Parents took me out to Shorty's for my last dinner. Now I am uncomfortably full and I still have packing to do, NOT TO MENTION completely cleaning out my car because I sold it to my friend.
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TehSlothHit Or MissI Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered Userregular
Parents took me out to Shorty's for my last dinner. Now I am uncomfortably full and I still have packing to do, NOT TO MENTION completely cleaning out my car because I sold it to my friend.
The price transparency made possible by the Web has been used to defend consolidation and to counter arguments that it would lead to higher fares. At a congressional hearing back in 2008, airline executives responded to government concerns about the Delta-Northwest merger by insisting that the market-disciplining effect of online sellers such as Expedia, Travelocity, and Orbitz creates such transparency that it will keep prices low, as Douglas Steenland, then CEO of Northwest Airlines, promised. But Expedia and other online travel agencies have already complained that they've been denied the ability to offer "choice seats" from carriers, including American, which has been embroiled in legal battles with some of them.
At the same time, the airlines are—in concert— planning a new business model that would make it difficult to do apples-to-apples comparisons of airfares. The carriers are planning to roll out "personalized" fares that will be tailored to individual fliers based on things like their travel history, zip code, frequent-flier status, and the like. These fares would not be advertised or published in any publicly accessible database and could jeopardize the transparency consumers have enjoyed for more than a decade, and which the public has been told guarantees fairness and competition in a rapidly consolidating field. While travelers could still shop anonymously, they'd be given every inducement not to do so. "This sounds like Big Brother to me," Representative Cohen said when asked about this bespoke pricing scheme, which is now before the Department of Transportation. The International Air Transport Association, which backs the move, counters that consumers will still be able to compare prices.
Parents took me out to Shorty's for my last dinner. Now I am uncomfortably full and I still have packing to do, NOT TO MENTION completely cleaning out my car because I sold it to my friend.
She didn't buy it
as is?
That was pretty obscure, dude.
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TehSlothHit Or MissI Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered Userregular
Amazing, I love the optics that the explosives expert the mythbusters have brought in is rocking like, tyvek coveralls and a keffiyeh
The price transparency made possible by the Web has been used to defend consolidation and to counter arguments that it would lead to higher fares. At a congressional hearing back in 2008, airline executives responded to government concerns about the Delta-Northwest merger by insisting that the market-disciplining effect of online sellers such as Expedia, Travelocity, and Orbitz creates such transparency that it will keep prices low, as Douglas Steenland, then CEO of Northwest Airlines, promised. But Expedia and other online travel agencies have already complained that they've been denied the ability to offer "choice seats" from carriers, including American, which has been embroiled in legal battles with some of them.
At the same time, the airlines are—in concert— planning a new business model that would make it difficult to do apples-to-apples comparisons of airfares. The carriers are planning to roll out "personalized" fares that will be tailored to individual fliers based on things like their travel history, zip code, frequent-flier status, and the like. These fares would not be advertised or published in any publicly accessible database and could jeopardize the transparency consumers have enjoyed for more than a decade, and which the public has been told guarantees fairness and competition in a rapidly consolidating field. While travelers could still shop anonymously, they'd be given every inducement not to do so. "This sounds like Big Brother to me," Representative Cohen said when asked about this bespoke pricing scheme, which is now before the Department of Transportation. The International Air Transport Association, which backs the move, counters that consumers will still be able to compare prices.
i feel like dis would not pass legal review
dis is like perfect price discrimination
I wonder when the next big advocate against corporations will come into play. It just gets worse and worse.
The price transparency made possible by the Web has been used to defend consolidation and to counter arguments that it would lead to higher fares. At a congressional hearing back in 2008, airline executives responded to government concerns about the Delta-Northwest merger by insisting that the market-disciplining effect of online sellers such as Expedia, Travelocity, and Orbitz creates such transparency that it will keep prices low, as Douglas Steenland, then CEO of Northwest Airlines, promised. But Expedia and other online travel agencies have already complained that they've been denied the ability to offer "choice seats" from carriers, including American, which has been embroiled in legal battles with some of them.
