Jump to content
mrray13

Welcome to the IHoP

Recommended Posts

A'ced the economics presentation smile.gif

Congrats on a job well done!!! Gotta love the feeling.

thanks :)

A'ced the economics presentation :)

Nice work. What topic?

thanks, it was about competitive markets and their characteristics etc. etc.

Have you learned about the situation where two firms agree to keep prices the same but earn more if they cheat on the contract? Basically I learned it using two gas stations in a situation where a price war may occur. The two stations agree to keep their price at, say, $2.50. This gives each station 50% of the profitability of the town. However, if one station cheats and lowers their price to attract more customers, they increase their intake to 70% of the overall profitability in the town, while the other station only gets 30%. Basically what it comes down to in the end is that both will cheat because they don't want to be the one with the 30%. It's not a riddle, but rather supposed to be more of a real-life scenario.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Bustanut! :)

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

these things are pretty snazzy lookin'

Rockford Fosgate® - PP15mm

I bet these are MUCH better

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx

I can sense a bandwagon, first dd, now rf and I think they are not the only car audio companies to have earbuds..

Correct, Kicker makes several.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Off to bed...it's past 0400 and I work today.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Damn ninja edit failed again.

You're killing my vibe man !

:P

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Damn ninja edit failed again.

You're killing my vibe man !

:P

Am I the only one that beats you? :popcorn:

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

where do you shoot at Matt?

Bill's gun range in crystal.

I would like to find some 100+ yard lanes outdoors so I could get some glass and sight in the rifles though. If you're ever interested, let me know. We always have a blast, purchased some zombie targets last time after shooting some targets for accuracy.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

at least you left Jack out of it.

Pretty sure he would win. :peepwall:

That big goof, he's going through puberty now and can't put his pink rifle away. Everytime he sits down practically he just has to show off.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

where do you shoot at Matt?

His wife's face. Skeet skeet skeet.

It would be more like skeet skeet, BANG. Then she would collect my life insurance from a "hunting accident"

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Except they were in it until the refs took it away.

No way was he kicking from >50 yards and that last catch was NOT a catch. The refs gave it to them.

The setup for that play had crap calls too, the Vikes should have had the ball and the Saints couldn't stop them without the VIkes giving them the ball. The outcome would have been different.

The roomie Sean was pretty broken up about it. After working with the team and cheerleaders so close he took it a bit personal.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

these things are pretty snazzy lookin'

Rockford Fosgate® - PP15mm

I bet these are MUCH better

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx

Those are a good bet. My wife likes those more than almost any other ear bud because of the small form factor. they can fit in the ear snug and the hard plastic doesn't touch her ear at all.

I have a pair of M audio's IE - 40's. I got a good deal on a pair, and for buds I like them quite a bit. I did have a pair of shure buds that were cheaper that I loved because of how they made bass sound very rich at that price point. They were not nearly as detailed though.

I've gone through 4-5 pair of $199+ ear buds in the past 5 years. I just sold them and moved on, but the M audio's I have stuck with for over a year now with no regrets.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

these things are pretty snazzy lookin'

Rockford Fosgate® - PP15mm

I bet these are MUCH better

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx

I can sense a bandwagon, first dd, now rf and I think they are not the only car audio companies to have earbuds..

Correct, Kicker makes several.

I recomend in general use what musicians use. Ultimate ears. My M audios claim to use the same tech. If I could I would spend the cash and have some molds of my ears made and get custom buds... I'm just not into spending 1000 bucks on ear buds.... yet.

:)

Let me expand on my recomendation... if you want ear buds, it's because you want small form factor. You also don't want others to hear you. And you don't want to hear anything else. At least that should be the reason. If those aren't the reasons go get a killer set of cans. Cans can beat out ear buds dollar for dollar usually.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I have been listening to a large portion of emoish type punk music lately. Pandora is flexing it's cry muscles.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

*impatiently waiting to hear back from companies lease guy

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
PRESS RELEASE:

Concord, MA – January 21, 2010 – TomTom, the world's leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, today revealed the first fully detailed view of which interstate highways are the fastest and slowest in the United States. Although the average speed on some U.S. roads slightly exceeded the speed limit, data from GPS users show that, overall, drivers tend to stay within speed limit range on most major U.S. highways.

The results were calculated using data from Speed Profiles™, the historical speed database from TomTom's map business unit Tele Atlas that helps personal and professional fleet drivers find the best routes. Speed Profiles is integrated as IQ Routes™ on TomTom devices. It aggregates, anonymously, the actual speeds that millions of GPS-enabled drivers have traveled over the last two years to provide the most accurate view of historic speeds available.

Data were organized to show the average speeds on interstate highways and to reflect only free flow speed data, or average speeds when there is no traffic present. When compared to a database of posted speed limits, the results indicate that the average U.S. driver stays within the speed limit range on most urban and rural interstate highways:

* Even drivers in the fastest states tend to stay within the speed limit range. Across all interstate highways, Mississippi has the fastest roads, with average speeds of just over 70 MPH and posted speed limits ranging from 65-70 MPH. New Mexico (70 MPH actual average, 70-75 MPH posted speed limits), Idaho (70 MPH actual average, 65-75 MPH posted speed limits), Utah (70 MPH actual average, 65-75 MPH posted speed limits) and Alabama (70 MPH actual average, 60-70 MPH posted speed limits), round out the top five states with the fastest interstates in the country;

* Famous worldwide as a road network where drivers can go as fast as they like, Germany's Autobahn has speed limits in some areas, but drivers typically travel over 100 MPH in unregulated spots. Where is America's Autobahn? Our fastest road is on I-15 in Utah and Nevada, with speeds averaging 77.67 MPH, although some spots on that highway allow 80 MPH;

* The nation's fastest area is in the middle part of the country. Seven of the top 15 states with the fastest highways are in that area. The average speeds on roads in Mississippi, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Idaho, Alabama and Missouri exceed 67 MPH; the average posted speed limits in those states is 70 MPH;

* Speeds on single interstate highways that span a number of states, such as the I-95 route running from Northern Maine to Southern Florida, differ dramatically depending on where you are. Along that highway, the fastest section is in South Carolina; the slowest sections are in Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

* Findings for the Washington D.C. area echo results found in TomTom's recent study of the most congested traffic spots in the U.S. (see www.teleatlas.com/WhyTeleAtlas/Pressroom/PressReleases/TA_CT038317) Washington D.C. has the slowest average MPH on its interstate highways, at 46 MPH. After Washington D.C., the states with the slowest interstate average MPH are: Hawaii (53 MPH); Delaware (61 MPH); Rhode Island (63 MPH); and Oregon (63 MPH).

The Speed Profiles database currently covers 85,000 miles of interstate highways in the United States. To see lists of the top 20 states with the highest MPH averages, maps of the fastest and slowest highways in the U.S. and for further information, go to www.teleatlaspresskit.com.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.

×