If you're referring to Karl Marx (and not Groucho), the author of the Communist Manifesto, then I'm afraid it's you that are off base. Yes, Marx was a political economist, but he was also a self-proclaimed communist and socialist. Marx invented neither communism nor socialism, but he is responsible for a great deal of the theoretical foundations of each as we think of them today. Indeed, the utterance that Marx was the father of modern communism or modern socialism is basically true.
Well, just in case there is someone who doesn't know the difference, let me quote the great philosopher Freddie Blase:
Pencil neck geek: Grit eating freak. Scum sucking pea-head with a lousy physique. He's a one man no good losing streak. Nothing but a pencil neck geek.
You see if you take a pencil that won't hold lead, looks like a pipe cleaner atached to a head, add a buggy whip body with a brain that leaks, you got yourself a grit eating, scum sucking, pencil neck geek.
If you mean that street sweepers actually barrel down the street, then yes. If you mean that they actually do any street sweeping, beyond moving the dirt around, then no, they don't really street sweep. The only good thing about it was a chance to meet your neighbors when everyone got up early to move their cars. I became friends with a Cambodian family this way.
IIRC the L.A. Times article I read, the street sweepers often didn't even show up, but parking enforcement did. I think it was the area between Hollywood Blvd and Franklin, between Highland and La Brea. It's about as densely populated as your typical SF neighborhood.
I'm sorry, but since when has what a customer wanted been important when up against a business's stated policies.
Try parking your car in a lot, and explicitly telling the attendant that you will hold the parking lot company responsible for any theft or damage to your car, despite what the contract printed on the ticket says.
Don't you have to sign a contract or work order or some other paper work before Geek Squad will start work on you computer?
Best Buy and most other places explicitly warn you to back up your HD when bringing it in for repair. They usually offer to back it up for you for a fee if you prefer.
So your story rings a little hollow.
Hey, do you know what a HD sounds like when you're backing it up?
It goes, "Beep! Beep! Beep!" Just like yo mama! =)
In support of your point, I have to ask, How much does the story poster's company spend on advertising, marketing, and branding? If he feels that they should have Best Buy's customers, then why don't they? Why haven't they gone out to get them?
Furthermore, his company is charging Best Buy $75/hour, but the company is paying him something (I'm sure considerably) less. Why doesn't he go after the Best Buy customers? Then he'd be making $150/hour! (Of course if he were actually successful, he'd need to start outsourcing some of the work to some company at $75/hour.)
It's the other way around. Mormons dress like the Geek Squad. Before the Geek Squad, Mormons used to dress like Rastafarians. (The still wore the ceremonial secret funny underwear, though.)
Or Americans, at least those living near the border areas, will go to Canada or Mexico to obtain their drugs. There are already bus tours for senior citizens to do just that.
When I was little one of my favorite shows was Daktari, and I even had a Daktari Land Rover Corgi car in my toy car collection. Every now and then I see one of these driving about Los Angeles. I think maybe it's an old desert rat come into town for supplies. I'd like to own a vehicle like that, with or without the zebra stripes.
OTOH, I see all too many bling SUVs, with big flashy spinning rims that probably have trouble going up a driveway, let alone getting into the dirt and mud. (I'm surprised I haven't seen any gold plated winches on the fronts of these gaudy monstrosities.)
A graphic designer I know (an ex-gf, actually) has not paid for either software or fonts for the last decade. She has rationalized that because once, in a staff position, she authorized the purchase of approximately 20 seats of adobe software for a graphics department, so Adobe owes her. She uses cracked copies.
I've often wondered what would happen to her and her clients if Adobe got wind of this. (Yes, it was a spectacularly bad break up.) =)
Seeing as how parking tickets are a major revenue source for many cities, I don't know how widespread this will be in the US. Some cities, most notably San Francisco, have instituted want amounts to street sweeping scams to generate revenue. Los Angeles does this, too, but not to the same extent.
Still, two years is an awfully long time. I wonder how he keeps the battery from going dead.
Yeah, but the durability of SUVs is not in the least dependent on their crappy fuel economy. I've known people who have bought used Honda Civics (1970s and 1980s models) with almost 200,000 miles on them and then put on another 100,000 miles. And this is not unusual. A well built car need not be a gas guzzler nor expensive.
The fact is, many if not most people in the US buy a new car because they want a new car or a different model, not because their old car has stopped running.
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Apparently, you aren't familiar with IBM's legal reputation. Their legal department has been nicknamed the Nazgul . 'Nuff said.
It's a mighty fine read.
Gahhhh!
I love reading. I buy books by the foot. And Atlas Shrugged is not a mighty fine read. (By way of comparison, Gravity's Rainbow is a fine read.)
The title of Rand's epic should be Atlas Shrugged While Ayn Rand Endlessly Whacked Him Over the Head with Her Philosophy.
If you're referring to Karl Marx (and not Groucho), the author of the Communist Manifesto, then I'm afraid it's you that are off base. Yes, Marx was a political economist, but he was also a self-proclaimed communist and socialist. Marx invented neither communism nor socialism, but he is responsible for a great deal of the theoretical foundations of each as we think of them today. Indeed, the utterance that Marx was the father of modern communism or modern socialism is basically true.
