I have thought of this quite often. I came to the conclusion that the *Insert Name Here* religion that already sees itself as God's chosen people(still being unspecific) here on Earth will take it one step further and conclude that they are God's chosen people in the Universe and that it is their Manifest Destiny to let the rest of the Universe know about it.
If consumers don't have a problem with the price hike, sales will be unaffected. If consumers don't like it, sales will drop. If sales drop by more than 26%, the RIAA starts loosing money. If that happens, they'll be forced to restore the $0.99 pricing.
In a normal situation, this would be true. But hte hike in prices only makes CDs look like a better deal. So while the iTMS sales go T's up, the CD sales should experience a degree of increased sales. The RIAA does not lose either way, only the consumer loses. The comsumers and Apple.
This reminds me of a historical anecdote. One of the many advancements made under Lord Tokugawa's rule, which is arguably the point at which Japan began to transform into the powerhouse of technological innovation we know and love today, was the world's first sukaisukure ('skyscraper').
Thanks for playing, but... The world's first skyscraper was actually one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world. It was the Pharos(lighthouse) in Alexandria. constructed as three three different structures on top of each other(square base, an octagonal middle section, and a cylindrical top). The combined height of the Pharos was 117 m (384 ft), the size of a present day 40-story building. Some historians claimed it to be as high as 600 feet(63 stories). The Pharos was completed in 270BC and "stood" until a final earthquake took it down in 1326.
And so has Mars. What do the environmentalists want next? Should we extiguish the sun to prevent it from getting any warmer?
Food for thought? There are environmentalists screaming bloody murder becasue old settlements in greenland are poking thru the glaciers. Well, how were there settlements there to begin with in Greenland(it was called that for a reason)? Since there are glaciers all over the place? Oh that's right, the Earth was warmer in the past long before anything the humans did to change this cyclical nature of the Earth.
Why not negotiate a treaty to keep weapons out of space without a global threat, as determined by the UN? Well, that would just be UnAmerican. We should just put weapons up there. That'll show those commie bastards.
If you read some of the other posts, it appears that in Canada it is tagged onto the price of the product and there appears a special sticker explaining it on the product. Implying that it is done by the stores selling the product.
It's called adaptive optics. I leave it as an exercie to the user to read up on it. You'd be amazed at what images we can get now from earth based telescopes as opposed to when Hubble was originally sent up.
So it doesn't support the invasive copy-protected bullshit Apple pushes through their iTunes store? This is a bad thing how?
You just keep on buying your $19 CDs for one song and don't mind what the rest of us are doing. But I'm sure you are just stealing hte music and you expect everyone to give you everything for free. Move out of your mom's basement and join the real world.
You have your info reversed there. Apple is willing ot take a bath on hte iTunes music store if it helps then sell tons of hardware. Not the other way around.
uhh better check that chief. If you are further than 20 feet(slight exaggeration) from the CO, you ain't getting DSL at your new location. And do not rely on the local phone provider when they say it is offered, they have to run a line test. I get a call every other month saying "DSL is now available" at my location. But when they run the line test, it never is. Kinda funny/sad. And they wonder why they don't have a high a % of subscribers than South Korea - well, maybe because MOST people arn't within the magic radius, and the local phone people don't seem to care about the rest of us, that is why cable is kicking their ass.
"liberal" media is a myth, as is "conservative" media.
Say quagmire(and not the one from Family Guy) enough times, and it becomes fact - Right? Kinda funny how the US just made raids against insurgants in Iraq, based on Iraqi citizens tips - But the AP called it an unjustified slaying. No bias my ass.
Trying to socialize 1/3 of the GDP with a national healthcare is not being a fiscal conservative.
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On a political note [not for moderation]: America, the rest of the world is praying that you wake up and dump Bush this year. It may be 50:50 in the polls in the States, but from outside your continuing refusal to realise that he is a dangerous, incompetent, scheming, money grabbing, corrupt fool is increasingly alarming. Mod -100000 for flamebait, but that's how it is. Please realise though: I love the US, I just wish someone would drive it in the right (or should that be centre-left) direction.
I'll make sure to vote for Bush, just to piss you off. When will you realize that what is best for the USA isn't necessarily what's best for you. Will the US hear the next time your country calls for help? We are calling for help, and all you an do is criticise with a deaf ear.
I really hope that everyone has learned from our last trip to the moon. To go just to say we went is pointless. If we don't go there for scientific purposes, then we are doomed to repeat our own wasted potential.
And why the F do we have a space station that is not at a Lagrange point(L4, L5)? Oh yeah, because we base ALL of our manned space operations around a POS shuttle that can't go further than a couple hundred miles up. The perfect reason to scrap the shuttle so we can think outside this 30 year old box that NASA has been forced into.
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I'm guessing that you will vote for the democratic nominee in the upcoming elections(if you are in the US). I'm sure all of Clinton's decisions were ethically and morally sound. hhahahahahhaaMMMMWMWWWwahahahahhahahahahhaha!!!!!
