I don't see any reason why a paperback version of a book should cost less than an electronic version.
Me neither.
The Kindle device has a life of what? Five years? Ten, maybe if its taken care of really well? And all the kindle books are tied to that device - are they not? That paperback book will be around for decades after that Kindle has had to be thrown into the garbage - along with all those expensive Kindle version of those books.
With a brick & mortar store, that 70% (gross) pays for: insurance, property taxes on equipment and real estate if they own the property, building, employees pay, utilities, rent, etc....
Amazon: that 70% (gross) of the price of an electronic copy of a book that has an marginal cost approaching zero is just about all profit.
Personally, I think when it comes to electronic books, the royalties to the author should be based upon what a printed book would cost, the publisher works out a cost plus system for charging for the copy wholesale, and then Amazon adds their mark up. Charging a price close to a paper book for an electronic book just seams wrong to me - one of the largest costs of a printed book is its paper and ink.
Amazon is making a killing off of Kindle books and they're not passing that on to subsidize the price of the Kindle device. Without subsidies, they could sell that device for almost half and make a decent living on it. With subsidies, they could those suckers for $50 - easily.
You forgot about the part about growing up as some older guy's boy toy and how mating with a woman was an actual chore. In other words, the society's norm was homosexuality.
On a side note, the Spartans were one the greatest fighting forces of all time and they were all homosexuals. So much for not allowing gays in the military.
I guess they never heard of "The Usual Suspects" parties. Those guys watch that movie over and over just to hear Kevin Spacey say, "I killed him." under his breath.( I never heard it.)
Sad is how many cheer it on who don't like AM talk radio without understanding that giving the government a foot in the door opens all to the affect.
Isn't that always the case?
When the Bush Admin was grabbing all this power for the Executive branch, those of us that found it disturbing, were called a few things and we didn't understand the necessity of it since we're in a time of war - or some such non-sense.
Now comes the Democrats and the Obama Administration. Do the Republicans get it now? Of course not. The Democrats don't get it either, of course, and if they get their way, the inevitable Republicans that will get back power in some future election, will be able to do that same thing. So, in your AM Radio example, if the folks who want that out of the way, well, we just may see our beloved NPR bite the dust.
Power always flips back and forth - which is a good thing because we'd have a really corrupt government,otherwise - see Venezuela or Iran - if it didn't and I for one welcome the flipping back and forth because in the long run it does limit one sides damage or the others.
But the trouble is, once Government gets power, it doesn't give it up: regardless of who's in power. Just look at how the Obama Administration kept all the executive power that the Bush Admin took.
We have a VP putting this statement and we're supposed to take at face value? It sounds like propaganda to me.
This is corporate America, a corporation listed on the stock market who has a fiduciary responsibility to their stockholders. Profit comes first. Google is on top of their game right now, well sort of, there's all the Chinese stuff going on, and they can afford to be oh so generous; if in fact, they are actually doing what they say. Speaking of the Chinese and Google isn't it funny that when their revenues are threatened, they bend over in a heartbeat?
I'm sure he has some sort of life - comes up every once in a while from the basement to see his parents, talks to friends on Facebook, and he maybe even posts here.
Nope. Most users don't bother to even *READ* documentation, so the lack of it would not be a factor.
If Linux was really user friendly they wouldn't have to. On Windows there are all these wizards and things to set up devices and whatnot. Linux is getting better - setting up a printer in Gnome has gotten exponentially better in the last few years, although, if you don't have a driver, Gnome doesn't go out and get you one - like Windows does. Once you find a driver, installing it is a snap though.
Mac OS is constantly trying to make the UI intuitive and if we get away from PCs, the iPod Touch just *works* - I didn't need no stinking manual.
If Linux/Gnome/KDE wants to be more than just a *NIX and UI copier of others work, they'll have to be a bit more innovative with the UI an user friendliness. That's if the Linux and desktop community actually cares about that - which isn't the impression I get.
If you go for a security clearance, they search all you social networking pages and everyone who you are "friends" with. It's a real pain for them but they have to do it.
