It might be helpful for you to calculate the area that the Tunguska Blast caused devastation, divide by the surface area of the earth, multiply it by the surface area of our major population centers, and then multiply it by the probability of this type of event occurring in the next 50 years. Lloyd: So you're sayin' there's a chance?
This made downtime cost something like $4 million / hour. Boohoo. I mean not to sound utterly cynical, but an outage didn't cost them squat, other than whatever extra expense they would incur to expedite repair. That's almost like saying the MAFIAA loses money to piracy. You can't LOSE what you don't have.
Right I know, it's economics, accounting, Wallstreet math. Blah blah. I had those classes too. I am really not every sympathetic to billion dollar businesses potential for failure.
A) It won't happen because the Gov would just bail them out on our dime (ala the airlines the last few years) B) "The Bells" in particular have stuffed enough tax breaks and kick backs into their pockets over the years, fuck them and their "4 million / hour."
i know it isn't exactly what you describe, but i remember something like this in Best Buys in the late 90s I think. not sure if this is the same manufacturer though.
That would require extra research time on the part of the author. I think the best approach (from a revenue perspective) would be to insert 10 pages that are nothing BUT ads.
Oops! I meant as a defense mechanism when faced by the potential of violence. "Well adjusted" folk who recognize or are able to keep in mind it's fake would shake off the effects quicker/more easily.
I would imagine there is an intrinsic response built in to us to switch into a more aggressive mode as a defense mechanism. I would imagine the changes disappear more quickly in people based upon their past and current lifestyle. This is almost seems like simple deductive reasoning to me.
But in a way, it's a shame those people are alive in the first place. NOW they should get a shot or pushed towards a better quality life? Inconceivable!
The only reason this means ANYTHING is because of money. Specifically those that have more than others are worried theirs will be worth less is more have more.
The stupid thing is, money isn't shit. It's just another tool like a computer or a telephone. It facilitates our ability to get the job done (the job being commerce). Take it away and you still have a need for people to actually DO something to survive. Since ease of survival is pretty trivial for many, money is the new air, the new blood. We don't need to all be farmers or hunters to survive.
Make no mistake, I have no problem with the concept of money. More the overwhelming desire to amass it by the bucket load (in many cases without doing anything at all for it).
Good point. My guess would mean they won't let you bring the phone in and demand an exchange or any sort of hardware support. You're still paying them for SERVICE each month and they damn well better support THAT. Echoes what I brought up when this was first announced: What area of support are they going to skimp on?
monthly Internet/e-mail bill and suddenly it started running up like a gas pump on Labor Day, you'd pull the plug pretty damn quick. It occurs to me I still see plenty of cars on the road despite the high fuel prices. As well as plenty of lights, computers, and other gizmos left on despite them being billed as you mention. Once people get use to it, they'll simply start accepting the cost and keep the PC on.
See the part about inability to be self sufficient. Go out and kill a rabbit or plant some damn vegetables. If for some reason money is suddenly worth jack shit, you think society would really rip itself apart? Some people, maybe, would be fucked. Anyone who knows more than what the TV tells them will figure it out.
Yes I'd much rather have hundreds/thousands of people killed, hundreds/thousands/millions maimed, and hundreds/thousands/millions of survivors grieving and scarred for life than face up to the fact that "Oh shit, the economy is swirling the drain. My money is now worthless and I can't buy that $SHINY_GIZMO."
Economies are far more easily rebuilt. Placing an economic system above lives is utterly naive and shows a complete lack of self-sufficiency, IMO.
If the concern over economic collapse through hack attacks, maybe businesses, banks, the Feds should keep that shit on networks that are in no way reachable through the regular Internet.
I know, I know, I'm 27 and yet any conversation involving the Wii makes me want to chuckle like I'm 12. Especially when there are lines like:
My mom got me a Wii for my birthday... Come on! That has to poke that stupid center of your brain. I just want to say something like "You didn't notice that a couple decades ago?"
I'm really glad you didn't end it with "My my mom really liked my Wii."
