Today I sent a book via Australia Post to a friend in England, and was asked for ID (Medicare card or drivers license, as we have no ID card as such). Supposedly for any packet, no matter how small or big, the sender will have to show identification, and its information is stored in a database (for how long I don't know, as obviously the chap at the post office had no bloody clue).
All I could find with a first quick google is:
You will need to show ID when sending items. [http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1080,CH4381%257EMO19,00.html]
If I hadn't already promised to have it sent this week, I would have just walked out. This is disgusting!
BS! I've mixed a couple of tapes in my life, and I did exactly what you described as being a significant difference between mixes and mashups. Learn about the history of Hip Hop. What you describe as this new invention labeled mashups is exactly how Hip Hop started - mixing different tracks and samples for rhymers to rap their lyrics to.
If you actually had read the ongoing research, you would know, that it is unstructured choice that makes it difficult for consumers, and hence turns them off. If you offer structure, i.a. distributions, they are happy to choose from a wide variety. If your simplistic views were true, jeans wouldn't have been selling for years. Not to mention, that consumption would be going down, not up, as modern production has allowed for an incredible increase in the selection of products.
Oh, and just to mention an example outside of consumerism. I haven't heard of people living in cities dating less either. Although there is a far greater choice. People start to choose avenues that allow for "structured choices". Be it dating services, relying on networks, the clubbing scene, you name your favourite distribution, or community.
And in regards to your inflammatory remark, this is not basic psych, but business psychology. Huge difference. Just as basic engineering is not aerospace engineering.
How did it happen? I mean, what were the politics?
I'm interested, as I would like to have a notion what it would take to organize people to get our city (Sydney) to adopt such a policy. And do you have any idea what the cost of the change had been? In other words, what are the economics?
I appreciate any pointers (that save me googling time, as there will still be enough of that to do).
"It's not a fun job and it doesn't exactly fill you with hope for the human race"
I'm very sorry Mikael, I should have stated clearly, that my post was directed towards telemarketers and the like, not customer service. Big difference!
Unfortunately just walking down the street can destroy any "hope for the human race". Just a question of interpretation though, as what we perceive and what is are two sets of shoes.
Sieg Heil! Just like the Germans back then, don't ask questions, just follow.
Ask any old German, who participated in the Third Reich, they were all just doing their job, feeding their family.
The army also has a few open positions, why not apply? Or why not check out your local crime syndicate? Assassinations have always been with the most lucrative of the service industries.
Only because a job is legal, doesn't make it moral. And don't give me the "I have a family to look after", so did the American revolutionaries in the 18'th, still they fought the British.
Rather free and hungry, than a well fed slave.
Rather unemployed, than a collaborator.
Oh great, so why the hell bother in the first place with such useless stuff like privacy laws and the like, because "If you handed a complete stranger...[any kind of information]... would you expect that person to keep it private only if you told them too?"
I know, everyone is stupid, but you...hear it all before:D
I also suppose you don't rent or lease places - ever! After all, you don't want to deal with a third party that posses a thread to your privacy, now would you?
Additionaly, the only ones who fought against the ideas of Einstein, where the Nazis who denounced his work as "jew science".
Ironic how the "right wing" is doing now something similar with the case for anthropologicaly caused global climate change. Talk about the "power of knowledge" and the ramifications of its lack...
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It was a $220 fine, the $1000 was for court costs.
All I could find with a first quick google is: You will need to show ID when sending items. [http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1080,CH4381%257EMO19,00.html]
If I hadn't already promised to have it sent this week, I would have just walked out. This is disgusting!
BS! I've mixed a couple of tapes in my life, and I did exactly what you described as being a significant difference between mixes and mashups. Learn about the history of Hip Hop. What you describe as this new invention labeled mashups is exactly how Hip Hop started - mixing different tracks and samples for rhymers to rap their lyrics to.
Darn I'm getting old (33), we use to call this "mixing" and "mixes" usually stored on "mix tapes".
As if Bush would ever support software freedom.
If you actually had read the ongoing research, you would know, that it is unstructured choice that makes it difficult for consumers, and hence turns them off. If you offer structure, i.a. distributions, they are happy to choose from a wide variety. If your simplistic views were true, jeans wouldn't have been selling for years. Not to mention, that consumption would be going down, not up, as modern production has allowed for an incredible increase in the selection of products.
Oh, and just to mention an example outside of consumerism. I haven't heard of people living in cities dating less either. Although there is a far greater choice. People start to choose avenues that allow for "structured choices". Be it dating services, relying on networks, the clubbing scene, you name your favourite distribution, or community.
And in regards to your inflammatory remark, this is not basic psych, but business psychology. Huge difference. Just as basic engineering is not aerospace engineering.
Never mind the photoshoped image of the author...
Never mind the date of publication...
Beijing? It's gets really f...... cold up there! In regards to pollution though, you're spot on.
Any one else feel reminded of that Public Enemy classic?
Thank you very much for the info, much appreciated!
Good idea about contacting the city directly, I'm sure they will be all too happy to share their experience.
How did it happen? I mean, what were the politics?
I'm interested, as I would like to have a notion what it would take to organize people to get our city (Sydney) to adopt such a policy. And do you have any idea what the cost of the change had been? In other words, what are the economics?
I appreciate any pointers (that save me googling time, as there will still be enough of that to do).
What are you talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_telephony_in tegration
And according to the history it's been there for over a year.
How could the article not mention the free 3D-printer project RepRap?
And I thought we were on "News For Nerds".
White And Nerdy: "keep your 40, I'll just have an Earl Gray tea" (~0:38)
Rechtschreib Heil!
It was his final lesson: Even if you know what you are doing, these wild beasts can get the best of animal handlers.
Tonight on SBS news they showed his wife getting on a plane back down under, she had the kids with her.
I'm very sorry Mikael, I should have stated clearly, that my post was directed towards telemarketers and the like, not customer service. Big difference!
Unfortunately just walking down the street can destroy any "hope for the human race". Just a question of interpretation though, as what we perceive and what is are two sets of shoes.
Sieg Heil! Just like the Germans back then, don't ask questions, just follow.
Ask any old German, who participated in the Third Reich, they were all just doing their job, feeding their family.
The army also has a few open positions, why not apply? Or why not check out your local crime syndicate? Assassinations have always been with the most lucrative of the service industries.
Only because a job is legal, doesn't make it moral. And don't give me the "I have a family to look after", so did the American revolutionaries in the 18'th, still they fought the British.
Rather free and hungry, than a well fed slave.
Rather unemployed, than a collaborator.
But you do know about Wikipedia and Google or?
It has something to do with complex scratching patterns....
Oh great, so why the hell bother in the first place with such useless stuff like privacy laws and the like, because "If you handed a complete stranger ...[any kind of information]... would you expect that person to keep it private only if you told them too?"
:D
I know, everyone is stupid, but you...hear it all before
I also suppose you don't rent or lease places - ever! After all, you don't want to deal with a third party that posses a thread to your privacy, now would you?
May I recommend The Tobacco Conspiracy?
I love that ad :D
Additionaly, the only ones who fought against the ideas of Einstein, where the Nazis who denounced his work as "jew science".
Ironic how the "right wing" is doing now something similar with the case for anthropologicaly caused global climate change. Talk about the "power of knowledge" and the ramifications of its lack...