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Comment Re:This is actually a good thing... (Score 2) 380

The first issue is they've gone to a level of detail where there are an infinite number of possible reasons, but they only have 140,000 different code. Sometimes there will be a code that fits exactly. It seems more likely though that there will be several that are close but nothing exactly right. Secondly the chances of finding the exactly correct code out of 140,000 codes in a reasonable length of time seems pretty small. And finally the person entering the data most likely does not care how accurate it is, they just want to get something entered and move on. They aren't going to spend 5 minutes looking for a code. In theory the resulting data would be very useful for someone I'm sure. In practice I suspect it will be the opposite.

Comment Re:fault them both - they deserve it (Score 1) 1040

What you're missing is when US politicians ( Rep & Dem both) say spending cut what they actually mean is a reduction in the increase. if your budget last year was 8 million and this year it's 10 million then next years budget of 11 million is considered a spending cut. They've actually increased spending by a 1 million but they've managed to call it a cut. With this kind of mentality you can see why we're in this mess. I have no doubt that any cuts by the Dems will be more of the same.

Comment I quit using Red Box. (Score 2) 71

I rented a lame dvd for the kids. I went back to McD's to return it and the machine wouldn't take it because the box was full. Drove across town to two other boxes with the same result. Same thing the next day, and the next. So I payed for 3 days, and drove all over town 3 times for a movie I could have bought at the cutout bin for 99c. Their website says I'm responsible for charges until it's returned. I don't know if this is some kind of freak lightning strike miracle or happens all the time, either way, I'm done.

Comment Re:Windows Mobile vs. WP7 (Score 1) 412

With windows mobile you get multitasking, copy paste, thousands of apps you can download for free off the internet. Ability to easily write new apps in winforms on any old visual studio you have laying around. And a ui that's totally familiar. With WP7 you don't. Which is why I just bought a windows mobile device. And now that they've started talking about Windows 8 and coding it in html5 I would guess we can stick a fork in WP7.

Comment Re:Give your people raises. (Score 1) 235

I had this conversation with my vice president one time. He told me raises were given out as a percentage, and it just was not possible to go over x percent. Once I put my 2 weeks notice in it was a different situation as I could be treated as a new hire and he had complete freedom to pay what he wanted. Of course the problem is I'm not going to put my notice in until I already have a start date at a new job. And if I already have a start date I've already committed to a new job and I'm not likely to back out.

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