You seem to confuse the ability to laugh at oneself with being too dense to realize one is the subject of the joke.
I would be more worried for countries so concerned with being mocked or subject to satire that the films and arts are censored. That definitely sounds like a sophisticated society.
Actually... I do have "A" weapon, but only Chuck Norris could bring down anything larger than a small mammal with it.:)
I have it because I enjoy wild game. I have no illusions that the weapon I own would protect me from my government or any other government at this point.
Traditional journalism in the US is dead. It's been years since I've read an objective and balanced piece from a mainstream news source in the US.
My method of finding out what is going on in the world consists primarily of overloading on info and then applying my own critical thinking to read between the lines.
I barely have time to watch/read the "news" now, why would I pay for it?
There is a flaw in the original argument that everyone is ok paying $4 for a cup of coffee. I think the products are too different in target audience, demographics, and tangibility. I think a similar product with a broader reach could have been found.
Having said that, I suspect there is some truth to the argument, but I also suspect a contributing factor may be a feeling of a "lack of ownership". Do you really feel like you "own" it, or do you feel like you have $1 worth of lease time on it? Especially with the ability to remove apps after downloading them.
One thing I would suggest, is that consumers as a whole have taken that feeling of ownership into account on some level when deciding how much they're willing to pay for pure data as a product. I am much more willing to spend $15 dollars to own a physical piece of a medium than I ever would for a digital copy of say a movie. This is the primary reason I subscribe to netflix streaming and still buy physical DVD's but have never bought a digital copy of a DVD from a service like iTunes. Even if I'm only licensing the item, I still have a tangible product and that tangibility goes a long way with the human psyche.
I can theoretically stream 30 movies a month from Netflix for my $8 bringing the cost of the movie down to ~$.27 each. I think that would be a better comparison for the $1 apps. I have about the same feeling of "ownership" over the product.
US car companies have excelled time and time again at turning handouts from the US government into disasters...
If you took all of GM's blunders over the last 100 years and turned them into successes the US today would have:
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How bad can carbonated rice be?
And they're still charging too much for the amount of data.
No thanks.
You seem to confuse the ability to laugh at oneself with being too dense to realize one is the subject of the joke.
I would be more worried for countries so concerned with being mocked or subject to satire that the films and arts are censored. That definitely sounds like a sophisticated society.
Also, Borat was hilarious.
This is great news. Here's hoping for a bright and successful future for their new program!
Ok =)
You put yours down first ;-)
Actually... I do have "A" weapon, but only Chuck Norris could bring down anything larger than a small mammal with it. :)
I have it because I enjoy wild game. I have no illusions that the weapon I own would protect me from my government or any other government at this point.
Can we just stop trying to solve all our problems with more weapons?
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Traditional journalism in the US is dead. It's been years since I've read an objective and balanced piece from a mainstream news source in the US. My method of finding out what is going on in the world consists primarily of overloading on info and then applying my own critical thinking to read between the lines. I barely have time to watch/read the "news" now, why would I pay for it?
There is a flaw in the original argument that everyone is ok paying $4 for a cup of coffee. I think the products are too different in target audience, demographics, and tangibility. I think a similar product with a broader reach could have been found.
Having said that, I suspect there is some truth to the argument, but I also suspect a contributing factor may be a feeling of a "lack of ownership". Do you really feel like you "own" it, or do you feel like you have $1 worth of lease time on it? Especially with the ability to remove apps after downloading them.
One thing I would suggest, is that consumers as a whole have taken that feeling of ownership into account on some level when deciding how much they're willing to pay for pure data as a product. I am much more willing to spend $15 dollars to own a physical piece of a medium than I ever would for a digital copy of say a movie. This is the primary reason I subscribe to netflix streaming and still buy physical DVD's but have never bought a digital copy of a DVD from a service like iTunes. Even if I'm only licensing the item, I still have a tangible product and that tangibility goes a long way with the human psyche.
I can theoretically stream 30 movies a month from Netflix for my $8 bringing the cost of the movie down to ~$.27 each. I think that would be a better comparison for the $1 apps. I have about the same feeling of "ownership" over the product.
If you took all of GM's blunders over the last 100 years and turned them into successes the US today would have:
It's like the actively work against the citizens of the US, but nobody cares...
Moores Law continues to confuse and amaze! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law