Ever wonder how wildly expensive textbooks can be low margin inventory?
Nope. Spent three years working in the campus bookstore in the early 1990's. So I know how the system works. If the publishers gave the bookstore generous discounts, the textbook got a lower price. If the publishers has less than generous terms or makes returning books for credit difficult, the textbook had a higher price.
I subscribed to the Wall Street Journal once. It didn't work.
A subscription won't turn you into an instant millionaire. It's what you do with the information and how you invest your money that will make you a millionaire in time. Take Ronald Read who died with a $8M fortune that no knew about because he lived a modest lifestyle.
De-bind the book and run it through a photocopy machine that converts it to PDF with OCR.
AFAIK, That technology wasn't available in the early 1990's. In fact, I was still typing my reports on an electronic typewriter because the instructors wouldn't accept NLQ printouts from dot matrix printers and the library wouldn't get Classic Macs and a laser printer until 1994.
Ex-military are, by definition, professional killers. Only one of my coworkers ever mentioned killing people in Vietnam. Most do not volunteer what they did in the services, especially in combat situations.
One of my coworkers told me how he killed three women in Vietnam, walked off a plane three days later in the US, and threatened a woman peace protester who wanted to throw a can of paint at him. The woman was too shocked to respond. He spent the next year in the service painting and rearranging rocks to readjust after the war. Nice guy. Still doing his IT job despite undergoing chemo therapy.
What would keep MS from creating their own bank or buying a bank?
Financial regulations. When I worked at eBay/PayPal prior to the Great Recession, the company had a split personality because PayPal was technically a bank as far as government regulators were concern. That required some mental gymnastics to keep various parts of PayPal separated from eBay. That's probably why eBay and PayPal split up into separate companies. Depending on how much money Microsoft throws into a bank, they may get classified as too large to fail. That's why GE sold off its financial arm to Goldman Sachs to avoid being regulated as too big to fail.
I work in government IT. Most of my coworkers are ex-military. They have zero tolerance for slackers. The last guy who thought he could get paid for doing nothing found himself on the unemployment line within two weeks of being hired.
No, because there's no connection between Microsoft, drug lords or money laundering in this case.
Most banks won't handle financial transactions with pot dispensaries. If Microsoft gets involved with this market segment, the banks may not deal with them either. It's the appearance of money laundering, not any actual crime of money laundering.
Nearly all of the nation's banks refuse to take money from marijuana sales or offer basic checking or credit card services to the industry for fear they'll be shut down by federal authorities, for whom marijuana remains an illegal narcotic. The banks won't do business with growers, processors, retail shops and medical dispensaries, nor with their employees and contractors.
Yesterday, because of an auto accident that slowed down my commute home, I lost almost $14,000.
My time is too valuable to waste driving on the freeway. I pay an extra $70 per month to take the express bus. Not only does it save me several hours of my time each day to have someone else drive, I get to read The Wall Street Journal in the morning and an ebook in the afternoon.
Why should we shovel loads of cash into the pockets of greedy publishers!
FTFY - College bookstores don't make that much in textbook profits, which is why half the floor space is for sweaters, knickknacks and other items that have better profit margins.
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Still not seeing crayons. Oh wait, do you mean this box of chalk?
I wouldn't punish my users with chalk. Crayons tastes better.
And just about as useless.
Yeah, I think you must have just pranked the wrong guy.
If I give you a box of crayons, I'm not pranking you.
I thought Acer went out of business the same time as CompUSA did.
Ever wonder how wildly expensive textbooks can be low margin inventory?
Nope. Spent three years working in the campus bookstore in the early 1990's. So I know how the system works. If the publishers gave the bookstore generous discounts, the textbook got a lower price. If the publishers has less than generous terms or makes returning books for credit difficult, the textbook had a higher price.
Also, does anyone want to buy one million Flappycoins?
Do you take continental dollars? :P
Another digital currency in the bit bucket.
oooh you work in IT? Wasn't that a 1990's movie about a shape-changing alien?
