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The "Marketing Era" business model says that the product is the entire customer experience and level of satisfaction. Cheaping out on the call center will come around to bite them in the end. It will be interesting to see the world economy in 10 - 20 years if India and China keep on their ...

Happy New Year in this, a wonderful year of many "firsts"!

A potential lethal dose is only one pound of chocolate in a 16-pound dog.

Isn't eating 1/16th of your own weight in chocolate lethal to people, too?

These folks know a lot about it: A site dedicated to year around riding! And get this - their host is based in Michigan!

Ah, forget what the intent of the rules were, just enforce them to the letter!

Ya know, that's why real live people still make the really important decisions instead of trusting them to computers...

Having known and worked with congressmen from both sides of the isle, it is probably better to call and/or visit their local office. Even if you only talk to their local staffer, it does reach the congressmen in an attentive way. Senators are harder to reach but that method is still preferable to al...

I concider myself conservative, not libertarian, but: I'll buy that! Psycology is to today what "snake oil" was to the last century. There is some basis in science and convelescance (sp?) but it is too easy to fool people with the easy rip-off. Too bad, too. There are too many people who c...

It's only a concept model. The feedback they get will shape their marketing efforts.

The tech there is a welcome sight, comming from this continent!

you should know that you're leaving will not change what I'm trying to do here, and anyone that has been here since the beginning knows what I'm working towards. Anyone that has been privy to other message boards that are total chaos, fully of lackluster information and no sense of community will k...

George, the "disgusting" part comes in when these birds are threatened (or at least if they think so). Their main defense is to regurgitate on would-be predators. Believe me, you don't want a piece of this! The smell is some multitude worse than a skunk and very persistant. The regurgitati...

You guys gotta check this out! Brrrr!

http://www.yearroundriders.com/

It was in a suburb of Cincinnati. It lasted about a day after the local news covered it. Too much traffic after that..

Too bad. What a great show! That took a lot of work.

"We will utilize all tools at our disposal to ensure that U.S. intellectual property rights are protected," says U.S. trade rep Robert Portman, noting that piracy and counterfeiting remain "rampant" in China despite years of bilateral talks. I know Rob. Good man. I'm glad to see...

Chains are rough enough on cage tires - I'd hate to see what it will do to a bike tire!

It does start the imagination going, though, doesn't it?

Oops! That last one was mine.

Better to just let the dander ferment, ripen, and then rot.

Hmmmm. How could anything ferment then ripen and rot? Wouldn't it have to ripen then ferment (a form of rot)? Doesn't fermentation produce cool things like alcohol?

Mmmmmm 18 yr Bowmore. I think I'll have another sip!

Do I smell Scientology ?

Not on me!

No, as an engineer, I chaff at a "science" that is 90% hypothosis, 5% real science, and ulterior motives making up the rest. With all that is unknown, it sickens me to see so many suppositions acted upon as if they were proven fact.

My vote is nay on the new pecker section. I was really hesitant to add Pat's section and I dont see the value in another section where all hell is allowed to break loose because that will just spill into other sections. We aren't talking about a new type of content here (ie politics/religion), we a...

Hydro-Static is one of those marketing terms adopted to describe a certian type of system. It uses a logic controlled valve to vary the amount of fluid running to a hydraulic motor. I suppose it is a type of CVT but it is better suited to low range of speed stuff like machine equipment. A "true...

Instead, people are going to get all blown up over this, and they dont know or have all the facts. They don't need to know either! Mark, there is a lot of chatter off-board, though. People - a lot of people - are saying that this was over a spat with Pat. They are also saying that Pat was dishing a...