Yes, not as much american-made merchandise but they do have that 'giving back to the community' policy, donating stuff to local schools, etc.
Where I live there is a Target right next to a Super-WalMart. I go to the WalMart for groceries and pharmacy, but try to go to Target for most other stuff. (They have a better selection of incense and cd's.):-)
The Divine Creatrix in a Mortal Shell that stays Crunchy in Milk
They interviewed Scott Dickers on Fresh Air this morning, and they played some audio clips from the tape version of our dumb century. "Houston, I'm on the f*kking moon, over." It was great! Anyone else totally in love with Smoove B?:-P
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...how do you propose they sniff out the 'evil people' without frisking everyone?? You are advocating a police state, and that is scary and unacceptable.
There is no easy way to deal with terrorists. I for one would rather live with the thought that the unibomber is in my backyard than give up my privacy. At least I also have the right to own a gun to protect myself if he tries to sneak in to raid my fridge at 3am.
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Question, my dear/.ers... Do any of you currently use a grocery service like this? I have a client trying to build up just such a service, I was wondering what sort of market there is. Though I guess if somebody is willing to pour a billion smackers into it then there must be...;-) I can imagine that in traffic-yucky cities like D.C. that this would be a very attractive service. Anyone?
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However, by giving the "ooh, this is my new favorite song" crowd the choice of buying mini-cds with only the most popular tracks, might that bring down the price on the albums for those of us who aren't as flighty?
I will always be an advocate for more choices. And if you don't like it, don't buy it.:-)
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Mmmm, just how many of us girls ARE there in/. land? I would enter in a heartbeat! AND WIN! lol Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Green tea for maximum antioxidant effects. I prefer Irish breakfast from Twinings, though, for strength of taste. Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Ya know, in someone else's perception you are an 'average schmoe', too... The fact is, GENIUS knows no financial boundaries. If Einstein hadn't been able to afford a decent site, like maybe buying groceries took precedence, then having a page on Geo$hitties may have been his only option. Just because you may have an awesome site on a fast server with no banners does not give you the right to piss on those souls who aren't as well-connected (or as well-paid). While I agree that most of what you find on free sites is crap, the internet is STILL AN INFANT, as are the majority of users! Sheesh, you think everyone was born knowing HTML and everyone has a linux box in their basement?
Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Funny, we were discussing this at the company picnic... we have our domain at.net, since we are a network, but also grabbed.com to be safe, protect our name, etc. But we didn't get.org because we figured it should be reserved for non-profit... Boy, the times they are a-changing... I'm all for free enterprise and such but it burns my butt to see people just grabbing domains by the fistfulls in order to turn a profit later on. (I guess mostly cuz I didn't think of it first...) :-) Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
I agree, finding anything on the beast that is msn.com is a chore I disdain, I have people calling me up, Outlook isn't working, etc., so I say, go get the patch and they call back, I couldn't find it. Well, shit, neither can I! Let's not even talk about their phone support.
Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Points! Yes! I noticed it, too, but I am so used to the rampant ignorance of the SPELL CHECK button on the web that I just don't waste time bitching anymore.:-) Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Technically, the little bald boy said 'there is no spoon' before Neo did...:-) Picky? Yes. So? Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
In the interest of the tree-hugging community I have to say that a CD you decide to throw away will have to biodegrade for a while, whereas an old MP3 can simply be flushed clean away from your hard drive. I wait for the day when consumers buy everything online, and the mall parking lots are all overgrown.:-)
Just want to wag my finger and say, "you knew it would happen!" The/. effect can be overwhelming at times, and this guy obviously picked you all out. He knew that either: 1-you would all go to his site to see if he really WAS affiliated with/. 2-you would all try to use the/. effect on his site, which is what he wants anyway Spam sux. But do not act shocked that it happened to/., I think it was overdue. (Of course I can keep a cool head about it cuz I didn't get the spam, LOL.) Short of hacking the f*ck out of his site, I don't think any of the other options laid out here would be effective...
