People in the US aren't actually willing to pay for good service, so the service quality started to decline
Your blanket statement sucks.
Good service is one of the few things to get me to return to a store. Otherwise, I feel absolutely no loyalty. (Places I have received good service include Amazon, NewEgg, and Apple Store.)
Tell me about it with the cables. I wanted your basic USB cable and needed one relatively quick. So, I headed over to Best Buy - $30 for six feet of USB cable!? Are you joking me?
I decided I didn't need a cable that quickly, and went home and ordered it on NewEgg for $3.00.
I didn't say "prove", I said, "prove beyond a reasonable doubt." You can't prove it beyond all doubt. You can only continue to remove all the superstitious nonsense and hope that when people see that absolutely nothing is left that they decide for themselves that it's most rational to conclude that nothing was ever there.
I never actually understood the fight between creationism and evolution. It's not like they have to be polar opposites. The Bible never actually says anything about how long it took to create the world (unless, of course, you take a literal look at the Bible, and then it's 6 days). However, it's quite feasible that evolution was used in the creation of the world. Why not use some excellent tools that would allow growth and expansion of so many billions of creatures? I can't see God just saying, "Let me do things the hard way, when there's this really awesome way of doing things..."
Maybe that's just me.
As to your "prove beyond a reasonable doubt" and "no real" remarks - whether God is or is not real (and I believe that he is), is it really such a big deal that people want something to believe in, even if you don't particularly want or need that?
Let's assume a 13 gallon tank (I know it's less for the Prius; a Corolla is 13 gallons, though) and a $3.00 / gallon gas price. So, for each tank fill (for both cars), you are spending
13 * 3 = $39
The amount that you're paying per gallon given the gas mileage of 30 (for Corolla) and 40 (for Prius) is
39 / 30 = 1.30 / gallon 39 / 40 = 0.975 / gallon
respectively.
Now, on average, I fill up once a week. Let's also assume that you own the car for 10 years. At this rate, you're looking at
10 years * 52 weeks = 520 @ 1 fill-up / week = 520 tank fills for the lifetime of the cars (and, obviously, if you're getting better gas mileage, the Prius is going to require a less amount, but not a ton less - again, back of the envelope estimates).
So, the amount of money that gas is costing you over the course of 10 years of ownership for the Corolla and Prius is
520 * 13 * 1.30 = $8788 520 * 13 * 0.975 = $6591
respectively.
So the cost of ownership between the two in terms of gas is: 8788 - 6591 = $2197
Last I checked, $6000 > $2197. Toyota Corolla is better.
Of course, check my math, and YMMV, and I made some general assumptions (what Corolla only lasts 10 years?). But, even then, it's still not worth it from a sheer cost perspective.
I, the customer, am responsible for that job. The customers can make companies rich and big, if I like their product. I want the government to be fair to all companies. Just be neutral.
No. I mean, yes.
In an ideal world, it would be great if the government could be completely neutral to every company out there. They could take parts from every company and use them to build their infrastructure and everybody would be happy.
In an ideal world, though, we'd all be rich and nobody would ever fight or say bad things to each other.
The fact of the matter is, Google does a great job at what it does - manage information. At the end of the day, the government, as a voice for the people, has to make the best decisions it can given what it knows at that time. In my personal opinion, Google is an excellent choice for helping the government to set up an infrastructure and manage the data of the government. And, heck, if it actually saves taxpayers money, all the better.
As long as he can separate business from technology, he'll be fine. Google does have some amazing technology - Gmail, Chrome, GoogleBooks, etc, etc, etc. And some iffy business practices, such as scanning books in copyright, a near monopoly in search and advertising, and a few employee accusations.
Iffy business practices? Really? Their "monopoly" in search and advertising is far from a monopoly. They just do it the best and, as a result, businesses are flocking to them.
Employee accusations is not an "iffy business practice." Heck, I don't know of a single, reasonably-sized company that hasn't had accusations leveraged against it by its employees. It's not like you're hearing the complaints that EA got regarding their work hours or anything like that. If something like that comes up, then I'll agree something not-so-good is going on.
As for the book-scanning copyright call out, well, I haven't personally seen anything to suggest that it's a bad thing they are doing. Even if they made some mistakes at the beginning, it looks to me (based on some recent Slashdot articles) that they are trying to do the right thing in obtaining permission for scanning, etc.
Makeup and cosmetics for girls, facial hair for boys, piercings etc. for both.
Maybe the UK is a bit more conservative than the US, but, here, it would be more like: "makeup and cosmetics and facial hair and piercings for all boys and girls."
the lecturers took it up with you when you finally did turn up for class.
