> gMoney wrote: > I know that they are big enough to be able to afford this, and I'm sure > there is a profit scheme in here somewhere, but i'm still surprised....and > impressed. >
When my wife was going through day long interviews for this management consulting firm they did all of the normal case interviews, tests, etc, but they also asked brain teasers. One I remember is: Estimate the circumference of the Earth. The trick was not to see how close they got, but to see if they'd scared by the question first, and second, how they'd try to solve it. The point being that one of the key skills one needs to be successful in business is the ability to make decisions based on imperfect data. My guess is that many large corporations see the balance of facts in favor of human caused GW. That being the case they want the PR advantage of saying they were on board early. "Walmart: aligned with the Plant, aligned with you." There's your profit incentive. Ain't capitalism great? (plus it's a way to stave costs. If the government suddenly imposes a carbon tax or other brutal policy, those not prepared or already operating that way could easily be driven out of business.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226831 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