So, if you have a friend on Facebook who had to get security clearance, you were investigated.
In addition, the Nebula platform itself will help facilitate the adoption of open source software across the Government.
That won't be sole the reason. As departments have to cut budget's in the near future, they'll be looking more and more to F/OSS to save money. Nebula is proving the low budget F/OSS solution as viable.
So, was Windows 7 expected to Rip all thsoe Happy Mac customers back to Windows?.
Yes.
I call it the "Hugh Grant" syndrome. See, you're at home, have complete access to a beauty, but, it gets old. Same old same old. You something dangerous - exciting! So, you go around and you see this painted up whore and you just think, "Even though I have prime rib at home, it's fun to go for the over processed I-don't-know-what's-exactly-in-the-meat hamburger. Now, they get so used to the excitement, they start spending more time with the painted up whore. Some of get to liking the old thing that we stick with her - I'm still using XP - but I tell you, 7 looks real fine from afar!
So, you see, Mac will be losing market share to Windows.
I can't wait for when this language first moves out of the browser, then we'll get coders wanting to beef up their resumes with the "latest technology" and they'll be implementing everything in JavaScript.
System architect: "Here's my design. It will work in any language."
Coder wanting to add a notch to his belt: "I know just the thing for this distributed ERP system: JavaScript! It's the latest technology and we'll be cutting edge.
The architect - who hasn't been keeping up with languages and thinks Java and JavaScript are one in the same: "Sounds great."
Oh, yeah! There's a team I would want to contract on - billable hours gallor!
dont these idiots realize that they are handing control of their data over to a corporation? corporations that are fundamentally driven to make profit and please shareholders? then these idiots bitch when they are censored about what they write? is this really for real, i mean, am i actually reading this?
No you're not. It's actually a Communist plot to get you to hate Capitalism.
So, you sat there, coded your papers on punched cards, having to limit a sentence to 80 characters, and then turned it into the operator who ran your cards through a word processor. Then the next morning you would correct any spelling issues and then send the stack of cards to the operator again, and on and on.
Or did you have to write your papers by plugging cables into a panel? THAT would REALLY suck!
Although, there was this one poor bastard, who used a word processor that ran on a Turing machine. Let me tell you, he's 90 and still writing his Freshman English paper.
Yes, especially when he includes his full name in TFS, unless of course this Johannes Buchner is his arch nemesis whom he is trying to frame.
I tested your theory by saying "Johannes Buchner" in a stiff jawed English accent - a James Bond sort of accent. And low and behold, my scientific study has come to this conclusion:
Johannes Buchner is in fact an evil genius and he will release this code on to the World bringing havoc to all Linux run internet servers in effect, destroying the internet unless he is paid One HUNdred biiiillllioooon Euroes!
Finger prints - another pseudo scientific technique used by the cops.
Look it, every time I read a story about someone who was wrongfully convicted and then spent years in jail, in every single case there was one piece of evidence - usually some sort of eye witness - that put the poor bastard in jail. Now factor in a computer? You know how the ignorant public (the ones usually sitting on a jury panel) trusts anything the "computer" says - especially with all those fictional accounts on TV with those CSI shows. Unfortunately, reality isn't that precise.
I guarantee you, if this goes live, it will have a near 100% conviction rate regardless of its accuracy.
I was thinking of a test case for this - the picture of Solomon didn't impress me one bit. Now, you can't have folks mugging test subjects or other violent things BUT there is way.
The test case:
Get a group of test subjects - college students are always great for this. Have your "assailant" run up to the subject and Yell, "Hi!" and then hand the "victim" a flower and then run off. Right then and there, the "victim" goes a "files a police report" with the researchers following typical police procedure.
After about a thousand tests on different subjects with statistically significant positive results, then and only then, will I start to believe this "technology" and maybe with more tests will I think it should be allowed as evidence in a court of law.
Other than that it just a gimmick - we're talking about taking people's freedom here or sentencing them to death.