Psh. Here in the U.S. you wouldn't even get that much. It's more of the mindset, "You already paid us. Whether you come to class or fail out is your own freaken problem."
Actually, I kind of liked that mentality. Make people responsible for themselves. Let the professors teach.
I mean, seriously, who doesn't like those shiny boxes with the manual, maps and stuff like that?
:: raises hand::
I know I'm not everybody, and a lot of people do like those things. But, when I buy a game, I want to get it as easy as possible, want to be provided with the latest updates, and I don't want boxes and other things that will get damaged or that I'll lose cluttering up my house.
With any nerd project, the interface is at the bottom of the TODO list.
Which is exactly why many people won't use many of these tools even if the tool is "better." UI is extremely important for most people to consider using a tool.
However, you could still be making money right now if you know what you are doing, but for most people, their 401(k) is kind of a "buy and ignore" type operation.
Any ideas or insight into how? There is only so many options offered in a typical 401(k). I don't see how you can say what you just said. Further explanation would be much appreciated.
Credit is an exponential function. Go check the national debt (in any country) for the last couple of centuries. It's an exponential growth curve. Credit has an exponential function built in to to it. When credit is created, it is created with an equivalent amount of debt attached, which pays interest.
So you have : credit on one side | debt + interest on the other.
True. Of course if people would stop borrowing credit against funds that they don't have, this wouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately, creditors keep lending money (and charging interest, as is their right), yet they aren't being paid.
Only spend what you have. If you are broke, then forgo a night out of dinner or that new TV you want. (AKA, you should be able to pay off your credit at any time).
(Of course, this is a different case for large ticket items such as homes which most people cannot pay off. That's a whole other story.)
It says, "Congress shall make no law [which prohibits or abridges] the freedom of speech..."
Anonymity isn't really the important part here (no...seriously). It's, "What are you allowed to say?"
An anonymous post is still someone exercising their freedom of speech. Arguably, laws shouldn't exist regarding libel either (although I can see their purpose).
That sounds like an unfortunate step into another layer of short-lived languages. Learn how to actually program: learn C.
Are you being sarcastic or something? In case you aren't, OO is here to stay (and has been for quite some time). It is an extremely powerful paradigm and I think it would be good for the author to take time to learn it.
C is fine for a lot of things (and the best tool for jobs such as embedded systems). That doesn't make OO "short-lived" or obsolete or anything along those lines.
All people got into some kind of trouble as a kid, or at the very least made some bad judgments.
Fixed that for you. Everybody is human. We all make mistakes and we have to learn from them. Too many people get their "holier than thou" attitude (and this is EVERYBODY - religious or not, rich or not, whatever) and like to forget the things they've done and judge whoever it is on the chopping block.
While I know many people here tend to shy away from religion, there is an interesting story in the Bible where the prostitute was going to be stoned. The way the story goes (trying to cut down the size of my post here), Jesus intervened and, knelt down in the sand and began writing things in the sand. Now, you never know what he was writing - it's never said in the Bible. But, one theory I heard was that Jesus was writing down the sexual sins of the men who were about to stone the prostitute.
Of course, the men, embarrassed, eventually walk away and the prostitute lives.
It's a very interesting story and very insightful to how quick we, as human beings, forget our own faults are so quick to judge others.
(With all this said, in order for society to function, some things *must* come under judgment. Murder, for example, cannot be condoned.)
I would love to have this feature as well. However, there are some nice tools out there that integrate directly with Windows and (pretty much) hide the fact that it's a separate tool doing the work. (Daemon Tools Lite comes to mind.)
This requires a 20-minute call to the Activation hotline each time.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but when I have to activate a new copy of Windows I choose Do this over the internet and it's done in ~10 seconds.
Are you referring to something that I don't know about?
A computer is just a computer. A corporation is just a corporation. Jesus Christ, people. Steve Jobs does not care about you. At all. At all. At ALL!
Oh, he definitely cares about you. He cares that you buy his products, he cares that you like his products and he cares that you continue to spend money on his company.
He does care - just like every other person who wants to make money.
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People in the US aren't actually willing to pay for good service, so the service quality started to decline
Your blanket statement sucks.
Good service is one of the few things to get me to return to a store. Otherwise, I feel absolutely no loyalty. (Places I have received good service include Amazon, NewEgg, and Apple Store.)
Tell me about it with the cables. I wanted your basic USB cable and needed one relatively quick. So, I headed over to Best Buy - $30 for six feet of USB cable!? Are you joking me?
