There's a P&P RPG called Shadowrun (which is an incredible game). In Shadowrun's timeline, in the year 2001, the Shiawase decision came about.
"Megacorporations had begun to evolve in the 1980s and '90s, when merger fever had everyone from banks to defense contractors glomming together like so much gunk on a bathroom tile. But the first real nails in the coffin of the old world were the Seretech and Shiawase decisions. The first one upheld Seretech Corporation's right to maintain an armed force for the protection of it's personnel and property, effectively legitimizing private corp armies. The second had even worse consequences; it established corporate extraterritoriality, giving multinational corporations the same rights and priviliges as foreign governments."
Obviously special promotions will give you a better price than DDD's normal prices. Even Best Buy has some great DVD prices when they have their "3 DVDs for $20" or similar promotions going on.
As far as everyday prices go, though, DDD is usually the winner. When I use DVDPriceSearch.com to search for good DVD deals, DDD is almost always the cheapest.
In addition to the points you made, many less people will play a game that requires a monthly fee (for various reasons like not being able to afford it, not having a credit card, etc), so they have less of a userbase.
Because a lot of people still believe that Intel is somehow superior to AMD just because they're more of a "brand name". MANY people will buy things just because the name is better, even if the product is inferior to a lesser-known brand's product.
And, of course, getting the 939 helps your computer be more future-proof. It's always nice to just be able to drop in a new processor rather than having to buy a new motherboard and transfer everything over.
Just ask all those people that bought slot Athlons how much they wish they would have gotten socket!
Yes. Also, keep in mind that this didn't only hurt doubleclick - it also hurt the webmasters that used doubleclick ads on their site. For some, a day's worth of ad revenues may be the difference between being able to eat one day or not.
The major shortcoming of RFID tags is not their rollout in stores, it's that they want to do things like weave them into clothing fabric or hide them so you've got to work to get them out. I don't know about you, but that's a bit excessive.
Excessive? Consider some of the main usages:
Anti-theft: Easily removable is a bad thing. Quick checkout: Easily removable is a bad thing.
I don't think it's "excessive" when having them be easily removable defeats the entire purpose for which a lot of stores will use them.
but if they can get this going I'll be playing on-line from my recliner. I think that'd be awesome!
You can already do that. It's called a PS2 w/ wireless controller. Sit in your recliner, no pay per month, life is good. Or, if you don't mind paying a small fee, XBL is worth it.
Well, it all depends on your time frame when you're talking about music. If you're basing it on the entire history of music, then yeah, it's pretty recent;)
Well yeah, except that some of us legitimately use text messaging...
Maybe if this becomes widespread over here, though, companies will stop charging for receiving messages. That would be grand. It sucks to have to pay for each message I receive when I have no control over whether I want those particular messages or not. With calls, you can choose not to answer and not get charged. No such option for text messages.
You just stop right there, mister. This is our Microsoft-bashing party and we're not going to have any silly things like "reason" and "logic" get in the way of our unbased accusations!
I'd attribute it more to the combination of more people getting broadband (they can now download huge files in a matter of hours), many legal threats (while the RIAA lawsuits may not have affected downloading, I'm sure many people don't share as much music anymore), and a bunch of legal MP3 download services popping up (if people are buying them legally, there's no point in sharing them on P2P networks).
Remember, just because YOU don't like the music they put out nowadays doesn't mean that there aren't hundreds of millions of people who do.
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... because OSX will run on AMD or Intel chips?
There's a P&P RPG called Shadowrun (which is an incredible game). In Shadowrun's timeline, in the year 2001, the Shiawase decision came about.
"Megacorporations had begun to evolve in the 1980s and '90s, when merger fever had everyone from banks to defense contractors glomming together like so much gunk on a bathroom tile. But the first real nails in the coffin of the old world were the Seretech and Shiawase decisions. The first one upheld Seretech Corporation's right to maintain an armed force for the protection of it's personnel and property, effectively legitimizing private corp armies. The second had even worse consequences; it established corporate extraterritoriality, giving multinational corporations the same rights and priviliges as foreign governments."
