From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.5 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_20 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1116ece181be1aea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-22 11:24:31 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8mgdmv08eaabv53vv5sofud2k40lbo0fdh@4ax.com> <6roimvg39s8h5ba64u9pn0trsa4d3u4kai@4ax.com> <4XCbb.13251$Uv2.12148@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:24:29 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.220.170 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1064255069 141.154.220.170 (Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:24:29 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:24:29 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42757 Date: 2003-09-22T18:24:29+00:00 List-Id: WARNING: Complete Off-topic. "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message news:dsvtmvge015p2toc3d921hc81sc6orrtnl@4ax.com... > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:38:08 GMT, "Frank J. Lhota" > >Where do people get TRAINED to eat McDonald's food? > > In McDonald's restaurant, I guess. Here in Germany, there is a > tradition to go in all family each weekend to a McDonald. Not to a > theatre or museum, note. Tradition? Not is my family. And I hope that plenty of German families take advantage of their country's many excellent museums. > >And if there are so many > >McDonald's "trainees" out there, what accounts for the drop in McDonald's > >business over the last few years? > > Because of Pizza restaurants? (:-)) Is that much better? No, the only fast food chain that has not experienced a drop in business over the past few years is Subway, a chain that serves low-fat sandwiches. > >The recording industry attempts to reign in file sharing has > >been inept and ineffective. > > Freedom always wins, after all. I've always thought so. > >Universal has finally seen the light and taken > >the right course of action on recorded music. Instead of threatening their > >customer base with legal action, Universal announced that they are reducing > >the price of their CD's to $10 tops. > > [sobbing] Children of Universal's top managers will hunger! (:-)) Actually, Universal music may very well end up making more money than ever. The drop in per-disk profit could be made up in increased volume.