The government. They're not saying it ISN'T a coup... but there also not saying that is IS.
We have laws in this country that prevent us from sending financial aid to countries where a coup has occurred. So as long as the government doesn't actively admit what's going on, we can keep bribing people over there.
Problem is, we already have it both ways. Big banks and Wall Street types are free to do whatever the fuck they want with money. And if they blow it all on hookers and coke, the government will just print more for them.
. Meanwhile, any joe trying to make what basically amounts to Gold Coins in an MMO will get subpoenaed deemed illegal in some countries, and otherwise harassed.
Give an actual data cap. I know data caps are the devil, but if you keep it reasonable, it won't drive customers away, but will eliminate any ambiguity
Or better yet, a few tiers. How about 1/5/10TB per month, just as a few starting figures? Any basic user who surfs the net, streams netflix, pandora etc. should stay well under the 1TB per month mark. Anecdotal : I would consider myself a moderate-heavy bandwidth user, and I still wouldn't need the full 5TB per month.
At that point, google can be completely hands off : it's your bandwidth, do with it as you please. If you want to run a server, that's fine. Keep it under your cap and google can remain blissfully ignorant.
But at least they wouldn't have anyone with whom to collude.
Which is worse: a monopoly, or multiple vendors constantly trying to make sure there service is the most expensive, because it's not like we can actually shop around here.
Ad supported as a concept is fine. There are plenty of sites that I enjoy, which have unobtrusive ads. I whitelist them to make sure they're getting enough ad hits to stay afloat.
However the vast majority of ad-supported websites are so obnoxious that the entire sites become unusable without adblock and noscript. I recently got a refresher in this, through Steam's built-in browser. Wanted to do a quick search for an in-game item.. the wiki to which I was directed had full-screen pop up ads completely obscure the page I was trying to read. And not just once. And not a burst all at once. But a steady drip feed of 3 or 4 full page disruptions, about 10 seconds apart. Just enough time to close one, start reading and- BUY GAMESTOP GAMES LOL... so you close it, try to find your place in the text, ah there we are. Start to read aga-ANOTHER FULL PAGE AD.
If sites want to exist on ad revenue, fine. But they have to handle their part of the bargain gracefully, or I'll handle it for them.
Because if we REALLY wanted to target a demographic with high % criminals, we'd be going after politicians.
They're not really looking to stop crime, they're looking to pad their numbers. So they target demographics which are less likely to fight back (i.e. unlikely to have a lawyer on retainer)
TFA gives a lot of numbers about how many were downloaded this episode... but doesn't compare it to anything.
Of course people pirated it. People will always pirate it. They could be handing it out for free on every street corner, and some people would still download it illegally. The question is whether or not the global release decreased piracy
How about this, for science... continue the worldwide simultaneous release via netflix or whatever, all season long. Then take it offline for the very last episode, or just delay that episode by a day. See how much piracy increases. (yes, I'm joking... mostly)
Just being in the public space doesn't mean someone has the right to systematically record all of the info they see/hear
At lunch today, I handed my credit card to a waiter to pay for a meal. By your logic, that waiter should be allowed to copy down all of the info from my card, because it's a public space. Multiply that by every customer at that restaurant, and then by the total number of restaurants in that chain.
And you think this is OK, because the numbers embossed on my card aren't encrypted?
They're not all bad. Ouya is pretty fun. For less than the price of a next gen console alone, I've purchased the unit, 2 controllers (plus you can use PS3 controllers,or even your phone as a controller on some games) and a dozen different games. Plus it works as a Plex box if you don't have a Roku. The whole experience has been immensely entertaining. caveat : a lot of the enjoyment comes from sitting on the couch playing Multiplayer games with old friends.
In the longer term, Steambox has the potential to destroy both XBox and PS marketshare.
I can sit at a light and watch drivers go past and often more than 50% are holding a phone to their head with one hand.
I will say this, every time I've seen an accident or been hit in one, the other driver had a phone in their hand. I'm curious who funded this study.
Seems you answered your own question. Unless you've been hit dozens of times, falling on the same side of a 50/50 a few times in a row is hardly a statistical miracle. (you actually said more than 50%, but benefit of the doubt and all)
Just because something isn't like to pierce or be lethal... that doesn't make it a fun time. I'd rather not just punched in the chest, which is even less likely to pierce skin.
Concept is correct, but your example is backwards.
Anyone who wants to carry ESPN down their wires has zero room to complain about the rest of the chaff getting delivered. The people with beef should be those who just want to watch Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Spike TV and a few other networks. See this chart Granted it's from 2009, but I can't see a major shift in prices in the last few years. ESPN hasn't become any less popular, nor has the popularity of those other networks skyrocketed.
