Re:B&N/Borders vs. Mom & Pop?
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Volkswagon Beetle 1968 $3000
Volkswagon Beetle 2001 $17,000
top of the line PC 1996 $3000
top of the line PC 2001 $3000
bottle of Coke 1901 $0.05
bottle of Coke 2001 $0.75
top of the line Xerox Machine 1985 $15,000
top of the line Xerox Machine 2001 $15,000
You forgot to point out that he claims to be living in Kansas, home of the "Let's not teach evolution anymore because it's wrong" State Board of Education. That's how I finally knew it was a troll.
another product of public education I see... didnt learn to read either huh?
what part of "grandparents living in southeast Kansas" do you not understand...
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$30,000 dollars today is $5,500 in 4 years. Just wait and Mom & Pop will be able to afford this, someday.
not on something like that it wont... unless you are buying used (and then it will be worn out).
and just how long do you think this process will take? believe me you will STILL be waiting
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if its using thermal technology (like photocopiers and laser printers) I would be inclined to pass, if its a waterproof ink, then they may be onto something.
Lighning press uses a thermal process and I am not to happy with the results... leave the book in the front seat of your car on a 95 degree day and the pages start to stick together and transfer the text to the page it was sticking to...
Investing in children costs money, and the money just isn't there.
BS... Investing in children cost TIME and EFFORT... how much money does it cost to take your child (or your neighbor's) to the park to play some basketball? to talk with them? to share your wisdom? to show that you care?
why is it in the 1930's durring the great depression (when there was NO money around) people were being educated? 99% or the people growing up in that era (including your grandparents) had very little money... yet they arent stupid...
I didnt say history hasnt changed in the last 100 years, I said it changes every year, but what MAJOR event has happened in the last say 10 years that would warrent upgrading all the books? (when a insert could suffice)
I see reading wasnt one of your strong points:)
as for math... Kids are FAILING addition, subtraction, multiplication and division... THAT hasnt changed... if they cant get that right what makes them think putting a computer on their desk will help them out?
kids arent learning, math hasnt changed in 100s of years, english hasnt changed in almost as many, history, well it changes once a year, but major events dont happen that often (besides that is what "current events class was for) books are reusable and dont need to be "upgraded".
instead of using this money on computers and internet access that is NOT needed, why dont they invest some TIME and EFFORT into the children themselves.
the latest polls show we have the DUMBEST KIDS in the WORLD... meanwhile my grandparents were taught in a one room schoolhouse with no AC (its now used as my parents garage). they learned ALL the basics PLUS a whole lot more... and their parents were POOR farmers in the southeast corner of Kansas... we dont need computers, we need teachers...
"Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, MSN, The Microsoft Network, Home Essentials, HomeAdvisor, Encarta, Bookshelf, PowerPoint, BackOffice, Outlook, FrontPage, Computing Central, MapPoint, CarPoint, Hotmail, WebTV, Advisor FYI, ZoneMatch, ZoneMessage, bCentral, Clearlead, the MSN logo, MoneyCentral, Windows Media and/or other Microsoft products referenced herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries."
Nope, I see no mention of WORD, ACCESS, EXCEL or OFFICE being tracemarked... but windows is, and they could, legally and justifiably, sue X-Window's creators...
MS FrontPage, Adobe Pagemaker
(editing web pages?)
MS Windows 2000, Norton Utilities 2000
(the year?)
get serious... if its freeware (or commercial software), it doesnt give you the right to copy a trademarked name... hmmm maybe Ill make a webpage called xslashdot.com
No Kidding, Now Ill have to determine what is being said as to wether someone is talking about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or this new C script... sheeze...
maybe Im just deaf, but I have three computers in a 8x10 room... a 166, a 450 and 866... and I dont hear a peep outta any of then except for the 866's hd on occasion (usually while processing a large.wav file)... my ceiling fan makes more noise that all three combined...
up until this moment, investors were skittish about investing in tech, aftr all if the US gov't can go after a tech company (Microsoft) for being a "monopoly" and break them up, what other tech "monopolies would be next? Cisco? Sun? Ebay? Amazon?
monopoly laws were put in place to protect the consumer... the consumer is NOT being harmed by MS
monopoly=void of competition... last time I checked there are HUNDREDS of OSs out there... some good, some not so good...
what Microsoft is guilty of is bundling loss-leader software into its OS, which hurts, not OS makers, but third party programmers... THAT is what is needed to be gone after...
It may be Napster's servers, but they are getting the files from the USERS machines...
dont matter, havent used Napster in about 6 months, been using Limewire... much better Gnutella client (than Bearshare)... last night there were 41 terrabytes of info on the network...
as for the RIAA... sorry, I dont buy new anymore... "what's this a Metallica CD at the pawnshop for $3.00".
Last year (while using Napster) I BOUGHT 50 NEW CDs...this year... 3
Incorrect...
