Comments for emeris ramblings http://ramblings.emerisc.com Random Musings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Amazon? Evil? Never! (ok, maybe a little) by RW Rogers http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/12/22/amazon-evil-never-ok-maybe-a-little/#comment-118 RW Rogers Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:20:44 +0000 http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/12/22/amazon-evil-never-ok-maybe-a-little/#comment-118 As the independent vendors set the prices and the shipping charges, whatever game is being played is being played by the vendors, not Amazon. It is obvious that Eszter doesn't understand the Amazon Prime program and no one can get through to her that only products sold and/or stocked by Amazon are ever eligible for it. Of course, they do list other vendors offering the same product, new or used. Those prices are no secret and are often less than Amazon's own price. Those products are not shipped by Amazon but direct from the vendors themselves at their expense. Eszter is complaining because she wants the best of both worlds without paying for either: any cheaper price offered by an outside vendor and shipping via Amazon Prime despite the fact that Amazon itself is not the vendor, the warehouser nor the shipper. Strange that someone with a PhD in communications has failed to understand the simply stated program, the obvious outside vendors, nor the repeated attempts by various commenters to educate her. As the independent vendors set the prices and the shipping charges, whatever game is being played is being played by the vendors, not Amazon. It is obvious that Eszter doesn’t understand the Amazon Prime program and no one can get through to her that only products sold and/or stocked by Amazon are ever eligible for it. Of course, they do list other vendors offering the same product, new or used. Those prices are no secret and are often less than Amazon’s own price. Those products are not shipped by Amazon but direct from the vendors themselves at their expense. Eszter is complaining because she wants the best of both worlds without paying for either: any cheaper price offered by an outside vendor and shipping via Amazon Prime despite the fact that Amazon itself is not the vendor, the warehouser nor the shipper. Strange that someone with a PhD in communications has failed to understand the simply stated program, the obvious outside vendors, nor the repeated attempts by various commenters to educate her.

]]> Comment on Amazon? Evil? Never! (ok, maybe a little) by eszter http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/12/22/amazon-evil-never-ok-maybe-a-little/#comment-117 eszter Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:52:02 +0000 http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/12/22/amazon-evil-never-ok-maybe-a-little/#comment-117 Hi, thanks for looking into this. I see your and others' point. I'd just like to note one more time that if I'm being charged $17.13 when I've already <I>paid</i> for shipping at a Prime member then I'm actually being charged more than anybody else for this product. It may be sunk cost, but it is still a cost. Hi, thanks for looking into this. I see your and others’ point. I’d just like to note one more time that if I’m being charged $17.13 when I’ve already paid for shipping at a Prime member then I’m actually being charged more than anybody else for this product. It may be sunk cost, but it is still a cost.

]]> Comment on I spy with my little eye something(s) that doesn’t belong…. by penny gwyn http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/05/07/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-somethings-that-doesnt-belong/#comment-14 penny gwyn Thu, 08 May 2008 04:43:15 +0000 http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/05/07/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-somethings-that-doesnt-belong/#comment-14 You need to watch more American Idol, clearly... You need to watch more American Idol, clearly…

]]> Comment on *sigh* by penny gwyn http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/05/03/sigh/#comment-13 penny gwyn Sun, 04 May 2008 05:19:34 +0000 http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/05/03/sigh/#comment-13 In the mysterious case of the ion hair dryer, its about preying on women's supposed fear of science, which makes me sad. In the mysterious case of the ion hair dryer, its about preying on women’s supposed fear of science, which makes me sad.

]]> Comment on Sillyness by Sunny http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/23/sillyness/#comment-9 Sunny Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:32:51 +0000 http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/23/sillyness/#comment-9 Yes, it is a silly idea, and that is THE point. It is silly, it is whimsical and it is funny. But there is a serious side to it too. The question "why" something happens aren't asked very often. You know how to turn the computer monitor on, you see all those wires running around, you sort of know "how" it works. But do you know Why it works? Why do those pixels light up when you connect them to the power outlet? So once a year, it is not a bad idea to ask a few more "why" questions then you normally would. And in addition, March 14th is Einstein's birthday. He has taught us so much. He needs to be remembered beyond the cliche of e=mc^2. Happy Talk like a Physicist day to you! Have a pi on that day, think about Einstein and the big universe and ask a few more why questions - it will be fun! Yes, it is a silly idea, and that is THE point. It is silly, it is whimsical and it is funny. But there is a serious side to it too. The question “why” something happens aren’t asked very often. You know how to turn the computer monitor on, you see all those wires running around, you sort of know “how” it works. But do you know Why it works? Why do those pixels light up when you connect them to the power outlet?

So once a year, it is not a bad idea to ask a few more “why” questions then you normally would.

And in addition, March 14th is Einstein’s birthday. He has taught us so much. He needs to be remembered beyond the cliche of e=mc^2.

Happy Talk like a Physicist day to you! Have a pi on that day, think about Einstein and the big universe and ask a few more why questions - it will be fun!

]]> Comment on Sillyness by penny gwyn http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/23/sillyness/#comment-8 penny gwyn Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:51:46 +0000 http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/23/sillyness/#comment-8 No, for the rest of the year you get to talk like a normal person, eventually negating the need for "talk-like-a-physicist" day. I'm already planning on things that I will say on march 14th! No, for the rest of the year you get to talk like a normal person, eventually negating the need for “talk-like-a-physicist” day.

I’m already planning on things that I will say on march 14th!

]]> Comment on long year part II by penny gwyn http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/09/long-year-part-ii/#comment-7 penny gwyn Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:08:59 +0000 http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/09/long-year-part-ii/#comment-7 Someone should run who majored in chocolate chip cookies. Someone should run who majored in chocolate chip cookies.

]]> Comment on A note on being clever and cascades by penny gwyn http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/05/a-note-on-being-clever-and-cascades/#comment-6 penny gwyn Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:04:38 +0000 http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/05/a-note-on-being-clever-and-cascades/#comment-6 Explain cascade? Explain cascade?

]]> Comment on Hello by emeris http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/04/hello/#comment-5 emeris Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:23:32 +0000 http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/04/hello/#comment-5 Hi Hi

]]> Comment on A cat by dorfy http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/04/a-cat/#comment-4 dorfy Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:47:19 +0000 http://ramblings.emerisc.com/2008/02/04/a-cat/#comment-4 <p>Can cat has a cheeseburger?</p> Can cat has a cheeseburger?

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