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Message 199 of 341 (653970)
02-25-2012 5:42 PM
Reply to: Message 187 by hooah212002
01-23-2012 6:26 PM


Re: Gasoline prices
In laymens terms, why do gas prices (the prices we pay at the pump) fluctuate on a daily basis? Why is it the only consumer item that does this
Gas station operators try to make sure that they always bring in enough revenue to buy the next shipment of gas, but also have to be wary of charging even a tiny bit more than their competitor across the street. They have to speculate on a daily basis as to how much they are going to be charged for the next shipment. I'm not sure where they all get their info on what is happening to the price of gas, but they have to be very reactive to that information.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)

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Message 205 of 341 (654044)
02-26-2012 12:56 PM
Reply to: Message 200 by Jon
02-25-2012 9:12 PM


Re: Gasoline prices
Perhaps this is all hooey, but there was a news story on TV a long while ago which claimed that only a few cents of each gallon actually goes to the gas station.
I don't doubt that gas station operators don't make a lot of profit on each gallon of gasoline. But they still have to keep buying and pumping gas in order to sell over priced chips, flashlights, milk, hot dogs, beer, phony stay awake juice, etc. When the cost of buying new gasoline starts cutting into the snack profits, then the station can be in trouble.

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Message 208 of 341 (654051)
02-26-2012 2:58 PM
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02-26-2012 2:27 PM


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I thought the snacks were expensive because of low volume sales on snacks and to make up for low profits on the gas.
Yes, but how is that at odds with anything I said?
If the operator does not have gas to sell, the snacks don't get bought in any appreciable volume.
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Message 274 of 341 (657051)
03-25-2012 11:21 AM
Reply to: Message 271 by crashfrog
03-25-2012 10:58 AM


Re: Ubuntu!!!!!
I'm not all that familiar with using linux on non-x86 hardware, but people using Ubuntu 11 seem able to get wifi to work on their intel-PCs. I've read about some situations which required fiddling, but not of any problems that could not be solved.
For cash strapped folks who aren't going to run pirated Windows, perhaps doing a little bit of fiddling to get wifi to work isn't the worst thing in the world.
Also, I understand that the most recent version of Wine does a great job of running MS Office stuff, if open office isn't a good enough substitute.
Linux: still not ready for prime time.
Maybe not in all cases for all people. I certainly cannot speak to the hole in support that you found. But given the wide range of hardware that Linux runs well on, I think this slogan is not quite so universal.

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