Yahoo, has gone from 4.00(+/-) to 250.00(+/-) back down to 18.00
Amazon has gone from 2.00(+/-) to 110.00(+/-) back down to 12.50
in BOTH cases that is an increase of 0ver 400% from the initial offering...
that refers to political speech, you cant yell "fire" in a crowded theatre, and you cant yell "Hi Jack" in an airport. If you publish untruths as truths you are subject to punishment. so why is pr0n off limits?
I dont know if this will qualify or not...
1985, I was graduating from college, and we were required to take a computer class. previous to that my only experience with a computer was a Texas Instruments 99/4A(?) with a cartridge.
We were sat infront of the computer and taught lotus 123. we didnt learn anything about the computer itself, how it worked, why it worked, what else we could do with it, or anything else that would have made the experience enjoyable. needless to say I skimmed by with a D+ and vowed never to tough another computer.
Now I would like to thank my friend who showed me several years later, on a Commodore, what could be done on a computer and how they worked... since that time, like many of you I have learned computer languages, installation & operation of various software packages & OSs, and built machines... if it wasnt for that horribly boring experience in 1985 I probably would have started much sooner...
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another product of public education I see... didnt learn to read either huh?
what part of "grandparents living in southeast Kansas" do you not understand...
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not on something like that it wont... unless you are buying used (and then it will be worn out).
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and just how long do you think this process will take? believe me you will STILL be waiting
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Lighning press uses a thermal process and I am not to happy with the results... leave the book in the front seat of your car on a 95 degree day and the pages start to stick together and transfer the text to the page it was sticking to...
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BS... Investing in children cost TIME and EFFORT... how much money does it cost to take your child (or your neighbor's) to the park to play some basketball? to talk with them? to share your wisdom? to show that you care?
why is it in the 1930's durring the great depression (when there was NO money around) people were being educated? 99% or the people growing up in that era (including your grandparents) had very little money... yet they arent stupid...
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I see reading wasnt one of your strong points :)
as for math... Kids are FAILING addition, subtraction, multiplication and division... THAT hasnt changed... if they cant get that right what makes them think putting a computer on their desk will help them out?
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Nope, I see no mention of WORD, ACCESS, EXCEL or OFFICE being tracemarked... but windows is, and they could, legally and justifiably, sue X-Window's creators...
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AutoCAD, IntelliCAD (Ummmm, CAD is Computer aided drafting)
WordStar, Word Perfect, MS Word, AMI Word Pro (programs that manipulate words)
MS Office, Word Perfect Office, McAfee Office (office suites, as in a collection of office software?)
Adobe Photoshop, Corel Photopaint (editing photos?)
MS FrontPage, Adobe Pagemaker (editing web pages?)
MS Windows 2000, Norton Utilities 2000 (the year?)
get serious... if its freeware (or commercial software), it doesnt give you the right to copy a trademarked name... hmmm maybe Ill make a webpage called xslashdot.com
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No Kidding, Now Ill have to determine what is being said as to wether someone is talking about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or this new C script... sheeze...
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monopoly laws were put in place to protect the consumer... the consumer is NOT being harmed by MS
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No they didn't, they had a flawed case...
In comes Dubya, out goes the case.
by judges who weren't appointed by Bush... simply amazing isnt it...
heres an idea... dont use their product... duh..
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monopoly=void of competition... last time I checked there are HUNDREDS of OSs out there... some good, some not so good...
what Microsoft is guilty of is bundling loss-leader software into its OS, which hurts, not OS makers, but third party programmers... THAT is what is needed to be gone after...
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dont matter, havent used Napster in about 6 months, been using Limewire... much better Gnutella client (than Bearshare)... last night there were 41 terrabytes of info on the network...
as for the RIAA... sorry, I dont buy new anymore... "what's this a Metallica CD at the pawnshop for $3.00".
Last year (while using Napster) I BOUGHT 50 NEW CDs...this year... 3
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Incorrect... Yahoo, has gone from 4.00(+/-) to 250.00(+/-) back down to 18.00 Amazon has gone from 2.00(+/-) to 110.00(+/-) back down to 12.50 in BOTH cases that is an increase of 0ver 400% from the initial offering...
that refers to political speech, you cant yell "fire" in a crowded theatre, and you cant yell "Hi Jack" in an airport. If you publish untruths as truths you are subject to punishment. so why is pr0n off limits?
go to your local Pawn Shop and pick the movies up for a fraction of original cost... I just bought 2 CDs for $2.50 each saturday, and a DVD for $5.00
I dont know if this will qualify or not... 1985, I was graduating from college, and we were required to take a computer class. previous to that my only experience with a computer was a Texas Instruments 99/4A(?) with a cartridge. We were sat infront of the computer and taught lotus 123. we didnt learn anything about the computer itself, how it worked, why it worked, what else we could do with it, or anything else that would have made the experience enjoyable. needless to say I skimmed by with a D+ and vowed never to tough another computer. Now I would like to thank my friend who showed me several years later, on a Commodore, what could be done on a computer and how they worked... since that time, like many of you I have learned computer languages, installation & operation of various software packages & OSs, and built machines... if it wasnt for that horribly boring experience in 1985 I probably would have started much sooner...
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