I have mod points, but this is already going high enough, so I'm going to add my $0.02 to this. The company I work for has a great marketing department and they do a great job. That being said, they tell us every opportunity that they get that word of mouth is the best marketing that we have available.
We actually have people who check certain forums and do their best to make us aware of issues that crop up on these forums, and then we bend over backwards to make sure that the customer's issue gets resolved. Unless they're just bent out of shape because we couldn't do something that was basically impossible (although we're pretty good at that too...).
I don't know about "overheat during normal use", but the rest of this statement is pretty damned accurate. Your iPhones have more processing power than your car usually does to, that's not considered a big deal because the processing power in your car is task specific and designed to handle much higher and lower temperature swings.
I wholeheartedly disagree with you. In both my money handling positions, credit has been quickest. Now I'm working in phone based sales, and the only time cash is quicker for us is internationally (wire transfers) or when the person's address and phone numbers don't match up with their credit card information at all.
The only time I avidly use cash over credit is when I'm in a mom & pop shop where I know that they're going to end up making $0.02 off my charge or $0.50 off my cash.
Or, in typical/. paranoia, when I'm purchasing something that I think could be traced to me and make me look like I'm doing something illegal, dangerous, or down right wrong.
Yes, but that's based on 5 hours a day of usage. Imagine the discrepancy when you're talking about 24 hrs/day or in high priced electricity areas. Also, and I may be wrong on this so please correct me if so, as I recall the LEDs' backlights tend to last a significantly longer time than their plasma counterparts.
Furthermore, if you ever had any scientific credentials, I'd probably be asking for them given the fact that you're comparing two different sized units as though they were completely comparable. 47"42". The only variable that should be changing is the one you're trying to test, and obviously that's not the case here.
Yes, this process is fast, but it is no where near as fast as multitasking and having the purchaser already be done swiping their card and signing their name before the items are even 100% rung up.
Furthermore, in a drive through setting, CC is way quicker. The cashier doesn't have to even think for a second, they merely have to swipe the card. I don't know what sort of setup you're used to but when I was a cashier I never had an issue with hitting my metrics when someone was paying with credit, but I did with cash, and don't get me started on checks. How people can honestly believe that cash is faster (especially when, let's be honest, people screw things up with cash).
(usual/. disclaimers apply, IANAL, YMMV, etc) Ah, but that has never been illegal. Labelling it a cash rebate or a cash discount has been legit for a while now. Labelling a higher price for credit cards has not. Very fine line, but interesting one nonetheless.
First of all, no edit forces you to know what the hell you're typing. Second, I wouldn't give AC's the power to edit even if there was an Edit button. Third and finally, I whole heartedly support that there is no edit because often enough, by the time someone edits, people are already posting a reply.
Oh I get it, but the beauty of what's being described (at least FTS) is a much more purely chaotic system where anything goes anywhere. Once you start adding this rule for this, that rule for that, it becomes closer to what stores like your Walmarts and Targets already have in place for their inventory systems. I've worked the backroom of a Target and that's essentially what their system is, only it's more of "This is in this aisle, that's in that aisle," so on and so forth, just chaotically arranged in there.
But when you start adding foodstuffs and chemicals, you'll run into complications and be forced to keep them separate by legal regulation. That's probably part of the reason Amazon's so slow/not getting into foodstuffs.
I take issue with the fact that you put the blame on Google* for not taking it down. The decision eludes to Google as a newspaper, and certainly if we were talking about Google's cache of the page then I'd be singing a different story. But even a newspaper (at least, from my understanding, IANAL although I have taken some law courses covering libel and slander) cannot be held responsible for putting a direct quote in. If I were to be interviewed and say, "Donald Trump is a mafia boss," and a newspaper had that line in there, they're not committing libel, I am. If they use my statement as their basis for their story, than that's a different scenario, but by quoting one phrase, or one paragraph and a headline, there is no indication of malicious intent or guilt.
*Google involved (from my cursory glance through the article and the actual decision) did not receive any court order, merely a letter from the plaintiff, or possibly an attorney thereof. I don't get to file charges against Rand McNally because someone bought a map, found my house, and stole my things, or is that a good idea too?
