But remember the flip side: once you commit to putting fiber in the ground, the cost to add 1000 strands isn't significantly more than the cost to put in the first 1. If you have 1 strand and it breaks you have to fix it. If you have 1000 and the one you are using breaks you switch to a different strand and go on. If you can sell the strands your not using, great. If you can't, given that you are putting it in anyway you are still stupid not to put in a lot of extra just in case there is a break somewhere down the line.
Anyone expecting more than 5% of all fiber to ever be lit was fooling themselves.
Appearently you are in the grip of paranoia and fear of guns. Cops are not shot often in the US, it happens rarely enough that it makes the news, and flags are lowered to half mask when it happens. For that matter, cops don't normally draw their guns except when at the range for their required practice session. Cops know that bullets can kill someone 3 miles away, and they are trained extensively to not shoot if there is any other option. Sure they can and will, but not often. Most cops who do have to shoot someone (and that someone who will kill several people if not stoped now) are so traumatised that they cannot remain a cop. Yet most cops still retire as cops after years of service. (or they find a new carrer for other reasons)
What you see in the movies has nothing to do with reality.
Not to mention the number of kids I know who don't read the manual anyway. Just got back from visiting my cousin's, playing some sort of game, and they had no clue what I was doing when I pulled the manual out after I lost. (Some Mario 4 player fighting game, I never looked at the title)
Then again after reading the manual I know why they didn't bother. It might have had everything in there that I needed to know, but I couldn't understand it, and I always tested in the 99% for reading. (writing on the other hand was about 40%) So if I can't understand it I know that nobody else can either.
I prefer to think outside the box. Mars has CO2. Plants use CO2 to make O2. So I'd just include a few plant seeds (selected for ability to grow in mars like conditions) and plant them. That way if I need a flame thrower I nkow there is O2 around to use it, and I didn't have to bring it.
CEO pay is in the hands of shareholders, if they are not happy, they can pay less. Appearently they don't mind what their CEOs get though. (In general) If you don't like, it vote your proxys. If you don't own shares in the company what do you care about how the company wastes it's money?
Huh? The official linux kernel has never been in CVS. Linus doesn't like CVS. Receintly
(A year ago? not much more) Linus put it into version control, but it wasn't CVS. Before that he just released complete sources whenever he felt like it. (often twice a week or more) I think a change log of some sort was included, but I'm not sure about that. Wouldn't surprize me at all if someone submitted a patch anonymously and it was included with no comment at all. (though you could read the diffs to see all that changed, if you can read diffs)
And there would be no training costs for your helpdesk when Longhorn comes? Get real, there will be. And people switch jobs all the time, you can be pretty sure IBM would be training a lot of help desk people anyway just to keep the new guys up to date. (Face it, help desk isn't a popular carrer choice, but many do it for a time)
Then there are cost savings because Linux was designed from the ground up to be multi-user with the users not having administrator rights. One of the big articals on MSDN this month is how to write your app so someone can use it without being administrator. That suggests to me that many apps require the user to be administrator. (but I don't know, I avoid windows except when required to use it)
IBM is big. Care to compare the cost of developing your own word processer vs buying everyone Office?
Don't forget that IBM bought Lotus a few years back, and in the bargin god an office suite. That gives them something to start from if they choose to go that route. (though many would agrue that starting from scratch would be better)
So long as you continute to hold that additude we will not have more than two parties. So get out and vote for the best person for the job. If it happens to be a republican, vote republican, if it happens to be Socalist vote socalist. You can even split your vote if you like the socalist for senat and republican for house. (though it would really be odd if you actually voted that way, you can)
Republicans and Democrats are anouther story of the Crypts vs. the Bloods. I can never remember why I have to be on one side though. Sometimes I vote for a major party, sometimes for a minor one. Always looking for the best person for the job. In secure cases you can write in yoruself or a friend. You might not win, but at least you voted for the right person.
I make it a point to never vote for an incumbant. I recmend that no matter what you follow this policy.
Sure, buying SCOX stock based on the Linux lawsuit is a lottery. Happy now?
Some people get rich in the lottery. Jackpots of over 20 million or won every few months by someone. Some go as high as 200 million and are won. It is still a lottery. You might win, but it isn't a good way to play stocks.
