On Fri, 23 May 2008 09:13:55 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

>>> Well I don't know if they have a USA branch... yet.
>>
>> Oh, I think they do....just under a different name.
> 
> OOC to your knowledge has anyone tried to start a Republocrat party?
> "Two grating flavours in one party!"

LOL, no, I don't think so.  Well, maybe Joe Lieberman.

>>> The Advertising Standards Authority have rules...
>>
>> That's handy.
> 
> They even enforce them too if someone complains and it's found
> upholdable; they've had adverts pulled for being misleading etc.

Interesting...

>>>> Of course, my vision has become slightly less good since then. ;)
>>>
>>> Odd, mine's got better :-P
>>
>> B*stard. ;-)  I probably need to go and get my eyes checked out - it's
>> been years since I had an exam;
> 
> I had a reminder a couple of months back that it had been a year since
> my last, I have noticed some mild deterioration. They're getting worse
> but it's slowed substantially since I was younger [touch wood] I expect
> they'll plateau and then start to drop again in 20-odd years time.

I think my last vision exam was probably 20 years ago....Yeah, it's 
probably time.

>> had to do a vision test for my driver's license renewal, had to close
>> one eye to read the lines, missed the middle line completely as a
>> result.  When I went back and read it again, I had to really
>> concentrate to read it.  Just comes and goes for me.
> 
> Heh when you get to the age you need to renew your driver's licence you
> just fill out a form saying you can see; various parties have been
> trying to change that for ages.

Wow.  Maybe I need to get that college degree so I can emigrate. ;-)

>>> Likewise the majority think they're 'better than average' drivers.
>>
>> Yeah - I wonder how many evaluated themselves around 60%....
> 
> more like 75%.

Well, I was thinking if it's a 15% inflation (which is typical for 
learning effectiveness), the ones who are in the 60% range are "on the 
cusp" of actually being below average drivers.

>> True, but I think if there's a value associated with it, people tend to
>> overstate a bit more.
> 
> Hmm I suppose, but time is money too.

Yes, but it surprises me how many people don't think that way.  Hell, I 
even don't sometimes - went to a movie yesterday afternoon (the new 
Indiana Jones film) during the work day - I was given a ticket.  Ticket 
cost was $5.50.  My time, though, was worth, say, $35/hour, so in 
actuality the cost of my going to the movie was close to $110 (figure 3 
hours including travel time - and I nearly always stay until the end of 
the credits).  And I was just one person who went.

That said, it's nice that the company does things like that for us - 
having a little bit of R&R (especially given that often times the job 
runs late into the evenings and over weekends at times) is a nice bonus 
to have.

> I believe their 4OD service is time-restricted, so sadly it may well be
> the case.

Well, access to the video may be, not sure how the DRM works for it, 
though.  I guess we'll find out at some point.

>> Yeah.  Amazing that companies do that.
> 
> What the customer doesn't know can't hurt them - right?

Heh, I s'pose if you say it long enough, people might believe it. ;-)

Jim

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