Recent content by AcerbicWit

Just a step to make themselves marketable. A new hardware company won't need the sales force. Gutting them now make that less of an issue for the new owner. My 2 cents.

Neat, but... This:

As stated by others....credit card companies charge transaction fees and a percentage of the total. American Express being the highest, visa snd MC being almost equal. I understand the move and don't blame them. learn to use your online bill pay or send a check; problem solved.

What's up benny...been a long time. Everything good on your end? Mba open house for me on saturday. Guess it's time to piss or get off the pot.

Is Market.Android.com blocked? Does it prevent you from installing apps through the web interface? If so, I will eat crow. Otherwise, I say optimized for Amazon, not blocked for all others.

Really? Do you even own an Android device? Are you fool enough to think that any one of the many android retail apps currently available on the market will suddenly disappear or magically not work on this device? Sure, Amazon will optimize the system to work for them, but to claim everyone...

loss leader Definition: Good or service advertised and sold at below cost price. Its purpose is to bring in (lead) customers in the retail store (usually a supermarket) on the assumption that, once inside the store, the customers will be stimulated to buy full priced items as well. See also...

Only from the Government. If you say slanderous things publicly about your employer (or anyone), don't be surprised that there are consequences. In my mind, this is the tip of the iceberg; an entire generation of brats who avoided or were never forced to take responsibility for their actions...

Another product of the "ME" generation. Gone are a sense of loyalty to anyone but themselves. Values, ethics, common sense, are a thing of the past.

I LOL'd As far as "Multi-touch", trademark != patent

"...Facebook maintains its huge base of extremely unsatisfied users. It’s a system that has worked for many organizations, from EverQuest to the Democratic Party..." LOL :) Love it! and oh so true. The article was very well written.

Awesome. I want one. Where does one find the time to do something like this?

This++++++++++++

This...for the most part. I have an adopted child. He is too young to play these games and experience the inevitable teasing he will receive. However, I know I am teaching him to ignore the teasing as ignorant comments. This falls into that category. It is an ignorant thing for Valve to do...

Thats kind of what they did, on a controlled basis. To do it on a large scale would (seem to) be impossible and it would impact the quality of their own search results.