It just means people will wait out until the Official Release is available.
Exactly. Because NOBODY uses Debian testing. (Of course, to have anything remotely current, you kinda have to use Debian testing. That incentive doesn't exist for Mandrake users.)
Dumpster diving is weak. When I was a kid, we would take our trash to a landfill. After a year or so, my mother's edict was 'you bring back LESS than you take'. Landfill diving is to dumpster diving as a Ferrari Enzo is to a Miata (or an IBM mainframe is to a 486).
Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, the landfill filled up, and is now only a transfer station.
Ditto. More or less:) Seriously, if you can't find more than three minutes worth of stuff to talk about, or if she bores you after three minutes, maybe it's not in the cards? You shouldn't feel that way until at least a year after marriage:)
My GF was 5 hours away. In three years of dating in that state, we were broken up at least 14 months. We're celebrating our fifth wedding anniversary this year.
My wife has an older one (put in ca. 1988), so YMMV.
First, dumb luck has a great deal to do with how well her implant works. People who can use it 100% and for things like talking on the phone are rare. Most people still need to rely on some degree of lip reading.
Ask the doc if tech specs on either unit have a clear cut winner. I seriously doubt this is the case. The more important part is going to be after surgery support. What doctors does she like, where are they located relative to her home, and what brand do they primarily deal with? Most surgeons and audiologists are equipped to do both, but their patients will skew one way or the other. Or they may prefer working with one unit over the other.
Any more specific questions, drop me an email. Like with most things, it seems slashdotters are speaking about what they don't know.
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If I had the same genetic defect, recessive or not, that lead to the blindness of those boys, then, yes, sterilization would be appropriate.
Okay, so blindness is on your list of things to sterilize for. Deafness is a no brainer, right? What about diabetes? Heart disease? Depression? Allergies? Where is the rational point where the line is drawn? Or is it like porno; "I can't define it, but I know it when I see it?"
And what level of blindness is/isn't worth sterilization? Extreme nearsightedness? Color blindness?
There would be quite a few lawyers ready to fill out a class action suit against MS on contingency. At some point, having lots of money makes you as much a tempting target as a fearsome opponent.
Case in point: Disney. Who would think that anyone with an ounce of sense would sue Disney? Well, the holders of the copyright on Winnie the Pooh are doing just that. With Johnny Cochran getting a big fat contingency payment if things work out.
Similarly, why would some pissant company like SCO sue IBM? Contingency. Sure, the payout to Boies, et al. isn't exactly a contingency, but the payment (SCO stock, IIRC) is worth just about zero if they don't win.
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Troll, troll, troll, troll, troll... But I'll bite.
Probably recessive genes. The odds that their kids will be blind, not much. The odds that their kids are carriers? Higher than for most folks. Now, you wouldn't be one to advocate eliminating the inferior? I won't make a statement that would allow you to invoke Godwin's law, but I will suggest that you probably carry more than a few recessive genes that would call for your eradication. Or at least sterilization.
How unfortunate... That he lived. For fucks sake, what a gawddamn loser.
And there already are plenty of warnings on video game consoles. I can't open a manual or catalog for my GC without repeated references to seizures. The only question is whether or not they'll add 'don't sit on your dead ass' warnings before or after the inevitable lawsuit. Oh, UK teen. Maybe there won't be a lawsuit.
I used to have this problem. Then I bought a DVD burner. Not only can I skip the commercials and warnings, I have no problem with letting my kid handle the discs. If it breaks, big deal, $1 gone away. Once he knows how to handle discs (he's learning fast) then I just have to burn them because of the adverts:)
BTW, Babe (by Universal) is worse. It forces you to watch an advert for 'Cat in the Hat'. Blech. (I used to boycott Universal discs, but not any longer)
These folks need help. And they are much nicer and far more competent than any EMR vendors I've run across. Take a couple of weeks off, and work on this project for 60 hours per week. See if you still like it.
And I can't blame you for bailing on medicine. Things are going to get much rougher in the industry before they get better.
Given the amount of Japanese titles that could be picked up and distributed in the US, why doesn't someone else do that? Because they don't make money. I've been to the theatre three times with my kid. Looking around, the other parents don't give two shits about 'deeper themes'. Remember, those parents are the people who made David Spade a star.