I decided I didn't need a cable that quickly, and went home and ordered it on NewEgg for $3.00.
To extrapolate even further, what makes you think the money saved will be passed onto customers?
I didn't say "prove", I said, "prove beyond a reasonable doubt." You can't prove it beyond all doubt. You can only continue to remove all the superstitious nonsense and hope that when people see that absolutely nothing is left that they decide for themselves that it's most rational to conclude that nothing was ever there.
I never actually understood the fight between creationism and evolution. It's not like they have to be polar opposites. The Bible never actually says anything about how long it took to create the world (unless, of course, you take a literal look at the Bible, and then it's 6 days). However, it's quite feasible that evolution was used in the creation of the world. Why not use some excellent tools that would allow growth and expansion of so many billions of creatures? I can't see God just saying, "Let me do things the hard way, when there's this really awesome way of doing things..."
Maybe that's just me.
As to your "prove beyond a reasonable doubt" and "no real" remarks - whether God is or is not real (and I believe that he is), is it really such a big deal that people want something to believe in, even if you don't particularly want or need that?
Alright, here are your facts...
Let's assume a 13 gallon tank (I know it's less for the Prius; a Corolla is 13 gallons, though) and a $3.00 / gallon gas price. So, for each tank fill (for both cars), you are spending
13 * 3 = $39
The amount that you're paying per gallon given the gas mileage of 30 (for Corolla) and 40 (for Prius) is
39 / 30 = 1.30 / gallon
39 / 40 = 0.975 / gallon
respectively.
Now, on average, I fill up once a week. Let's also assume that you own the car for 10 years. At this rate, you're looking at
10 years * 52 weeks = 520 @ 1 fill-up / week = 520 tank fills for the lifetime of the cars (and, obviously, if you're getting better gas mileage, the Prius is going to require a less amount, but not a ton less - again, back of the envelope estimates).
So, the amount of money that gas is costing you over the course of 10 years of ownership for the Corolla and Prius is
520 * 13 * 1.30 = $8788
520 * 13 * 0.975 = $6591
respectively.
So the cost of ownership between the two in terms of gas is: 8788 - 6591 = $2197
Last I checked, $6000 > $2197. Toyota Corolla is better.
Of course, check my math, and YMMV, and I made some general assumptions (what Corolla only lasts 10 years?). But, even then, it's still not worth it from a sheer cost perspective.
I, the customer, am responsible for that job. The customers can make companies rich and big, if I like their product. I want the government to be fair to all companies. Just be neutral.
No. I mean, yes.
In an ideal world, it would be great if the government could be completely neutral to every company out there. They could take parts from every company and use them to build their infrastructure and everybody would be happy.
In an ideal world, though, we'd all be rich and nobody would ever fight or say bad things to each other.
The fact of the matter is, Google does a great job at what it does - manage information. At the end of the day, the government, as a voice for the people, has to make the best decisions it can given what it knows at that time. In my personal opinion, Google is an excellent choice for helping the government to set up an infrastructure and manage the data of the government. And, heck, if it actually saves taxpayers money, all the better.
As long as he can separate business from technology, he'll be fine. Google does have some amazing technology - Gmail, Chrome, GoogleBooks, etc, etc, etc. And some iffy business practices, such as scanning books in copyright, a near monopoly in search and advertising, and a few employee accusations.
Iffy business practices? Really? Their "monopoly" in search and advertising is far from a monopoly. They just do it the best and, as a result, businesses are flocking to them.
Employee accusations is not an "iffy business practice." Heck, I don't know of a single, reasonably-sized company that hasn't had accusations leveraged against it by its employees. It's not like you're hearing the complaints that EA got regarding their work hours or anything like that. If something like that comes up, then I'll agree something not-so-good is going on.
As for the book-scanning copyright call out, well, I haven't personally seen anything to suggest that it's a bad thing they are doing. Even if they made some mistakes at the beginning, it looks to me (based on some recent Slashdot articles) that they are trying to do the right thing in obtaining permission for scanning, etc.
Especially since they have not exactly kept it quiet.
Keeping something quiet or projecting something to the world has nothing to do with it being "Big Brother" or not.
In fact, I would worry more about the things that are being projected and accepted by supposedly rational people. Those are the things that scare me.
Makeup and cosmetics for girls, facial hair for boys, piercings etc. for both.
Maybe the UK is a bit more conservative than the US, but, here, it would be more like: "makeup and cosmetics and facial hair and piercings for all boys and girls."
Okay...hopefully no facial hair for the girls...
the lecturers took it up with you when you finally did turn up for class.
