While you are all spelling out exactly why RadioShack can't succeed (they don't stock flux capacitors!!!), the company is busy making money. They were in the black last year, too.
Ft Worth Business Press - August 03, 2009 - [RadioShack] posted an about 18 percent increase in net income over second quarter 2008's $41.4 million, according to the financial statement. During the quarter, the company also posted cash and cash equivalents of $931 million, compared with $578 million last year, and inventories of $578 million, about $41 million less than the same quarter last year.
Priority lines at the airport bug me. First class passengers are not paying me or the airport, the airline is collecting the cash. So why should they get special treatment and make the wait worse for the rest of us? Maybe I should set up a toll booth on my street. Or go to the DMV and set up velvet ropes to one station, and sell the "right" to that quicker line for $50/head.
It's a tax on clueless overly-wealthy helicopter parents
Only over-involved parents who don't understand "Save As" [non-Word] file format will pay this.
If anyone can figure out a way around the $$ gate, it's non-spoiled teenagers. OpenOffice, Google Docs, Linux, Notepad, OS X...
It may be an excellent way to drain wealth from people too dumb to keep it.
I guess I have to state the obvious and say Scandinavians aren't beaten, sold or murdered in exchange for health care. The French live quite free and happy and are generally healthier than Americans. The Germans can own property (as opposed to *being* property), are allowed to go to school (for free, BTW) and aren't financially ruined when a family member has a devastating illness.
If your organization will fail without 100% email uptime - bon chance in the real world, mon friend, bon chance.
Make sure your users have a phone directory available on their local PCs (or paper copies on their cubicle walls). Have a phone tree notification system scheme in place in case the network is REALLY down.
And prepare for the troublesome PRODUCTIVITY SURGE when your users cannot reach the Internet!
The article shows an illustration of an imaginary house. And a photo of a conventional milled/sawed bench with a couple of trees growing up the sides for foliage.They haven't actually created anything beyond B-grade topiary.
They have taken nothing "to the next level." It's a dream, a concept.
Mazeltov for them if they actually do something, but until then...
Ya know - reading the press release and some of the comments here - I retract my sneery/snarky statement.
I love the national forests. I've camped in dozens of them. I once spent a week working as a volunteer laborer, for a US Forest Service project.
Anything to boost public interest and support is OK with me.
The "gene insurance" sounds like an invite for case-by-case courtroom battles over what is "genetic".
Jeebus. Insure the population as a whole. Reap the premiums. Pay reasonable and accepted prices. Charge users for average overall cost. Profit [as a society].
The USA is behind the rest of the industrialized world in life expectancy and overall health. Perhaps we should change our ways.
I understand the limitations of BMI. My spectacular mesomorphic, ripped and rippling 200 lb physique puts me solidly in the mid-range of "overweight":-)
But do insurers use it in their actuarial tables?
Funny insurance story - I moved 200 feet last year, from one zip code to another. My auto insurance dropped 25%.
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His constituents, for example: "Sheriff Joe Arpaio says hi to his neo-Nazi supporters, poses for pix"
How high? How far? What is a "boosted hop"? What is "closed loop throttle control"?
Digital media are not permanent and who cares. Make more digital copies. Repeat.
Ahem
Are they paying the TSA for exclusive use of equipment and personnel?
Priority lines at the airport bug me. First class passengers are not paying me or the airport, the airline is collecting the cash. So why should they get special treatment and make the wait worse for the rest of us? Maybe I should set up a toll booth on my street. Or go to the DMV and set up velvet ropes to one station, and sell the "right" to that quicker line for $50/head.
That's an excellent list. Sadly, you oughta add VB.
Jeebus, who brought up Quark? PageMaker was killing long before Quark became popular.
You fail
It's a tax on clueless overly-wealthy helicopter parents Only over-involved parents who don't understand "Save As" [non-Word] file format will pay this. If anyone can figure out a way around the $$ gate, it's non-spoiled teenagers. OpenOffice, Google Docs, Linux, Notepad, OS X... It may be an excellent way to drain wealth from people too dumb to keep it.
That is all.
I guess I have to state the obvious and say Scandinavians aren't beaten, sold or murdered in exchange for health care. The French live quite free and happy and are generally healthier than Americans. The Germans can own property (as opposed to *being* property), are allowed to go to school (for free, BTW) and aren't financially ruined when a family member has a devastating illness.
Non sequitur
Yeah, it's a shame the rest of the First World foolishly chooses higher life expectancy and lower infant mortality over FREEDOM!!
No mention of the display size.
2nd paragraph says, "A4 sized display"
Didn't India already nail it years ago? I recall reading they have a reliable open-source system.
If your organization will fail without 100% email uptime - bon chance in the real world, mon friend, bon chance.
Make sure your users have a phone directory available on their local PCs (or paper copies on their cubicle walls). Have a phone tree notification system scheme in place in case the network is REALLY down.
And prepare for the troublesome PRODUCTIVITY SURGE when your users cannot reach the Internet!
The article shows an illustration of an imaginary house. And a photo of a conventional milled/sawed bench with a couple of trees growing up the sides for foliage.They haven't actually created anything beyond B-grade topiary.
They have taken nothing "to the next level." It's a dream, a concept.
Mazeltov for them if they actually do something, but until then...
Ya know - reading the press release and some of the comments here - I retract my sneery/snarky statement. I love the national forests. I've camped in dozens of them. I once spent a week working as a volunteer laborer, for a US Forest Service project. Anything to boost public interest and support is OK with me.
Which southern state was giving a Mozart CD to newborns (in lieu of future education and healthcare)? Mississippi?
I tell you what, that's some quality health initiative you got there, boy. Yesiree.
Excellent reasoning. Please fill your personal health care account with the exact amount necessary to cover you until death.
Do not under-estimate - otherwise your "needs" will exceed your funds.
And, come January, enjoy the Ron Paul presidency.
The "gene insurance" sounds like an invite for case-by-case courtroom battles over what is "genetic".
Jeebus. Insure the population as a whole. Reap the premiums. Pay reasonable and accepted prices. Charge users for average overall cost. Profit [as a society].
The USA is behind the rest of the industrialized world in life expectancy and overall health. Perhaps we should change our ways.
If you are asking me, yes, pre-existing conditions should not be considered.
Insurance is gambling. If you bet against one person's catastrophic health costs, you win big or you lose big.
If you bet on a large population, the odds can be 1:1, if you set your rates correctly (for that population).
I understand the limitations of BMI. My spectacular mesomorphic, ripped and rippling 200 lb physique puts me solidly in the mid-range of "overweight" :-)
But do insurers use it in their actuarial tables?
Funny insurance story - I moved 200 feet last year, from one zip code to another. My auto insurance dropped 25%.