The number of times i've bought an albumn because i've heard a couple of good things and ended up liking the whole albumn is common.
You've been lucky. I've had far more instances of purchasing an album for a song and finding out that the rest of the album is crap. This is one of the most commonly cited reasons people download mp3's: because most music these days is crap.
And what's the the fuck this, fuck that? Grow up and settle down... you're going to give yourself an ulcer.
I was expecting them to do this all along for marketing purposes. It doesn't take a lot to figure out that a fast selling DVD will boost the market for any sequels. The first Matrix movie is like this, in fact. The movie didn't gross that much at the theaters when you compare it to the DVD sales. I don't have exact numbers, but a quick Google search should bring them up. Obviously the DVD sales pushed the huge release of Reloaded in the theaters. If it worked once for them, why wouldn't they try it again?
I used to work at a small company that shipped products overseas. Over 95% of credit card fraud cases were from overseas accounts. If they weren't fraud? The customers could still process a chargeback on the credit card account that immediatly removes the funds from the store's account. It's VERY difficult to prove shipment to the credit card companys when not using UPS. When we did use UPS, the charges are too large and the tarifs were unpredictable. We probably saved thousands a month after we decided not to ship overseas, once you factor in the chargebacks and time. It's unfortunate, but true.
That summary page is awful... 1 column of text, 100px wide, tens of pages long. Can someone explain this in plain English for we 'IANAL' folk? What does this mean for the average person?
Actually, in the books (Philosopher/Sorcerer's Stone I believe), it specifically says that bowling is a hobby of Dumbledore. This is revealed when Harry reads the back of the trading card that comes with his chocolate frog. So, it would be bowling in whatever sense Brits use that term.:) JK Rowling has gone to great lengths to show a quite humorous side to Dumbledore.
A friend of mine is currently driving and gets around 35 cents / mile. That ends up being around $21/hour. Much less than $40/hr, but slightly more than your $15. That's hauling non-hazmats in the midwest (Wisconsin).
I would be willing to bet that Walmart won't follow the 'frequent renter = longer delay' policy that Netflix has. Walmart can easily afford to stockpile more movies than Netflix can, allowing them to fulfill orders faster. That damn policy of Netflix's is the only reason I'm no longer their customer. First come-first serve is the way it should be.
Walmart's core customer group is definitely likely to own DVD players. If you haven't noticed, Best Buy and Walmart both have DVD sections larger than their VHS sections. I would have agreed with you 3 years ago, when less than 10 people I knew owned DVD players, but now I only know about 10 people who don't have one.
It's far easier for me to spend time recreating code that exists already than to hunt down what's out there, read the documentation, figure out what drugs the developer was on, and customizing it. I make use of perl modules and bits of code on Usenet, just to save time, but that's the extent of it.
My wife viewed this and asked why in the world someone would make that. I had to explain that we geeks get a kick out of doing stuff like this, just for the sake of doing it. This particular project would be even cooler (no pun intended) if that cat5 carried some information instead of just power. That way, maybe I could track which friends are drinking all my beer.:)
This is one of the better book reviews I've read on Slashdot. Kudos to Alan Eibner for putting together a clear, concise, and complete article. Note to future book reviewers: don't list the chapters and a summary of the book... try breaking down each chapter, and then the book as a whole. It seems to come out much better.:)
Sorry.. I should have said that SARS seems to be a coronavirus (like the common cold) along with some other agent, probably Chlamydia. How about a link?
Nobody's saying that doctors should ignore other diseases. They're just saying that SARS is a serious deal, and that we should focus on trying to stop it.
4% mortality rate may not seem that high, but consider this... how many times have you had a cold in your life? Knowing that SARS is transmitted as easily as the common cold, how does that 4% mortality rate seem now? Think of it this way... there's very little chance that you'd live long enough to have 20 colds.
Actually, SARS is linked more closely with chlamydia than the common cold. They've found traces of chlamydia in the lungs of many of the people who have died in China.
Was there any doubt that this would happen? Since MS is running on about a 3-5 year Server cycle, the next server release would happen around 2008. I would assume that most high end servers and many workstations would have 64 bit processors by this time. It just makes sense that MS would support the 64 bit processor being released by the 2nd largest processor company.
I use Phoenix and IE all day long for web development and personal use. While Mozilla/Netscape cannot start as fast as IE, Phoenix is quite capable of doing so. Phoenix is only on version 0.5 right now and it crashes less than IE (a few times each week). As for page transitioning, someone can make an extension to Phoenix to handle these proprietary tags, but I don't know why they'd want to... they're not standard HTML, they're annoying, and they slow down the browser. So, I suggest trying Phoenix instead of Mozilla and THEN compare the two.
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Without the equivalent of Perl's excellent DBI/DBD
I've said it before, and I'll say it again... the PHP website should be enough for anyone with basic programming skills. It's simple, clearly explained, and there's many examples and fixes posted by people. The only thing that would be helpful would be a PHP Cookbook that's as good as the Perl one.
$40B would be enough to build a space elevator (see here), making all these other prospects quite a bit cheaper and easier. That's what NASA should focus on.
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You've been lucky. I've had far more instances of purchasing an album for a song and finding out that the rest of the album is crap. This is one of the most commonly cited reasons people download mp3's: because most music these days is crap.
