Err, I think you'll struggle to find anyone agreeing with you that Bush's daughters are people who 'really matter'.
And can't you just imagine the Pope's MP3 collection? Personal karaoke recordings of Polish classics?
Actually, I got within a metre of Ol' Popey a couple of months ago in St Peter's. I don't think many other people noticed, but he has skin-coloured ear-plugs disguised as hearing aids, but that little white iPod on his belt gave it all away.
As much as I love all these efforts, you will get best results if you let him know of your potential to minimise future votes in his favour. I watch US politics and foreign affairs from afar, and your politicians listen *only* to business $ and votes (and even then, they disregard votes, *cough* Florida *cough*).
You will get best results if you are:
- from Utah
- wield influence in Utah
Try a letter that starts by telling Hatch that you are a prominent IT consultant (preferably in Utah) who regularly speaks and writes to large audiences (again, pref in Utah).
You disagree with his position, as do many of your associates, and your customers, colleagues, and audiences, from this point, will only associate him as a senator with ludicrous views. Remind him that such a thing will force voters away in droves.
I don't think that ads are the solution. As a designer, I find that designing sites to incorporate ads makes it incredibly difficult to achieve and attractive result. The distracting nature of ads also does nothing for the ease of use of a site.
I would much rather see corporate sponsorship where appropriate. Ars Technica, for example, once had (and may still have) a long running relationship with The Chip Merchant. If I was in the US, I would've bought from them as a supplier who supports a site I read. I haven't read Ars in months (too busy), but I remember the name of one of their supporters/advertisers, and would use their services if closer to the source.
Isn't that what a company seeking to advertise its product would want?
That said, *appropriate* sponsorship is required. Not something that might overly bias opinions, etc.
Also, exclusivity with sponsorship arrangements (i.e., one exclusive hardware reseller, one book store, etc) can enable sites to seek more support (whether financial, or contra).
The extra cash supports EA who can fund more games and more developers --> more jobs. I can imagine many programmers here would love to work for a gaming company, so why complain?
Robert J. Bach, a Microsoft senior vice president in charge of its games division: "When you're at Disneyland, there's no trash, no violence and you never see security. That's what we have in mind."
Yep, definitely a Microsoft product...
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I didn't realise that it was so important that actors were "known" before they could put in a quality performance and create a good film...
I've almost finished Halo on Xbox and it is an absolutely superb game. Best game I've ever played on a console, and close to the best considering PC games too. The atmosphere and images are very good.
Picked up a second controller the other day, and had a first go at co-op mode -- loved that too.
Can't wait to try the multiplayer stuff (4 xboxes x 4 controllers = 16 player multiplayer - nice!).
Haven't got any other games yet, but the Xbox itself runs very quickly and I've been quite impressed generally at the MP3 ripping/storage features too.
Also, consider that he's only advertising on/. because it's an excuse to write a story, and they offered him 25% off on the CPM rate...
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You are not their target audience. They're marketing to people who want "sexy and different", not just something "better than a PC".
Many upper tier car brands are marketed on prestige (leather seats, styling of small details such as lights, etc), not on fuel efficiency, engine power, etc.
Funnily enough, in the GameTraders store over the road from my office, they had MS Flight Simulator and the NYC add-on pack in the bargain bin.
This was soon after Sept 11. The marketing fluff for the add-on had the wonderful lines that I'm sure everyone was itching to alter: "Fly between the World Trade Center towers!"
I remember my parents buying a 386 in the early 90's for AUD$2500. I remember buying a P166-based machine some time later for around AUD$2500. I can remember later buying a PII300-based machine for around AUD$2500. I recently bought a couple of Athlon 1Ghz-based boxes for around AUD$2500 each...
I can understand the problem here if this was an official Microsoft campaign. But if an employee took it upon themselves to email their department and screw up the poll a bit, how is that "Microsoft rigging a poll"?
then consider the increase in sales MS will be able to report (sale to linux user == sale to customer). kids see reported increase (and eventual lead over ps2/gamecube), decide that game houses will start targetting xbox, and buy one themselves.
don't think that microsoft can't afford to lose $100 to a few linux users.
Since I've never seen a TV with a degauss button...
