China brings in all the hard currency it needs from arms sales, tourism and forced local investment by western/european firms wanting to have a domestic foothold.
Selling slippers and DIP switches keeps the mid and lower tier firms happy while the big boys play. The big boys aren't dumb enough to rely on Wal-Mart class incomes. Shut the doors on outside markets today, and China will still move forward.
Subsidies and direct aid are one and the same, to many, yes. You think the farming community in America wants the rest of the world to know they're being propped up? No way.
This is where the mistake in understanding is rooted. This is where so many Americans don't do their homework, and why we have the govt. we deserve.
Aid is welfare, however, and is defined as charity. I give you a dollar and I never see anything from that effort.
A subsidy assumes you will invest your windfall, and in turn support me by buying from me when it comes time to spend what I've just given you. That's capitalism, not charity.
The Japanese car buyer subsidizes the American car market by paying double for a new Z in Tokyo. That's not charity, it's robbery:)
I just finished working 4 years for a Korean firm that makes Dell branded equipment. We lost money dealing with Dell, but we did it to keep them from going to our competitor. No one wanted to handle the Dell account. They are cold and single minded.
Dell always came out as the worst to deal with, compared to IBM, Sun, HP/Compaq. Dell would negotiate for a certain number of units at a certain price, then order 25% of the original quantity, while demanding the original unit price. Sounds like smart business? When they break their original commitment, and then bully their way on, it's bad business.
The end result is their suppliers keep waiting for the 'big' contract that never comes along. They lose money and go out of business. Dell moves to another supplier and doesn't look back. That is one less supplier for the other buyers. Another carcass on the fire. It's called 'hollowing out', and most companies know better than to go down that road.
If you do business with me, you expect a certain percentage of every dollar we handle. Under ideal circumstances, I get 60 and you get 40. This proportion lets us both survive. Dell seeks 70/30...this helps Dell grow, of course, but the 30 means slow death for the other side. Most businesses honor the 60/40 balance, knowing that anything more will be abusive...Dell has long ago decided to cross that line.
The hope is to take the market, and then go back to 60/40...but with no suppliers left willing to take the abuse, Dell will be alone and cutting their own throat.
Not my logic. Read the act instead of being defensive.
Bad way to admit you were wrong, by arguing with the text of the original document. You're being childish now. Shame you have to resist the point and the truth.
...getting in touch with Asian suppliers who "are more than willing" to give you discounts, just so that they can get their foot in the lucrative N. American and European markets.
So much wrong with this kind of statement. China doesn't need those markets. It does need the western style of pragmatic project management, etc, but the market is now inside China/Asia, and much larger than Europe and North America. This statement only serves to show why the west is being left further and further behind.
Dell works to hollow out their suppliers, leaving behind dead and worthless companies. We don't need them, just like we don't need Wal-mart.
The Dell model, such as it is, is already dead. It may have worked for Mikey, but it won't work if cookie-cutter'd. There won't be another Dell, thank god.
I'll say it again. Food Stamps are to provide incentive to spend money on food...this props up the farming and food industry.
They were never meant to be welfare. This is another example of how the average American misunderstands welfare, etc.
If someone gets free or reduced food as a result, fine, but the goal and intent is to promote spending in that sector.
You don't have to be indigent to qualify for and receive food stamps. You do have to be down and out to receive aid and subsistance.
To quote the Food Stamp Act of 1964:
"To strengthen the agricultural economy; to help to achieve a fuller and more effective use
of food abundances; to provide for improved levels of nutrition among low-income
households through a cooperative Federal-State program of food assistance to be
operated through normal channels of trade; and for other purposes."
a food aid program....not. This is to encourage spending and help prop up farming. Foodstamps may look and act like aid, but they are not welfare, actually.
We will be in a neverending series of 9/11 attacks just like other countries in the middle east if we don't stop them.
There is no proof that the US faced this kind of threat. Terrorism is routine (so are headaches and car crashes), yes, but doomsday?...no. You weren't around for the Bay of Pigs, were you? The world didn't end in a mushroom cloud at the hands of the Soviets, and it won't end as the result of terrorism. Bush Govt. spending is the goal, and your wallet is the only thing being threatened.
You've bought into the biggest lie of this century.
You're simply reflecting the kind of self-rationalizing chicken little mindset that says more about your reading material and ability to secure a personal opinion, than it does about your ability to postulate world peace and security.
The issue in California is the unrelenting focus to make money off the driver class, while routinely ignoring safety.
The Highway Patrol uses holiday death statistics to leverage budget expenditures heavy with funds tagged for things that in turn allow them to make more money.
In Calif., if you die within 360 days of a traffic accident, you are considered a related fatality. Japan says this only counts if you die within 12 hours. It's not a safety lesson with the CHP, it's a way to gain more budget. The CHP's stats are routinely out of sync with those of other agencies, leading many to question their motives.
