Why even bother selling the Wii's on ebay (and paying ebay fees)? These things are in such great demand why not price them based on what the market will stand. They've proven that a market is there for Wii's at $399 - why not sell them for that in the store?
No kidding! That's the dumbest part of this. Slackers are paying an additional costs in the form of eBay's (significant!) fees, and probably Paypal's (significant!) fees too. Not to mention also, they are having to pay someone to list the items and handle all the correspondence. Since eBay is a clumsy inefficient process, this will be a full-time job for at least one person. They also have to deal with all the fraudulent bidders and general lunatics out there in the eBay community. There's too, the muppets who work in eBay Community Watch, who will no doubt end a couple of auctions just for kicks.
Or... you could sell them online yourself. Or just sell them in store for much more profits. Seriously if you are going to maximize your profits, then why not maximize your profits?
I think some Slackers managers need replacing with people who actually understand the very basics of economics.
Although, admittedly there is the whole macro cost benefit thing -- screw every cent out of your customers one season and trash your brand value for the next decade of seasons. But I'm sure someone with a brain could figure out a way around that, one that doesn't involve the eBay parasites.
"Warning: Green lasers are very powerful. Pointing at aircraft may land you in jail. Without a Monopoly card to get you back out. Use it wisely."
Odd really, that Think Geek take the time to be responsible by adding that line, when the photographs of the product in use on the site show several examples of seriously mindless, dangerous and careless behavior. A lawsuit waiting to happen I think...
The British MP Lembit Opik (name is Scandinavian) has attempted to draw attention to the seriousness of the problem. The media dismiss him as a crank.
I wonder why they do dismiss him? Global warming was the same. It seems curious in the face of the fact that the media, and the UK media in particular, spend most of their energy drumming up irrational abstract things to be afraid of (terrorists, pedophiles, etc etc), things which are unlikely to ever affect many in the UK.
Here are issues that, while rare, are real and should have contingency plans. Makes no sense.
For what it's worth, I'm a Linux user and avoid proprietary software wherever possible, but I've been taught not to look a gift horse in the mouth, and not to complain when you can't offer an alternative.
I hate this attitude. Corporations are full of people who spout this nonsense. It is the guaranteed path to mediocrity and dissatisfaction. It is a form of censorship and should be abhorred. It is a mechanism that the weak use to protect their mediocre ideas. It is a way of suppressing great ideas, better ideas, and new ideas.
You DO NOT need to have solutions to see the shortcomings of something. It is valid and very necessary that people complain when something is less than perfect. They do NOT need to offer solutions. I don't need to be an engineer to know something isn't working, but I probably do need to be one to fix the problem. Raising quality or performance or defect issues is essential, this opens debate which in turn leads to the search for the best solution.
Flash sucks, this is a common opinion. I cannot build a better version. But until enough people complain no-one will. People need to complain. People need to complain more. Things can be better than they are if the right people try harder.
The point of this story is the government is spending our tax dollars to spread "positive reviews" and misinformation related to government projects, thereby undermining the fourth estate.
Welcome to Earth. Here, politicians are corrupt -- pretty much all of them. Here, they spin things anyway they can to try to make themselves look good. Are you surprised about this? Do you think this is a new thing? This has been going on since the stone age. Yes, by all means be indignant, for all the difference it will make...
Wikipedia is a propaganda tool. It is one of the best out there at shaping the minds of the gullible. The government knows this. So does everyone else with an ax to grind. So do the wikinazis. Wikipedia has very little in the way of genuine quality, independence or accuracy, but thanks to the vanity of its leaders and admins it has every illusion of authority and integrity.
Be indignant about that. Be indignant that Wikipedia is not encouraging its users to question the data it contains, be indignant that Wikipedia does not have disclaimers and warnings as to its potential inaccuracies -- that's your true crime, your true deception, right there.
Don't blame the Government (or anyone else's Government, or NGO, or Political party, or Corporation or cabal...) for the propaganda, they are only doing their jobs.
