And what causes that labor to be so expensive? Could it be the location?
Yes, the location does impact the cost. I would guess that the labor is so expensive because there are fewer farmers from Mexico and points south to come pick the beans cheaply in Hawaii. So it is not, as you claimed, labeling restrictions. I also lived in DC for many years. The salaries in DC are not 3x higher than in other places, which is what we are seeing with Kona coffee prices.
Can you provide any references to support this fact? 5% seems very low to me. I found an article that states that labor costs are about 50% of the cost for hand harvested crops. (I can't verify the validity of the article, and it is about 8 years old, so take it with a grain of salt.) http://www.cis.org/articles/2000/back1200.html. If the article is true, then the cost of the apple in your example would become $5.50. That sounds high to me, so I expect that the true cost is somewhere between those two figures.
Actually, I have had Kona coffee. I worked in and managed a coffee store franchise for several years. Obviously, you have bought into the Kona marketing strategy.
And eating strawberries wouldn't be quite so easy if citizens picked them.... How much would the price of strawberries increase if the people picking them managed to get minimum wage, health benefits, safer conditions and unions? A great example of this is Hawaiian Kona coffee. It retails for >$20 per pound, but is no better than the South American coffees that you can buy for about 1/3 the cost. Why? Because it's grown and picked in America by people who get minimum wage, health benefits, unions, etc.
Of course you realize that this will just lead to a bunch of neo-netzis with their anti-semantic remarks....
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There must be some prisoner surveys or similar which show the effects of violence on adults
But rather than look for those, you're just going to make some statistics up as you go? You're really just pulling this stuff out of your ass, aren't you?
With Windows you're more prone to more serious security problems. Of course there are vulnerabilities in Linux as well, but I've never seen something as wild as the chaos caused by ILOVEYOU and NIMDA in Linux.
Yes. And Windows ME sucked as well. A lot of the products that Microsoft was making in the late '90s and early 2000s were pretty bad. It's been over six years for NIMDA, and almost eight for ILOVEYOU. Let it go. If you're going to complain, complain about the latest version.
The other reason (secondary to the primary goal of pissing off slashdotters by making a profit) that Microsoft creates these new versions of Windows is to fix any security issues. NIMDA and ILOVEYOU have been fixed for years.
So your problem with 1-click is that if you accidentally click the button, go to the next screen and accidentally enter your password, you might accidentally purchase an item and you would then have to (gasp!) CANCEL THE ORDER??? How traumatic for you.
I am not sure why you seem to have such a personal hatred against 1-click. Using words like "dangerous", "insane" and "horrid" suggest that you have either an agenda or an inability to use hyperbole effectively.
It might or might not be a decent patent. I have found it to be useful and convenient, but that's unfortunately not one of the requirements for receiving a patent. I suspect that if you examined 1-click with an open mind, you might find it to be useful, or if not useful, then at least not "dangerous".
Good point. It's amazing that people ever managed to go out and have a good time before mandatory fingerprinting. I think that you are setting your goals too low, however. Maybe we should lock everyone up who has ever bothered you, or made your life inconvenient in any way. Everyone else will happily give up their rights and liberties so you aren't inconvenienced at the pub.
How about this. Go out and count the number of really successful people, and the find how many of them have visible piercings and/or tattoos. I've got 4 tattoos and 7 piercings, but I don't kid myself that people don't judge by appearance. If you think they don't, go out and get yourself about 50 pounds overweight. You'll see the difference immediately. Being fit and attractive, with neatly trimmed hair, no visible piercings or tattoos, wearing clean and pressed clothes, and being of slightly below average intelligence or better is going to get you farther in a business environment than being tattooed and pierced with a mohawk, wearing a T-shirt from ThinkGeek, a genius IQ and great ideas. And don't even bother posting that you are successful and have tattoos, or you know someone who is a CIO of some company and is pierced like mad, because they are the exception, not the rule.
My machine is an Athlon 2600+ with 512 MB RAM. MS Office 2003 opens in less than a second, the first time and every time. I would suggest that part of the problem might be that his computer has a corrupted install of Word, and/or spyware or other problems. There is no reason that it should take that long to open Word. Additionally, I am curious to know how he timed these to the hundredths of a second. I like OO.o just fine, but in my experience it always seemed to work slower than Word; granted, I haven't used OO.o in about 14 months. I think this guy needs to start over with a clean install of both (and a clean OS install) before he posts this kind of stuff to/., and we should be taking this with a grain (or a pound) of salt.
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Yes, the location does impact the cost. I would guess that the labor is so expensive because there are fewer farmers from Mexico and points south to come pick the beans cheaply in Hawaii. So it is not, as you claimed, labeling restrictions.
I also lived in DC for many years. The salaries in DC are not 3x higher than in other places, which is what we are seeing with Kona coffee prices.
I disagree. A quick Google search shows at least two Hawaiian farms that claim that labor is their highest cost.
http://www.konaearth.com/Life/2008/080120/
http://www.jessecolinyoung.com/farm.htm
I would suggest that your premise is flawed.
