I bet they'd make an order of magnitude more money that way than they ever would off selling subscriptions to the archives...
Well, the Wall Street Journal is making tens of millions (up to possibly $55 million if none of their online users also buy the paper version) with their archive. I'll assume that the NYT people would like to make something similar. Do you really think that context-based ads on old newspaper stories can match $55 million per year? It's a big chunk of income.
Also keep in mind that if they allowed unlimited searching they'd have to pay for increased bandwidth and computer resources to manage it. They'd also have to hire more ad people to work the new advertising system... although I suppose that could be offset by the cost of setting up the pay-per-year system, if they don't already have a viable way of doing it built in.
I may be crazy, but I have the sneakiest suspicion that Garak is, in fact, more than just a simple tailor. There's something about his eyes, but I can't quite pin it down.
A: I doubt that is true even in the spirit that you meant it, can you prove it?
B: The artists are indeed receiving a portion of that money as that money is part of the RIAA's income and higher income will ultimately allow them to pay higher salaries to artists.
Call me a baby if you must, but I don't really have enough faith in the construction regimes in India, China, Brazil or Russia to get into an airplane made by them. I'm sure it's foolish, I'm sure you can cite statistics that say that their planes are manufactured just as well and can operate just as safely. Nonetheless, I don't feel safe, and unless there's a severe price difference between airlines that use the non-American, non-European planes and those that do use American or European planes, I won't be flying on one.
My guess would be that this sort of personal hysteria is the reason that we don't see much of a market for planes from these countries. I'm perfectly happy accepting that they're safe on a rational level, but I still won't be spending my money on it if I can avoid it. I'd imagine that airlines know this about me and will cater to my fears.
No, it's the program that's going to be essentially free (or if not free, then the price will be so intermixed with the price of the computer as to be irrelevent) and already installed on my next laptop. And, quite probably, yours. It's still not an easy task to buy a computer without an OS.
I mean seriously, Haig McNamee, that's got to be a fake name right? McNamee? It sounds like someone couldn't remember the last name of the guy they talked to at IBM, thought it was Irish, and just threw McNamee down on the page. They're probably trying to protect it because it makes them look really stupid and a little bit racist.
Negroes Sale New & used Negroes. aff Check out the deals now! www.eBay.com
I don't think it's offensive, I think eBay just used a dictionary file to buy up every word it could think of. I admit, however, that could be seen in a bad light. In all fairness though, you don't get any bad ads if you search for slave, slaves, or the n-word, so I'm going to give Google the benefit of the doubt.
Even more telling is that Windows XP went on sale three years ago, while the next version of Mac OS X, Tiger, will not go on sale until later this year.
The arguement that their next Operating System update is coming out first, is not relevent as to who is copying what from who. They've both had dozens of OSes released in the last twenty years, so the release schedule of the next few seems completely beside the point.
If someone is publishing an online comic for fun, they're not making money and hence cannot afford to pay a copyright fee. However, just because they can't pay a fee, doesn't mean that the content isn't being used.
It's an interesting idea, but you'd need to work out a system so that Joe Nobody, who starts writing a great online comic but doesn't have the money to afford a copyright licensing fee, can prevent Big Mega Corp from simply taking his idea and republishing it. Since Joe couldn't afford to pay the fee, is Big Mega Corp allowed to make all sorts of money off his idea? Sure, Joe wasn't making money of his idea, but that doesn't mean that he's not using it, and hence should turn it over to anyone who wants to republish it.
Still, it's a good idea, but there needs to be a way to exempt people at the bottom from paying a tax, and I can't readily think of a system for doing so.
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Yeah, I'm not sure the infamous "Googlefight logic" neccessarily stands up in court.
Eh, but it worked against kleenex so who knows.
Nerds that don't care about that lousy "you can't divide by zero" rule.
Couldn't you just buy a TIVO then?
I heard Elian Gonzales submitted this story.
"To date, the RIAA is batting .000 in court on end-user lawsuits."
Well, yeah, but they're also batting 1.000. They've won every case that's gone to court!
I admit that sturck me too. I guess she's gay...
Or maybe she's got a black female friend.
Which isn't due out for how many months?
I bet they'd make an order of magnitude more money that way than they ever would off selling subscriptions to the archives...