No, blame Wikipedia for continually attempting to deceive people as to its integrity.
Absolutely. Here is Proof. Here is the conclusive proof that Wikipedia is ultimately doomed to fail.
Math is one area where there are usually right and wrong answers. If the cabals and wikinazis are fighting authors over math, then it only further shows how screwed up Wikipedia is.
Google folks, your new knol thing will be embraced with open arms by all of us (and there is a growing number of us daily) who are utterly sick to death of wikinazis.
Fight Wikinazis! Liberté! Egalité! Fraternité! Vive la wiki-Resistance!
Yes, finally someone here seems to get this. All of the Social Networking sites are useless to some and essential to others. It depends on your interests and needs as to which works for you. None of them are perfect.
For myself working in film and media -- Myspace is a great tool for networking. It's great for finding new writers, actors, editors, composers etc, locally and all over the world. It's a really great tool for this. In contrast, Facebook is totally worthless to me. I can't network on it if I can't see people's area of interest, examples of their work, or skills -- no-one I was at University with is on it. I tried it, I have a page on it, and I've looked at it twice in a year, I've no reason to ever go back there. However, for others -- possibly many of you on Slashdot -- the opposite is true.
All of these sites are now beginning to mature beyond the initial butterfly teenage fashion crowd who first adopted them -- fortunately. Now they are actually becoming useful.
The concept of OpenSocial -- the ability to have a common interface and protocol to go between the sites really makes sense. It's a real shame that Facebook and some others are being elitist (and greedy, in the proprietary way) about it. That isn't something Slashdot, with its general community preference for OSS, should be encouraging.
Facebook isn't anyone's friend -- as the protests every other week about yet another minor change on the site prove conclusively. OpenSocial is a good thing -- something that the Slashdot community should be encouraging.
Don't worry, between the security line, customs, delays, and waiting on the tarmac, you'll still be guaranteed at least 10 hours at the airport for any trip.
Yes, folks it's fundraising time in wikiality. So the goal is to get the wikipedia name out there, hence this somewhat old news being dragged out and paraded again.
Have you not noticed the number of wikipedia articles has tripled in the past 6 weeks?
This, despite there not being any actual significant changes or news. Do you really think that's coincidence? There's ALWAYS more wikipedia articles during their fundraising drives -- ALWAYS.
The truth is that if you have an ax to grind, an agenda to push, or a vested interest in making sure "facts" are presented in a certain way, then if you are NOT editing Wikipedia to suit your cause you're a fool -- because EVERYONE else is.
In fact, why not take the extra step that others have -- ensure you get as many admin rights as possible, or form a nice cabal to protect your "truth".
Wikipedia is exploitable from within and without. For as long as there are no checks and balances on the admins, it will always be exploited.
Nobody deserves rape. You should be thankful that most of society does not share your sense of justice.
You're correct about the first part, nobody deserves rape. And dead wrong about the second -- society would organize villagers, pitchforks, flaming torches and have themselves a good old lynching at the drop of a hat.
That's why these databases exist, as an appeasement to the lynch mob. Instead of a lynch mob, everyone gets -- in effect -- a life sentence. This is vengeance, not justice.
The death penalty in Europe is illegal, but not as a result of public democracy. In the UK in most polls carried out on the subject, the majority of the UK population is in favor of the death penalty -- fortunately, they don't get to vote on it.
And the fact that around 60% of the UK population is hungover or drunk most days -- do you want the hungover guy, or the still slightly drunk guy as your site safety engineer? Britons have always had a tendency to indolence and apathy, the Country's increasing love for alcohol over the past 15 years just takes careless to a whole new level.
No. Seriously No. They need the laptops. The reason being that the west, in the form of Govt. aid and NGOs, sends rice, clothes and many other basic needs, to the 3rd world already -- and has done so for decades.
It isn't enough. Never is. It isn't enough, not because of scarcity of resources, but mostly because many African governments are corrupt.