At the same time, the airlines are—in concert— planning a new business model that would make it difficult to do apples-to-apples comparisons of airfares. The carriers are planning to roll out "personalized" fares that will be tailored to individual fliers based on things like their travel history, zip code, frequent-flier status, and the like. These fares would not be advertised or published in any publicly accessible database and could jeopardize the transparency consumers have enjoyed for more than a decade, and which the public has been told guarantees fairness and competition in a rapidly consolidating field. While travelers could still shop anonymously, they'd be given every inducement not to do so. "This sounds like Big Brother to me," Representative Cohen said when asked about this bespoke pricing scheme, which is now before the Department of Transportation. The International Air Transport Association, which backs the move, counters that consumers will still be able to compare prices.
i feel like dis would not pass legal review
dis is like perfect price discrimination
I wonder when the next big advocate against corporations will come into play. It just gets worse and worse.
It's slowly tipping away from consumers... the disruptions from new tech were all on the consumer's side in the beginning, but the balance has shifted to business and now, more and more, technological disruption comes at the expense of consumers instead of to their advantage.
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surrealitychecklonely, but not unloveddreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered Userregular
anybody trying to play vidya should use ethernet cables
The price transparency made possible by the Web has been used to defend consolidation and to counter arguments that it would lead to higher fares. At a congressional hearing back in 2008, airline executives responded to government concerns about the Delta-Northwest merger by insisting that the market-disciplining effect of online sellers such as Expedia, Travelocity, and Orbitz creates such transparency that it will keep prices low, as Douglas Steenland, then CEO of Northwest Airlines, promised. But Expedia and other online travel agencies have already complained that they've been denied the ability to offer "choice seats" from carriers, including American, which has been embroiled in legal battles with some of them.
At the same time, the airlines are—in concert— planning a new business model that would make it difficult to do apples-to-apples comparisons of airfares. The carriers are planning to roll out "personalized" fares that will be tailored to individual fliers based on things like their travel history, zip code, frequent-flier status, and the like. These fares would not be advertised or published in any publicly accessible database and could jeopardize the transparency consumers have enjoyed for more than a decade, and which the public has been told guarantees fairness and competition in a rapidly consolidating field. While travelers could still shop anonymously, they'd be given every inducement not to do so. "This sounds like Big Brother to me," Representative Cohen said when asked about this bespoke pricing scheme, which is now before the Department of Transportation. The International Air Transport Association, which backs the move, counters that consumers will still be able to compare prices.
i feel like dis would not pass legal review
dis is like perfect price discrimination
I wonder when the next big advocate against corporations will come into play. It just gets worse and worse.
So my employee is trying to sell her phone (GS3) on craigslist because she won another one in a sales contest. She said yesterday that she was going to list it for $400.
I came in today and she's all excited because she has a buyer, and he's offering her $490 because she has to ship it. So I look at the address she's writing on the box right before she heads out the door to the post office
It's going to Lagos, Nigeria
/facepalm
I pulled up something about Nigerian PayPal scams and had her read it. She was so disappointed that she would have to relist it
So whenever you're wondering how anyone could possibly be stupid enough to fall for obvious scams, remember: there are people whose only exposure to the internet is Facebook, Twitter, the Chive, and Tumblr. They just haven't run into the Nigerian email scam meme and don't know the warning signs
The price transparency made possible by the Web has been used to defend consolidation and to counter arguments that it would lead to higher fares. At a congressional hearing back in 2008, airline executives responded to government concerns about the Delta-Northwest merger by insisting that the market-disciplining effect of online sellers such as Expedia, Travelocity, and Orbitz creates such transparency that it will keep prices low, as Douglas Steenland, then CEO of Northwest Airlines, promised. But Expedia and other online travel agencies have already complained that they've been denied the ability to offer "choice seats" from carriers, including American, which has been embroiled in legal battles with some of them.
