2) the middle person is loosing money. Owning the line increase profit. This is what Wal-mart, Amazon, and many very successful companies do.
The part about losing money is untrue. Dell has done well in this space. Wal-Mart does not try to own production... I don't know where you get this from. Wal-Mart is a master at squeezing the hell out of its suppliers... doing the research on this for a master's level paper. Parts of it make you nauceous(man I miss my Firefox spell checking...). But Wal-mart is not in the game of owning production.
3) Creating enemies out of suppliers is a bad game. And buying AMD does not magically make profits go up. Your costs are the same and you still have to deal with inter-segment pricing. I think managers fall into this trap as well thinking that '1+1' automatically equals 3.
I seem to be in the minority, but I do not think the merger is viable
1) Antitrust issues: Normally I would scoff at the U.S. gov't stepping in and stopping and anti-competitive merger. This, however, is very high profile and would impace Intel and U.S. business as a whole. I think the private sector would push hard enough that the gov't would have to act.
2) This is antithetical to what has made Dell successful. Dell does not want to be in the business of owning production. They want to be a middle person, putting their brand on items, finding efficiencies in distribution and doing very well at it. Owning production is a different game altogether.
3) Dell would damage their relationship with Intel. As long as Dell is independent they can negotiate hard with Intel and cooperate to ensure that product offerings integrate well with Intel's products. Intel is less likely to want to do business with Dell in a cooperative sense.
Overall, I think this rumor is just a rumor. Course, I've been wrong before, and businesses have done some boneheaded moves.
Wow. Maybe I am just spoiled by the fact I administer our small business plan, but I get much better rates than this. I am looking at $70 per data phone each month with a generous minutes allotment and unlimited data.
1) I would imagine they'd be very careful on the orbit to ensure that it does not collide with anything important 2) Wouldn't the stable orbit ensure it is (almost) only catching objects with a similary orbit, hence similar speeds? 3) I don't think this is the case 4) Would giving it some rotational energy minimize this? 5) Again, I don't think speeds are an issue. if some items poke through, then they poke through. You aren't going to be reusing this thing. 6) I do not think that is the case. The net will be drawn back into the atmosphere because it will get electricaly charged and be drawn in by an atraction to our magnetosphere. 7) I would certainly hope they took that into account. 8) No comment
It sounds to me like a reasonable solution to part of the problem. If it can take care of the majority of small debris in critical orbital paths, then what exactly is your problem with it?
Well, the "article" the link points to is terribly useless. However, other sources were more illuminating.
I found that this is a very large "net", several kilometers wide. No changes in orbit... it would simply catch whatever comes by. I am not qualified to comment on the science, but I would presume that it is not designed to catch 100% of everything thrown its way but clear out items that are in a similar orbit, hence similar speeds.
Over time, the net would become charged and drawn into the magnetic field of the earth.
Not the level of detail I wanted, but it does clarify some things.
I would also like to note that finding the reply to your message through the message center is a real pain in the arse. I am glad we got a slightly better looking CSS, but I fail to see how this broke the message center link...
Huh? Whut? The number of traits is irrelevant when correlating two specific traits. The only argument you can make is that there isn't a causal relationship. 1,000 is MORE than enough to show correlation, especially when the variations between groups is so high.
And I am amazed that in a large group of "nerds" that people will ask a question and bitc about something instead of taking 15 seconds to test if for themselves
I am a manager. There are times where long days are necessary... recently I put in several 70 hours weeks because of a deadline and a developer leaving without notice. But the norm I encourage is low 40's most of the time. I want my folks to be focused and able to think. The reality is that it is difficult to maintain the intense focus you need for quality developing for more than 8 hours a day. Yeah, your body can be in a chair longer... but if it persists to long without incredibly strong motivation, you actually get negative returns.
Now, the other thing I insist on... if you are at work, you are there to work. In my career I've seen too many people "putting in long hours" to have most of it spent goofing around and gabbing with coworkers. I don't want your whole life invested in the job, but I want you invested in the job while you are there.
