As an intern at NASA Ames during summer break, I thought it would be fun to do a little experiment on the expansion of gas inside a contained vessel. So I put a small amount of LN2 into a 2-liter cola bottle and set it in an unoccupied back parking lot surrounded by 3-story, nearly windowless buildings. As the LN2 changes to gaseous form, the bottle began to expand, almost in-noticeably. After a minute or two, the glued on, wrap around label snapped off, and few seconds later, I heard one of the loudest bangs that I have ever heard in my life.
Before I knew what was happening, we were surrounded by MPs. But before the situation got out of hand, my Senior Researcher came out of the building to explain to the worried guards that this was merely a case of an ignorant intern forgetting to remove the cap before disposing of the harmless liquid. There were some stern looks, but that was the end of it. Unsurprisingly, I was not charged with a felony.
Lesson learned: don't blow up things on NASA bases. I think I can live with that.
Right there in the summary it says that these were, "cheap soybeans he bought from a grain elevator."
One must consider that farmers regularly propagate, sow, harvest and save seeds. I wouldn't exactly equate that to the farmer doing a "lot" of work to propagate them.
"Some people are going to pirate no matter what you do. However, there are a lot who will gladly pay if you give them to opportunity to do so."
THIS is exactly it. Their previous strategy simply made it IMPOSSIBLE to be a paying customer and read PDFs. Heck, I subscribe to their monthly service, buy most of the new books, miniatures, etc. Why would they not allow me to purchase PDF of the books I already own. Fortunately the good old internet provided access to everything I needed for my digital D&D needs. Unfortunately (for WotC), they didn't get a penny.
There is one key to success in sales: **You have to make it easy for people to give you their money.** Finally, WotC has come around. A little late, but congratulations.
With respect to the bartenders example:
In these cases, the server is alleged to have knowingly served alcohol to an obviously drunk person. There are statutes making that illegal.
A better analogy along the drunk driving example line is suing the credit card company that the drunk used to pay his tab. They enabled his participation in the illegal activity in much the same way that the software allows the gamblers to play. I would say the website owners are akin the the overserving bartender, and they probably do deserve to get sued if they're allowing gambling where it's otherwise illegal.
Go to BestBuy. They've got a whole shelf of what they call "ultrabooks" for under about $500-$600. Although they just look like smaller laptops or bigger netbooks to me. Not even very light-weight. I think the term ultrabook was pretty quickly co-opted by the marketing folks.
Exactly!
Those cheap "ultrabooks" don't have the i5 that the Surface Pro does, lack touchscreen capability, eschew SSDs in favor of HDDs, and generally sport lower resolution monitors.
You'll definitely be paying more than $999 for a touchscreen ultrabook with an i5 processor, 128 GB SSD and 1080p resolution. This is a high end device, and is priced accordingly.
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Liquid nitrogen will do the same thing.
As an intern at NASA Ames during summer break, I thought it would be fun to do a little experiment on the expansion of gas inside a contained vessel. So I put a small amount of LN2 into a 2-liter cola bottle and set it in an unoccupied back parking lot surrounded by 3-story, nearly windowless buildings. As the LN2 changes to gaseous form, the bottle began to expand, almost in-noticeably. After a minute or two, the glued on, wrap around label snapped off, and few seconds later, I heard one of the loudest bangs that I have ever heard in my life.
Before I knew what was happening, we were surrounded by MPs. But before the situation got out of hand, my Senior Researcher came out of the building to explain to the worried guards that this was merely a case of an ignorant intern forgetting to remove the cap before disposing of the harmless liquid. There were some stern looks, but that was the end of it. Unsurprisingly, I was not charged with a felony.
Lesson learned: don't blow up things on NASA bases. I think I can live with that.
Right there in the summary it says that these were, "cheap soybeans he bought from a grain elevator."
One must consider that farmers regularly propagate, sow, harvest and save seeds. I wouldn't exactly equate that to the farmer doing a "lot" of work to propagate them.
"Some people are going to pirate no matter what you do. However, there are a lot who will gladly pay if you give them to opportunity to do so." THIS is exactly it. Their previous strategy simply made it IMPOSSIBLE to be a paying customer and read PDFs. Heck, I subscribe to their monthly service, buy most of the new books, miniatures, etc. Why would they not allow me to purchase PDF of the books I already own. Fortunately the good old internet provided access to everything I needed for my digital D&D needs. Unfortunately (for WotC), they didn't get a penny. There is one key to success in sales: **You have to make it easy for people to give you their money.** Finally, WotC has come around. A little late, but congratulations.
With respect to the bartenders example: In these cases, the server is alleged to have knowingly served alcohol to an obviously drunk person. There are statutes making that illegal. A better analogy along the drunk driving example line is suing the credit card company that the drunk used to pay his tab. They enabled his participation in the illegal activity in much the same way that the software allows the gamblers to play. I would say the website owners are akin the the overserving bartender, and they probably do deserve to get sued if they're allowing gambling where it's otherwise illegal.
Go to BestBuy. They've got a whole shelf of what they call "ultrabooks" for under about $500-$600. Although they just look like smaller laptops or bigger netbooks to me. Not even very light-weight. I think the term ultrabook was pretty quickly co-opted by the marketing folks.
Exactly! Those cheap "ultrabooks" don't have the i5 that the Surface Pro does, lack touchscreen capability, eschew SSDs in favor of HDDs, and generally sport lower resolution monitors. You'll definitely be paying more than $999 for a touchscreen ultrabook with an i5 processor, 128 GB SSD and 1080p resolution. This is a high end device, and is priced accordingly.