"Can't imagine what sleeping next to a full rack would do"
Well, the worst side-effect is that sometimes in the middle of the night I'll reach over and play with the full rack and my wife will slap me and tell me to go back to sleep. Otherwise, it's pretty nice.
I don't know about everyone else, but on Sept 1 I'm cancelling Netflix and trying Hulu+ for a month. I'm not willing to pay $15/month so we'd be going streaming-only on Netflix if we stayed. At the streaming-only price, Hulu+ offers a comparable service. The immediate pro I can see to moving to Hulu+ is that I can watch this season's TV shows. The immediate con is that the overall library is much smaller, especially when it comes to movies. I'm not sure how it will pan out and I'm not sure if I'll stay with Hulu+, go back to Netflix, or do something else entirely. But I do know that the nature of the new Netflix pricing plan has me looking at new services and in the streaming-only arena they are not alone.
That does really surprise me, especially from Sony. Back in the 90's, developers were making shitty 3D games (in this case, not stereoscopic but set in 3D environments) for the Playstation just to keep Sony happy.
While it is based in Dallas, there are stores in many parts of the country. Plenty of those stores are in areas where there is little to no growth: list of stores
Besides, plenty of businesses have failed under exactly those circumstances. The Half Price Books I frequent is in the Lincoln Square shopping center in Arlington, TX. Long before Half-Price came to town, there was a local chain called Taylor's Bookstore in that same shopping center. They managed to die during Arlington's massive boom in population.
The original assertion was: "If they would have stuck as a "mom and pop" ish look and had a big old book or used book section they would still be thriving today."
The response was: "The mom-and-pop book stores you long for were dying out harder and faster than Borders did, and the ones that survive do so because they've found things beyond the collections of books you mention to sell (mostly, they're transitioning to hybrid coffee shops, galleries, meeting places, lecture venues, etc)."
Yes, I did compare a used bookstore to a new bookstore but only to show that the original assertion was likely correct. You don't need to sell non-books to keep a new bookstore in business. Selling used books is a viable alternative.
My "here" is Ft Worth. We have a chain of bookstores called Half-Price Books. They sell used books (and to a much smaller extent CDs and DVDs). No coffee shop. No gallery. No meeting places inside. Just used books. And last I checked they were still expanding. Maybe the problem isn't the business model. Maybe the problem is where you live?
You're underwater on your mortgage in a non-recourse state. You are a prime candidate to pack up and move. You can either walk away or short sell if you're not worried about your credit. If you are worried about your credit, you can rent your property. Call some property managers in your area and they can give you a good idea of what your home will rent for and the property manager will take care of everything for you. Even if you lose a little bit monthly (which is likely since you're underwater and property managers don't work for free), it will be worth your freedom. But I get the feeling that if you really wanted to move you would've already investigated your options instead of just giving up and complaining that employers aren't hiring you several states away while there are plenty of other qualified candidates right outside their door.
Have you actually played Portal 2? Portal 2 isn't an environment you interact with. It's a set of puzzles you solve. Almost everything that can be interacted with in Portal 2 is there specifically to solve the puzzle at hand. In fact, most of the time when I've been stuck on a level I find my way through it by looking for walls you can open a Portal on because you are very limited on where exactly you can open portals (even moreso than the first Portal).
Whatever. Just eat one fewer of those tiny spoonfuls of caviar or drink one less glass of Dom. Or if you don't want to skimp there, light your Cuban cigars with $1 bills instead of $5 bills now. You can cover the difference with the change left in your swim trunks after swimming in your money bin. Why are we complaining about such a small price increase?
He could've been flying through somewhere like New York where a "connection" could take you from LaGuardia to JFK or vice versa. I know that seems silly for a connection at different airports but I also know that at least British Airways considers the LaGuardia-to-JFK scenario a connection in their systems.
The pocket watch is back and these days it's more popular than the wrist watch. When you ask someone the time, what do they do? They reach into their pocket and pull out a device that has the time on it. The pocket watch is now almost exclusively digital and has a phone built into it but multi-purpose watches are nothing new either. Just ask Dick Tracy...
Which clause is that? I looked over the doc and the closest I can see is a fail for leaking hydraulic lines but those are specific to the braking system. Personally, I don't think such a fail would be unreasonable. You're leaking a toxic fluid unnecessarily. Get it fixed and shop mechanics while you're at it. Unless you have a particularly parts-expensive vehicle, $700 is a lot for a complete power steering pump replacement. A leak fix can usually be solved by replacing the hoses.
How much do you suppose the state of California spends on defense? I agree as a nation we spend too much on defense, but I'm not sure what sales tax collection in California has to do with it.
That door is already open. There is no legal backing behind movie ratings. There's nothing legally requiring a theater to keep someone under 17 out. The theaters choose not to.
"He can drag down MSFT the way John scully dragged down Apple."
Come on, now. Scully is in an elite group. His only peers in his industry are John Akers and maybe Jack Tramiel. At best, Ballamer will be a Carly Fiorina.
The businesses are rarely concerned with giving jobs to the natives. They're far more concerned with talking employees into lower wages due to the lower cost of living and finding an area far enough away from peer-level jobs to make it hard for employees to leave once hired. (See Bentonville, Arkansas as an example).
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"Can't imagine what sleeping next to a full rack would do"
Well, the worst side-effect is that sometimes in the middle of the night I'll reach over and play with the full rack and my wife will slap me and tell me to go back to sleep. Otherwise, it's pretty nice.
