I don't think they would sell it like that. You probably would purchase a "licence" for a battery, basically, the right to a working one for the pool, pay for the charged swapover, and have failure replacements calculated into the swapover expense. The concept of "new" and "old" battery wouldn't really come into it.
Give em a break. Their business model is dead and they know it. Just like we no longer buy dead tree, why should be go and buy a hunk of plastic in a bit of dead tree? Much more convenient to impulse buy from your lounge chair.
Unfortunately for Australians, the government has really got the old boys club rocking, and now have a very pliable populace that they can tax, control and herd into where they want them.
I remember when I grew up as a kid in North Queensland, most kids knew what a rifle was, had at least squeezed off a few rounds, and knew it was a tool to be used only in appropriate circumstances. Then good old Martin Bryant came and shot up 50 people in Port Arthur. The governments response? Put him in jail, and *Ahem* ban semi automatic weapons. But they went futher than advertised of course, and made it extremely difficult to have either a pistol or a rifle. To own a.22 target pistol, you need to spend about $5000 in total. Not for the pistol, no, that's cheap, but for the gun safe, the club membership etc etc etc. It's all about making things hard at first so it leaves the culture, then they'll ban it entirely. Don't believe me? Try and purchase a.50 or.44 these days. You'll be told you can't own anything over a.375. How do I know? I was lucky enough to shoot a friends father's DE.50 before he had to hand it in for destruction.
There are many many more examples I could cite about reduction of liberties etc, but I chose to cite this one, as I would like people in Australia to truly stop and think. Do you think it's wrong to have a rifle in the house? My very point is that back when I grew up, ALMOST EVERYONE had one. Do you see what they did there?
You are spot on right. Unfortunately there is no penalty to be paid for instant gratification. Hopefuly after this correction, investors will learn that 5-10% is an appropriate ROI. Currently the banks are facing an interesting problem. They had a group of essentially conmen, providing unsustainable 20-30% returns, a mad rush on profits and valuation of shares, rather than stable long term business. Now, when the reality cheque's bounced, the shareholders are unhappy with the 5-10% return, so the banks are cutting deep into their costs to try to maintain this ludicrous state. Something will give. It is a certainty. Unfortunately, we all know that it will be investment, because this is not instant gratificaiton. Unfortunately CEO's don't like, and certainly are not rewarded for saying no to shareholders. Unfortunately, it would take a far more intelligent person that I to come up with the solution. Let's hope that person steps forward sooner rather than later.
It's so amusing to me when people trump up the "outsourcing" solution. I have had to deal with many many overseas outsourcing companies, some with shoddy talent, but some with some extremely bright and talented individuals as well. Unfortunately, none of the endevours bore fruit. Why? Because no matter how hard you try, you face the tyranny of distance. Not just geographical location, differing timezones etc., but cultural distance. This is why numerous banks are bringing their overseas talent onshore, rather than outsourcing cheaper overseas. Oh yes, and before everyone gets all huffity and up in arms about bringing workers in to work cheaper etc, note that these guys aren't cheaper. In fact, they are more expensive than their local equivalents for the business due to visa's, relocation costs and finally in some cases, their negotiated wages. Remember those bright sparks I was mentioning before? Well, they're these guys, and hence why at the end of the day the outsourcing companies don't have many of the bright sparks left, because you get what you pay for, and some companies are willing to pay more than others.
It will be a simple matter of a few years until a substantial portion of work comes back onshore as more companies understand the distance issue (and of course, talent becoming more expensive overseas), but there will be fewer seniors available to train the juniors.
At the end of the day financially for the effort and risk expended, the intelligent manager knows it is better to land R&D talent onshore rather than funding a research lab overseas; Unless of course, it's simply a bottom line fudge to get the shareholders to agree that you've met your 2 year KPI, and burying a nice little landmine for the next sucker CTO to find and rebury when he steps on.
The problem is that business values the player who brings home the bear, not those making spears.
The trick is to brand the quality and purpose of your tools to your market, like the sales staff, the operations guys etc as a vital tool to bring home the bear. A very famous tool maker once said "God created all men equal, Col. Colt made them equal".
How about the movement, management and distribution of aforesaid food? Software is all about moving bits and bytes to the right place. If you move the right bits and bytes to the right place, you move the food to the right place as well.
You're right! Science and mathematics should be self explanatory. Skilled skim reading a document is self explanatory. (Note, if it is, you're doing it wrong) In fact, life should just be self explanatory. Everything should be so user friendly that everyone gets it.
I think the point made by the article is that schools as allegedly here to teach the non self explanatory things such as reading, writing and arithmetic, and yet the most basic computing skills are not being looked at. Some schools are doing this in an ad hoc fashion, but it is arguable today that for quite a significant portion, if not majority of people, they spend more time on the keyboard than they do with a pen in their hand. Hence, we should be teaching these basic skills.
In all fairness, the US of course only ever acts as a rational agent and never falls for the tragedy of commons. I also believe in unicorns, flying pixie dust, and flying unicorns snorting pixie dust.
Actually, they want something better than they have now as fast as possible. Although I love and admire computationally efficient software, if the choice is a slow software application, or nothing at all, I'll take slow thanks and then complain until they fix it with a new version.
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I don't think they would sell it like that. You probably would purchase a "licence" for a battery, basically, the right to a working one for the pool, pay for the charged swapover, and have failure replacements calculated into the swapover expense. The concept of "new" and "old" battery wouldn't really come into it.
He was too busy fiddling with his python.
When I was a kid, going out for a coke a smoke and a poke meant something completely different.
Give em a break. Their business model is dead and they know it. Just like we no longer buy dead tree, why should be go and buy a hunk of plastic in a bit of dead tree? Much more convenient to impulse buy from your lounge chair.