Sorry, I could resist the ramblings of a political tin-foil hat wearer.
Oh yeah, I can see it now. The Nokia space station just crashed into Paris(wishfull thinking), causing at least 100,000 deaths. Don't forget, when you think wireless, you think Nokia.
This makes them female-hostile (and often hostile for people with smaller hands etc).
Like the same idiot who designs ATMs? In order for the buttons and the display to line up, you must be 3 feet tall.
Smaller people can get a step stool, or use a belt to use/wear something larger. A tall/large person can not remove their head or slice off 50 pounds to fit into something tiny.
The shuttle blows. The ISS is barely in space. We need to break the gravitational bounds of earth again. What good is going 200 miles up? It's pointless? Been there done that. We need to grow a a pair and get going. I'm glad that NASA is getting a good kick in the pants. We can't waste another 30 years with crap like a 300 miles in space POS shuttle.
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I have thought of this quite often. I came to the conclusion that the *Insert Name Here* religion that already sees itself as God's chosen people(still being unspecific) here on Earth will take it one step further and conclude that they are God's chosen people in the Universe and that it is their Manifest Destiny to let the rest of the Universe know about it.
In a normal situation, this would be true. But hte hike in prices only makes CDs look like a better deal. So while the iTMS sales go T's up, the CD sales should experience a degree of increased sales. The RIAA does not lose either way, only the consumer loses. The comsumers and Apple.
Is conspiring to pass savings onto the customer illegal?
Thanks for playing, but... The world's first skyscraper was actually one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world. It was the Pharos(lighthouse) in Alexandria. constructed as three three different structures on top of each other(square base, an octagonal middle section, and a cylindrical top). The combined height of the Pharos was 117 m (384 ft), the size of a present day 40-story building. Some historians claimed it to be as high as 600 feet(63 stories). The Pharos was completed in 270BC and "stood" until a final earthquake took it down in 1326.
And so has Mars. What do the environmentalists want next? Should we extiguish the sun to prevent it from getting any warmer?
Food for thought? There are environmentalists screaming bloody murder becasue old settlements in greenland are poking thru the glaciers. Well, how were there settlements there to begin with in Greenland(it was called that for a reason)? Since there are glaciers all over the place? Oh that's right, the Earth was warmer in the past long before anything the humans did to change this cyclical nature of the Earth.
I would tell Glaser to Pound Sand.
Neville Chamberlain? Is that you?
How do you know? I suspect you are an dissatisfied customer.
If you read some of the other posts, it appears that in Canada it is tagged onto the price of the product and there appears a special sticker explaining it on the product. Implying that it is done by the stores selling the product.
It's called adaptive optics. I leave it as an exercie to the user to read up on it. You'd be amazed at what images we can get now from earth based telescopes as opposed to when Hubble was originally sent up.
You just keep on buying your $19 CDs for one song and don't mind what the rest of us are doing. But I'm sure you are just stealing hte music and you expect everyone to give you everything for free. Move out of your mom's basement and join the real world.
You have your info reversed there. Apple is willing ot take a bath on hte iTunes music store if it helps then sell tons of hardware. Not the other way around.
Slashdot is great!! I just love seeing this shit in every fucking thread on this site. Your mother sows socks in hell - moron.
***Holding my lottery ticket up***
Say quagmire(and not the one from Family Guy) enough times, and it becomes fact - Right? Kinda funny how the US just made raids against insurgants in Iraq, based on Iraqi citizens tips - But the AP called it an unjustified slaying. No bias my ass.
That's funny. Almost as funny as the left thinking that CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC are shills for the right wingers.
Trying to socialize 1/3 of the GDP with a national healthcare is not being a fiscal conservative.
I'll make sure to vote for Bush, just to piss you off. When will you realize that what is best for the USA isn't necessarily what's best for you. Will the US hear the next time your country calls for help? We are calling for help, and all you an do is criticise with a deaf ear.
And why the F do we have a space station that is not at a Lagrange point(L4, L5)? Oh yeah, because we base ALL of our manned space operations around a POS shuttle that can't go further than a couple hundred miles up. The perfect reason to scrap the shuttle so we can think outside this 30 year old box that NASA has been forced into.
Sorry, I could resist the ramblings of a political tin-foil hat wearer.
Like the same idiot who designs ATMs? In order for the buttons and the display to line up, you must be 3 feet tall.
Smaller people can get a step stool, or use a belt to use/wear something larger. A tall/large person can not remove their head or slice off 50 pounds to fit into something tiny.
The shuttle blows. The ISS is barely in space. We need to break the gravitational bounds of earth again. What good is going 200 miles up? It's pointless? Been there done that. We need to grow a a pair and get going. I'm glad that NASA is getting a good kick in the pants. We can't waste another 30 years with crap like a 300 miles in space POS shuttle.