Not actually making people pay for content two or three times (cable bill, amazon prime account fee, episode price)... but rather by utilizing existing infrastructure, like Amazon Prime, to cover any glaring pratfalls.
What's stopping Time Warner from working out a deal with Amazon, where Time Warner basically buys a million copies of the episode from Amazon, and passes out free coupons to their customers? (A million just as an example, easily adjustable. TW should have metrics for how many of the 3mil affected users watch this show.) Time Warner has a website, I'm sure, where existing customers can log in. And they can track which users were affected. Have those users log in to claim there cupon code, then go to amazon to watch it.
Do the same thing for any other high profile shows that got hit by the blackout. Time Warner saves some face and keeps potential pirates on the straight an narrow. Yeah it costs them some money, but they fucked up, so they pay the piper. Besides, they can probably work out a bulk discount, and they may save momey in the long term, by keeping customers happy. Amazon gets a million new potential customers long term, and a ton of business short term. Win-Win
Very true. And it's a problem that will only increase.
I imagine a lot of the new eyepatches and peg legs were handed out to people who had never even considered piracy before. Maybe they'd heard of it, but figured it was too hard, too techy, or whatever. That is, until their show gets hit. Then it's time to get googling and figure this out. Now that genie is out, and more people realize how easy is it (or so I've been told *ahem*)
As time goes on, more and more people will get a taste for this, and the studios will have a harder and harder time getting people back. Plus word will spread amongst entire new subsets of viewers. Once soccer moms get onboard, there'll be no stopping it.
I'm pretty sure it only gets fungible if you leave it out in the sun too long. But yes, it can go bad. So can dollar bills. They get ripped, torn, washed, lost, etc. I will admit that coins are a bit more resilient than beer.
As for the varying types/qualities... there are how many different forms of currency? US Dollars, Yen, Canadian Dollars, Euros, Aussie Dollars, Bitcoins, Bahamian dollar, etc. We just need some people to track the exchange rate of beer. A 6-pack of Stone IPA is worth at least a case of any bud/coors/miler. And just like real currency, the desire to trade will depend a lot on where you are going. Showing up to my house with that case of bud will be like showing up to your local bar with a handful of Swiss francs.
The problem isn't leadership, necessarily. The problem is who is attracted to leadership roles.
It's a job that pays more, for less actual work, doesn't require keeping up to date on the latest and greatest tech, and is transferable to basically every sector. You can manage an IT shop or a machine shop, without any knowledge of coding/scripting or how to operate a CNC Machine. And if things go wrong, deadlines slip, code comes out half baked... you can shuffle around the blame on poor workers below you, and upper management above you.
Management also stresses politicking and shmoozing over any quantifiable skills or abilities. Are you a good manager? Bad? Who knows? A good Indian can make a terrible Chief look good, and vice versa. And if that terrible Indian got the job because his/her parent works for the company in an even higher management role, well...
Management also attracts corruption. Or perhaps it's just the power that corrupts, but either way I've seen more than my fair share of managers direct purchases of hardware X over Y because they have a family member who works for company X. Or simply because a friend uses that brand. Regardless of any tangible reasons, technical or monetarial. I'm sure we've all seen the nepotism rampant in certain fields, and in certain companies specifically. (anecdotal : there's a rather large chip manufacturer here in San Diego that will remain nameless, but might have a football stadium named after them : during new-hire orientation, they out and out asked "how many people here have a friend, family member, spouse, etc working for the company that got them this job," to which nearly the entire room raised their hands)
All this adds up to managerial roles that reward lazy, corrupt, blame-shifting, individuals. Not in spite of these traits, but directly due to them. And we wonder why sometimes management roles seem overvalued.
Not zero, but so infinitesimally small that it might as well be zero for the vast majority of bands. The majority of those who get substantial revenue from RIAA/MIAA are the acts that were invented by the RIAA/MIAA, and managed by the R/M, and produced by the R/M... so that the R/M big wigs can triple or quadruple dip into those profits.
The rest have to tour, sell TShirts and other merch, etc.
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The government. They're not saying it ISN'T a coup ... but there also not saying that is IS.
We have laws in this country that prevent us from sending financial aid to countries where a coup has occurred. So as long as the government doesn't actively admit what's going on, we can keep bribing people over there.
Problem is, we already have it both ways. Big banks and Wall Street types are free to do whatever the fuck they want with money. And if they blow it all on hookers and coke, the government will just print more for them.