And what's the the fuck this, fuck that? Grow up and settle down... you're going to give yourself an ulcer.
I was expecting them to do this all along for marketing purposes. It doesn't take a lot to figure out that a fast selling DVD will boost the market for any sequels. The first Matrix movie is like this, in fact. The movie didn't gross that much at the theaters when you compare it to the DVD sales. I don't have exact numbers, but a quick Google search should bring them up. Obviously the DVD sales pushed the huge release of Reloaded in the theaters. If it worked once for them, why wouldn't they try it again?
I used to work at a small company that shipped products overseas. Over 95% of credit card fraud cases were from overseas accounts. If they weren't fraud? The customers could still process a chargeback on the credit card account that immediatly removes the funds from the store's account. It's VERY difficult to prove shipment to the credit card companys when not using UPS. When we did use UPS, the charges are too large and the tarifs were unpredictable. We probably saved thousands a month after we decided not to ship overseas, once you factor in the chargebacks and time. It's unfortunate, but true.
That summary page is awful... 1 column of text, 100px wide, tens of pages long. Can someone explain this in plain English for we 'IANAL' folk? What does this mean for the average person?
Actually, in the books (Philosopher/Sorcerer's Stone I believe), it specifically says that bowling is a hobby of Dumbledore. This is revealed when Harry reads the back of the trading card that comes with his chocolate frog. So, it would be bowling in whatever sense Brits use that term. :) JK Rowling has gone to great lengths to show a quite humorous side to Dumbledore.
s/\A(.*?)\s+(.*)\Z/In soviet Russia, $2 $1s you!/i;
Or, if you need more obvious proof. ;)
Hey! Get off my sig, Fatty McButterPants! :) You may have the lower UID, but I'm much prettier (ask my mom).
A friend of mine is currently driving and gets around 35 cents / mile. That ends up being around $21/hour. Much less than $40/hr, but slightly more than your $15. That's hauling non-hazmats in the midwest (Wisconsin).
I would be willing to bet that Walmart won't follow the 'frequent renter = longer delay' policy that Netflix has. Walmart can easily afford to stockpile more movies than Netflix can, allowing them to fulfill orders faster. That damn policy of Netflix's is the only reason I'm no longer their customer. First come-first serve is the way it should be.
Walmart's core customer group is definitely likely to own DVD players. If you haven't noticed, Best Buy and Walmart both have DVD sections larger than their VHS sections. I would have agreed with you 3 years ago, when less than 10 people I knew owned DVD players, but now I only know about 10 people who don't have one.
It's far easier for me to spend time recreating code that exists already than to hunt down what's out there, read the documentation, figure out what drugs the developer was on, and customizing it. I make use of perl modules and bits of code on Usenet, just to save time, but that's the extent of it.
You do know that your TV has multiple channels, correct? It even comes with a power button! :)
My wife viewed this and asked why in the world someone would make that. I had to explain that we geeks get a kick out of doing stuff like this, just for the sake of doing it. This particular project would be even cooler (no pun intended) if that cat5 carried some information instead of just power. That way, maybe I could track which friends are drinking all my beer. :)
There's a space in the link. Remove the space, or the %20 if your browser put that in.
This is one of the better book reviews I've read on Slashdot. Kudos to Alan Eibner for putting together a clear, concise, and complete article. Note to future book reviewers: don't list the chapters and a summary of the book... try breaking down each chapter, and then the book as a whole. It seems to come out much better. :)
Sorry.. I should have said that SARS seems to be a coronavirus (like the common cold) along with some other agent, probably Chlamydia. How about a link?
Nobody's saying that doctors should ignore other diseases. They're just saying that SARS is a serious deal, and that we should focus on trying to stop it.
4% mortality rate may not seem that high, but consider this... how many times have you had a cold in your life? Knowing that SARS is transmitted as easily as the common cold, how does that 4% mortality rate seem now? Think of it this way... there's very little chance that you'd live long enough to have 20 colds.
Actually, SARS is linked more closely with chlamydia than the common cold. They've found traces of chlamydia in the lungs of many of the people who have died in China.
Was there any doubt that this would happen? Since MS is running on about a 3-5 year Server cycle, the next server release would happen around 2008. I would assume that most high end servers and many workstations would have 64 bit processors by this time. It just makes sense that MS would support the 64 bit processor being released by the 2nd largest processor company.
I use Phoenix and IE all day long for web development and personal use. While Mozilla/Netscape cannot start as fast as IE, Phoenix is quite capable of doing so. Phoenix is only on version 0.5 right now and it crashes less than IE (a few times each week). As for page transitioning, someone can make an extension to Phoenix to handle these proprietary tags, but I don't know why they'd want to... they're not standard HTML, they're annoying, and they slow down the browser. So, I suggest trying Phoenix instead of Mozilla and THEN compare the two.
Without the equivalent of Perl's excellent DBI/DBD
Like ADODB?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again... the PHP website should be enough for anyone with basic programming skills. It's simple, clearly explained, and there's many examples and fixes posted by people. The only thing that would be helpful would be a PHP Cookbook that's as good as the Perl one.
$40B would be enough to build a space elevator (see here), making all these other prospects quite a bit cheaper and easier. That's what NASA should focus on.
How about using the $40B to build a space elevator at which point everything else can be done for much less? $40B not enough? See this.