A little O.T., but saying "For decades" is stretching it a bit. Through the seventies, eighties and even in to the early nineties Wal-Mart was indeed, for some, a good company to work for. They also _did_ support American businesses and manufacturers and under Sam Waltons leadership created a campaign to push "Made in the USA" products. Sadly, after Sam's death in 1992 things went downhill quickly. As the operations side of the business got handed down to more and more folks tring to make a name for themselves, they quickly adopted the crappy business pratices of today...only getting worse. It's only in the last 10 years or so that it has gotten unbearable, the "BIG FREAKIN JAR OF PICKLES" as a timeline landmark. http://www.fastcompany.com/online/77/walmart.html is an artcile that is a few years old, but can really open some eyes.
I live in Arkansas and work for a company that did _alot_ of business with Wal-Mart until the late 90's. Because of experiences from both a consumer's standpoint and a businessman's standpoint, I haven't shopped in a WM store for 5+years. I have no intention of shopping there anytime soon and I certainly won't be downloading from their site. I run Linux on all of my pc's and laptops so wouldn't be able to play the content anyway. No big loss for me, but a truly crappy decision in my opinion...whether Wal-Marts fault or the developers fault.
Really, it would be great if Slashdot could profile one of these twisted people and show just who does it, what country they are from, what kind of upbringing they had, etc.
I second that. Their model should be made into law. Above and beyond the wish list, they advertise the FedEx shipping rate for each item while you browse and tell you whether it is in stock or not before you even add it to your cart. The only surprise is sales tax, and that's just the law (pita), not their fault. And no, I don't work for them, but a frequent, and satisfied, buyer.
I've had the time out of sync problem on two of my last 4 Debian installs. apt-get install ntpdate has fixed it for me. If it's already there...sorry, I tried.
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A little O.T., but saying "For decades" is stretching it a bit. Through the seventies, eighties and even in to the early nineties Wal-Mart was indeed, for some, a good company to work for. They also _did_ support American businesses and manufacturers and under Sam Waltons leadership created a campaign to push "Made in the USA" products. Sadly, after Sam's death in 1992 things went downhill quickly. As the operations side of the business got handed down to more and more folks tring to make a name for themselves, they quickly adopted the crappy business pratices of today...only getting worse. It's only in the last 10 years or so that it has gotten unbearable, the "BIG FREAKIN JAR OF PICKLES" as a timeline landmark. http://www.fastcompany.com/online/77/walmart.html is an artcile that is a few years old, but can really open some eyes. I live in Arkansas and work for a company that did _alot_ of business with Wal-Mart until the late 90's. Because of experiences from both a consumer's standpoint and a businessman's standpoint, I haven't shopped in a WM store for 5+years. I have no intention of shopping there anytime soon and I certainly won't be downloading from their site. I run Linux on all of my pc's and laptops so wouldn't be able to play the content anyway. No big loss for me, but a truly crappy decision in my opinion...whether Wal-Marts fault or the developers fault.
I second that. Their model should be made into law. Above and beyond the wish list, they advertise the FedEx shipping rate for each item while you browse and tell you whether it is in stock or not before you even add it to your cart. The only surprise is sales tax, and that's just the law (pita), not their fault. And no, I don't work for them, but a frequent, and satisfied, buyer.
I've had the time out of sync problem on two of my last 4 Debian installs. apt-get install ntpdate has fixed it for me. If it's already there...sorry, I tried.