. Meanwhile, any joe trying to make what basically amounts to Gold Coins in an MMO will get subpoenaed deemed illegal in some countries, and otherwise harassed.
Give an actual data cap. I know data caps are the devil, but if you keep it reasonable, it won't drive customers away, but will eliminate any ambiguity
Or better yet, a few tiers. How about 1/5/10TB per month, just as a few starting figures? Any basic user who surfs the net, streams netflix, pandora etc. should stay well under the 1TB per month mark. Anecdotal : I would consider myself a moderate-heavy bandwidth user, and I still wouldn't need the full 5TB per month.
At that point, google can be completely hands off : it's your bandwidth, do with it as you please. If you want to run a server, that's fine. Keep it under your cap and google can remain blissfully ignorant.
But at least they wouldn't have anyone with whom to collude.
Which is worse: a monopoly, or multiple vendors constantly trying to make sure there service is the most expensive, because it's not like we can actually shop around here.
I'm still waiting for them to reach the apex (nadir?) of these reversals:
"PS4, but with Halo"
Ad supported as a concept is fine. There are plenty of sites that I enjoy, which have unobtrusive ads. I whitelist them to make sure they're getting enough ad hits to stay afloat.
However the vast majority of ad-supported websites are so obnoxious that the entire sites become unusable without adblock and noscript. I recently got a refresher in this, through Steam's built-in browser. Wanted to do a quick search for an in-game item.. the wiki to which I was directed had full-screen pop up ads completely obscure the page I was trying to read. And not just once. And not a burst all at once. But a steady drip feed of 3 or 4 full page disruptions, about 10 seconds apart. Just enough time to close one, start reading and- BUY GAMESTOP GAMES LOL ... so you close it, try to find your place in the text, ah there we are. Start to read aga-ANOTHER FULL PAGE AD.
If sites want to exist on ad revenue, fine. But they have to handle their part of the bargain gracefully, or I'll handle it for them.
Because if we REALLY wanted to target a demographic with high % criminals, we'd be going after politicians.
They're not really looking to stop crime, they're looking to pad their numbers. So they target demographics which are less likely to fight back (i.e. unlikely to have a lawyer on retainer)
TFA gives a lot of numbers about how many were downloaded this episode ... but doesn't compare it to anything.
Of course people pirated it. People will always pirate it. They could be handing it out for free on every street corner, and some people would still download it illegally. The question is whether or not the global release decreased piracy
How about this, for science... continue the worldwide simultaneous release via netflix or whatever, all season long. Then take it offline for the very last episode, or just delay that episode by a day. See how much piracy increases. (yes, I'm joking ... mostly)
Just being in the public space doesn't mean someone has the right to systematically record all of the info they see/hear
At lunch today, I handed my credit card to a waiter to pay for a meal. By your logic, that waiter should be allowed to copy down all of the info from my card, because it's a public space. Multiply that by every customer at that restaurant, and then by the total number of restaurants in that chain.
And you think this is OK, because the numbers embossed on my card aren't encrypted?
They're not all bad. Ouya is pretty fun. For less than the price of a next gen console alone, I've purchased the unit, 2 controllers (plus you can use PS3 controllers,or even your phone as a controller on some games) and a dozen different games. Plus it works as a Plex box if you don't have a Roku. The whole experience has been immensely entertaining. caveat : a lot of the enjoyment comes from sitting on the couch playing Multiplayer games with old friends.
In the longer term, Steambox has the potential to destroy both XBox and PS marketshare.
I can sit at a light and watch drivers go past and often more than 50% are holding a phone to their head with one hand.
I will say this, every time I've seen an accident or been hit in one, the other driver had a phone in their hand. I'm curious who funded this study.
Seems you answered your own question. Unless you've been hit dozens of times, falling on the same side of a 50/50 a few times in a row is hardly a statistical miracle. (you actually said more than 50%, but benefit of the doubt and all)
with a spoon in them?
Just because something isn't like to pierce or be lethal ... that doesn't make it a fun time. I'd rather not just punched in the chest, which is even less likely to pierce skin.
Concept is correct, but your example is backwards.
Anyone who wants to carry ESPN down their wires has zero room to complain about the rest of the chaff getting delivered. The people with beef should be those who just want to watch Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Spike TV and a few other networks. See this chart Granted it's from 2009, but I can't see a major shift in prices in the last few years. ESPN hasn't become any less popular, nor has the popularity of those other networks skyrocketed.
... by Jove, I think you've solved it.
Not actually making people pay for content two or three times (cable bill, amazon prime account fee, episode price) ... but rather by utilizing existing infrastructure, like Amazon Prime, to cover any glaring pratfalls.
