Agreed. On a 4 lane road here (thats 4 on each side, mind you) the speed limit is 45. There are no lights, crossroads, or anything, but a 45 speed limit. When those lanes go down to 3 on each side, the speed limit drops to 35. I have been on 2 lane per side highways with speed limits of 55. Setting it to 35 is a deliberate moneymaking ploy.
This pricing model takes into account the fact that a clothing store must by a LOT of clothing it will never sell. It must offer pants ranging, say, from 30-42 waist, and 28-36 length. This by no means covers the entire market, and even with just even sizes, you are looking at 35 different types of pants. This doesn't account for style changes, either: most clothing goes out of style twice a year (I think?). You are now talking about a product that will likely sell below 50% of its volume. Now, there is still much profit to be had, but its not $80 per pants * $ of pants - $10 cost * # of pants. Its $80*#pants*.35 - $10*#pants.
There are a couple reasons to market a product: 1) The product will not be (as) successful on its own, or 2) To raise awareness of the product. Most marketing spans both categories, and campaigns that fall only in one camp are almost always in choice 1.
IIRC there was a slashdot article recently about the deepest caves in the world... and many are still unexplored. I would throw these into the running for "most remote location on Earth" as well.
Most CEOs are paid partially in salary and partially in stock options. The ones who make ridiculous amounts of money do so in part because under their leadership, their options gained value. There are exceptions, but its rare to see a bad CEO pull in over 8 figures a year.
I favor regulation, because as the percentage of sheep in the American public rises, marketing budgets, and therefore, corporations, control an increasing percentage of mindshare. This in turn lets them tell you that filling 3GB of your 4GB phone with software that can't be uninstalled is saving you time finding and researching programs (they already offer you the best ones). Also, they offer the best value for your money, because all those free apps that do the same thing in 1/10th the resources just aren't as good. Also, you have to download new features periodically, which takes time. Isn't it nicer to never have to deal with updates (for the low fee of $4 per app per month)?
When applications first came out, I just started hiding them every time, and hiding the people who announced them. I haven't seen any application-based spam in well over 6 months.
Why let one line get in the way of a good non-apology, eh?
Saying sorry once while at the same time telling everyone how great you were and how this isn't a problem when it really isn't apologizing.
Imagine: I'm sorry I killed your relative. But he/she deserved it. It really shouldn't be a crime to kill someone like that. I totally made society better, and it hardly negatively affected anyone.
I recently bought an iPhone, and I have fairly large hands, and when I talk I hold the phone in my right hand. As such, I cannot talk without a case, for fear of dropping the call.
Also, I'm on an ATT family plan so my options were iPhone or terrible other ATT phone.
They did NOT own up to the problem. There was no apology. It was more like, "We haven't done anything wrong, but because we are such a great company, we are going to do you a favor and give you a case" NOT "Sorry, we screwed up, this free case should make it better. Our bad."
Wrong. It is possible to hurt yourself driving your car. The new GM forcefield prevents that from happening, under any situation. You didn't know it existed, but now that you do, I'm gonna bet you need it. This is not harmful.
To throw some numbers in, the ISS is at around 200 miles up. If humans can survive at, say, 1000 mph entering the atmosphere, that still implies you have only 100 something miles (or maybe less) to decelerate around 13000 mph. I don't know whether or not this would cause problems, but I'm guessing in order for that to happen, organs are going to get squished.
Citation needed. Average price end of last week: 257. Average price today/yesterday: 251. 5% of 250 = 12.5. The local max (Thursday, 262) and the local min (Tuesday, 247) come out to 6%. And the max to the min means nothing, especially when they are as brief as they have been with AAPL.
Not to say Apple's stock has not dropped, but it has not gone down a huge 5%. Source: google.com/finance
Because the type of person who works at a gas station is hardly the type of person who can be trained to identify sophisticated electronics. Also, if, like previous commenters suggest, the bluetooth addition forces the pump to be dissasembled, you are talking about adding significantly to the cost of the gas station owner. It's another reincarnation of the old formula: if (cost to fix problem - cost of letting problem go unfixed > 0) then don't fix problem, else hire lobbyists.
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Agreed. On a 4 lane road here (thats 4 on each side, mind you) the speed limit is 45. There are no lights, crossroads, or anything, but a 45 speed limit. When those lanes go down to 3 on each side, the speed limit drops to 35. I have been on 2 lane per side highways with speed limits of 55. Setting it to 35 is a deliberate moneymaking ploy.
