I often come across well-meaning bloggers who exhort their readers to buy only American-made products. However, it is a futile gesture for a number of reasons:
Posted on July 13, 2009 02:53 PM
I often come across well-meaning bloggers who exhort their readers to buy only American-made products. However, it is a futile gesture for a number of reasons:
I often come across well-meaning bloggers who exhort their readers to buy only American-made products. However, it is a futile gesture for a number of reasons:
Posted on May 1, 2009 11:35 AM
As a computer programmer since 1975 I have always followed one simple rule: "Be the Client." That is to say, forget about programming principles and nonsense such as make a plan, break the problem down, etc. A good programmer already should know how to save storage space, reuse subroutines, etc. These are merely techniques that can be applied to all programming problems. What I am talking about cannot come from techniques; I'm talking about what is unique to the program at hand.
As a computer programmer since 1975 I have always followed one simple rule: "Be the Client." That is to say, forget about programming principles and nonsense such as make a plan, break the problem down, etc. A good programmer already should know how to save storage space, reuse subroutines, etc. These are merely techniques that can be applied to all programming problems. What I am talking about cannot come from techniques; I'm talking about what is unique to the program at hand.
Read the Rest: Credit Card Automatic Payments
Posted on April 16, 2009 05:05 PM
Yesterday a group of postal union employees and Soho residents protested the closing of the neighborhood’s only post office after it was announced that the location would shutter due to the economic crisis.
Yesterday a group of postal union employees and Soho residents protested the closing of the neighborhood’s only post office after it was announced that the location would shutter due to the economic crisis.
Read the Rest: Idiots Running the US Post Office
Posted on March 26, 2009 09:15 PM
This is another entry in my category of "Stupid Businesses" and certainly when it comes to idiots running a business, no one does it better than eBay. I know, how can I criticize a business that does billions of dollars of business every quarter and is the leading auction venue on the Internet? Inertia.
This is another entry in my category of "Stupid Businesses" and certainly when it comes to idiots running a business, no one does it better than eBay. I know, how can I criticize a business that does billions of dollars of business every quarter and is the leading auction venue on the Internet? Inertia.
Read the Rest: Ebay`s Stupid Policy on Optional Insurance
Posted on November 29, 2008 06:38 PM
How stupid can the execs at Wal-Mart be to allow a mob to get into a stampede. 28 years ago I saw the dangers of long lines and took actions to manage large groups of people. Wal-Mart should know better. Especially if the crowd is lower income blacks.
How stupid can the execs at Wal-Mart be to allow a mob to get into a stampede. 28 years ago I saw the dangers of long lines and took actions to manage large groups of people. Wal-Mart should know better. Especially if the crowd is lower income blacks.
Read the Rest: Controlling Chaos
Posted on October 27, 2008 05:21 PM
Sometimes big companies just have not thought their policies all the way through. Take for example Amazon's former Post-Order Price Guarantee
Read the Rest: Getting Around Amazon`s Post-Order Price Guarantee
Posted on May 21, 2008 08:16 PM
Amazingly, the largest ethnic group reading my blog is Hispanic. It is likely the simple reason is that I have written a number of articles on South American beauties
Read the Rest: Pamela David Photos n Images - Argentianian Model
Posted on October 26, 2007 03:13 PM
The other day I got an email from Blogrush dropping my site from their listings
Read the Rest: Blogrush is run by Idiots
Posted on October 8, 2007 09:37 PM
The only reason that the big corporations in America are still in business is momentum. Eventually they will be gone, replaced by lighter, smarter, non-idiot corporations run by Japanese.
Read the Rest: Most Corporations are Idiots
Posted on September 14, 2007 11:51 AM
When I was a child (in the 1950s) it was a treat to find pennies on the sidewalk, but it seems kids today don't bother stooping over to pick them up anymore.
When I was a child (in the 1950s) it was a treat to find pennies on the sidewalk, but it seems kids today don't bother stooping over to pick them up anymore.
Read the Rest: Time to get rid of the Penny
Posted on November 5, 2006 07:43 PM
First eBay cancelled all the PS3 auctions because of fears that fraudsters would be selling pre-orders and be unable to actually deliver the item within their 30 day rule.
Read the Rest: Ebay`s fault that Paypal is bombed
Posted on March 5, 2006 12:41 PM
The US attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, has launched a wide-ranging investigation into allegations that record labels are fixing the prices of music downloads.
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