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...this, called queuing theory, and it's well known to large companies. Queuing theory is also one of the forces behind Ethernet technology, which has made it possible for various people to send vast amounts of information along a network at the same time. You never hear data complain, do you? The gist of it is that you can use a complicated mathematical model to predict, say, how many people will arrive at a checkout counter at a certain time--and therefore staff just the right number of folks needed to meet the demand. Unfortunately, all too many companies seem...
...aren't stupid," Fecky says with a flare of irritation when asked about the danger from mercury. But like Femmy, who lives a few houses down the road, he knows better than to rock the boat. "Of course I worry about the contamination. But what can I do? To complain would be useless. It would just make problems for me and my family with the other villagers who think they can find the gold under their houses...
...After a protester nailed Prescott with an egg on the campaign trail, the British bulldog unloaded a left jab on the guy and wrestled him until police arrived. "I wish, of course, that the incident I was involved in hadn't happened," said Prescott. "But no one can now complain about a lack of interest in this election campaign." Actually, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, leader of Scotland's Conservative Party, complained that Prescott had ruined "a long and honorable tradition of throwing eggs at politicians." In Poland on a European speaking tour, Bill Clinton was also the target...
...Bushies complain that enviros and most Democrats haven't bothered to wait for the release of the new proposal before dismissing it as a sop to Big Oil. They incessantly lambaste the Clinton Administration for neglecting the nation's long-term energy needs. And they scoff at any critic who suggests that the White House is too close to the energy sector...
...delivered it - a lapse in coordination that led some West Wing occupants to question whether the Vice President's staff was either tone deaf or worse when it came to handling public relations on this sensitive issue. Senior officials in the White House and some cabinet agencies complain that Cheney's team played into, rather than diminished, fears that the plan would be too heavily tilted to oil and gas interests. "The President and Vice President just have different styles," concedes one senior administration official, using phrasing that passes for high insubordination in the Bush White House. But the official...