Just kidding. No one knows what the hell happened.
Great Example!
but I was right all alone!
There's a lesson in here somewhere...
This pricing model takes into account the fact that a clothing store must by a LOT of clothing it will never sell. It must offer pants ranging, say, from 30-42 waist, and 28-36 length. This by no means covers the entire market, and even with just even sizes, you are looking at 35 different types of pants. This doesn't account for style changes, either: most clothing goes out of style twice a year (I think?). You are now talking about a product that will likely sell below 50% of its volume. Now, there is still much profit to be had, but its not $80 per pants * $ of pants - $10 cost * # of pants. Its $80*#pants*.35 - $10*#pants.
There are a couple reasons to market a product: 1) The product will not be (as) successful on its own, or 2) To raise awareness of the product. Most marketing spans both categories, and campaigns that fall only in one camp are almost always in choice 1.
Hey, look at this RIAA! This is the record label industry getting murdered, and everyone else benefiting!
IIRC there was a slashdot article recently about the deepest caves in the world... and many are still unexplored. I would throw these into the running for "most remote location on Earth" as well.
Most CEOs are paid partially in salary and partially in stock options. The ones who make ridiculous amounts of money do so in part because under their leadership, their options gained value. There are exceptions, but its rare to see a bad CEO pull in over 8 figures a year.
First Person Satire?
Uneducated Peons:
I favor regulation, because as the percentage of sheep in the American public rises, marketing budgets, and therefore, corporations, control an increasing percentage of mindshare. This in turn lets them tell you that filling 3GB of your 4GB phone with software that can't be uninstalled is saving you time finding and researching programs (they already offer you the best ones). Also, they offer the best value for your money, because all those free apps that do the same thing in 1/10th the resources just aren't as good. Also, you have to download new features periodically, which takes time. Isn't it nicer to never have to deal with updates (for the low fee of $4 per app per month)?
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When applications first came out, I just started hiding them every time, and hiding the people who announced them. I haven't seen any application-based spam in well over 6 months.
or, you know, delete your nytimes cookies.
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First week theaters get 10% of sales. 2nd week they get 20%. 3rd+ weeks they get 30%. It is not a 50/50 split.
Was anyone else amused by this? (RTFA)
Saying sorry once while at the same time telling everyone how great you were and how this isn't a problem when it really isn't apologizing.
Imagine: I'm sorry I killed your relative. But he/she deserved it. It really shouldn't be a crime to kill someone like that. I totally made society better, and it hardly negatively affected anyone.
Is that an apology?
Also, I'm on an ATT family plan so my options were iPhone or terrible other ATT phone.
They did NOT own up to the problem. There was no apology. It was more like, "We haven't done anything wrong, but because we are such a great company, we are going to do you a favor and give you a case" NOT "Sorry, we screwed up, this free case should make it better. Our bad."
Wrong. It is possible to hurt yourself driving your car. The new GM forcefield prevents that from happening, under any situation. You didn't know it existed, but now that you do, I'm gonna bet you need it. This is not harmful.
To throw some numbers in, the ISS is at around 200 miles up. If humans can survive at, say, 1000 mph entering the atmosphere, that still implies you have only 100 something miles (or maybe less) to decelerate around 13000 mph. I don't know whether or not this would cause problems, but I'm guessing in order for that to happen, organs are going to get squished.
In another paper posted online this week from the University of Colorado at Boulder, my hand hurts when I poke it with something sharp.
I would imagine they also get some chunk of any of those bloatware toolbars idiots install...
In 3 days Apple's stock has gone down a huge 5%
Citation needed. Average price end of last week: 257. Average price today/yesterday: 251. 5% of 250 = 12.5. The local max (Thursday, 262) and the local min (Tuesday, 247) come out to 6%. And the max to the min means nothing, especially when they are as brief as they have been with AAPL.
Not to say Apple's stock has not dropped, but it has not gone down a huge 5%. Source: google.com/finance
Because the type of person who works at a gas station is hardly the type of person who can be trained to identify sophisticated electronics. Also, if, like previous commenters suggest, the bluetooth addition forces the pump to be dissasembled, you are talking about adding significantly to the cost of the gas station owner. It's another reincarnation of the old formula: if (cost to fix problem - cost of letting problem go unfixed > 0) then don't fix problem, else hire lobbyists.