There are stocks worth buying. Fundamentals count. Read those anual reports (not the glossy paper parts, the cheap paper with all the numbers on it), and understand it. Compare that company with all the others in its industry and figgure out what it is worth. Warren Buffet made a ton of money this way, so it can be done. It is hard work, not a get rich quick scheme.
Yes we have rights in the US. However they are different. We also have a work ethic unlike some counties (France in particular, we sent our cheif engineer to France to explain something, for one day, and they all left at 4:00. A one time deal and nobody was willing to work late).
They can make you work any hours they want. However you don't have to agree, there are other jobs. Typically people working the night shift are paid extra money in turn. And we consider it better for someone working nights to stay on the night shift instead of switching around and being tired all the time. It is easier to work your personal life around a consistant schedual and one that changes.
Most people however work the day shift, gnerally 8-5 (1 hour lunch), but the starting and ending times can vary by several hours so long as you work your 8 hours.
You don't need permission from a judge to fire someone, but it might as well be that way. fired means they had good reason to get rid of you. Most people who are fired stop showing up for work without a good excuse. Typically you are laid off, which gives you several weeks pay to find a new job.
Remember that in the US it is easier to get rid of someone, but that means it is easier to take a chance on someone. It works both ways, we don't hire people in countries where it is hard to fire someone unless we are sure they will work out. So it is somewhat easier to find a job in the US where you don't have a lot of expirence.
Overall though, things are different. There are good and bad points to both ways of doing things.
Grand turismo had this, and it was really annoying. I'd have a great run, finish some race in 3:20, but take last place. Next attempt I'd take first despite taking 3:50 to finish the same race. Happened all the time, you had to force yourself to drive bad because when you did a good job you couldn't win.
What I hated most was taking a corner at the fast speed the car could handle, and seeing a car that handles worse pass me on the corner and not spin out afterwards. In other words it wasn't adaptive AI along, but a cheating adaptive AI that I hated.
The subject is laptops though. My wheel mouse does have the third button as the wheel. A few laptops have a "wheel" slider on the touch pad, but AFAIK, few have a third button there.
Thats a good point. If you can hold off for a couple years, move to where you want to go to school and get residency. Granted the jobs aren't as good, but you can live in a cheap roach infested flat, and save your money. I recomend you travel a little. (Europe is nice. I hear great things about Alaska, New Zealand, Chilie, and Thiland from those who have been to the respective places) It is often a good idea to take a year off after high school anyway to figgure out what you really want out of your life. Use that time to your advantage.
If you do move to establish residency, make sure you move to the right state. Wisconson residents got better tuition at the University of Minnesota than Minnesota residents (when I when there).
Excellent idea. If you do this, make sure you know what you are getting into. Some recuiters will give you a paper to sign so they can "check your medical records before you join", only to afterwards that the form signs you up.
There are a lot of jobs in the military, get the one you want. If you just sign up, they will find one, and it won't be one you want. Granted cleaning toilets on an air craft carrier gets you to lots of ports where you can see the world, but if I was on a carrier I'd much prefer to be in a different job. (My eyes won't let me fly, but there are plenty of other jobs) There isn't much room for promotion from many positions. It isn't like you take toilet cleaner so you are in the door like some jobs. You take the job you want to do for 4 years cause you will do it that long. (depending of course on how you sign up, read that paper work)
Remember, someone has to fix the equipement on their base in Hawaii and Alaska. I'd prefer to visit ether of those places than Washington DC, the person who askes [the right person] gets the interestings assignments. And if you work your Alaska assignment right, you might get Hawaii next because you were willing for it. Maybe.
The military is most enjoyable for someone who makes their own way. There are plenty of ways to go though, so if you can't get one take a different one.
I wasn't quite assistant manager, but they begged me to take that position. (seriously. a really baddly run store and they knew I could handle it unlike the idiots who were running it) In fact if I had stayed at McDonalds it is only this year (5 years out of college) that I'm earning as much per years as they wanted to pay me.
