I am lucky enough to work 3 days a week (albeit Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but who cares?). Those three days are concentrated, productive, and rewarding. Then it's a 4-day weekend every week! My "output" is probably the same as everyone else's.
With all the economic gains the USA has experienced (doubling of GDP since 1980), why haven't we moved to a 3- or 4-day week? People would work better and be happier.
And let's not forget that there are four ways to spend money:
1) You spend your own money on yourself. Try to get the best value for your money. 2) You spend your own money on someone else. Spend as little as possible, but hey, it's the thought that counts. 3) You spend someone else's money on yourself. Woo-hoo! It's Christmas all over again! 4) You spend someone else's moeny on someone else. Who gives a shit?
Guess which category government spending falls into.
Dude, this is, like, giving me an analogy overload...
It's like, imagine if you were in Soviet Russia, and you left the door to your house unlocked, but there was a HOT DOG inside your door. Any reasonable person would expect to be sent to the gulag because that's counter-revolutionary!
That link is quite biased. "The jury initially awarded Ms. Liebeck the equivalent of two days worth of coffee sales..." What's the point of saying that? How many days of coffee profits, which is more to the point?
Anyway, this page is a bit more balanced. 700 cases over 10 years works out to 1 out of every 24 million cups. And how about the fact that the National Coffee Association reccomends coffee be served at 180-185 degrees Fahrenheit?
For one oil lobbiests have modified our tax code where an American can get an SUV or truck free of charge if they are a business owner in tax refunds. So why not?
I hope that's a joke. At best a business owner could deduct the cost, reducing taxable income, and if he payed the top rate (a big IF), he would save 30%. Now I don't know how many Americans take advantage of this, but I assume it's a minority of buyers. And such deductions make sense because they are legitimate business costs.
the "right" to use big numbers that happen to resemble songs when processed by certain programs.
Not really. These big numbers don't just "happen" to "resemble" songs, they are entirely based on the original works.
A person has freedom of contract, and can agree to limit his ability to access creative works (or any reproduction, digital or otherwise, of such works) if he finds the overall contract (including said agreement) to be favorable.
IF you are poor, then you poorly provide for your family, should you have one. That is NO different than a family of crocs dying in a dried out riverbed.
Saying that is kind of like Cain asking "Am I my brother's keeper?"
Does anyone have specs on the baseline players of Blu-Ray format (besides PS3)? DVD players today suck in terms of interactivity--where is my You Don't Know Jack DVD? If these next HD-DVD formats don't allow for at least some programming...
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Show me a hand-held device that defeats television.
Ahem.
I am lucky enough to work 3 days a week (albeit Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but who cares?). Those three days are concentrated, productive, and rewarding. Then it's a 4-day weekend every week! My "output" is probably the same as everyone else's.
With all the economic gains the USA has experienced (doubling of GDP since 1980), why haven't we moved to a 3- or 4-day week? People would work better and be happier.
(They're off thinking inside the outside-the-box jargon box now.)
*Head explodes*
I landed on the moon, You insensitive clod!
Hey I landed on the moon you insensitive clod!
Instead of putting down an American flag, they installed a big letter A! I wonder why I can't see it at night?
Homer: "Facts, schmacts. Facts can be used to prove anything even remotely true."
I suck at math.
Let's see how much this promotion would cost Apple:
500 million / 100,000 songs = 500 winners
500 winners * (50 songs * $0.80 per song + $100 per iPod mini) = $70,000
Gold gift card = $8,000
10 iPods = $1,000
Coldplay tickets = $0 cuz Coldplay is teh suck.
Total cost = $79,000, considerably less than a single 30-second prime time spot.
So Apple thanks you for the free advertising on this highly read online forum!
And let's not forget that there are four ways to spend money:
1) You spend your own money on yourself. Try to get the best value for your money.
2) You spend your own money on someone else. Spend as little as possible, but hey, it's the thought that counts.
3) You spend someone else's money on yourself. Woo-hoo! It's Christmas all over again!
4) You spend someone else's moeny on someone else. Who gives a shit?
Guess which category government spending falls into.
Then again, the toilet belongs to my company, and I don't want them watching me pinch a loaf....
Kinda gives new meaning to the term "logging"
Dude, this is, like, giving me an analogy overload...
It's like, imagine if you were in Soviet Russia, and you left the door to your house unlocked, but there was a HOT DOG inside your door. Any reasonable person would expect to be sent to the gulag because that's counter-revolutionary!
I'm with you, except for the whole 5 balanced, small meals a day thing. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors certainly did not eat like that. A recent Berkeley study showed that fasting every other day, while cutting few calories, may reduce cancer risk.
A good way to get your vitamin D is with cod liver oil. Don't cringe--this stuff is lemon flavored.
That link is quite biased. "The jury initially awarded Ms. Liebeck the equivalent of two days worth of coffee sales..." What's the point of saying that? How many days of coffee profits, which is more to the point?
Anyway, this page is a bit more balanced. 700 cases over 10 years works out to 1 out of every 24 million cups. And how about the fact that the National Coffee Association reccomends coffee be served at 180-185 degrees Fahrenheit?
Cingular listens on iTunes phone
For one oil lobbiests have modified our tax code where an American can get an SUV or truck free of charge if they are a business owner in tax refunds. So why not?
I hope that's a joke. At best a business owner could deduct the cost, reducing taxable income, and if he payed the top rate (a big IF), he would save 30%. Now I don't know how many Americans take advantage of this, but I assume it's a minority of buyers. And such deductions make sense because they are legitimate business costs.
the "right" to use big numbers that happen to resemble songs when processed by certain programs.
Not really. These big numbers don't just "happen" to "resemble" songs, they are entirely based on the original works.
A person has freedom of contract, and can agree to limit his ability to access creative works (or any reproduction, digital or otherwise, of such works) if he finds the overall contract (including said agreement) to be favorable.
In America, Google does it for no money!
-1 Penis Allusion
Whatever happened to SafeWeb and Triangle Boy? I heard they were going to keep that service going for Chinese users.
IF you are poor, then you poorly provide for your family, should you have one. That is NO different than a family of crocs dying in a dried out riverbed.
Saying that is kind of like Cain asking "Am I my brother's keeper?"
What happens if the few nations that grow sugar cane decide to cut off the supply to certain countries?
90% of their farmers go out of business. Not going to happen. Now, a global warming-induced supply shock on the other hand...
First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.
LOLLERSKATES!
Does anyone have specs on the baseline players of Blu-Ray format (besides PS3)? DVD players today suck in terms of interactivity--where is my You Don't Know Jack DVD? If these next HD-DVD formats don't allow for at least some programming...
Then why are you on Slashdot?