I would be cartoon knee-knocking scared if I ever "invented" and popular and revolutionary product.
It's basically like a zombie movie with these patent suits. They wait for success and then pop out of the ground in hoards.
And on the other hand you have corporate triumphalism in which they are applauded for eroding the very fabric of a free and just society in the name of (imagined) lost profits.
You can dislike piracy and understand that the tactics used to stop them and others are harmful to everyone because they set a precedent that will no doubt be used on non-pirates should it be profitable for them. Also keep in mind TPB is basically just a directory for files it does not hold anything more than a DB for who has the files/content. It's basically a speech issue being trampled because going after 100s of thousands of people all over the globe is tough. May as well have governments foot the bill for corporate loss prevention, right?
Yes, something is always "perfectly priced" when the buyer loses 10% of their equity in one day! A tech IPO like this is as much about "raising money" as man boobies are for making milk. It's about MAKING money, have you heard what they needed the investment cash for? How are they going to grow an already stagnant business model? Lobby congress to require cityville to be installed as an ignition interlock device? This isn't finance nerds, it's marketing, thinly veiled if at all. (not an investor, just pointing out the emperors/clothes thing)
A whole lot of people seem to forget that there's a ton of cash floating around FB for the games. I recal reading they get like a 30% rip on every zynga transaction so it's probably the same for all others. Just zynga alone makes up like 15% of their revenue.
I don't think they will grow all that much going forward personally but I wanted to point out that ad revenue is not their only source.
Schools made plenty off of delinquent borrowers unless they started underwriting loans. Banks sure seem to want them just fine if their handing out 80k loans knowing all good and fine that the default rate is sky high, why do they take it one, because like I said: They know they will get their money with interest or with interest + penalties in most scenarios. When you get into government backed loans it gets even more nasty because in some cases the lender, lending guaranteed money gets their money should the debtor default then use another leg of their company to collect the money for the government, debt that isn't non-dischargable for most any reasons. Must be terrible for them to deal with such a burden. Keep believing in the bubble though.
Holy moly, are you completely clueless on how broken "the system" is? That post was right out of some PR department.
Get this: Students are never affecting the system like that because school debt is next to never written off. They just make more off of a delinquent debtor so more profits. It's cute people still walk around thinking they can work "with the system" and everything will turn out a-ok. Maybe you'll never be on the receiving end of hard times but if you ever are you will find out quickly the system is and has been against *you*.
Because that's not the point of the article, it's about schools saying "fuck you pay *them*" when they should have no interest in doing so.
Not to mention when a company is perfectly within their rights to bleed money from you in anyway possible it really doesn't matter how "willing" they are to work with you because should you find yourself in hard times they will stop at nothing to get money out of you....to include denying you the education documentation that should be rightfully yours. I don't recall education loans using the education as security. If that changes expect threat of lobotomies for delinquent students in the near future.
Not to mention big companies are all for this kind of shit because it puts a huge cost burden on upstarts.
Aside from the absurdity of putting the cost burden for law enforcement onto the business owner. Next thing you know we'll all be required to carry around rubber gloves and vasoline in case a search warrant for our butts is obtained.
These are *rules* and *guidelines* written by an employer for their employees. Tons of workplaces have rules/guidelines against certain types of fraternization.
I wouldn't want my kids teacher(s) being "friends" with them online anymore than I would want them to go hang out at the mall together. Some relationships should stay "professional" and teacher student is one of them.
Does that drive anything on wall street (or in this country) anymore.
It's humorous to watch the DuckTales bottle cap episode play out in real life over and over again.
Dead on.
Seriously, your employer is just asking you to help with marketing. Raising awareness is not some evil agenda. Do you think Trixx are really only for kids?
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I would be cartoon knee-knocking scared if I ever "invented" and popular and revolutionary product. It's basically like a zombie movie with these patent suits. They wait for success and then pop out of the ground in hoards.
...Maybe a bit worse.
And on the other hand you have corporate triumphalism in which they are applauded for eroding the very fabric of a free and just society in the name of (imagined) lost profits. You can dislike piracy and understand that the tactics used to stop them and others are harmful to everyone because they set a precedent that will no doubt be used on non-pirates should it be profitable for them. Also keep in mind TPB is basically just a directory for files it does not hold anything more than a DB for who has the files/content. It's basically a speech issue being trampled because going after 100s of thousands of people all over the globe is tough. May as well have governments foot the bill for corporate loss prevention, right?