Psh. That's just a minor detail. Why has seemingly all of planet Earth completely forgotten about everything that happened from 2005 Who series one until we meet the Eleventh Doctor.
The Doctor: Amy, tell him!
Amy Pond: Tell him what?
The Doctor: About the Daleks.
Amy Pond: What would I know about the "Daleks".
The Doctor: Everything. They invaded your world, remember? Planets in the sky: you don't forget that.
Amy Pond: [not recalling] No.
The Doctor: Tell me you remember the Daleks.
Amy Pond: Nope, sorry.
Amy Pond: [nervous chuckle]
The Doctor: That's not possible.
That is more interesting to me than just the TARDIS's destruction, although I'd love to know why there as well...
You're correct, vertical integration doth a monopoly make. But that's a legal monopoly. If not, the oil companies would be illegal and Apple would only make the software while Apple Software made the software. Practicing such as vertical integration become illegal when they completely control the marketplace (so if, in the case in point, Google were to cause AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile to leave the marketplace, there would be a solid case for vertical integration).
If this gets in front of an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Fed soon, I'd be surprised. Now if it's funded by the competition, well that I can see. Of course, the Fed is funded by the competition, so, one into the other...
1) Contact the preexisting DSL provider in your area, and tell them that fiber is now available in the area. Ask them if they would be willing to provide a new DSLAM in the area connected to the fiber, which would boost the speed of the internet considerably (if the DSLAM is within a mile or two you should easily be able to get a stable 20 Mbit connection, which I assume is better than what you have now). Its always easier to lobby someone else to do the job they're supposed to, than it is to start competing with them......
I'm going out on a limb and assuming that this is rural US, which typically means that the distance between one house and the next can easily be greater than a mile, so it's unlikely that the OP would have that DSLAM within a mile or two, and even if he does, that doesn't help out those around him much at all.
So you're telling me that a bonus should be 1% of salary no matter what. This was not an annual bonus, this was a "hey, we made the metrics this week" bonus.
Glad that you think I had a crush on an employee I knew for a few months though. Saying "taht [sic] makes you look like you are out of touch with...reality". I didn't work for the company long, and, frankly, I left because most of the bonuses (or I guess you prefer "incentives") were coming out of my pocket because the company didn't understand how to get things done. I put money into getting things for people who performed well week to week. When was the last time you could say you bought a coworker or someone underneath you lunch because they met or exceeded your expectations for as little as a week (worth noting, my salary at the time was abysmal, with some of the people beneath me making more than me).
Also, what does your post have to do with the topic at hand? I was saying that knowing your employees correctly will help identify how best to incentivize them. My bosses never did anything sensible for me, so I left to find another job. One that pays employees based on performance and gives out bonuses to those who do well (and I'm not talking annual bonuses, I'm talking I could earn a bonus in one day that's $500, or I can earn a bomber's jacket, or some kick ass sunglasses, etc. depending on what I do).
When I say bonus, I'm not talking about a year end bonus, I'm talking about making a quota for a week when two weeks' pay is $800-$1100 (in an area where that's a fairly comfortable living). Annual bonuses were handled well above my pay grade.
If there's one thing that I've learned from my time in management positions after being in non-management positions, it's that incentives have to be personalized. I've given someone a 50 dollar bonus and saw no productivity increase, and given the same person a gift certificate for a pizza outing for her family, and she was overwhelmed with appreciation, as well as a major increase in productivity for the week following the gift certificate.
Reason being, she couldn't spend the 50 bucks on anything she wanted when she was a single mom who had to spend time with her kids every night and figure out dinner when she came home from work. When I didn't know she was a single mother, I didn't give her any incentive that she'd respond to. Knowing that she was a single mother, meant I could give her an incentive that she knew she'd be able to use and would make her life easier or better.
Until you can give your employees something that will help them out personally, they're just going to see that as a bonus, not a motivator. Give your management some leeway on what they give as an incentive, while you focus on the why . This forces your management to know their personnel somewhat personally, allows them to look good for giving the people something specifically useful to them, the company for giving management enough leeway, and the employee will want to earn incentives that (s)he knows is useful to them.
