I started working for Office Max when they were still called Biz Mart. Then it was called 'Biz Advantage' and the manager would give daily pep talks over the intercom before we opened reminding us that Biz Advantage was 'pure profit'. They had contests to see who would sell the most, but they never wrote anyone up for not selling them. But that was back in the early 1990's so things may have gotten more cut throat since then.
I too swore off retail after my experience in the office supply mega store industry. I went into IT and never looked back.
I think it's because Spike is also the name of a television network. And said network is a paying contributor to the XBox video market place. I doubt you could call yourself NBC or Discovery Channel either.
Ah, therein lies the rub. A digital camera/looks/ like a digital camera. But one can be snapping pics with a camera phone in the girls locker room while pretending to innocuously chat with friends.
I have no verifiable source for this, but some friends who are into Japanese culture say that several years ago, voyeuristic pics became such a problem that the Japanese government required all camera phones to have a hard coded audible click. And that totally put an end to the problem(?)
What, you don't think they sell "The Evangelical Christianity of Hentai" books in China? I think the naming convention of "The [sacred belief of another culture] of [something common in your culture]" isn't used enough IMO.
Being the first of their kind, they had a pretty open slate to work with.
They weren't the first of their kind as much as they were the first of their caste. They were privileged ruling class citizens that had enough social and political connections to get whatever they thought entered into the public record (i.e. published). No doubt there were other insightful farmers, slaves, women, etc that had the ability to explain much of the world with just as much skill but, because they could not publish their thoughts, history assumes they were simpletons or otherwise unremarkable.
Thats okay. In fact that's how I got my distribution of Ubuntu. My broadband isn't so broad so I opted to have the fancy CD shipped to me for like ten bucks.
**/sarcasm
I say they should just go for it. Everybody knows the best way to keep young people away from something is to have a label on it telling them it's risky or otherwise uncouth. It worked soooo well for the music industry in the 80's. Totally showed those hair-metal bands who was boss.
I don't think anyone was confused by mainstream media calling the year 2000 the 'birth of the new millennium', but that didn't we should quietly accept that error. After 8 years of a Dubya and his verbal hackery, I think I am just a bit hypersensitive to verbal missteps.
Not sure who the 'you guys' are here, but if you mean 'people who have a passive understanding of the English lexicon', then I guess that would make sense. And to answer the question, no we never tire of pointing this out. I get a kickback from Logical Fallacy, Inc. every time I correct someone;0)
So basically they want a kiddie porn detector? Because that's the only think I can think that could be on someones computer that would allow a cop to 'bring them in' on the spot. Brings a whole new definition to 'man in the middle attack'.
Aren't there rumors that Tesla had designed some kind of 'thought projector'? I couldn't find any reference to it, but I swear I read about that somewhere. I think the idea was based on the principle that one cannot think of something without seeing it in their mind. So he designed something like a scanner that would read electrical impulses from the back of the eye....or something.
True. Even the budget ecomm solutions like Squirrelcart have a 'rules system' that allow 'what if' shipping charges to be provided in case the shippers API service is unavailable.
I hate spammers. I think the punishment should be really cruel...hang on my lawyers telling me something....really? Fine. Well then it should at least be something really unusual. That will stop these spam...wait...what? DAMMIT!
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I started working for Office Max when they were still called Biz Mart. Then it was called 'Biz Advantage' and the manager would give daily pep talks over the intercom before we opened reminding us that Biz Advantage was 'pure profit'. They had contests to see who would sell the most, but they never wrote anyone up for not selling them. But that was back in the early 1990's so things may have gotten more cut throat since then. I too swore off retail after my experience in the office supply mega store industry. I went into IT and never looked back.
Nope. Traffic tickets are not reflective of crimes, just infractions. That's how cities avoid that whole 'jury trial' thing.
Isn't that statement eating itself?
I think it's because Spike is also the name of a television network. And said network is a paying contributor to the XBox video market place. I doubt you could call yourself NBC or Discovery Channel either.
You almost forgot that was Charlemagne, not Henry Jones Sr.
Ah, therein lies the rub. A digital camera /looks/ like a digital camera. But one can be snapping pics with a camera phone in the girls locker room while pretending to innocuously chat with friends.
I have no verifiable source for this, but some friends who are into Japanese culture say that several years ago, voyeuristic pics became such a problem that the Japanese government required all camera phones to have a hard coded audible click. And that totally put an end to the problem(?)
What, you don't think they sell "The Evangelical Christianity of Hentai" books in China? I think the naming convention of "The [sacred belief of another culture] of [something common in your culture]" isn't used enough IMO.
They weren't the first of their kind as much as they were the first of their caste. They were privileged ruling class citizens that had enough social and political connections to get whatever they thought entered into the public record (i.e. published). No doubt there were other insightful farmers, slaves, women, etc that had the ability to explain much of the world with just as much skill but, because they could not publish their thoughts, history assumes they were simpletons or otherwise unremarkable.
Thats okay. In fact that's how I got my distribution of Ubuntu. My broadband isn't so broad so I opted to have the fancy CD shipped to me for like ten bucks.
Apparently, she paid the bill is straight flooz at boo.com
I smell a fanboy. I bet you will love this recently revealed CES innovation.
**/sarcasm
I say they should just go for it. Everybody knows the best way to keep young people away from something is to have a label on it telling them it's risky or otherwise uncouth. It worked soooo well for the music industry in the 80's. Totally showed those hair-metal bands who was boss.
ACK! I am infected.....
I don't think anyone was confused by mainstream media calling the year 2000 the 'birth of the new millennium', but that didn't we should quietly accept that error. After 8 years of a Dubya and his verbal hackery, I think I am just a bit hypersensitive to verbal missteps.
Not sure who the 'you guys' are here, but if you mean 'people who have a passive understanding of the English lexicon', then I guess that would make sense. And to answer the question, no we never tire of pointing this out. I get a kickback from Logical Fallacy, Inc. every time I correct someone ;0)
Just another attack by the liberal elite. Why do you hate America?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begs_the_question Just sayin'
So basically they want a kiddie porn detector? Because that's the only think I can think that could be on someones computer that would allow a cop to 'bring them in' on the spot. Brings a whole new definition to 'man in the middle attack'.
Aren't there rumors that Tesla had designed some kind of 'thought projector'? I couldn't find any reference to it, but I swear I read about that somewhere. I think the idea was based on the principle that one cannot think of something without seeing it in their mind. So he designed something like a scanner that would read electrical impulses from the back of the eye....or something.
True. Even the budget ecomm solutions like Squirrelcart have a 'rules system' that allow 'what if' shipping charges to be provided in case the shippers API service is unavailable.
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Totally. I saw Grave of the Fireflies in its' original form. TOTAL PORNFEST.
I hate spammers. I think the punishment should be really cruel...hang on my lawyers telling me something....really? Fine. Well then it should at least be something really unusual. That will stop these spam...wait...what? DAMMIT!
...One Cup.
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