You could also do like I did and drove to a local retailer in the shadiest, lowest rent part of my metro area where no one can afford one and all the snobby rich people are too proud to go.
...without having access to any of the specs for the CPU or GPU that were in the original xbox. I call BS. They used slightly modified Intel and nVidia consumer level chips. It's not like it's some 30 year old processor that was designed on a cocktail napkin.
However...
While most Verizon Wireless customers prefer the convenience of full service, the company is listening through today's announcement to a small but growing number of customers who want another choice without full service. Would they mind defining what "without full service" means? Also, how much more are they going to gouge "bring your own" customers? There's always a catch/hook/rub/premium for have it your way.
I never understood why the obsession with mobile companies locked phones/formats? Right, lockin so you can only buy their ringtones and use their premium services. But I worked at Sprint for a couple years and at that time they lost their asses on phone swaps. Wouldn't it be easier if they simply sold service, supported open standards and reduced operating costs by not stocking a giant cache of crappy phones they cover under replacement. That has to chew into those premium service profits really fast.
Offer a solid damn service and let people fight Motorola, Samsung, Sanyo, etc over device issues. It's like expecting the gas station attendant to fix your tranny after he tops you off.
I have to give Lucas some credit for recognizing fan work and not hammering down on copyright infringement. Yeah there have been some cases in the past where the companies bearing the Lucas prefix have, but overall, the fan films and such have been left to do as they will so long as they aren't trying to cash in on wads of dough.
I don't think there's anything bad about looking at our entertainment and saying why it's good or bad. It's no different than looking at a buggy computer program and saying "Next time, maybe we should do Y instead of X."
There is a fine line between being an anal fanboy who gets up tight over minutiae (Star Trek fans come to mind before Star Wars fans).
My opinion is that Star Wars became a joke through the 80's. It was kept alive through whatever merchandising gimmick could be thought up. The prequels certainly didn't help. The countless releases, action figures, etc etc.. There is very little EU content I like in the Star Wars Universe.
I like the OT for what went into it. It was the taking a chance, aiming big and for the era they did a really great job of pushing the envelope, that makes me watch them again when I feel nostalgic.
I dunno. I'll ask some of the people I know that work there. Seeing as how they are nerds, I'd imagine they'd probably have a pretty easy time accepting other nerds discussing their product rather than some paid spin-doctor.
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Just a thought, but perhaps it isn't by actual current number of subs but potential to serve?
Where, pray tell, is this place known as "Idiocity"?
Or did you mean idiocy?
Right I know, it's economics, accounting, Wallstreet math. Blah blah. I had those classes too. I am really not every sympathetic to billion dollar businesses potential for failure.
A) It won't happen because the Gov would just bail them out on our dime (ala the airlines the last few years) B) "The Bells" in particular have stuffed enough tax breaks and kick backs into their pockets over the years, fuck them and their "4 million / hour."
They aren't official titles. The "Drug Czar" is a nickname for the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Crazy Jim and Chuck Chunder. There's a Saturday morning cartoon in that pairing I tell you.
i know it isn't exactly what you describe, but i remember something like this in Best Buys in the late 90s I think. not sure if this is the same manufacturer though.
That would require extra research time on the part of the author. I think the best approach (from a revenue perspective) would be to insert 10 pages that are nothing BUT ads.
Oops! I meant as a defense mechanism when faced by the potential of violence. "Well adjusted" folk who recognize or are able to keep in mind it's fake would shake off the effects quicker/more easily.
I would imagine there is an intrinsic response built in to us to switch into a more aggressive mode as a defense mechanism. I would imagine the changes disappear more quickly in people based upon their past and current lifestyle. This is almost seems like simple deductive reasoning to me.
But in a way, it's a shame those people are alive in the first place. NOW they should get a shot or pushed towards a better quality life? Inconceivable!
The only reason this means ANYTHING is because of money. Specifically those that have more than others are worried theirs will be worth less is more have more.
