Historically airlines have routinely oversold seating because more often than not it works out for them.
If you've ever been bumped off a flight, then it'd be obvious that while it may be perceived as working out for the airlines, it in no way "works out" for the customer - airlines exist for the convenience of the customer - not the other way around - or at least that's the way it should be.
I think society as a whole is suffering technology burnout.
And the whole basis for this belief of yours is...?
He read it on the internet over a high-speed wireless connection on a high-resolution multi-color display on a personal digital device nonexistant 20 years ago and that cost relative pennies compared to the delivery of information in yesteryear, and thought to himself, "Self... I don't think this technology stuff is going to catch on...".
So I assume from your post you'd be happy with an a-la-carte cable? Fine. You pay $5 and up for each of the channels you want (a common price point in most arguments). Pick your favorite 11 channels. Congrats. You are now paying MORE than I am with my 200 channels, non a la carte. But you have what YOU want, right?
It's a common and completely arbitrary price point designed to advance a specific agenda, and even if it's accurate, it's an average. The problem is the cable companies have so long enjoyed monopoly status that they have no idea how to behave in a real market. In a real market that $5 price point may become $10 for the ESPN channels and $0.10 for the Pass-The-Loot channels - they may even pay you to watch it. Of course. with proper IPTV the cable companies will become what they deserve to be - providers of bandwidth - and the only people who matter in this arguement - the customers - will get everything better, cheaper and faster. But, first the FCC has to pull their collective head out and begin trying to enforce actual markets, without monopoly status, in all their domain.
You need to get the kind of people involved who can statistically show that particilar software approaches lead to less problems. Otherwise, you're stuck with the expense NASA goes to in writing software.
I stopped using the word "brontosaurus" which I learned as a child, because it turned out there was no such creature.
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
There are places in Africa where most of the women in some villages have experienced rape. So, that makes it commonplace - no point having a law against it, then, since everyone does it, right? No. And I feel the same way about the creeping sense of entitlement that has turned kids into morally rudderless artist rapers
Briliant analogy there - morally equating the violence of rape with kids giving each other copies of sound... and people wonder what drives those suing the ass off those kids.
Isn't pretty damned close to the definition of a fuedal monarchy?
It certainly begins to trump the concept of states rights, supposedly what the United States is founded on. The older I get the more I start to buy into the idea that the whole thing can be corrected by the populace demanding that all collected federal monies, i.e. taxes, be paid by the states themselves, in whatever manner they collectively determine is "fair" - when the federal government loses the ability to use federal tax laws to impose whatever the federal desire du jour is, then the federal government will become what it was originally meant to be - the collective view of the governments of the states.
Of course, not a month ago we had emotional arguments here stating that we should get rid of the entire electoral college concept, with little effort to comprehend that the farther away any sort of authority is from every individual, the easier it is for that authority to be abused.
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Since I cant figure out how to reply to the article I will chuck something here (perhaps someone can help a slashdot noob here).
Just underneath the article at the top of the page is a line where you can change the threshold you read the articles at. There is a "change" button to the right of that line, that submits the changed threashold. To the right of that is a "reply" button - that is to post a new subject in the article thread. It took me a while to find it too.
The US should probably be given up as the place to deploy better solutions for fuel economy. It's hard to lay down a proper infrastructure in the more sparsely populated areas, the people are generally too pig-headed to change
So, let me get this straight - you want to convince people to do things differently, and your method of persuasion is to call them pig-headed?
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Historically airlines have routinely oversold seating because more often than not it works out for them.
If you've ever been bumped off a flight, then it'd be obvious that while it may be perceived as working out for the airlines, it in no way "works out" for the customer - airlines exist for the convenience of the customer - not the other way around - or at least that's the way it should be.
I think society as a whole is suffering technology burnout.
... I don't think this technology stuff is going to catch on ...".
And the whole basis for this belief of yours is...?
He read it on the internet over a high-speed wireless connection on a high-resolution multi-color display on a personal digital device nonexistant 20 years ago and that cost relative pennies compared to the delivery of information in yesteryear, and thought to himself, "Self
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So I assume from your post you'd be happy with an a-la-carte cable? Fine. You pay $5 and up for each of the channels you want (a common price point in most arguments). Pick your favorite 11 channels. Congrats. You are now paying MORE than I am with my 200 channels, non a la carte. But you have what YOU want, right?
It's a common and completely arbitrary price point designed to advance a specific agenda, and even if it's accurate, it's an average. The problem is the cable companies have so long enjoyed monopoly status that they have no idea how to behave in a real market. In a real market that $5 price point may become $10 for the ESPN channels and $0.10 for the Pass-The-Loot channels - they may even pay you to watch it. Of course. with proper IPTV the cable companies will become what they deserve to be - providers of bandwidth - and the only people who matter in this arguement - the customers - will get everything better, cheaper and faster. But, first the FCC has to pull their collective head out and begin trying to enforce actual markets, without monopoly status, in all their domain.
You need to get the kind of people involved who can statistically show that particilar software approaches lead to less problems. Otherwise, you're stuck with the expense NASA goes to in writing software.
I stopped using the word "brontosaurus" which I learned as a child, because it turned out there was no such creature.
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
Bully for Brontosaurus.
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There are places in Africa where most of the women in some villages have experienced rape. So, that makes it commonplace - no point having a law against it, then, since everyone does it, right? No. And I feel the same way about the creeping sense of entitlement that has turned kids into morally rudderless artist rapers
... and people wonder what drives those suing the ass off those kids.
Briliant analogy there - morally equating the violence of rape with kids giving each other copies of sound
Knowing AOL, they're probably just reversed...
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Isn't pretty damned close to the definition of a fuedal monarchy?
It certainly begins to trump the concept of states rights, supposedly what the United States is founded on. The older I get the more I start to buy into the idea that the whole thing can be corrected by the populace demanding that all collected federal monies, i.e. taxes, be paid by the states themselves, in whatever manner they collectively determine is "fair" - when the federal government loses the ability to use federal tax laws to impose whatever the federal desire du jour is, then the federal government will become what it was originally meant to be - the collective view of the governments of the states.
Of course, not a month ago we had emotional arguments here stating that we should get rid of the entire electoral college concept, with little effort to comprehend that the farther away any sort of authority is from every individual, the easier it is for that authority to be abused.
... "just say no".
find that most developers over engineer everything, when most of the time, a simple solution will solve all your problems.
I think you missed the seminar on job security.
It sells more papers to those who like-their-meat-cut-up-for-them-into-bite-sized pieces.
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You must be new here ...
Since I cant figure out how to reply to the article I will chuck something here (perhaps someone can help a slashdot noob here).
Just underneath the article at the top of the page is a line where you can change the threshold you read the articles at. There is a "change" button to the right of that line, that submits the changed threashold. To the right of that is a "reply" button - that is to post a new subject in the article thread. It took me a while to find it too.
I hope they use a doubleint.
The article is a little short, I would have liked more more more!! :-)
...with a rebel yell?
You missed the opportunity to name the other 28,000 FBI agents who are doing their duty honorably ... but what the hell, you got your rant in.
The US should probably be given up as the place to deploy better solutions for fuel economy. It's hard to lay down a proper infrastructure in the more sparsely populated areas, the people are generally too pig-headed to change
So, let me get this straight - you want to convince people to do things differently, and your method of persuasion is to call them pig-headed?