On the upside, product placement can provide support for good, but ratings-deprived series.
The Office is a prime example--I'm convinced NBC sticks by it not because of critical acclaim, but because of the way it awesomely does product placement in huge, obvious ways.
There have been two complete episodes invaded by Chili's, including a hysterical sendup of a Chili's manager ("We do not tolerate excessive drinking. That patron is no longer welcome.")
The iPod placement was more goofy, but definitely fit the storyline (Secret Santa with inappropriate gifts).
I've also recognized Sun Chips as an important plot point;)
The strangest part of this story is that the last two Star Wars movies sucked. It's no longer waiting for the culmination of a great trilogy, but rather, the last desperate hope that something can be salvaged from the ruins of a mediocre, derivative series.
How would you feel if you got the following question from a patient?
[pretentious diatribe deleted]
Unfortunately, the analogy is false. IT doesn't kill or save enough people, so there's no rigorous screening process for people entering the field. There is no 7-8 years of proving ground and education before being released upon the masses.
The fact is that kids out of HS and smart people all around the world are picking up IT like loose change.
Here's some real advice for the original poster: Some of the hottest IT jobs right now are probably...tada, health-related industries. Look around what you do RIGHT NOW and look at what things could be done better and more efficiently using computers. Develop some software to do so and you can make a mint. Hundreds of successful startups do just that--recognize an inefficiency in the medical system and fill a specific niche. If you want to break into the industry, no need to learn all the coding yourself--just find some smart coders, show them the inefficiency and give them some ideas how to fix it, spread around a little seed money and voila, you're a mogul.
This idea is a total ripoff of the Hollywood Stock Exchange. I even heard the CNN report cite "predicting box office" as a similar model.
The stupidest part of this is not the idea itself (though the idea is pretty stupid). It's that the government is trying to do it themselves instead of floating the idea for a dotcom. Heck, my guess is after this press conference, a couple of undergrads get a working version up in two months and for free!
It seems like more than half of the uploads and downloads on kazaalite program/network are other kazaalite users.
Which brings up a good question--if Kazaa makes its money on all the spyware...how does Kazaalite make enough money to support the huge bandwidth needed for downloads? Can it really all be from donations?
Or are percentages skewed because kazaalite is being used?
Holy crap. I've been working in IT consulting for seven years and I never ever even thought that those emails I get at 1 AM were faked. Although they usually weren't (since I would reply and get a response immediately), no doubt some of them were.
This reminds me of the advice another ten year consultant gave me--no matter if you're busy or not, always claim that you're doing more work at home or at the hotel. He would declare almost every single night that he was working in the hotel. And we would all naively believe him. He later confided to me that he spent most of those nights in the strip club.
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Someone should mod the parent up a little--it's an interesting and ironic anecdote;)
Sell on ebay: $90 minus $3.40 fees = $86.60 NET PROFIT
Sell on amazon: $170 minus $26.49 fees = $143.51 NET PROFIT
Advice to broke college student: show a little initiative, slacker. BUY the copy on eBAY and SELL it on Amazon. DUH. $143 - $90 = $53 = 59% profit margin.
Alone in the Dark was the scariest game for me. It got to the point where I couldn't shoot straight because I always had my eyes closed while furiously hitting the "back away" (down arrow) button.
This has been an existential exercise as the complaints about the story being dupes are getting repetitive and even the jokes are being recycled.
The admins must be recognizing that they can generate the same amount of traffic and comments with a repeat story as with new content. Soon, they will follow the path of TV executives and only run new content during critical Internet "Sweeps" periods where demographics are counted twice.
SCIFI has no intention of renewing Farscape. The 2.0 would not only exceed any of Farscape's ratings so far, but would be the highest of any SCIFI series (except the "Taken" miniseries).
I firmly believe that (based on what I've seen) that mp3 sharing does hurt the industy.
Silver, check out the article. The argument isn't that downloading doesn't affect sales. The argument is that it's not a substitute for sales. The argument is that if it were really a substitute, then sales would be drastically lower and not just an economy-affected 10%.
The article says the likelihood is that downloading is a new type of distribution which does not replace the old methods (yet). Leib makes the oft-used idea that the music industry should be looking for ways of profiting from this new method instead of trying to suppress it. Leib admits that he thought "a priori" (ie, before examining the evidence) that sharing hurts--but the sales data doesn't back it up.
This is the same tool who Microsoft uses to argue against a possible breakup, saying it will cost US citizens $50 billion.
