It seems to me like the Times would have been better off offering *premium* content to subscribers rather than closing off the entire site altogether.
Premium content?
So people who pay for a subscription get to know World news and current events and people who don't get to know about the Vermont family that adopted a three-legged puppy or that the local (not local to you though) library is having a bake sale.
a magazine article about the iPhone is off-topic in a tech support board dedicated to the iPhone?
Here's probably what happened:
iPhone customer: Yeah, reception sucks on my new iPhone 4. AppleGeek: No it doesn't, I bet you're holding it with your hands? You're doing it wrong. iPhone customer: Uh, there's a bunch of threads on the subject, many of us are having the same issue. AppleGeek: They're doing it wrong too. iPhone customer: There's even an article in Consumer Report that mentions it! Here's the link --> AppleGeek: *pulls out the ban-hammer* iPhone customer, having a half-caf decaf soy mocha latte with a lemon twaist at Le Expensive Coffee: Where'd my thread go?
*Bonus points to whoever gets the "lemon twaist" reference.
You don't suppose that since those kids were affected by the "shiny new toy" condition do ya? At first you play everyday, then less and less.
Of course if you give a poor kid a shiny new computer they'll be using it to play instead of study! People who've had a computer for a long time have more of a "been there, done that" attitude so they aren't trying to spend as much time gaming as possible.
I'm sure that test scores dipped when the first NES came out but didn't dip as much when the SNES or Genesis came out because those weren't as exciting as the first time they had their hands on technology.
I agree about 'losing' the markup, but i personally think the customer satisfaction and good press would be worth it. I might be wrong with the big picture, but just my personal feeling.
Unfortunately, you are wrong.
Even with the reception issues being broadcast all over, sheeple are still camping out to buy a unit.
Your argument only works if you know what you want.
Most successful entrepreneurs are rich because they marketed something that you did not know you needed or wanted.
I doubt someone thought to himself:"Gee, I wish somebody could make me a puzzle game where I need to line up colored jewels in order to make then disappear and get points to go to the next level." or "Man, I wish somebody would build a phone that can take pictures."
The internet is filled with fart pages and such and that doesn't seem to be stopping you from finding what you want on it.
I see this as the high-tech version of Mecano or Lego blocks. Those not weened on the electronic teat used those toys to develop our creativity (even if all our constructions were cars or planes), kids can use the development of fart-apps on Android to get their creativity and imagination going... that "muscle" seems way under used in the current generation.
The way you're explaining this, that widget sounds more like a reflector than a telescope in the fact that it doesn't zoom what the eye sees but deflects it to a part of the eye that can interpret it.
"McDonald's is the stranger in the playground handing out candy to children"
Uh, there's a part missing to complete that quote: "that parents willingly go to see with their kids and PAY said stranger for their kids to receive candy."
Don't want your kids to eat Happy Meals? Don't take them to McDonald's! If your kids control you and make you go to McD's then you should concentrate on yourself instead of blaming others for your incompetence.
If your kids can go to McD's and pay for a Happy Meal on their own then they're old enough to make their own decisions about what to eat.
I am sick an tired people trying to legislate common sense.
Sure the paperless ticket will beat out scalpers, but it also screws over a bunch of people, not just Grandmas.
Most people, at one point or another, will need to sell or give away a ticket to a show for a bunch of reasons: sickness, gift, won better seats, etc.
With the e-ticket you're stuck. Perhaps offering a way to transfer the ticket (by calling the venue perhaps?) would help the people while still thwarting the mass buying/resale done by scalpers?
Ranting aside, I can see some potential here. If you're new in town you can rent a friend to show you around. At 20-30$/hour it's cheaper than a tour guide.
All 329 passengers perished aboard Air India flight 182 would beg to differ. 2 out of the Toronto 18 have been released on bail and is currently in Toronto.
No terrorist acts, right... He might want to google the FLQ as well...
Unlike Americans, most Canadians have had some level of military training
Uh, what are you basing this on? We don't have mandatory military training here, so only those who willingly join up have *some* level of military training. It seems like you're pulling the explosive's thing out of your ass as well.
We do have more guns per capital than in the States and a heck of a lot less gun related crimes per capita then in the States as well.
I totally agree with the rest of your statements though.