Of course, there's also the issue of 'corporate image' which seems to be a big stick in Eisner's ass.
I don't know. I just don't think there's much of a market for those films in Peoria.
Hand a 3 year old a GBA? I don't think so. He can break Jello. DreamWorks movies are fine, when they get around to releasing one. And the Berenstain Bears are a bunch of socialists. I'd rather have the animism of Brother Bear. (And already have Land Before Time and Secret of NIMH along with about 50 other movies for the monster)
Basically, the owner of the Pooh copyrights claims Disney is behind or didn't calculate royalties properly. Disney says that Pooh is their distinct thing now that they've had control for XX years. Oh, and it's not your copyright anyway, it belongs to the granddaughter of AA Milne. Well, AA Milne sued for the copyrights, but lost. The legal owner of the Pooh copyrights is the literary agent of AA Milne, who sold or bequeathed them decades ago.
The lawsuit is for at least US$700,000. Plus punitive (treble damages makes this big money;) Attorney for the plaintiff? Johnny Cochran. Sucks to root for him, but what are you gonna do? (My animus towards him is melting. If Ito and the OJ prosecution team weren't so incompetent, Cochrane et al. couldn't have gotten away with all the crap they did.)
You've overestimated the impact of a few geek movies relative to the buying power of parents who want 90 minutes of relative peace. True, they'd probably 'only' need to pay for translations and dubbing to sell those to the US, but they'd make essentially zero on merchandise.
Disney live action? Like Escape from Witch Mountain and The Apple Dumping Gang? Those already almost led to the death of the company, why believe this time it's any different?
Disney, like Lucas, makes most of its money on merchandising. Unfortunately for Disney, the people who own the copyright on their most lucrative property, Winnie the Pooh, are looking to renogotiate licensing (and just got a big court victory).
Most of the movies you've listed were direct to video. IMHO, that sorta removes them from the discussion. More appropriate would be discussing the merits of Mulan, Emperor's New Groove, and Pocahontas vs. Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Monsters, Inc.
Doesn't change your point (which I agree with) but you (and plenty of others in this topic) have chosen poor examples.
Seriously, go read Groklaw. And maybe call up a local attorney. Certainly somewhere in your circle of friends/family, someone has contact with some kind of attorney. Finagle an informational interview.
Those 'players' are 'customers'. Piss them off, and they'll go elsewhere. Heck, even just disappoint them, ignore them, or don't meet their expectations, and they'll go elsewhere. This isn't Sony's little sandbox (nor is it the private sandbox of the people who have the time to jump through the hoops to become a Jedi). If they want to make a profit, they have to 'deal' with players and their expectations.
Real life is boring and tedious. Why should I pay $50 plus $15/month to play an imaginery boring and tedious person?
Players *did* figure out the secret. And many people said 'WTF does *that* have to do with becoming a Jedi?' Heck, even random choice after a character is alive for X weeks would be more entertaining than 'go camp the widget'.
You're absolutely right that the price is what the market will bear. Unfortunately, it takes a rather short term view of things. Players like myself won't pay ~$80 to see if I like the game ($50 box plus two months @ $15/month). It's just not worth it. OTOH, I WOULD pay $30 to see if I liked it. Then it becomes: is the game worth sticking around. If so, the marginal profit on the $50 box should be exceeded at some point in time (say, six months). So even though they have to wait, they'll get the money. Now, the real loss comes from raising the barrier to entry. Like you say, get 'em in cheap, get 'em hooked, and go to town cashing checks.
Let's say 100,000 people are playing SWG. If it were only $15 for the first month instead of $65, might that number not be double that? At that price, who cares if the first month or two is alpha/beta quality?
When various MMORPGs came out, I would complain about the initial outlay, considering you have to pay a monthly fee. I would usually get modded 'troll' or 'flamebait' or, at best, someone would argue that it was to pay for development. Now, how much development was actually done by Sony and LucasArts prior to release of the game? Since release, there's been several very large patches, major revamps to several professions, and now a total revamp of the Jedi system. So, again, why would I pay $50 up front?
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Not only the cost of the machine, but the loss of floorspace. How many other games could fit in the same square footage as that monster?
It just means people will wait out until the Official Release is available.
