Sounds like a bit of a catch-22: they're alienating existing current customers in favor of potential future customers.
I think they really need to look at their demographics. Are their customers more likely to wander into a comic book shop or game shop or are they more likely to wander into a mall shop?
I was talking to the local comic book shop guy (that's his night job. Or was. Anyway, he's not 'comic book dude'.) and he said that's how his shop and a few others survived the comic stupidity of the mid 90's: pokemon. The shops that didn't embrace the card games are now dead. He said the trick to staying around is figuring out what will be the next Pokemon or Magic or something like that.
But I was questioning the standalone mall stores, not places like the comic shop that sells several lines of gaming products.
This all sounds good, if the market for miniatures is as large as that for CDs. No, the Games Workshop locations aren't as large or as 'prime' as that of the Sam Goody, Waves, etc. But everybody is interested in music and videos.
Still, if you're right about the margins... Also, someone elsewhere pointed out that GW probably subsidizes the mall stores as advertising.
That sounds about right (subsidizing mall stores).
The funny thing is, the local store sells tons of stuff, but not much Warhammer. Heroclix sell like mad. Tons of kids buying card games. And of course various d20 games. Sounds like the Heroclix are a better value proposition; no wonder so many people are playing it there (and no wonder I have a small army of them:)
How do these places stay in business? The one near me (about 1 mile if it's any comfort) is in a mall with rather onerous rent. There is a comic book store a few miles away that seems to have the lock on geeks wanting to play games. But how do you pay mall rent by selling a a couple of miniatures? Is there really that much money in these things?
This sort of move (and I haven't read the article, so bite me if I base this solely on the blurb here:) is the 'head stuck in the sand' method that we lambast the RIAA and MPAA, among others, for. I see two possible rationalizations. First, Games Workshop needs to keep paying those mall/strip center rents. Second, they plan on selling online and don't want the competition.
Too bad you are AC. Hope you are keeping an eye on this note.
You make numerous statements without backing. Examples: "We can't live in a world without judgement." "It can't deal with the complexities of the modern legal order," "Lex Talionis, the principle of an eye for an eye, is a morally bankrupt code of law"
Perhaps in some circumstance, this is the case. However, most people are too stupid to understand anything more complex than 'eye for an eye'.
I'd post more, but I'd probably be shouting at the wall.
I was beginning to wonder if anyone on this damned website read 2600. I'm about 2/3 of the way through 700 comments, and yours is the first mention of that article. Thanks for saving me the effort:)
Now, if you're so obsessed with them, why do you insist on having to have them covered up all the time?
For the same reason slashdot insists on all software being free, while slashdot insists on getting big salaries for programming jobs: the United States is not a monolithic entity. I admit the dichotomy can be humourous or sad, but it does exist. I would argue that the heat created by the friction of various groups is what drives the country. And is perhaps the intent of our much cherished and revered first amendment. Although the rights guaranteed by it are often subject to the whims of politicians listening to the hordes of soccer moms.
They don't really have to change the category. They've now got the 'multiple sections per story' thing working, all they need to do is add an additional category.
It depends on where you are coming from. For relaxation, there's really nothing wrong with gardening. And herb gardens do kick ass (once you've gone fresh, you'll never go to dried). But having to do it as a job really and truly sucks.
Yup. Grow up with a father who grew up farming to make money. Let that father have you grow several acres of okra, and an orchard with 400 trees. Tend that to get spending money. Learn that gardening is something that successful people would prefer to pay the help to do.
Who the hell cares? What are the benefits. I've got an Athlon XP1800+ that I'm still trying to justify upgrading. What are the supposed benefits of a 'legacy free' system:
Such a PC would be faster, more compact, more reliable, and less expensive, as well as easier to manufacture and maintain.
Faster than what? Yes, yes, there are tons of folks who need to render earthquakes and predict meteor showers or look for aliens, but the rest of us don't need faster. More compact? Than what? Have you seen the size of the current notebooks? More reliable? This is the biggest freakin joke. When is the last time you had a hardware problem? Now, when is the last time you had a software problem? And, finally, less expensive. Do I even need to mention the $150->$300 machines at WalMart? Sure, you cut three dollars off the price of the computer. I'll be much happier when they've cut the price of LCD's by about 50%.