My television automatically deguasses if left off for 30 minutes. Had to do it recently after the bottom-left corner developed an inverted-colour problem. It can correct any colour issues usually caused by nearby speakers, vacuuming the living room, etc.
This is certainly still done in Australia by producers of street directories. They actually add in fake streets here and there.
It has the added bonus of giving you an excuse next time you get lost driving somewhere:
"Well, you were reading directions from the map, and what's to say that every single one of those streets you called out actually exist? Of *course* I took the wrong street."
So by your suggested ratio, Microsoft (based on their *cash* donation only) should be making a profit of USD$500 000 000 000 (they might be, but with thousands of employee's salaries, I doubt it).
Consider this -- If Microsoft didn't announce a donation, would thousands of anti-MS/.ers be accusing them of not making one?
There are worse out there than bin Laden, and recent reports suggest that these masterminds were behind the attack.
The solution, I think, lies partially in solving the problems of these source countries (namely poverty). The past actions of the US (like giving $43m to the Taliban for them to declare that growing opium is against the will of god), are not helping anything (not even the drug problems of the US).
I think that you're completely missing your own point. Have you any proof that Bill Gates has not made any anonymous donations by means other than the Amazon donation page? No, I didn't think so.
And what's to say that he isn't arranging at this very minute to make a payment (anonymously or publically)?
To others, remember that the cost of replacement licenses or routers for those machines lost in the collapse will be covered by insurance in the vast majority of cases.
I wonder if many of the free/open software companies have made donations as generous...
Excess bandwidth costs for many users in Australia are around 20c/mb. So in addition to subscription costs, some people are paying an extra $1/5mb track. It's hardly something to get excited about.
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Err, I think you'll struggle to find anyone agreeing with you that Bush's daughters are people who 'really matter'.
And can't you just imagine the Pope's MP3 collection? Personal karaoke recordings of Polish classics?
Actually, I got within a metre of Ol' Popey a couple of months ago in St Peter's. I don't think many other people noticed, but he has skin-coloured ear-plugs disguised as hearing aids, but that little white iPod on his belt gave it all away.
Photo here
Yeh! He's arrogant and even though everyone wants his products, they're too expensive!
I'm all for the exporting of Jobs too!
Oh... *jobs*...
This something hilarious about a post labelled "Genious" with an entirely evident spelling error in that very label...
As much as I love all these efforts, you will get best results if you let him know of your potential to minimise future votes in his favour. I watch US politics and foreign affairs from afar, and your politicians listen *only* to business $ and votes (and even then, they disregard votes, *cough* Florida *cough*).
You will get best results if you are:
- from Utah
- wield influence in Utah
Try a letter that starts by telling Hatch that you are a prominent IT consultant (preferably in Utah) who regularly speaks and writes to large audiences (again, pref in Utah).
You disagree with his position, as do many of your associates, and your customers, colleagues, and audiences, from this point, will only associate him as a senator with ludicrous views. Remind him that such a thing will force voters away in droves.
"So when do I get to stick a funnel filter up my ass?"
Don't let us stop you...
I don't think that ads are the solution. As a designer, I find that designing sites to incorporate ads makes it incredibly difficult to achieve and attractive result. The distracting nature of ads also does nothing for the ease of use of a site.
I would much rather see corporate sponsorship where appropriate. Ars Technica, for example, once had (and may still have) a long running relationship with The Chip Merchant. If I was in the US, I would've bought from them as a supplier who supports a site I read. I haven't read Ars in months (too busy), but I remember the name of one of their supporters/advertisers, and would use their services if closer to the source.
Isn't that what a company seeking to advertise its product would want?
That said, *appropriate* sponsorship is required. Not something that might overly bias opinions, etc.
Also, exclusivity with sponsorship arrangements (i.e., one exclusive hardware reseller, one book store, etc) can enable sites to seek more support (whether financial, or contra).
1. Launch online currency exchange business
2. Gain marketshare
3. ???
4. Launch satellites!
Since it was my wife's birthday today, last night I took her to see Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones: IMAX edition.
I recommend counselling. Seriously. By all means, see the film, but for your wife's birthday?!?
The extra cash supports EA who can fund more games and more developers --> more jobs. I can imagine many programmers here would love to work for a gaming company, so why complain?
