The reason the current system will fail is because they are selling plastic and keys, and pretending they are selling culture. But they don't own the culture, except by a legal loophole, and the lesson is... the true owners of the culture, the people, will in the end will prevail.
I'm sure you thought that was deep, but dude, put down the stick, exhale, and re-read your lines.
Uh...sparky? I know that they cost the student. But, you do know that you are using stateside costing, right? The same text that you buy here for $170, is usually provided in the third world at pennies on the dollar. $170 for a text here will stock a classroom there.
Super Walmart is like Itoyokado in that it has a grocery center, clothing, electronics, garden, banking, and other services.
I spent 6 years in Japan, some of it as the Far East Training Manager for a semicondutor equipment company, some as a student, some as a missionary. The only ones who have the shopping center perfected above the Japanese are the Koreans, with America falling to 3rd (including the Canadians, I did that on purpose;)).
Walmart isn't inferior, its just that it sells the same name brands for less. Service does suffer, but I don't always need a fawning ever-present salesperson to annoy the holy-living-sh...excuse me, I was in an electronics store earlier and couldn't shake the salesman. Just give me an old retiree with a smile to say, "Welcome to Walmart" as I walk through the door. I'll find my own underwear, thank you.
I would bet that for every OLPC, you could buy an entire classroom worth of text books, and still feed the children while they read about how to do it themselves.
Five days with three active kids? The fact that you believe that this utterly minor quantity of abuse is significant displays an utter ignorance of the situation in which the systems will be used. And two hours?
My sister-in-law lives in Nigeria, one of the target markets. In town, she says they are lucky to have more than a few hours of power and lets not talk about clean power. It's a neighborhood by neighborhood situation, and she lives in a relatively nice neighborhood. Out in "rural" Nigeria it will be worse. In India, her second home, the situation is little better in many of the places she goes.
For this to work, the systems should be sold to schools with a bunch of extra batteries and a huge gang recharging station for when the power is on.
Why not focus on One Meal Per Child, Debt Forgiveness for the Third World, Free Medicine for the Third World, the Robert Mugabe Silver Bullet to the Dictator's Head assistance.
Why is it, telling people not to exagerate so that their point may reach the widest possible number of sympathetic ears sends them into an almost apoplectic state in which they further alienate those they wish to convert, and drive away those that would be thier allies?
Akahige's Rules of Causes
For every cause, there exists spokespersons who produced more negative images, feelings, press, and other sundry effects regarding the cause.
The most extreme elements of that cause will tout the same spokesperson(s) as the saviour of the movement.
The same spokesperson is usually the loudest voice in the room and if not chose as the saviour of the movement, will appoint themselves as such.
If the saviour of the movement is criticized, questioned, or it appears they are challenged by others, the backers of that saviour will attack, excoriate, deride the perceived attackers.
Once a Saviour of the Movement has been appointed/annointed the cause becomes religious in nature and has less to do with reason and more to do with jihadist fervor.
How about the UN report, and other NGO's talk about the sea level rising a matter of inches (17 inches approximately) and Gore goes hyperbolic (20 feet)?
Look, Gore is as good to the environmental movement as Jerry Falwell was to the Christians. Falwell permanently cast the movement as a whacko fringe. Make of point of saying you are a Christian and you will find yourself categorized with Falwell, Robertson, and Reed. Gore is going to make it so that saying you are an environmentalist will put you in the company of wild-eyed-cool-aid drinking nut jobs.
Soon, serious scientists will eschew the moniker of "environmentalist" and run as fast from the position as possible. The same as liberal church goers are loath to make open declarations of faith for fear of needing to explain that they "are Christian, but not of that ilk."
Al Gore toned down the science for his film. Or, he substituted science with hype. Even the scientist who accept the man-caused model find Al's wild *ssed misuse of science a little frightening.
If anyone is going to take it seriously, hyped arguments, with incredibly weak holes are going to drive people away from the true science. When a true scientist says, "Look, I have proof of man-caused climate change", the Gore-Hype-Doom-Weary-Joe-Everybody is going to ignore it.
Ignore Gore, DiCapprio, Robbins, Madonna, Rosie, etc. and lets get the truth separated from the hype, or it will be ignored.
Bush was born in Connecticut. Gore was born in Washington, D. C. Neither of them are Southerners, and besides that, that's a poor, uneducated reason to not vote for somebody.
Can you say, "Took that post waaaaaaaaay too seriously?"
