Yes, it's half baked and under heavy development. But if you disallow the release now, you pretty much make development grind to a halt. The only application that will get any widespread use is entertainment. And that in turn is heavily dependent on independent developers, since no AAA studio is going to drop money on something they eventually cannot sell.
Look at 3D. Yes, it failed. But did it fail after the first failed implementation? Not by a long shot. It was a gimmicky, overhyped crap in the 50s, made a return in the 80s, now for TV, got revived in the 90s and again in the last few years with 3D TVs and shutter glasses. And it failed EVERY SINGLE TIME. And it was revived over and over again with the promise that now we got new technology that makes it viable.
Yes, the current batch of VR toys will fail eventually. But VR in itself won't. Or, at the very least, it will not fail forever due to it. It will again become an issue in a few years. And again. And again. It's something that people want, it's something that can be marketed, being "inside the action" is something people want.
They will jump onto it the next time it comes around. And then again the next time after that failed.
In a comedy this can actually be used to comedic effect. Why not? Why not even have a character complain about it? "Oh c'mon, you sponsored by Subway or what?" "Yeah (munching) Why you asking?"
And yes, I think product placement and sponsoring is what will survive of advertising. Nobody watches the commercial breaks anymore. Everyone just uses them for a bathroom break or to get more snacks. Sometimes it feels like people's bladders are getting more and more honed to fit into the ad slot.
That's not sustainable. Ads that nobody watches are wasted money. And even the ads that people watch are wasted. Try this experiment: Sit down with a buddy, watch a show. Then, after the show, ask him for the ads he remembers. He'll look at you with a blank stare. He won't remember any.
Our brain already works in such a way that it filters the ads out. It's rendered as static background buzzing, nothing more. Think right now and name the first ad that comes to your mind. 9 out of 10 times it will be something that you have seen a long, long while ago.
Disney put this to perfection. Most classic Disney movies can't be bought just when you want them, oh no, they're only for sale during a very specific time and if you don't get it now, you will probably have to wait a looooooooong time, so get it now, even if you don't really want it but you might in a year and you can't buy it then...
I'm fairly sure if you start putting subtle ad elements into the stuff people are watching, people will make a drinking game out of "spot the product placement".
Hell, you'll even get some YouTube channels doing nothing but videos about "5 product placements you surely missed in (show)".
Entertainment and information is what people want. Until now, ads invariably did one thing: Interrupt our access to entertainment and information. And guess what: People don't like that.
Your key to getting your ads not only seen but actually associated with something good and something people want is to tie your ads into entertainment and information. Don't interrupt it, accompany it. Red Bull has really understood that. Know that Red Bull Air Race? Some crazy people flying around at breakneck speed and giving the onlookers the thrill of their life. And everyone knows that it's Red Bull that makes this thrill possible. That's cool! That's what people want! And they associate that sugar water with daredevil action and having a good time.
Have you ever seen a Red Bull ad? I haven't in the past 10 years.
So sponsor entertainment! It needn't be something huge, go and see what YouTubers have tons of followers and ponder how you can become part of their show. Note, this is important: DO NOT get them to endorse your product, YOUR PRODUCT has to become part of their show. It has to be part of the "cool". But, and this is also again important, it must not take over the show. Else that Youtuber is considered a sellout and his followers will leave. Your job is to find out how your product fits into his routine and your product must not break his routine, for that's why people are watching him!
If you prefer something more "serious", try to sponsor something closer to documentaries. That is a mostly uncharted land and I really wonder why. Because people doing serious documentaries are usually considered credible and trustworthy by their viewers, so why not use them for your product? Again, the product has to match the person, the style and the documentary (it's kinda pointless to have an archaeologist drink a cup of coffee from fine porcelain on a digging site, but he could hold a cup whenever he's talking to the camera and take a sip whenever he's in the picture but not talking while showing some ruins or something). And again, subtlety is key. People love finding stuff out themselves. Let them! Maybe even make it some sort of game.
That's where you can thrive. And people will actually love you and your product for it instead of considering you an invasive nuisance. Because yes, you can force us to endure your ads. But you cannot make us watch. And you cannot force us to like something that we consider obnoxious and invasive because it interrupts what we're looking for: Entertainment and Information. Become part of that entertainment and information and we'll actually love you. And your product.