Yeah, the job sucked. The fringe benifits were great though. Since I quit I've rarely worked near good looking girls. Even then it is rare that I talk to one, back then I had reason to converse with several per day! (yeah, so it was only to ask if she wanted to sweep or mop, but at least they talked to me)
McDonalds paid for my degree. I graduated owing nothing, a record I was able to keep for several years until I bought a house. It wasn't easy, at times my grades suffered, and I learned the hard way I couldn't take more than 13 credits at a time. I still recomend it though. Doesn't matter if it is McDonalds or WalMart. Some employeers are more impressed that I graduated without dept than by high grades. It takes dedication to achive either though.
I'm not against dept, but I don't recomend it. If you must take it on, make sure you are getting all As in your classes. (In a real university this is hard) If you know you don't have the dedication to achive all As, show the dedication to at least get out with no dept. Either shows you are willing to work towards a goal and stick to it.
They charge a lot of money for this software. Last I checked (this changes every year though) they want you to pay to e-file.
Alternativly, you can do it all by hand on the free paper they send you, and for the cost of 2 stamps (normally my return is just more than one stamp) you can send it in. It doesn't actually take that much longer because the bulk of the work is getting all the papers you need no matter who/what does your taxes. (Okay, it takes me twice as long, but only cause I do it twice, the second time neatly on their forms)
If your taxes are really complicated a pro is worth it, but for most people everything is straight forward. Even with a house (so I have to itemize deductions) it isn't too big a deal.
The two big advantages of this are you learn what really matters. Sure I can deductte some expenses, but that doesn't mean for every dollar I spend I get it back latter, it means for every dollar I spend I get about 22 cents back (depends on tax braket of course) Not to mention all the people I know who brag about deductions they are taking, but a quick in the head calculation shows they are better off not taking them. (and odds are the pro who does their taxes just ignors them like he should)
If you have questions, the IRS has volenteers trained in the tax code to help the poor and elderly. Find out when they are around and drop by. Normally nobody is there, so even though technically they shouldn't help you, they will be happy to answer questions, and might even do it for you - for nothing.
Pros have only advantage: liability. The good ones will cover you should they make a mistake. (meaning they pay the lawyers, and your fines. you still owe the right tax amount) Make sure you understand the find print of this coverage, and make sure you get it. Any pro not willing to cover your back for their mistakes isn't worth talking to. IMO
At least try it. Many people have very easy taxes and yet still pay to have it done.
Lack of a good linux laptop is the reason I don't have one now. The $699 cheapo at Best Buy would fit my needs, but it doesn't have a third mouse button, (there is space for it, and it looks like linux laptop venders have higher end models with that third button.) I'm not sure if the hardware is compatable, and I don't want to pay a MS tax. (well I do, but only so I can work from home with that machine, I don't use windows for my personal use)
All the linux laptops I've seen are a lot more than that.
There is a market. I however cannot tell you if the market is big enough to make it worth your while. I can't even promise I will buy, the trip I wanted the laptop for is over. I'd still like that machine, but I don't need it again.
It happens all the time. Remember Northgate computers who were everyone's favorite long before Dell was heard of? They didn't last as long as Dell has, but they were once a big name. (And their keyboards are still well thought of) Dell somehow came into the picture. So have a lot of other companies, some made it for a while, others didn't last long. A few have managed to stay so far. Its anyone's guess though who the big name will be in 5 years.
Ford makes it a point to fight every lawsuit. They have a small repuation of not being the one to sue unless you are right. It eliminates frivious lawsuits, but the cost to fight overall is about the same for them as giving in for everyone else. (As I understand it, obviously anyone who ise interested should do research)
I recomend you fight every such case you can. In the long run your loss is about the same, but fradusters are brought to justice once in a while and that is worth doing.
You don't order pizza much do you? Either that or you live where they haven't expanded to yet. Papa Johns is IMHO the best large chain pizza there is. There are small mom and pop places with better pizza.
Look in the phone book, see if they are near you yet. If so, try them next time you want delivered pizza. You decide if it is better.
