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Comment Well it is a vague and all emcompassing language (Score 1) 236

I don't think Twitter applies here anyway. It describes a notification system to alert authorities and the public of emergency and general information in a speedy manner. Twitter is not used to alert EMTs, Fire, or Police. It is not used to give general warnings to the public. Sorry to break the news, but everyone does not use Twitter. Twitter is not speedy. You are limited in how fast and how many times you can update your feeds. Twitter is not IM. Yes, Twitter is not longer limited to one device, but so are other systems. I can send email through my computer, cell-phone, and other devices. If the application or settings are set, I can get quick notification of "You've got mail".

Comment Re:But with WalMart (Score 2, Interesting) 371

I work for Walmart and am treated far better than the mom and pop shops I worked prior. No family run stores where inbred family members call the shots and change store policy to suit them. How many mom and pop stores pay their employees profit sharing and match stock purchases at 15%? There have been many associates that I have worked with, who left the store complaining about Walmart this or that, only to reapply wanting to come back. It is not a perfect company, no company is. All companies do what they can legally to minimize costs and increase revenue. They all do. Walmart is better at it. Criminalize efficiency! Don't like Walmart, that is fine! It is your choice! Shop where you like. Just don't tell me and others where to shop. Don't blow smoke about things you know nothing about.

Comment Re:But with WalMart (Score 1) 371

Don't give me that crap that WM only sells cheap imported garbage. Since when is Sony, Kraft, Rubbermaid, and Black and Decker substandard? They sell pretty much what other retailers sell like Target, et al. Walmart is not minimum wage either. The pay has been better than Target and Fred Meyer for UNSKILLED labor. If you wish to make a lifetime career of retail, that is your choice. You have the option to better yourself and go to school or advance into management. What? Walmart reimburses the tuition costs to those associates and dependents to get ahead? Hmm... They are not perfect by any means; nor is any company. As with any company, you have bad managers, good ones, and sometimes great ones. I've had all. But as with all of them, if you do your job, work hard, they respect you for that. There are benefits to working for a company that is world-wide. You can move and transfer between stores easily, sometimes in as little as six months of employment. Don't like your position? You can easily move to other parts of the store, if qualified. How many can do that at their present job?

Comment Re:Attention all personnel (Score 1) 530

I've always hated Colorado since I was singled out while driving south on 25. I had Texas plates and was heading home back to Texas. I was driving 65 WITH the flow of traffic, all of those with Colorado plates. The speed limit was 55. A local cop pulled up alongside me and told me over his PA to slow down. It did not matter that everyone was driving 65 as well. I did not want to be the one to cause a traffic jam because I was the only slow moving vehicle. Fortunately, he did not stop me and write me a ticket.

Comment Re:FAT (Score 1) 270

You are right. Almost all are stupid. I bought a netbook a few weeks ago from a retailer. The sales person warned me that it does NOT have a drive (which I knew). She only told me because of all the people that return it because they were too stupid to know the difference between a netbook and a notebook.

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