I'm not saying a breakup is a good thing, but $50 billion? Give me a break--that's $250 per adult. I don't spend $250 now:-)
That said, here's one of the most salient points from the article:
In order for downloading to really have an impact on CD sales, it needs to be a substitute for CDs. If file sharing is not a good substitute, then you can download all you want and it may be a new form of listening but it may not hurt CD sales.
The rest of the article is filled with a lot of duh moments (DMCA bad? really? Record companies should try to figure out new revenue streams instead of trying to supress piracy? get out of town!).
The website it cites: Link is *still* blank at least a year after it was cited.
The article also goes into very little detail as to *why* this new lighting technology will be either popular nor necessary. It's vaguely referred to as "very high efficiency."
Anyone in California knows that Davis is a master fundraiser - he probably spends more time raising campaign money than he does governing the state.
Does anyone know how much Gov. Davis got in campaign contributions from Larry Ellison and/or Oracle employees?
Then again, given Gov. Davis's views on whose money it is [latimes.com], the $95M in wasted funds doesn't surprise me even if Oracle isn't a big campaign donor.
Yeah, let's go ahead and spill your political leanings with accusations without making an attempt at finding the facts. Let's add in a link to a totally unrelated issue to furthur your attack.
For the record, here's at least an attempt to see if there have been contributions (this took 15 seconds with Google):
Slashdot Mirror
Other things that "analyze" data structures and perform actions based on that date:
1) All web browsers that detect hyperlinks
2) Google Instant detecting your search parameters
3) Microsoft Word detecting typos
Ok, I feel better, the more I think about it, the stupider this patent and hubbub seems.
On the upside, product placement can provide support for good, but ratings-deprived series.
;)
The Office is a prime example--I'm convinced NBC sticks by it not because of critical acclaim, but because of the way it awesomely does product placement in huge, obvious ways.
There have been two complete episodes invaded by Chili's, including a hysterical sendup of a Chili's manager ("We do not tolerate excessive drinking. That patron is no longer welcome.")
The iPod placement was more goofy, but definitely fit the storyline (Secret Santa with inappropriate gifts).
I've also recognized Sun Chips as an important plot point
Funny, I thought the Ars Technica nano review was grounds to investigate them for being Apple shills.
Because for all their "testing," they failed to discover how easily the nano is scratched. At least the new review acknowledges the nano scratching.
The real question is who uses a pillow for 20 years. That fungus could be older than your kids.
The strangest part of this story is that the last two Star Wars movies sucked. It's no longer waiting for the culmination of a great trilogy, but rather, the last desperate hope that something can be salvaged from the ruins of a mediocre, derivative series.
This question is insulting.
How would you feel if you got the following question from a patient?
[pretentious diatribe deleted]
Unfortunately, the analogy is false. IT doesn't kill or save enough people, so there's no rigorous screening process for people entering the field. There is no 7-8 years of proving ground and education before being released upon the masses.
The fact is that kids out of HS and smart people all around the world are picking up IT like loose change.
Here's some real advice for the original poster: Some of the hottest IT jobs right now are probably...tada, health-related industries. Look around what you do RIGHT NOW and look at what things could be done better and more efficiently using computers. Develop some software to do so and you can make a mint. Hundreds of successful startups do just that--recognize an inefficiency in the medical system and fill a specific niche. If you want to break into the industry, no need to learn all the coding yourself--just find some smart coders, show them the inefficiency and give them some ideas how to fix it, spread around a little seed money and voila, you're a mogul.
This idea is a total ripoff of the Hollywood Stock Exchange. I even heard the CNN report cite "predicting box office" as a similar model.
The stupidest part of this is not the idea itself (though the idea is pretty stupid). It's that the government is trying to do it themselves instead of floating the idea for a dotcom. Heck, my guess is after this press conference, a couple of undergrads get a working version up in two months and for free!
Let me get this straight. You're crying about working 12/7 for a month?
Some of us do that EVERY month.
SLACKER!!!
It seems like more than half of the uploads and downloads on kazaalite program/network are other kazaalite users.
Which brings up a good question--if Kazaa makes its money on all the spyware...how does Kazaalite make enough money to support the huge bandwidth needed for downloads? Can it really all be from donations?
Or are percentages skewed because kazaalite is being used?
Holy crap. I've been working in IT consulting for seven years and I never ever even thought that those emails I get at 1 AM were faked. Although they usually weren't (since I would reply and get a response immediately), no doubt some of them were.
This reminds me of the advice another ten year consultant gave me--no matter if you're busy or not, always claim that you're doing more work at home or at the hotel. He would declare almost every single night that he was working in the hotel. And we would all naively believe him. He later confided to me that he spent most of those nights in the strip club.