They ignore worn out tires and focus on expired tags...they ignore broken windshields while taking their time to check on your insurance status. They set up speed traps based on county lines while ignoring long stretches of highway that seeminly encourage faster cruising. The attitude of the CHP is sharp and hubristic, where many years ago it was patient and concerned with safety.
Too many vague references in this legislation. My system lets me view:
DVDs/VCDs
Rear view camera
Video games
iBook
TV local
The screen is down, at the front edge of the seat, right in the middle (small pickup). It is independant of the ignition, parking brake and transmission. I can view traffic behind and to the sides while in motion...down the road or backing up in a parking lot. I can watch a map DVD or another round of Alien, all while in motion, if I choose.
The state is worried about revenue, not about safety and not about me...in turn, I'm not worried about the state.
I've done many things, over the years, to make my vehicles safer, from better brakes to better visibility....from better lights to safer steering wheel grip...from better seat belts to improved shock absorbers. The list is very long.
In turn, the Calif. Highway Patrol is more worried about things the state can make money on, such as checking for expired tags. Many years ago, a CHP Officer would check things like burned out brake lights and worn tires...now, they only want to know if you can be ticketed for something that will earn the state more money. I've been responsible for my own vehicle safety for years, and I'm going to continue that trend, regardless of what the state does.
Let me say that another way. California does not worry about safety...only about revenue.
If I want a display in view while driving, that's what I'm going to do. Mine lets me view a rear-view camera and surf maps, etc. Of course it also provides TV and DVD...so what.
Calif. used to have laws against non-factory installed driving/fog lights....that law is gone now. Police used to write tickets for glasspacked muffers...that one's history as well.
Next it will be the way you hold the steering wheel or the shoes you wear while driving. You'll be forced to buy state mandated fire proof clothes and install halon systems just to leave your driveway.
When your car has a cage to keep you from interacting with your passengers, you'll be free to wonder what happened to your rights as a human. Think I'm kidding? Watch this law die soon.
Assembly Bill No. 301 CHAPTER 303 An act to amend Section 27602 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. [Approved by Governor September 4, 2003. Filed with Secretary of State September 5, 2003.] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 301, Reyes. Vehicles: video displays. (1) Existing law prohibits any person from driving a motor vehicle that is equipped with a television receiver, screen, or other means of visually receiving a television broadcast, if the device is located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back of the driver's seat, or is visible to the driver while operating the motor vehicle. This prohibition does not apply to a mobile digital terminal installed in a law enforcement vehicle. This bill would recast this prohibition and, additionally, would prohibit any person from driving a motor vehicle if a video monitor, or a video screen, or any other, similar means of visually displaying a video signal that produces entertainment or business applications, is operating and is located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver while driving the motor vehicle. This prohibition would not apply to specified equipment or to a motor vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside assistance. Because a violation of this prohibition would be a crime, the bill would establish a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 27602 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 27602. (a) A person may not drive a motor vehicle if a television receiver, a video monitor, or a television or video screen, or any other, similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications, is operating Ch. 303 --2-- 93 and is located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver while driving the motor vehicle. (b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to the following equipment when installed in a vehicle: (1) A vehicle information display. (2) A global positioning display. (3) A mapping display. (4) A visual display used to enhance or supplement the driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle. (5) A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or any other, similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses except as a visual display as described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive. (c) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a mobile, digital terminal installed in an authorized emergency vehicle or to a motor vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside assistance. SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
...those large screens on the side of the road called 'billboards'? You can see them from the front seat, right? joke...
I have a small LCD TV (with a rear-view camera and DVD player) I can see while driving. I use it for 'navigation' as well. Damned if I'm going to rip it out.
Dell, which has been providing DVD+ drives, is now providing DVD+ drives....I wonder if the fact that Dell isn't doing anything different in regards to DVD+ drives will mean anything in regards to DVD+ drives.
One can only hope that any change in the meaning of this non-change will foster a change that may mean no change. Life as we know it could hang in the balance. Please keep us posted on further effects of anything.
And if you fail to get your car in for that appointment, does it void your warranty?
If you fail to follow recommended service, you may void your warranty. Simply missing an appointment isn't grounds for being grounded. Same with any other service related care.
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China brings in all the hard currency it needs from arms sales, tourism and forced local investment by western/european firms wanting to have a domestic foothold.
Selling slippers and DIP switches keeps the mid and lower tier firms happy while the big boys play. The big boys aren't dumb enough to rely on Wal-Mart class incomes. Shut the doors on outside markets today, and China will still move forward.
Right, many use this tactic to climb, but they know when to turn it off. Problem with Dell, is they use this as their principle business model.