Another tool of the Dvorak vein, although less interesting. At least Dvorak can get you pissed off. This guy is just a retard, it seems. (I look at his picture and think 'Ding! go the fries') It's no wonder people bitch so much about turned down submissions.
It's a tough call. The styrofoam plates will take millions of years to break down, causing, at the very least, an optical blight for all that time. I guess it's whether you like the instant gratification of a dead tree. Also, don't ignore the fun of burning the plates. Instead of just defiling some ground, you put your soot, carbon, etc. in the air.
Step One: lighten up. You're the dad, and you're married. You won't get to do the fun stuff unless they let you. 'They' is your wife, her friends, her sister(s), your sister(s), your mother, your mother in law, etc. All of this is good, as if you start to smell poop, you run for another room. Doesn't matter which room, as long as the kid isn't there. Another good hint is to look at her sister, your mother, etc. and say "Oh, isn't it cute when Junior does this?" then run to the other room. Their ability to let a kid sit around in a poopy diaper is much less than yours. Trust me.
While naked kids running around are kinda funny in a Lord of the Flies way, they will piss on things even more indiscriminantly than a vile cat. You have been warned.
Read my journal, and look at my friends list. I've written plenty on the subject. Go to www.marotti.com and look for my 'geek dad' writings. Honestly, I've already covered most of the basics on the subject.
What else... Learn to work the repeat function on your DVD player. The kid's favorite Disney flick plus A->B repeat equals hours of peace and quiet.
Newborns and infants don't do much. Oh, it'll be interesting as hell for you, but they really don't do anything. Eat, crap, sleep, repeat. If you're lucky (there's two types of luck;) you'll get a screamer. That would be my sister and her husband as infants.
Cut back on the work. My father is a physician. Did and does work 60+ hour weeks. Mother used to run his office, and did the same. I had more toys and other shit growing up than probably 99% of the people out there. Didn't make me any happier than spending time with the folks.
Enjoy the sex while you can. It IS going to change. But I'm sure you can get plenty of advice on masturbation from almost anyone on/.
Bad idea. There could be code, ideas, discussions of a project that is in limbo. I know from whence I speak. There is a project (brewnix) that I spent a few weeks looking for online. When I found it, I spent a few more weeks looking for the developers listed. Anyway, I started a sourceforge project with the most recent code I could find. Got a few changes made, documented the searching I had done, etc. Then real life interfered, I had no time, and neither did the other developers. It languished for almost a year. Someone else found it, decided they liked what had already been done, and is currently in the process of starting things back up.
There's nothing to be gained by dropping these projects. Most that are dropped probably only have a megabyte or so of disk space at most. Probably little/no hits on the webpage. The value of the old code, etc. is far greater than the perceived improvement in 'cleanliness'.
If money is a true issue, you don't need one of them fancy 'sheet metal brakes'; you need a door frame.
(If you are prepared to mod this anything but '+1, Funny', you don't know what a sheet metal brake is, and/or you don't know how to jury rig a door and frame into service as one)
I was just about to make the same comment. Time (or was it Newsweek?) made OJ look darker. The parent to your comment is where it was claimed to make OJ 'really evil'. I think this says more about the parent than it does to Time.
How do you know how many paychecks are recieved? It's hard to make a living as a photographer. The US does have an Office of Missinformation of sorts that was used to create UFO sighting sorries to cover up flights of expereimental aircraft. It's doubtful that the photographer was paid, but it's not beyond the US Government to create false impressions benificial to itself.
Oops, you seem to have dropped your tinfoil hat. Or at least forgotten your medication.
Applying Occam's Razor to the situation, the most likely reason for the guy to do this is because he didn't have a single good photo, and it would be easier to Photoshop it instead of setting up another photo.
have a great old poster of this phrase on part of the Berlin Wall as it was being torn down, which is what made me think about it. One of my fav albums : )
Roger Waters' lyrical masturbation. Pick up 'Dark Side...' or 'Wish You Were Here' for some quality Floyd. (And yes, both of those are ALSO Waters' lyrical masturbation, but of much higher quality.)
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Sounds like a bit of a catch-22: they're alienating existing current customers in favor of potential future customers.
