The chocolatey vs. chocolate probably resulted from some national council on chocolate trying to protect the good name of their product. I guess we will need to start a national council on unlimited to protect its good name.
I was having a piece of this new wrigley's gum the other day called "5". When I looked at the package I noticed that they have trademarked the number "5". The flavor was "cobalt", which was also trademarked.
The point wasn't that there ins't enough uranium on the planet. It was that the shortage in supply due to increased demand will increase the price so much that it will become uneconomical. Similar to oil, there is more of it you just have to figure out how to get it from 25000 feet below the surface of the ocean, which costs more.
I am not disagreeing that we should use breeder reactors. We are essentially throwing away a lot of potential energy by not using breeders and by not re-processing fuel.
I wonder what the difference is between our experiences? How big is the company you work for? I wonder if that has something to do with it. The ones I know are doing on the order of $100M in revenue a year.
Do you actually know any CEOs? I mean personally? I interact with just a few of them from time to time and the ones I know are not lazy or stupid. In my experience they work very hard. It is just that they devote a good deal to things you don't find value in (climbing the corporate ladder). The ones I deal with are also accutely aware of the business they are in and don't disregard the customer. Again it is a mixed bag. You have to remember that they are supposed to maximize profits for the company. Yes I think everyone here would agree that one good step is to produce a good product, but just because you can find some flaw or something that you don't like doesn't mean the CEO is stupid or lazy. A lot of it comes down to compromise between the many forces at work in business.
That is not necessarily true. Those convicted of a felony can't vote. So restricting voting rights is a punishment of sorts even in the US. This site has some more information by state for loss of voting rights (http://www.righttovote.org/index.asp).
Thanks. I was thinking the same thing about a year ago. Well, I started riding my bike to work (about 8 miles each way). I know that not everyone can do that but people can do more than they think. For example, if you can take your bike once a week you will probably cut your gas consumption by around 20% (depending on how much you drive on the weekend).
I guess some people will sue (like movie stars and such), but most entities won't have to do much because of the reason you stated, they'll just claim it isn't true.
I was thinking about this exact thing the other day. The office I work in has about 300 people in it and 6 (that I know of) IT staff that do nothing but fix our computers. If you assume that each one costs the company $150K/year you could pay for a new macbook every year (just throw the old one out) for every employee if you could get rid of just 2 of them. I don't know if Macs would make that possible though.
I haven't called my bank in over a year. I haven't found anything I can't do online yet. I even got a certified cheque to close on a house without talking to anyone.
I think this is only if Fedex lets them. My guess is that Fedex etal will say you can't haveinformation on our clients without a warrant/subpoena. Otherwise why not just station a lay enforcement officer at all FEdex depot to search everything for potential criminal activity. On a kind of related note, several of my friends used to work at a UPS center during college and they said their instructions from the company in the event of accidental opening was to put it back in the box and ignore it even if it was weed or something.
I hate to tell people what they can and can't create on their computer, but if there were a situation that warranted it this might be it. I guess the real question is whether this starts down the slippery slope.
So what if it is an addiction. If you are addicted to drugs you get fired from your job. If you can't keep yourself from surfing the net the whole day you get fired. End of story.
did you not see the results from the election in November. The "anyone but Bush" campaign that was run was very successful even though it wasn't aimed at another presidential candidate. Here in Virginia it was insane how much campaining was done on the basis of "don't vote for Steele or Allen because they like Bush." And in both cases it worked. However, I don't think there is wide spread hatred for McCain.
Until they start sending people with a score that is too high to secret prisons without the right to know why they are being charged or the evidence that is being used to convict them. All of this crap is getting way out of control.
I used to be one of those hard core christian types until my mother got multiple myeloma cancer. Fortunate for her they were able do a self stem cell transplant by harvesting them from her bone marrow. This stuff WILL SAVES LIVES and when it their mom people will start to understand.
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The chocolatey vs. chocolate probably resulted from some national council on chocolate trying to protect the good name of their product. I guess we will need to start a national council on unlimited to protect its good name.
I was having a piece of this new wrigley's gum the other day called "5". When I looked at the package I noticed that they have trademarked the number "5". The flavor was "cobalt", which was also trademarked.
