The only necessary cost there is the author's $4.19, plus the cost of hosting and serving the bits. Let's say a fat 50 cents. If you really must, add $2 for marketing, although then you're spending nearly 30% of the price on that. At 7.15%, it's 33 cents, bringing the total price to, wait for it, $5.02. Hell, let's throw someone a dollar to proof read it, so now we're at $6 cost, and that includes the marketing, which Amazon will effectively be doing.
If I can do those figures, then I'm sure that Amazon and print publishers can too. The days of half a dozen people parasiting from the work of one author are strictly numbered.
All I got from that is that your brother-in-law has been Bad Touching you.
Incidentally, the last time I mentioned notorious cam-ho Kathleen Fent around here, I got Off Topic'd into the Stone Age. Let's see if memories have improved any.
Yerrrs. Well, first up, the "vast majority of the public would like 20 mph on residential roads" where their children play, but want to drive at 40 where your children play. You're not going to win the propaganda war on this one.
Second, 20 is not plenty. It's too high for some areas, and too low for others. Putting in a blanket 20 limit in the wrong places (most of them) will breed contempt for limits where they're actually needed.
Third, 20 is exactly the wrong speed for mixing motorised and pedal traffic. I want traffic to flow past me, not to bunch up and drive on my mudguard while staring at the white van tailgating them in their rear view. As you know very well, that's Instadeath if you bin it.
So, yes to getting drivers on bikes. Hell, I'd make doing an on-road cycling test - and while we're at it, a motorcycle CBT - a condition of getting a car driving license. Sign me up to that. But attempting to deal with the problem of retard cagers by putting up signs that they'll ignore just as much as they ignore 30 signs now? Jog on.
Funny you should mention that. The effectiveness of Patriots in Gulf War I is hotlycontested.
Both sides rely on subjective arguments about what constitutes a "successful intercept", neither have any hard data on how many (if any) Scuds were actually downed, and the folks that were having the Scuds aimed at them said that they were getting through pretty well, so I'd have to conclude that the preponderance of evidence is that Patriot was a propaganda weapon in Gulf War I.
I should note that plenty of money has been thrown at defence contractors since then, and there's certainly no technical reason why AMBs can't work. It's just that nobody has shown that they do.
You've run afoul of being a nobjockey. Nowhere did I say this "ought" to be - I said it's what it is, and that believing that the rich are not selfish apes is delusional.
Society does not work by lecturing the victims- we punishing the criminals.
And how's that working out for you?
Look, we (hello, push-and-motor-cyclist here) can bitch and moan about cagers all we want, but it's totally and utterly futile. They are not going to change. Ever.
From your tales of woe, I infer that you didn't anticipate the avoidable hazards. Well, more dipshit you then. Cagers are vicious evil morons out to kill us, and its up to us to defend ourselves. You can rail against that and end up in traction, or you can accept it, add five minutes to your journey, and arrive.
Let's not, until you do. Can you name three patents for inventions in the past 20 years that were filed by Joe Basement which were subsequently abused by Evil Incorporated? And when I say "abused", I mean that you can show that they only started to design Widget X after the patent had been published, rather than that they were developed co-incidentally?
Three examples from the past 20 years, and I'll cede you the point.
On my planet, the rich people who make all the decisions are perfectly happy with the majority of other people suffering and being poor, as long as it increases the prosperity of the rich minority in any way at all.
There's nothing particularly difficult about understanding this, and nothing special, or evil about the rich doing it. The vast majority of us peons would do the same given the opportunity. If not for yourself, then for your children. No? Don't you believe in evolution, and survival of the fittest?
30% of freshman university students fail a 'simple English test' at Waterloo University (up from 25% a few years ago). Academic papers are riddled with 'cuz' (in place of 'because') and even include little emoticon faces.
Fixed your missing parenthesis for you. Perhaps a community college would be more your style?
Oh, well, if it's just about money, I guess it'd be fine for Microsoft to take the Linux kernel, close the source off, and throw a bunch of crumpled bills in Linus' general direction, right?
And you, sir, are giving a rather poor impression of your attitude, and by implication, the likely success of your project.
Leaders lead by inspiring. They don't moan at strangers for not fawning over them. The onus is on you to show that your project is more than a risible waste of money and effort. Do you have a plan for doing that, or would you rather spend your time bitching at people for showing healthy skepticism?
Your argument is that that fighters are still relevant so that they can record the stone age opposition flying defecting?
Look, I don't blame you. Cousins shouldn't marry, and they certainly shouldn't get on a 9 month bender while pregnant. It rarely ends well for the seven-toed offspring.
For the record, I live in yo momma's yeast-infected pants. The RIAA will lien her welfare payments. It'll be an interesting argument, but they'll prevail on the basis that babymommas' welfare payments are tangible and persistent property for all practical intents and purposes.
So, are you aroused yet? I'm about ready for a happy ending here.
You're confused. Also, probably a virgin. Liens are not automatically discharged by bankruptcy. Since there's no way she can pay off the current award immediately, isn't a lien inevitable?
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The only necessary cost there is the author's $4.19, plus the cost of hosting and serving the bits. Let's say a fat 50 cents. If you really must, add $2 for marketing, although then you're spending nearly 30% of the price on that. At 7.15%, it's 33 cents, bringing the total price to, wait for it, $5.02. Hell, let's throw someone a dollar to proof read it, so now we're at $6 cost, and that includes the marketing, which Amazon will effectively be doing.