I think they really need to look at their demographics. Are their customers more likely to wander into a comic book shop or game shop or are they more likely to wander into a mall shop?
I was talking to the local comic book shop guy (that's his night job. Or was. Anyway, he's not 'comic book dude'.) and he said that's how his shop and a few others survived the comic stupidity of the mid 90's: pokemon. The shops that didn't embrace the card games are now dead. He said the trick to staying around is figuring out what will be the next Pokemon or Magic or something like that.
But I was questioning the standalone mall stores, not places like the comic shop that sells several lines of gaming products.
This all sounds good, if the market for miniatures is as large as that for CDs. No, the Games Workshop locations aren't as large or as 'prime' as that of the Sam Goody, Waves, etc. But everybody is interested in music and videos.
Still, if you're right about the margins... Also, someone elsewhere pointed out that GW probably subsidizes the mall stores as advertising.
That sounds about right (subsidizing mall stores).
The funny thing is, the local store sells tons of stuff, but not much Warhammer. Heroclix sell like mad. Tons of kids buying card games. And of course various d20 games. Sounds like the Heroclix are a better value proposition; no wonder so many people are playing it there (and no wonder I have a small army of them:)
No, actually Waldorf, MD. But the situation you describe is earily familiar.
How do these places stay in business? The one near me (about 1 mile if it's any comfort) is in a mall with rather onerous rent. There is a comic book store a few miles away that seems to have the lock on geeks wanting to play games. But how do you pay mall rent by selling a a couple of miniatures? Is there really that much money in these things?
This sort of move (and I haven't read the article, so bite me if I base this solely on the blurb here:) is the 'head stuck in the sand' method that we lambast the RIAA and MPAA, among others, for. I see two possible rationalizations. First, Games Workshop needs to keep paying those mall/strip center rents. Second, they plan on selling online and don't want the competition.
Too bad you are AC. Hope you are keeping an eye on this note.
You make numerous statements without backing. Examples: "We can't live in a world without judgement." "It can't deal with the complexities of the modern legal order," "Lex Talionis, the principle of an eye for an eye, is a morally bankrupt code of law"
Perhaps in some circumstance, this is the case. However, most people are too stupid to understand anything more complex than 'eye for an eye'.
I'd post more, but I'd probably be shouting at the wall.
I was beginning to wonder if anyone on this damned website read 2600. I'm about 2/3 of the way through 700 comments, and yours is the first mention of that article. Thanks for saving me the effort:)
Now, if you're so obsessed with them, why do you insist on having to have them covered up all the time?
For the same reason slashdot insists on all software being free, while slashdot insists on getting big salaries for programming jobs: the United States is not a monolithic entity. I admit the dichotomy can be humourous or sad, but it does exist. I would argue that the heat created by the friction of various groups is what drives the country. And is perhaps the intent of our much cherished and revered first amendment. Although the rights guaranteed by it are often subject to the whims of politicians listening to the hordes of soccer moms.
Actually, it was CmdrTaco who added the dipshit comment about the XBox controller. Submitter words are italics, dipshit editors are straight text.
They don't really have to change the category. They've now got the 'multiple sections per story' thing working, all they need to do is add an additional category.
No! No! I'll never join you.
It depends on where you are coming from. For relaxation, there's really nothing wrong with gardening. And herb gardens do kick ass (once you've gone fresh, you'll never go to dried). But having to do it as a job really and truly sucks.
No, but he could probably have an IPO.
Oh, wait, it's not 1998 any more
Yup. Grow up with a father who grew up farming to make money. Let that father have you grow several acres of okra, and an orchard with 400 trees. Tend that to get spending money. Learn that gardening is something that successful people would prefer to pay the help to do.
Faster than what? Yes, yes, there are tons of folks who need to render earthquakes and predict meteor showers or look for aliens, but the rest of us don't need faster. More compact? Than what? Have you seen the size of the current notebooks? More reliable? This is the biggest freakin joke. When is the last time you had a hardware problem? Now, when is the last time you had a software problem? And, finally, less expensive. Do I even need to mention the $150->$300 machines at WalMart? Sure, you cut three dollars off the price of the computer. I'll be much happier when they've cut the price of LCD's by about 50%.