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Have you ever been to Minnesota? It's not like they have anything going on at the moment. I heard they were planning to invade Wisconsin, but then someone mentioned a problem they had with lactose, so it was called off in favor of a quilting bee and a curling contest.
Put down the bottle, man. What the hell does Alcoh...al..alcho...boozers anoni...anon..an...dammit, what dows AA have to do with copyw...copir...copyrit...that stuff anyhow?
That's funny, I was going to say the same thing about you. In this corner we have 10,000 scientists of various employment that say global climate change is a fact and is significantly caused by human activity. In that corner we have a small handful of scientists mostly employed by the oil industry that say global climate change or at least the contribution by humans is a myth.
Point: Your numbers are wrong.
Point: Your characterizations are wrong.
Not every scientist who says "no" to human-driven change is employed by the oil industry.
Not every scientist who believes climate change is occuring, believes it is man-driven.
Take a look a look at this list of significant scientists that are now abandoning the "man-driven" idea. Some even say they felt pressured to lend their voice to the "man-driven" cause because that was the side their bread was buttered on.
The fact is, this argument has now become a religious argument and the science is actually second, or even third to the argument and agendas.
However, Flickr seems to have overstepped its bounds in deleting this post."
Isn't it Flickr's site? They can do whatever they want. This isn't involving your rights online or anybody else's "right".
It is Flickr's site. And yes, they can do what they want. However, market forces can also force them to do what is right.
So, do you sympathize with the photographer? If we go by the anti-copyright crowd, she doesn't have a case. It is "copycat" art. Or, are we going to protect her intellectual property?
making more money doesn't entitle you to start charging more money for no real reason.
First, God bless capitalism!
Second, dude, it's market driven. There are alternatives. If eBay can get away with charging those prices, and still continue to grow, more power to them. That is what business is all about.
Third, God bless capitalism!
Oh, and before I forget...
Forth, the world's biggest horses ass is dead, let's hoist one to God for finally killing Jerry Falwell. Yay, God. Now, God, what can you do about Pat Robertson?
Fifth, I'll have a fifth and oh, yeah, God bless capitalism!
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I'm sure you thought that was deep, but dude, put down the stick, exhale, and re-read your lines.
...the only way an alternative fuel will gain wide acceptance, manufacturer support, and wide distribution is if you can...
Uh...sparky? I know that they cost the student. But, you do know that you are using stateside costing, right? The same text that you buy here for $170, is usually provided in the third world at pennies on the dollar. $170 for a text here will stock a classroom there.
This, in the land of 600 yen Big Mac.
Super Walmart is like Itoyokado in that it has a grocery center, clothing, electronics, garden, banking, and other services.
I spent 6 years in Japan, some of it as the Far East Training Manager for a semicondutor equipment company, some as a student, some as a missionary. The only ones who have the shopping center perfected above the Japanese are the Koreans, with America falling to 3rd (including the Canadians, I did that on purpose ;)).
Walmart isn't inferior, its just that it sells the same name brands for less. Service does suffer, but I don't always need a fawning ever-present salesperson to annoy the holy-living-sh...excuse me, I was in an electronics store earlier and couldn't shake the salesman. Just give me an old retiree with a smile to say, "Welcome to Walmart" as I walk through the door. I'll find my own underwear, thank you.
Irrashai Mase
So, what they want is control NOW ?
While the rest of us toil to perfect our skills and move up the ladder, they want to be on top?
Damn, next they will want the damned TV remote, too.
I would bet that for every OLPC, you could buy an entire classroom worth of text books, and still feed the children while they read about how to do it themselves.
It's about the effective use of funds.
Wow, I posted this today and got modded up. I figured writing something positive about shopping at Walmart would get all sorts of negative mods on /.
Next you know, praising Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer will boost your karma.
Went to a Super Walmart today. Loved it. It reminded me of Itoyokado in Japan.
Their PC section is o.k., I'd like to see them expand it and actually compete with Best Buy for the market share of "department store" PC retailers.
So, while there I bought:
Next, I'll be able to replace my aging desktop. Coolness, where else but in America and in a Walmart?
My sister-in-law lives in Nigeria, one of the target markets. In town, she says they are lucky to have more than a few hours of power and lets not talk about clean power. It's a neighborhood by neighborhood situation, and she lives in a relatively nice neighborhood. Out in "rural" Nigeria it will be worse. In India, her second home, the situation is little better in many of the places she goes.
For this to work, the systems should be sold to schools with a bunch of extra batteries and a huge gang recharging station for when the power is on.
