking way you would scratch an itch on your ear..
It was funny, in a scary sort of way.
The other thing you will have to get used to is the intense, condescending *ANGER* that a few people will flame you with when you tell them you don't watch TV.
Speaking of which, I see you have been modded down from a 5 to a 2 just in the time I have been previewing and editing this post
Just the price you have to pay for resisting our TV overlords, I guess.
:^)
Ummm yea d00d, except that it was Clinton who said Iraq had WMDs.
And since the yahoo link is farked, here is a google link for ya.
And while we are at it, let's look at this timeline of statements by the best Scientists of their time:
0000's : Elements are Earth, Fire, Water, and Air
1300's : Earth is Flat
1800's : Radio waves move thru the "Ether"
1800's : Man will never fly
1900's : Smoking is good for you!
1970's : Global Cooling!!!
2000's : Global Warming!!!
2400's : There will never be a warp drive
Hell, I would be just as accurate as "Experts" if I just flipped a coin...
There is an old cliche, "It is time to shoot the engineers and move into production:
And yes, I AM AN Engineer, and like all engineers, I have the same tendency:---->
Fact of life: Many engineers, given the chance, will keep polishing the helmet because there is another speck of dust on it.
Real world fact: No product is ever perfect to every customer, and there comes a time when you have to stop farking around, finish up, and ship the product!
The alternative is to bankrupt the company, throw everyone out one the street, screw the shareholders and people who have given you credit to buy all your equipment, and start over!
And while we are at it, let us look at this timeline:
1400s: Astromony is too hard and takes time, plus the earth is the center of the universe.
1800s: The sun is the center of our solar system. Germs are a figment of your imagination, plus medicine is so hard.
2000s: Of course germs exsist, and with the proper percautions and drugs, are not a problem. Software is so hard. It will be done when it's ready.
2300s: We have the methodology to write bug free software on time and under budget. But those matter-antimatter transporters are so hard...
In the USA, however, "New Money" is not despised as it is in some other parts of the world.
New money people are the dot commers, etc. etc.
They are first generation rich, and they went to MIT or CalTech, not Harvard.
They have no "breeding".
You cannot identify "New Money" by accent or secret handshake.
The sales people DO remember their most frequent customers, and the customers are trained by the salesperson to deal only with that salesperson..
There is an *enormous* commision paid to the salespeople on every sale at these kind of stores, and the old-timer salespeople are VERY territorial about "their" customers.
The salespeople have little black books they carry around with "their" customers home phone #, and they will call customers at home
"Dahhhling, I just got in the most Di-Vine little outfit that would look *fab* on you!, I've just put it aside for you, and it's just your size!"
I've accidently discovered the secret to getting service while dressed like a slob.. (And I wouldn't call myself rich)
Basically, be an arrogant yet superficially polite jerk. This includes:
Appear to be bored
Poke gently at the merchandise (as though it might be soiled), while making little sniffs and raising one eyebrow in amused disgust
Make little "tch tch" noises, and sigh occasionaly.
Hold the merchandise at arms length, tip head back slightly, furrow your brows, squint a little and peer at it as though it was a dead badger.
Talk in a loud tone of voice
Aproach the salespeople directly, at high speed, and say "Can you help me please" in a firm and loud tone of voice"
Say "Do you have anything a little nicer than this"
Say "Mmm, this isn't quite, is it."
The end result of all this, in my amazed and incredulous experience, is that I am mistaken for someone incredibly important, while all I am doing is acting self-important.
I think the salespeople in these places respond positivly to contempt and arrogance, and despise timidity, humility, and any indication that the customer is in awe of their surroundings.
Correct.
It has been repeatedly shown that taking guns away from law-abiding citizens makes them easy targets for violent criminals, who, by definition, do not obey laws, including gun regulation laws.
Just picking an example at random, the University of Arizona is a gun-free zone, which did nothing to preventthe shooting there.
This picture of a old horse drawn wagon wheel shows how the wheel is kept on the axle by means of a spike thru the axle itself.
This picture of the boob shows how the wheel-spoke ornament is held on by a (smaller) spike that goes thru the nipple itself.
All that is needed now is a small motor which will rotate the ornament (or wave it back and forth? Maybe have it move to the beat of the music?) to make the design complete.
Best part: Sound of the engine makes drive noise unimportant.
Sorry about the link, it only seems to work half the time.. :(
There are law firms and investigative firms which specialize in this area..
Some employers might think that they can get away with anything. They are wrong.
A type S (NOT C) corp will do that without the double taxation problem.
Furthermore, if you pay yourself only dividends, not salary, you are exempt from social security and self employment tax.
NO, don't take my word for it, see an accountant!
They have perfected (maybe they originated) getting the CONSUMER to pay more to get less.
And it works!!!
The most profitable way to sell is to market your product so that the BUYER will feel she/it/he is an exclusive and superior connoisseur.
Rolex Watches, Prada Bags, etc.
Let us look at other companies that have done this:
Volkswagen: Went from selling "Rabbits" to selling the same car "Golf" with updated fenders, using an Ad where two (gay??? WHO CARES!) guys drive around looking for reclining chairs.
Jaguar. Electrics by Lucas, Prince of Darkness. But who cares!! If you have the money for a Jag, you have the money to get it fixed every week!
Mercedes: Teutonic Reliability! A sign you are a CONSUMER of superior and discriminating Taste! The reliability sucks, but see Jag, Above!
Volvo!!!!
Now this one is close to my heart, because a good friend of mine had to buy one to satisfy his pretentious wife.
The damages so far:
New Instrument Cluster
New rear brake rotors, 4 times!
Drill a hole in the side of the Turbocharger to let oil leak out (WTF!!!)
Air conditioner evaporator (cold side) exploded, filling the car with poisonous R134A.(They finally sold the pile of crap and bought a Lexus RX330)
The Bottom Line:
Marketing Works!!
With the right commercials and the right "positioning" you can sell anything. The value of the product is not important, the reliability is not important.
All that matters is the marketing, where you product is made to seem "Cool", and the Sheep will line up and pay double extra secret additional money to have the PRIVILEGE of owning one.
BAH!
Hell, when I lived in Nigeria, I had to pay more than that for 12 prositutes.
You would not get my domain name out of me without prying it out of my cold dead hands.
The kids these days, they have no balls.
Do you have any idea on the multiple steps needed to make any particular alloy of steel?
No?
Do you know how to check the ore for sulfur?
How about too much Phophorus?
No again?
Do you know when and why to add lime?
Hmmmm????
Lets try an easy one: What are the alloying elements in 4140 Steel? No looking it up online, after all, this is unskilled knowledge!!!!!
How about the time and temperature schedule for heat treating 6061 alloy Aluminium to the T5 State???
So, you have no knowledge about metals at all, other than that they are (sometimes) shiny?
So where do you get off denigrating the skills of people who can do something which you have no idea how to even start?
Of all the things I loath, the arrogance of people who call a task they could not do if I held a blowtorch to their genitalia and their life depended on it "Unskilled" is near the top of the list.