I logged out and still saw the "sig". Try it yourself if you don't believe me. I think all of Entropy's comments should be marked off-topic as a result.
This group is proud to call itself liberal, but their entire purpose is to subvert the democratic process. Additionally, negative comments about the organization's purposes are removed from their comment system (more rightly, never make it through moderation). So if this group is against democracy and free speech then I am left to wonder how they define 'liberal'.
Yup. Obama and the Republicans are telling us the exact opposite. They learned a lot. Spend a trillion more than you bring in to "bolster the economy" and no one blinks an eye.
Hi, I can assure you that a well managed IT staff does lay down the law on issues like these. They will have done a good job in educating senior management about why such practices are needed and what the costs to the company are if not followed.
If you are not willing to take the heat for decisions like these then I hope you are a low-level worker who doesn't have the authority to make decisions.
However, worse crimes are done by US Officials and the judicial system does nearly nothing about it. I wonder which state is actually more democratic right now.
Okay genius. Tell you what.... go move to Zimbabwe and start criticizing their president and organize another party to go against him. Report back on your findings.
He didn't have the courage to be honest and publically say, "this is terrible right now but I sincerely believe it is a necessary step towards a brighter future and therefore worth enduring, however unfortunate that will be". Instead of doing that, openly and honestly, he said what he thought people wanted to hear in public while saying what he really believes they should do in private. There's a word for that: hypocrisy.
No, this is not hypocrisy. It is being smart. If you come out and say that you think the sanctions are a good thing you get kicked out of power by the tyrant. Your family gets harassed, imprisoned and possibly killed. This man was doing his darndest to change a horrible situation in a non-violent manner and he gets undercut by poor data protection measures by the US, and an egomaniac who has an axe to grind against the US.
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2) the middle person is loosing money. Owning the line increase profit. This is what Wal-mart, Amazon, and many very successful companies do.
The part about losing money is untrue. Dell has done well in this space. Wal-Mart does not try to own production... I don't know where you get this from. Wal-Mart is a master at squeezing the hell out of its suppliers... doing the research on this for a master's level paper. Parts of it make you nauceous(man I miss my Firefox spell checking...). But Wal-mart is not in the game of owning production.
3) Creating enemies out of suppliers is a bad game. And buying AMD does not magically make profits go up. Your costs are the same and you still have to deal with inter-segment pricing. I think managers fall into this trap as well thinking that '1+1' automatically equals 3.
I seem to be in the minority, but I do not think the merger is viable
1) Antitrust issues: Normally I would scoff at the U.S. gov't stepping in and stopping and anti-competitive merger. This, however, is very high profile and would impace Intel and U.S. business as a whole. I think the private sector would push hard enough that the gov't would have to act.
2) This is antithetical to what has made Dell successful. Dell does not want to be in the business of owning production. They want to be a middle person, putting their brand on items, finding efficiencies in distribution and doing very well at it. Owning production is a different game altogether.
3) Dell would damage their relationship with Intel. As long as Dell is independent they can negotiate hard with Intel and cooperate to ensure that product offerings integrate well with Intel's products. Intel is less likely to want to do business with Dell in a cooperative sense.
Overall, I think this rumor is just a rumor. Course, I've been wrong before, and businesses have done some boneheaded moves.
Wow. Maybe I am just spoiled by the fact I administer our small business plan, but I get much better rates than this. I am looking at $70 per data phone each month with a generous minutes allotment and unlimited data.
Shouldn't it be "DIA" not "IDA"?
1) I would imagine they'd be very careful on the orbit to ensure that it does not collide with anything important
2) Wouldn't the stable orbit ensure it is (almost) only catching objects with a similary orbit, hence similar speeds?
3) I don't think this is the case
4) Would giving it some rotational energy minimize this?
5) Again, I don't think speeds are an issue. if some items poke through, then they poke through. You aren't going to be reusing this thing.
6) I do not think that is the case. The net will be drawn back into the atmosphere because it will get electricaly charged and be drawn in by an atraction to our magnetosphere.