Most of that money went for putting up fences and the like around town... oh, and sprucing up a few small towns over 100 miles away that the G8-G20 people will never visit in order to boost tourism somehow. Don't forget the 2 million dollar fake lake and media center next to a real lake which will promote the beauty of the Canadian wilderness... There's the almost 100 million dollar sprucing up of Huntsville for, uh, nothing as it turns out. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/americas/25canada.html
See, I don't think that that is where Microsoft's problems lie.
The amount of money wasted in useless ventures (Zune, Mobile OS, etc.) and the Departments of Redundancy Departments that don't talk to each other (why the hell can't Word, Excel, Visio et al. work in the same way?) drain a lot of resources out of MS which in turn limits profits.
MS is big enough, they don't need to grow, they need to optimize and streamline what they already have.
As I Canadian I can honestly say that I do not give a rat's donkey about who is Governor General. Why? It's not because I don't care about politics, because I do, it's because the position's a useless waste of MY money.
All of her tasks could easily be done by someone else. Meet and greets with heads of State? Foreign Minister. Give out the Order of Canada? Prime Minister. Decide whether or not to prorogue government? Let the useless Senators vote on it or have everyone in the Chamber vote on it. Wave a hand, wear a funny outfit and say: "Parliament is now in session"? The President or any other douchebag, the f*cking tour guide could do it.
Seriously, this institution needs to be reduced to its useful components only. Use the spare cash to fix our healthcare and schools.
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[...]they all make John Romero their bitch
Hmmm... he's so dreamy with that long hair.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/2/18/
I don't know much about lasers so perhaps someone can answer this:
If I were to make a missile/plane/uav with a chrome coating, something mirror-like and reflective, would the laser still work?
It seems to me like the Times would have been better off offering *premium* content to subscribers rather than closing off the entire site altogether.
Premium content?
So people who pay for a subscription get to know World news and current events and people who don't get to know about the Vermont family that adopted a three-legged puppy or that the local (not local to you though) library is having a bake sale.
You win a cookie ;)
a magazine article about the iPhone is off-topic in a tech support board dedicated to the iPhone?
Here's probably what happened:
iPhone customer: Yeah, reception sucks on my new iPhone 4.
AppleGeek: No it doesn't, I bet you're holding it with your hands? You're doing it wrong.
iPhone customer: Uh, there's a bunch of threads on the subject, many of us are having the same issue.
AppleGeek: They're doing it wrong too.
iPhone customer: There's even an article in Consumer Report that mentions it! Here's the link -->
AppleGeek: *pulls out the ban-hammer*
iPhone customer, having a half-caf decaf soy mocha latte with a lemon twaist at Le Expensive Coffee: Where'd my thread go?
*Bonus points to whoever gets the "lemon twaist" reference.
You don't suppose that since those kids were affected by the "shiny new toy" condition do ya? At first you play everyday, then less and less.
Of course if you give a poor kid a shiny new computer they'll be using it to play instead of study! People who've had a computer for a long time have more of a "been there, done that" attitude so they aren't trying to spend as much time gaming as possible.
I'm sure that test scores dipped when the first NES came out but didn't dip as much when the SNES or Genesis came out because those weren't as exciting as the first time they had their hands on technology.
I agree about 'losing' the markup, but i personally think the customer satisfaction and good press would be worth it. I might be wrong with the big picture, but just my personal feeling.
Unfortunately, you are wrong.
Even with the reception issues being broadcast all over, sheeple are still camping out to buy a unit.
Your argument only works if you know what you want.
Most successful entrepreneurs are rich because they marketed something that you did not know you needed or wanted.
I doubt someone thought to himself:"Gee, I wish somebody could make me a puzzle game where I need to line up colored jewels in order to make then disappear and get points to go to the next level." or "Man, I wish somebody would build a phone that can take pictures."
The internet is filled with fart pages and such and that doesn't seem to be stopping you from finding what you want on it.
I see this as the high-tech version of Mecano or Lego blocks. Those not weened on the electronic teat used those toys to develop our creativity (even if all our constructions were cars or planes), kids can use the development of fart-apps on Android to get their creativity and imagination going... that "muscle" seems way under used in the current generation.
incorporating a large-scale version of the party blower
I don't see how a giant stripper would help with anything. Or maybe we don't go to the same kinds of parties and I'm missing something?
