I agree. If the revenue from these ads was actually having the effect of lowering the price of the games I'd support them. So far, though, it seems that the companies are still charging the same price regardless of if the game has ads in it or not.
And if I had noses on my feet I could smell the ground I walk on. Since neither that or what you describe in your post will ever happen in reality it doesn't invalidate my point (which is based on an actual business models of real companies).
If I'm playing a futuristic shooter I don't want a McDonalds ad Well, of course not. We all know that in the future it was Taco Bell who won the franchise wars.
"We attempted to reach Jack Thompson for his opinion on the matter but we were rebuffed as Jack Thompson was in the middle of beating the final level of the Left Behind game"
The crime was an attempt at using FUD to defraud both Novell and other companies and Linux users into paying them protection money. Such acts are against the law and should be punished. I think the better question, is why do you think such actions shouldn't be punished.
But doesn't this demand for "net neutrality" actually limit the potential for innovation in some cases? No, how would it?
There might be legitimate uses for "tiering," which is why we shouldn't be forcing it on the Net through the means of law. So far all the uses of tiering is so the ISPs can make more money at the expense of the consumer while still not upgrading their infrastructure.
The problem is that the bigger tubes are just too expensive and since the internet isn't just a big truck, it's really hard to be able to transport these newer and bigger tubes to where they need to be laid.
Wow, that is pretty cool. I wonder what actual AMD chips can plug into it? The article doesn't seem too specific or if there are any details at all.
BTW lame bus related joke:
Did you hear about the magic bus?
It went along the road, then turned into a side street.
Two electrons are sitting on a bench in the park. Another electron comes walking by and says, "Hi there, can I come sit with you?", to which the electrons reply, "Don't be ridiculous, we aren't Bosons."
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Someone couldn't have really expected that a Uwe Boll movie was going to be good, could they?
I agree. If the revenue from these ads was actually having the effect of lowering the price of the games I'd support them. So far, though, it seems that the companies are still charging the same price regardless of if the game has ads in it or not.
And if I had noses on my feet I could smell the ground I walk on. Since neither that or what you describe in your post will ever happen in reality it doesn't invalidate my point (which is based on an actual business models of real companies).
That's assuming they still even have a company once IBM and Novell gut them.
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"We attempted to reach Jack Thompson for his opinion on the matter but we were rebuffed as Jack Thompson was in the middle of beating the final level of the Left Behind game"
Not bad. One could easily make a profit selling all that after buying a controlling stake in SCO.
The crime was an attempt at using FUD to defraud both Novell and other companies and Linux users into paying them protection money. Such acts are against the law and should be punished. I think the better question, is why do you think such actions shouldn't be punished.
Plenty of Linux companies make money. It's called selling support. Wow, that was hard.
The problem is that the bigger tubes are just too expensive and since the internet isn't just a big truck, it's really hard to be able to transport these newer and bigger tubes to where they need to be laid.
People still buy Monster cables? Please tell me you made this post in jest.
Yeah that part about Flickr made me laugh heartily.
Hey that's not fair, it takes at least some intelligence to get the foam on the latte.
Damnit and someone is already clogging up the internet tubes there with their home movies!
Wow, that is pretty cool. I wonder what actual AMD chips can plug into it? The article doesn't seem too specific or if there are any details at all. BTW lame bus related joke: Did you hear about the magic bus? It went along the road, then turned into a side street.
If these machines were a total mess here in the US, why did they think it was going to work in France?
Two electrons are sitting on a bench in the park. Another electron comes walking by and says, "Hi there, can I come sit with you?", to which the electrons reply, "Don't be ridiculous, we aren't Bosons."
*yawn*
So do they need a bunch of big trucks so they can start laying down the tubes?