The direct cost (what you pay upfront) of shipping something by truck is cheaper than rail. The indirect cost is higher for shipping by truck - the rail companies are required to maintain the rail network, so this maintenance cost is included. The taxpayer maintains the road network, so we see the bill on tax day.
As an example the Woodrow Wilson bridge on I-95 between Maryland in Virginia needed to be replaced, solely because it was unable to handle heavy truck traffic, at a cost of $2.4 Billion
Shipping does have advantages in speed & flexibility - but these should be factored into the total cost of shipping and subject to market forces - not the heavily subsidized field that it's currently played on.
The Trucking Industry is perhaps the most subsidized industry. They pay a pittance of the damage they inflict on the nations transportation infrastructure
As much as it pains me to defend himm W doesn't use e-mail because of the legal implications, not because he doesn't know how. He was by all accounts quite an active e-mailer when governor of Texas
"Engineer Type" maangers may live and breathe that stuff, but most engineers I encounter are very good at analyzing a problem, finding possible solutions, evaluating and implementing. In my experience it is the pseudoengineers (more often than not trained as scientists) who are very good at exploring options, but horrible at implementing solutions.
We can think whatever we like, but ancedotally this article rings very true to me. I began my career at one of the nation's research labs, where the section I worked in comprised of about 250 engineers and scientists had a 20% turnover rate in the year I worked there. Not one person was leaving for academia. Every single one was headed to the private sector, where they found greater pay, and greater control over their work envirionment - put they were no longer publishing papers, nor doing general research.
You may not be interested in listening to music on NPR, but as there are now 4 albums of "All Songs Considered - Music From All Things Considered", as well as an avalanche of other NPR related music paraphenalia, someone listening to NPR likes musics......
This would be a substance abuse problem, and under many employee handbooks as long as you weren't doing this on duty it is an offense you specifically couldn't be let go for.
Privately being a prick doesn't work. If you make a scene in public, it does. Case in point. I purchased a Digital Camera at Bestbuy. They said it'd be in on Thursday, in time for the holiday weekend. By the following Thursday, it hadn't shown up (and I'd bought the same item on sale for 10% less), so I asked to cancel my order and receive a refund. I waited 45 minutes for them to cancel the order. Then they told me I had to wait in the 20 person deep line to get my money back on an item I was never going to receive. At which point I vociferously complained, the manager threatened to throw me out - I pointed out accepting payment for service never to rendered is fraud, the people in line agreed with me, and a fuming store manager refunded my money. F BestBuy!
On American Motorways the probability of a vehicle breaking down in the traffic lanes is directly proportional to the nearness of a major holiday, as is the ability of the driver to shift the vehicle from the travel lanes.
Obviously you've never been to the Western USA. There are more than a few places to go 140mph. I've been going 90mph and been passed by a Semi.
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It's safe to say that with rare exceptions (Japan, theOldEU) the world's rail networks are in horrendous shape. "Rail Network" is a gross overstatement here in the States.
Largest Railway Network? You mean the one designed and implemented by the British? The one that's spent the past decade upgrading equipment, some of it pre-Indpendance?
Have you had any problems with it? Following behind a new Jetta TDI yesterday I saw a surprising amount of particulate emission - substantially more than others I've seen, and on the level of the older soot belching diesels. When I say new, the car still had temporary tags!
Huh? Station Wagons disapeared because nobody wanted to buy them. People who grew up in the 50's (like my father) have negative associations with them - and refuse to buy them as adults.
Cable my friend, cable! They already have Comcast on demand here in Oregon. Pick the movie, start it when you want. I know of several companies that are working on true VOD - stop, pause, FF, etc. Most homes already have a damn big pipe in with Cable Coax, it's the ghetto (and if you've ever seen a cable head end, you'll agree) cable co equipment that's the limitation.
Much as I hate to defend BillG, he did *create*, well maybe assemble, things along the way. His corporation has added to the products available to the world. SCO is just a sucking sound - a leech.
What your looking for is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) The implied PPP from the Economist's Big Mac index is 1 Euro = 1.06$, so the song's are still priced higher.
I'd put in my pocket when I go surfing. But then it'd get wet. I'd put in my pocket when I go kayaking. But then it'd get wet. I'd put it in my pocket when I go climbing. But the it'd possibly fall. You can't always take it with you.
And so your freindly car theif can see that iPod sitting there, break your window and steal it? I've known 3 people who've had their MP3 players stolen. Glovebox is theft proof.
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The direct cost (what you pay upfront) of shipping something by truck is cheaper than rail. The indirect cost is higher for shipping by truck - the rail companies are required to maintain the rail network, so this maintenance cost is included. The taxpayer maintains the road network, so we see the bill on tax day.
