The 'president' of China is coming to the US at the end of April, and in anticipation of pressure to accurately value its currency, he is bringing a ton of corporate executives with him to make high-profile deals with US companies.
Hu Jintao is supposed to have dinner with Bill GAtes, and it is expected that the result will be an increased rate of purchase of Windows software by State Owned Enterprises. (I guess it will have to be XP for now).
to understand what impact the retailer has on the economy.
I read Fishman's book too, and what I took away from it was that Wal-mart has reached, or is rapidly approaching, the size where it is necessary for the government to monitor and to regulate the Bentonville giant. Fishman does say what to do, although he recommends some possibilities.
As an example of the companies power, Fishman cites an MIT study that shows the company single handedly distorts monetary policy. The Beauru of Labor and Statistics track a 'basket of goods' on a periodic basis. Any change in the cost of those goods is reported back in the Consumer Price Index, and this is often used as a proxy for inflation or deflation. The MIT study shows that the change in inflation is being overstated by 15% each period because the BLST can not process Wal-mart's prices in its current model.
Inflation is one of the indicators that the Federal Reserve uses to set interest rates, so the decision to raise rates yesterday by a 25% point was based on erroneous data. So you have to pay more for your mortgage because BLST can not handle Wal-mart. Fishman wrote his book because he felt that peeople needed to understand the company's impact.
I think most of the contestants are sponsored by the big automakers - so Stanford's team got funding/parts from Volkswagen. As to who owns the patents? Wouldn't Stanford?
But the problem with these sites is that there is no long-term way to guarantee their popularity. Look at Friendster- it had an exponential growth rate until MySpace hit the scene. Since then it has been slowly losing visitors. Any remember amIhotornot.com?
And I read an article somewhere about a backlash at MySpace over some of the new concerns the community had about the site's new corporate ownership. What is to prevent the same thing happening at Facebook if Viacom does something the users don't agree with.
Remember - if someone pays $2bn, they're gonna want to squeeze $2b out of the users somehow. I don't expect the new owner to put the users ahead of $$$$.
Seriously . . . the Grand Challenge was won, there are major investments in S. Korea, and then there is also Robosapien. This stuff is going to get developed pretty quickly; how long till autonomous robots become a part of the everyday culture?
As opposed to religion (i.e. believe in the one one true path or I will burn you at the stake or load up a van with explosives and destroy your office building.)?
I have a '97 Buick Century with 117k thousand miles on it, and I agree that they handling and ride of this car is amazing. I find myself doing neutral drops and shit I haven't done since high school just to see if I can feel the ride.
DHTML is certainly less annoying than 30 second flash intro's, but I want a simple,fast, non-Microsoft browser. I hope this doesn't become a bloated browser like Navigator became.
As more and more creative software 'Final Cut Pro' etc. is developed eventually there will be an inflection point for musicians to move outside of the major record labels and truly be independent. How much does it cost to advertise on Pitchfork? Do you really need to sell your soul to Sony to pay for that?
- Long time disgruntled music fan
Have you ever gone into an Apple store to look at one of their 30" flat panel monitors? Forget the iPod, it's not often that I think a piece of hardware is beautiful, but damn those things are.
Mod me as off topic - but hasn't GM promised to deliver the first hydrogen fuel cell car by 2010? We're still burning fossil fuels like crazy, oil topped $66 dollars a barrel today (up 50%+ vs two years ago), and the new Chines middle class is the first generation buying cars....
We're fcuked.
Halo 2 anyone? That is a sequel of Halo and it is essentially a sequel of Marathon, Marathon 2, and Marathon 3 (called something or other).
I have bought and played and loved all of them. The games have gotten better stories, physics, graphics, and they are more challenging each time. I would be happy to stick with a story arc that I am familiar with if the games keep getting better.
Well after posting a fat loss today, Blockbuster has announced that they are going to be raising the cost of their online DVD rentals. Doesn't seem to be the way to retail supremacy.
If this is licensed under an Open Source license wouldn't Google, Yahoo, etc take whatever is worthwhile and incorporate it into their existing search algorithms?
Don't forget that Best Buy is going to take advantage of the demand by bundling the console with two games. That's what they did for PS2, Xbox, Nintendo DS, and the PSP.
Keep in mind that it is possible to tie that anonymous cookie back to a real-life customer (with a set-up slightly different from what you described), and that still is not a bad thing if you are visiting a site like New Egg.
If they saw that you had been browsing a Digital Camera page, maybe their next direct mail piece will be a coupon for a Digital Camera rather than a Notebook.
I understand that there are some disreputable sites out there, but to me helping companies learn a little bit about my interests is a good thing.
I am not deleting my Google cookies because they are at least attempting to personalize their search based on my interests; that is exactly what I want these companies to be doing.
My cousin is a sale engineer that travels around NYC, Nassau, Suffolk and Jersey to construction sites. His office is on the Island, but he lives in Jersey and mostly telecommutess when he is not on a job site.
He decided to contest a ticket, more out of curiousity than anything, and when the judge found out, i.e. thought, he had come from Long Island to contest the ticket, his summons was dismissed.
I remember getting blitzed in Novia Scotia one night (too many Keith's and too many questions about the Ranger's sucktitude back when the NHL existed), and throwing back all of my coins as a tip to the bartender.
Waking up alone the next morning, realizing I tipped the bartender about $80 bucks. Canadian bastards:)
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The 'president' of China is coming to the US at the end of April, and in anticipation of pressure to accurately value its currency, he is bringing a ton of corporate executives with him to make high-profile deals with US companies. Hu Jintao is supposed to have dinner with Bill GAtes, and it is expected that the result will be an increased rate of purchase of Windows software by State Owned Enterprises. (I guess it will have to be XP for now).
