The current market seems to be driven by a need to see major series as soon as they are released, if not sooner. Why is that? I hadn't heard many of my favourite albums until they were already 20 years old - what makes TV different?
I like your summary there. Interesting that the two countries doing terrible things because groupthink and budget... are the two with the most thoroughly broken FPTP electoral systems.
Not sure of the European situation but in the UK if you attempted to sue without some level of negotiation first your case would be thrown out as vexatious.
Conversely if you sue someone on the basis they have ignored multiple reasonable proposals out of court the court will favour you heavily.
The London Underground map has all of those issues and it's worked just fine for approaching 100 years. I don't see why New York visitors would have any more or less difficulty.
Because if you are going to build new cross-town rail (over or under the surface) you need to start NOW in order for those people to use it when they turn 30.
Seen It A Million Times. Any hitchhiking horror ever. This is no different. In fact it's safer because there is SOME interaction with the driver before getting in.
The point is they don't have to. Buses run fixed routes and taxis have a well understood range - so they're both great candidates for using alternate power even today.
When did you last see a bus pull into a public filling station? So there is nothing practical tying them into gasoline.
Airbags are only ubiquitous because nobody could be bothered to wear seatbelts properly in the first place... there's an analogy in there somewhere too.
Hmmm. Good critique. So really this is about use cases. Instagram is (was?) popular because there was a) an iOS app for it b) filters.
Flickr, on the other hand, is popular because it seems to suit the way dedicated amateurs and upwards treat photos. Maybe this is why the phone apps are not compelling, it's just not FOR that use case.
Blipphoto is aimed at photo-a-day projects and is an easy way to blog about individual photos, so it's more like... tumblr?
Seeing several comments here that seem to be treating this as an either/or discussion. Thought I'd post for the benefit of US & global readers: the UK already outsources plenty to service providers, and many of those service providers either run their own data centres or in turn consume managed capacity in one form or another from their own suppliers in turn.
For instance: DVLA (vehicle / driver licensing) - Capita Many civil service departments, including Highways Agency and significant chunks of what is in effect the civil service WAN - ATOS TfL (Transport for London - authority and infrastructure for London and surrounding areas) - IBM
And yes - some of this data, and the analysts, are offshore already.
One does wonder quite why the DVLA needed 39 locations onshore in the first place however...
The stupid thing is, if they shut many of the expensive London offices and moved these services to the Northeast of England, they'd achieve a good half of the saving anyway and WIN political points. I can't understand why this isn't happening.
Apparently some governments have better sense than some businesses.
Indeed. I know it doesn't look like it sometimes, but the purpose of Government is to prevent Tragedy of the Commons, and to my mind "buy the lowest cost irrespective of value delivered" is very much Tragedy of the Commons when discussing tax dollars.
In a similar way, current stock market behaviour actively encourages "reduce cost at all cost" and there's yer problem. Many companies in the UK have begun moving services back onshore once the revenue impact of the customer backlash started to bite. It's a pity they couldn't see that coming.
Unless they paid some money to someone, it's not clear why they would think they are entitled to support.
Indeed. What you said here is a universal issue with companies offering services or other intangibles - the more the customer pays the more they value the product, and they somehow project this onto the supplier. The logic seems to be that if it was actually any good you'd be charging for it.
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There is. Acceleration. Accelerate hard enough and all sorts of strange things happen in your wake, the trivial example being Unruh radiation.
CORRECTION: $6 for a proxy and ME paying GBP145.50 a year so YOU can consume BBC content.
The current market seems to be driven by a need to see major series as soon as they are released, if not sooner. Why is that? I hadn't heard many of my favourite albums until they were already 20 years old - what makes TV different?
All emulations are equal, but some are more equal than others.
-- Church-Turing-Orwell Theorem
Little bit of a problem with point 1 there. Lots of people went to O2 / Be broadband as it was not shaped or filtered. Guess what? Sky bought them.
No, the box contains ambiguity, and an elk.
FOR black ops! And hookers!
I like your summary there. Interesting that the two countries doing terrible things because groupthink and budget ... are the two with the most thoroughly broken FPTP electoral systems.
No loss. As long as you use FLAC.
If only I'd known this that time I needed a playlist to last me 4 years.
Don't change your password to SHRDLU.
If only the average Steam customer was likely to have some sort of a device with a touch screen and BlueTooth already...
Not sure of the European situation but in the UK if you attempted to sue without some level of negotiation first your case would be thrown out as vexatious.
Conversely if you sue someone on the basis they have ignored multiple reasonable proposals out of court the court will favour you heavily.
The London Underground map has all of those issues and it's worked just fine for approaching 100 years. I don't see why New York visitors would have any more or less difficulty.
Because if you are going to build new cross-town rail (over or under the surface) you need to start NOW in order for those people to use it when they turn 30.
Seen It A Million Times. Any hitchhiking horror ever. This is no different. In fact it's safer because there is SOME interaction with the driver before getting in.
The point is they don't have to. Buses run fixed routes and taxis have a well understood range - so they're both great candidates for using alternate power even today.
When did you last see a bus pull into a public filling station? So there is nothing practical tying them into gasoline.
Airbags are only ubiquitous because nobody could be bothered to wear seatbelts properly in the first place... there's an analogy in there somewhere too.
Meanwhile, I believe IPv5 was abandoned due to a design fault in the hull.
Hmmm. Good critique. So really this is about use cases. Instagram is (was?) popular because there was a) an iOS app for it b) filters.
Flickr, on the other hand, is popular because it seems to suit the way dedicated amateurs and upwards treat photos. Maybe this is why the phone apps are not compelling, it's just not FOR that use case.
Blipphoto is aimed at photo-a-day projects and is an easy way to blog about individual photos, so it's more like... tumblr?
Unless the UK government say "yeah but money," as has already happened with DVLA.
A pub in Dublin does not strike me as a good way to SAVE money...
Seeing several comments here that seem to be treating this as an either/or discussion. Thought I'd post for the benefit of US & global readers: the UK already outsources plenty to service providers, and many of those service providers either run their own data centres or in turn consume managed capacity in one form or another from their own suppliers in turn.
For instance:
DVLA (vehicle / driver licensing) - Capita
Many civil service departments, including Highways Agency and significant chunks of what is in effect the civil service WAN - ATOS
TfL (Transport for London - authority and infrastructure for London and surrounding areas) - IBM
And yes - some of this data, and the analysts, are offshore already.
One does wonder quite why the DVLA needed 39 locations onshore in the first place however...
The stupid thing is, if they shut many of the expensive London offices and moved these services to the Northeast of England, they'd achieve a good half of the saving anyway and WIN political points. I can't understand why this isn't happening.
Apparently some governments have better sense than some businesses.
Indeed. I know it doesn't look like it sometimes, but the purpose of Government is to prevent Tragedy of the Commons, and to my mind "buy the lowest cost irrespective of value delivered" is very much Tragedy of the Commons when discussing tax dollars.
In a similar way, current stock market behaviour actively encourages "reduce cost at all cost" and there's yer problem. Many companies in the UK have begun moving services back onshore once the revenue impact of the customer backlash started to bite. It's a pity they couldn't see that coming.
Unless they paid some money to someone, it's not clear why they would think they are entitled to support.
Indeed. What you said here is a universal issue with companies offering services or other intangibles - the more the customer pays the more they value the product, and they somehow project this onto the supplier. The logic seems to be that if it was actually any good you'd be charging for it.
(I do not agree with this logic)