The difference is mainly that you pay after you get the degree instead of having to front it. That not only takes the risk off your shoulders (i.e. the risk of having to quit before you get the degree for whatever reason), it also eases the burden. It's way easier for me to now pay the few hundred bucks a month in taxes than it would have been to pay them out of the, well, nothing I had back when I was a student.
In other words, paying 500 a month now is peanuts to me. Paying 500 a month back when I was a student would have meant deciding whether I want to eat or have a place to stay.
So, you prefer money instead of brain power as the deciding factor who gets a degree. Well, to each their own, I guess. Back in the Soviet Union the deciding factor was how good a Marxist-Leninist you were.
In the end, I have a hunch that I'd prefer the doctor that is the brightest instead of the one that has the richest parents or can recite Lenin while preparing for his malpractice suit.
" Is there? Which one? Ubuntu? Kubuntu? Edubuntu? Whateverbuntu? And why that one? There's so many others. How about that Steam one? There is this comparison page that lists 10 Linuxes for non-geeks, why Ubuntu and not that derived one from the Ukraine (forgot the name)? Uh, and what's different in, whatsitcalled, Debian? What about Sparky, is that any good? Hmm, they list here something called "Play Linux", and I mostly play games, is that better than Ubuntu?"
And so on. Sorry, but "there is only one distribution" is patently wrong. Far too many try to cater to the non-geek, and the non-geek has NO chance to distinguish them.
Good, evil, definitions... You use it for a goal that you define. Per definition, a goal that you have is intrinsically good. Nobody goes and wants to do evil.
You cannot socialize, you can blend in. I can tell 'cause I'm the same. I can easily blend into any crowd, but nine out of ten times this is actually stressful for me because I don't fit because I fit, I fit because I make myself fit. That's not exactly socializing...
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Makes you wonder whether worrying about SIDS brings it along...
Yes. *sniff* They grow up so fast.
Look on the bright side, you get more sleep again and she'll fuck with you again.
Did they buy someone who actually makes something while I wasn't looking?
Yes, it's half baked and under heavy development. But if you disallow the release now, you pretty much make development grind to a halt. The only application that will get any widespread use is entertainment. And that in turn is heavily dependent on independent developers, since no AAA studio is going to drop money on something they eventually cannot sell.
Look at 3D. Yes, it failed. But did it fail after the first failed implementation? Not by a long shot. It was a gimmicky, overhyped crap in the 50s, made a return in the 80s, now for TV, got revived in the 90s and again in the last few years with 3D TVs and shutter glasses. And it failed EVERY SINGLE TIME. And it was revived over and over again with the promise that now we got new technology that makes it viable.
Yes, the current batch of VR toys will fail eventually. But VR in itself won't. Or, at the very least, it will not fail forever due to it. It will again become an issue in a few years. And again. And again. It's something that people want, it's something that can be marketed, being "inside the action" is something people want.
They will jump onto it the next time it comes around. And then again the next time after that failed.
Pence gets to say something?
I deny science that is none, if that's what you mean.
In a comedy this can actually be used to comedic effect. Why not? Why not even have a character complain about it? "Oh c'mon, you sponsored by Subway or what?" "Yeah (munching) Why you asking?"
If done right, it could even be good for a laugh.
Whew, then it's a good thing we got the bigger guns, eh?
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Who or what is Chuck?
And yes, I think product placement and sponsoring is what will survive of advertising. Nobody watches the commercial breaks anymore. Everyone just uses them for a bathroom break or to get more snacks. Sometimes it feels like people's bladders are getting more and more honed to fit into the ad slot.
That's not sustainable. Ads that nobody watches are wasted money. And even the ads that people watch are wasted. Try this experiment: Sit down with a buddy, watch a show. Then, after the show, ask him for the ads he remembers. He'll look at you with a blank stare. He won't remember any.
Our brain already works in such a way that it filters the ads out. It's rendered as static background buzzing, nothing more. Think right now and name the first ad that comes to your mind. 9 out of 10 times it will be something that you have seen a long, long while ago.
Before your static filter set in.
Disney put this to perfection. Most classic Disney movies can't be bought just when you want them, oh no, they're only for sale during a very specific time and if you don't get it now, you will probably have to wait a looooooooong time, so get it now, even if you don't really want it but you might in a year and you can't buy it then...
Great. Now I'm hungry and you sure as hell don't deliver to Europe. Typical. Great promises and then "only valid in US and Canada", right?
I'm fairly sure if you start putting subtle ad elements into the stuff people are watching, people will make a drinking game out of "spot the product placement".