I don't know about everyone else, but on Sept 1 I'm cancelling Netflix and trying Hulu+ for a month. I'm not willing to pay $15/month so we'd be going streaming-only on Netflix if we stayed. At the streaming-only price, Hulu+ offers a comparable service. The immediate pro I can see to moving to Hulu+ is that I can watch this season's TV shows. The immediate con is that the overall library is much smaller, especially when it comes to movies. I'm not sure how it will pan out and I'm not sure if I'll stay with Hulu+, go back to Netflix, or do something else entirely. But I do know that the nature of the new Netflix pricing plan has me looking at new services and in the streaming-only arena they are not alone.
That does really surprise me, especially from Sony. Back in the 90's, developers were making shitty 3D games (in this case, not stereoscopic but set in 3D environments) for the Playstation just to keep Sony happy.
Pretty good Jim Morrison impression there. I hope those guys have a good sense of humor and don't take us into court.
While it is based in Dallas, there are stores in many parts of the country. Plenty of those stores are in areas where there is little to no growth: list of stores
Besides, plenty of businesses have failed under exactly those circumstances. The Half Price Books I frequent is in the Lincoln Square shopping center in Arlington, TX. Long before Half-Price came to town, there was a local chain called Taylor's Bookstore in that same shopping center. They managed to die during Arlington's massive boom in population.
The original assertion was: "If they would have stuck as a "mom and pop" ish look and had a big old book or used book section they would still be thriving today."
The response was: "The mom-and-pop book stores you long for were dying out harder and faster than Borders did, and the ones that survive do so because they've found things beyond the collections of books you mention to sell (mostly, they're transitioning to hybrid coffee shops, galleries, meeting places, lecture venues, etc)."
Yes, I did compare a used bookstore to a new bookstore but only to show that the original assertion was likely correct. You don't need to sell non-books to keep a new bookstore in business. Selling used books is a viable alternative.
My "here" is Ft Worth. We have a chain of bookstores called Half-Price Books. They sell used books (and to a much smaller extent CDs and DVDs). No coffee shop. No gallery. No meeting places inside. Just used books. And last I checked they were still expanding. Maybe the problem isn't the business model. Maybe the problem is where you live?
You're underwater on your mortgage in a non-recourse state. You are a prime candidate to pack up and move. You can either walk away or short sell if you're not worried about your credit. If you are worried about your credit, you can rent your property. Call some property managers in your area and they can give you a good idea of what your home will rent for and the property manager will take care of everything for you. Even if you lose a little bit monthly (which is likely since you're underwater and property managers don't work for free), it will be worth your freedom. But I get the feeling that if you really wanted to move you would've already investigated your options instead of just giving up and complaining that employers aren't hiring you several states away while there are plenty of other qualified candidates right outside their door.
Have you actually played Portal 2? Portal 2 isn't an environment you interact with. It's a set of puzzles you solve. Almost everything that can be interacted with in Portal 2 is there specifically to solve the puzzle at hand. In fact, most of the time when I've been stuck on a level I find my way through it by looking for walls you can open a Portal on because you are very limited on where exactly you can open portals (even moreso than the first Portal).
Corn vodka? Isn't that just moonshine?
McDuck?! That filthy cheat is too cheap for caviar and fine cigars!
Yours truly,
Flintheart Glomgold
Whatever. Just eat one fewer of those tiny spoonfuls of caviar or drink one less glass of Dom. Or if you don't want to skimp there, light your Cuban cigars with $1 bills instead of $5 bills now. You can cover the difference with the change left in your swim trunks after swimming in your money bin. Why are we complaining about such a small price increase?
He could've been flying through somewhere like New York where a "connection" could take you from LaGuardia to JFK or vice versa. I know that seems silly for a connection at different airports but I also know that at least British Airways considers the LaGuardia-to-JFK scenario a connection in their systems.
I thought Lorne Michaels was how we got the Killer Bees?
So that makes it... what... MS-DOS 33 1/3?
The pocket watch is back and these days it's more popular than the wrist watch. When you ask someone the time, what do they do? They reach into their pocket and pull out a device that has the time on it. The pocket watch is now almost exclusively digital and has a phone built into it but multi-purpose watches are nothing new either. Just ask Dick Tracy...
The aqueduct.
Which clause is that? I looked over the doc and the closest I can see is a fail for leaking hydraulic lines but those are specific to the braking system. Personally, I don't think such a fail would be unreasonable. You're leaking a toxic fluid unnecessarily. Get it fixed and shop mechanics while you're at it. Unless you have a particularly parts-expensive vehicle, $700 is a lot for a complete power steering pump replacement. A leak fix can usually be solved by replacing the hoses.
How much do you suppose the state of California spends on defense? I agree as a nation we spend too much on defense, but I'm not sure what sales tax collection in California has to do with it.
That door is already open. There is no legal backing behind movie ratings. There's nothing legally requiring a theater to keep someone under 17 out. The theaters choose not to.
1-2-3-4-5? That's the same combination I use on my luggage!
C++ goes all the way to 11. It's one louder than other languages.
"He can drag down MSFT the way John scully dragged down Apple."
Come on, now. Scully is in an elite group. His only peers in his industry are John Akers and maybe Jack Tramiel. At best, Ballamer will be a Carly Fiorina.
The businesses are rarely concerned with giving jobs to the natives. They're far more concerned with talking employees into lower wages due to the lower cost of living and finding an area far enough away from peer-level jobs to make it hard for employees to leave once hired. (See Bentonville, Arkansas as an example).
I know what's really going on. I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens. They're building landing strips for gay Martians.
You know what Stuart, I like you. You're not like the other people, here in the trailer park.