Breaking a rule isn't innovative. Dell will die the death it deserves, sooner or later.
Subsidies and direct aid are one and the same, to many, yes. You think the farming community in America wants the rest of the world to know they're being propped up? No way.
:)
This is where the mistake in understanding is rooted. This is where so many Americans don't do their homework, and why we have the govt. we deserve.
Aid is welfare, however, and is defined as charity. I give you a dollar and I never see anything from that effort.
A subsidy assumes you will invest your windfall, and in turn support me by buying from me when it comes time to spend what I've just given you. That's capitalism, not charity.
The Japanese car buyer subsidizes the American car market by paying double for a new Z in Tokyo. That's not charity, it's robbery
You said food stamps were aid. Indirectly, yes. By design, no. Food stamps are farm subsidies. Not the same.
:)
Calm down
I just finished working 4 years for a Korean firm that makes Dell branded equipment. We lost money dealing with Dell, but we did it to keep them from going to our competitor. No one wanted to handle the Dell account. They are cold and single minded.
Dell always came out as the worst to deal with, compared to IBM, Sun, HP/Compaq. Dell would negotiate for a certain number of units at a certain price, then order 25% of the original quantity, while demanding the original unit price. Sounds like smart business? When they break their original commitment, and then bully their way on, it's bad business.
The end result is their suppliers keep waiting for the 'big' contract that never comes along. They lose money and go out of business. Dell moves to another supplier and doesn't look back. That is one less supplier for the other buyers. Another carcass on the fire. It's called 'hollowing out', and most companies know better than to go down that road.
If you do business with me, you expect a certain percentage of every dollar we handle. Under ideal circumstances, I get 60 and you get 40. This proportion lets us both survive. Dell seeks 70/30...this helps Dell grow, of course, but the 30 means slow death for the other side. Most businesses honor the 60/40 balance, knowing that anything more will be abusive...Dell has long ago decided to cross that line.
The hope is to take the market, and then go back to 60/40...but with no suppliers left willing to take the abuse, Dell will be alone and cutting their own throat.
Not my logic. Read the act instead of being defensive.
Bad way to admit you were wrong, by arguing with the text of the original document. You're being childish now. Shame you have to resist the point and the truth.
And not once did I specifically credit you with using the word either.
I hope you now have a better understand of how/why food stamps work.
...getting in touch with Asian suppliers who "are more than willing" to give you discounts, just so that they can get their foot in the lucrative N. American and European markets.
So much wrong with this kind of statement. China doesn't need those markets. It does need the western style of pragmatic project management, etc, but the market is now inside China/Asia, and much larger than Europe and North America. This statement only serves to show why the west is being left further and further behind.
Dell works to hollow out their suppliers, leaving behind dead and worthless companies. We don't need them, just like we don't need Wal-mart.
The Dell model, such as it is, is already dead. It may have worked for Mikey, but it won't work if cookie-cutter'd. There won't be another Dell, thank god.
They were never meant to be welfare. This is another example of how the average American misunderstands welfare, etc.
If someone gets free or reduced food as a result, fine, but the goal and intent is to promote spending in that sector.
You don't have to be indigent to qualify for and receive food stamps. You do have to be down and out to receive aid and subsistance.
To quote the Food Stamp Act of 1964:
"To strengthen the agricultural economy; to help to achieve a fuller and more effective use of food abundances; to provide for improved levels of nutrition among low-income households through a cooperative Federal-State program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade; and for other purposes."
a food aid program....not. This is to encourage spending and help prop up farming. Foodstamps may look and act like aid, but they are not welfare, actually.
We will be in a neverending series of 9/11 attacks just like other countries in the middle east if we don't stop them.
...no. You weren't around for the Bay of Pigs, were you? The world didn't end in a mushroom cloud at the hands of the Soviets, and it won't end as the result of terrorism. Bush Govt. spending is the goal, and your wallet is the only thing being threatened.
There is no proof that the US faced this kind of threat. Terrorism is routine (so are headaches and car crashes), yes, but doomsday?
You've bought into the biggest lie of this century.
You're simply reflecting the kind of self-rationalizing chicken little mindset that says more about your reading material and ability to secure a personal opinion, than it does about your ability to postulate world peace and security.
We have none in our offices.
But those cordless phones in use are a yes yes...?
The issue in California is the unrelenting focus to make money off the driver class, while routinely ignoring safety.
The Highway Patrol uses holiday death statistics to leverage budget expenditures heavy with funds tagged for things that in turn allow them to make more money.
In Calif., if you die within 360 days of a traffic accident, you are considered a related fatality. Japan says this only counts if you die within 12 hours. It's not a safety lesson with the CHP, it's a way to gain more budget. The CHP's stats are routinely out of sync with those of other agencies, leading many to question their motives.