Can you provide any references to support this fact? 5% seems very low to me. I found an article that states that labor costs are about 50% of the cost for hand harvested crops. (I can't verify the validity of the article, and it is about 8 years old, so take it with a grain of salt.) http://www.cis.org/articles/2000/back1200.html. If the article is true, then the cost of the apple in your example would become $5.50. That sounds high to me, so I expect that the true cost is somewhere between those two figures.
Actually, I have had Kona coffee. I worked in and managed a coffee store franchise for several years. Obviously, you have bought into the Kona marketing strategy.
And eating strawberries wouldn't be quite so easy if citizens picked them.... How much would the price of strawberries increase if the people picking them managed to get minimum wage, health benefits, safer conditions and unions? A great example of this is Hawaiian Kona coffee. It retails for >$20 per pound, but is no better than the South American coffees that you can buy for about 1/3 the cost. Why? Because it's grown and picked in America by people who get minimum wage, health benefits, unions, etc.
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Nicely done. An informative post on how to get modded down......
Of course you realize that this will just lead to a bunch of neo-netzis with their anti-semantic remarks....
But rather than look for those, you're just going to make some statistics up as you go? You're really just pulling this stuff out of your ass, aren't you?
Let's face it, Microsoft is known for their package designs!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=36099539665548298
Yes. And Windows ME sucked as well. A lot of the products that Microsoft was making in the late '90s and early 2000s were pretty bad. It's been over six years for NIMDA, and almost eight for ILOVEYOU. Let it go. If you're going to complain, complain about the latest version.
The other reason (secondary to the primary goal of pissing off slashdotters by making a profit) that Microsoft creates these new versions of Windows is to fix any security issues. NIMDA and ILOVEYOU have been fixed for years.
Some of us don't do it for money. /. login is "Opportunist"....
Says the guy whose
Sounds like you've fixed the lack of documentation issue....
So your problem with 1-click is that if you accidentally click the button, go to the next screen and accidentally enter your password, you might accidentally purchase an item and you would then have to (gasp!) CANCEL THE ORDER??? How traumatic for you.
I am not sure why you seem to have such a personal hatred against 1-click. Using words like "dangerous", "insane" and "horrid" suggest that you have either an agenda or an inability to use hyperbole effectively.
It might or might not be a decent patent. I have found it to be useful and convenient, but that's unfortunately not one of the requirements for receiving a patent. I suspect that if you examined 1-click with an open mind, you might find it to be useful, or if not useful, then at least not "dangerous".
re: Your Sig.
Erotic is when you use a french tickler. Exotic is when you use french toast.
or for people to just get a life....
Are you sure? From TFA: ..." licence fee of 5.52 euros (3.70 pounds) a month".
Good point. It's amazing that people ever managed to go out and have a good time before mandatory fingerprinting. I think that you are setting your goals too low, however. Maybe we should lock everyone up who has ever bothered you, or made your life inconvenient in any way. Everyone else will happily give up their rights and liberties so you aren't inconvenienced at the pub.
I assume you are referring to the use of the word "cunt"?
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunt : "In British usage it is mainly directed at men, and is considered an insulting swear word."
I feel sorry for all of the people in your life, you probably have some of them fooled into thinking that you're not a judgmental ass.
How about this. Go out and count the number of really successful people, and the find how many of them have visible piercings and/or tattoos. I've got 4 tattoos and 7 piercings, but I don't kid myself that people don't judge by appearance. If you think they don't, go out and get yourself about 50 pounds overweight. You'll see the difference immediately. Being fit and attractive, with neatly trimmed hair, no visible piercings or tattoos, wearing clean and pressed clothes, and being of slightly below average intelligence or better is going to get you farther in a business environment than being tattooed and pierced with a mohawk, wearing a T-shirt from ThinkGeek, a genius IQ and great ideas. And don't even bother posting that you are successful and have tattoos, or you know someone who is a CIO of some company and is pierced like mad, because they are the exception, not the rule.
Nicely said!
Microsoft Office 2003 software comes with a preloader. Do you have that turned on?
No. I have every unnecessary startup program turned off.
My machine is an Athlon 2600+ with 512 MB RAM. MS Office 2003 opens in less than a second, the first time and every time. I would suggest that part of the problem might be that his computer has a corrupted install of Word, and/or spyware or other problems. There is no reason that it should take that long to open Word. Additionally, I am curious to know how he timed these to the hundredths of a second. /., and we should be taking this with a grain (or a pound) of salt.
I like OO.o just fine, but in my experience it always seemed to work slower than Word; granted, I haven't used OO.o in about 14 months.
I think this guy needs to start over with a clean install of both (and a clean OS install) before he posts this kind of stuff to
Exactly. From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. What could go wrong with an ideal like that?
I think you may have missed the sarcasm....
Free Web Mail?!?!? What a brilliant idea!
In a related story, Yahoo and Hotmail called AOL to welcome them to 1997.