The stupid thing is, money isn't shit. It's just another tool like a computer or a telephone. It facilitates our ability to get the job done (the job being commerce). Take it away and you still have a need for people to actually DO something to survive. Since ease of survival is pretty trivial for many, money is the new air, the new blood. We don't need to all be farmers or hunters to survive.
Make no mistake, I have no problem with the concept of money. More the overwhelming desire to amass it by the bucket load (in many cases without doing anything at all for it).
Should make sure they don't play the particular games they are worried about. It beats the alternatives I can come up with.
Good point. My guess would mean they won't let you bring the phone in and demand an exchange or any sort of hardware support. You're still paying them for SERVICE each month and they damn well better support THAT. Echoes what I brought up when this was first announced: What area of support are they going to skimp on?
See the part about inability to be self sufficient. Go out and kill a rabbit or plant some damn vegetables. If for some reason money is suddenly worth jack shit, you think society would really rip itself apart? Some people, maybe, would be fucked. Anyone who knows more than what the TV tells them will figure it out.
Yes I'd much rather have hundreds/thousands of people killed, hundreds/thousands/millions maimed, and hundreds/thousands/millions of survivors grieving and scarred for life than face up to the fact that "Oh shit, the economy is swirling the drain. My money is now worthless and I can't buy that $SHINY_GIZMO."
Economies are far more easily rebuilt. Placing an economic system above lives is utterly naive and shows a complete lack of self-sufficiency, IMO.
If the concern over economic collapse through hack attacks, maybe businesses, banks, the Feds should keep that shit on networks that are in no way reachable through the regular Internet.
I'm really glad you didn't end it with "My my mom really liked my Wii."
Alright, I'm crawling back into my hole.
You could also do like I did and drove to a local retailer in the shadiest, lowest rent part of my metro area where no one can afford one and all the snobby rich people are too proud to go.
War
Oh wait. That violence is ok.
...without having access to any of the specs for the CPU or GPU that were in the original xbox. I call BS. They used slightly modified Intel and nVidia consumer level chips. It's not like it's some 30 year old processor that was designed on a cocktail napkin.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox
I find it hard to believe they simply pitched ALL technical reference materials for the orig. Xbox.
However... While most Verizon Wireless customers prefer the convenience of full service, the company is listening through today's announcement to a small but growing number of customers who want another choice without full service. Would they mind defining what "without full service" means? Also, how much more are they going to gouge "bring your own" customers? There's always a catch/hook/rub/premium for have it your way.
I never understood why the obsession with mobile companies locked phones/formats? Right, lockin so you can only buy their ringtones and use their premium services. But I worked at Sprint for a couple years and at that time they lost their asses on phone swaps. Wouldn't it be easier if they simply sold service, supported open standards and reduced operating costs by not stocking a giant cache of crappy phones they cover under replacement. That has to chew into those premium service profits really fast.
Offer a solid damn service and let people fight Motorola, Samsung, Sanyo, etc over device issues. It's like expecting the gas station attendant to fix your tranny after he tops you off.
I have to give Lucas some credit for recognizing fan work and not hammering down on copyright infringement. Yeah there have been some cases in the past where the companies bearing the Lucas prefix have, but overall, the fan films and such have been left to do as they will so long as they aren't trying to cash in on wads of dough.
I don't think there's anything bad about looking at our entertainment and saying why it's good or bad. It's no different than looking at a buggy computer program and saying "Next time, maybe we should do Y instead of X."
There is a fine line between being an anal fanboy who gets up tight over minutiae (Star Trek fans come to mind before Star Wars fans).
My opinion is that Star Wars became a joke through the 80's. It was kept alive through whatever merchandising gimmick could be thought up. The prequels certainly didn't help. The countless releases, action figures, etc etc.. There is very little EU content I like in the Star Wars Universe.
I like the OT for what went into it. It was the taking a chance, aiming big and for the era they did a really great job of pushing the envelope, that makes me watch them again when I feel nostalgic.
Gesundheit
I dunno. I'll ask some of the people I know that work there. Seeing as how they are nerds, I'd imagine they'd probably have a pretty easy time accepting other nerds discussing their product rather than some paid spin-doctor.