Don't the T-shirts that say "Wright State" (front) "Wrong School" (back) count? That's at least as clever as "not everyone can go to Caltech", and I think you can still buy them at the Universtity of Dayton bookstore...
On the surface it looks like just another poorly written law. There was intent to regulate online auction houses in the same manner as traditional auction houses, but somehow no one thought about the millions of folks who auction stuff through ebay. Or they did want to regulate eBay sellers and don't want to stand behind their law now that it's unpopular.
Remember, your future is in their hands ("and I have to eat with those hands, doc.")
Erin Davis, aide to Sen. Tom Roberts, a Dayton Democrat, said eBay was never intended to be part of the legislation.
"It is a complete, unintended consequence," he said. "We did refer to Internet auctions in the bill, but we were talking about Internet auction houses, not individuals. It is important that the law be changed before it goes into effect."
Hani Durzy, eBay spokesman, said the company has reviewed Ohio's law and is not concerned.
"We do not believe the law applies to people who sell items on eBay or to eBay itself," he said. "There are 430,000 people in the United States who sell a great quantity of things on eBay and make a living doing it or a significant part of a living. There are 135 million registered eBay users around the world."
A spokesman for Gov. Bob Taft, who signed the bill on Feb. 1, said the Department of Agriculture has been asked for clarification.
Sen. Eric Fingerhut said the law is "clearly a mistake that needs to be fixed." He speaks from the heart.
Bottom line costs are critical. If your company makes 5% profit, saving $1,000 in costs is eqivalent to increasing sales by $20,000.
Focus on real money over accounting tricks. The $1,000 check the company cuts to an outside firm probably costs the company more than the $2,000 Department A charges Deptmartmet B for the same task. If you are evaluated solely on costs cut the check for $1,000 and screw Department A.
You are not free, and you probably cost more than you think. If a $1,000 software package will save days or weeks of your time, it's cheap. Even if it only runs on Windows.
Make sure management knows what you do, and that they know it in terms that they understand and value. Do this even if it means something "important" goes undone while you spend a couple hours on a status report, project writeup, or heaven forbid, user documention.
Train your users or customers. Reduced support calls are reduced costs. A short class, memo, or how-to document can work wonders in reducing your call load and increasing customer satisfaction. They really don't want to call you if they can help it.
Recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs. If you can cut recurring costs or add recurring revenue you will walk in the light, always.
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Cheesy? You don't know Jack...
Don't the T-shirts that say "Wright State" (front) "Wrong School" (back) count? That's at least as clever as "not everyone can go to Caltech", and I think you can still buy them at the Universtity of Dayton bookstore...
All the Puppeteers left already.
Remember, your future is in their hands ("and I have to eat with those hands, doc.")
From the Plain Dealer: http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ss f?/base/news/1109932227143740.xml
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Bottom line costs are critical. If your company makes 5% profit, saving $1,000 in costs is eqivalent to increasing sales by $20,000. Focus on real money over accounting tricks. The $1,000 check the company cuts to an outside firm probably costs the company more than the $2,000 Department A charges Deptmartmet B for the same task. If you are evaluated solely on costs cut the check for $1,000 and screw Department A. You are not free, and you probably cost more than you think. If a $1,000 software package will save days or weeks of your time, it's cheap. Even if it only runs on Windows. Make sure management knows what you do, and that they know it in terms that they understand and value. Do this even if it means something "important" goes undone while you spend a couple hours on a status report, project writeup, or heaven forbid, user documention. Train your users or customers. Reduced support calls are reduced costs. A short class, memo, or how-to document can work wonders in reducing your call load and increasing customer satisfaction. They really don't want to call you if they can help it. Recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs, recurring costs. If you can cut recurring costs or add recurring revenue you will walk in the light, always.
The Godfather Collection would be #1, if it weren't for The Godfather, Part III.