That's incredible...good work! We could never do that with our product (molded plastic). Just the machinery costs alone would be astronomical. Labor would be ridiculous as well, not to mention the lawsuit risk. The Chinese aren't so bad at quality, but you have to really keep on them and check EVERYTHING. They'll screw you in a second and not think twice about it. Customs and shipping isn't a big deal...the only time we ever had something held up was when some idiot shipped wire on WOODEN spools instead of plastic and it was detained to look for bugs in the wood.
And as for this evil "profit" that's being made, you know what our investors do with money that they make? They invest it in other business ventures.
And put millions out of work overseas, and lead to many angry nations filing complaints with the WTO (which forbids such protectionism as you describe), and would result in political instability (i.e. civil war) in several countries. But I guess that's OK for your neosoc agenda, eh?
I work in China, and it costs us $2200 USD to send a 20' container from Shanghai to Long Beach, CA. Don't blame the Chinese, blame huge cargo container ships and ruthless competition among shipping companies.
Why don't you Americans just accept that socialism can produce better athletes than your ridiculous system can create? Why do you have to blame every loss on people "cheating" against you? When your only motivation is celebrity endorsements of "barely legal" supplements (i.e. US dollars), the fact that athletes might be motivated by the simple fact of competing for their people is a thought you probably find disturbing. Turn off Fox news, get a clue.
Isn't that known as "profiling"? I thought that was illegal.
Let's get this straight - school burns down, it's OK to say it's a teenage male. Bank of New York explodes, it's not OK to say it's a middle eastern man aged 18-34?
And that will come to an end with the IPO. Google will be required (by law) to offer the highest possible returns to its investors. Google will become evil, because that's what you have to do not just to make a buck, but make the most possible bucks. It's a pity, but Google has lasted a good while, and it's been a good run.
A couple of pithy sayings: A businessman's goal is not to make profit, but maximize profits. When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.
To the barricades, comrades! You have nothing to lose but your chains! Let the orders of The Leader seep through your brains and blood, and then you can follow his teachings in everything!
There are a plethora of 64-bit systems out there to choose from. Solaris and HP/UX immediately come to mind. There's been a 64-bit Solaris on the market for...about five years now?
Once, in rural China, I had to make a car trip of several hours. I wasn't looking forward to it. I hooked up to the local modem line, dialed in at 24k, turned off image loading (CTRL-G in Opera, thankyouverymuch), and clicked on several article comments in "nested" mode. Gave a few minutes for 'em to load (text gets compressed by modem) and disconnected. I then had enough to read until the battery ran out. Of course, it was Slashdot discussions, so it warn't that great, but it was better than the company papers I knew backwards and forwards already.
Needless to say, this was before Slashdot went into permanent "overload mode" and would display more than 50 comments at a time. I couldn't play Nethack because the laptop keyboard doesn't have enough keys.
Declaring yourself an enemy of the state isn't exactly the sharpest move you can make. What would motivate someone to do such a foolish thing, if not for a cult?
Eh? So why did they camp out right outside the biggest government building in Beijing? Why have they been disrupting satellite signals in order to broadcast antigovernment programming? If I could do a search from here, I'd have a catalog of links. However, the Great Firewall blocks all searches of that particular term (why would they do that against a harmless nonpolitical org?) so you'll have to do some detective work on your own.
Why are you then talking about American liberty in a foreign land where American laws do not apply?
Please come to China and view the Falun Gong in their native environment. Imagine if Scientology decided that the U.S. government needed to be overthrown, and started agitating and taking over TV signals. Even if you agreed with them, you wouldn't want to be anywhere near their kooky ideas.
Molded plastic. It's astoundingly easy to get things made here. All you need is an idea and a couple of drawings, and you can get CAD drawings made, molds made, workers hired, and product shipped out. I'm amazed at how effortless it all is.
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And as for this evil "profit" that's being made, you know what our investors do with money that they make? They invest it in other business ventures.
And put millions out of work overseas, and lead to many angry nations filing complaints with the WTO (which forbids such protectionism as you describe), and would result in political instability (i.e. civil war) in several countries. But I guess that's OK for your neosoc agenda, eh?
I work in China, and it costs us $2200 USD to send a 20' container from Shanghai to Long Beach, CA. Don't blame the Chinese, blame huge cargo container ships and ruthless competition among shipping companies.
Kinda off-topic, but I bought a copy of this poster recently from a market in Shanghai. It's ueber-cool.
Why don't you Americans just accept that socialism can produce better athletes than your ridiculous system can create? Why do you have to blame every loss on people "cheating" against you? When your only motivation is celebrity endorsements of "barely legal" supplements (i.e. US dollars), the fact that athletes might be motivated by the simple fact of competing for their people is a thought you probably find disturbing. Turn off Fox news, get a clue.
What sport is that? I'm not aware of any professional or amateur sports association that plays a sport by that name.
Let's get this straight - school burns down, it's OK to say it's a teenage male. Bank of New York explodes, it's not OK to say it's a middle eastern man aged 18-34?
A couple of pithy sayings:
A businessman's goal is not to make profit, but maximize profits.
When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.
To the barricades, comrades! You have nothing to lose but your chains! Let the orders of The Leader seep through your brains and blood, and then you can follow his teachings in everything!
Guinness in a bottle? Heresy. If you're not drinking a Perfect Pint, you're not drinking Guinness.
Many business decisions are made this way. You call it extortion, lawyers call it The System.
There are a plethora of 64-bit systems out there to choose from. Solaris and HP/UX immediately come to mind. There's been a 64-bit Solaris on the market for...about five years now?
I suggest a storm of pissed-off letters to the author from linux enthusiasts.
As well as "journalistic ethics".
Ever consider that this is misinformation, intentionally meant to fall into the hands of the enemy?
Middle USA? That's a coastal attitude if I ever heard one.
Huh? Please make sense.
You have to do it sometime. There's nothing more pathetic than an aging hipster.
Elena faked her photos...she was with a guided tour the whole time.
Needless to say, this was before Slashdot went into permanent "overload mode" and would display more than 50 comments at a time. I couldn't play Nethack because the laptop keyboard doesn't have enough keys.
Declaring yourself an enemy of the state isn't exactly the sharpest move you can make. What would motivate someone to do such a foolish thing, if not for a cult?
Eh? So why did they camp out right outside the biggest government building in Beijing? Why have they been disrupting satellite signals in order to broadcast antigovernment programming? If I could do a search from here, I'd have a catalog of links. However, the Great Firewall blocks all searches of that particular term (why would they do that against a harmless nonpolitical org?) so you'll have to do some detective work on your own.
Please come to China and view the Falun Gong in their native environment. Imagine if Scientology decided that the U.S. government needed to be overthrown, and started agitating and taking over TV signals. Even if you agreed with them, you wouldn't want to be anywhere near their kooky ideas.
Molded plastic. It's astoundingly easy to get things made here. All you need is an idea and a couple of drawings, and you can get CAD drawings made, molds made, workers hired, and product shipped out. I'm amazed at how effortless it all is.
Are we reading the same thing? It says, "JOHNSON & JOHNSON PRODUCT". It's a name brand. Duh.