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I don't see any reason why a paperback version of a book should cost less than an electronic version.
Me neither.
The Kindle device has a life of what? Five years? Ten, maybe if its taken care of really well? And all the kindle books are tied to that device - are they not? That paperback book will be around for decades after that Kindle has had to be thrown into the garbage - along with all those expensive Kindle version of those books.
Amazon: that 70% (gross) of the price of an electronic copy of a book that has an marginal cost approaching zero is just about all profit.
Personally, I think when it comes to electronic books, the royalties to the author should be based upon what a printed book would cost, the publisher works out a cost plus system for charging for the copy wholesale, and then Amazon adds their mark up. Charging a price close to a paper book for an electronic book just seams wrong to me - one of the largest costs of a printed book is its paper and ink.
Amazon is making a killing off of Kindle books and they're not passing that on to subsidize the price of the Kindle device. Without subsidies, they could sell that device for almost half and make a decent living on it. With subsidies, they could those suckers for $50 - easily.
There is nothing more fulfilling in the world than the righteous indignation of the prick'd simian.
I prefer "bald tailless monkey".
Pfewww!
On a side note, the Spartans were one the greatest fighting forces of all time and they were all homosexuals. So much for not allowing gays in the military.
I guess they never heard of "The Usual Suspects" parties. Those guys watch that movie over and over just to hear Kevin Spacey say, "I killed him." under his breath.( I never heard it.)
Sad is how many cheer it on who don't like AM talk radio without understanding that giving the government a foot in the door opens all to the affect.
Isn't that always the case?
When the Bush Admin was grabbing all this power for the Executive branch, those of us that found it disturbing, were called a few things and we didn't understand the necessity of it since we're in a time of war - or some such non-sense.
Now comes the Democrats and the Obama Administration. Do the Republicans get it now? Of course not. The Democrats don't get it either, of course, and if they get their way, the inevitable Republicans that will get back power in some future election, will be able to do that same thing. So, in your AM Radio example, if the folks who want that out of the way, well, we just may see our beloved NPR bite the dust.
Power always flips back and forth - which is a good thing because we'd have a really corrupt government,otherwise - see Venezuela or Iran - if it didn't and I for one welcome the flipping back and forth because in the long run it does limit one sides damage or the others.
But the trouble is, once Government gets power, it doesn't give it up: regardless of who's in power. Just look at how the Obama Administration kept all the executive power that the Bush Admin took.
Change indeed.
Make sure the new printer comes with FULL carts, not the half-or-less carts they often box with the printer.
What company actually sells printers with full cartridges?
We have a VP putting this statement and we're supposed to take at face value? It sounds like propaganda to me.
This is corporate America, a corporation listed on the stock market who has a fiduciary responsibility to their stockholders. Profit comes first. Google is on top of their game right now, well sort of, there's all the Chinese stuff going on, and they can afford to be oh so generous; if in fact, they are actually doing what they say. Speaking of the Chinese and Google isn't it funny that when their revenues are threatened, they bend over in a heartbeat?
This whole thing stinks of BS to me.
How can you kill that which has no life??
I'm sure he has some sort of life - comes up every once in a while from the basement to see his parents, talks to friends on Facebook, and he maybe even posts here.
Nope. Most users don't bother to even *READ* documentation, so the lack of it would not be a factor.
If Linux was really user friendly they wouldn't have to. On Windows there are all these wizards and things to set up devices and whatnot. Linux is getting better - setting up a printer in Gnome has gotten exponentially better in the last few years, although, if you don't have a driver, Gnome doesn't go out and get you one - like Windows does. Once you find a driver, installing it is a snap though.
Mac OS is constantly trying to make the UI intuitive and if we get away from PCs, the iPod Touch just *works* - I didn't need no stinking manual.
If Linux/Gnome/KDE wants to be more than just a *NIX and UI copier of others work, they'll have to be a bit more innovative with the UI an user friendliness. That's if the Linux and desktop community actually cares about that - which isn't the impression I get.
