shambala
Re:Emirates Says Bookings to the U.S. Fell by 35% After the First Trav...
on Saturday March 11, 2017 @05:55PM (#13847734)
Same here. I am brown, US passport, have never had any problems reentering the US. One time I even had a full on beard, and looked very disheveled and disoriented. Ambled on in.
Re:Emirates Says Bookings to the U.S. Fell by 35% After the First Trav...
on Saturday March 11, 2017 @05:54PM (#13847728)
How did you get into Denmark? I heard they shut down their Green card scheme.
Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx
on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @04:41PM (#12601187)
Just because it's UPS core business doesn't mean UPS is doing it right. Merchandising was Sears' core business. Heck, the airlines' core business is air transportation, and plenty of them have gone out of business/merged in the last few years.
Also don't forget that UPS is a union ship, with very expensive union contracts. The UPS is the largest individual employer in the Teamsters Union.
https://teamster.org/upsupsf-contract-updates/ups-agreements...
Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx
on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @04:35PM (#12601137)
UPS and Fedex are not known for innovation. And you have to consider what level of optimization they are doing. Maybe Amazon can optimize faster/better. Even today, UPS website is dated and hard to use.
Fedex never really got Fedex Ground right.
And don't get me started on why they have to use 16 digit package tracking numbers that start with '1Z'. WTF?
Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx
on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @04:30PM (#12601099)
And Walmart will still suck at eCommerce, even after buying jet.com. That purchase was a blunder.
Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx
on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @04:28PM (#12601074)
Wal-Mart? Hardly union standards, and never been able to successfully organize.
Re:Uber revolution will not last
on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @11:17AM (#12590231)
Because the laws are outmoded and terrible.
Re:In Brooklyn, Uber is now bigger than taxis
on Monday September 26, 2016 @11:45AM (#12582781)
What a load of shit! I have lived in LA for 15 years. Taken my share of taxis but a lot more Uber. Uber has been 98% of the time fairly priced, clean and safe. No Uber ride has ever taken twice as long as the taxi ride. If anything I had to watch the taxi driver like a hawk to make sure he didn't take the wrong exit or shoot off into a canyon to run up the bill. Good luck actually finding a taxi by the way, in LA. I hope Uber and its ilk drive taxis out of business.
Re:Why billions of dollars of goods are stuck at sea
on Thursday September 22, 2016 @04:17PM (#12559994)
They will just buy insurance, and the insurance companies will figure it out.
Re:The refugees who sheltered Edward Snowden in 2013 in Hong Kong
on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:17PM (#12448848)
These Sri Lankans should go home to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is now at peace, and they no longer need to find refuge.
Re:Thousands of adoptees thought they were US citizens but learned th...
on Saturday September 03, 2016 @12:47PM (#12419869)
I completely support what Switzerland did. If you don't want to be part of the culture you are joining, they don't have to let you in. Note that they are not expelling the girls-they are denying them citizenship. Citizenship for Switzerland means shared values.
Ping me when Saudi Arabia allows Jews to become citizens.
Re:Thousands of adoptees thought they were US citizens but learned th...
on Saturday September 03, 2016 @12:44PM (#12419858)
Because she is an illegal immigrant. Case closed.
Re:Think You Bought Red Snapper? Don’t Be So Sure
on Saturday September 03, 2016 @12:42PM (#12419848)
Anybody know if I can do a DNA test on food at home? How can I build a lab at home?
Re:How Fake Money Saved Brazil (2010)
on Saturday September 03, 2016 @12:39PM (#12419835)
Ridiculous. They should have dollarized the economy. It would have forced internal and external discipline on them.