No, I got the point. I have an Xbox and think it's great. I was just using the line as an excuse for a joke.
Robert J. Bach, a Microsoft senior vice president in charge of its games division: "When you're at Disneyland, there's no trash, no violence and you never see security. That's what we have in mind."
Yep, definitely a Microsoft product...
I didn't realise that it was so important that actors were "known" before they could put in a quality performance and create a good film...
This reviewer is a tool.
I've almost finished Halo on Xbox and it is an absolutely superb game. Best game I've ever played on a console, and close to the best considering PC games too. The atmosphere and images are very good.
Picked up a second controller the other day, and had a first go at co-op mode -- loved that too.
Can't wait to try the multiplayer stuff (4 xboxes x 4 controllers = 16 player multiplayer - nice!).
Haven't got any other games yet, but the Xbox itself runs very quickly and I've been quite impressed generally at the MP3 ripping/storage features too.
(No, I don't work for Microsoft.)
Also, consider that he's only advertising on /. because it's an excuse to write a story, and they offered him 25% off on the CPM rate...
You are not their target audience. They're marketing to people who want "sexy and different", not just something "better than a PC".
Many upper tier car brands are marketed on prestige (leather seats, styling of small details such as lights, etc), not on fuel efficiency, engine power, etc.
Funnily enough, in the GameTraders store over the road from my office, they had MS Flight Simulator and the NYC add-on pack in the bargain bin.
This was soon after Sept 11. The marketing fluff for the add-on had the wonderful lines that I'm sure everyone was itching to alter: "Fly between the World Trade Center towers!"
I remember my parents buying a 386 in the early 90's for AUD$2500. I remember buying a P166-based machine some time later for around AUD$2500. I can remember later buying a PII300-based machine for around AUD$2500. I recently bought a couple of Athlon 1Ghz-based boxes for around AUD$2500 each...
I think you get my point.
I can understand the problem here if this was an official Microsoft campaign. But if an employee took it upon themselves to email their department and screw up the poll a bit, how is that "Microsoft rigging a poll"?
then consider the increase in sales MS will be able to report (sale to linux user == sale to customer). kids see reported increase (and eventual lead over ps2/gamecube), decide that game houses will start targetting xbox, and buy one themselves.
don't think that microsoft can't afford to lose $100 to a few linux users.
Since I've never seen a TV with a degauss button...
My television automatically deguasses if left off for 30 minutes. Had to do it recently after the bottom-left corner developed an inverted-colour problem. It can correct any colour issues usually caused by nearby speakers, vacuuming the living room, etc.
This is certainly still done in Australia by producers of street directories. They actually add in fake streets here and there.
It has the added bonus of giving you an excuse next time you get lost driving somewhere:
"Well, you were reading directions from the map, and what's to say that every single one of those streets you called out actually exist? Of *course* I took the wrong street."
$50 is more appropriate for a company making $5m?
/.ers be accusing them of not making one?
So by your suggested ratio, Microsoft (based on their *cash* donation only) should be making a profit of USD$500 000 000 000 (they might be, but with thousands of employee's salaries, I doubt it).
Consider this -- If Microsoft didn't announce a donation, would thousands of anti-MS
There are worse out there than bin Laden, and recent reports suggest that these masterminds were behind the attack.
The solution, I think, lies partially in solving the problems of these source countries (namely poverty). The past actions of the US (like giving $43m to the Taliban for them to declare that growing opium is against the will of god), are not helping anything (not even the drug problems of the US).
Or the Inconsistent Pubic License that allows the software to be used only while naked?
I think that you're completely missing your own point. Have you any proof that Bill Gates has not made any anonymous donations by means other than the Amazon donation page? No, I didn't think so.
And what's to say that he isn't arranging at this very minute to make a payment (anonymously or publically)?
To others, remember that the cost of replacement licenses or routers for those machines lost in the collapse will be covered by insurance in the vast majority of cases.
I wonder if many of the free/open software companies have made donations as generous...
Excess bandwidth costs for many users in Australia are around 20c/mb. So in addition to subscription costs, some people are paying an extra $1/5mb track. It's hardly something to get excited about.