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There are ways around that. Hulu Desktop is free, Hulu Plus is not.
Hulu Desktop has a Linux version last time I checked.
I have mod points, but this is already going high enough, so I'm going to add my $0.02 to this. The company I work for has a great marketing department and they do a great job. That being said, they tell us every opportunity that they get that word of mouth is the best marketing that we have available.
We actually have people who check certain forums and do their best to make us aware of issues that crop up on these forums, and then we bend over backwards to make sure that the customer's issue gets resolved. Unless they're just bent out of shape because we couldn't do something that was basically impossible (although we're pretty good at that too...).
I don't know about "overheat during normal use", but the rest of this statement is pretty damned accurate. Your iPhones have more processing power than your car usually does to, that's not considered a big deal because the processing power in your car is task specific and designed to handle much higher and lower temperature swings.
I wholeheartedly disagree with you. In both my money handling positions, credit has been quickest. Now I'm working in phone based sales, and the only time cash is quicker for us is internationally (wire transfers) or when the person's address and phone numbers don't match up with their credit card information at all.
/. paranoia, when I'm purchasing something that I think could be traced to me and make me look like I'm doing something illegal, dangerous, or down right wrong.
The only time I avidly use cash over credit is when I'm in a mom & pop shop where I know that they're going to end up making $0.02 off my charge or $0.50 off my cash.
Or, in typical
Yes, but that's based on 5 hours a day of usage. Imagine the discrepancy when you're talking about 24 hrs/day or in high priced electricity areas. Also, and I may be wrong on this so please correct me if so, as I recall the LEDs' backlights tend to last a significantly longer time than their plasma counterparts.
Furthermore, if you ever had any scientific credentials, I'd probably be asking for them given the fact that you're comparing two different sized units as though they were completely comparable. 47"42". The only variable that should be changing is the one you're trying to test, and obviously that's not the case here.
Yes, this process is fast, but it is no where near as fast as multitasking and having the purchaser already be done swiping their card and signing their name before the items are even 100% rung up.
Furthermore, in a drive through setting, CC is way quicker. The cashier doesn't have to even think for a second, they merely have to swipe the card. I don't know what sort of setup you're used to but when I was a cashier I never had an issue with hitting my metrics when someone was paying with credit, but I did with cash, and don't get me started on checks. How people can honestly believe that cash is faster (especially when, let's be honest, people screw things up with cash).
(usual /. disclaimers apply, IANAL, YMMV, etc) Ah, but that has never been illegal. Labelling it a cash rebate or a cash discount has been legit for a while now. Labelling a higher price for credit cards has not. Very fine line, but interesting one nonetheless.
First of all, no edit forces you to know what the hell you're typing. Second, I wouldn't give AC's the power to edit even if there was an Edit button. Third and finally, I whole heartedly support that there is no edit because often enough, by the time someone edits, people are already posting a reply.
That's actually probably one of the best analogies for this purpose I've ever heard/read. Consider it stolen.
Oh I get it, but the beauty of what's being described (at least FTS) is a much more purely chaotic system where anything goes anywhere. Once you start adding this rule for this, that rule for that, it becomes closer to what stores like your Walmarts and Targets already have in place for their inventory systems. I've worked the backroom of a Target and that's essentially what their system is, only it's more of "This is in this aisle, that's in that aisle," so on and so forth, just chaotically arranged in there.
But when you start adding foodstuffs and chemicals, you'll run into complications and be forced to keep them separate by legal regulation. That's probably part of the reason Amazon's so slow/not getting into foodstuffs.
I take issue with the fact that you put the blame on Google* for not taking it down. The decision eludes to Google as a newspaper, and certainly if we were talking about Google's cache of the page then I'd be singing a different story. But even a newspaper (at least, from my understanding, IANAL although I have taken some law courses covering libel and slander) cannot be held responsible for putting a direct quote in. If I were to be interviewed and say, "Donald Trump is a mafia boss," and a newspaper had that line in there, they're not committing libel, I am. If they use my statement as their basis for their story, than that's a different scenario, but by quoting one phrase, or one paragraph and a headline, there is no indication of malicious intent or guilt.
