When text usage goes up, the carriers don't have to install new infrastructure as long as it is proportional to voice usage.
Quiz time! What will happen if the price of text messages goes down? Will it INCREASE or DECREASE the use of text messaging compared to voice usage?
People never seem to get that the product price is not only the costs+profits, but also the additional costs if the demand grows larger or smaller. I imagine the operators have found the ideal text/voice ratio and are pricing the product so that the maximum capacity of the current network is in use. I don't know about USA, but at least in Europe the youths prefer using text messages over talking, so keeping the ratio in the sweet spot might be somewhat hard.
In Finland cost for both voice-per-minute and text are 6,9 eurocents (that's what? 8 american cents?), pretty much from every operator you can name. How much do they cost in your part of the world?
The Finnish law concerning building, use and allocation of village's land (Rakennuskaari) dates back to 1734 (happy 274th!) and King Frederik I. It has outlived both Swedish and Russian rule and is still in use.
You should never say "name one", as there's usually at least few around (and Wikipedia has handy-dandy Category: Linux Games. To be fair, though, I suppose the above list is like 80% of all games that fill your criteria.
I find it interesting that after you divide the price of a CD by the amount of songs on the disc, you get pretty close to that one dollar. This makes me wonder if servertime really costs more than printing CDs - particularly as the artists get even less from digital sells than physical sells (something like 1 or 2 cents out of 99).
Also I seem to be remembering that when we were talking about media companies pressuring Apple to get rid of that 99c tag, they published how the money was divided - 1 cent to the artist, 65 to the companies and from the 33 cents that Apple got, the server expenses took most of.
Shen also said XP is outselling GNU/Linux on netbooks by a ratio of 7:3. This is somewhat contrary to news from the UK earlier in the year that GNU/Linux units were out of stock while XP machines sat unsold.
There was an interview not that many weeks ago - I thought Slashdot had the link, but I'm probably wrong as nobody has brought it up - where the ASUS CEO was talking about his definition of "netbook" being "less than 10"", and bringing out all sort of eeePC-stuff, starting with something akin to Mac mini.
He also said that the XP-version has been much more popular than the Linux-version, with Europe being exception;
A lot of users like the Windows XP, but in Europe a lot of people want the Linux option.
Why do these announcements always have to be made when the announced day is nearly over? It's 21:50 on 24th at Japan, and 15:40 at Eastern Europe (eg. Finland, where I'm at).
My day is nearly over, closing the computer and leaving to home to do chores.
I never hear of these "World Days" until I'm leaving work (at soonest, usually only on the following day).
Of course, I understand Philo Farnsworth (who invented electronic television in the 20s) thought the same thing.
Also fun fact; television started to get popular after Farnsworth' patent ran out.
I don't know much about how RFIDs work, but I would hazard a guess a quick run thru the microwave should do the trick...particularly if we are talking about clothes and not gadgets.
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When text usage goes up, the carriers don't have to install new infrastructure as long as it is proportional to voice usage.
Quiz time! What will happen if the price of text messages goes down? Will it INCREASE or DECREASE the use of text messaging compared to voice usage? People never seem to get that the product price is not only the costs+profits, but also the additional costs if the demand grows larger or smaller. I imagine the operators have found the ideal text/voice ratio and are pricing the product so that the maximum capacity of the current network is in use. I don't know about USA, but at least in Europe the youths prefer using text messages over talking, so keeping the ratio in the sweet spot might be somewhat hard. In Finland cost for both voice-per-minute and text are 6,9 eurocents (that's what? 8 american cents?), pretty much from every operator you can name. How much do they cost in your part of the world?
The Finnish law concerning building, use and allocation of village's land (Rakennuskaari) dates back to 1734 (happy 274th!) and King Frederik I. It has outlived both Swedish and Russian rule and is still in use.
Name one commercial game available for Linux but not OS X.
Sacred. Serious Sam and its sequel. Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Jagged Alliance 2.
You should never say "name one", as there's usually at least few around (and Wikipedia has handy-dandy Category: Linux Games. To be fair, though, I suppose the above list is like 80% of all games that fill your criteria.
I find it interesting that after you divide the price of a CD by the amount of songs on the disc, you get pretty close to that one dollar. This makes me wonder if servertime really costs more than printing CDs - particularly as the artists get even less from digital sells than physical sells (something like 1 or 2 cents out of 99). Also I seem to be remembering that when we were talking about media companies pressuring Apple to get rid of that 99c tag, they published how the money was divided - 1 cent to the artist, 65 to the companies and from the 33 cents that Apple got, the server expenses took most of.
I't hard to believe the averages are so low. I got ~82%, and all I know of America I learned from television. And Internet, I suppose.
Shen also said XP is outselling GNU/Linux on netbooks by a ratio of 7:3. This is somewhat contrary to news from the UK earlier in the year that GNU/Linux units were out of stock while XP machines sat unsold.
There was an interview not that many weeks ago - I thought Slashdot had the link, but I'm probably wrong as nobody has brought it up - where the ASUS CEO was talking about his definition of "netbook" being "less than 10"", and bringing out all sort of eeePC-stuff, starting with something akin to Mac mini. He also said that the XP-version has been much more popular than the Linux-version, with Europe being exception;
A lot of users like the Windows XP, but in Europe a lot of people want the Linux option.
The interview can be found here http://blog.laptopmag.com/asus-ceo-reveals-eee-pc-sales-numbers-plans-for-touch-eee-pcs-and-more-eee-family-products ...
Incidentally, is there some FAQ on how to hide url of the link?
Players can take the role of [...] classic Star Wars characters.
Translation; the game will be filled with players named Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader.
Why do these announcements always have to be made when the announced day is nearly over? It's 21:50 on 24th at Japan, and 15:40 at Eastern Europe (eg. Finland, where I'm at). My day is nearly over, closing the computer and leaving to home to do chores. I never hear of these "World Days" until I'm leaving work (at soonest, usually only on the following day).
In case you don't know, there's actually a chain named "McDonalds Coffee Shop" in Scotland (at least), and it has nothing to do with hamburgers. http://picasaweb.google.com/jpe.salo/Skotlanti#5064951421888567954
You mean mååse? (because that's what the circle over 'a' means)
Of course, I understand Philo Farnsworth (who invented electronic television in the 20s) thought the same thing. Also fun fact; television started to get popular after Farnsworth' patent ran out.
Apple doesn't use Vista. That's got to be a plus.
I don't know much about how RFIDs work, but I would hazard a guess a quick run thru the microwave should do the trick...particularly if we are talking about clothes and not gadgets.