Amazing thing I heard about containers

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Post #41,392

by drewk

6/6/02 9:55:24 AM

Amazing thing I heard about containers

My in-laws went to New Jersey recently to visit friends and go sight-seeing in Manhattan. While driving past one of the docks, they saw acres upon acres of containers sitting in neat rows. Their hosts told them they were already-empty boxes from China. They were sitting waiting to be recycled.

Apparently, it is cheaper to just build new boxes in China than to wait for an empty ship to be reloaded with empties for the trip home.

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Post #41,394

by CRConrad

6/6/02 10:01:08 AM

Sending empties? Buy less shit from there, or sell more!

M$ stock continues to please those who - (Ashton) - (53) - May 30, 2002, 11:19:29 PM EDT

Re: MS is one stock that will bounce back - (dmarker2) - (49) - May 31, 2002, 03:43:16 AM EDT

I dunno. - (mmoffitt) - (48) - May 31, 2002, 12:16:10 PM EDT

Re: I'd love to see Linux sweep MS away, but - (dmarker2) - (47) - May 31, 2002, 08:50:13 PM EDT

Am getting more into embedded personally, but... - (mmoffitt) - May 31, 2002, 09:03:01 PM EDT

Licensing note. - (static) - (44) - June 1, 2002, 01:12:53 AM EDT

Maybe I'm just too damned old. - (mmoffitt) - (43) - June 1, 2002, 04:55:36 PM EDT

Are you blind??? - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - June 1, 2002, 09:34:42 PM EDT

No, I am not a cynic -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - June 1, 2002, 07:29:48 PM EDT

Cackle..____glorp. - (Ashton) - June 1, 2002, 08:01:11 PM EDT

I'm so ashamed. - (mmoffitt) - June 2, 2002, 12:13:24 AM EDT

I didn't say everything should be a web service. - (static) - (38) - June 2, 2002, 02:53:21 AM EDT

Didn't mean to imply you did. - (mmoffitt) - (37) - June 2, 2002, 05:22:52 PM EDT

Your not as old as you think... - (jb4) - (36) - June 3, 2002, 08:45:37 AM EDT

Re: Trying to understand XML & Web Services - try containers - (dmarker2) - (35) - June 4, 2002, 02:58:01 AM EDT

That ... makes sense! - (drewk) - (1) - June 4, 2002, 09:34:05 AM EDT

TWikified - (kmself) - June 6, 2002, 11:42:27 PM EDT

Very well written, but... - (mmoffitt) - (32) - June 5, 2002, 12:16:06 AM EDT

Re: Good point - (dmarker2) - (31) - June 6, 2002, 01:20:56 AM EDT

Let's follow the analogy a bit further - (Ashton) - (28) - June 6, 2002, 04:08:13 AM EDT

Related to something I was just saying about OSS & FSF - (drewk) - (18) - June 6, 2002, 10:29:19 AM EDT

Those seem to be the stages, but it's the Aim - (Ashton) - (17) - June 6, 2002, 07:17:13 PM EDT

Re: But,but, but - (dmarker2) - (16) - June 7, 2002, 03:25:20 AM EDT

Shall we sing "John Henry"? :-) - (a6l6e6x) - June 7, 2002, 03:45:38 AM EDT

Yes of course - you can't Not -invent stuff.. - (Ashton) - (8) - June 7, 2002, 05:38:21 AM EDT

Re: Yes of course - you can't Not -invent stuff.. YA GOT ME - (dmarker2) - (4) - June 7, 2002, 07:55:34 AM EDT

Well, then you don't know what you're talking about. - (CRConrad) - (3) - June 7, 2002, 08:29:03 AM EDT

Re: Jeeze CRC - that was mild ... - (dmarker2) - (2) - June 7, 2002, 08:34:04 AM EDT

Stone cold sober; at work. Summer. - (CRConrad) - (1) - June 7, 2002, 09:36:16 AM EDT

Re: Please accept my public apology for - (dmarker2) - June 7, 2002, 10:00:14 AM EDT

Re: Carnot Cycle ... here is an example of a good one - (dmarker2) - (2) - June 7, 2002, 10:39:18 AM EDT

We had one on the roof! - (Ashton) - June 7, 2002, 06:35:04 PM EDT

Re: Carnot Cycle ... here is an example of a good one - (shimon340) - Aug. 26, 2004, 07:07:14 AM EDT

Hey Doug, Toolmakers, Machinists, lathes are STILL here - (tonytib) - (5) - June 8, 2002, 08:58:42 PM EDT

Re: A funny story re Lathes & precision finishing - (dmarker2) - (4) - June 8, 2002, 09:57:54 PM EDT

I had a sort of opposite problem - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - June 8, 2002, 10:46:11 PM EDT

Re: I had a sort of opposite problem - (dmarker2) - (1) - June 9, 2002, 12:03:11 AM EDT

Only the last sentence is relative - (Andrew Grygus) - June 9, 2002, 12:58:20 AM EDT

Taig is still around, but in Arizona - (tonytib) - June 9, 2002, 03:33:29 AM EDT

Re: Where you are leading may - (dmarker2) - (8) - June 7, 2002, 12:21:14 AM EDT

ie 'change is inevitable" - (Ashton) - (7) - June 7, 2002, 06:28:55 AM EDT

Re: ie 'change is inevitable" - (dmarker2) - June 7, 2002, 08:41:42 AM EDT

Therein is the big issue IMO - (drewk) - (5) - June 7, 2002, 09:38:28 AM EDT

Yes - it seems to be that last.. - (Ashton) - (4) - June 7, 2002, 06:47:20 PM EDT

Re: Ashton, have created a new thread in open ... - (dmarker2) - (3) - June 8, 2002, 11:21:29 PM EDT

Beyond call of duty :-) Mine should have been tagged OT - (Ashton) - (2) - June 9, 2002, 08:06:15 PM EDT

Indeed. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - June 11, 2002, 12:08:55 AM EDT

Tip of iceberg? - (Ashton) - June 11, 2002, 04:09:02 AM EDT

Amazing thing I heard about containers - (drewk) - (1) - June 6, 2002, 09:55:24 AM EDT

Sending empties? Buy less shit from there, or sell more! -NT - (CRConrad) - June 6, 2002, 10:01:08 AM EDT

Licensing model - (jake123) - June 5, 2002, 10:21:03 AM EDT

Back below 50 in heavy trading - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - June 3, 2002, 11:13:44 PM EDT

Re: Not just MS - also IBM, Siebel, Redhat - all slumped - (dmarker2) - (1) - June 4, 2002, 02:55:19 AM EDT

Dunno about them 'Industrial Average' thingies - (Ashton) - June 4, 2002, 03:26:54 AM EDT

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