I have a friend working for IBM down under, from a corporate standpoint everyone there is cold, anal and stuffy. It's the 'normal' folk who are rowdy, as the legends go. So my guess would be that the ceo's are just playing a holier-than-thou game, much like what goes on here in the states...
Man, Google was my 'backdoor' search engine, free from the overwhelming crap on sites like yahoo and snap.... One banner is ok, even inevitable I guess, but if they turn google into yahoo...what a waste. Ack, the humanity!:-)
You are right, if even one lawmaking body decides that ISP's are responsible for content, we are all in deep doodie. I work for a small ISP and I am frightened. We do not block anything, but at least we let our subscribers KNOW we don't. And we don't go peeking into their email, etc. Still, there is a fine line between moderating a discussion for relevancy, as they do here at/., and moderating with the intent to minimize 'potentially offensive' postings, as they do at Dr. Laura Schlesinger's sorry site. (Try posting something there on a religion that does not center around the God of Abraham. Woo!) Where do you draw that line?
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Yes, not as much american-made merchandise but they do have that 'giving back to the community' policy, donating stuff to local schools, etc.
:-)
Where I live there is a Target right next to a Super-WalMart. I go to the WalMart for groceries and pharmacy, but try to go to Target for most other stuff. (They have a better selection of incense and cd's.)
The Divine Creatrix in a Mortal Shell that stays Crunchy in Milk
They interviewed Scott Dickers on Fresh Air this morning, and they played some audio clips from the tape version of our dumb century. :-P
"Houston, I'm on the f*kking moon, over."
It was great!
Anyone else totally in love with Smoove B?
The Divine Creatrix in a Mortal Shell that stays Crunchy in Milk
Not true...
From everything I've heard/read, Win2k is going to be marketed as BOTH. Why?!!!
Oh joy, I can't wait to do tech support for all the home-pc owners who installed 2k as an upgrade for 98!
The Divine Creatrix in a Mortal Shell that stays Crunchy in Milk
...how do you propose they sniff out the 'evil people' without frisking everyone?? You are advocating a police state, and that is scary and unacceptable.
There is no easy way to deal with terrorists. I for one would rather live with the thought that the unibomber is in my backyard than give up my privacy. At least I also have the right to own a gun to protect myself if he tries to sneak in to raid my fridge at 3am.
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You WORK for the govt., don't you.
Sheesh, our dope-smoking 'give me liberty or give me death' forefathers had no thoughts of Orwellian baby-sitting the likes of this!
So what if I don't have anything to hide? That doesn't mean I want my conversations pawed over by some chain-smoking CIA pantywipe!
Fact is, when you fight the law, the law wins..everytime.
Boy, if everybody gave up that easy the Constitution would have no amendments.
Don't breed.
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Dammit!
/.-ed the /. radio! AHHHHHHH!
:-)
You guys
Whatever will happen to snackboy now?
Well, hey, if the KKK can have a website then why not assfuckers.com?
Really, such a big fuss over so much nothing.
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I agree with the other comment here - people PAY for their internet, whereas snail mail spam is paid for by the spammer.
And spam eats bandwidth, hello.
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Question, my dear /.ers... ;-)
Do any of you currently use a grocery service like this? I have a client trying to build up just such a service, I was wondering what sort of market there is.
Though I guess if somebody is willing to pour a billion smackers into it then there must be...
I can imagine that in traffic-yucky cities like D.C. that this would be a very attractive service.
Anyone?
The Divine Creatrix in a Mortal Shell that stays Crunchy in Milk
I agree most heartily.
:-)
However, by giving the "ooh, this is my new favorite song" crowd the choice of buying mini-cds with only the most popular tracks, might that bring down the price on the albums for those of us who aren't as flighty?
I will always be an advocate for more choices. And if you don't like it, don't buy it.