Thus, the only good long term solution to this is to try to -- as much as possible -- educate the people of Africa. That way they can better understand their situation and get their dreadful governments out of power, as well as having engineering, logistical, economic, and many other skills necessary to rebuild their countries.
Let's send Dvorak to Africa for extended research into this. (minus the XO or any other laptop please)
His best work in my opinion is "Forgotten Silver". That's a real masterpiece, the fact that it had a Professor at a NZ film school giving lectures on Colin McKenzie the day after broadcast is hilarious. (He should, of course, have been immediately fired)
His real skill is in production though. The Lord of the Rings movies are an amazing production. To organize that many people, for that length of time, in a small country unused to filmmaking, takes serious talent. Try and organize a short movie yourself, and then bow down at the feet of Mr Jackson. It's waaay harder than you think.
Peer review is pointless where cabals control information. Expert peers may disagree with the accuracy of info, but so what, if a cabal is making sure it stays inaccurate to further its own ends. This happens on Wikipedia. Which is why it must never be trusted.
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Or... you could sell them online yourself. Or just sell them in store for much more profits. Seriously if you are going to maximize your profits, then why not maximize your profits?
I think some Slackers managers need replacing with people who actually understand the very basics of economics.
Although, admittedly there is the whole macro cost benefit thing -- screw every cent out of your customers one season and trash your brand value for the next decade of seasons. But I'm sure someone with a brain could figure out a way around that, one that doesn't involve the eBay parasites.
Here are issues that, while rare, are real and should have contingency plans. Makes no sense.
Dragon is the correct translation.
z.B. der Drachen (Fluggerät)
You DO NOT need to have solutions to see the shortcomings of something. It is valid and very necessary that people complain when something is less than perfect. They do NOT need to offer solutions. I don't need to be an engineer to know something isn't working, but I probably do need to be one to fix the problem. Raising quality or performance or defect issues is essential, this opens debate which in turn leads to the search for the best solution.
Flash sucks, this is a common opinion. I cannot build a better version. But until enough people complain no-one will. People need to complain. People need to complain more. Things can be better than they are if the right people try harder.
Wikipedia is a propaganda tool. It is one of the best out there at shaping the minds of the gullible. The government knows this. So does everyone else with an ax to grind. So do the wikinazis. Wikipedia has very little in the way of genuine quality, independence or accuracy, but thanks to the vanity of its leaders and admins it has every illusion of authority and integrity.
Be indignant about that. Be indignant that Wikipedia is not encouraging its users to question the data it contains, be indignant that Wikipedia does not have disclaimers and warnings as to its potential inaccuracies -- that's your true crime, your true deception, right there.
Don't blame the Government (or anyone else's Government, or NGO, or Political party, or Corporation or cabal...) for the propaganda, they are only doing their jobs.
No, blame Wikipedia for continually attempting to deceive people as to its integrity.
Absolutely. Here is Proof. Here is the conclusive proof that Wikipedia is ultimately doomed to fail.
Math is one area where there are usually right and wrong answers. If the cabals and wikinazis are fighting authors over math, then it only further shows how screwed up Wikipedia is.
Google folks, your new knol thing will be embraced with open arms by all of us (and there is a growing number of us daily) who are utterly sick to death of wikinazis.
Fight Wikinazis! Liberté! Egalité! Fraternité! Vive la wiki-Resistance!
Yes, finally someone here seems to get this. All of the Social Networking sites are useless to some and essential to others. It depends on your interests and needs as to which works for you. None of them are perfect.
For myself working in film and media -- Myspace is a great tool for networking. It's great for finding new writers, actors, editors, composers etc, locally and all over the world. It's a really great tool for this. In contrast, Facebook is totally worthless to me. I can't network on it if I can't see people's area of interest, examples of their work, or skills -- no-one I was at University with is on it. I tried it, I have a page on it, and I've looked at it twice in a year, I've no reason to ever go back there. However, for others -- possibly many of you on Slashdot -- the opposite is true.
All of these sites are now beginning to mature beyond the initial butterfly teenage fashion crowd who first adopted them -- fortunately. Now they are actually becoming useful.