What's stopping Time Warner from working out a deal with Amazon, where Time Warner basically buys a million copies of the episode from Amazon, and passes out free coupons to their customers? (A million just as an example, easily adjustable. TW should have metrics for how many of the 3mil affected users watch this show.) Time Warner has a website, I'm sure, where existing customers can log in. And they can track which users were affected. Have those users log in to claim there cupon code, then go to amazon to watch it.
Do the same thing for any other high profile shows that got hit by the blackout. Time Warner saves some face and keeps potential pirates on the straight an narrow. Yeah it costs them some money, but they fucked up, so they pay the piper. Besides, they can probably work out a bulk discount, and they may save momey in the long term, by keeping customers happy. Amazon gets a million new potential customers long term, and a ton of business short term. Win-Win
Neither can compete with black powder yet. One might, eventually
Currently, rail gun can't even compete with NAIL gun. (yes, technically Gauss != rail gun, but it RHYMES!)
Nail Gun ballistics
Very true. And it's a problem that will only increase.
I imagine a lot of the new eyepatches and peg legs were handed out to people who had never even considered piracy before. Maybe they'd heard of it, but figured it was too hard, too techy, or whatever. That is, until their show gets hit. Then it's time to get googling and figure this out. Now that genie is out, and more people realize how easy is it (or so I've been told *ahem*)
As time goes on, more and more people will get a taste for this, and the studios will have a harder and harder time getting people back. Plus word will spread amongst entire new subsets of viewers. Once soccer moms get onboard, there'll be no stopping it.
I'm pretty sure it only gets fungible if you leave it out in the sun too long. But yes, it can go bad. So can dollar bills. They get ripped, torn, washed, lost, etc. I will admit that coins are a bit more resilient than beer.
As for the varying types/qualities ... there are how many different forms of currency? US Dollars, Yen, Canadian Dollars, Euros, Aussie Dollars, Bitcoins, Bahamian dollar, etc. We just need some people to track the exchange rate of beer. A 6-pack of Stone IPA is worth at least a case of any bud/coors/miler. And just like real currency, the desire to trade will depend a lot on where you are going. Showing up to my house with that case of bud will be like showing up to your local bar with a handful of Swiss francs.
This means that those "new" pirates had the capacity to pirate all along, but chose not to.
People are quite willing to pay for services such as television, but given the absence of legal means to do so, they will turn to illegal means.
Increase the legal avenues to access media and piracy will decrease accordingly.
Beer may be used to purchased goods and services, and may be converted to conventional currencies. Beer is a form of currency.
It happened once.
Quoth the Joker : That's the point.
The problem isn't leadership, necessarily. The problem is who is attracted to leadership roles.
It's a job that pays more, for less actual work, doesn't require keeping up to date on the latest and greatest tech, and is transferable to basically every sector. You can manage an IT shop or a machine shop, without any knowledge of coding/scripting or how to operate a CNC Machine. And if things go wrong, deadlines slip, code comes out half baked... you can shuffle around the blame on poor workers below you, and upper management above you.
Management also stresses politicking and shmoozing over any quantifiable skills or abilities. Are you a good manager? Bad? Who knows? A good Indian can make a terrible Chief look good, and vice versa. And if that terrible Indian got the job because his/her parent works for the company in an even higher management role, well ...
Management also attracts corruption. Or perhaps it's just the power that corrupts, but either way I've seen more than my fair share of managers direct purchases of hardware X over Y because they have a family member who works for company X. Or simply because a friend uses that brand. Regardless of any tangible reasons, technical or monetarial. I'm sure we've all seen the nepotism rampant in certain fields, and in certain companies specifically. (anecdotal : there's a rather large chip manufacturer here in San Diego that will remain nameless, but might have a football stadium named after them : during new-hire orientation, they out and out asked "how many people here have a friend, family member, spouse, etc working for the company that got them this job," to which nearly the entire room raised their hands)
All this adds up to managerial roles that reward lazy, corrupt, blame-shifting, individuals. Not in spite of these traits, but directly due to them. And we wonder why sometimes management roles seem overvalued.
Not zero, but so infinitesimally small that it might as well be zero for the vast majority of bands. The majority of those who get substantial revenue from RIAA/MIAA are the acts that were invented by the RIAA/MIAA, and managed by the R/M, and produced by the R/M ... so that the R/M big wigs can triple or quadruple dip into those profits.
The rest have to tour, sell TShirts and other merch, etc.
You know that. I know that. Does Fox news know that? Do they care?