I do work in IT. I'm also the guy who replaced your computer with box of crayons. ;)
I subscribed to the Wall Street Journal once. It didn't work.
A subscription won't turn you into an instant millionaire. It's what you do with the information and how you invest your money that will make you a millionaire in time. Take Ronald Read who died with a $8M fortune that no knew about because he lived a modest lifestyle.
http://www.businessinsider.com/ronald-read-secret-millionaire-2015-2
You are jeopardizing my well being with your asshole refusal to agree.
FTFY - Remember that I work in IT.
De-bind the book and run it through a photocopy machine that converts it to PDF with OCR.
AFAIK, That technology wasn't available in the early 1990's. In fact, I was still typing my reports on an electronic typewriter because the instructors wouldn't accept NLQ printouts from dot matrix printers and the library wouldn't get Classic Macs and a laser printer until 1994.
Just like hit men?
Ex-military are, by definition, professional killers. Only one of my coworkers ever mentioned killing people in Vietnam. Most do not volunteer what they did in the services, especially in combat situations.
You can tell by how violently they respond.
One of my coworkers told me how he killed three women in Vietnam, walked off a plane three days later in the US, and threatened a woman peace protester who wanted to throw a can of paint at him. The woman was too shocked to respond. He spent the next year in the service painting and rearranging rocks to readjust after the war. Nice guy. Still doing his IT job despite undergoing chemo therapy.
No, because Obama told the Feds to back-off on that.
Your link is dated February 2014. My link is dated January 2015. The banks still haven't gotten the memo.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2015/1/5/states-find-you-cant-take-legal-marijuana-money-to-the-bank
What would keep MS from creating their own bank or buying a bank?
Financial regulations. When I worked at eBay/PayPal prior to the Great Recession, the company had a split personality because PayPal was technically a bank as far as government regulators were concern. That required some mental gymnastics to keep various parts of PayPal separated from eBay. That's probably why eBay and PayPal split up into separate companies. Depending on how much money Microsoft throws into a bank, they may get classified as too large to fail. That's why GE sold off its financial arm to Goldman Sachs to avoid being regulated as too big to fail.
Fed should hire him
I work in government IT. Most of my coworkers are ex-military. They have zero tolerance for slackers. The last guy who thought he could get paid for doing nothing found himself on the unemployment line within two weeks of being hired.
No, because there's no connection between Microsoft, drug lords or money laundering in this case.
Most banks won't handle financial transactions with pot dispensaries. If Microsoft gets involved with this market segment, the banks may not deal with them either. It's the appearance of money laundering, not any actual crime of money laundering.
Nearly all of the nation's banks refuse to take money from marijuana sales or offer basic checking or credit card services to the industry for fear they'll be shut down by federal authorities, for whom marijuana remains an illegal narcotic. The banks won't do business with growers, processors, retail shops and medical dispensaries, nor with their employees and contractors.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2015/1/5/states-find-you-cant-take-legal-marijuana-money-to-the-bank
Its like admitting you work for an organized crime syndicate.
Tell that to my coworkers who are ex-military. I don't think you would like the response.
Will the banks stop doing business with Microsoft for fear of being accused of money laundering for the drug lords?
Were there any on remedial English?
Sorry, English was my second language after Commodore 64 BASIC.
Well la-de-da.
A subscription to The Wall Street Journal separates the millionaires from the non-millionaires.
Yesterday, because of an auto accident that slowed down my commute home, I lost almost $14,000.
My time is too valuable to waste driving on the freeway. I pay an extra $70 per month to take the express bus. Not only does it save me several hours of my time each day to have someone else drive, I get to read The Wall Street Journal in the morning and an ebook in the afternoon.
Wow, I would not admit to that in a million years.
Again, what's the point?
You work for the government, don't you?
I work for government IT. Your point?
Why should we shovel loads of cash into the pockets of greedy publishers!
FTFY - College bookstores don't make that much in textbook profits, which is why half the floor space is for sweaters, knickknacks and other items that have better profit margins.