Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: Hatunen on 14 Aug 2006 13:33 On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:08:01 +0100, The Reid <dontuse(a)fell-walker.co.uk> wrote: >Following up to Hatunen > >>>I assume its largely true then, except for some trivial nitpick. >>>Why is *cable* TV important? I'm about to ditch mine. >> >>Well, I've seen Finnish TV without cable, and trust me, cable is >>important. > >how is it better than satellite or freeview? They're all better than Finnish TV. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 14 Aug 2006 13:35 On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:32:48 GMT, jim(a)jibbering.com (Jim Ley) wrote: >On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:29:30 GMT, "a.spencer3" ><a.spencer3(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > >>For sports events, for instance, you can select which tennis match/field >>event/soccer match, whatever, you prefer to watch instead of the mainstream >>event.. > >Seperate channels would be much better for that. Bandwidth is the problem. If yo interactively pick a channel to watch, only that channel will be sent to you. Separate channels requires enough bandwidth for all the channels sent. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 14 Aug 2006 13:43 On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:05:36 +0100, The Reid <dontuse(a)fell-walker.co.uk> wrote: >Following up to Mxsmanic > >>My watch is accurate to 1 second in three million years. No cellphone >>does better than that. > >why do you care? Gets you to meetings on time, eh? ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 14 Aug 2006 13:47 On 14 Aug 2006 03:43:58 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >Jordi wrote: >> Tchiowa wrote: >> > Yup. In part. But they still have their passports. But my statement >> > still stands. Europeans travel "abroad" more than Americans because >> > damn near everything in Europe is "abroad" for Europeans? Brussels to >> > Amsterdam is a foreign trip. New York to LA isn't. Which is the greater >> > travel? >> >> In terms of distance, it is, in cultural terms a trip from Athens to >> Berlin is a greater 'distance'. > >Nonsense. The difference in culture between New York City, San >Francisco, Miami, New Orleans are every bit as great. Especially the languages. >> The boundaries are there for a reason. > >Hate, bigotry, a millienium of murder, how are those for starters? I'd think you were talking about the USA if you hadn't said a "millenium" We've only ahd some 500 years for it. > >> > I didn't say that. But we were discussing spending money on vacation. >> > You seem to be surrendering. >> >> >> No, we're talking two completely different things. All this came after >> you said more or less 'what's the use of holidays if people don't have >> money to spend', Europeans do have enough money to keep a... say >> 'western' lifestyle without having to work 51 weeks a year, that's all. > >But their "western" lifestyle is lower than American's. In northern Europe? Not that I can see. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 14 Aug 2006 14:00
On 14 Aug 2006 07:46:56 -0700, "Jordi" <jordi.uso(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Tchiowa wrote: >> Jordi wrote: >> > Tchiowa wrote: >> > >> > In this context, it's a matter of grade and word choice. >> >> No, in this context it's the core of what works and what doesn't work. > >In your black & white world, perhaps. > >> > >> > In terms of distance, it is, in cultural terms a trip from Athens to >> > Berlin is a greater 'distance'. >> >> Nonsense. The difference in culture between New York City, San >> Francisco, Miami, New Orleans are every bit as great. > >No, they're not. In many ways they really are. For instance, if you spend any time in Miami you will quickly realize it is a Caribbean city. A couple decades ago tehre was a book called "The Nine Nations of North America", a fascinating read even if some of it is out of date (for instance calling the nation around the Great lakes in Canada and the USA "The Factory", now know as "The Rust Belt"). The author defines a nation he calls "The Islands" consisting of the area of the Caribbean and the southern part of florida; he names its "capital" as Miami, the place where wheelers and dealers meat to arrange financing and set policies for that region. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |