Newsflash 1: Walmart was closing down entire small towns LONG before online shopping was a reality. Heck, it'd killed out most of my hometown (Miles City, MT) by the time I had 2 friends with access to 'this new Internet thing.' They come in, they waaaaaay undercut until all local competition is dead, then they raise their prices back up; being a national chain with a huge bank account and one of the world's best cost structures will do that.
Newsflash 2: I'm an apartment dweller, but neither fat nor pasty. You're right about my not caring about the STORES around me... Between box stores and the Internet, I can get basic necessities a lot more conveniently than I could before. I do care about the beautiful mountains around me though (Missoula, MT... great place!)
The interesting, unique stores with something to offer are thriving. Places that offer only Yet More High School Clerks and commodity goods are dying unless they happen to be WalMart, the grocery store, or the WalMart with a grocery store. And you know what? I've gotta say, my life is BETTER for it.
completely at random, just in case they might be infected! They do the same with phone lines, in case you might be using that line to dial an infected machine up!
Ahh, Qwest... thine spirit of service doth truly amaze.
Consumer psychology... set the price very far below the competition, and regardless of actual quality, people will think your product must be "cheap" in more than price and won't buy it.
So... does this mean that, when we fire a tachyon stream at MS headquarters to destroy them, the convergence of that with the streams sent off by our past & future selves will, in fact, create Microsoft in the distant future? And that it will expand to destroy the Earth just as life originates?
In the random-tip department..
I've been using a little teflon pot scraper; should be available in most stores' "housewares" department. I don't remember the exact cost, but I'm sure it was well under a buck.
(Obviously, get a new one; don't want bits of food in your grease;) )
Anyway, it works nicely for the purpose, and I don't have to hunt for a card to use. Just keep it in a desk drawer with my cables & whatnots.
Heh...
I also have one of these heatsinks, and it comes with a tube of thermal compound.
At first it would make a helluva squeal when I first turned on the machine, for the first couple of minutes of operation. However, that noise simply went away after a few weeks (no, it wasn't my hearing. *grin*) and now I'm quite happy with the thing.
I'm not sure responding to the Tunney Act is all that important a thing to do. There's just something silly about responding to the act which enables you to respond to other things, just when one of them is rearing its ugly head. Perhaps we should all Respond to the Proposed MS Settlement first? We can work at repealing our ability to respond later, through a thorough response thereto.
Slashdot's karma engineers have invented an entirely new form of mathematics, where:
(-1) + 0 + (-1) +0 + 1 + 1 = -3
Oh... wait for it... I suspect that quantity plus (-1) will equal -6!
One other thought regarding contract law... In the case of agreements where:
A) One side has little or no bargaining power
(can you say a "form" with no chance at
negociation of terms? a la ccard
agreements)
and/or
B) No one ever actually *reads* the contract
before signing it
Courts have been known to overturn the agreement entirely, instead applying terms a "reasonable person" would expect when entering into the agreement.
Just a random thought from someone who isn't a lawyer (but can type the whole word, unlike everyone else *g*)
What are these, different filing systems
y'all have for your punchcards?
Here in Montana, we just sort 'em by date.
And, umm, we keep good daily journals.
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Newsflash 1: Walmart was closing down entire small towns LONG before online shopping was a reality. Heck, it'd killed out most of my hometown (Miles City, MT) by the time I had 2 friends with access to 'this new Internet thing.' They come in, they waaaaaay undercut until all local competition is dead, then they raise their prices back up; being a national chain with a huge bank account and one of the world's best cost structures will do that.
Newsflash 2: I'm an apartment dweller, but neither fat nor pasty. You're right about my not caring about the STORES around me... Between box stores and the Internet, I can get basic necessities a lot more conveniently than I could before. I do care about the beautiful mountains around me though (Missoula, MT... great place!)
The interesting, unique stores with something to offer are thriving. Places that offer only Yet More High School Clerks and commodity goods are dying unless they happen to be WalMart, the grocery store, or the WalMart with a grocery store. And you know what? I've gotta say, my life is BETTER for it.
"It is quite ironic that a company selling you a fix happens to find the problem and releases the solution for the low price of 59.95. "
/Inigo Montoya ]
[ Inigo Montoya ]
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
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That's not ironic. It may be, to tinfoil-hat-wearers, SUSPICIOUS, but it's not ironic at all.
Wait... how does MTV come into a discussion about music? /me scratches the ole' noggin'
"...and people still share music in groves."
Awww crap, now I've gotta put up a fence.
Damn hippy music-sharers are eating all my apples.
completely at random, just in case they might be infected!
They do the same with phone lines, in case you might be using that line to dial an infected machine up!
Ahh, Qwest... thine spirit of service doth truly amaze.
Consumer psychology... set the price very far below the competition, and regardless of actual quality, people will think your product must be "cheap" in more than price and won't buy it.
Actually, I think he used "debian" as an adverb. ;-)
So... does this mean that, when we fire a tachyon stream at MS headquarters to destroy them, the convergence of that with the streams sent off by our past & future selves will, in fact, create Microsoft in the distant future? And that it will expand to destroy the Earth just as life originates?
This is one of the few people in this thread who appears to have some modicum of reading comprehension! In the name of all that is holy, MOD IT UP!
In the random-tip department.. I've been using a little teflon pot scraper; should be available in most stores' "housewares" department. I don't remember the exact cost, but I'm sure it was well under a buck. (Obviously, get a new one; don't want bits of food in your grease ;) )
Anyway, it works nicely for the purpose, and I don't have to hunt for a card to use. Just keep it in a desk drawer with my cables & whatnots.
Heh... I also have one of these heatsinks, and it comes with a tube of thermal compound. At first it would make a helluva squeal when I first turned on the machine, for the first couple of minutes of operation. However, that noise simply went away after a few weeks (no, it wasn't my hearing. *grin*) and now I'm quite happy with the thing.
Didn't you see Final Fantasy?
We should only need "real" women for that for, oh, 2 or 3 more years at most.
I'm not sure responding to the Tunney Act is all that important a thing to do. There's just something silly about responding to the act which enables you to respond to other things, just when one of them is rearing its ugly head. Perhaps we should all Respond to the Proposed MS Settlement first? We can work at repealing our ability to respond later, through a thorough response thereto.
That's "you're"... as in "you're an illiterate moron." Cheers.
Slashdot's karma engineers have invented an entirely new form of mathematics, where: (-1) + 0 + (-1) +0 + 1 + 1 = -3 Oh... wait for it... I suspect that quantity plus (-1) will equal -6!
Well, actually, it might get them laid. Especially if they drop the soap.
That's ok taco, it was interesting enough the first time, didn't so much mind seeing it again.
(moderation: +1 suckup)
One other thought regarding contract law... In the case of agreements where:
A) One side has little or no bargaining power
(can you say a "form" with no chance at
negociation of terms? a la ccard
agreements)
and/or
B) No one ever actually *reads* the contract
before signing it
Courts have been known to overturn the agreement entirely, instead applying terms a "reasonable person" would expect when entering into the agreement.
Just a random thought from someone who isn't a lawyer (but can type the whole word, unlike everyone else *g*)
Yeah, I hate those "first post" loonies too.
What are these, different filing systems y'all have for your punchcards? Here in Montana, we just sort 'em by date. And, umm, we keep good daily journals.