"@tailstoo: It's sort of a prisoner's dilemma -- it is good for a company to shed their dead wood and become more productive -- but if a bunch of companies do that, then significantly rising unemployment means they all have less customers with less money."
"@MostlyHarmless: It's a pretty commonly held belief that you could walk into any IT shop in the country, fire (the right) half of the workers and actually increase output."
"Some of these places don't seem to understand that the point of a promotion is to, you know, promote your place.
If you try to cheap it out, all you do is piss off the people you're trying to attract as customers."
"@trashbaby: Monoprice is GREAT if you can wait for it to be shipped to you, but the OP sounded like they were in a "need it today" sort of situation."
"@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): Most of them also make excellent porn titles!
John's Excellent Broth
John's New Bottom
John's Raw Walnuts
John's Young Hobbies!
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