At the same time, the airlines are—in concert— planning a new business model that would make it difficult to do apples-to-apples comparisons of airfares. The carriers are planning to roll out "personalized" fares that will be tailored to individual fliers based on things like their travel history, zip code, frequent-flier status, and the like. These fares would not be advertised or published in any publicly accessible database and could jeopardize the transparency consumers have enjoyed for more than a decade, and which the public has been told guarantees fairness and competition in a rapidly consolidating field. While travelers could still shop anonymously, they'd be given every inducement not to do so. "This sounds like Big Brother to me," Representative Cohen said when asked about this bespoke pricing scheme, which is now before the Department of Transportation. The International Air Transport Association, which backs the move, counters that consumers will still be able to compare prices.
i feel like dis would not pass legal review
dis is like perfect price discrimination
I wonder when the next big advocate against corporations will come into play. It just gets worse and worse.
Who was the last?
Nader?
The guy who wrote DeCSS?
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knitdanIn ur baseKillin ur guysRegistered Userregular
Few things make me as happy as watching a fly fisherman waste a day of fishing because he scares off all the fish by standing in the creek.
Hey moron, that only works in fast moving streams or in the movies.
Meanwhile, a guy I know caught his limit in 20 minutes with worms.
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Chooby pls.
I am not jelly of hipsters. I have nothing but contempt for most of them. The few shining stars that are actually able to monetize their new media projects are vastly outnumbered by the legions of independent coffee shop baristas from The Midwest with a liberal arts degree, an inflated sense of self worth, and a parental gravy train that they're squandering.
Fucking hipsters
*spit*
In my experience they start looking real sad in their late 20s, early 30s
Chooby pls.
I am not jelly of hipsters. I have nothing but contempt for most of them. The few shining stars that are actually able to monetize their new media projects are vastly outnumbered by the legions of independent coffee shop baristas from The Midwest with a liberal arts degree, an inflated sense of self worth, and a parental gravy train that they're squandering.
Fucking hipsters
*spit*
In my experience they start looking real sad in their late 20s, early 30s
my problem with wifi is very personal. my racist uncle is a paranoid shitlord who has the modem in his room (the basement). so i can't really get access to it and he's crazy about technology, only trusting his router. he has both hardwired and it creates these insane IP conflicts and devices disconnect constantly. also he torrents constantly, unlimitedly, fucking our bandwidth's face.
i think we pay for 16/6? or 25/6? rarely ever get more than 5-6. get dropped from internet connectivity altogether half a dozen times per day.
*fume*
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Deebaseron my way to work in a suit and a tieAhhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered Userregular
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twitch.tv/tehsloth
Whelp I took screenshots because it is pretty!
http://www.cntraveler.com/features/2013/07/airline-industry-changes?MBID=twitter_
She didn't buy it
as is?
i feel like dis would not pass legal review
dis is like perfect price discrimination
That is such a hagiography.
Next page is the sermon on the mount :-)
That is p bad bro.
I would totally prefer this version
skippy
I get 1.5mbps on a very good day, shaddap. :<
That was pretty obscure, dude.
twitch.tv/tehsloth
Who was the last?
saves so much fkin ballache
i hate wifi so much
I came in today and she's all excited because she has a buyer, and he's offering her $490 because she has to ship it. So I look at the address she's writing on the box right before she heads out the door to the post office
It's going to Lagos, Nigeria
/facepalm
I pulled up something about Nigerian PayPal scams and had her read it. She was so disappointed that she would have to relist it
So whenever you're wondering how anyone could possibly be stupid enough to fall for obvious scams, remember: there are people whose only exposure to the internet is Facebook, Twitter, the Chive, and Tumblr. They just haven't run into the Nigerian email scam meme and don't know the warning signs
Nader?
The guy who wrote DeCSS?
Hey moron, that only works in fast moving streams or in the movies.
Meanwhile, a guy I know caught his limit in 20 minutes with worms.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
whoops
ping between 1200-2000
fuck computers
@irond will
I don't live in the suburbs, brah!
a) this is a rental
b) my wife flips out about visible wires which is why we now have a lcd instead of a projector
c) jesus christ is technology really this shitty that I can't send data 40 feet through the air from my router to my computer
If it comes in those trapezoid type box containers it's the right kind of Chinese food.
i think we pay for 16/6? or 25/6? rarely ever get more than 5-6. get dropped from internet connectivity altogether half a dozen times per day.
*fume*