Another tool of the Dvorak vein, although less interesting. At least Dvorak can get you pissed off. This guy is just a retard, it seems. (I look at his picture and think 'Ding! go the fries') It's no wonder people bitch so much about turned down submissions.
It's a tough call. The styrofoam plates will take millions of years to break down, causing, at the very least, an optical blight for all that time. I guess it's whether you like the instant gratification of a dead tree. Also, don't ignore the fun of burning the plates. Instead of just defiling some ground, you put your soot, carbon, etc. in the air.
Step One: lighten up. You're the dad, and you're married. You won't get to do the fun stuff unless they let you. 'They' is your wife, her friends, her sister(s), your sister(s), your mother, your mother in law, etc. All of this is good, as if you start to smell poop, you run for another room. Doesn't matter which room, as long as the kid isn't there. Another good hint is to look at her sister, your mother, etc. and say "Oh, isn't it cute when Junior does this?" then run to the other room. Their ability to let a kid sit around in a poopy diaper is much less than yours. Trust me.
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While naked kids running around are kinda funny in a Lord of the Flies way, they will piss on things even more indiscriminantly than a vile cat. You have been warned.
Read my journal, and look at my friends list. I've written plenty on the subject. Go to www.marotti.com and look for my 'geek dad' writings. Honestly, I've already covered most of the basics on the subject.
What else... Learn to work the repeat function on your DVD player. The kid's favorite Disney flick plus A->B repeat equals hours of peace and quiet.
Newborns and infants don't do much. Oh, it'll be interesting as hell for you, but they really don't do anything. Eat, crap, sleep, repeat. If you're lucky (there's two types of luck;) you'll get a screamer. That would be my sister and her husband as infants.
Cut back on the work. My father is a physician. Did and does work 60+ hour weeks. Mother used to run his office, and did the same. I had more toys and other shit growing up than probably 99% of the people out there. Didn't make me any happier than spending time with the folks.
Enjoy the sex while you can. It IS going to change. But I'm sure you can get plenty of advice on masturbation from almost anyone on
Bad idea. There could be code, ideas, discussions of a project that is in limbo. I know from whence I speak. There is a project (brewnix) that I spent a few weeks looking for online. When I found it, I spent a few more weeks looking for the developers listed. Anyway, I started a sourceforge project with the most recent code I could find. Got a few changes made, documented the searching I had done, etc. Then real life interfered, I had no time, and neither did the other developers. It languished for almost a year. Someone else found it, decided they liked what had already been done, and is currently in the process of starting things back up.
There's nothing to be gained by dropping these projects. Most that are dropped probably only have a megabyte or so of disk space at most. Probably little/no hits on the webpage. The value of the old code, etc. is far greater than the perceived improvement in 'cleanliness'.
i went for the autoclave dishwasher, myself.
I just use a sandblaster.
Wrong. YOu can use a door frame and door to put a bend in sheet metal. One of the functions of a metal brake.
If money is a true issue, you don't need one of them fancy 'sheet metal brakes'; you need a door frame.
(If you are prepared to mod this anything but '+1, Funny', you don't know what a sheet metal brake is, and/or you don't know how to jury rig a door and frame into service as one)
I was just about to make the same comment. Time (or was it Newsweek?) made OJ look darker. The parent to your comment is where it was claimed to make OJ 'really evil'. I think this says more about the parent than it does to Time.
How do you know how many paychecks are recieved? It's hard to make a living as a photographer. The US does have an Office of Missinformation of sorts that was used to create UFO sighting sorries to cover up flights of expereimental aircraft. It's doubtful that the photographer was paid, but it's not beyond the US Government to create false impressions benificial to itself.
Oops, you seem to have dropped your tinfoil hat. Or at least forgotten your medication.
Applying Occam's Razor to the situation, the most likely reason for the guy to do this is because he didn't have a single good photo, and it would be easier to Photoshop it instead of setting up another photo.
have a great old poster of this phrase on part of the Berlin Wall as it was being torn down, which is what made me think about it. One of my fav albums : )
Roger Waters' lyrical masturbation. Pick up 'Dark Side...' or 'Wish You Were Here' for some quality Floyd. (And yes, both of those are ALSO Waters' lyrical masturbation, but of much higher quality.)