It's obvious from the blog sections that the TSA already knows the areas that generate complaints (inconsistent procedures from airport to airport, confusion about rules, general annoyance at the liquids ban). Are they relying on the flying public to alert them that the screeners required shoe removal in Columbus but not Cincinnati?
Why waste time maintaining a blog will quickly become unmanageable? Use your resources to get more screeners out there, speed up the lines, train people, and standardize procedures across the system.
The way most manufacturers enforce pricing is through advertising co-op funds. They can't tell a retailer what price to set, but they can tell them "We won't reimburse you for your advertising unless you set the price at $$$". When Best Buy runs their sale flyers, manufacturers are compensating Best Buy for their portion of the flyer. If Best Buy runs a price too high or too low then the manufacturer will refuse to pay co-op money.
Co-op is paid at anywhere from 50% up to 100%, and is based on how much a retailer purchases from the manufacturer. For example, in my hardware store we buy products from Scott's (fertilizer) and accrue 6% of our purchases into co-op funds. If I run and ad, feature Scott's products, and follow their price guidelines I get reimbursed up to whatever my accrued co-op fund is.
More likely less than five minutes. Have you seen video of people being waterboarded?
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Forgot about that one. We rented video tapes in my hardware store back when Miracle Mile came out and it was one of the videos we could recommend to customers. We were known for recommending the films that flew under the radar until they hit video...in addition to MM we had a lot of success renting F/X, The Hidden, and House of Games. Too bad that "personal" touch is gone from most video rental locations. A large reason people will use Netflix and VoD is because there is no longer a real person at the video store who can recommend films, interact with customers in a meaningful way.
Boy, did I just digress. I'll pull my karma bonus so I don't get modded "off topic".
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Yeah, that was my experience as well. In the early years when I needed some cables, a replacement hard drive, networking gear, and other random components I could count on CompUSA to have a selection in stock. However, when I needed something in the circular it was usually out of stock, and it was always difficult to find someone on the sales floor to help with items that were secured or in the back room overstock.
As a retail store owner (hardware store) I could see that CompUSA was between a rock and a hard place. They wanted to offer local storefronts but the majority of their volume items were available online for less money (and with less hassle). They marked up their accessories quite a bit but the occasional geek buying a serial cable or patch bay doesn't pay the bills for the overhead to maintain a retail storefront. Add the big box electronic stores that sprung up (Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, WalMart, etc) and offered the top software and hardware and suddenly CompUSA didn't really offer much to the majority of the buying public.
I probably haven't visited the one remaining CompUSA in over two years...get most stuff online via Amazon or others with free or minimal shipping and no sales tax.
The limitation on the media files is when using the WD Anywhere Access. You can still backup and share your music files within your own network and even remotely. Not being totally familiar with the product, but I assume they have "guest" or anonymous sharing folders where you can "Offer your clients an easy way to access business documents, designs, and artwork." They probably also include some proprietary WD client program that lets you access your media files from remote locations so you can play your MP3's while at some hotel in Aruba. So the drive isn't an anchor, but it can't be popped on to the net and easily used to share MP3's with the world. Seems simple enough.
Comcast would likely throttle down your Internet connection anyway once they saw all those MP3's being streamed.:)
I own an independent True Value hardware store and for the past three years we've been building a customer loyalty program (True Value Rewards, developed by True Value and Insight Out of Chaos). This allows us to avoid the expense and waste of mass media (newspapers, radio, and direct mail flyers) and instead directly mail targeted pieces to our top customers. Some of the big retailers have started to adopt loyalty programs (Tesco is a prime example) and it will be interesting to see if Target, Home Depot, Wal*Mart and the other big box stores try their hand at loyalty marketing. The trick for them is they are product and price driven...mass purchase of product drives down cost so they can sell for lower prices and still have decent margins. Smaller retailers (like myself) offer local shopping, personal service, and now a "personal" touch via our loyalty program.
Many of the hacks over the years had marketing undertones. The fake campus patrol car had a box of Dunkin Donuts in it, the cow they put on the dome was from a well known steak house. Marketing and popular culture always intertwine. By choosing the Halo theme for the hack they made the joke more accessible to the mainstream.
But yes, Bill Gate was probably smiling when he saw this. After all, he dropped out of Harvard.
I didn't RTFA so I'm at fault for that. However, the first section I looked at via Google Earth was in color...at least the trees were green.
In my defense, I was so anxious to start looking for Steve that I immediately jumped to Amazon to start looking rather than stopping to read the article. Who has time to read articles when there is a man out in the wilderness waiting for us to Amazon or Google him?
Google Earth images appear to be seriously outdated. I did a search for my business and the image shows our building as it was in 2005 prior to a second floor addition. Did Google Earth update the images for the region where Steve's plane may have crashed? If not, there isn't much point to viewing that area using Google Earth.
Government could require that any product imported be made using the same environmental standards as required in the states. We already restrict import of products from endangered species...ivory tusks for example. If the US banned imports of materials made in plants that violate US EPA standards then that would put pressure on the corporations to raise the standards overseas.