The concept of OpenSocial -- the ability to have a common interface and protocol to go between the sites really makes sense. It's a real shame that Facebook and some others are being elitist (and greedy, in the proprietary way) about it. That isn't something Slashdot, with its general community preference for OSS, should be encouraging.
Facebook isn't anyone's friend -- as the protests every other week about yet another minor change on the site prove conclusively. OpenSocial is a good thing -- something that the Slashdot community should be encouraging.
Yes, folks it's fundraising time in wikiality. So the goal is to get the wikipedia name out there, hence this somewhat old news being dragged out and paraded again.
Have you not noticed the number of wikipedia articles has tripled in the past 6 weeks?
This, despite there not being any actual significant changes or news. Do you really think that's coincidence? There's ALWAYS more wikipedia articles during their fundraising drives -- ALWAYS.
mode parent insightful
The truth is that if you have an ax to grind, an agenda to push, or a vested interest in making sure "facts" are presented in a certain way, then if you are NOT editing Wikipedia to suit your cause you're a fool -- because EVERYONE else is.
In fact, why not take the extra step that others have -- ensure you get as many admin rights as possible, or form a nice cabal to protect your "truth".
Wikipedia is exploitable from within and without. For as long as there are no checks and balances on the admins, it will always be exploited.
Absolutely! Mod parent up, mod parent funny.
His truthiness is pure.
The problem...?
The obvious one... consensus, agreement, privacy, respect, customer focus, precedent... etc...
That all seems pretty rational to me.
That's why these databases exist, as an appeasement to the lynch mob. Instead of a lynch mob, everyone gets -- in effect -- a life sentence. This is vengeance, not justice.
The death penalty in Europe is illegal, but not as a result of public democracy. In the UK in most polls carried out on the subject, the majority of the UK population is in favor of the death penalty -- fortunately, they don't get to vote on it.
And the fact that around 60% of the UK population is hungover or drunk most days -- do you want the hungover guy, or the still slightly drunk guy as your site safety engineer? Britons have always had a tendency to indolence and apathy, the Country's increasing love for alcohol over the past 15 years just takes careless to a whole new level.
well, bounce my shiny metal ass
Dvorak... sigh...
No. Seriously No. They need the laptops. The reason being that the west, in the form of Govt. aid and NGOs, sends rice, clothes and many other basic needs, to the 3rd world already -- and has done so for decades.
It isn't enough. Never is. It isn't enough, not because of scarcity of resources, but mostly because many African governments are corrupt.
Thus, the only good long term solution to this is to try to -- as much as possible -- educate the people of Africa. That way they can better understand their situation and get their dreadful governments out of power, as well as having engineering, logistical, economic, and many other skills necessary to rebuild their countries.
Let's send Dvorak to Africa for extended research into this. (minus the XO or any other laptop please)
I formally request funds to study the following hypotheses:
- Funny things make humans laugh.
- Sad things make humans cry.
- Hot things may burn.
- Pain is sore.
- Some people will fund anything, no matter how obvious.
In order to ensure correct scientific method, and an appropriate in depth study, our team requires one gesquillion dollars.Many thanks for your consideration in this matter,
Dr I. C. Clearly
Patently Obvious Research Labs Inc.
Bermuda.
His best work in my opinion is "Forgotten Silver". That's a real masterpiece, the fact that it had a Professor at a NZ film school giving lectures on Colin McKenzie the day after broadcast is hilarious. (He should, of course, have been immediately fired)
His real skill is in production though. The Lord of the Rings movies are an amazing production. To organize that many people, for that length of time, in a small country unused to filmmaking, takes serious talent. Try and organize a short movie yourself, and then bow down at the feet of Mr Jackson. It's waaay harder than you think.
A disclaimer is honest, fair and responsible. It would deter "vandalism", while in NO WAY detracting from the integrity or utility of Wikipedia.
So again, why no disclaimer? What are they trying to achieve/hide by misleading people?
There is no ethical reason NOT to have a disclaimer.