I've been saying this to my friends whenever conversation steers around to this topic. I have a limited entertainment budget. I can choose to spend: [Prices in AUD]
$18 on a novel
$30 on a cd - $23 for top 40, but thats not to my taste at all
$30 on a dvd - special edition maybe $35
$90 on a computer game
$10 on a movie ticket
$7 on a nightly rental
Now, I love pop culture, and I have a huge dvd collection. Mostly quirky stuff, cult, tv series, anime. I have Babar that I bought on ex-rental, very proud of myself for that one. But i digress. With my limited weekly budget, I can save for a while for the game, doing nothing during the intervening weeks. I can buy the dvd or cd - they pretty much balance out, but I perceive a dvd as having higher value than a cd. For music I might turn on the radio, or if I really want to, save up for a ticket to a show next time someone tours. This does not mean I dont own a ton of cd's though. Eventually I often buy the novel, because I love reading, and I perceive the value of a book as higher than both of these, or I can go to the movies with some friends, or hang out with a rental.
It would be interesting for someone to produce a graph which charts:
Declining music sales
Rising dvd sales
Declining cd player sales
Rising dvd player sales.
I'd like to see that graph. Then I'd like to tell them to think really hard about the noise they are making about 'piracy affecting sales'
By going it alone, without the UN, none of that multinational, people who use metric, stuff will creep in. Next stop, Korea, where they can redefine the range of those pesky nuclear missiles.
A friend used to have a VW bug, with a speedo in MPH. When the speed limit is KMH, and you think thats what you're doing, it can be a little scary.
In Australia, that would be 400 odd meters. According to a
google search anyway. Does anyone but America still use those wacky imperial measurements any more?
but then, who doesn't bitch and moan. It will give you an idea of what most gives people the irrits. Just remember that anyone who has _found_ those forums is probably a 'power user':P
It is a subsite of http://www.whirlpool.net.au/ Whirlpool was originally a user bitch forum for Telstra Bigpond, but expanded to cover most of Australia's broadbnad ISP's. The forums at whirlpool are a good measure of customer satisfaction.
Stay away from Telstra - they prefer to use a sandpaper condom on their phallus.
Ascii can be read by pretty much everything. I think PG have a page on why they use the formats they use.
HTML, if used properly, would be great, but people can't resist those pretty bells and non-standard whistles.
XML(XHTML for this?) would then require an additional something to parse it out and display it. That abstraction may be better design, but its a pain if all you want to do is distribute free, unfettered text.
SGML - well, most people find this one a bit... complex.
Word.doc? Shudder.
PG have only recently moved to HTML. They are concerned more with the propogation and longevity of these texts, less the nifty features.
I recently accepted a Director level position at a small, 40 person, technology company.
I don't know about you, but I'd like one of the Directors to be checked. How many companies has he crashed recently? Declared bankruptcy? etc etc. This is a person meant to advise on the running of the company, and its financial direction.
Come on, at some stage, a Judge is not going to have ever ruled in a 'technology' trial. Are there training courses for tech Judges? Is there an O'Reilly or a Dummy book? They have to gain experience on the bench sometime. [Which is the reverse of sports really, isn't it]
My housemates bestfriend recieved an email for trying to sell his housemate's soul on ebay. Received a very strongly worded email stating that the soul was not a physical thing that could be sold... [and wasn't a service either]
Slashdot Mirror
I have enough of my own to do
Who sees a 'national security' takedown notice appearing at his ISP soon?
I've been saying this to my friends whenever conversation steers around to this topic. I have a limited entertainment budget. I can choose to spend: [Prices in AUD]
Now, I love pop culture, and I have a huge dvd collection. Mostly quirky stuff, cult, tv series, anime. I have Babar that I bought on ex-rental, very proud of myself for that one. But i digress. With my limited weekly budget, I can save for a while for the game, doing nothing during the intervening weeks. I can buy the dvd or cd - they pretty much balance out, but I perceive a dvd as having higher value than a cd. For music I might turn on the radio, or if I really want to, save up for a ticket to a show next time someone tours. This does not mean I dont own a ton of cd's though. Eventually I often buy the novel, because I love reading, and I perceive the value of a book as higher than both of these, or I can go to the movies with some friends, or hang out with a rental.
It would be interesting for someone to produce a graph which charts:
I'd like to see that graph. Then I'd like to tell them to think really hard about the noise they are making about 'piracy affecting sales'
A dictionary search turns up:
Damn that Touya! How dare he not wait for Hikaru!
[Currently downloading 46-50 - thats a lot of gig on my hd]
It's a shame Hikaru has basically lost his old friends now.
In an argument about science, he starts talking about the prime minister and the leader of the federal opposition...
If this is so, and once again [I've carped on about this before] why not switch to the METRIC SYSTEM.
Damn wacky imperial standard.
It just sounds better. Can't you tell?
[Yes, this is a joke]
I had a look at the website and loved your project. Wish I'd been in the same country so that I could have gone to burning man ^_^
Come on, a few pic on a web server are nothing when you could have everyone bowing before u
By going it alone, without the UN, none of that multinational, people who use metric, stuff will creep in. Next stop, Korea, where they can redefine the range of those pesky nuclear missiles.
A friend used to have a VW bug, with a speedo in MPH. When the speed limit is KMH, and you think thats what you're doing, it can be a little scary.
Yes, this is off topic.
Well, there was that one time, but the marks took so long to fade...
Oh. No. What does it mean? To me, tension implies some form of taughtness. Thus, tight wire stretched between power lines.
He probably meany high voltage anyway.
but then, who doesn't bitch and moan. It will give you an idea of what most gives people the irrits. Just remember that anyone who has _found_ those forums is probably a 'power user' :P
http://www.broadbandchoice.com.au/
It is a subsite of http://www.whirlpool.net.au/
Whirlpool was originally a user bitch forum for Telstra Bigpond, but expanded to cover most of Australia's broadbnad ISP's. The forums at whirlpool are a good measure of customer satisfaction.
Stay away from Telstra - they prefer to use a sandpaper condom on their phallus.
They're using demons imprisoned in fireplaces as a source of power.
[This is a book reference]
Ascii can be read by pretty much everything. I think PG have a page on why they use the formats they use.
HTML, if used properly, would be great, but people can't resist those pretty bells and non-standard whistles.
XML(XHTML for this?) would then require an additional something to parse it out and display it. That abstraction may be better design, but its a pain if all you want to do is distribute free, unfettered text.
SGML - well, most people find this one a bit... complex.
Word.doc? Shudder.
PG have only recently moved to HTML. They are concerned more with the propogation and longevity of these texts, less the nifty features.
Oh well
What people say and what they mean are often two very different things. [Literal vs semantic meanings]
I'd love to do it and save my dad some money.
Made me snort all over my keyboard. Well done.
Come on, at some stage, a Judge is not going to have ever ruled in a 'technology' trial. Are there training courses for tech Judges? Is there an O'Reilly or a Dummy book? They have to gain experience on the bench sometime. [Which is the reverse of sports really, isn't it]
My housemates bestfriend recieved an email for trying to sell his housemate's soul on ebay. Received a very strongly worded email stating that the soul was not a physical thing that could be sold... [and wasn't a service either]