Something tells me that Mr. Phipps is confused about which company is Sun and which is Red Hat.
Red Hat Earnings Rise on Business Sales
Meanwhile, the picture at Sun is not so sunny.
Well, just in case there is someone who doesn't know the difference, let me quote the great philosopher Freddie Blase:
Pencil neck geek: Grit eating freak. Scum sucking pea-head with a lousy physique. He's a one man no good losing streak. Nothing but a pencil neck geek.
You see if you take a pencil that won't hold lead, looks like a pipe cleaner atached to a head, add a buggy whip body with a brain that leaks, you got yourself a grit eating, scum sucking, pencil neck geek.
If you mean that street sweepers actually barrel down the street, then yes. If you mean that they actually do any street sweeping, beyond moving the dirt around, then no, they don't really street sweep. The only good thing about it was a chance to meet your neighbors when everyone got up early to move their cars. I became friends with a Cambodian family this way.
IIRC the L.A. Times article I read, the street sweepers often didn't even show up, but parking enforcement did. I think it was the area between Hollywood Blvd and Franklin, between Highland and La Brea. It's about as densely populated as your typical SF neighborhood.
I'm sorry, but since when has what a customer wanted been important when up against a business's stated policies.
Try parking your car in a lot, and explicitly telling the attendant that you will hold the parking lot company responsible for any theft or damage to your car, despite what the contract printed on the ticket says.
Don't you have to sign a contract or work order or some other paper work before Geek Squad will start work on you computer?
You fool! ROT-13 has been compromised! Instead, use 2-ROT-13, as I have done in this post.
I thought they only used the Enigma machines for the most ULTRA secret messages.
A million here, a million there. Pretty soon you're talking about real money.
A geek is a nerd with technical skills and passionate interests; in particular one who has a myopic dedication to a particular specialty.
Who also bites the heads off of chickens. =)
I'm a Dork, you insensitive clod!!
(Also, I'm amazed you got through college without knowing how to spell "classic" or "propaganda"! =))
Best Buy and most other places explicitly warn you to back up your HD when bringing it in for repair. They usually offer to back it up for you for a fee if you prefer.
So your story rings a little hollow.
Hey, do you know what a HD sounds like when you're backing it up?
It goes, "Beep! Beep! Beep!" Just like yo mama! =)
In support of your point, I have to ask, How much does the story poster's company spend on advertising, marketing, and branding? If he feels that they should have Best Buy's customers, then why don't they? Why haven't they gone out to get them?
Furthermore, his company is charging Best Buy $75/hour, but the company is paying him something (I'm sure considerably) less. Why doesn't he go after the Best Buy customers? Then he'd be making $150/hour! (Of course if he were actually successful, he'd need to start outsourcing some of the work to some company at $75/hour.)
It's the other way around. Mormons dress like the Geek Squad. Before the Geek Squad, Mormons used to dress like Rastafarians. (The still wore the ceremonial secret funny underwear, though.)
That's what they want you to think. Perhaps they're disguising them with a coat of navy blue paint and some pinstripes.
If the van is rocking, don't come knocking.
If the van is swaying, skin is flaying. . . no, not quite right.
If the van is jiggling, rebels are wriggling. . . better, but still not there.
Or Americans, at least those living near the border areas, will go to Canada or Mexico to obtain their drugs. There are already bus tours for senior citizens to do just that.
Not only that, but you then have the secondary effect of preventing the government from reading penguins' minds! Eh, ha.
Janice, is that you?
When I was little one of my favorite shows was Daktari, and I even had a Daktari Land Rover Corgi car in my toy car collection. Every now and then I see one of these driving about Los Angeles. I think maybe it's an old desert rat come into town for supplies. I'd like to own a vehicle like that, with or without the zebra stripes.
OTOH, I see all too many bling SUVs, with big flashy spinning rims that probably have trouble going up a driveway, let alone getting into the dirt and mud. (I'm surprised I haven't seen any gold plated winches on the fronts of these gaudy monstrosities.)
A graphic designer I know (an ex-gf, actually) has not paid for either software or fonts for the last decade. She has rationalized that because once, in a staff position, she authorized the purchase of approximately 20 seats of adobe software for a graphics department, so Adobe owes her. She uses cracked copies.
I've often wondered what would happen to her and her clients if Adobe got wind of this. (Yes, it was a spectacularly bad break up.) =)
Seeing as how parking tickets are a major revenue source for many cities, I don't know how widespread this will be in the US. Some cities, most notably San Francisco, have instituted want amounts to street sweeping scams to generate revenue. Los Angeles does this, too, but not to the same extent.
Still, two years is an awfully long time. I wonder how he keeps the battery from going dead.
Tune in next week, same bat time, same bat channel.
Or if not the same bat channel, at least a dupe bat channel.
Yeah, but the durability of SUVs is not in the least dependent on their crappy fuel economy. I've known people who have bought used Honda Civics (1970s and 1980s models) with almost 200,000 miles on them and then put on another 100,000 miles. And this is not unusual. A well built car need not be a gas guzzler nor expensive.
The fact is, many if not most people in the US buy a new car because they want a new car or a different model, not because their old car has stopped running.