Well, the Wall Street Journal is making tens of millions (up to possibly $55 million if none of their online users also buy the paper version) with their archive. I'll assume that the NYT people would like to make something similar. Do you really think that context-based ads on old newspaper stories can match $55 million per year? It's a big chunk of income.
Also keep in mind that if they allowed unlimited searching they'd have to pay for increased bandwidth and computer resources to manage it. They'd also have to hire more ad people to work the new advertising system... although I suppose that could be offset by the cost of setting up the pay-per-year system, if they don't already have a viable way of doing it built in.
With a staggering 1 out of 14 websites in Syria categorized as a phising site, I'd like to congratulate Syria for doing a staggeringly good job...
Eh, I can't even think of a joke. One out of every 14 sites? Jeez.
Perhaps it's time for a little liberation?
Because it's going to be Firefox! Duh.
(PS. I have no idea.)
Do you still have it? You've got to put it online? Please? I'd love to read it.
Is that really an episode? Or did you just make that up?
If it's a real episode, it sounds GREAT. If not, you should be a writer.
I may be crazy, but I have the sneakiest suspicion that Garak is, in fact, more than just a simple tailor. There's something about his eyes, but I can't quite pin it down.
Oh well, I guess we'lll never know more.
A: I doubt that is true even in the spirit that you meant it, can you prove it?
B: The artists are indeed receiving a portion of that money as that money is part of the RIAA's income and higher income will ultimately allow them to pay higher salaries to artists.
Call me a baby if you must, but I don't really have enough faith in the construction regimes in India, China, Brazil or Russia to get into an airplane made by them. I'm sure it's foolish, I'm sure you can cite statistics that say that their planes are manufactured just as well and can operate just as safely. Nonetheless, I don't feel safe, and unless there's a severe price difference between airlines that use the non-American, non-European planes and those that do use American or European planes, I won't be flying on one.
My guess would be that this sort of personal hysteria is the reason that we don't see much of a market for planes from these countries. I'm perfectly happy accepting that they're safe on a rational level, but I still won't be spending my money on it if I can avoid it. I'd imagine that airlines know this about me and will cater to my fears.
God bless capitalism.
Sure it's big, but how many milk bottles full of urine can carry at one time? That's what Howard Hughes would really be dreaming of.
No, it's the program that's going to be essentially free (or if not free, then the price will be so intermixed with the price of the computer as to be irrelevent) and already installed on my next laptop. And, quite probably, yours. It's still not an easy task to buy a computer without an OS.
Good luck, though.
Good, that giant analog clock took a shockingly large amount of real estate. Boo sidebar.
I think you may have missed the point.
I mean seriously, Haig McNamee, that's got to be a fake name right? McNamee? It sounds like someone couldn't remember the last name of the guy they talked to at IBM, thought it was Irish, and just threw McNamee down on the page. They're probably trying to protect it because it makes them look really stupid and a little bit racist.
Just a guess.
Negroes Sale
New & used Negroes. aff
Check out the deals now!
www.eBay.com
I don't think it's offensive, I think eBay just used a dictionary file to buy up every word it could think of. I admit, however, that could be seen in a bad light. In all fairness though, you don't get any bad ads if you search for slave, slaves, or the n-word, so I'm going to give Google the benefit of the doubt.
Even more telling is that Windows XP went on sale three years ago, while the next version of Mac OS X, Tiger, will not go on sale until later this year.
The arguement that their next Operating System update is coming out first, is not relevent as to who is copying what from who. They've both had dozens of OSes released in the last twenty years, so the release schedule of the next few seems completely beside the point.
Sorry, the prize is goatse.
If someone is publishing an online comic for fun, they're not making money and hence cannot afford to pay a copyright fee. However, just because they can't pay a fee, doesn't mean that the content isn't being used.
It's an interesting idea, but you'd need to work out a system so that Joe Nobody, who starts writing a great online comic but doesn't have the money to afford a copyright licensing fee, can prevent Big Mega Corp from simply taking his idea and republishing it. Since Joe couldn't afford to pay the fee, is Big Mega Corp allowed to make all sorts of money off his idea? Sure, Joe wasn't making money of his idea, but that doesn't mean that he's not using it, and hence should turn it over to anyone who wants to republish it.
Still, it's a good idea, but there needs to be a way to exempt people at the bottom from paying a tax, and I can't readily think of a system for doing so.