Heh:omega 616 said:
"We wouldn't dream of selling something that MIGHT teach people naughty language. But selling something that MIGHT ease the job of robbing a store or killing other people in general is O-Kay!"
Poll: Is Wal-Mart evil?
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"We wouldn't dream of selling something that MIGHT teach people naughty language. But selling something that MIGHT ease the job of robbing a store or killing other people in general is O-Kay!"
Check the "Big Box Mart" skit for an entertaining and very relevant little ditty about this issue. It's on JibJab.
Short answer: Yes. They are. Bad, I mean. Not necessarily "evil," but they do more harm than good. They are the Gamestop of retail, which is ironic because technically GS would consider themselves a retail store, even though they are essentially a pawnshop. Anyhow, they provide poor quality at slightly lower prices, and treat their employees horribly. I would never buy anything from Wal-Mart that wasn't obviously a name brand product, because the stuff they sell is garbage. Check the return lines next time you shop. Near where I'm at, seems like they're always full.
Short answer: Yes. They are. Bad, I mean. Not necessarily "evil," but they do more harm than good. They are the Gamestop of retail, which is ironic because technically GS would consider themselves a retail store, even though they are essentially a pawnshop. Anyhow, they provide poor quality at slightly lower prices, and treat their employees horribly. I would never buy anything from Wal-Mart that wasn't obviously a name brand product, because the stuff they sell is garbage. Check the return lines next time you shop. Near where I'm at, seems like they're always full.
I have always thought it would be funny if somebody bought a gun and ammo then held up the store, it would be a wonderful moment to me.Housebroken Lunatic said:Heh:omega 616 said:
"We wouldn't dream of selling something that MIGHT teach people naughty language. But selling something that MIGHT ease the job of robbing a store or killing other people in general is O-Kay!"
We have wal-mart in the UK but it's called Asda and they have super low prices but because it's crap food! lolmrbones228 said:
OT: They are a business trying to make money, don't say you wouldn't do the same because i know you would.
It depends. Exactly how powerful is that CPU of his? I mean, it probably takes a whole lot of computational power to calculate what exact position his arm holding the gun is in and how the position of the gun in his hand correlates to where the target is standing. And since he's not using the iron sights of most guns but fire from the hip, his only way of actually hitting something that way he would have to do it by "gutfeeling" (or rather having his CPU to calculate exactly how he's holding the gun in relation to where the target is and how that target is moving, since robots don't have "gutfeeling" like we humans do).omega 616 said:
Whereas a fitted laser sight might alleviate the computational process a little, since we know that the terminator can see in the infra-red spectrum and could thus use the laser sight as a visual marker a little like certain laser guided missile systems do today when firing his gun without using the iron sights.
Sounds reasonable?
Not to ruin that but at one point doesn't he blow up a few cars without killing anybody and another time he is carrying a coffin while shotting a mini gun not killing anybody.Housebroken Lunatic said:It depends. Exactly how powerful is that CPU of his? I mean, it probably takes a whole lot of computational power to calculate what exact position his arm holding the gun is in and how the position of the gun in his hand correlates to where the target is standing. And since he's not using the iron sights of most guns but fire from the hip, his only way of actually hitting something that way he would have to do it by "gutfeeling" (or rather having his CPU to calculate exactly how he's holding the gun in relation to where the target is and how that target is moving, since robots don't have "gutfeeling" like we humans do).omega 616 said:
Whereas a fitted laser sight might alleviate the computational process a little, since we know that the terminator can see in the infra-red spectrum and could thus use the laser sight as a visual marker a little like certain laser guided missile systems do today when firing his gun without using the iron sights.
Sounds reasonable?
In that he was deliberately ordered not to harm anyone, and did a perfect job of it.omega 616 said:Not to ruin that but at one point doesn't he blow up a few cars without killing anybody and another time he is carrying a coffin while shotting a mini gun not killing anybody.Housebroken Lunatic said:It depends. Exactly how powerful is that CPU of his? I mean, it probably takes a whole lot of computational power to calculate what exact position his arm holding the gun is in and how the position of the gun in his hand correlates to where the target is standing. And since he's not using the iron sights of most guns but fire from the hip, his only way of actually hitting something that way he would have to do it by "gutfeeling" (or rather having his CPU to calculate exactly how he's holding the gun in relation to where the target is and how that target is moving, since robots don't have "gutfeeling" like we humans do).omega 616 said:
Whereas a fitted laser sight might alleviate the computational process a little, since we know that the terminator can see in the infra-red spectrum and could thus use the laser sight as a visual marker a little like certain laser guided missile systems do today when firing his gun without using the iron sights.
Sounds reasonable?
We don't have Wal-Mart in this country but we do have ASDA which is part of that incestuous and greedy family as the signs are oh so keen to point out. I think that in America, you have the kind of system in which Wal-Mart is almost a good thing. For example, small shops can't offer health care for the masses where as Wal-Mart can. However, over here in the UK, small shops don't need to offer health care because it's free. This means that these small businesses are put out for no reason other than that of pleasing the fat-cats who own the large corporations. In a time of recession such as this, people want these cheap shops like Tesco and ASDA to come to town so that they provide jobs and slightly cheaper goods. What they don't realise is that more jobs will be lost than provided as a result. Therefore, in the UK, Wal-Mart is evil.
Of course, since you seem to be Soviet Trogdor, there might be some bias methinks.Chech said:
Although yes, I agree, being from the UK, I am glad I don't need to factor in free healthcare as a decision for working at a company I probably wouldn't like. I'm not too fond of the pro-business, "let's make loads of money and do nothing else with our lives" maxim. It's boring, and people like that, the OP included, make me want to do the whole Raiders of the Lost Ark melting shebang, but that's probably because it reminds me of New Right economics, which reminds me of Thatcher.
And I don't like Thatcher.