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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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Date: 
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 18:53:25 GMT
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Sproaticus wrote:


> I say conecption, you say perception, let's just order a pizza.

Umm.... Pizza! :)

> Scott, I may be opening a huge can-o-worms here, but...  You got off pretty
> easy in terms of health insurance, esp. being covered by your parents after
> high school.

Not really, most companies do this nowadays.

> (My dad's employer would only cover dependants living at home.)
> OTOH, I have friends I graduated with, who have worked the nine years since
> high school graduation, who have never been eligable for health coverage
> through their employers.  Now, it's their fault for not finding another job,
> but that's neither here nor there.  Point is:  health insurance is by no means
> guaranteed by employment.

Not really, especially considering if that is one of the things you look
for. I can find 20-30 positions in Ann Arbor right now that have health
benefits with the job. But, that is really not the point of this whole
can of worms. I think most of the people from Britain, based on their
posts, think America needs a socialized, government run health care
plan. I disagree, I think there are market based plans that would work
much better (Newt Gingrich had an excellent plan).

> > It has, thanks due to a certain person! :) (Another debate, another
> > time!)
> 
> Gimme a name; I'll look up the news.

No, I do not want to go down this road again. Let's just say the economy
has benefited, and it is a much better environment for everything.


> Everything has a dollar value.  Money is just an extremely vague abstraction
> to measure units of Work.  Work is a requirement to produce any Thing.
> Therefore, all Things have monetary value.
> 
> Of course, that's oversimplified.  The actual amount of Work to produce a
> Thing is impossible to pin down, as is the Work-to-money ratio.  But
> everything in the States, the UK, everywhere, has a monetary value.

Yes, from benefits to LEGO's to food, etc. Money is a decent way of
representing items for goods and services.


> Responsibility is the price one pays to be a Compartmentalized Dork.  ;-)

Hey, I resemble that Compartmentalized Dork in a cube! Actually, that is
my whole life, or at least my LEGO collection is in many different
compartments:)

Scott S.

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Affiliated Engineers, Inc.

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