Exactly. Because NOBODY uses Debian testing. (Of course, to have anything remotely current, you kinda have to use Debian testing. That incentive doesn't exist for Mandrake users.)
Dumpster diving is weak. When I was a kid, we would take our trash to a landfill. After a year or so, my mother's edict was 'you bring back LESS than you take'. Landfill diving is to dumpster diving as a Ferrari Enzo is to a Miata (or an IBM mainframe is to a 486).
Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, the landfill filled up, and is now only a transfer station.
Ditto. More or less:) Seriously, if you can't find more than three minutes worth of stuff to talk about, or if she bores you after three minutes, maybe it's not in the cards? You shouldn't feel that way until at least a year after marriage:)
My GF was 5 hours away. In three years of dating in that state, we were broken up at least 14 months. We're celebrating our fifth wedding anniversary this year.
My wife has an older one (put in ca. 1988), so YMMV.
First, dumb luck has a great deal to do with how well her implant works. People who can use it 100% and for things like talking on the phone are rare. Most people still need to rely on some degree of lip reading.
Ask the doc if tech specs on either unit have a clear cut winner. I seriously doubt this is the case. The more important part is going to be after surgery support. What doctors does she like, where are they located relative to her home, and what brand do they primarily deal with? Most surgeons and audiologists are equipped to do both, but their patients will skew one way or the other. Or they may prefer working with one unit over the other.
Any more specific questions, drop me an email. Like with most things, it seems slashdotters are speaking about what they don't know.
If I had the same genetic defect, recessive or not, that lead to the blindness of those boys, then, yes, sterilization would be appropriate.
Okay, so blindness is on your list of things to sterilize for. Deafness is a no brainer, right? What about diabetes? Heart disease? Depression? Allergies? Where is the rational point where the line is drawn? Or is it like porno; "I can't define it, but I know it when I see it?"
And what level of blindness is/isn't worth sterilization? Extreme nearsightedness? Color blindness?
There would be quite a few lawyers ready to fill out a class action suit against MS on contingency. At some point, having lots of money makes you as much a tempting target as a fearsome opponent.
Case in point: Disney. Who would think that anyone with an ounce of sense would sue Disney? Well, the holders of the copyright on Winnie the Pooh are doing just that. With Johnny Cochran getting a big fat contingency payment if things work out.
Similarly, why would some pissant company like SCO sue IBM? Contingency. Sure, the payout to Boies, et al. isn't exactly a contingency, but the payment (SCO stock, IIRC) is worth just about zero if they don't win.
Troll, troll, troll, troll, troll... But I'll bite.
Probably recessive genes. The odds that their kids will be blind, not much. The odds that their kids are carriers? Higher than for most folks. Now, you wouldn't be one to advocate eliminating the inferior? I won't make a statement that would allow you to invoke Godwin's law, but I will suggest that you probably carry more than a few recessive genes that would call for your eradication. Or at least sterilization.
How unfortunate... That he lived. For fucks sake, what a gawddamn loser.
And there already are plenty of warnings on video game consoles. I can't open a manual or catalog for my GC without repeated references to seizures. The only question is whether or not they'll add 'don't sit on your dead ass' warnings before or after the inevitable lawsuit. Oh, UK teen. Maybe there won't be a lawsuit.
I used to have this problem. Then I bought a DVD burner. Not only can I skip the commercials and warnings, I have no problem with letting my kid handle the discs. If it breaks, big deal, $1 gone away. Once he knows how to handle discs (he's learning fast) then I just have to burn them because of the adverts:)
BTW, Babe (by Universal) is worse. It forces you to watch an advert for 'Cat in the Hat'. Blech. (I used to boycott Universal discs, but not any longer)
These folks need help. And they are much nicer and far more competent than any EMR vendors I've run across. Take a couple of weeks off, and work on this project for 60 hours per week. See if you still like it.
And I can't blame you for bailing on medicine. Things are going to get much rougher in the industry before they get better.
Given the amount of Japanese titles that could be picked up and distributed in the US, why doesn't someone else do that? Because they don't make money. I've been to the theatre three times with my kid. Looking around, the other parents don't give two shits about 'deeper themes'. Remember, those parents are the people who made David Spade a star.
Of course, there's also the issue of 'corporate image' which seems to be a big stick in Eisner's ass.
I don't know. I just don't think there's much of a market for those films in Peoria.
