Make it global, nothing is more annoying (ok maybe not entirely true) than finding out you can't get particular content because your region isn't licensed for it.
This.
Seriously, it's really annoying that when I want to watch online a tv show that I've missed I can't because I get the "This content is not available in your area" screen. Same goes for streaming music from Pandora or tv from Hulu, none of those are available in the great white north (Canada). Why is this? We're right next to you, ya bastards!
Make contents available and you'll get less pirates. Also, don't get me started on stupid region locked DVDs... why can't I watch perfectly legitimately bought European DVDs at home?
I understand that Steve never publicly thanked god for creating the iPhone, but saying that Jobs taught sin? I thought that parting with your money was one of the best things you could do in the eyes of the church?
Your suggestion is just like the "boycott " emails that we routinely get. Sounds awesome on paper, but it'll never get the required momentum to actually achieve anything.
However, the French are pretty good at taking over the streets for strikes and such though... perhaps if these 650 000 showed up at the front steps of parliament, the message would go through?
Last time people started making fuel with food, the price of all corn based products went up.
While I applaud the innovation, I hope that it doesn't catch on because that means that Starbucks coffee will go from ridiculously expensive to, uh, ridiculously-er expensive. Then we'll have to contend with all of the latte-junkies panhandling to get their fix.
In my case, I'm not laughing at what they're doing, but rather I'm laughing at the horrid execution. It would have been far wiser to slowly ween their customer base off of DVDs and move them to streaming by providing incentives to do so (gradual price hikes of DVDs, more and exclusive content to streaming, etc.) instead of pissing in their coffee like they're doing now.
Also, the costs and logistics involved with the creation of a separate corporate entity will immensely affect the company's profits. So not only are they pissing off their customers, they're pissing off their stock holders too.
Methinks that there will be a CEO position opening up shortly over at Netflix... bah, Reed will make a few million on the way out so don't feel too bad for the guy.
Yeah, it's much better to alienate your customers, remove very useful features and make your customers lives more complicated by creating a 2nd company in order to close it back down in a few years, rather than simply fazing out a department while keeping your customers happy and gently weening them off DVDs towards streaming.
Granted, 0.144136526118% is not a lot of people, but how much more cash would they bring into the government coffers with these new tax rates? Is there a way to estimate that with the current census data?
There's already a black market for cigarettes and alcohol, so not much of a change there.
I'm sure that there's no magical solution, but I'd still be curious to see what would happen. Another commenter proposed that help should be easily available to those wanting to kick the habit or for those "dragging others down with them" as you put it.
If half of the money currently invested in the war on drugs was invested in providing guidance and help to addicts, perhaps after the initial boom of addicts that removing the laws would bring, the amount of destructive addicts would gradually lower?
It's be nice to have some kind of simulator to test these theories out.
So why not legalize all drugs, tax the sh*t out of 'em like cigarettes. The self-destructive will be able to do so, the curious ones will be able to try and the recreational users will be able to do so too. I'd be curious to see what would happen.
The TSA should be dismantled, but it shouldn't be replaced at all.
The security we had before 9/11 was more than adequate; bringing the odds of a terrorist attack from like 0.0002% to 0.0001% at the cost of billions is completely stupid. Let the CIA, NSA, FBI, Interpol or whatever do their thing and catch terrorists before they even show up at the airport.
The best security measures are locked cockpit doors and the fact that passengers will now lay the smackdown on any would-be terrorist that even attempts to hijack a plane.
Am I the only one who hates depth of field effects in games? When the computer/game can determine what my eyes are focusing on, then DOF will be practical. Just because the crosshair is on something, it doesn't mean that that's what I'm looking at, my eyes are very good at creating their own depth of field effects, thank you.
The Trieste wasn't autonomous however, it was a batiscaphe that was lowered and raised on a cable. The Shinkai and the chinese sub are actual submarines that can move on their own at the bottom.
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Hey you! Yeah you, with the common sense! Get outta here! Can't you see we're making laws to protect the people here?!
Make it global, nothing is more annoying (ok maybe not entirely true) than finding out you can't get particular content because your region isn't licensed for it.
This.
Seriously, it's really annoying that when I want to watch online a tv show that I've missed I can't because I get the "This content is not available in your area" screen. Same goes for streaming music from Pandora or tv from Hulu, none of those are available in the great white north (Canada). Why is this? We're right next to you, ya bastards!
Make contents available and you'll get less pirates. Also, don't get me started on stupid region locked DVDs... why can't I watch perfectly legitimately bought European DVDs at home?
