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From: jmfbahciv on 15 Nov 2006 07:38 In article <MPG.1fc3ca869a3bbd6f989b41(a)news.individual.net>, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >In article <ejcktl$8qk_007(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> In article <a871b$45574416$49ecffa$23510(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> > >> >> In article <9a071$4557314e$49ecffa$23098(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >> >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>>In article <4555F0FA.3C4FF876(a)hotmail.com>, >> >>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>>>unsettled wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>>>I am at a slight loss in the >> >>>>>>medicine coverage if I use Canadian pricing as >> >>>>>>the basis, but way ahead if I use USA prices. >> >>>>> >> >>>>>Why are the same medicines more expensive in the USA ? >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>>We pay the development costs. >> >>> >> >>>And we generously sell the medicines for less overseas. >> >>> >> >> >> >> It has nothing to do with generosity. >> > >> >There's no significant profit involved. What would you call it? >> >> There is a profit over manufacturing costs. It just doesn't >> recoup the research costs to the point of feeding cash into >> current research. Another advantage is presence. A lot of >> the manufacturing appears to be getting moved to those countries >> with tax benefits, etc. >> >> I'm waiting until India and China figure out how to run clean rooms. > > "SAN JOSE, Calif. =3F IBM Corp. has entered into an agreement to > take a 24 percent stake for $150 million in one of India's > fledging wafer fab companies =3F India Semiconductor Manufacturing > Co. (ISMC), according to the Business Standard in India." > >http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=164901668 > Aren't these fabs as "fussy" as chemical plants? /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 15 Nov 2006 07:42 In article <9f122$4559e15e$49ecf8a$7613(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: <snip> >(Compare lucas electrical systems in Brit cars.) > Ouchy, ouchy. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 15 Nov 2006 07:44 In article <ual6h.25067$TV3.18874(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:ejcl5p$8qk_009(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <MPG.1fc25ed1ed313919989b01(a)news.individual.net>, >> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >>>In article <ej9j89$8ss_002(a)s785.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >>>> In article <MPG.1fc110d0730ee4c8989af1(a)news.individual.net>, >>>> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> >> <snip> >> >>>> >Sure, but they learn not to do that! ;-) Falling on CCA treated >>>> >SYP isn't much fun either. >>>> >>>> My feet are shuddering just thinking about walking on that trex >>>> stuff. >>> >>>Trex isn't likely to leave a nasty arsenic coated splinter (I wear >>>shoes when walking on my CCA SYP deck). >> >> Point. I haven't gone barefoot since I lived with my folks. >> Urban places have too much broken glass that never gets >> cleaned up. > >Well, Eeyore, this would belie the assertion that she lives too far from a >population center to get decent DSL. I live in a town. There is no DSL line strung. You people are starting to get really annoying. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 15 Nov 2006 07:45 In article <MPG.1fc459ba145f0210989b5d(a)news.individual.net>, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >In article <Lzv6h.6398$Sw1.5307(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, >lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... >> >> "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message >> news:MPG.1fc3cb5179e833c9989b43(a)news.individual.net... >> > >> > (of course I don't have a phone line, >> > so...). >> >> Well, that latter would be the real issue then, not the distance to a hub. > >No, you ditz! I choose not to have a phone line (too expensive), >so if I were close enough for DSL it wouldn't matter. Geez! > This makes you appreciate that other news group. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 15 Nov 2006 07:52
In article <Jf06h.5426$IR4.1601(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:ej9k4j$8ss_006(a)s785.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <8yQ5h.5348$Sw1.1153(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>>"krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message >>>news:MPG.1fc11e03f06bbb69989af7(a)news.individual.net... >>>> In article <1eWdnc1_CsAzoMvYRVnyvA(a)pipex.net>, >>>> usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com says... >>>>> >>>>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:ej4l1b$8ss_033(a)s977.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>>> > In article <4555374F.EF500B95(a)hotmail.com>, >>>>> > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >>krw wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >>> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >>>>> >>> > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> > > Raising the minimum wage is stupid and insane. >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> > Why ? >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Why should the federal government tell anyone what their worth is? >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> > I saw it can be a slow as $5 an hour. >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> The federal minimum wage is $5.15/hr. Some states are higher >>>>> >>> (Vermont is $7.25 and going up). I'm not sure anyone really works >>>>> >>> for the minimum (MacD's is advertising $9.00/hr.). >>>>> >> >>>>> >>So why the fuss over increasing what would seem to be a notional >>>>> >>minimum ? >>>>> >> >>>>> > >>>>> > You should notice that Keith is swearing. That is not is usual >>>>> > style. I guess he's got the same problems I have. AS minimum >>>>> > wage goes skyhigh, so do property taxes, real estate, food, other >>>>> > taxes, and other things needed for survival. >>>>> >>>>> You both have claimed that "hardly anyone" would work for the minimum >>>>> wage. >>>>> If this is the case, it will have no impact at all. >>>> >>>> "Hardly anyone" who needed that job to live on. There are others >>>> that don't "need" a "living wage". >>> >>>Great. So you model is Donald Trump manning the drive-through at the >>>local >>>McDonalds. >> >> That is a good job. Learning how to give change is very important. > > >Have you actually *been* to a McDonalds in the last, oh, say, 30 years? >They don't learn how to give change, they just hand you the amount of money >the computer tells them to. People at McDonalds have to know that a penny is one cent. A dime is 10 cents. Things like that. Making change is a complicated process. There are adults who work at cash registers and do not know this stuff. /BAH |