JIT is very hard. A supplier cannot just wait for the old stock to be used up, they need to be sure the old stock will be used up. Holding off on innovation means someone else can be substiotuted who has that innovation and is willing to sell it now. If you have excess inventory and the new tech is ready to go, you don't date wait on shipping it, lest someone else take your place. By shipping now you ensure the customer doesn't go looking for a different suppler that can get it. If you have excess inventory of the old stuff, you either throw it, or sell it at a loss. Either way get rid of it. (there are more options, but essentially they are the above)
>look closely. There are almost no cars on the road from the 1970s. There are collectors cars from the 60s and before, and many cars from the 80's are still going strong. Back in the 1970's almost nobody could make a car that would last, due to various laws (emmissions and safety). Even the japanise cars which were better than american cars from that era didn't last. At some point in the mid 80s car manufactures finially figgured out how to make a good car that met all the requirements of a car, and they now last again.
Most people though still "remember" the 70s and consider all cars like that, even though quality comes and goes. Some years one manufacture is good, and a few years latter they are terribal while another is good.
Perhaps, but my cell phone with more minutes than I ever use per month (by about 5 times in a typical month) is still cheaper than my local phone service is for unlimited local calls. (I live on a border area, we pay extra to be part of a nearby cities local calling area. Those closer in don't pay as much) I could go for a cheaper plan, but I like knowing I'll never go over, last time I was on a cheaper plan the cost the one time I went over was large, so I'm shy about doing it again.
For some definition of the proverty line... I've known a few who lived below the poverty line. Somehow they still had a TV in the house. Somehow their parents still found money for drinks at the bar... I've even known parents who choose to live below the poverty line despite the ability to make more money because time with their kids was worth more to them than money. (Not many) No it isn't easy, but you can live just fine on a lot less than the poverty line if you get your prioritys straight. I wouldn't want to do it, but those doesn't mean it can't be done.
Your gun statistic would be a lot more useful if you subtracted out kids between the age of 16 and 18 who are involved themselves in gang wars. Sure there is a problem there, but the deaths of "kids" are not uniformly distributed.
I myself have been below the poverty line for a time, and I managed just fine. I kept my priorities in line though. That ment I didn't go in dept because I lived above my means. I ate the cheap foods. Pasta is cheap if you make it yourself, water is better for you than soda anyway. I didn't have a family to support, but as I finially move up (finished school) I met others who did have a family making less than me, and they managed the same way: living within their means. It wasn't an easy life, but I'd trade all the money in the world for a loving family and a life like they lived.
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But remember the flip side: once you commit to putting fiber in the ground, the cost to add 1000 strands isn't significantly more than the cost to put in the first 1. If you have 1 strand and it breaks you have to fix it. If you have 1000 and the one you are using breaks you switch to a different strand and go on. If you can sell the strands your not using, great. If you can't, given that you are putting it in anyway you are still stupid not to put in a lot of extra just in case there is a break somewhere down the line.
Anyone expecting more than 5% of all fiber to ever be lit was fooling themselves.
Appearently you are in the grip of paranoia and fear of guns. Cops are not shot often in the US, it happens rarely enough that it makes the news, and flags are lowered to half mask when it happens. For that matter, cops don't normally draw their guns except when at the range for their required practice session. Cops know that bullets can kill someone 3 miles away, and they are trained extensively to not shoot if there is any other option. Sure they can and will, but not often. Most cops who do have to shoot someone (and that someone who will kill several people if not stoped now) are so traumatised that they cannot remain a cop. Yet most cops still retire as cops after years of service. (or they find a new carrer for other reasons)
What you see in the movies has nothing to do with reality.
Not to mention the number of kids I know who don't read the manual anyway. Just got back from visiting my cousin's, playing some sort of game, and they had no clue what I was doing when I pulled the manual out after I lost. (Some Mario 4 player fighting game, I never looked at the title)
Then again after reading the manual I know why they didn't bother. It might have had everything in there that I needed to know, but I couldn't understand it, and I always tested in the 99% for reading. (writing on the other hand was about 40%) So if I can't understand it I know that nobody else can either.
I prefer to think outside the box. Mars has CO2. Plants use CO2 to make O2. So I'd just include a few plant seeds (selected for ability to grow in mars like conditions) and plant them. That way if I need a flame thrower I nkow there is O2 around to use it, and I didn't have to bring it.
CEO pay is in the hands of shareholders, if they are not happy, they can pay less. Appearently they don't mind what their CEOs get though. (In general) If you don't like, it vote your proxys. If you don't own shares in the company what do you care about how the company wastes it's money?
Huh? The official linux kernel has never been in CVS. Linus doesn't like CVS. Receintly (A year ago? not much more) Linus put it into version control, but it wasn't CVS. Before that he just released complete sources whenever he felt like it. (often twice a week or more) I think a change log of some sort was included, but I'm not sure about that. Wouldn't surprize me at all if someone submitted a patch anonymously and it was included with no comment at all. (though you could read the diffs to see all that changed, if you can read diffs)
And there would be no training costs for your helpdesk when Longhorn comes? Get real, there will be. And people switch jobs all the time, you can be pretty sure IBM would be training a lot of help desk people anyway just to keep the new guys up to date. (Face it, help desk isn't a popular carrer choice, but many do it for a time)
Then there are cost savings because Linux was designed from the ground up to be multi-user with the users not having administrator rights. One of the big articals on MSDN this month is how to write your app so someone can use it without being administrator. That suggests to me that many apps require the user to be administrator. (but I don't know, I avoid windows except when required to use it)
IBM is big. Care to compare the cost of developing your own word processer vs buying everyone Office?
Don't forget that IBM bought Lotus a few years back, and in the bargin god an office suite. That gives them something to start from if they choose to go that route. (though many would agrue that starting from scratch would be better)
So long as you continute to hold that additude we will not have more than two parties. So get out and vote for the best person for the job. If it happens to be a republican, vote republican, if it happens to be Socalist vote socalist. You can even split your vote if you like the socalist for senat and republican for house. (though it would really be odd if you actually voted that way, you can)
Republicans and Democrats are anouther story of the Crypts vs. the Bloods. I can never remember why I have to be on one side though. Sometimes I vote for a major party, sometimes for a minor one. Always looking for the best person for the job. In secure cases you can write in yoruself or a friend. You might not win, but at least you voted for the right person.
I make it a point to never vote for an incumbant. I recmend that no matter what you follow this policy.
Sure, buying SCOX stock based on the Linux lawsuit is a lottery. Happy now?
Some people get rich in the lottery. Jackpots of over 20 million or won every few months by someone. Some go as high as 200 million and are won. It is still a lottery. You might win, but it isn't a good way to play stocks.
There are stocks worth buying. Fundamentals count. Read those anual reports (not the glossy paper parts, the cheap paper with all the numbers on it), and understand it. Compare that company with all the others in its industry and figgure out what it is worth. Warren Buffet made a ton of money this way, so it can be done. It is hard work, not a get rich quick scheme.
Yes we have rights in the US. However they are different. We also have a work ethic unlike some counties (France in particular, we sent our cheif engineer to France to explain something, for one day, and they all left at 4:00. A one time deal and nobody was willing to work late).
They can make you work any hours they want. However you don't have to agree, there are other jobs. Typically people working the night shift are paid extra money in turn. And we consider it better for someone working nights to stay on the night shift instead of switching around and being tired all the time. It is easier to work your personal life around a consistant schedual and one that changes.
Most people however work the day shift, gnerally 8-5 (1 hour lunch), but the starting and ending times can vary by several hours so long as you work your 8 hours.
You don't need permission from a judge to fire someone, but it might as well be that way. fired means they had good reason to get rid of you. Most people who are fired stop showing up for work without a good excuse. Typically you are laid off, which gives you several weeks pay to find a new job.
Remember that in the US it is easier to get rid of someone, but that means it is easier to take a chance on someone. It works both ways, we don't hire people in countries where it is hard to fire someone unless we are sure they will work out. So it is somewhat easier to find a job in the US where you don't have a lot of expirence.
Overall though, things are different. There are good and bad points to both ways of doing things.
Grand turismo had this, and it was really annoying. I'd have a great run, finish some race in 3:20, but take last place. Next attempt I'd take first despite taking 3:50 to finish the same race. Happened all the time, you had to force yourself to drive bad because when you did a good job you couldn't win.
What I hated most was taking a corner at the fast speed the car could handle, and seeing a car that handles worse pass me on the corner and not spin out afterwards. In other words it wasn't adaptive AI along, but a cheating adaptive AI that I hated.
The subject is laptops though. My wheel mouse does have the third button as the wheel. A few laptops have a "wheel" slider on the touch pad, but AFAIK, few have a third button there.