Psh. Here in the U.S. you wouldn't even get that much. It's more of the mindset, "You already paid us. Whether you come to class or fail out is your own freaken problem."
Actually, I kind of liked that mentality. Make people responsible for themselves. Let the professors teach.
And how fast do you think those copies are moving?
Left 4 Dead? Probably moving faster than a Boomer and slower than that witch that you just spooked...
I mean, seriously, who doesn't like those shiny boxes with the manual, maps and stuff like that?
:: raises hand ::
I know I'm not everybody, and a lot of people do like those things. But, when I buy a game, I want to get it as easy as possible, want to be provided with the latest updates, and I don't want boxes and other things that will get damaged or that I'll lose cluttering up my house.
With any nerd project, the interface is at the bottom of the TODO list.
Which is exactly why many people won't use many of these tools even if the tool is "better." UI is extremely important for most people to consider using a tool.
However, you could still be making money right now if you know what you are doing, but for most people, their 401(k) is kind of a "buy and ignore" type operation.
Any ideas or insight into how? There is only so many options offered in a typical 401(k). I don't see how you can say what you just said. Further explanation would be much appreciated.
Credit is an exponential function. Go check the national debt (in any country) for the last couple of centuries. It's an exponential growth curve. Credit has an exponential function built in to to it. When credit is created, it is created with an equivalent amount of debt attached, which pays interest.
So you have : credit on one side | debt + interest on the other.
True. Of course if people would stop borrowing credit against funds that they don't have, this wouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately, creditors keep lending money (and charging interest, as is their right), yet they aren't being paid.
Only spend what you have. If you are broke, then forgo a night out of dinner or that new TV you want. (AKA, you should be able to pay off your credit at any time).
(Of course, this is a different case for large ticket items such as homes which most people cannot pay off. That's a whole other story.)
But. And it is a big but.
I like big buts [sic], and I cannot lie...
It says, "Congress shall make no law [which prohibits or abridges] the freedom of speech..."
Anonymity isn't really the important part here (no...seriously). It's, "What are you allowed to say?"
An anonymous post is still someone exercising their freedom of speech. Arguably, laws shouldn't exist regarding libel either (although I can see their purpose).
That sounds like an unfortunate step into another layer of short-lived languages. Learn how to actually program: learn C.
Are you being sarcastic or something? In case you aren't, OO is here to stay (and has been for quite some time). It is an extremely powerful paradigm and I think it would be good for the author to take time to learn it.
C is fine for a lot of things (and the best tool for jobs such as embedded systems). That doesn't make OO "short-lived" or obsolete or anything along those lines.
All people got into some kind of trouble as a kid, or at the very least made some bad judgments.
Fixed that for you. Everybody is human. We all make mistakes and we have to learn from them. Too many people get their "holier than thou" attitude (and this is EVERYBODY - religious or not, rich or not, whatever) and like to forget the things they've done and judge whoever it is on the chopping block.
While I know many people here tend to shy away from religion, there is an interesting story in the Bible where the prostitute was going to be stoned. The way the story goes (trying to cut down the size of my post here), Jesus intervened and, knelt down in the sand and began writing things in the sand. Now, you never know what he was writing - it's never said in the Bible. But, one theory I heard was that Jesus was writing down the sexual sins of the men who were about to stone the prostitute.
Of course, the men, embarrassed, eventually walk away and the prostitute lives.
It's a very interesting story and very insightful to how quick we, as human beings, forget our own faults are so quick to judge others.
(With all this said, in order for society to function, some things *must* come under judgment. Murder, for example, cannot be condoned.)
I would love to have this feature as well. However, there are some nice tools out there that integrate directly with Windows and (pretty much) hide the fact that it's a separate tool doing the work. (Daemon Tools Lite comes to mind.)
This requires a 20-minute call to the Activation hotline each time.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but when I have to activate a new copy of Windows I choose Do this over the internet and it's done in ~10 seconds.
Are you referring to something that I don't know about?
Thanks for the suggestion, but, unfortunately, I *do* use and like iTunes. The whole "being bundled together" thing is what I can't get around.
People get sores on their hands from rubbing stuff!
Also known here at Slashdot as, Friday night.
A computer is just a computer. A corporation is just a corporation. Jesus Christ, people. Steve Jobs does not care about you. At all. At all. At ALL!
Oh, he definitely cares about you. He cares that you buy his products, he cares that you like his products and he cares that you continue to spend money on his company.
He does care - just like every other person who wants to make money.
These days it would be suicide for anyone to release an OS without built-in web capability right out of the box.
...I'm looking at you, Gentoo!