new google image format

  On 8/19/2010 at 3:25 PM, messiaen said:

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=asda&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=981&bih=645

EDIT: Scratch that shit. Basic version gives you better pics

  On 8/19/2010 at 12:47 PM, azatoth said:

There is a reason they can sell your crap to you for so cheap and that's because of their questionable ethics.

it's actually really simple: Wal-Mart is huge. They buy all their products from the distributors in bulk. Because they buy so much, Wal-Mart is essentially paying less for each product than a Mom 'n Pop store than doesn't have enough capital to buy products in that sort of bulk. So Wal-Mart can charge less because they paid less. What's sad is that it's an autocatalytic process. I'm not sure that's questionable ethics, it's just simple economics. Now whether JR should shop there is another question. If he can afford to pay a little more for a toy from a local toy store, he probably should.

isn't apathy wonderful?

  On 8/19/2010 at 4:45 PM, dr lopez said:

  On 8/19/2010 at 12:47 PM, azatoth said:

There is a reason they can sell your crap to you for so cheap and that's because of their questionable ethics.

 

it's actually really simple: Wal-Mart is huge. They buy all their products from the distributors in bulk. Because they buy so much, Wal-Mart is essentially paying less for each product than a Mom 'n Pop store than doesn't have enough capital to buy products in that sort of bulk. So Wal-Mart can charge less because they paid less. What's sad is that it's an autocatalytic process. I'm not sure that's questionable ethics, it's just simple economics. Now whether JR should shop there is another question. If he can afford to pay a little more for a toy from a local toy store, he probably should.

What Walmart actually does is tell their distributors how much they're willing to pay. They have what's called a monopsony advantage, that is they are one buyer who faces many sellers. They're able to do this because of that economy of scale. If the distributor is not willing to meet the price point that Walmart sets, they can easily find someone else who will.

Their questionable ethics comes in the form of how they don't allow workers to unionize, their willingness to turn a blind-eye to factories which use child labour (though this has changed recently), their reluctance to hire people as full-time employees (resulting in them not having to pay for insurance or give other benefits entitled to full-time workers) and various other shenanigans.

  On 8/19/2010 at 4:32 PM, chassis said:

the £16 girl would get mcdonalds and a dvd, then i'd completely pummell her brains out.

the £360 girl would get oysters and champagne in paris, then i'd completely pummell her brains out.

is that what it means?

naw mate, it means you and me can't afford the lass with 360 pound dresses.

im just gonna point out guys, that im pretty sure its the same girl just wearing two different dresses. so either way all theyd get from me is a roofie, a sore neck and a taxi fare to (camden?) next to them when they get up.

in my head it's twins

  On 8/18/2010 at 4:20 PM, keltoi said:

it makes you want to punch someone though eh?

you get used to it, i was annoyed at first too, but now i realise that it's nice having more selections to view at once, with no wasted space.

yeah the old format was much better for scanning thumbnails of albums covers, new ver sucks.