7) I would certainly hope they took that into account.
8) No comment
Ah, the peanut gallery speaks.
It sounds to me like a reasonable solution to part of the problem. If it can take care of the majority of small debris in critical orbital paths, then what exactly is your problem with it?
Well, the "article" the link points to is terribly useless. However, other sources were more illuminating.
I found that this is a very large "net", several kilometers wide. No changes in orbit... it would simply catch whatever comes by. I am not qualified to comment on the science, but I would presume that it is not designed to catch 100% of everything thrown its way but clear out items that are in a similar orbit, hence similar speeds.
Over time, the net would become charged and drawn into the magnetic field of the earth.
Not the level of detail I wanted, but it does clarify some things.
Your sig, answered here.
True.
I would also like to note that finding the reply to your message through the message center is a real pain in the arse. I am glad we got a slightly better looking CSS, but I fail to see how this broke the message center link...
I hate you.
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Huh? Whut? The number of traits is irrelevant when correlating two specific traits. The only argument you can make is that there isn't a causal relationship. 1,000 is MORE than enough to show correlation, especially when the variations between groups is so high.
I think so. Other unicode is not working, though, as you noted. I have not figured out a pattern to what works and what doesn't...
And I am amazed that in a large group of "nerds" that people will ask a question and bitc about something instead of taking 15 seconds to test if for themselves
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I am a manager. There are times where long days are necessary... recently I put in several 70 hours weeks because of a deadline and a developer leaving without notice. But the norm I encourage is low 40's most of the time. I want my folks to be focused and able to think. The reality is that it is difficult to maintain the intense focus you need for quality developing for more than 8 hours a day. Yeah, your body can be in a chair longer... but if it persists to long without incredibly strong motivation, you actually get negative returns.
Now, the other thing I insist on... if you are at work, you are there to work. In my career I've seen too many people "putting in long hours" to have most of it spent goofing around and gabbing with coworkers. I don't want your whole life invested in the job, but I want you invested in the job while you are there.
I logged out and still saw the "sig". Try it yourself if you don't believe me. I think all of Entropy's comments should be marked off-topic as a result.
This group is proud to call itself liberal, but their entire purpose is to subvert the democratic process. Additionally, negative comments about the organization's purposes are removed from their comment system (more rightly, never make it through moderation). So if this group is against democracy and free speech then I am left to wonder how they define 'liberal'.
Yup. Obama and the Republicans are telling us the exact opposite. They learned a lot. Spend a trillion more than you bring in to "bolster the economy" and no one blinks an eye.
And what happens if Palin gets elected? Can we shoot every one of these crowdsourcing participants for treason?
Hi, I can assure you that a well managed IT staff does lay down the law on issues like these. They will have done a good job in educating senior management about why such practices are needed and what the costs to the company are if not followed.
If you are not willing to take the heat for decisions like these then I hope you are a low-level worker who doesn't have the authority to make decisions.
Mod parent up.
Clearly photoshopped. I can tell by the pixels.
However, worse crimes are done by US Officials and the judicial system does nearly nothing about it. I wonder which state is actually more democratic right now.
Okay genius. Tell you what.... go move to Zimbabwe and start criticizing their president and organize another party to go against him. Report back on your findings.
Floyd Abrams sucks dick, and, is a lame writer.
I forgot... middle school is out for break, isn't it?
He didn't have the courage to be honest and publically say, "this is terrible right now but I sincerely believe it is a necessary step towards a brighter future and therefore worth enduring, however unfortunate that will be". Instead of doing that, openly and honestly, he said what he thought people wanted to hear in public while saying what he really believes they should do in private. There's a word for that: hypocrisy.
No, this is not hypocrisy. It is being smart. If you come out and say that you think the sanctions are a good thing you get kicked out of power by the tyrant. Your family gets harassed, imprisoned and possibly killed. This man was doing his darndest to change a horrible situation in a non-violent manner and he gets undercut by poor data protection measures by the US, and an egomaniac who has an axe to grind against the US.