Hell, you'll even get some YouTube channels doing nothing but videos about "5 product placements you surely missed in (show)".
Entertainment and information is what people want. Until now, ads invariably did one thing: Interrupt our access to entertainment and information. And guess what: People don't like that.
Your key to getting your ads not only seen but actually associated with something good and something people want is to tie your ads into entertainment and information. Don't interrupt it, accompany it. Red Bull has really understood that. Know that Red Bull Air Race? Some crazy people flying around at breakneck speed and giving the onlookers the thrill of their life. And everyone knows that it's Red Bull that makes this thrill possible. That's cool! That's what people want! And they associate that sugar water with daredevil action and having a good time.
Have you ever seen a Red Bull ad? I haven't in the past 10 years.
So sponsor entertainment! It needn't be something huge, go and see what YouTubers have tons of followers and ponder how you can become part of their show. Note, this is important: DO NOT get them to endorse your product, YOUR PRODUCT has to become part of their show. It has to be part of the "cool". But, and this is also again important, it must not take over the show. Else that Youtuber is considered a sellout and his followers will leave. Your job is to find out how your product fits into his routine and your product must not break his routine, for that's why people are watching him!
If you prefer something more "serious", try to sponsor something closer to documentaries. That is a mostly uncharted land and I really wonder why. Because people doing serious documentaries are usually considered credible and trustworthy by their viewers, so why not use them for your product? Again, the product has to match the person, the style and the documentary (it's kinda pointless to have an archaeologist drink a cup of coffee from fine porcelain on a digging site, but he could hold a cup whenever he's talking to the camera and take a sip whenever he's in the picture but not talking while showing some ruins or something). And again, subtlety is key. People love finding stuff out themselves. Let them! Maybe even make it some sort of game.
That's where you can thrive. And people will actually love you and your product for it instead of considering you an invasive nuisance. Because yes, you can force us to endure your ads. But you cannot make us watch. And you cannot force us to like something that we consider obnoxious and invasive because it interrupts what we're looking for: Entertainment and Information. Become part of that entertainment and information and we'll actually love you. And your product.
And we buy what we love.
The difference is mainly that you pay after you get the degree instead of having to front it. That not only takes the risk off your shoulders (i.e. the risk of having to quit before you get the degree for whatever reason), it also eases the burden. It's way easier for me to now pay the few hundred bucks a month in taxes than it would have been to pay them out of the, well, nothing I had back when I was a student.
In other words, paying 500 a month now is peanuts to me. Paying 500 a month back when I was a student would have meant deciding whether I want to eat or have a place to stay.
So, you prefer money instead of brain power as the deciding factor who gets a degree. Well, to each their own, I guess. Back in the Soviet Union the deciding factor was how good a Marxist-Leninist you were.
In the end, I have a hunch that I'd prefer the doctor that is the brightest instead of the one that has the richest parents or can recite Lenin while preparing for his malpractice suit.
" Is there? Which one? Ubuntu? Kubuntu? Edubuntu? Whateverbuntu? And why that one? There's so many others. How about that Steam one? There is this comparison page that lists 10 Linuxes for non-geeks, why Ubuntu and not that derived one from the Ukraine (forgot the name)? Uh, and what's different in, whatsitcalled, Debian? What about Sparky, is that any good? Hmm, they list here something called "Play Linux", and I mostly play games, is that better than Ubuntu?"
And so on. Sorry, but "there is only one distribution" is patently wrong. Far too many try to cater to the non-geek, and the non-geek has NO chance to distinguish them.
Good, evil, definitions... You use it for a goal that you define. Per definition, a goal that you have is intrinsically good. Nobody goes and wants to do evil.
As with any club, the ones already inside do.
I don't see where I would possibly contradict you.
You cannot socialize, you can blend in. I can tell 'cause I'm the same. I can easily blend into any crowd, but nine out of ten times this is actually stressful for me because I don't fit because I fit, I fit because I make myself fit. That's not exactly socializing...
Having an open mind doesn't mean you have to allow any kind of idiocy in.
It's a bit like having an open border. It doesn't mean that any asshole should be allowed in.
Look, buddy, if you want to go to war, please do so, go ahead and get shot, nobody will hold you back.
In the meantime we'll stay here and find a way to coexist, ok? I guess that makes everyone happy.
See? We're open to your ideas. And we even support you!