Why not focus on One Meal Per Child, Debt Forgiveness for the Third World, Free Medicine for the Third World, the Robert Mugabe Silver Bullet to the Dictator's Head assistance.
Sorry, Bobo, but I know its late, but if you RTFA, you'll realize...
Well...
Are you kidding? Art Bell would descend with his minions claiming "Government Cover-Up" if they deleted it.
Mel's Hole
Why is it, telling people not to exagerate so that their point may reach the widest possible number of sympathetic ears sends them into an almost apoplectic state in which they further alienate those they wish to convert, and drive away those that would be thier allies?
Akahige's Rules of Causes
For every cause, there exists spokespersons who produced more negative images, feelings, press, and other sundry effects regarding the cause.
The most extreme elements of that cause will tout the same spokesperson(s) as the saviour of the movement.
The same spokesperson is usually the loudest voice in the room and if not chose as the saviour of the movement, will appoint themselves as such.
If the saviour of the movement is criticized, questioned, or it appears they are challenged by others, the backers of that saviour will attack, excoriate, deride the perceived attackers.
Once a Saviour of the Movement has been appointed/annointed the cause becomes religious in nature and has less to do with reason and more to do with jihadist fervor.
How about the UN report, and other NGO's talk about the sea level rising a matter of inches (17 inches approximately) and Gore goes hyperbolic (20 feet)?
Look, Gore is as good to the environmental movement as Jerry Falwell was to the Christians. Falwell permanently cast the movement as a whacko fringe. Make of point of saying you are a Christian and you will find yourself categorized with Falwell, Robertson, and Reed. Gore is going to make it so that saying you are an environmentalist will put you in the company of wild-eyed-cool-aid drinking nut jobs.
Soon, serious scientists will eschew the moniker of "environmentalist" and run as fast from the position as possible. The same as liberal church goers are loath to make open declarations of faith for fear of needing to explain that they "are Christian, but not of that ilk."
Al Gore toned down the science for his film. Or, he substituted science with hype. Even the scientist who accept the man-caused model find Al's wild *ssed misuse of science a little frightening.
If anyone is going to take it seriously, hyped arguments, with incredibly weak holes are going to drive people away from the true science. When a true scientist says, "Look, I have proof of man-caused climate change", the Gore-Hype-Doom-Weary-Joe-Everybody is going to ignore it.
Ignore Gore, DiCapprio, Robbins, Madonna, Rosie, etc. and lets get the truth separated from the hype, or it will be ignored.
If so, I want...
Can you say, "Took that post waaaaaaaaay too seriously?"
Some /. readers
(We need a Foxworthy-like list, "You may be a /. reader"...
Wish I had mod points, wish I had mod points.
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Remember the days that a Linux install took up half the space of a Windows install?
Have you ever been to Minnesota? It's not like they have anything going on at the moment. I heard they were planning to invade Wisconsin, but then someone mentioned a problem they had with lactose, so it was called off in favor of a quilting bee and a curling contest.
Minnesota, more Canadian than Canada.
Put down the bottle, man. What the hell does Alcoh...al..alcho...boozers anoni...anon..an...dammit, what dows AA have to do with copyw...copir...copyrit...that stuff anyhow?
Point: Your numbers are wrong.
Point: Your characterizations are wrong.
Not every scientist who says "no" to human-driven change is employed by the oil industry.
Not every scientist who believes climate change is occuring, believes it is man-driven.
Take a look a look at this list of significant scientists that are now abandoning the "man-driven" idea. Some even say they felt pressured to lend their voice to the "man-driven" cause because that was the side their bread was buttered on.
The fact is, this argument has now become a religious argument and the science is actually second, or even third to the argument and agendas.
Do try to step back and become a dispassionate.
It is Flickr's site. And yes, they can do what they want. However, market forces can also force them to do what is right.
So, do you sympathize with the photographer? If we go by the anti-copyright crowd, she doesn't have a case. It is "copycat" art. Or, are we going to protect her intellectual property?
First, God bless capitalism!
Second, dude, it's market driven. There are alternatives. If eBay can get away with charging those prices, and still continue to grow, more power to them. That is what business is all about.
Third, God bless capitalism!
Oh, and before I forget...
Forth, the world's biggest horses ass is dead, let's hoist one to God for finally killing Jerry Falwell. Yay, God. Now, God, what can you do about Pat Robertson?
Fifth, I'll have a fifth and oh, yeah, God bless capitalism!