If I can do those figures, then I'm sure that Amazon and print publishers can too. The days of half a dozen people parasiting from the work of one author are strictly numbered.
And the iPhone runs OpenGL ES, so what's your point again?
Nope, apparently not. You guys are just so cute.
All I got from that is that your brother-in-law has been Bad Touching you.
Incidentally, the last time I mentioned notorious cam-ho Kathleen Fent around here, I got Off Topic'd into the Stone Age. Let's see if memories have improved any.
Wait, you have political Parties, plural? When did that happen?
Yerrrs. Well, first up, the "vast majority of the public would like 20 mph on residential roads" where their children play, but want to drive at 40 where your children play. You're not going to win the propaganda war on this one.
Second, 20 is not plenty. It's too high for some areas, and too low for others. Putting in a blanket 20 limit in the wrong places (most of them) will breed contempt for limits where they're actually needed.
Third, 20 is exactly the wrong speed for mixing motorised and pedal traffic. I want traffic to flow past me, not to bunch up and drive on my mudguard while staring at the white van tailgating them in their rear view. As you know very well, that's Instadeath if you bin it.
So, yes to getting drivers on bikes. Hell, I'd make doing an on-road cycling test - and while we're at it, a motorcycle CBT - a condition of getting a car driving license. Sign me up to that. But attempting to deal with the problem of retard cagers by putting up signs that they'll ignore just as much as they ignore 30 signs now? Jog on.
Funny you should mention that. The effectiveness of Patriots in Gulf War I is hotly contested.
Both sides rely on subjective arguments about what constitutes a "successful intercept", neither have any hard data on how many (if any) Scuds were actually downed, and the folks that were having the Scuds aimed at them said that they were getting through pretty well, so I'd have to conclude that the preponderance of evidence is that Patriot was a propaganda weapon in Gulf War I.
I should note that plenty of money has been thrown at defence contractors since then, and there's certainly no technical reason why AMBs can't work. It's just that nobody has shown that they do.
A simple "no" would have sufficed (again).
A simple "no" would have sufficed.
That's comparing apples to car analogies. How big a share does Windows 7 RC have?
+1 hilarious. Marx would be proud.
You've run afoul of being a nobjockey. Nowhere did I say this "ought" to be - I said it's what it is, and that believing that the rich are not selfish apes is delusional.
It's taking someone else's copyrighted work, tearing up their rights, and selling access to it. Which is also what Google is doing.
And how's that working out for you?
Look, we (hello, push-and-motor-cyclist here) can bitch and moan about cagers all we want, but it's totally and utterly futile. They are not going to change. Ever.
From your tales of woe, I infer that you didn't anticipate the avoidable hazards. Well, more dipshit you then. Cagers are vicious evil morons out to kill us, and its up to us to defend ourselves. You can rail against that and end up in traction, or you can accept it, add five minutes to your journey, and arrive.
Well, the first one is always free.
Let's not, until you do. Can you name three patents for inventions in the past 20 years that were filed by Joe Basement which were subsequently abused by Evil Incorporated? And when I say "abused", I mean that you can show that they only started to design Widget X after the patent had been published, rather than that they were developed co-incidentally?
Three examples from the past 20 years, and I'll cede you the point.
My, what a curious idealistic planet you live on.
On my planet, the rich people who make all the decisions are perfectly happy with the majority of other people suffering and being poor, as long as it increases the prosperity of the rich minority in any way at all.
There's nothing particularly difficult about understanding this, and nothing special, or evil about the rich doing it. The vast majority of us peons would do the same given the opportunity. If not for yourself, then for your children. No? Don't you believe in evolution, and survival of the fittest?
Fixed your missing parenthesis for you. Perhaps a community college would be more your style?
Oh, well, if it's just about money, I guess it'd be fine for Microsoft to take the Linux kernel, close the source off, and throw a bunch of crumpled bills in Linus' general direction, right?
And you, sir, are giving a rather poor impression of your attitude, and by implication, the likely success of your project.
Leaders lead by inspiring. They don't moan at strangers for not fawning over them. The onus is on you to show that your project is more than a risible waste of money and effort. Do you have a plan for doing that, or would you rather spend your time bitching at people for showing healthy skepticism?
Your argument is that that fighters are still relevant so that they can record the stone age opposition flying defecting?
Look, I don't blame you. Cousins shouldn't marry, and they certainly shouldn't get on a 9 month bender while pregnant. It rarely ends well for the seven-toed offspring.
I want your children. Biologically, it's not going to happen, but right now? I'm ready to give it a shot. You, sir, are composed entirely of Win.
For the record, I live in yo momma's yeast-infected pants. The RIAA will lien her welfare payments. It'll be an interesting argument, but they'll prevail on the basis that babymommas' welfare payments are tangible and persistent property for all practical intents and purposes.
So, are you aroused yet? I'm about ready for a happy ending here.
So, how much did you invest?
You're confused. Also, probably a virgin. Liens are not automatically discharged by bankruptcy. Since there's no way she can pay off the current award immediately, isn't a lien inevitable?