As an example the Woodrow Wilson bridge on I-95 between Maryland in Virginia needed to be replaced, solely because it was unable to handle heavy truck traffic, at a cost of $2.4 Billion
Shipping does have advantages in speed & flexibility - but these should be factored into the total cost of shipping and subject to market forces - not the heavily subsidized field that it's currently played on.
The Trucking Industry is perhaps the most subsidized industry. They pay a pittance of the damage they inflict on the nations transportation infrastructure
As much as it pains me to defend himm W doesn't use e-mail because of the legal implications, not because he doesn't know how. He was by all accounts quite an active e-mailer when governor of Texas
You should look up connotation in your dictionary - diversity and variety have adopted different shading's in contemporary culture.
What will you do when your Time Warner Cable Modem suddenly doesn't access independent news sources as well as CNN?
Nitpicking. Audi is part of the VW conglomerate. Saturn was founded by GM, not Daimler Chrysler.
"Engineer Type" maangers may live and breathe that stuff, but most engineers I encounter are very good at analyzing a problem, finding possible solutions, evaluating and implementing. In my experience it is the pseudoengineers (more often than not trained as scientists) who are very good at exploring options, but horrible at implementing solutions.
We can think whatever we like, but ancedotally this article rings very true to me. I began my career at one of the nation's research labs, where the section I worked in comprised of about 250 engineers and scientists had a 20% turnover rate in the year I worked there. Not one person was leaving for academia. Every single one was headed to the private sector, where they found greater pay, and greater control over their work envirionment - put they were no longer publishing papers, nor doing general research.
You may not be interested in listening to music on NPR, but as there are now 4 albums of "All Songs Considered - Music From All Things Considered", as well as an avalanche of other NPR related music paraphenalia, someone listening to NPR likes musics......
This would be a substance abuse problem, and under many employee handbooks as long as you weren't doing this on duty it is an offense you specifically couldn't be let go for.
And with an ambient temperature of substantially below zero, what processor would?
Privately being a prick doesn't work. If you make a scene in public, it does. Case in point. I purchased a Digital Camera at Bestbuy. They said it'd be in on Thursday, in time for the holiday weekend. By the following Thursday, it hadn't shown up (and I'd bought the same item on sale for 10% less), so I asked to cancel my order and receive a refund. I waited 45 minutes for them to cancel the order. Then they told me I had to wait in the 20 person deep line to get my money back on an item I was never going to receive. At which point I vociferously complained, the manager threatened to throw me out - I pointed out accepting payment for service never to rendered is fraud, the people in line agreed with me, and a fuming store manager refunded my money. F BestBuy!
On American Motorways the probability of a vehicle breaking down in the traffic lanes is directly proportional to the nearness of a major holiday, as is the ability of the driver to shift the vehicle from the travel lanes.
Obviously you've never been to the Western USA. There are more than a few places to go 140mph. I've been going 90mph and been passed by a Semi.
It's safe to say that with rare exceptions (Japan, theOldEU) the world's rail networks are in horrendous shape. "Rail Network" is a gross overstatement here in the States.
Largest Railway Network? You mean the one designed and implemented by the British? The one that's spent the past decade upgrading equipment, some of it pre-Indpendance?
Have you had any problems with it? Following behind a new Jetta TDI yesterday I saw a surprising amount of particulate emission - substantially more than others I've seen, and on the level of the older soot belching diesels. When I say new, the car still had temporary tags!
Huh? Station Wagons disapeared because nobody wanted to buy them. People who grew up in the 50's (like my father) have negative associations with them - and refuse to buy them as adults.
Cable my friend, cable! They already have Comcast on demand here in Oregon. Pick the movie, start it when you want. I know of several companies that are working on true VOD - stop, pause, FF, etc. Most homes already have a damn big pipe in with Cable Coax, it's the ghetto (and if you've ever seen a cable head end, you'll agree) cable co equipment that's the limitation.
Much as I hate to defend BillG, he did *create*, well maybe assemble, things along the way. His corporation has added to the products available to the world. SCO is just a sucking sound - a leech.
That's a state thing. I live in a state without a Sales Tax (OR).
What your looking for is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) The implied PPP from the Economist's Big Mac index is 1 Euro = 1.06$, so the song's are still priced higher.
So the range is less than 50 miles, no? Because that's when the falloff of the sphere the earth is comes into play.
I'd put in my pocket when I go surfing. But then it'd get wet. I'd put in my pocket when I go kayaking. But then it'd get wet. I'd put it in my pocket when I go climbing. But the it'd possibly fall. You can't always take it with you.
And so your freindly car theif can see that iPod sitting there, break your window and steal it? I've known 3 people who've had their MP3 players stolen. Glovebox is theft proof.