When I first read the headline, I thought they meant heist as in leaving a hole in the wall. Would have been much more spectacular.
She's tall enough.
Too soon.
Unfortunately for Australians, the government has really got the old boys club rocking, and now have a very pliable populace that they can tax, control and herd into where they want them.
.22 target pistol, you need to spend about $5000 in total. Not for the pistol, no, that's cheap, but for the gun safe, the club membership etc etc etc. It's all about making things hard at first so it leaves the culture, then they'll ban it entirely. Don't believe me? Try and purchase a .50 or .44 these days. You'll be told you can't own anything over a .375. How do I know? I was lucky enough to shoot a friends father's DE .50 before he had to hand it in for destruction.
I remember when I grew up as a kid in North Queensland, most kids knew what a rifle was, had at least squeezed off a few rounds, and knew it was a tool to be used only in appropriate circumstances. Then good old Martin Bryant came and shot up 50 people in Port Arthur. The governments response? Put him in jail, and *Ahem* ban semi automatic weapons. But they went futher than advertised of course, and made it extremely difficult to have either a pistol or a rifle. To own a
There are many many more examples I could cite about reduction of liberties etc, but I chose to cite this one, as I would like people in Australia to truly stop and think. Do you think it's wrong to have a rifle in the house? My very point is that back when I grew up, ALMOST EVERYONE had one. Do you see what they did there?
I can see why primary school is so much easier with Mac technology.
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Who discovered America? Steve Jobs
Who invented gunpowder? Steve Jobs
Who discovered fire? Steve Jobs
the ipad is a killer cook book. i have hundreds of recipes including video of how to do some things on mine
You cook on the toilet?!? I guess it cuts out the middle man.
Easiest way to join the mile high club I guess.
3% R&D is standard for an established business. Any more and the shareholders would have your head as CEO.
This.
You are spot on right. Unfortunately there is no penalty to be paid for instant gratification. Hopefuly after this correction, investors will learn that 5-10% is an appropriate ROI. Currently the banks are facing an interesting problem. They had a group of essentially conmen, providing unsustainable 20-30% returns, a mad rush on profits and valuation of shares, rather than stable long term business. Now, when the reality cheque's bounced, the shareholders are unhappy with the 5-10% return, so the banks are cutting deep into their costs to try to maintain this ludicrous state. Something will give. It is a certainty. Unfortunately, we all know that it will be investment, because this is not instant gratificaiton. Unfortunately CEO's don't like, and certainly are not rewarded for saying no to shareholders. Unfortunately, it would take a far more intelligent person that I to come up with the solution. Let's hope that person steps forward sooner rather than later.
It's so amusing to me when people trump up the "outsourcing" solution. I have had to deal with many many overseas outsourcing companies, some with shoddy talent, but some with some extremely bright and talented individuals as well. Unfortunately, none of the endevours bore fruit. Why? Because no matter how hard you try, you face the tyranny of distance. Not just geographical location, differing timezones etc., but cultural distance. This is why numerous banks are bringing their overseas talent onshore, rather than outsourcing cheaper overseas. Oh yes, and before everyone gets all huffity and up in arms about bringing workers in to work cheaper etc, note that these guys aren't cheaper. In fact, they are more expensive than their local equivalents for the business due to visa's, relocation costs and finally in some cases, their negotiated wages. Remember those bright sparks I was mentioning before? Well, they're these guys, and hence why at the end of the day the outsourcing companies don't have many of the bright sparks left, because you get what you pay for, and some companies are willing to pay more than others.
It will be a simple matter of a few years until a substantial portion of work comes back onshore as more companies understand the distance issue (and of course, talent becoming more expensive overseas), but there will be fewer seniors available to train the juniors.
At the end of the day financially for the effort and risk expended, the intelligent manager knows it is better to land R&D talent onshore rather than funding a research lab overseas; Unless of course, it's simply a bottom line fudge to get the shareholders to agree that you've met your 2 year KPI, and burying a nice little landmine for the next sucker CTO to find and rebury when he steps on.
Note everyone can be the next Microsoft.
How about the MOPS? http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/14/mops-shadow-t800-brings-analog-joystick-hearts-and-spades-to-andr/ That has an analog joystick.
The problem is that business values the player who brings home the bear, not those making spears.
The trick is to brand the quality and purpose of your tools to your market, like the sales staff, the operations guys etc as a vital tool to bring home the bear. A very famous tool maker once said "God created all men equal, Col. Colt made them equal".
How about the movement, management and distribution of aforesaid food? Software is all about moving bits and bytes to the right place. If you move the right bits and bytes to the right place, you move the food to the right place as well.
Guys, notepad strips out formatting. Isn't that what it was invented for!?!
Be Evil, but be good at it.
You're right! Science and mathematics should be self explanatory. Skilled skim reading a document is self explanatory. (Note, if it is, you're doing it wrong) In fact, life should just be self explanatory. Everything should be so user friendly that everyone gets it.
I think the point made by the article is that schools as allegedly here to teach the non self explanatory things such as reading, writing and arithmetic, and yet the most basic computing skills are not being looked at. Some schools are doing this in an ad hoc fashion, but it is arguable today that for quite a significant portion, if not majority of people, they spend more time on the keyboard than they do with a pen in their hand. Hence, we should be teaching these basic skills.
I don't print crap.
In all fairness, the US of course only ever acts as a rational agent and never falls for the tragedy of commons. I also believe in unicorns, flying pixie dust, and flying unicorns snorting pixie dust.
You haven't worked in banking, have you?
Actually, they want something better than they have now as fast as possible. Although I love and admire computationally efficient software, if the choice is a slow software application, or nothing at all, I'll take slow thanks and then complain until they fix it with a new version.