If the demand exceeds the supply, then there shouldn't be much going unsold, except that caused by inefficiency in getting the product to the customer combined with short shelf life, and it still sounds to me like the high prices induce fishermen to go after them. The 'valuable' is reflected in the high price as it should be, so what's the distinction? If the tuna is priced high, fishermen are not going to go out and catch them and then NOT try their best to sell them, and if they're going unsold, it will cause pressure to reduce the price, and induce the fishermen to not fish for them.
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I suppose as a forum thread continues indefinitely, the chances of ANYTHING becoming relevant goes to 1. Asymptote.
And, you know, I thought about it *after* I posted (I must not be new here!) - it wasn't really a case of Slashdot breaking news, it was Slashdot making news.
Actually, very few words in Japanese consist of a SINGLE Kanji character. And foreign-derived words like terebi from television (and like leet and haxxor would be) are always written with Katakana, not Kanji.
But many legislators were lawyers first (e.g. 217/535 in the 109th Congress - what other profession is anywhere close to being so heavily represented?). And the people who enforce legislation (judicial) , and implement legislation (executive) are often lawyers.
I wasn't talking about the driver's license, I was talking about the form I filled out at the DMV and never see again. It's entirely possible for a person to treat an e-mail account exactly the same way. One use only: for signing up on social websites.
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I sense a logical inconsistency in this, since if there are *many* companies that hire "unemployable" workers, then those workers should be able to get jobs at any of those companies. If you simply mean that (for example) a cannonball tester can't get a job anywhere except at a cannonball manufacturing plant, then I suppose there are many cases like that but it doesn't mean much to say it.
Bad argument. In order to drive a car I have to fill out a form to get a driver's license. Do I think or care about much less use that form ever again once I have my license? (why do I always use a car example!?)
"No one wants to hear BP talk about how hard they're working. The only thing anyone is interested in hearing is "The leak is plugged, the oil has been skimmed, and life is returning to normal." Anything else just backfires and makes BPs image worse."
\And yet, if they did exactly that, we would NOTHING from them, and what do you suppose would be the reaction to that? They can't win.
I don't think carpet bombing was used because we knew "the target" was somewhere in "this general area" but didn't know *exactly* where, so we just had to cover the whole area to make sure we got it, and sorry about all the other people that were killed. It was intended to do maximal harm to a *lot* of people, civilian or otherwise, because that would pressure the bombed country's government to surrender or something like that. - at least in some cases (e.g. Dresden)
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If the demand exceeds the supply, then there shouldn't be much going unsold, except that caused by inefficiency in getting the product to the customer combined with short shelf life, and it still sounds to me like the high prices induce fishermen to go after them. The 'valuable' is reflected in the high price as it should be, so what's the distinction? If the tuna is priced high, fishermen are not going to go out and catch them and then NOT try their best to sell them, and if they're going unsold, it will cause pressure to reduce the price, and induce the fishermen to not fish for them.
I suppose as a forum thread continues indefinitely, the chances of ANYTHING becoming relevant goes to 1. Asymptote.
Seems like your cause and effect are a bit mixed up here. Since when do high prices, in and of themselves, cause people to buy things?
He's just saying that because someone had asked him if he'd stopped beating his wife.
Well, you wouldn't say "1.8 century", would you? It'd be 1.8 centuries.
And, you know, I thought about it *after* I posted (I must not be new here!) - it wasn't really a case of Slashdot breaking news, it was Slashdot making news.
All caps means yelling. Yelling is worse when you're wrong.
Actually, very few words in Japanese consist of a SINGLE Kanji character. And foreign-derived words like terebi from television (and like leet and haxxor would be) are always written with Katakana, not Kanji.
But many legislators were lawyers first (e.g. 217/535 in the 109th Congress - what other profession is anywhere close to being so heavily represented?). And the people who enforce legislation (judicial) , and implement legislation (executive) are often lawyers.
What about that Scientology page deletion thingy?
on punch cards. in wooden boxes down in the basement hallway, next to the boiler room.
I wasn't talking about the driver's license, I was talking about the form I filled out at the DMV and never see again. It's entirely possible for a person to treat an e-mail account exactly the same way. One use only: for signing up on social websites.
I sense a logical inconsistency in this, since if there are *many* companies that hire "unemployable" workers, then those workers should be able to get jobs at any of those companies.
If you simply mean that (for example) a cannonball tester can't get a job anywhere except at a cannonball manufacturing plant, then I suppose there are many cases like that but it doesn't mean much to say it.
Bad argument. In order to drive a car I have to fill out a form to get a driver's license. Do I think or care about much less use that form ever again once I have my license? (why do I always use a car example!?)
Hey, were you an extra in Wall-E?
darn. should have been "*hear* NOTHING from them".
"No one wants to hear BP talk about how hard they're working. The only thing anyone is interested in hearing is "The leak is plugged, the oil has been skimmed, and life is returning to normal." Anything else just backfires and makes BPs image worse."
\And yet, if they did exactly that, we would NOTHING from them, and what do you suppose would be the reaction to that? They can't win.
"Probability of successful result: low (cops find people driving the limit suspicious and find excuse to pull them over)"
First time I've ever heard that one. But I haven't spent much time in TX (I assume you're there). Seems odd.
No, he still doesn't "have his life back" yet, so I'm sure he's not posting on Slashdot today.
Over 4x as of today according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population
Because *home* users don't buy Ricoh printers but they buy many HP (and Canon and Epson and Lexmark) printers? Just a guess.
Hey, my sig is finally relevant again! Wish I would have attributed it, since I can't remember who (on /.) wrote it.
Yeah, it could be a trichotomy. Or a tracheotomy.
I don't think carpet bombing was used because we knew "the target" was somewhere in "this general area" but didn't know *exactly* where, so we just had to cover the whole area to make sure we got it, and sorry about all the other people that were killed. It was intended to do maximal harm to a *lot* of people, civilian or otherwise, because that would pressure the bombed country's government to surrender or something like that. - at least in some cases (e.g. Dresden)
What is "The country where pizza was invented, Alex?"