They ignore worn out tires and focus on expired tags...they ignore broken windshields while taking their time to check on your insurance status. They set up speed traps based on county lines while ignoring long stretches of highway that seeminly encourage faster cruising. The attitude of the CHP is sharp and hubristic, where many years ago it was patient and concerned with safety.
All you need to know to install an LCD in your vehicle...enjoy.
Want to see LCD's for your car? This is a nice place to check them all out :)
I prefer the 7" widescreen with multiple A/V inputs, for games and rear-view cameras...you can also connect your laptop and DV camera as well.
Calif doesn't want safety...just revenue. That's the point, not random connections to what may be.
- DVDs/VCDs
- Rear view camera
- Video games
- iBook
- TV local
The screen is down, at the front edge of the seat, right in the middle (small pickup). It is independant of the ignition, parking brake and transmission. I can view traffic behind and to the sides while in motion...down the road or backing up in a parking lot. I can watch a map DVD or another round of Alien, all while in motion, if I choose.The state is worried about revenue, not about safety and not about me...in turn, I'm not worried about the state.
In turn, the Calif. Highway Patrol is more worried about things the state can make money on, such as checking for expired tags. Many years ago, a CHP Officer would check things like burned out brake lights and worn tires...now, they only want to know if you can be ticketed for something that will earn the state more money. I've been responsible for my own vehicle safety for years, and I'm going to continue that trend, regardless of what the state does.
Let me say that another way. California does not worry about safety...only about revenue.
If I want a display in view while driving, that's what I'm going to do. Mine lets me view a rear-view camera and surf maps, etc. Of course it also provides TV and DVD...so what.
This one will die soon too.
ouch...
Next it will be the way you hold the steering wheel or the shoes you wear while driving. You'll be forced to buy state mandated fire proof clothes and install halon systems just to leave your driveway.
When your car has a cage to keep you from interacting with your passengers, you'll be free to wonder what happened to your rights as a human. Think I'm kidding? Watch this law die soon.
Assembly Bill No. 301
CHAPTER 303
An act to amend Section 27602 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.
[Approved by Governor September 4, 2003. Filed
with Secretary of State September 5, 2003.]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 301, Reyes. Vehicles: video displays.
(1) Existing law prohibits any person from driving a motor vehicle
that is equipped with a television receiver, screen, or other means of
visually receiving a television broadcast, if the device is located in the
motor vehicle at any point forward of the back of the driver's seat, or is
visible to the driver while operating the motor vehicle. This prohibition
does not apply to a mobile digital terminal installed in a law enforcement
vehicle.
This bill would recast this prohibition and, additionally, would
prohibit any person from driving a motor vehicle if a video monitor, or
a video screen, or any other, similar means of visually displaying a video
signal that produces entertainment or business applications, is operating
and is located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back of
the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver while driving
the motor vehicle. This prohibition would not apply to specified
equipment or to a motor vehicle providing emergency road service or
roadside assistance. Because a violation of this prohibition would be a
crime, the bill would establish a state-mandated local program.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state.
Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act
for a specified reason.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 27602 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
27602. (a) A person may not drive a motor vehicle if a television
receiver, a video monitor, or a television or video screen, or any other,
similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video
signal that produces entertainment or business applications, is operating
Ch. 303 --2--
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and is located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back of
the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver while driving
the motor vehicle.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to the following equipment when
installed in a vehicle:
(1) A vehicle information display.
(2) A global positioning display.
(3) A mapping display.
(4) A visual display used to enhance or supplement the driver's view
forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of
maneuvering the vehicle.
(5) A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen,
or any other, similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast
or video signal, if that equipment has an interlock device that, when the
motor vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses except as a
visual display as described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive.
(c) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a mobile, digital terminal
installed in an authorized emergency vehicle or to a motor vehicle
providing emergency road service or roadside assistance.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will
be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates
a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction,
within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or
changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of
Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
...those large screens on the side of the road called 'billboards'? You can see them from the front seat, right? joke...
I have a small LCD TV (with a rear-view camera and DVD player) I can see while driving. I use it for 'navigation' as well. Damned if I'm going to rip it out.
Dell, which has been providing DVD+ drives, is now providing DVD+ drives....I wonder if the fact that Dell isn't doing anything different in regards to DVD+ drives will mean anything in regards to DVD+ drives.
One can only hope that any change in the meaning of this non-change will foster a change that may mean no change. Life as we know it could hang in the balance. Please keep us posted on further effects of anything.
And if you fail to get your car in for that appointment, does it void your warranty?
If you fail to follow recommended service, you may void your warranty. Simply missing an appointment isn't grounds for being grounded. Same with any other service related care.