*Google involved (from my cursory glance through the article and the actual decision) did not receive any court order, merely a letter from the plaintiff, or possibly an attorney thereof. I don't get to file charges against Rand McNally because someone bought a map, found my house, and stole my things, or is that a good idea too?
and here I am fresh out of mod points.
Ah, but they've solved that with River giving the Doctor all her remaining regenerations in "Let's Kill Hitler."
That is more interesting to me than just the TARDIS's destruction, although I'd love to know why there as well...
You're correct, vertical integration doth a monopoly make. But that's a legal monopoly. If not, the oil companies would be illegal and Apple would only make the software while Apple Software made the software. Practicing such as vertical integration become illegal when they completely control the marketplace (so if, in the case in point, Google were to cause AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile to leave the marketplace, there would be a solid case for vertical integration).
If this gets in front of an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Fed soon, I'd be surprised. Now if it's funded by the competition, well that I can see. Of course, the Fed is funded by the competition, so, one into the other...
I was wondering why I had to even scroll for this answer to come up.
1) Contact the preexisting DSL provider in your area, and tell them that fiber is now available in the area. Ask them if they would be willing to provide a new DSLAM in the area connected to the fiber, which would boost the speed of the internet considerably (if the DSLAM is within a mile or two you should easily be able to get a stable 20 Mbit connection, which I assume is better than what you have now). Its always easier to lobby someone else to do the job they're supposed to, than it is to start competing with them......
I'm going out on a limb and assuming that this is rural US, which typically means that the distance between one house and the next can easily be greater than a mile, so it's unlikely that the OP would have that DSLAM within a mile or two, and even if he does, that doesn't help out those around him much at all.
Where were these released and why can I not find them in torrents?!
Where the hell is Span?
But when did you read it? Sure, reading it today, it's no a surprise to think of a video game actually controlling war, but 30 years ago...
A bonus should be 1% of annual salary.
So you're telling me that a bonus should be 1% of salary no matter what. This was not an annual bonus, this was a "hey, we made the metrics this week" bonus.
Glad that you think I had a crush on an employee I knew for a few months though. Saying "taht [sic] makes you look like you are out of touch with...reality". I didn't work for the company long, and, frankly, I left because most of the bonuses (or I guess you prefer "incentives") were coming out of my pocket because the company didn't understand how to get things done. I put money into getting things for people who performed well week to week. When was the last time you could say you bought a coworker or someone underneath you lunch because they met or exceeded your expectations for as little as a week (worth noting, my salary at the time was abysmal, with some of the people beneath me making more than me).
Also, what does your post have to do with the topic at hand? I was saying that knowing your employees correctly will help identify how best to incentivize them. My bosses never did anything sensible for me, so I left to find another job. One that pays employees based on performance and gives out bonuses to those who do well (and I'm not talking annual bonuses, I'm talking I could earn a bonus in one day that's $500, or I can earn a bomber's jacket, or some kick ass sunglasses, etc. depending on what I do).
When I say bonus, I'm not talking about a year end bonus, I'm talking about making a quota for a week when two weeks' pay is $800-$1100 (in an area where that's a fairly comfortable living). Annual bonuses were handled well above my pay grade.
If there's one thing that I've learned from my time in management positions after being in non-management positions, it's that incentives have to be personalized. I've given someone a 50 dollar bonus and saw no productivity increase, and given the same person a gift certificate for a pizza outing for her family, and she was overwhelmed with appreciation, as well as a major increase in productivity for the week following the gift certificate.
Reason being, she couldn't spend the 50 bucks on anything she wanted when she was a single mom who had to spend time with her kids every night and figure out dinner when she came home from work. When I didn't know she was a single mother, I didn't give her any incentive that she'd respond to. Knowing that she was a single mother, meant I could give her an incentive that she knew she'd be able to use and would make her life easier or better.
Until you can give your employees something that will help them out personally, they're just going to see that as a bonus, not a motivator. Give your management some leeway on what they give as an incentive, while you focus on the why . This forces your management to know their personnel somewhat personally, allows them to look good for giving the people something specifically useful to them, the company for giving management enough leeway, and the employee will want to earn incentives that (s)he knows is useful to them.