Hand a 3 year old a GBA? I don't think so. He can break Jello. DreamWorks movies are fine, when they get around to releasing one. And the Berenstain Bears are a bunch of socialists. I'd rather have the animism of Brother Bear. (And already have Land Before Time and Secret of NIMH along with about 50 other movies for the monster)
I can't believe this didn't make slashdot (oh, wait, I can) but here is a google news search.
Basically, the owner of the Pooh copyrights claims Disney is behind or didn't calculate royalties properly. Disney says that Pooh is their distinct thing now that they've had control for XX years. Oh, and it's not your copyright anyway, it belongs to the granddaughter of AA Milne. Well, AA Milne sued for the copyrights, but lost. The legal owner of the Pooh copyrights is the literary agent of AA Milne, who sold or bequeathed them decades ago.
The lawsuit is for at least US$700,000. Plus punitive (treble damages makes this big money;) Attorney for the plaintiff? Johnny Cochran. Sucks to root for him, but what are you gonna do? (My animus towards him is melting. If Ito and the OJ prosecution team weren't so incompetent, Cochrane et al. couldn't have gotten away with all the crap they did.)
You've overestimated the impact of a few geek movies relative to the buying power of parents who want 90 minutes of relative peace. True, they'd probably 'only' need to pay for translations and dubbing to sell those to the US, but they'd make essentially zero on merchandise.
Disney live action? Like Escape from Witch Mountain and The Apple Dumping Gang? Those already almost led to the death of the company, why believe this time it's any different?
Disney, like Lucas, makes most of its money on merchandising. Unfortunately for Disney, the people who own the copyright on their most lucrative property, Winnie the Pooh, are looking to renogotiate licensing (and just got a big court victory).
Most of the movies you've listed were direct to video. IMHO, that sorta removes them from the discussion. More appropriate would be discussing the merits of Mulan, Emperor's New Groove, and Pocahontas vs. Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Monsters, Inc.
Doesn't change your point (which I agree with) but you (and plenty of others in this topic) have chosen poor examples.
Finding Nemo was/is Pixar. The only thing it has to do with Disney is distribution.
Seriously, go read Groklaw. And maybe call up a local attorney. Certainly somewhere in your circle of friends/family, someone has contact with some kind of attorney. Finagle an informational interview.
Sounds funny coming from Frymaster...
Professional jealousy.
Have any lawyers from Davis, Boies, and Schiller been in contact with the members?
Those 'players' are 'customers'. Piss them off, and they'll go elsewhere. Heck, even just disappoint them, ignore them, or don't meet their expectations, and they'll go elsewhere. This isn't Sony's little sandbox (nor is it the private sandbox of the people who have the time to jump through the hoops to become a Jedi). If they want to make a profit, they have to 'deal' with players and their expectations.
Real life is boring and tedious. Why should I pay $50 plus $15/month to play an imaginery boring and tedious person?
Players *did* figure out the secret. And many people said 'WTF does *that* have to do with becoming a Jedi?' Heck, even random choice after a character is alive for X weeks would be more entertaining than 'go camp the widget'.
You're absolutely right that the price is what the market will bear. Unfortunately, it takes a rather short term view of things. Players like myself won't pay ~$80 to see if I like the game ($50 box plus two months @ $15/month). It's just not worth it. OTOH, I WOULD pay $30 to see if I liked it. Then it becomes: is the game worth sticking around. If so, the marginal profit on the $50 box should be exceeded at some point in time (say, six months). So even though they have to wait, they'll get the money. Now, the real loss comes from raising the barrier to entry. Like you say, get 'em in cheap, get 'em hooked, and go to town cashing checks.
Let's say 100,000 people are playing SWG. If it were only $15 for the first month instead of $65, might that number not be double that? At that price, who cares if the first month or two is alpha/beta quality?
When various MMORPGs came out, I would complain about the initial outlay, considering you have to pay a monthly fee. I would usually get modded 'troll' or 'flamebait' or, at best, someone would argue that it was to pay for development. Now, how much development was actually done by Sony and LucasArts prior to release of the game? Since release, there's been several very large patches, major revamps to several professions, and now a total revamp of the Jedi system. So, again, why would I pay $50 up front?
Hope this new system gives folks what they want.