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1711.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
It's easier for English speakers to remember buy.com than rakuten (or whatever their name is). It's weird to go to buy.com and see a different name plastered all over the screen. They have a right to call their business whatever they like,
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by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
The only such app I use is the WSJ on the iPad. It's handy for reading the entire paper contents on plane trips back when I used to fly once a week. The rest of the time, web apps seem adequate for the dozens of periodicals I read online.
1713.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
So... when someone ports Linux to the Surface Pro, there will probably be 60 gigs free! Then maybe I'd buy one (used, refurbished).
1714.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
Thanks for this nice trick. I have Emacs bound to ctrl-alt-E so can pop that up whenever I need a scratch pad (Linux, obviously), but this is just cool. I've bookmarked it.
1715.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
It's just an interesting little footnote in the history of Apple's rise to handheld superstardom. Ed Colligan sounds very reasonable and level headed in his responses to Jobs' threats and intimidation approach. However, Mr. Colligan basical
1716.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
As Commodore's Jack Tramiel once said, "Business is war."
1717.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
MBA programs attract borderline personalities? That's a new one. In reality, the MBA provides managers with a framework to conduct business in a methodical manner. It gives them a process to use, so that their personalities don't have to
1718.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
Ars - re #1, I am not saying make Grandma install Win/Lin/*os, but rather make it an option during the buying process. I'm pricing new cars right now and the makers are doing these interactive build-your-car websites where you select every
1719.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
PC sales dropping? Dell talking about going private? HP losing money? Tough. Let them try harder to win business. Here are a few suggestions. 1. Eliminate the Windows tax. From now on, vendors should offer bare systems that can run Wind
1720.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
OK, so you'd rather work for a guy who fires the adulterer the next day, not the same day that he finds out he's been poking his wife? Because he's taken 24 hours to "think it over"? I can understand if the employee was caught stealing pet
1721.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
So is murder. But 75 or 100 years ago, men were commonly murdered for sleeping with another man's wife. Sometimes the killer went to jail. Other times a smart lawyer could get him a lenient sentence. After all, the prevailing morality o
1722.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
You'd rather work for some unassertive, passive-aggressive guy who lets employees betray his trust and just turns the other cheek?
1723.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
Unbelievable. Fifty or sixty years ago, such an act of betrayal would have been answered with a summary firing, at least, and possibly a good beating as a parting gift. Today, in our namby pamby world, someone has to ask: should I fire him?
1724.
by blisterpeanuts 14y ago
One has to strike a balance. "No" is a very powerful and effective strategy when used judiciously. However, you don't want to say "No" to everyone about everything, or you become known as the opposite of the overly helpful fellow in the sto