The Divine Creatrix in a Mortal Shell that stays Crunchy in Milk
Mmmm, just how many of us girls ARE there in /. land?
I would enter in a heartbeat! AND WIN! lol
Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Green tea for maximum antioxidant effects. I prefer Irish breakfast from Twinings, though, for strength of taste.
Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Ya know, in someone else's perception you are an 'average schmoe', too...
The fact is, GENIUS knows no financial boundaries. If Einstein hadn't been able to afford a decent site, like maybe buying groceries took precedence, then having a page on Geo$hitties may have been his only option.
Just because you may have an awesome site on a fast server with no banners does not give you the right to piss on those souls who aren't as well-connected (or as well-paid).
While I agree that most of what you find on free sites is crap, the internet is STILL AN INFANT, as are the majority of users!
Sheesh, you think everyone was born knowing HTML and everyone has a linux box in their basement?
Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Funny, we were discussing this at the company picnic... we have our domain at .net, since we are a network, but also grabbed .com to be safe, protect our name, etc. But we didn't get .org because we figured it should be reserved for non-profit... Boy, the times they are a-changing...
:-)
I'm all for free enterprise and such but it burns my butt to see people just grabbing domains by the fistfulls in order to turn a profit later on. (I guess mostly cuz I didn't think of it first...)
Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
I agree, finding anything on the beast that is msn.com is a chore I disdain, I have people calling me up, Outlook isn't working, etc., so I say, go get the patch and they call back, I couldn't find it. Well, shit, neither can I!
Let's not even talk about their phone support.
Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Points! Yes! I noticed it, too, but I am so used to the rampant ignorance of the SPELL CHECK button on the web that I just don't waste time bitching anymore. :-)
Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Technically, the little bald boy said 'there is no spoon' before Neo did... :-) Picky? Yes. So?
Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
DOH! Bad! :-)
Goddess help me seek the truth, but spare me the company of those who've found it.
Yes...tv.... LOL
This is just sick. Nobody really thinks this is gonna fly, do they?
Sheesh!
In the interest of the tree-hugging community I have to say that a CD you decide to throw away will have to biodegrade for a while, whereas an old MP3 can simply be flushed clean away from your hard drive. :-)
I wait for the day when consumers buy everything online, and the mall parking lots are all overgrown.
Just want to wag my finger and say, "you knew it would happen!" /. effect can be overwhelming at times, and this guy obviously picked you all out. He knew that either: /. /. effect on his site, which is what he wants anyway /., I think it was overdue.
The
1-you would all go to his site to see if he really WAS affiliated with
2-you would all try to use the
Spam sux. But do not act shocked that it happened to
(Of course I can keep a cool head about it cuz I didn't get the spam, LOL.)
Short of hacking the f*ck out of his site, I don't think any of the other options laid out here would be effective...
I have a friend working for IBM down under, from a corporate standpoint everyone there is cold, anal and stuffy. It's the 'normal' folk who are rowdy, as the legends go. So my guess would be that the ceo's are just playing a holier-than-thou game, much like what goes on here in the states...
Ha! Isn't it, though... Kinda makes me glad I wasn't in on the vote!
Man, Google was my 'backdoor' search engine, free from the overwhelming crap on sites like yahoo and snap.... One banner is ok, even inevitable I guess, but if they turn google into yahoo...what a waste. Ack, the humanity! :-)
You are right, if even one lawmaking body decides that ISP's are responsible for content, we are all in deep doodie. /., and moderating with the intent to minimize 'potentially offensive' postings, as they do at Dr. Laura Schlesinger's sorry site. (Try posting something there on a religion that does not center around the God of Abraham. Woo!)
I work for a small ISP and I am frightened. We do not block anything, but at least we let our subscribers KNOW we don't. And we don't go peeking into their email, etc.
Still, there is a fine line between moderating a discussion for relevancy, as they do here at
Where do you draw that line?