Probably still in the early stages in terms of features and interface. They need to work out the performance and reliability issues and get some user feedback from the initial testers. They obviously are taking it slow because they are limiting the hours the server is even available for use during the initial test.
I agree with you on this. Been testing Windows Home Server which also offers remote access to files. With the availability of high speed Internet service (I have FIOS at home...blazes) I really don't see why someone (novice or average user) would want to maintain a home server or even a NAS device. Just use Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, whomever for remote file storage. Flickr already does something similar but just limited to photos. They provide an easy to use upload location, tools to manage the photos, and tons of space.
Thanks...I'll have read the articles again as I missed that info. I made a rough estimate of ten years old being the magic age when kids become able to walk to their friend's house to play, work on homework independently, etc. It probably is closer to seven or eight (2nd or 3rd grade in the US) and fits in with what one would expect. Parents can start letting kids fend for themselves in many areas by that age, and that in turn lets a parent pay more attention to the younger child.
Interesting study and the stats seem to back up their theory. However, the IQ difference is so subtle that I wonder how much difference it really makes. Does an IQ of 102 really provide that much of an advantage over someone with an IQ of 100?
Based on personal experience raising two daughters, I'm sure that part of the reason the second child lose two points of IQ is that the parents just start getting tired.:) Your first child gets all your energy, and you try out interesting things, go to interesting places. The arrival of the second child means you now divide your time and energy and so the second child will tend to lose out. When the first child leaves the house the second child is nearly full grown anyway.
I wonder if they looked at homes where the children were very far apart in age? Suppose one child was 10 when the second child was born. By that time the parents are comfortable with the progress of child #1 and might devote more time to child #2 than they would have if the children were only a year or two apart.
I guess there is no "magic bullet" for receipt printers. Thermal receipts have a limited life before they fade, and impact usually can't print the signatures. One cool thing about the inkjet printers is we use some generic single-ply paper from Office Depot that is super-cheap compared to two-ply or thermal. We probably go through a black cartridge every two months ($18 cost) and a red cartridge every six months ($20 cost) on each printer so it's not a bad expense since the paper side saves us a bunch.
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It's obvious from the blog sections that the TSA already knows the areas that generate complaints (inconsistent procedures from airport to airport, confusion about rules, general annoyance at the liquids ban). Are they relying on the flying public to alert them that the screeners required shoe removal in Columbus but not Cincinnati?
Why waste time maintaining a blog will quickly become unmanageable? Use your resources to get more screeners out there, speed up the lines, train people, and standardize procedures across the system.
The way most manufacturers enforce pricing is through advertising co-op funds. They can't tell a retailer what price to set, but they can tell them "We won't reimburse you for your advertising unless you set the price at $$$". When Best Buy runs their sale flyers, manufacturers are compensating Best Buy for their portion of the flyer. If Best Buy runs a price too high or too low then the manufacturer will refuse to pay co-op money.
Co-op is paid at anywhere from 50% up to 100%, and is based on how much a retailer purchases from the manufacturer. For example, in my hardware store we buy products from Scott's (fertilizer) and accrue 6% of our purchases into co-op funds. If I run and ad, feature Scott's products, and follow their price guidelines I get reimbursed up to whatever my accrued co-op fund is.
More likely less than five minutes. Have you seen video of people being waterboarded?
Forgot about that one. We rented video tapes in my hardware store back when Miracle Mile came out and it was one of the videos we could recommend to customers. We were known for recommending the films that flew under the radar until they hit video...in addition to MM we had a lot of success renting F/X, The Hidden, and House of Games. Too bad that "personal" touch is gone from most video rental locations. A large reason people will use Netflix and VoD is because there is no longer a real person at the video store who can recommend films, interact with customers in a meaningful way.
Boy, did I just digress. I'll pull my karma bonus so I don't get modded "off topic".
when Hollywood has done several studies on fleeing citizens already?
"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine."
So don't expect a job offer as you did not accurately decode the secret message.
Yeah, that was my experience as well. In the early years when I needed some cables, a replacement hard drive, networking gear, and other random components I could count on CompUSA to have a selection in stock. However, when I needed something in the circular it was usually out of stock, and it was always difficult to find someone on the sales floor to help with items that were secured or in the back room overstock.
As a retail store owner (hardware store) I could see that CompUSA was between a rock and a hard place. They wanted to offer local storefronts but the majority of their volume items were available online for less money (and with less hassle). They marked up their accessories quite a bit but the occasional geek buying a serial cable or patch bay doesn't pay the bills for the overhead to maintain a retail storefront. Add the big box electronic stores that sprung up (Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, WalMart, etc) and offered the top software and hardware and suddenly CompUSA didn't really offer much to the majority of the buying public.
I probably haven't visited the one remaining CompUSA in over two years...get most stuff online via Amazon or others with free or minimal shipping and no sales tax.