Bill Clinton, baby!
to understand what impact the retailer has on the economy. I read Fishman's book too, and what I took away from it was that Wal-mart has reached, or is rapidly approaching, the size where it is necessary for the government to monitor and to regulate the Bentonville giant. Fishman does say what to do, although he recommends some possibilities. As an example of the companies power, Fishman cites an MIT study that shows the company single handedly distorts monetary policy. The Beauru of Labor and Statistics track a 'basket of goods' on a periodic basis. Any change in the cost of those goods is reported back in the Consumer Price Index, and this is often used as a proxy for inflation or deflation. The MIT study shows that the change in inflation is being overstated by 15% each period because the BLST can not process Wal-mart's prices in its current model. Inflation is one of the indicators that the Federal Reserve uses to set interest rates, so the decision to raise rates yesterday by a 25% point was based on erroneous data. So you have to pay more for your mortgage because BLST can not handle Wal-mart. Fishman wrote his book because he felt that peeople needed to understand the company's impact.
I think most of the contestants are sponsored by the big automakers - so Stanford's team got funding/parts from Volkswagen. As to who owns the patents? Wouldn't Stanford?
But the problem with these sites is that there is no long-term way to guarantee their popularity. Look at Friendster- it had an exponential growth rate until MySpace hit the scene. Since then it has been slowly losing visitors. Any remember amIhotornot.com? And I read an article somewhere about a backlash at MySpace over some of the new concerns the community had about the site's new corporate ownership. What is to prevent the same thing happening at Facebook if Viacom does something the users don't agree with. Remember - if someone pays $2bn, they're gonna want to squeeze $2b out of the users somehow. I don't expect the new owner to put the users ahead of $$$$.
Seriously . . . the Grand Challenge was won, there are major investments in S. Korea, and then there is also Robosapien. This stuff is going to get developed pretty quickly; how long till autonomous robots become a part of the everyday culture?
As opposed to religion (i.e. believe in the one one true path or I will burn you at the stake or load up a van with explosives and destroy your office building.)?
I have a '97 Buick Century with 117k thousand miles on it, and I agree that they handling and ride of this car is amazing. I find myself doing neutral drops and shit I haven't done since high school just to see if I can feel the ride.
Unlikely.
DHTML is certainly less annoying than 30 second flash intro's, but I want a simple,fast, non-Microsoft browser. I hope this doesn't become a bloated browser like Navigator became.
As more and more creative software 'Final Cut Pro' etc. is developed eventually there will be an inflection point for musicians to move outside of the major record labels and truly be independent. How much does it cost to advertise on Pitchfork? Do you really need to sell your soul to Sony to pay for that? - Long time disgruntled music fan
And Microsoft will release software before it's ready.
Have you ever gone into an Apple store to look at one of their 30" flat panel monitors? Forget the iPod, it's not often that I think a piece of hardware is beautiful, but damn those things are.
My guess is that Bill would drop support for Office on the Mac in about 1 second if OSX ever retailed in Best Buy
Mod me as off topic - but hasn't GM promised to deliver the first hydrogen fuel cell car by 2010? We're still burning fossil fuels like crazy, oil topped $66 dollars a barrel today (up 50%+ vs two years ago), and the new Chines middle class is the first generation buying cars.... We're fcuked.
If you're name is Amadou...
Didn't they put a chip in their printers, so that anyone who produced a generic version could be sued under the DMCA?
Halo 2 anyone? That is a sequel of Halo and it is essentially a sequel of Marathon, Marathon 2, and Marathon 3 (called something or other). I have bought and played and loved all of them. The games have gotten better stories, physics, graphics, and they are more challenging each time. I would be happy to stick with a story arc that I am familiar with if the games keep getting better.
Well after posting a fat loss today, Blockbuster has announced that they are going to be raising the cost of their online DVD rentals. Doesn't seem to be the way to retail supremacy.
If this is licensed under an Open Source license wouldn't Google, Yahoo, etc take whatever is worthwhile and incorporate it into their existing search algorithms?
Don't forget that Best Buy is going to take advantage of the demand by bundling the console with two games. That's what they did for PS2, Xbox, Nintendo DS, and the PSP.
Keep in mind that it is possible to tie that anonymous cookie back to a real-life customer (with a set-up slightly different from what you described), and that still is not a bad thing if you are visiting a site like New Egg. If they saw that you had been browsing a Digital Camera page, maybe their next direct mail piece will be a coupon for a Digital Camera rather than a Notebook. I understand that there are some disreputable sites out there, but to me helping companies learn a little bit about my interests is a good thing. I am not deleting my Google cookies because they are at least attempting to personalize their search based on my interests; that is exactly what I want these companies to be doing.
My cousin is a sale engineer that travels around NYC, Nassau, Suffolk and Jersey to construction sites. His office is on the Island, but he lives in Jersey and mostly telecommutess when he is not on a job site. He decided to contest a ticket, more out of curiousity than anything, and when the judge found out, i.e. thought, he had come from Long Island to contest the ticket, his summons was dismissed.
I remember getting blitzed in Novia Scotia one night (too many Keith's and too many questions about the Ranger's sucktitude back when the NHL existed), and throwing back all of my coins as a tip to the bartender. Waking up alone the next morning, realizing I tipped the bartender about $80 bucks. Canadian bastards :)
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