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by jplewicke 17y ago
They used to be called "Computer Literacy", which was so un-memorable that half their customers couldn't remember buying stuff there. http://www.computeractive.co.uk/information-world-review/new...
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by jplewicke 17y ago
This actually happened in Iraq after the first Gulf War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Swiss_dinar . Since the government was no longer printing the older currency, it was then immune to inflation by Saddam's government. The old cur
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by jplewicke 17y ago
Another possible reason for tuition increases is Baumol's Cost Disease ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumols_cost_disease ), in which the relative cost of providing a service grows rapidly because it hasn't had productivity improvements.
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by jplewicke 17y ago
You can definitely shorten your overall foot length. I've dropped one shoe size over the past two years since starting to run semi-compettively, mostly due to stronger foot muscles pulling my arch higher.
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She has bipartite sesamoids, which happens when they don't fuse together correctly. That unfortunately means that it's highly likely to happen again. On the positive side, it's something that proper orthotics or padding should let her fix
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by jplewicke 17y ago
My girlfriend had some significant issues with an attempted transition towards Nike Frees. The higher impact on the foot gave her sesamoiditis and a stress fracture near the big toe. If you have a foot structure that's not the norm, it's w