I have thought the same kind of thing for years now. Some of the execs need to take some basic economics. Pricing based on demand.
The point wasn't that there ins't enough uranium on the planet. It was that the shortage in supply due to increased demand will increase the price so much that it will become uneconomical. Similar to oil, there is more of it you just have to figure out how to get it from 25000 feet below the surface of the ocean, which costs more. I am not disagreeing that we should use breeder reactors. We are essentially throwing away a lot of potential energy by not using breeders and by not re-processing fuel.
But your cell phone provider can degrade the quality of your call just a little bit to free up space, you just don't notice that much.
I wonder what the difference is between our experiences? How big is the company you work for? I wonder if that has something to do with it. The ones I know are doing on the order of $100M in revenue a year.
Do you actually know any CEOs? I mean personally? I interact with just a few of them from time to time and the ones I know are not lazy or stupid. In my experience they work very hard. It is just that they devote a good deal to things you don't find value in (climbing the corporate ladder). The ones I deal with are also accutely aware of the business they are in and don't disregard the customer. Again it is a mixed bag. You have to remember that they are supposed to maximize profits for the company. Yes I think everyone here would agree that one good step is to produce a good product, but just because you can find some flaw or something that you don't like doesn't mean the CEO is stupid or lazy. A lot of it comes down to compromise between the many forces at work in business.
That is not necessarily true. Those convicted of a felony can't vote. So restricting voting rights is a punishment of sorts even in the US. This site has some more information by state for loss of voting rights (http://www.righttovote.org/index.asp).
It was 10F were I live and I rode. Your comute is substantially longer than mine though.
Thanks. I was thinking the same thing about a year ago. Well, I started riding my bike to work (about 8 miles each way). I know that not everyone can do that but people can do more than they think. For example, if you can take your bike once a week you will probably cut your gas consumption by around 20% (depending on how much you drive on the weekend).
If you sue the public will think it implies truth in most cases that are not defemation related.
I guess some people will sue (like movie stars and such), but most entities won't have to do much because of the reason you stated, they'll just claim it isn't true.
Thanks for the repeating the article.
I was thinking about this exact thing the other day. The office I work in has about 300 people in it and 6 (that I know of) IT staff that do nothing but fix our computers. If you assume that each one costs the company $150K/year you could pay for a new macbook every year (just throw the old one out) for every employee if you could get rid of just 2 of them. I don't know if Macs would make that possible though.
I haven't called my bank in over a year. I haven't found anything I can't do online yet. I even got a certified cheque to close on a house without talking to anyone.
I think this is only if Fedex lets them. My guess is that Fedex etal will say you can't haveinformation on our clients without a warrant/subpoena. Otherwise why not just station a lay enforcement officer at all FEdex depot to search everything for potential criminal activity. On a kind of related note, several of my friends used to work at a UPS center during college and they said their instructions from the company in the event of accidental opening was to put it back in the box and ignore it even if it was weed or something.
Very good comment, I agree but for some reason it just doesn't feel quite right. But alas, feeling is not a good reason to make a law.
I hate to tell people what they can and can't create on their computer, but if there were a situation that warranted it this might be it. I guess the real question is whether this starts down the slippery slope.
So what if it is an addiction. If you are addicted to drugs you get fired from your job. If you can't keep yourself from surfing the net the whole day you get fired. End of story.
did you not see the results from the election in November. The "anyone but Bush" campaign that was run was very successful even though it wasn't aimed at another presidential candidate. Here in Virginia it was insane how much campaining was done on the basis of "don't vote for Steele or Allen because they like Bush." And in both cases it worked. However, I don't think there is wide spread hatred for McCain.
Well, you said it much better than I did.
Until they start sending people with a score that is too high to secret prisons without the right to know why they are being charged or the evidence that is being used to convict them. All of this crap is getting way out of control.
So I can get 3 songs from artists I would pay not to hear without DRM.
I used to be one of those hard core christian types until my mother got multiple myeloma cancer. Fortunate for her they were able do a self stem cell transplant by harvesting them from her bone marrow. This stuff WILL SAVES LIVES and when it their mom people will start to understand.
I am in the military. I agree, a better characterization would have been "don't trust the military industrial complex."