Someone should mod the parent up a little--it's an interesting and ironic anecdote ;)
Sell on ebay: $90 minus $3.40 fees = $86.60 NET PROFIT
Sell on amazon: $170 minus $26.49 fees = $143.51 NET PROFIT
Advice to broke college student: show a little initiative, slacker. BUY the copy on eBAY and SELL it on Amazon. DUH. $143 - $90 = $53 = 59% profit margin.
Alone in the Dark was the scariest game for me. It got to the point where I couldn't shoot straight because I always had my eyes closed while furiously hitting the "back away" (down arrow) button.
This has been an existential exercise as the complaints about the story being dupes are getting repetitive and even the jokes are being recycled.
The admins must be recognizing that they can generate the same amount of traffic and comments with a repeat story as with new content. Soon, they will follow the path of TV executives and only run new content during critical Internet "Sweeps" periods where demographics are counted twice.
Already doing this for the PS2: BroadQ
SCIFI has no intention of renewing Farscape. The 2.0 would not only exceed any of Farscape's ratings so far, but would be the highest of any SCIFI series (except the "Taken" miniseries).
Someone even Graphed the Ratings
Best advice: Go out with a bang, don't wither and whimper. One more thing: less TV, more life.
Ah, but what if instead of going out with a bang, it goes out with a never-resolved cliffhanger??? That's what Farscape fans despair of.
And one more thing: less good TV, more CRAPPY TV
I firmly believe that (based on what I've seen) that mp3 sharing does hurt the industy.
Silver, check out the article. The argument isn't that downloading doesn't affect sales. The argument is that it's not a substitute for sales. The argument is that if it were really a substitute, then sales would be drastically lower and not just an economy-affected 10%.
The article says the likelihood is that downloading is a new type of distribution which does not replace the old methods (yet). Leib makes the oft-used idea that the music industry should be looking for ways of profiting from this new method instead of trying to suppress it. Leib admits that he thought "a priori" (ie, before examining the evidence) that sharing hurts--but the sales data doesn't back it up.
tool.
:-)
This is the same tool who Microsoft uses to argue against a possible breakup, saying it will cost US citizens $50 billion.
I'm not saying a breakup is a good thing, but $50 billion? Give me a break--that's $250 per adult. I don't spend $250 now
That said, here's one of the most salient points from the article:
In order for downloading to really have an impact on CD sales, it needs to be a substitute for CDs. If file sharing is not a good substitute, then you can download all you want and it may be a new form of listening but it may not hurt CD sales.
The rest of the article is filled with a lot of duh moments (DMCA bad? really? Record companies should try to figure out new revenue streams instead of trying to supress piracy? get out of town!).
I'm surprised that after 473 comments, no one has brought up the extremely dubious statistic that:
Because since IE browsers now hold around around 97 percent of the browser market, many developers design sites that cater to IE's various standards.
Cnet kindly provides a link to a tiny blurb promoting a net-metric site which gives that dubious figure.
Seems like a convenient FUD.
The website it cites: Link is *still* blank at least a year after it was cited.
The article also goes into very little detail as to *why* this new lighting technology will be either popular nor necessary. It's vaguely referred to as "very high efficiency."
Summary: Call us when you have real news.
Geez, with all the product placement, slashdot could double as a Britney Spears movie.
Yes, it's sort of a neat phone, but there are a *lot* of neat phones coming down the pipe. I hope they don't all merit a Slashdot commercial.
Here's a link to a Samsung Camera with a digital camera too. The camera even sounds nicer than the Ericsson.
Sorry for being such a wet blanket, but I just don't see a whole lot remarkable about this topic.
Vegas should just skip the monorail phase and go straight to transporters.
Or Segways . Close the strip to cars and fill the city with Segways. It'd be the perfect commercial for both the city and the Segway.
Or Trebuchets . Boy, I'm full of helpful ideas tonight!
Everyone should just skip AOTC and wait for the AOTC 2003 edit to come out.
The Phantom Edit
This news *is* a little old.
The original fark link on 4/21
How about revealing some MRTG style stats of usage types and subscription numbers?
I know it might be considered marketing data, but how many competitors does Slashdot have anyway?
Yeah, let's go ahead and spill your political leanings with accusations without making an attempt at finding the facts. Let's add in a link to a totally unrelated issue to furthur your attack.
For the record, here's at least an attempt to see if there have been contributions (this took 15 seconds with Google):
2001 contributions to Davis
Oracle/Ellison don't show up in the top 25.
How did this parent post get mod'd up?