The limitation on the media files is when using the WD Anywhere Access. You can still backup and share your music files within your own network and even remotely. Not being totally familiar with the product, but I assume they have "guest" or anonymous sharing folders where you can "Offer your clients an easy way to access business documents, designs, and artwork." They probably also include some proprietary WD client program that lets you access your media files from remote locations so you can play your MP3's while at some hotel in Aruba. So the drive isn't an anchor, but it can't be popped on to the net and easily used to share MP3's with the world. Seems simple enough.
:)
Comcast would likely throttle down your Internet connection anyway once they saw all those MP3's being streamed.
I own an independent True Value hardware store and for the past three years we've been building a customer loyalty program (True Value Rewards, developed by True Value and Insight Out of Chaos). This allows us to avoid the expense and waste of mass media (newspapers, radio, and direct mail flyers) and instead directly mail targeted pieces to our top customers. Some of the big retailers have started to adopt loyalty programs (Tesco is a prime example) and it will be interesting to see if Target, Home Depot, Wal*Mart and the other big box stores try their hand at loyalty marketing. The trick for them is they are product and price driven...mass purchase of product drives down cost so they can sell for lower prices and still have decent margins. Smaller retailers (like myself) offer local shopping, personal service, and now a "personal" touch via our loyalty program.
Many of the hacks over the years had marketing undertones. The fake campus patrol car had a box of Dunkin Donuts in it, the cow they put on the dome was from a well known steak house. Marketing and popular culture always intertwine. By choosing the Halo theme for the hack they made the joke more accessible to the mainstream.
But yes, Bill Gate was probably smiling when he saw this. After all, he dropped out of Harvard.
of hacking at MIT.
Doh...thanks!
I didn't RTFA so I'm at fault for that. However, the first section I looked at via Google Earth was in color...at least the trees were green.
In my defense, I was so anxious to start looking for Steve that I immediately jumped to Amazon to start looking rather than stopping to read the article. Who has time to read articles when there is a man out in the wilderness waiting for us to Amazon or Google him?
Google Earth images appear to be seriously outdated. I did a search for my business and the image shows our building as it was in 2005 prior to a second floor addition. Did Google Earth update the images for the region where Steve's plane may have crashed? If not, there isn't much point to viewing that area using Google Earth.
Looks cool....I've tried to get proficient with the Alphagrip but it's taking a lot of time to get used to.
Government could require that any product imported be made using the same environmental standards as required in the states. We already restrict import of products from endangered species...ivory tusks for example. If the US banned imports of materials made in plants that violate US EPA standards then that would put pressure on the corporations to raise the standards overseas.
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It's a dream of course.
Probably still in the early stages in terms of features and interface. They need to work out the performance and reliability issues and get some user feedback from the initial testers. They obviously are taking it slow because they are limiting the hours the server is even available for use during the initial test.
I agree with you on this. Been testing Windows Home Server which also offers remote access to files. With the availability of high speed Internet service (I have FIOS at home...blazes) I really don't see why someone (novice or average user) would want to maintain a home server or even a NAS device. Just use Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, whomever for remote file storage. Flickr already does something similar but just limited to photos. They provide an easy to use upload location, tools to manage the photos, and tons of space.
You owe me a new keyboard.
So, at 4 I was playing Risk and Candyland, while at 12, my oldest brother was playing... Risk and Candyland.
Funny...I was playing Candyland at MIT when I was 19.
Thanks...I'll have read the articles again as I missed that info. I made a rough estimate of ten years old being the magic age when kids become able to walk to their friend's house to play, work on homework independently, etc. It probably is closer to seven or eight (2nd or 3rd grade in the US) and fits in with what one would expect. Parents can start letting kids fend for themselves in many areas by that age, and that in turn lets a parent pay more attention to the younger child.
Interesting study and the stats seem to back up their theory. However, the IQ difference is so subtle that I wonder how much difference it really makes. Does an IQ of 102 really provide that much of an advantage over someone with an IQ of 100?
:) Your first child gets all your energy, and you try out interesting things, go to interesting places. The arrival of the second child means you now divide your time and energy and so the second child will tend to lose out. When the first child leaves the house the second child is nearly full grown anyway.
Based on personal experience raising two daughters, I'm sure that part of the reason the second child lose two points of IQ is that the parents just start getting tired.
I wonder if they looked at homes where the children were very far apart in age? Suppose one child was 10 when the second child was born. By that time the parents are comfortable with the progress of child #1 and might devote more time to child #2 than they would have if the children were only a year or two apart.
Those look kind of cool. Can they endorse checks? I can't tell from the specs. I'm sure they're cheaper than the Epson printers we use (TM-J7100).
John
I guess there is no "magic bullet" for receipt printers. Thermal receipts have a limited life before they fade, and impact usually can't print the signatures. One cool thing about the inkjet printers is we use some generic single-ply paper from Office Depot that is super-cheap compared to two-ply or thermal. We probably go through a black cartridge every two months ($18 cost) and a red cartridge every six months ($20 cost) on each printer so it's not a bad expense since the paper side saves us a bunch.
John