Oh, just wait until we get our equivalent of the Shiawase Decision.
(I hope that wasn't too obscure...)
Obviously special promotions will give you a better price than DDD's normal prices. Even Best Buy has some great DVD prices when they have their "3 DVDs for $20" or similar promotions going on.
As far as everyday prices go, though, DDD is usually the winner. When I use DVDPriceSearch.com to search for good DVD deals, DDD is almost always the cheapest.
Yeah, but they could have been banned from the store for stealing things, which is completely fair to do.
Of course, DeepDiscountDVD.com typically smokes both Target and Walmart's prices and has a FAR biger selection.
I think the general rule of thumb is that if you don't mind waiting, buying things online is far superior.
In addition to the points you made, many less people will play a game that requires a monthly fee (for various reasons like not being able to afford it, not having a credit card, etc), so they have less of a userbase.
It could be worse. Check out games.slashdot.org.
... like "100 terabytes"?
That depends, if you're going 95mph, it's pretty safe to say that you're speeding.
Because a lot of people still believe that Intel is somehow superior to AMD just because they're more of a "brand name". MANY people will buy things just because the name is better, even if the product is inferior to a lesser-known brand's product.
And, of course, getting the 939 helps your computer be more future-proof. It's always nice to just be able to drop in a new processor rather than having to buy a new motherboard and transfer everything over.
Just ask all those people that bought slot Athlons how much they wish they would have gotten socket!
Yes. Also, keep in mind that this didn't only hurt doubleclick - it also hurt the webmasters that used doubleclick ads on their site. For some, a day's worth of ad revenues may be the difference between being able to eat one day or not.
Radioactive fish! I can't wait for somebody to get bitten by one and then turn into an aquatic superhero.
The major shortcoming of RFID tags is not their rollout in stores, it's that they want to do things like weave them into clothing fabric or hide them so you've got to work to get them out. I don't know about you, but that's a bit excessive.
Excessive? Consider some of the main usages:
Anti-theft: Easily removable is a bad thing.
Quick checkout: Easily removable is a bad thing.
I don't think it's "excessive" when having them be easily removable defeats the entire purpose for which a lot of stores will use them.
there are only a finite amount of numbers between zero and x
Only if you limit the decimal places.
My favorite part is this: "This article is designed for the casual user".
Yes, of course, all the casual users I know run Red Hat under Virtual PC.
I... I think you just made my brain explode.
but if they can get this going I'll be playing on-line from my recliner. I think that'd be awesome!
You can already do that. It's called a PS2 w/ wireless controller. Sit in your recliner, no pay per month, life is good. Or, if you don't mind paying a small fee, XBL is worth it.
Well, Washington doesn't use the chair. Only lethal injection or hanging.
Well, it all depends on your time frame when you're talking about music. If you're basing it on the entire history of music, then yeah, it's pretty recent ;)
Well yeah, except that some of us legitimately use text messaging...
Maybe if this becomes widespread over here, though, companies will stop charging for receiving messages. That would be grand. It sucks to have to pay for each message I receive when I have no control over whether I want those particular messages or not. With calls, you can choose not to answer and not get charged. No such option for text messages.
I've always liked "no@spam.com". Google came up with nearly 5000 results for that.
You just stop right there, mister. This is our Microsoft-bashing party and we're not going to have any silly things like "reason" and "logic" get in the way of our unbased accusations!
I'd attribute it more to the combination of more people getting broadband (they can now download huge files in a matter of hours), many legal threats (while the RIAA lawsuits may not have affected downloading, I'm sure many people don't share as much music anymore), and a bunch of legal MP3 download services popping up (if people are buying them legally, there's no point in sharing them on P2P networks).
Remember, just because YOU don't like the music they put out nowadays doesn't mean that there aren't hundreds of millions of people who do.