The way you're explaining this, that widget sounds more like a reflector than a telescope in the fact that it doesn't zoom what the eye sees but deflects it to a part of the eye that can interpret it.
"McDonald's is the stranger in the playground handing out candy to children"
Uh, there's a part missing to complete that quote: "that parents willingly go to see with their kids and PAY said stranger for their kids to receive candy."
Don't want your kids to eat Happy Meals? Don't take them to McDonald's! If your kids control you and make you go to McD's then you should concentrate on yourself instead of blaming others for your incompetence.
If your kids can go to McD's and pay for a Happy Meal on their own then they're old enough to make their own decisions about what to eat.
I am sick an tired people trying to legislate common sense.
Sure the paperless ticket will beat out scalpers, but it also screws over a bunch of people, not just Grandmas.
Most people, at one point or another, will need to sell or give away a ticket to a show for a bunch of reasons: sickness, gift, won better seats, etc.
With the e-ticket you're stuck. Perhaps offering a way to transfer the ticket (by calling the venue perhaps?) would help the people while still thwarting the mass buying/resale done by scalpers?
Ranting aside, I can see some potential here. If you're new in town you can rent a friend to show you around. At 20-30$/hour it's cheaper than a tour guide.
It is, but that's just a coincidence I'm sure...
I know, I just wanted to name the actual terrorist group responsible for the act.
Canada doesn't have assassinations,...
Pierre Laporte
we don't have terrorist acts,......
All 329 passengers perished aboard Air India flight 182 would beg to differ.
2 out of the Toronto 18 have been released on bail and is currently in Toronto.
No terrorist acts, right... He might want to google the FLQ as well...
Unlike Americans, most Canadians have had some level of military training
Uh, what are you basing this on? We don't have mandatory military training here, so only those who willingly join up have *some* level of military training. It seems like you're pulling the explosive's thing out of your ass as well.
We do have more guns per capital than in the States and a heck of a lot less gun related crimes per capita then in the States as well.
I totally agree with the rest of your statements though.
Most of that money went for putting up fences and the like around town... oh, and sprucing up a few small towns over 100 miles away that the G8-G20 people will never visit in order to boost tourism somehow. Don't forget the 2 million dollar fake lake and media center next to a real lake which will promote the beauty of the Canadian wilderness... There's the almost 100 million dollar sprucing up of Huntsville for, uh, nothing as it turns out.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/americas/25canada.html
I for one enjoy the ~1 million spent for new sidewalks which cover half of the fire hydrants, new gazebos, landscaping and 200k Welcome rock (as in stone, not music). Nobody from the G8 or G20 will be going there by the way.
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/820390--from-fountains-to-gardens-to-buried-hydrants-it-s-a-new-world-in-the-near-north
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/headline_news/article.jsp?content=b3755778
But that's ok, it's the other host nations which understate what it actually costs them to run a G8-G20 meeting. We're honest here in Canadia!
See, I don't think that that is where Microsoft's problems lie.
The amount of money wasted in useless ventures (Zune, Mobile OS, etc.) and the Departments of Redundancy Departments that don't talk to each other (why the hell can't Word, Excel, Visio et al. work in the same way?) drain a lot of resources out of MS which in turn limits profits.
MS is big enough, they don't need to grow, they need to optimize and streamline what they already have.
There's a pretty heavy recession going on, there wasn't one when Bill was at MS. I wonder if these two points are related.
Like pirates and global warming are related? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/PiratesVsTemp_English.jpg
Why? Easy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money
Can he build a high enough profile to protect himself from danger?"
No.
Accidents happen...
As I Canadian I can honestly say that I do not give a rat's donkey about who is Governor General. Why? It's not because I don't care about politics, because I do, it's because the position's a useless waste of MY money.
All of her tasks could easily be done by someone else. Meet and greets with heads of State? Foreign Minister. Give out the Order of Canada? Prime Minister. Decide whether or not to prorogue government? Let the useless Senators vote on it or have everyone in the Chamber vote on it. Wave a hand, wear a funny outfit and say: "Parliament is now in session"? The President or any other douchebag, the f*cking tour guide could do it.
Seriously, this institution needs to be reduced to its useful components only. Use the spare cash to fix our healthcare and schools.
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