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From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:27 In article <455C9AC6.36C3670E(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> >That's not how people at McDonald's give change. That's not how anybody >> >gives change any more, they just give over the amount of money the cash >> >register tells them to. If the bill is 5.35, and you give them a 10, the >> >register will tell them to give you 4.65 in change, and they do. No special >> >skills necessary or learned. >> >> You are wrong. It takes learning to know which coins are which >> value. It takes learning to know what 1 and 5 and 10 and 20 >> mean on the paper bills. > >Ohhh ...... puh-leeze.......... !! > > >> There are people who do not know this stuff. If kids have >> never handled money, have never been taught what money is, >> how will they know that a dime is $.10? > >Ohhh ...... puh-leeze.......... !! You are not thinking. If kids' experience is only with credit card swipes, and their parents don't pay using cash, how are the kids going to learn about denominations and counting out currency money? /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:28 In article <QH57h.6470$IR4.5972(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:eji182$8qk_029(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <8oM6h.10671$yl4.3232(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>, >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>>"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message >>>news:98588$455b6c01$4fe757a$19388(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... >>>>T Wake wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> You know at McDonalds they hand over the sum of money they are told to, >>>>> don't you? They don't get told to hand over a "dime." A number appears >>>>> and they give that much money. Same as anyone else working on a cash >>>>> register. >>>> >>>> They know how to add three columns, but they >>>> don't know how to subtract three or four >>>> coulmns in their heads. >>> >>> >>>That's not how people at McDonald's give change. That's not how anybody >>>gives change any more, they just give over the amount of money the cash >>>register tells them to. If the bill is 5.35, and you give them a 10, the >>>register will tell them to give you 4.65 in change, and they do. No >>>special >>>skills necessary or learned. >> >> You are wrong. It takes learning to know which coins are which >> value. It takes learning to know what 1 and 5 and 10 and 20 >> mean on the paper bills. > >Uh....it may have required an advanced degree when you were a kid, but kids >are taught that in kindergarten nowadays. > > >> There are people who do not know this stuff. If kids have >> never handled money, have never been taught what money is, >> how will they know that a dime is $.10? > >These things are taught in kindergarten. If a kid wasn't able to learn it >then, s/he won't be able to learn it now. If people never use what they are taught in real life, they will not know these details. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:31 In article <455C9BC9.30B08330(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: <snip> >> I don't have a com port. > >On a 486 ? You normally have 2. What does your modem connect to ? > >That would be astonishingly unusual ! Where does the mouse go ? Serial ports. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:34 In article <eQ57h.6474$IR4.3247(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:eji26v$8qk_032(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <455C7176.1D023DED(a)hotmail.com>, >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> |||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk wrote: >>>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>> >You could use some good advice on modern PC hardware. Buffered serial >>>> >cards are dirt cheap - and almost obsolete since internal modems work >>>> >so reliably now. >>>> >>>> I don't want an internal modem. I want one with lights that flash >>>> for every I/O. >>> >>>They don't help that much you know. >> >> What? Lights? Yes they help a lot. > >You're fooling yourself. Viruses can still get through, I can see when one is coming in. All I have to do is turn the modem off. >even if you watch >the lights. Relying on incantations and omens to prevent viruses is a >really, really good way to get one. I have effective incantations. Most computer types do. > > >> I've stopped infestations because >> my lights were flashing when I had not given them permission to >> flash. I am not ever interested in rebuilding this computer system. >> EVER!!!! > >Good, you're learning. Then you should just get a new one, and not try to >rebuild that piece of junk that you have. It's not junk. It has been functional since 1994. <snip> No wonder you people don't know how to spend money wisely. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:37
In article <455C9CB7.A22D3183(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >You need to get away from the concept of commercial >> >> >insurance. With that model there is no drive to save money. >> >> >> >> *I* do not need to get away from the concept. I am telling you >> >> what our Democrats have in mind when they talk about a single-payer >> >> system. >> > >> >What the Democrats 'have in mind' isn't the only possibilty ! >> >> How do you know this? You have already shown a misunderstanding >> of the US Constitution, the Federal medical programs, tax >> laws, and how we work. > >I have made no comments about half those things even in this thread. > > >> >> >Remember, the NHS is not insurance. >> >> >> >> I am telling you that your type of NHS would never be >> >> implemented here >> > >> >I can accept its chances may be slim due to vested interests but that's not >> >the point I was trying to make. >> > >> >> nor would it work. >> > >> >Just explain *why* it wouldn't work. You keep making this assertion on the >> >basis of vague notions. >> >> I have already told you. Yours is based on small business models. > >No it isn't. The NHS is one of the largest organisation in the world ! > > >> A single-payer in the US cannot have that; it is too big--3000 miles >> wide 1700 miles long. You cannot administer distribution system >> using a small business model while keeping the decisions central. > >Then how do the likes of FedEx and DHL function *worldwide* ? They cannot deliver individual service. They do not repackage, recolor, nor remake the package nor the contents. There is no comparision to carrying a package from point A to point B and fixing a single individual's ailment. /BAH |