Thats a good point. If you can hold off for a couple years, move to where you want to go to school and get residency. Granted the jobs aren't as good, but you can live in a cheap roach infested flat, and save your money. I recomend you travel a little. (Europe is nice. I hear great things about Alaska, New Zealand, Chilie, and Thiland from those who have been to the respective places) It is often a good idea to take a year off after high school anyway to figgure out what you really want out of your life. Use that time to your advantage.
If you do move to establish residency, make sure you move to the right state. Wisconson residents got better tuition at the University of Minnesota than Minnesota residents (when I when there).
Excellent idea. If you do this, make sure you know what you are getting into. Some recuiters will give you a paper to sign so they can "check your medical records before you join", only to afterwards that the form signs you up.
There are a lot of jobs in the military, get the one you want. If you just sign up, they will find one, and it won't be one you want. Granted cleaning toilets on an air craft carrier gets you to lots of ports where you can see the world, but if I was on a carrier I'd much prefer to be in a different job. (My eyes won't let me fly, but there are plenty of other jobs) There isn't much room for promotion from many positions. It isn't like you take toilet cleaner so you are in the door like some jobs. You take the job you want to do for 4 years cause you will do it that long. (depending of course on how you sign up, read that paper work)
Remember, someone has to fix the equipement on their base in Hawaii and Alaska. I'd prefer to visit ether of those places than Washington DC, the person who askes [the right person] gets the interestings assignments. And if you work your Alaska assignment right, you might get Hawaii next because you were willing for it. Maybe.
The military is most enjoyable for someone who makes their own way. There are plenty of ways to go though, so if you can't get one take a different one.
I wasn't quite assistant manager, but they begged me to take that position. (seriously. a really baddly run store and they knew I could handle it unlike the idiots who were running it) In fact if I had stayed at McDonalds it is only this year (5 years out of college) that I'm earning as much per years as they wanted to pay me.
Yeah, the job sucked. The fringe benifits were great though. Since I quit I've rarely worked near good looking girls. Even then it is rare that I talk to one, back then I had reason to converse with several per day! (yeah, so it was only to ask if she wanted to sweep or mop, but at least they talked to me)
McDonalds paid for my degree. I graduated owing nothing, a record I was able to keep for several years until I bought a house. It wasn't easy, at times my grades suffered, and I learned the hard way I couldn't take more than 13 credits at a time. I still recomend it though. Doesn't matter if it is McDonalds or WalMart. Some employeers are more impressed that I graduated without dept than by high grades. It takes dedication to achive either though.
I'm not against dept, but I don't recomend it. If you must take it on, make sure you are getting all As in your classes. (In a real university this is hard) If you know you don't have the dedication to achive all As, show the dedication to at least get out with no dept. Either shows you are willing to work towards a goal and stick to it.
They charge a lot of money for this software. Last I checked (this changes every year though) they want you to pay to e-file.
Alternativly, you can do it all by hand on the free paper they send you, and for the cost of 2 stamps (normally my return is just more than one stamp) you can send it in. It doesn't actually take that much longer because the bulk of the work is getting all the papers you need no matter who/what does your taxes. (Okay, it takes me twice as long, but only cause I do it twice, the second time neatly on their forms)
If your taxes are really complicated a pro is worth it, but for most people everything is straight forward. Even with a house (so I have to itemize deductions) it isn't too big a deal.
The two big advantages of this are you learn what really matters. Sure I can deductte some expenses, but that doesn't mean for every dollar I spend I get it back latter, it means for every dollar I spend I get about 22 cents back (depends on tax braket of course) Not to mention all the people I know who brag about deductions they are taking, but a quick in the head calculation shows they are better off not taking them. (and odds are the pro who does their taxes just ignors them like he should)
If you have questions, the IRS has volenteers trained in the tax code to help the poor and elderly. Find out when they are around and drop by. Normally nobody is there, so even though technically they shouldn't help you, they will be happy to answer questions, and might even do it for you - for nothing.
Pros have only advantage: liability. The good ones will cover you should they make a mistake. (meaning they pay the lawyers, and your fines. you still owe the right tax amount) Make sure you understand the find print of this coverage, and make sure you get it. Any pro not willing to cover your back for their mistakes isn't worth talking to. IMO
At least try it. Many people have very easy taxes and yet still pay to have it done.
Lack of a good linux laptop is the reason I don't have one now. The $699 cheapo at Best Buy would fit my needs, but it doesn't have a third mouse button, (there is space for it, and it looks like linux laptop venders have higher end models with that third button.) I'm not sure if the hardware is compatable, and I don't want to pay a MS tax. (well I do, but only so I can work from home with that machine, I don't use windows for my personal use)
All the linux laptops I've seen are a lot more than that.
There is a market. I however cannot tell you if the market is big enough to make it worth your while. I can't even promise I will buy, the trip I wanted the laptop for is over. I'd still like that machine, but I don't need it again.
It happens all the time. Remember Northgate computers who were everyone's favorite long before Dell was heard of? They didn't last as long as Dell has, but they were once a big name. (And their keyboards are still well thought of) Dell somehow came into the picture. So have a lot of other companies, some made it for a while, others didn't last long. A few have managed to stay so far. Its anyone's guess though who the big name will be in 5 years.
Ford makes it a point to fight every lawsuit. They have a small repuation of not being the one to sue unless you are right. It eliminates frivious lawsuits, but the cost to fight overall is about the same for them as giving in for everyone else. (As I understand it, obviously anyone who ise interested should do research)
I recomend you fight every such case you can. In the long run your loss is about the same, but fradusters are brought to justice once in a while and that is worth doing.
You don't order pizza much do you? Either that or you live where they haven't expanded to yet. Papa Johns is IMHO the best large chain pizza there is. There are small mom and pop places with better pizza.
Look in the phone book, see if they are near you yet. If so, try them next time you want delivered pizza. You decide if it is better.
JIT is very hard. A supplier cannot just wait for the old stock to be used up, they need to be sure the old stock will be used up. Holding off on innovation means someone else can be substiotuted who has that innovation and is willing to sell it now. If you have excess inventory and the new tech is ready to go, you don't date wait on shipping it, lest someone else take your place. By shipping now you ensure the customer doesn't go looking for a different suppler that can get it. If you have excess inventory of the old stuff, you either throw it, or sell it at a loss. Either way get rid of it. (there are more options, but essentially they are the above)
>look closely. There are almost no cars on the road from the 1970s. There are collectors cars from the 60s and before, and many cars from the 80's are still going strong. Back in the 1970's almost nobody could make a car that would last, due to various laws (emmissions and safety). Even the japanise cars which were better than american cars from that era didn't last. At some point in the mid 80s car manufactures finially figgured out how to make a good car that met all the requirements of a car, and they now last again.
Most people though still "remember" the 70s and consider all cars like that, even though quality comes and goes. Some years one manufacture is good, and a few years latter they are terribal while another is good.
Perhaps, but my cell phone with more minutes than I ever use per month (by about 5 times in a typical month) is still cheaper than my local phone service is for unlimited local calls. (I live on a border area, we pay extra to be part of a nearby cities local calling area. Those closer in don't pay as much) I could go for a cheaper plan, but I like knowing I'll never go over, last time I was on a cheaper plan the cost the one time I went over was large, so I'm shy about doing it again.
For some definition of the proverty line... I've known a few who lived below the poverty line. Somehow they still had a TV in the house. Somehow their parents still found money for drinks at the bar... I've even known parents who choose to live below the poverty line despite the ability to make more money because time with their kids was worth more to them than money. (Not many) No it isn't easy, but you can live just fine on a lot less than the poverty line if you get your prioritys straight. I wouldn't want to do it, but those doesn't mean it can't be done.
Your gun statistic would be a lot more useful if you subtracted out kids between the age of 16 and 18 who are involved themselves in gang wars. Sure there is a problem there, but the deaths of "kids" are not uniformly distributed.
I myself have been below the poverty line for a time, and I managed just fine. I kept my priorities in line though. That ment I didn't go in dept because I lived above my means. I ate the cheap foods. Pasta is cheap if you make it yourself, water is better for you than soda anyway. I didn't have a family to support, but as I finially move up (finished school) I met others who did have a family making less than me, and they managed the same way: living within their means. It wasn't an easy life, but I'd trade all the money in the world for a loving family and a life like they lived.