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Yet Another Look at CD Sales
citizenkeller writes "Dan Bricklin, of VisiCalc fame, has published a very interesting essay on "CD sales, downloading, and burning". In his own words: 'Given the slight dip in CD sales despite so many reasons for there to be a much larger drop, it seems that the effect of downloading, burning, and sharing is one of the few bright lights helping the music industry with their most loyal customers. Perhaps the real reason for some of the drop in sales was the shutdown of Napster and other crackdowns by the music industry.'"
and donate it. Today is a great day to be heard. We all need to pitch in.
If we don't fight for ourselves no one will.
You're right. People in Afghanistan that lost their husbands/children/houses/jobs could really use it.
Today, I read about a zoological garden that had been bombed by the US (why?). Most of the animals were dead, most of the buildings destroyed. This is not as important as the many people in NYC and Afghanistan that are now dead while being civilists, but I always frown when one of these bits passes media and shows how many people actually died there.
Did you know that while the US were attacking Afghanistan, many, many more people died there than in the WTC and around?
(I still wonder why there aren't any videos of the Pentagon, the best-guarded building in the world, when this plane crashed in it.)
Offtopic. But sometimes you need to compare POVs.
42. Easy. What is 32 + 8 + 2?
heh... n00b :p
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You are just selling white bread ? Are you a little bit racist :-)
Micha !
Woohoo! Lapster!!! Can someone please start uploading Lap-dances here too!
Make America grate again!
Your empire won't last forever. None do. Get used to it.
I would like to announce that I am now accepting PayPal donations to hunt down this particular AC and personally driver over his Xbox with a large vehicle.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing -- Emo Phillips
"driver over"?
Maybe somebody should run me over and put me out of my misery...
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing -- Emo Phillips