Yes, something is always "perfectly priced" when the buyer loses 10% of their equity in one day! A tech IPO like this is as much about "raising money" as man boobies are for making milk. It's about MAKING money, have you heard what they needed the investment cash for? How are they going to grow an already stagnant business model? Lobby congress to require cityville to be installed as an ignition interlock device? This isn't finance nerds, it's marketing, thinly veiled if at all. (not an investor, just pointing out the emperors/clothes thing)
Don't get to comfortable, there will probably be a story tomorrow about how Exxon bought Delphi.
Yes, there we are. I love that kind of logic. I'm sure the net effect will be a further spread of HIV.
IV use and Bareback anal sex should go through the roof.
A whole lot of people seem to forget that there's a ton of cash floating around FB for the games. I recal reading they get like a 30% rip on every zynga transaction so it's probably the same for all others. Just zynga alone makes up like 15% of their revenue. I don't think they will grow all that much going forward personally but I wanted to point out that ad revenue is not their only source.
....decided the only winners in the game don't play.
Schools made plenty off of delinquent borrowers unless they started underwriting loans. Banks sure seem to want them just fine if their handing out 80k loans knowing all good and fine that the default rate is sky high, why do they take it one, because like I said: They know they will get their money with interest or with interest + penalties in most scenarios. When you get into government backed loans it gets even more nasty because in some cases the lender, lending guaranteed money gets their money should the debtor default then use another leg of their company to collect the money for the government, debt that isn't non-dischargable for most any reasons. Must be terrible for them to deal with such a burden. Keep believing in the bubble though.
Holy moly, are you completely clueless on how broken "the system" is? That post was right out of some PR department. Get this: Students are never affecting the system like that because school debt is next to never written off. They just make more off of a delinquent debtor so more profits. It's cute people still walk around thinking they can work "with the system" and everything will turn out a-ok. Maybe you'll never be on the receiving end of hard times but if you ever are you will find out quickly the system is and has been against *you*.
Because that's not the point of the article, it's about schools saying "fuck you pay *them*" when they should have no interest in doing so. Not to mention when a company is perfectly within their rights to bleed money from you in anyway possible it really doesn't matter how "willing" they are to work with you because should you find yourself in hard times they will stop at nothing to get money out of you....to include denying you the education documentation that should be rightfully yours. I don't recall education loans using the education as security. If that changes expect threat of lobotomies for delinquent students in the near future.
Not to mention big companies are all for this kind of shit because it puts a huge cost burden on upstarts. Aside from the absurdity of putting the cost burden for law enforcement onto the business owner. Next thing you know we'll all be required to carry around rubber gloves and vasoline in case a search warrant for our butts is obtained.
These are *rules* and *guidelines* written by an employer for their employees. Tons of workplaces have rules/guidelines against certain types of fraternization. I wouldn't want my kids teacher(s) being "friends" with them online anymore than I would want them to go hang out at the mall together. Some relationships should stay "professional" and teacher student is one of them.
Does that drive anything on wall street (or in this country) anymore. It's humorous to watch the DuckTales bottle cap episode play out in real life over and over again.
You'd think would have been offline or something. ;)
Sorry I am investing all of my time and energy into 'Humans Need Fe'. The funding from the rusty nail industry is rolling in.
"Plants Need CO2, a non-profit with ties to the coal industry, accuse agency of ‘extreme position’ on climate change"
You know it crossed your mind. Don't lie.
Tuckwilla is more culpable just for being Tuckwilla. Well throw in a Doubletree hotel and you may as well have pushed the guy.
This reads just like one of their whiny op-eds about the liberal media only focusing on republicans (and of course they're all lies or exaggerations).
Dead on. Seriously, your employer is just asking you to help with marketing. Raising awareness is not some evil agenda. Do you think Trixx are really only for kids?
...campaign to prove he is not part of the social elite!
"We have looked at the numbers and our problem is we aren't harassing our customers enough should they need to return something."