So, if you have a friend on Facebook who had to get security clearance, you were investigated.
In addition, the Nebula platform itself will help facilitate the adoption of open source software across the Government.
That won't be sole the reason. As departments have to cut budget's in the near future, they'll be looking more and more to F/OSS to save money. Nebula is proving the low budget F/OSS solution as viable.
Yes. And it's all written with PHP.
So, was Windows 7 expected to Rip all thsoe Happy Mac customers back to Windows? .
Yes.
I call it the "Hugh Grant" syndrome. See, you're at home, have complete access to a beauty, but, it gets old. Same old same old. You something dangerous - exciting! So, you go around and you see this painted up whore and you just think, "Even though I have prime rib at home, it's fun to go for the over processed I-don't-know-what's-exactly-in-the-meat hamburger. Now, they get so used to the excitement, they start spending more time with the painted up whore. Some of get to liking the old thing that we stick with her - I'm still using XP - but I tell you, 7 looks real fine from afar!
So, you see, Mac will be losing market share to Windows.
The pump is also very efficient -- you get five times the amount of energy you put in, he said.
So, engineers and physicists, when you see statements like that, how do you cope:
My doctor said if I stopped picking my nose, it wouldn't bleed so much.
System architect: "Here's my design. It will work in any language."
Coder wanting to add a notch to his belt: "I know just the thing for this distributed ERP system: JavaScript! It's the latest technology and we'll be cutting edge.
The architect - who hasn't been keeping up with languages and thinks Java and JavaScript are one in the same: "Sounds great."
Oh, yeah! There's a team I would want to contract on - billable hours gallor!
dont these idiots realize that they are handing control of their data over to a corporation? corporations that are fundamentally driven to make profit and please shareholders? then these idiots bitch when they are censored about what they write? is this really for real, i mean, am i actually reading this?
No you're not. It's actually a Communist plot to get you to hate Capitalism.
In my day, we called it the mainframe.
That must've sucked!
So, you sat there, coded your papers on punched cards, having to limit a sentence to 80 characters, and then turned it into the operator who ran your cards through a word processor. Then the next morning you would correct any spelling issues and then send the stack of cards to the operator again, and on and on.
Or did you have to write your papers by plugging cables into a panel? THAT would REALLY suck!
Although, there was this one poor bastard, who used a word processor that ran on a Turing machine. Let me tell you, he's 90 and still writing his Freshman English paper.
Yes, especially when he includes his full name in TFS, unless of course this Johannes Buchner is his arch nemesis whom he is trying to frame.
I tested your theory by saying "Johannes Buchner" in a stiff jawed English accent - a James Bond sort of accent. And low and behold, my scientific study has come to this conclusion:
Johannes Buchner is in fact an evil genius and he will release this code on to the World bringing havoc to all Linux run internet servers in effect, destroying the internet unless he is paid One HUNdred biiiillllioooon Euroes!
I never saw that coming.
Finger prints - another pseudo scientific technique used by the cops.
Look it, every time I read a story about someone who was wrongfully convicted and then spent years in jail, in every single case there was one piece of evidence - usually some sort of eye witness - that put the poor bastard in jail. Now factor in a computer? You know how the ignorant public (the ones usually sitting on a jury panel) trusts anything the "computer" says - especially with all those fictional accounts on TV with those CSI shows. Unfortunately, reality isn't that precise.
I guarantee you, if this goes live, it will have a near 100% conviction rate regardless of its accuracy.
I click on the link and well, I think it's being hosted by one of these Dells
The test case:
Get a group of test subjects - college students are always great for this. Have your "assailant" run up to the subject and Yell, "Hi!" and then hand the "victim" a flower and then run off. Right then and there, the "victim" goes a "files a police report" with the researchers following typical police procedure.
After about a thousand tests on different subjects with statistically significant positive results, then and only then, will I start to believe this "technology" and maybe with more tests will I think it should be allowed as evidence in a court of law.
Other than that it just a gimmick - we're talking about taking people's freedom here or sentencing them to death.