Talked to him about it 50 years after the war was over. First and last time he talked about some of that stuff. Whether I'd want to hug him for it is immaterial; he didn't want the reminder. At all.
Perhaps he was like my now deceased grandfather who didn't care for an annual reminder of having been involved in the island hopping of the US at the tender age of 17 nor the glorification and magnification of violence as the answer to world problems.
Interesting story, but I don't think that phone cable was obsolete at the time Grace Hopper was active. The house I grew up in was built in the late 40's, early 50's (can't remember exact date) and had that stuff. It handled all sorts of telecom needs up through the late 90's. Hell, unless you've replaced it with fiber or cat-6, it probably still has uses today.
According to this it looks like I overstated the amount to retailers by a factor of 2; the margin taken by retailers is about 20%. So while I overestimated, it's certainly not by an order of magnitude (which would given GameStop and/or Amazon only about 3-5% margin. No way are they running that slim).
I found some analysis that GameStop's margin on used stuff is 41% (came up while I was looking for that forbes link, can't find it now). That seems plausible with a markup of 1-2x.
Without digging into the 10k's of various companies, that's the best I can come up with.
TL;DR: If you spend $50 at Gamestop, they make $10 if it is on a new game and $20 if it is on used games.
Which, going up a level of posts, makes the numbers different, but not an order of magnitude different. In any event, it supports my suggestion even more strongly in that more copies would have to be sold. If I can remember my train of logic from a week ago.
In the US (since you mentioned the IRS) you are taxed on net income (more or less) not gross receipts. Paying the IRS would be the least of their concerns.
You are mostly correct though. Given that GameStop and Amazon will get 1/3->1/2 of that $50, EA would have to sell 2m copies, probably more. Continue to pare away at the amount of money coming in and you'll wind up in a place that "SRS gamrz" can't buy the studios out of. There simply aren't enough of them.
I'm guessing he's not as wealthy as I suspected. If he had real money, he would speak with some manservant and say "take care of this". A few months later he would enter his new green space. I guess being able to say "I'm Al Gore bitches!" carries a bit more sway than being the inventor of Dogbert.
At the time it was cheaper to grow new trees and make paper, than to deal with the expense of cleaning used paper and disposing of expensive, environmentally-hazardous chemicals.
Right, because there are no hazardous chemicals involved in processing trees into paper. Ever been near a paper mill?
I haven't seen that episode in a long time, but, IIRC, P&T ignore what most free market libertarians do. In this case, it is externalities.
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Probably too busy rolling around in piles of cash to care. Same with investment bankers and auto execs.
Speaking of people I've heard have committed rape, it seems the Glenn Beck continues to refuse to deny the allegations.
Well, anyone who expects people to pay to see Brits fuck IS pretty daring...
Talked to him about it 50 years after the war was over. First and last time he talked about some of that stuff. Whether I'd want to hug him for it is immaterial; he didn't want the reminder. At all.
Truth is rarely popular.
Perhaps he was like my now deceased grandfather who didn't care for an annual reminder of having been involved in the island hopping of the US at the tender age of 17 nor the glorification and magnification of violence as the answer to world problems.
TPIUWP
Just reflecting reality's well known liberal bias.
You let your senators run your state? Weird. In my state we let the governor and the state legislature do that.
You still waiting for Duke Nukem Forever?
Unlikely, as this would make it harder for smug retards to complain about me driving a 14 year old car.
Or maybe they tow so often that they don't bother retracting the mirrors when they aren't towing?
Interesting story, but I don't think that phone cable was obsolete at the time Grace Hopper was active. The house I grew up in was built in the late 40's, early 50's (can't remember exact date) and had that stuff. It handled all sorts of telecom needs up through the late 90's. Hell, unless you've replaced it with fiber or cat-6, it probably still has uses today.
TL;DR: QQ
When I was younger, my dad tried to get me to listen to Harry Chapin. I didn't have the time.
Concurrent lookups, durability, less real estate used, less maintenance.
There are more benefits than getting slang words.
According to this it looks like I overstated the amount to retailers by a factor of 2; the margin taken by retailers is about 20%. So while I overestimated, it's certainly not by an order of magnitude (which would given GameStop and/or Amazon only about 3-5% margin. No way are they running that slim).
I found some analysis that GameStop's margin on used stuff is 41% (came up while I was looking for that forbes link, can't find it now). That seems plausible with a markup of 1-2x.
Without digging into the 10k's of various companies, that's the best I can come up with.
TL;DR: If you spend $50 at Gamestop, they make $10 if it is on a new game and $20 if it is on used games.
Which, going up a level of posts, makes the numbers different, but not an order of magnitude different. In any event, it supports my suggestion even more strongly in that more copies would have to be sold. If I can remember my train of logic from a week ago.
All I know is you might want to lay low, lest George Lucas discovers your username...
In the US (since you mentioned the IRS) you are taxed on net income (more or less) not gross receipts. Paying the IRS would be the least of their concerns.
You are mostly correct though. Given that GameStop and Amazon will get 1/3->1/2 of that $50, EA would have to sell 2m copies, probably more. Continue to pare away at the amount of money coming in and you'll wind up in a place that "SRS gamrz" can't buy the studios out of. There simply aren't enough of them.
You got your WoW in my D&D!
or
Can haz EZ-Mode?
Holy shit! People don't drop as many $50 bills on frivolous entertainment in a down economy? That's just crazy talk!
I'm guessing he's not as wealthy as I suspected. If he had real money, he would speak with some manservant and say "take care of this". A few months later he would enter his new green space. I guess being able to say "I'm Al Gore bitches!" carries a bit more sway than being the inventor of Dogbert.
Sound subsystems oughta be easy to replace; haven't they developed eleventyhundred of them for Linux?
traditional Unix with X11 (with only Linux, *BSD and AIX left)
Oh, c'mon. Solaris isn't dead *yet*.
We've still got some work to do. ;-)
Queue "The Dead Parrot Sketch" or "Bring Out Your Dead" from Holy Grail.
At the time it was cheaper to grow new trees and make paper, than to deal with the expense of cleaning used paper and disposing of expensive, environmentally-hazardous chemicals.
Right, because there are no hazardous chemicals involved in processing trees into paper. Ever been near a paper mill?
I haven't seen that episode in a long time, but, IIRC, P&T ignore what most free market libertarians do. In this case, it is externalities.