I understand that Steve never publicly thanked god for creating the iPhone, but saying that Jobs taught sin? I thought that parting with your money was one of the best things you could do in the eyes of the church?
No, THIS. IS. RUSSIA!!
*kick*
42 million kilometers...
42... something's afoot...
Your suggestion is just like the "boycott " emails that we routinely get. Sounds awesome on paper, but it'll never get the required momentum to actually achieve anything.
However, the French are pretty good at taking over the streets for strikes and such though... perhaps if these 650 000 showed up at the front steps of parliament, the message would go through?
Another AAA title developed for consoles and then ported to PC... I'm shocked...
Because many people like to play with the gadget prior to purchasing it.
Feathers, it's lighter.
*ring*
Zenimax: "Hullo?"
Lawyer: "Excuse me Mr. Bethesda, I'm calling on behalf of my client the Dead Sea Scrolls. We need to talk."
My guess is that Anonynous is "backing" the protest and they're not particularly popular with the media... unless they hack something of course.
Last time people started making fuel with food, the price of all corn based products went up.
While I applaud the innovation, I hope that it doesn't catch on because that means that Starbucks coffee will go from ridiculously expensive to, uh, ridiculously-er expensive. Then we'll have to contend with all of the latte-junkies panhandling to get their fix.
As long as there's a hot astronaut co-scientist with me, I'd be willing to make the one-way trip.
It's called Smart Response Technology (SRT) and it was introduced by Intel as part of their Z68 chips.
Granted, OCZ's version has a few more bells and whistles, but it's basically the same thing.
Makes you wonder though, if he was dumb enough to do that, what that important of a member or just a script kiddie helping out a DDoS?
It's easier to go after the kiddies than to address the real threats, such as the Russian mafia or whoever is doing the stuff from China.
Yeah but Russia and China are economic partners, a homeless dude doesn't contribute to the national coffers.
In my case, I'm not laughing at what they're doing, but rather I'm laughing at the horrid execution. It would have been far wiser to slowly ween their customer base off of DVDs and move them to streaming by providing incentives to do so (gradual price hikes of DVDs, more and exclusive content to streaming, etc.) instead of pissing in their coffee like they're doing now.
Also, the costs and logistics involved with the creation of a separate corporate entity will immensely affect the company's profits. So not only are they pissing off their customers, they're pissing off their stock holders too.
Methinks that there will be a CEO position opening up shortly over at Netflix... bah, Reed will make a few million on the way out so don't feel too bad for the guy.
Yeah, it's much better to alienate your customers, remove very useful features and make your customers lives more complicated by creating a 2nd company in order to close it back down in a few years, rather than simply fazing out a department while keeping your customers happy and gently weening them off DVDs towards streaming.
Granted, 0.144136526118% is not a lot of people, but how much more cash would they bring into the government coffers with these new tax rates? Is there a way to estimate that with the current census data?
There's already a black market for cigarettes and alcohol, so not much of a change there.
I'm sure that there's no magical solution, but I'd still be curious to see what would happen. Another commenter proposed that help should be easily available to those wanting to kick the habit or for those "dragging others down with them" as you put it.
If half of the money currently invested in the war on drugs was invested in providing guidance and help to addicts, perhaps after the initial boom of addicts that removing the laws would bring, the amount of destructive addicts would gradually lower?
It's be nice to have some kind of simulator to test these theories out.
Smoking is legal and can kill you.
Drinking is legal and can kill you.
Myriad other things are legal and can kill you.
So why not legalize all drugs, tax the sh*t out of 'em like cigarettes. The self-destructive will be able to do so, the curious ones will be able to try and the recreational users will be able to do so too. I'd be curious to see what would happen.
The TSA should be dismantled, but it shouldn't be replaced at all.
The security we had before 9/11 was more than adequate; bringing the odds of a terrorist attack from like 0.0002% to 0.0001% at the cost of billions is completely stupid. Let the CIA, NSA, FBI, Interpol or whatever do their thing and catch terrorists before they even show up at the airport.
The best security measures are locked cockpit doors and the fact that passengers will now lay the smackdown on any would-be terrorist that even attempts to hijack a plane.
Am I the only one who hates depth of field effects in games? When the computer/game can determine what my eyes are focusing on, then DOF will be practical. Just because the crosshair is on something, it doesn't mean that that's what I'm looking at, my eyes are very good at creating their own depth of field effects, thank you.
The Trieste wasn't autonomous however, it was a batiscaphe that was lowered and raised on a cable. The Shinkai and the chinese sub are actual submarines that can move on their own at the bottom.
Or, maybe they just squandered all the money due to bad management?